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well heated; then return them to the press, and add, say, to the pro- 

 duction of thirty bushels of apples, six or eight gallons of water, 

 and you can press from one and a half to two barrels of vinegar 

 from the same, and a good article at that. Vinegar made in this 

 way will sour much sooner than otherwise. 



downing's mulberry. 

 In reply to inquiries, Mr. E. Williams, Mont Clair, N. J., said: 

 I have been very successful with the Downing mulberry. We 

 have employed this kind of fruit, for more than two months in 

 succession, in making pies. I think it can be raised with great 

 satisfection and profit to producers. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



Mr. M. Sill, Auburn, N. Y.. inquired why the Club did not 

 recommend the cultivation of the black currant. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — I should like to know where there is a 

 market for them. 



Mr. Thomas Cavanach. — ^They sell for double the price of the 

 red currant. 



Mr. Wm. P. Peck. — They make excellent jelly, and are used for 

 puddings and pies. The variety called the Black Naples is the 

 best. 



HOW TO GROW fflCKORY TREES FROM THE NUTS. 



A farmer inquired how he must proceed to grow hickory trees 

 from the nuts. " When shall I gather the nuts, and when should 

 the^^ be planted?" 



Mr. Wm. B, Peck. — Let the nuts remain on the surface of the 

 ground, covered with a flat stoue all winter. In the spring remove 

 the stone, and, if the shells have been opened by the frost, they 

 need only to be planted in a mellow soil, about as deep as corn 

 should be, slightly cracked. But, a better plan is, to go to the 

 woods, and dig up seedlings which have sprung from nuts that 

 were planted by the squirrels. Chestnuts and any other nuts may 

 be planted in the same manner, with satisfactory success. 



Dr. J. M. Crowell. — All such nuts should be collected when 

 they are fully ripe, and planted in drills, in the fall, before the 

 germs have had time to dry so as to destroy their vitality. 



The Chairman doubted the suggestion that squirrels plant nuts. 

 He said, in his experience, squirrels store the nuts in some hollow 

 log or tree, and eat them. 



