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no good purpose, and now as these published remedies have repeatedly 

 failed, he wants to know what next. His quinces are also affected like the 

 pears, and he has tried the sulphur and lime, and also salt and urine at 

 the roots, but it does no good. Can anybody tell what will ? If so, let 

 them scud in their story of how to do it. 



THIRTY-FOUR SORTS OF BEANS FROM ONE. 



H. J. Finley, of Davenport, Iowa, sends us what appear to be thirty 

 four sorts of beans, which, he says, all originated from the early China 

 bean. The first time he planted the China the product was seven parts 

 like the seed and three parts pure white. From a second planting the pro- 

 duct was about five parts China, two parts white, and three parts of all 

 colors, like those in the papers which he has sent for the members of the 

 Club to experiment with. The white and blue colors proved to be climb- 

 ers, and the others all like the original Chinas. Mr. F. says there were 

 no other beans growing within a quarter of a mile, except some Lima 

 beans, and they show no mixture. He sends them to us because to him it 

 is a new freak, though he says it may not be to others, and if not, perhaps 

 some one can account for it. 



VOLUNTEER TURNIP SEED. 



E. A. Roby, of Burlington, Racine county. Wis., answers the question 

 discussed some time since by the Club, about volunteer turnip seed, that 

 it will produce a good crop. The seed grew upon small turnips that stood 

 out all winter. 



Now, this may be true, but it is a plan of growing seed that can not be 

 commended, since like produces like, and must do so in this case at last. I 

 would select the very best turnips, beets, carrots, cabbages, «&c., to repro- 

 duce from. 



SUGAR-MAPLE SEED. 



Mr. Roby wants to know if there is any peculiar way of treating the 

 seeds of sugar-maple to make them grow. I answer yes ; the way peculiar 

 to nature. Plant them in the very surface of wood mold, and cover the 

 ground with leaves. 



THE PLUM TOMATO. 



I present to the Club a small box of fruit from Fond du Lac, sent to us 

 by Ruth Lynde, of New Bedford, which she calls the Plum Tomato, and 

 says the fruit is agreeable to eat out of hand, and also good for sweet- 

 meats. This sample was grown by Mrs. John B. Macy, who could not 

 give the history of the origin of the variety. She also sends us some 

 Orange watermelon seeds for distribution. 



GRAPES. — WINE-MAKING DIRECTIONS. 



Luman Stevens, of Manchester, Mich., says that he has made wine for 

 several years, of excellant quality, from Isabella grapes, by the following 

 process : "I mash the grapes and let the pulp stand in an open vessel a 



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