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THE POMOLOGIST. 



July 



—Ten tons of Rhubard are sold daily In the 

 Boston markets, which makes the sugar trade 

 lively. 



Borers— Jlr. J. C. Dagget writes to the 

 Maine Farmer that he keeps the borers out of 

 his apple trees by throwing lime, or ashes, or 

 both around the roots of the trees. 



Gen. HirAm Barney.— Where is he ? Sev 

 er.al of our exchanges tells us that Gen. Hiram 

 Barney has the largest vineyard in Iowa. We'd 

 like to know Its whereabouts. 



Pomology in Michigan.— The State Pomo- 

 logical Society of Michigan will have an exhi- 

 bition of fruits next fall, in which the pomolo- 

 gists of other States are invited to participate. 



Great Yield.— Mr. A. Hopkins of Mexico, 

 Mo., writes Caiman's Rural World that he has 

 picked this season 303 quarts of strawberries 

 from 600 square feet of ground. This is more 

 than a pint to square foot. 



Fruit in New Hampshire.— The 3Iirror and 

 Farmer says, taking into consideration all the 

 causes that are likely to affect the fruit, we 

 conclude, with fruit-growers generally, that 

 there will be a great abundance this season. 



Fruit Exhibition Postponed.— The Exhibi- 

 tion of the Indiana State Horticultural Society 

 has been indeflnitely postponed, on account of 

 the failure of the fruit crop, caused by the 

 drought. 



SuNDRiES.-The fruit crop in south-east Mis- 

 souri is reported nearly destroyed by the cater- 

 pillers. In western Michigan, especially in the 

 region of St. Joe, the crop is represented to be 

 as large as the trees ought to bear. 



The Monthlies.— Peterson, Riverside, and 

 Arthur's monthly magazines for July are re. 

 ceived, all in good time and (>verflowing with 

 good things intellectually, in which they do 

 always abound. 



Large Willow Tree.— ^ willow tree in front 

 of the house ot A. P. Ladd, on the road between 

 Laconia and Meredith Village, N. H.. is h% feet 

 in diameter, anii its limbs have a spread of 95 

 feet. 44 years ago this tree was merely a stick 

 which Mr. Ladd stuck in the ground. 



Chicago Fruit Item.— In the fifteen days 

 following the 2.M of May, the Illinois Central 

 Railroad took into Chicago 480,106 pounds of 

 strawberries, amounting to 30,63:! bushels. This 

 immense amount of fruit was llie pr(jduct of 

 Southern Illiuois. 



Our Schoolday Visitor— An illustrated 

 Journal for boys and girls. The teachiugs of 

 this work for the juveniles are of a lilgh, 

 mornl tone. Than this, no more u.seful and 

 interesting paper can be placed in the hands 

 of children. Dniirihaday it Becker, Philadel- 

 phia; SI. 25a year. To cluljs at reduced rates. 



The Apiculturist — is the n.ame of a new 

 monthly journal on the Bee, in quarto form, 

 eightpages; W. G. Church, editor, Mexico, Mo. 

 $1.00 per year. The Apiculturist, like the PoM- 

 Ologist, covers a field heretofore unoccupied, 

 and supplies a want felt by bee-keepers in the 

 West— for bee-keeping in the West has its 

 peculiarities, as well as fruit-growing. Judging 

 from the four numbers before ns, the Apieultur- 

 ist will be a valuable assistant to tlie bee-keeper, 

 and it is " dog cheap " at the subscription price. 



State Fair Premium List.— We have re- 

 ceived from secretary Shaffer for distribution- 

 a package of premium lists for the seventeenth 

 annual Fair of our State Agricultural Society. 

 Fair at Keokuk, Sept, 12 to 16, inclusive, 

 Pesrons at a distance, who may wish a copy 

 should address Dr. J. M. Shaffer, Sec'ry, Fair, 

 field, Iowa, 



June Meetings,— In pamphlet form we have 

 the proceedings of the Montgomery (Ohio) 

 County Horticultural Society for June. Also, of 

 the Alton, 111., Horticultural Society. These 

 societies hold regular monthly meeting. They 

 are live institutions, and we always find some- 

 thing new and fresh in their monthly transac- 

 tions 



New Floral Hall.— The Winnebago (111.) 

 County Agricultural Society, with its head- 

 quarters at Rockford, are building a commodi- 

 ous Floral Hall, and will have it completed 

 and in readiness for tile fall exhibition of the 

 .Society. It will be 128 feet in length by 60 in 

 width, with no columns to obstruct the view 

 — the roof to be self-supporting. 



Small Fruits —Owing to the drouth which 

 appears to have been felt pretty generally all 

 over the West, the strawberry season was pre- 

 mature and very brief. The crop wae light, 

 fruit imperfect and prices low. The raspberry 

 is also a short crop, while currants, so far as wc 

 can learn, are a dead failure, and the same may 

 be said of the cherry. Grapes promise a full 

 crop. 



The People's Hand Book— is a pamphlet of 

 some fifty pages descriptive of the towns and 

 country along the line of the C. R. I. & P. Rail- 

 road between Des Moines and Council Bluffs- 

 interspersed with advertisements and names of 

 the leading business men, with table ot stations 

 and intermediate distances along the whole 

 line from Chicago to Council Bluffs. W. R. 

 Vaughn, publisher. Council Bluffs. 



The Lady's Friend.— For the first we find 

 upon our table the July number of this month- 

 ly. Its contents are varied and made up of 

 well written editorials, and choice contribu- 

 tions. Its illustrations are first class, both in 

 design and workmanship; Deacon <t Peterson, 

 Philadelphia. $2..50 a year, with a large steel 

 plate engraving thrown in. Reduction to 

 clubs. Specimen copies 10 cents. 



The STItAWBERRY AND ITS CULTURE,— SUCh 



is ttie title of a neat little volume before us on 

 tlie management of the strawberry. Among 

 the small fruits the strawberry stands pre-emi- 

 nent in character, while in a commercial point 

 of view its culture is a matter of no sniall Im- 

 portance to the fruit-grower. Hence, whatever 

 may add to a better knowledge of its culture 

 and propagation is gladly received. From wha' 

 we know of strawberry culture the author of 

 this work, J. M. Merrick, understands Ills 

 subject, for we find it full of gool, praotica 

 matter— written out plain and clear. J. E. 

 Tiltou & Co., publishers, Boston. Sl.OO by mail. 



Deferred Matter.— We have on file reports 

 of the summer meetings of the East Iowa Cen- 

 tral, the Nebraska, and the Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural .Societies, and of the Iowa Central 

 (Horticulturallyj District .Agricultural Society. 

 Some of tlie reports from abroad came in a 

 little too late for this number of the paper. 

 With a crowd of matter already in type for the 

 July number, we leel constrained to hold all 

 over for August. We also havealready in liand 

 for August, very interesting and able commu- 

 nications upon the following and other sub- 

 jects; *' Funijous i-'oc.s," " Horticultural Art,'' 

 " The Cominy and Going of Jnsects." The writ- 

 ers are men of intelligence and close observa- 

 tion. 



Sunday School Publications We have 



received from the publisher, W. W. Dowling, 

 Indianapolis, Ind., several Sunday School pub- 

 lications in pamphlet form, among which are 

 Little Watchman, The Morning Watch, and the 

 Little Sower. They are gotten up in a style at 

 once attractive and instructive to children, and 

 are well worthy the attention of Sunday school 

 officers and teachers. 



Georgia State Fair.— We have received 

 from the Secretary of the Georgia .State Agri- 

 cultural Society, the premium list of the 

 Society for the next annual fair, to be held at 

 Atlanta, Oct. 19th to 26th. The premiums are 

 very liberal, throughout, especially on field 

 crops. Best ten acres of clover hay, $2.50. Same 

 for best ten acres of cotton. Best bbl. sugar, 

 $100. Best five acres of cotton, J200; same for 

 grass. N. S. Kimball, Esq., offers a premium 

 of S500 for the best and largest yield of cotton 

 on five acres, quantity and quality to be con- 

 sidered in the award. 



A Treatise on the Culture of Flowers.- 

 We have received from the publishers, J. E. 

 Tilton & Co., Boston, a new volume— " 6'etien(2/- 

 five Popular Flowers and Hoiv to Cultivate them," 

 by Edward S. Rand, Jr., author of " Flou'ers for 

 the Parlor," and other works on floriculture. 

 The work contains about 200'psges, is embelish- 

 ed with many truthful illustrations, and is 

 gotten up in excellent style, as every thing is 

 that comes from this popular publishing house. 

 The work will be found a most valuable text- 

 book for the novice in floriculture, while the 

 more experienced may find instruction in the 

 perusal of its pages. The author. In his preface 

 truthfully remarks: "To grow plants well 

 should be the first aim in the garden— if the 

 plant is worth growing at all, it is worthy to 

 receive every aid to develop in perfection ; and 

 one well-grown plant will give more bloom 

 than a mass crowded together." $1.50 will fetch 

 a copy by mail. 



PoTTiNQ Plants. — In taking up things from 



the ground for potting, care should be taken to 



have the pots well drained, with pieces of potsherd 

 over the hole The more rapidly water passes 

 through the soil the better plants will grow. 



Apples in Minnesota. — "Wc learn from 

 the Farmers' Union, Minneapolis, that the 

 apple tree bucl.s in tliat region liave come 

 through the winter unusually souud. 

 Dutchess of OUlenburg, Tetofdky, lied 

 Astrachau, Fameu.se, Beilflower, aud Wag- 

 oner are reported to have stood the past 



winter quite as well iu Iowa or Illinois. 



Double Peaches. — Throe Maryland pa- 

 pers assert that there i.-f, this seasou, a strange 

 teudcney in the peach trees to produce two 

 and even more, peaches from a single blos- 

 .som. The editor of the Trite Marylamler 

 says lie has about half a dozen trees in one 

 clump which are full, and yet no one lilossom 

 in ten produces a single peach, and that all 

 over the orchard the same teiidency " to 

 twin ' manifests itself. 



Should all lake the 



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Monthly, at ^l.OU a year. Volume second com- 

 mences with July. 

 Clrcnlaiion large— advertising rates low, 



Afldrees W. G. CHURCH, 



July "im Mexico, Mo. 



WHITNEY & RICHARDS, Hard? Grape Vines, 



Small Fruits, Ac, Kansas City, Mo. 

 DEAN, J. A., General Nureery, Blue Earth, Minn. 



