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When I had proceeded thus far in translating this article, which 

 made me think highly of the good sense of Frame, I discovered 

 that it was a translation from an English essay. — H. Meigs. 



Mr. Meigs presented grafts of the fruit bearing paper mulberry, 

 cut from the only two trees he had ever seen of the kind. He also 

 presented Jesuits beans of Mexico, presented by the Rev. James Ry- 

 der, President of the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, 

 Mass. This is a pole bean, pods a foot long, treated like asparagus 

 in cooking, that is, bunched. It is a very small bean — also balsam 

 apple seeds from Mr. Ryder. 



Mr. Meigs prese.ited turtle soup beans, much cultivated and es- 

 teemed in Mexico. These are black, and when made into soup 

 with forced meat ball: — thin slices of pork, having the rind on, 

 resemble turtle soup — hence its name. 



Nathan Hart, of Cornwall, sent grafts by Mr. R. C. Nodine, from 

 a seedling apple, the tree rather under size, a good bearer, fruit of 

 good medium size, late fall apple, has a delicious flavor in pies. 

 They are best for cooking, although pronounced by good judges, ex- 

 cellent as a desert apple. Mr. Hart promises to send a box of the 

 apples next autumn. We called it the Hart apple. 



Roswell L. Colt, of Paterson — the following letters from him to 

 T. B. Wakeman, were read: 



Paterson, April 23, 1847. 



I wrote you some time ago, asking the American Institute, or 

 Farmers' Club to have analysis of corn cobs, made both red and 

 white, now there are all manner of opinions on this subject, I really 

 think our friend Professor Mapes, when he says off-handed, they are 

 of no value, jumps at his conclusion, unless he has analysed them. 



I have tested coal tar for three years, with marked and beneficial 

 effect to peach trees, and also to mountain ash, and a wash of whale 

 oil sonp, and as 1 of soap to 12 or 15 of water, to my fruit trees, 

 and it would rejoice you to see the beautiful effect; as to bark, as to 

 worms, or catterpilJars, no such thing is to be seen on my ground. 



I escaped the potato rot last year where I used no barn-yard ma- 

 nure, my dressing, which proved beneficial, was 1 of salt, 1 of plas- 

 ter of Paris, 2 of charcoal dust, 2 of wood ashes, 2 of slaked lime, 



