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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AUGtJST 86, 183£. 



S^SW S3?<i3^<a^S> 2?^3ESES§ 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2G. 1835. 



Soils of a sandy or gravelly nature are proper for rye. 

 Lands which arc too rich or too poor for wheat are well 

 appropriated to this crop, which will endure either ex- 

 treme of barrenness or fertility withoutbeing starved and 

 shrivelled in the one case or mildewed and blasted in 

 the other better than wheat. 



In the Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture, vol.1, 

 page 82, it is said " Rye should be sowed the last week 

 in August, or the first week in September, at the rate of 

 about thirty six quarts per acre ; some say forty eight 

 quarts. But if not sowed at that time, it ought to be 

 delayed until late in November, so that it may not come 

 up until spring. A. Worlhington had a good crop, 

 which he sowed in a January snow storm. Rye raised 

 on upland makes much better flour than that which is 

 raised on low or damp lands." 



The quantity of seed to be sown to the acre should 

 vary according to the soil, the time of sowing, and the 

 purpose for which it is intended. Mr Adams Knight of 

 Newbury, Mass. received a premium of twenty dollars 

 from the Mass. Agr. Soc. for a crop of rye. In apply- 

 ing for this he states that the acre, which produced the 

 premium crop, amounting to the great quantity of forty 

 five bushels and five eighths of a bushel, was sowed in 

 the month of August with three pecks of seed only. 

 He does not tell us at what time in August the seed was 

 «own, but that " there is standing on said acre of land 

 seventy five apple-trees, from two to six inches through 

 at the root." 



In the first volume of communications to the British 

 Roardof Agriculture, page 341, in treating of the cul- 

 ture" of rye in Russia, it is observed that the produce 

 from boggy lands drained and sowed with rye is upwards 

 • if forty bushels to one sowed ; and they generally use a 

 much smaller quantity of seed in sowing such lands. A 

 )>roof that rye will bear very plentifully manuring may 

 he adduced from a case reported by Mr L' Hom- 

 niidieu of New York, who observed, in substance, that 

 a neighbor of his manured twenty square rods of poor, 

 gravelly, dry soil, with four thousand menhaden fish, and 

 sowed it with rye, at the rate of about one bushel to the 

 acre. In the spring it was twice successively eaten off, 

 close to the ground, by sheep breaking in, after it had 

 acquired a height of nine inches the first time, and six 

 inches the latter. These croppings only served to make 

 it "row thicker and stronger than before ; and when 

 harvested it produced sixteen bushels, or at the rate of 

 one hundred and twenty-eight bushels to the acre. 

 This account is given in Transactions of the JVew York 

 .ioricultural Society, part 111. p. 35 ; and though it may 

 iippear incredible,|Mr L' Homraidieu declared that it was 

 attested by many witnesses of good standing and reput- 

 ed for veracity. 



(From the Louiaiana Journal.) 

 SWEET POTATOES. 



We find by the New England Farmer of the 11th Feb- 

 ruary, that the people of that section of the Union are 

 turning their attention to the culture of the Sweet Pota- 

 to and that it will likely turn to advantage. If the 

 industrious farmers of New England will bed their seed 

 i)Otatoe3 about the beginning of March, they will have 

 the plants ready to set out early in May, and their crop 

 will be greatly increased. 



The mode of bedding is as follows: make the bed of 

 fresh stable manure, as ycu would a liot bed for forcing 

 other vegetables — on this bed lay your seed potatoes, 

 without cutting, about eight or ten inches apart, and cover 

 them with well rotted manure or compost, made very 

 fine, to the depth of six inches. The potato will soon 

 sprout and come up. When two or three inches high, 

 draw the sprouts, by running the finger down to the 

 potato, and breaking them oflT there. These sprouts 

 transplant in a hill, with a dibble, and if the earth is not 

 sufliciently wet, water the plants tvi;o or three times. A 

 gill of water to a plant will be sufficient for a watering, 

 and in five or six days the plants will have taken root. 

 Care must be taken to insert the [ilants as deep in the hill 

 as they were in the bed when drawn. 



This is a customary mode of planting in Louisiana, and 

 many planters prefer it to planting the potatoes them- 

 selves in the hill — alleging that, by bedding and planting 

 as above directed, they get larger potatoes, and a more 

 abundant crop. A bushel of potatoes bedded, will plant 

 five acres of ground. 



Any swe^t potato will succeed by bedding — but the 

 Red Bermuda and the Yam succeed best, and would, in 

 our opinion, suit New England better than any other kind. 

 Indeed, many southrons prefer the Tarn to every other 

 potato. 



In November next we will deliver to any merchant in 

 New Orlc-ins, three or four barrels of seed Yams, for the 

 Editor of the New England Farmer, if he will accept 

 the present, and direct the house to which they are to be 

 sent. 



By the Editor.— We are very much indebted to Messrs 

 Bradford & Nesmith, Editors and Publishers of the 

 Louisiana Journal, and .Agricultural Repository, for the 

 kind ofl'er above specified ; and will endeavor to merit 

 their favor by such distributions of their generous dona- 

 tion as will best ensure the propagation of the valuable 

 vegetables of which it is composed, among such farmers 

 and gardeners as we may have reason to hope will culti- 

 vate them to the best advantage, and cause them to be as 

 beneficial to the public as possible. 



The potatoes may be consigned to Messrs Dimmock 

 & La Frond, merchants in New Orleans, who are re- 

 quested to forward them, labelled to Thomas G. Fessen- 

 den,care of J. R. Newell, Agricultural Warehouse, 

 No. 52 North Market street, Boston. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICXJLTURAI, SOCIETY 



Saturday, August 22, 1S35. 



E.'SHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Pears— By Charles Bowen, of Newton, a variety of 

 the Early Bergamotte, middle sized, a fine fruit. By M. 

 P. Wilder, Early Catharine, fruit of middle size, of a 

 high musk flavor— one of the best old varieties of the 

 Catharine, and a great bearer. By William Stearns, of 

 Salem, varieties of pears without name. By B. V. French, 

 Bellissime d'Ete ; also a variety, called by some " English 

 Juneating," and a now kind, name lost. By Mr Man- 

 ning, of Salem, Skinless Pear (Sans Peau) ; also the 

 Fondanie d'Ete, so called, a very fine fruit, juice abun- 

 dant and sweet, but, as we believe, a bad bearer. 



Apples — By Mr Manning, American Red Juneating; 

 also Early Bough — the last very fine, productive, large 

 and sweet. By E. M. Richards, Early Bough. ByB.V. 

 French, Early Bough , Jericho, an oblong, white fruit, 

 middle sized and good ; White Astracan ; also Red As- 

 tracan, a very beautiful and excellent summer fruit. 

 There were also some fine Sopsavine apples and others, 

 from unknown sources. 



• Plums — By Mrs J. Domett, of Boston, Blue Orleans, 

 in appearance fine and beautiful. By Messrs Winship, 



Monsieur Plum, No. 49 — a fine fruit, the produce of one 

 of the trees presented by Messrs Wrn. Prince &. Sons to 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Other fruits 

 were presented by Messrs Wilder and Richards, which 

 have not been stated above ; they might include the sop- 

 savine. For the Committee, 



William Kenrick. 

 exhibition of flowers. 



The new kinds of Dahlias, and other flowers, showB 

 this day, were attractive, and caused expressions of ap- 

 probation and pleasure. 



M. P. Wilder. — Dahlias ; Widnall's Granta, Desdemo- 

 na. Countess di Ponza, Walter Boyd, Claiulius Ceesar, 

 Iris, Rosa Spuuiosa, Aggrippina, Lady Grey, Queen of 

 Whites, Queen of Sheba, Queen of Dahlias, Goldfinch, 

 Countess of Liverpool, Picta formos^issima, Widnall'i 

 Perfection, Barrett's Susannah, Barrett's William Fourth,* 

 Antonio, Maculatum, Lord John Russell, Le Brilliant, 

 Paragon of Perfection, Tlicodore, Lady Granvillo, Mot- 

 tled Purple, Inwood's Compacta, Pavonia, Commander 

 in Chief, Ramo Samo, Queen Bess, Roke's Dwarf Scar- 

 let, Dancer's Helen. 



S. Walker. — Dahlias; Wells' white, Dennisii, Para- 

 gon of Perfection, Jyso's Matilda, Theodore, and variety 

 of other flowers. 



Tastefully arranged bouquets, containing great varie- 

 ties of fine flowers from the following gentlemen : — Wm 

 Kenriek, Messrs Hovey and Thomas Mason ; with th» 

 beautiful Canna speciosa, Ipomea insignis, the curious 

 Stapelia, and the Gama Grass, from that veteran horti- 

 culturist, the Hon. John Lowell. The Gama Grass Mir 

 Lowell states is worthless with us. 

 For the Committee, 



JoNA. Winship, Ckairvum. 



[The following report of the Exhibition of Fruitx, 

 Aug. 35, came too late for insertion in our last.] 



Pears — From Mr Manning, Salem, Early Catherine, 

 or Rousselet Hatif — ranks with the finest of early pears, 

 for flavor, richness, and fruitfulness. From E. M. Ri- 

 chards, Dedham, and S. Walker, Roxbury, July, or Su- 

 gar Tup. From M. P. Wilder, Dorchester, Jargonelle. 

 From Charles Bowen, Newton, Skinless, or Poir san* 

 Peau, Beauty of Summer, or Bellisime d'Ete, and Fin 

 Or d'Ete, or Fine Gold of Summer. From S. A. Shurt- 

 leff, Boston, called the Queen Catherine. 



Apples — From E. M. Richards, Dedham, Red Junea. 

 ting. Early Shropshirevine and Early Striped. From S. 

 Philbrick, Brookline, Early Bough — a fine early sweet 

 apple. From E. Vose, Dorchester, Early Shropshire- 

 vine, Red Juneating arfd Williams Favorite. 



Cherries — From S. Walker, Dorchester, English 

 Morello. 



CuRRAKTS — From A. D. Williams, Roxbury, fine spe- 

 cimens of white and red. 



Plums — From George Domett, Boston, a fine epeciin«« 

 called the Blue Orleans. 



For the Committee, B. V. Frehcb. 



FANEUIL HALL VEGETABLE MARKET, 



WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25, 1835. 



Saba Beans 20 cts. per quart ; Shell Beans 8 cts. per 

 quart ; Cucumbers 8 cts. per doz. ; Sweet Corn 10 ct». 

 per dozen; Beets, 124 cts. per dozen; Onions, CarrotsC, 

 Turnips, G cts. per bunch ; Cabbages 4 cts. per head ^ 

 Squashes 124 per doz. White Onions $1,00 per bushel} 

 Musk Melons C to 25 cts. a piece ; Pears 50 cts. per 

 peck; Tomatoes 12J cts. per dozen; Crooked neck 

 Squashes 3 cts. per pound ; Peaches 37j cts. per dozen { 

 Squash Pepper 2 cts. per lb. Plums 37i cts. per peck. 



