1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



236 



The Santa Rosa (Cal.,) Democrat says of the fruit 

 in Marion county : In some localities the White 

 Winter Pcarmain was a total failure last year, and 

 will probably be again this year. The yield is 

 large, but they are only good for feed for hogs. 

 Red Junes are badly infected in Green Valley, and 

 in some other orchards. Both this and last year 

 the Yellow Newton, Yellow Bellflower and Hall 

 have been infected to a greater or less extent. The 

 fruit alone of the above varieties has been im- 

 paired, but in the extensive orchard of Mr. Tilton 

 the leaf of some J'oung Beauty of Kent trees shows 



mildew. 



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A Good Show. The Rochester (Min.) Post says 

 of a Duchess of Oldenburg apple tree in that place. 

 " It is a small tree, not more than six feet high, 

 with a good top, has been set out three years, is on- 

 ly about .six years old, and is bearing, this season, 

 fifty-four beautiful apple.s, all of them of good size, 

 though still growing, and the largest measuring 10 

 inches in circumference. It is a sight well worth 

 seeing. The tree has had no extra care or protec- 

 tion. 



Bitter Rot in Apples. — A corre.spondent of the 

 Northwestern Farmer thinks bitter rot is an infec- 

 tion disease carried to the fruit through the flow 

 of sap, and as a remedy recommends peeling off the 

 bark when., the sap is running freely, taking care 

 not to scar the wood. In the month of May he 

 peeled the bark from eight old trees. In one sea- 

 son the bark was nicely renewed and the fruit im- 

 proved. 



A Prolific Cherry. The Pacific Rural Press 

 acknowledges the receipt ot a cherry tree stem sev- 

 en - eighths of an inch in diameter and five feet in 

 length, bearing 354 cherries. It was cut from a 

 tree of the Roj'al Ann variety, growing on the 

 Willamette river, Oregon, and weighed seven 

 pounds. This "wonderful production" looks as if 

 Oregon might be taking some of the wind out of 

 California on fruits. 



Flowers at a High Altitude. The Miner, 

 Montana, says : — At an altitude bordering upon 

 8,000 feet. Monitor can show collections of as fine 

 plants growing in the open air as will be found in 

 almost any place. Among the fine flowers, we may 

 mention the Tuberose, Gladiola in great variety. 

 Verbenas, Geraniums, Chrysanthemums, BaLsams, 

 Zinnias, Japan Lilies, and others too numerous to 

 mention. 



^"Stimttlating Pot Plants. It is said that 

 an ounce of pulverized carbonate of ammonia, dis- 

 .solvcd in one gallon of water will make spring wa- 

 ter even more stimulating to plants than rain wa- 

 ter. 



Dwarf Pears. The German town Telegraph 

 says : '• Dwarf pears are at this day all that we ev- 

 er claimed for them, and we should not think of 

 possessing a garden without them. Where room is 

 scarce we should grow dwarfs exclusively, and even 

 where room is unlimited we should have some 

 dwarfs." 



Wo now have about two hundred dwarf and stan- 

 dard pear trees coming into bearing. An experi- 

 ence of six years with both cla-sses — standard and 

 dwarf — enables us to fully endorse what the Tele- 

 graph says in favor of dwarfs. 



Drouth in Ohio. Mr. J. C. Nefif, Duncan's 

 Falls, Ohio, writes us Aug. 22, — "We are experi- 

 encing the severest drouth that has occurred in this 

 part of Ohio for thirty years. Grapes, peaches and 

 apples are suffering for the want of rain. Peaches 

 are a one- third crop, and half the usual size; are 

 selling at 80 cents to $1.50 per bushel ; grapes $3.50 

 per bushel, and plums |2.00 to $2.50." 



Immense Crop of Peaches. We see it stated 

 that six trains of cars from the peach orchards of 

 Delaware, arrived in New York in one day this sea- 

 son. Each train had thirty ears, and each car 500 

 baskets of peaches. If such is but one day's work 

 in the peach trade of Delaware, what in the name 

 of wonders is the peach business of that little State 

 for the whole season ! 



Good Advice. The English Journal of Horti- 

 culture gives some excellent advice in pear culture 

 when it says, that with regard to pruning very 

 young pear trees, the object should be to encourage 

 the growth of wood in proper directions, rather 

 than the production of a few fruits at the expense 

 of retarding the development of the tree. 



A Big Hemlock. The Farmer and Mirror, pub- 

 lished at Manchester, N. H., says a hemlock tree 

 was cut down in a wood lot belonging to Mr. 

 Sturoc, of Sunapee, a few days ago, the stump of 

 which measured twenty feet in circumference, and 

 the length of the body of the tree before reaching 



the limbs was fifty feet. 



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Grapes in Texas. The Liberty (Texas) Observ- 

 er says that in Liberty county alone, there are now 

 ripe upon the vines, grapes enough to make wine 



for the State of Texas. 



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1^" The Fruit and Wine Reporter for August 

 gives a very flattering account of the condition of 



the grape crop from all over the country. 



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A New Raspberry. Ontario Black Cap appears 

 to be a new candidate for pomological favor. It is 

 represented to be as " vigorous and productive as 

 any of the Black Cap family." But what of its 

 fruit ? 



