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Nr.W EiNGLAM) FARMER, 



Aug. 21, 192^1. 



JSEW E^GLAIVlD FARMI/R. 



BOSTON, rUllJAV, .\L'OLriT2l, 1829. 



FEAR SYRUP, 



A writer in Loudon's Mngazine say!), in Riib- 

 i«taiicc, tliiil ti Syiiip maile of I'onrs, in one of llioso 

 |ire|inratioiis of Iriiiis, which, though hlllc, if iit nil 

 known in ICnghind, lurin an important jiurt of ru- 

 r.tl cciiiiuiuy in many partH ul' the cnniiiieiit, cn- 

 nhling tliu iien.saiilt to ilurivi; profit troni their vast 

 croiw of pears, which wonlil otlii-rwisc in frreat 

 part bo iisulesa. In preparing it, the pears are first 

 licated in a copper, over the tire, until the pulp, 

 .-kins, &c, have .■<eparnle(l Criini thejnic-e, whieh is 

 then strained and gently boiled down to the ron- 

 HiDtence of molasses, which in appearance and 

 colour it exactly resembles, hut with a more ngree- 

 uble llavor, combining that just proportion of sweet 

 and aeiil, which wouhl be reli.--hcd by any palate 

 not very fastidious. A consi<lerable i)art of this 

 syrup is consntned by the peasants in their own 

 families, and the rest sent to market in the towns, 

 wlicrc at a jjrice considerably less, it supplies the 

 [ilace of niidasses, being given by the poor to their 

 children on thin slices of bread, and janrcly used 

 by the pastry-cooks in the i)reparation ol' ginger- 

 bread. The experiment might be worth trying, 

 whether in some situations pear trees might not 

 be cultivated wiih profit iijr the express purpose of 

 manufacturing this substitute for molasses, wliicli, 

 at the same price, children (the great consumers) 

 liein;; the judges, it would soon drive out of the 

 market. At any rate, a family in the country, with 

 a sin-plus of pears, might always thus convert 

 them, at little expense, into n wholesome and high- 

 ly palatable conserve for its yoimger branches. 



I'KACH AND NECTARINE IN O.NE FRUIT. 

 A writer for Loudon's Gardener's JHaga/.ine as- 

 scrtH, that "A Royal George peach tree, cultivated 

 ill the garden of the Rev. fllr Ilowman of this 

 jilacc, has produced rather a largo fruit, three 

 parts of it being peach and one part nectarine, 

 ijuite distinct in appearance as well as flavor. This 

 was uiidoubteilly occasioned by the ))ollcn of the 

 latter being conveyed to that of the former ; but 

 why was it not mixed ? In the stone there is very 

 little diilercnuc. A nectarine tree stands aboal 5 

 yards from the peach tree." 



DESTRUCTION OF CVIERPILLARS. 



An order of the Slate Deputies of our province 

 orders, under the penalties established by law, the 

 destruction of the caterpillars on the trees and 

 hed;;rs, at two dilTerent periods of the year ; vi/. 

 the '25th of March, and on or before the 25th of 

 .\piil following. — lour, dt la lidgique. 



LEAVES OF THE MILHERRY. 



The Mulberry is fouml in dilf.rent climates, but 

 tho juice of leaves grown in the north is much less 

 nutritive than that of the leaves of the south. In 

 this ri;spect trndberry leaves and silk are not less 

 dilVcrciit than wines, aceordiiiK to the climate in 

 whii:h they arc; produced. In general, every cli- 

 mate and soil that will jtroduce good wheal will 

 produce large succulent midberry leaves ; but these 

 leaves will be loo nutritive ; liiey will have too 

 nuirh sap, \nn much substanrc and Hticrnlencv. 

 The wild nnilborry with small leaver, nnHwers bet- 

 ter for such a soil, than the grafted nudberry with 

 large leavcR. A general rule, and one to be <h-. 

 jiended on, is, that th" mulberry^ produce the 



best silk, nipiires the same soil and exposure that 

 the vine does to produce the best wine. Experi- 

 ence has proved, that silk worms, nourished by 

 leaves gathered from a dry Boil, succeed much bet- 

 ter, produce more cocoons, and are less subject to 

 those diseases which destroy them, than those 

 whirli are nourished by leaves produced by an ex- 

 tremely rich soil. — Journal iV -'l^ric. dts Pai/s-Bas. 



CUTTING TREES IN WOODLANDS. 



'Loudon's (Jardener's Magazine remarks, in sub- 

 stance, that the shoots from the stool or stumps of 

 forest trees may either become crooked branches, 

 of little use but as fuel, or beaiililid and straight 

 timber trees, according as the old trees may be 

 cut over close by the surface, or one foot above it. 

 The closer the stump is cut to the ground the 

 straighter the suckers or sprout.?, ifliis im|iortant 

 fact ought to be familiar to every owner of a wood 

 lot, and constantly kept in mind by the gardener 

 in pruning fruit trees. 



SALT FOR DESTROYING VEGETATION. 



Mr Robert Forbes, a writer for the Gardene 's 

 Magazine, states as follows: " Last summer I had 

 collected a large heap of couch, and other weeds, 

 from the ground on which a crop of turnip seed 

 had been grown, and the weatlier being showery, 

 it grew into one mass of roots, with a crop of grass 

 on the surface that might have been made into 

 hay. I applied over the whole heap a thick cover- 

 ing of salt, and, in less than a week, not a vestige 

 of vegetation was to be seen, and when turned 

 over soon afier, and a new surface exposed, no 

 second growth ojipeared ; it is now a mass of rich 

 mould, and I purpose mixing it up with dung." 

 A friend to the Editor has remarked on this pass- 

 age, that " Lime has the same effect of killing the 

 weeds, and rotting the couch, and makes an ex- 

 cellent compost — put in thin layers between thick 

 layers of roots or weeds." 



' Usf'f, has been used in euffjcient quantity to she 

 I its efl'ects, there iifipears to us to have been b 

 one uniform result, namely, perfect itcilily. 



Sen Kale. — A correspondent in Albany .-tati 

 ^ that Sea Kale is as tenacious of life us the llur 

 Radish ; and will grow equally well from a pic 

 of the root. 



Jl Silk Factory has been established at Dodhnni, 

 Mass. by Mr EnwAnn Brow.n, who has served a 

 regular apprenticeship to the business in London, 

 uikI is considered a superior workman, lie nt ! 

 present confines his ntteniion to the weaving of silk ■ 

 fringe, and tassels, sofa bindings, and articles for , 

 upholsterers, which are conijiosed of rich stulls, [ 

 not having yet imported any broad looms. His 

 father is soon expccteil from Europe, with suitable 1 

 implements for weaving silk velvets, and other silk ) 

 cloths of all descriptions. He is now engaged in . 

 manufacturing raw American silk raised by J. II. 

 Conn, Esq. the present season, — and will soon 

 considerably extend his business. 



SALT, SEA WATER, MARSH MUD, &c. AS I 

 MANURE. I 



The Editor of the Southern Agricidliirist, in ihat i 

 ably conducted work fur the present month, ob- 

 serves, " Of Salt-water mini, or Maif.h nnid, as it ' 

 is commonly called, as a mnnuro for Sea-Island | 

 Cotton, such is the opinion we have had for tweiiij i 

 years past that we cannot express ourselves ton | 

 warmly in its favor: but against salt itself, ami .lull 

 water, US manures, we enter our dissent as strongly 

 OS wo can record it. 



Wo have lived most of our life within si;;lit of 

 the sea, and fur twenty years ]iiist wilhin ten Minis 

 id' mill water. Wherever we have known il to 

 flow iinarcompaniril htj muil, its borders are marked 

 by nnlforni barrenness, and all tho fair experi- 

 ments that we have mot ou record, where .salt, by 



Horticultural. — In consequence of the hea 

 shower last Saturday morning, the colleciiun 

 Flowers and Fruits was not so large us us 

 .Among those exhibited were the following: — 



Frorri the Botanic Garden, at Cambridge 



.Air .NUTTALL, 



J\'at>re toil. 

 SagUlaria lati/otia e. (major plena) 



((lowers nearly ihc iiizeol roses.) Souihern ."^tat 

 Kri/llirvlirua erntjiicua. Soinh An 



Dahlia V. Geor^iaua, (crimson («o now variclies) .Mi xi 

 Lobelia grandiflora. S'uili Arneri 



Bi:;nonia radicant. Middle 



Hibiscus paliulrit. Now Ln^^lai 



syriacKs, (double, vcrj- beautiful, LIush.) Syi 



Lobtliafuliitna. Mixi 



caidinalia. \'it:;ii 



Oenothera macrcearpa, (sometimes with flow- 

 ers 5 inches in iliaiiicter) Mi 

 Dracocephalum variigatum. Western St.ite«, & « 



panel N. Vnrk Sla 

 Jiudbeekia 'nudicauHs (new spccieK) Arkans 



Salvia officinalis rubra, (leaves variegated, 



rud, while, and giccii) Euro 



Yucca filamrntosa, (has a scape 6 feet high, 



witli 150 flowers) North .\iiicri 



Arena orietilali.', oriental oat, (apparently 

 worth cultivating from its great aize and 

 free growth) T.irtn 



From the garden of Joh.n Lejiist, E-'q. of Ri 

 bury, 



Dracoeeph-lum tlrginianum, Vi-cii 



C'cniaurea inoschala. J\r 



Gardenia Jlorida, (llorcplcno ) Clii 



G'e»i/)/ii<-;irt ^/ofcD.va, (two varietie'i.) i:.i*t Ind 



Crassula orbiculala. Cape of Good Mo 



f'olkaineria Juponiea. Jap 



Gloxinia maeitlala. South .Anar: 



Gei'rgiuna (Dahlia,) two fine varieties. Mi si 



Hoy a Carnosa, (very beautiful.) tin 



From Mr Dow.ner, of Dorchester, (forw arii 

 by Capt. Wm. CLAPr,)a specimen of fine pear.-l'r 

 a seedling raised by him from seed of the sunin 

 Catherine; for examination and a name. We 

 tend to give a drawing and description of this pc 

 soon. Also specimens of the Queen Cailieri 

 Boston Epaigne, Skinless, and old fashion < '.it 

 rinc. 



From Hon. John Welles, of Dorchester, a f 

 tlier sii])ply of the buds of his fine large .\pric 

 Moinhers not present at the last mcetiig, can i 

 tain them gratuitously at the llall, to-niornnv. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER AND HORTICUI.T 

 SAL JOURNAL. 



Aswc arc now near the coiiiincnrcincnt of the Sih ■ 

 lume of our publiciilion, porhips, some brief olworvatli 

 respcctins its progress, prospec!s.iiid the rei^ults n liuli i 

 lielievcil il has, and hoped il n ill produce, ojay bate 

 dcncy further lo piomotc the groat ol>jecls of il- 

 lisliinenl. 



Nolwilbslanding Ihc operailoDH of Ihc laborer on .1 fj 

 or in a pardon niiiy seem lo require less manual d, \tei 

 than are demanded in many less u.scful ciiiploytnc n 

 we doubt whether there are any human pursuits :■ 

 cililalcd by the atldilionof skilllo industry, corn r; 

 lo judicious practice than those of the ruliiva'cr. M 

 ami dlliiirnrr, withaiil,kno\vledge and judgmcot lo die K: 

 Ihrir application, would he like hiiplenicnls of art in I Ul,; 

 hands of a robust but blind operator, impolcoi bccM 

 misdiieelvd. 



Tlio incru handicraft processes of rural economy 1 

 easily acquired, but rxccllrnre in ihe theory of Ijrin' 

 and gnrdcninf; can only ho obtained by a knowlidj^e 

 fads, joined lo Ibal of pooii scn«e, which rnnbte< it-, p 

 sessur lo turu his iufurnialidD lo the best practical acrou 



