J. J. Smith, Esq., Editor op Hokticulturist : — Having seen in the Ilorliculturist an account 



of the vilu'liar plant, I send to you a small liottle of tomtito vinegar. 



The facility with which a large supply can be ohtaiiieil may make it worthy of notice. 

 Those skilled in the manufactuie may much improve the (juality. The juice had .sugar 

 added to it. Tiiat which was pure became spoiled, rerhajjs a fermenting substance added 

 would prevent that. [This appears to bo a very good and well llavored article. — Kn.] 



llespootfully, Jacoh T. Williams, PUilad. 



A Park in New York seems 7iow a probable thing, and, if properly carried out, will prove 

 a blessing to the i)eople, and an example which we trust other cities will not be slow to 

 follow. It lias our best wishes. 



Dr. Ward on Pear Culture. — Tlie second valuable article from Dr. J. M. Ward on Pear 

 Culture will appear in the April number of the Horticulturist. 



The Jane Apple. — Samples of this apple have been sent us by Benjamin Borden. It is a 

 seedling growing by the side of a fence in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on 

 land ofJane Richardson, from whence its name. It is a inedium-sized, good-keeping ap])le, 

 and we are inclined to think it an acquisition. If Mr. B. will forward us a few grafts, they 

 shall be judiciously distributed. 



Answers to Correspondents. — P. Q. R. and E. II. R., &c. &c. in our next. 



S. L. Goodall's Catalogue, from Saco, Maine, with descriptions, is one of the best of its 

 kind. It has illustrative engravings, and remarks of great interest to planters. 



Missouri Wine. — The sample of Missouri wine from Mr. Haas, Boonville, we pronounce 

 veri/ superior. It has more the delicate bouquet of Laclirijma Christi than any wine of Ame- 

 rican manufacture. If such can be produced for the market, there is, indeed, no need of 

 going abroad for our table-wines. 



The Cold. — At Warsaw, Indiana, on the 8th of January, the thermometer was 19° below 

 zero at 6 P. M., and on the 9th 27° below at 6 A. JI., the coldest moniing ever known in 

 Northern Indiana. Peaches and young orchards, it was feared, would be injured. Qn the 

 24th of December, at Napersville, Illinois, at 6 o'clock, 1(3° below 0, and, on the 2Gth, 21° 

 below 0. At St. Paul's, Minnesota, the cold was oijually severe, being 27° below 0, and in 

 January even colder. One would think this beyond the endurance of many plants known 

 everywhere as "hardy." On Staten Island the cold has been greater than known there for 

 seven years. Greenhouses sullcred much in every direction, even where water was kept at 

 the boiling point all night. Around Cincinnati, just before sunrise, the thermometer fell to 

 24° and even 28° below zero, and it is feared that the peaches are destroyed. At Cleve- 

 land, the modifying influence of the lake was such that the thermometer stood around that 

 city from 14° to 20-' below, while a few miles removed from the lake in the direction of 

 Sandusky, a gentleman writes that it ran down to 32° ! 



On February 6 and 7, 1855, the thermometer was at 2G° below zero in the lake counties of 

 Western New York, where 0° is considered very cold and of rare occurrence. Thus we have 

 had two intensely cold winters in succession. Tliere has, doubtless, been much injury to 

 fruit, but our field is now so large that a moderate supply of nearly all the varieties may 

 still be hoped for. Greater attention must be paid to those fruits which have not been 

 affected. We are obliged to many correspondents for thermometrical observations, but, 

 generally speaking, these were well known before we could publish them. In this latitude 

 it has rarely been colder, or of longer continuance. 



Answers to Correspondents. — Will U. U. be kind enough to give us an opportunity of 

 addressing a letter to him ? Thanks to J. B. P. ; but we are supplied. Robert Meston 

 received. 



(A Subscriber.) Tlie seeds from the Agricultural Department of the Patent Office are 

 distributed to agricultural and horticultural societies, by whom they are to be procured on 

 application, &c. 



)SEPu Garst.) Springfield, Ohio. 1. Hen manure and charcoal would doubtless be as 

 for yovuig fruit-trees as guano and charcoal. 



