Proceedings of tee Farmer^ Club. 313 



good as ever sought affinity with cabbage, pickles, or table sauce, 

 and better than is possible to make by any other process. 



A NEW WAT TO PICK FRUIT. 



Mr. A. P. Johnson, Busti, N. Y. — Take an old blanket, tie up in 

 it as much hay or soft straw as it will hold, place it under or near 

 the tree, have it so adjusted that the apples can be dropped into it, 

 and they will not be bruised in the least. By having it moved 

 occasionally a person can clean a whole tree without getting down, 

 which is quite an advantage when trees are large and tall. Beside, 

 by this plan much fruit may be secured from the tree which could 

 not be picked if cumbered by a bag or basket. Will the Club 

 please state the best time to traiiisplant evergreens? Is there a 

 similarity in the nature and character of all evergreens (as, for 

 instance, the pine and the balsam fir)? 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — From April to June, evergreens can be 

 transplanted, and in the winter also, if a ball of frozen earth is 

 attached to the roots. Evergreens growing in the woods are diffi- 

 cult to transplant unless quite small. It is customary for nursery- 

 men to transplant evergreens on their own grounds at least twice, 

 so that they may get fibrous roots, otherwise they are not fit for 

 sale. The roots never should get dry, nor should the sunlight or 

 air be allowed to reach them. 



LONG ISLAND LANDS. 



Dr. E. F. Peck, of Brooklyn, sends a long ana interesting account 

 of the Long Island plains, in which these lands are shown to be 

 equal to the very best lands on the Island, when cultivated in the 

 same manner that the old farms are. These lands are valuable for 

 all kinds of crops, and particularly suitable for fruit-growing. 

 Actual cultivation on these lands, at different places along the line 

 of the Long Island railroad, for a distance of more than thirty 

 miles, has fully demonstrated the productive quality of these long 

 neglected lands. Gardens, and fields of grass and grain are now 

 to be found in various places, in the wilderness of Long Island. 



COMBING WOOL. 



Mr. T. L. Hart, West Cornwall, Ct., senas a sample of wool from 

 a Cotswold ewe, thirteen inches long, the fleece of which weighed 

 ten pounds, and he inquires the difference between it and the 

 Canada combing wool, selling in Boston for seventy to eighty-five 

 cents a pound? 



