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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



August 13, 1830. 



before winter. TIjc iiioveinent of the sap will in- 

 dicate, the most certainly, the period for making 

 cuttings. 



Another mode still easier of multiplying this 

 mulberry, is by suckers, or layers. As it throws 

 up numerous stalks, it 14 only necessary to heap 

 up the earth about them, to make them produce 

 roots ; and there is nothing to prevent their being 

 laid down ; on the contrary, they present an advan- 

 tage in doing it, as new stalks are formed at the 

 base of those laid down, which rise vertically and 

 immediately replace them. 



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• CUCUMBERS. 



* Who shall decide when Doctors disagree? ' 



A popular periodi(;al has lately condemned the 

 use of the Cucumber as an article of diet, and 

 quotes an adage directing to ' peel it, slice it down 

 into pieces, put vinegar and pepper to it, and then 

 — throw it away.' This wise saying has been attri- 

 buted to many other sages besides Dr Abernethy, 

 and still cucumbers are eaten by featherless bipeds 

 wiih impunity, and some suppose with advantage. 

 The medical gentlemen who condemn the cu- 

 cumber, tell us ' the principal mischief produced by 

 thti use of this fruit, and which has caused it to be 

 ranked among the most unwholesome articles serv 

 ed at our tables, arises independent of an acrid prin- 

 ciple which it is sup|)0sed to contain, from its indi- 

 gestibility, in other words its insolubility in the 

 stomach. In consequence of this it is retained in 

 the latter organ for a long time, producing more 

 or less uneasiness in every instance ; and in the 

 dyspeptic, the gouty, and those of a nervous and 

 feeble constitution, giving rise to violent pains, 

 cramps, and other severe affections. 



But other professors of the healing art appear to 

 entertain opinions less hostile to tliis vegetable. 

 Dr Willich's Domestic Encyclopedia asserts that 

 'cucumbers are a salubrious, cooling fruit, and 

 may be safely allowed to consumptive patients; as 

 they sweeten acrid humors, at the same time are 

 gently la.xative, but being in a considerable degree 

 acescent, and sometimes attended with flatulency 

 and diarrhoea, such effects may be prevented by 

 eating them with moderation ; or with the addition 

 of vinegar and pepper, which counteract their na- 

 tural coldness. If properly pickled (without col- 

 -oring them with that poisonous metal, copjjer ; or 

 rendering them too acrid with stimulent spices,) 

 they are an excellent antiseptic ; yet we consider 

 them highly improper, either for children or wet- 

 iMU'ses.' 



We shall not assume the part of an umpire in 

 this controversy, but our own experience and ob- 

 servation give us a decided bias in favor of the 

 moderate and prudent use of the cucumber as a 

 healthy and agreeable article of aliment. 



AMERICAN SILK. 



A gentleman from Mansfield, Con. informs us 

 that it is computed that at least four tons of raw 

 silk have been raised in Connecticut this season ; 

 and that the Silk raised in Mansfield and the ail- 

 joining towns this year has amounted to $24,000, 

 — all of which has found a ready sale. 



Jljjricots. — An elegant specimen of this fruii 

 together with buds for distribution among tb 

 members of the Society, was shown by Hon. Jon- 

 Welles, liom a tree imported from France. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUITS. 



Saturday, August 7, 1830. 



Apples. — Early Red Mayaut, by R. Manning, 

 Esq. of Salem. Red Juneating, by Mr A. D. 

 Williams. Early Williams, by the same. For 

 a history of this valuable variety, see N. E. Farmer, 

 No. 2, vol. ix ; Sopsavine, by Mr Richards, of 

 Dedham. 



Pears. — Passe Madeleine, by R. Howe, from 

 the garden of Mr Downer. This fruit is the 

 produce of scions sent from the London Horticul- 

 tural Society. In the garden of Mr D. as well as 

 in those of others, where this variety has been 

 tried, it has failed in good qualities. Amber Pear, 

 by J. Prince, Esq. This is a good fruit, a great 

 and constant bearer, is above medium size, a 

 handsome fruit, something like the Queen Catha- 

 rine. Fondante D'Ete, or Summer Meltine, a 

 good Early Pear, by J. Prince, Esq. This pear 

 tree was imported by Mr Prince from Long Island, 

 about 18 years since — it has rather a vigorous 

 growth — has hitherto borne moderately, though it 

 now increases in quantity rapidly every year ; and 

 if grafted on old trees, would probably soon be- 

 come a good bearer. Mr Prince consiilers it the 

 best pear of the season. English Catharine, of 

 fine appearance, by Dr Shurtleff. July Pear, 

 so called, by Mr E. M. Richards. 



Plums. — Early Apricot Phnns, very handsome, 

 of rich flavor. The tree a good and constant 

 bearer, from Mr Downer's Garden. Monsieur 

 Hatif, from John Prince. Esq. This promises to 

 be a fine fruit, and is a great bearer — the specimen 

 sent was hardly ripe. Royal of Tours, a fine 

 plum, by Mr Wm. F. Gardner, of Salem. Ital- 

 ian Damask, by Mr R. Manning, of Salem. 



Peaches. — John Prince, Esq. exhibited a spec- 

 imen of this fruit from a natural tree, fully ripe, 

 grown in open field. A valuable variety on ac- 

 count of its ripening early ; fruit under size, but 

 may, no doubt, be improved by cultivation.* 



CATTLE SHOW NOTICE AND CHANG! 

 OF DAY. 



At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees o 

 the, Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agricul 

 ture held at the Hall of the Union Bank, Aug. 5 

 1820. 



A letter from the Hon, O. Fisk, Correspond ijig 

 Secretary of the Worcester Agricultural Society 

 was laid before the Board. It having been th< 

 practice of the Massachusetts Society for promo 

 ting Agriculture, to hold their Cattle Show on sucl 

 days as would best aocommodate the Coimty So 

 ciety in their annual shows; and the Worceste 

 County Society having reference to the term ofthi 

 Supreme Court for that County having felt obligei 

 to fix their day ef exhidition on the 31th of Oc 

 tober next, the same day on which candidates fo 

 premiums had been invited to attend by the Stat 

 Society. 



It was voted that the dry heretofore fixed upoi 

 for the Cattle Show, viz. ihe 13th of Oct. ncx 

 be changed for the succeeding Wednesday, viz. th 

 20th of October next, and that the Correspondinj. 

 Secretary be requested to answer the letter of th 

 Hon. O. Fiske, and to give public notice througl 

 the New England Farmer and other papers, of thi 

 change of the day of the Brighton Cattle Show. 



From the Records. 



BENJ. GUILD, Recording Secretary. 



August 5. 1830. 



All candidates for premiums, or persons desirou 

 of making entries for exhibition will therfor tak 

 notice that the jirinted hand bills and Cattle Shov 

 pajVers should read as if printed October 20th in 

 stead of October 13th, and all the offers and reg 

 ulation made for entries, &c, will hereafter hav 

 reference and be attended to on the 20th instea 

 of the 13th. 



Raspberries — The St Johns, (N. B.) City Gazette 

 of July 28, states that there were that morning 

 brought into the Country Market of that Oity, 

 1378 quarts of Raspberries, (equal to 43 bushels) 

 at three pence per qt. would produce £17 4*. dd. 



Turnips — Sow strong wood ashes over the 

 ground about the time they are springing up. 

 This will cause the young plants to grow sooner 

 out of the way of insects, produce a large crop, 

 and cause the crop to be sweet and palatable. 



*V\'ith regard to this new early peach, Mr Prince has 

 politely favored us with the following account. 



Jamaica Plains, Aug. 7, 1830. 



Dear Sir, — In compliance with your request about the 

 Early Peaches exhibited this day at the Horticullural 

 Hall, I have only to say, that in April last in destroying 

 a small Peach Nursery, I left a few scattering of the 

 largest trees, without paying any attention to their being 

 worked ones. I knew several of them had fruit on — no 

 attention had been paid to keeping down weeds, and only 

 on the 3d of August, accidentally passing through them, 

 I observed a tree with two or three dozen ripe fruity the 

 bees, &c. having attacked most of them. It is evident)}- 

 not a budded tree, as in the part where it stands, Earli/ 

 Ann buds were used, and this is a bright red fruit, and 



CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY 



Extract from an address delivered before the Horticultural Society 

 New-York, by Mr William Curr. 



The patch on which 1 have my strawberrici 

 had been under the same plant several years. Fo 

 the month of Septendier, 1819, I laid on about fiv 

 inches thick of well rotted manure, which I du 

 down with the old vines. I then set out plants c 

 the Hudson kind of strav/berry, at the distanc 

 sixteen inches each way, taking care to c 

 have them in line the long way of the grouni 

 In the month of November, I covered the plant 

 with a thin coat of long litter, which I took off i: 

 the beginning of April, and pointed the grouni 

 with the s|)ade, and raked it smooth. The grounc 

 was kept clean by hoeing, till the fruit began t 

 form. I then took short grass cut from the walks 

 and spread between and under the vines, whici 

 had the effect to keep the fruit clean, the weed 

 down, and kept the scorching drought from pene 

 tratiog into the roots of the plant. 



As soon as the fruit sea.son was past, I pointei 

 in the grass between in the bed. In September 



considerably red on the inside, I think when budded oi 

 other trees and cullivated, it will prove from its earliness 

 an acquisition, as I have not heard of any ripe Peache 

 from standard open ground trees this year. I shall maki 

 use of what few buds are on it in a few days, and nex 

 season shall be able, to disseminate some of them. I havi 

 called it the ' Spring Hill Earliest.' 



Very truly yours, J. PRINCE. 



