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soaking and mixing a day or two, I add half a bushel wood 

 ashes, one pound of sulphur, six or eight pounds of soft soap, 

 and mix well together ; then slake half a peck of lime, and 

 add to the above, using water sufficient to make the whole 

 about the consistency of thin cream, which will nearly fill 

 the tub ; mix well together for several days ; then, with a 

 common whitewash brush, (an old floor brush will answer,) 

 I paint the bodies of the trees, having first used a smaller 

 brush to paint the crotches of the limbs, and the limbs them- 

 selves, as far as possible. I think any gentleman trying this 

 wash, or paint, if you please, will find it to give him perfect 

 satisfaction on every kind of fruit tree in ordinary cultivation 

 with us. 



Beverly, May 15, 1850. 



It gives us great pleasure to present the above remarks, on 

 the culture of the blackberry, by our friend Captain Lovett, 

 who has been very successful in raising some of the finest 

 specimens we have ever seen of this delicious but neglected 

 fruit. It will be noticed, that there is no peculiarity of treat- 

 ment required in order to raise it in abundance ; the only 

 thing necessary is to get the right kind of plants, as it will 

 be seen, that, whatever may have been the cause, success 

 has only followed when the bushes were obtained from one 

 particular source. Plants from the woods, in all cases, failed. 

 The experience of Captain Lovett, in this respect, is highly 

 valuable, as it has been supposed that the wild bushes had 

 only to be transplanted from the pastures to the garden, and 

 an abundant crop of improved fruit would be the result. 

 Such it seems is not the fact ; Captain Lovett has produced 

 seedlings, but he states, that they do not surpass the original 

 fruit ; this, however, should only encourage amateurs to go 

 on raising more and more, assured that good results will 

 follow their labors in the end. 



The wash for fruit trees, recommended by Captain Lovett, 

 we have no doubt will give good satisfaction, as the ingre- 

 dients of which it is composed are all excellent for cleansing 

 the bark and protecting it from insects. — Ed. 



