330 



NEW ENGLAND 1 \KMri?. 



M(iy 7, 1 «;30. 



ter. nil your ))i^ styes unil barn ynrds wiili lit- come, for tlie dostructiou ol" i>aiil liliglilcJ straw, 

 tcr, or mud, or louni drawn from tlie bides of llie I fcur llinl the prospect of raising barley will be- 

 rouds, or wlierever it can bo taken wiiliout injury come desperate ; tbose insects will become so nu- , 

 to llic farm. Confnie yuur cattle as niucli as pes- nicrous as to do for barley wliut the Hessian fly 

 8ible, when at liome to your barn yard ; and never lias done for wheat in somo parts of the couii- 

 sufl'er them to be in the roads ; or to waste their try. J. AI. G. 



manure ut their watering places. In the morn- H'edlon, .Ipril 20, 1830. | 



ing throw the drojipings of every night into n , 

 lieap and cover it with u light coat of soil. It is 

 H bi-tlcr plan to house your cattle every night as ^ 

 n\uch in .summer as in winter, uidess the weather 

 Li extremely hot. 



Ma KussELi.- 



AMERICAN BLIGHT. 



QtERY. I 



-I wi.-h lo inquirn of you, or 

 In general, if the barn is well | through you, of your correspondents, if you or* 

 ventilated they will be as comfortable in doors as they can inform nie whether the ' American 

 out, ami ill this way your manure will be greatly blight,' as it is called, has ever been no'iced in this 

 increased. Take care of the contents of your country. I frequently see it mentioned in English ' 

 privy, and save the refuse of your sink by throw- publications, ami it would seem to be very com- 

 ing it upon a compost heap, or making the de|>osit mon and very destructive in that country. I have >. 

 where it can be easily removed. The privy and not .seen it ; nor have any of my acquaintance,! 

 sink on many farms are most offensive places and whom I have interrogated upon the subject been ' 

 are sometimes so silu:ited that they compel one to able to give nie ony information. I am particu-j 

 think that their owners have scarcely made an ap- ', larly induced nov/ to ask this question from hav- , 

 proacli to a state of civilization. We should copy • ing observed in a late N. E. Farmer an extract from 

 the e.xtrenie carefulness in this respect of the Chi- an English work, recently published, giving an i 

 ncse and the Flemish farmers, who suirer nothing :accour]t of this insect, or disease ; from which it 

 to be lost. A gooil farmer should look upon ma- 1 would appear that the ' American blight' is prin- 1 

 nure of every descri|)tion as money, which he may cipally, or only generated in wet and cold seasons l 



place ot once at compound interest,anil the payment 

 of which is sure. There is no provision of nature 

 which is adapted more to strike the reflecting mind 

 with grateful astonishment, than that by which the 

 most offensive fubstances, instead of remainii^g to 

 pollute the air, ami destroy the health and comfort 

 of man, are converted into the means of fertilizing 

 the e.trth, ami return to bless him in all the forms 

 of beauty and utility, in flowers and fruits, and the 

 more substantial products of esculent vegetables 

 and grain. Manures decidedly improve each other 

 by being mixed in compost, rather than aptilied 

 singly. For almost all crops they are of much 

 gre.iter value applied green than kept over the 

 year; and where a farmer cannot form a cellar 

 under his stables, lie will flnil )iis account in erect- 

 ing a .cheap aud rough shed over his manure 

 heap to preserve it from the wind, and sun, and 

 drenching rains.' 



' If, however, the farmer think he cannot afford 

 even a cheap rough shed to protect his manure 

 heap, ho may at least cover it with some kind of 

 earth, the richer the better,or with turfsor sods,lhe 

 grassy side turned down. Coverings of that kind 

 ithould be applied at least, as often as twice a week, 

 to summer made manure, lint ' simple earth, 

 although excellent for bottoming and strewing 

 over the pit, dug near the barn, is of all materials 

 the most unprofitable in dung hills. A matted 

 sward, thickly entangled with roots, or mud ilrag- 

 ged from the bottom of bogs or ditches, and re- 

 plete with aquatic plants, are clearly preferable on 

 this account, that, besides bringing earth to the 

 composition they supply a largo proportion of veg- 

 etable matter.' 



KLIGHTIN BARLEY. 



Since the article on barley was written I have 

 visited some fields, in the neighborhood which were 

 sown with barley last year, and among the dccay- 

 cil stubble, I have found pieces of diseased straw 

 which Wen; thickly stocked with worms; the dis- 

 ra'icd straw, as before noiici;d, is hard and brittle ; 

 it kcojis sound and lianl in the liidil while the 

 cth.-r Hiubble rots iiiid decays, and thus affords to 

 the W'lrms n safe retreat for the winter. If a gen- 

 rnil attention is no: paid by furmers in years to 



and that when they are blessed with an unusual 

 degree of sunshine, the blight is not observed. 

 From these circumstances I am led to believe that 

 this must be a misnomer. 



We have insect enemies enough of our own, 

 (generated by our own sun) preying upon nnd de- 

 stroying vegetable life, and which require already 

 a sufficient portion of our time and attention; — and 

 we have perhaps enough to answer for in the uii- 

 welcoino emigration which we have imdoMbt- 

 edly sent to their shores, not to have the number 

 thus gratuitously increased by the addition of an 

 intolerable |iest, o stranger to our climate, as I be- 

 lieve, — and which, apparently, could not bear the 

 strong light of our clear summer skies, and to 

 which the vivid rays of our bright sun must prove 

 destructive. A Subscriber. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



At the Hall of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society on Saturday, 17th ult. was presented by 



William Pratt, Jr. a specimen of Keens' 

 Seedling Strawberry ; this is the first sample of 

 this very valuable variety that has been sent for 

 inspection, ami we are inclined to think tlio first 

 raised in the United States : its size was large, fla- 

 vor very fine, resembling the pine apple in laste 

 and perfume, pulp medium, hard, and quite melt- 

 ing. As this variety will he one of our greatest fa- 

 voriti!S, and a lea<ling Strawberry to cultivate both 

 in private and market gardens, we would recom- 

 mend copying the whole history and description 

 from the London Pomological Magazine for the 

 information of the public. 



THE KEKNS' SEKIIMNG STRAWBERRY. 

 K«ens' Seedling. //or/. Trans, vol. v. p. 260. 



/. 12. Fruit Cat. no. CI. 

 Keens' \ew Pino, 



soiiK C'ultections. 



the rapid dispersion of many thousand plants 

 throughout the country, either by jiublic or pri 

 vate channels, have carried the fame of Keens' 

 Seedling to the remotest corners of Grca. Britain 

 — ami itH peculiar excellence has enabled it to 

 inaiijtain the btalion in public opinion which it sO 

 acquired. 



Its great merits are, that it is very large, very 

 good, and very prolific. h forces better than 

 any other, carries extremely well, and bears its 

 fruit high enough above the earth to keep it free 

 from the soil. No Strawberry has the same vig- 

 orous appearance os this. Its deep green broail 

 leaves and stout flowerscapes, attest a healtliine>s 

 of consiitutiun which is scarcely equalled by any 

 of its class, except the Old Pine; and if Keens' 

 Seedling be inferior to that in flavor, it is much 

 more than equal lo it in size aud productive- 

 ness. 



It was raised from tlie seed of Keens' Impe- 

 rial, by Mr .Michael Keens, a market gardener ut 

 Isle worth. 



The following is the account given of it in the 

 Horticultural Transactions : — 



' A most excellent bearer, ripening early, soon 

 after the Scarlets, and before any other of the 

 Pines. The Fruit is very large, round or ovate, 

 some of the largest assuming a cock's-comb shape 

 — wlien ripe, of a very dark purplish scarlet 

 next the suii, the other side |ialer, slightly hairy. 

 Seeds (grains) a little embedded in the polished 

 surface of the fruit, which has usually a furrow a 

 the apex. The FlesIi is firm, Folid, scarlet, with- 

 mit any sejiarable core, tolirrahly liigh flavored. 

 The Calvx is of moderate size, hairy, incurved. 

 The FooTST.\LKs of the leaves are tall, slightly 

 hairy. The Leaflets very large, joundish, for 

 the fnost part flat, reclined, of a very smooth, shin- 

 ing dark green, with coarse serratiircs, which 

 arc large and rounded. The Ru.nners are small, 

 numerous, greenish yellow, ami slightly hairy. 

 The Scapes are of moderate length, sometimes 

 very short, branched, with short, weak, clustered 

 peduncles, middle-sized, opening early.' 



notice. 

 Members of the Society, ond others, are invited 

 to examine the flowers and fruits. (It would also 

 be very acceptable to the Society lo receive from 

 any person, liandsmne flowers and rare fruits, for 

 exhibition.) They will be disposed of at auction, 

 at half past 12 o'clock, every Saturday, for the 

 benefit of the Societv. 



iveens i^cw I'lno, \ 

 Keens' iihick Pine, > oft 

 Murphy's Child, ) 



Perhaps no new fruit lias enjoyed so great n 

 ilegree of celebrity, upon its first appearance, as 

 that which is now represented; aiul it nmv with. 

 out improprifty In- added, ihat liw have had great- 

 er claim to reputation. The pulilication of a fig- 

 lire in the Transactions of the Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, the exhibition of fruit at their inectings, and 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SO 

 CIETY. 



The Standing Commilteo of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, on Iht ciUlure and products oj 

 the kitchtn garden, consisting of Jacoh Tidd, 

 Aaron D. Williams, and Joii.>( B. Russell, 

 have attended to that duty, and siibmil the fol 

 lowing list of premiums. None but members of 

 ■ he Sociely are entitled to th>-se premiums. 

 .\srARA(:i's, 50 in a bunch, earliest and best 



in open ground fl 00< 



Cdci'MBEhs, best pair, on or before the -Jth 



of July, in open ground, 

 Cadbaues, early, the best -i head.s 

 Carrots, twelve roots, of the earliest and 



best, 

 Rekts, twlve roots of the earliest and best, 



by -ith of July, 

 Potatoes, i:ARLT,one iicck,lhe best, by 4lh 



of July, 



1 00 

 1 00 

 1 00 



