1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



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to the bottom and saturate it with water. Then 

 drop the scions in upon it and place a piece of wet 

 sponge on the top and seal up liernietically ; wrap 

 in strong pajier, and tliey may be sent by mail 

 almost any distance and be found perfectly fresh. 



The CuTAnoGA and Martha. — The Rural 

 World says : "Cuyahoga has produced this season 

 bunches of large berries ; color white, tending to 

 flesh color ; very sweet and rich ; somewhat late. 

 The small berries become quite pink and sweet be- 

 fore the main cluster is ripe, while in most other 

 varietes — the Concord for example — ^the small 

 berries are quite green when the bunch is ripe and 

 black. 



Martha — in fruit, foliage, health, hardiness and 

 productiveness, stands at the head. Berry mcdiumj; 

 China white; foliage very distinct and healthj'. 



A Profitable Acre. — A California paper says 

 that on Grand Island, near the mouth of Sacra- 

 mento river, an acre of land was planted to Early 

 Rose potatoes, on the 33d day of February. On 

 the 30th of June he dug 300 sacks worth $1 per 

 sack. On the 38d of Jul}' he replanted the same 

 ground, and on the 7th of October he dug 3.50 sacks 

 of potatoes. The entire cost of cultivation did not 

 exceed $.30. Thus realizing from one acre of 

 swamp land about f 000. 



Goethe and Wildeu. — These two new grapes 

 appear to give great satisfaction at Ilammondsport. 

 A report on them for last year says : " The Goethe 

 has even surpassed the Concord in productiveness, 

 and health}', vigorous growth. From 350 vines, 

 planted fixlO, in their third summer, consequently 

 bearing their first crop, on the hills, we received 

 3,127 pounds of splendid fruit. And besides this 

 heavy crop they made an enormous growth of 

 wood, which is now ripe to the very tips, the foli- 

 age hanging at the present date (Oct. 19) on the 

 vines green and fresh." 



Honey Locust Hedges. — J. J. Thomas says a 

 very common error in the culture of Honey Locust 

 hedges is in not cutting them back enough. Close 

 pruning is necessary to overcome its natural ten- 

 dency to an upright and comparatively slender 

 growth. He thinks .such a hedge .should be cut 

 very near the surface, the second time three inches 

 higher, again four or five inches higher. 



Sugar Beets for Hogs. — A writer in the P/v<c- 

 lieal Farmer says that he finds the sugar beet very 

 good to fatten his hogs with. He begins with the 

 beet.s, and finishes off on corn As the result of 

 his experience, he found that his hogs fattened ear- 

 lier, with a material saving of corn. 



Kef.ping Sweet Potatoes. — A correspondent 

 of the Country Gentleman has found that rotten 

 wood, finely pulverized, is the best thing yet. Col- 

 lect the rotten wood in the summer or early fall ; 

 get it perfectly dry ; grind or pound it fine, pack 

 your sweet potatoes in it in boxes or barrels, and 

 keep them in a warm room or in the cellar, close 

 up to the floor of the house, and you need have no 

 fear but that your potatoes will be as good iu the 

 spring as when you packed them away. 



A "Whopper," Sure. — The Practical Farmer 

 acknowledges the receipt of a whopping big apple, 

 from Pettis ccnint}'. Mo. It is described as measur- 

 ing "exactly eighteen inches in circumference, and 

 weighing two pounds ; oblate, clear, bright yellow, 

 without speck or blemish." Missouri is ahead on 

 apples for size. Only think ! an apple six inches in 

 diameter. We reckon the measurement of that ap- 

 ple, like some peoples conscience, was pretty 

 elastic. 



Big Tobacco Plant. — The San Jose Buttelin 

 makes mention of a stalk of Sardinian tobacco 

 which measured 5 feet in hight — some of the leaves 

 measuring 2% feet in length by 18 inches in breadth. 

 The plant grew from the seed which was put in the 

 ground last spring. The Sardinian tobacco is very 

 strong, and is used largely in making snuff. This 

 growth is a most remarkable one. 



Mammoth Grapes. — The Mary.sville (Cal.) Appeal 

 acknowledges the receipt of a bunch of grapes, up- 

 on which it says " is one grape that measures four 

 and a half inches in rircumference. It has pre- 

 cisely the shape of a tomato, and appears to be the 

 result of a number of grapes growing together, as 

 the outward contour is uniform." 



Iowa Apples at Richmond. — A writer from 

 Richmond to the Weeiern Rm-al, Chicago, makes 

 mention of the collection of 118 varieties from 

 Central Iowa, and adds: "Iowa may well be proud. 

 She received the the prize for the best collection of 

 apples from any State." 



Peerless Potatoes. — Jeremiah Bodge, of Cen- 

 ter Barnstcad, N. H., claims to have raised three 

 hundred and thirty and one-half pounds of Peer- 

 less potatoes the past season, from two and one-half 

 pounds of seed. 



Oregon State Fair, held at Salem, Oct. 9, was 

 a success. The receipts for the first two da3's alone, 

 was nearly $7,0P0. The horticultural and poniolog- 

 ical department was well filled with vegetables, 

 fruits, plants and flowers. 



