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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Jnn. 15, 1830. 



point, as I am informed \>y Thomas MTall, Esci.l The leaves of ilio Sweet Locust arc pinnated' 

 of Georgia, a gentleman now far ailvanced in and coni|inNed of small, uval, serrate, Ee»silu leaflets' 

 years, that, in liis boyhood, he knew the ("alawha This folin:;)! is elegant, and of an agreeahle tint, 

 from its source, to where it loses its name in that hut it is thin, and scarcely ohstriicis the passage 

 of the Waterce, and that no such grape was known {of the siinheams. It is shed annually at the 

 there. Mr Adlum slates, that he procured it from approach of winter. 



a Mr ScnoLL, at Clarksburg, Montgomery county, 1 The flowers are .small, not very conspicuou.-, 

 Maryland, and that it was called by this name by ; „,„| .^.^poscd in bunches. The fruit is in the form 

 that gentleman. The grape railed by Mr Adi.um ! (,f ,i,„^ crooked, pendulous pods, from twelve to 

 Red muncy, and found by hnn wdd in Maryland, ^.i„,„e^.„ i,,^,,^^ ,„„p^ ,„„, „f „ reddish brown 

 and also m Lycoming coumy, l'enns.\ Kama, pro- ^.„,„r .p,,^ |,„,,y roniain brown, Hrnooih, hard 

 ved to be very snnilar to this km<l. Mr A. con- ^^^j,^ enveloped in a pulpy substance, which, for 

 Biders this grape "to be worth all other., indige-!„ ,„„„„, „r,pr their maturity, is very sweet, and 

 nous or exotic, as a wine grape," and that a greater ] .y,,;,.,, ,,,p„ i.^comcs extremely sour. Beer is 

 variety of wmes may be made from it than from ' go,„e,i,ncs made by fermenting the pulp while 

 any other variety. [To be conhmied.] f.^..^, |„„ ,he practice is not general, as the Apple 



tree, and I'eacli tree, ]>articiilarly the last, have 



JVEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY l.j, 1830. 



SWEET LOCUST, OR THREE THORNED 

 ACACIA. 



In consecpience of the recommendation of the 

 Three thorned, or horny locust, by Mr Biiei. of 

 Albany, as the plant which he thinks " will be 

 found to surpass all others for live fences," we 

 have been induced to copy the following from 

 Michaux's jVorth Amtrican Sylva. 

 The Sweet Locust belongs peculiarly to the 

 country west of the Alleghany Mouiunins, and it 

 is scarcely found in any part of the Atlantic 

 States, except in Limestone Valley and its branch- 

 es, which lie between the first and .second ranges 

 of the Alleghanies, beginning near Harrishurgh in 

 Pennsylvania, in the latitude -Iflo 42', and e.xtend- 

 ing from northeast to southwest into the State of 

 Virginia. The soil in this valley is gencridly very 

 substantial. In the fertile bottoms, which arc wa 

 tered by the rivers emptying into the Mississippi 



become common in the Western country', and 

 afford a much superior beverage. 



The ]>crfect wood or heart of the Sweet Locust 

 nearly resembles ihut of the Locust; but its grain 

 is coarser, and its pores more open ; in these 

 respects it is more strikingly characterised even 

 than the wood of the Red Oak. When perfectly 

 seasoneil, it is extremely hanl. It is little esteemed 

 in Kentucky, where it is more employed, and 

 consequently can be better appreciated than else- 

 where. It is used neither by the carpenter nor 

 the wheelwright ; it is sometimes taken by the 

 farmers for rails to fence their fields, but only when 

 they are unable to procure better wood. It is 

 found by experience to be far inferior to the Wild 

 Cherry and Black Walnut for cabinet making. 

 The only destination for which it appears to be 

 peculiarly a<lapte<l, is, the forming of hedges, 

 which would be rendered impenetrable by its long 

 thorns 



Tlic Swoot I-uciist has been cultivated for many 



years in Europe. It flourishes, blooms, and yield 



seed in the climates of I^ondoii and Paris, but its 



in the Illinois country, HTid still n)ore in the south- (vegetation is less active than in the south of 



ern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee, the Sweet France. [No insect attacks it. — Ed. N.E. Farmer.] 



It commonly grows with the 



since. This makes mc conclude that the eggs o 

 the borer are in the borings. 



JOSEPH VOLNG. 

 Chalham, Dec. 29, 1829. 



Rfiiarki by the Editor. — We are apprehcnsiv 

 that the remedy would be of no avail imless t 

 prevent the attacks of the wingetl insect, which i 

 the parent of the Apple tree Borer. The hole, inf 

 which our corresponilent advises "to get in 

 piece of camphor," is saiil to be the avenue /Arout' 

 which the insect makes its escape from the tree win- 

 it assumes its perfect state. If so, any apjiliraiio 

 made to the hole from which it issues, would b 

 like "shutting the door after the steed is stolen. 

 See New England Farmer, vol. v. page 57. It 

 possible, however, that the a[iplication of caniphc 

 may have u tendency to prevent the parent of tb 

 borer, (said to be a fly, resembling a wasp,) froi 

 depositing the egg from which the worm jiroceedj 

 in the bark of the tree. 



From ihe Boston Courier. 



Locust is abundant 



Black Walnut, Shell bark Hickory, Red Elm, Blue 

 Ash, Locust, Box, KIdcr, and Coffee tree, and 

 forms a par: of the forests that cover the most 

 fertile soils. In different parts of the United Stales 

 this species is called indifferently, Sweet Locust 

 and Honey Locust ; the French of Illinois call it 

 F^vier. 



In situations the most favorable to its growth, 

 such ns 1 have observed on the banks of the Ohio, 

 between Gallipolis and Limestone, the Sweet Lo- 

 cust attains a very ample size. I have measured 

 several stocks which were three or four feet in di- 

 ameter, and which appeared to equal in lieijlit 

 the loftiest trees of those immemorial forests. 



Some of them had the trunk undivided for forty i APPLE TREE BORER.— Commt.n.VaW. 

 *'l!;, c T • .. '^'^ destroy the Borer that attacks the apple tree. 



The Sweet Locust ,s easily known by its bark, take a small stick, clear the borings so ns to get in 

 whichat intervals of a few inches, detaches it- a piece of onmid.or about ns large os a kernel of 

 .elf laterally in plates of three or four inches wi.le Indian (.\,™ ; that will destroy the worm in less 

 and two or three hues thick, and by the form ofl than twenlvfour hours. 

 Its trunk, which piesents three or four crevices of 

 inconsiderable depth, opening irregularly from the 



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bottom towards the top. The large thorns wliicl 

 cover the branches, and frequently the trunk of 

 young trees, nfliml miother very distinct character. 

 These thorns nre somrtimes several inches long, 

 ligneoii.'', of a reddish color, and armed, ot some 

 distance from the base, with two secondary thorns 

 about half the size of the first. 



I have about ninrly .-ipple trees, and found in 

 the fiill of IS27, that the Borer'had attacked two 

 or three trees. I went to work with a chisel, and 

 cut them out, and found the worm to be a while 

 one, with reil head. But ill cutting them out I 

 hurt the trees very much. In 1828 the borer got 

 into twenty or thirty trees, which cost me thirlv 

 ininntes' time. .Affer putting in the rainphnr, no 

 borings ruiiM! out, and I have had no tree bored 



AMERICAN IIE.MP. 

 The citizens of this city had the satisfactio 

 yesterday (12th) of witnessing the exhibition In 

 fore our State House, of se\eral loads of America 

 Hemp, grown and fitted by the Northampton Hem 

 Company. We are happy to learn from iiiiell " 

 gent gentlemen from that section of the Coimnoi 

 wealth, that these huge piles " were but the eari 

 est of the quantity which is to follow, and thif 

 this company have now in preparation for mark* ' 

 m)re than 130 tons of hemp grown the past set ' 

 son." This quantity at $200 per ton, which is lu ' 

 more than an average price for this article of 

 good quality, will amount to the very comfurtabi 

 sum of .^26,000. One fact more — we arc inforn 

 ed that this quantity of hemp is the product t 

 about fourhumlred acres of land— yielding on ih 

 average about sixlyjive dollars to the acre ; and th 

 too when the season was known to have been ej 

 tremely unfavorable for this crop. How crcditi 

 hie is this enterprise to the individuals engaged,! 

 our state and to our country. It is also'"a profi 

 able bu.siness to growers and to those who prepar 

 the licnip for market. Let no one envy th 

 originators or promoters of this new and lucrativ 

 branch of agriculture, but let him " go and d 

 likewise." The growers of wool have met \\,i 

 lo.ss and discomfiture from every quarter ; olmo, 

 every other agricultural product is depressed i 

 the market. AVill not the growth of this crop al 

 ford the desired relief.' Had any one prcdicteil 

 year ago " what our eyes have .seen and ear 

 heard" from unquosiionable sources it would hay. 

 been viewed only us the idle s(«ciilation an. 

 " trifles light as nir." It is with heartfelt salio 

 faction that we contem|.late the wealth which iiiai 

 accrue to the citizens of this Coinmonwoalih froii 

 this laudable spirit of enterprise ; and will no 

 every section of it seek a participation in thii 

 golilcn harvest .' We wish no one to enter intt 

 the business without a thorough examination an,: 

 cakmliition as to product, profit, &-o. but to ns i 

 seems jiist the thing for our fiirnu'rs in these hnr. 

 tiii:cs. 



Oj-Spcrimcn. of the above American Hemp, aim ol 

 Ccnlagc manuraclurcd from the same, have been Irft ai 

 the .Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52. North Market »trr,-i, 

 for inblic iiisprclion. Farmers, members of the Leginla' 

 ture, and the public pcncrally. are invited to call anM rx- 

 amhe il. 



