APPLES, PEAK'S, AXD GRAPES. 



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grades of woollen clotli ; and the " smalls" are used on the fine pant stuffs 

 doeskin, shawls, &c. 



The following table shows the labor expended per acre in raising an aver 

 -age crop o£ teasels : 



Days horse Days man 

 labor. labor. 



Prepajing ground and sowing 



Cultivating and hoeing first year. . . 

 Cultivating and hoeing second year. 



Harvesting an average crop 



Assorting, handling, and boxing... 



Total number of days per acre . 



An average crop is 130,000 per acre, of 10 pounds per thousand; instances 

 are known where 225,000 have been raised on an acre. 



A few years ago 15 cents or $1 per thousand was thought to bo a very good 

 price ; now, owing to the greatly increased manufacture and consumption of / 

 army cloths, and the increased price of the imported article from the increase 

 on gold exchange and the high tariff, the American teasel brings triple the 

 price it formerly did. 



As will be observed from the foregoing table, the crop is an expensive one, 

 but at the present high prices it pays exceedingly well. The demand, how- 

 ever, must always be uncertain and limited, depending almosl wholly upon 

 the condition of woollen manufactures in this country. 



It is to be regretted that no reliable statistics can be found either of the 

 amounts of teasels consumed, imported, or grown in this country. 



POPULAR VARIETIES 



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THE APPLE, PEAR, AND GRAPE. 



BY F. R. ELLIOTT, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



In the Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture for 1862 descrip- 

 tions of some of the leading varieties of apples and pears were given, and so 

 favorably have they been received by the people that the Commissioner has 

 deemed it advisable to continue the article. Accordingly descriptions of the 

 following additional varieties have been prepared by the same author, to which 

 are added descriptions of some of the most popular and valued hardy out-door 

 grapes. Another year probably cherries and some other variety of fruit will be 

 introduced, to the end that in a few years tEe department will have issued 

 descriptions and drawings illustrative of all our leading best varieties of hardy 

 fruits. 



