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lin is too tart and crisp for our taste. It cooks 

 tolerably well. The Gravenstein is now in a very 

 good condition for cooking, and we find all other 

 kinds rejected from the kitchen as soon as it is in- 

 troduced. It is considered an autumn apple and 

 does not become a good fruit for eating till Sep- 

 tember; but by the 20th of August it is valuable 

 for pies and tarts. It is entitled to a place among 

 the most select varieties. The Golden Sweeting, 

 cultivated on an extensive scale, might be made 

 profitable for advancing the condition of the farm- 

 er's stock of swine before his crop of corn has 

 matured, and at a season when his supplies of 

 feed are rather limited. This apple and clover 

 pasture promote their growth, as well as grain, 

 and at a much cheaper rate. It is a free grower, 

 and very productive every year. 



Peaches. — The Early Tillotson and Early Ann, 

 are now coming into maturity. The former would 

 be valuable if the trees were not affected with a 

 kind of blight which impairs the growth and 

 vigor. The latter is not prolific, and cannot be 

 considered worthy of cultivation. 



In favorable localities, the Yellow and Ked 

 Rareripe is also beginning to ripen. This variety 

 will repay the cultivator for the labor and care 

 that he bestows upon it, and must be considered 

 as the best of our very early peaches. Three 

 seedlings from it were exhibited, on the tables of 

 Cleveland Horticultural Society, on Saturday last, 

 that were in some respects superior to the origi- 

 nal kind. Mr. Haughton also exhibited, at the 

 same time and place, some very fine peaches, that 

 resembled in every particular the variety formerly 

 cultivated in this vicinity as the Early York, ex- 

 cept in their time of ripening. If they should i 

 prove to be a new variety, ripening a week ear- 

 lier than the original kind, they will be a valuable 

 acquisition. 



Plums. — We have already alluded, in the col- 

 umns of the Famdy Visitor, to the decay or rot 

 of the plum. It has again appeared in our or- j 

 chard, and is destroying, with a few exceptions, ! 

 all varieties. We had hoped that special niaiiur- j 

 ing and high feeding of the trees might prevent ; 

 its occurrence, but our expectations have been j 

 defeated. It has, this season, attacked every va- 

 riety without regard to the soil or exposure, i 

 Trees freely supplied with bones, ashes and ma- I 

 nure, have escaped no better than those that have ! 



been left entirely to themselves. Free applica- 

 tions of salt about the roots, repeated every six 

 months, apparently protected the fruit from at- 

 tacks of the curculio. At least, the ravages of 

 that insect have been confined, almost exclusively, 

 to fruits on trees that were not treated with salt. 

 No means that we have yet devised has availed 

 anything, as a remedy, against attacks of the rot. 

 Among the varieties that have matured with us, 

 we would mention the Lawrence ; nothing in the 

 line of plums can exceed its excellence. The 

 Bingham is also a delicious fruit. Drap d'Or is a 

 profuse bearer — early and excellent for pies, but 

 not of much value for eating. The variety dis- 

 seminated in this vicinity as the Royal Russian, is 

 probably spurious, and proves to be near akin to , 

 Bolmar's Washington, if not identical. Dennison's 

 Superb equals the description in the books. P. 

 Kir Hand, in Family Visitor. 



Kentucky Horticultural Society. — There 

 was a very fine display of grapes, peaches, and 

 plums upon the society's tables to-day, and we 

 were pleased to see that they had no lack of ad- 

 mirers, and those too of the right sort — admirers 

 ready to encourage the grower of good fruits by 

 that most substantial of persuasives, liberal pri- 

 ces. This, we think, will abundantly appear by 

 reference to extracts from the sales, at auction, 

 which, as usual, took place at noon to-day. 



Among the contributors, '.ve were pleased to 

 notice the name of our old friend, Mr. Hugoni, 

 who had a very handsome lot of Golden Chasse- 

 las grapes. We noticed also some very fine 

 peaches, without name, from Bishop Smith, of 

 Jefl'erson county, which we understand weighed 

 twelve ounces a piece. There were also several 

 very clever contributions of vegetables, among 

 which we noticed a bean, new in this market, 

 which is greatly praised. The only thing we saw 

 to regret on the occasion was the fact that the 

 number of contributors was no greater. Our 

 friend from Jefferson county, L. Young, Esq., con- 

 tributed largely to the display, and among his 

 peaches (some eight or ten varieties in number,) 

 we noticed several that were very fine, particu- 

 larly the Orange free and the Catharine. Among 

 his plums we were struck with Cooper's Red, as 

 being very perfect, large, and well ripened. 

 Louisville Journal. 



