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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



1671 



There is in Washington Territory an immense 

 cranberry marsh, yielding one hundred thousand 

 bushels in a single year. 



Kalamazoo complains of the apple rot. Some 

 experienced fruit raisers say it occurs every fifteen 

 years. — Bosh. 



One thousand barrels of cider were made at the 

 cider miU on the town form in Hopkinton, N. H., 

 last season. 



Moles are justly regarded a great nuisance in 

 the garden. It is said that cobs dipped in coal tar 

 and placed in their run-ways will clear them out. 



It is said that cotton prevents or retards the rip- 

 ening of winter apples and pears, while wool 

 hastens this operation, and at the same time gives 

 green fruit a handsome yellow color. — Selected. 



Okigin of the Baldwin. — It has been generally 

 understood that the Baldwin apple o'riginated in 

 Massachusetts, but a story has recently been related 

 in the Boston Cultivator which makes it an importa- 

 tion. It is charged that the cions which produced 

 it in this country came from England, where good 

 apples are not produced in abundance. 



Packing Grapes in Russia.— It is said that in 

 southern Russia grapes intended for the St. Peters- 

 burg market are gathered before fully ripe, and 

 packed down in earthen pots in alternate layers with 

 well dried millet seed. The grapes must not touch 

 each other, fCad the pots must be tightly sealed. 

 Put up in this way, they are said to keep a long 

 time and to improve in flavor. 



FOIiTHE VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN. 



Grass Seeds, Field Seeds, Evergreens, Plants. Eoses, Dah- 

 lias Verbenas. Qladiolns, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, An- 

 paraijus Roots, Early Potatoes, Onton Sets, Books, 

 Implements, <fcc. 



New Plants and Seeds, 1871. 



Dreer's Garden Calendar, for ISTl; containing fiill descrip- 

 tive lists of the above, (14-1 pages,) beatitifidly illustrated with 

 eiKirai-ings and colored plate, will be mailed on receipt of a 

 postage stamp. 



Dealers supplied on liberal terms. A wholesale cata- 

 logue (for Dealers only) will be mailed on application. 

 Address HENRY A. DREER, 

 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



New Seedling Verbena! 



WHITE UNIQUE. 



Large Form and Truss. Long Stem Good Bedder. Profuse 

 Bloomer, and Very Fragrant. Sent by Mail, 35 CentB. 

 Sent with other Verbenas at 30 cents per plant. 



Testimonial from Thomas Archer, St. Joseph. 



Lake Shore Nursery, April 25, 1870. 



Messrs. Hubbakd & Davis. . 



Gents:— The 300 Verbenas came 1- good 

 order and are certainly the most /Ma((A!/, stocty plants I ever 

 "„" ' Address Hobbabd & Davis, 



No 1 tf Detroit, Michigan. 



•V" I G IC ' S 



FLORAL GUIDE FOR 187L 



Apples IN New Hampshibe.— Mr. Joseph G. Mor- 

 rill.of Canterbury, N. H., raised the past season about 

 1,000 barrels of fall and winter apples, which were 

 marketed at prices ranging from $1.35 to |4.20 per 

 barrel. Aside from this in the fruit line, Mr. M. 

 had a fine crop of early fruit which sold in the Bos- 

 ton market at high prices. He "also made about .50 

 barrels of cider. Surely, there is one branch of 

 business that pays well yet on the old New England 

 farms. 



Primroses.— A Cor. of the Qardener's Monthly, 

 says "primroses aflbrd more satisfaction for the little 

 care they demand than any plant of which I know 

 for the window — troubled by no insect, and contin- 

 ually in bloom. T have two plants that have 

 bloomed this makes the third winter. They are now 

 33^ feet in circumference, their large pendant leaves 

 nearly obscuring the pots, making beautiful objects 

 for brackets each side of the window. I have 

 counted a hundred blossoms open at once on one 

 plant." 



The First Edition of One TltrNDRED and Fifty Thous- 

 and copies of Vick's Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds 



and Floral Guide, is publislu-d and ready to send out— 

 100 pages and an Engraving of almost every desirable Flow- 

 er and Vegetable. It is elegantly printed on line tinted pa- 

 per illustrated with Three Bimdred fine Wood Engravings, 

 and Two beautiful 



COLORED PLATES. 



The most beatiful and the most instructive Floral Guide pub- 

 lished. A GERMAN EDITION published, m all other 

 respects similar to the English. 



Sent free to all my customers of 1870, as rapidly as possible, 

 without application. Sent to all others who order them for 

 Ten Cents, which is not half the cost. Address 



JAMES VICK. 



Rochester, N. T. 



No. 1. 2 mo. 



Miner Plum Trees, 



AND CIONS FOR SALE. 

 Leadiug Varieties of Western Apple Trees. 



EVERGREENS, WHITE PINE SEEDLINGS, 

 At tlie Evergreen Hill Nursery, 



SABUL.A, lOW^A. 



A. GIDDINGS, Proprietor. 



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