NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



July 25, 1828. 



birds may be fair 

 their parents, and 



ly estimated at double that ot 



to succeed so 



From the particular 



•- ■ ,„ f.ntlv fed on circumstances under which this i.nportation was 



IS these are constantly leu on 



, „ ,„|v ti.e made, I think the vines selected extremely well 

 larv* for at least three weeks, making «»'>'; ^^i^^,,^,,,d ,„ succeed as far north as we may rea- 

 same allowance for them as tiie old ones, in„ , , vineyards to flourish in our conn- 

 share would an>ount to four Ihousand '«"' ""'<'-;^ ^ ' / wui merdy further retnark, that the great 

 mUlions ; making a grand total ol sixteen housund y- ^^^^ ^^y ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ obtained, 



tu,o hundred .MHons of "-''^-"^ '!'^''.;^,;:,f ^^"^i"' caused their laud transportation through France, 

 m the space ol t""'" '""'"i'^ ^-V Thph , hos of t« amount to more than the original cost of the 

 The combined ravages of such a '"deous ost of tea ^^^^^ respectfully, 



vermin would be sutKcient to spread (amme and \mes. ^ WM. PRINCE. 



wide extent of the richest and 



desolation over a 



best cultivateil country on earth. 



All this, it may be said, is mere supposition. It 

 is, however, supposition founded on known and 

 acknowledged facts. 



Mr. Bradley, m his General Treatise on Husban- 

 dry and Gardening, shows, "that a pair of spar-' 

 rows, during the time they have their young ones 

 to feed, destroy ou an average, (every week) about 

 Ihree thousand three hundred and sixty caterpillars." 

 This calculation he founded on actual observation. 

 And it is well known that several kinds of our 

 birds, such as the hirundo, musdcapa genera, and , 

 some others, feed entirely ou insects. | 



I am fully persuaded, as long as farmers and 

 others permit boys to roam over their fields and 

 shoot down every small bird they meet— as long 

 as young men are in the habit, ou oar anniversa- 

 ries, of forming themselves into shooting parties, 

 for the purpose of destroying small birds, which 

 they do in immense numbers — I say as long as 

 this wanton destruction of birds is carried on, we 

 must expect imiuinerable hosts of noxious insects 

 will continue to ciimmit depredations on our orch- 

 ards, our fields, and our gardens. 



Yours, respectfully, I 



Danvers, My 18, 1828. F 



FOK tUe new ENCiAND I'Ar.MER. 



THE VINE. 



Mr. Pessenden, — I last autumii addressed a 

 requeit to some gentlemen who have extensive 

 vineyards on the border of the Rhine in the most 

 northern department (Haut Rliin) of France and 

 vequested them to send me 6000 grape vines, 

 comprisuig only those which were cultivated with 

 ihe most ease and most success in their vineyards, 

 and which were, there, fully to bo relied on for a- 

 bundant yield and regular crops. I apjilied to these 

 gentlemen from a full conviction of their knowl- 

 edge on the subject, they having been most suc- 

 cessful cultivators of the vine in that northern lo- 

 cality ; and also because in a lung iutercoiirsc I 

 have never been deceived by them, but on the 

 contrary most honorably dealt with. In conse- 

 quence of this application, I received in April last 

 6400 vines, which arrived in perfect order and 

 were planted at my establishment here, where 

 those who arc desu-ous can view them. But the 

 object of most importance is the selection of kinds 

 made by them and which consists of the followhig, 

 Auvernas blanc 



Liiincean Botanic Garden, 



Ji.lv IS, lS-28. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMEK. 



gns 



Facun or Bourger 



Gros Rauschling 



Petit Rauschling 



Hincscli 



Rothlichtuer *" 



It ^vii! be perceived that several of the above 



are German varieties, and it is a subject of gratu- 



tatioa that the two first enumerated, from which 



!jje celebrated Charapaigne win(» is made, are found 



CANKER WORMS AND SLUG WORMS, 



Mr Fessenden, — These two destructive insects , 

 have again appeared in great numbers — to the | 

 c'l-eat .-nmoyance of farmers and gardeners ; but 

 witii theu- return, there does not seem to have 

 iiceii a correspondent return of good sense, and 

 practical skill on the part of many of the sufferers. 

 I think that you could not render a more accepta- 

 ble service to the public, than by republishing in 

 your journal (without the plates) the two treatises 

 "of the late Professor Peck, on the canker worm 

 and slug worm. Before 1 proceed to make any 

 remarks or remedies, I would observe, that though 

 the times of the ap])earance of these most destruc- 

 tive insects, are not as well fixed, as those of the 

 locust, which appears statedly once in sixteen or 

 seventeen years; and although I am aware, that 

 no such law prevails, or governs the movements j 

 of the canker worm, and the slug worm, (having , 

 seen both in very small numbers during the whole 

 interval since tlieir last extensive ravages,) yet it 

 is true, that the canker worm and the slug worm 

 have appeared but twice within my memory in 

 great force, and we have no reason to doubt, that, 

 we shall again enjoy a long interval of peace from 

 their depredations. 



Now as to remedies. I agree, cordially, with 

 your Lynn correspondent, that in tarring we have 

 the most effectual, and the most certain remedy. 

 Yet it is a very exiiensive remedy as it respects 

 labor — and if other means can be devised less 

 troublesome and as effectual, it would be worth a 

 premium of five hundred dollars from the State 

 Legislature — I might say a thousand. 



During tiie last visitation of the cauker worm, 

 about 17 or 18 years since, Mr. Josi^ Knapp, of 

 Boston, applied effete or slacked lime to the roots 

 of his apple trees, which had been overrun the 

 year before, and the insects disappeared. I pub- 

 lished his letter in our journal, and tried the lime 

 on the greater part of my trees, leaving some 

 without the application. Every tree treated with 

 lime was free from the insect — every tree not 

 treated with lime, was infested with them. 



Professor Peck observes, that the insects whicli 

 rise in the fall and spring, rarely cotne from a 

 greater distance than three or four feet from tlie 

 stock — so that an apphcation of hme to that dis- 

 tance would suffice. 



I am not, however, confident on this subject — 

 but I thhik it worthy of extensive experiment. A 

 gentleman in Rliodc Island has tried a circle of 

 tin with success. An account of it was pubUshed 

 iu your paper. Will you invite him to give a spe- 

 cific description of the mode of ajipHcation, and 

 of the success ? I have no doubt that a premium 

 would be given to him if it sliould prove effectual. 

 As to the slug worm, I had no difficulty whal- 



in the middle of the day. This was effected by 

 suspending on a long pole an old sieye filled with 

 lime, and shaking it over the whole tree. The 

 slugs were entirely destroyed. 



The sieve should be suspended by twine at 

 least eighteen inches long, so as to admit of con- 

 siderable motion to the sieve. If these suggestions 

 shall be of any use, it will afford me the highest 

 pleasure. It should be recollected, that the slugs 

 will re-appear the last of August. 



JOHN LOWELL. 



Roxbunj, Juhj 22, 1828. 



N. B. I am much pleased with the Potato 

 O.Mor.', procured at the New England Farmer 

 Seed Store — 1 had them of full size ten days since, 

 and their quahty as an esculent is equal to any. 



lE,\lracl from a letter lo ibc Editor ol the N. E. Farmer ] 



PEAR TREES. 



"Have jou any information of the existence of 

 the disorder which prevailed for the two last years,- 

 and excited so much anxiety for the fate of the 

 Pear trees.' I have the satisfaction to ob,serve 

 that the cause, whatever it may have been, has 

 ceased to operate in this vicinity. Our Pear trees 

 look well, and although uot remarkably fruitful, 

 are thrifty, and throw out new wood in abund- 

 ance." ' Yours, W. J. 



Plymouth, Mass. My 22, 1828. 



From tiie American Farmer. 



PRESERVATION OF PEACH TREES. 

 In jour paper of the 6tli of June, i observed one 

 or two paragraphs upon the subject of the preser- 

 vation of peach trees. If you esteem this luscious, 

 and during its season incomparable fruit, as I do, 

 you will uot hesitate iu rendering every aid to- 

 wards its successful cultivation.^ 



In addition to my orchard, I have about one 

 hundred peach trees of different kinds, (and some 

 one or two which are natives of our village, and of 

 but few years, are equal to any,) not one of which 

 is at all injured by the worm, wliile many of my 

 neighbors' are entirely xiestroyed. I can assure 

 every one, that from my experience, no difficulty 

 exists, and the produce amply remunerates lor 

 every trouble. One of your correspondents re- 

 commends lamp or fish oil, and then boiling wa- 

 ter. Both are right, although I should say that 

 boiUng water was a very tloubtful remedy, and 

 would require to be often repeated. Not long 

 since I sayv a very fine peach tree in a perfect 

 state of preservation. Although it had been sev- 

 eral years bearing, (it was in a small garden, the 

 reason of there being no more) yet the worm had 

 no» injured it. Always anxious to learn every 

 thing connected with agriculture, I inquired par- 

 ticularly with regard to its treatment, and was in- 

 formed that the lady of the family had du-ected 

 the suds of soap after washing, without regard to 

 their being cold or boiling, to be thrown about the 

 tree — and it had the desired effect. 



The season is approaching when the insect 

 conmiences its depredations. The season of its 

 depredations may be fixed as commencing early 

 in July, and ending in September. Its greatest 

 ravages are during the month of August. It pen- 

 etrates the surface, and commences its depreda- 

 tion by boring the tree and depositing its egg 

 about one to three inches below the surface. I 



have read ui works upon the subject, that the 

 ever m subduinff it by shaking lime over the leaves 'bark is there more tender, which I presume is au 



