NEW ENGLAND i AKMER. 



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benolit by t'liniisliin^' fruit wliicli id wiiolcaoiiie as 

 well as nutritious, a restorative lo tii(5 valetudina- 

 rian, as well as an innocent luxury for the epi- 

 cure. For furtlior notices of lliis kinil of grape, 

 see New England Fanner, vol, v. pages 91. 101. 



TABM IVORK. 



Barn Yards. — it is not improbabln tliat toward 



not only more plentiful crops, but tlioae which 

 will come to maturity earlier in the season by se- 

 lecting seeds from forward and vigorous plants 



It is best, in general, to keep them in the pods, or 

 husks, and where it can be economically done 

 with a part of the stems, and spread them in some 

 airy place where they arc not exposed to moisture 



IMPROVEMKNT IN HYDRAUUCS. 

 A Mr John M. Cooper, from Guildhall Vt. now 

 ^dcnt in th.s village, has, for more than a yea. 

 t,becnin.proving a new Hydraulic mach.ne, 

 d has succeeded to the a.tomshment o a who 

 ve witnessed its operation. He has lately ex- 

 ,ited one in this place, which was m sr.c _"s 

 lows ; eight inches in diameter and o a cyhn- 

 cal form. The machine is operated by ineans 

 crank attached to a gudgeon upon each end 

 u. The power applied to the machine, Wiib jo wit. swamp-mud, clay, straw, fern or brakes, 1 ^^^^^ pj. ^^^ ^^^ fruits, however, such as cucum. 

 jr men, who were able lo throw a conUnueu ^^^^.^ ^^^,^ pj.,,j_ t^^fs, weeds, stubble which may , ^^^^^ ^j,c\ons, &c. must be cleaned from the pulp 

 umn ofwatcr, three fourths ofan inch in diame- be worth while to mow for the purpose, &c. &c. | ^^^ mucilage which surround them: otherwise 



"''"'' Turnips.— U will be well to sow soot, ashes, j ^,^p ^.^j^j^^^ ^j. ^j^^^^ p.^j.j3 ^iH destroy the srerm, 



lime or a mixture of two or more of these over j ^^ deprive it of the principle of vegetation 

 your turnips. Ellis, an old writer on husbandry, j ^^ |^^^ been recommended when seeds 

 says, " Turnips sooted about 24 honrs after they I jp„ded to bo sent a "reat distance or it is 



Barn Yards.— It is not improbable tliat towards 1 ^|^^, ^j^^ ^^^^.^ ^^^.^^ j^y ^^,^ ^^^j^,, gradually ; ob 

 the latter end of this' month you may have leisure ; ^^^^^^^ ^^ [„,„ ,i,q,„ ^^w and then, and not to laj 

 to begin to cart into your barn yard such sub- ( ^^^^j^ a^quanlity together as to bring on a ferraen- 

 stanccs as will answer good purposes for manure jj^^^j^jj ^^^ 1^^^^,^^.^ ^^^^ ^ois of the whole. The 

 to wit. swamp-mud, clay, straw, fern or brakes, , ^^^^^ ^j. ^^^ ^^^ j-^.^^jj^^ however, sucli as cucum- 



are up will be entirely secured from the fly. — j ^^ preserve them a long time, to wrap them in ab- 

 Some advise, and it may bo well, if not too much Igg^ijent paper, and surround them by moist brown 

 trouble to leach soot and sprinkle the young tur- ] g,^ ^ writer in Loudon's Magazine tecom- 



nips with the liquor. M'Mahon, in treating of the ' ^^^j^ packin" seeds down in charcoal dust for 



. one hundred and twenty feet on a ho izontal 

 ; and more than ninety feet high. T h^ ."a- 



u" is entirely different from any thing that has 



■ r heretofore been known. Mr C. has in his 

 deification for Letters Patent, termed it he 

 lotative piston," yet it contains neither pistcn 

 rvalvci, but has the appearance of a wheel 



thin a wheel, operating in such a manner as to ^^-^^^ ^^jj,, jj^p n^^y^av. M'Mahon, in treating of the ' ^,g^„ds packin" seeds down in charcoal dust for 

 ■m a vacuum on one side,a powerful compression |^^^;^.,^ij,„ of turnips, says " the plants should bo ^^^^ purpose of°pveserving them. 

 the other, and what is most wonderful, at each n^c^ f^^^ gg^.g„ j^ twelve inches every way ; this ] 

 rolution, it takes in and throws out more cubic ^^^^ ^e regulated according to the strength of i charcoal dust a useful .atanure. 



-' ■ ■' - •'-- -1-"'" -"-"^ which the t|,e land, the time of sowing, and the kind of tur- Mr Thomas Smith, an English gardener, Te- 



nips cultivated ; strong ground and early sowing | commends charcoal dust as a top dressing for on- 

 aUvays producing the largest roots.'" ; ions, and as a cure for the clubbing in cabbages. 

 " The width of the hoe should he in proportion i The charcoal dust which he made use of was the 

 to the medium distance to bo left between the [ refuse of a charcoal pit. It was spread upon the 

 plants, and this to their expected size. [ground about half an inch thick before sowing 

 " The critical time of the first hoeing is, when , the seed, and merely dug in with the point of the 

 the plants as thoy lie spread on the ground are | spade so as to mix the top soil and charcoal dust 

 nearly the size of the palm of the hand ; if, how- together. Six years' experience have convinced 

 ever, seed weeds be numerous and luxuriant, they Mr Smith that charcoal is a remedy for the grub, 

 ought to bo checked before the turnip plants ar- and mouldiness of onions ; and he has repeatedly 

 . '.._ _i .!-_.. _: i__t 1.-: — ,1.... ., t.^11 oTirl i ..«,i ♦Uct ;t £»^f'a(>tiinUu nrpvents the clubbinff in 



;hes of water than the whole space which th 

 chine itself occupies. The machine has been 

 pwn, and the principle of it explained, to many 

 ntlemen of science and experience m liyaraui- 

 ;, among whom was his Excellency the Govorn- 

 of New York ; and it is the prevailing opinion 

 „ all that it will take the place of every other ma- 

 ine, both for Pumps and Fire Engines, as soon 

 It is extensively known. , 



Mr. C. has associated himself with two genllq^ 

 ■n of thi-< Villao-c, who have established a inaniv 

 :tory on an ext°ensivc scale ; and we understanj 

 it the company have s ' " ' *" " 



secure the rights fo. _ ■ . ,- ^ 



ler countries in that direction. [Windsor paper.] 



nave t;3i..ioiioiio>. « • ouglit to DO cliecKPU oeioro ine turnip piam,^ m- anu mouiuiui^sM I'l "jiuoiio , a,.^, .•<. ..".^ ..,,,.-_ — -j 



scale ; and we understanii j ^.j^.g ^^ jj^^^j gj^^ . ,ggj ^^-^^^ drawn up tall and j proved that it effectually prevents the clubbing in 



sent an agent to liii'opo,! gj^nd^r, they should acquire^a weak sickly habit. I the roots of cabbage and cauliflowers. 



,r Franco, England andj ■< a second hoeing should be given when the j ^ea coal ashes injurious to vegetation. 



leaves are grown to the lici'jlit of eight or nine . i » *• ht- r „ a, .,(■„. ,\,^ r.^rA^y, 



. , '^, , , , .1 ,1 A correspondent ot air Loudon tor the trarden- 



inches, in order to destroy weo.., loosen the enrtn ^^,^ jj .^^ ;„ substance that a large gar- 



ami finally to regulate the ;.Ia,us ; a third it found ^^^^ .^_ ^.^^^^^.^^ U,;,^, .^^d been manured or coat- 

 necessary, may be given at any subsequent pe- 1 ^^ ^^_^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^, ^^j^^^ ^^^^ ^ neighboring town 



^ ' .„ , ^ , . ■ , ., for two years in succession, was thereby rendered. 



"Here will the farmer exclaim against ihe ex-i ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ gardener, finding his fruit trees 

 pense and trouble ot hoeing ; but let him try one ^^^ ^^ ^^^.^_^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ e.vpected, but attribut- 

 acreinthis way, and leave another of the same I ._^^ .^ to a difl-erent cause, took up a number of 

 quality to nature, as is too frequently done and I ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ substratum of ashes inorderto 



^EW ENGLAND FARMEli. 



BOSTONrFRIDAY77uLY^,J8£7^ 



ISABELLA GRAP>'. 



We Lave seen, growing in the garden of Mr J. 

 inship of Brighton, Mass. a fine specimen of 

 Isabella Grape, which was procured from Mr 

 ■ince's Linnsan and Botanic Garden, Flushing, 

 „.g Island, near the city of New York. It ap- 

 ars from Mr Prince's catalogue that this is "an 

 nerican grape, a native of Dorchester, South 

 irolina, and was introduced to New York by 

 rs Isabella Gibbs, the lady of George Gibbs, Esq. 

 St. Augustine, who then resided at Brooklyn, 

 . \'. and°in honour of that lady has been called 

 e Isabella Grape. 



■^ It is a dark purple fruit, of good size, oval form 

 d juicy, and nearly equals some European kinds, 

 d "for vigor of growth, and abundance of yield, 

 ceeds any other yet cultivated in this country ; 

 id requires no protection in the winter. This 

 ape promises to rival all others in this country 

 r the purpose of making vvine, as it possesses all 

 e requisites to ensure success in making wine 

 a fair quality, or of making brandy equal to that 

 France. It ripens in September." 

 The yine in possession of Mr Winship has had 

 t two summers' growth previous to the present ; 

 d it has one hundred and twenty-one large 

 nches of grapes on wood of the last year. We 

 ink it bids fair to be quite an acquisition to the 

 ew England horticulturist ; as well as public 



.le wiil .find that the extra produce of the hoed 

 ao[c, will more than compensate for the labour 

 bestowed.'' 



them and formed a substratum of ashes in order to 

 lay them, as he said, dry and comfortable. The 

 trees got worse and were again taken up, and the 



33towed." , „ . „ • , r- 1 I ashes "removed ; but such were the deleterious ef 



Loudon says ^rc/j. Gcimc, a Scottish Gardener j ^^^^^ ^j. j,jg ^gj^^^ already worked into the soil, 

 of merit tried steeping the seed in sulphur, sowing j ^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^.^^^ previously was, and now 

 soot, ashes am! sea sand, along the drills, all with-'. ^ ^^^ of the most productive in Scotland, was 

 out efi-ect. At last he tried dusting the rows, ! ^^'^ ^^_ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ g,^^^ moderate crops 

 when the plants were in the seed-leat, with quick - rii-ed " 



lime, and found that effectual in preventing the 



depredations of the fly. "A bushel of quick lime," tla.ntiivg vegetables in rows, stirri.-«g the 

 he says is sufficient to dust over an acre of drilled , ground deep, &c. 



turnips, and a boy may soon be taught to lay it on | \y^ j). Rose, a correspondent of Mr Loudon, for 

 '_ almost as fast as he could walk along the drills. — , [[^g Gardener's Magazine, observes that " the ad- 

 If the seminal leaves are powdered in the slight- 

 est degree, it is sufficient ; but should rain wash 

 the lime off before the turnips are in the rough 

 leaf, it may be necessary to repeat the operation 

 if the fly begins to make its appearance." 

 gathering seeds, &c. 



vantages of frequently stirring the ground about 

 plants is known ; but it may not be obvious to ev- 

 ery one that the soil can be stirre'l much deeper, 

 when the hoe works along a continued straight 

 line as it does between the rows, than it can be 

 when it works in curves, or irregular roundish 



GATHERING SEEDS, QLC. , .^ 



.,.,,,,.. , c I spaces of limited e.xtent, as It does among crops 



It IS quite time to think about selecting seeds of P mv onions in rows sis 



many kinds of vegetables for future crops. It is 

 perhaps not known or not thought of by many cul- 

 tivators that the breeds of vegetables as well as 

 of animals may be improved by selecting the finest 



sown broad cast. I sow my onions in rows six 

 inches apart, and I can stir between them to the^ 

 deptlt of nine inches, or a foot if I choose ; but if 

 .hey were sown broad cast, and every plant waB 



of animals may be improved by selecting the finest ; - [^ ftameach other. I could Wt3tVbt 

 specimens to propagate from. You may eWain 



