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NEW ENGLAND FA K M E R , 



AND HORTICULTURAL RKGI3TF.R. 



DoiTO!<, Wed.iesdat, J0.1E 15, 184C. 



■rilE SEASON— rROSPKCT FOR CROPS, Ac. 



The lnii|i»rature of \r'4'i thus far, hns vuriRil much 

 from whMt i^ usual in tliU vicinity. Thn winter wiib 

 iinuBUiilly iiiil'l nnd opun — freizings and ihawings fol- 

 Iriwcd eiich other nlmosl an rlo»p|y 08 dny and night. 

 Consrqncnlly »inti;r grains and young grasn, on soils 

 that heave nnd cracli, snlTprpd somewhat; roots were 

 drawn out and plints pfrislied. Harm from this cause, 

 however, vvas not very ritensive. 



The larlv pari of spring was unusually mild, and the 

 weather inTited the farmer to the plow two or three 

 weeks earlier than in most years. The trees began to 

 put forth tlmir leaves, :ind the grass hegan to grow 

 much earlier than is usual. Hut the month of .May was 

 cool and dry. Vegetation then moved (nrward slowly. 

 The srans, partieularly, in the old, or bound-out fields, 

 is now thin and gives no promise of an nveragu crop ; 

 (in richer lands it 1omI<8 better. Feed in the pastures is 

 short. 



For a week preceding last Thursr.'ay. the weatlier was 

 prevailingly eld, and the earth was very dry. Jn some 

 low spots thero was frosi on the morning of the Gth. A 

 few vines, beans, &c. were cut down On Thursday 

 and Friday last we were favored with warm and copi- 

 ous rains. The earth was greatly refreshed. The 

 grass will probably improve much under '.he influence 

 of the abundant moialure. The rains continued on Sat- 

 urday, accompanied by a temperature that chilled to the 

 heart of the very marrow bnnea. 



Under the extremes of dryness and wet, and of warmth 

 .Tnd cold, vsgetalion d"es not come forward as well as 

 in most years. There however is no reason for anxiety 

 lest the productions of the earth should this year be 

 scanty. Our most productive seasons, in the last ten, 

 have not been those in which our plant.* and fruits have 

 come forward rapidly in the month of June, but the re- 

 verse. The summers of '30 and '37 were cold through- 

 out, and the corn crop then failed — but '34 and '30- 

 which were cold in June, but warm in July and Au- 

 gust, gav« r«ri/ /or^'t crops — much larger than '3d, in 

 which June was very warm, and lh« following montlis 

 warm enough. Gra^s, the Kngliili grains and potatoes 

 usually do quite as well in the cool summers as io the 

 hot ones. The hardy Iruils too, do as well in such sea- 

 sons. We thereliire find no reason for any anxious fears 

 for the productions of ihe present year. 



We will not, however, reprusent all appearnncoa as 

 hichly promising Vines of various kinds, and Indian 

 corn, are making but little progress. Barley, in some 

 fields, looks well, and in others is quite yellow and 

 sickly. The saiiio may be said of oats. Our own win- 

 ter rye has perished under the action of some disease — 

 v.e Kno.v not what. Kach stalk on the more forward 

 parts of the field, is perfectly straw c«/or (or the space 

 of half an inch or more entirely around the stalk. This 

 spot in soma instances is near Ihe head, in others six, 

 tw«lve, or ciKhtoen inches below the head. At this 

 spot ihw stalk IS ilry nnd lifeless. The head of course 

 will wither and perish. \Vu arc cutting up and feeding 

 it out In our stock. Whelhor the same disease is found 

 in other fields, wo have not yet learned; excepting that 

 in our neighbor's rj6 we found a few stalks similarly 

 affected. 



Fruits— apples, pears, cherries and plums, have not 

 formed so abundantly as in somo irasons, but w« have 



not seen reason to apprehend that they are essentially 

 < cut short 

 I 'J'lie leaves of the p»ach tree are more curled than the 



roughest cahbagu leaf. Though no insect is visible to 

 I the naked eye, yet we lunrn that Mr J. M. Ives, of Sa- 

 i lent, has, with his microscope, satisfied himself that in- 

 I 

 : seels are there in ahundanoi, and that they probably 



j cause Ihe evil. Many persons speak of the cold weather 

 as Ihe cause, hut the effect is so unlike the common ac- 

 tion of cold, that wa think there can be little reason in 

 the conjecture. The fruit upon most of the peach trees 



\ is yet fair, but it cannot do well unless the branches 

 shall poon be covered with new and fairer leaves. 



All accounts from the South and West represent the 

 wheat crop as very promising. 



JUNE 15, IN4aJ 



wards, that the western editor borrowed (rom our (riel 

 Kenrick's American Otchardist. In a few instai 

 where the proper ownership was unknown to us, 

 have said " Stlected." With these exceptions w« 

 not conscious that we have ever failed to givtci 

 where credit was due. We can vem potienily bei 

 see our own articles credited to another, and have boi 

 it palienlly, but we cannot bear to withhold knowini 

 frOm any brother editor the credit that is his duo. I'heii 

 fore, brother C , pleaso be explicit in your cli:iree agiiini 

 us: — show us where the *' spots" are, and we will mo* 

 checrlully dii what we can to remoTe them. | 



DISEASE OF THE HUTTONVVOOU OR SYCA- 

 MORE. 



New Bedfoko, C mo. ti. 

 To the Editor of the New Enalaud Farmer: 



Dear Sir — There is a long row of trees rominonly 

 known by the name of Buttonwood or Syraniore, cx- 

 tenfiing through our farm, numbering about sixty. They 

 have been growing for about forty years, and are of 

 laroro size and great beauty. At present they show little 

 or no signs of vitality, and I am fearful of losing what I 

 have ever considered the greatest ornament of this roatl, 

 and vicinitv. One of my neighbors informs me that a 

 general blight has affected them throughout the country. 

 I should he much obliged to you, if you can give rne 

 any information concernini; the truth of this remark — 

 and what course you would recommend sh<uild be pur- 

 sued relative to them. Trees of n younger growth in 

 this neighborhood arc thrifty, and appear to be doing 

 wall, and we can assign no good or probable cnupe fiir 

 the present appearance of our favorites. Will you please 

 give this your early attention, and oblige 



A SUBSCRIBER. 



(IT"We would have noticed this inquiry of " A Sub- 

 scriber" last week, had it been possible for us to give 

 him any information. 



From various sources wy learn th'it the blight or dis- 

 ease has taken hold of tlio Sycamore all along the At- 

 lantic coast, as far south as Baltimore, and one gentle- 

 man who has recently coTue from New Orleaus, via 

 western rivers, says it is on the tree west of the moun- 

 tains. What it is, and what can be done, we know not. 

 The branches are leafless, hut the bark has every mark 

 of life. The loose shajB peal off as from the live tree, 

 and the bark beneath seems not to bo dried up. We 

 hope, therefore, that this beautiful tree that now holds 

 up its leafless limbs most sadly amid the verdure sf other 

 trees, will yet put on its green robes, and that it will be 

 spared to ornament our yards and roads ; but we can 

 suggest no means by which to help nature accomplish so 

 desirable an end. 



STRIPED BUG. 

 A writer in the New Genesee Farmer says upon I 

 subject of vines: " As soon as the leaves begin to ill 

 and the striped bug begins to eat the leaves, go I 

 pick a handful of tansy, and lay two or three ap^ 

 4iround in each hill : they will soon mov* off for 1 

 other plaae. and will not trouble yon any more." 



"PLAGIARISM OR POACHING." 



Ilane we liecn if nlinsr? — Under the above caption, the 

 editor of th« New Genesee Farmer names several agri- 

 cultural papers that have copied his articles without 

 erod I, and then :idds : " Even the o'd honest Now Eng- 

 land Farmer has got some few spots upon its hands. " — 

 Is it so ? Please show us vltere they are, friend Colman, 

 nnd we will ilo our best to wash lliun) off. Wn have 

 seen iiinny of our editorials with other men's marks op. 

 on them, within the last year, and have tried to comfort 

 ourselves under the filching, by striving Io giva credit 

 faithfully fiir all that w« have horrowad. In one in- 

 stance wc copied an article (rom a western paper upon 

 Ihe diffi^rent modes of grafting, und gave credit to him 

 from whom wo burrowed, — but we laarned soon ^flar- 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



IXIUBITIOK or FRUITS. 



Satuntay, June II, I8i 



Bine k Hamburg, White Sweetwater and Miller's i 

 gundy Grapes — all very fine — from Dr. Howard. 



Early Virginia Strawberries — good specimens byl 

 J. L. L. F. Warren. 



Co'didge's Favorite Punches — very well grown— t 

 Capt. (ieorge Lee, Wesi Cambridge. 

 For ihe Committee, 



JOHN A. KENRICK. ' 



CXIIIISITIOI' OF FLOWKKS. | 



From tlifi Pr.sident of ihe Society — a cidlection al 

 fine ("r.niiiins. embraeing some !-U|*rb iiiiv kiDib 

 ANo, Veil.. IV Harrison Ro«e, &C. 



Il\' J -hn .A. Kenricl> — .Azalias, several var. ; liv 1 nr 

 and liene Yellow Roses; Honeysuckles, (iva \.>t Tn 

 oiiics, five var. ; Hcolch Laburnum ; Glycine sin. 1 -n 

 Aiistolochiasipho; White Fringe Tree ; Flesh .ol r,d 

 Horso chesnut ; Austrian Red and Yelh w Rose ; lie 

 merocallis flava ; New Scarlet Hawthorn, &c. 



From llovey & Co. — Amadis, or New Crimson Hour 

 salt Rose; Common Red Xioursalt do.; Sanginnet, 

 White Tea and Golcimda Tea Uoses ; Cereus Jenken-. 

 sonii, &c. Ackcrmaiiii. 



Geraniums, from W. Mcller, as follows: Clim,ii. 

 Lowndes' Perfection, Prima Doiina, Beauty of \\ 4ro 

 Alexandrinia, Lady Murray, Foster's Alicia, Al.iniie, 

 Vivid, Svlph, Conservative, Oiiidamatum tricolor. 



Geraniums, from J. L. L. F. Warren, viz : Dennis's 

 light and dark Perfection; Joan of Are, Tarn O'.-^huiter, 

 Alexandrinia, Capt. Cook, Sir John Broughton, Clrini, 

 Gatli's Purfertion, Prima Donna, Juwcss, Purple P. nee- 

 lion, Ellen Tree, Oionicnsis. 



Ro.se.s — Whilo and Yellow Tea, Ayrshire. Res;. Ion- 

 dent, <.Vc. Chinese Canadensis ; Passitloras ; Verbeii.is: 

 Onothera ; Gillys, &c. &c. 



Seedling, from Messrs. Wales, Dorchester— fr.m n 

 very weak plant. 



A variety of cut Flowers, Roses, &c., from I be l!o. 

 tanio Garden, Cambridge, by W. E. Carter. 



From Messrs. Winship — Purple Beech, Plalanus ori- 

 entalis variegiita, Red Valerian, Sophora Austtalii, 

 Weeping Ash, Fringe tree, Lonicera caiicasccum, Ac. 



Bou(|UCts from Messrs. Winship, W. Kenriek. D. 

 Howard, Misses Sumner, J. Hnvey, S. Walker, A, 

 Bowditch. 



Health. — Those who are candidates for hoallh, 

 I be aa circumspect in the task they set their mind, I 

 the exercise they give their body. The grand to 

 seems to be to onlrive that the exercise of Ihe body I 

 thai of the minil, may servo as relaxations to each oth« 

 Over exertion und anxiety of lbs mind disturb digeilifl 

 infinitely more than any fatigue of the body. The bit 

 demands n much more abundant supply of the miB 

 spirits than is required for the excitement of meie l<| 

 and arms. — Selected. 



