The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-20

The VINE IN ILLINOIS AND MIssoURI.-The follow
ing letter was read before recent meeting of the
Cincinnati horticultural Society:
ST. Louis, August IL.
Mr.. ROBERT BUCHANAN-Dear Sir have lust
received your esteemed favor and am pleased 70
see that your wine growers have such abundant
cause for rejoicing, for l consider the vintage now
safe. Ours are equally fortunate, so far as | can
learn, and will be amply recompensed by an album
dant crop. The rot in july visited US as usual,
and destroyed probay one-third of the crop; but
as the vines were heavily laden, there will still be
an abundant yield, say at the rate of $50 to 300
gallons to the acre, whilst in some favored localities
double this quantity. The vines in general were
singularly exempt from mildew, (both on leaf and
berry, which was not observed until about the Goth
of July, when, in the midst of long dry spell, it
made its appearance on the leaf.
The rot commenced in my vineyard, and also in
those in the neighborhood, about the 26th of une
and continued for about two weeks. 1t was most
destructive the hills and particularly on the up
per portion of the slope where the vines were most
exposed to and air. while the vines on stakes in
somewhat shady localities, and especially where
running at will over peach trees ten or fifteen feet
high, and where they had not been pruned for
years, were entirely exempt. For several wears
past the vines thus situated have, with me, pro-
duced the soundest and most perfect fruit and
the question thus naturally arises, whether we
have not followed too strictly the European prac-
tice of close pruning Let your wine growers think
of this
If no untoward circumstances take place during
lHe cunning mOnlA, tue vineyards OF Illinois aud
Missouri should yield 100000 gallons of wine, all
OF which will meet with ready home demand at
highly remunerating rates.
Our people are getting more and more in the
spirit of wine growing, and every year adds large
ly to the breadth of land in cultivation. They are
becoming satisfied at last, that the culture is both
easy and profitable.
We expect to get up fair for native wine for
the whole Union, with liberal premiums about the
middle of April next, and hope to be favored with
any suggestion you NAV have relative thereto, as
well as your personal assistance.
We shall take especial pains, in time, to have a
large collection of samples from every wine grow
ing district in the Union, and hope to make the
trial both interesting and instructive
Truly your friend, VIM GLASGOW, JR
SHOOTING ExTRAoRDINARY.-The following extra
ordinary statement is from the Ahenpum "a few
days ago we saw the range and accuracy of the
new Armstrong gun tested in a way which demands
a note Cooling ourselves on the Essex coast, near
the artillery practising ground, are asked to see
the firing, and while this goes slowly and solemny
on, one Of the party spies flight ofgeese far out to
sea. There, they light on yon sand-bank' Up
go dozen glasses. Yes; there they flicker in
the sun, grey and white, mere specks in the blue
sea air. Load the gun-load at the breach-poise
-tOuch-bang Boat off there to the sands A
signal tells the tale The shot has struck the
swarm-a life is taken from the Highland this at
six miles furlongs from the mouth of the gun!
A shot as well aimed from Primrose-hill should hit
the ball on Greenwich Observatory; or if fired
from Richmond Park, should bring down a rider in
RottenroW,'