New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-08
MEETING OF THE FRUIT GROWERS.

The Fruit Growers Club held their regular
meeting yesterday their roon No 81 Parkpsce Mr..
a. N. Powell presiding. Mr.. Rea presented some fine
close clusters OF grapes grown in this city from seed
ling and asked the club to name the variety TO which
they belonged. The general opinion that they were
j. abelas but some thought otherwise Mr. Lawton pro
nounced them remarkably fine isaDelas, produced by
careful cultivation under favorable circumstances, and
said That he had never seen the harder varieties OF
lrapes-;he Isabella, Nuscadne Black Eagle, Black Ham
burg and others-succeed so wei anywhere with slight
cultivation u this city. JudlcOus pruning IS all that
S. needed. He knew shoemaker, down on Water-st.,
80 years ago, who planted Muscadne cutting IN
he strip OF ground by his shop, and brlcked up the
yard leaving only the Orce for The stalk Of the yne he
put little water on II ana pruned II occasionally ana
became luXuTian TO the whole place, and
AZ daily IN the bearing season Mr. Iawto also said that
he had himself had Isabella grapevine in Walkerst
bunches of the finest quality In of these
was not surprised at the superior favor and appearance
OF these grapes he thought, moreover, that il the
Isabella grape always received the advantages which
these had the ancient high reputation OF species
would be revived in this vicinity. The Chairman an.
pounced Mr.. Rea the verdict OF the club that they
we're Isabella Grapes and Mr. L. said that he had bought
the Seeding for an Isabella but many had declared
on tasting the fruit that was superior TO that species
that lis faith had shaken. Mrs Barlow said that
she had raised even finer punches than those upon a
brick wall with south exposure Inc chairman spoke OF
vineyard IN Columbia County OF 500 vines OF the isa-
bella variety which produced several hundred punches
vine. Of quality which he thought would compare
favoraby with the finest varieties which have been pre-
scented the society this season lie aserbes tins sue
to the fact that liberal allowance OF soma zone was
placed around the roots oil each Vlne as EXPERIMENT mao
proved ms satisfaction that bone was the natural food
a. the gTale. Mr. LawtOn WAS asked II the uR would
GROW here and said that he had been informed by reliable
persons ia Newark and on Long Island that they did
grow flourish in the air In those places though
he did not know about the city itself The chairman
asked II the paper read by Mr. Todd at the
last meeting should up for
aiscussOn il concluded TO defer it, Mr.. Todd and
others interested absent Mr Fuller, by request,
made SONIC observations the recent Convention Of the
Pathological Society ut Philadelphia. The display OF
fruit had very fine indeed He had observed that
The fruit from the newly settled districts, Nineland,
Kansas. etc, better than that from Boston, New
York and the older settlements He did got draw the
{fereuce that these sections specially good fruit
lszds and always would be- but he believed THAI their
suDeriority depended their newDess Kansas and
yipeland 20 years hence will need as much manure and
nrecanton against insects the old settlements o. The
East do now Where very large collections OF different
varieties OF fruit exhibited the average was not
"a good "a In smaller collections Twenty kinds Of pears
iecton OF 80 kinds would have large proportion OF
Lnotty and stunted ones, and out Of go, scarcely
Ok good ones could be selected. The fruit from
Norfolk and that neghbOrhOOd showed the improvement
xvrought by smart Yankee element which has been
Introduced the population there since the war MIS-
Somerby aluded to the custom Vineland OF showing
on Lhe land ia the best manner possible IN 0Tdor 10 ILL.,
do emRratiOn and the President remarked tbat care
mi had shown him that substance called
mari was tckly scattered through the sub
90, there which, while II lasted, would make fruit grow
a. in TlDeland profitable. fine bunch OF grapes was
y1reeented FROM HammOndspOrt H. T., and pear OF an
hnknown name The pear was decided " be IA beckeI
srafed on 0unce tree Mr. Kellogg OF Brooklyn asked
se cause of the rust IN pears Mr. Fuller SAID thatlt
prevailed everywhere tbis year. aud Was nom some M