April and May 



THE POMOLOGIST. 



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«3>, Russia has appointed a beet sugar com- 

 mission. 



■^.A thorn in the bush is worth two in the 

 hand. 



«if Celery and peaches have appeared in the 

 Boston market from California. 



83, Why are plum stones like mile stones? 

 They are never found in pairs. 



tt^i, A beet may exceed the growth of a cab- 

 bage, but the cabbage will eventually get a 

 ?tead. ♦ - 



•ajU How many apples did onr first parents 

 eat in tlie Garden of Eden ? Eve 8, and Adam 

 two. 



tCUHave the courage to discharge a debt 

 while you have money in your pocket. 



"Ka. Modesty promotes worth, but conceals it, 

 just as leaves aid in the growth of fruit, and 

 hide it from view. 



ft3. History informs us that our first parents 

 lived on fruit, and you never heard of their 

 sending out for a doctor. 



-83rA milk weed grows wild in California, 

 the fibre of which is a« strong as Manilla hemp, 

 and as fine as linen. It is believed that it can 

 be utilized. 



f5?~ Washington Territory boasts of an im- 

 mense cranberry marsh, yielding one hundred 

 thousand bushels in a single crop, 



<t3=. Self dependence, which generates all that 

 is grand in plan and power, is the great source 

 of strength. 



^^Fruit-growers in many sections of New 

 Hampshire are ofl'ering a reward of half a dol- 

 lar for every partridge killed in or near their 

 orchards, the birds being thought to desti'oy 

 apple buds very extensively. 



1k3=, Man must have occupation or be misera- 

 ble—toil is the price of sleep and appetite— of 

 health and enjoyment. The very necessity 

 that overcomes our natural sloth is a blessing 



Sji.The perfume of a thousand roses soon 

 dies, but the pain caused by one of their thorns 

 remains long after, A saddened remembrance 

 in the midst of mirth is like that thorn among 

 roses. 



It^^.^ Wethersfleld, Conn., onion grower is 

 reported as saying it formerly took SO days' la- 

 bor to plant, cultivate ax,d harvest an acre of 

 onions, but that by improved implements, the 

 work can be better done with 50 days' labor. 



«5-The Fruit Committee of the Ohio Horti- 

 cultural Society highly commended specimens 

 ol theVicarof Winkfieldpearexhibitedlat their 

 meeting at Dayton on the 2d of March, The 

 fruit was s.aid to be in excellent condition, and 

 the flesh firm and luscious. 



9&- At the late convention of the fruit grow- 

 ers of Western Michigan, the following pears 

 were recommended for cultivation In that re- 

 gion :— IJartlett, Bloodgood, .Seckel, Flemish 

 Beauty, Vicar of Winkfleld, Sheldon, Rowell. 

 Lawrence, and Olapp's Favorite. 



*S- An English writer thinks the American 

 early potatoes will come to an end ere long, for 

 as each new variety is claimed to ripen about 

 ten days earlier than any other, the time be- 

 tween planting and digging will soon be used 



/SJ- It is certain that 16,000 bees In one hive 

 will collect more honey and wax, than the 

 same number lodged in two different hives 

 could possibly do. 



A Big Mushroom.— We hear of a big mush- 

 room which grew to maturity. In Princeton, 

 Ills., in a single night, measured thirtyfonr 

 jUches in circumference, ten inches in height, 

 and weighed three pounds and ten ounces. 



Foolish Practices.- -It is foolish to have a 

 large orchard with every other tree dead from 

 borers and your own shiftless cultivation of it; 

 to set out an orchard, and turn cattle in to 

 prune it; to buy poor trees, because they are 

 clieap ; to be so eminently selfish that you will 

 set out trees, because your life is not insured to 

 last as theirs. 



Ham Toast.— Chop some lean ham fine, put 

 it in a pan, with a little pepper, a lump of 

 butter, and two eggs beaten ; when weil 

 warmed, spread it on hot buttered toast, and 

 serve. 



Honey Vinegar. — One pint of strained 

 honey and two gallons of soft water. Let it 

 stand in a moderately warm place. In three 

 weeks it will be excellent vinegar. 



Asparagus Pickles.— Fill your Jar with 

 asparagus, make a strong brine, pour in on hot. 

 When you wish to use'them for pickles, take 

 them out and boil them done ; then cover them 

 with vinegar. They can also be used for sauce 

 by boiling them tender, and then butter and 

 season with salt and pepper. 



Cherry Bread.— Cut fresh bread into slices 

 an inch thick, spread in a float dish, and pour 

 stewed cherries over. Any fruit with plenty of 

 syrup will do as well. 



Bacon.— If you want good, flavored bacon 

 give it air, and keep it dry. A dry atmosphere 

 iB a sine qua non tn good bacon. The prime 

 necessity of fire under meat is the drying 

 procees, and not tlie smoke. Bacon hung up in 

 a dark, dry place is not likely to be disturbed 

 by flies. When d.ampness is noticed on the 

 meal, it is to be driven out by fire with a 

 sprinkling of brimstone in it. This will drive 

 out the flies and save the bacon. 



Japanese Rice Glue— A cement, very ele- 

 gant and strong, is made by the Japanese out 

 of rice. They siiuplj' boil it in water, and work 

 it into a fine paste. It is said to be very beau- 

 tiful, snow white, almost transparent, and that 

 papers pasted together with it will separate in 

 their own substances before the glue will give 

 away. This article is very useful to ladies 

 when making nice white paper bo.ves and other 

 articles for ornauieulal purposes. 



Pie-Plant Dumplings.— Strip the plant and 

 cut it into pieces of three or four inches long; 

 make a plain crust, and roll enough of the 

 pieces in the crust to make a dumpling about 

 as large as an aple would make. When you 

 have as many dumplings as yon think will 

 suflice for your family, drop them into a pot of 

 hot water, and boil them about a half hour, 

 when they are ready for the table. For a sauce 

 to serve with them, use one cup of butter, 

 one cup of molas.ses, and a cup and a half 

 of sugar, boiled together. If boiled long enough 

 it will be thick and rich enough without any- 

 thing else added, but If in a hurry and 

 cannot wait for much boiling, thicken with a 

 tea-spoonful of flour mixed with sweet cream 

 stirred into it. 



Fruit lands in the vicinity of St. Joseph and 

 Btnton Harbor, Mich , are sold at from three to 

 five hundred dollars per acre, and some have 

 boon held as high as $1000. 



Florida expects a pine-applo crop worth $200,- 

 000 this season. 



Modern researches has established the fact that 

 in the winter vegetable life is not suspended, as 

 has been generally supposed. 



The time is fast coming when landed proprie- 

 tars will be esteemed for the condition of their 

 acres rather than for their extent of territory. 



The groat means of destroying most kinds of 

 weeds is to keep the leaves and stems from ap- 

 pearing, b; frequent mowings or cuttings. 



The Country Gentleman says : " After many 

 years' trial, we find nothing so cheap, simple, 

 convenient, and durable, as strips of tin for per- 

 manent labels on bearing fruit trees. To 

 write the name, lay the label on a table or 

 board, and make the letters with the point of an 

 awl or of a file ground to a stout point, pressing 

 firmly while writing. 



One of the Sandwich Islands claims to have the 

 largest orchard in the world, some of the trees 

 bearing fifty barrels of apples. 



The practical lady horticulturist, by out-door 

 exercise in the garden will require very little 

 medicine for strengthening a delicate constitu- 

 tion . 



Many plants could not be perpetuated but for 

 the agency of insects, and especially of bees ; 

 and it is remarkable that it is chiefly those which 

 acquire the aid of this intervention that have a 

 nectarium and secrete honey. 



A writer in the American Fartn^.r says that ho 

 h.as no hesitation in saying, from his experience 

 in the matter, that the American thorn, from its 

 hardiness and perfect adaptability to the purposes 

 required, must become the hedge plant for Ameri- 

 can farmers. 



Owing to the unusual mild winter, a heavier 

 grape crop is anticipated for the next season in 

 California, than has ever before been known. It 

 is said that more vines will be planted in that 

 State this year, than in any previous three years 

 combined. 



A correspondent says that everybody will be 

 disappointed who thinks that rich, plump, juicy 

 pears can be obtained by digging a hole in any 

 soil that comes handy, jamming in a tree just 

 taken from a rich nursery, and hastily crowding 

 back the earth. 



It is not Americans or even Canadians only 

 that art) growing new seedling hybrid grapes by 

 using our native Fo.x grape as one of the 

 parents, but our English friends are at the work, 

 and last year Mr Pearson brought out several 

 new sorts, one of which, named M. de Lesseps, is 

 said to possess good traits. 



A correspondent in the Vonntry Gentlemaii 

 saya that he purchased a small quantity of the 

 seed of the Colossal Asparagus last spring, sowed 

 it in light and moderately good soil, and g.ave it 

 ordinary cultivation, wishing to ascertain if it 

 was really a new kind. Upon examining the 

 roots, very recently, he found the roots as fully 

 as large as those of the ordinary variety grown 

 two years ago. He believes the Colossal to be a 

 new and very valuable variety. 



Bebs Dying. — An Eastern paper says that bees 

 are dying in Massachusetts for want of food. The 

 Ia.st summer was so unfavorable that sufiicient 

 honey wa.s not gathered to last them through the 

 winter. In some instances the keepers have not 

 been able to save more than one or two hives out 

 of twenty. 



