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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



About two months since, wc received eleven kinds 

 of apples of Mr. Zeno C. Taber, East Montpclier, Vt., 

 for the names, if known here, and opinions as to 

 their quality. Wc have waited for their maturity, 

 and tried them. We do not recognize any of them 

 as identical with kinds generally cultivated, or known 

 to the public, excepting No. 2, which appears to be a 

 kind considerablj' cultivated in Pomfrct and Hartford, 

 Vt., and in some parts of New Hampshire. It is of fair 

 appearance, and tolerably good quality, and noted 

 for productiveness. As wc had but a single speci- 

 men of a kind, it is impossible to give a correct opin- 

 ion of this fruit. In such cases it would be better to 

 send only a few kinds, and such as the cultivator 

 regai'ds as the best, and send more of a kind. When 

 we have only one or a very few specimens of a kind, 

 it is difficidt to fix on the right period to try them ; 

 and as wc value our opinion, founded on so narrow 

 observation, very lightlj', wc would not give it to the 

 public as entitled to importance. No. 5 appeared to 

 be a very good fruit, the best of the lot in quality. 

 Nos. 1, 4, 7, and 9, were of medial quality. 



Peaknose Apples. — Herman Vincent, Esq., rep- 

 resentative from Chilmark, JIartha's Vineyard, has' 

 furnished us with some specimens of this apple. It 

 is of good size, handsome appearance, and good qual- 

 ity. He remarks, that it is a good grower and great 

 bearer, and is a popular apple on that island, where 

 it flourishes remarkably well, being well adapted to 

 the sea-coast. 



Winter Pippin. — We have some of these apples 

 from Mr. J. M. Kctchum, Brandon, Vt. The fruit is 

 large, rather oblong, tapering considerably to the eye ; 

 of a straw color, with an occasional blush in the 

 sun, and dark specks. The quality is only medial ; 

 it appears to be tolerably good for cooking, but it 

 lacks character for a table fruit. Mr. K. remarks, 

 that this variety, in that region, produces more fair 

 fruit than any other kind cultivated there, as it is a 

 great grower and an enormous bearer, and the fruit 

 is large and fair. He brought a large lot of tliis fruit 

 to this market, and sold it at high prices. 



A PROLrpic Sow. — Mr. Thomas Page, Waltham, 

 has a sow that has within the year produced thirty- 

 eight pigs. He has sold $50 worth, and has ten pigs 

 remaining, some of which he has engaged at $2,50 

 each. He bought this kind at Brighton, and he says 

 that his neighbors call them the Berkshire breed. 



Cooking Food for Swine. — Dr. Lee, in an arti- 

 cle on pork-making, says, *' From some experi- 

 ments of my own, and considerable research into the 

 published results of the experience of others, I am 

 satisfied that ten bushels of boiled potatoes thor- 

 oughly mixed with the pudding that can be made 

 from three bushels of corn or peas, will make as 

 much pork as twenty bushels of potatoes, and six 

 bushels of corn or peas fed raw." 



A KIND WORD. 



A little word in kindness spoken, 



A motion or a tear, 

 Has often healed the heart that's broken, 



And made a friend sincere. 



A word — a look — has crushed to earth 



Full many a budding flower, 

 W^hich, had a smile but owned its birth, 



Would bless life's darkest hour. 



Then deem it not an idle thing, 



A pleasant word to speak ; 

 The face you wear, the thoughts you bring, 



A heart may heal or break. 



THE OLIO. 



Two gentlemen, at a public table, got into a vehe- 

 ment dispute upon a subject which it was quite evi- 

 dent that both were profoundly ignorant of. A big 

 bull dog, which had been sleeping on the hearth, be- 

 came roused by their violence, and began barking 

 furiously. An old gentleman, who had been quietly 

 listening to the disputants, gave the dog a kick, and 

 exclaimed, " Hold your tongue, you brute ; you know 

 no more about it than they do." 



Sign of Character A man who habitually 



speaks disparagingly of the female character, gives 

 conclusive evidence that there is something wrong 

 in his own. A true man alwa}'s has a high idea of 

 female excellence, and cherishes it with a respect 

 bordering on worship. 



" It is an inexpressible comfort," said the dying 

 Campbell, the poet, " to be able to look back and feel 

 that I have not written one line against religion or 

 virtue." How many would, in his situation, give 

 worlds to see and feel as Cam^jbell did ! 



A young man, feeling restless in church, leaned 

 forward and addressed an old gentleman thus, " Pray, 

 sir, can you tell me a rule without an exception ? " 

 " Yes, sir," he replied ; " a gentkman always behaves 

 well in church." 



Nothing is more impressive than mystery ; even 

 " Junius," himself, as an author, would have been 

 forgotten long ago, if people had known whom to 

 forget. 



The phrase, " Hold your tongue," is of Bible 

 origin. Wonder how many of our readers can point 

 to the chapter and verse. 



A year of pleasure passes like a floating breeze ; 

 but a moment of misfortune seems an age of pain. 



Why is an infant like a diamond ? Because it is a 

 " dear little thing." 



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