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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From Joseph F. TITden, Newbury, Vt., a mam- 

 moth tomato, that weighs two and one half pounds. 



Of ISl. L. Hayes, Farmington, N. H., pears raised 

 on an apple-tree. This pear is occasionally seen in 

 this region, and sometimes exhibited for a name. It 

 is of a pleasant, vinous flavor. Mr. H. has raised a 

 good crop of pears, for several years, from scions of 

 this pear set in a standard apple-tree, — a rare case 

 of success in this mode of raising pears. 



From James S. Draper, Wayland, Garden Royal 

 apple. This fruit is small, fair, and handsome, and 

 of the highest quality for a dessert apple. Also, 

 Holland Pippin, good for cooking; Cole's Quince is 

 true to name. 



From John Copp, Wakefield, X. H., Porter and 

 Minister apples — true and fine specimens. 



From B. F. Cutter, Pelham, N. H., fifteen kinds 

 of seedling peaches. Mr. Cutter procured some 

 good peaches in the Boston market, and planted 

 the stones. The trees succeed better than the bud- 

 ded varieties, and the fruit is generally larger, hand- 

 somer, and of better quality, and they bear better. 

 Here are additionrd arguments in favor of natural 

 peach-trees, instead of budded kinds, which we 

 have urged for ten years. The greater part of the 

 varieties sent to us were very fair, handsome, and of 

 good quality. 



From Elisha Bunce, Westford, Isabella grapes, 

 pretty well ripened ; the best of the kind that we 

 have seen this season. 



From Henry Fish, Hopedale, Milford, eight vari- 

 eties of grapes, native wild, and seedlings. Some 

 of them are tolerably fair, but generally they have 

 too much of the rank, foxy, or musk taste. 



Of Job C. Stone, Shrewsbury, Mother apples ; 

 very large and fair. This promises to be one of the 

 finest late fall apples. It is of a good size, very 

 beautiful, and of the finest quality. Also, Leland 

 Pippin, a fine, handsome variety, ripening from the 

 middle of September to the last of October. We 

 have noticed that in the state of New York, and in 

 some other sections of the country, this is called 

 Leland Spice ; but this is without proper authority, 

 for we first introduced this apple to public notice, 

 under the name of Leland Pippin, after consulting 

 Dea. Daniel Leland, of Sherburne, on the subject, 

 who has raised and disseminated this variety exten- 

 sively. 



Of Charles H. Pendleton, Pendleton HUl, Ct., 

 Dennison's Redding apple ; small, very beautiful, 

 and pleasant ; not sufficiently ripe for us to judge 

 well of its quality. Mr. P. says that it usually at- 

 tains medial size. 



Of John Hay ward, Hancock, N. H., several vari- 

 eties of apples ; among them are Jewett's Red, or 

 Nodhead apple, a superior fruit, but it requires high 

 culture to produce fair fruit. It is a very popular 

 apple in some sections of New Hampshire and 

 Maine. The large, conical apples are the Holden 

 Pippin, a great grower, great bearer, and excellent 

 for cooking, but rather acid for the dessert. Other 

 kinds not known here. 



Of Benjamin C. Pratt, Hanover, Pratt poach — a 



seedling which he raised some years ago, and which 

 he continues to propagate from the seed, in its 

 purity, as he cultivates no other. Although we 

 name this last among our fruits, it is far from being 

 the least in point of utility. It is large ; rather 

 oblong, and irregular in form ; yellow ground, much 

 covered with dull red. The flesh is very rich, and 

 of fine flavor, ranking among the best. It is a pecu- 

 liar excellence in producing the same from seed. 

 Mr. Pratt remarks that it forms a large, hardy, long- 

 lived tree, and that it is a great bearer. It is covered 

 with a remarkably thick, furzy, or woolly substance, 

 which is an advantage in protecting it against storms 

 and insects, and a disadvantage as to selling it in 

 markets where it is not known. 



HOME. 



'Tis home where the heart is, wherever that be, 

 In city, in desert, on mountain, in dell ; 



Not the grandeur, the number, the objects we see, 

 But that which we love, is the magical spell. 



'Tis this gives the cottage a charm and a grace 



Which the glare of a palace but rarely has known ; 



It is this, only this, and not station or j^lace. 



Which gives being to pleasure, which makes it our 

 own. 



Like the dove on the waters, a rest-place to find. 

 In vain for enjoyment o'er nations we roam ; 



Home only can yield real joy to the mind; 



And there, where the heart is, there only is home. 



THE OLIO. 



A young lady, who was rebuked by her mother for 

 kissing her intended, justified herself by quoting the 

 passage, " Whatsoever ye would that men should do 

 unto you, do ye even so unto them." 



" Pa, isn't that man in what is called the spring- 

 time of life ? " " Why, my sonr " " 'Cause he looks 

 so confounded green." 



" Genius will M'ork its way through," as the poet 

 remarked, when he saw a hole in the elbow of his 

 coat. 



A beautiful Oriental proverb runs thus : " With 

 patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin." 



Gratitude for favors shown is the distinguishing 

 trait of a truly noble mind. 



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