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EATS. 
A CURIOUS FACT IS NATURAL HISTORY. 
MOORE’S RUEA L NEW-YORKER; AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
, , ii A X B. CONSTRUCTION OF ICE HOUSES -.t,.,, , , i ' — 
A CURIOUS FACT IS NATURAL HISTORY. - ’ /L,® where ice houses of either kind ! TtV i* ^ 
Eds. E fan -Yorker .—I once committed up and even building of Ice Houses should off, which should be slightly bent, so L I ^ - ' 
the mdiscretion of quitting a good trade and be attended to. A ereat manv f-n-mers ond ^o/etam enough water in it to prevent the 
setUngupaUnivors., Yankee in a otl.ca are begi„„i„t“rir; ^ 
^nolens volens one article of prime necessity for ftimily use.— Interesting Facts.—A leo-al ston 
0 e onto eveiy 100 that The comfort, convenience and advantao-es of a, hundred in Ei 
but that IS neither here nor there. I bought, of a supply during the summer months I® ^bsHn Holland. A fathom, 
and sold, and bartered, and my chambers can hardly be appreciated by those who height of a full 
Nvere filled Nvith all the conceivable traps and have never been b the h-ibit^of it - . A• i^ measure, is4 i 
materials of the fcmn„<lfor<ist.soa and land, We jve . fiaum o an W H T~ foM 1 r‘’“ 
. . , , , '^niuu, VV e give a ngure ot an Ice House above a German, 1.806: a Tm-Licth 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 
ITS LISTS OF SELECT FRUITS. 
Our readers will dmiLtl r^cG 
APPLES AS AN ARTICLE OF HUMAN FOOD. 
not lutherto been sufficiently estimated in 
this country nor understood. Besides con¬ 
tributing a large proportion of sugar, mu¬ 
cilage, and other nutritive matter, in the 
form of fwd, they contain such a fine com¬ 
bination of vegetable acids, extractive sub¬ 
stances, and aromatic principles, with the 
nutritive matter, as to act powerfully in the 
capacity of refrigerants, tonics imd antiscep¬ 
tics; and Nvhen freely used at the season of 
; „ . . , ^ .m mu jiauii 01 iLs use,— An Irish mi e 2 9 X 0 ir-)v8o • o -i • V, —cm unat uie com- as lo act powerfn v in iLo 
th^r ' We give a figure of an Ice House cxbove 1^984; a GermeXn, 1,806 ’a Tm-klh ^ 820 ' tTv^Totes oiit^ refrigerants, 
; that farmers wives and daughters can pick ground, Nvhich is entirely adequate to its ‘'^^re is 1,480 square yards 1 foot’uid ^11100! ^ ^^ ^emg regarded ^es; and Nvhen freely used at the season of 
^ up to trade off for ribbons, snuff; teca, and preserNution that is not Avnl.- 1 8 ^ inches each nvuv A suuare mil^o Je e^^^^ At the hate ripeness, by rural laborers and others, they 
I 
I tenders that a country store is liable to blessing-s and comforts within [heir rccach ^efatoes planted below three feet do ^otN’eo-- ^ ^imerzean authority. ^ ^P^reXtors at Cornwall, in England, 
receiye. fniim, 4 n r • at one foot they grow thickest and nt ,o,o sorts. considei ripe apples nearly as nourishing as 
5 I found that the reals Nvere making Scad the I/ortLltzmst - ^ f««“hey arerej^d 2 or 3 moffi^^^ Early iiarvost,; s™ yrafisot ™ 
> I found that the rexts were making sad the Horticzdtzirist: 
’ hayoc Nvith my combustibles. Cats, traps' 
; drums, and deadfalls Nvere of no cxvail, and 
poison them I dcxre not I Nvas completely 
; outNvitted, and had to put up Nvith it with % 
( the best grace I could. 
; ^ ^ One day while sitting in a little office ad- 
; joining the-store, I heard a rat very Indus- * 
J triously gncxwing quite near me, and on 
> examining the place from Nvhere the noise 
] proceeded, found the plastering broken near 
> the wash board, and a large rat trying to i||nMill§ii 
. g-naNv off a strip of the lathing, to gain^ad- 
I mittance. The moment I moved, he disap- 
pecored up the casing cxnd over a door inside ‘■'^gure of a common i 
the walls. I then cut out the piece of lath, . "P® ice housi 
FIGURE OF A COMMON ICE HOUSE ABOVE GROUND. 
To build an ice house in sandy or gravelly soils, 
,p, J y ^ .i/ui o iiioni.ns.— '--uny Harvest, Swaar 
1 liere are no solid rocks in the arctic reo-ions bellow Bough, Porter’ 
owmg to the severe frosts.-The s,„&e of slstT,!’’'"""""' tSvSe 
«ie sea is cstiimted at 160,000.000 square Stmvbmy, HublSom .■Vomech 
miles, taking the whole surface of the olobe Danver-s Sweet. ’ 
at m 000,000 square miles. Its gr4tc.st SoilV^Eu G„e„i,„, ^"SS^iSaher 
depth is supposed to be equal to the hio-he.st Winesap 
mountein, or 4 miles. Roxbury Rus.set. Lady Apple, 
___ localitieSjWMie Apple. 
ITT TXT - lellow Bellflower, Rod ^istraelmn 
Who Yorks Hardest. —Sir Edivcard 8pit/.enburgh, 
Coke, the gTeeXt English lawyer, spetiks thus P'PP’®- 
concerning his grccxt ivork: “ Yliile we were 1 S 4 « ~ 
m hcxnd Nvith these four parts of the Insti- Madeleine, ' Rostiezer 
tute, Nve otten, heXvang OCCcXsion to go into the Seedling, Andrews,’ 
countr}^ did in some sort envy the state of Tyson Eondante (FAutomne, 
the honest ploNvman and the mechanics. — Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Urbaihste 
L or, one when he wxxs at Nvork, w'ould mer- Vicar of Winkfield, 
■ 35 sorts. 
Andrews, 
Eondante d’Automne, 
Fulton. 
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rily sing,_ and the ploNvman Nvhistle some Flemish Beauty, 
selt-pleasing tune, and yet their Nvork pro- Retire Bose, 
Winkfield, 
tlcman to take his fir-st step on at his return. ® .suRiciently good non-conductor. All tiiat to wiite, doth captivate all the Fur partimlar localities. 
Not long after, I heard him returnino- anrl ri’ to do, is to dig a pit, tivelve feet tHculties and must be only attentive to that White Doyenne; 
nh^orvod Dm rvl 1 r 11 • V ^ ^ ‘ypiare, and as many deep, line it with logs or tvhich he collcctetll Nvithout anv exDresrinn Doyenne. 
observed the old fellow peeping and dodging faced with boards, cover it with a simple roof of joy or cheerfulness while L if of Theu„* „ 
back and forth several times till Im wa« ®''®''Vith the ground, and fill it with ice. Such •.vnrk” Will,-. +D " vng pr. 
«..6cfind D . ‘ Iime.s, till lie was ice housc.s, built with a trifling cost, and entirely not these words breathe a de- Bemre 
sausnea mat possibly there might be dan- onsNvering the purpose of alibrding ample supply give df consolation to many who heedlessly Doyem 
gerin the fixings, when he took his back '^'^‘‘Se family, are common iu various parts of pnnsider that all toil is confined to the Nvork- 
track and departed. ButlioSn happouu that o,.o-a raaideuce i, up- __ S® 
Witltm a few mim.te.s a ten-iblc squealing aTaitr!”.! SLlrl.T" fe" BLEnnitto at tue Nose.-D,-. n RSq ' 
Uvedalc's St. Germain or 
[Pound, 
li^cSiber Urda'?'st£S!’ VIT^ OF SEEDS. ^ 
jr partindar localities, baking. So completely is the ground imprCDTia- h 
itc Doyenne; ted With seeds, that if earth is fcoiio-ht i 
I r ^ surffice from the lowest denth xt 
he following list of weiu sorte, adopted as which it is found some veoad-iblp m ( 
promise of being worthy to be added:- ^ will snrino-from 1 T ^ < 
rred’Anjon, Paradise dAntomne orod D ’ F ^ j^^ve always consid- ( 
enne Boussock, Van Assene. ^ Grecl this fact as one of the many surpri- ) 
ining S Elizabeth, Jalouiso de Fontenay ^ing instances of the power andbounfvrnf < 
MmSIuc, Sif^fete. "highly GoX who hLtlms^; did I 
hesHc <1 Orleans, Brandywine, ^ eaith with Ins g'oodness, by storino' np ( 
Gtt. a deposit of useful seeds in its deptlis ' 
.e Sdlc-aZorite I ^ I 
'HO ly. Bergen?, Yciloiv, ’ “S'S™ of ages, only requiring the energies ' 
n r.n'lvvlj*’ Crawford'. Lata, “ ™»" *0 bring tiiem into action. Inbonng j| 
i. wtto ' H2re£ fn '• Kingston-on“ , 
aixon Frce.stone, ^ 1 names, some earth was brought up from d 
Plums —12 Nom. a depth of three hundred and sixty feet- ^ 
r.son V CfB'efully covered over with i 
n G^ge, o/?e5ff'Sr/o t ^ possibility of ' 
liington, m/ded.^’ ^ any Other seeds being deposited upon it • ■ i 
Ic Layorite, Rivers’Favorite, time plants vee'etated from i+’ ' ' 
loferap, If tlBick lime is put upon lL“from ’ ; 
,G«ga, ”™e™m™onal has produced nothiiK. but i! 
."ill be killed: and : \ 
rial Gage. NvJiitc cloN Cl spring up m its place. A cu- ; ; 
Cherries — 8 sorts —1848. communicated to me respec- s 
"j)®’, . Knight’s Early Black, ®ome land which siirroimds an old ■' I 
.IS?,™"- r‘:‘-. to the Reg^m ' 
reau or Graffion, Downton. uriaj, near Moffat On removino’ the 
Apricots —3 Norfe— 1849. is from six to eight inches in jS 
Early, ^ Moorpark. Stratum of soil appears, which , 
Nectarines — 3 sorts — 1849. ^ have been a cultivated ;j^ 
toil) Early Violet, gaiden in the time of the reo-ent, and -Is 
^ IIom which a variety of flowers and dImdig /I) 
7^’ of them little knowm ev^n a“ j 
ward’s Whitesmith,Ironmonger, tills time HI Scotland.— Jesse’s Gler/ninas J? 
1 , Early Sullihur, 0/ dS^atliral Historif H) 
JmmniKrjip _ 'a/ 
productive labor.” t 
The operators at Cornwall, in England I 
consider ripe apples nearly as nourishino- as 
bread, and more so than potatoes. In the / 
year 18 01 , a year of scarcity, apples, instead i 
ot being converted into cider, were sold to S 
the poor ; and the laborers asserted that I 
they could stand their work on baked ap- 
pies, without meat; whereas, a potato diet $ 
required either meat or fish. r 
I he French and Germans use apples ex- I 
tensively; indeed, it is rare that they sit ^ 
down, m the rural districts, without them >' 
m some shape or other, even at the best > 
tables. I he laborers and mechanics depend 
on them, to ii very great extent, as an article '> 
ot tood, and frequently dine on sliced apples ^ 
and bread. Stewed with rice, red cabWe J 
carrots, or by themselves, with a little siumr > 
and milk, they make both a pleasant mid I 
nutritious dish. — Arnerican Agricvlturist. : 
White Doyenne; 
Gray Doyenne. 
The following list of nexc sorts, adopted 
ling ample supply ^ Consolation to many who heedlessly Doyenne Boussock, 
in various parts of Consider that all toil is confined to the ivork Manning’s Elizabeth 
ing classes? 
s residence is np- _ _ _ htriped Madeleine, 
lased upon clav or n • Duchesse d’Orleans, 
.stratum. Such a ^ THE Nose.— Hr. Samuel R 
and scrxmhlin h slate, or, at least,'rocky ih its substraturn. Such a ^ THE NoSE.— Hr. Samuel R 
c « SCI ambling took place on the top of the *s retentive of moisture, and even thoimh well ot lompkinsville, Staten Island NT Peaches 
r7/-v/A>. A.1 _• ,• 1 ^ nrniTtO/l flir» i _l_ ^ 1 , ... V _ • , , _ 
door casing; this continued for sometime lio»se just described will Y., communicates to the Bos^.n Medical CooIedge’^FaVor 
when Eoiuethiug foil f,.„,„ ,io tep to 2 "S 23 ^ Jou..„»l, a .ueth„a foi-stopping hio^;!;^; ' 
floor and then a scratchino- and descendino- — it is always an excellent conductor, ^ which he learned ot an old ship- For particular k 
of theoldTahandi^ntedlately"^^^ 3'2cllr ’'•>'» oT^p^r .S^pZ^t 
tinned, until a young rat was forced and be built?” is the question which has freduentiv ^ continued for four days, by tv- 
tlnvcn out of tho hole into the trap and was been put to ™ lately. ‘ • mg a knot in a bandage and applying it o„ hS„,S 
cauglAwlienlheoldcovoydcmurelyscratcli- e.tisfar,yZ,l.:":rS^^^^^ n! .’.'PI’?'' '‘ft"”'' ‘ymg‘lm bandage round S'Si'?:»"“• ?' 
ed up the casing, and was off; no doubt ”; b. Wye™; of Cambridge, Mas,., whose prac: tint Dreisn2’2ril“^‘'“F'y Coe's GoIdcTilrop, 'm? 
lughiy gratified with tlio success of his ...d 33o,7o’oTnpte2\h33 3 ra{ 2 f c^oLssL 
Paradise d’.Yiitomne, 
Van Assene. 
Jalouiso de Fontenay 
Chancellor, [Vendee, 
Ananas d’Etc, 
Brandywine, 
Ott. 
10 sorts —1848. 
Cooledge’s Favorite, 
cUrotoLt \ : I , and more complete tlian that of any other'person COmpwsses the arteiy furnishing the blood i «®B®, 
StrAbxgem, and it was the last I ever saw of ‘® ®®l“'*ri’» be for many years, having had the —^- --- - j For pariicit 
his ratship iu that quarter. “ 1 .„Z; 3 S 3 !, 2 t 33 ^IVeTtS 7 S”"” Wueu.-I, i, a,n.c«t 
I Jiave come to the conclusion, that tlie ®“‘* “i®®^P®Tfect known. ‘ ^ lemedy in case of colic. Steep and 
Fox is a mere Ass — a Goose in cimnino- an the same as any other herb tea. In 
compared with these »««;„* „,.os°c Wev 7o,md "'’°™ 8 ™“-.d and ‘I''i‘ ™th Si5 per htmdred for 
intuitive instinct' is almost equal to tlie cite mmark tbai the i„ 2,?ifKt5 '‘‘7"'"'’'' "<■■1'“"ed 
1 1 gieat ice houses ot our ice companies are usiraiiv I Dill bloom. Give an ox, conv, or 
boasted attribute of reason, and even supe- ®^®''® growiH: and Mr. VYrirra^n^hi^^^^^^^^ ^lorse, one pound per Nveek^ durinortbrti’me ’ ^'^^®®‘’P®i’*^- 
nor to some that believe the moon controls ^ ^ keep their Downton, 
vegetation, and IS made of green cheese. f built above ground, and costs much more. loose. It is an excellent Elruge, 
Chestmd Jiidge, 1849. r t ti , ’ ‘^"■®®‘'®“® *®‘' tbe construe- -l-i house has one pound a Nveek, r, ,, 1849 
slight sketches in c.xpla- ^l^erc is no danger of his havino- bot.t.s n,’ Laurel, 
vegetation, and is made of green cheese. 
Chestnut Ridge, 1849. k. t h 
....r urrwyarT Luunuuib uoase unaer ground; it never preserves ice as well 
of green cheese. , ^®®® above ground, and costs much more 
R T Ti F ^"•®®‘'®®s Ibr the construc- 
K- T. H. tioii of both kmd.s, with slight sketches in c.xpla- 
--nation. The following are Mr. Wyeth’s direc- 
bwEDisH Horses. — I was surprised to 
hiid in the Royal Stables in Sweden that hlnio' DonsE above groxmd. An ice 
.tec wu, iro s4uw or other boddingr te 032 
orses. I he animals stand or lie on per- between filled by some non-conducting substance 
lorated boards; this is an universal practice i ^ place, the frame of the sides sliouk 
It has been approved by the Veterinarv 'hl^ybi joints^ 
Gfdlofi-no r,f nAu Y vciormary indies; tlie lower ends of the joints should ho Lm 
ere is no danrrer of his havino- bntts 1 Iv . Laurel, 
TYrrYvrvo . T- 1 Y JniNing ROUS, 01 j Woodward’s Mhitesmith.lronnionircr 
Nvoims of any kind; and they nviII eat it Bob, Early Sifli.i’mr 
oner than the best of hay. Champugne, Green Gage, ’ 
- Warrington, Green Walnut. 
V .space Pressure of the Sea.—I f a piece of Grapes --10 wr?6--~i849. 
KS <'“‘f o»‘he water, be forced !J|»k Ite„,l,urt 3 h”“'‘“" “ISfc 
G 2-4 to gi-eat depth in the sea, the pre.s- White .M.isat of’ Alex 
-• "-0 te ;oLTte‘“^M -—3 .r.,nSZ 
w1;!.iS d / 1 , r fO Increase For open adture. 
12 sorts. 
added. 
Rivers’ Favorite, 
St. Martin’s Quetscho, 
McLaughlin. 
For particular localites, 
Imperial Gage. 
Cherries — 8 sorts — 1848. 
i'W'ike, Knight’s Early Black, 
i> ®r .1 "’’.b'^an. Downer's l.ate, 
Black Eagle, Elton, 
Bigarreau or Graffion, Downton. 
Apricots — 3 sorts — 1849. 
Large Early, Moorpark. 
[andria. 
L nasselas ofFontimblcau 
^ Vjjte; 
) Currants —5 sorts —1849. 
Red Dutch, May’s Victoria, 
White Dutch, White Grape. 
duced by their ;;;i;;.;h:h.feetbco';;;;' “s t‘.te Fs ‘r 7“ 'tt rrrf'" 
. Sweden r.rft£f 
Eg ^brt ledtet tehe'peo v~ S im -.0 .^3=7* 
_-_ Js . “ The space betNveen these hoardings or parti- ^ same reason, it is prob- r ^ „• Bbie.-" [lexxce. 
Sfx of VrZ TTr T“T p t tions should he filled with wet tau, t saNN-dus tliere is a deptli beyond AHiidi 8®c.iling. 
A correspondent of the whichever is dieapest or most easiI’y obtained- fislies cannot live. Tlun^ Lovdi 1 
Agricultural Gazette says 
to tell vou tlm k wnflirnTf 1- 
pressure to which he 
a depth beyond Avhich 
They, according to Jos- 
[Albany CuWrator 
Lime IN Planting Trees.—M any obiect- 
o planting trees, either ffir ornament or ti.se 
in consequence of the numerous failures 
they experience. This, hoNvever, it should 
be 1 ecoliected, is not a necessary resulu_ 
With proper care there is no more difficulty 
in transplanting than pi-opagating from the 
seed or germ. In setting, we usually put a 
small ipiantity of lime in the hole, about a 
peck to a tree, mixing it thoroughly Nvith the 
motild, in order that it may be easily acces- 
able to the roots, which ramify in eveiy 
threction. An English publication says that 
an extensive plantation of trees has'' been 
tormed Nvithm a tew years, Nvithout the loss 
ot a single tree, and this was effected .sim- 
ply by putting a small quantity of lime in 
knoNvledgc of abstru.se mysteries'll Imvio mawed, little or no ice tvill melt at the y^cy must have .sustained a pressure of 80 compost for 
Sr-jsiasS 
Tnxvnitll+f^' Simply 111 this: “Ppoa tbche.mns above the vault, a preltv tight contradictory poNver, Nvhich determines to should, if possible, 
Ioavoidsettingthelongshapedegg.s,(which J®®^’®h®»W also he laid, and thi« floor shouhrhe change the face of thino-s—- carted out m--- ’ 
. always produce cocks,) choosing the rounder d.ir'" rf .ndes deep with drx- tan or saw- diso-usted w tli mr., ‘ ^ ^l^g in 
and plumDer onus /v.»y>v.,h 4. r V T*’® ™®f ®t tb®‘ce house should have con- Commences a search 
foiuul th-it thf* VPVT Y , ^ siderahle pitch, and the space between tlie upper Laith — which, impatient at travelino- H f '‘f 
t!! ' k: r ^ produce j®®*' tlie roof should bo ventillated by a lat- ttt the rate of ten miles an hour determines Fnv 
tilt buds. It IS certainly an important ‘)®® ''’*‘^‘^®''^'^^®a®b pble end, or something equiv- to truN'el at the rate of fortv and xeenm’ ' hve bn 
matter to succeed in this department havino- 1 t^^® warm air which will accu- plishes ltd-d f 
myself had the mortification to 1v, vi '/ i 1 *=’ the roof. A door must be provi- ^ -F, ^ , T- thssatisfied 
br'ood of eor-kt. nv TP “ to have a Nvhole ded m the side of the vault to till and discharge if merely looking at the moon with the i v i 
nf ti • • ° ^ nearly so; the avoidance “ sbou d always he closed up higher tlum the B-'^^cd eve, invents the telescopic eve to I freely, t 
of th.sinconvenieiKH^trulyade.sideratum.” ■®®. and when not in pse shmid ll twdt dn o’ther-ancl alto^tter^^ - ' 
Manure for Fruit Trees.- 
comport for “all fruit trees,” ( 
de.xvoring to suit the specific nv 
particular fruit,) is a compost 
SNvamp muck, reduced, or rend 
itc of forty, and accom- Zl. "^^‘^^icxs or gootl bar 
power which, dissatisfied 11 i P'^' 
g at the moon with the i ^ P f '^c’ck, turn it over tc 
1 the telP.^ooT^in PT-T oy aiid m two or th 
No Timn 
hear mi 
