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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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: My fntire orchard of tliirty~five trees wonld, 



., .in .this latter case, hare contained only seren 

 varieiies. Bat they wonld all have been gooi 

 kinds, admirably adapted to the locality of the 

 neighborhood of OincinDati, and all good bear- 



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:"" . FroB my own experience, I feel satisfied that 

 an orchacdy properly taken care of, and eoni» 

 posed of the Tarieties above named, woald yield 

 an annaal profit ot $100 anacre, after attaining 



,,.: »to an age of ten years from the time of planting. 



' Aad yet there are those who pretend that 

 fruit culture is set profitable! 



Although I give the abova as an approved 

 list, still if an orohardist sought for profit only 

 I do not beKeve ha could do better thaa have all 

 Smith's Cider. This apple is in its prime dur- 

 ing, the three winter months, and always brings 

 the highest price. And it is the most astonish^ 

 ; log bearer that I ever saw. It has also the ad- 

 ditional advantage of being a fine healthy grow- 

 er. The Wine Sap is a better apple, but it will 



' sell QO higher in market. And, although a fair 

 bearer; it is not loaded down with such over- 

 whelming crops. Besides, it is a slow grower, 

 and does not exhibit that vigorous health and 

 rampant growth, which is apparent in the 

 Smith's Cider tree. 



The Benoni is the very queen of mid summer 

 fruits. It is a healthy, vigorous grower, limbs 

 with aa upright tendency, and an excellent 

 bearer. No orchard should be without the 

 Benoni. If an entire orchard was composed of 

 Smith's Cider and the Benoni, the owner would 

 have little cause to complain. — [Editor Ohio 

 Valley Farmer, 



New Remsdy for Octbculio. — At a late ex- 

 hibition of the Cineinnati Horticultural Society, 

 some very fine plums were exhibited by Mr. 

 Walker, of Kentucky. And all wondered bow 

 ite had succeeded so well in keeping ofif the 

 the depredations of the Curculio. 



The plan adopted by Mr. Walker wub as fol- 

 lows: 



As 600H the fruit begun to be worked upon 

 by the Curculio, he taok a tin pan, — into which 

 soap Buds had beeo placed, to the depth of an 

 inch or so, — and aitar affixiag thii pan ia a level 

 position in the tree he sat a small glass gioba 

 lamp in the middle of the pan. Early erery 

 evenia? this lamp was lighted and permitted to 

 burn all nig at. 



The ceaseqaeBce was that every morning a 

 large numker of the Curculio insects were found 

 dead. In darting towards the light, they would 

 strike the glass globe, which was two inches or 

 80 in diameter, and be precipitated into the 

 liquid from which they were unable to extricate 

 themselves again. It is well known that the 

 Ourcalio does its mischief mostly in the night. 

 We have heard of no remedy that strikes us so 

 favorably as this. And if it shall really prove 

 as efifectaal as Mr. Walker represents it, we may 

 soon hope to have, not only an abundance 

 of plams, but peaches also that are smooth and 

 fair. Even our thin skinned apples are greatly 

 injured from the attacks of this ugly insect. 



There has been nothing that has so much 



baffled fruit growers as th&rainoa* attacks of 

 the Cureulio. Indeed, with many,' the culture 

 of plums has been wholly abandoned; But the 

 experiments made by Mr. Walker teaeb ns in 

 a striking manner to not give up. 



Constant industry and unremitting persever- 

 ance will accomplish wonders. Let us not sit 

 supinely down discouraged at the first obstacle 

 that presents itself, but if we meet with difficul- 

 ties, let us proudly dstermine to conquer them. 

 — [Ohio Valley Farmer. ..,,., 

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Thb "Allen Raspbbbrt." — The American 

 Agriculturist says: 



"We have seen in our late summer travels, a 

 Raspberrj, so superior in some of its qualities 

 that we have strong confidence in its cultivation 

 as a domestic garden fruit — the "Allen" Rasp- 

 berry, for ten years past cultivated by L. F. 

 Allen Esq., in his farm gardens near Buffalo, 

 where we saw them in great luxiriance and perx 

 fection. They are of the Red Antwerp family 

 in appearance, both in wood and trait, but are 

 not the true Antwerp, being hardy as a currant 

 bush without winter proteetion, and throwing 

 up a stoat, vigorous cane of six feet high and 

 upwards in a good soil. The fmit is roundish, 

 of full Antwerp size, prolific in bearing, bright 

 red in color, and of delicious flavor. Where 

 they originated, Mr. Allen, could not tell us. Ha 

 obtained them in his own neighborhood, from a 

 choice garden, beiag broken up we believe, and 

 took all the plants left in it. Neither are they in 

 cultivation in his vicinity, excepting a few 

 lately taken from his own plants. Finding them 

 so valuable he last year authorized his gardener 

 to offer his surplus canes for sale, whfch he did 

 to near ten thousand in number, and so much 

 was a hardy, good flavored Raspberry demand- 

 ed, that all plants which could be spared were 

 taken in parcels from ten to a hundred each, and 

 many of them sent into distant States." 



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Savikq Cabbaob. — The best way to preserve 

 Cabbages green all winter, so that their good 

 qualities shall in no manner deteriorate, is as 

 follows: — As late in the fall as the weather will 

 allow, dig out your cabbages that you have set 

 apart for winter use, — dig trenches, say eighteen 

 oj twenty inches apart, and from twelve to 

 twenty feet in length as may be most convenient, 

 and in accordance with the quantity to be pre- 

 served, — transplant your cabbages firmly in 

 these trenches, as they will stand together. — 

 When your bed is finished, rjise a platform 

 some eighteen or twenty inches high, aver them, 

 which can be made of any refuse posts, rails, or 

 boards about a place; across this place a few 

 bean poles or lath, and upon the whole throw a 

 quantity ot bean hau'm, cornstalks, straw, or any 

 material of this kind, as a protection against 

 wet and frost. — and you can eat green cabbage 

 up to April, finer than if plucked from the gar- 

 den in October. — [Germantown Telegraph. 

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"Here comes Mr. Winter, inspector of taxes, 

 I'd advise you to give him whatever be axes, 

 rd advise yon to give him, witiiout any finmmery, 

 lot, though his name's Winter, bis actions ars sommary:' 



