1889. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



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ASTEUS. Ciilloition: Jas. Viok, first i>ri/.e, S3. 



Celosias. Collection; Mrs. W. G. Haviluiid, 

 West Hoosick. first prize, S3. Jas. Vick, Kochcs- 

 tcr, seconil prize, S2. 



CoLErs. T. S. Strickler, West Troy, first prize, 

 S3. 



PAXsrES. Collection; Jas. Vick, Hochester, 

 second prize, ?:t. 



G LADiOLrs. Collection; Jas. Vick, Kochestcr, 

 fii-st prize, fS. 1- varieties; Jas. Vick, Kochestcr, 

 first prize, $3. 



GERANTCM.S. Largest and best displaj- of named 

 varieties: Lewis Menaud, Albany, first prize, $10. 

 Jas. Vick, Kochestcr, second prize, io. 



Cut Flowers.— Amateur List. 



General Collectios. E. Van Allen, Beth- 

 lehem Centre, first prize, $10. Mr. W. G. Havi- 

 land. West Hoosick, second prize, $.5. 



Dahlias. Collection of Dahlias named; O. H. 

 Jaeciues, Wright's Coi-aers, first prize, S"- O. H. 

 Jacques, Wright's Corners, second prize, §3. 12 

 dissimilar blooms mimed; O. H.Jacques, Wright's 

 Corners, first prize, J3. O. H. Jacques, Wright's 

 Corners, second prize. S2. Six dissimiliar blooms 

 named; O. H. Jacques, Wright's Comers, first 

 prize, S2. O. H. Jacques. Wright's Corners, sec- 

 ond prize. SI. 



Verbexas. Collection of Verbenas named; E. 

 Van Allen, Bethlehem Centre, first prize, $5. A. 

 Stowe, Stanwix, second prize, S3. 12 distinct 

 varieties named; A. Stowe, Stanwlx, first prize, 

 S.f. Six varieties named; A. Stowe, Stanwix, 

 first prize, S2. 



Phloxes. Collection of annual Phloxes; E. 

 Van Allen, Bethlehem Centre, first prize. So. A. 

 Stowe, Stanwix, second prize, S3. Perennial 

 Phloxes, six varieties named; E. Van Allen, Beth- 

 lehem Centre, first prize, S2. 



Asters. E. Van Allen, Bethlehem Centre, 

 first prize, S3. A. Stowe, Stanwix, 2d piize, S2. 



Passies. Mrs. W. G. Haviland, West Hoosick, 

 first prize, S3. A. Stowe, Stanwix, 2d prize, S2. 



Ten Week Stocks. Collection; A. Stowe, 

 Stanwix, first prize, S3. 



Gladiolus. Collection; Howard Bros„Roches- 

 ter, first prize, $5. A. Stowe, Stanwix. second 

 prize, i3. 



Everlasting Flowers. Collection; Mrs. W. 

 G. Haviland, West Hoosick, first prize, $3. 



Greenhouse and Stove Plants. General 

 collection; Louis Menaud, Albany, first prize, t30. 



Group of Palms. Louis Menaud, Albany, first 

 prize, 810. 



Group of Ferns. Louis Menaud, Albany, 

 first prize, SIO. 



Zonal Pei.argoniums. Best collection in pots; 

 Louis Menaud, Albany, first price, SIO. One 

 Zonale Pelargonium (single); Louis Menaud, Al- 

 bany, J2. 



Orchids. Best collection; Louis Menaud, Al- 

 bany, first prize, $20. 



BouyiTETS, Floral Designs, Etc. Best display 

 for funeral purposes; Louis Menaud, Albany, fii-st 

 prize, S2o. Mrs. W. G. Haviland, West Hoosick, 

 second prize, $15. Best display, other than for 

 funeral purposes; Louis Menaud, Albany, first 

 prize, $23. 



CONDENSED GLEANINGS. 



The Narcissus Fly, The grub feeds on the 

 heart of the bulb and checks its root and top 

 gro^vth, and finally eats it way out near the base. 

 It may be detected by squeezing the neck of the 



in pots for fttrciug into earl.v bloom. The fiy is 

 hatched in May, and may be caxight by plates of 

 treacle, around the edges of which a little honey 

 has Itecii smeared as a bait. The simplest and best 

 remedy suggested by Dr. Bos is to immerse in 

 I water all affected bulbs tor eight days before 

 I planting. The eggs are laid by the fly in May or 

 I June presumably in the old hollow fiower-stalks, 

 or at the bases of the leaves at the neck of the 

 bulb. In July or August, when at latest the 

 bulbs ought to be potted or planted, the larva' are 

 small and have done no material 

 injui-y, and the eight-day bath is 

 almost certain destruction to the 

 insect, while doing no harm, but 

 possibly some little good to the 

 bulbs.— Gardener's Chronicle. 

 Orchard Drainage. If you want 

 ! a good orchard you must provide 

 good drainage. If possible to have 

 j it without locating the orchard very 

 ■ inconveniently, have good natural 

 j drainage. Don't believe the men 

 I tell you that, other things being 

 ] equaj, low ground is better than^ 

 high ground for orchards, it is not. 

 In not a few cased orchards on low 

 ground have done better than those 

 on high ground in the same neigh- 

 borhood. But this is because the 

 orchards have not been manured. 

 Those on the hills have been 

 starved out the soonest, because for 

 ages the surface water has been 

 carrying fertility from the hills to 

 the lowlands; and this has been in- 

 creased by the cultivation of the 

 ground. Hence the food supplies 

 of the hlUs are soonest exhausted 

 and the hiU orchards are starved, yet 



Frtiit as a Uedicine. Fresh, ripe, perfect, raw 

 fruit is safe and healthful at all seasons of the 

 .vear, and amid the ravages of disease. Under 

 proper restrictions as to quantity, fruits will cure 

 diarrhcea, aid in removing a colic, cold, fever, or 

 any other disease whose treatment requires the 

 bowels to be kept freely open. Fruit should be 

 eaten ripe, raw, fresh and perfect. It should be 

 eaten in moderation. It should be eaten no later 

 than four o'clock in the afternoon. No water or 

 fluid of any description should be swallowed 



THE NARCISSUS FLY iMeroden equestin). 



POTATO-SORTING SCREEN. 



bulb, and if it feels spongy and soft, the grub is 

 frequently found inside, a fat dirty yellow thing 

 nearly half an inch long. We found odd exam- 

 ples in 18S", and this year they seem more plenti- 

 ful. It has long been a trouble to the Dutch bulb 

 growers, from whom presumably it found its 

 way to our gardens inside imported bulbs. Our 

 engra\"ing shows this insect in all its stages. 

 Those who purchase imported Narcissi, or those 

 of home growth, should test them by feeling the 

 necks of the doubtful-looking bulbs before 

 planting. In some cases I believe the existence 

 and development of this new pest to our gar- 

 dens has been fostered by the growing of Narcissi 



the valley orchards get sufficient nourishment for 

 good growth. But if you manure the orchard 

 properly, the high ground will give the better re- 

 sults. Where natural drainage is not complete, 

 it will always pay to add artificial drainage. Of 

 this, underdrainage tUe is the best sort; but in 

 many cases good surface drainage will suffice, 

 and this may be got by so plowing that the ridge 

 is made each time along the row, with the " land- 

 furrow" midway between the rows.— John M. 

 Stahl in Indiana Farmer. 



Eemoving Copper Sulphate from Grapes. The 

 Grapes were more or less covered with the Bor- 

 deaux Mixture, rendering them unfit for market. 

 Upon trial it was found by adding a small amount 

 of cider vinegar to the water in which the Grapes 

 were placed and allowed to remain a few min- 

 utes, and afterwards rinsing the fruit in water, 

 the adhering mixture could be entirely removed. 

 The method pursued in this case was to use one 

 quart of strong cider vinegar to five gallons of 

 water. The fruit was placed in wire baskets 

 which would contain about 20 pounds. By using 

 two baskets and placing the second in the vine- 

 gar and water when the first was removed, and 

 allowing it to remain there while the first basket 

 of fruit was rinsed twice in water and the Grapes 

 spread upon evaporated frames or other recept- 

 acles to dry, then the second basket oiE fruit 

 would be ready tor rinsing. Acetic acid could be 

 used if desired instead of the vinegar. The fruit 

 treated in the above manner was rendered per- 

 fectly wholesome and merchantable and the ex- 

 pense is light.— H. M. Beckwith in 

 Rural N. Y. 



Onions in Winter. Red Onions, 

 yellow ones, and the white or silver- 

 skins, keep in the order named. All 

 Onions need is to be retained at a 

 low, dry, and uniform temperature. 

 As usually stored in cellars, about 

 A foot in depth, they gather suffici- 

 ent moisture to induce root-growth 

 first; then top-growth; both of which 

 when continued deprive the Onion of 

 its solidity, the substance of the Onion being 

 wasted in the effort to produce root and top. The 

 higher the temperature the quicker the Onion 

 spoils. An Onion, will endure 28° of cold with- 

 out injury. There is a limit to the permanency 

 of this cold storage, for, as is often the case, the 

 winter thaws affect them even in the cellar or 

 haymow. They gather moistiu'e in the thaws of 

 winter. It does little good to handle them over. 

 I have kept my Onion crop in barrels after the 

 tubers were fully cured, putting them into the 

 cellar not far from December 1st, and leaving 

 them as thus deposited till wanted for sale.— 

 N. Y. Tribune. 



within an hour after eating fruit. To have its 

 full beneficial effect, nothingelse should be eaten 

 at the time fruit is taken. It is to the neglect of 

 these observances that erroneous impressions 

 prevail in many families, and to an extent, too, 

 in some instances, that the most luscious Peach 

 or .\pple, or bunch of Grapes is regarded as that 

 much embodied cholera and death. 



Potato Sorter, The old method of sorting Po- 

 tatoes by going over the ground twice, first pick- 

 ing up only the large ones, may be greatly im- 

 proved upon and the same or even better results 

 reached by using the following method: The 

 Potatoes are all picked up together, large and 

 small, and taken to the cellar or pit, and by using 

 a screen, as illustrated herewith, allowing the 

 Potatoes to roll down an inclined plane, the as- 

 sorting is completed by the time the Potatoes get 

 to the bottom — this will sort the sizes better than 

 a person can do it in the field. The screen is so 

 simple that directions for making it are unneces- 

 sary. Hy making the spaces wider in the lower 

 half, as indicated in the illustration, the result 

 will be small, medium and large-sized tubers each 

 in a separate place. When once tried it will be 

 a necessity thereafter.— Orange Judd Farmer. 



Sun for Grapes. From the fact that I not un- 

 frequently see Grapes growing and ripening in 

 orchards and gardens where the vines are more 

 or less in the shade, I am inclined to question the 

 belief that Grapes need all the sun they can get. 

 If they need it anywhere, they do in northern 

 Vermont and in Canada; yet I cannot disco\'er 

 that a moderate amount of shade retards ripen- 

 ing at all, except in the case of the Brighton, 

 which, although a very* early Grape, does not 

 even color here in dry, hot seasons when Dela- 

 ware, Salem, Moore's Early and Eumelan ripen. 

 —Dr. Hoskins in Garden and Forest. 



Preserving Fruit for Exhibit. Liverpool salt 

 is dissolved in clear water until the brine is strong 

 enough to float the fruit. Let this stand over 

 night, and then strain through a cloth until the 

 liquid is perfectly clear. Place the fruit to be 

 preserved in thoroughly clean wide-mouthed 

 jars; fill to the brim with the brine and then close 

 tightly. While this method for a long time per- 

 fectly preser\'es the bloom and color of the fruit, 

 it, of course, unfits it for eating. Twigs with the 

 fruit and foliage attached, when preserved in 

 this way, are exceedingly attractive for exhibi- 

 tion purposes.— Pacific Kural Press. 



Wanning the Boot Cellar. An oil stove costs 

 but a few dollars, lasts a life-time and with an 

 expenditure of a dime for oil its use during a 

 vei-y cold night may prevent the loss of a season's 

 crop. Whenever the temperature in the cellar 

 falls below the freezing point the stove should be 



