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hauling of muck to the compost heap, destruction, by com- 
post fermenting or burning obnoxious weeds, &c., &c. 
THE GARDEN 
All plants of the- CavMJioiter, BrocoH or Cabbage fami- 
ily, may now be set out for fall and winter use. Continue 
fito transplant Celery. Full crops of the different kinds of 
I 'Turnips should be sown dudng the month, as directed 
ij above. Sow seeds of Beets, Snlsify, Carrots, &€., for 
I winter use— shading the ground by a slight “brush arbor,” 
i firom the hot sun. Radishes, Spinach, Lettuce, &c., may 
!|still be sown, and Snap Beans planted for pickles. Plant, 
ialso, and Cucumbers hr mangoes and pickles. 
ijKeep do wii all weeds — use the hoe, and water freely. 
■' Plant a second or fall crop of Irish Potatoes and Peas, 
s mulching both heavily with leaves. The Purple Egg 
? Plant, Tomato and Lima Bean may be planted for a late 
icrop, and will come yet, with “favorable seasons.” Keep 
? your Strawberry Beds clean, open and mellow now, if 
[ you desire to increase your plants, and encourage the 
growth of runners by an occasional showering with soap 
su Is. If you do not want runners, cut them off and turn 
them under, to give back their substance to the bearing 
: plants. Give these occasionally a light top dressing of 
leached ashes just before a shower, or w^ater them with a 
very weak solution of potash. 
THE OKCHAED AND NHE8EKY. 
Peach, Nectarine and Apricot trees may be “shortened 
in” or cut back one-half of this years’ growth, where the 
frost has destroyed the fruit ; but w’here the trees have 
borne or are heavily laden, this operation may be deferred 
until October. Budding of all stone-fruits may still be 
continued, by those who adhere to this back-breaking 
and head-aching practice. Insert the bud on the north side 
of the stock, early in the morning, or just before night-fall, 
ceasing operations in the heat of the day. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Collect seeds of all Annuals, and preserve them care- 
fully. Bud Oranges and Lemons. Propagate Aloes and 
the Cacti (or Cactus) by slips. Sow Bulbous rooted 
flower seeds to obtain new varieties. Stake your Dahlias 
and thin out the flow'ers, if too profuse. Clip Box edgings 
in moist -weather. Cut and roll grass plats and lawns. 
Clean up walks, put on fresh gravel, and roll smoothly. 
Water your potted Annuals and other plants daily, in 
hot weather. Sow Tulip and other bulb seed. Gather 
all valuable seed as soon as ripe, and save for future use. 
Use wader and w'eak liquid manure frequently, as here- 
tofore directed. 
SOUTHERN FRUITS— APPLES, 
NO. II. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Having omitted, in 
our former article on Southern Fruit, to call your atten- 
tion to an Apple, brought before the public by Dr. J. C. 
Jenkins, of Natchez, Miss., I must beg the liberty of do- 
ing so at this time, as the labors of the Doctor, through the 
press and in the orchard, entitle him to the thanks of every 
Southern Pomologist and Agriculturist. We -vv'ould that 
such men as Dr. Baldwin, Rev. J. L. Moultrie, Dr. M. 
W. Philips, R. Nelson, S. McDowell, St. Clair J. 
Leavel, of Kentucky, and Dr, J, C. Jenkins, were to be 
found in every county in every Southern State, together 
■W'ith many others we could name. With such exertions 
as have been made by these gentlemen in the cause of 
Horticulture and Pomology, much has been, and more 
still will be elicited and accomplished, that cannot: fail to 
place our list of Southern Seedling Fruits in a conspicuous 
position before the public. 
Through the exertions and enterprise of these and other 
gentlemen in other Southern States and Counties we 
could name, the scepticism on the question of raising 
Apples in thfe South successfully, has been dispelled, and 
in place of which we are now seeing broad and vigoious 
orchards growing up through the length and breadth of 
the South, where, but a few years since, blackberries and 
persimmons constituted the variety in most localities. 
The example and success, demonstrated by these pio- 
neers in the cause, we are happy to add our humble testi- 
mony, is having a salutary influence in creating a taste 
for the more general pursuit of Pomology, and for which 
the Southern States are pre-eminently adapted in soil and 
climate. 
But we must return to the previous question, with which 
we started — the Elgin Pippin. This apple. Dr. J. C. 
Jenkins informs us, has been cultivated in the vicinity of 
Natchez, Mi.ss., and is supposed either to be a seedling 
from the Spanish Reinette or Cameusar, or that fruit itself 
so modified and changed through acclimation and long 
cultivation, as to have become peculiarly adapted to that 
region of country. With him, we should suppose it to be 
a seedling raised by the early French or Spanish colonists, 
as he has traced its history back some fifty years or more, 
at which time it would have been almost impossible to 
have imported living trees ; seeds were probably planted 
by the colonists, and this, one of the remaining trees pro- 
duced from them. We would like, and intended, when we 
commenced this article, to gjvc the specific description of 
this apple as we received it from him, but on making 
search we cannot find it amongst the numerous favors of 
our Pomological correspondents. We are in hopes to 
receive a specimen of the fruit this fall, from which to 
make drawings, and should we be thus favored, will tor- 
ment your readers with a view and description of it 
through the medium of the columns of the Southern Culti- 
vator. Suffice it to say, at this time, we are of the opinioa 
it -will be found to be a valuable acquisition to our Soutli- 
ern list of Apples We are now cultivating, in our 
Nursery and specimen orchard, about fifty varieties of 
Southern Seedling Apples, with the fruit of which we are 
personally acquainted in some forty varieties, and to 
which we give our unqualified approbation in preference 
to the choicest varieties cultivated in the Northern Stat^. 
As evidence of the superior adaptation of Southerix 
Seedling varieties over Northern, we give the following: — • 
We had duplicate specimens of trees of most of the North- 
ern desirable varieties, such as Peck’s Pleasant, Vande- 
vere, Rhode Island Greening, Pound Royal, Minister, 
Baldwin, Bellefleur, Spitzenberg, Newton Pippin, &c., 
&c. The tops of some of these we cut off last spring 
(1854) and grafted with such Southern varieties as the 
Nickajack, Wall, Walker’s Yellow, Cullasaga and Berry, 
&c., &c.; some of which are now loaded with fruit, whilst 
their mates standing beside them are still without any. 
There is a singular fact connected with those regrafted ; 
the tops are out-growing the stock or trunk and have U) 
be staked to keep them in an upright position, and in most 
instances are larger than those before mentioned. These 
trees have stood where they now are for some 5 years 
and made but a slow and stunted growth, whilst the 
grafts worked on their mates shot out from one to four 
and five feet the first year. 
This, -we hold, should be sufficient to convince every 
unprejudiced mind that our Southern Seedlings are the 
only and best kinds for Southern soils and climate. 
We have just had some fine specimens of the Earl/ 
Harvest Apple, a Northern variety, from our own orchard, 
together with some of our well known Southern variety, 
the Red June, The Early Harvest ripened some 5 or 6 
days before the latter, and on comparison, side by ^de 
and taste by taste, from first one and then the other, we 
write down the Early Harvest as second best to the Red 
June in size, flavor and appearance, whilst the latter tree 
bore ten to one in number to the former. 
