The National tribune., 1882-02-11

either the Master, Secretary, or Lecturer of each
and every Subordinate Grange so that copy OF
the paper may be furnished for perusal by Its
members. It is proposed to make the paper
welcome visitor to the home of every member OF
the Order, and the Rural Topics column WILL II
possible, be kept up to the progressive plane OF
other departments of the paper.
GRAPES-In introducing a new grape is 1t
considered the highest praise that can be given
to state that it is as good as the Catawba and as
hardy as the Concord. From this standard of
comparison the idea is conveyed that the Catawba
is tender variety, which is not, strictly speak
ing the case. As ordinarily understood, hardl-
ness means the amount of cold which plant
will endure without in Jury, and mainly depend
ing upon latitude or elevation; but in regard to
our native grapes hardness is indicated by their
freedom from mildew and other injuries to their
foliage during summer, which enfeebles their
vitality, checks their growth so as to prevent
maturity of the young shoots, which are then
readily destroyed by frosts during winter. Thus
it happens that while the Catawba is hardy on
the hillsides which borders lakes in western
New York, it is tender lin the sense of fruit pro-
duction) in many parts of Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Virginia. And what is true of the
Catawba is also true of all the best varieties,
such as the Iona, Delaware, Eumelan, Walter,
Diana Croton, and many others-they can only
he grown in certain localities. But the strong
leaved varieties, such as Concord, Hartford Pro-
life. Ives, Martha, Perkins, and many others
with robust foliage and coarse fruits, are cult
waited everywhere because they will grow every
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superior quality of fruit.
The truth probably is that all native grapes
are about as hardy as the Concord, provided the
test made in localities favorable to their growth.
When these localities are found anywhere within
the limit of grapevine growth all are alike hardy
and productive OF course we exclude varieties
of southern origin, such as the Scuppernong, and
also various seedlings which have originated in
the southern States from southern forms of other
species besides those of which the Scuppernong
is type.
To be strictly conscientious in the matter of
introducing new grape to the public, it is not
enough simply to state that is hardy; the limits
of ns hardness is the main point of importance,
and in Justice to purchasers this should be men
toned so far as known. To certain extent this
matter has nearly remedied itself as the effort
to possess new grapes merely On their announce
ment as such is not so active as formerly, owing
to constant and grevious disappointments in the
fruits failing to up to their described value.
OZONE PREsERvATIyE-Prof r. B. Warder,
a well-known chemist of Cincinnati, has branded
the "ozone preventative" advertised all over the
country, as deception and fraud. He says the
III oh boi,,
room is to pervade it with this I" new" preserva-
tive agent is dry and tasteless, and has distinct
smell of cinnamon; it burns with pale blue
fame and the emission of the familiar ordor of
the first ignition of sulphur match. On analy-
sis it was found to consist Of sulphur 937 parts,
carbon 46 and other matter of no importance
making up the small residue of IL per cent.
Sulphur is yellow, but this powder is black; and
the microscope shows that this transmission is
effected by covering or glazing as it were, the
particles of sulphur with very finely divided
carbon, probably lamp-black; then, the color of
the sulphur being thus securely masked, its odor
is concealed also by little oil of cinnamon; and
the mixture is sold at about thirty times the cost
Of the sulphur its most expensive and only really
useful ingredient
IoBAcCo?-A Belgian paper states that every
year In Thuringia there is consumed thousand
tons OF beet leaves transformed into tobacco. The
same leaves as well as those of chicory and of the
cabbage, undergo the same metamorphosis at
Madebourg and in the Palatinate. Vevav cigars
are of the same"
Probably this is one was of utilizing the bv-
products of the sugar from beet industry in En-
rope
SoLANUM FENDLERI.-This wild potato 10
found growing in some of the western plains.