An Economical Dish.— Steam or boil some mealy 
potatoes ; mash them together with some butter or 
cream, season them, and place a layer at the bottom 
of the pie-dish; upon this place a layer of tlriely- 
chopped cold meat, or tish of any kind, well season¬ 
ed ; then add auother layer of potatoes, and con¬ 
tinue alternating these with more chopped meat 
until the diah be tilled. Smooth down the top, 
strew bread crumbs upon it, and bake until it is well 
browned. A very small quantity of meat serves in 
this manner to make a nice, presentable little dish. 
A sprinkling of chopped pickles may be added if 
handy, and when fish is employed, it eats better if 
first beaten up with raw egg. 
Apple Marmalade. —Take any kind of sour 
apples, pare and core thorn, cut them in small pieces, 
and to every pound of apples put three-quarters of a 
pound of sugar, Put them in a preserving pan, and 
boll them over a slow tire until they arc reduced to 
a fine pulp. Then put them in jelly jars and keep 
them in a cool place. 
I notice in the Rural for Oct. 24, the paragraph 
copied from the Journal of Agriculture relative to 
Mr. Meehan’s advice to grow pear trees in sod, as a 
prevention of blight. The old saying that “one 
swallow does not make a summer ” is applicable, I 
think, to many horticultural theories and impres¬ 
sions, and the best cultivators and thinkers, “ aft 
gang aglee.” 
To support my belief that there is no foundation 
in fact for the theory that growing turf in a pear 
orchard is a prevention of blight, I can take any 
curious inquirer on the subject to the site, of a pear 
Orchard, originally of some four hundred trees 
planted alternately with apples, that for years was 
kept cultivated, and for years the trees made regu¬ 
lar, healthy growth, not rampant shoots, bat 
growths of from one to two feet, and produced fine, 
clean, handsome fruit in abundance. About Bix 
years since the orchard was laid down to grass, the 
owner supposing the trees sufficiently large anti 
well rooted to permit such course without injury- 
hut now, while the apple trees are all right, the 
pears can only he found in onr memory or indicated 
by an occasional half dead sbrub. All arc gone by 
the disease called blight. 
Conversing with the owner a day or two since on 
the subject he remarked that “ not only did the pear 
tree blight, equally as bad in sod ground, but be 
thought it a little more liable there than when cul¬ 
tivated; but if once the blight struck an orchard in 
sod there was no hope for it, while in cultivated 
ground a ready and severe cutting would sometimes 
save the tree.” The same roan has now an orchard 
of pears vigorous and healthy, which he cultivates 
cleanly and carefully, with plow, hoe, cultivator, 
pruning knife and thumb and finger. His own, with 
those of many other trees, that are grown in sod in 
his neighborhood, that have succumbed to blight, 
convince him of its fallacy as a preventive, and 
teach him that good cultivation is as requisite to the 
health and increased vitality of a pear tree, to enable 
it to resist attacks of disease as it is to enable one 
to grow a good crop of corn or potatoes. Addi. 
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I WANT TO PURCHASE A QUANTITY OF 
Evkkgrekns, 1 to C4 Indies nigh. 
ISAAC MOTT, Battle Creek, Michigan. 
J OHN S. COI.I INrt, MOOKESTOVVN, N. J., 
has 1 .0 acres planted In berries. Raises his ©wu plants, 
and tills orders to sutiaittctton or buyers at short notice, with 
plants true to mime. Bend for Catalogue. 982-2t 
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A I’PI.E SEEDLINGS-UNS! RFAHSED-1 & A 
tv years. Pkak, .M wialjcu and Mazzard, t year. Acclk 
Root Orapts, of best quality, cheap. Euroi-kan Larch, 
transplanted. Price List free. 
E. Y. TEAS, Ttlchmond, Ind. 
CEEI) POTATOES FROM ORIGINAL STOCK. 
jo ),UOdbarrelsEarlson, m$4 per barrel; WO barrels Early 
Goodrich, at S3 per bbl; Early Rose at 50 cents per pound. 
Plfixt cut this out and pre*n rw u until unu are ready to give 
order. T. BUCUANAN, Jr;., Utica, N. Y. 
Y1RAUE VINES CHEAP.-Extra 1 Year Old 
VA Concord Jl, and Rogers’ Hybrids, best No.'s *:|0 >.< 100 ; 
also wood trom bearing vines; Iona amt 1 yea *5, and Rogers 
No.’s 28 V 1,000 eyes; Delaware *5. and Concord and Diana 
$6 F M, for 6 to 3 eye cuttiima. All warranted genuine and 
first class. Address R.ToitlJ, Vermillion, Erie Co., Ohio. 
LUM, APPLE AND CHERRY SEEDLINGS. 
Plum.?6; Cherry. 2-years, fine. Jd; Apple, No, 2, 2 -years, 
aer 1,001). 8. P. WILLIAMS & CO., 
Ii-2t Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y. 
^EED POTATOES FOU SALE. 
EARLY ROSE, S Eli EC AJYD GOODRICH 
8EEDLIXGS ! 
BY POUND, BUSHEL. AND BARREL. 
Address RICHARD YOUNG, Morton, P. O., 
Springfield, Delaware Co., Pa. 
XW Circular sent free ! 980-13t 
A strawberry under the above name has this 
autumn been disseminated by its originator, B. 
Hathaway of Michigan, who claims it to have been 
produced “by a long continued, careful selection 
and crossing of our native varieties.” He does not, 
however, tell us whether this crossing was chance or 
the result of artifice, but says it “is the most hardy, 
vigorous, productive and long keeping variety yet 
originated, and that from fifty hills or plants he has 
gathered an average of .jour quarts to three hills, and 
that in consequence of its firmness and long keep¬ 
ing, it is not requisite to gather any of the fruit 
nDt.il all the Wilson’s are gone—that although it is 
not as large as the largest berries of Wilson, yet the 
average is better and the whole picking has appear¬ 
ance of assorted berries.” 
The above are the statements of a good, careful, 
and, we believe, honest fruit grower, who loves 
more bis profession than the dollars it brings, never¬ 
theless they are strong statements, and should be 
swallowed at least moderately, until we have the 
record of the variety grown iu other hands. Chas. 
Downing, however, gives the variety a good 
“boost,” aud as we all want to continue our 
strawberry season as late as possible, even into 
the middle of July or August, let us try a few of 
the plants if we can get them and report results 
next year. 
PASPBERRIES, Per IOO. Philadelphia, 
ll 28; Thornless, |6; Seneca, ?tr. Mammoth Cluster, *13; 
Doolittle, 21, all mneli less‘.by the 1.000. BLACKBERRIES, 
per 100, KlttAtinny, |B; Wilson EftiTv. «0; ML-onri Mam¬ 
moth, *25; Lawton, <1, mur.h less by the 1,000, BTRA WHER¬ 
RIES. per 100, Charles Downing, *■'; Dnrantl,* 2 ; Romeyn 
Seedling, $3; Juetinda, ?],50, mneb leas by the 1,000. All 
common sorts very low. A cents wanted. Send lor price 
lists. Address C. L. V AN DUSEN. Mnoedon, N. Y. 
P EAR AND PLUM HEEDLINGH.- Delaware 
andother vines,two years old,strong growth and cheap. 
For price list, address a. & J. HAMMOND, Geneva, N. Y. 
The history ol this new variety is somewhat sin¬ 
gular. Near thirty years ago the parent vine —a 
chance seedliDg —sprang up in the yard of Mr. 
Thorne at the end of the long dock at Fishkill 
Landing on the Hndeou River. For years it bore 
abundant crops of fruit remarkable for good quality 
and early maturity. Eighteen years ago the origi¬ 
nal vine was killed by removal to another locality, 
but the variety was preserved by a lew cuttings 
planted at the time of tbe change. The qualities of 
the vines and fruit, as compared with some other 
leading sorts growing near them, attracted atten¬ 
tion, and induced the belief with good judges that 
the variety would prove ,t very superior addition to 
our list of black grapes. Both for table use and for 
making red wine the highest position among Ameri¬ 
can black grapes is claimed for the Humeian. 
The clusters are large, usually shouldered, some¬ 
times doubly, and sufficiently compact; berries, me¬ 
dium, with fine bloom, round, and adhere well to 
the stem ; llesh, melting, meaty and uniform in tex¬ 
ture from outside to center ; flavor, rich, vinous and 
sugary. Its period of ripening is placed earlier than 
that of the Hartford Prolific, but further and exten¬ 
sive trial must accurately determine this, as well as 
habits of growth, hardiness and productiveness. 
But, at present, it can be safely said of it that it is 
very promising. We believe this is the first time it 
has been figured in a Horticultural .journal, which, 
with the interest always attaching to a prominent 
new variety, will excuse ns with our readers for let¬ 
ting one grape illustration tread on the heels of 
another. 
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quite as firm, yielding the past season more quarts 
to the acre, and selling for double price per quart in 
the market. 
Among the berries for the amateur may be classed 
the Jueunda , (Knox’s 700) a berry of extremely 
large size, excellent flavor, but requires good cul¬ 
ture and strong soil. 
French's Seedling—In every respect a first-class 
variety, with the exception of not being quite as 
firm as desirable. 
Lennig's White .—Grown more for a curiosity rath¬ 
er than its real merits. While Gloed's Per pet it al 
Pine is recommended highly, its foliage burns in 
hot weather. 
Kapoko-n Third every amateur should have, as it 
is the best flavored berry I ever ate; good grower, 
hardy and tolerably prolific. 
Dr. Nienlse promises well. ; 
Moorestown, Oct. 5,1SCS. Tnos. C. Andrews. 
EOBTICT7LTDU.AL NOTES 
Hot Air Instead of Hot Beds. —The experiment has 
been tried in the West of heating hill-sides by the use of 
tile flues laid in the soil, aB for draining, and heated with 
fire heat. It is said to he successful, and artificially heat¬ 
ed hill-sides will dispense with manure heat and glass in 
the growing of early fruits and vegetables. 
A Productive Grape Vine.—Joseph N. Sanborn 
Concord. N. H., has a grape vine, named the Sanbomton. 
which prodneed 1,200 pounds of grapes. It is now twen 
ty-three years old, and has a spread of marvelous dimen 
sions. 
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STRAWBERRIES IN BURLINGTON 
COUNTY, N. J. 
Apples in Onio.—The Oberlin News says the apple 
crop in that section is mnch more abundant than was ex¬ 
pected, leaving a large amount for shipment after supply- 
ng the home demand. The price per bushel ranges from 
forty to sixty cents. 
Eds. Rural ;—Perhaps the readers of your valu¬ 
able weekly might be interested in knowing how 
the fruit growers of this, one of the greatest fruit 
growing spots in the United States, did not fill 
their pockets the past season. 
There are more people engaged in cultivating 
strawberries than any other of the small fruits, 
every farmer or market gardener having usually 
from one-fonrth of an acre to twenty. The spring 
of 18G8 was late aud wet, and in May, when the lruit 
was in full bloom, we had a severe northeast storm 
which blasted a large portion of the bloom. For 
the first time during my experience, I did not pick 
any ripe berries for mar ki-t in May. In 1805 I begun 
picking on the 19th, in 1800 on the 29th, and in 1807 
on the 30 th, but this year not until June 10th, thus 
being nearly two weeks later commencing than 
nsual. The extremely hot weather hurried into the 
market all at once, the picking being entirely over 
in less than three weeks. 
There bemg about three times the amount of 
acreage to pick, the prices did not rate high, hut, 
on the contrary, low. With a less than half crop, 
less than half prices and tbe cost of picking, mar¬ 
keting, &c., (except commission for selling,) being 
the same as other years, the result was hut little 
realized. Many were in debt, and those who gath¬ 
ered their crop this year for tbe first, became dis¬ 
couraged and ended with one year’s trial. And I 
will here state that the prospects for 1809 are much 
more flattering than one year ago, as many have 
plowed their plants under, others taking no care, 
letting grass aud weeds take possession. Iu every 
business there are the dark days as well as sun¬ 
shine, aud I candidly believe that for a period often 
years no business will pay the taller of the soil like 
small fruit where he is handy to market and can get 
facilities for transportation. Now the question 
arises, which are the best kinds to plant, first for 
the market gardener, second for the amateur. 
A few years ago the Wilson Albany was generally 
discarded on account of slow growth and the lruit 
being so acid,—but, after trying nearly a hundred 
varieties, none are now willing to be without it. 
Downer's Prolific has proven one of the best ; a 
Btrong grower, early, fruit good size and wonder¬ 
fully prolific. 
Philadelphia Early has, for the three years it has 
been in cultivation, proven very profitable on ac¬ 
count of its extreme eariiness and the whole crop 
ripening in a much shorter time than nsual. 
Stinger's Seedling .—The largest berry that docs 
well in this vicinity, proving hardier, firmer, and 
much more abundant bearer than large varieties 
generally. 
While there are many which do well, I have only 
mentioned a few which do best. Among the new 
varieties disseminated last spring the Charles Down¬ 
ing and Nicanor give great promise, both being 
strong growers, hardy, and although not thorough¬ 
ly tested hero, are said to be very prolific. 
Flora .—A new variety, disseminated this fall for 
the first, believed by many of the best growers here 
to he the very best introduced. A little later than 
the Wilson Albany, (pistillate) larger, sweeter, and 
Oyster Fatties tn Batter. —Make a batter with 
the yolk of one egg, (or more, according to the 
quantities of oysters you intend to prepare,) a little 
nutmeg, some beaten mace, a little flour, uud a little 
salt; dip in the oysters, and fry them in lard to a 
nice light brown. If preferred, a little parsley may 
be shred very fine, and mixed with the batter. The 
batter may also he made thicker, and formed into 
the shape of a patty, or put into a small tin mould, 
the oyster being dropped in and covered over, and 
the whole baked as a pudding would be. 
Preparing Chocolate.— Have a pound of choc¬ 
olate pulverized, and put in a jar, with the same 
quautity of rice flour, aud an ounce of arrow root. 
Put on coals a quart of milk ; when it boils, stir In 
a heaped tabJespoonfui oi the above preparation, 
(dissolve in a teacup of water;) keep stirring it 
until it boils again, when pour it out; driuk with 
sugar and cream to your taste. This is called by 
some Rac-a-haut chocolate, and is very nice for 
delicate persons, as well as those in health. 
Preserved Pears for the Table.— Peel three 
pounds of pears and place them in a stewpan; cover 
them with water and let them stew for two hours. 
Take them out and put them in a brown jar with 
three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar and two 
tablespoonfuls of the water they were stewed in to 
each pound. Add a little candied lemon, cut iu 
small pieces, or a few cloves, if preferred. Place the 
cover on the jar and stew them in an oven for two 
hours. Golden sirup sufficient to cover them may 
be substituted for sugar and water. 
Apple Roll, or Apple Pudding.— Make a paste 
with one-fourth of a pound of butter to one of flour 
mixed with water, not very stiff. Peel and slice 
rather thick tart apples, roll the paste very thin, or 
us thin as the bottom crust of a pie, spread the ap¬ 
ples on the crust, so as to cover it, dredge on a little 
flour and roll It as tight as possible. Cut the ends 
eveu aud put it in the steamer, or wrap it in thick 
cloth and boil It. It will take one hour steady cook¬ 
ing. Serve with butter and sugar. Out it in thin 
slices from the end when serving. 
Custard Pudding.— 1 quart of milk, 0 spoonsful 
of floor, 6 eggs, 1 nutmeg, sugar and butter. Boil 
the milk, aud while scalding stir in the flour. Set 
to cool half an hour before it is wanted. Beat up 
the eggs nicely, and put to the milk with sufficient 
salt. Bake in a quick oven twenty minutes. Rich 
nutmeg with sugar and butter for sauce. 
Pork Pudding.— 1 coffee cup full of finely chop¬ 
ped salt pork, 2 cups of water, add enough floor to 
mould it, roll thin, cut it so as to make two rolls, 
steam 1)4 hours, eat with sauce same, as for apple 
dumplings. If you wish, spread with fruit before 
rolling up. 
Grape Vinegar. —A “ Friend,” Palmyra, writes: 
“If any of your readers can furnish a good recipe 
for making vinegar out of grapes, they will confer a 
lasting favor on an old subscriber.” 
Oranges and Lemons. — Here is a speculation in the 
growing of oranges and lemons on a Florida plantation 
by a Northern man under Southern tuition. The party 
has purchased 1,200 sweet, orange and Sicily lemon trees, 
which are to ftuit The fourth year. These trees are to 
average 100 oranges or lemons to a tree the first bearing 
season, and to double the yield yearly up to eight or ten 
years, aud to average at least one cent, apiece. This is to 
give $1,000 the first bearing, $2,000 tbe next, and for the 
eighth $128.000! This is certainly a flattering show of 
tropical frnits on paper, whatever the actual results may 
prove to be- 
Eds. Rural :—In your report of the proceedings 
of the State Grape Growers’ Association, I am report¬ 
ed as saying that grape growing with us had been a 
success the past season, but this year was an excep¬ 
tion, which gave exactly the opposite meaning of 
what 1 did say, which was that grapes had done well 
with us the past season, as they always did. 
During the past fifteen years since the introduc¬ 
tion of the earlier sorts, we have not had u single 
failure of the grape crop in Niagara county. Varie¬ 
ties adapted to this section, not including the Ca¬ 
tawba and Isabella, which are too late for this lati¬ 
tude, and arc giving place to earlier and more 
reliable sorts, never fail to ripen before early frosts. 
Such arc the only ones to grow, if grape growing is 
to be made profitable aud assume the position to 
which it is justly entitled, as the most successful of 
all fruits, where grapes succeed as well as they do 
in many parts of the State ol New York. 
Lockport, N. Y. C. L. Hoag. 
Growing Figs in Ohio,— The Sciota Gazette furnishes 
a communication from Gen, Worthington on the sub¬ 
ject of fig growing, from which the following is extracted: 
“ The fig tree is hardy, healthy, a quick grower, suits our 
summer climate admirably, and is easily protected with¬ 
out removal through our severest winters: is a sure bear¬ 
er and very prolific It grows from a slip, like a currant 
bush, heariug fruit in three or four years from the slip, 
and I have had trees three or four years old bear a fair 
crop the year after they were transplanted. After the 
trees are four or five years old, they produce from the 
same area, with less labor, a larger and more certain crop 
in Southern Ohio, than either potatoes or tomatoes. The 
large yellow tig begins to ripen about the same time as 
the earliest summer apples—this year (1SC8) on the 14th 
of July. The smaller purple fig begins to ripen about a 
month later, and has a succession of crops until October.” 
be surpaBHeil or equalled by any other Wringer for durabili¬ 
ty, till tin; expiration of the patent for the ‘STOP GEAR.” 
or fastening above the cogs, which prevents them from en¬ 
tirely separating. 
Any sensible nerson can understand that a cog-wheel 
wringer having cogs, whether at. one or loth, ends of the roll, 
which can play apart and ily out of gear when a large article 
is p iling tbrough. Is COMPARATIVELY WORTHLESS, as 
the Cogs theu oi no aid when Most needed. 
The Universal Wringer was awarded the Gold Medal 
at the Great New England Fair, took the First. Premium at 
theNattor.nl Fair at WushlugLm also at the State Fairs of 
every Northern State, aud is the only Wringer which 
ever toou it First Premium at the Fair of the Ameri¬ 
can Institute. 
Its sale ruow aver 358,000 Wringers,) Is greater than of all 
the other Wrii.xers combined. It Is very durable and every 
Universal Wringer is warranted. 
A supply ol Wringers, also ox the CELEBRATED 
DOTY iVASlilSi; MACHINE always kept ready for 
shipment at Cleveland, Chicago, St,. Lotus, Louisville and 
New Orleans. Sold by dealers generally. 
R- C. BROWNING, General Agent, 
314 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
Fruit and Vegetable Markets 
Tng following ere tbe quotations of Fruits and Vegetables 
in the New \ orlc market for the week ending the 7th inst: 
V8GKtaiu.es.—P ot.-toes are in fair demand, and prices are 
steady; out without the r-mii ess noticed last week. 
Monitor, ^ bbl. $1 75 @ 2 00 
Bnckeyes, F bbl.. 175 @ 2 25 
Peach Blows, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Mercers, $ bbl. 2 15 @ 3 50 
Prince Alberts, P bbl. 2 25 @2 75 
Jackson Whites, 9 bbl. 2 00 a 2 25 
Delaware, sweet, * bbl. 4 00 @5 00 
Norfolk, sweet, t* bbl. 3 25 @ .; if. 
Onions, Red, * bbl. 5 DO @ 6 (.0 
Onions, White, F bbl. 12 00 @15 00 
Onions, Yellow, V bbl,. 6 00 o 50 
Tomatoes, * bnrket. 1 75 @2 00 
Marrow Siinssh, p bbl. 1 50 @ 115 
Cabbages, V hfl. 8 00 @12 00 
Turnips, * bfi!. 2 25 @ 2 75 
Pumpkins, « too.10 oo @13 00 
Fruits.—A pples are arriving freely, and as the stock to 
come forward appears large, the market Is weak aud lower. 
Grapes are In heavy stock and the market is dull. 
Apples, Greenings, p bbl. 3 50 @100 
Apples, Baldwins. F bbl... 3 50 @ 4 10 
Apples, Mixed lots, >' bbl. 8 OO @ 4 00 
Apples, common, * bbl. . 2 50 @ 5 30 
Apples, Spitz,‘.nbergs, B bbl.. 3 60 @ 1 oO 
o rapes. Isabellas, p ft. 6 @ 8 
Grapes,common, F lb. s @ 4 
Gr ipes,Catawba, p ft. 14 @ 15 
Quinces. P bhl. 12 00 @14 00 
Citron, p obi. 1 30 5 t 75 
Cranberries, V bbl. 16 00 @80 00 
Dried >’ecITS.—D ried Apples are quiet, and prices arc en¬ 
tirely nominal. Peeled Peaches are held steadily, but the 
Inquiry Is light, Unpee.led aie inactive. Berries continue 
scarce and wanted. 
New Apples. State, * ft.f 10 @ 11 
New Apples. Western, P n>.. i‘>,;@ to 
New Apples, Southern, ft tt. S ’@ 9 
Peaches, prime, peeled, St. 25 M 26 
Peaches, good, # id. 20 @ 38 
Pettches, common, peeled,.... 12 id) 18 
PmicticS, nnpeeled, halves, ft ft. 12 @ is 
Peaches, nnpeeled, quarters, > ft. . i-Via 9 
Blackberries, is ft. 20 *@ 22 
Raspberries. > ft.. 44 @ 46 
Cherries, pitted, Id ft. 44 @ 46 
C. H. Sweet informs us that two years ago he 
had in the fall some cabbages which failed to ma¬ 
ture, when it occurred to him that they might he 
made to grow during the winter with very little 
trouble. Acting ou this conviction he dug a trench 
in the garden, and set the immature plants in it a 
couple of iuches deeper than they grew before. Ou 
each side of the row a board was placed on edge, 
and on top of these two other boards, coming to¬ 
gether at the top and forming a roof. These are 
fastened in position, leaving the plants ample room 
to expand. The cuds of the cabbage rows should 
be closed with the exception of small vent holes 
for the circulation of air. Over this board cover, 
place about one foot of earth, and leave the cab¬ 
bages to expand at will. In the spring, they will 
come out crisp and much matured, furnishing a de¬ 
sirable relish for the table at a season when most 
things of a vegetable nature have become stale and 
insipid. 
wacet 
yovELTy 
U.E.PHELPS 4CO. 
SOLE AGENTS 
IT COnfLANDT ST. M.y 
S PEAKING of tlte NOVELTY CLOTHES 
WRINGER uxliiblteil at tbe late Fair in tbe American 
Institute, tbe Ntw York Libekj.l Chkcstian says:—“ The 
Novelty Wringer received the marked approbation of the 
jury, aud was awarded the uronxs't' raxMiusi. * * * It is 
now admitted that it lias no equal ta a family wringer. * * 
♦ * it has the Patkxt Fi.a>ob Cog-W mutes on Doth ends 
of tbe Rolls, as well a» the most approved aniilianoea for ad¬ 
justing the pressure, so that a flue lace collar, or a heavy 
woollen blanket can be run Through with equal facility and 
without Injury. * * * Indeed, In all respects, its superi¬ 
ority It. so apparent that the high testimonials It Inconstantly 
receiving cor be readily wcowited for. * * * in fact, 
whenever and wherever exh ibit ed It Invariably secures the 
highest honors.” N. B. FHELPS <fc GO., Gkn. Agts.. 
No. 17 Courtlandt Street, New York City 
t3T SOLD EvbBTWHKBK. 974-U 
The Island Grape Crops.—A communication in a late 
number of the Sandusky Register states that the grape 
crop on Kelley’s Island is much short of what was expect¬ 
ed during the growing season. Some of the vineyards 
will barely pay the expense of picking, leaving no remu¬ 
neration for the land and cost of cultivation. The killing 
frost of the 17'rh of October is mainly chargeable with the 
diminished jield. 
Y ou WANT II ART II VJ- THE MOST 
valuable hardy WHITE GRAPE yet known. V seed¬ 
ling from the Concord, and as perfectly hardy, healthy 
aud vigorous as that variety, and ripens 10 days earlier. 
Quality best, both for table and wine. A splendid Grape 
In all respects. Send stamps for Illustrated Catalogues ot 
over 50 varieties Grapes and Small Fruits, to 
979-4t GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
