Vol. v.— No.lO. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMEli. 



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ncnts with it.lose that advantajjc their sister states ! P'""?'' i'-'int l" ^^o so near tin? rows as not to (luir accuracy has been tested hy the best authors of 

 njov .- — 1 sny, it nboitiuls in New Enylaml. As it ! l'''''^"" some ground to be iluir with the hoe. The Ihn a^e. 



.as a pleasing tact, the information oT wliich irave ; ^ irtli is first thrown from tlie trees, and llien to- ' . '" the present catalogue he offers alcove 500 new va- 

 .e pleasure, tn conve.satton with a surveyor of the j ward, them, and the ground .s also worked with a , TZ:2:::!:^tl^Ji: ]Z:t^:' Z' "nlo" c'eleSf 

 md in the eastern parts of the state of Maine, I | ''"e between the trees to destroy the weeds ; the ' Uinds that have within a few years past been brought 

 iquired if he liad discovered any quantity of the j '"°''0 ''"" earth is stirred, and the cleaner the into notice and recouiaiended by those distinguished 

 ypsum in his travels. He put his linger on a imp i g''"""'' "s kept, the faster the trees will grow in i "'"'''<:"'li"'a''='^ ^'»° Mons i- Duqiiesene, and by Mr 

 len before us, and said, " Ves : here, along the ' every stage of their progress from the seedling to \ ^"J"'''' I'"'*''^':"' ""he Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 inks of tlie St. John's river, there appears an in- 1 "'« •"'! grown tree. ^ 



haustless quantity." I was before apprehensive ! I" pruning trees in tlic nursery, care should be 

 reat Britain might, by impost or otherwise rcn- t^'l^en not to run them up too high ; this weakens 



r it difficult and e.vpensive procuring a supply ; "'e stems and throws the growth too much into 



was tlierofore a satisfaction to find that our ovvn j '''e branches. They must be pruned gradually, 

 rritory could furnish a supply of that valuable ' ""'' '^ ''"'e each year. No suckers that spring up 

 Bnure. MOSKS BROWN. I ^'^""^ t''e roots should be suffered to remain ; and 



don. 



In regard to the cliarartcr and accuracy of the Truils 

 sent from this estalilithment. the proprietor refers to 

 the Hon Jonathan llunnewell, ?iid other gentlemen in 

 Boston and its vicinity, who have patronized his estab- 

 lishment for the last fifty years, and particularly to the 

 fruit of the various kinds with which the Boston mar- 

 ket is now supplied from the extensive collection of 



SEW ENGLAND FAR MER. ' 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 1826. 



,,,,,,,,, .., , , trees furnished the late l)r Oliver Smith, Secretary of 



N. B. The finer the plaster is ground, I judge, I "" ""ds should be speedily rubbed off which would I the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, who, more 

 e better: a ton makes from twenty to twenty-five 1 m^ike branches too low on the stems. This atten- than thirty years since, had several thousand trees an- 

 s]]els. [ tion is not required for those that are intended as 1 ""'*"yi which were distributed among the members of 



stocks to eno-raft in. "^'*' .Association. It may perhaps be deemed worthy 



■n ° ' I. . L 1 1 of notice that near 100 varieties of the fruits offered for 



Deep snovvs are apt to bend down young trees, Ua'e, by the proprietor, are dilierent from those cuiti' 

 and make them crooked. The best remedy for ' vated by other establishments under the same names, 

 this, is to drive down stakes, proportioned to the ' and the identity of every fruit sent by him, tbeproprie- 

 height of the young trees, and tie them in such a '°" expressly guarantees. 

 NURSERY. manner that the bark will not be injured by the ' Catalogues may be obtained gratis of the subscriWer, 



K nursery, according to Dr Willich's Domestic ' ^'""S, nor by rubbing against the stakes. This is ' ^ mee't^pl^m^aUe,' u'o,^:""'" ' '"'"" '"' '"'^ 

 lopedia, ought to be seated contiguous to the '° ^° ^°'^^ '^^'^'^ grafting them. i JOSEPH BRIDGE, Agent for the Proprietor, No. 



elling-house, that it maybe conveniently in- i Altl'ough pomace is commonly used in obtaining : 25 Court-s|reet, Boston. Sep. 29. 



;cted"in every season : it should likewise be in '^'^'^''^ '"'*'' ^ ""'■^^■'y' ^^'etli'"k it would be more ad-' ' ^ " " ~~ ~ 



vicinity of a brook or rivulet, in order that ^'^"'^"^°"^ *° **''"''^ *''<''^* "'•'''='' you intend to 

 remay be a constant supply of water during the s"^^'. fro™ the best apples you can procure. It is 

 . days of summer. ^f'e t'lat the trees will not resemble tlie seeds 



f it bo intended for timber trees. Miller advises '"''''"' which they were produced, in all respects. — 

 nursery to be formed on the ground which is ^"' probably, they may in some particulars. The 

 igned for the future plantation, so that a sufli- |°''"^f"''"? will, generally, resemble the parent, in 

 n number may he suffered to stand, when the '^"""^ "iegree as well in vegetables as in animals, 

 ers have be'en removed. i^^^e should prefer selecting seeds from s^ood fruit 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



APPLES, best, 

 ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - 

 ptarl do. - - . 

 BEA\S, white, - . . . 

 BEEE, mess, 200 lbs. new, 

 cargo, IVo 1, new, - 



fVith respect to fruit trees, 1. The soil ought to '"^'tained from young trees. This precaution may | BU'f'I'ER, inspect? N„. l. new 

 fresh, rather dry than moist, and not richer than i'^'^ unnecessary, but it can do no harm; and we : CHEESE, new milk, - -" - -' 

 : into whicli they are finally transplanted. 2. It ' "P*^ '^'"^ suggestion may lead to trials which will 1 skimmed milk, - - 



luld be carefully inclosed, to exclude hare.s, rab- 

 , and all other animals that infest young plant- 

 ins ; after which tlie ground must be cleared 

 'O all weeds and trtnched to the depth of about 

 feet, in the raontli of .August, so that the nur- 

 ' may be ready for the reception of the young 

 ks in October. :i. On tlie approach of the plant- 

 iseason, the trenches must be filled up, the soil 



frove whether the seeds of the best table apples, l f"LAX 

 tr of the best cider apples, will not in general pro- 

 iuco better fruit trees than the seeds of apples of 

 an inferior quality. 



CORRECTION. 



The part of tlie article on Elm Trees, page 58 of 

 (^r current volume, beginning — " We have two 



as leve'l as possible. The rows should be made i f ''f'^^ °f ^lie Ulmas, or Elm,'' &c. was not writ- 



e and a half or four feet apart, and the seed 

 «ted plentifully witliout the pomace one or tv.-o 

 les deep. If the pomace is not used soon after 

 ng it from the press, it must be spread and dri- 

 as it is liable to heat and destroy the seeds. — 

 ds, which are saved early, or are kept for sow- 

 in the spring, (which some prefer) should be 

 lerved from air in dry sand : let them be put 



tfn by Dr Cooper, who was editor of the last edi 



FEAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genesee, . - . 



Uve, best, ... 

 GRAIN, Rye - - ... 



Corn - - ... 



Barley - ... 



Oats . - ... 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 

 ilOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 

 LIME, 



bush 

 bbl. 



bush 



bbl 



FROM 



1 50 

 80 00 

 95 00 



2 00 

 10 00 



ti 25 

 6 00 

 18 

 9 



D. C. 



1 75 

 32 50 

 97 60 



2 50 

 111 25 



8 50 

 6 37 

 20 

 12 



t|on of Willich's Domestic Encyclopedia, but by | OIL, Lins«"ed, Phil, and Northern gal 

 l]r Mease of Philadelphia, editor of a former edi- "' 

 tfan of that popular and useful work. Dr Cooper's 

 additions to the articles in that work are invariably 

 niarked T. C. 



In Mr Harris's communication, page 33 column 

 2j line 14 from the top, for spires, read spines 



box, laver upon layer, covering them several ^'^l^^' eolumn 2, line 20 from the bottom, for 



tardaruis read Lardarius. 



es with sand. Soon after coming up, they are 

 5 thinned, so as to stand at proper distances, /J 



four or five inches apart) and the ground is to 

 ept hoed but not deep near the plants, and 

 r of weeds and grass. After they have had 



summers' growth, they may be taken up, 

 :ed near the root, and set again in the nurse- 

 the distance of about a foot and a half or 

 feet apart in the rows ; where tliey may re- 



nntil sufficiently large to transplant into the 

 aid, or they may be ingrafted into the ground, 

 le cultivation of a nursery is effected by 

 Thing and harrowing, each operation twice or 

 e in the season, with ploughs and harrows of 

 ill size, in using which, great care should be 

 1 to avoid galling or injtirmg the trees. The 



nna:an Botanic Garden and JVursery, Flushing, 

 Long Island, near JVeio York. 



WILLIAM PRINCE,propri- 

 f tor of this establishment, offers 

 to the public the most exten- 

 sive caiII.cI ion ot Fruits, Orna- 

 mental Trees, and Plants in 

 America, The Fruits have 

 been selected by actual inves- 

 tigation of their merits, and 

 nearly all of which arc engraft- 

 ed from bearing trees 



In the selection, which has 

 been the particular pursuit of 

 hisfather and himself for more than half a century, he 

 has spared neither pains nor expense, and such as did I POTATOES, 

 not possess particolar merit have been rejected and CIDER, liquor, (new) 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 

 do do unwashed 



do 3.4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native ... do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



bush 

 lb. 



95 

 4 75 

 4 75 



3 25 



74 

 83| 

 731 

 55I 

 10' 



90 

 75 

 2 50 

 14 25' 

 1! 25 II 50 

 10 87; 11 75 

 2 67 3 00 



10 

 1 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 3 50 



86 

 76 

 60 

 11 



2 75 

 14 75 



PROVISIOJ^ MARKET. 

 BEE!', best pieces - - - . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



*' whole hogs, - - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



pout TRY, ...... 



BUTTER, keg & tub, . 



lump, best, - . - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, .... 

 Indian, do. . . . - 



50 

 33 

 36 

 30 

 25 

 45 

 38 



