New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-15
Farmers, Club.

An extra meeting was held yesterday-subJecto OF
discussion, the Culture Of the Grape and the best
method Of raising Cattle, especially Cows. Previ-
Gus the regular subject coming up the Secretary
Mr. Meigs, read an account which ne had translated
from French journal, Of remarkable Oak Tree
In The Lower Charente. This tree is two thousand
wears old and measures upward Of twenty seven
feet in diameter at the base. and at the hight OF
man above the ground Is twenty-five feet The spread
of tee branches is One Hundred and Twenty-Five feet
TIE trunk hollow end table is set In il around which
twelve persons can cit The tree is sti IN vigorous
growth and promises las, yet many centuries Mr.
Megs also read an ext-sc, from Annals of the Paris
Royal Society OF Agriculture relating 10 the Potato crop
In Strincshirc England which is the worst ever known
In the memory of man. The evil Is least On dry soils
The most surprising fact however, Is thai while the Po
tatoes which come direct from South America are all
sound in their product, all others in Tie field
are diseased. Those from North America, well as
the native English have all fallen sacrifice. ..-Dr. E.
Junius Smith made statement respecting discovery
he accidentally made respecting the great superiority OF
fresh cowmanure for all vegetables oil the Cabbage ge
nus. With this manure, which he had applied for
Of other TO bed Of CapePurpe Broccoli, he had pro-
duced heads which in August measured #. J in.
round. He had since tested the superiority Of this ma
nure for Lettuce and other plants of the Cabbage tribe
The Secretary then exhibited Of those swellin IS
upon fruitTees which nre destroying so many Cherry
trees and which he had taken froR On Long.
Island This gave rise 10 some remarks about insects
upon trees which it seemed to be concluded could be
best contended against by lime md potashlime for the
srvH and potash for the living foe
discussion took place In regard TO planting Vine
cuttings which in Europe always planted ip shady
place and with inclination of about forty five degree
z, tod that
was larger surface thus exposed 10 the moisture which
fell DR. Underhil suggesed that the suns rays also fell
perpendicuIary upon the stem. when planted with On
inclination. The end also is not struck by the and
thus the sspvcsses are protected from being dried up
The greatest possible amount Of sunshine might be
ouis,tc in England but not in this country In the
of Newtown Pippin gratis they fouri.hed hes, the
Northern slope of hills and inserted perpendculsry.
10 be protected from the Col Clark stated in
pect TO the sometimes made that varieties
Grapes produced by planting the seeds of the
Native Grapes that wherever the seeds planted
natural means. they always produced their kind
only How 1t, then that by planting the seeds arti.
fcialy other varieties should be producedl Dr.. I'm
derhl had received letter from Ma Longworth. an
extensive cultivator Of Grapes in Ohio. Mr.. L. had
soyyed some acres with the seeds OF the Isabella |
and Ca'awba Grape. from which many varieties
wero overwhelmingly inferior and none superior to
TO the seeds The celebrated Ohio Grape, (sup
posed by many TO be the same our Noron's SecdnR)
had been pronounced in way preferable to lisa.
bella aud Ca,awba. DR. q made remarks about
the Scuppernon Grape from North Carolina. 1t seems
ia n female ulant and
mons bu, female plants have found their way to the
North The Scupperuon Is a very large berry, and but
few (sHy six TO eight grow "a cluster. The Doctor
docs No, bel.ye Il will nj all cmpare nj present with
rho Isanslla and C,,awbn Mr. Meirs alluded 10 the re-
,s-lan,s torrndi,v of tho scnpneTnon Sometmes
49,, ~, could s,r,.d and covcr wi,h i,s leave, two
ncrs. md a hnlf of ground Or L. explained the pro-
cos. which wns by bringing down The vine 10 the
ground every few yards and thus creating new root
The Doctor then spoke of the Bland Grape.
from Virginia nynonomous with tho Powell and Bea
yer DAD, vario,e..> The Bland Grape 10 mild sweet
and without piquant characteristics snd resembles in
size and color the Catswbs only rather lighter. Mr.
Meigs made statements respecting the scupper-
non Grape. and spoke OF the wine produced from It as
being equal the best Italian and Persian Wines Col.
Clark also mentioned that he had once put barrel of
Scuppernon ineutoa Madeira cask and twas drank by
connoisseurs for excellent Madeira MrVAn Wyck made
interesting observations on the culture of the Grape In
England. He said that originally they cultivated In
England only the pave varieties but as they advanced
in knowledge and means they had gradually introduced
successfully all the choicest varieties OF Grapes from the
Continent, And now they cultivated In England every
variety and in higher state OF perfection than any
where the Continent Often they produced cuse RS
weighing from 10 ~ lbs The cultivation Of the for