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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Pennsylvania Apples. — Friend Downing — A 

 little typograpliical error occurred in the names ot 

 two fruits alluded to in my letter published in the 

 April No. of thy paper j which I by no means wish 

 to attribute to the men of types, remembering with 

 becoming modesty my somewhat notoriously ille- 

 gible hand. It should have read " Smokehouse" 

 instead of " Sraathchouse," and " Tulpehocken," 

 instead of " Tulpehacken." 



This latter is sometimes called the Pound apple, 

 and since writing the above letter I have conversed 

 with some of the most intelligent fruit growers of 

 this county, who believe it entirely identical with 

 the " Faliawater," a very popular variety in some 

 sections of this State, where it is the best known, 

 particularly in Berks county among the-German 

 farmers. There too the Tulpehocken is raised in 

 great perfection, and as it bears the name of one of 

 the townships of Berks, it is in all probability the 

 Faliawater dressed up in a new name by some ad- 

 mirer of the fruit resident in Tulpehocken in honor 

 of his district — having in all probability forgotten 

 the true name. There is also a variety known as 

 " Pims' Beauty of the West," considerably disse- 

 minated in the nurseries about Philadelphia and in 

 New Jersey, which will quite likely prove to be 

 this same fruit. John Pim, formerly of this county, 

 removed to Ohio, and some fifteen years back, came 

 in on a visit to his native place, bringing with 

 him some grafts of a superior variety of apple. 

 From these grafts a nurseryman raised two trees 

 and named the variety in honor of his friend Pim. 

 One of these trees stands some two miles south- 

 west oius, and is the parent of the stock now in 

 cultivation. The tree is a fine thrifty grower and 

 bearer, and the fruit is deemed very fine. If this 

 variety should really prove to be the Faliawater, 

 it will unsettle some catalogues, and therefore is a 

 question of some interest to the propagators of 

 frnit. Will not some one throw light upon the 

 point ? If able, I shall forward specimens of the 

 fruit to the Horticultural Society of Philadelphia, 

 or other competent judges, this fall, for the purpose 

 of ascertaining the facts if possible. Sincerely 

 thy friend, J. F. Chester co., Pa. 



Effects of the Winter at the North. — 

 The past winter has been a disastrous one to the 

 cultivators of fine fruit, in this region. The fruit 

 buds of the peach, apricot, and the fine varieties 

 of cherry, were all killed. The plum trees have 

 here and there a straggling blossom, while the 

 common sour red cherry has a good show of them, 

 and the native wild plum is in full bloom, not a 

 bud injured. The pear trees are in blossom as 

 usual, and the apples promise well also. The 

 wood of tender trees has been unequally affected 

 by the winter's cold. The peach has not been much 

 injured, while some varieties of apricot have been 

 nearly destroyed. The Hemskirkis scarcely touch- 

 ed, while the Breda, Blotched Leaf, and Moorpark, 

 are severely injured, Dubois' Early apricot, plant- 



ed out last November, has passed the winter with- 

 out injury. The young wood of bearing plum 

 trees, even the Peach plum, is not hurt, while 

 most of the latter variety in the nursery, even two 

 or three years from the bud, are killed. Our grape 

 vines, Bland, Catawba, &.c., passed the winter safe- 

 ly. I have lost only a few Brown Beurre pear 

 trees in the nursery, their growth being moderate, 

 from one to two feet, while the pear trees of one 

 of our nm-serymen, in highly manured ground, 

 which made a rank growth, are almost entirely 

 destroyed. Taking advantage of a rainy day, I 

 have been looking over the record of the weather, 

 which I have kept since October, 1829 : and I 

 think it will afford us some encouragement. The 

 earliest blossoming of the apricot and plum, was 

 the 15th April, 1834, and the latest 18th May, 

 1835, and 1841, being a difference of 33 days. 

 The apricot fruit buds, have been killed three 

 times during this period, while thep^ach have suf- 

 fered eight times. The plum buds have been ex- 

 tensively killed, only in 1835, and 1848. Fourth 

 January, 1835. the thermometer was 32 below 

 zero; 11th January, 1848, it was 21 to 24 below. 

 As a general rule, if the mercury does not fall be- 

 low zero till after the middle of January, the fruit 

 buds are less injured than if it happens in Decem- 

 ber, or early in January. The winter of 1835, '36 

 was long and severe, the mercury being below 

 zero more than thirty mornings and evenings, 

 during December, January, February and March. 

 And although the ground being deeply covered 

 with snow, remained unfrozen all winter, yet large 

 bearing peach and quince trees were killed to the 

 ground ; some sprouted and have been bearing for 

 several years. Yours truly, Charles H. Tomlin- 

 son. Schenectady, May 9, 1848. 



[The season, here, has been favorable, and there 

 is promise of a fine crop of all kinds of fruit. — 

 Ed.] 



to prevent the attack of the rose-bug. 

 Sir — I noticed in the Horticulturist of August 

 last, the complaints of " A Jerseyman" against 

 the rose-bugs, and he inquires whether there is any 

 remedy. I have, for several years, applied a sim- 

 ple, easy and effectual remedy for them. Take 

 dry ashes — those taken up in the kitchen the same 

 morning are the best because dryest — and with 

 some little paddle, or a transplanting trowel, 

 throw them plentifully into all parts of the tree or 

 shrub while the dew is on, and the earlier the bet- 

 ter. A repetition on two or three mornings will be 

 well at first — after that, a little watchfulness will 

 discover whether any further application will be 

 necessary. These bugs frequently destroy the ten- 

 der shoots of young cherry trees and the blossoms 

 of our grapes in this section of country. I have 

 never known a plentiful sprinkling of ashes, for a 

 few times, fail of saving the trees or securing a 

 crop of grapes from their ravages. 



I have used the same remedy for the eurculio 

 on the plum tree, and have never known it fail of 



