AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Franconia. On the same plot are 5 hills 
New-Rochelle blackberries, and one hill of 
white blackberries ; one large pink peony on 
the north-east corner, and 4 sage roots. 
During the past season there have been 
raised on this plot 8 dwarf pear trees from 
the bud ; 10 hills early nutmeg potatoes ; 3 
hills crook-neck bush squashes ; 2 hills of 
corn; 13 cabbages ; some parsley roots, and 
over eight quarts of very fine strawberries. 
The strawberries are grown between the 
white and red Antwerp raspberries. 
On the plot I, beside the trees indicated by 
the figures, and described below, there are 
8 currant bushes ; 8 gooseberry bushes, of a 
large green variety, name unknown; one 
climbing rose, near 40 ; one white fragrant 
peony, near 54 ; one wormwood plant, near 
41; one yellow rose ; one garden Isup-plant, 
as it is called ; and T'flower roots of various 
sorts. During the past season there have 
been raised on this plot 30 gooseberry plants, 
from cuttings; 29 Angers quince stocks, 
which are now budded with a variety of 
pears ; 6 two-year old dwarf pears, to be re¬ 
moved ; one row, across the plot north and 
south, of early beets ; three rows of early 
radishes ; two rows of bush beans ; one bed 
of early bee.s, which furnished more than 
was used by the family ; 8 cabbages; 4 
dahlias ; and lettuce in abundance. Two 
crops of radishes were grown round the 
edge of the beet bed. Mr. S. says he gene¬ 
rally plants radishes around the beds of beets, 
onions, &c , as they are soon grown and out 
of the way. 
The plot J, beside the trees indicated and 
7 flower roots and 6 dahlias, has produced, 
the last season, 2 beds of onions with radish¬ 
es ; 2 beds of early peas ; 2 rows of early 
nutmeg potatoes, in drills ; one bed of late 
beets, for winter use, and 30 late cabbages. 
The ground occupied with early peas and 
potatoes was afterward sown with Russia 
turnips, which did not do well on account of 
the drouth. 
The plot K, was planted with bush beans, 
potatoes, and some winter squashes. 
The plot L, L, beside the trees, is chiefly 
devoted to vegetables. There are 4 black¬ 
berry bushes, and a row of flowering plants 
along the walk Q from the house to the 
privy, R. On the plot L, L, there have been 
cultivated the past season, early cucumbers, 
potatoes, sweet and chicken corn, bush 
beans, Lima beans, a bed of peas, gherkins 
and late cucumbers, for pickling; nastur- 
tions, and some winter pumpkins among the 
corn and potatoes. 
N, is a cold-grapery, 14 by 32 feet, con¬ 
taining a cistern, a simple force-pump, and 
25 grape vines, of the following 13 varieties, 
viz : eight Black Hamburghs ; three White 
Muscats of Alexandria ; two Royal Musca¬ 
dine ; two Grizzly Frotignan ; two Chasse- 
las de Paris ; one Chasselas de Fontaine¬ 
bleau ; one Red Chasselas ; one Black Prince; 
one Black St. Peters ; one Zinfindal; one 
White Frontignan ; one De Candolle ; one 
golden Chasselas. Ten of these are planted 
in front; ten against the back wall; three 
at one end, and two at the other, the pump 
occupying the plac of one vine. 
M, is a grape border, 18 by 32 feet. Around 
the edge of this there has been raised, the 
past season, melons, winter .squashes, and 
large peppers, for pickling green. The roots 
of the front vines in the cold grapery spread 
out under the sill into the border. 
O, is a raspberry border, by the side of the 
fence. Mr. S. says the vines should have 
been placed far enough from the fence to 
admit a walk. 
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 
Where there is more than one tree of the 
same kind and variety, the figure indicating 
its location is repeated. 1, horse-chestnut; 
2, dogwoods ; 3, elms ; 4, English mountain- 
ash; 5, cherry trees, of the following seven 
varieties, viz : one each of Mammoth, Yel¬ 
low Spanish, Coe’s Transparent, White- 
Heart, Honey Heart; two Black Tartarian; 
and a Black Mazzard to be grafted with the 
May Duke. 
6, common red cherries; 7, dwarf May 
Duke cherry ; 8, dwarf apples—fall pippins, 
and Wagoner; 9, Norway spruce ; 10, bal¬ 
sam firs ; 11, white pine ; 12, fir tree ; 13, 
Denny plums ; 14, imperial gages; 15, green 
gages; 16, Seckle standard pear ; 17, stand¬ 
ard pears, grafted with Lawrence and Be- 
urre Clairgeau ; 18, standard pears, grafted 
with Bartlett and early bell; 19, peaches of 
the following varieties : two each of Morris 
W T hite, Snow peach, Crawford’s late Meloco- 
ton, Yellow Melocoton, Yellow Rareripe, 
and Darien peach ; and one each of Nut¬ 
meg, Magistrate, Druid Hill, Heath Cling¬ 
stone, Old Mixon freestone. There arc nine 
trees of natural fruit and some budded ones, 
but names unknown. 
20, Dix pear, standard ; 21, apricots of two 
varieties, viz : Moorpark and Dubois’s Ear¬ 
ly Golden. 
22, plum tree, name unknown ; 23, red 
Siberian crab apple ; 24, snowball bush : 25, 
Isabella grape vine ; 26, Catawba grape vine; 
27, Coe’s golden drop plums ; 28, Chinese 
sand pear, standard ; 29, apple trees, of the 
following three varieties, viz : fall pippins, 
Newtown pippins, and Esopus Spitzenburg. 
30, quince tree. The following pear trees, 
from 31 to 69 are all dwarf pears : 31, Flem¬ 
ish beauty; 32, Bartlett; 33 Josephine d’Ma- 
lines ; 34, Soldat Laborer; 35, Glout Mor- 
ceau; 36, Beurre Easter ; 37, five varieties, 
names unknown ; 38, Columbia ; 39, Vicar 
ofWinkfield; 40,jSeckel ; 41, Louise Bonne 
de Jersey ; 42, Duchesse d'Angouleme ; 43, 
Madeleine ; 44, Beurre d^Aremberg; 45, 
Lawrence ; 46, Ca'illac ; 47, Bonne des Zees; 
48, Swan’s orange ; 49, Beurre Brown ; 50, 
Passe Colmar ; 51, Doyenne gris ; 52, Napo¬ 
leon ; 53, Beurre Diel; 54, white Doyenne ; 
55, Beurre Clairgeau ; 56, Urbaniste ; 57, 
Doyenne Boussock ; 58, Bezi d’Esperin ; 59, 
■Beurre d’Amanlis ; 60, Winter Nelis ; 61, 
Beurre Langelier ; 62, Brande’s St. Germain; 
63, Bell Lucrative; 64, Van Mons Leon le 
Clerc ; 65, Beurre d’Anjou ; 66, Golden Be¬ 
urre of Bilboa ; 67, Jammette ; 68, Doyenne 
d’hiver noveau or d’Alencon ; 69. Buffum ; 
70, Bartlett standard. [No. 70 is omitted 
by the engraver; it is west of No. 38, in the 
center of the square formed by»the 4 num¬ 
bers 19.] 
71, hop vine; 72, rhubarb, two varieties— 
one Victoria and the other unknown; 73, 
Concord grape ; 74, Charter Oak grape ; 75, 
tanzy; 76, red raspberries; 77, black rasp¬ 
berries ; 78, (omitted by engraver—should 
be in the dotted line crossing the upper part 
of G and J,) currant bushes—Victoria, white 
and red Dutch ; 79, rose of Sharon ; 80, 
climbing roses, of the following six varie¬ 
ties : Double Red Michigan, Baltimore Belle, 
Mohican, Noisette, Solfaterre, and William 
Jesse. 
81, lilac; 82, boxwood ; 83, rose bushes; 
84, tea plant. The rest of the borders, C, C, 
C, C, contain a variety of shrubs, among 
which are the following: two flowering al¬ 
monds ; three Corehoruses ; two snowber- 
rys ; two sweet-scented shrubs ; one flower¬ 
ing currant; one barberry ; one yellow rose; 
one moss rose ; three Burgundy roses ; three 
damask roses ; one Marquis Bocella ; one 
Dubourg; one Mrs. Bosauquet; one Reine 
de Fontenay ; one Agrippina ; one Elegans ; 
one Fabvier; and several others, names un¬ 
known. In the borders, also, are peonies, 
pinks, tulips, daffodils, primroses, lilies, gla- 
dioles, dahlias, hollyhocks, bluebells, &c. 
We have thus put down somewhat min¬ 
utely the names of the various trees, shrubs, 
vegetables, &c., which we saw growing dur¬ 
ing the past season, on a plot of ground con¬ 
taining only 19,080 square feet—it requires 
21,800 feet to make half an acre—and. as 
we remarked in the former article, we found 
them all so arranged as to avoid any appear¬ 
ance of confusion. We have given the 
names of the varieties not so much to recom¬ 
mend them, as for a guide or index to new 
hands at cultivating small plots. 
Mr. Smith states that, in order to make 
the most of a small space, he sets the peach 
trees between others that are longer-lived, 
expecting to gradually remove the former, 
after getting three or four crops. So in 
planting apple trees, it is better to set them 
twice as thickly as they will ultimately be 
needed, and gradually remove the limbs from 
one half of them when they interfere, and 
finally, cut them out altogether. The product 
of the trees thus removed would amply re 
pay their expense. 
There are many other common garden 
vegetables not named above, such as carrots, 
parsnips, celery, spinach, &c. ; These Mr. 
S. remarked that he does not require for his 
own use, and therefore does not grow them. 
Just back of the lot there is a bed of aspara¬ 
gus, in a salt-meadow, where it flourishes 
finely. _ 
Extensive Yield of Grapes.— Pdr. E. A. 
McKay, of Naples,Ontario Co., was in yes¬ 
terday with a box of grapes of his own rais¬ 
ing. He has one acre of ground from which 
he has gathered over 10,000 pounds this 
year. The soil is sandy loam with gravelly 
sub-soil, similar to that about the Bay. His 
vines are in rows, running N. 16° E. Mr. 
McKay has sold in New-York, in Montreal 
! and Quebec, and at other places, the amount 
named, for which he has probably averaged 
15 cents per pound. He puts them up very 
handsomely in small boxes and they keep 
well. His grapes are the Isabella variety 
and are much improved by his system of 
cultivation. [Rochester American. 
