1878. 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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of the young prince was too high for that of the 

 maiden, refiLsed liis consent, and Othraan was 

 plunged into the deepest dejection. The Bone 

 Breaker was like to break his heart. Seeking 

 to console himself in the society of his neigh- 

 bors, he described tlie charms of the young wo- 

 man so eloquently that one of his princely com- 

 panions, the chief of Eskircheed, fell in love 

 with her himself on mere hearsay, and demand- 

 ed her hand from the father. 



Tliis was also refused, and so alarmed did the 

 old shiek become at these importunities that he 

 quietly removed from the neighborhood. 



The chief of Eskircheed and Othman were 

 sworn rivals, and hated each other in good old 

 fashioned style. One day while Othman was 

 visiting at the castle of a friend, his rival sud- 

 denly appeared with a considerable force and 

 demanded his surrender ; but while the parley 

 was going on, Othman and his brother, with a 

 few companions made a sudden sally, and with 

 such success that he drove the enemy from the 

 field. 



He had not yet seen the maiden of his heart. 

 For ten years longer he pined without avail, but 

 at last, while visiting at the old sheik's house, 

 (for the old man, though he denied his daughter, 

 could not refuse an Oriental hospitality) Othman 

 dreamed a di'eam. - 



He saw the full moon, typical of the maiden's 

 face, rise from the father's breast and sink upon 

 his own. From it sprang a might}' tree, which 

 overshadowed all that portion of the world. 

 The Crescent shone through its branches, and un- 

 derneath was many a goodly city with minarets, 

 whereupon orthodox Muezzins called the faithful 

 to prayer. Every leaf of this tree was shaped 

 like a scimetar, and at last there came a mighty 

 wind, which turned their points straight towards 

 Constantinople. That city, placed at the junction 

 of two seas and two continents, seemed to the 

 di-eamer like a cUamond, set between two sap- 

 phires and two (emeralds, to form the most pre- 

 cious stone in the ring of universal empire. As 

 he was about to place this ring upon his finger, 

 be awoke. 



Of com-se, this dream did the business. There 

 was no resisting a candidate for matrimony who 

 could see such visions as that. The pious sheik 

 gave his consent, the maiden gave hers, and 

 Othman was married. His fair wife bore him 

 two sons, Oiclean, his successor, and Aladdin, 

 the celebrated vizier. Her grandson was Anui- 

 rath the first. 



Othman lies bm-ied at Brusa. His banner and 

 Ills terrible saber are preserved among the regalia 

 of the empire, the girchng of that saber on a new 

 sultan being the equivalent of a coronation. His 

 character was fierce, his conquests bloody ; but 

 around the story of his life, like a wild rose 

 springing from the battle-field, will ever bloom 

 the episode of the fair woman whom he wooed 

 with so much devotion and to whom he was as 

 faithful as any Turk could be. 



Perhaps you think we have wandered rather 

 far from the Peach-orchard on Canandaigua 

 Lake. Not so very far. The name of the maiden 

 whom Othman married was Mahlkatoon. It 

 signified Treasure of a Woman. So sweet and 

 beautiful, would it be sui-prising if her name was 

 given to one of the fairest of the Peaches that 

 grew on her native hills, and that the fai-mers 

 of Western Kew York, when they praise the 

 Mahlkatoon Peach, are unconsciously celebrat- 

 ing the memory of Othman's bride, and perpetu- 

 ating the fame of Amurath's grand-mother? 



TINIE TO BUD THE PEACH. 



BY CHAS. BLACK, UIGHTSTOWX, N. J. 



After many years' experience in budding the 

 Peach and having had the charge of the budding 

 of millions, I find that early budding invariably 

 does the best, say from August 1st, until Septem- 

 ber 1st. Many suppose that if budded too early 

 they will start to grow, but the percentage is so 

 small that it amounts to nothing. If only a few 

 are to be budded, the best time is about the 10th 

 to 15th of August, but when there are large 

 quantities, it is best by far to begin as soon as 

 the trees are large enough, if it is in .July, tlian to 

 put ofl'too late. When cold nights commence in 

 September, the sap is checked, and when ti*ees 

 are on sandy soil especially, they soon stop 

 I growth ; and if buds unite they do not start as 

 I well or vigorous in the Spring. There ari' many 

 i thousand trees lost by late budding, ;md those 

 I not already done, should be done in the next ten 

 i days if they are expected to do well. There are 

 ' exceptional seasons, but this has been my ex- 

 I perience in the last fifteen years. 



EDITORIAL NO'IHS. 



Late Stkwbkkkie.s. — F. F. 3Iercerou, of 

 Catawissa, thinks he can make Strawberries 

 tluit usually bear in June put otV the matter till 

 July. This st-ason te the first year of his exi)eri- 



