THE GEKESEE FARMER. 



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A CHEAP COLD OBAPERT. 



;SSRS. Editors: — In answer to your request 

 February number, I send you a description 

 y cold grapery. It is 16 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, 

 iiigh in front, and 8 ft. high at the back. The 

 s firmly fixed, and it is ventilated by shutters 

 mt and rear nearly one-half the length of the 

 ing. I had the advantage of a garden wall 4 

 h at one end and the rear, which saved some 

 i. of lumber and about a day's work in con- 

 ting the vinery, as the frame is the same, only 

 ligh. I put no labor on it myself, hence I 



pay for every turn done at it, which enabled 

 know the exact expense of its construction. 



imbers I took from the wood pile, but allowed 

 ich in my account as it would cost to get an 

 quality at the lumber yard. The border was 

 ut 2^ ft. deep all of the inside and 4 ft. out- 

 and filled up with compost, sods, rubbish, &g. 

 cost but little, and made a very rich border, 

 vines cost me $3, which I reckon in account. 

 e lost the account of the items for lumber, 

 putty, nails, &c. ; otherwise I would give 

 hem. The carpenter was employed 12 days, 

 cts. per day ; the digging and filling 6 days, 

 cts. per day. The whole cost, boarding and 

 ■as a few cents less than $33. 

 ter the grapes are set, and the weather is set- 



1 generally have the shutters open, in front 

 )ack, day and night, for months together ; and 

 10 more attention to it than to keep the border 

 b, and once a week syringe the vines with soap 



and floured sulphur, drenching them com- 



hid that my vinery is exactly described in your 

 Rwral Annual^ except that I have the posts 

 ised in the sill instead of planted in the ground, 

 the plates mortised on the top of posts. I used 

 9 glass, and have five courses of glass between 

 rafter. (See a description in TJiornas's Fruit 

 urist for the roof.) I also find the true meth- 



ventilating a cold grapery given in the last 

 il Anniuil; but instead of nailing the shutters 



to keep servants from shutting or closing 

 too much and too long, I would advise every 

 to attend to his own vinery, and he will soon 

 a pleasure in it that he will in no wise abandon. 

 How another to share with hiA. b. f. b. 

 ightown., Pa., March, 1859. 



AS Tae. — The value of gas tar judiciously ap- 

 l for the prevention of insect attacks on fruits 

 vegetables has been admitted for years. Like 

 y other valuable applications, many persons 

 . it without skill, and being of a very caustic 

 re, it injured their trees. Experience has 

 vn a safe method of applying it, which is re- 

 mended by many skillful cultivators who have 

 I it. The plan is to smear rags with the tar, 

 hang them in the branches of ti-ees likely to 

 afested with the circulio. We are assured that 



has checked their depredations on the plum 

 t to a sensible extent this season. Gas tar is 



successfully employed on other vegetables to 

 le off insects, as its odor is very offensive to 

 Q. A correspondent has kindly offered to fur- 



his method of applying it to squashes, cucum- 

 I, &c. — Country Gentleman. 



DECEPnON IN PRACTICE. 



Mant men, at this present age of the world, are 

 studying deception continually, and a few can prac- 

 tice it very well. Among these practitioners may 

 be found the venders of fruit trees, vines, and gar- 

 den seeds. How long they will continue to prac- 

 tice this deception upon the unsuspecting farmers 

 and gardeners, is yet to be seen ; but enough has 

 been done to justify the deceived purchaser in 

 taking a stand in self-defence, for when old estab- 

 lished salesmen and firms get down in practice of 

 obtaining a few shillings under false pretences, like 

 they have the past season, it is then time the unsus- 

 pecting farmer is put upon his guard. 



Having been deceived and provoked by these 

 deceivers, in times past, it is natural I should feel a 

 little sore over it ; and I have concluded to keep 

 my eyes open the next season, to see and keep an 

 account of these deceptions, and if I find them on 

 the increase I shall present a hst of the men and 

 their articles for publication in the next January 

 number of the Genesee Farmer. But I suppose 

 when brought before the public, individually, they 

 will try hard to plead justification by the way of 

 mistakes, &c. ; but the deceived ones will find in 

 seven cases out of ten the deception is in some 

 new, costly and scarce article. For example : you 

 purchase a pound of what is represented to be cow 

 horn turnip seed, and after great preparation of 

 ground, &c., they turn out to be a poor, insignifi- 

 cant radish. This would he an intended mistake, 

 without doubt ; but if you should purchase a pound 

 of radish or mustard seed and it should turn out 

 to be cow horn turnii), then it would probably be 

 a mistake. 



But, kind reader, you will not be often deceived 

 in this way. Now, in the coming season, Delaware 

 and Rebecca grapes will be in great demand, and 

 how many will get deceived I know not ; but if 

 all would lay their case before the public by the 

 way of some agricultural paper, these deceivers 

 would be headed ott', for a paper that has a wide 

 circulation is a great tell tale. a. l. smitu. 



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EucROiDE Bartoijioides. — A fine addition among 

 yellow-flowering plants is Eucroide Bartonioides. 

 It can be treated as an annual, flowering the end 

 of summer and fall months, and may be lifted 

 before frost, and placed in a warm window or 

 green-house, and it will flower all winter. The 

 seed is cheap, and may be bought at the principal 

 seed stores. It can be grown by every cottager. * 



We are not acquainted with the plant here men- 

 tioned, and do not think the seed is commonly 

 kept for sale by seedsmen in this vicinity. The 

 name for it by Loudon is Microsperma 'bartonioides. 

 On examining the seed catalogue of Hovey & Co., 

 of Boston, we find this seed advertised at ten cents 

 per package. We thank our correspondent for 

 alluding to it, and should be happy to hear more 

 from him in reference to it. 



Lady Bugs feed upon the aphis which is such a 

 pest in gardens and green-houses. They should, 

 therefore, never be destroyed. 



