OCT. 23. 



MOORE'S RURAL W- YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AM) EMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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Ghthaid and (garden. 



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and become a soi 



who purchase tb 



and die and be as annoyance 



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 of pleasure sad profit to thss" 



. few I 



i the subject, therefoi 



v York we prefer 

 the fall, on account of the leisure and the tine 

 weather naaal at that season. Brill, no one need 

 Bail In spring planting. All that is required Is a 

 litUe care. We have planted a hundred pear trees 

 m the 15th of May, without losing a 

 specimen, and ripened a good crop of fruit on 

 some of them. Thia we wonld engage to do any 

 year. One reason why some persona object to fall 

 that the water lies nround tho roots In 

 the spring of the year and injures the trees. This 

 objection in moat cases is good against the soil or 

 situation, liut not good against the lime of plant- 

 ing, and shows that it is unfit for fruit trees at any 

 time. Trees require a well drained soil. In dis- 

 tricts where the winter is very severe, as it la in 

 some of our Western States, where sometimes 

 established trees are killed to the roots, we wonld 

 prefer the spring, as thus we would escape the din- 

 ger of one winter at least, and perhaps the trees 

 would be better able to endure the extreme cold 

 after a season's growth, — though thia ia ques- 

 tionable, as we have seen trees killed at the West 

 with a degree of cold that would not injure them 



Aa to the manna- of planting, we will say only a 

 few words. A little thought will show any one the 

 right way. Every one knows that any tree or 

 plant grows best in a nice, rich, mellow, deep, dry 

 soil, than in one the reverse of this. If you wish 

 your trees to do well, prepare jost such a soil for 

 them. The tree before being taken from the 

 ground, had all its line roots nicely spread out like 

 net-work. These fibrous roots, if the young tree 

 was well cultivated, permeated all through the 

 mellow soil, gathering food for the growing tree. 

 This shows us how it should be planted. If yon 

 plant this tree iu a small hole, with the roots " all 

 in a heap," and matted together, and then throw 

 lumps of cold, hard earth npon them, how caD you 

 1 grow? If, however, you prepare a 

 ;roond, make a deep hole. 



fill It with the finest 

 nearly to the top, pi: 



richest of surface earth 

 pon it, spread 

 the roots carefalty, removing with a eharp knife 

 any that may have been bruised, then cover them 

 with the finest of mold, nicely sifted in nmong 

 them; and sprinkle from a watering pot about two 

 quarts of water to each tree, before finishing cov- 

 ering, then you may expect your tree to grow, and 

 iri/l imt he itnn/ ],aiiit?<> in one case in a hundred. — 

 Bhonld be planted about as deep as tbey 







b taken care of afterwards, or not 

 aly the labor, but the tree is lost. 

 . newly planted tree is apt to be 

 swayed about by the wind, making 

 an opening around the trunk, down 

 bo the rooL". This not enly disturbs 

 :he roots, but injures them by dry- 



ivery troublesome to trees during 

 I the bark so ns to 

 girdle and destroy them. After planting in the 

 fall, if a mound of earth is thrown up around the 

 tree, as shown in the engraving, it will prevent the 

 Bwaying of the tree by the wind, and in moat cases 

 prevent injury from mice. This mound should be 

 leveled in the spring. Trees planted in the spring 



should be slaked, and the trees fastened 

 stakes by some soft materia] Ibtl will nol Injun 

 the bark. A conple of draining tilo or n piece ol 

 tin, placed around ft tree will save it from the dcp. 



tree in the earth for a week. The buk and 

 will absorb mobture, and in most cases thi 

 will be preserved. 



People often make themselves ridiculous by the 

 manner In which they manure their trees. They 

 teem to think that all the roots of a tree ai 

 fined to a space as Urge as a man's hat. If 

 grows In the grass, to remove the turf from a 

 about a foot or so in diameter, is all that I 

 sidercd necessary, and if manure ia applied, it is 



pile 



the I 



ad might 



almost 



extend at least as far. and generally much farther, 

 than the branches, where there are a thousand hun- 

 gry mouths seeking for food: what nonsense, then, 

 to place a quart or two of manure close to the 

 stem of the tree. It wonld be about as sensible to 

 tie it up iu a bundle and hang ft in the branches. 

 J. J. Teohas has shown the folly of the thing 

 the above engraving, which we commend to 

 remembrance of all our readers. 



While attending the State Fair at Syracuse, 

 took a stroll in the snborbs in search of objects of 

 terest and observed a pear orchard that attracted i 

 special notice, from the fact that the earth around 

 each tree had been nicely pulverized and manured 

 for soma twelve feet la diameter. Such a singu' 

 manifestation of good seme and a knowledge 

 vegetable pbjuiology caused us Ut inquire who the 

 owner could be, when we learned that it belonget 

 to E. XV. Luton worth, Esq. This Is an example 

 the people of Syracuse might will imitate. 



DWABF PEARS-MISREPBESBNTATION. 



The industry with which those individuals have 

 been assailed who raise "Dwarf Pear 

 sale, bya certain clique, leaves ue nothi: 

 vol at in the way of false reports. Like several 

 others who felt an interest in the open and fiir 

 discussion of the question, I was at the Pomologi- 

 cal Convention on the 11th September. I was in 

 hopes, that for once, we should have a fair plat- 

 form, and we bad. M. P. WiLDERsecaredit forus, 

 not so the reports. There was not an individual 

 from "Black Rock" to "Germantown, Pa." to say 

 a word against the profit of Dwarf Pears, but my- 

 self, and all I said in the negative they may pocket, 



however I have been carefully and wilfully 

 represented. / did say that because many i 

 his season were in bad condition in the vicinity 

 f Philadelphia, from causes which I could easily 

 ccount for, had I tht time, some practical men 

 questioned the durability of the Pear on Quince 

 stock. I am reported, by a very mendacious 

 Horticultural Journal, to have said as follows: 

 " P.. R, Scott, of Pa— In certain localities the qumct 

 stock dors not succeed, mar Philadelphia, i.i a itron « 

 '■ -ly fail, i chd. 



ood. Mr. 

 rafted on , 



tqfpta 





to show the strength of 



Now, sir, yon w&o eat as a reporter at that table, 

 what do you say to such a false report? Further, 

 I moved a vote of thanks, not to that seatitm of the 

 Ifortintltiirut and Acrimttm ul press i; hirh hm,' itiwii 

 forward to oppose Pomology, bat to that section 

 which stood forward to aid and encourage it, as 

 well as those reporters who attended the meeting. 



And now, a word in explanation. I do not fear 

 or regard the circumscribed influence of such a 

 journal us has thus carefnlly pursued me, even to 

 th' In-.r. It is harmless, except to itself; its course 

 end policy is suicidal. The object of my exhibit- 

 Quince stock and ono of a Pearon Pear stock, wa8 

 to prove the utter fallacy of the statement, that the 

 union of Pear with Quince was quite imperfect, 

 and that Pear wood was hard and close pored, 

 while Qnlnce was soft and open pored, and could 

 be told by any one at a glance. I defied any gentle. 

 man at & glance, or even by close inspection, to 

 distinguish these specimens, 60 close and perfect 

 the union. But enough, we still live in tb< 

 tecnth cenlory. Live ou and hope. 



rhitsd*lpbifl, ISM. h. 



-••& a S." ; 

 of facts, and was eo reported in the Rural, 



was a matter of regret that Mr. S. did not a 1 

 the came of the failure of dwarf trees around 

 Philadelphia, as It seems to na he might have done 

 in a few words. Mr. 8. thinks he wr.a designedly 

 mtutpresonted iu one ol the Horticultural Jour- 

 nals, Of this we have nothing to Hay— the cor- 

 rectness ol our own report is all we care to main- 

 tain; and on this point we have received flattering 

 letters from Officers of the Society. 





e received in the iall which Ii 

 is not desirable to plant until spring. Thuae may 

 I U tim] Ij i iggtDg a trench in 

 a place secure r t0 m water, about eighteen Inches or 

 two feet deep, ta d placing the roota in these 

 trenches, as close as they will lay, covering them 

 with earth. The earth * 9 It is taken out of the 

 trench, should be made lo f „ rm a d pi Dg bank, 

 against which the trunks and branches may rest, 

 tho trees being laid in a sla Dl | ng ll0i itt D. Then 

 cover the tops with straw or *vc rgroen brush, and 

 all is safe until spring, except mice trouble them 

 and if the trunks are covered with ea rlh (hey c ^ 

 only Injure the branches. Some prefer \ '^uud 

 trees erect and bank up the earth a foot or t» m a 

 protection against mice. If tree* arc receivtd 

 frozen they can be removed from the boxes ot 

 bales and "heeled in*' immediately, and the roou 

 will receive no injury if tbey have been » e'l packed 

 •nd are permitted to thaw gradually in the solL— 

 If. however, they are received in freeitog weather, 

 place the box or bale In the cellar unopened, and 

 »Uow it to remain until thawed, then choose some 

 fine day » n d "heel In" or plant. Trees that are 

 received la t oe spring, and apparently pretty well 

 dried up, any „ ft « B ^ „ ved by burying the whole 



NORTHERN MUSCADINE GRAPE. 



Editors Bubal:— A few months Bince the u 

 a new grape, known as the Northern Muse, 



ere controverted with great 



ilumns. The grape 

 thing, and what was more, that none of the cele- 

 brated nurserymen would have anything to do 

 with it. It WM said, in further corroborstion of 

 its wortbJessness, that one poor fellow was actually 

 driven from the room whero It was, by its offen- 

 sive odor. Well, why should it nut smell bad, 

 originating as it did, among tho Shai 



advent had been more anapioioni, ita praa- 

 ence might have been tolerated. 



Three or fonr years ago, and before its reputa- 

 tion became so bad, some fifteen persona iu this 

 village (the writer among them) sent each for a 

 vine— tbey . ame, were set )ut, and a few of them 

 fruited last year, all of tho vines have done so this 

 year, I believe, and the fruit has perfectly matured, 

 so that we have bad every desireblo opportunity 

 te» test its quality. I have about a dozen different 

 kinds of grapes iu bearing, the far-famed Diana 

 among them, hat this Quaker grape is altogether 

 the beat, and this ia the united opinion of all that 

 are acquainted with it here. I am not puffing this 

 grape to extend its sole, for I know of none to be 

 had, but I would advise those that desire a really 

 good grape, to obuln it if they can, and gi 



trial 





IttiiAJtK a.— There ia no accounting for taste, and 

 w e certainly have no desire to regulate the tastes 

 ot other* to suit our standard. Those who tike a 

 B«pe with a strong musky OT/aju flavor, will like 

 Mucodaaflj »nd if they are particular- 

 ly partial to thu taste and amell, they will be still 

 better suited with the Charter Oat. 

 hu as much of au ,i«or u we like, and any grape 

 that is more foxy than this variety, we wonld coo- 



deau as unfit for the table— that is, unless we 

 lived somewhere in the northern regions, where 

 we could not ripen a good grape, then we might 

 become starved to it. Bat those who like it should 

 not call in question the motives of those who en- 

 tertain different opinions. There Is not a nursery- 

 man In the country but could have propagated 

 thousands of these plants, had they felt justified in 

 recommending and selling them. The fact that 

 they did not do so, seems to us honorable rather 

 than otherwise. What they could gain I. y refus- 

 ing to progagate it, except what every business 

 man gains by pursuiogaconrse of honorable deal- 

 ing, we cannot imagine. Seitherthe Delaware nor 

 Rebecca was raised by nurserymen — the former was 

 found on a farm in Ohio, and the latter in b little 

 garden in the city of Hudson. Now, according to 

 our correspondent, the nurserymen should have 

 condemned these varieties. Instead of that, how- 

 ever, all recommend and propagate them. We are 

 not slow to condemn everything that looks like 

 deception or fraud, but this unmerited censure— 

 this calling in question the motives of any man or 

 class of men that happen to differ from us, is very 

 unprofitable business, in which we shall never 

 engage. The only merit of the Bfiueadau, we think, 

 is its earllness, being some two weeks earlier than 

 the Isabella, Its faults ureita had flivor, and the 

 drop from the bunches. We 



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GRAPE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Fall Meeting o 

 elation of Uammondsport, was ! 

 This Association was formed s 

 and though composed of the grape growers of 

 Hftmmondsport, the meetings are attended by many 

 gentlemen from the adjoining counties. The dis- 

 cussion was quite interesting, bot onr synopsis 

 must be very brief, as we have lately devoted so 

 much space to reports of the doiogs of Fruit A-so- 



Bok. D. Mc Master, of Bath, said that the season 

 was two weeks later at Bath than at Hammonds- 

 port; that evenCatawbascooldnotbe successfully 

 ripened at Bath. The Black Cluster or Burgundy 

 ripens welL 



J. Lareowe said that he had cut off ends of his 

 vines in August, and some as late as 1st of Septem- 

 ber, and had also trimmed off the leaves, and was 

 experimenting in various kinds of summer prun- 

 ing, but could not state results as yet. 



Ma. Wsl Prentiss, of Pultney, spoke from bis 

 experience against trimming the Isabella, He be- 

 lieved in cutting as little as possible. He differed 

 from the German mode, as practised in tho vine- 

 yard of A. Iteisinger, whioh was to use the knife 

 liberally on the ends of the vines and on laterals, 

 and thought it injurious to the prosperity of the 

 vine. Has a vineyard of one and a half acres, 

 bearing vines, set eighteen feet apart, among the 

 stumps originally; had trained them ;) feet high; 

 last season had made from this vineyard -1^0 gallons 

 of wine, and sold $200 worth of fruit. That he had 

 sold all bis wine, and has between four and five 

 acres of vineyard in process of cultivation, moBtly 

 Isabellas, and should set no more Catawbas, 



I. HtLDBETn, of Big Stream Point, said he has 

 a vineyard of two acres, set 13 feet apart, of Isabel- 

 las, Had cultivated the ground well, and had 





garded the native vin 

 European, and reqni 

 strongly in favor of ti 

 the cultivation of the vine. Thought his vineyard, 

 now 3 years old from the setting, would yield this 

 year from 5 to lei pounds of fruit to the root The 

 first year setting, in the winter pruning, he cut all 

 the shoots close to the ground. The 2d year these 

 shoots should be left from 1 to 3 feet long, depend- 

 ing on the strength of the vice, and after that leave 

 from 3 to 4 shoots every year only. 



Wsl Bases, of Pleasant Valley, near Hotnmonde- 

 port, said he had on his farm an Isabella vino 1G to 

 18 years of age, C inches in diameter at the root, 

 which root will yield this season about 300 pounds 

 of fruit; thicks he could so train a single vine ss 

 to grow 1,000 pounds of fruit in one season. 



J. Libkowe defended summer pruning with con- 

 siderable force and ability, if judiciously used; 

 spoke of the advanced and progressive ideas ot the 

 Yankee as applicable to the cnltnro of the grape, 

 and could not condemn the judicious application 

 of the knife to the superfluities of the vine, which 

 drew out in reply, 



Mr. I. Hildbeto, who Baid, among many other 

 good things against the practice of summer prim 

 iog, that although he waa a Yankee, and loved to 

 whittle as well as any of the race, he always kept 

 his jack-knife in his pocket while in his vineyard 

 In the summer, 



Mb. Clark Bell, the Secretary of the As 

 tion, stated to the meeting the object of the 

 elation to be "to obtain reliable information upon 

 the subject of the culture of the grape, and the 

 relative value, and practicability of the growth of 

 thedifl rem .varieties in thisclimate; that 

 n with that object had been formi 

 t had most of the varieties known iu this 

 country growing in the vineyards of its members 



r the purpose of introducing and testing them." 



He stated briefly what was being done at Ham- 

 mondaport in the culture of the grape, that the 

 gentlemen from abroad might know to what extent 

 vere interested in this question. After enu- 

 ing several very flourishing vineyards, the 

 Secretary said there were over thirty acres in vine- 

 yard at Hammondsport Not a doubt waa felt as 



WATERMELON S.-WINTKB PEARS. 



Eds. Bcral:— A. S. Form asks how to "ascer- 

 tain when watermelons are ripe." This minds me 

 of a matter already too long neglected for this 

 season. But tirst let me tell him how I ascertain; 

 in addition to what you have said on the subject. 

 Look to the " ,-:.ri '' and the spoon-shaped leaf near 

 the 6tem of the melon. Wnen these are dry and 

 brown, I pick the melon, with full faith that It is 

 ripe. Iwjutatl Fdsjnj Ruralutt to recoiled thia, 

 and not do as waa done in my " p3tch" by a young 

 Miss, "plug" all the large melons to find the ripe 



To grow watermelon* vixAout ,eed* would be a 

 desirable thing, wonld it not? It can be done, bnt 

 I am not quite sure as I shall tell you, for a very 

 good reason; jet I will tell aa much aa I know 

 about it In the cltyof RioJanelro,anold French 

 gardener supplies the market with ntdtui water- 

 melons, or did during the winter of LM6-& He 

 did it by pruning, so as to pmtnt tht potfan from 

 having its influence on the genua. This will prevent 

 the formation of seeds. Do any of the reudcra of 

 the IiuuAL understand the matter? If so, Ut us 

 hear; if not, let all interested test the matter tho- 

 roughly and report progress next year. Let ub 

 hear from friend Fuina, of Brooklyn, on the 

 subject 



WiKT8.it Peaks. — It surprises me that any one 

 can say aught against Winter Peart. I have one 

 tree (name unknown) planted by " Uncls Ben. 

 Bhnjamik," something over twenty years since. 

 The fruit, in fall, bitter, astringent, hard, and 

 toogb, becomes, about the middle of December, 

 of orange yellow, crisp, juicy, melting, delicious— 

 yielding exquisite delight to thepali i 

 have hud the good fortune to taste it Yet this 

 tree was pronounced worthless by all who kuew it 

 at the time I bought the place. A pair of busy 

 hands, however, that belongs to the better half of 

 me, wrapped np a few dozen the first full after oar 

 coming to the place, and about January following, 

 placed ii dish of pearo npon the table that looked 

 as if they came fresh from the hands of Midas, 

 but the taste declared them to be of Pomona's 

 richest and best. You shall, however, judge for 

 yourself sometime next winter, when, if nothing 

 unfiir«een occurs, I will send you some Winter 

 I'ears that are pronounced, by all who have tasted 

 them when ripe, good. How few appreciate pears, 

 yet what fruit is better? Although some men, 

 such as friend Allen and I, are careless coltlva 

 tori 1 , yet we ltn*u the fruit, is good and the trees 

 hardy, by examples show us by men who are Pomo- 

 logists indeed. Chas. Bracsett. 



Evbk-Bkakim, STaAwi;ERRiE8.— For some years 

 past we have heard a good deal about Ecer- Dearii 

 , but in this latitude they have on 

 been talked about. Further aonth, perhapp, fri 

 has been produced in the full, but whether enou; 

 to mako it a matter of much account, wo cann 

 say. This season, however, a lady in the town 

 Greece in this county, presents us with several k 

 ef ripe strawberries, during the month of Septet 

 her, and on the li'.th of October, gave us a very fine 

 lot of berries, large, ripe and luscious, others in 

 different stages of growth and some line clusters 

 of flowers. So, we have what has been so long 

 Bought for, .in ■ .'. -,. y at last, be 



sides the little Alpine- Now, for fear we ntighl 

 raise an excitement, and cause people to send oe 

 large piles of money to procuie lor them this valu- 

 able variety, (or rathei varieties tor there are two 

 sorts,) we will give their names, and perhaps they 

 may sound familiar to strawberry growers. They 

 are called Crinuon Cone and Early S 

 fact is they did so poorly in the strawberry b< 

 in consequence of the extreme dry weather, that 

 they have been trying to make amende ever 

 A worthy example which many we know, who have 

 wasted half their days, would do well to imit 





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Isabellas ripened there 

 as a failure everywhere 

 was very large and very 



Rcbal mentioning 



, — Having seen 

 I think proper t 



CbacsUHO 'hlle writing, I 



thought of asking a little information with regard 

 to apples being blighted on one Elde. In my 

 orchard there are very few that are not dried and 

 cracked open, so as to render at least one-quarter 

 of the apple entirely useless. If you, or any of 

 your readers, cau inform me of the cause, and how 

 to prevent It iu future, if it can he prevented, I 

 shall consider it as a great favor. I may state 

 thatlaat spring I had my orchard well trimmed, 

 by a man wh" : .-. J anappren- 



1. i ■ ■ '_ :: 1 1 ■ , ■ ■ - = ... 



ue generally the same, aa fai ea my knowledge 



extends.— J . B . 



Remarks.— The disease you speak of is undoubt- 

 edly a mildew, somewhat similar to that wbich 

 causes the cracking of some varieties of pears in 

 certain localities. The mildew destroys the skin, 

 and prevents the development of the fruit, at the 

 point attacked with the disease; tho flesh there- 

 upon becomes hard and OMQkt, and on the skin is 

 Been a dark horny scale, (.'ood drainage. Urn rough 

 culture of the soil, judicious pruning, so as to ad- 

 mit a free circulation of air, and a little sunlight 

 among the branches, would do much toward 

 remedying the difficulty. Will not some of our 

 readera give their experience in this matter. 



Mai> 





ighbor has eight black 

 s garden. They produced 



cibty.— This Society held their Annual Meeting 

 Augusta on the 5th inst. and mado choice of the 

 following officers for the ensuing year: — Prat 

 ,!■■/,!— E. holmes, of Winthrop. r. 

 Henry LitUe, Penobscot; S. F.Perley, Cumberland; 

 Francis Fuller, Kennebec; S.W. Cohurn, Somerset: 

 John Currier, Lincoln; John Roger*. York; D. 

 Forbes, Oxford; Sam'l Batman, Waldo; C. Cham- 

 berlain, Piscataquis; S. F. Dike, Sag.u! 

 Martin, Androscoggin; Oliver Could. Franklin; 

 Wm. D. Dana, Washington; John Allen, Aroostook. 

 & -'"'.ary— D. A. Tnirbanks, Augusta. 

 Trtai urtr and Librarian— & Eaton, A agosta. Trus- 

 tees— Warren PercivaJ, Vaasalboro': D. Cargll.Eaat 

 Winthrop; F.Glazier.jr.HallowelL • 



•e an Fruit— D. Taber, Yassalboro'; I. W. Brit- 

 Winalow; N. Foster Gardiner; Horace Par- 

 lin, E. Winthrop; Calvin Spauldlng, HallowelL— 

 F. Glazier, Jr., of Hallowell. presented the Bschel- 

 der Sweei. an apple which is deserving more ex- 

 tensive propagation. It is a native of Hallo-veil, Is 



tostic i&timm. 



FRIED OYSTERS, SPANISH PICKLES, ic. 



■ iicc* — Foni tablespoons of flntlv- 

 grated horse-radish; 2 of made mustard: 1 salt- 

 spoon of salt; 1 of pounded loaf sugar, and vine- 

 gar enough to cover the whole. It will keep seve- 

 ral months, if closely bottled. Delicious. 



BD&- Take large oysters from their 

 own liquor, on a thickly folded napkin, then make 

 a tablespoon of lard and one-half a teaspoon of 

 salt, hot in a thick-bottomed frying-pan. Dip 

 each oyster in flour or rolled crackers, and lay 

 them in the frying-pan, and fry gently until one 

 aide is a delicate brown, and then turn them by 

 sliding a fork under. Some people like a very- 

 little of the liquor poured iu the pan after the 

 oysters are done, let it boil up and pour over the 



BrcEwsAT Cases, after standing to rise all 

 night, are much improved by adding, just beforo 

 baking, a teacup of sour cream or rich buttermilk, 

 and a little saleratus. This improves the flavor 

 and makes them richer and lighter. Ab the sea- 

 son for cakes is approaching, I hope the virtues of 

 this recipe wilt be thoroughly tested. 



Sfakibs ricKtEa. — Wash, in cold water, some 

 green tomatoes, put them iu a jar, and cover with 

 warm salt and water lor twenty-tour hours, and 

 then pour it off. Slice the tomatoea with onions, 

 horseradish, roots and green peppers, in slrccBone- 

 quarter of an inch thick; put them all iu the jar, 

 adding small cucumbers and radish pods, and 

 cover the whole with good vinegar, slightly fla- 

 vored with cinnamon, and jou will have seme 

 good pickle?. 



Tiie Vert Be?t Way to Prepabb Codfisb for 

 -lake (at night) half of a codfiBh, put 

 it into a pan and cover with cold water, and let it 

 staud until morning, then take off the shin, and 

 take out the largest bones, carefnlly— put on some 

 fresh water, and set it on the atove. While this is 

 heating tit must not boil,) mix one and one hall 

 cups of sweet cream, with two-thirds of a cup of 

 butter, and heat It boiling hot— take the liah out of 

 the water upon a hot platter, pour on the gravy, 

 sift pepper over, and serve hot for breakfast. 



Soda Biscuit. — Two cops cream; 2 of Bweet 

 milk; 2 teaspoons cream tartar; 9 of Bodo, and 

 flour to mix soft 



Ginger Snaij. — Two cups molasses; 1 table- 

 spoon of saleratus; 2 of ginger; -1 of water, and 

 two of lard. These are excellent 



Nice Frcit Cakb.— Three cops sugar; 1 cop of 

 butter; i eggs; 1 cup of sweet milk; 1 cups of 

 flour; 1 teaspoon saleratus; j a nutmeg; a tea- 

 spoon cinnamon and cloves; 1 pound of raisins, 

 atoned and cut in two, and | of a pound of citron, 

 cut in Blips, This quantity makes two largo cakes. 

 R09ELYNDA W. 



Tomato Figs.— Having Been an inquiry in tho 

 RraAL for a good way to preserve Tomato Figs, 

 and finding no answer, I thought we ought to let 

 you know how we preserve them. We take plum 

 or pear-sheped tomatoes, scald and peel them. 

 To sixteen pounds of iruit put six pounds of 

 sugar; boil them until they are eoft, then take 

 tbem out, put in a dish and flatten them. Dry 

 them in the ana; then pack them in ajar or box, 

 and sift white eagar over every layer; then cover 

 them over, and they will keep for a year. There 

 will be considerable syrup left, which will be of 

 service to boil other fruit in. We have tried them 

 three years, and find they keep well.— A Spdscki- 



Ma, 



Wis., 1868, 



Indian Brbad— I would like to add my mite to 

 the column of " Domestic Economy," in the form 

 of o recipe for making Indian Bread, which ia as 

 follows:— One piut-basin lull flour; 2 of corn meal; 

 1 of sour milk, (not buttermilk;) 2 of sweet milk; 

 1 small lablespoonfol saleratus; 1 of salt 1 teacup 

 molasses, less will do — stir np cold, hake in G quart 

 pan, 1) hours, rather quick oven. Try it, for we call 

 it excellent.— Martha A. T., P,k-, X Y» 1858. 



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oiled Bairn milk, stir 





of Indian meal, then add one quart 







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taken from the whole 



three egg 





ill cup of 



sugar; season with cinnamon an 









ralfllna rri 







t Bake three hour*, 



and cool o 



ib in 



britk ov 



D, . AbrtJl Pit, 



er, X }■. 



1KB Citrons.— Will aDy of the numer- 

 ous readera of the Rural be kind enough to give 

 a recipe lor preserving citron in halves or quar- 

 ters bo as to sell it by the pound. I have noticed 

 a great many recipes which I think are very good 

 in families generally, but I have never seen nny 

 forthisspeclal purpose,— J, S. Ci rci.iiiB Syracuse, 

 X. K, 1856. 



Riifp.Mt kTMn— Take u jack-plane, pot one end 

 in a milk pan or half bushel, with the face np, take 

 on ear of com iu the right hand, holding tho plane 

 with the left, and In five minutes yon can prepare 

 samp enough for a meal of the best kind, free from 

 all grit ordirL— Wii. Oufii I 

 Co., K > ; . 1858. 



Will some of the lady readera please inform mc 



how to color bright sky blue on silk, and oblige 



Miss MotLie E. X.. Rural Dell, N. i I 



np I 



i.r.,i-,,Hi(,| 



ing eatablishme: 

 Borax being 



ishing powder, Ins't-Lid of 



of a large handfol of 



about ten gallons of boiling i 



soop nearly half. All the large 



iments b* — * 



.mt,ricE>, .'.<:. 



t adopt the i 



I for c 

 strong aolui 



tti Una 



nilU, Chant, Co, 



slightest degi 

 '"" effect is to BOfli 

 e it should be : 



I bicarbonate of s 



*ater, and tbere- 

 :otlet table. To 

 ■ed for cleaning 

 ~e, and In bot 



cooling beve- 



