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acre of land after deducting expenses, he 

 realized the value of the following produce: 

 Onions, $106.98 ; tomatoes, $42.12; beans, 

 $33.55; grapes, $18.56; blackberries, 

 $2.70 ; pears, $7.00; asparagus, $10.42; 

 four bushels of onion sets, $24.00 ; ten bush- 

 els of turnips, $4.00 ; carrots, $2.50; celery, 

 $3.00— total, $254.53. The family used also 

 out of the garden during the season, not 

 included in the above. 



We should say after such an experiment 

 as that " Samuel, come up higher.^^ 



Cranberry Measures. 



The New Jersey Cranberry Growers' As- 

 sociation have adopted standard packages 

 for marketing the fruit. The crates are to 

 contain one bushel each, "rounded" meas- 

 ure — the " round " being 3v| quarts more 

 than an even bushel. The standard barrel 

 is to be of just three times the capacity of 

 the crate (three bushels), and is the same as 

 that of the Cape Cod Association, x 



Mlaynitude of the Evergreen Trade. 



The tree nurseries of Mr. llobert Douglass, 

 of Waukegan, 111., and F. K. Phoenix, at 

 Bloomington, 111., are the finest and largest 

 in the United States. 



Mr. Douglass, if he does any growing, 

 puts out by the 10,000,000, while Mr. 

 Phcenix has one block of seventy acres of 

 evergreens, closely planted. 



In apple trees, he plants by the farm, one 

 block being no less than 100 acres and an- 

 other seventy-five acres, both together num- 

 bering 3,500,000 trees. 



Strtiivherries — I'referred List for JPlnntinff. 



William Parry, of New Jersey, who de- 

 votes about 100 acres of his farm to small 

 fruits, is said to prefer the following varie- 

 ties of strawberries, mentioned in the order 

 of their ripening : The New Jersey Scarlet, 

 French, Wilson's Albany, Seth Boyden, 

 Charles Downing, Monarch of the West, 

 Dr. Warder, Black Defiance, Col. Cheney, 

 Late Prolific, Kissena and Kentucky. Ilis 

 shipments during the height of the past 

 season reached nearly 2,500 quarts daily. 



Jiasli, Honey sjicliles. 



The masses of flowers on the Honeysuckle 

 vine may be greatly increased in beauty and 

 their fragrance strengthened by pruning 

 them closely, and training them as round- 

 headed shrubs ; at first they might not seem 

 as naturally ornamental as if trained on a 

 trellis, but by the testimony of gardeners they 

 seem to be very much more attractive. 



Culture of JTmit in Europe. 



In the province of Wurtemburg, Ger- 

 many, the fruit crop brings, in average 

 seasons, a revenue of $700,000 annually. 

 The culture of fruit trees is increasing, and 

 there now exists a German Pomological 

 Society — embracing Germany, Austria, 

 Hungary and German Switzerland, who 

 have divided all this territory into fifty-six 

 districts. 



Canning jtrticliolies. 



This seems to be a new industry just de- 

 veloping in the South. In New Orleans 

 a factory has been putting up figs and arti- 

 chokes, and considerable quantities have 

 been sent North. Of the latter, The Pica- 

 yune remarks that " the Southern artichoke 

 is a vegetable so little known at the North, 

 that people having never seen it before cared 

 little to purchase it at first; but those who 

 have acquainted their palates with the deli- 

 cate flavor of the Louisiana artichoke speak 

 loud praises for it, and commend the manner 

 of preservation." 



Orchids, Duration of Jilootn, 



It is stated that, in an exhibition in Eng- 

 land not long since, a spike of flower of 

 Phalcenopis Schilleriana was shown, which, 

 though still fresh and quite presentable, was 

 expended more than five months previous. 

 This feature of long endurance of bloom is 

 a great recommendation in favor of the cul- 

 ture of orchids. 



I'resertnng Wooden Labels, 



The cheapest method and the most durable 

 for all ordinary purposes, is to " to dip them 

 in crude Petroleum.'''' 



Eighteen hundred dollars was the florist's 

 bill at a fashionable dinner party in New 

 York. 



