From childhood, Mr. Editor, I have been suffering from an incurable attack of vito-mania, and as my experience is not of yesterday or to-day, I may be excusable for clothing my opinions in the drapery of ink. The other day I received a note from an eminent amateur vito - culturist, in which he states that "the culminating point in the grape swindle has been reached".

I, for one, sincerely hope that my friend may be correct regarding the attainment of "the culminating point in the grape swindle;" for a gullible public have been swindled for years by false statements contained in the most beautiful productions of the printer's art. It is amusing, as well us disgusting, to look over the huge pile of catalogues in my possession and read the glowing and transcendental descriptions of trash foisted upon the public by unprincipled parties. In some of these guides the party with $5 to spare for an extra No. 1 plant, with three buds, will find the fair side of the picture with a sufficiency of descriptive falsehood, but not a cloud from the dark side. It seems that these figurative and descriptive gentlemen fancy that Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

We are of the opinion that it would be a manifestation of honesty and fair dealing if these descriptive gentlemen would cast overboard their twaddle and stuff, and add to their descriptions of vines - not thoroughly tested; liable to winter kill; mildew in some or most localities; a poor grower; not as hardy as an oak ; not the best wine or table grape in America; not equal to the Muscat of Alexandria or Black Hamburgh; in other words, dispensing with the varnish and veneer that deceives a gullible and confiding public, and fills the pockets of designing and unprincipled cultivators.

Yearly we have one or more bantlings sent forth at $5 for a microscopic specimen, with the assurance that it will beat ail creation. But, alas! the poor deluded purchasers are the only ones who suffer; for when they test their last dearly purchased pet, they discover that they have little else than a page of adjectives clothed in printer's ink. If we possessed the temerity, we could mention the name of one renowned for his adjectives and transcendental bosh, who has sent out at least one dozen of these wonderful productions, and, strange to tell, not one of them has stood the test of cultivation. Who can estimate the pecuniary loss sustained, or the disappointment incurred by the public through the misrepresentations of this vito-garometer ?

We are of the opinion that the period has arrived for at least one vine-grower to publish an accurately descriptive catalogue, giving the dark as well as the fair side. In the event of any honest man being guilty of this meritorious act, we will liberally subscribe toward a statue to be erected in commemoration of the noble deed, so that his name may be handed down to posterity as a public benefactor. We would most humbly and respectfully suggest the propriety of some one of the fraternity publishing an accurately descriptive catalogue, calculated to enlighten and benefit the community - a catalogue giving in extenso the faults as well as the good qualities of the vines in cultivation. Such a meritorious individual would make his fortune, for the public would at once award him the title of a fair dealing, honest man, and extend to him a corresponding patronage. Unless some such course is adopted, vine-growers will have to "hang up de fiddle and de bow," and engage in stock jobbing, or some such employment, where they can find a sufficiency of dupes. Americans are a gullible people, and run away with some mania for a time, and designing and unprincipled parties are ever ready to take advantage of their weakness.

The mania followers consent to be sold for a time, but ultimately fly off at a tangent, becoming deeply prejudiced against everything savoring of their defunct pet We have been credibly informed that vine-growers are clothed in sackcloth and ashes, lamenting the want of customers, and that some of the leading landmarks among them have already reduced their prices fifty per cent. This was to be expected; and we predict that Extra No. 1 two-year-old vines, equaling Hamburghs and Muscats in flavor, will be plentiful and cheap in the autumn of 1868.

The vito-mania has reached its "culminating point," and unless vine-growers adopt a different course, the cultivation of the vine in the United States will receive a check from which it will not recover until vine - growers and their bantlings go where - echo answers where ? With all due deference to the staff editorial as well as authorial, we have an inkling that they are, to a certain extent, censurable for giving undue prominence to new and unfledged bantlings ; but as we are touching upon sacred ground, we must refrain from giving particulars.

Now, sir, as a guide for the uninitiated, I sometimes fancy that amateurs who "have no axes to grind" should publish the results of their experience and observation, and thereby benefit those who are exposed to an attack of vito - mania. The masses want a vigorous growing vine that will produce fruit of a fair quality, that will flourish in favorable as well as unfavorable circumstances, never mildew - never requiring an expenditure for sulphur or sulphurating bellows, and last, though not least, standing our winters without protection, leaving the new - fangled bantlings of unprincipled venders for the experimentation of vito - maniacs like the writer.

I will as briefly as possible give my experience during the last summer. My situation is elevated; exposure, good; soil, light sandy loam; subsoil, light, with perfect drainage; number of vines under cultivation, about two thousand; number of varieties, too numerous to mention.

Mildew appeared on the vines in the order as named: Iona, Rogers' 5, 15, 19, and 25; Israella, Delaware, Adirondac, Creve-ling, Maxatawney, Allen's Hybrid, Lydia, Alvey.

The only varieties that entirely escaped mildew and produced a vigorous growth were the Concord, Hartford, Christine, Clinton, Ives, and Arrott. Our advice to the uninitiated, based upon some observation and experience, is - If you want fruit for your families, plant Concords and Hart-fords ; if you want fruit rivaling the Muscat of Alexandria and Hamburgh, erect a cold grapery and plant Muscats and Hamburghs ; but if it is desired to waste money, buy the last bantling sent out by some designing vine-grower, and patiently await disappointment and vexation.

Al Fresco.