296 



ilti| hardener's Jftonthlg. 



beside the W. Albany. Triompbe de Gand, is 

 very fine ; but not so regularly large as Agriculturist 

 or Russell. Soil of the place on which the trials 

 were made, rather heavy, but kept in good culture, 

 results, upon the whole, most satisfactory. 



Got " Keyes Early Prolific Tomato" from Messrs. 

 Hovey & Co., of Boston. 



Gave it all due care and attention, and the result 

 is, a few days behind all other good sorts in place 

 of " thirty days earlier." 



The fruit is quite small, and upon the whole an 

 inferior variety. The Tilden Tomato has sustained 

 itself most admirably, and stands at the head of the 

 list. If we could get a good Tomato, even ten days 

 earlier than the good old sorts, it would be a great 

 boon to our mountain region, where our summers 

 are so short. Let us hope that by careful selection 

 of seed and judicious experiments it may yet be 

 found. 



■ 



TO PRESERVE PEAS mOM WEEVIL, 



BY J. S. COLLINS, MOORESTOWN, N. J. . 



In regard to "trouble with the Pea Weevil" with 

 your correspondent in East Tennessee (spoken of in 

 last No. of Monthly,) I would state that the New 

 Jersey truckers, or market gardeners, in vicinity of 

 Philadelphia, where early Peas are raised exten- 

 sively, prevent the pea weevil from eating its way 

 out, and consequently the destruction of the germ 

 by sprinkling a little Spirits of Turpentine over the 

 heap after winnowing, and stirring well before put- 

 ting in granary for use the following spring. A quart 

 of turpentine being sufficient for fifteen or twenty 

 bushels of peas. 



SULPHUR AS A MEDICINE FOR GRAPE 

 VINES. 



BY JAMES LAMONT, PITTSBURG, PA- 



I am very happy that Mr. Newark still writes 

 on the Foreign Grape. Makes mention of the two 

 greatest pests in grape cultivation, the red spider 

 and mildew. I am of the same opinion as Mr. N. 

 Vines can be grown without sulphur. I have had 

 charge of grape houses in this country for twelve 

 years; and during that time I used the sulphur 

 once, and mildew and spider did leave in " double 

 quick." 



lam satisfied if I had Mr. Newark, Mr. Miller 

 and Mr. A. in a great air-tight grape house, and I 

 to start the fumes of sulphur on them, and the 

 doors locked, the three in-side, and Mr, Thompson 

 and I out-side, we should have a good time looking 

 in at them, during their "conviction time," that 

 sulphur is sure death to red spider, and in coming 



out, instead of classing us with "mushroom gar- 

 deners who use sulphur," they would ask a promi- 

 nent place amongst us. 



Red spider will bring on diseases on the vine, 

 therefore, I have called that a medicine, which will 

 stop the spread of it, and that is sulphur. 



I am sorry that Mr. Miller has made up his mind 

 to be "cast back into obscurity," and to leave with 

 his hat what every horticulturist in the length and 

 breadth of the land ought to know. I will in- 

 vite Mr. Miller to come out from obscurity and 

 handle his own pen in the great cause of hor- 

 ticultural progress. 



Allow me to correct a mistake of Mr. Newark. 

 He thinks I did not understand him about the 

 weight of grapes in his article ; but I understand 

 him fully. His own words are : " He, (Mr. Miller,) 

 grows grapes to perfection, I saw two Black Ham- 

 burg clusters weighed. No. 1 was five pounds and 

 ^a half No. 2 was four pounds and a half Who 

 can excel? let him say? " This is in the Novem- 

 ber number for 1866." 



Now in the June number for 1867, he says: " I 

 said there were twenty pounds of fruit on the vine, 

 and the largest cluster was five and a half pounds." 



Neither Mr. N. nor myself can find that in the 

 Monthly, I simply asked the question, did both of 

 these bunches grow on the one vine? if so, and 

 twenty pounds more, then I would say that that is 

 good grape growing. (See the Monthly for Feb- 

 ruary, 1867.) 



Grapes, berries, measuring from three and a half 

 to three and three-quarter inches in circumference, 

 is certainly coming near to perfection in this country. 

 Now, a bunch of Black Hamburgh, say four pounds, 

 and all the berries three and a half inches in cir- 

 cumference, would be beautiful to look at. Can 

 Mr. Miller do that this year? If he can, I would 

 say to him through the Monthly^ take or send that 

 bunch to some great exhibition, and you will 

 get a feather in your ha* that will be long in fading. 

 It will be sent to New York, Philadelphia, Balti- 

 more, Washington, Cincinnatti and Pittsburgh, and 

 all over the States. The Monthly will carry it every- 

 where for you. 



I think Mr. Newark is right in saying that gard- 

 ners spring up like mushrooms in this country, but 

 we can "get along" notwithstanding we have so 

 many small places among us just suited to such — 

 to drive carriage and milk cows and so forth. Any 

 gentleman that will give the wages to a good gar- 

 dener, which such men do not expect, can have the 

 benefit any time. It does not matter how often they 

 may want them. I know many gardeners who have 



