AND 



HORTICULTURAL 



REGISTER. 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK &; CO., NO. 62 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Aoricoltoral WAEBHOuaE.)— ALLEN PUTNAM, EDITOR. 



b. XMI.l 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1843. 



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N. E. FARMER, 



EIN A. KENRFCK'S NURSERY, NEWTON. 

 Lf«st week we took a hurrieJ walk over parts of 



Kenrick's grounds. First, we saw liis poach 

 es — llio;isnmls of them — covering some eig-ht or 



npres of lanJ. The older trees, covering two 

 three acres, have upon them considerable fruit, 

 kingf well, orenerally — thotifjh on some trees it 

 s ruttin;^ badly. The greater part of his peach 

 hird has been planted out within the last jear. 

 two or three years from this time, when these 

 es shall generally have come into bearing', they 

 I form a more extensive peach orchard tlian wu 

 'e ever seen in Alassachuselts. 

 The trees here generally arc in good health and 

 orous, though here and there one is afflicted 

 h the yellows — a fatal, and it is said a conta- 

 us, disease. One indication of its approacli, 



K. says, is the ripening of the fruit on one side 

 :he tree before the other. 



From the peach fields we went to the plum 

 ■d, which is also a poultry yard. Hero wc 

 md the trees loaded with fair and excellent 

 it. Here, as elsewhere, the weather has caused 

 ny of the plums to rot, but there was as much 

 od fruit here as in any place of equal eize that 



have seen. Lnrjer plums can be shown by 

 lers than by Mr Kenrick, for his hang too thick 

 on the trees to attain great size. The only ma- 

 re given to this yard for some time, besides what 

 ; hens drop, has been a single bucket of salt ley, 

 soapboilers' spent ley, to a tree. The trees 

 ind about six feet apart. Bolmar's Washington, 

 ince's Imperial, and Duane's Purple, are con- 

 icuons among the varieties in this yard. 



From the plum trees we went to the nursery. 

 3re we found apples, pears, quinces, plums, cher- 

 !S, peaches, and various ornamental trees — a 

 lod assortment — the trees in a healthy and good 

 ndition. We did not ask how many trees there 

 ere in the nursery, but we will gitess there were 

 'enty thousand. 



Wc had no time to call at Mr Wm. Kenrick's 

 ore extensive grounds, adjoining his brother's, 

 ''e are informed that he set seventy thousand ap- 

 e trees, last spring, and he has all other kinds in 

 eat numbers. We shall seek an opportunity to 

 spect his grounds, and make them something 

 ore than a Hying visit, and also the extensive nur- 

 •ries of the ftlcssra. Winship, at Brighton. 



As we went over or passed the grounds of these 

 7o brothers we thought they would find it more 

 •ofitable to cultivate loss groundf and keep it in 

 higher state of cultivation. Thus they would 

 ive to their trees more vigorous growth, and make 

 lem more saleable with those who are influenced 

 1 their selection only by the vigor of growth and 

 le smoothness of the bark — and they are many : 

 lougli the trees are made to grow quite fast 

 aough for the good of all purchastrs who must 

 !t them in grounds that ore not in a high state of 

 iltivation. Indeed, for most situations, they will 

 3 quite as good as though their growth had been 

 lore rapid. 



S. POND'S NURSERY, CAMBRIDGEPORT. | 

 Hero we saw the fairest and most vigorous 

 growth of young pear, plum and cherry trees, that 

 m have ever seen. On his bearing trees the fruit 

 is very fine. The yellow and green plums here 

 too have rotted badly this year. But the purple 

 ones generally escape. On seven or eight acres, 

 Mr Pond has about 30 thousand budded and en- 

 grafted trees, all of them making a most vigorous 

 growth, with smooth and clean bark, and present- 

 ing, as a whole, the finest sight of thu kind that 

 we have ever seen. 



This nursery is upon land where the tide occa- 

 sionally flowed years ago, and it is a deep, rich 

 soil. How far the nature of the soil and its for- 

 mer washings with salt waler,give to Mr P.'s trees 

 their peculiar vigor and beauty, w'e are unable to 

 judge. Probably the soil is peculiarly favorable 

 to the plum, ' and Mr Pond probably has great skill 

 as a grower of trees. 



Our inspection of these trees was cut short by 

 a pouring shower. We hope to be able to com- 

 plete it at some future time. — Ed. N. E. F. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK ROOMS, 

 124 Washington Street. 

 The following prospectus by Arthur D. Phelps, 

 of this city, shows that we are about to be favored 

 with an Agricultural Honk Store. Mr Phelps, for- 

 merly employed in I\ir Hunt's bookstore, in North- 

 ampton, and more recently in that of Messrs. Lit- 

 tle &. Co., of this city, we have had the pleasure 

 of knowing personally for years. We have full 

 confidence in his character and in his fitness to do 

 well the work he is undertaking. VVe wish him 

 success, and ask for him the attention and aid of 

 our Agricultural and Horticultural friends. — Ed. 



European Agricultdral and Horticdltural 

 Tour a.nd Sdrvet. 



Mr Henry Colnian is now in Europe, on a tour 

 of agricultural observation and inquiry. It is pro- 

 posed to publish the results of his observations in 

 successive numbers after the form of his reports 

 on the Agriculture of Massachusetts. 



The work will embrace not only a detailed view 

 of the husbandry of England, Scotland and Ireland, 

 but likewise of French, Flemish, Swiss, Ge.-man 

 and Italian husbandry, and especially of the Labor 

 Schools and Experimental Farms. 



Terms and Conditions. — The first number is ex- 

 pected to appear by the first of January, 1844, and 

 sooner if practicable. The rest of the numbers 

 will follow in convenient succession at intervals of 

 two or three months. 



The whole work will be comprised in ten num- 

 bers, of at least ICO pages each, elegantly execu- 

 ted, in an octavo form, stitched and covered, and 

 embellished with necessary and useful drawings 

 and engravings, title page and index. 



As the enterprise involves of necessity a large 

 expense, it is expected that two dollars per copy 

 will be paid on subscribing ; or otherwise, on the 

 delivery of the first number, and three dollars on 

 the delivery of the fifth number. 



The work will be forwarded to subscribers by 

 mail, excepting the first and fifth numbers, which 

 will be delivered by the agent collecting the sub- 

 scriptions. 



Mr Colman has the honor of acknowledging the 

 most liberal encouragement to his project on the 

 part of the agricultural public. Upwards of two 

 thousand of the leading agriculturists and public 

 spirited individuals of other professions, in New 

 England ond the Middle States, have already given 

 him their patronage. 



The names of subscribers will be affixed to the 

 work. 



Messrs. Saxton & Miles, are agents for the work 

 in the city of New York. 



All orders for the work may be addressed (post 

 paid,; to the undersigned, who has been duly ap- 

 pointed by Mr Colman, publisher of the above 

 work, of whom, at his Agricultural Book Rooms, 

 No. 124 Washington street, Boston, may be obtain- 

 ed all the various Agricultural and Horticultural 

 publications of the day, both of this country and 

 Europe. 



The best foreign Agricultural and Horticultural 

 publications will be procured and sent out by Mr 

 Colman during his stay in Europe, and samples of 

 the European periodicals may be seen on applica- 

 tion Dt the rooms. 



It is designed to supply the best publications 

 both periodical and standard works, at these rooni!>, 

 and upon the most reasonable terms. All books, 

 likewise on geology, chemistry, and other branches 

 of natural science, will be promptly furnished. As 

 the books will be supplied at the lowest commis- 

 sion, the terms must in all cases be cash on deliv- 

 ery. 



All communications for Mr Colman forwarded 

 to this office, free of expense, will be promptly 

 transmitted to him. 



N. B. — Postmasters are authorized by law to 

 order works and transmit money to publishers free 

 of expense to subscribers. 



ARTHUR D. PHELPS. 



August, 1843. 



Honesty. — That " honesty is the best policy," 

 was illustrated some years since under the follow- 

 ing circumstances, related by the Rochester Demo- 

 crat. A lad was proceeding to an uncle's to peti- 

 tion him for aid for his sick mother and her children, 

 when he found a wallet containing fifty dollars. 

 The aid was refused, and the distressed family 

 was pinched with want. The boy revealed his 

 fortune to his mother, but expressed a doubt about 

 using any portion of the money. His mother con- 

 firmed his good resolution — the pocket book was 

 advertised, and the owner found. Being a man of 

 wealth, and uniting with that a generous heart, 

 upon learning the condition of the family, he pre- 

 sented the fifty dollars to the sick mother, and 

 took the boy into his service, and he is now one of 

 the most successful merchants in the State of Ohio. 

 Honesty always brings its reward — to the mind, if 

 Dot to the pocket. 



