VOL. XIV. NO. 14, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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niiicli resembling the Flusliiiii; Spitzeiihurg in n|)- 

 pearnnce, but stnte<l to be veiy superior to thiu 

 variety, wliicli is a liail bearer, this bears well ; 

 very large green apple, nuieh larger than theK. [. 

 greening; also Rani's Horn, a noble looking fruit, 

 of a deep red eolor, stained inside with crimson ; 

 its quality not quite equal to its beauty. By John 

 C. Magoun, Medford, sweet apples, evidently the 

 Seaver or Grafton winter sweet. By B. V. French, 

 various kinds. By S. A. Shurtleff, Whittemore 

 apple, raised by him from the sn-xl in West Cam- 

 bridge ; a fine oblong fruit, S|)rinkled with red. 

 By Mr Manning, Ranibour Franc ; also red Cal- 

 ville. By Dr Jacob Deane, of Mansfield, 9 speci- 

 mens of fruit, all generally of a pale color, of me- 

 dium size ami unripe: to be reported at a future 

 examination. [See his letter below.] 



Peaches. — By Thomas Lee, from Iiis country 

 residence in Brookline, Heath, cf fine appearance 

 and size, a new native variety. By Wm Oliver, 

 a large fruit, half blood, for preserving; another 

 kind, a large white fruit, called Noblesse (?). 



Plums. — By Mr Manning, Quetche, or Gertnan 

 Prune, a very oblong black fruit, sweet and deli- 

 cious, and adapted for drying. By Samuel Pond, 

 Semiana. 



Grapes. — By Geo. Domet, fine Chasselas, or 

 sweet water. By Samuel Pond, Isabella. 



For the Committee, Wm Kexrick. 

 To the Mass. Horticultural Society : 



Accompanying this, I send a few varieties of 

 seedling apples, some of which may be well 

 worth cultivating. 



No. 1. A seedling, which has been known some 

 years in the neighborhood and the near markets : 

 a great bearer and a profitable apple. 



Nos. 2 to 7 inclusive are all seedlings from this 

 first original. No. 1. No. 3 will he found a rich 

 sweet apple ; the others are sent for variety more 

 than any particular quality. 



No. 8. A seedling. 



No. 9. Supposed to be from the seed of No. 1. 

 Jacob Deane. 



[ Prom the Praclical Farmer.] 

 SILK MANTJPACTtJRE. 



The subject of raising and manufacturing silk 

 has been laid before the public so many times and 

 in so many difl^erent shapes, that sufficient inform- 

 ation has been elicited to prove the practicability 

 and certainty of our being able to raise silk, and 

 manufacture various silk fabrics, which can suc- 

 cessfully compete with silks of any clime. And 

 V7hy should we not .' The enterprise and re- 

 searches of our citizens have stripped from the 

 process of manufacturing all the mystification 

 with which European policy, and our own preju- 

 dice had clothed it ; so that it now appears a sim- 

 ple and easy process. Samples of beautiful silk 

 have already been produced here, and when prac- 

 tice shall have been added, we may challenge ri- 

 valship with the most expert Europeans. Enough 

 lias been shown to convince any business man -that 

 this branch of industry will be exceedingly profit- 

 able. In fact, companies have been formed in 

 several of the States for the sole purpose of man- 

 ufacturing silk ; and are making preparations to 

 commence the business immediately. Most of 

 those concerned in these companies are practical, 

 calculating, business men, showing by the best 

 possible argument that the business is considered 

 safe. There are, however, a great many intelli- 



gent men who doubt the utility of our engaging in 

 this br.uieh of the business at present. But why 

 do they doubt? Because it is new, and nearly all 

 that they have lieretofore heard has been to dis- 

 courage any attempt of the kind. It would seem 

 from the tone of J. D'llomergue's essays, that 

 .\merica could make no advances in the manufac- 

 ture of silk, unless she followed closely in the step 

 of Europeans. 



Since these essays were first published, tho.se 

 interested in the subject have been looking for- 

 ward with confidence to the time, when our inge- 

 nious countrymen should refute the insinuations 

 of D'llomergue by commencing the manufacture 

 of silk in their own way. Our intelligent me- 

 chanics have been laboring assiduously to construct 

 machinery for that purpose : they have succeeded. 

 .Alachinery differing almost wholly from any in 

 Europe, and admirably adapted for the purpose 

 for which it is intended, is already in successful 

 operation, under the direction of the Valentino 

 Silk Company, and at other places. Samples of 

 goods produced by these machines are in the 

 market, and are beautiful specimens of what 

 American genius can accomplish. 



The business is destined to become a great 

 source of profit to the people of this country, and 

 especially to those of New England, where free 

 and willing hands, and intelligent minds, will 

 master all that is complex in it. 



The legislatures of the different States feel the 

 importance of this subject, and ours, with a com- 

 mendable spirit, at its last session passed a resolve, 

 allowing 50 cents per pound on all silk reeled or 

 thrown within the Commonwealth. 



The culture of cotton was introduced into this 

 country in 1785. The manufacture of it was not 

 commenced until a number of years after ; not a 

 half century has elapsed, yet how vast and impor- 

 tant has it become to our whole country. If the 

 manufacture of cotton has risen to such a degree 

 of prosperity in so short a time, will not the man- 

 ufacture of silk be of much greater importance 

 in less time.' Yes: because the facilities for ob- 

 taining the raw article are greater, and the process 

 cf manufacturing equally easy ; besides, while 

 the climate adapted to the growth of cotton is 

 confined to the Southern States, that adapted to 

 the production of silk is extended over nearly our 

 whole territory. 



A writer, when speaking of this subject (the 

 manufacture of silk), says, " It is observed that 

 all those countries that iiroduce the best silk bor- 

 der upon the sea. Our country (meaning the 

 United States) will produce the best of silk, and 

 as fit for organzine as any in the world ; and, if 

 attended to, will be of as great advantage as any 

 in the States, for, as 1 have already observed, the 

 manufacture of silk is a most profitable under- 

 taking, where the land and air are proper for 

 raising it." C. 



[For the New England Fanner.] 

 A Specimen-Farmer. 



Mr Printer you are so fond of printing stories 

 about your great Cabbages, radishes turnips and 

 punkins, perhaps you would like to know a little 

 about what we are doing in Old Massachusetts, 

 wel II tel you last S|)ring I planted about 20 hils 

 of cowcumbers on as fine a piece of ground as ever 

 you saw, and how many do you think I had, for 

 pickles, to eat through the sumtner, and seed ! 

 why not one ! beat that who can ! And what is 



more I have sowed : or let sow thenjselves (us I 

 hate work) about 40 bushels of weed seed, equall 

 to any in the U. Stales, and if they turn out as well 

 as my cowcumbers, I gucs I shall do pretty well. 

 I like your Ltilior Saving mashiiiery very nuich, 

 but I think I have the slickest way for sharing 

 sheep ; 11 lei you if you wont get out a patent, 1 

 have a pasture full of Briars and bushes that I turn 

 my sheep into, where they pull it all oft" them- 

 selves; so when the women want any to s[)in, 

 they go and pick it, all nicely washi-d afti;r a good 

 rain. I would write more but I am tired as I 

 hate long jobs, yours, truly. 



Bodily ease & Mental Tranquility. 



Preserving an apple tree The following 



novel modeof jneserving the life of an Apple tree, 

 was tried last season by Mr Mandell, of Bane, and' 

 the tree this year bears abundantly. 



" The bark was eaten off from the body of the 

 tree entirely around, for the space of two f<;et or 

 more, as clean as if it had been scraped ; he re- 

 moved the uneven and jagged portions up to a 

 uniform ring ; then took young shoots, and sharp- 

 ening them at both ends, inserted them at each 

 end into the bark to act as conductors of the sap, 

 and covered the whole over with moist and rich 

 earth to the height of a foot or two above where 

 the bark was eaten off: the scions took root at 

 both ends, and acted as expected, as conductors 

 for the sap. On that side where the sticks were 

 placed thick, the tree was entirely restored ; the 

 other side, where they are fewer, is partially de- 

 caying." — Barre Gazette. 



The morus alba, or white Italian mulber- 

 ry The Baltimore Farmer and Gardener states, 



that " in order to make ' assurance doubly sure,' 

 he would recommend to persons who have sown 

 seed of this tree, the present season, to cover their 

 plant beds as soon as winter sets in, either with 

 straw, or long stable manure, to be confined by a 

 slight covering of small brushwood, which should 

 be permitted to remain on the beds until aboutthe 

 middle of April, when it should be gradually re- 

 moved, so as not to expose the plants too sudden- 

 ly to the changes of the weather at that unsettled 

 season of the year. This precaution will not be 

 neces.sary after the first winter." The seed of 

 this mulberry may be had of Robert Sinclair, Jr. 

 in Baltimore, which the editors of the Farmer and 

 Gardener recommend, "as being fresh, having 

 seen some of it tried, and sprouted in about 36 

 hours." — Hampshire Gaz. 



Cauliflowers. — The cultivation of this deli- 

 cious vegetable is too much neglected by our gar- 

 deners: probably from a mistaken idea that it is 

 very diflicult and expensive to raise them. Let 

 them but jilant good seed, and inform themselves 

 of the best mode of cultivation as laid down in va- 

 rious books on gardening, and they will produce 

 good cauliflowers and in abundance. We noticed 

 yesterday, in the Faneuil-hall market, at Mr Sam'l 

 Butterfield'sstall, a cauliflower which weighed 12i 

 lbs. This gentleman has produced about 300 heads 

 this s 'a.son. This is im|)ortant information to all 

 lovers of this scarce and rare vegetable, who, no 

 doubt, will duly appreciate it. — Communicated. 



There is a singular bog near New London, N. 

 H. called the Molasses Bog, from the color of the 

 water, under the stratum of grass and roots. It is 

 passable nearly all over it, but if one once entan- 

 gled in it, it is almost impossible to be extricated. 



