AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
356 
MARYLAND. 
Talbot.Hambleton Park. 
Washington... 
West’n Maryland.Cumberland. 
CALIFORNIA. 
CaliforniaSouth’n.Los Angeles. 
Cal. South'u Hort.Los Angeles. 
El Dorado....Placerville. 
Golden Gate.Oakland. .. 
Monterey....-.Salinas City. 
Napa & Solano.Vallejo. 
Northern.Marysville. 
San Joaquin Val.Stockton. 
Santa Clara.San .Jose...Sept 
Siskiyou.Yreka. 
.Sept. 11-13 
Oct. 1G-18 
.Oct. 22-25 
Oct. 14-19 
Oct. 14-19 
Sept. 13-15 
Sept. 9-16 
Oct. 8-12 
Sept. 3 
Sept. 23-28 
Sept. 24-28 
. 30, Oct. 5 
Oct. 2- 5 
Grasses Named.— “ C. R. G.,” Young Co., Tex. 
“ Pungent Meadow Grass {EragrostispofBoides, var. megas- 
tacJiyd), with us an annual weed in cultivated grounds 
and waste places. It has a strong odor, as indicated by 
its common name. It belongs to a genus of little or no 
agricultural value, and if your horses show a fondness 
for it, it is probably due to the fact that it is a change 
from their ordinary food. We should not like to confine 
an animal to this as its only fodder_“ S. S.,” Stone¬ 
wall, Va. “ Velvet Grass ” ( Holcus lanatus ), and so unlike 
Orchard grass, that the seed could hardly have been sold 
for that by any competent seedsman. It is of very little 
value, hut is sometimes grown on soils too poor to raise 
a better grass ,.. “ J. S.,” Henderson, N. C. Italian Ray 
Grass ( Lolium Italicum), a valuable grass on good soils. 
The seeds may have been introduced in some packing 
case, or mixed with other seeds.' 
Pear ISliglit. —“ J. C. W.,” Hartford, Conn., and 
others. We are obliged to reply, as we have many times 
in the past, that the “ cause” of the blight is not known. 
It is supposed to be due to fungi, hut this has not been 
demonstrated. Its presence is not known or suspected, 
until the tree, or a part of it, is ckad , hence remedies 
can not be applied. The preventives that have been sug¬ 
gested are numerous, but we do not find any two fruit 
growers agree as to their efficacy. All that, with our 
present limited knowledge, can be advised, is, to cut away 
the blighted portion, be it more or less, and for fear that 
fungi may be concerned, burn the primings. Though pear 
blight is a topic discussed at pomological meetings 
more frequently than any other, scarcely any positive 
knowledge has been thus far elicited. 
Prickly Comfrey again comes forward as a matter 
of interest. “ A. W.,” Essex Co., N. Y., calls it “ a hum¬ 
bug of the worst kind,” as even his horses will not eat it. 
While some maintain it is a failure as a fodder crop, 
others speak favorably of it, and we have no means of 
knowing what there has been in the treatment of the 
plant, or in the method of feeding it, to account for 
these wide differences of opinion. In our own experi¬ 
ence, a row 200 feet long, it comes early and holds on 
late, and if our animals would only eat it, we should 
esteem it highly, but, in fact, neither of our cows would 
touch it last year or this ; early this spring, our horses 
seemed fond of it, but refused it altogether after they 
had had a nip at the pasture. The pigs eat it, but where 
“pussley ” and garden refuse are abundant, we see no 
inducement to cultivate Comfrey or other crops for feed 
iug pigs. We much regret that we can give no more 
favorable report from our own experience. It would 
appear that this Comfrey meets with more favor in the 
South than in the North and West, as it will there yield 
fodder before corn can be made available. 
The Fly in Wheat.- “B. II.,” Hillsboro, N. J. 
The "fly” is not in the seed wheat. After the young 
wheat plants have come above the ground, the fly lays its 
eggs on the leaves near the surface, and these hatch in a 
few days into small white maggots, which crawl down to 
the bottom of the stalk, pierce it and suck the juices. 
Anything that will disturb or destroy the maggot or the 
fly will save the wheat. See “ Hints for Work,” page 324. 
Lime, Salt, and Ashes, we would say to “ J. A. 
B.,” of Great Falls, N. H., will not make a good compost 
for sandy land. The ashes are all right, and the more 
used the better. Lime is seldom of any use on light 
soil, though often valuable for heavy land, and salt only 
on special crops or soils naturally fertile. If it is 
thought advisable to use either or all of these, there can 
be no advantage in mixing them ; though the salt and 
lime may be put together to advantage for use on heavy 
soils, as the mixture results in beneficial chemical action. 
Hoisting Wheel.— “ J. G.,” East Toledo, Ohio. 
A plan for constructing a hoisting wheel was given in 
the American Agriculturist for August, 1875. 
Treatment for Garget. — “ H.” —We have 
£ound a mixture of 7 parts of Glycerine and 1 part of 
Iodide of Potassium, to be the most effective application 
for caked or swollen udder. Before rubbing this upon 
the udder, that organ should be well fomented with warm 
water for some time. Half an ounce of Saltpetre may 
be given to the cow daily, while the udder is feverish. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD GO’S 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING — 1 
We deliver STRONG POT ROSES for Winter 
Bloom and Fall Planting, safely by mail, at all 
post-offices. Five Splendid Varieties, your choice, 
all labeled, for $1; 13 for $3; 19 for $3; 36 for 
$4; 35 for $5; 75 for $10 ; 100 for $13. Send 
for our New Guide to Rose Culture, and 
choose from over 500 Finest Sorts. Our Great 
Specialty is growing and distributing Roses. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., 
Rose-Growers, West Grove. Chester Co.. Pa. 
DIPLOMAS 
FOR 
Apnltiral Societies ai Schools, 
AT REDUCED PR5CES. 
Specimens supplied by 
THE MAJOR, KNAPP LITH. CO., 
56 and 58 Park Place, New York. 
New Quinby Smoker, 
Every Bee-Keeper should 
have it. 
Sent by mail for $1.50. 
Send for circular of general 
supplies to L. C. ROOT, 
Mohawk, N. Y. 
NEW PLANT. 
TRITOSIA MACOWANI, figured and described in 
A. A. for Feb. 1878. 
Large Plants, .$1.00 each. 
Small Plants . 50 each. 
$5.00 per dozen per mail after October 1st. Order early as 
stock is limited. WOOLSON & CO.. 
Dealers in Hardy Plants, Passaic, N. J. 
SPEC5AL PRICE LIST FOR 
MARK 15 T G A ISISENE KS 
AND 
1 FLORISTS. 
| Sent free on application, 
■| Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists, 
i 35 Cortlandt (St., New York. 
Hardy, Herbaceous Perennial Plants. 
These plants being “ Hardy ” require no protection. They 
are “ Herbaceous,” i. e., their stems a id foliage die down 
each year. The roots being “ Perennial,” they last from 
year to year. 
Plants of this kind are easily managed. Ouce planted, 
they may remain and bloom for years. No trouble of 
seed sowing. No green-house or frames required. 
Selections made to suit various purposes, and to furnish 
a series of bloom from early spring to frost from 
TIib Largest Collection iu the Country. 
Special collections made for Cemeteries, for which these 
plants are most suitable. 
Native plants—some of which are not excelled iu beauty 
by auy exotics—a specialty. 
Catalogues, giving full particulars, furnished on applica¬ 
tion to WOOLSON & CO., Passaic, N. J. 
N. B.—Autumn is the most favorable season for setting 
out many of these plants. 
WINTER RTF. 
CLEAN AND HANDSOME SEED 
Grown on newly burned land, delivered at Railroad in 
Boston for $1 per bushel, hags 25 cents extra. Samples 
free by mail. 
CHARLES W. WOLCOTT, Readville, Mass. 
APPLE, “CHERRY,” PEACH, AND PLUM 
TREES. 
LARGE MAPLES, “EVERGREENS,” Etc. 
At low rates. Catalogues sent free. 
Address Geo. Acuelis, West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. 
Bone Meal. 
Fine Ground, Warranted pure. Manufactured by 
S. H. MORGAN, Toledo, Ohio. 
Send for Circular. 
The Coming Raspberry, 
E. P. Roe’s New Seedling 
Pride ~ Hudson 
Awarded the “First Prize” by the Boston Horticultural 
Society. 
“LET OTHERS PRAISE TIIEE.” 
“As it now appears it is the largest, finest, and Lest 
flavored Red Raspberry that I have yet seen.”— Chan. 
Downing. 
“ The Raspberries seem to me to deserve all. that Chas. 
Downing says of them.”— Hon. IF r m. C. Bryant. 
“The host Raspberry L have ever grown .”—Agricultural 
Sditor N. Y. Times. 
"1 still regard it as the finest Raspberry I have seen.’’— 
Peter Henderson. 
“ The plants you sent me have made a line growth. They 
bore berries which were magnificent in size and appearance 
and of superb quality ."—J. T. Lovett, with A. Stance dc Soti. 
October is the best time to set out Raspberries. 
“GOLD MEDAL ” 
STKAWBERRY 
PLANTS, over 40 varieties. 
100,000 Forest Rose, also Crescent Seedling. Duciiesse, 
Great American. Sharpless, &e, in large quantities. 
All the leading small fruits, true to name. Send for 
descriptive catalogue. Address, 
E e F. ROE, Corn wall-on-the-H Jill- 
sou, Orange Co., N. Y„ 
BBHMB MW W BEHHBMB 
A MILLIOIV OF 
CRESCENT SEEDLING 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS; 
Also FOREST ROSE, SHARPLESS, Cin¬ 
derella, -Miner’s Prolific, etc., (at reduced rate-), 
and all the standard sorts, both POT-GROWN 
and Layers, in large supply. An 8-liage Pam¬ 
phlet, 3d edition, with reduced prices, mail¬ 
ed free to all. 
A. HANCE & SON, Red Bank, N, J, 
See illustrations of and notes on Crescent and 
Forest Rose, pages 300 and 301. 
“cii scInt 'see dung - 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Parmlees Crescent Seedling stands without a rival. This 
is the third successive season' this berry has produced fifteen, 
thousand quarts per acre of fruit that readily sells in ad¬ 
vance of Wilson, from two cents to eight, and always in de¬ 
mand. Single dozen plants sold in spring of '77, this season, 
lias produced from oue to two hundred quarts. In one case 
twenty-five plants produced four hundred quarts. Always- 
be sure and get the genuine stock, as there are ten thousand 
spurious in circulation where there is one hundred genuine. 
H. H. SMITH, West Haven, Ct. 
NEW STRAWBERRY 
OTT A T?T>T TT'CC The largest, best flavored. 
ioJLlYSLjLl/jr and most productive berry 
ever produced. Berry raised with ordinary culture from 
plants set in Sept 12Jf in. in circumference (weight 2K oz.>, 
and on the same fruit stem lour others from the size of a 
hickory-nut to that of a walnut. See sworn statement and 
recommendations in my circular, which is free to all sending 
their name ou a postal card. Address 
J. L. DILLON, Florist, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
Sharpless Strawberry. 
What Eliwanger & Barry say of it“ This variety (origi¬ 
nating in Catawissa, Pa..) having fruited with us several 
seasons, we have no hesitation in recommending it as the 
Largest and Best Strawberry iu cultivation. Send for Cir¬ 
cular. F. F. MEKCERON, Catawissa, Pa. 
G reat American strawberry Plants, Potted and 
common runners. Send for Circular, giving best method, 
of culture, to Wm. L. Richakds, 22 Brill St., Newark, N. J. 
STRAWBERRIES. | 
this Fall and save a year. Great American, Monarch, Essex. 
Cumberland, Triumph, Skarplcss, very large, excellent, 
firm, and productive. Crescent, Pioneer, Cap. Jack, and 
others.— RASPBERRIES, 3 inches, yield $4,338 on 19 
Acres. Send tor Catalogues. 
WM. PARKY, Clniiaininson, N. J. 
