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SPRING WORK- 



A i u.i .. .. ■ ' " — with very 



many bright ftnd sunny daya,- of sudden changes 

 and occasional seventy, ire may ftsfeVy conclude 



Hi at ihe frosts and ll II of another winter ate 



alm'i»l at BO CO i it t, life, activity 



The little lime 

 remaining bi ' ire ■■■ i.. 



be Improved . . i li-i'-, |.luui-< 



hal may be needed, and m making 



nod draining, and In doing ony other 



that if doi done non trill beaodly n 



i . ■ ... Li ii lbs (toe 



viatlu ■ 



boi-lfed is Ihe first work iii the gardi D, 



and wirh our oold. uncertain spi iug". ■> hut-bed is 



isaity ffe have given direetlnne for 

 then Donilrnetlofl su often, that wa would omit it 

 tin- loaaoD, were we not warned by o dozen in- 

 quiries 'hi tin; subject, thai there are many who 



ji't luck Hit! licecssurj inlium.ilioi 



Wtth tojne care and a rerj little expense a good 

 ropplj .1 radishes, lettuce, Ac, can be hud for the 



table by the loiter end of April or curly in Way. 



Cucumber, cannot be bad until tile summer is half 



.1 liot-bed culture, but with a will 



managed hotbed tbey may 



The 



. ll, 



1 b,.l I 



■III o! Mali ll. depending n.lneulnil i ■ 



change. For its looatioo a dry and sheltered pituo 



""■■ ' '■■ i Ii i tddj and ii 'i le H"' least daogi ■ 



thai nratei will lay, a goad drain should be dug, 

 ■ rj off all surplus moisture, II' then 



ate no buildings to serve as a protection fiotu H r 



uurtb ami west iviuii.i, ;i temporal * h-nce rnusl be 



mode, The bed should fueeilie ouulliur south-east. 



fiameiBgiveu 



;.. ol any size 



tojulttho wuuuor luncj ol tbt builder, Twelve 



feet loug, by live wide, is a very good tize lor 

 I iljr use, it should be made ol i or 2 inch 



plunk, which may be nailed toposU In il.ccmneis 



1 old be about two root high, and the 



front U inches. A frame of the SiZO mentioned 



■ ■ s, Hue..- feet wide These 



we somen hut like window k;i>Ii, but huieiiu cross- 

 barn, tin- uppor panes ol" plus- overlapping the 



t .(..V. 





thil journal a " nurttr* 



fi'wir." and aceuaee a ■ 

 jmmptfapt ol .. i. 



'year, but t 



eooneelfld w 



■u In- mi . 



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ur rveti p.u 

 of Hie licit i 





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Tbe 



io tola woik, mid need ni 

 Iron snj i m d Wi i 

 questions discussed but io promote truth and the 

 ■ iod (if our readers. 

 In Hie present number we give an article from 

 ktr.Ai.Li in reply tuotie 



from W. R. Coppoi tlnoni . ■.. of Fcbroarvlflu. 



The statement- ni uk- bv ih"-e p. it lie- are directly 



at variance, and a good deal of/tltthood testa 



Mel a uaj luie of proof has been pre 



sealed on sithor side. We nw.ni the proof. If 



people uie hut ing un old and pour rai iety, lei a 



tf pnn-ible. expose the cheat. If, on the contrary, 

 the Allen Iia*phirry is really valuable, and not an 

 old, discarded son, it* propagator should not rest 

 under unfounded oborgea ami suspicion?. The 

 last pal agraph of Mr. A.'s article we would gladly 

 hue omitted, but preferred, under all thecircum- 



j feeble hold uftfaesotl IhoBl 



rem ini j - it nd and at siat 



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1 Li.,', HI 



! naaaaoffibrsaand deea] 

 ' ihe stumps or the n 



j Prom ihe nature of the . 

 that ronog plants cannot be obtained as olT-aboota 



; fi-i.m Ihe old Tools, .i- oilier vari.-iii 



of root*. They a 

 t uned only b) the formation ol roots at the pointa 

 of the fOUDg canes, At the tip* ol i!,. . 

 substance will be found, ivlitcb If permitted lo lay 

 ■ n,. i. throw j "lit roots d 



note will form several 

 !•. ..-Mi before icochiut; ihe toil, 

 taking root, if these points arc severed from tbe 

 parent slem before frost stops the circutati 

 before lolly developed, they die. showing ih.it (hey 

 derive their nourishment, tor some time after roots 

 are formed, from The parent plant. From iliisfuct, 

 icd by extensive experience, Mr. D. argues 



,e« ,.la, 



a portion of ii 



bearing habits, and oi the *ai 

 So, (bat if n young plant is funned from 

 growing on a rool five or ten Tears old, it w 

 take of the age. barrenness and other infirm 

 the pareut slock. As this is the main point 

 JJ.'s theory, wcgive bis own words;— "If th 

 of a bill nre so old— or have become to exhausted 

 from any cause, an to be uoablelo produce healthy 

 fruit-bearing ennes, I lie plants pm I i! 

 nature, Or if the juices, token up bj lhuroot,in 

 pa.-iti^ iliiiin-li Un.- unbcitliby ami i.lr, .,-. >.,■.■ nn-l, 

 urn ol tbe stumps of ibe. previous Mais' ^loivili, 

 Lave imbibed in any degree the elements of decay 

 and bai aa.aad bare deposited them in tbe for- 

 mation of the cane, they will also, in the formation 

 of the pbnital its lip. Or, finally, ns ' like produces 



but it will be of tbe barren form. 



'Ihe. mly way to prevent these evils is to propa- 

 gate from the first growth of caues from young, 

 healthy plants. The cut below represents the 

 growth which a young plaatattalos by the ir.tb of 

 August or 1st ofSeptember. 



THE NATIVE BLACK RASPBIRBY. 



Tna American Black Raspberry laagreal favorite 

 with most people, and though far inl rioi to the 

 Anturr/i and other improved sorts for the table, 

 possesses a richness of Savor highly prized by 

 main. win. prefer >t to tbe best improved sorts; 

 really invjilimble for cooking 



lu < 



uket it sells ; 



high, 



;jlier, than other .sorts. The plants are lianly am 



oduetivo. For several years dealers in fruit in 



Is city, and also in some neighboring villages, 



hare been supplied with this Raspberry by H. H. 



f Oaks Con 



i On tin 





The best material for producing in it i- fn-^li 

 innouro from the limse slable, This should be 

 iiii.m ii into a pile and allowed to heat, undercover 



ITpoajIble, about n week, wlu-u il i~ |.-,,dv lm use 



Now dig u pit about eighteen inches deep, and n 

 foot larger than Ihe frame each way. Fill Ibis pit 

 with the manure you have prepared, and continue 

 to put on the manure avenlj Until fon have >i 

 railed up obimt two feet above n,,- ,. , 



Of theg 'i "Inch will give tin ee and a half feet 



of manure. Care should betaken to put tin m:u,i,i-,i 

 on evenly, and have il well packed down, by beat- 

 ing ii wuli the back of the fork, lUke down the 

 edges carefully, so thai they nil! present a nice, 

 even appearance. The frame ;iml gloss should DOW 

 be pat on. and be kept QlOSO for B d;iv or two, 

 After this il will be neee.is.ir_v lo open ihe sash a 

 little durmg ihe middle of the day Ibrocooplool 

 days, t.) allow the steam to escapo, About six 



iiiclirs ol (jonil. intllow, w.nni sml, mu^t now be 



pul in iide ill- frame, and all i loaed up for a day or 



two, Until the earth becomes warm, Examine 



occasionally, and if the heat appears too great, 



"'"" ""■ ■' ll ■' '"ttle on ii b back slda It is now 

 ready tor the seed Those who wish to raise en- 

 1 nUuN, Ac,ahouldh»« 

 two frames, of hall the si/e de»cnbed, or adivis.on 

 hi the tame, as the encumbers will require to 



HORTIdTLTTTRAX CONTROVERSY. 



ALTiiomjri \te occasi.-mally engage in contro- 

 li o not for the purpose of injunng ihr 



■ i i tiling in question tbe honor of any 



■ I dud, bm for ,i ,- pari .. 



tti i truth, tfin 



■•- :. . , | ■ | 



, double diMltng, , i 





>r "° "- '"'""'i' "-I'.K'Ime the truth, and 



i.m u nun l u-p u t.l,e !■„,„! \ , f M, ;ll ,1 ,.,.,, ,, ( Lli[ 



'"' ' " "' ' " mil., Ineking lo 



.1, 



1 m.ll «. I-!:.. 



fmtahond to no honej | 



truth with all the ub,! 



" ' "'""'' ■ luals, other than 



as they claim to bo guide- foi , ■> 

 nothing to do or say Ii 

 w-hethrr pei-on . , altlratl I 



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 rgm 



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■ rtsin ihe truth. This iaa 



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1 ' in the February number of the Hbr- 



■ "Weh he aay« a good many foolish 



ft method of propagating 

 the plants, by which their fi uitfulnr-s is much in- 

 creased, and made permanent. We will explain 

 Ins themy ns cleuily as possible, in the brief space 

 in. en 1 1 deiote to the subject; 



Mr. I), stales that tbe American Black Rasp- 

 berry in its wild state, or its usually propagated, 

 produces but two or three crops, and often but one, 

 before it becomes barren, and that no extra culti- 

 vation or manure will prevent this. Many plants 

 are almost entirely barren, producing but u few 

 scattering, seedy, deformed ben us the first year, 



imd afterwards noil 



Tbeb 



The heuilby, or fruitful, 



form of hill is sbov 



engraving below, by a few 



huge berry canes. Tbe 



in ii i) foi ui ie Indicated 



«**■ only a portion ol I 



t extends over the whole growth— 



r and tizc or bulky form of th, 



■ 



ind quality of fruit to be especled 



of any plot of Black Raspberries 

 in ibuw the barren form prevail ing mon or lea 



' ll11 - tw ■ three years aid, S i bills will 



rrcn canes and parlpai tial 



■ I- .[iiite liu j_i\ l)iit are al- 

 J'| 

 dillereutinitsgi-owtlirrMiii others. Thcoewcaoes 

 grow every year, ore 



do tbey spring limn tlie In: i"l 

 but spring I 



Ithilvo 



' high up us to na- 

 old root except through tbe old «.„,. Only a few 

 small bbers spri ng f Tom the base of ^^ ^ 



When tho tips of the I railing caues become naked 

 Or free fiom leaves, and of a red color, they ate 

 ready fm luinin™ Hants formed IVnm Ibis grow lb, 

 receive their nourishment directly from the soil, 



ing any unhealthy and decaying medium, as is 

 unavoidable in propagating from older bills. Tins 

 modemslccsit necessary to . c et out a new plol of 

 plftuts every spring, from which to propngnte. 



The point of tbe cane is soft and sappy, de- 

 signed particularly for the formation of roots, nud 

 ifnot permitted to do so by coining in contact with 

 the Boil, this point dries up and dies. If the" tip" 

 of the cane is placed in the soil two inches, one 

 healthy, fruitful plant will be formed, and its 

 appearanor, soon after the 

 ^ r.. ,1-. i. in -ii nee forming, will 

 'jl^iS be as show n in the I u graving. 



ii i 



i the s 



voimi i-laxt. face of the soil, and a foot or 



method, a jo-...- .■ nj wtil I -. i- each bud 



Tlie planld foi med in this manner, M p. u, contends, 

 are neither healthy nor productive. When grown 



from the p Is or tips of the caOCS, ill the runts 



center under the genu, l'>u-> forming a brood bead 

 or crown for Ihe support of Ibefulnre pluut. When 

 grown from the fruit buds there is no crown or 

 head as the ca tiler of the roots and the gmm, but : . 

 lew roots spring from thecBDOOn the Opposite side 

 from the germ, and while a few nuy connect direct- 

 ly mill the litse of Ihe unnatural germ, mostof 

 them can convey nourishment to il only through 

 the intervening portion of cane, and hence when 

 this portion ol* the cuue pemhes the next year, 

 (according to a law of its being,) Ibe plant is left 

 without proper support, atu.l ii ■■ i . : |."edil> I... 

 comes exhausted and barren. 



Any good corn lam] is suitable foi r. 

 A position shielded from heavy h mi! is tl- -ii.iblr. 

 A partial shade is no injuiy. 1'lant ;.p . lee! upiu I 

 in the rows, and the row." feet. Keep the ground 

 mellow and free from weeds, but tin nut pb.v m-aim 

 than two feel of ihe hills. During ;\\> open winter's 

 •lay, or in the spring, cut off' the m>iiu branches lo 

 within three leei of the roots, and all Ihe side 

 brunches lo within odc foot of the body. About 

 the last of June stop cultivation, mil 

 finely between iho rows, sod partially under the 

 edges of Die bushes. 



graving, and » hen the fit •■• ripe b< 

 . i Hi., .i itied circle. 



f, nil i ■ [ .il:, ....I. . ui , ■. 



hi -l.euul 



ii<, upon then 

 down. Bendorer all trat 



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C s ;' rami! 



:< 



soxtn-nora about kntttiho, 



We 1 10V( , Mtt)cd tll0 , 10 ii, ica j 



.estiona of tbe day to UHr e ,. i ., 



it Cubu lo the leudci mercy of the ,\.:.. | 



'gh the Pi ,.i,,, Vi , 



This method or training is a great 

 in picking the fruit. In all cultivatk 

 be had not to bill up around the rooti 

 must be near Ihe surface. The seem 

 the plant* are set, when Ihe i mi 

 nebea high, -. led fi fi>i of tbe Imgestand 



t thorn 

 tfi m„ i 



■ Ihe 



In--, ni (he in,,, he,. ■ 

 We have lliiis, as hiielli .is ,.,.-,,1,1,, ;; ,,,n |h. 



subslnnee if t Mr. I ,-ni b's 'I , | 



lion nod mode of cultivation, about which there 



■"l.h-dsanl, a,, J but very liltleknnw 



THE "A1LEN RASPBERRY." 



itohs:— I would notnotii t 

 and malignant article under the above nth-, in 

 irpaperol Ihe tSfli inst., signed w l; Cor 

 1 it been published only in the ciumnuuitj where 

 author is known, as it would there do me no 

 in. The motives which conceived il I .hull nut 

 i-uss they hat ing no interest with yoor readers, 

 3 si ate men I I herein made Con tains as ma u I.iUi- 

 ■ ..'■-. and as tlni implicate my char- 



sr for folr dealing, "itii yuur Ie i- > i ' 





noft 



ho have had it from me It somewhat rettmbltt 



it- ,'i '>'. ii,i virieiies, as all raspberries 



'■I.-, one another, i'»t i- ool ■ 



.... lb tin.-, ll in un i.i Hi, or be U',iig. I 



: 



*.- t«tr<ty t aud Ihe other is not. The 

 ood is not Sl red," but russet-eolored ; tim- is ii 

 branching" — never branched, lo my knouletlge, 

 ii tit i I headed doivn "lor fruit ing, "us usual, ( he second 

 year. It <ttd not. -'come from Ohio." CflpPOCK 

 never had it in his "ground," unless he hud a pluut 

 or two Irom mej noi i- it all like the Mm - 

 lately infested the sides of the fences roun 

 garden. He- never saw my plants in beinn; 



owe nothing at all of their productiveness, 

 . m of their fruit, t neeo) 1 Had a raspberry 



W II Sm ii m, liaving got mine years I 

 SimiAM lived about here. I know nothing about 

 hi, t,i-|il,i..| i ies, more than that lie told me be had 

 nine from Ohio growing in his garden, which I 

 aw, and Ihey were not like mine. Col. Hodge de- 

 ies that he ever stated that my raspberry eamt 

 rom Ohio, nor docs he know that he ever culti- 

 Bted it. 



I did get tho original plants of the " Allen" rnsp- 



■ rden ofa deceased gentleman —the 



late Iliimt PitiTT, in Ilulfalo when il was broken 



used for a florist's garden, us 1 have always 



staled. Where the proprietor obtained them, I 



could ascertain, nor did tbe gardener then 



ling Ibe premises, of whom 1 had them -Hie 



late Mr. \Vi;un, an Englishman, between whom nod 



ii'iu, ■,, i -(iuutiym.cn alike, an intense hatred 



iatod — know what variety they wen. Bui he 



... tatomtwhat like th.- English Am 



wi-rp. Iboimh, iii hi* opinion, a mm >< ' 



. i have to say, relative to the liolous 



article on the " \llen BBspberrj " and the holj 



KUTor agitlnsl "giving new names lo old fl'uil" 



>i thiB '■],' ifet .ii whether of the arta of danc- 



ng, liddliiiL'. piano leaching, or " pomelom ." be 

 ■an make his own selections. And, if he wants to 

 vork himself into notoriety n .Hi tin- nubile by per. 



lonally abusing me iu his petty spite, from " Long 



,i K ht i b.-iti-r l.ou^-bow] place, i " Flint Hill," is tht 

 old, popular and descriptive miiiie.) be can do so. 



long as be call liild a pllbliealmii .'. 



1 1 ],.-., ink, and paper to that object. 



i:i.„-i. 



, Teh 1 





x.— I'e 



. tbe 



I:,i:m , that it has given me many 



.ilii.iMr hint-, in Iji iimine; aboui the li.ll'.u il".; . ■ '- 



■in the cultivation of a froll garden. 



1 have less than half an acre of ground Met out with 

 and plum trees. Some thirty upplc and four 

 Irces bore last summer, yielding DM to the 



cash n nun-, besides thirteen 



1 1 1 is In-li of apples, and nearly httlf Hit.' plums which 



.■ mod in my own family. My apples brought 

 from *1 :>Q to *S 87 per boabcl, The trees 

 nUiob bore, were set out in 18fis?a&d 185,i,— one 

 old, not-grafted, n hi a ■ 



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i [ will 



,,,..1 n, o ■ SB 

 mipnres Willi different ganl-n ■■ .-'■ 



■ ■ ■ <l in the Rubaj> It- is tbe oomrnoe 



■ ■ '■',(/', of second pluutme "I "•■ " '' 

 , in (l " illi no utieomrnou euliiire, and when liar- 

 nut of frOSt, but Still 



the Washington Citj 



uofaqoartbowl.— Itiis J.P !>.. llermiteg; 

 land, 19S9. 



posna-vra must have patience for a 

 ■ ■■■'■ n articles now 

 :, I,., nil another number. 



o v, we ureiu aqunodai i Wodan'i 

 like to see our wife knit— indeed we/ 



.1 -'■' ii i» aiivthing to In.-i- abotil it it mij,| 



hurt her feelings, you know. The It] for 



such kind ol" Work, we confess we never could see, 

 and, more especially, in the case of our wife. Wo 

 ,,■, Of her kuitTiin: « „i !, . .i. 



of our boots, and, to our certain knowledge, she 

 has scores of stockings wherewith to clothe her 



.inn .1 null I eel. Now, lie do not wish to be Under- 

 stood ,i- eomplatnlng of oar wife. We ore happy 

 lO assert Hiat no man was ever blessed mill q l„ t 

 t.-i- wife than OTIfvelf, She makes our homo a 



/.'.■::,.. iii the ii ne sense of thai word. In the even- 

 ing after tea she invariably seats herself at the 

 piano and ungs and play- for our CBpi ci J 10- 



tnenl (hi a fen minutes, then she bnfts -aftor break- 



fusl she "washes up the dishes," and siieeps , and 

 pMlotins hiiiiiji y duties belonging to II,,- h,,u-c- 

 kcepcrs' routine— then she iiiHf,— while she is pre- 

 |,aiing lu-r bing-to-be remembered meal even 

 iben she finds time to knit. The other day we 

 attempted to remonstrate with her. "My dear, 

 does knitting constitute your sole recreation V"— 

 meaning to he sarea-tic. But she silenced us by 

 -.-.'. log, " Mo, vmi naughty man. you— you are my 

 recreation," which sentence she instantly proved lo 

 I ,■ ii ni, ,i ■ In- -ei 7 ing lu-r knitting work — which is 

 "an abomination in our eyes." Our ■ 

 Itgenl in an eminent degree, and she is constantly 

 adding to her slock by reading the papers and 

 standard works, 



Perhaps you usk if she leaves her knitting to 

 read. Not by any means. She has practically 

 proved theuld adage, " You can't do two things nt 

 Hie same lime," to be false; for she repeatedly 

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odious kniltiug-need!cs at one and Ihe same time. 

 Do not suppose thai 0-ir wife neglects her duties.— 

 No, sir! She always hus everything done to 

 season— our meals are, v, Ithoul full, made ready ut 

 tbe appointed time— and they are not to be badly 

 sneered at, those meals,— our garments a'c never 

 out of repair. Ouv little wife, herself, is the pat- 

 tern of neatness. She is surrounded by all the 

 comforts and even luxuries which n goodly portion 

 of this wold's goods can procure I'm ' 

 theless she appears to enjoy knitting heller Huiti 

 nil iherest put together,— great satisNn 

 on her gentle face while she rattles her needle*, as 

 though il were to her the most pleasant music. — 

 ■ ■■ If mil of every d den una -slur knits 



herself into every body's afJ'cclions -1 ■■ I. Hie 



blessings of the poor down upon her head she 

 knit, pence between discordanls— she knits when 

 she is watching by the sick — she knits wOOH she 

 "rejoices with those that rejoice," nnd when she 

 "mourns with those that mourn"- -she knit - n hi li- 

 the bread is baking— she knits while the tea is 

 "draving" — in short, kDilting appears to bo her 

 <e.le vocation, And she knits "as for dear life "— 

 Now, our Rural Oracle, what shall WO do? We 

 tend about ways and means to abate neatly all evils 

 except this evil of knitting. 



We will frankly admit that we don't like lo nay 

 anything to Kitty (that's nur wife) about it, for 

 having been married only n year we .1, like to 

 use your influ- 

 ence as n public journalist to abate tin Qui unce 

 — and if you can only convince our wife thai knit- 

 ting is not essential lo human happiness you will 

 secure our lasting gratitude. So.UU!, 



Nox llage, I ■ 



ii ix, wa/etl for you — aoj 



' ■■'. '■■ '■ ■'•'■ 



ready lo offer, so dts|ieuile is y - condition.— 



We would like to know what right a woman has to 

 while .i\\,i\' her limns in any occupation that may 



ii usiiiii i The Con ll ' 

 Bi ui ants no such immunities Fomale 



Kifoini Conventions never dared to insert sui b a 



plauk in their platform. Ill 



"Kirrr" lo wife, we would guarnut.-c a p.'h it ■ "ie 



as tbe result ofa single ,. rec t,i insti ucllon I 'J »t 



-■ni" of " I'.r himial.le Seruiliiiries. 1ml I" 11 "'" "' 



tered the vow— having said lot " b, 



there ifl '■■ oorce i". : 



"household divinity" aims 1 

 minute weapons of industry, 



all the while talking cloou 



"heeliML'." m t: in," et.-.. Sqi-m must make 



,!■,- Iir-I ,,1 it • " I;n - t! "' n - 1 '' 1 ■ 



Hon, (one part nice clean wool, one perl the 1 i ittie 



ol ,|„. ,;,-, .11. -,' pail the harmony -A " ., home 



■,!.,. 

 wenrv ' 



, <tii those 



i .i.'i'. Will. Clonic I 

 i.'s leaders are perhaps 

 :d h ne, nf the r.r/e used foi tclcg 

 be used to good adi antagi foi I 



onlj little more expensive than COl I 



forever— never sags, and is in all respects 

 perfect nnd em '.. ' It is a 1 y 10 



ind ran be out 



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saties, hilt ci, liim ^ives Th" n.mn- "1 1 >U t.illte 



of superllnih.. 



-r-rf^iT^ <\*\.i istWfc.Kir 



