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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[ October, 



bing off the other. Let the arm bud bear only 

 one cluster of prapea, the other two. When these 

 shoots have made three leaves beyond the 1)1oh- 

 soms, pinch o\\ the last leaf and the blossoms, 

 except the three clusters above nameil, always 

 saving the best clusters. They should now be 

 tied to the second wire. When three more 

 leaves are pushed out, pinch ofT two of them ; 

 do the same if shoots come out of those. 



" This is to be continued through the season, 

 allowing the laterals to grow to the upper wire. 

 Pinch out everything else that starts from the 

 vine. In the Fall there will be two laterals and 

 three good clusters of grapes at each joint of the 

 arms. The vines should always be kept in this 

 shape, with no longer arms, no more laterals, 

 and no more clusters of grapes. It is all the 

 roots will bear and continue healthy." 



Thwack and Turner Raspberries. — At a re- 

 cent meeting of the Pike County (Mo.) Horticul- 

 tural Society, these two Raspberries were in 

 competition, and the Society decided in favor of 

 the former. 



The Thwack has proved to be a favorite with 

 the large growers in Ohio this year. 



A Worm in a Cucumber. — The papers are 

 prophesying that the " days of the Cucumber 

 are over," because Professor Leidy of the Acade- 

 my of Natural Sciences found a bad intestinal 

 worm in one of these. For the same reason one 

 might not eat apples, or many other things, for 

 similar things have been found in all. People 

 must " look before they eat " in every thing. 



The Montmorenci Cherry.— Mr. Mumma, of 

 Dayton, says the large Montmorenci in that 

 vicinity proves to be sixty days earlier than 

 Early Richmond. 



A Kansas Vineyard.— F. M. Fleischer, of To- 

 peka, has a vineyard of 20,000 plants in bearing. 

 The steel blue bud borer is his worst enemy. 

 They work when the vines are pushing. He 

 goes over each vine, and with a sudden jar, they 

 fall into sheets as in curculio catching. 



The Shropshire Damsox Plu.m. — This is said 

 to be quite popular in Central and Southern Ohio, 

 and to be in some respects superior to the com- 

 mon Damson. In the Cincinnati markets there 

 are few plums but Damsons to be seen, but these 

 are abundant. 



Salad for Early Spring. — There are few 

 things more desirable in early Spring than Let- 

 tuce. It likes cool weather, and does not mind 



it quite cold if it is not too much exposed to 

 light in the Winter seivson. Frames with board 

 shutters make capital places to shelter them. 

 The frames need be but a few inches high. Every 

 little garden might at least have a few square 

 feet so covered. The cabbage lettuces are con- 

 sidered good for Winter work, and September a 

 good month to sow, or even October in warmer 

 regions. 



Mushroom Growing. — We hope those of our 

 readers who have cellars or places where a tem- 

 perature of about 60° may be regularly main- 

 tained during Winter, will not neglect to try to 

 raise Mushrooms, for the culture of which our 

 back volumes contain complete instruction. 

 Now is the time to think about preparing the 

 beds or boxes if there is no room for complete 

 beds. In this connection the following hint of 

 information from the Gardeners' Record, will be 

 valuable: 



" It may interest those of our readers who cul- 

 tivate Mushrooms artificially, to learn that they 

 may increase the size of these much esteemed 

 edible fungi without in any way deteriorating 

 their quality by watering their beds from time 

 to time with a solution of saltpetre, beds thus 

 treated having produced Mushrooms weighing 

 as much as seven pounds ten oz. each." 



Whole or Cut Sets in Potato Planting. — 

 Discussions still go on in the agricultural pa- 

 pers as to the relative advantage of whole or 

 cut sets. It is not a question of sets. It is one 

 of the eye. A strong eye is better than a weak 

 eye. It does not matter whether the eye is on 

 a cut set or a whole potato. A weak eye makes 

 a weak plant, a strong eye a strong one. 



Steeping Seeds in Chlorine and Camphor- 

 ated Water. — Experiments at Cornell are report- 

 ed as showing, beet seeds so steeped showed the 

 line in three days, those not steeped did not 

 appear till some time after. The result is pro- 

 posed to show the value of chlorine as a steep. 

 But we think it likely that a soak in pure water 

 would have hastened the germination just as 

 well. _ 



NEW FRUITS, 



Captain Jack Strawberry. — This variety, 

 raised by Mr. Samuel Miller, of Missouri, we 

 hear well spoken of everywhere. It is said to be 

 near Albanj- Seedling in many of its good quali- 

 ties, with some superior advantages. 



