11)1 



mil VKiy justly esteemed.' Ripe in Aug. and j 

 wUI keep till tl'ie last of Sept. No. S. 1 



13. Sciiiitt ^Vonpareil. A dessert fruit from 

 Nov. till Miuch. ' It cannot fail of being univer- 

 sally esteemed.' No. 187. 



14. Grnveiislein. A German ' dessert apple' ri- 

 paniii^' ill tlie autumn, but will keep till April, 

 and iu;iy be reckoned a rival to our Ribston Pip- 

 pin. No. 138. 



15. Mfnston. A very fine and excellent culi- 

 nary apple — Oct. and till Christmas. No. 46. 



16. Dutchtss of Olileiiburgh. A Russian fruit 

 not described by Lindb-y. 



17. King of Ihe Pippins. A very beautiful 

 dessert fruii in Nov. and Dec. No. 57. 



18. Downlon. ' A most abundairt bearer, ex- 

 tremelv well adapted for the market, and an ex- 

 cellent' apple for Ciller.' Ripe in Oct. and keeps 

 till Christmas. No. 50. J- B. 



.iibany J^ursery, Dec. 1831. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



KNICKERBOCKER PICKLE. 



The directions for ' Kr.iokerbocker Pickle,' in 

 which a correspondent some time ago stated that 

 you had put three fourths too much molasses, pre- 

 scribed one gallon, in^^tead of one quurt. As last 

 published it is correct. I have used it some years, 

 for beef and hams, without extra salt ; and have 

 now hams, of 20 lbs. weight, more than a year 

 old, thus cured, perfectly sound, and of as fine 

 flavor as those of Burlington or Virginia. 



N. B. When the ham is boiled thoroughly, 

 (say 4 hours for one of 16 lbs.) put it immediately 

 from the kettle into a vessel of cold water, which 

 prevents the waste of the juices ; and eat it cold. 



NEW ENGLAND FAllMER, 



ing ewes to browse evergreens, particularly the 

 emlock, of which they are extremely fond. I 

 have been in the habit of throwing branches of 

 hendock to my sheep occasionally, and have never 

 perceived any injurious eftects. As my experi- 

 ence in this branch of farming is very limited, I 

 should like to know if there is anything to be ap- 

 prehended from the practice. 



Respectfully, A. 



Penobscot Co., Me. 1831. 



CHERRY TREES. 



Mr Fesse.nden— The subject of Mr Tally's let- 

 ter to Mr Prince, in your paper of 14th Decem- 

 ber, must be extremely interesting to every one 

 connected with sheep husbandry, and any infor- 

 mation which can have a bearing upon the health 

 and thrift of this useful animal, cannot (ail ot be- 

 ing serviceable to a majority of your readers.— 

 It is probably well known to most farmers, that a 

 ' cherry growth' is almost alwriys consequent upon 

 clearing new lands by fire ; at least it is so in this 

 country. These cherries are of a deep reil, and 

 have the appearance, ami are about the size of the 

 common red cm-rant of our gardens. As they 

 are found on almost every new farm in those |)aris 

 not vet entirely subdued, it would be of impor- 

 tance to ascertain whether this species of cherry 

 produces the deleterious eftects described by Mr 

 Tully. Neither of the gentlemen make any allu- 

 sion to the kind of sheep afiected ; and it has oc- 

 curred to me that possibly those of a foreign blood 

 may be more susceptible of injury from this cause 

 than those of our native stocks. I have an island 

 sheep pasture which abounds with the wild red 

 cherry of all sizes ; sheep of the native breed have 

 been pastured upon it for the two years last past, 

 and without the slightest apparent injury ; and as 

 I wish to place a small flock of the merino breed 

 upon it the next season, I am anxious to obtain 

 some further information on the subject. Should 

 you be in ])osse3sion of any facts connected with 

 it, I doubt not that many would be benefited by 

 learning them. 



I believe a popular notion prevails, (with what 

 reason I do not know,) that it is injurious to yean- 



NOMENCLATURE OF FRUITS. 

 Mr Fessende.n — The number of English pub- 

 lications on Horticulture and Pomology is so 

 great, that it is often found diflicult to make a 

 suitable discrimination, as many of the more an- 

 cient and some of the modern English works on 

 this subject contain a mass of error, as well as of 

 facts. 



A work has been recently issued from the Eng- 

 lish press, under the title of ' A Guide to the Or- 

 chard and Kitchen Garden,' edited by John Lind- 

 ley. Assistant Secretary of the London Horticultu- 

 ral Society, vvhich is entitled to more than ordi- 

 nary consideration ; and I would recommend its 

 perusal to all those persons, who are making pre- 

 cision in the nomenclature of fruits an object of in- 

 vestigation. 



Another work entitled ' Pyrus Mains Brentford- 

 iensis,' with descriptions and plates of near 200 

 varieties of Apples, has been lately published at 

 London, and is worthy of the highest encomiums. 

 The execution of the engravings surpasses anything 

 of the kind that has ever met my eye, either from 

 France, England, or elsewhere. These two puli- 

 licaiicuis taken in connexion with the ' Pomologi- 

 cal iMagazine,' may be considered as forming a 

 standard nomenclature of the fruits at present cul- 

 tivated in Great Britain. And although some in- 

 advertencies appear to exist these are amply com- 

 pensated for by the general accuracy maintained. 

 I would here respectfully suggest to the ])ropri- 

 etors of American Nurseries the formation of Dt- 

 scriplive Catalogues of the varieties tliey resi)ecl- 

 ively cultivate, which can be arranged in the same 

 simple plan as pursued by Mr Lindley, in the work 

 already referred to. By adopting the use of let- 

 ters, figures, and hieroglyphics, to express general 

 terms as to size, color, quality, &:,c, a moderate 

 space will suffice to condense all the requisite in- 

 formation. The advantage of such a catalogue to 

 the public cannot fail of imparling mutual and 

 general benefit. Having long had this object in 

 view, I have devoted much attention to the prepa- 

 ration of a Catalogue of this description, which 

 will before long be presented to the public, and 

 distributed gratuitously to all who apply for it. 



The continual accumulation of estimable Ameri- 

 can varieties of fruits, rivalling in many instances 

 the productions of other countries, has been such 

 as not only to arrest the attention of our Pomulo- 

 gists, but to confound those who have entertained 

 the opinion, that perfection in these productions 

 was confined to the eastern hemisphere. The 

 formation of a Catalogue of Amencan Fruits ex- 

 clusively, has been deemed a highly important de- 

 sideratum, and such an one is nearly ready for 

 publication, and will be also gratuitously dis- 

 tributed. 



Very i-especlfiilly, 



William Robert Pri.-«ce. 



Lin. Got. Garden, 



Jan. 4, 1S32. 



EFFECTS OF LIME AND SULPHUR. 



HIk Fesse.nden — Your Roxbiiry correspondent 

 has no occasion to fear any ill effects from the 

 application of a scdution of lime and sulphur in 

 boilim; water, to the vine or any plant or shrub, 

 unless the eftects should be contrary from what I 

 have experienced in the case of this solution. 



Having much yard room and walks to keep 

 in repair, it has been and remains to be a desira- 

 ble object with me to find some method more easy 

 and less expensive than hoeing, raking ami roll- 

 ing, for preventing the continued growth of grass 

 anil weeds. I therefore made early trial last sum. 

 iner of the solution of lime and sulphur as recom- 

 mended, but found it increased rather than check- 

 ed the growth of grass in my yard. 



Now if any of your correspondents will in- 

 form ine of any method proved by themselves 

 to be effectual in destroying grass and weeds, ami 

 preventing their continued growth, easier or less 

 expensive than frequent hoeing, they will incur 

 my warmest obligation. 



'lirookline, Dec. 30, 1831. 



AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND. 



The agvicultnre of England is confessedly su- 

 perior to that of any other part of the world, and 

 the condition of those who are engaged in the cul- 

 tivation of the soil, incontestably preferable to that 

 of the same class in any other section of Europe. 

 An inexhaustible source of admiration and delight 

 is found in the unrivalled beauty, as well as rich- 

 ness and fruitfuluess of their husbandry ; the ef- 

 fects of which are heightened by the magnificent 

 parks and noble mansions of the opulent proprie- 

 tors ; by picturesque gardens upon the largest 

 scale, and disjiosed with the most exquisite taste; 

 anil by Gothic remains, no less admirable in their 

 structure than venerable for their antiquity. The 

 neat cottage, the substantial firm-house, the splen- 

 did villa, are constantly rising to the sight, sur- 

 rounded by the most choice and poetical atiiibutes 

 of the landscape. The vision is not more delight- 

 fully recreated by the rural scenery, than the 

 moral sense is gratified, and the understanding 

 elevated, by the institutions of this great ci.imtry. 

 It appears something not less than impious to 

 desire the ruin of this people, when you view the 

 height to which they have carried the comforts, 

 the knowledge, and the virtue of our species: the 

 extent and number of their foundations of charity; 

 their skill in the mechanic arts, by the improve- 

 ments of which alone they have conferred inesti- 

 mable benefits on mankind ; the masculine moral- 

 ity, the lofiy sense of independence, the sober iiml 

 rational piety which are found in all classes; their 

 impartial, decorous, and able administration of a 

 code of laws, than which none more just and per- 

 fect has ever been in operation ; their seminaries 

 of education, yielding more solid and profitable 

 instruction tha'u any other whatever; their emi- 

 nence in literature and science ; the urbanity and 

 learning of their privileged orders ; their delibera- 

 tive assemblies, illustrated by so many profound 

 statesmen and brilliant orators. — Walsh's Travda. 



FlushiDg, N. V. Dec. 31. | 



RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND. 



The taste of the English in the cultivation of 

 the land, and in what is termed landscape garden- 

 ing, is unrivalled. Nothing can be more iniposiitj 

 than their park scenery. But what most delighis 

 me is the creative talent with which the EngW 

 decorate the unostentatious abodes of middle life. 



