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Mrs. Hamraond — I use cider boiled to one-fourth; use good 

 apples, well stewed and carefully rubbed through a sieve, freeing the 

 fruit from seeds, cores, etc.; add sugar to suit the taste. Constant 

 care is required in the cooking. 



C. C. Hoppe — I use a few lemons and not quite so much cider, 

 and to keep, put in earthen or stone jars, and cover with cloths wet 

 in salicylic acid; over this I place cotton batting; it will keep it per- 

 fectly. 



J. C. Berry — Put your kettle flat on the ground when you cook 

 apple-butter. The fire should never touch the bottom, but heat 

 only the side of the kettle. You will not only obviate burning or 

 scorching of fruit, but will actually cook three times faster than the 

 old way. Try it. 



OCTOBER MEETING. 



The October meeting was held at the residence of J, H. Emerson, 

 in Montebello, and was well attended. 



The orchard having an especial interest, we visited it. Mr. 

 Emerson's manner of tree planting is novel and a new departure. 

 He took a two-horse plow, and opened a f urr«w each way, forty feet 

 apart, and with sub-soil plow deepened these checks a second 

 furrow. At the bottom of this holes were dug, and the trees planted 

 to the depth they grew in the nursery ; after which the soil was 

 plowed back to the trunks of the trees, to the depth of ten or twelve 

 inches above the natural tree growth. This orchard has never needed 

 replanting, is now seven years old, has borne three full crops of fine 

 fruit, and is to-day one of the thriftiest, healthiest orchards in the 

 State. On Mr. Emerson's location this has been a success, and is well 

 worth the consideration of the tree planter. 



Answering a question of B. P. Hambleton, on pruning, 



Mr. Emerson said — No marks from pruning are ever visible 

 upon my trees. I prune only in the growing season of spring. The 

 wounds heal at once. I never cut a large limb, promptness makes 

 it unnecessary. To cut a large limb is to cripple your tree for life. 



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