IXEW E]^CJ1.AW1> FAKMEK. 



Published by John B. Russell, at JVo. 52 .Yorlk Market Street, (over the Jlgncuttural ff'arehousej Thomas G. FESSEnDEN, Editor. 



VOL. VI. 



bO > I Oi\, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1828. 



A G U I C U L T 11 11 E . 



No. 43. 



For two win 



FOR THE NEIV E.VGLAND : AKMKR. 



BEES. 



Mr. Fessenden, — A iieij^hbor of mine informs 

 me that lie lias succeeded in preserving, (the last 

 winter) a lery small and late swarm ot bees, by 

 burying then on a dry Unoil in the same manner 

 potatos are bnried. Alter placing tiieni in the 

 hole he put boards over them, leaving the space 

 about the sides of the hive vacant. He says the 

 quantity of comb formed last season in the hive 

 was not bigger, if us large as his hat. After tak- 

 ing them out ihis spring he fed them only twice. 

 They are now lively and promise to do well. H. 



Cormsh, JV. H. May, 1828. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



DANDELIONS. 



Mr. Fessenden, — Last year in May, I set out 

 two rows of dandelions, which were taken up 

 when in bloom, not being able to attend to it 

 before. They were placed a foot apart, and the 

 rows two feet asunder, and .ibout one h ndred 

 feet in length. The leaves all perished, but hav- 

 ing hoed the earth upon the roots, others spratfg 

 up in a few days, and continued to grow, luxu- 

 riantly, until autumn, and covered all the space, 

 between the plants. Just before the ground froze 

 straw was spread over them. In February they 

 were opened and my table has been supplied wiUi 

 ««■ abundance of greens and salad since. 'I'liey 

 have been cut four times, and some of them five. 

 The rapidity wiih which the ieave.s shoot out af- 

 ter cutting, is greater than in any plant I have 

 ever seen. Some of them were covered with flow- 

 er pots, after the fourth cutting, to blanch the 

 leaves for salad, and they are nearly or quite 

 equal to endive. In five days after the pots were 

 put over, the leaves which had previously been 

 cut close to the crown of the root, shot up five 

 inches in height. 



1 kept the ground, which is very rich, hoed and 

 raked between the plants, during the last season 

 and the present. 



Thus, at little trouble and e.xpense, can a fam- 

 ily be supplied with greens and salad, from Feb 

 ruary until sea-kale and asparagus come in. 



They may be set out, at any time after the frost 

 is out of the ground ; but the present answers 

 perfectly well. I would recommend that the rows 

 be three feet asunder, and the plants two feet 

 apart in the rows ; for I find mine are too crowd 

 ed, as each plant, last autumn, covered an area of 

 from fifteen to seventeen inches in diameter. 



Care must be taken not to cut the leaves so 

 close as to injure the flower buds. 

 Very respectfully. 



Your most ob't. servant, 



H. A. S. DEARBORN. 

 Brinley. place, May 7, 1828. 



orchurdist, who has any regard even to appearance. '. edly stopping their leading shoots. 

 Ill large trees, ii is difficult to reach them. I have I ters they require protection. 

 I.or many years practised the following method I dahlias 



vith much satisfaction to myself: fselect a nar- I ^t „,e meeting of the London Horticultural So- 

 row strip of board, or pole of sufiicient length tolciety, September I8th, no fewer than eiVA< hun. 

 reach the top branches of my trees, and near one \ j,,j „„^ ffty-one varieties of dahlias were exhi- 

 ""■^ .....I 1...1. -111] a tap-borer. In this hole i i,itgji_ 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMEF.. 



CATERPILLARS. 



There are many ways proposed for destroying 

 this insect, vyhich so much disfigures and injures 

 our orchards. Destroyed, they must be, by every 



end make a hole 



I insert a painter's brush. I then prepare 

 sihall vessel conni thick soap suds, (any dirty soap 

 ivill answer for tiiis use) and with tiie brush while 

 the worms are in their nests apply the suds. This 

 application will instantly kill every catterpillar, 

 ivhether small or large, that is wet with it. I es- 

 teem the suds useful to the tree, and have often 

 applied it to the bodies of such trees as appear 

 bark-bound or otherwise unhealthy. 



POTATOS. 



Some years since, I obtained in Norwich, (Coa.) 

 a variety of this vegetable, which, for the table, is 

 Guperior to any other I have seen. The external 

 appearance is to an inattentive observer, much 

 like that of the English whites. The shape is 

 somewhat different, being longer ; and they are 

 generally, if not invariably, marked with one or 

 more red spots or red eyes. When cut open, they 

 are easily distinguished, being almost white ; — 

 while the English whites are yellow. These po- 

 tatos were called at Norwich the Rogers' pbtato; 

 that being the name of the person (in the adjoining 

 town) who cultivated and brought them to Jhat 

 ij.iiket. I presume this Uariety is known to rna(jy 

 uf your subscribers ; and it may be, that the nis 

 tory of it can be traced. 1, for one, should be gra- 

 tified if you or any of your correspondents would 

 furnish a short account of this variety. It might 

 lead to the discovery of other varieties of this tru- 

 ly useful plant. 



1 ought, perhaps, to add that this variety yields 

 well on good ground, and is of a medium size; and 

 when boiled or baked, is dry and farinaceous, and 

 retains its goodness in a remarkable manner till 

 late in the ensuing summer, Having a good vari- 

 ety of an early potato, I have not ascertained 

 whether this is or is not early. H. 



Remarks. The potatos mentioned above, came 

 duly to hand ; are planted, and if their produce is 

 found to possess valuable properties, it will be dig 

 tributed in that way which may appear most like 

 iy to promote its general diffusion — Editor. 



HORSE RADISU. 



In Denmark, the horse rudi.-h is cultivated by 

 cutting the roots into slips and planting horizon- 

 tally, the lower end inclining a little upwards, and 

 the crown of the plant hanging over the alleys, by 

 which the buda are separated. From time to time 

 the roots are uncovered and all the lateral fibres 

 are carefullv removed by which the size and length 

 of the roots are much increased. 



CHRVSANTHEMUM. 



This plant is now cultivated to a great extent 

 in England, and fifty-two varieties adorn the gar- 

 dens in November. 



MELONS. 



A second crop of melons may easily be had in 

 three weeks, bfc cuttings from the ends of bearing 

 shoots. ■ ^^^re to be struck in pots. 



SALT. 



The London Quarterly Journal of Science con- 

 tains a valuable paper on the use of salt as ma- 

 nure. It has been found to answer the most san- 

 guine expectations for barley, aus, potatos, and 

 turnips. Mr. 'ohnsoa has |;iven Uie result of se- 

 veral trials of it in a kitchen gai-den, which are as 

 follows : 



IVindsor Beans. Soil without any manure prO' 

 duced 135ii bushels per acre. Soil dressed with 

 20 bushels of salt per acre a week before sowing, 

 produced 217 bushels per acre. 



Onions. Soil manured with 20 

 bushels of salt and 10 tons farm- 

 yard manure. 



Soil with 12 tons yard manure. 



Early potatos. Soil without any manure, pro- 

 duced 208 bushels. Soil with 20 bushels of salt, 

 produced 584 bushels. 



Mr. Hogg finds salt to increase the beauty and 

 size of the flowers of all bulbous plants and carna 

 tions. 



ton. Ctvt.qr. lbs. 

 3 12 3 12 

 2 10 2 19 



Abstracted from foreign Journals for the N. E. Fanner. 

 CULTURE OP CELERY. 



Mr. Knight from experience, recommends plant- 

 ing celery at greater distances than is usually 

 done, and covering the beds into which the young 

 seedlings are first removed with half rotten dung, 

 o' erspread to the depth of two inches with mould, 

 and to keep them very moist. Mr. Wedgwood 

 finds that seedling plants do best to remain in the 

 bedl till of considerable size. 



CAMELLIAS IN THE OPEN GROUND. 



Mr. Harrison finds that the double red, white, 

 and striped camellias will bear an English winter 

 if planted out when about two feet high, having 

 been previously stunted in their growth by repeat- 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



AGRICULTURAL .AND GEOLOGICAL 

 SURVEYS. 



To the President and other Officers and members oj 

 the Massachusetts Society for promoting Agri^ 

 culture — 

 Gentlemen, 



The subject of this communication is my only 

 apology for making it. It is agriculture ; or the 

 application of science for its improvement. It is 

 an agricultural and geological survey of this Com 

 monwealth, and other parts of New England. 



The object of the survey is to unfold, and ap- 

 ply the various resources which a bountiful Provi- 

 dence has in rich abundance, placed at our feet ; 

 but which yet remain, in a great measure, hiddeu 

 from our view. Resources which may be appliet? 



