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short; and the eye bushy. Its flesh is juicy and 
sprightly, and' is admirable for cooking, though not 
profitable, from its liability to fall prematurely. 
Wine-Apple.— This fine apple, according to 
Landreth, is well knowm in the Philadelphia mar¬ 
kets. It is unusually large and attractive from its 
beautifully fair and handsome appearance. The 
outline is round, rather flattened at the poles ; and 
the prevailing color red, shaded and spotted with 
yellow. The stalk is quite short, never rising to 
the crown of the fruit, which is occasionally of a 
russet hue. The calyx is large and deeply-seated. 
It is equally adapted to the table, the kitchen, or the 
press. The habit of the tree is open, the growth 
handsome and large. 
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Transplanting Cabbages. —There is no more need 
of two b’s in that word, than there is of two g’s in 
wagon, or ough in plow, and if it is not according 
to Johnson and Webster, it is according to common 
sense. Let us take every lawful opportunity to re¬ 
form the barbarous orthography of our language. 
[We pass our correspondent over to the editor of 
the Anglo-Sacsun for reformation in this particular.] 
But, about the cabage. Put no manure on the 
ground at all in the season of planting. Plow or 
dig the ground intended for planting in the previous 
autumn, and bury long manure deep and abundant. 
In the spring plow less deep and harrow fine, and 
after the plants are set, put a good coat of ashes 
between the rows—not too near, and you will have 
cabage heads bigger than your own! Too much 
hoeing will spoil the growing plants—mind that. 
Twice a day though is not too much. 
How to Make good Vinegar. —These directions are 
all very good as far as they go ; but what is wanted 
is a plain recipe for those that have no cider to be¬ 
gin with. The German mode will not answ T er, be¬ 
cause, “ corn spirit” will be read to mean, common 
country whiskey, and of that, one to three of water 
will be nearer the mark. When the vinegar won’t 
come, leach it slowly day after day through a com¬ 
mon nail keg filled with clean shavings of some 
sw T eet wood, or clean straw, or small twigs. It is 
the exposure to the common atmosphere that causes 
the liquid to absorb oxygen enough to become ace¬ 
tic acid—which is a healthy condiment. Muriatic 
acid, which is so much sold as, and for vinegar, is not 
so. This is a small item in domestic economy, but 
a very important one. Don’t forget it. 
The Barberry-Bush not Injurious to Grain .— 
This article is not proof that this bush is always 
harmless. I have no doubt but those w r ho believe 
in its blighting influences are partly correct; but 
that influence is very limited. There are many 
other bushes blighting Connecticut farms fully as 
bad as this blue-law proscribed bearer of a very 
healthy fruit. “ Woodman, spare that tree.” 
Patent Self-Acting Cheese-Press. —My wife says 
she must have one—that those which we saw the 
other day in your store are so neat she w T ould be 
almost willing to have one of them in the “square 
room.” I have tried hard to persuade her that they 
are nothing but one of our own “ Yankee notions,” 
and will be constantly getting out of repair, but she 
says she knows better, and so I give up. 
Mode of Draining Sink-Holes , fyc. —These are 
not “ sink-holes” as I understand them. In all 
cavernous limestone regions, as for instance in 
Kentucky, there are numerous deep depressions in 
the surface of extensive level tracts, where the earth 
has apparently and in fact settled awrny and run 
down into a cavity in the rocks below. These 
basin-like “sink-holes” vary in size from one to 
a hundred feet deep, and with sides sometimes 
too steep to climb. They continue to be “ sink¬ 
holes” for surface water until the outlet becomes 
choked by a very common practice of making them 
receptacles for all the trash in their vicinity, when 
they fill up and make an unsightly and unhealthy 
pool of water. I notice the article because I like 
to call things by their right names. 
The Domestic Flora of China. —I hope you will 
continue these interesting extracts from this capital 
work. They will be read with pleasure and profit. 
J The Garden Engine. —Cannot those very useful 
articles be made in a plain substantial manner at a 
less price ? Some of us who live in the-Oh I 
forgot. We are incog. Well, some gardeners 
would like an engine, but cannot really afford to 
spend $40 or $50 for one. A lower priced article 
would suit better and sell faster. [They have been 
made at lower prices repeatedly, but have never 
given satisfaction. A good, strong, enduring ma¬ 
chine cannot be made and sold for less than the 
above.] 
Northern Plows for the South. —There is no part 
of the United States where so much plowing is 
done with positive poor plows, as in the cotton re¬ 
gion. There are several reasons why Northern 
plows are not more used. One is, they are not 
known. Another is, that some of the worst arti¬ 
cles of Yankee humbug that the cheating ingenuity 
of that universal ’cute nation could contrive, have 
been made “ expressly for the Southern market,” 
especially by manufacturers on the Upper Missis¬ 
sippi and Ohio Rivers—“ good enough for niggers,” 
until - it is no wonder that the planters will not 
venture to purchase except it is from some one per¬ 
sonally known to them, and who has reputation for 
giving an honest recommendation of the article of¬ 
fered them. Any man who could successfully in¬ 
troduce the good improved implements of the 
North, would confer a lasting benefit upon the 
Southern planters, and do deeds of humanity to the 
laborers and teams. It w r ould be worthy the effort 
of any benevolent minded individual, to make a 
pilgrimage through all the Southern States to re¬ 
commend Northern plows and other labor-saving 
implements. 
The Strawbemy Question. —I wish to put on re¬ 
cord another fact, that there is a vast deal of hum¬ 
bug in these days about “new and valuable varie¬ 
ties of new seedling strawberries.” 
Trees and Shrubs for Towns. —One of the most- 
important articles that could be written upon this 
subject would be, how to make one half of the 
trees that are set out in towns live; for it is a noted 
fact in my observation that they do not, and in fact 
will not, until men study common sense while 
transplanting them. 
A Cheap Farm-House. —I have often commented 
upon these plans of buildings published in agricul¬ 
tural papers, and here repeat, that nothing with 
