Vol. VII.— No. 33. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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22. Manner of restoring fruit trees that produce 

 small, weakly fruit. 



23. Almond tree — Its varieties, its cliaracter, 

 and the descri|ition of its growth, its shoots, its 

 leaves, its blossoms, and its fruit — also its cultiva- 

 tion. 



24. ^Ipricot tree. — Its varieties, its character, the 

 shoots, buds, leaves, and fruits of the several vari- 

 ties — also its cultivation and usps. 



25. Cherry tree. — Its varieties, character, &c, 

 &c, as above. 



26. Qiiince tree. — Its character, &c. 



27. Strawberri). — Its varieties, character, cul- 

 ture, &c. 



. 28. Fig'tree. — Varieties, culture, &c. 



29. Currants and Gooseberries. — Ditto, ditto. 



30. .flpple l-ce Ditto. (htto. 



31. Mulberry tree, — Ditto. ditto. 



32. Peach tree. — Its character, varieties, de- 

 scription of the shoots, buds, leaves, seed, and fruit 

 of each variety — also stocks best suited to it, soil, 

 general culture, and order of maturitj'. 



33. Plum trees. — Ditto, ditto, ditto. &c, &c. 



34. Pear trees. — Ditto, ditto, ditto. &c, &c. 



35. Raspberries. — Culture, &c. 



36. Grape vines. — Varieties, description of each, 

 and its cuhure. 



37. Insects — That infest fruit trees. 



The principal part of the vohnne will be com- 

 posed of extracts translated from the celebrated 

 work on fruits and fruit trees written by the highly 

 distniKuished and well known Duhamel dd Mo:«- 

 CEAU, in two quarto volumes ; to whicli will be 

 added such extracts from more modern authors on 

 this interesting subject as may be thought useful 

 at the present day. 



A list also will be given of the new varieties of 

 the several species of fruits w hich have been raised 

 and brought into estiujation since Duhamel's day, 

 so far as they have cotne within the knowledge or 

 observation of the translator ; to which will be 

 subjoined notes by the same showing the depart- 

 ures that have been successfully made from Du- 

 ihamel's system, by cultivators both in England 

 and this country. — The best mode of packing trees 

 that are to be sent abroad. 



The preparation for this volume is nearly com- 

 pleted ; but it will not be published until 500 

 copies are subscribed for. It will be printed on 

 good paper, and as good type as that in Forsyth's 

 treatise on the " Culture and management of fruit 

 trees." The price will not exceed $2 50 in 

 ill boards, nor be less than tsvo dollars. This 

 cannot at present be ascertained. Subscribers 

 must therefore consider the highest price the one 

 they arc to pay, before they subscribe. 



Booksellers who engage any immbsr of copies, 

 will have a suitable deduction made them accord- 

 ing to the number they take, on application to J. 

 B. Rdssell, ])ublisher of the New England Far- 

 mer, who is also authorized li7 recEive subscrip- 

 tions for single copies, and traasac any other 

 business connected with the publication. 



VIEW OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr Fes3eki>en — If you think She following sy- 

 noptical view of agriculture, partly abstracted from 

 Rozier's Dictionary, would afford amusement, or, 

 what is more desirable, a useful hint to New Eng- 

 land farmers, it is at your service. S, D. 



Agriculture is the art of cultivating the ground, 

 of fertilizing it, and of causing it to produce the 

 grains, the fruits, the plants and the trees which 



are subservient to the necessities of man. To this 

 definition shoidd be added, that it embraces also 

 the art of multiplying and of attending to the keep- 

 ing or management of useful aninials, — in fine, it 

 is the first, the most extensive and the most es- 

 sential of all the arts. 

 Theoretical Agriculture ; or, Preliminary JVolices. 



Soils. Process of Vegetation. Botany. Chem- 

 istry. Implements. Manner of multiplying plants, 

 &c. Transplanting [in quincunx] Pruning ; Graft- 

 ing, &c. 



Practical Agriculture. 



Manures taken from the mineral kingdom : mix- 

 ture of soils, sands, lime, plaster of Paris, [gypsum] 

 marl, &c. From the vegetable kingdom : turf, 

 peat, ashes, decayed plants, &c. From the ani- 

 mal : of the horse, cow, sheep, hog, night soil, 

 poultry, horns and piths, bones, &c. 



Culture of Trees. Forest Trees. — Oak, elm, 

 plane tree, maple, [sugar tree] chesnut, larch, pine, 

 [hemlock, Sec] willows, poplars, &e. Ornamental 

 Trees. — Horse chesnut, lime silia or linden, tulip 

 tree, [liriodendron] locust, catalpa, ailanthus* or 

 taloo tree, Szc. Ornamental Shrubs. — Althea 

 frutex, kalmia or laiu'el, lilac, rose tree, colutca 

 arborescens or bladder sena, holly, mock orange, 

 l>rivet, broom, snow ball or guelder rose, hawthorn, 

 buckthorn, &c. 



Fi-uit Trees with stones : plum, peach, apricot, 

 cherry. With shells : walnut, filbert, &c. Fruit 

 Trees with seeds : pear, apple, quince, mulberry 

 white and black, grape vine. 



Culture of Grains. Maize, rye, wheat, barley, 

 buckwheat, oats, spetts. Somewhat farinaceous 

 articles : peas, beans, millet, broom corn, &c. 

 Oily seeds : flax, hemp, sunflower, colzat, benne, 

 ])'j\tpy, ricinus or castor oil plant. Culture of 

 tleshy, plump plants : radish, turnip, ruta ba"ga, 

 potato, sweet potato, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, 

 squash, &c. 



Meadows. Artificial : clover, lucerne, sainfoin. 

 Natural : bent, sweet scented vernal grass, orchard, 

 timothy, &:c. 



Fruit Shrubs and Plants, for Kitchen Garden. — 

 Strawberry, raspberry, currant, gooseberry. Onion 

 Tribe : garlic, onion, cives, shallot, leek, ciboid or 

 Welsh onion, potatoe and tree do. Culture of 

 Cabbage : broccoli, hold rabi. Artichoke. As- 

 paragus. Beet : mangel wurtzel, and sugar beet. 

 Parsnip, Carrot. Salsify, &c. Salads: celery, 

 lettuce, cresses. Pickles: capsicum, nasturtium, 

 cucundier. Medicinal herbs should have place ; 

 and some Jlowcring plants, attractive by their grace- 

 ful foliage, or the rich colors and fragrance of their 

 flowers. 



Miscellaneous Articles. Hops, poppy for opiimi, 

 teazels. Plants for coloring, &c : madder, woad, 

 indigo, weld. 



Agricultural Operations. Ploughing, harrowing, 

 hoeing, sowing, reaping, threshing, mowing, hay- 

 making, draining, paring and burning, manuring, 

 fencing, rotation of crops, rolling. 



Fcmiomical Agriculture, or Rural Economy. — 

 Conservation of grains, fruits, &c. Method of 

 tnaking wine, perry, cider, beer. Manner of mak- 

 ing oil of seeds of flax, sunflower, ])alma christi 

 or castor oil plant, benne, [sesamum] &c. Pre- 

 paration of butter. Manner of maldng cheeses of 

 different sorts. 



Bees, — their management, taking the honey, &c. 



Silk JVorms, — their management, &c, &c. 



* A lall, ornamental tree, of quick growth,^said to yield 

 good coal, — may be cultivated for fuel. 



Manner of preparing flax, hemp, and even net- 

 tles, for dilTorent uses. 



The rearing and general management of all 

 sorts of live stock, as cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, 

 poultry, pigeons. 



So multifarious are the concerns of agriculture. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAMU FARMER. 



REMEDY FOR POISONED SHEEP AND 

 LAMBS. 



These animals are sometimes poisoned by eat- 

 ing common low laurel, or lamb-poison as it is 

 sometimes called. The cure is very easy and 

 simple, and is as follows : 



I take an onion and split it in two with a knife ; 

 and put one piece under each fore leg, with the 

 flat side next to the breast. If the animal is so 

 badly poisoned as not to be able to stand on its 

 feet, the onion may be so placed as to remain in 

 its proper situation a sufficient lime ; if not, hold 

 the onion in its place 15 or 20 minutes, which will 

 be Kufficient to effect a cure. I have, sometimes, 

 pounded the onion soft and applied it in that state, 

 which, I think answers quite as good a purpose. 



I have known and practised the above medi- 

 cine more than 15 years ; and have never known 

 it fail of effecting a cure in a short time, if prop- 

 erly applied, whatever might be the degree of 

 sickness occasioned by eating poison, with this 

 preference over other remedies, viz : The sheep, 

 cured by this method, appear to become as healthy 

 as if they had never been poisoned ; whereas 

 whenever we used clay, oil, grease, &c. they, gen- 

 erally, shed their wool, and sometimes die before 

 shearing time. 



CARROTS AND PEAS. 



My method of raising carrots and peas is as fol- 

 lows : I prepare my ground by spreading some 

 good manure, plough it in, and make the ground 

 mellow, by ploughing deep, and several times. I 

 then mark it oiit with a plough, from 3 1-2 to 

 4 1-2 feet, according to the size of the peas I in- 

 tend to plant ; fill up and level the furrows, so as 

 to lay the ])ens but a little below the common lev- 

 el of the ground (which I think of importance in 

 planting all seeds.) Then plant the peas in 

 double rows, which when covered form a ridge 

 about eighteen or twenty inches wide. Then, by 

 drawing a stick, or some convenient instrument 

 near each edge of the ridges, make a furrow about 

 three-fourths of an inch deep, and drop in the car- 

 rot seed. Then, by shoving a common hoe, length- 

 wise of the fiirrow, cover the seeds, and, in that 

 state leave them to take their chance, only taking 

 care not to entirely destroy them, until the peas 

 have arrived at maturitj', and are fit to gather. — 

 At this time clear oft" the brush and vines, and if 

 convenient plough between the rows with a horse. 

 Hoe, clear out the weeds, and thin the plants to a 

 projier distance. At this time they will appear 

 small and meagre, but will soon change their ap- 

 pearance. By this method I have raised fine car- • 

 rots at little expense, on the same ground on which 

 I raise my peas, I Ijelieve sometimes being equal 

 in value to the crop of peas ; and have my. ground 

 in a much better situation for a crop the next 

 season, than if left for the weeds to grow and bear 

 seed after the peas are ripe, as is the practice with 

 some. JOHN MACOMBER. 



Weslport, 2d mo, 1829. 



Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great 

 deal more saucy Saville.. 



