New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-12-01
Farmers, Club,

Grating FrWt-EIPe1imemdt fdfmhg-Chd'codL-
Cnrbon-D, Underhilrs Vineyard.
The Club met on Tuesday last, and after some
business discussion, Mr. Wakeman presented q
paper, drawn by .'lr. Boswell of Philadelphia, on
the subject of engtafting, and proposing plan
for extending the cultivation Of choice fruits, as
follows:
l. Make collection of chocf scicns Of Apple Fear SC
during the months of February and March: keep them the
Repository the American Institute > When the proper
arrives employ wellknown practical Nursery
man teach particular manner the operation OF
engrditinC. By the above means young go
the country with knowledge of the business taking with
them the choicest rqrieties Of Fruits IN the Union.
Mr.. Boswell who present stated that he had estab
lrshed system ct Exchanges Of Fruit Scions, and will
furnish Institute with the choice scions-fIom Bos-
ton 10 Cincinnati.
During Juy aud August choice Of Plum Cher.
IS, Peach, Apricot and Nectane be collected and
some Nurseyman employed to teach Budding aud Inocu
iaiiom.
M, Meiss stated tina. Mr. Pell OF Ulster county made
statement at the Repository relative his experimental
farming from which appeared that he had found benefit
from the Of Oys,er.shc me-using 300 bushels per
That addition he had employed 81 bushels Of Char
coal per Tha, this Charcoal! dressing he obtained
last serenity ght bushels and tuenfyfour quarts
OF
bearing That IN dry weather he had applied Line freely
the found that this preserved the rsrdue and growth
when the nsighborhood much injured BY drought
That he had wheat three weeks sooner than his
nei shbors aud when the Of the began
brown aud when by the pressure Of finger and thumb the
grain milk would fly out, That this wheat weighed 6.
pounds per tushe That h. sold for seed dollar
ordinary wheat IS That he clover and housed
the day-spIinklng about bushe Of salt
every load hat this clover retained its green color and
preferred by cats TO that saved the old way That he
DIPPED sponge in ammonia and applied to the worm
on his trees and ban.hcd them completely That he
has market fO, thousand barrels of apples many
Of which 60 London aud there sell for nine dollars pei
barrel That he employed from Vermont TO encraf
10000 apple for Sl5O That this man brought com
rany OF men of whom two sawed of the proper limbs.
made the proper uclson wo Of them) in the back
tso more inserted the grafts,wo applied compost
OF nilow oud That cut Of tbs 20 OOO gratis NOT
| failed.
Col Edward Clash stated that Charcoal suffered no d.
mnntion IN its use for vegetation
Dr. Mihaw stated that takes and retains the Ammonia
The Chairman remarked that 81 bushels of Charcoal would
nearly sprinkle
JOHN D Ward stated that Charcoal pits give fertility for
80 Years That such spots called coc bottoms and are
remarkable for vigorous vegetation.
M Iucnscni said that the effect ,cas due 10 The rhts
He had often noticed ltthat spot whers pure charcoal
received no fertilization 1t the akali merely that
did
Mr Cetcr sad that good fruit ought to he introduced
among all farmers, that ago. some person whs
about migrating the lands bough, 400 trees a.
Ns"alk-natura frui,-tIees-took them TO Newly In
Ssrtembctse: them garden where they began TO yers
taetook them up for the winter and put them IN cellar
earthtook them By winter and grated them
seat them to Se land; the spring Nh Carter saw
them this summer, they the finest pppu, IN thai
country.
M Meiss made some remarks on carbonthat i, !, char
coa all vegetables burned give it; the essential pru
cp'e CT vegetables life that the experiments Of Sir Isaac
Newton Gu The Frtaccn light caused him to place d,.
mond amber o and charcoal ell pursy calbou-am a,
vegetable that Cuyton Morreau made ss. BIZ using
aMG'e dust on trof ,hsc Dsv found f.rti.inC
sou LOST no weight BY sustaining vegea,ion tia. hundred
pounds Of soil would grow Plan, from one ounce 10 hum
dfsd pounds, and lose nothing Of weight
4h'. bdAemon presented Bowman Treatise on Manure
Commitiss appointed to examine it.
NJ Nsiss read the RePor, CT Committee en- Dr. Under
hl noble Vineyard Croton Point consisting Of twenty
acres OF Isabella aud Cawba Grapes bearing al much
ifa AS the Doctor pleaseS allow the vines to 1nainan
recommending the highest honcr Of the Institute 10 given
10 tha' msi'orous HIS farm contains moreover
LOO pp'etrees, 1900 Peaettees and some of the very
hneS ounces ever by the Committee his apples sell
readily here at - barrel so fine are they
Pr bowsn presented several oranbery.,rees from Lake
umbasog. In the State OF Name They are beautiful and
abundant bearers; grow in m&rshy grounds.
Mt Browne presented memorial to Congress relative to
American Timber. Rad and referred to Committee.
Cox Clark stated that old frui,-trees can be much
'aea y proper eaIe suggested Of the proper