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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



spread to surrounding points. — Mon- 

 treal Witness. 



MOORE'S EARLY GRAPE. 

 Prof. Budd said : "I consider it very 

 promising in Iowa now ; it seems to 

 be hardier than Concord, it has a bet- 

 ter leaf. Moore's Early has the best 

 foliage. It is earlier even than the 

 Worden I think." Mr, Lyman : I 

 have fruited it now two years, and it 

 has proven quite satisfactory ; wood and 

 foliage good ; an abundant bearer ; fruit 

 large ; ripens early ; shall plant largely 

 of it." Mr. Plumb, Wisconsin: "I 

 fully indorse what Prof. Budd has said 

 of Moore's Early. I think very highly 

 of it, and consider it the best and most 

 promising grape we have out there. It 

 ripens nearly a week ahead of the Wor- 

 den." Mr. Rogers : " Moore's stands 

 well in New Jersey." Mr. Scott : " I 

 have to report some rot on my grounds." 

 Mr. Munson said : " It does not rot in 

 Texas ; it is very early, black, firm, 

 medium to large, quality good to very 

 good ; makes a red wine." Mr. Harri- 

 son, Ohio, reported no rot. Mr. Green : 

 " I can also speak ver}'- highly of it ; 

 ripens before the Worden." Mr. Man- 

 ning : " I was at Mr. Moore's place the 

 other day and saw more than 40 tons 

 of grapes in his vineyard. He has 660 

 vines which must have nearly three 

 tons of fruit on them. The vines are 

 allowed to run wild, no pruning having 

 been attempted. Moore's ripens three 

 weeks before the Concord." — Rural 

 New-Yorker. 



REMEDIES FOR CABBAGE WORM. 

 T have not failed for forty- two years 

 in freeing my cabbages of worms. I 

 was at the house of a lady in Kentucky 

 who had the finest cabbages I had seen 

 that year. I asked her how she man- 

 aged to keep them free of worms. She 

 told me by sprinkling them with flour, 

 shorts, or shij^stufF. As soon as I got 



home, I had mine well plowed, and the 

 next morning I put a large tables[)oon- 

 ful of coarse flour, or middlings, on 

 each head, while the dew was on ; the 

 dew made it wet. and the worms began 

 to crawl and roll over on the wet flour. 

 The more they struggled, the more 

 paste they gathered ; they would soon 

 fall on the fresh plowed earth, which, 

 being wet, would stick to them, and 

 clog their feet and legs, so that they 

 could not get into the ground. Those 

 that could not get ofl*, died on the heads. 

 The paste prevents all eggs from hatch- 

 ing. 



This has been one of the most diffi- 

 cult seasons I recollect to keep the 

 worms from destroying cabbages. Two 

 plowings, and twice going over and 

 applying the flour, saved mine, while 

 most of the neighbors lost theirs. It 

 may be necessary to apply it oftener, if 

 hard rains come and wash out the flour. 

 Bye or buckwheat, unbolted, is as good 

 as fine flour ; the paste is what does 

 the work. — W. G., Lexington, Ky., 

 in Country Gentleman. 



SMALL FRUITS ON THE FARM. 



To stock a small garden with the 

 best varieties requires only a few dollars 

 outlay, and the skill necessaiy to keep 

 them in good condition is within the 

 reach of any one who is interested in 

 the matter. We generally see a few 

 scrubby and neglected currant bushes 

 in the grass along the garden fence, but 

 not in one garden in a dozen do we see 

 much more in the line of small fruits. 

 That men are fond of these fruits is 

 proved by the avidity with which they 

 dis})0se of them when [)laced before 

 them in the shape of pie, shortcake, or 

 eaten with sug^r or cream. They seem 

 to forget, or overlook the fact, that the 

 season of enjoying these luxuries need 

 not be confined to summer. Canned 

 fruits are nearly as good during the 

 winter, if properlj put up, as when 



