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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AUGUST 3, «8r;r. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887 



PAKMER'S &. GABDF.XEK'S WORK. 



Destuov Uushes — TIlis is tin' s.-:ison for extirpating 

 bushes, tliistles, and other v.gclable intruders, wl.icli 

 infest iho farmer's preniis-s. Wet weather is to be 

 preferred for thi< purpose, because the sap vessels will 

 continue open longer than they would in dry weather, 

 the sap will thus be discharged, and the roots so much 

 weakened, that eventually their power to produce new 

 shoots will be annihilated. The same method of man 

 agemeiit will answer for thistles, which should be cut 

 in hot weather, before their seeds are ripe. Bushes, 

 which grow in clusters, such as alders, &.c., may be 

 most eneclually subdued by pulling them up with<.xen. 



A writer for the New England Farmer, vol. i. p. 306, 

 says in substance, that bushes in pastures are best des- 

 troyed by sowing plasl.r of Taris, at the rate of about 

 one bushel to llie acre nu laud which is infested with a 

 shrubby growth of small siso. It appears that the plas- 

 ter gives such a degree of exuberance to cloverand oth- 

 er grasses, thai the bushes are checked, and eventually 

 stiUed and extirpated. 



The Kev. Jared Elliot, in a work entitled Essays on 

 Field llusbandnj, recommends the cutting of bushes in 

 the months of May, June and July, in the old of the 

 moon that day the sign removes out of the foot into the 

 head, especially if the day be cloudy, when it will kill 

 all before it ; for the bushes will bleed more in a cloudy 

 than lliey will i" a fair day, when the sun dries up the 



sap. 



"To show such regard to the signs." continued ftlr 

 Elliot, " may incur the imp-utation of ignorance or su- 

 perstition, for the learned know well enough, that the 

 • division of the Zodiac into twelve signs, and the appro- 

 priating these to tlse several parts of the human body, 

 is not the work of nature, 'but of art, contriveii by as- 

 tronomers for convenience. It is also well-known that 

 the moon's attraction hath great influence on all. fluids. 



" It is also well known to farmers, that there are times 

 when bushes cut at such a time, universally die. A 

 re"ard to the sign, as it servetli to point out and direct 

 the proper time, so it becomes worthy of observalion. 



" If farmers attend to the time with care, and employ 

 hands on those days, they will find their account in it. 

 This r^le atteudod to, may save the coimtry many thou- 

 sand days' work. A farmer of good credit, told mc that 

 he had found by experience, that bushes cut with a 

 sharp tool, would die more than when cut with a dull 

 one. This looks agreeable tg reason, for the sharp 

 scythe leaves the nionths of the sap ves-sels all open, by 

 which means they bleed more plentifully; the dull in- 

 strument bruises the part, and in a degree dotlj ploseup 

 the wound." 



A gentleman of our acquainlanee, who superintends 

 the cultivation of a large farm in the vicinity of Boston, 

 has for several years, employed men to cut such bushes 

 as he wished to destroy, in the old of the moon in July 

 and August, with great success in eflocting their des- 

 truction. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETV. 



Saturday, July 20, \SS1 . 



The Committee of Arrangements met at the rooms of 

 the Society at 10 o'clock, agreeably to notice ; and on 

 motion of Mr L. P. Grosvenor, 



I'oled, That a Committee of three be appointed to 

 procure a suitable place for the next annual exhibition. 

 Lemuel P. Grosvenor, Isaac P. Davis, and Ezra Wes- 

 ton, Jr. Esquires, were appointed that Cnmmiltee. 



Voted, That the exiiiblticm take place on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 20lh. 



Also Voted, On motion of Mr Joseph Brock, th it 

 commitlees be elected to solicit contributiuns of Fruits 

 and Flowers, for the exhibition, from gentlemen, ama- 

 teurs and cultivators in Boston and its vicinity ; and 

 therefore, the following committees were appointed. 



For Boston. Messrs M. P. Wilder, J. P. Davis, J. P. 

 Bradlee,R. T. Paine and M. P. Sawyer. 



For Cliurlestown, Messrs S. R. Johnson and Thomas 

 Mason. 



For Cambridge and IVntertown, Messrs J. W. Russell, 

 S, Sweelser, S. Pond, C. M. Hovey and W E. Carter. 



For Brighton, Messrs Jona Winship and J. L. L. F. 

 Warren. 



For Brooklinc, Messrs Thomas Lee, J. C. Howard, 

 M. D., and Jos Breck. 



For Roxbury and Dorchester, Messrs J. F.. Teschma- 

 chcrj A. D Williams and T. WiUoit. 

 By order. 



S. WALKER, Chairman 



EXHIBITION or FRUITS. 



Currants— from A. D. Williams, Roxbury.— Large 

 white and red. J. T. Buckingham, Cambridge— black 

 and white. S. Walker, Roxbury— red seedling, very 

 prolific. 



Cherries— from R. Manning, Salem. — Plumstonemo- 

 rilla, a beautiful large red cherry. 



Thimbleberrics — A specimen of white, from Mrs 

 Bigelow, Medford. 



Gooseberries — from S. Nevvhall, Dorchester, and Mr 

 Miller, Roxbury. 



Raspberries. — White Antwerp, from D. Murphy, 

 I "Roxbury. 



Peaches. — R. Milne, from Mr Sawyer's garden, Port- 

 Jand, very large and beautiful. 



Grapis— from Thomas Wolcut, Roxbury, — two large 

 bunches of Black Hamburg, very hamlsome. 

 For the Committee. 



L. P. GROSVENOR. 



Green peas, strawberries and fine weather, are now 

 blessing the down casters. Crops look charmingly— 

 and the hearts of all are made glad by tfie richness of 

 the promise, for an abundant and overflowing harvest. 

 Mr Slate Trei surer, you must make ampin provision for 

 the payment of the wheal bounty — $100 ,000, at least. — 

 Bangor Fur. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



By Joseph Buckingham, Esq. of Cambridge — Papaver 

 somniferum, of various colors and forms. 



" Balm that gods have made for care." 



" Tempered well and wisely Listed, 



It warms the bosom that lay wasted ; 



Smoothes pain, and labor, and disease. 



And sheds a magic oil on passion's stormy seas." 

 By Thomas I<ee, Esq of Brookline— Dahlias, Roses, 

 and H variety of other flowers. 



By MrSamuelR Johnson of Charlestown — Rose var. 

 Run aine h"in. Dahlias var. Lady Fordwicli, (an extra 

 fine specimen,) do. Douglass, Criterion. Also, several 

 s|iecimens of Carnations ; among which we noticed a 

 seedling, raised by Mrs Johnson, and which is known 

 by the name of Johnsonia. This specimen is very su- 

 perior and widely difl'crent from others that have been 

 exhibited at our rooms under that name. The flower 

 this day presented by Mr Johnson, we consider as the 



only specimen of the Johnsonia which has been placed 

 in our tables for some time. 



By the Mcssis Hovey & Co.-^soveral fine bouquets. 



By Mr William Miller of Roxbury — Dahlias; var; 

 Widnall's perfection. Globe, and Barrett's Susannah, 

 fine Carnations, Bouquets, &c. 



By Mr Thomas Willol of Roxbury — a splendid bou- 

 quet; in it we noticed a fine specimen of Dahlia ; var. 

 Barrett's Susannah. 



By Mr D. Murphy of Roxbury— I'ahlias; var. Negro 

 Boy and Theodore. 



By Mr Thomas Mason of Charlestown — eight varie- 

 ties of Carnations, some of them very good. Dahlias ; 

 var. Picta, Magnet, Globe, Village Maid, Dutchess of 

 Bedford and Dennisii. 



From Joseph Brock & Co. — (Jerman Stocks ; Double 

 Dwarf Rocket Larksjiurs ; Coreopsis, var. atrosangui- 

 nea; Delphinum grandiflora plena; Double Pink 

 and Purple Jacobea ; Lupinus Crookshankia ; Lupinus 

 lutea. Dahlias of various sorts, some of them fine. 



By Mr William E. Carter — from the Botanic Garden, 

 Cambrige — two very fine bouquets of choice flowers. 



By iMr N. Davenport of Milton — bouquets containing 

 many good specimens. 



By the Messrs Winship of Biighton — f«/"(!ecra varieties 

 of Delphinum grandiflorum, and many specimens of 

 oilier flowers. The seedling Deljihiiiums strike us as 

 very fine. We should be pleas^'d to see other speci- 

 mens of lliis beautiful class of plants. 



Our friends will oblige us, by giving in a list of the 

 flowers they exhibit, and enable us to give a more de- 

 tailed rejKirt for ihe future. For the Committee. 



S. WALKER, Ch.iirman. 



Fine Raspberries. — Mr Thomas Mason of Charles- 

 town, has sent to the Editor, a box of Red Raspberries, 

 of great beauty and exquisite flavor. This fruit deserves 

 to be more generally cultivated than it is, and Mr Ma- 

 son's exaiiqile will, we hope, find many imitators. 



Mr Loudon, in treating of the Raspberry says: "The 

 fiuit is grateful to most palates, as nature presents it, 

 but sugar improves the flavor; accordingly, it is much 

 eslceracd when made into sweat meats, and for jams, 

 tarts and sauces. It is fragrant, sub-acid and cooling ; 

 allays heat and thirst, and promotes natural excretions 

 in common with other summer fruits. Raspberry sy- 

 rup is next to the strawberry, in dissolving the tartar of 

 the teeth ; and as, like that fruit, it does not un- 

 dergo the acetous fermentation in the stomach, it is re- 

 coinmend.'d to gouty and rheumatic patients." 



There are many varieties recommended by diff'erenl 

 writers on Horticulture, bul we have seen none equal 

 to those of Mr Mason, who probably can furnish means 

 and directions far their culture 



Faneuil Hai.l Vegetable Market. — H^cdnesday, 

 Jiig-ust 2, 1831. — Shell beans 25 cents a quart; String 

 Beans 75 ecu's a bushel ; Green Corn 37i cts. a dozen ; 

 Tomatoes do. do ; Peas 75 cents a bushel ; new Pota- 

 toes 75 cents; Cucumbers lij cents a dozen; Early 

 Scollop Bush Squash, 124 cents a dozen ; Beets, Car- 

 rots, Turnips and Onions, G cents a bunch ; Lettuce 

 and Cabbage 4 cents a head. 



Fruit. — Strawberries 25 cents a box ; Thimbleberries J 

 25 cts.; Currants 6 t» 8 cents a quart ; Blueberries and 

 Raspberries 25 ; Gooseberries 12 1-2 to 17 cents; Pears 

 17 cents a quart ; early Apples 50 cents a peck ; Cher- 

 ries 12 1-2 a quart. Peaches 25 to 50 cts. apiece. 



IdrA communication on Crowfoot alias Buttercup, 

 is unavoidably omitted. It shall appear in our next. 



