DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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seed the ground or leave it unemployed for a couple 

 of years. R. P., (Philadelphia.) A bud fronri a 

 tree diseased by tiie yellows, inserted in a perfectly 

 healthy tree, will destroy tiie latter. We have 

 proved this lately. W. Thomas. The three 

 best peaches for your purpose are the followino-: 

 True Early [York, George IV., Brevoort. J. J., 

 (Charleston, S. S.) This year sec(llin<T peach 

 stocks are tit for buddin<T as soon as tlio time ar- 

 rives, (Aufjnst and September,) even if they are 

 " not quite half an incli in diameter." 



Anntals. — ^ Tyro, (New London.) Sprinkle 

 the surface of the f^round around your cypress vines 

 and other climbin<r plants, which look feeble and 

 yellow, with guano, then loosen and stir the .'^ur- 

 face with a hoe, and afterwards water every even- 

 ing for a week. They will soon put on a dark- 

 green colour and commence growing luxuriantly. 

 ji Lady Reader. (New London.) If you sow 

 beds of Double Dwarf Lark-spuis about the middle 

 of August, you will have a much finer bU)om than 

 it is possible to get by spring planting. 



Vegetables — W. B. (Albany.) The Bassano 

 beet is altogether superior as a winter variety for 

 the table to any other. This sort grows very 

 rapidly, and will be in full time for winter use if 

 sown now. The seed may be had at THORDtTRN's, 

 15 John-street, New- York. Early Walchcren Bro- 

 coli has proved excellent with us, and appears to 

 be hardier and easier of culture than the common 

 sort. 0. Johnson, (New-York.) We are culti- 

 vating the Ispahan (Persian) melon; so far, very 

 successfully in the open air, and will give you the 

 details at the end of the season. W. C, (New- 

 York.) If you give your cabbage ground a good 

 top-dressing of salt (say at the rate of 12 busiiels 

 to the acre) next spring, before you break it up, 

 you will not be troubled again with the " cut- 

 worm." 



Apricots. — ^i Jcrscyman. The large Early Apri- 

 cot proves very beautiful, very early and excellent 

 with us. It ripens long before the Mo irpark. 

 (See account in previous page) Dubois' Kaily 

 Golden we have seen in abundance this season, and 

 think even more highly of it than we did last year. 

 It is one of tlie hardiest and most profitable sorts 

 for market; and though not large, is handsome, and 

 the flavor very good. 



Roses. — A New Subscriber. Bourbon roses may 

 be budded on the stems of j'our prairies at any 

 height you please, and it may be performed at once 

 if the bark will peel readily. Mr. Rivers is per- 

 haps the largest rose grower in the world, and we 

 have found him accurate in his sorts. Mr. James 

 Wilson of Albany, or probably Buist of Piiila- 

 delphia, or Ball of New-York, can supply the 

 articles you mention. 



Grapes — The shrivelling of your grapes we should 

 ascribe to the great heatof the sun, in the morning, 

 before you admit air to the vinery. You should 

 avoid such inequalities of temperature. The inside 

 border, also, should be kept regularly and thorough- 

 ly moistened throughout . Jin Old Gardener. We 

 will bo much obliged to you , or any other of our 

 subscribers, for a sight of any distinct varieties of 



the Isabella with fruit of superior quality or extra 

 size. 



Pears. — Querist, (Baltimore ) The Seckel Pear 

 will bear more manure than any other variety, and 

 demands more to give large and handsome fruit. 

 Vicar of Winkfield is a great and regular bearer, 

 and brinp:s a good price in market, and on the 

 whole maj' be considered one of the most profitable 

 sorts that can be jilantcd for ))rofit, though only of 

 second quality. X. Y. Z., (Rochester.) We think 

 very highly indeed of Van Mon's Leon !c Clerc. 

 Specimens ripened here have been universally large, 

 fair, beautiful and delicious, and neither here nor 

 with you will it be the least afi'ectcd by "crack- 

 ing." The tree is thrifty and benrs young. 



Tress. — W., (Cincinnati.) The Deodar Cedar 

 is hardier and more rapid in its growth than the 

 cedar of Lebanon. The latter probably suffers 

 while young from the heat of the sun with you. 

 Put up a trellis to shade it except from the morn- 

 ing and evening sun. 



Grapes. — J. J. R.. (New Bedford.) Allowing 

 your grape vines to '' trail on the surface of 

 gravelly knolls," would not answer unless the sur- 

 face is all gravel or rock, for the liuit would be 

 spoiled, and it would be difficult to keep the vines 

 properly pruned to ensure good crops and fruit. 

 You had better train them on upright trellises, or 

 even small poles. It would answer a very good 

 ))urposc. however, and the grapes would ripen bet- 

 ter, if a horizontal trellis or frnme were made par- 

 allel to the surface, and only 2 or 3 feet above it, 

 upon which to train the vines. The very complete 

 exi osure of the foliage by this mode, would improve 

 the quality of the grapes; but it would be a less 

 easy way of cultivating grapes in any quantity, 

 than when the upright trellis i^iised. 



Improvpmi-;nt of Fruits. — H. (Columbus, 0.) 

 The common blackberry is capable of improve- 

 ment. Select the very largest and finest fruit you 

 can find, and plant them immediately in a rather 

 shaded situation. They will vegetate in the spring, 

 and bear, probably, in the succeeding )car. Then 

 select, again, the very largest fruit from these seed- 

 linps, and sow the seeds of those. In this way 

 you will no doubt be able to double the size and 

 greatly improve the flavor of this fruit, in two or 

 three generations. 



PoMoLoGicAL CoNvi NTioN. — E. (Cincinnati.) 

 The Pomological Convention will meet in New- 

 York the first week in October, and as we learn 

 that it is to be composed entirely of delegations 

 from all the leadinu Hoitieultuial Societies of the 

 country — delegations, we presume, of experienced 

 pomologists and fruit-growers — we look forward to 

 it as a very important meeting. We have not yet 

 received the circular, but will publish it next 

 month. The pomological meeting at Buffalo will 

 also, no doubt, be very interesting. 



*^* Correspondents who are subscribers, will 

 hereafter find replies to any question on subjects 

 within the scope of this journal, in this depart- 

 ment, (unless otherwise requested) — and all que- 

 ries put in a brief shape, and sent to us free of 

 postage, shall receive attention. — Ed. 



