74 TnANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



the Iiii'Ljost ami siiidotlicst trees, and piodiu-e llio lar{;'<.'st ami liiirost fruit 

 of any of t!ie cral» family wilhiii my knowlcd^X'^ I have Keen the apples a 

 full averayo size of tiie lady apjde, ol" a li;;:ht, beautiful yelldw, and when 

 fully matured in winter tiiey attain a si <;-ht de;;ree of melli»\vness, hut they 

 are still sour as crabs. We have used them for pies and as slewed fruit) 

 but I should not like to ineur the price of su.D^ar at the )iresent rates. In 

 the lack of other fruit they make passable sweetmeats, n-rpiirin;:- the same 

 amount of su^^ar as other fruits, that :s, poutid for pound. I have always 

 fiiund it a losinj^ business to set grafts upon erab trees. 



When to .Transplant Evergreens. 



A new bej;inner in Allep^'any county, J'a., asks: " Which is the best si-a" 

 son for Iraiisplanlinj;; ever<j;'reens ? Would ne.xt montii be too late ? I have 

 known siisiie cases where they have done well in tlie I'all.'' 



Mr. Win. \l. Prince.— Evergreens should be planted from the lOlh of .\piil 

 to the lOlh <.f May. 



The Cliaiunan said that Ije had planted evergreens with success in June. 



Beans for a Late Crop. 



Mr. L. .M. .Stevens, Le Koysville, Bradltnd county, Pa., says: "For the 

 benefit of the farmers please bring the following before th<' Club I have, 

 of late years, planted some beans late, say the lOlli nr loth of dune; tliiii 

 the late frost camiot hurt them, and the weeds are startetl, which you plow 

 tinder before planting. Then, in the fall, when the bean has got its full 

 size, or about half the pods are dry, )>ull them, and spread or set them up 

 in small btmcln's until they an? partially eincd; then put them on an open 

 scaffold in the barn or some <ttlier building, leaving them loose as they aic 

 pitched in; the?), in the last of December, before the Christnnis thaw, thresh 

 them out, and you will have beans that are all cured, and the vines, if 

 thrown out in the yaril, wi!I lie eaten by cattle, especially by sheep, befor(; 

 hay. We had some cranberry {>olc beans in tlie garden last fall, and when 

 lh(! frost came they were as gieen as ever. On the evening Ixjfcuc th<» frost 

 wc look the poles, with the beans, and set thein in the wagon hotise until 

 March, v.hcn I picked off the pods and gave the vines to the sheep. Any 

 one, by looking at the beans, would think they were perfectly lipe Ix'foro 

 they were gathered, and when conked they tasted like green beans. Par- 

 mcrs, try it." 



Poison Ivy Cure. 



Mr E. 1). Wright, Pierpont, Ohio, sends the following stalemerit of an 

 ntcidental discovery of the cure of poison by ivy. lie says: " A fi-w years 

 ago my feet were biidly poisoned with ivy. While they were at l\w. worst, 

 out of spiti! from what I suffered, I inunersed them in soft soap half or 

 three-quarters of an hour, and, to my glad surprise, I found that it cured 

 them. This spring, being again poisoned on my hands, as it had got (piitc 

 bad, and growing W(use ev(!ry day, I held them in soap 20 or 30 minutes, 

 and they were entirely cured the second day after. Some relief will be 

 fomid, and perhaps a cure, by covering the j)oisoned part with soap, and 

 letting it dry on. This, however, will have U> be rcjiealed Kev( lal times. 



