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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



Aug. 



and brine has a tendency to shrivel up the fruit, 

 bat the specimens of Mr. C. were plump, as if 

 just plucked from the tree. Should this process 

 prove as -valuable as it promises it will prove a 

 large saving in expense, as brine is much cheaper 

 than alcohol ; besides, alcohol has the bad quali- 

 ty of discharging the color, while the brine re- 

 tains them. If brine will do for peaches we see 

 no reason why it will not preserve as well ail the 

 early fruits, both small and large. We hope it 

 ■will receive the attention of our fruit growers. 



Ed. 



[For the Illinois Farmer.] 



Large English Morello. 



Ed. Farmer — Dear Sir : I am glad to have so 

 good report from you of the la'ge English Mo- 

 rello. I regard it as next to the Early May, the 

 most valuable cherry for the West, and I made it 

 second to the May only becaase it is later in ri- 

 pening. It is equally hardy and productive, and 

 though usually accounted only a cooking cherry, 

 is when fully ripe a very good desert fruit. It is 

 not ripe when red, or even when of a dark red, 

 as most persons would suppose, and using it then 

 would be disappointed with its flavor. When 

 fully ripe it becomes much larger and is nearly 

 black, flesh dark purpii^h red, tender and juicy, 

 the slight astringency before discoverable nearly 

 or quite disappears. This variety is not com- 

 mon in this country but as it becomes known 

 will grow in favor. It is perfectly hardy iu Wis- 

 consin, seldom failing to produce a full crop of 

 ■fruit. Is esieemed here also by those who know 

 :it, and will, I feel sure, prove valuable in Illinois. 

 Of a large number of sorts in our specimen 

 igrounds, this is I believe the only variety whijh 

 [lias noar a full crop of fruit the present season. 

 jA-severe frost on the night of 2d of May cut ofi" 

 'most of our fruit and nearly all our cherries, this 

 i^ariety though standing in a row with others and 

 ,e«aaUy exposed was seemingly uninjured. 



j-A tree of slow growth makes an admirable 



A. G. Hanfoed. 



■xGcilumhus, Ohio, July, 1861. 



The cherry crop with the ordinary varieties 



as certainly a very uncertain one in this State as 

 well as throughout most of the Western States, 

 iWid.Jit is therefore of no small importance, if 

 *W8 can, out of the extensive list, select something 

 ithat >wLll prove satisfactory, even if nothing more 

 Aban a booking cherry, for the cherry comes at a 



time when fruits are not very abundant. For 

 some years we have found the Early May hardy 

 and productive, though somewhat liable, like 

 other varieties, to the rot. The only tree of the 

 English Morello that we have has been so often 

 removed that it has not had a fair chance, but 

 we have considerable faith in it. This year the 

 frost of May 2nd nearly destroyed the fruit, 

 tlu)ugh not entirely, while on all others except 

 the May not a cherry was loft* The Carnation 

 and Rei e Hortense, of which we have six trees 

 in our specimen grounds, ad of which we had 

 began to entertain some hopes, went with the 

 rest, though the trees are yet in good condition. 

 Some persons continue to consider the Early 

 May and Early Eichmond identical, but this er- 

 ror we have before pointed out. The Richmond 

 has a more upright, round head, similar to the 

 Belle de Choisy, while the May is a spreading, 

 flat headed tree, quite distinct. The foliage also 

 differs in color and form, and like the Richmond 

 the stem adheres to the stone, and which 

 will generally draw out wi'h it which is not the 

 case with the Morello. We are more particular- 

 ly anxious that the Morello succeed, from the 

 fact that it is later, as it does not ripen until the 

 May is out of market. With these two cherries 

 we can get along pretty well, if our farmers will 

 put out good beds of strawberries, with a good 

 supply of currants, Houghton and Pale Red 

 gooseberries, to be well flanked with raspberries 

 and blackberies, among which the Black Cap and 

 Purple Cane shall have a prominent place. Mr. 

 H. is one of the owners of the Columbus Nur- 

 sery, and one of the most observing and. careful 

 of our fruit giowers; a long experience in Wis- 

 consin has given him the opportunity to test the 

 hardiness of varieties; in addition to this he has 

 made annual excursions into our State, and 

 thereby become acquainted with its adaptation 

 to fruits. Our readers can therefore place great 

 confidence in his opinion. £d. 

 <•> 



— We are sure to bes, the losers when we 

 quarrel with ourselves, for it is a civil war, 

 and in all such contentions triumphs are de- 

 feats. 



— An Irishman caught a hornet in his hand, 

 but dropped it and exclaimed : 



"Bejabers, what kind of teeth do your birds 

 have in Ameriky ?" 



— Man is the only animal that is doomed to 

 the drudgery of forever carrying pans upon his 

 knees. 



— If time is money most people have a good 

 deal more money than they know what to do 

 with. 



