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lioiJsekct'|)crs to know tliut the loiiiiito foniiS a 

 most a(liiiir,il)le siil)stilute for the peaeli as a pie- 

 serve. The flavor is ahnost precisely llie same — 

 it looks as well, nntl is altogether an excellent arti- 

 cle for the tea lalile. 



Directions. — Take good ripe tomatoes, |)eel ihenj 

 and preserve them with good lirown or Iflaf sngar. 

 If not peeled they luirst, and do not retain the 

 consistency so much desired l)y housekeepers, 

 though they are very good without peeling. I 

 give you this, at this time, that the iiulustrions of 

 the fair hands about your flourisliing town may 

 profit hy it, heforo Jack Frost shall cut off their 

 lu)j)es from this new som-ce of table ornament and 

 luxury. — Sniilltern Planter. 



tlUEBEC AGRICULTURAIi REPORT, FOR AU- 

 GUST 1834. 



The usual Reports for .Tune and .July have lieen 

 omitted. The season continued cold and wet till 

 the last week in June, and although the seed time 

 had been early, all crops were then more backward 

 thnn usual. In the first week in July the warm 

 weather set in, and continneil hot and dry with 

 very little intermission, till the midille of August. 

 The thermometer ro.se, on two difterent days, to 

 between 90 deg. and 100 deg. in the shade ; and 

 the drought nearly dried np the streams, wells, 

 and springs. 



The heat, with the great moisture vvhicli was in 

 the ground when it first set in, brought forth all 

 sorts of crops with extraordinary rapidity ; and 

 after they covered the ground, a few slight rains 

 and thunder-showers and heavy dews, kept them 

 in vigor. 



There never was a better haying season than 

 the last ; the quantity is a full average, and of 

 good quality. 



Potatoes and tm'nips have suffered most by the 

 drought, and will be but a short crop, excepting 

 on new lands. Peas have also suffered on the 

 dry lands, where they are usually sown. Oats 

 are generally good. 



The wheat harvest began early in August, and 

 the weather has been favorable forgetting it hous- 

 ed in good order. Tlie crop, most of which is 

 now cut, is a fiir average, although it has suffered 

 on light lands, and in some places severely, by the 

 small brick-colored worms in the grain, the rava- 

 ges of which were first extensively noticed in 1832. 

 The germ of these worms seem to be deposited in 

 the ear about the time the wheat is in blossom, or 

 soon after. Wheat on high lands lias suffered the 

 least, but the injury to several grains in many ears 

 is very general, and in some nothing remains but 

 the cliaff. 



The pastures, and consequently the produce of 

 the dairy, were unfavorably affected by the drought, 

 but the live stock remain in good condition. 



The gardens have suffered from the same cause. 

 The orchards were well stocked with fiuit; but a 

 great part of the apples have fallen oft', probably 

 for want of moisture, and are much injured by 

 worms. 



The return of the cholera to Quebec with the 

 setting in of warm weather in July, and its spread 

 throughout the country, have diminished trade and 

 intercourse, and every sort of enterprise and in- 

 dustry, and consequently unfavorably affected the 

 markets. Although much less was brought for 

 sale than usual, the scarcity of money has kept the 

 prices lower than common, and leaves but un- 

 promising prospects. It behoves us to humble 



ourselves upon the severe visitation which has upw 

 lallen on almost every country throughout the 

 world ; to comfort and aid each other in our afflic 

 tions and necessities; and leading quiet and order 

 ly lives, carefully to search out and adojit means 

 of diminishing the evil in future. 

 Quebec, 30th August, 1834. 



CUTTIIXG CORN STALKS. 



Though agricultme is coeval with the first 

 formation of society, and has been considered 

 as of the first importance to mankind in almost 

 all ages, yet even at this advanced period, the 

 agriculturist remains in many things without any 

 fixed ijrincipl'es to guide him. Those principles 

 that never fail, that unifi)rmly lead to the same 

 issue, are few. How numerous and diversified are 

 the 0[)inions of men on most agricultural subjects! 

 .Some intelligent fiu'mcrs have satisfied themselves, 

 from their own experience, that corn-stalks ought 

 not to be cut, but remain on the corn mull harvest, 

 as a means of heavier and more corn. Now conies 

 a writer in the Portsniouih Journal, and maintains 

 that if a man leaves his corn nntopped, he loses in 

 fodder, loses in the weight of his corn, and increas- 

 es his labor. He says he has sometimes ptu'sued 

 this mode, but always repented it before harvesting. 

 His theory is, that as it is contrary to nature for sap 

 to flow down to\vards the roots, the ear cannot de- 

 rive the least benefit from the top in its full grown 

 state, but on the contrary, the constant evaporation 

 from the top injures the ear, and makes it shrink. 

 Here we have not only theory against theory, but 

 one man's experience leading to a different residt 

 from another man's experience. It may be proper 

 to remark, however, that the Northampton writer, 

 who is ill favor of leaving corn nntopped, has been 

 a much more careful experimenter than the Ports- 

 mouth writer. The latter has apparently never 

 weighed any corn, but has judged of quality and 

 quantity by his eye. He may be a man of sound 

 judgment, and may have guessed right, but it is 

 only guessing; it amounts to nothing but opinion. 

 Is not his theory erroneous? Is not nourishment 

 derived to the ear from that portion of the stalk 

 above it ? — Hampshire Gazette. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



Horticultural Hall, Sept. 27. 



By Hon. John Lowell, Roxbury — Washington 

 Pears, a superior frnir, and the first ripe specimen 

 ever exhiliited at the Society's shows ; also, Beurre 

 Knox Pears. 



By Mr. E. Vose, Dorchester — Morris' Luscious 

 While Peach, very fine specimens of this variety 

 have been exhibited by Mr. V. for several years in 

 succession. 



By Mr. R. Manning, Salem — Washington and 

 Bezi Montigny Pears, both exceedingly fine; also, 

 the Raymond Pear ; Royal George Clingstone 

 Peaches ; Yellow, Ingestrie, Rambour Franc and 

 Api noir Apples ; Italian Prune and Late Green 

 Gage Plums. 



By Dr. S. A. Shurtleff, Boston — Pears. 



By Mr. S. Downer, Dorchester — Bezi Vael, un- 

 ripe, but of fair promise ; Beurre Knox ; Rush- 

 more's Bon Chretien, for baking; Beurre Diel, not 

 at maturity ; Lowell, not in eating ; Heathcot ; 

 Fulton and Andrews Pears, the two latter were 

 fine specimens. 



By Col. M. P. Wilder, Dorchester — Pears, name 

 unknown. 



By Mr. C. Newhall, Dorchester — Rousselet In- 

 connu Pears, from a French tree. 



By Mr. T. Lee, Brookline — a very fine native 

 peach, siqiposed to be the Sargeaut Peach ; Lemon 

 Clingstone, and several fine specimens of other va- 

 rieties. 



By Mr. H. J. Oliver, from the orchard of Rev. 

 Mr. Blood of Bucksport, (Me.)— handsome Haw- 

 thorndean Apples. 



By B. W. Crovvninshield, Esq. from his farm in 

 Topsfield — Rousselet de Rheims Pears. 



By Messrs. Winships, Brighton Nurseries — an 

 uncommonly large Peach, measuring 10 1-2 inches 

 in circumference, of a green color, not in eating; 

 also, a specimen of one of Mr. Knight's new pears, 

 not at maturity, name unknown. 



By Mr. Benj. Gigger, Waltham — very hand- 

 some Peaches, not named. 



By Mr. Marsh, Quincy — Pears. 



By Mr. Aaron Mitchell, Nantucket — a very fine 

 and large Muskmelon. 



By E. M. Richards, Dedhani — a large specimen 

 of the Jaques Peach. 



The exhibition of Fruits was more choice and 

 select than at any previous one this season at the 

 Hall of the Society. 



E. M. Richards, in behalf of Committee. 



EXKIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



T. Mason, Charlestown Vineyard — fine Double 

 Dahlias, two splendid bouquets, and a variety of 

 other flowers. 



S. Walker, Roxbury — Dahlias, Earl Gray, 

 Nympliflora, Matilda, Mountain of snow, Galatea, 

 Mary Louisa, Jefferson, Globe flowered, Romulus 

 flowererl, Imperiosa, Royal Lilac, Dennisii, Count- 

 ess of Liverpool, King of Whites, Le Brilliant, 

 Violas, Walker's Seedling, new and elegant do., 

 perfection do., Roxbury Lass, with a variety of oth- 

 er flowers. 



E. Putnam, Salem — Countess of Liverpool, 

 Cormack's Coccinea, Theodore, Excellent, Grani- 

 chester Nonpareil, Wells' Royal Lilac, Amanda, 

 Amelia, Plant's Purpurea perfecta,Dennissii, Coun- 

 tess Plater, Earl of Sandwich, Algernon Sydney, 

 Anne Boleyn, Lutea purpurea, French White, 

 Wells' Calypso, Aiirantia Pallida, Beauty of Sa- 

 lem, Purpurea elegans. Princess of Naples, Picta, 

 Queen of Spain, Beauty of Surry, Belladonna, 

 Tiucta, Beauty perfect, Pulen, Lady Fitzharris, 

 Romulus, Bjirret's King, Black Prince, Bonny Dee, 

 Barret's Susanna, Feathered Light Crimson, Crim- 

 son Globe, Profuse Lake, Red Globe, Cree's Pur- 

 purea variegata. Large Crimson Anemone, Agrip- 

 pina, Queen of Yellows, Sulphurea alata. Mars 

 Scarlet Anemone, Picotee, Widnell's Perfection, 

 Russell's Maculata, Reform, Cabot's Seedling, 

 Kentish Hero, Guttata major. Beauty of the Vale, 

 Miss Hester — 53 varieties Dahlias. 



William Carter, Botanical Gardens — a large 

 variety of Dahlias. 



Marshall P. Wilder — variety of fine Dahlias. 



Winships — variety of Dahlias and other flowers. 



The show of flowers this day excelled any ex- 

 hibition heretofore at the Society's rooms, particu- 

 larly in regard to Dahlias ; should the frost spare us 

 the ensuing week it is expected the Dahlias will 

 appear in great perfection, and the Committee 

 fondly cherish the hope that every gentleman will 

 strive to make a grand display, and it is particu- 

 larly requested the gentlemen of the Committee 

 may all be present. 



For the Committee, Jona. WiNsirtp, Chairman. 



