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teresi ; wlicn a hew niul cxccllrnt viiiicty is of- 

 red to liiiii, liis first inquiry i^.is it-pniduclive ? 

 } him, its qualiti/ as food is of no moment, so long 

 the consumers will be conUnttd with unripe, j 

 itery, wa.\y potatoes, which the cow, or the pig, 

 ith their natural sagacity will reject, so long you ' 

 ■II alwavs have your market filled with those j 

 jre productive ; but loss wholesome and palata- j 

 3 products. 



The potatoc has many, and even more varieties ! 

 an the pea, and.tliey ripen at all seasons, from ' 

 e first of July, to the last of October. The Bos-j 

 1 m::rkct is generally, I may almost say, univer- , 

 lly supplied in summer with green, unripe pota- : 

 ;s, w hich would not be touched in tlie markets I 

 F.ngland. 



[ have been in the constant practice of cultiva- [ 

 ig at least nine varieties of potutoev I have them 

 le, perfectly ripe, proved to be so by tlie decay 

 the vines and by their mealy qualities on the ta- j 

 :, from the last of June to tlie last of October. 

 rely the market gardeners ought to take as I 

 ich pains to please their customers as I do for 

 own comfort. | 



The earliest sorts ripen at the end of June, and 

 •y are mealy and palatable ; but so little pro- , 

 nive that the market gardeners could not afford 

 raise them. But there are two excellent varieties 

 ich ripen early — One is a white potatoe checq- 

 ■ed, or spotted with red, introduced into New- ' 

 "■land by Robert H. Gardiner, Esq. of Car- 

 er, from Pennsylvania, where it is called the i 

 enango potatoe, (probably from the river of that 

 ne, on which it was first raised.) This potatoe 

 it for the market on the 15th of July. Its fari- 

 when boiled, is of a daz;ling whiteness — it is a 

 )d bearer in good soils, and is nearly equal for 

 imer and autumnal use to any potatoc we have 

 The next in point of maturity, ripe early in Au- j 

 it, is a potatoe nearly blank, with white spots, 

 re or less predominant, when ripe, it is exceed- : 

 Iv farinaceous and dry, and admirably suited to 

 market, from the 10th of August, till the late 

 aloes arc ripe. I 



■■here is one other excellent variety, introduced 

 Col. T. II. Perkins from Philadelphia; a white 

 atoe called the " Foxito," and esteemed by the 

 insylvanians, their best variety. By the kindness 

 i^ol. Perkins t had a portion of them; they 

 jn in September and October, are very fair 

 rers, and I should be willing to put them on the 

 table in competition with the best Nova Scotia 

 atoes, from October to March — They are eer- 

 ily superior to any variety grown in the vicini- 

 jf Boston. 



Vnother admirable variety was presented to me 

 Andrew Brimmer, Esq. ; a present to him 

 m an English friend — No potatoe can exceed 

 as it appeared, grown in English soil at the 

 e of its arrival here. — As ustial, (for it is a 

 11 known and admitted fact,) and as I expected 

 m past experience, it felt the influence of re- 

 val from latitude 52 to 42 — from a moist, to a 

 soil and atmosphere — many plants of it did 

 ripen at all. The few that acquired the prop- 

 size were excellent, and preserving all of them 

 ler the hope that they might become gradually 

 dimated. I have reason to believe from a sec- 

 1 year's trial, that they will prove a valuable ac- 

 sitifn. Those only who know how inferior our 

 atoes are to those of England and Ireland, No- 

 Scotia and Maine, will appreciate the motive of 

 ■se remarks. J- LOWELL. 



Ni^W ENGLAND FARMER. 



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IMPORTANT TO LADIES. I up, as they look shabby and unfit for a geutlcwo- 



Hints as to the means of preserving or rentiving man's wear. 



different articles of Drcsn. Bonnets and liats should always be put by a£ 



Ail dresses should have the front breadth made j soon as ever you come in. 

 quite as long .is the hind ones, and tiirnod in (not If you are in mourning, whicli is, on the whole, 

 cut out,) where a slops is required. Wlien the h''^''y '^•'^Pcn-*'^o- i great saving may be made by 



dress begins to look shabby, let it bo entirely taken 

 to pieces, carefully iroucd-j and one of the hin( 



aviug the crape cleaned and ])ut on again. Let 

 the crape, when taken off, be rubbed very well on 



breadths put to thCTront, putting the top part to the ; Ha'i'K^^K to lake out the dust, then dip it into a large 

 bottom. Bythismeansthemarksofthe^^lhers will ^<^=*sel of milk and water, with a little japan ink 

 come under the flounces before, and the" soils of the I it; when you have cleansed it from all impurity 

 front breadth will be concealed in'the gathers. A ' *l"f^Pze it, w rather wring it by putting it in a 

 little new silk of on-inferior quality, or a different ! 'owol, and getting out as much moisture as possi 



colour, may bo bought to make an edging to the 

 trimming, and when it is made up again, you will 

 have a new-looking dress, which will last nearly 

 as long as it has done. There are many kinds of 

 silk which will turn to great advantage. When a 



blc. It must then be' well sliaken and clapped, 

 until all tho sparkles are gone, when it may be 

 pinned out to the proper size — do not stretch it too 

 much, or you will lose the curl, which is the beauty 

 of it. The milk, especially if assisted by japan ink. 



gown IS taken to pieces for this purpose, it must j «'i" ^"'^^^ '<• suBciently stiff. 

 be carefully wiped with a piece of soft linen, and When lilac, or violet dresses or ribbons are laid 

 if much crumpled,may be damped witli a sponge dip- by, they ought to be covered witli thick brown pa- 

 ped in cold water. Should it be purple or lilac, ; per to preserve their color. Yellow is a very las- 

 the whole may be sponged to great advantage, if | ting colour ; it wears clean, and will almost al- 

 done in water in which salts of Tartar are dissolv- i ways wash, ind is particularly useful for linings, 

 cd, as that will completely restore the purple [ in wliich it is verv delicate and becoming. Blue^ 

 tints; but this is lobe avoided if there is the least : and pink answer best, when they are chosen of 

 mixture of green, as it would then ruin it. Wlien I pale hues, in preference to a full color, because 

 ironed, the maid must lay a sheet of clean writing j the pale hues flo not expose the faded parts by 

 paper, or an old cambric handkerchief, over the j contrast, aad they are infinitely more advantageous 

 part, which will prevent that peculiar gloss given to the comjilexion. 



by the operation from becoming perceptible. 



A blond lace cap will not only last a long time 

 clean, but will wash twice extremely well, by which 

 means it becomes as cheap as handsome to the 



RAVAGES OF THE HOPPERS. 

 We continue to receive the most lamentable ac- 

 counts fronl various sections of this part of the 

 wearer.' Lerit"be pulled "to pieces in a careful i country, of 'the continued and increased ravages 



manner, and every particle of thread taken out — 

 then fold the trimmiug-s backward and forward 

 about a foot long, till they look like lace in the 

 piece, and sew thcih with fine thread and long 

 stitches on a strip of linen, taking care, that if 

 pointed, you tuck them round the points — let this 

 be put into a saucepan of cold water, into which a 

 good deal of mottled soap has been sliced, when it 

 is boiled well, pour it out, and when cold, let it be 

 well squeezed, but not rubbed in the least — proba- 

 bly this {irocess may be required two or three 

 times ; when it looks clean let the threads be cut 

 and drawn out carefully, and the blond laid, one 

 line at a time on fine flannel, cover it with a cam- 

 bric iiandkcrchief, and iron it as wet as you can- 



of the graffi-hoppers. The farmers having used - 

 all due diligence in arresting from the devouring 

 insects the small pittance of grass which they have 

 left — they seem to thicken among the English 

 grain which remains unharvested, and the Indian 

 corn ; many fields of wheat, rye and oats, are al- 

 ready more than half destroyed and some entire- 

 ly so. In many instances the agriculturist is cut- 

 ting down his grain in the milk for fodder, not hav- 

 ing any hopes that the hoppers will leave any thing 

 but the bare stock. When the grass and Englisb 

 grain is taken from the ground, the fields of corn 

 adjacent arc attacked with evident appearance of 

 being utterly ruined. 

 ' These ravenous insects, it seems, are lujt confin- 



it will be necessary to see that the edges are I ed to vegetables alone. They frequently seize up- 

 straight before you put it on a card to lay by. In , op clothes and wooden farming tools and utensils 

 a day or two you will see that it looks quite new. in many places where they are left in their way, 

 Crepe-lisse must be washed in the same way, in an incredible manner. We have witnessed this 

 after which it must be dipped into a starch prepar- ( fact among others ourselves. Labourers who may 

 ed thus— to two table spoonfuls of starch boiled in have thrown down their coats, vests, and handker- 



the common way, add a very small bit of lump su 

 gar, and stir it till it is dissolved, then lake one 

 table spoonful of unmade starch, well worked, so 

 as to have a perfectly smooth surface, and beat it 

 in that state when ready to be thinned for boiling, 

 then beat it very well with the made starch before 

 the crepe-lisse is put through it : when taken out 

 it must be well clapped, and pinned straight upon 

 a frame or a bed. 



All very rich gauzes should be ironed quite wet, 

 out of a very thick sud, in which case the iron 

 will pass pleasantly over them. Gauze handker- 

 chiefs should be got up in this way — when the 

 material is slight it requires starch, in which case 

 it must not be attempted to iron it, it will fray and 

 tear — indeed, poor gauses are not worth getting 



chiefs on the ground, have found them so much 

 eaten, as to render them almost entirely worthless. 

 Rakes and scythe snaths, have been eaten and 

 made so rough in a few hours as to render it ne- 

 cessary to smoothe them before they could be used 

 witkout inconvenience. Thus are we visited like 

 Egypt of olden time, and we know not that the 

 ravages of destroyer will be less CEdamitous. 



[Vermont Herald.] 



Three valuable animals of the short horn Dur- 

 ham breed, arrived in the Algonquin. They are 

 the property of John Hare Powel, whose efforts 

 to improve our domestic cattle cannot be too high- 

 ly commended — One of the heifers, has cost Mr 

 Powel about 600 dollars. [Phil. Gaz-l 



