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POPULAR GARDENING. 



May, 



iu them, yet life enough remained to bear 

 large crops of fruit which nearly always 

 rotted. This discouraged me, but it would 

 not do to give up growing Apples; now 

 young trees of the same kinds are perfect. 



Gkape Culture. Any good Corn laud 

 will do, selected .I'ust as for an early gar- 

 den, choosing that location which will 

 give a sunny exposure with deep soil. There 

 are, of course, choice localities and in these 

 commercial vineyards should be set which 

 should give good profits; however, no one 

 should hold back because he has not the 

 best of locations. 



The following list is presented with the 

 preference in the order given: Moore's Early, 

 Worden, Concord, Wilder, Brighton, Dela- 

 ware, Niagara, Lindley, Salem, Agawam, 

 Janesville. Doubtless we shall change our 

 opinion of the relative merits somewhat as 

 time goes on but the list as it stands is the 

 best for Wisconsin that can be presented. 



Low Price of Apples. As we all know, 

 the Apple market was greatly demoralized 

 and even now is discouraging. Is there not 

 somethmg wrong in the way of handling 

 them? To my own personal knowledge. 

 Apples were shipped from near here that 

 only netted the shipper 2.5 cents per barrel, 

 while not a mile from there another realized 

 $3.00 by the barrel. Whence the difference? 

 Simply because the one sent a good article 

 while the others were only fit to feed to 

 stock. I might have bought car loads of 

 Apples in the orchard for 20 cents per bushel, 

 while I sold mine on the ground for 40 cents. 



Treatment of Small Roses. After I 

 receive little Rose plants in the spring, as 

 soon as they have developed wood fit for the 

 purpose, I take buds from them and set in 

 strong stocks, from which there are always 

 finer flowers produced than from the young 

 plants the first year. Few, however, will 

 go to this trouble since Roses can be bought 

 so cheaply. To a refined and cultivated 

 taste, I consider choice fruits and flowers 

 one-half of the pleasure in life. At my home 

 I am almost isolated from society, but when 

 looking around my place feel quite content. 



Buying and Planting. Buy of reliable 

 nurserymen In your own State or those 

 advertising in reliable papers, not of travel- 

 ing peddlers; such persons are obliged, in 

 order to make wages, to charge exorbitant 

 prices. Leave novelties out of the 

 general vineyard. 



Propagating Blackberrie.s. By cutting 

 around the bushes with a sharp spade in 

 early spring it will increase the plants, but 

 lessen the crop. They are also increased 

 from root cuttings, as has Ijeen described in 

 replies to inquiries. 



New Evidence on Peach Yellows Forth- 

 coming. We learn from Prof. Maynard of the 

 Massachusetts E.xperiment Station that their 

 work upon the yellows leads them to altogether 

 different results from those obtained by the de- 

 partment specialist. From our own experience 

 we feel perfectly competent to cope with the 

 disease on our grounds, with the same weapons 

 as named by Mr. Hale, namely, cultivation, prun- 

 ing and potash; hence we would not thank any 

 one to come on our grounds with the peremptory 

 order to destroj' trees suspected of having the 

 yellows. At the east we feel reasonably sure of 

 our ground. As to the west, it is not impossible 

 that differing soil and atmospheric conditions 

 call for a modification of treatment; but at the 

 present state of affairs it is decidedly premature 

 to stubbornly stick to the assertion that the dis- 

 ease is incurable. The lust word has not been 

 spoken. One of the next bulletins of the Massa- 

 chusetts Experiment Station promises to throw 

 considerable new light upon the disputed points. 

 The outcome of the "Peach yellows trial "(Lock- 

 port, N. Y., March, 1889,), which ended with a 

 disagreement of the jury, shows that the law 

 aiming at the destruction of diseased trees, is not 

 upheld by general public sentiment, and hence 

 is not among the things easily enforced. 



Adulteration of Vinegar and Jelly Dis- 

 cnssED. Mr. Baker: Mr.Kohn in Louisville told me 

 that not one barrel in a thousand of Apple 

 rtnegar had a particle of cider in it. He Is a large 

 manufacturer himself. The President: Who is to 

 blame for this adulteration of fruits, Jellies, etc.? 

 The manufacturers or the people? The people 

 buy them with their eyes open. I have seen 

 people go to a grocery to buy vinegar, and when 

 asked if they wanted the pure Apple vinegar, 

 they would prefer the cheaper kini. One thing 

 we want Is to enlighten the people in regard to 

 these matters.— tcnt«c?cy HnrtUxdtural Society. 



The BrrREAU of Correspondence of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, under the charge of 

 Prof. W. O. Atwater, Conn., is in successful 

 operation as a means of communication between 

 the various Experiment Stations both in this and 

 foreign countries. Able specialists are to present 

 articles through the bulletins of the Bureau on 

 various important subjects upon which general 

 information is deemed desirable. It also suppUes 

 Congress with all information necessary to intel- 

 ligent legislation upon agricultural matters. 



The Vegetable Orange Mango Melon, or un- 

 der whatever name sent out, is undoubtedly a 

 hybrid between Cucumber and Melon— neither 

 flesh nor flsh- and in our estimate next to 



worthless. 



Primula Obconica, so Mr. Joseph Meehan 

 writes to Garden and Forest, appears to be 

 poisonous to some persons, somewhat like Poison 



New York Market Quotations, 

 Showing Tendencies. 



Week ending Week ending 



April Zl. April 8. 



Apples— N. Spy, per bbl 2 U0®3 00 1 30®2 25 



B.ildwln, per bbl 1 26®1 75 1 23®1 50 



Russett, per bbl 1500200 1 50(|l 75 



Inferior 95<S)I 00 



Grapes—Catawba, 5 lb. basket.. 10@ 18 Hl@ ]8 



Catawba, per case 1 ()u@2 75 1 00<it2 50 



Oranges— Florida, per box 2 00@5 50 1 50(o54 00 



Strawberries- Florida, per quart 20@ 35 15@ 30 



Ctiarieston, per quart 18® 30 



Apples, evaporated, 88, fancy... 5i^@6 5i^@ 6 



Evap't'd.'SS, prmie to clioice. 4W'5).5 m® 5J4 



Evap*t'd,'88, common to fair. 3^@4W 4 @ 4^ 



Ohio and Michigan, qrs, bbis. 2%@3Ji 3 @ 3^ 



Chopped, per ib 1M®1>4 Hi® 1% 



Cores and skins, 1 I 



Peaches— Del., evap't'd, peeled,. 12® 15 11 @ 15 



Del., evap't'd, uiipeeled 5@ 6 5@ 6 



North Carolina, peeled fancy 8J^@ 9 8U(3 9 



Southern, unpeeled, 5® 3 



Raspberries- evap't'd '88 16® 17 ]6W@17^ 



Sun-dried 1888 15 16 ®I6)| 



Cherries- new, per lb 13® 15 13® 15 



Hucldeljerries 10 10 



Plums— State 6 ®6}4 6® 6^ 



South Damson, per lb„ 5J^ 6 6 



Blackberries- 1S88 m®iH 4® 4W 



Potatoes— Long Island. 170 » blis 3 00 



State Rose, per 180 ib 1 25®1 .50 1 SS@1 50 



State Burbank. 180 lb 90® I 00 75®1 00 



Sweet Jersey, fancy per bbl ., 3 50®4 50 3 00®4 50 



fair to good... 2 2583 00 2 25®2 75 



Cabbage, Long Island, per 100,.. l O0®4 00 



Florida, per Ijbl I 50@2 50 25(l@300 



Chn., new. per bbl 1 50®-J 00 2 00(«8 50 



Onions— Connecticut red, per bbl 7.'i®l 00 60® 75 



Orange County red. per bbl.. 40® 65 40® 65 



State Yellow, per bbl 50® 1 a) 25® 75 



Ea.stern. White per bbl 1 00®1 50 1 0081 5o 



Turnips. Russia, per bbl 30® 40 40® 50 



Kale, Norfolk, per bbl., 10® 26 90®1 OO 



Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl '25®! 00 150@200 



String Bean. Florida, per crate. 150®3 00 2 00®3 00 



Green Peas— Sav'nah, per crate. 1 25(" I 75 ]tl0@3ixl 



Charleston, per crate 1 50®2 W) 1 50 



Beets— Bermuda, per crate 150@2 00 100 3 OO 



Florida, per crate 75®1 25 60® 90 



Tomatoes Key West, per box.... 2oO®4 50 2 0084 60 



Received at this Office. 



CATALOGUES, ETC— FIGURES INDICATE PAGES. 



Thos. A. Cox & Co., San Francisco, Cal., seeds, 60. 



Vaughn's Seed store, Chicago, 92. 



U.S. Nurseries, Short Hills, N. J.,H. Perennials. 18. 



Cleveland Nursery, Lakewood, Ohio, small fruits, 

 etc., 52. 



Harkett's Floral Nursery, Dubuque, Iowa, 52. 



Henry A. Dreer. Philadelphia. Pa., seeds, 1.56. 



C. E. Alien, Brattleboro, vt., seeds, etc., 100. 



Pike County Nurseries, Louisiana, 5Io.. 24. 



Everett Lake, Catonsville, Md.. forcing boxes. 2. 



Robert Scott & Son., Philadelphia, Pa.. Roses, etc. ,60. 



U. S. Nurseries, Short Hills, N .J., Chrysanthemums,38. 



Michigan Lake Shore Seed Co., South Haven, Mich., 

 Seeds, '22. 



Parker & Wood, Boston, Mass., Seeds and Imp., 170. 



John Saul. Washington, D. C Plants, 78, Roses, 13. 



Alien Wilson. Suffleid, Conn., Potatoes, 13. 



Samuel H. Rumph, Marshallville. Ga., Nursery, 36. 



E. Hippard, Youngstown, Ohio, Florist, 76. 



James Vick, Rochester, N. Y., Floral GiUde. 1"0. 



D.'Landreth & Sons, Philadeiplda, Pa., Seeds, 50. 



Schlegel & Fottler, Boston, Mass., Seeds, Plants, etc., 

 130. 



O. W. Clark & Son, Buffalo, N. Y., Seeds-, 40. 



Green's Nursery Co , Rochester, N. Y., Nursery, 60. 



Phil. Strubier, Naperville, Ills., Small Fruits, 8. 



J. Butterton, Hamnionton, N. J., Nursery, 8. 



Edward Hoyt. Scotch Grove, la.. Evergreens, 4. 



Stephen Hoyt's Sous, New Canaan, Conn., Grapes, 8 



Emmet V. Rhoads. St. Paris. O.. Planus, etc.. 8. 



Geo. S. Josselvn, Fredonia, N. Y., Grapes. 2 ■. 



Geo. J. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis., Small Fruits. 4. 



H. H. Reynolds & Co., McGregor, la.. Seeds, 24. 



Young & EUiott, New York City, Seeds, Plants, etc..70. 



G. H . & J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., Small 

 Fruits, U. 

 Albert Williams, Sharon, Pa., Plants. Seeds, etc., 46. 



C. Colby & Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., Fruit Pack- 

 ings, 20. 



John S. Hay. Oneida, N. Y., Seeds and Plants, etc., 36. 



S. L. Alien & Co,, Philadelphia, Pa.. Implements, 36. 



W. S. Delano, Lee Park, Neb., Seeds, 20. 



John F. Turner, Philadelphia, Pa., Mole Trap, 8. 



F. D. Bancroft & Co., W. Webster, N. Y., Berry Bas 

 kets, 3. 



W . W. Rathbone, Marietta, Ohio, Sweet Potatoes, 



P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., Plants, 40. 



Gabriel J. Lambrigger, Sheridan City, Wyoml 

 Seeds, 52. ■• 



W. C. Wait, Newburg, N. Y., Seeds, 8. ys 



B.P. Chritcheil & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Pliints, ^ 



F. J. Meech & Son, Charlevoix, Mich., Begonias, he 



D. Brandt, Bremen, 0., Small Fruit Nursery, 34. .. 

 M. Barnes & Co., Groesbeck, O., Small FriUt Nurse 



38. 



Thomas S, Ware, Tottenham, London, England, 

 Pseonies, etc., 22, Hardy Perennials, 84. 



Deere & Manseur Co., Moline, Ills., Garden Tools, 8. 



Thos. J. Ward. St. Wary's Ind.. Small Fruits, 8. 



Geo. Piimey, Evergreen. Wis., Evergreens, 16. 



A. P, Perry & Co.. Syracuse, N. Y.. Seeds, 80. 



A. M. & J . B. Murdoch, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nursery, 32. 



J. B. Foot, Norwood Park, Ills, Poultry. 8. 



Diamond White Grape Co.,|Lockport, N.Y.,Grapes, 16. 



E. Bonner&Co., Senia, Ohio, Plants, 86. 

 S. Frogner, Hermann, Minn.. Potatoes. 4. 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., Seeds, 130. 



A. F. Leonard & Co., Sprlngfleld, Mass., Seeds. ^. 



Elithart Carriage anci Harness Manujfacturintf Co., 

 Elkhart, Ind., 68. 



Wm. Parry, Parry. N. J.. Nursery, 36. 



H. S. Miller Si Co.. Baltimore, Md., Fertilizers, 56. 



C. Hennecke & Co.. Milwaukee. Wis., Statuary. 10. 



Siebrecht .& Wadiey, New York, the Tldrd Annual 

 Orchid Exhibition. 



Dutchess Nurseries, PoughJceepsle, N. Y., Small 

 Fndts, 36. 



Baugh & Sons Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Fertilizers, 4. 



E. W. Reid, Bridgeport, Ohio, Sunny Hill Fruit 

 Farm, 36. 



PaulM. Pierson & Co.. Topeka, Kan., Plants, 24. 



A. W. Livingston's Sons, Columbus, Ohio., Seeds, 92. 



M. B. Faxon, Boston, Mass., Seeds, 40. 



J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass., Nursery, 32. 



Rose Manufacturing Co., New York, Sulphor To- 

 bacco Soap . 



Boomer & Boschert Press Co., Syracuse, N. Y., Cider 

 Presses, 76. 



John S. Barnhart. Denton. Md., Nursery, 4. 



Oriole Stock Farm. Y'oungst^iwn, Ohio. 130. 



Jno. Curnen, Villa Nova, Pa., Chrysanthemums, 4. 



Graham, Emelen & Passmore, Philadelphia, I'a., 

 Lawn Mowers. 



Wm. Paid. Waitham Cross, England, Roses, 16. 



Wm. M. Johnston Wilmot, Ohio, Force Pumps, 2. 



P. C. Lewis, CatskUl, N. Y., Pimips, 40. 



Peroxide Silicates Co., New York City, Bug Cate- 

 chism, 30. 



Benjamin Hanmiond, FishkiU, N. Y., Slug Shot, Grape 

 Dust, etc., 30 



Harrj^ Chaapel, Williamsport, Pa., Plants, etc., 90. 



L. B. Darling, Pawtucket, R. 1., FerlUizers, 16. 



A. C. NeUis Co., New York City, Seeds, %. 



Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N. Y,, Grapes. 16. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York City, Florists Sup- 

 plies, 146. 



MISCELJ.ANEOUS. 



Bulletin No. 81 of the California Experiment Station 

 relating to the Distribution of Seerts'and Plants,"B. W. 

 Hlig.'ird. Director. Berkelep. 4. 



"Our Journal," No. 11, the organ of the Muskingum 

 Co. (O.) Horticultural Society, containing the transac- 

 tions of the November meeting, 8. 



" Sugar Producing Plants," being Bulletin No. 18, of 

 the Division of Chemistrj', of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, 132. 



Report on Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley for 

 1885-86. by W. W. Cook, being Bulletin No. 3 of the Div. 

 of Economic Ornithology of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, 313. 



Fourth Report on the Injurious and other Insects of 

 the State of New York, by J. A.Llntner, State Entomol- 

 ogist, containing many illustrations and throughout 

 shows the usual painstaking labor of Pri>f- Llntner,240. 



Proceedings of the 2d Annual Convention of the As- 

 sociation of American Cemetery Superiuteudcnts held 

 at Brooklyn, N. Y. A. H. Sargent. Secretary. Akron, O. 

 Illustrated, 65. 



Transactions of the Mississippi Horticidtural Society 

 Meeting, at Crystal Springs. Joseph A. Terry, Secretary, 

 Crystal Springs, 80. 



" Farms and Farm Products." Ninth Report of the 

 Secretary of State of Michigan for 1886-7. with map, 144. 



Consular Reports Nos. 95 and 96, on various subjects, 

 384. 



Bulletin No. 5 of the Minnesota Experiment Station 

 at St. Anthon.v Park, with reports on Horticulture, 

 Botany and Agriculture. Edward A. Porter. Director,67. 



Bldletin No. 3 of the Iowa Experiment Station at 

 Ames, wdth reports on Tender and Hardy Fruit Trees, 

 New Pears, Injurious and Fungi, etc. R. P. Speer. Di- 

 rector. 



Vermont Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 13, show- 

 ing results of cutting and planting Potatoes. W. W. 

 Cooke, Director, Burlington, 12. 



Practical Garden Points by Practical People. Illus- 

 trated. James Vick. Rochester, N. Y., 108. 



New Jersey E.xperimeut Station, Bulletin 50. On In- 

 sects Injurious to Cabbage. Geo. H. Cook, Director, 

 New Brunswick, 24. 



New Jersey Experiment Station, Bulletin 51. On the 

 Sorghum Sugar Industry. Geo. H. Cook, Director, New 

 Brunswick, 32. 



New Jersey State Horticultural Society Report for 

 1888. E. Wllilams, Secretai-y, Mout Clair, 164. 



How to Grow Onions, liiustl-ated. Pi-lze Essays. 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., ?2. 



Sensible Low Cost Houses and How to Bidld Them. 

 56 Designs. National Architects' Union. Philadelphia, 

 Pa., 20. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, transactions for 

 the year 1887. part 1. Robert Manning, Secretary, Bos- 

 ton, '21M. 



Indiana Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 16. 18, 19, 

 20. Experiments in Cross Fertilization and Culture of 

 Tropical Ferns. Pierre Van Landeghen. 12. 



Cornell University Experiment Station, Bulletin 2, 

 on Corn for Fodder and Ensilage. J. P. Roljerts, Ithaca, 

 N. v., 1-2. 



Delaware Experiment Station, Bulletins 2 and 3. 

 Newark. 16. 



Illinois Experiment Station. Annual Report 1887-88. 

 Wm. L. Piiisbury, Champaign. 16. 



Our Heredity from God; consisting of Lectilies on 

 Evolution. Second edition. E. P. Powell, 434. 



Cornell University Experiment Station, First Annual 

 Report for 1888. J. P. Roberts. Director. Ithaca, 90. 



