AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Ro-tiezer, 
Seokel, 
Million, 
vicar of Winkfleld, 
Wliite Doyenne (Virgalieu 
of N. Y.) 
Adams, 
Alplia, 
Bergen,* 
Beurrb d’AUert. 
Beurre Gris d’Hiver Nou¬ 
veau,* 
Beurre Kennes, 
Beurrb Langlier, 
Beurrb .Nantais, 
Chancellor, 
Charles Van Hooghten, 
Collins, 
Compte de Flanders, 
Comptesse d’Alost, 
Conseillier de la Conr, 
Delices d’Hardenpont de 
Belgique, 
Dix, 
Duchesse d’Orleans, 
Duehesse de Bern d’EtA, 
Emile d’Heyst 
Epine Dumas, 
Fondante de Charneuse, 
Fondante de Comice, 
Fondante de Malines, 
PEARS FROMISINg WELL. 
Fondante de Noel, (1) 
Hinkle,* 
Hosen Schenk, 
Hull* 
Jalouise de Fontenay Ven¬ 
dee, 
Kirtland, (?) 
Limon, 
Lodge (of Penn), (?) 
Merriam,* 
Niles, 
Nouveau Poiteau, 
Ott, 
Philadelphia, 
Pinneo (Boston),* 
Pius IX., 
Pratt, 
Rouselette d’Esperen, 
Steven’s Genesee, 
Sterling,* 
Striped Madeleine, 
Theodore Van Mons, 
Van Assene (Assche), 
Walker, 
Zcpherine Gregoire, 
PEACHES. 
for general cultivation, (old list unchanged). 
Bergen’s Yellow*’ 
Crawford’s Early 
Crawford’s Late, 
Coolidge’s Favorite, 
Early York, large. 
Early York, serrated, 
George IV., 
Grosse Mignonne. 
Hill’s Chili, 
Large White Cling, 
Madeleine de Courson, 
Morris’ White, 
Old Mixon Free, 
Old Mixon Cling, 
Teton de Venus, 
PROMISING WELL. 
Chinese Cling,* Gorgos, 
Columbia,* Susquehanna, 
Carpenter’s White Freestone,* 
Heath Cling, for Particular Localities 
PLUMS (old list not revised). 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
Bleecker’s Gage, 
Coe’s Golden Drop, 
Green Gage, 
Jefferson, 
Lawrence’s Favorite, 
Lombard, 
M’Laughlin, 
Munroe, 
Purple Favorite, 
Pence’s Yellow Gage, 
Purple Gage, 
lteine Claude de Bavay, 
Smith’s Orelans, 
Washington, 
PLUMS PROMISING WELL. 
Bradshaw, 
Duane’s Purple, 
Fellenberg, 
General Hand, 
German Prune, 
Ives’ Washington Seed¬ 
ling. 
Pond’s Seedling, 
River’s Favorite, 
St. Martin’s Quetehe, 
White Damson, 
CHERRIES (old list not revised). 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
Belle d’Orleans, 
Belle Magnifique. 
Black Eagle, 
Black Tartarian, 
Coe's Transparent, 
Downer's Late, 
liarly Purple Guigne, 
Early Richmond (forcook- 
ing), 
Elton, 
Governor Wood, 
Graffion, or Bigarreau, 
Knight’s Early Black, 
May Duke, 
Reine Hortense, 
CHERRIES PROMISING WELL. 
American Amber, Hovey, 
Bigarreau Monstreuse de Rockport Bigarreau, 
Mezel, Kirtlarid’s Mary, 
B.ack Hawk, Ohio Beauty, 
Great Bigarreau of Down- Walsh’s Seedling, 
ing, 
Napoleon Bigarreau, for Special Cultivation 
CURRANTS. 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
Black Naples, White Dutch, 
May's Victoria, White Grape, 
Bed Dutch, 
CURRANTS PROMISING WELL. 
Versaillaise,* 
Cherry,* 
Penile de Palluau, 
BLACKBERRIES. 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
New Rochelle (Lawton,) Dorchester, 
RASPBERRIES. 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
Fastolff. 
Franconia, 
French, 
Knevet's Giant, 
Brinckle’s Orange, 
Red Antwerp, 
Yellow Antwerp, 
RASPBERRIES PROMISING WELL. 
American Red, Catawissa, 
Alien,* Thunderer, 
Cope, Walker, 
STRAWBERRIES. 
FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
Boston Pine (in hips), Large Early Scarlet, 
Hooker's Seedling,* Longworlh’s Prolific, 
Hovey’s Seed ing, Wilson’s Albany,* 
STRAWBERRIES PROMISING WELL. 
Genesee, 
Le Baron, 
McAvoy’s Superior, 
Scarlet Magnate, 
Walker’s Seedling, 
Trioinphe de Gaud.* 
GRAPES. 
FOR GENERAL CUTTIVATION. 
OUT-DOOR CULTURE. UNDER GLASS. 
Catawba, Black Hamburg, 
Concord,* Black Frontignan, 
Delaware,* Black Prince, 
Diana, Chasselasde Fontainbleau 
Isabella, Grizzly Frontignan, 
White Frontignan, 
White Muscat of Alexan¬ 
dria, 
grapes promising well (Open Culture), 
Hartford Prolific,* Rebecca, 
Logan,* Hnion Village.* 
GOOSEBEERRIES for general Cultivation (Old 
List not revised).—Crown Boh ; Early Sulphur ; Green 
Gage; Green t Walnut; Houghton’s Seedling ; Iron-Mon¬ 
ger ; Laurel ; Red Champagn Warrington ; Wood¬ 
ward’s White Smith. 
APRICOTS for general cultivltion (Old List not 
revised)—Breda ; Large Eariv ; Moorpark. 
NECTARINES for general cultivation (Old List) 
—Downton ; Early Violet ; Elruge. 
There were several emphatic “ rejections ,” such as the 
Charter Oak Grape, Strawberry Grape ; and of pears, 
the Long Green of Cox, Brande’s St. Germain, Delices 
d'Hardenpont, Doyennb Goubalt; and Soldat Laboureur 
was hard rubbed. When this last was under discussion, 
Mr. Barry, of Rochester, dropped a significant remark 
viz., that “ if we undertook to revise the list of pears on 
the Quince stock, so as to cut off all which were objected 
to, not more than two would be left.” 
Some forty or fifty varieties of strawberries were reject¬ 
ed ; the rules require at least three votes to save any fruit 
from rejection. Of the strawberries proposed for ex¬ 
cision, by the committee on rejected fruits, the following 
only were saved by three or more votes, viz. : Boston 
Pine, Black Prince, British Queen, Buist’s Prize, Cres¬ 
cent Seedling, Cushing, La Reine, McAvoy’s Extra Red, 
Monroe Scarlet, Pensylvania. 
Other varieties of fruits were treated in a similar manner, 
he number of rejections, by general consent, amounting 
in the aggregate to several hundreds. The publication of 
this list is unnecessary, since none, except those in the 
adopted lists, were deemed of sufficient value, or at least 
well enough known or tried, to be commended. 
We have given above, the entire list of commended 
fruits as they will stand upon the American Pomological 
Society’s catalogue, for two years to come. As this list is 
made up entirely from our own notes during the lengthy 
discussions and hundreds of votes taken, there may he a 
very few errors ; we have, however, devoted much time 
and careful labor to its preparation, and think it will be 
found very nearly accurate, at least. 
The lists of Cherries, Gooseberries, Plums, Apricots 
and Nectarines were not very thoroughly gone over with 
—the attention devoted to pears, having left but one day 
for other fruits, which was mostly occupied with Apples, 
Peaches (briefly discussed), Grapes (for open culture) 
Raspberries and Strawberries. 
For want of space we must omit further notes, at the 
present, except a brief reference to the 
exhibition of fruits, 
Which was very fine, the display being, probably, the 
largest i.nd best ever brought together, on a single occa¬ 
sion, in this country. Among these, we noted 200 varie¬ 
ties of pears, and 37 varieties of plums, by Ellwanger & 
Barry, of Rochester ; 14-1 varieties of pears by Hon. Mar¬ 
shall P. Wilder, Boston ; a large collection also by Hovey 
& Co., Boston; 124 varieties of pears by Thorp, Smith « 
Hanchett, Syracuse, N. Y. ; 104 varieties of pears by 
Wm. Reid, Elizabeth, N. J ; 55 varieties of pears by 
Wm. L. Ferris, Throgg’s Neck, N. Y. ; 27 varieties of 
pears bv Wm. Lyon, Plymouth, Mass.: 72 specimens of 
Island, Bergen, and Englebert Lott pears by Jno. G. Ber¬ 
gen, Brooklyn, L. I. ; 8 varieties Summer and Fall sweet 
apples, 10 Fall and Winter sweet apples, 24 Fall and Win¬ 
ter sour apples, 30 early and Summer sour apples by E. 
M. Warren, Chelmsford, Mass.; 14 varieties of pears by 
Dr. J. F. Boynton, Syracuse, N. Y.; 27 varieties of pears 
and apples by Mr. Lyon, Plymouth, Mich., (of Michigan 
Farmer) ; 13 varieties of pears and 14 varieties of apples 
by W. II Mitchell, Harlem, N. Y. ; 1 seedling pear by C. 
II. Moore, New-York ; 3 varieties of pears by E. Ware 
Sylvester, Lyons, N. Y. ; 20 varieties of apples and 10 
varieties of pears by James M. Paul, North Adams, 
Mass,; 3 new varieties of pear, originating in Westches¬ 
ter County, by S. P. Carpenter, New Rochelle, N. Y.; 10 
varieties of apples by E. G. Studley, Claverack, Colum¬ 
bia County, N. Y.; 38 varieties of pears by W. P. Towns- 
hend, Lockport, N. Y. 
One of the most beautiful and unexpected displays of 
apples was by Westbrook & Mendenhall of Greensboro, 
North Carolina, consisting of 77 varieties of apple* ‘ ..J 
13 varieties of pears. 
Joshua Pierce, Washington, D. C., 5 enormous cante 
lope melons, 18 to 22 inches long. 
Charles Denning and Dr. Grant exhibited verv fine 
specimens of the Delaware and Catawba grapes. 
J. D. Ingersoll, Illion, Herkermer Co., N. Y., 3 species 
of Delaware grapes,2 Logan grapes, 1 unknown. 
Several fine specimens of the Hartford Prolific Grape 
were shown, (name of contributor lost). 
MMpt 
Into which are thrown all sorts of paragraphs—such as 
Notes and Replies to Correspondents, with Useful or 
Interesting Extracts from their Letters, together with Glean¬ 
ings of various kinds from various sources. 
AnonyiiHKis Blotters.- Letters of this kind are 
usually passed into the kindling oasket, as we hear from 
known readers all letters that can be answered. Names 
need not necessarily be published, though it is better that 
they should be, but there is no pleasure in replying to a 
letter of the alphabet, or a fictitious name. 
A String; of Questions —We very of ten receive 
single letters containing five, ten, fifteen, and some 
times twenty different questions, to answer which, in 
full, would require a whole paper, and the repetition o( 
page after page of the very things we have published 
within the preceding twelve months. We by no means 
wish to discourage any amount of questions and sugges¬ 
tions, but would simply remark, that it is an utter impos¬ 
sibility to respond to so many questions, and particularly 
“ in the next number,” as we are usually requested to do. 
There are articles in the present paper, for example, 
which were suggested by questions received from two to 
fourteen months ago, and not a few articles answer que¬ 
ries in a score or more of letters. Probably, two hundred 
thousand persons, or more, of active, inquiring minds, 
peruse each number of this journal, and in making it up 
we must keep in mind general , instead of individual wants. 
Kind. Words are those indited to us by Dr. Fulton, 
of Logan County, Ohio. Many such cheering letters are 
carried home to be read in our family circle, and then 
stored in our archives to be read, perhaps, by our chil¬ 
dren’s children, as mementoes of a grandsire’s labors. 
Friends, may not only the success and happiness you 
wish us, be granted to you, but ten-fold more. 
Uolatocs Ins Iowa for 21 Years.—T. Davis, 
Dubuque, Iowa, writes : I have resided in Northern Iowa 
21 seasons, and this is the first season of a failure of the 
crop to any considerable extent in this part of the State. 
VeriisUltona Co., Ell.—Wm Bowman. Your 
notes on crops came too late for Sept. No., and are out of 
date now. Thanks for your appreciation. 
Grasshoppers ins Cataraagrus Co., N. Y. 
—“ Rusticus ” writes i -‘We have enough grasshoppers 
for all the turkeys, and some to spare.” The turkeys 
have had enough at home, almost everywhere, the past 
season. We hope they wpre not as bad in your county 
this season as they were a few years ago, when, accord¬ 
ing to one of the farmers “ out there,” they eat up every 
green tiling, and one of them, which sat upon a stump 
surveying the ruin, had the impudence to ask him for his 
chaw of tobacco ” as he passed by. 
Millet.—A. B C., White Pigeon, Mich. The seed 
you sent us is apparently an imported millet, hut not the 
German millet. It is much sold in this city under the 
name of Bird Seed. The Hungarian Grass and German 
millet are possibly one and the same thing. 
Unloading- Corn.—Geo. Hill, of Lycoming Co., 
Pa., recommends filling one end of a wagon bed with the 
ears, then laying over them a board, having a beveled end 
to fit upon the bottom at the empty end. The remainder 
of the load is piled over this board. In unloading, the corn 
is easily shoveled down this inclined board. The board 
io be placed in the middle of the load, need be but 14 or 
15 inches wide, and six or eight feet long. A simple con¬ 
trivance like this will greatly facilitate shoveling out the 
corn. He adds i “ If once tried it will not be abandoned.” 
Stump IPtalSer.—R. M. Doty, Michigan City, Ind., 
writes that he has used a Stump Puller (like that figured 
on page 300) and finds it to work first-rate. His imple¬ 
ment has but 5 links, and aring taking an 8 inch lever, the 
lever 18 feet long. The iron part weighs 50 lbs. On one 
day, with one team and a man to help, he took out 80 
stumps, “which any one would gladly have paid a shilling 
apiece to get rid of.” 
Hybrydizisag- Slue Grape.—R. K. Kuhn. Bucks 
Co., Pa. A cross or hybrid may be obtained by impreg 
natingtlie pistil of the I ox grape with pollen from an ex 
otic (foreign) variety, and planting from the grape so 
treated, as you propose. Some of the vines thus raised 
may be good, while more will be poor. To produce new 
