As Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinghast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
_ OR TILL8 A PLANT. _ 
SUBSCRIPTION 60 CENTS PER YEAR. 
advertising rates, 4 5 CENTS per nonparikl line. 
Entered at the Post Office as second class matter. 
VOL. VI, NO. XI. WHOLE NO., XLIX. 
Li Plume, Lackawanna Co., Pa., Nov., 1886 . 
Let us try never so hard and we cannot 
make Seed-1 ime and Harvest to exactly 
suit every reader. But here is apian which 
will come pretty near it. Would you like 
more matter on Small Fruit subject ? When 
renewing your subscription send us sixty 
cents instead of fifty as usual, and we will 
present you a copy of Mr. Green’s new book 
* How to Grow Small Fruits,” worth a dol¬ 
lar to any one. Do you want more House¬ 
hold matter ? Send us 75 cents with your 
subscription and we will present you with 
the Ladies Home Journal. (See advertise¬ 
ment on cover.) Our club-list will show a 
variety of journals devoted to special sub¬ 
jects which can thus be obtained at small 
cost in combination with us. And if your 
-subscription has not expired, remember 
that any other new name will answer in 
place of your renewal. 
New White Grape. We recently re¬ 
ceived from H. C. Green, Elmira, N. Y., 
a very compact bunch of grapes which 
closely resembled the Delaware, except in 
color, which was white. The following 
description accompanied them: 
“White Delaware, a seedling of the 
Delaware; hardy, vigorous, and earlier 
than the parent, and very productive; has 
ripened here for five years earlier than the 
Concord. The fruit resembles the Dela¬ 
ware in every respect except in color, 
which is white. The flavor is all that can 
be desired for a table grape. For earliness, 
hardiness, productiveness, it excels any va¬ 
riety we have yet tested. There are no 
vines for sale, as there has not been any 
propagated—only the original vine—which 
has produced §ye crops of fyujt,.” 
Our Country Home does not claim to be 
an illustrated journal, yet we find the fol¬ 
lowing picture in its columns. We take it 
to be its own likeness, that is, a picture of 
our country home. 
“Some apples, plenty of nuts, good books, 
plenty of hard wood, and a fireplace—these 
are not extravagances for a farm. A sweet 
wife, loving, joyous children, rooms ar¬ 
ranged and cared for by tidy, tasty hands— 
all lend a charming tint to the scene. It is 
night, the wind is rough, and the storm 
beats high, but the fire glows ruddy on the 
back log, and all is cheerful within. In no 
place on earth can we find the serene com¬ 
fort to be found nestling in such & farm 
cottage as this. It is an everyday dream, 
very possible, yet too rarely created in 
American homes.” 
November Work. 
Now comes the final touch for the season, 
the finishing up, the cleaning out. Take 
care of the celery, if yet out doors. Many 
home gardeners take great pains with their 
celery through its growing season, spend 
hours of hard labor in hoeing and banking, 
and finally neglect to harvest it in time,, 
and lose the greater part of it by freezing. 
Run no risks. 
Salsify, parsnips and spinach, which are 
to be left iii the ground over winter for 
winter s or spring’s use, need no or very 
little protection. We have always winter¬ 
ed them safely without. Falbsown onions, 
lettuce, kale, etc., may stand the cold 
weather better when lightly covered with 
leaves or fine litter, which prevents “heav¬ 
ing out.” 
Clean up the rest of the garden. If the 
ground is infested with cut-worms, plow 
deep and as late as possible before heavy 
freezing. The frost will kill the worms. 
Manure can then be applied during the win¬ 
ter and the ground re-plowed in early 
spring. 
Our work in the garden is now done for 
his year. The preparations for the next 
year’s garden, during the fore part of the 
winter, occupy our thoughts more than 
our* * hands. We enjoy the fruits of our 
labor and rest while we may .—Orchard and 
Garden. 
