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Editmnal JVotices. 



Vol. IX. 



The Fruits and Fruit Trees op America: or the 

 Culture, Prnpagation ami Management in the Garden 

 and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally; with descrip- 

 tions of all the finest varieties of Fruit, native and for- 

 eign, cultivated in this country. By A. J. Dovaning. 



Our author is already well known by his beautiful 

 works on Lanpscape Gardening, and Cottage Resi- 

 dences: and this which has recently issued from the 

 press of Wiley 8c Putnam, will add to his reputation as 

 a man of skill and sound judgment, entirely disposed 

 to be useful to the community. Every farmer and gar- 

 dener should have this hook. We heartily wish it 

 could be more strongly impressed upon the minds of 

 our readers, that there is not proper attention paid to 

 the propagation of good fruit, that most charming of 

 lu.xtiries on a farm. It has been said that he who 

 plants a tree, does something for posterity: and cer- 

 tainly he who leaves behind him a good fruit tree, 

 leaves somethins to increase the enjoyments of those 

 who come after him. "He who owns a rood of proper 

 land in this country, and in the face of all the pomo- 

 na! riches of tlie day, only raises crabs and choke 

 pears, deserves to lose the respect of sensible men." 

 The tirst object of tliis work is to increase the taste 

 for the planting and cultivation of fruit trees. The 

 second is to furnish a manual for those, who, already 

 more or less informed upon the subject, desire some 

 work of reference to guide them in the operations of 

 culture, and in the selection of varieties. Apples, 

 Pears, Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Grapes, and all our 

 fruits common to the orchard or the garden, are treated 

 of, and illustrated by a great number of engravings. 

 The chapter on Grapes, spread over about forty pages, 

 will be found particularly interesting and valuable to 

 to many We shall always have the work for sale, as 

 will also J. W. Moore, Chesnut street. Price 31 75. 



Since our last number was issued, the new Post-office 

 law has gone into operation. We can no longer avail 

 ourselves of the Post-master's frank in the remitting 

 of money. The postaire, however, is much reduced: 

 and subscribers will please continue to forward by 

 mail, all sums which may be due from them. We 

 would like them to pay the postage— this would be no 

 more than fair— the amount is trifling to each indivi- 

 dual, while the aegresate, from tlie large number of 

 letters ueceived, would be a pretty round sum to us. 

 Let them however, remit the money— if they do not 

 pay the postage, we know a person who will. 



The Editor gladly avails himself of this opportunity 

 to acknowledge to the Postmasters throughout the 

 country, his obligations for their continued and uni- 

 form kindness. He has no knowledge of a single ex- 

 ception to this kindness, and he trusts it is properly 

 appreciated. 



A. B. Allen, of the Agriculturist has published his 

 Almanac for 1846. It is adapted to the meridian of 

 the middle States, and contains a good deal of agricul- 

 tural information, in addition to the usual matters of 

 such an annual. 



A WRITER in the Mark Lane E.xpress, recommends 

 sugar as an excellent and cheap manure for turnips ! 



Wheat is principally gathered in our neighbourhood. 

 We have been told of some fields in Gloucester county, 

 N. J., that were exceedingly smutty. Several persons 

 from different neighbourhoods on this side the river, 

 have called to say that the frost on the morning of the 

 1st ult., seriously injured the wheat in spots in many 

 fields. The blossom was killed— the head turned white, 

 and would of course yield nothing. We have no re- 

 collection of such a circumstance occurring before in 

 this vicinity. With these exceptions, the average crop 

 is a fair one. We hear very little indeed, of either 

 rust or fly. The drought shortened the crop of grass- 

 many think, 50 per cent. 



Our friend Sands, appears this month with his Ame- 

 rican Farmer in a new dress. What is new, is not al- 

 ways an improvement. In this case, however, we 

 think it is decidedly so. 



A COMMUNICATION was received here in the spring 

 from a correspondent in Surry co.. North Carolina, 

 enclosing a few brown beans perforated by bugs; and 

 stating that their ravages threatened seriously to in- 

 terfere with the crops of that article. We have made 

 considerable inquiry among our scientific friends, and 

 are unable to gain any definite information about this 

 insect. We may just state, that the bug very closely 

 resembles our pea-bug in shape, colour, &c., but seems 

 to be a trifle larger. The beans sent had mostly two 

 and even three insects in each. If this notice should 

 meet the eye of any one who can give us information 

 of the habits, &c., of this apparently new comer, or 

 suggest any mode of culture which would prevent 

 their thus attacking the fruit, we would feel much 

 obliged by receiving an article on the subject. We 

 know that the bug in the pea docs not prevent it from 

 vegetating— but from the appearance of the beans for- 

 warded, we should very much apprehend the germ was 

 destroyed. We are not aware of beans in this section 

 of the country having been thus attacked. Peas are 

 rarely seen in the spring without either a bug occupy- 

 ing them, or the hole whence he has escaped, but no 

 injury seems done. 



Since the above paragraph was written, we have 

 received a letter from Hunts store, in North Carolina, 

 which says that " by mixing salt with the garden beans 

 as soon as they are dry enough to put away, the worms 

 are effectually prevented from destroying them." 



BOMMERS MANURE METHOD. 



Interesting communication from Mr. Bommer, relative 



to his well known method for making manure. 



TO THE AGRICULTURAL PUBLIC. 



Price of the Method greatly reduced. — Until 

 now I have maintained the prices fixed upon by myself 

 and Abbott & Co. ; prices which varied from six to 

 twenty-five dollars, according to the size of the farms , 

 and this I was obliged to do, because in accordance 

 with our agreement, I was not at liberty to alter them. 

 It was principally to gain this end that I bought out 

 Messrs. Abbott & Co. 



To render my work really popular, I have fixed its 

 price so low, that each member of the whole agricul- 

 tural community can purchase it. Henceforth it will 

 be sold at the uniform price of $5 for every farm in 

 the Union— that is, 



