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other pin as a hinge, and he laid down without dis- 



torbing the vine, and safely covered up until spring. 



I have tried several remedies lor the curculio 



without success, until this spring, when I laid 

 sheets under the trees, and jarred the trees, as re- 

 commended in your pages, and killed nil thai fell 

 on the sheets. 1 repeated this three times about 

 the time the blossoms were falling, and have, for 

 the first time for many years, an abundant crop of 

 plums. M. S. T . Rose Hill, Saratoga county. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Preserving Grapes. — A. B., (New-London, 

 Ct.) Your grapes should be packed in small 

 boxes, or baskets, holding a little more than half 

 a peek each — between layers of cotton wadding, 

 (not batting.) Keep them in a cool garret, or 

 dry cellar, where the frost will not penetrate. 



Transplanting. — W., (Trenton, N. J.) Your 

 failure in transplanting is unquestionably owing 

 to your allowing the trees to remain with the 

 heads entire. In a dry summer, trees so planted 

 will almost always fail; when others, the limbs of 

 which are shortened back pretty severely on plant- 

 ing, succeeded perfectly. 



Insects. — W. Anderson, (New-York.) The 

 soil of your garden has become filled with insects. 

 Dig it deeply, and throw it up into ridges at the 

 approach of winter; and if there occurs a mild 

 interval during winter, break it up and re-ridge 

 it. The frost will destroy the eggs and larva of 

 u large part of the insects. Early in the spring, 

 to complete the matrer, give the whole a broad- 

 cast dressing of salt, at the rate of six bushels to 

 the acre. This will effectually destroy the " cut- 

 worm," and all the other pests you complain of. 



Peach Trees. — T. Jones, (New- York.) You 

 will never succeed in getting a healthy stock of 

 peaches until you take the trouble to procure 

 peach trees from the western part of this state, 

 or some other district where the yellows is un- 

 known. Trees raised from stones gathered about 

 the markets in New-York, must necessarily pro- 

 duce a large proportion of diseased seedlings ; 

 and, if budded, the sort worked upon such stocks 

 will partake of the constitutional taint. 



H rbaceous Plants. — fin Inquirer, (Bangor, 

 Me.) When the roots have stood for a long time 

 in flic same place, the soil becomes exhausted, so 

 that the growth is feeble and the flowers are 

 poor. The remedy is either to change the roots 

 to a new border, or to take them up and renew 

 the border by trenching and manuring, or by 

 bringing in some new soil. The roots should also 

 be divided when they have formed largo branches. 

 Pa'onics should be removed in the autumn, or very 

 early in the spring. All herbaceous plants may 

 be put out with success in the autumn, especially 

 if the buds of the more tender ones are covered 

 with a few inches of leaves, or litter, till spring 

 opens. 



List of Fruits. — A Young Planter, (Colum- 



bus, 0.) The following are the best varieties for 

 your purposes: Apples — Baldwin, Northern Spy, 

 Porter, Belmont, Fall Pippin, Newtown Pippin, 

 Ladies' Sweeting, Melon. Pears — Gray Doyenne, 

 Seckel, Paradise d'Automne, Dearborn's Seedling, 

 Bartlett, Rostiezer, Beorre d'Aremberg. Cher- 

 ries — Mayduke, Elton, Black Eagle, Black Tar- 

 tarian, Downer's Late, Belle MaL r nitique. Plums 

 — Green Gage, Jefferson, Smith's Orleans, Purple 

 Favorite, Frost Gage, Coe's Late Red. 



Gr pe-Vines. — A Connecticut Subscriber. Eyes, 

 planted in pots, will succeed well in either mode. 

 .Many persons think cuttings, made in this way, 

 do best when halved, because there is more sur- 

 face from which new roots are emitted. 



Persian Melons". — Ibid. Repeated trials have 

 proved that these melons are too delicate in this 

 climate for out-of-door culture; and the flavor is 

 not so much finer than the well known '' Citron 

 melon," that many growers will attempt a cul- 

 ture, requiring so much care. It is extremely 

 difficult to get genuine Ispahan melon seed, even 

 in England; three-fourths of those received under 

 this name, prove a worthless yellow cantelope. 



Market fruits. A Young Orchardist . (New- 

 Bedford.) Plant Baldwin and Roxbury Russets 

 for profit in your soil and climate. Probably the 

 Lombard is the most suitable plum. Lime will 

 not answer to reduce peat — but lime slaked with 

 brine will. See the leader in this number. 



Pears. Z. Q., (Binghamton, N. Y.) From 

 your description we think your pear is the Passe 

 Colmar. In order to get good specimens of this 

 variety, you must thin out the crop of fruit early 

 in the season, and not allow any second crop to 

 form, as it often does. 



Books. A Subscriber, (Roxbury, Mass.) The 

 coloured edition of our Fruits and Fruit Trees will 

 be ready in a few days ; the " Country Houses," has 

 been extended beyond our original plan, and will 

 still require a few weeks longer before it is out of 

 press. We have no connection with any nursery 

 or commercial garden whatever. 



Green houses. C. L., (Fayettoville, N. C.) 

 Green-house plants would do well in the house all 

 summer with you, if the house were skadedby nets, 

 or the glass clouded by a thin coat of whiting on 

 the under side. Plants never do well under the 

 shade of trees in summer. 



Composts. D. D. J., (Hamden, Ct.) We 

 assume 30 bushels to the wagon load. Leached 

 ashes are twice as strong as unleaehed, and there- 

 fore double the quantity should ho used. Bone 

 dust would improve this compost, and should be 



added at the rate of one bushel to the wagon load. 

 Use a barrowlul of this compost to each hole six 

 feet wide and three feet deep. If tl'.e subsoil is a 

 hard pan wliieli holds water, you may till up 4 or 

 5 inches of the bottom with small stones. 



%* Several DOtioes of new fruits, and domestic 

 notices, intended for this number, arc unavoidably 

 postponed to the next. 



