No. 39 -Vol. 6. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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ed by showering them with those mixtures, which 

 are found to be the best antidotes against other 

 insects. 



Goosebernj Bnshes. — On planting these bushes, 

 it is advisable to trim off all the old or dry wood ; 

 by this mean;, they grow more luxuriant, and it is 



Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope mention 

 a great improvement in the wines of that colony ; 

 some of the planters, who had looked more to qua- 

 lity than to quantity, have been induced to adopt 

 tlie French and German system in their vineyards, 

 and the result has exceeded the most sfinguine ex- 

 - - r 1 u • pectations. It is a singular fact, that much whito 



very essential to the bearing of good gooseberries ^ has been imported into France, and after pro- 

 that they always be kept thinned ot limbs. They reduction by means of full-bodied wines of na- 



bear much fi >rr fruit, and w.ll not m.ldew as they ^.^^ ^^^^^^j^^ ^^^^ ^^j^ ^^ ^ ,.^^ connoisseurs as 

 <^o «'hen su ffered to grow to a large bu sh. | g^^^;-^„^ gg^t ,„dl„ Madeira. 



POTATOS. 

 'The ground usually chosen for the culture of 



Potato Oats, &[C. 



^i . " , , , c ,j ... ., ,• _ ,^ These Oats, (known in England by the name of Potato Oal) 



this root 13 a stubble field, after the ordinary course exceed any gram of the kinS ever known as an article of food, 



of white straw crops, or a piece of old clover lay, or In any way of distillation. Those who wish for some of this 



either of which are broken up between Christmas inseparable Grain for seed, weighing /or(|,.f,»oj,(.,mrf. per 



K. , //us/iri. and raised in New York, can be supplied by calling at 



and Candlemas, and potatos of an early sort, call- die Seed Establishment, No. 62, North Market street, at $i per 



cd paintPd ladies, are put in about the middle of hushel. The lollowing description of this Grain is from Loudon. 



, ., ,^ J t 1. 1 ^ u ^ .u J n c "The Potato Oat has large, plump, rather thick skinned grains, 



April ; the red Irish apple sort about the middle ot ,|oy;,|e and treble, with longer straw than either the Poland, or 



May, or beginning of June, and in the following the Dutch Oat. It is almost the only oat now raised on land in 



manner:— Furrows are drawn at the distance of a good state of cultivation in the north of England and the south 



of Scotland, and usually brings a higher price in the London 



two and a half teet apart, straight across the field, market than any other variety. It was discovered growing in a 



in the direction the potatos tire to be planted ; in field of potatos in Cumberland, in 1788, and from the produce 



,,.,,.,,. .1 , • 11 of the single stalk which there sprung up by accident, (probably 



the bottom ot these furrows the dung is usually ^om the manure) has been pro^ucel the slock now in general 



spread ; upon tins dung the potato sets are placed : culiivaiiou." 



regularly tit the distance of about six inches. The I 7^ '^^'''V^^'r''""' ^v"Tl^T'° v'^^vv. ua i ri 



•^ ' Likewise, Early English Manly — English Kidney, and Clie- 



mould raised fnmi the furrow, which received the ] nango seedling Potatos. One barrel Early Royal 'George Po- 



dunu and selts, is then ploughed back again, and 

 in this situation the field remains until the plants 

 appear siifBi-iently to mark the interval, which ia 

 then horse hoed, and that operation is followed by 

 the doul)le-brea.-:ted plough, the mould-boards of 

 which are set so wide, as to make the raised earth 

 just meet upon thi rows, and completely to cover 

 the younj potato plants : those, in a growing sea- 

 son, will very soon be seen above thi= second cov- 

 ering, when the mould boardsof the doub'e breast- 

 ed plough are farther spread, and the last mould- 

 ing is completed by throwing the earth from the 

 intervals upon the ridges, and at the foot of the 

 plants as high as it will lie ; the rows are then ex- 

 amined, as well for the purpose of relieving any of 

 the potato plants on which clods may have fallen, 

 as for drnwing and cutting out any weeds that 

 may be among them ; and this completes the dress- 

 ing. One man and one horse on a well propor- 

 tioned field of ten or twelve acres, and lying suf- 

 ficiently level for the plough to work both ways, 

 will horse-hoe three acres per day, and the same 

 quantity in the subsequent operations of moulding 

 of the plants."- Fancouucr'* Survey of Devonshire- 



From a late English paper. 



AGRICULTURE, TRADE, &.c. 



The average product of an acre of wheat in Van 

 Dieman's Land is twenty bushels ; and the ex- 

 pense of production, independent of quit-rent is 41. 

 10s. 



A shrub has been discovered in our new Indian 

 territories, from whose stem, when divided, there 

 issues a copious vegetable spring of limpid and 

 wholesome water. The natives know this well, 

 and hence we rarely meet with an entire plant. It 

 is a powerful climber, and is quite new and non- 

 descript. 



At the late Edinburgh agricultural meeting, at 

 which above three hundred noblemen and gentle 

 men attended, Sir John Sinchiir addressell the par- 

 ty after breakfast, and informed them that a great 

 part of the bread which they had been eating was 

 composed chiefly of potato flour, and if the public 

 would be contented with such bread, Britain never 

 would require a bushel of foreign grain. 



talos, an early"sort and prodigious bearer — price ^2 per bushel. 

 This is a valuable kind for market gardeners. 



6(K)0 two year old seedling Hawthorn Quicks, for line fences 

 in fine order, at a moderate price. 



10 barrels Early Frame Peas, raised in Bangor, .Me. 



A further supply of the celebrated New Zealand Spinach, 

 [ Tetragona expansis], 



1000 pounds fresh Lucerne, imported from Europe this spring. 



10 baiTels English White Mustard Seed. 



Also, a consignment from Albany, of 60 barrels Marrowfat 

 Peas, by the barrel, at a very low price. 



Early Tuscarora Corn, for the table. 



Also. Seeds for Diers' use — Ornamental Flower Seeds, &c. 

 comprising the largest collection of Seeds to be found in New 

 England. 



Also, seeds of the Cuba Tobacco, Yellow Tobacco, Teazel, 

 Lentils, Spring Wheat, Spring Rye, Barley, Rape, Broom 

 Corn, Spring Vetches, Castor Oil Bean, Corn, (various sorts) — 

 Weld, Yellow Locust, White Mulberry, Millet, Burnel, Orchard 

 Grass, Rye Grass, Tall Meadow Oats Grass, While and Red 

 Clover, Mangel Wurtzel , &c. 



\rr A supply of the Roots of " WILMOT'S SUPERB 

 STRAWBERRY"— measurin";^ six and eight inches in circum- 

 ference, is daily e.\'pectcd from Europe. _^ 



For Sale or to Let 

 The three elegant Stud Horses " Dey of Algiers"— '■ Ranger '■ 

 and "Young Highlander;'' all sired by the celebrated Horse 

 Higiiiander. Two full-blooded Enjiisli Bulls— two Hulls and 

 and several Heilers, three and seven-eights blood Holderncss, 

 or Short Horned breed. 



Also, two Farms in Tolland, and a convenient House in the 

 central part of the City of Hartford. Inquire ai the of the New 

 England Farmer, or Ralph Watson, East Windsor, Connecli- 

 <^"^ April )8. 



JAMES BLOODGOOD &. Cos. 

 JVwr.sfCi/, at Flushing, on Long Island, mar JYew 

 York. 

 IN behalf of the Proprietors of the above Nursery, 

 ihf subscriber solicits the orders of Horticulturists 

 who may be desirious of stocking iheir gardens 

 and fields with Fruil Trees of the finest sorts, and 

 most nealthy and vigorous stocks the present reason. 



BLOODGOon & Co. attend personalhj to the Jiwculalins; and 

 Engrafting of all Iheir Fruit Trees — and purchasers may rely 

 with confidence, that the Trees they order «ill prove genuine 

 The subscriber, Agcnl of the above Nursery, will receive orders 

 for any quantiiy ol 



FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, 

 FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



PLANTS. 



The Trees « ill he delivered in tins City, at the risk and ex- 

 pense of the purchaser — the bills may be paid to him. 



The reputation of this Nursery is so extensively known, and 

 has been so well sustained, that I take leave to refer those in. 

 want of Trees, to any of the Horticulturists in this City and its 

 vicinity; and if ocular demonstration is desired, I invite those 

 who wish to be thus satisfied, to examine the Trees in my gar- 

 den at Dorchester, procured Irom this Nursery for three or foul 

 years past, some of which are now in bearing, all in a healthy 

 and vigorous slate. 



VlT Catalogues will be delivered gratis, on application to 

 ZEB. COOK, Jr. Rogers' Buildings— Congress St. 



N. DAVENPORT offers for sale at his Nursery, 

 in Milton, a fine collection of Fruit and Forest 

 Trees, and Ornamental Shrubs, comprising Ap- 

 ples, Pears, Peaches, Prunes, Nectarines, &c, Goose- 

 ^^ berry and Currant Bushes, A list of which can be 

 seen iji ihc oHice of the New EndanH Farmer, or Agricultural 

 Warehouse — and will be inserted in the New England Farmer 

 occasionally. At this Nursery, however, il is not so much an 

 ebjecl to present the imposing display of a great number ol' 

 the names of indifferent fruit as to keep a choice collection of 

 those sorts, whose excellence is well known and established, 



13= Orders are respectfiilly solicited, and will receive prompt 

 attention if left with J. R, Nkwell, at the .Agricultural Estab- 

 lishment, No 52 North Market street; or with Fricsch & Da- 

 venport, No, 713 Washington Street — or at the Nursery in 

 Milton, Feb, 2;), 



Gunpowder, fyc. 

 Du Font's Gun Powder, at 2.3 to 50 cts. per pound — Shot — Balls 

 — Flints and Percussion Caps. 



Also, Alum— Refined Salt Pelre — Blue Vitriol, &;c. constant- 

 ly for sale at the Dupont Powder Store, No, 66 Broad street — 

 By E. COPELASD, Jr. 



[0° The Du Pont sold as above, is warranted first quality — 

 and is marked "£. Copeland, jr. Boston," on Ihc head of the 

 cask. tf March M 



Just Published 



And for sale at this office, " Observations on the Efnoacy of 

 Vv'ijite .Mustard Seed, (Sinapis alba} taken whole. From the 

 lOih London edition, revised and improved." Price 6 cts. 



JV'cw Treatise on Floa'ers. 

 In press, and will lie published the beginning of ihe ensuing | 

 week, at the oHice of the New England Fanner, and by G. 

 Thorburn & Son, New York, " a Treatise on the Cultivation 

 of Ornamental Flowers; comprising Remarks on the requisite i 

 .Soil, .Sowing, Transplanting, and general Management ; with 

 Directions for the general Ircatment of Bulbous Flower Roots, 

 Green-house Plants, &c. By Roland Green," Price 37 els. 



