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CULTTOBOP THB wuratJKAPE. ADDRESS Deb' rated be fort the (Jape Man Oof inly Agricultural Society, September C.'OD. ' ' jut tjr* L * u f D • ■ A "'Century and a half hat passed f ' jdtiee th It c'/untj _j*ns organized, and ^yp^^u rttac'mhrtiire of tkal sturdy ytnvigalor, Cornelius Jacobeu May, who, jn lire *111 plot of llic Dalch Weal India Company, vim'ted Delaware Buy In 1823. . .A* fear after year patted away, the p»en".»'of a lluirtrd population were j | fioppjft-fl'ft'ora tbe 'generous hodnty of r» ^ihr^iriiinding waters, or more hardly V . llrnwn frotffTht lightly cultivated loud ; J an inctruring populaiiau rau ted a more upended field of agriculliiro lo bo open %d« wmU before tn>folt mahifentcd llMHMelrct, markets for exchange of pr^udii1 were sought, reads opened lliflf Ihew miglit be' reached ; nud so, Mcrtrty/but'lhtrly, tin* Cape May conu 1J adtauet'tl, until ilic prl-sent tiuie. , -4l*r general interest", by tlio proposed lopaning of a railroad £6r<Y)Eifl_'g|r« her'| constantly demanding market for her produce: and her agricultural product, in pMrtcTlkH-WitHte by th s ' iraiprovemrtrt, the pore to, shicff-lhe C«- ' toblixhuiert of ati Agricultural Society will develops Uie reword t of her toil ^ to an extcul nover before contemplated. It la easy to make this prediction, for it is, founded on no theory ; hut bag for its biydalhe fact that it will 'u-kc union among her former*, and "In Union | there it Btreugtb I" — Iu the union of I I men to encourage mutual friendship : in tUq^nion of men holding -with each i, * other plain common tense talks about stuck and erupt* and from these folks finding out practical ways of iuiproiiug j /arming. A grit-nit ur 1 Socieii ■ are a, prime necessity with fanners, since ihry tend to bring together,' wide scattered ! • evperientfr, ' and ii^Drelr comparison giro certain rules to gonrn fulfire tyjA, tine, lias a farmer in some «h#lmit part ' of the county raiaed' a forg® yieldiag j specimen of some new kind of »bcat or ! ryto or o'ats^ be submits it to the Society; at' a general raeetljjg the 'Information of j | e. tys success Ir at once told lo hbnMteda^ of brother farmers, and thus it is placed t within their power to idopt that which ! j fore ol great ndvnunge to all. ! There" la one branch of agricnltare , which hat hitherto received ,bnt small at- j teuiion at your bawds,' an^jret this onr, ike colture W Die Wine Qrepe, gites j vorcry promise or paying better than any >4tor. Tlic censu< of 1850, states that It. ! .811 -gattons of wine were uodc tlurlntfDtat year, show- ' ing «.-• nlmo-t total nepteet of one of the su.st profitable, If noK the moat , profitable, giant that coul\ be raised lie r» Y oo liare soil tiwt, ae- j Cording to the best authorities, isjexact- ' (ly soiled to Us euUiTationX^^daing in l( frfs admirable work on win4 aay.< — ' "Tim Dim will^gfoaf on any fell which ft not infeclefiby atagnoted waters; but ** (t flourishes most in tharwhluh 5a drr. Bgkt and atony of tanfly. Good rich soils oarer produce ercn tolerable wipe. tor the wine is not excellent in proporfion to tbo. sine and luxuriance of the but' contrary. It is best aa tbe -aofl 'is lighter and ryer. The soil wkUh, from dryness and lighcneaa, is-fil for ao othar culture, is adapted to the YlM." Again, Barry on wine*, writes. "It is likawiscaanekablo that the fibres dud vessels of tbe rlhe are more dry -and f rigid than of any' otbef tree, end that it chiefly delights in a'sfchdy toil. * Near Lima in P«ru the grapes art da jicioos; the StaUatt. Grape in particular is rt marhahiy large sod delicate; at find ' tug that, there thr roil is stony and sandy or tmfraly ©casista of sui^o^h Hints or . . » ' pcWde*; not more than eight inches 0f « eartk anywhere C^ers them. The land v may thawfore be imngiacd rcry congenial to Ds* cwltnfc, fo?^r aaudj soils,

with grurcl subsiraism, the toil is genaraliy exempt from rot. Aa regards tbe position of rineymrd. t a hill side with n southern aspect is prefered, nlthongh an eastern or western exposure is nearly as good Tho wines of the Gironde in France, so much esteemed, arc produced on the plain, t ough ercn there, opinion farurs s'ighl eluvation. Much depends however on the sBli-soil. if it is clay and retains , Diotalure, elevtiiioiis should always be rlinaen, that the water way escajH-, but if of gravel, and consequently dry, tbe vine will flourish even on plains. Iu favor of the cultivation of the vine, ilsyspcetiy and sure growth is one of the strongest srgumeut « in its favor. L-n-ger lived tfinn the apple, (mar or peach tree, its yield is more aimudant, and additlbaaliy iu its lavor, its products can be stored for years. Com pared with other crop*; its ctrancor are two to one, and ' It must be bofnc in mind tl.ut it nil i grow lot he poorest soils, where oilier crops would prove entire failurea Ou ! an otic of I nd producing IU or 15. bushels of corn, the yield of wine in nn 'j enrage season would be 250 or 300 gallons. In Fruuce grope leaves ore found i to De exeletii food for cows, sheep^jutd hogs, wlievl-olh-f food is scarce ; but M 1 they are more useful as a dressing to lbc/' : vineyard, yhey are rarely spared ; in tbe . i latter case, they are not gathered uutil tlicy begin to f^ll off, when t'icy arc collected and put iu o dry pluee, Rometimes aalud aud then left to feiment. Tba vine will bear fruit, if properly I planted and tended, for from »ixiy to i 1 seventy ycara or more, and although ii bears aoiue fruit the third year after it ! 1 is planted, it U generally not In full b«nr- , itig until six or seven years old. Tni* ; I loss of time tuny he-obviated by gruf.ing oamflMr roots. _ ■ r In regard lo the profits arising I frou) grape culture, from bu srli- | cla iu the Patent Office Report for 1S5», on the vine 'in Missouri, we S learn that the entire cost of vine-yards, ! preparing the soil, setting and trainiug the vines till they come Into bearing, va- , ries tlma $200 to .$300 per acre. . Anuaai cost of cultivation after i beytvif , $50 to $60. Ten per cent oj _lv^. coat $20 to $30. Total expense ' per acre for each year $70 to $90 — Apdging from Ike statistics before me, I j ToYdd estimate that our vine-yards have yitlu«d an arerage of at least 250 galIpua olf wine per acr#_ since 1849, and have lirougtlt u-«finn prlte of about $1 60 per galldqC which would give an ! animal income oy^$400, or a yearly profit of fcHrtfT-pcracre." Boejinnan, in his work on Qrape CnlI lure gives ' Snppovtd profits per acre - (yvsrlj) $100;" bnt in this estimate he allows but $1 00 per gallon, and 200 gal- ! Inns wine raised on the acre ; ccruinly I a very moderate calculation. The varieties of American grapes, compared with thoae of Earope, are very Timiled. Mr. W. H. Prince, I n his treatise on lb<! vine in 1830, enumrretfd hut 88 varieties, many of these bearing no - fruit; whereas, in Spain, more than 400 hstvrtieen disiingaiahed, and in Franca more than 1000. Long experience has resulted in discarding the European rsrittlfe for wins making, and depending upon our own Native Qrape. Whether this experience will not be modified in future yea A,' now that there Is a revival is favor of Qrape (failure, we hare yet to learo. Certain it is that within the 16 degress of Ulitida the Eastern Hemisphire, where the choicest «dih-b arc found, (hat it from CoMetz bn "M dogresi of north lalitode, to $y{>rus '34 degrees 80 minutes, it will ba ciVTbuttiaf tcrtatn choica varietlea do not ffow in localities possessing the peculiarities of, end fitted for, our lovely olimata, with its Russian -winter and its Italian summer. From France, Spain and Italy, all count ries with climates differing wldvlr from'lHat of our own in parallel ;elh»de, grape tinea hari, been brought HHhfc;

■ here, tried and failed. But from Austria, which produces throughout her em- ^ , pire >00,000,000 gallons of wine yearly • and exports 60.000.000. ond has vine- ' i yards in climmlcs as variable as our own, i what efforts bare been made to introduce ■ her vines ? , By the general consent of universal • tradiiiou, the origio of the vine is in 1 i Persia. The Armenians claim the pre- 1 i cedt-nce, because Noah planted bis first vineyard nw Krwan, about a leaf gtie from the rity wulls, upon the very i anmc spot his family resided before the i I deluge. He ibis as it may, we know that around ispalmo tin- AVilwiri grapes ' are of perfect flavor, their berries are of oval shape nod middle sixe. Next to the hijbniitJi grape comes the Auyuar A*fi, a black or dark purple grnpe, i 1 yielding red wine, and of somewhat astringent taste, like Hermitage. The Samtireantfi, a black grnpe willi red juice, ftiruiskes claret wine. The vir.es are nil kept low, but nccDhionuily M-pa-rnted by slakes. Some bold grape growers among ire may take a"hint from this, and, like the French, send to the fountain head in Per- i sla.for original stcck. The Scnppemony vin ' ticorgia, surpasses most of our ^'grapeh hi sacchoriue-maiter, and as its ' ' yield is abundant,. It is ode that it would be well to give a fair tritil The Cope is a hardy plant, b<>> wanting in sac chatine mutter, making a wine reserob ling B <rdca<i x Blond' i .WoJtira, a de- !, Ii- ions table gra[ie, l»o tender lor vine- I yard euli ua. , 1 Tie Jmbella is principally cultivated 1 1 for table uac, being to.« acid '.o moke a j > 1 pure swcil wine. 7 he Lenoir, a black i | grape. Rwtel mid palatable, f/rrbemonl'i - Madeira, black grape, rmall berries . makes -v pink or light red wine. I The above list it( willi site exception j of lite Seuppt rnoug (irnpe, from l>ts • . J chuiiuns work on (imp. Culture, ami undoubtedly com j i: i sex those bes adopted | to cultivation in Ohio but with the dil fereuco of soil and lemparaiure of clibotween Cape May county and the interior of Ohio, othei grapes may lw found that will flourish here to more advantage. Of Bland' i Madeira grape, Msjor . Le Oouto, of Philadelphia, says "There is certainly o<> grnpe found in America which can he compared with it." We arc aware that the Ehinboro grape, of wliese origin little it known further j than it is said to have come from 8a- j Icro County in this Slate, is a plant that yields good Iruil ; experiments must teach if it makes good wine. It 4ms been grown in this county, and yielded j well. It is hardy, healthy and tolerably . ' productive. Dr Grant xays of it "The ! size of iu bunches are large, long, irregularly ahonidered. The berries black or very dark, and sum!!; skin extremely thin, closely adhering lo the pulp, i and, like the best foreign varieties, it has ua ac dity or toughness in its cen- ■ Ire. In pure, rich, sugar, vinous fla- ■ vour, it is not surpassed, being without ' a trace of the Fox." For tho gardco it 1 is one of the best varieties ; a little ear1 lier than the Isabella. 1 The Delateart grape, too, seems one Inviting our attention to its cultivation, ' since it is described as very juicy, and iu Juice ia rich, snguryand spicy, with 1 a fine delicate aroma, auggestive of the ' Red FrOntignoc, and surpassing that L excelieut varfcty in iu pore vi.wius fia- ' vor, a peculiar flavor which is more ' or leva common to a)t other American : apecire. This grape,' which was first described by Vabl, nnder the name of Pal1 mats leeVe'd vine (vital palmate) and afterwards by Poire las the Virginia 1 grape (vltna Virgioiaon) is the true "t land's grape" of former yean. It is found in the mountains of North Carolina. and on the banks of the Ohio. it it not within the limiu of a gener- | al article on the wine grape, to point 1 out In detail its culture, bat a few words t may be said of this in general. From

a writer in Indiana wo learn that he "plants the vines 4 by 8 foot apart : the land is deeply plowed in the spring I ' holes dug wnba spade, and two or threa vine slips, planted in enc-b hole. The ground is then planted ur-prrtat and pays for its culture. /Second year the" same Third year the vin.-s are suk'fcd, plowed and hoed once or twice 1 have never knt)Wn manure lo be applied, and most of onr cultivators are of opinion that Ibe poorer thb land, (lie belter it is for the grepc." The neceovity of pruning vines a r i «<- s from the fact, that hy leaving too much bearing wood, more fruit i< grown than tb» vine can give a supply of eep for, e-en In" a iuvuratile •ea«>iii. Tbe fruit requires «hado, mnl young wood on the fruit hranrhee lo carry sav to tin- granes to ri|ien them. The | w<<od is the lira of the vine, and Ilia sap stopped, not oao. (t -lit of lh» cra-.M will ripen perfeeilyr, By pruning al bring Hie vine w i • bin reasonable liiniln. and tnako it yield frnit inslvail of wood, ami di«tribale ' Hp- fruit i-vati before tbu ba.U liuve sent fotlb shoots lo bejr it. The liennaas'de. rlare that n Ulfl rnatle from vitie« properly pruned, shaX more body that when the pUnt i is allowed lo run wild, or collivated by high training. The oparatiou of clipping, by to, j king off certain shoots abovo the joints in order to increase the flavor of the fruit, Vaya Redding— requires great care. Al a g nerul tbiog, low training, foi our rlimate, | is andoublcdly the best , in fact along son- | dy Tdlts the plan pursued around Bordeaux (Metforvand Grupei] would undoubtedly j prove advaulsgeoa* here. Tho luaiO stem I of the plant is only allowed In attain a foot I in height, and i» foaton-d lo aiakea of some I dimuufibn. To the stakes are joined lathes ' I or switches, 10 or 12 foet lonir. horizontally. , | on which are laid two branches ofdcach j Vina, left when it ia pruned for 1 1. at pur pose. Tbo grape* arc ihas pivven od f-oni , '.ouching tbe ground when proper attention I* paid to keep the branches fusti-nail lo the , lab. and :l ey ,!,» n-c-ivu both the direct | -•nd the reflected hest of the sun when they are properly pruned Tun l« corisi iercd llo: most perfe.t method known for the culV tin ynrds ore planted in autuuiii. hy From (he above mentioned grupes the | following ran be rrcummetidu J_ to jnu for j culture:— Catawba. Missouri. Minor's Seed- ! ing, Delaware, Hland'a Madrirn, and the ! Scnppernong. The latter is out however so well known es (he other variet.es enu ! i inornled, and ii.ust be proved by ex per.' i - insult. Bu( ell of tbe others ere knuwn tr be . certain bearers, suflicioblly hardy to eudun the changes of our climate, and finally | sufficient grape sugar when ripe, to make pure wine a condition to be prized above 1 all Other* The fa'airfal Grape, as before itienii.m- ; ed. is generally considered the best A men I can w.ne grepe. and when fully ripe. la'i.s sufficient grape sugar lo make a iwert , win* to suit the popular taste. The .!/.> uiuri. a sweet grapo. tbe wine made from it | re'emhling Ma lnire. Almnr't Secltimj. a h ghly flavored grape with strong marked j flavor, valuable |£ imparl lo other wine j when mixed with iL The Dtlatcarr, a sweet rich grape, with fine aroms, and from which excellent wine can he made. This grape, lake it all ID all, it the favorite among wjpa growers. It may be well here to remark that all wines are divided into two cla6sar. Dry wine, aud Hweet wine. | In Dry wines, the natural grepe sugar is found only in tulticienl quantity to hold I the wino in its (tale or vinous (armeulation ! necessary to make wine, and prevent acetous ferine rtuiion, or the ferment*, lion ihet produce* vinegar/ while. ! in sweet wines, the natural soger pn dominates, in some wine to such an extent, as in Prime Tokay, that it resembles syrup. Russians and American* are noted for their fondues* for Sweet wiuee, while it is only by cultivation tint w*(cau be tnnde to liko Dry wines, which at Brsl we invarib'y prononnr* sour. That Herman wines, ore condemned very onjo«tly by ua, for i their trine*, when good ood pure, produce i no acidity jn the stomach, or otherwise iadicato that tht-y,*^ sour. (Concluded-next reel!.) CEDAR SWAftP. rpltx subscriber offers for sole two Itrccs ofCeOsr 1 Swstnp. situatsd la Deuats Touaahip. C«I <a ■ county, state of Sew Jotwej, lying aw the ewrth sad •c .lb sUlcs of whst U known »s tks Loaj Qiaige. rar taS— eWnuwppIr »o be. M. Bcreicj, si Dent ntsvUts, or to tbe auLerrlbcr at t'ajw Jsi.imt. C LL.XMU>G. t I Nov. twh.lbeo, U

P*> LtXSTIOS, / BIT CRARLEa S. OLDKN, GO VERSO* O T NEW JERSEY. " . I n accordance with what I doubt not iy the datira of e Christian people, end frnm a conviction of the propriety of to doing— ! hereby appoint Tt>nr«i*r. <k« *wk Onr. •< NamusWr . To be hsllowed a* a day of thanksgiving lo Almighty Ood, for the many blesrings of the past, and recoaimeod to my fellowCitizens, that, abstaining from wordly employmeot*. I hey devote thu day to aaeh religinwa duties, as the occasion suggests. Uivco under my hand and Privy Heal this I 5th day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred end sixty. CH AS. 8. OLDK.V. Attest— tv4^I. IlraaKKT, Privalu Boe'yu FEATHERS, ^ V FEATHER B K D 8 g SPRING MATTRES&Eg, Hair, Mop, II ask and Straw V M tTTHKSHI/R, CUSHION®, AC . • ^ j •—*, m ijc, ec rvj 4t loci drr, -at lower cask jitters A yLILTH, , \ t OMFORTABLKA K lit. AN Is RT8, Ac.! AMOS BH.I. BORN, No. *1 Norm TENTH Wtrcrl, bvlew ink ' . rHItAOLI.PHl.i. N. B. — (.'harch Cushions ou hand or mad* to order. BN isOOK H KltE ' i . J ■ LADIES' PL\EA9E CALL,! i | Ami io.pcct mjr NEW jATARRIVRp STOCK of fSw FaI.I, AND YVINTKR., \ ! MI1.LINRRY GOODS. . \ I I Iwwiisl reOisueU from Philadelphia wlUl ars« rlct, MIVELTIES, to which your St tea ties Is respectfully Invited. MARY C. PRIOR. I <nld Sprint. N. J, October**. f DON'T READ THJ& »u-: »• Mrs. Ilsei-I-. store, Corn Island. Bw. t.i IWvss. Cold «^bg>ad X T.tdwjrds, Ureeis'liic. Veep « full- dkadrVesM* of adJTJS,.l \ .nd v roi.-tri.VW rzRJk oaheod. *i»o. J-inr. McCartney aithn Court Haas*, h— 4 nr..-r»ir st-wk nt cur S4TISLT V whieh he will Wll jo our ptw^wy up in Clothing, or cut them Br- 1 -Ion iwi t» i-th IMO *~k' DU,,0,,■ • vnnx .tsBBEvsoa.l {reautAit CHcacH. BOOT Sc SHOE STORE. - >^TIt»: S-dhscrlbcr., .re cnntlou.lly rvrwlSt. their hi Dill. jn the 0CXAN WAV* TOILBWO. (Oppoiitc the L'nUcd Si let lintel,) the brsl .swirtmeau at BOOTS, BIIOEU .nd GAITERS, foe Gent* ladles and Child mf) and Men's >nd Boy's lists .ail Cspn, at lbs raajtv reaeoaabh prices; ty-Gcnt.' Pins cll.gkln Uodtk. also. Guanine snd IMirhla; Ikxfia srs sold Come sad Examine. r. ARRbT*ON a church1 C.pc MoimI, No. , »th, 1MB ClIAMl'IO.V^IMLfJT) HOUSE. No SU* SoCTIi DELAWARE AVKNUE, . ,, 1 be nlreUd to 'k now ThntTl (1 M I N aR1*"* A hu .ken this writ known rst«bllshe« Hwune (fog nvcr . hsir * century. I He hu be.uSfolif^ipeced. n.taled .nd rruov-ted the houW>froaieelUMe«tt|c7 Ills Wine., I.lquur. sad «cv;»r» nfv fhc best life tusrkct stfnr 1., nod lit. Holer will be supplied wlih »I1 the drlkwctrs of the season. ! t Tf*i""thD't?u ,wrol*n''n' no4,d*™ (Aken, *t prlrrs ooiT.r kdmAXPU^. , " CAPS ISLAND STORE.', s K ENTIRE KKESII STOCK OF GOODS, Jut* • ^rast«w.s%?nSiBS I SHOE*. t:ARTHE.-wU'AHK,CR(CKKifJi®fri3, I TIN-WARL, kr , which will be sold JOr Osuh.' I or ltseu,,:> alent in TnsiiK.) «• ebesp nt Good. <>T the unie quality \re sold in the county of L'S|>e May. Alan; an nasortmeat of f ' * IHEADY MADE CLOTHIITC i I consisting of ' • - , j COATS, PANTS, VESTS a RATHIRS CLOTHES. ' i nlfSOEV, PINE tlio OAS WOOD, DELITEIEP.' 'I me- The Unrest Stock of Family medicine* - la tna county, kept on hand. Cure for oIokmI ere: i i ry dlMwse. | Tim alter Uos of buyere U eoUstted. I '.A ' .1 HUV >W-. OS ION CLOTHING HALL. THE underetgned would most rewiwetfuUy snaoiiooe to the .ill sen. of C»pe rt.y ami wyoininq r tag count lee that he hse just opened aeupcrbuwrtmeol of Men-p, Vo'ith.' ind lioy a' Fall Cloth eg, - not .or prised try saT other house le the country ; . and »t prices that ennoot fell to give estlwmtMtM Hon to ell wha visit his store. We win home lE | pert— \ - . -.-w MHw. t Floe Itlerk Frodf^oste, *» oo Worth **.**' w «» io oe « SB B!ue, Prown sod Greea do, «*« « j" : yg, [ » Fsecy Cosimerejj « 00k Ml* • " *m: " a«t' - -••••• 8.00. « Tiff' •' Oeotrh Plold AUG; •» Rue « lujk, luua a Velvot Vesta, »«o « oafYouths' sad Boys' Oo thing l*»poriion. The LAoareT srock kit W vnA|TS UiheettyS. E. corner n^Sec^ndimd Str*rl*> . 4- J|)eUAA^;.FropHffj>^ ,a i Don't forget the a.mc ami umber.' oet, iMm »•