1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AISD GARDENER. 



367 



Tbe GoflT, Kentucky and TTarHeld. 



While among the apples we would acknowledge 

 from Suel Foster, of Muscatine, specimens of 

 the Warjield, Ooff, Kentucky and Montreal Beauty. 

 These were received as we were making up the col- 

 lection to take to Richmond, and we put in the req- 

 uisite number to make one plate of Warfields. We 

 venture to say that every one who came in sight of 

 the table noticed the Warfield. 



But the Goff. Oh ! What an intolerable sour 

 thing. Why ! the very recollection of it puts our 

 teeth on edge. " Perfectly awful !" Pray don't af- 

 flict us with any more " Gotfs." 



But the Kentucky. That's all right. We have just 

 cut it to-day, (September 30lh) and find it better 

 than good. Will say in short, that we know of no 

 apple in season at this time better, if so good. We 

 have made a drawing of it for publication. Will 

 friend Foster tell us what he knows about the tree, 

 fruit, &c.? Send us all you please of the Kentuckys 

 and Warfields. 



The Montreal Beauty, a crab, is very handsome, 

 and the first we have ever seen. 



Fruit in Boston Market. — The Commercial 

 Bulletin of a late date says : "Only a few week ago 

 apples were one of the most expensive luxuries in 

 the fruit line in this market, and a really good arti- 

 cle of eating readily commanded $8@10 a l)bl. But, 

 PRESTO, CUANGE ! and they are now a drug selling 

 at very low prices. Receipts have been large from 

 Mich, Mo. and Ohio, and a nice barrel of apples can 

 now be bought for $2@3 a bbl. The apple crop in 

 New England will not amount to much this year, 

 but the supply from other sections will be about up 

 to the average of other years. 



Keeping Grapes.— The Grass Valley (Cal.) 

 Union says : " This question has often been asked, 

 and has been answered both affirmatively and neg- 

 atively by those who have experimented in that 

 way. Yesterday Mr. Charles Barker, of this place, 

 exhibited a sample of grapes which he has kept 

 through the winter in all their freshness of taste 

 and plumpness of size by a very simple process. 

 Mr. Barker packed up a barrel of Catawba grapes 

 in sawdust last fall, and yesterday the barrel of 

 grapes was opened, and the fruit was splendid, as 

 we have stated. 



Big Apple Tree. At a late meeting of the At- 

 lanta, Ga., Pomoligical Society, a "yellow June ap- 

 ple tree was reported from Palmetto, Ga., in the or- 

 chard of Mr. Simms, of that place, the branches 

 of which covered a space of 150 feet in circumfer- 

 ence near the ground. The tree yielded enor- 

 mously." 



Snake Bites. — Well, what has snake bites to do 

 with pomology. Not much to be sure, but the fol- 

 lowing prescription is so simple, its effects so well 

 authenticated, that we cannot forego the temptation 

 of passing it along from the Knoxville Democrat. 

 The editor is cognizant of cases cured, and declares 

 it a perfect remedy in all cases if applied in reason- 

 able season : 



One tablespoonful each of salt and gunpowder, 

 mix with the yellow of an egg into a plaster and 

 apply — keep renewing as it falls oflf which it will 

 do as long as poison remains. 



A new Way to Dry Peaches. — A New Jersey 

 fruit grower gives the following method for skin- 

 ning and drying peaches : " Never pare peaches to 

 dry. Let them get mellow enough to be in good 

 eating condition ; put them in boiling water for a 

 moment or two, and the skin will come off like a 

 charm. Let them be in the water long enough and 

 no longer. The gain is at least six fold — saving 

 time in removing the skin ; great saving of the 

 peach ; part of the peach is saved, the best part ; 

 less time to stone the peaches ; less time to dry them 

 and better when dried. 



Extremes in the Fbuit Market.— The Horti- 

 culturist says : " On June 27th, there were found in 

 New York, strawberries, lilack and red raspberries, 

 blackberries, whortleberries, cherries, currants, 

 peaches, and ripe apple.% all for sale side by side on 

 the same market stand. When it is known that ap- 

 ples are four months later than strawberries, it is 

 something of a curiosity to see the extremes thus 

 meet at this early date of the season. The straw- 

 berries came from Connecticut and the apples from 

 South Carolina, while the other fruits were gath- 

 ered from all quarters between. 



How to Keep Cider Sweet. There are many 

 methods recommended for keeping cider sweet, but 

 we have never seen anything so simple as that rec- 

 ommended by a correspondent of the Journal of the 

 Farm. The cider after it comes from the press is 

 allowed to stand until the pomace settles. It is 

 then put into a clean vessel over a fire and brought 

 to a boil — in the mean time skimming off the scum 

 as it ri.ses. It is then put into small kegs or bottles 

 and tightly corked and sealed. By this process the 

 writer has excellent sweet eider, not merely for the 

 winter, but for years. 



Prolific Cherry.— R. Hazlett, of Hillside, Mich., 

 has in his garden a cherry tree of the Yellow Span- 

 ish variety, which yielded during the past season 

 235 quarts of cherries. Being very early and large, 

 they sold for twenty cents per quart, making a re- 

 turn of $45 for a single tree. 



