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tree seeds and Mountain Ash berries, and have not been noticed eating buds ; 

 yet, a close look at their great beaks, leads one to suspect them. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, who make this a halting-place on their 

 journey northward every spring, cat insects, seeds and berries. They are also 

 said to eat buds. They do not come in flocks, however, and any damage they 

 may have done has hardly been perceptible. 



Our attention was first attracted to the work of the Evening Grosbeaks by 

 great quantities of bud covers, or skins, lying on the snow, with which the 

 ground was covered. On examining the trees which had been attacked, we 

 ound that even the top bud had been taken off, and that, of course, caused a 

 crookedness in the future growth ; but should these birds ever visit us again, I 

 will spare them on account of the love I have for birds. 



Cataraqm, On/. 1). NlCOL. 



UTILIZING FRUITS. 



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A Method for Making use of Surplus Fruits. 



HE recent discussion on profitable ways of marketing fruit by the 

 New Jersey Horticultural Society teuched a subject worthy of 

 greater consideration. Mr. Parry stated that English jams were 

 offered for sale in Philadelphia, put up in quart jars and marked 

 ^ with prices between 65 to 85 cents. The large profits made by 

 the vendrjrs may be well understood, when it is learned that the preparation 

 consists of about 3*^ cents worth of sugar, besides the small quantity of fruit. 

 If managed properly, we could undersell the world on these products, and make 

 a large margin on fruit. It does not require the expensive machinery needed 

 for canning. Every farmer can do it on his own place. 



Mr. Rogers said the foreign preparation of jam is superior to most American 

 jams on the market. This makes the market for it ; but there is no reason why 

 American jams cannot be produced in great quantities, and of a quality superior 

 to any produced in England. In this form and manner vast quantities of all 

 kinds of fruits can be marketed in this country, as needed, and prices for "green 

 fruits " kept at higher figures. 



Jams can be made of all kinds of fruits and berries, including grapes, and 

 all that is required in order to have them of fine quality, is good and ripe fruits, 

 and how to do it — and any good cook-book, like Marion Harland's, will give all 

 the needful information on this point. Grape jams, properly made, ought to 

 become immensely popular, and sell everywhere, at all seasons of the year, and 

 especially in winter and spring. — Vineyardist. 



The Bordeaux mixture, if used too late, causes a russet appearance on both 

 pears and apples. 



