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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



"No. K Hardenpont tie Friiitoros* — A 

 Inrce pale green pear with rather a rough skin. 

 It ripens here (in England) in the end otAprii or 

 beginning of May — and its t^.esh at that period 

 nearly resembles that of the Brown Bcurrre in 

 Autumn. It is a very productive variely, and 

 in your climate will 1 believe prove the roost 

 valuable variety of all. 



" No. 11. Gilliflower apple — Grafts or.hj sent 

 — Form angular, flesh pcrfuroed and remarkably 

 yellow. It is in perfection in icinlcr and spring. 

 It would afford in a warmer climate a most ex- 

 cellent cider. 



"No. 12. Sweeney Nonpareil Apfile — Avery 

 large variety of the Nonpareil, very excellent 

 ripened on a south wall, or in a very warm 

 season, and good situation, but too late for our 

 climate. I believe it would suit yours. It is en- 

 tirely new. 

 "No. 13. Black Eagle Cherry. 

 " No. 14. Elton Cherry. 

 "No. 15. Waterloo Cherry. 

 All these cherries are new varieties produced 

 by Mr. Knight — they have been described in 

 the horticultural transactions and colored plates 

 of them given — they have all of them valuable 

 properties. 



It should be recollected, that Mr. Knight often 

 fails in his numerous experiments, nrul it is only 

 the excellent new variations which he presents 

 to the public. 



"No. It). Downton Cherry — It is a white or 

 pale red cherry with white flesh, and it is be- 

 lieved will prove an excellent variely. 



No. 17. Cooes Golden drop plum — .\ fine 

 variety from the original stock. 



No. 18. A very large new plum of a green 

 color, which promises well. 



Mr. Knight added also two hundred Downton 

 Strawberry plants ; a new variety, but they per- 

 ished in the passage. 



The trees were admirably packed, and al- 

 though they started more than could have heen 

 desired on the passage, yet there is no doubt we 

 shall save every variely except perhaps one or 

 two of the cherries — but had they all perished, 

 our feelings towards Mr. Knight would not have 

 been affected. His good intentions — his kind- 

 ness towi'.rds our country, his philanthropy, 

 would not have been the less. Unsolicited 

 lias be.'^towed upon us, what is of no small value, 

 independent of the excellent intention. One 

 new, and excellent variety of iVuit is a great 

 gain. How have the St. Germain and St. Mich- 

 aels Pear contributed to the pleasures of our ta- 

 bles ? Who would not be pleased lo have ten 

 iiexa and excellent varieties of pears, in the prime 

 of youth, to supply the place of those, which 

 we must soon lose ? We trust we shall (ind 

 some apologists I'or the zeal with which liiis ar- 

 ticle is written. There is somelliing so kind, in 

 this intercommunication between cultivators of 

 dilTerent countries ; it seems lo be such a for- 

 getti:ig of the old circumstances of separation, 

 that one cannot but be pleased with it. 



* So named 1 have observed from Wonsr. Ilarctcnpnnt 

 of .Vlons in Urabant, who raised it as a seedling. It is 

 cherishoil by the French Gardeners Betnre Ranee, but 

 the English cultivatoii give credit to ils creator, or r-ii- 

 ser.— Cuy. .•Su. 



To the Editor of the Xtir Kn'^lnnil Farmer. 

 Sir., — In your [>ap(>r of the 4lh inst. you have 



the subject of l,ightning Hods, in whicn it is 

 stated, " The whole expense of one rod, for a 

 two story building, including the silvering the 

 points, will not exceed ^•W-" I would inform 

 the public, and especially my brother I'armers, 

 that 1 have lately erected a lightning rod on 

 my house, which is two stories high, and the 

 whole cost was as follows, viz. 



raid for 65 lbs. rod at 8 cents, ."i 20 



u " silvering; four points, 1 ^3 



" " putting up rod, 1 25 



Yours, &,c. 

 Oct. 10, 1C23. 



BROOKLINE. 



TO THF. KDITOR OF THE KEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Franhfort, {Me.) Oct. 6, 1823. 

 Sir, 

 I notice that you are writing on the " Slaver- 

 ing of Horses."' It has been a dry season here, 

 and we have had no slavering among the horses. 

 If horses here were aftlicted with it, I would put 

 two into a stable, and keep them there until 

 they became both dry and hungry. I would 

 then let one drink all the water he would, and 

 turn both into luxuriant feed, where there was 

 no water. I think they would not slaver in the 

 same proportion. It is my opinion that the sla- 

 ver is no more than the running off from the 

 stomach of redundant water, where horses feed 

 on very succulent grass. Let a horse, if he sla- 

 vers, eat dry hay, if he will, and not drink. 1 

 presume it 'will stop the slavers, by taking up 

 the redundant water. 



1 am, Sir, yours, very respectfully, 



Abciiibald Jones. 



horse was perfectly free from ptyalism, [sk ,, 

 ers] a considerable quantity of clover carefm j 

 gathered without the Euphorbia was given} „ 

 him, and uo such effect wa« produced." 

 likewise appears by the same statement ths^ 

 small quantity of clover or any other grass, jj j 

 en with Enphorbia, invariably produced slavi 

 Now if the plant, mentioned by Mr. Pe^i 

 would salivate a man, it would probably n 

 duce a similar effect on a horse ; and if a 4 

 siderahle quantity of clover without Eiiphcn 

 would not produce salivation, but a " small q 

 tity" zjith Euphorbia never failed to produce 

 complaint, we have good reason for belie 

 that Euphorbia was the cause of the misc 

 Perhaps " succulent grass"' alone in great q\ 

 tity, may produce a running of water from 

 stomach of a horse, but if so, it does not pri 

 that the slavers is nothing more than such fl 

 of water. Warm water taken by a human 8i 

 ject, in sufljcient quantity will be rejectee 

 the stomach, yet we do not consider water ti 

 an emetic. Besides, we have seen horses afl 

 ed with slavers in a dry season and in short • 

 tures. We are not, however, positive that 

 are right or tenacious of our opinion. T^ 

 is our only object, and we should ever he ml 

 obliged to Mr. Jones or any other gentlen* 

 who may suppose us lo be in an error, for! 

 attempt to point out our mistakes, and anyi 

 hibition of the reasons on which his dissei 

 I'uunded 



NEW ENGLAND FARM] 



REMARKS EV THE EDITOR. 



We are under great obligations to BIr. Jones 

 for the above communication, but do not per- 

 fectly coincide with him in the opinion that 

 " the slaver is nothing more than the running off 

 from the stomach of redundant water, when 

 horses are fed with succulent grass." Although 



that cause may, perhaps, occasionally produce | dress was omitted, for the reasons assigned by thi 

 running of water at the mouth, we are conh-j ident, Mr. Lowull, who introduced the proceedii 

 succtilcnt grass" is not the only, nor 



S.iTURDAY, OCTOBER 18, lSi23. 



BRIGHTON FAIR, &c. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Society's Aj 



Cattle Show and Exhibition of Manufao 



at Brighton on the 15th and IGth inst. 



The Show was, on the whole, as good, and inl 



respects, better than any preceding one. As to| 



and bull calves, it was decidedly superior, and 



tides o( snbslanliat, and fancij home made manufA 



t was far before any former exhibition. The us 



dent that 



the common cause of the slavers. 



is founded on the following facts : — 



Mr. Peters, a very respectable practical far- 

 mer, of Westborough, Mass. in his communica- 

 tion, publislicd p. 53, of the 2d vol. of the 

 New England Farmer, expressly attributes the 

 slavers to " a kind of grass of second growth, 

 making its appearance the fore part of July, 

 much resembling oats." He likewise says, this 

 grass, " when chewed, causes a flow of water 

 iin the mouth more than any other vegetable 

 that I have ever seen." And it appears from 

 Mr. Peters' statement that the disorder was not 

 known on his farm or in his neighborhood, 20 

 or 25 years ago, hrfurc that kind of grass, to 

 iMck he attributes the slavers, had made its appear- 

 ance. 



Dr. Abraham Perlee, of Wilmington, Dela- 

 ware, produces what appears to us conclusive 

 evidence, that a certain plant which is called 

 Spurge (Euphorbia Maculata) will cause this dis- 

 order. His testimony is giveii, p. 70, of the 2d 

 vol. nf the New England Farmer, and we shall 



the day, upon his first takiog the chair, with thel 

 Our opinion I lowing remarks :— 



" In first entering upon she piihlic performance of; 

 duties of this arduous and highly responsible olE 

 which has been successively held by Russell, Stroi 

 Adams, Dexter, and my lamented Parent, it wouUi 

 indeed, strange, if I did not feel more than ord 

 aiotion, and a deep sense of my own inferiority 

 predecessors. The only assurance I can give to tl 

 merous members of this ancient and important si 

 is, that I shall endeavor by zeal and 'activity il 

 degree to supply my deficiencies in knowled; 

 ability. 



" The address upon some agricnltural topic 

 has been for several years past delivered on this 

 sion having been found to interfere with the col 

 ly increasing duties and labors of the trustees, 

 the respectable citizens, who have liberally affoi 

 then- aid in the distribution of our premiums, th 

 tees have deemed it expedient to omit it for the pi 

 There is indeed less occasion for them now than 

 early periods of this annual exhibition. Count; 

 tics have sprung up in almost all parts of the stal 



copied an article Irom the Boston Kecordci^ on ''epe^t but one short sentence. " Wbea the men of talents and learning, in every quarter 



