vrv-,,. XIX. NO. r. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



5J 



Forlhe N. E. Farmer. 



PREMIUM STRAWBERRIES. 



Mr Editou — I have noticed in tlie New Eng- 

 land Farmer, Yankee Farmer and various other pa- 

 pers, tfie advertisement of " JVeiv Seedling Straiv- 

 berries" hy tlie Messrs Hovey. They say of their 

 Beedling — 



"This strawberry was first e.\hi'jited at tlie Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society's rooms in 18.'i8 — 

 again in 183!), also the present year; and eaclt sea- 

 son obtained the Society's premium, although in com- 

 petition with thoMethvcn, Keen's Seedling, Down- 

 ton, &c." 



Is this true f or liave tlie Messrs Hovey made a 

 mistake'? Let us refer to the report of the com- 

 niittee on fruits to the Society, in IS'.iS: vol. 17 

 N. E. Farmer, No. 30, page 237. Having the hon- 

 or of being on that committee, I feel called upon to 

 correct such mislalies"? 



In 1838, the premium was awarded to the Hon. 

 E. Vose, President of the Society. 



In 1839, the Messrs Hovey did obtain the pre- 

 mium. 



In 1840, (the present year,) the premiums have 

 not been awarded. 



I hope the iMessrs Hovey did not intend to im- 

 pose upon or to deceive the public ; but as they 

 have been so anxious to warn the public in one of 

 their advertisements, I thought it right also to give 

 them an opportunity to correct their mistakes '} hop- 

 ing at least, they will have the modesty'/ to alter 

 their advertisements, so that they will agree with 

 the reports of the Society for the future. 



I particularly regret that any attempt sliould 

 be made to deprive the President of the Society of 

 that which he so fairly won in 1838, and I am sor- 

 ry the Messrs Hovey have assumed the premium 

 for the present year before it has been declared, 

 because it does not agree with their modest ? and 

 unassu7)nng ') deportment generally. 



Hoping this plain method of correcting mistakes ? 

 will set matters to rights, I will close, reserving a 

 curious story about seedling strawberries for anoth- 

 er paper. 



JAMES L. L. F. WARREN. 



JVonantum Vale, Brigldon, Aug. 14, 1840. 



Alassacliusetts Horticultural Society. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWtRS. 



Saturday, August 15, 1S40. 



Dahlias — by Messrs Parker Barnes, David Mc- 

 Intire, F. W. Macondroy, John Hovey, William 

 Bacon, J. J. Low, Hovey & Co., J. L. L. F. War- 

 ren and S. Walker. 



Bouquets — by Messrs John Hovey, R. Howe, 

 Hovey & Co. and S. Walker. 



China Asters — Some fine specimens from Mr 

 Wni. Bacon. 



Balsams — by Messrs J. J. I,ow, Hovey & Co., 

 S. R. Johnson and Wm. Bacon. An extra line 

 single specimen was exhibited by Mr Sprague. 



Native plants by Mr E. Wight. 



Roses by Mr Samuel R. Johnson. 



Among the dahlias we noticed as extra fine flow- 

 ers, Nimrod ? in the stand of J. L. L. F. Warren ; 

 Dutchess of Richmond, by Hovey & Co. ; Mado- 

 na, by D. Alclntire ; Marquess of Lothian, by P. 

 Barnes; Queen Victoria, by J. J. Low, and Juliet, 

 by S. Walker. 



Stramonium .' by Dr Robbins, of Roxbury. 



For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



KXHIBITIUN OF FRUITS. 



Saturday, Jlug. 8, 1840. 



Hon. E. Vose, Dorchester, exhibited superior 

 specimens Shropshirevine and Early Harvest ap- 

 ples and Schyler's apricot. 



From S. Pond, Cambridgeport, Puiid's Seedling 

 and Apricot plum. 



From B. Guild, Esq., a tine pear, nanm unknown. 



From E. Al. Richards, Esq., Dedham, the follow- 

 ing varieties of apples, all very fine specimens — 

 Early Bough, Red Juneating, Sugar-loaf Pippin, 

 Early Spice, Webb apple. Early Harvest, William's 

 Favorite, Ciirtis's Early Striped, and Sops of Wine. 



From A. Bowditch, Roxbury ; Cattin Pears, also 

 Bartlett Pears (unripe.) 



From S. Walker, Esq., Roxbury; fine specimens 

 Franc Real de Ete and Green Chissel pears. 



From J. Hovey, Roxbury : a basket of very su- 

 perior William's Favorite apples. 



From B. V. French, Esq., specimens of Irish 

 Peach apple. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren, Brighton ; fine speci- 

 mens early Royal George Peach (opeii culture.) 



The Messrs Winship, of Brighton, embellished 

 the hall with very superior specimens of " Shephai- 

 dia trees " in full fruit. These valuable and orna- 

 mental trees should be more cultivated : they are 

 perfectly hardy and need but to be better known 

 to be fully appreciated. The Messrs Winship 

 have at the present time tlie finest lot in the coun- 

 try. For the Committee, 



JAS. L. L. F. WARREN. 



VEGETABLES. 



Fine Water melons and fruit of the Egg Plant, 

 from S. Swcetser, Esq., Woburn. 



Early sweet corn, from J. L. L. F. Warren, 

 Brighton. 



From E. M. Richards, Esq., Dedham ; the finest 

 specimens of the fruit of the Purple Egg Plant ever 

 exhibited at the rooms : they attracted much no- 

 tice. — It is hoped that more interest will be felt 

 for the future in this branch of the Society's labors, 

 and that the specimens in;iy be increased from 

 week to week. J. L. L. F. WARREN, 



Chairmati. 



DESTROVING WEEDS. 

 It cannot be denied by any one, that those pests 

 of good farming, noxious weeds, have increased, and 

 are increasing, at a most frightful rate in nearly 

 every section of our country. Insignificant in their 

 appearance or results at first, the farmer treats tliem 

 with contempt, but before he is aware they have 

 obtained a hold on the soil, which enables the in- 

 truders to set him at defiance. The only safe course 

 with weeds is to meet them early in the field, and 

 allow them no rest until the extirpation is complete. 

 When plants are propagated only by seeds, as 

 charlock, stein krout, &c. they can be eradicated 

 more easily, than when they are propagated both 

 by seeds and roots, as johnswort, Canada thistle, 

 elder, &,c. If the seed of the fiist is not allowed 

 to ripen, the danger is past, and consequently 

 careful pulling will destroy weeds of this class ; but 

 where the roots retain their vitality, or in other 

 words the plant is perennial, the labor of extirpa- 

 tion is much increased. In the Genesee country the 

 stem krout has become so prevalent in the wheat 

 fields, that comparatively little precaution is used 

 against it, and as large quantities of wheat are 



annually distributed from that section of the stale 

 to others for seed, the spread of that weed is of 

 corresponding extent. So with the Canada thistle, 

 that prince of noxious plants ; it has become so ex- 

 tensivelv' spread over most of the northern states, 

 that enormous as the evils caused by its presence 

 on a farm are, it excites little attention, and mixed 

 with clover, timothy, or other grass seeds, is rapidly 

 extending itself to districts and states hitherto 

 exempt. As a first and important step, every 

 farmer should reso'.ve that no consideration shall 

 induce him, to allow any foul stufl' to perfect its 

 seeds on his farm. Were this generally or univer- 

 sally done, the most eft'ective cause of increase 

 would be arrested at once. It is nothing less than 

 suicidal to the prospects of a farmer, and inflicting 

 great evils on those around him, to allow sucii plants 

 as the thistle, johnswort, stein krout, charlock, 

 sweet elder, everlasting, daisy, iSic. &.c. to ripen 

 their seeds, and propogate unmolested on his prem- 

 ises. Weeds that cannot be pulled should be mown 

 cut or beat down, in such a way that no seed can 

 possibly ripen, and it should also be remembered, 

 that all mutilation or injury done to the leaves or 

 stems of a plant, have an eflfect in retarding the 

 vigor or spread of the roots, and not unfrequently 

 cause their destruction. — Albany Cultivator. 



REMARKS ON THE GENERAL PRINCI- 

 PLES OF HUSBANDRY. 



1. Whatever may be the nature of your soil, and 

 situation of your farm, remember, that there is no 

 soil so good but it may be exhausted and ruined by 

 bad tillage, and that there is none so bad, that 

 cannot be rendered fertile by good tillage, even 

 barren heath, if it can be ploughed and swarded. 



2. The true art of husbandry consists in suffer- 

 ing no crop to grow upon your land, that will so 

 far exhaust your soil, as to lesson the value of 

 your succeeding crop, whatever profit such a crop 

 may afford you. 



3. To avoid this, suffer no one crop to grow two 

 years successively, upon the same piece of ground 

 excepting grass, and buckwheat, without the ferti- 

 lizing aid of rich manures to support tlie strength of 

 the soil ; and even then, a change of crops will 

 generally do best, excepting onions, carrots, and 

 hemp. 



4. Every plant derives from the earth for its 

 growth, such proprieties as are peculiar to itself; 

 this plant, when followed successively for two or 

 more years upon the same ground, will exhaust the 

 soil of those proprieties peculiar to itself, without 

 lessening its powers to produce some other plants. 

 The fact is most striking in the article of flax, 

 which will not bear to be repeated oftenerthaii once 

 in seven years, and is common to all crops, with the 

 exception of tliose noticed above. 



5. To avoid this evil, arrange your farm into such 

 divisions as will enable you to improve all the 

 variety of crops your land may require, in such 

 regular succession, as to form a routine of five, six 

 or seven years, according to the nature, quality and 

 situation of your farm. 



6. This method will make poor land good, and 

 good better. Try and see Farmer's Cabinet. 



A correspondent of the Albany Cultivator gives 

 the following cure for dysentery in horses: Put in- 

 to a junk bottle one pint of good gin, and one oi. 

 of indigo: shake well together and turn down the 

 horse's throat. 



