MOOKE'S KUKAL IFEW-YOHKEft. 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



No one who baa not bad a good v.- 

 knows how eawntiol it il to good living. Money 

 can scarcely buy the tuxurica it affordi. To be able 

 to obtain when wanted, and/ro-A from the garden, 

 radishes, lettuce. peas. Ac. well grown ami tender, 

 i> > pfMIsgO that few who have enjoyed would be 

 willingly deprived of. 



For a successful vegetable garden the soil must 

 be well drained, thoroughly and deeply pulverized 

 by plowing or digging, and made rich with manure. 

 The ground must be kept mellow as the crops are 

 growing, by hoeiDg, and all weeds promptly dc- 



BiflLl Peas are among the first things to be 

 sown, and tbi» should he done as soon as the frost 

 is out of the ground. Some writers recommend 

 railing pw plants in boxes in hot-beds, sud trans- 

 pliiDi.nc them, but wc never found this to poy for 

 the trouble. The best way is to select the warmest, 

 dryest soil and the most sheltered position in tbc 

 garden, and sow io drills, (running cast a D d west 

 if possible,) two inches deep. Two rows, twenty 

 feet long will take about one pint of seed, and will 

 be enough of one variety fur the first sowing. As 

 soon oa sown, place a wide hoard on edge, on the 

 north side of each row, inclined over the rows at a 

 ■ ln/1,1 iuh'Ii', und supported nt each end with slicks. 

 This will afford a good shelter, and the ground will 

 become quite warm, having the full benefit of the 

 [tared from the wind. These boards 

 may be taken away when the plants are two or 

 Dine [aches high, and the earth drawn to the 

 plants This drawing of the earth to the plants 

 should he repeated several times, as it is a great 

 protection, preventing injury from the wind. — 

 When eight or ten inches high they should be 

 slaked, und of course the length of the stakes or 

 brush, depends npi>n the variety sawn, some sort* 

 growing only two or three feet high, and others 

 live or mi feet. The stakes should be placed on 

 both sides of the rows, slanting inwards so that 

 the tops will meet, and so firmly set in tbc ground 

 that they will not blow over. 



Another plan which will give pea3 at least a 

 week curlier, is to make a frame with a board for 

 the hack, noil lights of gluss in front— the front of 

 course facing the south. The BngraTingTriU show 

 very plainly how it is made. 



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have proved, by growing them together half u 

 dozen times. Others, we know write differently 

 Of the latter sorts wc would recommend the Blue 



!r .■■■ ■ . . , i , hue,, pea r>f rv>od llnvor; the, Sugar 



/'.,i. a v,tv ■■will, line pen, growing five or six feet 

 hL'li ; the /'■.'.■', ','■■<", a large and luscious pea, 

 growing also some five or six feet high; Knight's 

 Wriukh.l Marrow, an excellent, fine flavored pea. 

 The two last varieties named, when ripe, arc 



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much better 

 i belter than 

 There arc several other 

 and indeed exee!- 



i the 



lent tabic pens may be obtained at almo 

 where garden seeds are sold. 

 If a pint or quart of each of those v 



>. the f 



, they will be fit to pick i 



CULTURE OF THE GRAPE.-So. V. 



Wiieh i* the bid troy to prune to il 

 good crop* nf fruit, the renewal Igf 

 branch** on old troodf I have given this subject 

 much reflection and am decidedly of the opinion 

 that to grow uniform full crops of fruit every year, 

 old wood with branches is the best way.— 

 When Tine-dressers understand that the sop and 

 ment that the roots gather can just as well 

 :hausted to grow fruit instead of wood, the 

 tendency will be to overload the vine with fruit und 

 there will be a deficiency of good, youog wood, to 

 fill the trellis for the nest year's crop. The result 

 ill he, on the ■ ■ <■ '■ ■ . i ! "H crop of fruit 

 every other year, but on the old wood system there 

 difficulty in getting a sufficient, amount of 

 ■s with four good buds each, to fill the trellis 

 every year with bearing wood. 



" ■ well known that fruit trees mostly grow 

 and fruit buds one year and load with fruit 

 <xt year, but not so with the grapevine. — 

 They load with fruit buds every year. Above 

 every leaf is two buds, one the lateral bud that 

 generally begius to push forward before the leaf is 

 half-grown, the other is the next years fruit bud 

 that should not be started forward by too close 

 pruning. But grape vines have their 

 bearing seasons, ahd it is known in this way— in an 

 ■fruitful season the fruit buds only produce from 

 tc to three, and occasionally the fourth cluster; 

 a bearing season they produce from two to four 

 id occasionally the fifth cluster. How, there is 

 ) difficulty in loading grape vines with a full crop 

 ' fruit every year when their truo babits arc un- 

 derstood. In pruning vines on an upright trellis, 

 labor to get the bearing wood in as even a sheet as 

 possible, on the trellis, saving those branches ouly 

 on the south side of the vine. If the bunches ave- 

 rage about two feet apart, let but two buds grow 



,nch t 



the branches are I 

 every six inches i 

 •ach an average 



two clusters to each bud, 

 ■ clusters to each branch, and if 

 ,vo feet apart, averaging a cluster 

 n the old wood, labor to give to 



, of l 



fruit, 





branch receives about an equal share of the sap 



through the pores into it. Keep in 



mind that about the time when the blossoms begin 



appear old wood can he pruned off. In placing 



e vines ou the trellis in the spring, if the old 



jod is found too thick, leave it on the ground to 



be pruned off the first summer pruning. 



There is another advantage in raising fruit on 

 branches on old wood — there will be less fruit 

 shaken off by heavy winds. Still another advant- 

 age is, the vines will be more equally balanced by 

 wood above ground and roots below ground, giv- 

 ing more storage for the sap the roots gather. 



" I would ask the question, Dot* tutrix/? large 

 wood of vims raider the pores that pasmd into it 



in the 



old i 



I mclii: 



Huee.-.ii,.,, l'i run the hitter part 'if June to the la- 

 of July, or later. A few may be sown every two 

 weeks, which will prolong the season, as desired, 

 Early Potatoes should be planted at the same 

 time, us peas. The Sarjfjnru eon be obtained In 

 almost every neighborhood, and the Mountain 

 June, and with proper niu-iition e\ery one can have 

 Green Pea* and J\«» Ibtatot* on bis table by 

 the ■J''lb of June, iit least, in ordinnrv mm-ous. 

 good enriy potato is grown here, by our best u 

 ketgardenerscalledthoioriVJ/rtWy. Itissmaller 

 than Early J 



cooks dry, and is of good quality. If planted early 

 in April il entirely ripens L ,il by tin- uiid,llr,,f JuK 

 The yield is small, but its earlinoss makes, It I 

 very valuable variety. 



ii . ' proi Ided Ibr peas and potutocs.it will bi 

 necessary for those teho have not provided/or sue) 

 thing* in a hot- oti>, to make arrangements for 

 cabbage, tomato and other plants. Select a warm, 

 sunny border, on the south side of a fence, if pos- 

 sible, and after having the ground well prepared, 

 and radish seed. After 

 the seed is sown give the bed a good sprinkling of 

 ■ ,1 you have thorn and roll il, i.r beat it 

 - l '"' lv » 'ih the back of the spade. Then, it would 

 be well to make a light frame around the bed a few 

 inches high, and MTW t i l0 top with a ieM of 

 ' houhl be nailed lo the frame, This 

 pre*. -iit injury to the young plants from in- 

 , u save you u g 00l j j Cft ) f j oss >J)( j TC3[ll . 



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be planted it the -an,,- time, and any other plants 



that mejr be desired t„ r transplanting, and iu the 



..ui will not need the protection ol the 



hey arc not »o liable to the attacks of 



insecu. Duh «at<r, or greaaj „ Ur of kmd 



thrown over pj ■« week, ia said 



ii against the black fly so 



I ibbfge and other plants in 



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• irly cabbage is tbc ii'inningOeuit, a 

 very early sugar-loaf shaped variety, tender and 

 »otid. Where this cannot be obtained, the Karhj 



I bt sown. The br-il cauliitoicer f or 

 thia country U the Karly Pari*. 1 1 B 



'bbage, and is excellent in every way 



One flavored. When this 



°* nuo1 '" ■■'■''' Short Top. 



the opinion that it does, from these facta. Cut a 

 sugar maple that has been tupped with an anger, 

 aud there is found a dead streak about the size of 

 the wound the auger made, ten or fifteen feet up 

 the tree. Sever a large branch from a fruit tree, 

 und fifteen or twenty years after that tree is hollow 

 or decayed by the wound, showing the circulating 

 life is destroyed in so much of its wood, by the 

 wound. Now, if this is the case, severing large 

 wood on vines should be avoided as much as possi- 

 ble. I have heard it frequently recommended, 

 especially by Germans, that plucking off the leaves 

 when the fruit was about grown, helped to forward 

 its ripening. I have picked the leaves from parts 

 of a trellis and let them remain on the rest, nnd 

 could perceive no advantage by it, but in some 

 cases an injury. The fruit being suddenly exposed 

 to Ihe sun's rays, it was scorched on the sunny side. 

 I have seen repeated instances showing conclu- 

 sively that by summer pruning, so as to give the 

 fruit a crowded supply of sap from the time it first 

 forms, until it is fully ripe, it is a fortnight earlier 

 in ripening, much larger iu size and more delicious 



When, are grapes fit to gather* Not until the 

 fragrance pusses freely from them are they ripe. I 

 have had people tell mo they could smell the fra- 

 grance of the grapes when passing in the highway, 

 though (he vines are 12 to 20 rods distant. Grapes 

 put up for long keeping should not be kept before 

 packing until the stems are dried. Pack immedi- 

 ately and put enough dry substance with them, and 

 the moisture in the stems will pass into the fruit, 

 and help keep it fresh. Alvin Wilcox. 



West BloomDeld, Ontario Co., N. T., 16W, 



SOFT BOAP FOE FRUIT TREES. 



Messrs. Eoitors: — I have received of late so 



many letters inquiring what will prevent the 



the Curculio and other insects from destroying 



fruit trees, with one request from an intelligent 



farmer that I should give my remedy through the 



the Rural, Ihut with your permission 



I most cheerfully attempt tin: tusk, though the same 



has often been verbally expressed, and has been 



printed in one of my Agricultural Addresses. In 



the first place, let mc say that a portion of my trees 



ver fail to bear fruit. To make this sure, I draw 



arse manure in February or March, whilst Ihe 



oond is frozen hard, and throw a pile around 



e tree, so as to prevent the fn>st from comin 



the ground until such time as I have reus 



lieve they will be so lute iu their flowering that 



ey will not be blasted by frost ; or, by wl 



I then spread Ihe manure over the orchard, leaving 

 sufficient covering around tbc tree to bring the 

 fruit forward in season to ripen, which will be 

 quite as fair as though it had started two i 

 earlier. This I do every year to a portion of my 

 ure to secure sufficient apples for 

 I have not been without apples 

 thirty days at any time in the last twenty years. I 

 dmit that this course is only necessary occasion- 

 ally. Perhaps not more than once in five or six 

 years, by the neglect of this, will you be compelled 

 thout fruit. I am quite as confident that 

 * need manure as docs my corn, (though 

 I apply it to one portion this, and 

 r, and so on, until I come around 



t,) applied ia the spring in all the crotches of the 

 rees, is a sovereign remedy for the Borers, Curcu- 

 lios. Caterpillars, and everything else tbat disturbs 

 T trees. Soap and beeves' gall are indispensable 

 the farmer. The former be can make, and the 

 latter bo can obtain in New York, if nowhere else, 

 by sending a jug too butcher's boy, for a dollar 

 er gallon, which will also be useful to prevent 

 its and mice from eating harness, trees, and many 

 iher things. In the fall, to secure the tree from 

 ijury io case the K ip, 1 utuing down the tree 

 ith every rain, should stop some of the pores, 

 wash them with good strong lye, if old trees; if 

 young, the lye tuiist be weak, as strong lye would 

 he same application will prevent the 

 m destroying plums to a very great 

 fully. They let my plums alone, as 

 they find others ia the neighborhood they like bet- 

 niy appear etranger still is, that the 

 ith proper treatment, will not only 

 prevent Ihe black knots from growing on cherry 

 aud plum trees, but I now say that I can grow 

 off the worst tree tbat can be found, with 

 I trimming. I soy this with full confidence, 



j differ. Its origin. 



fort 



i years ago, I 



of my neighbors, that I believed 

 I could grow them off, io answer to their saying 

 that they had and were destroying their trees. Ire- 

 plied that I would make the trial on the worst 

 y could find. I was cited to those tbat 

 ipletely covered with the knots— the Mor- 

 rello cherry, which is the most affected in this viciui- 

 I took a draining plow, with four yoke of 

 , and made three drains, tweuty inches deep, 

 lengthwise of the row, three feet apart, on a very 

 .■[, cold, hard-pan soil, on the road side, that 

 every passer by could see what I could accomplish, 

 st what I believed I could, and there set 

 ; j and now more than one-half of those 

 scrubby, sickly, knotty trees, arc as clean as a 

 ("8 tooth, and bearing cherries. The balance, 

 I believe, in two years more I shall have in equally 

 good condition. There has never been any manure 

 applied to them except ashes burnt from the sods 

 to keep the grass from growing up to choke them. 

 On the other hand, the nursery from which I took 

 nearly or all dead, and have never 

 borne a cherry or plum since. I make no pre tea- 

 ms as a fruit grower, as the soil I cultivate is not 

 well adapted to the growing of many kinds of 

 ■ it as it is to most farm crops, and only know 

 from observation the likings and dislikings of my 

 I have learned what my soil lacks, aud un- 

 derstand the peculiar taste of the insects and ver- 

 iffect them, and can thus protect the trees 

 tln-y 'li-like most. 



in be too rich as well as too poor for all 



kinds of trees, und therefore no man can tell what 



good for this or that soil until he sees it, for. 



whilst most land is made better by manuring, I 



know soils that should be impoverished by crop- 



bago Co., beg leat 



iv, ,(. i- limply ibis. In about the year 

 Mr. James Ltrrs moved into tbc town of 

 Ulysses, Tompkina Co., N. Y., from New Jersey, 

 bringing with him a, few scions from a favorite 

 seedling apple tree in New Jersey, and having at 

 i orchard of his own, the scums were 

 grafted by him into two trees in the orchard of Mr. 

 Jacoii Wvcoff, which is situated at Jacksonville, 

 own of Ulysses, Tompkius Co., N. Y. Upon a 

 ubscquent visit of Mr. Letts to New Jersey, be 

 vent to bis old favorite seedling to get a few more 

 ■cions, but imagine his grief at tinding the days of 

 lis favorite tree numbered; "but of what disease 

 it died deponent saitb not." Upon returning home 

 e at once went to the orchard of Mr. Wtcoff aud 

 ;gged the privilege of cutting a few scions from 

 mse two trees. When, lo and behold, one of th< m 

 as found dead, and from the one living tree in 

 the orchard of Jacob Wtcoff, sprang the entire 

 family of Tomphim County Kings. 



The above statement of facts I gathered from L. 

 W. Owes, Esq., of the town of Oweu, in our coun- 

 ty, and who had been for many years previous to 

 ' ling here, a resident of Tompkins county, and 

 himself personally acquainted with Mr. Jas. 

 Letts, aforesaid, aud had heard him ia person give 

 narralioa of all the circumstances of the narrow 

 aaace of this valuable apple heeumiiig extinct. 

 IioeUford, III,, Mareli, 1 *:.!). ,1. - 



ping, U> prevt 



i the t 



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winter kill. This treatment, if commenced with 

 rees when young, will remler Hie back as s month as 

 rlass. The soap should be applied in lessquanti- 

 ies, aod the lye much weaker, thau alter staudiog 

 everal years. If the trees are old, and the sur fil- 

 es rough, you must apply the soap unsparingly, 

 ,nd the lye as strong as it can be made. The next 

 >pring, just after n rain, whilst the trees are still 

 vet, lake a hoe and scrape off I lie coarse, shaggy 

 bark, and the trees will look as though they were 

 f a different kind. A. D. Dickinson. 



Hornby, N. Y.. March 201b, 1859. 



STONE UNDER FRUIT TREES. 



Mit. Moore:— I bog to differ with you on the sub- 

 ject of using slone in setting out trees, especially 

 m tight sandy or alluvial soils. It has ever been a 

 common saying and the received opinion as correct 

 in principle among farmers, that stony land was 

 the best and most successful soil for orchards. I 

 have myself succeeded by that process in makiug 

 large trees, when transplanted, to grow and thrive, 

 particularly cherry and forest trees, when all other 

 methods failed. I throw into the hole prepared 

 for setting, common loose stones and pebbles 

 enough to simply cover the bottom, and a slight 

 sprinkling of earth over them and set the trees in 

 the usual manner. 



I remember some dozen years ago, when wulk- 

 ing up the Mississippi river, about a mile ubove the 

 city of Dubuque, in Iowa, of observing a most 

 beautiful array of shade trees, of the basswood or 

 Linden, about a private residence. I observed to 

 my friend that the owner was smart to succeed so 

 well without a single failure. "Well, there he 

 stands, let us find out his process." He informed 

 us that the only secret was that he paved the bot- 

 tom of the holes with stones, and that he brought 

 them from two miles distance — Ihut after a good 

 many trials it was the only way he could succeed. 



The basswood, one of the finest shade trees, is 

 one of the most difficult to remove and transplant 

 with success, so is the whitewood, chestnut and 

 oak, but by this process, by careful taking up and 

 setting, it will, nine times in ten, succeed. I can 

 give no rational theory on the process, unless the 

 supposition that the stones condense the moisture 

 arisiug from the earth, and, perhaps, a slight de- 

 composition of the stones themselves, which con- 

 tain the elements of nutrition to the plant. 



II. 



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s.— All we have t 



Wothei next y, 



~ prevent i 





. . _se everything thai they 

 dislike most. Soft aoap> mtt(tc tuickj ^j f rom any 

 dirty grease, (mixing Wfehbeerea' gall improves 



iu good condition and well token up. 



Tub GAunrjnm's Montult.— This is an excel- 

 lent Horticultural Journal, published In Philndel 

 phia, and edited by Thomas Mekdax. It consists 

 of sixteen quarto pages fairly printed and illustra- 

 ted, and is issued monthly, at $1 per year. The 

 volume commenced in January, and the contents 

 of the work is of such a character that wc can 

 cheerfully commend it to our horticultural readers. 



Si civ,. W,.r.k..— But little time remains for per- 

 forming the rough work of spring, such us drain- 

 ing, trenching, making walks, planticg, Ac. Much 

 of the success of the whole season depends upon 

 commencing early and right. Make the soil deep 

 and rich, secure the best plants and sends, plant 

 carefully, and then cultivate well aod success is 

 certain. Do everything in the best manner. 



THE KINO APPLE. 



Messrs. Ene. : — Noticing tome 

 aluablc paper of February 26th, 

 truly famous King AppU, it is staled 



:gm i 



defa 1 



ICE CREAM, FROSTED FRIHT, AC. 



assns. EDs.:-JB,y,nV inquires for a good recipe 

 mke Ice Cream. I send one with few others 

 that I know to be cood \ 



Ic« Crbaw.— Half a pound of loaf sugar to each 

 quart of rich I . li; il„ or the 



peel of one lemon soaked in the juice of the lemon. 

 Grate then peel, then strain all through a piece of 



Frostio Fri'it.— Beat the whites of eggs ona 

 dip the fruit in them. Then lay it in finely pow- 

 dered sugar, put on a tin with white paper under 

 them in au oven nearly cool to dry. When 

 tho icing ia firm pile them ou a dish and set in a 

 cool place. Avery pretty dish for evening parties. 



Cologne Water.— 1 pint of brandy; SO drops 

 oil of lemon ; 30 of bergamot, and holf a gill of 



Rose BaAN-nr. — A laying of rose leaves and a 

 yingof sugar; when the sugar is dissolved bottle 

 and add a little brandy. 



ArPLB Custard Pies.— Grate 4 sweet apples, add 

 pint nnd a half of milk. 2 eggs, sugar, a little 

 It, season with lemon or nutmeg. Bake as a 



GROWING GRAPES. 



Every man who has a house has also a south 

 side toil, and there dig deep, say four feet at least, 

 s wide and long as you have room. Pulver- 

 d enrich the soil well, and there plant and 

 at least one grape vine. Every man who 

 keeps house and has a family— as all men should 

 have— will have to find some means to dispose of 

 >ap. suds, and other refuse water, the year round. 

 Now, nothing is more congenial to vine and fruit 

 daily contributions of such materials at the 

 of the vine. In addition to putting it about 

 the surface, you can make an underground dram 

 from your rear door, aud cad it about two feet un- 

 der ground, coatigtious to the roots of the vine ; aod 

 to uiake room for all that may come, dig 

 two feet further, the size of a hogshead, aud 

 fill, up to the top of the drain, with small cohhle- 

 , cover them with sods, and fill up the rest 

 with earth. In so doing you have provided for 

 hut which otherwise might become a nuisance, 

 ud made it conduce very much to the growth of 

 ne of the greatest luxuries in the way of fruit, and 

 gi\e you and ;, mil li teud.s happiness otherwise un- 

 attainable. Growing good grapes will not ouly 

 give you a splendid oppm tuuily to increase the 

 number of your jrunde, but a good chance to over- 

 ome your enemia. S, N. Holies, 



custard. 



Beer.— Toko a sma 

 part of the following:— Swee 

 a, sassafras, pun 

 WOOd. lloil with 3oz. of hops 

 and 3 raw potatoes pared and 

 The strength of tho roots will 

 id by boiling in two ' 

 tendency to bind more 

 juice; the roots should be boil 



Then strain, add a quart of molasses to 3 gallons 



of syrup, brown half a pound of bread and put 



" ' thick, dilute with cold water. When 



luke-warm, add a pint of fresh lively yeast that 



suit. Keep in a temperate situation, 



>t so tight as to entirely exclude the 



When ('.'iiuent-.il, keep in a tight keg, or bottle 



APPLES FOR THE NORTHWEST. 



Ens. Rural ;— Thiukiug, perhaps, a list of apples 

 (as they are the only fruit we can grow successful- 

 ly in this State, i best adapted to the Northwest, 

 might be of benefit to some of your readers, I send 

 the following which I know are perfectly hardy; 



[;.,( ,. 



* for 





nrl v Struttbem V>\ Enrlv Hitnest 1(1 

 Fameuse 10; King of Tompkins t 



! twelve tort* for an oraharf qf 



U'"inme l;.,jal) 



M-, Bauv> swvH SO; King or Ton 



For a list of tw, nty rariitim, add to the forego- 

 ing Pound Sweet, Fall Orange, Newark Pippin, 

 Northern Spy, Uihston Pippin, Westtield Seck-nu- 

 further, Williamson, and Swaar. 



I have tested upwards of twenty varieties each 

 of pear and cherry, and could not lind on, sort 

 that would endure the severity of the past winters 



- even setvllilig apple Inr- Ijli \ ■■ mi fluid!. 



l.."h 



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Rbkovatisq Heat in Old Hot-Beds. — Several 



writers in the Garde turn Monthly art: recommend- 

 ing methods for renewing heat in old hot-beds. Dr. 

 Uhler was successful by pouring into them a hot 

 solution of glue, distillery swill, or any nitrogen 

 ous and rapidly decomposing substance, which act; 

 as a sort of yeast, or fermenting agent, to excitt 

 decoaipositiou and consequently heat io the sub- 

 stance of the beds. Dr. Hodobtoh accomplished 

 the same thiug by using a hot solution of potash 

 ia a partially caustic state. Potash, commo 

 from wood ashes, and carbonate of soda, if freshly 

 slacked lime is added to the solution, will en 

 new, powerful, uud lasting heat in Ihe hot-bed, and 

 its power is very uiuch increased if a soluti 

 glue, Peruvian guano, blood or other (jffal is added 

 to the bed. After the solutioo is put on the bed, 

 pour on plenty of hot water. Of course the earth 

 must be renewed when this is doue. This is 

 valuable discovery, as it enables us lo renew he 

 with very little trouble, and by a suitable co 

 structiou of the bed the liquid might be added 

 when the heat declined. 



Apple Trees cor Fence Posts. — I set out about 

 fifty rods of apple trees three feet apart, a ( 

 years ago, and when three inches in diamet 

 □ailed boards to them, with the middle tree on I 

 opposite side— boards It;;; feel long. I now w 

 I had set out all my orchard iu this way. Soi 

 M) the wiud will rack and break the nails. Mi 

 have not. I think it economy, even in our wood 

 country, and on the western prairies I think 

 would be a great saving. Let the tree.- get large 

 in the nursery before setting out. and you wiU a 

 have much trouble by the cattle .polling them, 

 L.Moore, Hartford, Onjfa < " • -*■ - 1 ' 



Kew Garden.— In I8U, the number of persons 

 who visited the Kew Gardeos was 9,174; iu 1857, 

 881 978. The behavior of visitors is also improved. 



bunch of all or a 

 fern, sarsaparilla, 

 s pine, aud spico 



roughly 

 extract the 



, for 









USEFUL RECIPES. 



isns. Eds.;— Disease and death most frequent- 

 ly result from colds neglected. I keep and use a 

 remedy, which, if you think of value, you can pub- 



ritb a few others for Rheumatism, ic, among 

 your list of useful recipes: 



Coven Mixture.— One ounce liquorice; 1 or. 

 im Arabic; % ozs. rock candy pulverized and dis- 

 solved iu a cup of water, kept warm or hot, and 



jntly stirred. When dissolved aud cool, add 



paregoric and ' , oz. antimunnil wine. Then 

 uud take a teaspoouful as frequently as the 

 judgment may direct, to allay that tickling eensa- 



sceompnnyiiig the coughing spells, which ia 

 experienced by those who have a cough and hoarse- 

 ness. As I ciiiniiierid unly by e\penenee of favor- 

 able results, I will add two more. 



Rhbdmatisu.— Equal parts of spirits of turpen- 

 tine, ammonia, oil of peppermint, and olive oil.— 

 Apply a teaspnonful well rubbed and heated in, 

 three times a day. 



Ccts, Sores akd Injuries.— Two quarts alcohol; 

 1 oz. blue vitriol, and •! ozs. copperas pulverized, 

 and added to a part of the alcohol. Then 1 oz. of 

 gun powder to the remaining alcohol, and after re- 



ng awhile, mingle together. Use as a wash. 



,. isvj. 





Rhubarb, on Pie-Plant Pie. — As the season is 

 approaching when Ihe luxury of a nice rhubarb or 

 pie-plaat pie inaj he enjoyed by those who know 

 how to make it, I will scud you my recipe, which 

 is the best I hove ever kuown. If any ol the many 

 contributors to the "Domestic'' corner of your 

 excellent paper have a better one, will they send it 

 and oblige? 



Peel, i 



little \ 



fresh gathered stalks. Then take 1 tvacupful of the 

 stewed rhubarb; 1 cup of sugar; 1 egg; 1 table- 

 spoonful of Hour ; 'or, if very juicy, i a little lemon 

 peel, chopped or grated. This is sufficient for ooe 

 pie. Bake between two crusts. The above is at 

 your service. — Mrs. H. E. T. "W. Stilsos, 1/imda, 

 2V.Y.,m9. 



A "Sally Sunn," on Hot Tea Cakb.— For li 

 oz. or a pound of flour, warm 1 oz. of butter in Ui 

 pint sweet milk; a tcaspooniul uf salt; 3 smalt 

 eggs, and 1 tablespoonful of yeast. Mix the flour 

 well into the other ingredients and pour the whole 

 into a tin pan buttered, Ac. Set il to-rue. Bako 

 till a nice light brown — about 'io mumics If 

 brewers yeast be u 

 than an hour. IIo 



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inform me, in tin. 



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I„ formation Wanted.— Will 

 iy readers, he so kind as to 

 o columnsof your inestimable pa- 

 r silks, merinos, and paramettos, 

 Perhaps many others would be 

 mation.— Ahoret Search, Janet- 

 h, 1859. 



To Pheserve Oranges.— "Will any of your nu- 

 merous correspondents inform me through the 

 columns of the Rural of a good receipt for pre- 

 serving oranges, of which there is a great abund- 

 ance in these regions, but are too sour to be eaten 

 is fruit.— M. A. Wuitk, // ■ 

 ida, 18&fi. 





Coos Beans rOB. a Bachelor.— Will 

 some of your readers tell an old bachelor the dif- 

 ferent modes of cooking beans, and the best modo 

 for a dyspeptic person, through your doffiMtlo 

 column?— M. C. A.. Barbour Co.. I 



Remarks.— It strikes oJ that beaoi 

 poor diet for ; , / Nevcrthelesa, 



baring no experience with either tompluu 

 submit the question. 



