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[September, 



also very plentiful, with a kind of blackberry, 

 all very acceptable to us. We gathered large 

 quantities and had them boiled down with 

 sugar, and they made excellent preserves. The 

 heat has been rather oppressive of late; to-day 

 the thermometer stood at 90° in the shade at an 

 elevation of 1,000 feet. The nights were always 

 cool, so that we could sleep comfortably." 



Culture of Raspberries —The Farmer's Home 

 Journal says : '' Col. Young is an observing and 

 practical horticulturist of no ordinary acquire- 

 ments. Doubtless the large crops he grows are 

 in a great measure due to his judicious manage- 

 ment. His practice with raspberries, for in- 

 stance, is to cut the growing canes when they 

 reach about four feet high, which is generally in 

 July. These canes will then throw out side 

 branches or laterals, which, by the following 

 ISIovember, will be three or four feet long. These 

 side shoots are then cut back to six or eight 

 inches long in the spring, and from them grow 

 the bearing limbs, filled with berries. The old 

 canes are allowed to remain after bearing and 

 die out of themselves. In the following spring 

 they are brittle, and easily broken off and taken 

 out of the way." 



Flat Chinese Peach. — A California corres- 

 pondent speaks highly of the success of this 

 peach in California. He says its earliness as 

 well as its delicious flavor there, bring it general 

 praise. 



Using Pyrethrum Powder. — Prof. Cook, of 

 the Michigan Agricultural College, found that 

 one pound of the powder was effective in two 

 hundred gallons of water when applied for kill- 

 ing cabbage worm. The powder must touch the 

 insect to be effective, and loses its value if left 

 long exposed. Its power is due to a volatile oil. 

 It costs one dollar per pound, so must not be 

 wasted. We should be glad to hear from those 

 who believe in salt for the cabbage worm. If it 

 can be applied without injury to the cabbage, it 

 ought to be all that is desirable. 



The English Sparrow in Canada.— Mr. Doug- 

 all, of Windsor in Canada, was outraged at the 

 attacks of some writers on the English sparrow. 

 They had thronged in his orchard, but never 

 touched a bud or fruit. It was a cold, snowy 

 day and horse waste was scarce. He was on the 

 way to post a letter, when, could it be possible, 

 the rogues were at his plum and cherry buds. 

 It could only be that they were after insects. 



He looked again and again. The end was, the 

 friendly letter was not posted. Mr. Dougall will 

 have few fruits from his specimen Windsor 

 cherry this year. 



Nectarine. — Few fruits are more delicious, 

 when properly ripened, than the nectarine ; but 

 except from glasshouse culture, they are rarely 

 seen. The Curculio is just as fond of them as of 

 the plum. If the trees were shaken as plum 

 trees are, one could just as well have nectarines 

 as plums. It is now settled beyond all question, 

 that while persistent shaking is a success, noth- 

 ing else will secure plums. 



Apple Beauty of Hants — By the colored 

 plate in the June Florist and Pomologist, this 

 English apple must be one of the most beauti. 

 lul. It is oblate-conical, four and a half inches 

 wide, and three and a half deep, brownish-red 

 splashed with crimson on the sunny side, and 

 russetty -yellow on the other. It has been known 

 for some time in England, and is a seedling from 

 tlie Blenheim orange. How it would behave if 

 introduced into America, would be a question to 

 consider ; but it would be a popular fruit should 

 it behave well. 



Black Knot on the Pacific Coast. — Prof. 

 Hilgard is reported as saying that " the Black 

 Knot is almost universal on the cultivated trees 

 throughout Oregon and Washington Territory," 

 the cherry being understood as the trees referred 

 to. It is common on the choke cherry in Cali- 

 fornia, (Cerasus demissa, probably,) but has not 

 been reported as on cultivated trees. 



The Curl in the Peach. — A belief prevails 

 that some varieties of peach never have the 

 curl; but we believe any variety may suffer. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Glendale Strawberry. — " F. B.," Pittsford, 

 N. Y., says : " We are growing the Glendale 

 strawberry here and find it to be of such merit 

 as to be recommended for both market and 

 family use. Being of such a brilliant color, large 

 size, good form, and very productive ; much 

 better than the Green Prolific, an old variety. 

 If I mistake not the Glendale originated at 

 Akron, Ohio, in Glendale cemetery. Green Pro- 

 lific is pistillate. Glendale is not." 



A New Peach Wanted.— Raphael Sherfy, of 

 Gettysburg, Pa., says " that the peach growers are 



