EDITOR'S TABLE. 



CuROULio — Plums. — We have several letters inquiring if any thing has yet been heard 

 from Mr. Mathews' remedy. In reply we have to say, that we have not yet learned how 

 or when the results of the experiments are to be made known. "We may remark that the 

 crop of Plums in this region is unusually abundant and fine. Our own trees are loaded 

 down, and indeed, they have been for some years past. Tlie only remedy we practice, 

 and we deem it a very effectual one, is to shake the trees once a day during the period 

 when the curculio is most active, and afterwards during the entire season shake off and 

 pick up carefully all unsound fruit. This involves very little labor, and if pursued regu- 

 larly can scarcely fail to secure a crop. We hope the new remedy may be still more efficient. 



"While speaking of Plums, we may as well observe that a few days since we received a 

 call from our esteemed friend, J. J. Thomas, a look at whose honest cheerful countenance 

 is enough to cure the worst case of " blues." After friend T. left, we found upon our table 

 the following interesting item, written in his well kuow^n " hand": 



Remedy for the Black Knot. — I have never found anything that will compare in efficacy for 

 preventing black excrescences on the plum tree to a strong solution of chloride of lime, applied 

 to the wounds made by their removal. I have tried this remedy two years, and in no instance 

 has it failed to prevent the fungus wood from bursting out again from the wound. A trial was 

 made this year on about fifty young trees, from a portion of which the knots were cut off early 

 in summer, and no appHcation made to the wound ; to a second portion strong lime was applied ; 

 and to a third, chloride of lime. In numerous instances the excrescence burst out again in the 

 two first cases, in the latter none. Salt has been strongly recommended, but the superiority of 

 the chloride was very decided. 



The Season in England. — Mr. PavERS, in a recent letter, (August 2d,) writes, " The 

 season has been, until the last ten days, the most wretched and miserable I ever knew — no 

 fruit at all. The young nursery trees all over England are smothered with aphides. 

 Thousands of young Peach and Apricot trees were killed by frost on the 25th of April, and 

 those that escaped have not made any growth until recently. The young Cherry trees are 

 aU killed by the black aphis ; young Plum trees much injured by the blue aphis ; and the 

 Peach trees with the brown. In fact we have had them of all colors — blue, black, white and 

 gray; and if you are inclined to form a collection, I will send you a lot of each, duly labeled 

 and well packed." 



We are much obliged to our friend for his kind offer, but would decline in the most 

 delicate manner possible, and assure him that our collection is already sufficiently complete. 



A Fine Country Seat. — The American Agriculturist has given, in two successive num- 

 bers, a very full and interesting description of the country seat of Morris Ketohum, Esq., 

 in the town of Westport, Conn., within a few miles of the Sound. It is called EoTcanum., 

 and embraces about 400 acres of land, all in a fine state of cultivation. The gardens, 

 lawns, vinery, and all the appurtenances of a complete country residence, are spoken of as 



being in the finest condition, 



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A New Operation. — Mr. IIovet says that Downing considered that " Mulcliing tan with 

 Straiclerrieii''' ! was the sine qua non of the culture of this fruit, and did not fail to recom- 

 mend it on all occasions. Mr. IIovey has evidently overtasked his mental faculties on this 

 Strawberry business, and worked himself into a very precarious condition. 



Tlie fruit from which our frontispiece was drawn, was raised by Jonathan Wood, of 

 Irondequoit, in tliis county. 



