AU@.  26 
MOORE’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 
THE  DROUGHT— ITS  LESSONS.* 
Thk  (logreo  of  harrlinosH  of  any  plant  can  only 
correctly  bo  ascertained  wlion  it  is  in  full  hoalth 
and  when  it  grows  in  a  soil  and  situation  to  which 
its  nature  is  suited.  Disnlliciout  knowledge  of 
these  is  the  causo  of  the  eonllicting  Htatenionts 
which  are  published  respecting  the  same  plant  in 
isothermal  sections. 
The  effects  of  drought  are  frequently  mistaken 
for  those  of  cold.  Deprived  of  moisture,  it  is 
deprived  of  food  and  thus  half  starved,  though 
lingerhig  through  the  suimner,  it  succumbs  to 
the  severity  of  winUc.  Excessive  richiicsa  as 
well  as  excessive  poverty  of  soil  may  cause  the 
deatli  of  plants  during  winter  by  inducing  a  su- 
peralmndant,  exhaustive  growth,  which  they  can 
neither  mature  nor  supjjort. 
But  we  have  trees  and  shrubs,  herbaceous 
plants  and  annuals  that  are  atlapted  to  every 
variety  of  soil  and  coiuhtiou  of  weather,  and  it  is 
a  knowledge  of  such  adaiitatlou  tliat  enables 
some — let  IJie  season  bo  what  it  may — to  pre¬ 
serve  their  gardens  in  comparative  beauty. 
The  present  summer,  the  hottest  and  dryost 
we  have  over  oxperioncod,  has  wrought  great 
mischief  in  those  gromids  wherein  such  relations 
have  boon  entirely  ignored,  and  oidy  those  who 
presume  to  believe  that  a  liberal  aiid  prompt  ex¬ 
penditure  of  money  can  be  m.ado  fully  as  offoetiial 
in  the  reparation  of  damages  as  horticultural 
observation  and  study,  will  fail  to  he  instructed 
by  its  stiuging  lessons. 
It  is  true  the  present  season  has  been  exceij- 
tional  and  severe  droughts  local  -but  it  is  Just 
these  exceptional  seasiuis  that  wo  should  pi ovldo 
against  m  the  selection  ami  distribution  of  our 
so-called  hardy  plants.  Let  oxti'cmes  of  heat  or 
cold,  wet  or  di'onght  oeeiu'  hut  otico  m  ten  voars 
—it  Bufllces  to  kill  or  sadly  disfigure  the  beauti¬ 
ful  forms  of  many  trees  and  shnihs  that  under 
our  care  have  grown  from  babyhood  to  full  ma¬ 
turity,  and  that  constitute,  it  may  ho,  those  very 
objects  of  our  grounds  to  wliioh  we  have  becomo 
most  attached.  In  many  affairs  of  life  we  may 
be  guldeil  by  rules  -  in  this  phase  of  horticulture 
wo  should  bo  guideil  by  exceptions. 
While  now  wo  see  plants  green  and  vigorous, 
growing  ill  sandy  soils  or  high,  dry  situations, 
whether  in  iirivato  grounds,  in  woods  or  fields, 
we  may  safely  conclude  that  the  same  varieties 
are  as  well  adapted  to  the  highest,  dryost  parts  of 
our  own  grounds  and  that,  after  cultivating  them 
for  years,  they  will  not  iu  their  mature  beauty  bo 
destroyed  by  drought,  either  directly  or  by  being 
BO  weakened  as  not  to  bo  able  to  endure  the  cold 
of  the  ensuing  winter.  Ho,  likewise,  when  we 
see  plants  suffering  in  such  situatious,  we  may 
be  sm’o  that  they  are  not  adapted  to  each  other 
in  any  other  locality.  This  is  but  one  of  tho 
lessons  of  the  drouglit ;  but  it  is  well  worth  tho 
learning,  and  requires  but  little  iuoonvenieuco  or 
effort. 
To  apply  these  remarks  to  floriculture,  wo  have 
found  that  many  jilants  that  it  has  been  deemed 
necessary  to  water  daily  during  the  dry,  hot 
weather  of  other  summers,  liave  fared  just  as 
well  during  the  iiroseut  drought  without  being 
watered  at  all.  Wo  may  point  out  especially 
Plumhago  mpewitf,  that  though  placed  in  tho 
upper  tier  of  a  rockvrork,  e.xposed  to  the  sun 
neai-ly  all  day  and  never  waUired,  has  bloomed 
more  profusely  than  ever  before,  while  tho 
foliage  is  perfectly  green  and  healthy.  Had  we 
watered  this  plant  as  in  previous  seasons,  the 
impression  could  not  be  avoided  that  its  preserv¬ 
ation  was  due  to  tho  water  and  not  to  auy  special 
adaptation  of  tho  plant  to  tho  ibyest  of  situations. 
Thus  we  are  enabled  to  add  one  of  the  moat 
charming  of  plants  to  tlie  scanty  list  of  those 
which  are  ijorfectly  adapted  to  rockeries. 
The  EiLcnli/pivH  globulus,  seeds  of  whicJi  wore 
801111  last  Decombor  3d,  is  now  three  feet  high 
and  of  about  tbe  same  breadth,  with  widely-  ' 
spreading  brancliee,  and  opposite,  nearly  sessile  ' 
leaves  that,  in  those  two  respects,  recall  the  ' 
Honeysuoklo.  Though  this  has  received  no  wa¬ 
ter,  there  is  not  one  discolored  leaf  u[>on  om  ' 
several  specimens,  and  tlie  glaucous  bloom  that  ' 
covers  the  young  wood  and  leaves  gives  it  a  most  * 
refreshing  appearance  among  the  half-withered 
t^gs  about.  We  have  already  said,  in  a  pre-  ^ 
vious  article,  that  tlie  new  shoots  are  fiu-rowed 
and  shaiply  four-angled.  These  furrows  and  1 
angles  gradually  disappear  until  the  ripened  < 
wood  is  as  smooth  and  round  as  a  ring.  The  < 
bluish-green  bloom  of  tho  new  shoots  is  readily  \  ' 
rubbed  off  with  the  hand,  and  should  it  be  i  * 
moistened  with  perspiration,  they  instantly  pre-  | 
seat  the  appeai-ance  of  being  suffused  in  blood.  i 
No  iiiBeot  h^  disturbed  our  plant-s,  and  wo  should  i 
think  that  the  Eucalyptus  globulus,  cut  back  | 
from  year  to  year,  would  become  a  favorite  * 
among  lender  sub-tropical  plants,  particularly  f 
where  tho  plot  is  located  iu  a  di’y  situation.  s 
enduring  droughts  reuiarkably  well,  though  ' 
worthy  of  general  cultivation  for  other  reasons, 
we  call  attention  to  Plumbago  r^rpcnkc.  This 
is  an  old.  hardy,  half-herbaceons  sbrub,  to  which, 
never  having  ourselves  seen  or  cultivated  it  be¬ 
fore  this  season,  we  have  never  before  referred. 
It  is  as  distinct  from  P.  enpmsis  as  two  plants  of 
^  the  same  genus  can  well  bo.  Its  habit  Ik  coin- 
'  pact- -leaves  small,  spathulak'.  and  flowers  of  a 
‘  deep  violet,  iu  dense  lieails.  'The  flowers  arc  the 
size  of  tho  Verbena  and  like  them.  salver-sbaiKid. 
riiero  is  but  one  thing  that  mar.s  itH  beantv,  viz., 
'  tho  flowers  do  not  oiion  Bunultaucoiisly  and  they 
persist  after  their  Iwauty  has  fadoil  and  form  no 
‘  very  bright  surrounding  to  those  blooming  af¬ 
ter.  Its  hardino.ss  (wo  know  this  from  hearsay, 
merely,)  compactnosM,  ondnrauco  of  diought, 
and  possession  of  a  color  with  which  our  gardeuH 
are  never  sm'feitetl,  are,  however,  characteris¬ 
tics  that  may  commend  its  use  to  all— if  not  for 
the  showiest  of  onr  iHirders,  at  least  for  those 
jiarts  most  liable  to  suffer  from  drought. 
Among  vines  loss  commonly  cultivated  that 
thrive  in  dry  places  is  tbe  Monutaiu  Eringo  (Ad- 
lumia  rirrhosa).  Tho  leaflets  of  this  vino  are 
peculiar,  bearing  no  potiolular  attaeluuent  and 
being  every  one  of  a  dilTercnt  shape.  Common 
in  oiu-  Western  woods,  wJicro  it  is  found  mostly 
iu  wet  jilaces,  a  dry  (lositiou  is  tJio  last  to  ho 
thought  of.  It  is  a  bieunial,  and  its  growth  tho 
first  season  Itcars  no  reseniblaiioo  to  a  vine,  but 
rather  to  a  fern,  having  thrico-pinnate  loaves  and 
variously  lohed  little  loallets,  Boside  Plumbago 
cajieusis  in  tho  rockery,  it  llourishos  finely. 
All  of  us  know  of  the  Matrimony  Vine  (^Lycium. 
oulgare  or  Itarbarum),  and  tunny  readers  will 
exclaim :  “  We  know  enough  of  it!"  It  should, 
indeed,  he  excluded  from  compniihmship  with  all 
other  plants,  on  account  of  its  sjircadiug  roots, 
which  take  possession  of  tlie  ground  and  throw 
up  suckers  for  an  imwoiTantahlc  distance.  But 
it  IS  a  gum  in  its  jdaco.  I’larded  nudi.ir  the  oaves 
of  houses— at  the  base  of  old  stumps  and  rocks — 
upon  sandy  banks,  or  in  those  out-of-the-way 
corners,  which  it  is  desirable  to  fill  with  verdure 
that  will  roquu’o  little  or  no  care  --uothing  is  bet¬ 
ter.  A  single  H]io<!lmon  of  this  slinib,  for  it  is 
not  a  vuie,  grows  iu  our  own  grounds  close  to  a 
brick  fotuulation,  eiilirely  exposed  to  tho  sun 
from  morning  till  night,  without  having  received 
one  drop  of  water  for  thrwi  months  or  more.  It 
is  cut  hoiilc  every  spring,  so  that  with  the  Imshy 
form  thus  forced— tho  drooping  branches  and  its 
contrast  of  small  and  large  leaves — so  entirely  is 
it  the  right  plant  iu  tho  right  iiloco,  that  from  des¬ 
pising  It  as  it  was  once  grown  among  other 
things,  we  now  prize  tlie  Matrimony  Vine  as  all 
of  us  finally  prize  jilants  that  fully  respond  to 
all  that  is  asked  of  them. 
A  sickly  plant,  however  rare  or  costly,  is  far 
from  ornamental,  and  grounds  which  are  planted 
without  regard  to  ada|)tation  of  soU  and  situa¬ 
tion,  will  fail  to  realize  the  expectations  of  the 
most  tasteful  arrangement. 
Taste,  alone,  may  correctly  point  out  where 
trees  aud  shrulis  should  be  planted,  either  as 
single  spocimous  or  iu  groups  ;  whore  tho  flower 
borders  aud  bods  should  be  located  ;  where  the 
lawn  should  ho  unbroken  in  its  velvety  green  ; 
whore  vistas  shuidd  exist  to  lend  tho  charm  of 
mystery  and  plcluresqueuess  to  all.  But  a 
knowledge  of  the  conilitions  under  which  plants 
alone  can  matui  o  their  fullness  of  beauty,  is  in¬ 
dispensable  to  the  development  and  permanence 
of  the  design. 
A  part  of  this  may  be  learned  by  an  observ¬ 
ance  of  the  effects  of  droughts. 
NOTES. 
The  comparatively  new  Hydrangea  II.  panic- 
ulata  alba  is  now  beginning  to  bloom.  The 
lower  florets  are  opouiug,  and  it  will  bo  several 
weeks  before  all,  to  tiio  uppermost,  will  have 
opened.  Then  the  imraonsa  thyrses  endure  till 
hard  frosts. 
This  shrub,  as  we  becomo  better  acquainted 
with  it,  disappoints  in  no  particular.  It  is  iin- 
qualiflodly  haidy,  and  Is  tho  Queen  among  flow¬ 
ering  shrubs  for  the  rest  of  the  season  if  not  for 
the  whole  season. 
Guttlugs  from  tho  half-ripened  wood  strike 
freely;  but  old  wood,  if  we  may  judge  by  our 
failures,  is  worthless.  We  refer  the  reader  to 
our  full  description  of  this  Hydrangea  in  a  late 
Rubax.,  no  statoment  of  which  need  be  cor¬ 
rected  now. 
they  share  their  corrosiumdeut’s  opinions.  We 
say  thivt  we  share  the  opinions  which  tho  otlitors 
of  the  G.  O.  sliare  with  thoir  correspondent. 
Our  friends,  Hooi'k.s  Buo.  A  'I’uow.va  claim  to 
have  introduced  this  plant  into  cultivation  a  few 
years  suico.  They  say  it  greatly  imiiroves 
with  age  in  tho  size  aud  numbers  of  its  flowers. 
The  color  of  the  bloom  is  white  and  violet-blue. 
It  Is  (juito  hardy.  Those  wlio  cannot  W'ait  two 
years  for  it  to  bloom  from  seed,  may  purchase 
tho  roots. 
.Abntilon  boule.  cle  niegc  reveals  this  season 
another  good  trait,  viz. ,  it  does  not  reqnu-o  arti¬ 
ficial  watering,  and  blooms  as  iuccssantly  m  dry 
as  in  wot  weather. 
about  confined  hi  a  circumforenoo  of 
aoout  flfti  uules  m  Hcrifeu  tfo.,  N,  J  ,  is  referred  to. 
Aguilegia  c(erulea.~J  would,  with  groat  confi¬ 
dence,  introduce  to  the  notice  of  lovers  of  really 
Ijeautiful  flowers  the  above  cbariinng  and  most 
desirable  hardy  plant.  I  have  several  patches 
of  it,  which  I  obtained  from  one  packet  of  seed 
They  were  sown  iu  an  open  border  tho  first  week 
in  April,  1875.  and  received  ordinary  attention 
during  tho  following  mouths  ;  earlv  in  April  of 
this  year  a  plentiful  supply  of  flower-spikes 
made  their  appearance,  ancf  smee  then  no  lack  of 
flowers  has  been  produced.  I  enclose  some 
blooms  for  vour  inspection.  I  have  submitted  it 
to  many  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  refined  taste, 
have  used  it  for  many  purposes,  and  with  satis¬ 
factory  and  pleasing  reoults.  It  is  more  like 
some  lovely  Oi-clud  tlian  a  hardy  plant,  aud 
where  not  grown  sliould  bo  secured. 
Thus  writes  a  cijrrespondent  of  the  London 
Gardeners’  Chronicle.  The  editors  say  that 
^  CENTURY  BLOSSOMS. 
A.  T.  Goahorn,  Hinrlor-Grtm'oJ.  U,  S.  Cen- 
^  tenninl  Comniia.non, — Hiu:  The  jxiinological  cx- 
^  hibit  of  tho  week  has  heou  especially  marked  by 
‘  tt  eontrilmtion  of  Early  Apples  from  Dr.  J.  A. 
^  Warder,  President  of  the  Ohio  State  Ilortieul- 
’  tural  Society.  It  embraced  no  less  than  44  va- 
’  rieties,  all  in  rornarkably  fine  coiidiLion.  Many 
t  of  the  viuieties  are  not  well  known  to  orchani- 
^  ists,  arnl  this  fact  romlcrs  tho  oxhlhitiou  a 
’  i)articnl!irly  insteuctivo  imu.  Tho  Iowa  State 
Agricultural  Society  made  nil  exhibit  of  :i0  kinds 
Of  Early  Apples,  chiefly  from  one  grower.  'I’ho 
I  size  ami  Isviuty  of  these  ajiplos  show  how  well 
tho  soil  and  climate  of  tlie  State  are  adapted  to 
*  tho  culture  of  this  fruit.  Hoinu  of  tho  lied  As- 
trachans  measured  12  inchos  iu  circumfcroiiee. 
Tho  same  Society  exhibited  a  plate  of  Claiqi’s 
'  Favorite  Pear,  not  quite  ripo.  Henry  D.  Welsh, 
Philailelphia,  a  plate  of  tho  Kolileukamp  Plum, 
a  large  oval  variety,  usually  of  suporior  ipuili- 
ties,  but  thesi>  were  not  quite  ripo.  Abraham 
Barker,  Pbiladelpliia,  Dearborti’s  Hoedliug  aud 
Itostizer  Pears.  Joseph  Sliaw,  (lien  Hock,  York 
Co.,  Pa.,  a  sooilling  plum  called  lancoln.  ft  is 
about  2  inclies  long  by  wide,  of  a  light  brown 
color,  and  of  medium  qiiallty.  H.  C.  Brown  ex¬ 
hibits  from  the  fann  of  David  S.  Brown  fruit  of 
the  Harrison  I'ear.  The  fniit  is  no  larger  than 
a  pigeon’s  egg  and  not  worth  propagating  for  its 
fruit,  hut  it  derives  its  iutorest  from  having  been 
brought,  ns  a  seedling  in  a  flower-pot  from  En¬ 
gland  by  Capt.  Samuel,  a  relative  of  llarrisou 
the  regicide,  in  100.').  Tho  tree  is,  therefore, 
over  2(fi)  r^isrs  old,  and  is  still  iu  porfeot  health. 
Thomas  J.  Beans,  Biirliugtou,  N.  .1.,  exhibits 
throe  varieties  of  peaches,  handsome  iu  appear¬ 
ance,  l)ut  not  quite  ripe. 
(Signed) 
A.  W.  lUKitisoN,  I'li  on 
Tuoa.  Mkkhan,  j  ^P"'olojic(U  producla. 
Philadelphia,  Aug.  12. 
The  following  are  the  enlries  for  the  Ikmch 
Show:  -9  Fox  Hounds ;  I  Harriers;  7  Beagles; 
7  Dachshunds;  5  Oreyhouiids ;  1  Bloodhound; 
LS  Imported  Jinglish  Hotteir.s ;  128  Native  English 
Setters ;  IS  Imported  Iri-sli  Setters ;  .'iO  Native 
Irish  Setters ;  1  Importoil  Gordon  Setter ;  33 
Native  Gordon  Setters ;  12  I’ointors,  over  lifty 
poiimls:  38  Pointers,  under  fifty  pounds;  2 
Ketrievors  and  Chesapeake  Dogs  ;  I  Irish  Water 
Spaniel ;  2  Retrieving  Spaniels ;  l.'f  Cookers ;  1 
Springer;  2  Mastiffs;  4  St.  Bernards;  8  New¬ 
foundlands  ;  5  Siberian  or  Ulm  ;  1  Dalmatian  or 
Coach;  1.5  Sheep  Dogs;  0  Bull  Dogs;  10  Bull 
Terriers ;  5  Pox  'I’crriers ;  8  Black  and  Tan  Ter¬ 
riers;  10  Skyo  Terriers;  4  Scotch  Terriers;  1 
Broken  haired ;  3  Dandy  DinmontH ;  5  Toys ;  4 
Pomeranian  or  Spitz ;  2  Poodles  ;  22  Miscellane¬ 
ous. 
Gua.  MrnUh  of  tho  Marysville  (Cal.)  Appeal 
has  been  spending  some  weeks  at  tho  Centennial. 
His  baggage  comprised  a  pock  of  lead  pencils 
and  some  note  books  about  tho  size  of  hank 
ledgers.  By  this  timo  tho  Mai-ysville  people 
must  have  the  whole  Exhibition.  If,  however, 
ho  should  have  left  any  of  it  at  Philadelphia,  it 
would  be  well  for  visitors  to  hurry  there,  for  fear 
he  might  come  back  and  take  the  balance.  Let 
us  also  in  this  connection  express  our  commis¬ 
eration  for  the  readers  of  tho  Appeal,  as  we 
know  how  it  is  ourselves ;  too  much  Centennial 
is  as  bad  as  the  itch. 
Would  it  uot  bo  better  for  manufacturers  of 
Agricultural  Exhibiting  Implements  at  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  to  wait  until  after  the  report  of  tho 
comiuitteo  of  Jurors  is  made,  before  putting  out 
ciiculars  purporting  to  give  Ihe  full  tost  and 
opinions  of  said  committee,  as  has  Isien  done  by 
several  of  the  Harvesting  Machine  and  Seed 
Manufacturers?  The  report  of  the  Jurors  is 
strictly  private,  and  has  been  sent  in  to  tho  Ctn- 
tennial  Committee  for  consideration. — Obed. 
Among  the  articles  exhibited  by  Canada  is  a 
load  pencil  71^  feet  long,  23<  feet  thick,  and 
weighing  4,870  jiound.s.  It  is  a  long  piece  of 
plumbago,  and  was  taken  from  a  mine  eighteen 
miles  from  Ottawa. 
In  tho  Now  York  State  cxliibit  is  a  largo  eagle 
made  entirely  of  gold  pens.  | 
,  RAISIN  MAKING  IN  CALIFORNIA. 
The  Yolo  Mail  gives  tho  following  in  regard  to 
the  progress  of  raisin  making  in  California: 
’  Wc  spent  an  hour  at  tho  homo  of  Mr.  K.  B. 
Blowers  of  Woodl.aiul,  Yolo  County,  aiul  soouved 
from  him  much  information  concerning  tho  grape 
and  raisin  Imsiiioss.  Mr.  Blowers  is  not  so  ex- 
tonsivo  as  ho  is  thorough  in  his  work.  Ho  has 
spent  timo,  lal>or  and  means  iu  it,  and  has  been 
abundantly  rewarded  for  bis  oxpendituro.  He 
stands  tbo  C(|ual,  if  not  tho  superior,  of  any  man 
in  the  United  States  iu  producing  raisins.  Tt  has 
boon  dookled  that  bis  raisins  are  8U|ierior  to  any 
iu  tbe  Eastern  market,  or  wo  might  say  in  tho 
world.  Ho  recognizes  hut  one  variety  of  grape 
— tho  Muscatel  as  pro-eminoutly  a  raisin  grape. 
Of  this  variety  ho  has  about  25  acres,  and  about 
two  acres  iu  other  cl loico  varieties  to  tlio  number 
of  2.5. 
There  is  method  in  all  ho  uiulcrtakes,  and  ho 
first  studies  the  art  of  prodnetiou.  Ho  primes 
his  vinos  tolerably  early,  and  believes  in  system- 
afio  irrigation.  Not  conte'iit  with  tho  liberal 
supply  of  water  which  Nature  gives  during  tho 
winter,  he  t:qm  the  canal,  fills  tho  groiiud  with 
water,  and  then  again  after  the  rains,  or  about 
the  first  of  .June.  This  water  serves  two  piir- 
jioMDK ;  Tt  destroys  the  inseets  tJiat  infest  the  soil 
and  adds  at  least  orio-third  to  the  prodnotion, 
both  ill  quantity  and  ipiality.  This  he  did  last 
winter,  and  I  ho  masses  of  hunchos  and  iuiiiimor- 
ablo  clusters  whioli  weigh  down  tho  vines  at  tho 
present  time  oviiieo  tho  wisdom  of  thi.s  work. 
His  vines  iiroinise  a  yield  at  least  one -third 
greater  than  ever  liel'oro. 
Last  year  he  sold  for  taldo  use  ^2,2.'59  worth 
of  fresh  grapes  ahoiit  900  crates  of  which  were 
sent  East.  Ho  also  furnished  over  100,000  cut¬ 
tings,  mostly  of  tlio  .Muscatel  variety,  to  parlies 
iu  this  aud  other  States.  Aside  from  this,  ho 
made  I,.')00  hoxos  of  raisius,  weighing  20  pounds 
to  the  box.  O’lieso  ho  readily  disposed  of  to  San 
Francisco  mereliants,  who  say  that  they  are  su¬ 
perior  to  any  foreign  raisins  iu  the  world.  'I'lio 
estimate  he  places  iiiion  tho  present  crop  i.s  that 
it  will,  after  furnishing  tho  usual  amount  for 
table  use,  make  hetwi^on  4,000  and  .5, 000  lioxcs  or 
raisins.  To  meet  tho  demands  of  the  second 
crop  he  is  about  to  build  a  dryiiig-liou.sc.  The 
niiiiH  come  Itoforo  tho  second  crop  is  fully  dried, 
and  in  tliia  drying-house  he  will  finish  up  the 
HOe/md  crop.  The  first  crop  is  suii-dricd,  which 
ho  claims  as  the  licst  mode  of  di’yiiig. 
Lot  no  one  who  rends  this  suppose  for  a  uio- 
mont  tliat  all  this  is  done  without  labor  or  ex- 
peuso.  Mr.  Blowers  is  an  inveterate  worker,  aud 
aside  from  his  own  labor  lie  employs  from  tho 
hrst  of  September  to  the  miildlo  of  November  15 
to  20  laborers,  at  a  cost  of  from  §1,200  to  §1,500, 
wliicli  ho  pays  in  gold.  Ho  produces  au  article 
on  which  there  is  no  disconnt,  ami  demands  pay 
in  a  ouiTeiiey  not  subject  to  discount.  There  is 
uotbing  “shoddy”  in  bis  business.  He  has  a 
grape  called  the  Emperor  which  ho  i)romi:sos  to 
ship  in  good  condition  to  any  part  of  the  United 
States.  It  is  a  fine  table  grafie,  and  delicious  to 
the  taste. 
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SCUPPERNONG  WINE. 
Skvkii.ii,  years  ago  we  questioned  some  of  the 
statements  made  by  corroHjioiideot.s  of  tho  Soutli- 
erti  press  in  regard  to  tho  value  of  the  Scupper- 
uoug  Grape  for  the  maiinfacture  of  wine,  aud 
wore  pretty  roundly  scolded  for  so  doing,  but 
without  being  convinced  that  wo  wore  in  error. 
Mr.  O.  Taylob,  writing  from  Florida  to  tho 
I’rnirio  Fanner,  touclios  uism  wine  making  at 
the  South  and  fi’om  Seuppornong  grapes  as  fol¬ 
lows  ; 
“1  can't  .see  how  It  is  possible  to  get  a  cheap 
wine  made  out  of  Bciippemong  grapes  In  Florida, 
as  each  grape  has  to  bo  picked  np  one  at  a  tiir  e 
and  examined,  and  how  that  can  ho  done  at  the 
present  price  of  labor  1  cannot  imagine,  A  cor¬ 
dial  may  be  nja/le  by  putting  sugai-  iu  unripenod 
grape  juice,  tho  grapes  being  sbakoti  from  the 
vines ;  but  that  cannot  bo  called  wine.  Let  any 
one  try  a  wine  cellar  in  the  sand  of  Florida,  and 
see  how  many  bottles  will  survive  one  summer's 
heat.  I  will  feel  thankful  when  I  know  that 
there  is  as  much  fniit  in  tho  State  us  tho  chil¬ 
dren  can  oat.  At  present  they  go  hungry  for 
fnait.” 
If  we  are  not  mistaken,  Mr.  Tayloh  has  had 
considerable  expenence  as  a  horticulturist  fur¬ 
ther  north  (Virginia),  therefore  he  is  fully  com¬ 
petent  to  decide  which  of  the  two  regions  is  better 
adapted  to  grape  culture,  as  well  as  on  the  merits 
of  the  most  noted  sorts. 
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Another  New  Grai'E.— T.  8.  Hubbard,  Pre- 
donia,  N.  Y.,  sends  ns  a  hniioh  of  anew  aud  very 
early  grape  which  has  been  named  tho  “  Fredo- 
nia.”  Air.  H.  says  that  it  is  15  to  20  days  earlier 
than  the  Hartford  and  is  about  tho  same  as  the 
latter  in  quality.  Wo  think  this  variety  promwe  s 
well  for  a  very  early  sort’ 
