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THE POMOLOGIST. 



August 





The Tetofsky. — We are pleased to acknowl- 

 edge specimens of this apple from Mr. J. 

 Gould, Beaver Dam, Wis., received J uly 19tb, 

 In maturity not quite ready for eating from 

 the hand, but in excellent condition for cook- 

 ing. Mr. G. aays they are ratlier small ou 

 account of drouth. 



CoERESPOSDENTS.— We luost heartily appre. 

 elate the assistance of our able corps of 

 correspondents in the management of the 

 Pomologist. We cordiall.v invite new recruits 

 to the ranks. Give us plain, practical articles, 

 however homely they may be in composition. 

 Nor would we forget to thank our brethren of 

 the Press, for their flattering reception of the 

 Pomologist, and valuable aid rendered by way 

 of Introducing It to the public. 



Advertisements,— Several favors in this 

 line came to hand after the first side of our 

 paper went to press, and as the cover had been 

 previously worked ofl', they .are reluctantly laid 

 over till September. Our purpose is to have 

 the paper in the hands of its readers in good 

 time— by the first day of the month; and to 

 enable us to do so it must be ready for the 

 mail four or five days previous. Let us have 

 the advertisements by the 15th or 16th of the 

 month preceding publication. To nurserymen, 

 seedsmen and dealers in agricultural or horti- 

 cultural implements, the Pomologist presents 

 special inducements. Its readers are of the 

 progressive sort, the very ones who patronize 

 the seedsman, the mechanic and tlie nursery- 

 man. 



Bee Department.— We have concluded to 

 discontinue the Bee Department of the Pom- 

 ologist confining the paper henceforth strict- 

 ly to poraological matter. Tlicre are several 

 Journals in the country especially devoted to 

 that branch of industry. Should any of our 

 readers wish to takes strictly bee journal, we 

 commend to them the ApicuUurist, W. G. 

 (Jhurch, editor, Mexico, Mo.; monthly ; $1 per 

 year. 



Pleasing Reception.— The San Francisco 

 Bulletin of June 21st, thus announces the arriv- 

 al of the company of Eastern pnmologists who 

 passed west in June: "President Wilder, a dis- 

 tinguished horticulturist of Massachusetts, 

 arrived in this city last evening with his 

 friends and co-laborers in horticulture and 

 agriculture, Messrs. Downing, Barry, Ellwan- 

 ger, and Clark, with their wives. They were 

 met on the Summit by a delegation from this 

 city and vicinity- Prof. Carr of the University, 

 and wife; A. S. Hallidie, President Mechanics 

 Institute ; S. W. Shaw, the editor of the Farmer, 

 and others. They met their eastern friends 

 yesterday morning at sun-rise, and extended 

 to thero a hearty welcome up there among the 

 snow-clad mountains. The parlies then pro- 

 ceeded on their way to the valleys of Califor- 

 nia and this city." 



Fbdit in Gejjebal.— The Report for July, 

 from the Departmeut of Agriculture, repre- 

 sents the prospects of the apple crop unusually 

 good. Peaches ditto, except In Illinois and 

 Micliigan, where the prospect is Ave to ten per 

 cent below the average. Grapes promise an 

 abundant yield throughout the country. 



E^ Peaches promise an aver.ige yield Jn 

 Pelaware. The wet weather has injured the 

 smail fralts, but crops ge^ieraily look fine. 



*S- The Colorado potatoe bug is worse than 

 ever in Minnesota. 



'Ka»The cherry crop is said to have been a 

 failure in the Middle States. 



4®- The Chintz bugs have made their appear- 

 ance in Adam's county. Wis. Woe to the 

 wheat in " them diggins." 



*S» The fruit crop all over the States of Con- 

 necticut and New Hampshire are reported as 

 never more promising. 



«SP Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, including 

 the new district, has 2,706 acres, and is the 

 largest public park in America. 



t>S- Upwards of 1,200 pounds of Paris green 

 have been sold at La Crosse this season for the 

 destruction of potato bugs. 



ft^g^The Boston Cultivator of July 9th, says 

 lemons and oranges are now at about three 

 times the prices, that ruled during the past 

 three months. 



<®-We are told that California beets are so 

 large that pigs eat tunnels through them 

 without disturbing the outside. That's nothing 

 for California to do. 



Liberal Premiums. -The Indianapolis Hor- 

 ticultural Association offer the following very 

 liberal premiums, to be awarded at the next 

 fair of the Association, Sept. 3d : 



*®- Hussman says " the grape is the most re- 

 liable of all fruits, for the reason that the 

 secondary buds will produce half a crop, if the 

 primary oues have been killed by frost. 



Trees Dting.— A Beloit corre.=pondent of the 

 Western Farmer writes (June 27,) that fruit trees 

 set for two or three year and not mulched, are 

 dying from the effects of the drouth. 



iS®- The Elyria (Ohio) Democrat says : "Heman 

 Moon, of Avon, Lorain county, picked one of 

 Wilson's Albany strawberries, which measured 

 just six inches in circumference." 



J^S^ Fruit growers in Michigan are rejoicing 

 in a new style ot fruit cars for taking their 

 fruit to Chicago. They are provided with 

 shelves and a very thorough system ol ventil- 

 ation. 



The Tarantula.— The Cinciiinali Times says 

 a veritable Texas Tarantula was recently cap- 

 tured near a fruit stand in that city. It is sup- 

 posed to have found ite way there concealed in 

 some kind of tropical fruit. 



4£^ There is a carious Chinese proverb which 

 says: "In a cucumber field do not stop to tie 

 your shoe ; and under a plum tree do not wait 

 to settle your cap on your head ;" which means, 

 if you do, some one may think you are stealing 

 the cucumbers or plums. 



*S"A farmer in Wisconsin fed pie-plant 

 leaves to eight two-months-old pigs, one eve- 

 ning, and found six of them dead the next 

 morning, the other two being nearly dead. 



*5r Selling pollen for fertilizing purposes, at 

 so mucli per packet by mail, is the latest horti- 

 cultural idea in England. 



Best collection of fruits of all kinds, silver 

 medal and S75. Best collection of apples, $.50_ 

 Best collection pears, diploma and ?30. Best 

 collection of conservatory or green house 

 plants, amateurs' list, $2.3, followed by premi- 

 ums of $10 each on boquets and baskets of flow- 

 ers. 



Fall op Apples.— The Maine Farmer of July 

 9th, says, from several portions of the Stale we 

 learn that fruit, especially apples, Is falling from 

 the trees in large numbers This is, without 

 doubt, caused by the hot, dry weather, which 

 has continued for some time with much sever- 

 ity. 



Strawberries in Kentucky.- Mr. A. D. 

 Webb, of Bowling Green, Ky., says in the West- 

 ern Huralisl, the varietiesmost popular with us 

 this season were Chas. Downing, Kentucky, 

 Green Prolific, French's Seedling, Filmore and 

 Russell, in the, order named, all very large and 

 fine. Since the introduction of the three firsj, 

 named varieties, the old and much esteemed 

 Wilson has been consigned to aback seat by 

 some of our cultivators, yet it is perhaps a bet- 

 ter shipping quality than either of the others, 

 but cannot compete with them in uniform size 

 and appearance. 



Agricultural Fairs for 1870. 



Illinois, 



Michigan, 



Indiana, 



Iowa, 



Wisconsin, 



STATE FAIRS. 



Decatur, 



Jackson, 



Indianapolis 



Keokuk, 



Milwaukee, 



Sept. 



Mo. (.St. Louis Ass.) St. Louis, 



Minnesota, 



Ohio, 



Nebraska, 



Kansas, 



Kentucky, 



New York. 



Pennsylvania, 



Georgia, 



Vermont, 



Arkan-sas, 



North Carolina, 



Wenono, 



Springfield, 



Brownsville, 



Fort Scott, 



Henderson, 



Utica, 



Scranton, 



Atlanta, 



Burlington, 



Little Rock, 



Raleigh, 



26 to Oct. 1 

 Sept. 20-28 

 Oct. 3-8 

 Sept. 12-16 

 Sept. 27-30 

 Oct. 3-7 

 Sept. 20-23 

 Sept. 12-16 

 Sept. 20-23 

 Sept. 27-30 

 Oct. 4-9 

 Sept. 27-30 

 Sept. 27-30 

 Oct. 19-26 

 Sept. 6- 

 Oct. 11-14 

 Oct. 18-21 



district and other fairs. 



Central Michigan, La'nsing, Sept. 14-16 



Northern Ohio, Cleveland, Oct. 4-7 



Am. Institute, N. Y. City, .Sept. 7 to Oct. 6 



New England, Machester,N. H., Sept 6-10 



Agr.Mec. and Hort. Indianapolis, Sept. 5-9 

 Nor. Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oct, 3-7 



IOWA agricultural pairs. 

 Clinton, Clinton, Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 2. 



Henry, Mt. Pleasant, Sept T, 8, 9. 



Benton, Vinton, Sept. 13, 14, 15, 1«. 



Mills, Glenwood, Sept. 15, 16, IT. 



Allamakee, Waukon, Sept, 20, 21, 22. 



Bremer, Waverly, Sept. 20, 21, 22. 



Mahaska. Oskaloosa, Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23- 



Wapello, Ottumwa, Sept. 20, 21, 22. 



Floyd, Charles City, Sept. 20, 21, 22. 



Van Buren, Keosauqua, Sept. 21, 22, 23. 



Decatur, Leon, Sept. 21, 22, 23. 



Louisa, Wapello, Sept. 27. 28, 29. 



Davis, Bloomfleld, Sept. 28, 29, 30. 



Delaware, Manchester, Sept. 28, 29, 80. 



Des Moines, Burlington, Sept, 6. 7, 8, 9. 



Scott, Davenport, S' pt. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Clayton, Farmersburg, Sept. 27, ?8, 29. 



Chickasaw, New Hampton, Time not stated. 



Blackhaw_k, Waterloo, Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24. 



Crawford, Dennison, Oct. 7, S. 



Cedar, Tipton, Oct. 26, 'T, '8, '9, 30. 



Benton, Belle Plaine, Sept. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Appanoose, Centerville, Sept. 27, 28, 29. 



Lee, Fort Madison, Oct. 4. 6, 6. 



Stor.v, Nevada, Sept. 13, 14, 15. 



Washingl'n, Washington, Oct. 4, 5, 6. 



Jasper, Newton, Sept. 21, 22, 23. 



Warren, Indlanola, Sept. 21, 22, 28. 



Cass, Atlantic, Sept. 28, 29. 



JelTerson, Fairfield, Oct. 4, 5, 6. 



Fremont, Sidney, Time not fixed. 



Guthrie, Guthrie Center, Time not fixed, 



Humboldt. Dakota, Oct. 5, 6. 



District Fairs appointed are :— 



Central Iowa, Des Moines, Sept. 28, 29, 30. 



Union, Ackley, Hardin Co., Sept 20, 21, 22, 23. 



Cedar Valley, Cedar Falls, Sept. 27, 28, 29. 



