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from one stalk. Mr. H. informs us that he 
planted it in ordinary soil, well manured, 
in the latter part of June. They should usu¬ 
ally be planted much earlier. 
can be gathered as fast as produced, without 
at all disturbing the bees. 
LABELING TREES. 
We have been, to-day, in a gentleman’s 
fruit yard to assist him in determining the 
names of his pears. The trees were dwarf 
pears, set out by his predecessor, some fifteen 
years ago, and were now in full bearing, 
yielding splendid fruit. Our correspondent, 
who was inquiring for the success of dwarf 
pears some months ago, is informed that 
these are entirely successful, and give no in¬ 
dications of decay. In the vicinity of Bos¬ 
ton, we are told, that they have dwarf pears, 
at least forty years old, that are as vigorous 
and fruitful as ever. The best informed and 
oldest cultivators in that vicinity, have no 
doubt of their success, and are planting them 
as largely as ever. 
The most of this gentleman’s collection 
proved to be the Buffam pear trees—a fruit 
of Rhode-Island origin—a seedling of the old 
White Doyenne, which it resembles when in 
its perfection. Here also were the Lodge 
pear, the Flemish Beauty, the Duchess d’- 
Angouleme, Knight’s Monarch, and Henry 
IY—a very small pear, but of sprightly fla¬ 
vor, and, when ripened in the house, said to 
be first rate. 
Multitudes of fruit yards are in the same 
condition with this, the fruit labels gone, and 
their owners ignorant of the names of their 
fruits. It may be that a pear will taste as 
well by one name as another, yet there is a 
great satisfaction, to most men, in knowing 
the names of their treasures. It certainly 
makes a fruit yard much more valuable to 
the public, as thousands of scions may be 
sent out from it, correctly marked, that oth¬ 
erwise might never be called for. 
As the time of tree-planting has already 
come, it is a favorable season to attend to 
the new labeling of trees. Remove all the 
old labels, from the trees set out last Spring 
or earlier, and provide zinc labels, about 
three inches by one, and mark the names of 
your trees upon them, with an indelible ink, 
prepared from the following recipe : 
One drachm verdigris, 1 drachm sal am¬ 
monia, i drachm lampblack—all finely pow¬ 
dered ; mix thoroughly in ten drachms of wa¬ 
ter. Shake it well before using. This forms 
a beautiful indelible ink, which will bear 
years of exposure to the weather. 
It is an excellent plan to have a map of 
one’s garden, and orchard, with every tree 
put down in its place, and correctly marked 
upon paper. This can be resorted to, when 
the labels are lost, and can be conveniently 
handed over to your successor, in case it 
becomes necessary at any time to change 
your location. 
Agricultural Editors in Demand. —W’e 
notice that our cotemporary, .Tas. W. Grimes, 
of the Iowa Farmer, has been elected Gov¬ 
ernor ofjliat State. Simon Brown, of the 
New-England Farmer, has been nominated 
by the Know Nothings as their candidate for 
Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts. These 
are cheering indications of the rising for¬ 
tunes of the noble art. 
LECTURES ON AGRICULTURE TO BE GIVEN 
THE COMING SEASON. 
During the past few weeks the subscriber 
has received numerous invitations to Lecture 
during the coming Winter; as well as inqui¬ 
ries when, how often, and on tvhat terms, 
&c., such lectures could be given. To an¬ 
swer these inquiries, and others which may 
be made, I will state, once for all, that my 
time is wholly devoted to securing the best 
interests of the American Agriculturist and 
its readers, and I have no present intention 
of lecturing for any specific pay. 
Believing, however, that it will be highly 
advantageous to every farming community 
to get together during the winter evenings 
and converse with each other, and, when 
practicable, have an address or familiar dis¬ 
course upon some agricultural topic, I shall 
cheerfully give my services, on any such oc¬ 
casion, free of any charge further than what 
may barely pay necessary traveling expenses 
to and from the office. Such lectures will 
embrace a familiar discussion of some of the 
more important and interesting topics, re¬ 
lating directly to common farm operations. 
Evening lectures will be adapted to a gen¬ 
eral audience, both of ladies and gentlemen ; 
and, when practicable, a day-lecture will be 
given in connection, to gentlemen only, to 
discuss more particularly the subject of ani¬ 
mal manures and fertilizers. 
These lectures are designed especially for 
readers of the American Agriculturist, and 
on this account my services will first be 
given to those towns where we have the 
greatest number of readers. As I can usu¬ 
ally occupy in this way two or three days 
in each week, from early in November to the 
first or middle of April, I think a lecture can 
be promised in each town where there are 
fifteen or more subscribers to our paper. It 
will not be necessary for all the subscribers 
to be at the same Post-office, but only that 
they reside in reach of the place of lecture. 
The preference will be given, on application, 
to those towns now having, or first pledging, 
the above or a greater number of subscri¬ 
bers. Any communication relating to this 
subject maybe addressed to me at the Office 
of this paper. 
ORANGE JUDD, 
Of the American Agriculturist. 
JAPAN PEA OR BEAN. 
We have just received from Mr. George 
Haywood, of New-Rochelle, a stalk of this 
new pea, or, as we should term it, bean, 
since it more resembles the latter. This can 
be examined, in our office, by those inter¬ 
ested. 
This stalk is about an inch in diameter at 
the bottom, is about 21 feet high, with brach- 
es upon two sides only—east and west, in 
the growing position. We counted on this 
one stalk 308 pods, containing two and three 
beans in each, in all somewhat over 700. 
Some others have raised twice this number 
GUANO AND GOOD EARS- 
An old farmer, after harvesting an extra 
crop of corn, by the application of some of 
the above new-fangled manure, meeting with 
one of his “ old fogy ” neighbors one day, 
put on a very serious countenance, and thus 
accosted him : 
“ Well, Dea. Slowgog, I want to sell you 
six of my hogs. The truth is, I have no 
corn to feed them with, because—” 
“ There; I knew it would be so. I told 
you last Spring you was a fool, expending 
your hard-earned money in buying humbugs, 
guano, and all sich. The fact is, Squire, 
them things don't pay, and I’m glad you’ve 
found it out.” 
“ Hold on a minute, Dea., until I finish. 
The truth is, I have usually had poor corn 
enough to fatten my hogs, but what you call 
humbugs, have, this year, given me fifty 
bushels, of perfectly sound corn, to the acre, 
on the same ground that last year yielded 
but ten of sound, and thirty of unsound ; and 
so I thought I would sell my hogs, and buy 
some more humbug. Out of compassion to 
you, Dea., I will sell them to you, so that 
you can turn your ten acres of nubbins to 
some good account.” 
The Dea. smelt a heretic, and turned a 
short corner. He has hardly had courage 
to mention guano since. 
SOME FINE HONEY-SIMPLE AND EXCELLENT 
PLAN OF PREPARING IT FOR MARKET. 
Mr. Quinby, of Palatine Church, N. Y., 
the well known author of the “Mysteries of 
Bee-Keeping Explained,” has just placed be¬ 
fore us a sample of honey, in the form in 
which he sends to market some 4,000 lbs. a 
year. It is in a neat glass box, six inches 
high, six inches wide, and four inches deep. 
The four sides are of glass, and the top and 
bottom of wood. The corners are simple 
square strips, with saw grooves to admit 
the glass sides. These cases are easily 
made, and can not cost to exceed 10 or 12 
cents. A small opening is made in the bot¬ 
tom, for the entrance of the bees, and these 
cases are then set together upon the top of 
a common box hive. As the bees prefer to 
work in the dark, another box is covered 
over the whole of those placed upon one 
hive. 
These cases can be made of any required 
size ; the smaller the size the better for re¬ 
tailing, as well as for transporting. In the 
box before us the honey is deposited in two 
combs, just fitted for removing to the table 
without cutting or breaking. If not too 
strongly tempted to try the quality, of which 
we have no doubt however, we shall keep 
this box on our desk a short time for the in¬ 
spection of the curious or the interested. 
Every thing considered, we think this form 
of honey-box one of the best and cheapest 
for general use, especially as it can be 
put upon any common hive, and the crop 
