Vol. VIII.— Nn. 35. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Samuel O. Mead — Jfest Cambridge. 



J. L. MoFFATT — Boston. 



Wm. Stone — South Boston. 



Jonathan Warren, Jr. — Weston. 



Benjamin Guild — Boston. 



Nathaniel Storrs. " 



Dudley Hall — Medford. 

 fJoHN King. " 



Charles H. Prescott — ConiwaUis, 

 cotia. 



.Yova- 



275 



1116 



ijilj Voted, That the fee of Life Membership be re- 

 !io, jced to 1.5 dollars, iiickiding the annual subscrip- 

 on of the first year. 



Brighton, .March 5, 1830. 

 Dear Sir. — I send a small bundle of Scions 

 hich have been cut with care, and all from trees 

 lat have given fruit, except the Mela Carle Apple, 

 hich I believe lias not come into bearing in this 

 iJountry ; they are sent for distribution at the raeet- 

 ig to-morrow, and the following is a memoran- 

 n of the different kinds. 

 Johonnot Pear, a seedling in the Garden of Mr 

 ohonnot, Salem. 

 Seckel, well known in this neighborhood. 

 Sylvanclie, of Mr Kuight — or Sylvange, as call- 

 d by Mr Lowell. 

 Pomme neige faincuse — a very fine fall Apple, 

 jirized in tlie market. 



Pumpkin Sweeting, a very fine baking apple. 

 Golden Pippin. 



Mela Carle Apple from Jlr Knight. 

 „ Nonpareil — the genuine English Nonpareil. 

 I am indebted to Mr Lowell for the opportunity 

 f sending scions of the Sylvange and Mela Carle, 

 :!nt out by Mr Knight ; he sent some of each 

 ind when he first received them, and I am well 

 ware that to distribute scions as often as the 

 rowth will permit cutting thetn, is meeting the 

 lews and wishes of Mr Lowell. 



Resjrectfully your obedient servant, 



GOKHAM PARSONS. 

 H. A. S. Dearborn, Pres. ) 

 Mass. Hort. Society). ^ 



7a. Cook, Jr, Esq. — Herewith is a drawing of 

 le seedling Pear, which passes by my name, 

 be seed of which was sown by me in the Spring 

 f 1808. On the 23d of Sept. 1823, 1 gathered nine 

 ears, its first fruit ; on the 17th Sept. 1824, about 



peek was gathered ; on the 5th, about a peck, 

 have named these different periods of its ripening 

 s a guide to others when to pluck it. Its color 

 3 well defined in the drawing. Its stalk is much 

 horter and thicker than is common to Pears. It 

 as a small {jrotuberance in the fruit near the foot 

 f the stalk, resembling that on the Pearmain Ap- 

 ile, and its skin is nearly as thin as the Peach, 

 'lease to present the drawing to the Horticultu- 

 al Society, and make such farther use of the 

 lescription as you see fit. 



I also send you cuttings of the seedling, which 

 have named the Cluster Pear, which I mentioned 

 o you when I had last the pleasure of seeing you 

 n Boston, as a great bearer and a good market 

 'ear. My own experience in grafting is entirely 

 )pposed to these early cuttings. I much prefer that 

 lot more than a week should elapse between the 

 irae of takijig off the cuttings and their being 

 jrafted, and "I have been full as successful in 

 ising them the day they were cut, as at any other 

 leriod ; if, therefore you wish for cuttings at a 

 aler period I will comply with your request, when 



made known to me. I had forgot to men- 

 tion that the first Pear above mentioned is 

 melting, very juicy, and somewhat resembles the 

 Secklc in flavor. I have seen Mr Manning, who 

 tells me there is a fruit on Catalogues, designated 

 the Cluster Pear, therefore advises that the name of 

 mine shoidd be altered. I would propose that it be 

 called either the Salem or .Vaumktag Pear, in- 

 stead of the Cluster. Any name however that you 

 please to give it will be acceptable to 

 Yours very Respectfully, 

 Salem, March' 1. GEO. S. JOHONNOT. 



the 



The following scions were distribute 

 above meeting : — 



From Madame Dix, Boston, scions of the Dix 

 Pear. - 



From Mr Lewis, Roxhury, scions of the Lewis 

 Pear. 



From Mr Cusliing, Hingham, scions of the 

 Gushing Pear. 



From E. Bartlett, Esq. Roxbury, scions of the 

 Bartlett Pear. 



From John Abbot, Esq. Porthuid, scions of the 

 Fulton Pear, and the Haley Aj^ple. 



From George J. Johonnot, Esq. Salem, scions 

 of the Johonnot Pear. 



Do. Salem Pear — botii sesdlisigs, raised by Mr 

 Johonnot. 



From Mr Richards, Dedham, several varieties 

 of Pear scions, and likewise of Apples. Also, 

 fine Ambrette Pears in good eating ; and the Pom- 

 me D'Api or Lady Ajiple, in fine eating order. 

 From G. Parsons, Esq. Brighton, several 

 varieties of Pear scions and Apple do. 



From R. Manning, Esq. Salem, 38 varieties of 

 Pear scions; 14 do Apple do; 9 varieties oC 

 Plum do ; 3 varieties Cherry do. 



From S. Downer, Dorchester, received from 

 Mr E. W. Bull, Hartford, 1 box very handsome 

 Apples, large and fair color, on one side bright red 

 and striped, the other light yellow, flesh white, 

 very tender, and very full of pleasant, spright- 

 ly juice — a fine eating Apple — they are called 

 the ' Winter seek no fiirther' (a few scions of 

 the above fruit would be acceptable to the 

 Society.) 



From Z. Cook, Jr, Esq. Dorchester, rne basket 

 Isabella Grapes, in a good state of preservation 

 and pleasant tasting. 



From Perriii May, Esq. Boston, Winter Water 

 Melon Seeds from Smvrna. 



months since. Please correct this ])oint. Trees 

 from the scions received from E. Sinalhveod, Esq., 

 Gen. Forman, J. K. Guernsey, Esq., and others^ 

 are now offered to the public "in my Supplementa- 

 ry Catalogue.-just ])ublished, and are one year old 

 from the graft. 



Very respectfully 

 Linncean B(;lanic i W. PRINCE. 



Garden, March 10, 1830. \ 



FOR THK NEW 



:;land farmer. 



Dpscriplion of two kinds of native apples recently introduced 



into the cnlleclion of Mr Prince, of the Lin. Bot. Garden, 



and which were received from Rhode Island. 



Pian siveeting, a yellow apple with red spots. 



like the Talman sweeting, but is more juicy than 



that variet}', it is one of the very best sweet apples, 



and ripens in September. 



JVood'sfavorite, an early apple of a yellow co- 

 lor with red stripes, it is crisp, high flavored, and 

 spicy with a pleasant acidity, and ripens in Au- 

 gust. 



CORRECTION. 

 In perusing your paper^f the 5th inst., I per- 

 ceive either you or my copyist made an error 

 in the date of the letter from Mr Smallwood 

 tome. It should have been 1828 not 1829, for 

 the trees could not have grown since the latter 

 period. I noticed a similar inadvertence in an ex- 

 tract of a letter to ine which you published some 



.4 JVew Method of Charring Wood. — The last 

 number of Silliman's Journal contains a descrip- 

 tion of a new method of charring wood, or 

 as it is termed burning charcoal, discovered by a 

 Mr Doolittle of Verujont. The attention of Mr 

 Doolittle was attracted to the subject by observing 

 the wasteful, .slovenly and laborious "manner in 

 which coal has hitherto been made in this coun- 

 try. An examination of a charring kiln at the 

 works of the West Point Foundry Association, 

 suggested to him, that a kiln built above ground, 

 with vents that could be come at with readiness, 

 and arching the top over with an iron cap in the 

 form of a dome, leaving one or- more openings in 

 the side for the admission of wood and the extrac- 

 tion tV coals, uonld improve the <iuality of coals, 

 accomplish an immense saving of labor in the use 

 of kilns, and produce great economy in wood. 

 An experiment realized his most sanguine ex- 

 |)ectalions. He obtained fiftyfive or sixty bush- 

 els to the cord, and of a quality far superior to 

 coals made in the ordinary way. Thirtyfive 

 bushels, or thereabouts, to the cord, is generally 

 considered by colliers as a fair yield. 



PROFITABLE DAIRIES. 



Messrs. Goodwins — Having seen in some of 

 the Newspapers an account of the a vails of Cows, 

 kept by a gentleman in Massachusetts, to be 25 

 dollars a year each, the Widow Draper, of 

 Wethersfield, Connecticut, determined to keep an 

 account of the avails of her three Cows for one 

 year, ending March 15, 1830. The following is 

 the result. 



Four Calves sold, 1 for $5 00 

 1 " 4 00 

 1 " 2 50 

 1 " 6 00 



Milk sold, 300 Quarts, at 4 cents, is 



Butter made, 502 lbs. at Is. per lb. 



Milk and Cream used in the family, (a 



boarding house) estimated at five quarts, 



or twenty cents a day. 



This, besides the skimraetland butter-milk, 

 for the growth of |)igs, worth at least 



$190 00 

 The expense of keeping tlie cows is about 30 



dollars a year each, certainly not exceeding that 



sum, making a profit of .$100 for one year. 

 The cows cost the following prices : — one $20 : 



one .$25 ; one 25. Total $70. 



The above facts are well authenticated. — Conn. 



Cour. 



The business of making Tacks is carried oa 

 very extensively at Abbington, Mass. Nearly 100 

 persons are constantly employed at it. Some of 

 the tacks are so small and perfect that 1000 only 

 weigh one ounce. 



