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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



NOV. 4, 183E. 



liOSTON, WEDNKSDAY EVENING, NOV. 4. lS3o. 



Massachusetts gllk Company. 



An association of genllemen of this city and vicinity, 

 under the above title, with a capital of $100,000, liave 

 purchased a large tract of land in Framingham, Mass., 

 20 miles from this city, on the Worcester rail road, and 

 they have 100,000 trees of the White Mulberry, and 10 

 to 20,000 of the Morus Mullicaulis trees, wliicli are to be 

 set out ; and, with the future addition of trees, will form 

 a large plantation. They have made a selection of an 

 unrivalled location, and there is every reason that the 

 Silk business, under the direction of the gentlemen inter- 

 ested, will succeed, and be a source of profit to them- 

 selves and a great benefit to the country. A plantfition 

 of l.'iO acres of White Mulberry trees, at six years of 

 age, will produce 20 to 25,000 lbs. of raw silk annually, 

 which, at $4 per lb., will amount to the enormous .sum 

 of $100,000. 



IFroni l''esse]iden'sSilk Manual.] 

 Transplanting Mulberry Trees, ^e. 



What would be the proper season for taking up, trans- 

 porting, and setting out young trees (Morus Mullicaulis) 

 from (he Northern States to the Southern, — say the lat- 

 itude of New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, or St Augus- 

 tine .-' Will the Editor of the Manual be so good as to 

 give us an article on ibis subject in the next number .' 

 Geo. L. Crosbv. 



By the Editor. — We believe that either Fall or Spring 

 will answer for transplanting mulberry trees as well as 

 all other trees. Mr Cobb says, " I prefer transplanting 

 in the Spring." " " In France they transplant just after 

 the fall of the leaf in the autumn." t The following, 

 from Mr D. Stehbins, of Northampton, Secretary of the 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, 

 contains useful hints relative to transpl.Jiuing, and infers 

 that Autumn is to be preferred. "In setting out your 

 mulberrv trees," eays Mr S, " 1 filiould recommend that 

 you head them down to within four or six inches of the 

 ground, and the sprouts from the roots will, next spring, 

 grow with great vigor. I bare, in my nursery, evidence 

 of the fact, and also that the new tree from tiie root has 

 grown a greater height ih.in th(jse not headed down. It 

 requires all the noiirisljnient of the root to support the old 

 stalk, and it also looks old and unpromising, but iho new 

 shoot looks yeung and vigorous. 



" I have one or two thousand 3'ellow locusts of lour to 

 eight feet in height to set out, and intend to head tliem 

 down before setting; having, for five years past, been 

 setting out the whole stalks to no profit of increase. 

 The importance of heading down is aedtnowlodged by 

 our best gaideners here.'' 



» Cobb's Manual, p. IG. t Rush's Manual, p. 4J. 



Prince's Nursery Grounds. 



. Messrs Prince & Sons have requested us to slnlo, that 

 as an impression has gone abroad that the tract of land 

 they sold for building lots, in June last, comprised their 

 Nursery Grounds, they doem it proper to contradict so 

 erroneous an idea. The property sold lies opposite 10 

 their E'ltablishment, which is not 0[:ly undiminished, but 

 which it is their determination to never lessen or impair, 

 and they intend to continue to extend it in every respect 

 commensurate with its great European and American 

 patronage. There never was a period when it was in so 

 high a state of perfection as regards the excellence and 



extent of the coUectirvn of Fruit Trees, and of every other | species you can best tell. Many of the p: 

 class of Trees, Plants, &c. to whose culture itis devoted 



MASSACHUSETTS HtlllTICULTL'RAI. SOCIETY. 



S.ilurday, October 31. 

 r.xuiBiTioN or fruits. 

 Pears.— By Mr Downer, Bleecker's Meadow, Dix, 

 Urbanisle, Beurre Colmar d'Autnmne, Beurro Diel. 

 Another kind, oblong, lar!;e, unknown. By Dr Sliurt- 

 left', sent by Theodore Lyman, Jr., Mayor of the city, 

 from his mansion at Waltham, late the residence ofGov. 

 Gore, various kinds. Sot names only, being mostly winter 

 varieties of the ancient class — these were the Sucre 

 Vert, Martin Sec, Martin Sire, Winter or Easter Berga- 

 motte, or Bergamotte de Pacques, Ambretle, or more 

 correctly L'Echesserie, of the French : also a new kind 

 and what was i<upposed to be either the Bezi V.aet or the 

 Diel ; being blown down by the heavy gales which oc- 

 curred a few weeks since, and while in an immature 

 slate, it could not be identified with certainty. We an- 

 ticipate more specimens from this celebrated estate. By 

 Mr Manning, Josephine, also called Jaminette of the 

 Flemish, and by the French Sabine, otherwise called 

 Poire d'Austtasie. The first synonymes are right, the 

 last may be, and is, according to the specimen trees sent 

 us. Also Beurre Knox and Passe Colmar. By Cheever 

 Newhall, D'Aremberg, Bleecker's Meadow, Wilkinson, 

 Beurre Did. By Mr Bortlett, Wilkinson, Dix, Culotte 

 de Suisse, Sylvanche verte — the last yet rare, but large 

 and uncommonly fine. By Edward Cruft, from his gar- 

 den in the city in Pearl St., a large round and beautiful 

 fruit, of a clear yellow color, stained next the sun with 

 red — the flesh beurre and good — some of them weigh- 

 ing 9 or 10 ounces. This appears to be the same variety 

 which was exhibited by Dr S. A. Shurtleff at a former 

 meeting. [See the note of Mr Cruft which is annexed 

 10 this report] By John Rayner, of Boston, St Michael. 

 By A. D. Williams, band.sonie specimens of the delicious 

 Urbaniste. By William Kenrick, the Burnet Pear, 

 specimens sent by Dr Joel Burnet, of Southboro', and 

 so named for him by the Committee of the Horlicullural 

 Society in a former year — a very large, oblong fruit, 

 pyramidally formed, ihe skin dark green or brown, very 

 slightly tinged with red next the sun, the surface uneven, 

 and covered with slight protuberances ; not handsome ; 

 the flesh beurre or buttery, slightly astringent and musky, 

 sugary and good. This must be called a valuable fruit ; 

 and is a native production, and the more valuable siioutd 

 it appear that the tree produces great crops. Dr Burnett 

 has liberally offered to send scions of the kind to the 

 Society at llie suitable season, and judging from the re 

 marks we heard, t!)ey could not fail to prove highly ac- 

 ceptable to our horliculliiiists. 



Apples. — By Mr Downer, a large variety, very beau- 

 tiful and fine — the name unknown. By L. P. Grosve- 

 nor, a variety from Connecticut, the Tift Sweeting. 



Also, from Mr Downer, a fine variety of the Shaghark 

 from a tree cngraiV-d un his grounds a few years since. 



Wine — By Messrs Winsbip, a bottle sent by G. VV. 

 Brimmer, of Lono^wori/i '5 Isal.tlla Wine — the qualilv 

 and flavor good. 



For the Committee, William Kknrick. 



Mr Cruft's Letter. 

 Dear Sir; — I send for inspection a specimen of my 

 pears, which I think will be found equal, at least, to the 

 fruit produced in our neighbouring country. The tree 

 from wiiich ihis fruit has been taken, I procured at New 

 York and planted in May, 1822, and this is the first year 

 it has given other than about a dozen pears. It was sta- 

 ted to me to be the Winter Buerre — but of its name and 



weighed 

 from nine to ten ounces each. You are aware, my dear 

 Sir, that if I possess any thing (Fruits) rare or superior 

 in my garden, 1 do it with a desire to benefit the horti- 

 culturist, or those who are inclined to profit by fruits of 

 rare quality. 



With good wishes, 



I am your friend, Enw. Cruft. 

 Pearl street, Saturday, Oct. 31,1835. 

 To the Hon. E. Vose, Prcs. Hort. Society. 



The Seckel Fenr. 



In mentioning the fact a few days since, that some of 

 the fruit of the original Scckel Pear tree formed a part 

 of the collection at the late Horticultural Exhibition held 

 in this city, we stated that the tree was known as far 

 back as 47 years. We are now able to state that there 

 are amongst us gentlemen who can trace its existence to 

 a more remote period. The venerable Bishop White, 

 whose memory is remarkable fur its strength and correct- 

 ness, says, that when he was a boy, about seventy years 

 ago. there was a breeder in this city known by the name 

 of Dutch Jacob, who was a great sportsman. At a cer- 

 tain season of the year he was known by his neighbors 

 and others to bring home from his excursions very deli- 

 cious pears, but he would never tell any body where he 

 procured them. About that period, the London Land 

 Company, which owned some land below the city, made 

 a sale, and Dutch Jacob purchased the lot upon wliicli 

 his pear tree stood. It afterwards became the property 

 of Mr Seckel, and now belongs to the estate of the late 

 Mr Girard. The Seckel pear is now known all over the 

 United States, and we presume in many parts of Europe, 

 as one of the most delicious of fruits. — Phil. Gaz. 



Ijarge Apples. 



We have seen accounts from dilTerent sections of the 

 country of apples of uncommon size and weight. The 

 largest that we now remember to have seen mentioned, 

 weighed 24 ounces. Our own county of Franklin ex- 

 ceeds any thing that we have heard of in the growth of 

 the apple. We have seen an apple which grew on the 

 farm of Harrison Blanton, Esq. in this neighborhood, 

 which, when pulled from the tree, weighed twenty-six 

 ounces. The fruit is of the pippin kind, and is fair to the 

 eye and delicious to the taste. The apples on the tree 

 from which this one was taken, would average more 

 than a pound in weight, and we are told that a lady in 

 town, from four of them only, made a dessert which was 

 sufficient fiir the entertainment of 17 persons. The crop 

 of apples throughout the State is generally unusually 

 fine, and we do not believe that the apple any where 

 grows to greater perfection than it does in Kentucky. 

 — Franliford, Ky. paper. 



Liberality, 



We are happy again to acknowledge our obligations 1» 

 The Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Do- 

 mestic Industry, for their very generc us appropriation of 

 one hundred and fifty dollars to purchase copies of the 

 New England Farmer lor the use of said Society. We 

 should be extremely thankful if other similar Societies 

 would exhibit a similar spirit of generosity ; and wc 

 would endeavor, by increased exertions, to promote the 

 great objects for which they arc associated, and to which 

 their efforts are so beneficially directed, to merit such 

 munificence as has repeatedly been manifested to us by 

 the above-named Institution. 



Mr N. Manchester, of Plainfield, N. H. raised the past 

 seas(m five red beett, whose aggregate weight was forty 

 six pounds and a half. 



