The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-09-02

nc nus relubeu clU,UUU IDe mouse
is q cottqge>brick, enlarged by ad
ditions. He showed two or three
Clinton vines grown for shade near
the house, that presented an inter
esting mass OF fruit. lie called at.
tontion TO a most rich and delicious
pear, now ripe, which was thought
TO be the "Golden BeuIre." Com
mend me to the nurseryman who
has this pear. Dir, Weakley show.
cd some Delaware vines that were
loaded with fruit, but the mildew
has so stripped off the leaves that
the fruit cannot ripen
The last visit there was time to
make was at Mr.. John A. Fettcrs,
two or three miles north of town.
lie has an extensive vineyard oi
Catawbas and Concords with no
fruit on either variety. Last year
he had a fine crop, this year almost
u total failure.
The last feature of tho programme
for the afternoon was to ascend
upon Standing Rock and take q
most interesting view OF the town
ard surrounding country.
An evening meeting of the Ohio
Grape Growers Association was
held in the City Hall on Wcdnes-
day, which was occupied by the
members in giving reports Of the
condition of the grape crop in diff
ferent localities in Ohio and other
States. An elaborate and interest.
ing essay was also read by Hon
W. J. Flagg, of Cincinnati, on the
subject Of the grape disease and its
treatment by the use of sulphur
The Commercials correspondent
says:
The reports from all directions
including the islands of lake Erie
and thousands of acres of vine.
yards along lis shores in this State
from Northeast, Pennsylvania, from
llammondsport, New York, and
from the interior of our own
State and the line of the Ohio Riv.
er, showed great destruction to the
growing crop this year from rot
and mildow. The old favorite va
rietics. Catawba and Concord, seem
to have boen especially unfortu-
nate, the former most particularly
so Delawares, Ionas, and somo Of
the Rogers varieties, have quite
generally escaped serious injury;
and no case was reported where Is.
abellas had been attacked by this
formidable enemy.
The incidents of Thursday are
thus detailed by the graphic pen Of
tho correspondent OF tho Cincinnati
Times, l., A. HINE, Esq, which We
give nearly entire, with the exccp.
tion of slight corrections, in names
&c:
The great feature of the Conver
tion Of Grapo growers yesterday
was the visit and picnic at Reform
Farm. A long procession of dou
BILE carriages, buggies and spring
wagons took out large party
The distance from Lancaster is sis
miles south. The road ia excel.
lent, and rendered exceedingly
pleasant by a young growth o
timber shading nearly the entir'
route.
About two miles on tho way il
the fruit farm of ]. D. Martin. KEEP
in very handsome order by J. ID
Clarke. 1t comprises tho slopes o
the hills that rise on either side.-
The house stands at the base of tn,
hills. near q bountIful spring o
pure soft water, which supplies {
handsome lake. 1t is, as a thou
sand other places in this regior
could be mode, delightful home
stead.
A little further on the crap,
growers called at the farm of ]. S
Snyder, alluded to in my prcviou
letter. Mr.. Snyder bought tn,
land a few years since for abon
$40 per acre, and has increased III
value by intelligently directed Ia
Dor to at least $3.50 per acre fo
the whole farm. His vineyard
comprises thirty acres, much OF i
on steep hill sides-too steep fo
the plow. Where tho grounC
could not be broken by teams tn,
grapes were planted in the un
worked soil, and seem to do just al
we'll as whore tho ground wa
worked. The soil is chiefly sand
fertiIized by the decaying rocks a
the SUBMITS, Such soils compris
} ing much or nearly all the rcgiol
eastward and southwark to tn
Ohio river arc tho best fruit soil
of the State. Mr.. S. was consider
&c imprudent in buying so rough
tract, but the proud result has JUS
titled his wisdom His vines ar
exceedingly thrifty. For tw'
years after planting he cultivate
row of potatoes between the row
of grapes on those portions tina
are not Too steep, and his potatoc
have paid all tho expense of crap
planting and cultivation. lie ba
thus made it pay from the start. =
He has gathered a large crop q
grapes every year since his vine
came into bearing, but the failur
this year is almost total,
AT THE REFORM FARM.
Arrived at the State Farm,
pleasant prospect greeted tho visi
tors, who had never before seen th
I premises, The broken charactc
of the l,l70 acres constituting til