NEW ENGLAI^D FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY J. B. RUSSELL, AT NO. S2 NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEX, EDITOR. 



VOL. IX. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, NOVEaiBER 19, 183 0. 



NO. 18. 



^SvOsaai^sritvSiiaa^sTSi. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



is of the most rai)itl growth and flourishing ap- 

 peaniuce, and at present is very much iu request 

 for ornamental grounds, &c. 



Very respectfully, 

 WM. ROBERT PRINCE. 



Mr Fessexde.x — Many persons who have cul- 

 tivated the common Double Purple, and Double 

 White Althea Frutex, and found them too deli- 

 cate to support the winter uninjured, are not 

 aware that there are other kinds far more hardy ; 

 several of which, having originated in this vicinity, 

 have become completely naturalized to the lo- 

 cahty, and I think will support your winters also. 

 These are the Double Blue Stiiped, and the 

 Douhle Pheasant Eye. There are also some 

 single varieties, which are very beautiful and 

 showy, and which I have never seen elsewhere, 

 they having originated here — the two finest of 

 these are the Deep Red, and the Carnation Striped. 

 While on the subject of Ornamental Trees, &c, 

 I will mention some others that arc 6f a very in- 

 ceresting character. 



Magnolia Cordala, or YeUow Twice Floivering\ > I have been led to doubt the theory of the des- 

 ltfagrno/("ff— This is one of the most admired spe- truction of the old pear trees, by the insect, as 

 sties of its class, and will flower freely at thej s,atcd by Dr Fiske, and Gov. Lincoln, and as yet 

 -«ight of two feet, and continue to do so until it consider the insects only as the attendants of dead 

 i)rms a tree of considerable size. It is highly in- \vood • for 



Bresting from being the only species with flowers i igj Seedlings grafted on seedlings are not in- 



If this color ; and the more so, from its producing f^cted as far as I can learn. 



leni twice iu each season; once in May, and < 2d'. Seedlings on old stocks are subject to the 



;ain in August, whence it has obtained the title disease, as I have two instances before me. 



"Twice Flowering Magnolia.' It is perfectly' i 3^ !„ ,,0 instance have I found the worm in 



irdy, and will withstand the winters of the State a fresh diseased tree in the wood, nor in the green 



Linnxan Botanif* Garden, i 

 November 1, 1830. S 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mr Fessenden — The following observations 

 are contained in a letter received from a very in- 

 telligent amateur Horticulturist, in New York, 

 which I have no doubt you will think with me, 

 merit an insertion in the New England Farmer 

 The writer has given the subject much attention, 

 and is eminently qualified to pronounce an opinion 

 upon any and all matters appertaining to this 

 branch of national industry. 



DORCHESTER. 



Destruction of Pear Trees, &c. 



^ Maine. 



Alngio/'fl Ohovafa, or Chinese Purple Flowering 



fagnolia. — This is esteemed for the uncommon 



I chness and beauty of its flower, which, in the 



3use are produced in Marcli. They are bell 



liaped, of a delicate violet pmple outside, and 



jihite within, /roni which circumstance it is some- 



aes called the ' Two Colored Magnolia.' It sup- 



lorts our winters unprotected in the vicinity of 



l-ew York, and perhaps may do so farther north. 



sometimes produces flowers a second time in 



I month of August. 



bark. . 



' 4th. That in some cases the centre of the 

 wood appears to have begun its decay. 



' 5th. That the decay of the bark begins in the 

 lower part of the limb, or trunk, but the decay of 

 the leaves commonly at the end of the branch, 

 and the leaves are frequently dead, while the bark 

 is still fresh several feet below. 



' 6tli. That cutting oft' the diseased limbs appears 

 only to have the effect of severe lopping, in the 

 ordinary diseases of trees, to strengthen a few vig 



orous linibs ; but this relief is here partial. I 

 Magnolia Conspicm— Chandelier Magnolia, or | have preserved a limb in one instance, alive, and 



-This has very large flowers of a pure 



ihite color, very splendid in appearance, and in 



lape like a chandelier. In the house it flowers 



I March, but will support our winters unprotect- 



A tree is mentioned by the London Horti- 



Stural Society, as growing at the seat of Mr 



in bearing four years, but this year it perished. 



' 7th. That neighboring trees do not a|)pear to 

 take the disorder indiscriminately. It began in 

 my garden about seven years since, when two 

 winter B071 Chretiens died. The year following a 

 distant tree, the Early Blanquette, died. The 



iraham Hume, in England, which is 14 feet] ^exx, a Litlle Muscat. Since then several others 



|;h, 1.5| feet broad, and which produced 9-56 



vers in one season. 



|iSj7i'cr Leaved Ahele This tree is highly calcu- 



3d to ornament pleasure grounds, &c. It at- 

 QS to a large size, and is of quick growth ; but 



great beauty consists in its foliage, of a fine 

 ken, on the upper surface, and of a perfectly 



my old trees, and seek in the new varieties of Eu- 

 rope and America, (on seedling stocks) a succes- 

 sion more promising. 



'1 have thrown my ideas together hastily, only 

 for your remarks. 



'The rain during the blossoming of my Euro- 

 pean Vines, destroyed the blossoms, so that I have 

 had but few grapes this year. I have found as 

 yet, no advantage from the application of sulphur, 

 against Mildew, nor in Ross' preparation for the 

 destruction of the worm in the |>each tree. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mr Fessenden — I see it stated in your Nov. 9th 

 paper, that Rlr Samuel R. Johnson's plum tree, 

 that has produced about $50 worth of fruit annu- 

 ally, is the Washington^ or Bolmar plum. As the 

 tree referred to was sent to him by myself, I think 

 it proper to mention that it. is the Jlliite Gage, 

 sometimes called Princess Gage, and raised from 

 seed by ray father, and not the Washington plum. 

 By reference to your back files, you will perceive 

 Mr Johnson stated the facts correctly in the 

 original notice of the great product of his tree 

 about two years since. 



Very respectfully, 



WM. ROBERT PRINCE. 



Linnfean Botanic Garden, ) 

 Kovember 9, 1830. ( 



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of unknown kinds in different situations have also 

 died, but none of the St Michael's, and other kinds 

 near them have suflered. This year, I find the 

 disease in two Jargonelles, in the Virgouleuse, and 

 Monsieur John. 



' 8th. That girdling would not produce so rapid 

 a decay as these trees have suffered. This is at 

 ite silvery hue on the under side. The leaves I least my present opinion. I i)urpose the ensuing 

 ng supported by slender petioles, are easily j year to make some experiments, unless I can find 

 -.ated, and hang quivering, with the least further satisfactory information on the subject, to 



supersede the necessity of such an examination. 



' These are all imported trees of thirty years' 

 standing. In a few years we shall be able to de- 

 cide upon the question of the decay of these spe- 

 cies, and until then, I shall continue ray usual 

 method of lopping, and burning the branches of 



leze, like the trembling aspen ; and the green 

 II white smfaces of the leaves mingled thereby, 

 Isent a contrast which, at a distance, gives to 

 I tree an appearance of being covered with nu- 

 jrous flowers. This tree has also the advan- 

 I3 of holding its foliage late in the season. — It 



CRANBERRIES. 



The Barnstable Journal states that Capt. Henry 

 Hall of Barnstable has for the last 20 years culti- 

 vated cranberries. He has now about an acre of 

 ground under cultivation. For the last 10 years 

 he has raised an average of 70 bushels, and in some 

 favorable seasons 100 bushels. 



Sandy bog-land is the soil best adapted to their 

 growth, and it should be kept well drained. — 

 Capt. Hall has a tract of about four acres enclosed, 

 which he calls his ' Cranberry Yard,' of a damp 

 sandy soil, surface nearly level, and, where not 

 planted with cranberries, covered with rushes and 

 swanq) brush. The cranberry vines were set 

 around on the borders of the 'yard,' some on land, 

 elevated two or three feet above the general level 

 of the surface. The vines grow most vigorously, 

 and the berries are of a better quality and more 

 abundant where the soil is raost sandy and damp. 

 In very dry seasons, the cranberries are liable to 

 be eaten and destroyed by worms; but, in general, 

 are, under skilfultnanagement, as certain a crop 

 as any kind of grain or garden vegetables. 



The manner of transplanting is simple. Holes 

 are dug lour feet apart ; only they are made deeper 

 than for corn : into each of these, sods of vines are 

 placed. The cranberry hascrceping roots, spreads 

 very rapidly and in three years from the time of 

 planting will entirely cover the ground. If the 

 land is overgrown with bushes they must first be 

 removed ; but it is not necessary to destroy rushes, 

 for the cranberry vine will do it in a few years. 

 When the land is very low or covered with a thick 

 growth of weeds and rushes, Capt. Hall practises 

 spreading over it a quantity of beach sand before 

 planting. The fall is the best season for trans- 

 planting. No other cultivation is performed or 

 required, than to keep the land drained, and cattle 



