VII.— No. 7. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



53 



P.\RSNEPS, 



Cause cows to give abundance of milk, and 

 Ihey eat them as freely as they do oil cake. In 

 giving an account of the agriculture of the island 

 of Jersey, an English writer says " Parsneps are 

 grown by every farmer, and either by the spade 

 culture alone, by the plough and spade, or by the 

 small and great plough : any soil in good heart 

 and tilth suits them, but peculiarly a deep loam ; 

 and in the same spot, generally, are raised beans, 

 peas, cabbage, and, occasionally potatoes. 



" When the ploughing or digging is completed, 

 the field is once haiTowed ; straight lines are then 

 drawn across, by means of a gardener's rake, usu- 

 .tlly from north to south ; women then proceed 

 with dibbles, and set the beans in rows, at a dis- 

 tance of four inches, or five inches, from bean to 

 bean, in four, three, and sonietinies two ranks of 

 beans, leaving intervals of between five and six 

 feet between each of the sown rows. In the use 

 of the dilible, and in dropping the beans, the 

 women have acquired considerable dexterity. In 

 many instances they are followed by children, who 

 drop in each hole made by the dibble, after the 

 bean, three or four peas ; the parsnep seed is then 

 sown at the rate of one third to one iialf a bushel! 

 to the acre. — (^uayle's General View of the J\forman 

 Islands. 



Use. — The writer above quoted asserts, that, in 

 the island of Jersey, parsnep " is eaten with meat, 

 with milk, and with butter ; but not, as in the 

 common mode of using it as human food in Eng- 

 land, with sah fish, or, as in Ireland, together with 

 potatos. 



" The next most valuable application of this 

 roof is liog-fceding. At first it is given to the an- 

 imal in a raw state, afterwards boiled or, steamed, 

 and finally, for a week or fortnight, with bean and 

 oatmeal. A hog treated in this way is suflicieiit- 

 !y fatted for killing in about six weeks. Its flesh 

 is held superior to that arising from any other 

 tbod, and lioes not waste in boiling. 



" Ballooks are also fatted with parsneps in about 

 three months ; their flesh is here considered of 

 superior flavor to any other beef, and commands, 

 on that account, an additional haif-jienny in the 

 pound on the price. To milch cows they are also 

 usually given ; on this diet, the cream assumes a 

 yellow colour. By the accounts here given, it 

 appears, in proportion to tlie milk, to be more 

 abundant, than when the animal is kept on any 

 other food whatever. When the cow receives at 

 the rate of thirty-five pounds per day, with hay, 

 seven quarts, ale measure, of the milk produce 

 seventeen ounces of butter. It is generally allovv- 

 cd that tlie flavor of the butter is superior to any 

 other produced in winter. 



" Geese are sometimes shut up Vi'ith the hogs 

 to fatten on parsneps, which they wilt eat raw.. — 

 The root is also given boiled ; ajjd for a week be- 

 fore killing they are fed with oats or barley onhy. 

 Horses cat this root greedily ; but in this island it 

 is never given them, as it is alleged tliat, fed on 

 this food, their eyes are injured. About Morlais, 

 horses are not only ordinarily fed on parsneps, but 

 they are considered as the best of all food, sujicri- 

 or even to oats." 



TO PICKLE GIRKIN CUCUMBERS. 



As inquiries are frequently made here on the 

 best mode of pickling the Girkin cucumber, lately 

 introduced, we have solicited and obtained the 

 following recipe from a gentleman of this cit}', 

 who has been eminently successful with them : 



" Mr Russell — I enclose you the recipe for 

 pickling the fine and delicate Girkin cucumbers, 

 which I have raised two seasons, from seed pur- 

 chased at the New England Farmer office. Put 

 them in a brass kettle, with strong salt and water, 

 — cover them with cabbage leaves, and keep 

 them in a gentle heat near the kitchen fire, — 

 change the water three times every other day, — 

 drain them in a basket, — put them in pots, and 

 I>our boiling vinegar on them. In a few days, as 

 the vinegar soaks up, fill the pots with very sharp 

 boiliiig vinegar. In this way I have kept thcni in 

 the finest order till they were all used, a few days 

 since. Yours trulj', J. G. J. 



While on this subject, we would remark that 

 the Girkin cucumber being a tropical plant, (from 

 St Domingo) requires that its seeds should be 

 forced in hot beds to make them vegetate and' 

 start vigorously, or not planted in the open air till 

 July, when the earth has acquired a sufiicient de- 

 gree of heat. They bear abundantly ; and should 

 be gathered when young, when about the size of 

 w alnuts. 



Bleaching Salts. 

 Just received al tlie New Enc^land Farmer Seed Stnro, No. 

 52 Norili JIaikcl .Slreel, a furllier siinply of Bleaching Salts, or 

 ciiloride of Lime, an account of which may be seen by referring 

 to page 401 o( die sixth vol. of llie New England Farmer. 



.A'eiv England Farmer. 

 Tho subscriber wants to purchase a complete set of the New 

 England Farmer. E. STEDMAN. 



Newburvport, Sept. 3. 



I SUBSCRIPTION. 



J For importing Grape Viit& Hoots front France, at a moderate 

 j price, and encouraginc;; th^ inircdiiction of that aiUure. into the 

 I fhiitcd S'ates. 



I Mr Alphonse Loitbal, having considerably eiflRi'i^ed his Vine- 



j yard, on Loiifi;" IslRnd, wlmre he now Ims, in lidf cultivation. 



! ihirty-five acres of f^ronnd, conlainiiig 72,000 Grape Vine 



Roots; having- also (Iiu poculiur advantage ot beins; enabled to 



1 procure the best specimens of roots Iniin his fntlier s extensive 



vinnyards and nurseries, iiu llia districts of liordolais, Clerac, 



and Ruzet. dc|)artmenls of Gironde and Lot and Garonne, in 



France, (43° N. Lat.) proposes to the numerous friends lo (he 



cuttivntion of lije i;rai>c \ino in the Umiod Siatcu';, a subscrip- 



( lion will be opened on llic iirst of August. 132S. 



1 Mr A. L. will engage to furnish subscribers ivith the Grapfr 



' Vine Roots, beJcire the linU of Marcli next, and forward them 



free of expense, lo the dit^'erent cities where subscription lists 



' shall have been op-jned. The rools %vili I>h three 3*e?.r?> old. and 



, will produce considerable (ruit the second year from the lime oj" 



I their bt^Ino; planted. 7'hcy will be carefully classed and packed 



, in boxes, with some of the original soil In which thoy have been 



, raised, which will greatly Jacilitale the thriving; of the rools, 



'. when trnnsplantcd. 



j Orders will he punctnaily attended to : the subscribers desig-- 

 ; noting the qnanlilies and species of the ffrape vine roots they 

 wish lo have. They will eng^age to pay lor 1000 roots or more, 

 ' at the rate of 12 1-2 cents for each roo'l ; for less than 1000, at 

 the rale of 15 cents; and J."i cents per root for less than .'jO. — 

 Rools only two years old. shall be paid for at the rate of 9 cents 

 1 each, for 10 or more ; 12 1-2 centsfor less thanone 1 ; and 



IS cents lor loss than 50 roots. — Payment to be made on deliv- 

 ery of the roots. — Leitei^ not received unless post paid. 



Subscription lists are open at New Vork, with Alphonse IjOU* 

 bal, 85 Wall street— Boston, E. Copcland, Jr.— Albany. R. 

 M'lMichacl— Philadelphia. Van Aniringe— BaltiiTjore, Willard 

 Khoads — Wasliin^lon Ci'y, Wm. Pairo. — Richmond, Daven- 

 port. Allen Sc Co.— Savannah, Hall, Sliapler &. Tnppi r — \ew 

 Orleans, Foster & Huiton — Charleston. (S. C) J. &. J. »Sircet 

 (fe Co. jMr A. Loubai's I.ook on the Culture of ih^ Grape Vine- 

 and on the Makin^^ of Wine, may befound at the principal bonkj 

 Feliersof the Uniied i!? tales _; and his 



gratis to .subscribers. 



lis aj^ents v;i!l luruish them 



PRICES OF COUJK'TKY PRODUCE. 



Seeds for FaU Soivi7i^\ 

 For sale at the New Euj^and Farmer Seed iSlorc, a fresh ?rup- 

 ply of vartrus Grass Seed^— also a fpr-at vorlcty of vegetable 

 seeds for fall sowing, viz. White Porlng^a! Onion, Sirasbnrg do. 

 Silver skin do. Prickly Spinach and Dutch Cole for early greens 

 — various kinds of lettuce, carrot, ciicumt>er, cabbages, &c. — 

 black Spanish or winter radish, "fee. all warranted fresh. 



Orchard Grass Seed — p'ouih of 1828; 



Just recpived at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 

 5'2 North Market Strct. 



20 but:hels of prime Orehnrl Grass Seed, raised, this se^s•^n, 

 with the greatest care, by John Prince Esq. — warranted to be 

 equal in purity lo anv ever oftered for sale in New England. 



A supply of pure Gilman Wh«!at, raised by Payson Williams 

 and Mr Winchester, is daily expected. 



For Sale, 



A RmII Calffive weeks old of the Short Horn breed, from the 

 best Imported Slock, both Sire and Dam, wel] known and li'gh- 



\y approved 

 pedigree 



Apply at I'nis O'ncc for price and particulars of 

 4t. August 20, 1828. 



At a meeting in London, at which the Duke of 

 Wellington presiHed, it was .Tgreed to open a sub- 

 scription to complete the Thames Tunnel. 27.000 

 dollars were subscribed the same evening. The 

 Duke Kaid the sub-marine road woidd be cotnplet- 

 ed if funds could be raised. 



Fnrm Wanted. » 



Wanted to purchase, or hire, on a long iease, from 150 tb 300 

 acres of tlie best land, located within thirty miles of Hoston — for 

 which a fair price will he given. Address " P, D/' Boston, 

 tiircngh the jiost-ofiirc. Gt Aug. 1 



Seeds for the H'est Indies. 

 Mcrdianls. masters of vessels and otliers trading to the West 

 Tntiies, can he furnished with boxes of Seeds, assorted, suitable 

 for that market, at from ^^ :o ^.'5 per Ito.x. — Each box contains 

 upwards of sixty diiTerent kinds of seeds, vegetable and orna- 

 mental, in quantities suHieienl for a conimoii kitchen garden. — 

 Likewise the greatest variety of seeds to be [ound in Now Eng- 

 land, bv the pound or bushel, all warranted pure, and of tlie 

 growth of IS27. 



Onions/or Sale. 

 Six hundred bushels of prime Onions, (While Porlngai. and 

 Straw Coloured) raised by a gentleman in this vicinitv. are of 

 fered for sale, to traders and others, by the bushel or barrel, on 

 very advantageous terms. Enquire o; the New England Far- 

 mer .Seed Store. Aug 29 



APPLES, best, - . . - 



ASHES, pot, Iirst sort, ,- 

 Pearl, Iirst sort. - 

 BEANS, white. .... 

 13EEF. mejs..new. . - - - 

 Cargo, No. 1 , - , - 



Cargo, No. 2, - - 



BUTTEK. inspected, No. 1, new. - 

 CHEESE, new milk, 



Skimmed milk. 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-slreel, - 

 Genesee, - . - . 

 Rve, best, - - . . 

 GRAIN, Corn, - . . - 

 Rye, .... 



Barley, - - - . 

 0:its,' - - . . 

 HOG"5 LARD, first sort, ucw, 

 LLME. - - . . . 



PLAtSTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, new, clear, - - ,- - 

 Navy, mess, 



Cargo, No. 1, - - 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 

 Orciiard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - 

 Rye Grass, - - - 



Tall Meadow Oats Gr.iss. - 

 Red Top - - . . 

 Lucerne, - - - . 

 White Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 French Sugar Beet, - 

 Mangel Wiirlzel, 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed, - 

 Merino, full blood, unwastietl, 

 Merino, three fourths washed. 

 Merino, half & quarter \- ashed 

 Native, washed, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first-sort, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second .sort. 

 Pulled, lor spinning, first sort; 



casK. 

 I ton. 

 Ibarrcl 



>ushel. 



pound 



85; 



2 62 

 18 00 

 13 00 

 13 OC 



2 00 



45 

 26 

 35 

 .33 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces, - 

 FORK, fresh, best pieces, 

 whde hogs, 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, .... 

 POt:LTRY. - - . . 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, . 

 Lump, best, 



EGGS, 



ME.\L, Rye, retail, - 

 Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, new - 

 ( 'inER . [aceoTditig lo qu.Tli^'.J 



'pound. 



dozei>.i 

 ihushcl.l 



soarce 



I 12 

 22 

 l2i 



TO 



3 00 



102 00 



105 CO 



1 .50 



II 00 



■A 75 



7 1^ 



. 14 



S 



3 



6 CO 



5 75 



2 6a; 



52 

 52 

 70 

 48 

 !l 

 90 

 2 75 

 19 00 

 13 50 

 13 0« 

 2 25 ■ 

 4 OO 

 4 00 



4 00 



5 OO 

 1 09' 



50 

 50 

 12 



1 5I» 



1 59 

 69- 

 3»- 

 40- 

 35- 

 30 

 50 

 33 

 4« 



12 

 10 

 6 

 10 



|lraiTel.! 2 an 



r4 



26. 



H., 



70 



65 



40 



;.50 



