tion of its fruit-buds killed than any other variety in my orchard; and I am confident that the variety last mentioned would be more satisfactory to grower and consumer.

Stump the World succeeds excellently well at Alton.

Columbia. This unique variety is generally a little in advance of Crawford's Late. It reproduces itself from the seed with considerable exactness. It is one of our finest sorts, when well ripened; but, being one of the sorts with reniform glands, it does not ripen well the heavy crops that it sets. Well thinned, its size, rich color, and luscious flavor, are hard to surpass. I am growing this a good deal as a seedling, and find that with some little variations in color, and time of ripening, that are hardly noticeable, the trees continually produce Columbias. This variety was described fifty years ago by Coxe, but was introduced here, under the name of "Georgia Seedling," from the South. It is described by Berckmans in his catalogue as "buttery, melting, and exceedingly rich. Ripe about July 20, and continues for a month; a popular Southern type, which is easily reproduced from seed."

Late Admirable came in four days in advance of Crawford's Late. It was very large and excellent, besides being productive. It is not so highly colored as one could desire for a market-peach, but is still worth planting.

White Heath Free or Kenrick's Heath was this year a peach of fair quality, and bore satisfactory crops; but I am not convinced that it is a desirable sort for our region.

La Grange, the past year, was one of the very finest. For family use, we consider it in this section one of the best.

Ward's Late Fres

This variety is very satisfactory in other parts of the State. I have seen no fruit here.

Delaware White. - This variety, which we do not find under that name in the books, may be Crockett's White. It comes nearly in the season of the Smock, or possibly later; bears full crops of fruit of good quality; and, judging from my short experience and several authorities, is quite desirable as a market-peach.

Smock. This variety gave good satisfaction, as usual, everywhere that it was heard from. Hardy, vigorous, and productive. Its one fault of not being quite good enough can easily be pardoned.

Heath Cling. Some of the finest specimens of peaches I have seen the year past were of this variety. Although defective in many seasons, it ripened up finely in the hot, dry autumn; and was juiceful as horticultural heart could wish.

October Yellow.

·A variety from Indiana under this name produced fruit the past season for the first time. It is a yellow freestone peach of rather small size and very good quality, ripening between the 1st and 10th of October. Having specimens only on a single tree in a peculiar season, I consider it too soon to judge fairly of its merits or demerits. But we need a late market-peach of the yellow or red class.

Late Serrate. - Under this name, I have fruited for several years a white freestone peach of good flavor, but somewhat acid, and only medium in size. Its season ends about Oct. 15. This reaches, perhaps, as late as it is practicable to ripen peaches in this latitude. I have once known this variety to be frost-bitten on the trees whilst yet hard, and cannot say that it improved the flavor.

The four most approved varieties for market-peaches with us are Troth's Early, Large Early York, Oldmixon Free, and Smock. These can hardly be thrown out from any list, so satisfactory are they in vigor of tree, hardiness of buds, and productiveness of fruit.

The following list I would recommend as desirable in Southern Illinois :1. Hale's Early. 2. Troth's Early. 3. Large Early York. 4. Morris's Red Rareripe; Crawford's Early. 5. Yellow Rareripe. 6. Oldmixon Free. 7. Reeve's Favorite. 8. Stump the World; Columbia. 9. Late Rareripe; Crawford's Late. 10. Ward's Late Free. II. Smock; Delaware White. 12. Heath Cling.

ALTON, ILL.

W. C. Flagg.

THE EUREKA TOMATO,

INTRODUCED last season, originated with Mr. Jonathan Periam, of the Tremont Gardens, Chicago, Ill., where it is extensively cultivated, and considered a valuable variety.

The plant is a dwarf, upright, robust grower, very distinct in its character, and resembles in foliage, and habit of growth, the French tree, Tomato de Laye, to which it appears to be closely related, although it must certainly be considered a decided improvement on that variety.

The fruit is medium-sized, smooth, roundish, and of a pale-red color, growing in clusters, generally solid, except perhaps late in the season, when I found many specimens which were hollow, and not inclined to be well filled and as solid as those produced during the earlier part of the season.

Although this variety may be considered too small to be profitably grown as a market sort, yet the dwarf, stocky habit of the plant, together with the beautiful appearance it presents when loaded with its numerous clusters of ripe fruit, will make it a favorite with those who wish to combine the ornamental with the useful. C. N. B.

TERMINOLOGY. OF THE VINE.

Ir were well, that, in our discussions and writings, we could all agree as to the precise meaning of the several terms by which we designate the different parts of a grape-vine. By so doing, and by adopting a few clear and well-defined expressions, we might be enabled to avoid much of the confusion that exists, and thus clear away the fog that beginners complain of as greatly obscuring the subject, which, indeed, is really very simple, and should be easily understood by the merest novice in grape-culture.

With a view to aid in so good a work, I shall endeavor to present to the readers of this Journal some terms that have been adopted by Dr. Mohr, a portion of whose writings has recently been presented to the American reader by Orange Judd & Co., as a translation by Dr. Seidhoff of Weehawken, N. J., under the simple title of "The Grape-Vine." This neat little book is recommended for its simplicity, and for the directness of its teachings but it must not be expected that I should indorse all that it contains, because my observations of American vines have not enabled me to verify all the author's statements; although their correctness in regard to the foreign varieties is not called in question. The discrepancies only furnish further evidence that we must continue to make original observations upon the peculiarities and deportment of our own vines, and adopt a mode of trimming, training, and culture, thoroughly adapted to each of them, rather than to follow blindly the teachings of any foreign vine-dresser, how practical and learned soever he may be in regard to the habits and ways of those varieties with which he is familiar.

The definitions of Dr. Mohr are simple, and they strike me as well worthy of being generally adopted. These and perhaps some other expressions will be presented in this article, in hope of having them adopted by our people, so that we may all understand one another better. Let us now proceed to a consideration of the several parts of the vine.

The Shoot. All the growth by extension made during one year is designated by this title during the period of its growth and perfection, from the time of its starting out of the bud until it has cast its foliage. Whether the growth bear fruits or leaves only; whether it start out from the old wood

in the spring, or from the buds of the new growth during the summer; whether it come from the cane, the spur, or from the stock, it is still a shoot until the end of the season. Shoots have several parts, - such as leaves, with buds in their axils, that may grow into laterals or lateral shoots; tendrils opposite to the leaves, that may become bunches by a wonderful morphological change. Shoots have also nodes, or joints, and internodes between these.

The shoot is at first very easily separable from the older wood, and appears to be jointed to it; but this character soon disappears with the growth and the deposition of wood-fibres that connect it firmly with the vine. The leaves appear on alternate sides of the shoot, and are arranged in the simplest order of phyllotaxy; their attachment to the axis of growth is temporary and simple; they are placed at the nodes; they may be separated easily at a natural joint which connects them with the shoot; and they fall spontaneously at the close of summer, leaving an eschar that marks their former point of junction.

Buds, or Eyes. — At the base of every leaf, a bud is formed; and these organs follow the same law of arrangement as the leaves. The buds rest upon the upper side of the nodes, and are intimately connected with them. They become more or less developed during the season, in proportion to the health of the leaves, which are supposed to feed them; and the co-relation existing between these organs is very intimate. Upon the full development of these buds will, in a great measure, depend the next year's growth and the productiveness of the vine. The excessive thrift of the vine, the accidental breaking of the end of the shoot, its being pinched off by the vine-dresser, or even its dependent position, will often cause the premature bursting of the buds during the first summer of their formation : this causes the production of

Laterals. These are, therefore, only side-shoots. This expression should be confined to the first season of growth, and is applicable only until the fall of the leaf. So soon as a lateral is produced, the germs of another bud begin to develop at its base. The relative position of these organs is subject to a peculiar and definite arrangement: thus, in a series of two or more laterals, the newly-developed or second bud will be found alternately to the right and to the left of the laterals through the series. The laterals,