1871 



THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



29 



Preserving Fruit Juices. — The juices of rasp- 

 berries, pinvapples and other fruits, are useful for 

 flavoring ic« cream and similar purposes. The 

 juice can be readily preserved by bottling. Ex- 

 press the juice and put it in bottles ; set the bottles 

 in a cold boiler with a board or grating under 

 them to prevent contact with the bottom of the 

 boiler. Heat up the water and continue at the#oil- 

 ing point until the contents of the bottles are heated 

 through. Cork the bottles while hot, seal and keep 

 in a cool place. The bottles should not be so large 

 as to contain more juice than enough to use at 

 once, as it will not keep long after being opened. — 

 So says one of our exchanges. 



Fruit in England. The Gardener's Chronicle, 

 (Eng.,) reports the fruit crop of 1870 the largest 

 known to the pre.sent generation. 



Peach Crop op 1870 : The peach crop shipped 

 from St. Joseph, Mich., for 1870, is thus footed up : 

 The first shipment of three baskets, in 1870, was 

 made on the 27th of July. Tlie previous year, the 

 first shipment of five baskets, was made on the 4th 

 of August. The total shipments for 1870 are re- 

 ported to have been as follows : 



July 15 to Aug. 15 19,078 packages. 



Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 87,008 



Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 55,882 



Tot^il shipments .161,968 



Well Said. The Country Gentleman .says : 

 "Tree planters do not like to be deceived; and 

 they often ask nurserymen to imrrant tliei?' trei'K true 

 to Tuime. There is a better way than to require sucli 

 warranty, Buy of nurserymen who have a well 

 established reputation for intelligence in their busi- 

 ness, and fair dealings." 



A Flower Sermon. — There is in Oldgate, Lon- 

 don, a rector who has for years past preached an 

 annual flower sermon to the school children of his 

 own and the surrounding districts, for the purpose 

 of inculcating in them a love of those floral beauties 

 that speak as much of the existence of a Creator as 

 anything else on earth. 



Hemp for Cabbage Worms. — A correspondent 

 of the American Institute Farmers' Club writes that 

 in Germany, gardeners plant hemp among their 

 cabbages, or surround the field with a row of it. 

 The perfume of tliis plant when in bloom is offen- 

 sive to the butterflies, and they do not deposit their 

 eggs in the cabbages, and thus the crop is saved. He 

 recommends later planting in this country as a means 

 of avoiding the caterpillars. 



A New Hampshire farmer lost $10,000 worth of 

 timber by smoking a fifty -cent coon out of a hollow 

 log. 



Soil and Ripening of Small Fruits. 



In all my descriptions of difl'erent varieties of 

 small fruit, in speaking of earliness I refer to the 

 f/owral crojj, and not to a few scattering berries. — 

 Perhaps there is no strawberry grown that will 

 color a few berries earlier than the Wilson, while its 

 main crop or picking is fully four to five da3's later 

 than many other sorts. 



The Downer's Prolific ripens up a fine picking 

 with me before the Wilson's Alban}', if not grown 

 on too rich soil; and too, the bulk- of the crop ripens 

 up early, which is not the case with the Wilson. 



This same thing is noticeable in the raspberry or 

 blackberry. The Philadelphia will turn a few ber- 

 ries as early as the Kirtland, but the last yields aU 

 of its crop early, at three or four pickings, while the 

 Philadelphia extends along for weeks and months. 

 Just so with the Miami aud Doolittle. The first 

 will ripen up afeic berries as early as the last, but 

 the last will all be gone by the time the first isyield- 

 ing full pickings. The Wilson and Kittatiny 

 blackberry show the same characteristics. The last 

 will ripen up a few berries as early as the first, but 

 not its gcwral crop. Now what are the advantages 

 of one over the other? Simply that the Downer, 

 Doolittle, Kirtland and Wilson's Early are all mar- 

 keted when the price is high, while the other 

 dwindles along late and brings less price — that is in 

 the markets where Mrliness is a requisite for profit. 



Another point. The Downer should not have 

 rich heavy soil. If grown on such it grows rank — 

 sending up long leaf stalks and large leaves which 

 cover and shade the fruit, and which detract from 

 the fruitfulness of this variety and mal-e it fully a 

 week later. The same with the French. They de- 

 light in a light sandy soil of only medium richness, 

 and when planted on such seem to run wonderfully 

 to fnut and yield their crops very early. Kich soils 

 do not seem to afl'ect the Wilson so much in that 

 way. This is an important matter that all should 

 consider. That some varieties are afl'ected more 

 than others by soil, especially in earliness, and in 

 order to test the earliness of difl'erent sorts, the soil 

 that is best adapted to them, and that afl'ect the ear- 

 liness and lateness of each, should be taken into 

 consideration. Give the Downer a light sandy soil, 

 and not over rich. — Cor. Country Oentkman. 



Vitriol for Cabbages.— A correspondent of the 

 New England Farmer says if "persons who have 

 lost their cabbages this year by the caterpillar, 

 which is the offspring of the Pieris Kapa^v/iW anoth- 

 er year, after setting out their cabbages, keep them 

 well sprinkled with a solution of blue vitriol and 

 water — a ])iece of vitriol as large as a walnut to a 

 pail of water— they will not be troubled much with 

 the worm. Hellebore answers very well in place of 

 the vitriol. Care must be taken not to get the solu- 

 tion too strong, as it is poison. Liquid hen manure 

 is also very good." We regard this recommenda- 

 tion with much distrust. 



