DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Fall Pippins. — We received from Messrs. Bis- 

 SEL & Hooker, of Rochester, N. Y., a box of 

 these apples, asking an opinion of their true name, 

 and stating that they bear the name of " Holland 

 Pippin," in Western New York. 



The Holland Pippin, though considerably re- 

 sembling this apple in the growth of the tree, 

 and size and shape of the fruit, is a totally distinct 

 apple froiu the Fall pippin. In fact, while the 

 Fail pippin is one of the best autumn table apples, 

 (at least in this district,) the Holland pippin is of 

 very inferior quality for the dessert, and is, in fact, 

 only a cooking apple, As a kitchen fruit, how- 

 ever, it is one of the most valuable summer fruits 

 we know — for it bears regularly and well, conies 

 into use at the beginning of August, and continues 

 fit for pies, tarts, and sauce, until October, when 

 the Fall pippin begins to ripen. The Holland 

 pippin is fit for use while the skin is quite green, 

 but the Fall pippin, not until it turns quite yellow. 

 Finally, the stalk of the Holland pippin is short, 

 and set in a wide cavity, while that of the Fall 

 pippin is large, and set in a cavity often narrow, 

 and comparatively shallow. With these points of 

 difference, these two apples ought not to be con- 

 founded. .... 



St. Martin's Quetsche. — This German Plum 

 proves to be one of the most valuable late varieties 

 yet introduced from abroad. It has borne in two 

 or three gardens on the Hudson, and we have a tree 

 four feet in height inour fruit garden, every branch 

 of which, this season, was so literally loaded with its 

 beautibul bright yellow fruit, (notwithstanding that 

 it was also making a vigorous growth,) that it was 

 quite a spectacle to gaze at. The fruit ripens 

 about the middle of October, and keeps a long 

 ■while. Its flavor is excellent, and it will undoubt- 

 edly be a profitable sort to grow for market. 



Wintering Plants in Pits. — Dear Sir: A 

 good many of your readers, who like myself, can- 

 not afford to have a green-house, and yet want to 

 grow a great many exotics, such as Verbenas, 

 Scarlet Geraniums, Petunias, &c., for ornament- 

 ing their gardens in summer, may not be aware 

 how cheaply the matter may be done by means of 

 b,pit. 



A " pit," on any rough way, is nothing more 

 than a long hot-bed frame, made of strong rough 

 plank, and sunk nearly level with the surface of 

 the ground — or nearly level at the front, and about 

 6 inches above it at the rear, so as throw off the 

 water. Mine is sunk 2^ feet deep. In the first 

 place the soil should all be dug out, of the size of 

 the frame, and about a foot deeper than you mean 

 to have it inside. This foot must be filled up with 

 small stones to make the floor perfectly dry ; and 

 if the spot is at all damp, thereought to be a small 

 drain, also filled with stones, leading away from it. 



Over the stones in the bottom of the pit, put a 

 foot or more of coal ashes, to form a dry floor for 

 the pots. When you have sunk the frame, it 

 should be filled up all round it with dry tan, or 

 what is still better, with square pieces of turf^ 

 such as is used for fuel. This lining is a better 

 non-conductor than the soil, and you should heap 

 it up, on the outside, quite level with the edge of 

 the frame all round. There ought to be double 

 sashes to cover the frame, with a space of about 8 

 inches between them, to make it secure against all 

 possibility of frost. (The outside sashes will do 

 for hot-beds in spring.) In all fine, milJ days in 

 winter, I open the lights and give air freely, so long 

 as there is no frost. At night, and in cold and 

 stormy days, I cover the lights with five or six 

 thicknesses of mats, (or a thick coat of straw.) 

 In this way I succeed in keeping, not only the 

 plants I have named, but also Camellias, Oranges, 

 and almost all the finer green-house plants, in per- 

 fect health and beauty. I water very sparingly — 

 often not for many days together, in winter. An 

 Original Subscriber. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aov. 1848. 



Worcester Horticultural Society. — We 

 find by the report of Mr. Jacques, that this, one 

 of the most flourishing societies in Massachusetts, 

 made an annual exhibition of which its members 

 may justly be proud. The soil and position of 

 Worcester are such, that a great variety of fruits 

 are cultivated in high perfection there — and in 

 apples especially, the exhibitions held there, are 

 richer than those of any society in New England. 

 The largest and best collection of pears, (29 va- 

 rieties,) was shown by J. M. Earle, President of 

 the Society. The largest collection of apples, (43 

 varieties,) by Samuel Colton, (who also exhibit- 

 ed 27 varieties of pears, 15 varieties of peaches, 

 and 7 of Plums.) The premium for the best col- 

 lection of apples was awarded to Wm. C. Capron. 

 Geo. Jacques exhibited 23 varieties of apples, 7 

 varieties of pears. 8 varieties of peaches. Among 

 the other leading contributors, were B. F. Thom- 

 as, Silas Allen, Peter Fay, D. W. Linco;.n, 

 Joel Knapp, Hon. Levi Lincoln, &.c. 



Among the fruits particnlarly noticed by the 

 committee, we observe an old favorite of ours, the 

 Brevoort peach, shown by Mr. Messenger, of 

 which the committee say, " one of the highest fla- 

 vored and most delicious of all peaches." Speci- 

 mens of Flemish Beauty took the first premium 

 among the pears exhibited, and Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey, the second. Hubbardston Nonsuch, took 

 the first premium among apples. We copy also 

 the following note by the committee, on Leland's 

 Pippin : " This is one of the handsomest apples 

 we ever saw. Color on the shady side, a greenish 

 yellow ground, mottled with crimson stripes; oi^ 

 the sunny side, becoming a dark crimson. Size 



