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The IIortknUurM. 



erous culture, such as we are obliged to give 

 the Antwerp, it is of good size. It is also 

 earlier by a week, and carries well to market. 

 Its flavor is as good as Clarke or Herstine to 

 my taste, not the peculiar flavor of the Ant- 

 werp, but perhaps suits more people's tastes 

 than that, as many dislike its aroma. It may 

 not do well elsewhere, as our soil is peculiar. 

 Our grapes are very fine. We seem to be 

 favored with several good crops, and fail 

 entirely with others." 



As to the yield, I find that the statement 

 was really below the actual sales. The gross 

 sales from this half acre amounted to $583, 

 the $504 being Mr. Deyo's own net receipts. 

 Mr. D. says: "I received $504 from a half 

 acre, net returns, that is, after paying freight 

 and commission, which was 12 per cent. 

 After I quit picking regularly I gave to my 

 boy the remainder, who realized $17 ; making 

 the whole $521 net. The names of many 

 others could be sent you, all of whom have 

 raised as large crops." Mr. D.'s plants are 3 

 years old, and the reason for not stating this 

 before is that I did not know it. To deter- 

 minate the value of market fruits. I take it 

 for granted that " the opinions of commission 

 men are valuable," and I therefore inquire of 

 many of the principal dealers in New York. 

 One had known the Brandywine for one 

 season, and sold them at au average of 50 

 cents per quart — the usual price for Antwerps. 

 All others declared the "Antwerp " the 

 highest priced, most sought for, and best 

 raspberry in market.. 



fevs itnnions. 



We remember listening often to the en- 

 couraging remarks of Mr. A. S. Fuller and 

 other horticulturists, to stimulate the produc- 

 tions of new varieties of the Persimmons. 

 We have just noticed a statement from the 

 Revue Horticole, which describes something 

 of this nature which promises to be an ac- 

 quisition. It is called by M. Carriere, Di- 

 ospyros Mazeli, and said to produce fruit as 

 large as an ordinary smooth tomato, and of much 

 the same form. The tree is not only hardy but 

 very ornamental, withal, having beautiful foli- 

 ao;e. There has also been introduced into this 



country, one species of Diospyros from Japan, 

 and it promises to prove successful, 



" Tell Act-ex Kitiitii/li." 



Edmund Morris, for many years editor and 

 publisher of the Trenton Gazette^ and author 

 of " Ten Acres Enough," and "How to Get 

 a Farm," died in BurUngton, N. J., last May. 



Growth of l''ori'ift Trers. 



At a recent meeting of the Elmira Club, 

 Mr. Fletcher Carr gave the subjoined sche- 

 dule of measurements, made 12 years after 

 planting : " White maple, 1 foot in diameter 

 and 20 in height ; white willow, lA feet in 

 diameter and 40 in height ; white ash, 10 

 inches in diameter and 20 in height ; yellow 

 willow, Ig in diameter and 40 in height ; Lom- 

 bardy poplar, 10 inches in diameter and 40 in 

 height; chestnut, 10 inches in diameter and 

 20 in height ; black walnut and butternut, 10 

 i inches in diameter and 20 in height ; while the 

 different kinds of evergreens will make an 

 average growth of from 18 to 20 inches in 

 height annually." 



A Fine Prize. 



The Assembly of Iowa has appropriated 

 $1,000 to be used for prizes for the best new 

 apple that will keep in good condition until 

 after April 1, and for a superior plum im- 

 proved from native stock, the same to be a 

 variety not now in existence, and superior to 

 any in hardiness, productiveness, and quality 

 of fruit. The seedlings nmst be exhibited 

 from year to year before the State Horticul- 

 tural Society, and the premium is to be award- 

 ed in 188(3 by a competent committee appointed 

 by that association. 



A New Vherri/, 



A new cherry, similar to the Early Rich- 

 mond, but much hardier and sweeter than 

 that variety, has made its appearance in Iowa. 

 The Iowa Homestead speaks of the tree as " a 

 botanical curiosity, the twig and bud strongly 

 indicating their origin from the Morello 

 family, while the leaf as strongly resembles 

 those of the Duke family." It is not strictly 

 a new sort, the parent tree having been 

 brought from Germany about 25 years ago, 

 and at present it is in the pessession of its 

 introducer, Mr. Lieb, at Galena, 111., after 

 whom it is named. 



