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NEW FRUITS. 



have been driven away, and the plants 

 preserved. 



The mixture is a very simple one. Take 

 some dry ground plaster of Paris, [gyp- 

 sum,] spread it on the barn floor, and 

 sprinkle over it, from a bottle, spirits of 

 iur/,entine — turning over the plaster so as 

 to slightly moisten the whole. Let it dry, 

 and then rub it or pound it slightly till it is 

 quite fine again. 



Now it is ready for use ; and to use it, 

 you have only to scatter it over the leaves 

 or stems of plants liable t ) be infested or 

 attacked by insects. In order to have it 

 adhere to the foliage, it is best to use it 

 early in the morning, while the leaves are 

 wet with dew. 



I have found it effectually to protect 



melons and cucumbers from the striped bug, 

 grape-vines from the small white fly, and 

 even drive away the rose bug from such 

 plants as it was applied to. If you will 

 publish an account of it, perhaps your read- 

 ers will make a trial of its virtues for them- 

 selves. Your humble servant. 



An Old Gakdenek. 



Philadelphia, July 16, 1843. 



[We have had an account lately of the 

 use of a mixture, quite similar to this, from 

 a farmer and orchardist in Westchester co., 

 N. Y. It is certainly deserving of atten- 

 tion. Oil of turpentine is very offensive to 

 most insects ; and the mixture described 

 owes its virtue, no doubt, to the turpentine 

 odor. Ed.] 



NEW OR RARE FRUITS THAT HAVE PROVED EXCELLENT. 



We have much satisfaction in recommend- 

 ing the following varieties of fruit. They 

 have now all been proved in this climate, 

 and we can recommend them with confi- 

 dence to the attention of fruit growers : 



I. LARGE EARLY APRICOT. 



This variety, received by us from Rivers, 

 the English nurseryman, has fruited for 

 three years past in our garden ; and we 

 consider it a great acquisition to our stand- 

 ard fruits. The fruit is perfectly ripe now, 

 (July 10th.) Its form and size are accu- 

 rately represented in the accompanying out- 

 line. Its beauty of colour, however, we 

 cannot give here. This is deep orange, 

 with a spotted red cheek, of unusual bril- 

 liancy ; indeed, the specimens which we 

 have had this season, on a common stand- 

 ard tree, have exceeded in beauty those of 

 any other variety of apricot that we have 

 hitherto seen. The flavor of this variety is 



excellent, very much superior to the Ro- 

 man and Masculine, — the early sorts, in 

 common cultivation. It proves an abun- 

 dant bearer in the strong, heavy soil of our 

 fruit garden, and certainly, regarding the 

 very early period of its maturity, — while 

 the Moorpark and other fine apricots are 

 yet quite green. It must be admitted to 

 be, as yet, the largest, handsomest, and 

 best ( f early apricots. 



In Languedoc, and the south of France, 

 where this variety is thought to have ori- 

 ginated, it is called Abricot de St. Jean, 

 from its ripening there about St. John's 

 day, (26th of June.) With us, it comes to 

 maturity along with the Roman and Z)m- 

 hois'' Early ; that is, during the first ten 

 days of July. The description of this va- 

 riety, in our Fruits and Fruit Trees, is 

 quite correct. The flesh, however, is of a 

 rather pale orange colour. 



