1878.] 



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is said that tlie trees are more prolific. Ripeus 

 on the tree. Is used for drying. 



Kanosan, color yellowish red, oblong, good 

 size, ripens oil" the tree. The apex is bent to one 

 side. 



There is a variety called the '' Manije Gaki " 

 (or bean persimmon from its size), that is not 

 good for eating, but the juicf of which is used for 

 making paint. The wood is very beautiful, 

 being mottled and black like ebony. It is prized 

 very highly^ for cabinet ware. The wood of 

 otlier varieties is not generally of as fine a 

 (piality. 



There is a small seedless persimmon found in 

 Southern Japan that is used cluetly for drying. 

 It is probable that the trees sold in this country 

 as " seedless " are either the same or else amis- 

 take. 1S.0 large and seedless variety, as hasbe.en 

 represented, is i^ be obtained. 



LIME FOR APPLE ORCHARDS. 



BY3I. J. BLACKWKLL, TITL'SVILLI-:, N. ,1. 



We have used lime on our apple orchard for a 

 number of 3'ears, and consider it beneficial in 

 moderate quantities, say twenty bushels to the 

 acre. We have an old orchard that has borne 

 heav}' crops for several years, that we have limed 

 with good results. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Neav English Goo.sebekuies. — There are 

 several new gooseberries being put on the market 

 just now", " remarkably large, free from mildew," 

 «Kc. We are glad to see experiments made in 

 this direction, for it is not at all impossible that 

 varieties of the English gooseberries may be 

 ]iroduced that "will be more successful in our 

 climate than the English gooseberries of the 

 past. It is well, however, to remember that these 

 gooseberries belong to the English race, though 

 they may have been raised from seed in this coun- 

 try ; and the fact that they have remained a few 

 years free from mildew in any on(> locality is no 

 proof of their general adaptation to our climate. 



Neglecting Orchard Trees.— The Country 

 Gentleman tells of two neighboring orchards at 

 South Haven, Michigan, one is ''cultivated," 

 and the owner raises fine fruit. The other allows 

 his trees "to stand" in grass, and the trues arc 

 "mossy," "eaten by borers," have "yellow 

 leaves," and *' no fruit of any value." The only 

 matter of surprise is that our cotcmporary 



should go to ^Michigan for its example, when 

 New York State can show as many such cases 

 as Michigan. We do not believe Michigan one 

 whit beliiud New York or any other State in its 

 illustrations of neglected orchards ; on the con- 

 trary, as the writer of this has seen with his own 

 eyes, the fruit growers o^Michigan arc, as a 

 whole, among the most wide-awake in the Union. 

 We can assure our cotemporary that a neglected 

 orchard has no more chance in New York than 

 any other State. Only good culture can raise 

 apples or any other fruit anywhere. 



' Grafting Rooted Eyes — Mr. G. W. Camp- 

 bell, of Delaware, Ohio, takes rooted eyes of 

 j grapes for grafting. He says the process is much 

 j more certain in this way. The benefits are a 

 • verj' rapid growth from the union on a strong 

 I rooted stock. 



Carter's Blue Apple.— Mr. G. W. Stoner, 

 of Louisiana, says this Southern apple is much in 

 ' the way of Ben Davis, but prettier, fine flavored. 

 j and keeps as long as Rome Beauty. 



I Apples for MissorRi. — A correspondent, evi- 

 I dently of great experience, from Caldwell county, 

 '■ tells the llural World: " If I were to plant out 

 a new orchard of 100 trees, I would make it about 

 as follows : 50 Ben Davis, 10 Lawver, 10 Wine- 

 sap, 10 Jeneton, ?> Red June, 3 Early Harve.st, 5 

 Maiden Blush, 3 Smith's Cider, 3 Bellflower, 3 

 Tallnian Sweet. For an orchard of 200 trees I 

 would add 75 Ben Davis, 10 Rome Beauty, 10 

 Lawver, and 5 Red Astrachan to the above list. 

 For an orchard of 1,000 trees, I would begin 

 with 750 Ben Davis, and the balance Lawver^, 

 Jenetons, Winesaps, etc." 



East India Millet.— Under the name of 

 Penicillaria spicata, Mr. W. H. Carson, of New 

 York, is introducing a new forage plant. It 

 grows to eight or ten feet high before fall, the 

 stems rarely reaching an inch in diameter, and 

 very leafy. Two quarts of seed, drilled, is enough 

 for an acre. All farm stock like it. 



The Northern Spy Apple.— The Gardene.r''s 

 Chronicle figures the Northern Spy Apple, and 

 says it is one of the best apples in England. 

 It was first introduced to public notice by Ell- 

 wanger «& BaiTy, of New York. 



Blight-Proof Stocks. — In Australia they 

 call the Aphis lanigera " American blight." 

 They are using an old English apple, the Ma- 

 jetin, for stocks, which they say is "blight- 

 proof." 



