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NEW ENGLAND FAKJ^EER. 



Jan. 



Tallman. We copy its outlines and descrip- 

 tion from Cole's Fruit 'Book. 



The red apple is the Old Nonsuch, some- 

 times known as English Nonsuch, Winter 

 Nonsuch, Richfield Nonsuch, and in New 

 York, Red Canada. Mr. Cole gives the fol- 

 lowing description, — ^Medial ; nearly all red ; 

 stem slender, in a very deep cavity ; small 

 basin; very tender, juicy, inclining to saccha- 

 rine. Winter. Moderate gi'ower, good bear- 

 er. In New York, and some sections in the 

 West,, it is large, fair, and excellent ; but little 

 cultivated here, as it is not profitable." Mr. 

 Hyde said that it is not as common now as in 

 his boyhood, when it was highly prized. 



In relation to the light and the red apple we 

 found several good judges in doubt as to their 

 names. And we are indebted to J, F. C. 

 Hyde, Esq., President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, who at once and with- 

 out reference to the^books, identified them. 

 His powers of perception and of memory, in 

 this respect, are truly wonderful. On one 

 occasion when naming some pears which were 

 similar in appearance, he was asked, "How 

 do you distinguish them?" "Why, by their 

 looks, as I do my neighbors or my children." 



SUPEEPHOSPHATE. 

 There appears to have been a lively discus- 

 sion at one of the late meetings of the New 

 York Farmers' Club on the subject of special 

 fertilizers. According to the report of the 

 Tribune, Mr. Whitney said bone is a perma- 

 nent manure and will impart something every 

 year. Superphosphate is the same material, 

 but so prepared as to give immediate results. 



A. S. Fuller— I value bone highly. I have used 

 tons of it, and tons of superphosphate, but on the 

 last I would not pay cartage twenty miles to my 

 j)Iace, for I have never seen the least benefit from 

 it. 1 buried a load of superphosphate to set it 

 out of the way. I may mistalic in this, but I have 

 tried it on four different kinds of soil and this is 

 my experience. The sulphuric acid seems to burn 

 and vitrify the l)onc. Now if superphosphate is 

 so valuable why have nt.t gardeners and nursery, 

 men found it out ; wliy not Peter Henderson, 

 the great gardener ? Wliy not Elwanger & Barry, 

 the noted nurserymen of Rochester ? And why 

 do they send out their teams from four to ten 

 miles lor barn-yard manure ? William Parry, of 

 Cinnaminson, told me his <-nanure cost about $1 a 

 load, and he used it Ijcfure any other. Have tlicy 

 not heard of superphosphate ? Here, now, is our 

 friend Quinn, I might say he was brought up in a 

 superphosphate factory, and yet he carefully se- 

 cures all tiis manure. My opinion is that one 

 might as well throw his money into the Hudson 

 river as to expend it for any superphosphate I 

 have seen. 



This called out Mr. Quinn who claimed that 

 he had made money by farming and by buying 

 superphosphate, and declared that he had 

 bought more of it than any man in the room. 

 He offered to experiment with Mr. Fuller, 

 and leave the result to a committee. 



Mr. Stone said that when a manufacturer 

 of superphosphjite first starts we get an article 

 that gives satisfaction, but soon it gets worth- 

 less, and now most of us go on Mr. Fuller's 

 plan, buying manure and composting with 

 muck. 



Mr. Williams had used bone with much 

 greater benefit than superphosphate, which he 

 would use no more. He was in favor of com- 

 posting muck with manure. 



N. C. Meeker bought $12 worth of bone, 

 and a less quantity of superphosphate. The 

 first did most good, but half the money spent in 

 stable manure would have given better results. 



ORGANIZE A FAKMEES' CLUB. 

 The farmers of Saco and Biddeford have 

 recently organized a club with the following 

 constitution and by-laws, which we copy from 

 the Maine Democrat, as perhaps as good a 

 form of organization as can be devised, at the 

 commencement of operations : — 



"We, the citizens of the county of York, 

 desirous of promoting agriculture, horticul- 

 ture and the mechanic arts, and of co-opera- 

 tion in the acquirement and dilfusion of prac- 

 tical knowledge pertaining to the farmer's oc- 

 cupation, agree to form ourselves into an or- 

 ganization for this purpose, and to adopt the 

 following Constitution : — 



Article 1. This organization shall be 

 called the 'Farmers' Club, of Biddeford,' and 

 its oflUcers shall consist of a President, ten 

 Vice Presidents and seven Secretaries, who 

 shall be chosen annually in future years on the 

 first Saturday in October, and who shall sev- 

 erally perform the duties usually devolving on 

 such officers. 



Art. 2. The meetings of this Club may be 

 held as often as the members shall di'cide to 

 hold the same, and be governed by the usual 

 parlimentary rules of organized meetings, ex- 

 cept as they may be modified by the By-Laws 

 annexed to this Constitution, which may be 

 altered or amended at any regular meeting of 

 the Club by a majority vote. 



By-Laws. 1st. — The time occupied by any 

 member at one time, in the meetings of this 

 Club, shall not exceed fifteen minutes, unless 

 the speaker is authorized to deliver a formal 

 lecture, or unless the time is extended by 

 unanimous consent." 



