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NEW ENGLAPsD FARMER, 



Nov. 16, 1631. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 16, 1831. 



lie assures lis that lie met uiili tlie tmne suc- 

 cess.' 



Dr Puscalis observes ' I liave read the work of 

 Mr Jonatliaii H. Cobb on the cuhiire of silk which 

 is intended by him for a popular manual of in- 

 struction and have been iniicli pleased to find that 



MR COBB'S MANUAL. 



Wo have been favored with a small treatise en- 

 titled ' A Manual conluiniiig iiifoimution respecting jt unites brevity with all the most important \>r 

 the growlk of I lie Matbernj Tree, with suitable di- cepls required in that valuable liraiu-h of domestic 

 reclionsfor Ike culture of silk, in three parts. DjJ. produce. It is also dear and lucid, and free of all 

 H. Cobb, J}.M. Published by direction of his excel- accessary details little to be called for within the 

 Uncy Gov. Lincoln, agreeably to a resolve of the short period of time necessary to make a silk crop. 

 Commonwealth. Oslendens hujns muneris usuni. \i jg evident that Mr Cobb has been many years a 

 Vida in Dombyx. Boston. Carter, Hendee and practical culturist, and could also enibiace the io- 

 Babcoclr. ! tcresting cares of the filature even farther than 



This Treatise is introiluced by an able report of that of making maiketable raw silk which is not 

 a Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, of frequently attended to by the growers.' * * * 

 which Mr Abel Wheeler was Cliairnian (published | ' I conclude with observing that the work of Mr 

 N E. Farmer vol. ix. pa^e 2G2) and a resolve | Jonathan H. Cobb deserves the confidence of the 



MORUS MULTICAULIS. 



' I regretted to see in your interesting journal. 

 Judge BuF.i.'s notice on the niorus nnihicaulis, as 1 

 fear it will prevent the much desired increase of 

 this valuable mulberry. Will you be so good as to 

 state that I have some imported trees of that kind 

 that have stood five years in a very exposed situa- 

 tion ; and also .Tiaiiy budded ones that aie in a very 

 cold and high place, and have stood two winters 

 without injury.' 



' That his excellency the Governur be requested to 

 cause to be compiled and printed a concise .Man- 

 ual to contain the best information rosjiecting the 

 growth of the Mulberry Tree, with suitable di- 

 rections for the culture of Silk, and that this 

 manual be distributed in suitable numbers in the 



public and its circulation should be encouraged.' 



Cobbett has just published a work entitled 'Ad- 

 vice to Young Xvleii, and, (incidentally) to Young 



Horticultural Hall, 1 

 PaturUay, Nuveml»er lil. \ 

 FRUITS EXIIlHITEl). 



From Messrs D. & C. Landreth, Philadelphia, a 

 basket of beautiful Echasserie Pears ; they rank 

 among the host fruits of the season. 



From Mr R. Toohey, Waltham, a pear, (name un- 

 known) erroneously called the 'Avorat,' which is a 

 summer pear ripening in August From the same, 

 some very fine Chaumontelle pears; Beurre d' Hy- 

 ner; among the old varieties this is without hesitation 



,,, r .,1,, ■ tr- 1 D 1 r I f ° 1 the best ear y winter pear; it exhibits no signs 



Women, in the Muldle and Higher Ranks of Life. ,. , ,,. ,. . ,r . \. „„ , ■, ,■ = 



' . ,. , " , , I ot decay or blight, in the most exposed situations : 



It is writen in his nervous, characteristic style and 1 ^^ ^^,y f^^^ j^ ^ disposition to rot before they are 



city ofBoston, and to every town in the Common-! abounds with good sense and useful suggestions. 



wealth That to defray the expense thus incur- \ Under the head of ' Advice to a Lover' he gives a 



red be be authorized to draw his warrant on ,he I '■■o>"Hi unvarnished tale of /.« whole course of love, 

 treasury for a sum not Cicecding six liuudred dol- which is quite amusing,;and winch we shall re- 

 , , publish next week. 



The importance of the silk culture in a national AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



point of view, as well as a useful and profitable, ,j,,|j, „„„yy| exhibition and cattle show of the 

 pur.-uit of individual industry, is now so well, and piy,„^,uth County Agriculiural Society took place 

 so universally appreciated that remarks on tl"s j ^i y.-jj^jewater, on Wednesday the 2.1 inst. The 

 head would be superfluous. We shall, therefore,! ^^g^jj^r ^vas fine, and the asseinblage of people 



co'.ilino ourselves to the indication oftlie claims of 

 the treatise before us to conlidence and patronage. 

 The author remarks in his preface that ' In pre- 

 paring this manual lio has been gtiided by the por- 

 .sonal exporienco which he h is had for several 

 years in the culture of the mulhery tree, and rear- 

 ing of silk worms in the state of Massachusetts.' 

 He also gives a list of the works which he bus 

 inads use of in compiling his manual, and subjoins 



very great. The exhibitions were respectable; 

 the manufactures, however, were not so uiinier- 

 oiis as heretofore. The pens made u far belter 

 display of stock, than, we think we have seen at 

 any iircvious anniversary. After a choice of of- 

 ficers and other business, the Society moved in 

 procession from the Academy to the hall of Mr 

 Sampson, escorted by the Bridgewaicr Band, 

 where the Farmers' banquet was served up in an 



the fccommendation of Mr Peior S. Du l'"'"'*'"", Excellence and plenty, accompanied with the pithy 

 and Dr Felix Pa.-^calis. Mr De Ponceau observes ,^^^,^ ^^^^ ^^^^^.^.^ j^,^^ ,,,jj cheerful song. At two 

 that ' the works of foreign writers on the c'il"va- j y,^,^,.,. ;,,py proceeded to the Rev. Mr Hodges' 

 tion of mulhsny trees, and raising of sdk worms, .^gg,|||„_l^^jigp^ ^^,^^1.^ jj^^y listened with much 

 particularly in the latter, are by no means suited' .^,i,(._^;.(j,,^ ,p ^^^ address from the President ofihe 

 to the m-ri.lian of this country and are rather cal- 1 g,„.ij,ty_ ^yi,;^.,. ^.js„s ,„ij,i,i (,„ ...xpected, aliog. Ih- 

 culatid to dis.-ouiage tlian instruct our '"'•;'iers. 1 ^^ j,|,|,Yyj,^i.^,^ jj,„, s„it;ii,i„ ,o the occasion. In 

 You have with grci-.t propriety discarded their ar-^ ;^ introduc;ion the speaker apologized in terms 

 tilicial heat, t'.erniometors, barometers, ''.vgrome- | ^,- ,,_|,^,, 1^1^..,^^^,,,,.^ 3„j ^^^j humor, for the dry- 

 lers, and all these variety of troublesome methods, 1 ^^^^ ^^. ^^■^ subject, which was on the best mixture 

 miuute r.'gul.V.ions and useless implements, which ^y ^^7, ,;„. vegetable produce. But the rcmarka- 

 make ths- culture of silk a diflicult mid "Uricate ; j^j^ .^^jgi^lj^Pi^p^g j,,- ,1,^ a„jience showed in the 

 science. I see no more difficulty in cultivating !.^^„lj ,1^^^ ^^ apology was necessary. The Re- 

 the mulbniy than any other finit tree ; and the I j.^^,^ ^^Cj.^ ^.^,^1,,.^,;^.,. Co„„,i(,j,^,_ with the pre- 

 nrt of rai.-ing silk worm-* seems to reduce nsdt to ' ij^j^jii^j, awarded to the various competitors, were 

 nfewsiuMdo rules easy of observance. I '^'low 1 ^g^., j^ „^j,,,. ^ |,,,^,i^.^,„r „^^„u„t j,f ^^.,,„.i, ^jn 

 but of one European author wlm has had the coiir- ! ,,,. „i^.^,p ;,, ,,,g „p.^j Memorial, or as soon as mav 

 .(*e to brcp.k through ilie f.-.ters of habit and preju- ,,g ^^,„^^^^^^. ^^.^i, ., Ugj of officers elected.— P/^- 

 dico; Hudinaiale w^ork on the <-uUure of sdk, i „^^^,^ _,^^,„,^,.j.^;_ 



puldished in the German language Rt\ienna in 1 



1329, adojtted what I call the .>iriuncan system, the Complaints are made in the Huston papers, that 

 same which your manual recommends, and which hiinjis of butter bought in the market for a pound, 

 in fact has been followed ill this couir.ry for more are Ibund to weigh only thirteen ounces. The 

 than TO years. The author is the Chevalier Von Bnsinn people should have the market clerks fi.r- 

 Jicint, an Austrian nobleman, the owner of large nislied with a good set of scales and weights, and 

 fWates in tlia imjierial iloininioiis. He appears toUend tliein forlh among the dealers in that glorious 

 liave coinplctely succeeded by following this sim- edible, let a few liunilred pounds bo confisi-iited 

 |>{e American method, and he even ventured to to the use and behoof of the city and -its otiicers 

 raise silk worms on mulberry trees in the open air and the poui.'d will soon rise to sixteen ounces. 

 on the frontiers pf Hungary, 44 deg, N. Lat. ; and | — (J. S. Guz. 



quite mellow ; when any indication of this is discov- 

 ered, they can be used for baking, for which purpose 

 they are most delicious ; when in perfection, they 

 will compare with the best of the new varieties we 

 are at present acquainted with. 



From Mr Manning, pears called in James Blood- 

 good & Co.'s catalogue ' Leggett's fine Winter.' — 

 Tlioy were identified as the Martin 8ec of the New 

 Uuhamel. 



From Joseph Locke, Esq., of Billerica, German 

 i\Iuscat Pears. 



From Mr Alexander Young, Boston, six of his 

 largo baking pears, weighing "i lbs ; the largest 

 weighed 2G ounces ; this is no doubt a foreign pear, 

 the true name of whicli is lost— the fruit is reserved 

 for a more critical examination at maturity. 



From Messrs Winsliips, Brighton, n beautiful spe- 

 imen of the new ,\lpiiie Strauberry, with runners; 

 this variety continues bearing from the earliest of 

 the season to the present tme. 



The season has now airived when it is requisite to 

 uspond the weekly exhibitions ot Frnits, &c, till the 

 spring ; should however any person have any new or 

 valuable late varieties, they are requested to send 

 pcciuiens, as they come into eating, to the Hall of 

 the Society, for examination. 



In behalf of the Committee. R. MANNING. 



The Ibllowing Chrysanthemums were presented 

 by Mr David Ilaggerslon, of Charleslown, for pre- 

 mium: 



Siipcil) cluster yellow, 

 Ta=sutl<,-I yellow, 

 Early blush, 

 'l'*o-colorei! red, 

 Yel'ow wanalah, 

 Ta'^sclled liliic. 

 Golden lotus. 

 Dark ninioon, 

 Qidllsd flame, 

 Klakc oraiije yelow, 

 Park's small yellow. 

 Two plants of the 



Qu.Ued while, 

 Lilac and white, 

 Slanv purple. 

 Curled lilac, 

 Supeib white. 

 Orange chan;j;eablc, 

 Brown purple, 

 Quilled lilac, 

 Djulile pink, 

 Rnsea, 



'IV-ei:e.l while. 

 Pancratium Lily, sent to the 

 Massaclinsetls Horticuliuial Society by Mrs Chan- [ 

 ning, weie committed to the care of Messrs Hag- || 

 gerston and Winship. 



Concord v.i. Portsmouth. — We have been prc- 

 sciiied with u coiumou English Turnip, raised on 

 the interval land in Concord, N. H. heloning to Mr 

 John West, which weislis 3 Ihs. 10 oz., and mea- 

 sures but 23 inches in circumference. This rath- 

 er beats the turnip shown by Mr S. Spinney, ol 

 PorL-iiioutli, which weighed 7 1-2 lbs. ami inca- 

 sured 31 3-4 inches. — Traveller. 



