NOV. 13. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



367 



i&tthM mH (Sarflw. 



MULCHEia WITH L1VIHG PLANTS. 



Few understand how large >a amoont of w. 

 a given off bj plant" during their growth. Oar 

 ittentton wm particularly called 

 nanyyearaago.by 



had & strawberry 

 feet, of whtob we • 

 low, aandy, cbeetnnt 



r been endeavoring Id 

 lerraifoD and reeding 

 of about fifteen by thirty 

 proud. The soil was a yel- 

 im, end we bad highly ma- 

 least eighteen laches deep — 



id made & few runners. The 



rak«d off. Id all our experiei 

 strawberry planta make aooh & 

 The leaves and leaf stems wen 

 alzc. The planta, though, of 





h-,in 



apart The 

 It for frail was good. One evening, ftfiei 

 lay, fto the earliest 

 t home and beheld 

 ewberry bed In rains. Every plant 





uti.l ■ 



wilttrl. 



[ ljl-t * 



inpposed that tome unruly horse or cow bad gained 

 acoesa to the garden and bad been rolling upon it 

 Bat Hading no foot-prints, and learning that we 

 bad been TlslUd with no such Intruder*, we set 

 about to ascertain the cause. Taking a spade wo 

 dug down a foot or more, and fonnd the soil as dry 

 as powder. There did not seem to be a particle of 

 moisture in the soil. We then examined tbe soli 

 of ft strawberry bed near by, made in the spring, 

 where there were but few planta to shade the 

 gronnd, and fonnd it moist This was also the case 

 with the aoll of other parta of the garden. Tbe 

 idea was thus forced upon ns that the large amount 

 of foliage was the OHM of the dryness of the soil 

 and the wilting of tbe plants. With a spade we at 

 once dug under about two-thirds of the plants in 

 the bed. leaving them in rows about four or five 

 Inches wide with the width of tbe spade between 

 the rows. A thorongh watering was then given, 

 and the space between the rows covered with 

 coarse manore. Tbo wilted planta that remained 

 revived and perfected their fruit From this expe- 

 rience we got tbe Idea Into our head, where it etill 

 remain?, that shading or mnlcbing the ground with 

 living plants Is about as sensible as it would be to 

 mnloh it with hot cinders. 



At one of onr largest nurseries here, around the 

 office, is a well made lawn, green as we can expect 

 & lawn la In this country, even in the hottest and 

 driest daja of summer. On tbls lawn stands a Qne 

 hickory and a must beautiful elm— the old natives 

 of the forest saved from the woodman's axe. We 

 have often the past summer admired the smooth, 

 closely shaven green of this lawn, exposed to a 

 Bcorcblng sun of more than 120°, and hastened to 

 enjoy the ooo), grateful shade of the elm, where 

 perhaps the thermometer would not reach 90°; 



~~ e grns» »v |» 



unit nn ().#■•* 



The 



1 the soil on the 

 I treeabad takes 



to the Ban. Theecond a score of other facta which 

 we might mention, and many that will no doubt 

 occur to our readers, show tbat growing plants and 

 trees abstract the moisture from the soil in large 

 quantities, compared with which the slight benefit 

 they afford in the way of shade is of but little 



Careful experiments have shown that an acre of 

 wheat of thirty bushels of grain with a proper pro- 

 portion of straw, exhales 4,111 pounds of water per 

 day. An acre of clover that would make two tunB 

 Of bay passes off through its leaves 8,600 pounds 

 per day. A sunflower three feet and a half high 

 pereplred during twelve hours of a warm day thirty 

 onncea of water. This, it must be recollected, is 

 not ft physical evaporation like tbat which takes 

 place from the soil, but a vital action or perspira- 

 tion. All our experience and observation having 

 taught ns that growing plants of any kind around 

 trees was en tail, but whloh might be tolerated In 

 some cases, perhaps, we were much surprised to find 

 the following recommendation In a now book on 

 Pear Ckiltwrs, which but for this and a few other 

 blunders, we would cheerfully recommend to onr 



"PkA! , 



(.uor.Mi 

 iitt-forltt 



l Mflch. — A very 



i tbe order they 



iv rd v^RfUbles. Turnips, 





i humidity in 



re fallen upon 



■ , }'''''' 



ed field oh tbe 



lar 



foliage of the newly-planted trees."— Field" i 



Lurai. Walker, of Massachusetts, made a simi 

 mistake, when he recommended "mulching 

 reeawltb •oo',"— as also did onr friend Dr. &tl 

 E*TE8.wheo he advised growing strawberries in 

 maw, that they might form their own mnlch. 

 'his is an important matter, and we fear much ad- 

 Ice has been given calcnWted to mislead. 





1 10 inquire whether the 

 * has destroyed 



Of lta workings in tholr vicinity! 



vineyard one vine on which nearly 



had from one to three and four black 



when a spot made Its appearance oi 



stem of a grape It Invariably rotted, i 



dropped off, — ethers on the same clus 



ed at the stem, ripened, and the only sign of the 



disease, wu the spots assumed a bright gloesy 



• pptaruoe. Will soch grapes do to lay down for 



winter use | _ p. w. Casavstu MiddJetwy, Conn., 



CARNATION FLOWERED PEACH. 



In the Rub.il oi January Olh, we described the 

 principal varieties Of Double Flowering FruU Trees, 

 and also gave a very good drawing of the Whilt 

 Flowering Peach, which, with the Double Crimson, 

 waa obtained in Chita by Mr. Fobtbne, about 

 eight jeara since. Tbe old Double Pear), and 

 well known, and deservedly popular. 

 " these new varieties is the etrtk- 



tbe pale roco or peach- 

 oioasom of the old sorts, Flowering fide by side, 

 they produce a fine effect, and commend them- 



The great v 



ing beauty of their col 



crimson— quite distinct fi 



.pla. 



plai 



where the climate is not unfavorable to the bloa 

 oniing of tbe Peach. Wheie the peach blossom* 

 ite generally BiTfow, they #ffj of C jurt* be or rti 

 Joe, unless protected. The flowers of both are 

 eml-double— that is, they have several rowa ol 



petals, and a 



Peach, all 

 s beautiful than 



telligence of the flower 

 from China, called tbe 

 e present year we have 

 d the Can.a 



taken from a colored drawing in the London ftoritt 

 We have not learned that these new sorts buv« 

 been introduced into this country, hot our en'er 



6 Carnatum Flow. 



rather small tree introduced by Mr. Fobtpnb, ant 

 'let out' by Mr. Glbj dinnikg, of the Cbiswict 

 Nursery. We now Introduce to notloe anothei 

 variety, the stock of v. inch is in the ^session oi 

 Mr. Glehdinniko. To the Double lUi&and Vrw, 

 son Peaches introduced by Mr. FoBTtJNB, when tha 

 gentleman wan collecting plants in China for thi 

 Society have now therefore been 





s equally hardy and cultivable, 

 glanoe how very beautifol tbe 



dmitted that wherever 

 i demand, these new a 

 Chinese Peach should n 



Fine CitJUFLOWBaa— We are Indebted to Rich 

 A»n It Bsnnxt, of Fort Hamilton, N. Y., for two 

 of the finest Cauliflowers wo have seen for many 

 a day. Mr. Hisoneof the most Btioreseful market 

 gardeners In the vicinity of New York city, and 

 we hope he will give our readers some practical 

 hints that will be useful We have no desire to 

 make market gardeners of our friend*, but we are 

 anxious that every one with a rod or two of ground 

 should know how to grow decent vegetablea 

 From the following report of the sale of one 

 wagon load of cauliflowers in the New York mar- 

 ket, contained In a note from Mr, Bbknst, it will 

 be seen that the lovers of good things in that city 

 appreciate the value of this vegetable: 





Theae prices are very encouraging to growers, 

 and no one is better pleased than ourselves to see 

 the gardener well paid for bis labor and skill; bnt 

 taking the medium price to the consumer at 25 

 centa per head, it amounts almost to prohibitum. 



Isabella Chams.— Mrs. McKay, of Naples, 

 made us a visit a day or two since, and, left ns. as 

 ojoaL, a box of fine grapes, black as coala end with 

 that floe aroma that always denotes, perfect ripe- 

 ness. She waa on her way to Montreal, to deliver 

 3,000 pounds, which she had disposed of at 17 

 cents per pound, yielding the sum of *5lo, Thia 

 waa only a pait of the product of half an acre. 

 We almost envy onr Canadian friends this flue 

 fruit bnt if they have the taste to appreciate a 

 good thing, and the money to purchase it we i, op- 

 pose we have no right to complain. 



FlrDiAftD So,r ash— We are indebted to H. N. 

 1-AJiowoaTHT, Esq., lor the opportunity of again 

 tasting the HtMawd Sqmash, We ftro m ire thus 

 confirmed in the favorable opinion we expr*.**d 

 last winter of this celebrated variety. It makes 

 no mean substitute for the aweet potato— ia as dry 

 and sweet as any one can dear*, either steamed or 

 baked. Every lo,er of good vegetables should 

 plant the H^ibard next spring. 



MB. GLASSES GARDENING BOOK. 



r-to-be-lamented lady, 

 i ia cookery 

 Her hus- 

 i very fond of hi; 





good Mrs i!l as-h, wt 



band, a pains-taking 



garden, and be used to imitate bis wl 



ing good recipes for managing bis 



she did ber kitchen Bluff, Like her, my poor 



would tay to his wife, (her real name was Molly, 

 but she got the name of Sally In a family where 

 she lived) "never give a reason. People 

 want to know why n dish Bhould be cooked; all 

 tbey care about is to be told how to cook it 

 sous are only fit for lawyers; when peopl 

 paid for arguing why then of course tbey 

 chop logic, and try to win by help of rea 

 But cooks Bhould be taught to do, not to talk. I 

 never knew a talking cook worth her board. And 

 I've a notion it's much the same with gardening. 

 You see what capital crops Tom Moore there, 

 the end of the Green Lane, always bas; and yet 

 can hardly write bis nsme. Bat Mr. Ssmael np 

 the Hall, who Is quite a scholar, calls things by 

 Latin names, and is never done with talking, and 

 whose wall trees are beautifully cut, according to 

 what ho calls principle, ha* not half so much. I've 

 learnt many things from Tom, and uncommon good 



said to me, 'Mind you sow that Early Corn seed 

 thie week;' and when 1 asked him whether the 

 week after wouldn't do as well, 'No,' saya be, *lt 

 won't I tell you to tow it this week.' But I didn't 

 for I thought a few d,»ys couldn't signify, and I 

 hadn't half a crop, which waa very late, too. and 

 Tom had a foil crop, fll for pulling, very neorthree 

 weeks sooner. And bo I think Tom the beat gar- 

 Many and many a year did my father work at 

 bis garden; and when plenty of money came in 

 from tbe bookseller*, (be used to call my mother's 

 hook his cow,) he got a bigger piece of ground. 

 and grew flowers, and tnilt a Tluery or two, and 

 at last got np a long brick pit in which he grew 

 Apples. I shall never forget tbo old gentle- 





■ I.*. k i 



Hlnteru, where he beat Mr. Samuel with Pine Ap- 

 ples and Celery. "There," he said, smoothing 

 down bis chin with his right hand, - that cornea or 

 doing and not chattering, (he was a little lively 

 that evening.) Ntvtr, my boy, trouble yourself to 

 know why one way is better than another. Find 

 ont by experience which is the beat way and do 

 tbat There's aothing tike experience. When 





IWhj 



30 leg 



following the other; if you did want to know jo 

 wouldn't find nut So I say with gardenia 

 Isaac Ker was the beat Pine grower In oar count' 

 and nobody's Celery was aa find as Tom Moore' 

 Isaac showed me how to do a» he did. and Tom 

 did the same. I never aaked ft question, bnt did 

 as they did, and now, lad, I've won— 

 against all Mr. Samnel'a book leaning, 

 The old gentleman, waa all his life collecting 



gardening reclpea. He tried a 

 and when they did'n 

 out of b' ' 



iretohed then 



•«k In whi«-b 



yeong general shopkeeper 



broke before he bad time 



When tie reclpea turned out right he marked 



the 



When he couldn't trytbem 

 r in winter to talk aboo 

 ■ tbelr smoking olnb, 



blngs were jotted 

 ome thiugs ft 



f Sally should 



-e to grow things If one do 

 ten (it to ''-'t.' 1 

 It is a good many years i 



plain plodding « 





KH!i I 



of picturesqm 



ty, and giving t.ann names i 



tbeir wise heads over chemistry, and geology, c 



meteorulogy, who can't- get fi i 



kitchen garden or orchard. So I am thin! 



with your approval I v 







can get it silt < 



pound to a ni.l i-. plenty"! 



; bv yon . 



(live a good 



get hold directly. 



2. //..ii. to c-' Autumn Radi,h.i —Sow the seed 

 of the Early Wbire or Crimson Turnip nt ,n.« end 

 of August or iu the first week of Sept( 

 Choose a nice warm border and a light dt 

 ready in October. If you 



keep them in Nov< 

 pack la dry s 



er, atrip off iheii 



( Herbs.— Rather Sage, Mat 





them by the 



, where there ii 

 jded the sun doean 



nghd 



the fa- 

 shine on them. When dry. 

 hang them np In a dry room. If put into bag*, 

 mind they are not made of hrown paper. 



i. //,-» ■(«, t\,u ■ li.-fl.tjM— Find i beir holes. In 

 fvenin« pour in a little turpentine if yon c Hn - " 



l e tn"'enfio* 



elL— P. G. [Whei 

 >. and not my fa the 



shoots. Yon may 1 



wily. Co 



tralgbt 



b knife from the bud, 



above the hud. Leave on the twi 

 Pull off all the others. Take 

 inches deep. Put a i< w crocks i 

 the orooks lay some old shreds, 

 of charcoal dust or sliver sand 

 quarter peat, and half loam. With 

 makeholesthr 

 charcoaL Pa 



niftke. hull's through thep 



and loam down t*> t 



d press the soil do< 



i shady bOFdei 



id glass on agal 



pots, when tilled w 



But the first Is I 



weather against your pita, it jui 



cold. If thev k 



use. Ifyoudou'twai 



ashed. Yoa may get 



When the wTuwt Iso' 



ne early Seakale oi i:im 



a, leaver ar^ tin*fnl f.-.r 

 Halt Hnfl half is not loo 

 made eo will giv« a \iU« 

 int f.»r this, 



i all eioept 

 mr»eu u» powder, and 

 But tbey should be 



■irjus \: 



,: .try j.it mm 



i dry .tn win 



Hen, 



ii. 



Ida, with | 



ttf FmlL- 



;. — \j.\ 



rinkle their 



Kb lurpm'iue. 



■ way:— Put guano in their rune. I 

 think this Is best— P. n. 



10. How toPUMU Brrierriet for fflmusttlx— 

 l^t them he qnlte red and dry. bm 

 ripe. Take a i.lcsle jar; pack it 

 without preaslng them. Fill it np with good 

 I "" ' 



VChrt 





3omrstic tfamsttg. 



C0L0R3G RECIPE S-PODDUIGB AJ1D CAKES. 



k clean brass kettle; put 



frhaU 



neal and add thereto. Scald and s>raln — set it 

 Lack, put in 2 ounces spirit* of tin, itlr wtll, wet 

 your cloth in clean water, wring dry, put it in the 

 dye and let it remain one hour, airing it This 

 eolors a bright scarlet If yon wish to have it 

 darker, dip It In ataoeg alum water. 



CotoaiKO Bun on Cottox.— Dissolve 7 ounces 

 copperas In sufficient warm water to oover 3 

 poonda of cloth, pej in jour cloth and let it re- 

 main 1 hour, airing it; take it out and rinse in two 

 clean watera Dissolve 1 ounce of praatiate of 

 potash In the same quantity of water, and add 1 

 spoonful oil of vitriol— stir it weU, put In the cloth 

 and M it remain I hour, airing it, then rinse in 



Coloring Rinoi 

 wood — bulled in ai 

 or four pounds ol 

 Byl 



Cotton.— One pound of o 



ill color tl 



h alight red, i 



naln In the d; 



Airing and heal 



day or two, It will color datker 



It occasionally. 

 Bread Pronixo— One quart awict milk; 

 enp or butter; 1 nutmeg— 

 bread, chopped fine; 1 cup 

 a.— Tie np in a bag 1 cup 



1 it n bole v 



boiling wt 





I the whole 1 



Cm Caks.— One cup of bntter; '.' oops of sugar; 



oupa of flour, and four egg?. 



Sfonoe Cara — Four egg»; 2 cups of augur; 2 

 upa of flour. 



Cookies, — Ooo cup of sugar, rolled fine; 1 cup 

 I imtter; 1 cup of sour milk, and 1 Uatpoonful 



to OOLOB l 





■ Urn 



—Having noticed a 



■iKxki 



coloring brtght blue, I will give her our method. 

 For silk or ootton, take a piece of prmulate of pot- 

 ash half the size of a walnut; half an ounce of 

 copperas; dissolve io three pints soft water, then 

 add eight or ten drops of oil of vitriol. When 

 scalding (not boiling) hot, dip your cloth In, wet 

 it thoroughly with tbe dye, and wring out as eoon 

 aa possible— when dry, rlose Iu cold water. For 

 flannel or silk take tbe compound of vitriol and 

 indigo, (whk'h can be fonnd at any drugglata) stir 

 thoroughly into soft boiling water, according to 

 the shade yoa desire, set with a little alum. A 

 beautiful green msy be obtained by adding the 

 same compound to a strong yellow dye set with 

 alum.— Emma M„ Smiihfield. Mad. Co,N., Y., 186S. 



(3b£pi Prkmbvb'b inh Farrrr Cam.— TalW ripe 







gently a few min- 

 utes, then strain through a colander. Take white 

 sogar. equal portion?, with pulp and akina, and 

 cook until done. Skim the grapes out and sim- 

 mer the syrup until sufficient thickness to keep. 



Fkcit Cake.— One and one-fourth pound sugar; 

 1 pound Boor; j pound butter; 1 pound currauta; 

 1 pound raisins; ) pound citron; 1 teaspoon «ule- 

 ratus; 2 teaspoons sour milk; 8 eggs, beat the 

 whites and yolks separate; 1 teacup Jelly; olovea, 

 cinnamon, nutmeg, and a small piece of lord, — 



,Dui 



. V, 1W5S. 



1 BUTTIB.— . 



CooKrao Salt Whit* Fi 

 Soak the fish over night then boil it I 

 quantltlea of milk and water— have ready a little 

 diawn bntter. ponr it over the flab, and send it to 

 the table while hot 



Drawn Butter. — Take a piece of batter the 

 size of aa egg, melt it, mix a little flour with half 

 of a tencup of oream. and «tlr it with the but- 

 ter until it boila— Makt;C, Ha,,„d>al Centre, Ot- 

 wego Co , JV. ¥., 1858. 



Uecii'B fob Steamed I'udmmi. — Pare and 

 quarter six or seven apples, then slice them in a 

 dish. To one pint of flour, take a small bit of 

 shortening and one teaspoonful of " Herriu'a Yeast 

 Powder," roll thick and l.y over tbe apples. 

 Steam two hours without lifting the lid of the 





If 



this doea not please Mr, Sylvam-s, of Burtown, N. 

 Y„ I should quile despair of doing so.— Jbbbt 

 Roche tier. 1868. 



A Stkamid Apfi.b I'cimiKO.— Take some apple?, 

 pare and slice thin, place in a small pan, with water 

 enough to cook, then take a piece of butter aa 

 large fta an egg, work In the flour, then add 2 cops 

 of buttermilk; 1 of milk; teaspoon soda. Spread 

 tbls over the apples, then plnce over It another 

 pan, put on tbe stove, cook till done, nerve with 

 and sugar. If your landlady does not sue- 



I, if you will ( 









DUMPLDtflB. — Mn 



ond the sides, bnt hat 

 It with good greenings or pippins, qaar- 

 ason with salt; a teacup of water; cover 

 the top with paste; put In the oven and bake till 



nutmeg grated over the top— Aunt Molly, Wtntf 

 ty, Pa^ 1958. 



Sponob OiNOBBBSEAn — Take half a cup of melt- 

 ed butter; 1 tahlespoonfal of ginger; < pint of 

 molaesea; stir In floor to make It thick, then add 



* milk; 1 tablespoonfui laJeratus; 



o roll— bake in a quick oven.— Allie 

 B, HoUey.If. Y, 1868. 



Nice Rusk. — OaecofTeecopof sugar; I of milk; 

 up of yeast; bul 



beat all together— add Hour.— C. E. E., ller, 

 1 "•«, YoUm Co.. ' 



