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VEW ENGLAIN'O FARMER. 



April -27. m 



to interfere one with the other, remove tlie least 

 promising. The plants should be set just before 

 1 shower or in the evening-, Inkinjj care not to 

 press the earth too hard abo'jt the root.=. If the 

 vreather be dry, tho plants oii^ht to he lightly 

 shaded for one or two days, and perhaps a little 

 water may be necessary. VERIT.'VS. 



Man-ifiM, March 7,' 1827. 



MULBERRY TREES. 



Mr Editoh — The following facts on the man- 

 agement of Mulberry trees for Silk Worms I have 

 gleaned from a gentleman in Mansfield, Con. in a 

 Tate convel-sation with him. They are at your dis- 

 posal. 



The trees are stripped in the neighboring towns 

 and sold at 12 skeins to 100 pounds of leaves. The 

 trees, at 3 or 4 years, are bent down and a stone 

 put on the stock, leaving the top limbs to sprout, 

 nearly every one of these becomes a tree, and may 

 be taken up and removed the ne.\t spring. This 

 mode affords a gain of planting the seeds, of two 

 or three years. 



The stock may be cut and the tree suffered to 

 rrow again, being cut off between the parent stock 

 and the stone, and it will flourish agani. 



The mode spoken of in your forrrier paper.s has 

 been tried, with what success is not knovvn. They 

 are sown in beds, and cut with a sickle. 



It is said that in the town of Mansfield upwards 

 of $30,000 worth of silk was manufactured, last 

 year, which for a town of its population is a most 

 extraordinary benefit, and is apparent in the mark- 

 ed improvement of the country, which is more ob- 

 servable here than in any other part. 



The tree delights in a warm but moist soil. The 

 ieaves are picked dry, after the dew is otY, and they 

 will last 24 hours after gathering. \V. 



Boston, Jpril-iR, 18'27. 



Fromihe. Xalional Intelligencer. 



I Italy : jessamine, Ea.st Indies ; elder tree, ] 

 j potatoes, Brazil — these were introduced intj 

 I land in 15G3, by Hawkins, into Ireland 



.Messrs. Giles & Seaton— In the Intelligcn 

 cer of this morning, I read an account of the loss ) Walter Raleigh in 158(5 Tobaco first disi 

 of a number of shcRp about Waterville, in the | in St Domingo in ]49(i, afterwards by. tho 

 state of New-York, which as stated, was occasion- 

 ed by the grub-worm making its lodgment above 

 tho cyo of tho sheep; and that no means as yet 

 has been discovered for its destruction. 



Sheep being esteemed a valuable stock, and the 

 ^rowers of wool a valuable class of citizens, a dis- 

 ease so destructive to that "seful animal is wor- 

 thy notice ; and as I deem it a duty incumbent 

 on every citizen to furnish such information when 

 lis possession, as may conduce to the public 



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iards in Yucatan, in 1.520. It was introduced 

 Franco by Nicot, in I. WO, introduced into E 

 in 15;S3 prohibited to be planted there in 

 allowed to be cultivated in Ireland 1779. [lb] 



NEWLY INTRODUCED VEGETABL! 

 The Marrow Squash or Vegetable Marro 

 the Valparaiso, introduced by Commodore Pi 

 The former, in its native climate, Persia 

 the Cicader. It is, Saline observes, of a 

 goo'df foTthe benefit' oV those interested, 'l wiTl t s"'P_fiur-coIour, and abo.it 9 inches in Jei 

 state what I know to be a fact. The oj7 of amber. " " " ""' " "'" 



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BUGS IN PEAS. 



Mr EditoIi — In the present volume of the New 

 England Farmer, page 241, there is an account of 

 the Pea Weevil. Mr Pitmas has given the most 

 correct statement of the insect that I have ever 

 .seen. He says that " ichcn the Peas are of a fit 

 si;e to be eaten grem .... you may find [in those 

 punctured by tho bug] a white tgg about the size 

 of a pin head." Here the gentleman is in an error, 

 it io not the '• egg," that is found at that time, but 

 the larva, which may be seen to move with a good 

 eye. The egg is very eaiall when deposited in the 

 pea, but soon hatches, and the larva has a rapid 

 growth ; and those who. eat the most peas, proba- 

 bly eat the most larvai. VERITA.S. 



Mansfield, April 21, 1827. 



which may be had at most of the apothecary shops, 

 will instantly dislodge all worms, magots, &c. — 

 It may be applied by dipping a feather into the 

 amber, and gently stroking tho parts afiVcted. — 

 This remedy has proved effectual when every 

 other application had been used in vain. Should 

 this remedy succeed with sheep as when ap- 

 plied to all other animals, it will be a source of 

 much gratification to — yours, respectfully. 

 April. 13, 1827. GEO. JOHNSON. 



PROSPECTS OF THE SEASON. 

 We are informed, by our market fruiterers, thit 

 the prospect of a fruitful season, was never more 

 favourable. We have e.xperienced some chills, 

 since the warm weather of last week, but we un- 

 derstand, that the fruit buds have not received 

 any injury in this vicinity. In Providence, con- 

 siderable ice was formed on MonJ:iy night, and 

 the Apricots and other fruit trees which were in 

 blossom, were injured. In Virginia, a great a- 

 bun'Jance of fruit is promised by the buds. They 

 however quote au old saying " that they are noser 

 safe against tiro frost, until the full of the moon in 

 April." [Salem Observer.] 



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DURABLE BLACK INK. 



Galls (best) ') o?,. Sulphate of iron or green vit- 

 riol calcined to whiteness 2.i_oz. pulverize the 

 whole and add pure water one quart — infuse 2 

 days and then add 1^ oz. Gum arable, shaking it 

 now and theu until the gum be dissolved. The 

 powder re-xembles Walkden's British Ink-powder, 

 and the Ink is e\cellent, grows darker after us- 

 ing and is perhaps not inferior to any. G. 



PENNSYLVANIA DISTILLERIES. 



Duriiig the year ending March 31st, the whole 

 ••umber of gallons of apple and rye liquor gauged 

 in the Borough of Reading, Pennsylvania, was 

 r),«68,315, 



GARDEN FRUITS, FLOWERS, &c. 

 A recciit English publication gives us the fol- 

 lowing account of the origin aud introduction, in- 

 to England, of her garden fruits, &c. The dam- 

 ask rose was introduced by Dr. Linacre, physician 

 to Henry 8lh ; pippins, by Leonard Mascal, in 

 1.52.'>; currants or Corinthian grapes were brought 

 from the Island of Zantes, and first planted in 

 England, in 1555 ; the musk rose, and several 

 sorts of plums, from Italy, by Cromwell ; apricots, 

 by the s;ardener of Henry 8th ; tamarith plant, 

 from Germany, 15G0, by Archbishop Grindall ; 

 gilly flo'.vers. carnations, provence roses and other 

 flowers, were planted by the Flemings, in 1567; 

 woad was brought from France, and tulip roots 

 from Vienna, in 1578 ; beans, peas and salads 

 were introduced in 1060 ; Rice came from Ethio- 

 pia ; buck wheat from Asia ; borage from Syria ; 

 cresses from Crete ; Cauliflower from Cyprus ; 

 asparagus from .Asia, 'rst planted in England in 

 l(i08 ; fennel from Canary Islands; annise and 

 parsley from Bgypt; garlic from the East; shal- 

 lots, Siberia ; horse radish, China ; kidney beans. 

 East Indies ; gourds Astracan ; lentils, France, 

 cabbage, lettuce, &c. Holland ; celery, Flanders ; 

 beans, peas, oranges &c. Spain ; gooseberries, 

 Flanders ; hops, France ; cherries, Pontus : arti- 

 chokes, Holland : apricots, Epirus ; apples, Syria; 

 ranunculus, Alps ; carnations and pinks, Italy ; 

 tube rose, Java and Ceylon ; liUy, Syria ; daffodil. 



useful for culinarv purpo.ses in every stage 

 growth. The flesh has a peculiar tendernesi 

 softness, from which circumstance it has, I 

 pose, received its nam>=, much resembling the 

 tery quality of the Beurre pears, and this propitltjijik* 

 remains with it till it is full grown, when it ioitllport 

 ed for pies. It is however in its immediate 

 of growth that I conceive it likely to be most 

 proved. Compared with all the o.her kinds w 

 I had growing, its superiority was decided ; 

 were one or two which in cooking, might bo ( 

 sidered nearly as good, but these are bad beai 

 and more difficult to cultivate so that I con: 

 the vegetable marrow without a rival. [Ibi( 



HOW TO DESTROY CATERPILLARS 

 ORCHARDS. 

 riant, according to its size, from one to 

 plants of bird-cherry, (Primus Padus ;) alt 

 tho whole of the caterpillars and butterflies, wif 

 in one hundred or two hundred yards, will res 

 to that plant. The appearance of the bird cheiitj 

 will be hideous, but the fruit trees will be safe. 



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PLANTING POTATOES. 



Gentlemen — As the season for planting potl- 

 toes is approaching, and as there is a variety of 

 opinions on that subject, the following remarks, 

 which are the result of practical observation, in|^ 

 not be uninteresting to some of yotir readers. Pe- 

 tatoes should never be planted whole, whatever 

 may be their size, as they ail produce the same 

 number of shoots, almost invariably 5, which is 

 too great a number to be together, in order to 

 make a good crop. As the whole Potatue, how- 

 ever large, or however many eyes, (or buds,) it 

 may have, never produces moie than five shoots, 

 which are all from the end adrerse to the stem: 

 care should be taken that they are cut longitudin- 

 ally, which, when halved or quartered, is likely to 

 divide the productive buds among the several 

 parts. One third of the stem end should first be 

 cut off, which is without-a bud ; that will not pro- 

 duce a shoot, but is valuable for the table or stock 

 and of no service to the planted part. It i.-i there- 

 fore a saving that ought never Io be omitted. — 

 Thus prepared, the potatoes should, if planted in 

 rows, be from 8 to 10 inches apart; if in hills, 3 

 or 4 pieces in each. Great care should be observ- 

 ed not to have the trenchfs for planting deep. — 

 Hills, in which tliey are seldom planted below the 

 surface of the earth, generally produce the finest 

 potatoes. — J^at. Inttl. 



From one of the most respectable dealers in 

 cloths, we learn that English Cloths of the spxiri- 

 oils or logu'ood dye, have found their way into 



