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rows with compact kinds, when they would 
be better fertilized and the branches more 
compact. 
Mr. Pottle was satisfied, from experience, 
that Crevelings could be made to grow com¬ 
pact clusters by planting them contiguous to 
other naturally compact varieties. 
Mr. KjekCh had failed in keeping Dela¬ 
wares healthy when he summer-pruned. 
\V:w obliged to let the vines grow at will 
after the annual pruning. 
Mr. Pottle corroborated the statement, 
and said the best Delaware vineyard he had 
ever seen was one at Naples, planted on rich 
alluvial soil, naturally drained. The trellises 
were wide apart, very high, and the vines 
were not summer pruned, although very 
luxuriant in growth. The weight of fruit, 
for vine, was immense, the clusters and ber¬ 
ries large, well ripened, and perfectly healthy. 
The DeJewnre needs rich soil, and a chance 
to grow and keep its foliage. 
So far'as expressed, the sentiment of the 
grape growers was 
k vtgtteblt COarbw 
GRAPE GROWERS’ MEETING, 
VEGETABLES IN N. Y. MARKET. 
cnanged since then, and your subscription 
list has been so greatly enlarged, perhaps 
another article of the same kind may not be 
uninteresting, even though some repetition 
may occur. 
In former years all our vegetables were 
raised in the immediate vicinity”of the city — 
that is, on Long Island and iii New' Jersey, 
and w ere carted to market by the gardeners, 
who either sold them or delivered them to 
commission dealers to sell for them. Now 
the business is extending South as far as 
Florida, but not much to the North, as the 
against summer prun¬ 
ing. 
It is expected the proceedings of this 
Association—(he information it will gather 
and disseminate during the present year— 
will he of great value to vine-growers. The 
grape interest of this State is already great 
and increasing; its possibilities arc second 
to no other on the Atlantic slope, and it 
lies in the power of this organization to weld 
the interests of different localities into a 
united power which shall speedily make 
that which is probable to-day the fact of to¬ 
morrow. 
PROPAGATING FROM CUTTINGS, 
11I Western Ited variety. The seed is sent to 
lililllV them every year, as the native article docs 
'll ||1\ not produce a profitable crop, while the 
lj 1change of locality and soil produces the 
m ° Sl wnndcrful result > ^ the child does not 
W in Ult! le3St rt * semIj, ° the parent. The skin 
is of a light red hue, with a peculiar tinge, 
and delicate clearness that is remarkable; 
A. I. .A MOSSIJE. the flesh is quite white and very sweet, and 
*• f is decidedly a prime article. They generally 
the box on the top of a flue as soon after sell for $12 per barrel on first arrival, and do 
Christmas as you like, and keep it there till not often sell for less than $5, in good order, 
the roots throw up new growths, from which The tomatoes arc a small, round, smooth 
take as many cuttings as you want, and variety, and are wrapped in paper, then 
strike with a pretty good bottom-heat, packed in boxes containing about six quarts; 
These will make fine pot-plants, which are these usually sell for about .$2.50 per box for 
to have good shifts as they require it, and a the first arrivals, and as low an 50 cents in 
saucer to each for water after the middle of the height of the season. This season the 
May. The roots from which the cuttings potato growers have sent some potatoes in 
have been taken may be potted, and got these boxes, in order to realize a greater 
bard by May to be planted out again, price for them; they are selling slowly at 
Clumps of four nr five plants together in the $2.25 per box. These articles sometimes ar- 
lront of a mixed border look fine. For all rive as early as the. middle of February, but 
other purposes it may be grown the same as generally not, until the latter part of March, 
any other fuchsia, 
I). B. Wier, Lacon, Ill., manages hard- 
woodod grape vines from cuttings in this 
wise: — Make the cuttings from thoroughly 
ripened wood early in the fall, two to three 
eyes long, tie them in bundles of fifties, w ith 
willows or w ires, placing the base or the 
lower ends ol the cuttings even; make a 
frame the same as for a hot bed; dig out a 
trench eighteen inches deep, and the width 
of the frame; place the cuttings iu the trench 
early in the fall, as soon as they are made, top 
etuh (town, (tins is the main point in this* 
mode of progagation;) place the ends of the 
bunches all even, cover them when thus 
placed in the trench, butt ends up, w ith lour 
to six inches of good sandy loam, and cover 
the whole over with u foot or more of fresh 
coarse horse manure, and thus leave them 
until early spring, then put on the sash, 
the same as the hoi,-bed; keep the surface 
of the soil in the bed sufiicientlv moist, 
J|lurtntlfur£ 
CATTLEYA MOSSKE 
Gantrurr's Weekly 
Layering nones. — A correspondent of the 
Country Gentleman says: —“ it will greatly fa¬ 
cilitate the operation of layering if the shoot is 
split, or cut for alum tan inch, leaving it attached 
by half its thickness to the parent hush. Iu 
making the split, mi from the old plant toward 
the end of the shoot; keep the split open hy in¬ 
sert inga leaf rolled up, or a bit of stick, and'peg 
the shoot down securely. It is well to prepare a 
tied for it. by spreading some rich soil under it 
and covering it with the same. Layers may bo 
struck from Monthly Roses, Heliotropes and 
Geraniums in the same way, with much greater 
ease and certainty than by slips or cuttings. 
Augustis the proper season for layering, and it 
ran be done without impairing in the least the 
appearance of the flower beds. The layers will 
generally bo found sufficiently rooted to be de¬ 
tached and potted by the last of September." 
Grapes Seedlings of the Concord. — SAMUEL 
Mtr.ur.tt, Bluff ton, Mo., has been growing sood- 
1 trigs of the Concord. Of those, Martha. Black 
llawlt and Macedonia are trained as promising. 
He says Black Hawk is ton days earlier than 
Concord, longer in berry, and lie thinks sweeter, 
though he never had an opportunity of tasting 
them ut the same time, since hy tho time the 
Concord is ripe the Black Hawks are all eaten 
by the wasps and beos. The Macedonia did not 
prove its quality, nor was it a strong grower un- 
Bcst < hry.snnthcmiiniH.—in a large nursery the 
London Journal of Horticulture noticed the fol¬ 
lowing as The most conspicuous for their size, 
colors, and beauty, viz.Prince of Wales and 
' h-gin Queen, magnificent, tho one purplish vio¬ 
let, the other pure white, and nearly fire inches 
across; John halter, Prince Alfred, Queen of 
Whites, with some splendid blooms; General 
Bain bridge, Crimson velvet, Cherub, Beverley, 
Golden Dr. Jtrock, Defiance, as a tine specimen : 
Lord Clyde, orimsou; Lord Itanelagh, Rifleman, 
Sir G. Bowyor, Lady Hardingo, Herewurd, Don¬ 
ald Beaton, Random, Prince Albert, Anaxo, 
Rev. J. Dix, Sam Weller. Jardm dcs Plantes, 
Antonelli, Countess of Granville, Raymond, St. 
Columba, golden amber; Yellow Perfection, 
Julie Lagravcrc, Oliver Cromwell, Mr. Wyness, 
and Golden Beverley. 
its must, for several years past, had ranged 
from 98 to 105.10 degrees. The fruit Avas 
allowed to hang long on the vines — until 
after frost. 
Mr- Pottle said that at Naples the Clin¬ 
ton was the only variety yet tried they could 
not succeed with. It was subject, to blight 
and mildew. These (bets warned us that 
there was no one bent variety for all localities 
in the State. 
Mr. Busitn'ei.l said the Hartford Prolific, 
Israella, and several grapes of this class, were 
better tl picked just before becoming dead 
ripe. They are profitable on account of their 
earliness. He deemed the Eumelun as good 
as the Iona, and as hardy as the Concord. 
Mr. Babcock said he could recommend 
the Hartford Prolific for the vicinity of Lock- 
port for profit; Avottld only plant it on the 
very earliest soils. Had never known it to 
drop from the vines but once, when it hung 
long. Never allowed it to hang to perfect 
ripeness. Success with the Concord was 
a arving. The Isabella was being discarded ; 
it was too late. Thought some of Rogers’ 
Hybrids should take the place of Concord 
and Isabella; they had good qualities for 
maikcting. Considered the Salem its early 
as the Delaware. 
Mr. Perry thought all A'arieties having- 
loose bunches should be planted in alternate 
Gem of (he Prairies Rose, 
■The Horticulturist 
says anew rose named the “ Gem of the Prairies” 
is ono of t he most A'aluable acquisitions made 
to our collection of roses that has been originat¬ 
ed in the last ten years. It was raised by Adol¬ 
phus BuhOESS of East New York front scc-d, and 
Is a hybrid between the well-known climbing 
rose, Queen of the Prairie, and Hybrid Perpet¬ 
ual Madmnc Gaffay. possessing the climbing 
properties of the Prairie Rose with the richness 
of color and dolieious fragrance of the Hybrid 
Perpetual. The color is a light shado of crim¬ 
son occasionally blotched with white. The flow¬ 
ers are large, perfectly double and of fine form. 
They are borne on trusses, numbering from ten 
to twenty on each. 
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Am Roses fin- isos, i*6!L—Eugene Verdier 
recommends: Tea Roses —Adrienne Cliristophie, 
La Tulipe, Celina Noircy. Marie Duelier, Marie 
Bisley, Monphtisir. Hybrid Perpetual— Andre 
Leroy (l’Angors, Berthe Baron, Charleq Kon- 
tnine, Devicnno La my, Dupuy Jitmain, Henri 
Ledechaux, Julia Touvais, Madame de Can- 
robort, Marquis do Mortinart, Monsieur Jour- 
ncaux. Rose do la Heine Blanche, Thyra Ham- 
mt-rick. Victor Le Bihan, Victor Trouillard, 
pore. Hybrid Non-Pcrpctml — Madame Laurie 
Grape Classification.—in an essay on this sub¬ 
ject, Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas, 
says:—“The Concord, Hartford Prolific and 
Ives’ Seedling are either seedlings from hybrids 
or pure hybrids of labrusca and com.faUa .. These 
cover a grantor range of country and are the 
best market grapes wo have, being very vigor¬ 
ous. healthy, hardy and productive, and always 
reliable, making lair wine. From t hese we may 
expect our best market grapes. AVn differ very 
much from those who say that the Vitis labrusca 
is the most sensitive to mildew and rot of any of 
the species." He says the Clinton and Taylor 
belong to tho Vitis cordifolla species; Norton's 
FUCHSIA FULGENS. 
Tins fine old Fuchsia is not half so much 
grown as it ought to be. In these days of 
(bliage decoration it ought, to come into a 
good place, for the sake of its fine leaves. 
It is one of the easiest things to grow. 
There can be no better way of managing it 
than to plant out young, well-rooted plants, 
in a moist bed, enriched Avith a good deal of 
leaf mould and well-rotted coav dung. There 
let them grow and bloom as they like, and 
in a dry season give plenty of wat er; it. can 
hardly have too much if the drainage is 
good. 
At the end of October take them up, cut 
them close over to the croAvn, and stow 
their roots in boxes with some poor, sandy 
soil shook well amongst them, and kept just 
moist enough to prevent shrivelling. Put 
—Let our lady readers who 
ers send their experience. 
