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104 EDITOR'S TADLE. 



B ingojt a better methoil tlinn we can. "Wo know of no other way than to proi>are a nearly level 

 bo<l, of ample dimension?, for each tree , and keep the remainder of the ground in grasi We 

 have i>oen tliis practiced advantageously'. 



Is Iho P(Oj>lf'n Journal otiicvf York, of November, 1 "^3, 1 saw on account of a //('(/(//i/o/i'* .Si'(><///;i(/ Gooncberry, 

 s'.in>:i»sing all others in many respi-cta. AVliat is your opinion of it? Is it like G. Newland's M<immoUi Alpine 

 Slrawberrieb? T. TnoKSiLV.— /'(/tf*/oM, Pa 



We think very liighly of Jlout/hlon's Seedling Gooseberry. It is tnueh inferior in size, beauty, 

 and flavor, to the large English varietie?, such as Crown Bob, Warrington, Whitesmith, <tc. ; but 

 th<n it is more at home in our climate. It grows freely, propagates easily, b'^ars most abunJ- 

 antlv, and the fruit is comparatively, though not Avholly, exempt from mildew. The fruit 

 answers every purpose, when it is used in the green state, about as well as any. It should be at 

 least one among every collection. 



Permit nic to ask of you, through your journal, some infonnation on setting Apple orchards — the distance apart 

 most advisable. Our nurserymen differ very much on the subject — varying from two rods to four. Tlease favor us 

 with a little more light. Is..— Rock Co., Wis. 



For a permanent arrangement, forty feet will not be too much in rich, deep soil, where the 

 Apple tree is likely to attain its greatest dimensions. In light soils, thirty feet will bo sufficient 

 An economical arrangement is to place the trees twenty feet apart, and after they have borne a 

 number of years, and begin to encroach upon each other, remove half of them. In this way 

 you obtain the greatest advantage from the ground occupied and the labor expended upon it 

 The preparation of Ihc ground costs as much fur fifty trees as for a hundred, and the first cost of 

 the tree is a small consideration. 



jy.orticultural Socictits. ' 



New York State Agricultural Society. — The Annual Meeting of this Society will be held on 

 the second Wednesday of February. The Winter Exhibition of Fat Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Fruit, 

 Grain, Ac, on Tuesday the 7th, Wednesday 8th, and Thursday, 9th February, at Albany. Ad- 

 dress at the Capitol by Prof. E. Catir, Albany University, on Wednesday Evening, February 8th, 

 and by the President, Lewis G. Morris, on Thursday evening. 



United States Agricultural Society. — The Second Annual Meeting of the United Stales 

 Agricultural Society, will be held at Washington, D. C, on Wednesday, February 22d, 1834. 



Adrian IIorticultural Society, (Mien.) — The Annual Meeting of this Society was held on the 

 evening of the 5th of January. This Society, we learn, is in a flourishing condition. The fol- 

 lowing were the officers elected for the present year : 



D. K. UNDERWOOD, President ; L. G. Berey, Vice President ; F. C. Beaman, Secretarj- ; S. Lathrop, Treasurer; 

 B. F. Strong, Librarian ; "\V. II. Scott, B. F. Strong, B. W. Steer, J. AV. Helme, "VV. II. "Waldby, Executive Committee. 



Stealing Fkuit, A'c. — At a late meeting of the Allegheny County Agricultural Society a Com- 

 mittee was appointed to correspond with other similar societies, soliciting their cooperation in an 

 effort to procure, at the present session of the Pennsylvania Legislature, an act declaring the 

 stealing of growing fruit, vegetables, grain, Ac, larceny. W^e shall publish their Circular in our 

 next Robert M'Kxight, of Pittsburgh, is chairman of the committee. 



