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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[November, 



us older fellows cannot see a particle of difference 

 between some of the new Raspberry, Strawberry, 

 and other fruits of the day, and those of a half 

 century back, which were born and have died 

 long ago. Mr. Hovey is quite fruitful in these 

 recollections. He has shown how great is the 

 resemblance of the Manchester Strawberry to the 

 old Hovey ; the Keiffer Pear to the Shah-Lea, and 

 he now points to the resemblance of the Lawson 

 or Comet Pear to the French Bellissima d'Ete. 



The Globe Peach. — Mr. Shearer, of Tuckerton, 

 Pa., sends us a box of peaches which he has 

 raised and named the "Globe." It is a very pretty 

 peach ripening with and somewhat of the style of 

 Crawford's Late. It is about the size, but rather 

 longer in outline, and with firmer flesh ; the color 

 of the skin, light yellow with dark red next the 

 sun, is about the same as in that well-known and 

 popular variety. 



The flavor is quite equal to Crawford's Late, which 

 is saying a good deal in favor of the new variety. 



Section of the Ulobe Peach. 

 The exact merit of a peach cannot be stated on 

 the fruit alone. The exact time of ripening, in 

 competition with other well-known kinds, is of 

 great moment ; a few days before or after giving 

 value, where simultaneity would give none — then 

 its comparative productiveness and regularity is a 

 great item, as is also its adaptation to certain soils. 

 As this is considerably far north to raise a peach 

 of this fine size and good flavor, we are inclined to 

 think highly of it, and give the enclosed outline, 

 as some guide to its appearance. The fruit 

 measured 8^( inches in circumference and weighed 



6'^ oz. We suppose it may be much later than 

 Crawford. 



Root fungus and Yellows. — The I^ann and 

 Garden says : " We would ask the Gardeners' 

 Monthly, if its root-fungus theory be true, how it 

 is, that if the tops of so many peach trees that have 

 the yellows, are cut away two feet or so from the 

 trunk, that a new and healthy top will form ? We 

 would also ask why, in the case of the yellows, a 

 healthy shoot will grow from the body of the tree 

 if the roots are diseased. The fact is well known, 

 that if the roots of a tree are diseased, the entire 

 tree suffers at once, and its vitality is destroyed, 

 and pruning hastens the decay." 



We never knew of a case of genuine yellows in 

 which the whole tree was not more or less affected. 



Plum Culture. — How strikingly the modern 

 triumph over the one time irresistible curculio is 

 illustrated, anyone can see by the fruit stands and 

 fruit stores which exhibit plums in profusion 

 everywhere. Scarcely ten years ago hundreds of 

 people could not tell a plum from a meteorite. 

 Ellwanger & Barry were about the only ones 

 who kept people in mind that there was such a 

 fruit, by exhibiting a few at horticultural shows. 

 k pleasant reminder of how popular a fruit it has 

 become, is now before us in the shape of a basket 

 of Reine Claudes from Mr. Willard, of Geneva, 

 N. Y. Only think of a half bushel of plums ! 



Specimens of Fruits and Plants. — These 

 often reach us without any indications as to where" 

 ihey came from. And as there may bemany scores 

 of letters, it is not always possible to tell to what 

 package the letters refer. There is no law against 

 \vriting the name of the sender on the package. 



Roesch's Vineyards. — The Fredonia Censor 

 says that that thisgrape-vine nursery has increased 

 from a small business in 1875 to 13 acres of young 

 plants last spring ; a large number of varieties are 

 under propagation, and great precautions taken 

 to keep each variety true to name. 



The Jerusalem Artichoke. — It is found that 

 the roots of Jerusalem artichoke yield 8 per cent, 

 of alcohol, and, as it does well in comparatively 

 poor soil, it is extensively grown for this purpose. 

 Around Antwerp no less than 3500 acres are under 

 this plant this season. 



The Pea Beetle in the Last Century.— By 

 a note in the Proceedings of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society of March 3, 1769, we find that 

 the pea weevil was as great a pest at that time as 

 it is to-day. 



