xxh.no. at. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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[] of loam and sand. This, and the land be- 

 n it and the Lake, is the best region for fruit 

 /e seen, whellier abundance or perfection is 

 idered. 



he writer under the signature of " Ponia," rais- 

 le question, whi'ther the youthful appearance 

 le trees and the excellency nf the apples in 

 1, may not be accounted for, " from llieir nuich 

 ; recent derivation from seedlings .'" 

 e is correct in saying, that the early settlers, 

 icularly those who went to the northern part of 

 ) from the Sew England States, carried apple 

 s of the most esteemed varieties, anil there is 

 oubt a variety of choice fruits might be solect- 

 1 different sections of that country, from such 

 lings thus produced. The youthful appear- 

 ' of the trees depends first, on age and ciilliiro ; 

 ndly, on climate and soil. Trees of the same 

 on the ridge mentioned, are generally more 

 ly, smoother and taller, than they are on the 

 lands south of it. Their roots strike deep 

 a good soil, from which nourishment is deriv- 



[r Knight's theory, "that all plants of one spe- 



howevcr propagated from the same stock, par- 

 , in some degree, of the same life," &.C., is 



hy of serious consideration and experiment, 

 'he result of my observations and comparisons i 

 nat the same kinds of apples west of the moun- 

 9, are larger, sounder, fairer, and belter fluvor- 

 han at the east: that young trees in a virgin 



produce better fruit than old trees in a coun- 

 long cultivated. 



Puma's" plan of propagating fruit at the east 

 leedlings from the west, should be put in prac- 

 Several gentlemen would search for and 

 d grafts, if desired. Dr. Jared P. Kirtland, 

 r Cleveland, and N. Longworth, Esq., at Cin- 

 lati, much skilled in horticulture, would be val- 

 le correspondents, for extreme sections of the 

 te, and their acquaintance in other parts, ena- 

 3 them to designate other gentlemen who would 

 erfuUy render any services to that object. 

 Phe north, east, and south are indebted to the 

 jt for the Mercer potato, and no doubt they can 

 supplied from that quarter with delicious, new 

 ieties of the apple. 



V"/e will pay this dnss of our foreign debts as 

 inanded, without repudiation. 



ELISHA WHITTLESEY. 



APPLES. 



The Hoston Cultivator, speaking of the Horti- 

 cultural exhibition in Boston, Nov. 4, says: 



" Among Uie most interesting part of the exhi- 

 bition, was a fine specimen of Hubbardston Non- 

 such apple, from Henry H. Hyde, of i'Vamingham. 

 This is among the finest fruits cultivated in the 

 country, and sells at the highest price. It sold 

 last year, in some cases, notwithstanding the abun- 

 dance and low price of fruit, at $.> a barrel. This '. 

 variety bears well, if the right kind be obtained, , 

 which, in all cases where we have had the oppor- j 

 tunity to examine, have been traced back to Messrs. 

 Hydo, Nurserymen, of Newton. We stated last j 

 summer, that there was a kind of Hubbardston j 

 Nonsuch in the country, that produced fruit siini- [ 

 lar in appearance and quality to the genuine, but 

 which did not produce a good crop more than one 

 year in four or five. The object of these remarks 

 is to direct our readers to the right source for trees j 

 and scions. This variety does not bear so much 

 in even years as the Baldwin, but bears more in 

 odd years. Mr H. H. Hyde informs us that he had 

 five barrels in 1841 from a tree set 15 years ago. 

 Most all of the apples are fair and fit for the mar- 

 ket." 



It will be seen by the above paragraph what can 

 be done in the way of raising fruit. Five dollars 

 a barrel for apples ! Why, it costs no more to 

 raise good fruit than it does poor, with the excep- 

 tion, perhaps, of a few dollars for the scions. 

 Some farmers will go or send miles for a new and 

 valuable kind of corn or potatoes, and at exorbitant 

 prices, but will not go a mile for a scion of a good 

 apple, and others will not trouble themselves to 

 graft a tree. The consequence is, instead of get- 

 ting from three to five dollars for their apple.=, they 

 gel from one to two dollars, and they go hard at 

 that. We hope to see more attention paid to this, 

 the most profitable branch of farming — Lowell 

 Jour. 



PROGRESS IN 



MANUFAC- 



AMERICAN 

 TURKS. 

 The other day, we made a passing call on Mr 

 John Matland, Ballard Vale, Andover, and speak- 

 ing of the success in the manufacture of Monsse- 

 iline do Laines in this country, he said his daugh- 

 I ler'fl dress was of his own manufacture. 

 I 'i'liis was the must beautiful de Laine dress we 

 ] ever saw — the figure was in good taste, distinct 

 'and elegant — the colors bright and fast, and the 

 f brie itself light, fine, smooth and strong. 

 j Thi.s article has been declared by experienced 

 • dealers to be superior to any imported article of 

 the kind. The original pattern had not been in 

 the country ton days, when its successful Ameri- 

 can competitor had his article in the market at the 

 very low price of about thirty cents a yard. This 

 is certainly very coinplimeiitary to the skill and 

 enterprise of .Messrs. Marland, who introduced this 

 branch of manufactures into the country. 



We understand that about .5,000,000 yards of 

 this article will be produced next year, increasing 

 largely the demand for wool of a long, smooth 

 quality, such as the Leicester or Dishley, which 

 we recommend as worthy the attention of wool- 

 growers. 



This wool, or that of the old-fashioned long- 

 wooled common sheep, is more valuable for this 

 purpose than any of the grade wools, and must now 

 be worthy of the consideration of wool-growers. 



Every lady possessed of truly American and 

 patriotic feelings, may, nay, should feel proud to 

 be clad in this elegant article of American manu- 

 facture Bost. Trav. 



ORCHARDS. 



tf your trees have moss on them, or their bark 

 ough, scrape them now ; but whether they are 

 |or not, take a mixture of equal parts of soft 

 ip and sulphur, and paint the trunks from the 

 pis as far upwards as you can reach. This will 

 stroy the insect embryo, and preserve your trees 

 m the girdling of mice or rats. And to destroy 

 ; worms or ova which may be in ihe ground, dig 

 earth from around the roots of the tree, for a 

 V feet, and to the depth of a few inches, and sub- 

 l the earth thus dug up, to the operation of fire ; 

 len cool, mix with it a gallon of lime to each 

 ie, and replace it. If you doubt the eflicacy of 

 treatment, try it on a few trees this fall, and 

 . will bet you a peck of " Lady's Blushes" that 

 lu'll subject every fruit tree on your farm to the 

 iiie operation next fall. — Amer. Farmer. 



Thanksgiving 

 :mber 30. 



in Rhode Island, Thursday, No- 



BARN YARDS. 



As soon as the cattle arc taken from the yards 

 to the stalls, the droppings and compost matter ac- 

 cumulated during the season in the yards, should 

 be carefully scraped up — not, however, to be ex- 

 posed to the deteriorating influences of the atmos- 

 phere, as is too often the case, but to be covered 

 and etCciently protected, in order that the fructify- 

 ing ingredients may be preserved and economized 

 for future use. The practice of carting out the 

 manure made during the summer, and leaving it 

 exposed through the winter in situations where a 

 larce proportion of its most valuable ingredients 

 must inevitably be abstracted, is not only highly 

 injudicious, but absurd. There is no surer sign of 

 a poor farmer, than that afforded by a manure heap 

 nakedly exposed in winter to the wasting influen- 

 ces of rains and winds, and we always set down 



the man by whom such folly is practiced, as a 



novitiate in farming mailers, or as a sage of the 

 "old school," and, consequently, too wise to learn. 

 As soon as the yard has been thorougiily cleansed 

 of the old manure, the surface should be again cov- 

 ered to the depth of some six inches with a stratum 

 of straw, muck, sods, and loam, in order that the 

 stale, or liquid portion of the manure, may be there- 

 by absorbed and preserved for future use — Maine 

 Cult. 



Preserving (Quinces. — Some people prefer to 

 preserve quinces with the cores in, but in this way 

 the syrup will not be clear. The following ie a 

 cheap way of preserving them, and answers very 

 well for common use : Pare, halve, and take out 

 the cores, and boil the parings in new cider till 

 soft. Strain the cider, and for five pounds of 

 -"juince-! put in a pound of brown sugar, a quart of 

 molasses, the beaten white of an egg— clarify it, 

 then put in the quinces. There should be rather 

 more than enough cider to cover the quinces, as it 

 wastes a good deal in boiling. The peel of an 

 orange cut in small pieces and boiled with them, 

 gives the quinces a fine flavor — Mrs. Ellis't 

 Housekeeping. 



To Remove a Wart. — Touch it with a clean pea 

 dipped in a little aquafortis, By repeating this 

 daily, the wart will crumble, and come off" without 

 pain or trouble. It is an excellent and safe reme-^ 

 dy for hard, horny, callous, whitish warts ; but I"" 

 the wart is red, fleshy, and sore to touch, do n« 

 apply the aquafortis Selected. 



Thanksgiving in Vermont, December 7th, 



The following is old, bnt the point it contain! 

 will strike many with force, in these hard times : 



Two young mechanics commenced the sail-mak 

 ing business at Philadelphia. They bought a lo 

 of'duck from Stephen Girard, and a friend had en- 

 gaged to endorse for them. Each caught a rol 

 and were carrying it off", when Girard remarked — i 



"Had you not better get a dray ?" 



" No, we can carry it ourselves." 



" Tell your friend he need n't endorse your not* 

 — I 'II take it without." 



Thanksgiving in New Hampshire, November 39. 



