MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
TWO KINDS OF APPLES FROM ONE GRAFT. 
. ' ■ ■ __ Eds. New-Yorker: —As your paper is 
SYRACUSE NURSERY —VERBENAS. °P en ^ or tb e investigation of Nature’s freaks, 
I send you for publication the following 
Mr. Moore : — As you are aware that I curious occurrence, 
am no longer at the Mt. Hope Nurseries, but While uatherin.cr annles last, a.itmn n 1 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 
For the week ending March A, .1851, 
have located m Syracuse, perhaps a few lines C ame to a tree of which one limb was graft- 
horticultural^ would be acceptable. In the e d to Russet apples, and bore about a peck 
hrst place I was much surprised to find a 0 n the lower portion. The apples on the 
Nursery, closely . planted, with superior upper part of the same limb were of an- 
trees, r c., covering about 100 acres of other kind, apparently the natural fruit of 
SELF-ACTING PRESS, 
The annexed cut represents an improve¬ 
ment of the self-acting press, the invention 
of Messrs. McKenney A Tyler, of Clarks- 
field, Huron Co., Ohio. It has been fully 
tested and appears remarkably adapted to 
THE NEAREST STAR. 
W f f’7« .7'“ ! aS * 1 To W„ W ^ of County wST 
came to a tree of which one limb was graft- of Surrey, Engl™,I, for improvement in paper 1“«> a gradual pressure, 
ed to Russet apples, and bore about a peck moulds. Ante-datecl Feb. 12, 1849, a 
on the lower portion. The apples on the To Junius Judson, Jr., of New York, N. Y.,for D Jj 
ground, and 20 acres more in preparation. 
A finer propagating house I never saw, be- 
the trree. They were small green apples, 
To Junius Judson, Jr., of New York, N. Y.,for 
improvement in paper governor. 
To John W, Nystrom, of Philadelphia, Pa., for 
improvement in calculating machines. 
To Barnard O’Neill, of Reading, Pa., for im- 
^ H i - — - -wv-v/ vwv oiuv,. JL VUu Lilt: iuuu 
I) 1D g span-roofed and got up upon the best 0 fF with the apples on it, and kept it until 
11 > modcrn P^ an » and stocked with the most those at the extremity of the limb rotted 
I) choice and rare plant — manv. indeed -rml fell eff a ^ 
a little red on one side. I cut the limb proved mothod of bracing the water spaces of boil 
To II. II. Snow, of New Haven, Conn., for 
choice and rare plant -many, indeed, -and fell off, being a fall apple. A great ,m P rov « ment ^ P^^i^d'-oppers. 
that I have never before seen Thev iw ® ■ 0 H cnr y Waterman, of New York, N. Y., 
ever oetore seen 1 hey are many persons saw them and no one who variable cut-off, regulated by the governor. 
also .ibout erecting a span-roofed green did so, hesitated to call them different To E. P. Gaines, of Nacogdoches, Texas, for 
house 100 feet long by 22 wide. Their varieties. improvement in dressing millstones, 
stock of roses, petunias, phloxes, verbenas, 
How can this curious phenomena be «- To Jones, of Clyde, N. Y„ for 
plained . Can the original stock influence ment in carriages. Originally patented Jan, 14, 
grafts in the manner here supposed ? Can 1851 - 
1 r i: o n uaaa.j vumvuo a L/C CA“ 
dahlias <fcc., is very excellent This estab- i • jo n t . . . 
iii plamed: Can the original stock influence 
lishment belongs to the firm of Messrs t, ■ ^ 
m o b tt o grafts m the manner here supposed ? Can 
InoRPE, Smith, IIanciiett & Co., gentle- , , 1 . , 
c . ,. . , ’ » you or your correspondents account for the 
men of standing and worth. „ „ 
strange occurrence. F, Sale. 
\ our excellent paper is a very welcome Victor, n. y., 1831. 
messenger indeed, over which I fondly - 
numburofyourpaperalludedlo-thercfore how to make a EOT BED 
I will pass it by. Next comes— - 
Heine de Jour.— Flowers verv laroe- The above engraving almost tells the 
.... J O ’ —_ mi - • „ 
To Charles Wilson, of Springfield, Mass for ^ leyer and cam Combined, SO arranged 
improvement in cutting stone. Originally patented m, t0 a C 1 0nStant1 ^ increasing power. 
March 13, 1847. Jhe substance being in all cases followed 
-A|» UC4D UCCJU iUJiy T t 
steel and appears remarkably adapted to T a ny Doy or girl who ever tMnks 
•essing the various substances which re- . ut tbe Stars, look south about 7 o’clock 
fire a gradual pressure. in the evening, and a bright Star will be 
| seen almost half way up the sky, which, is 
i - J bius, i° *be Constellation Canis Major, or 
~ jf This is the bri ghtest Star in the sky and 
^ WT Jw therefore supposed by some to be nearer to 
^lyL JW US <han iUly ° ther ' Whelher this so or not 
cannot be determined, but it has been 
jo, demonstrated that no Star is nearer the 
II earth than 20 ’ 140 ’ 000 ’°00,000 or twenty 
fe binions °ne hundred and forty thousand 
millions of miles. Now, a cannon ball mm- 
ing at the rate of 500 miles an hour, would 
' JiyH require 4,000,000, or four millions six Jaun- 
The principle of its operation is that of til0usand ye;us to P ass over this dia- 
DF.SIGNS. 
To Gardiner Chillson, of Boston, Mass., for four 
designs for furnace registers. 
~~~ GUU.lUJIiCU, HU CiJUTcillgeU mi , 
as to secure a constantly increasing power. 1Jie e ec * nc telegraph, conveying inteih- 
The substance being in all cases followed g enc e at the rate of 200,000 miles a second, 
by an accumulated power proportioned to could not accomplish this distance in three 
that of its greater degree of density, and yeara Enoch 
this Without any additional labor on the New Fane, Niagara Co., n. y. 
To S. W. Gibbs, of Albany, N. Y., (assignor ^ ° f the °P erator ^ the press and that of the 
' Jagger, Treadwell & Perry,) three designs for • , tance t0 , be compressed producing suffi- 
J, S. Perry of Albany, N, Y., for design f . ... j —r*‘6 “ J i /V j1 A ,V”77*~ 4 -ir^ 
for stoves. formed whtle the workmen can be employed ‘ Ln ^J 0 , e al gher vegetable kingdom of 
-—- at other labor. It is used to great advan- , outh AfriCa > adorning the upper ridges of 
WHEELER’S PATENT RAILWAY DHA 1 N tage by printers for paper, blanks, <kc., also t,i e mountain ranges. It has a dark and 
H0RSE P0WEE - for cloth, tobacco, oils, wine, cider, and dense evergreen foliage, and produces a fine 
... ,, cheese. Among those who have tested its “ ai t> whicli furnishes food for the natives. 
HOW TO MAKE A HOT EEC. iHE principle of this machine is familiar value, there seems to be but one general Lhls fruit “wof the size and shape of a 
, r , r' , to 50 many American farmers, that.it may opinion in regard to its merits. They aive very lar S e P ]i ve. It is at first green, but 
'I ^ ^2 1 fc>’ iavin e a most t».i s the be interesting to them to know the value d a decided preference over the screw press. S ra dually ripening, like the Indian maize, 
imO i Sl 0^m: e tZra^,fwMe e which is set upon it h Europe. I nM „,be r ZSSPM TSL ^ 
cient power for the service required. By 
this mode of operation, the pressing is per- 
THE MOOPOOROO TREE. 
I ms is one of the most beautiful sneci- 
WHEELER'S PATENT RAILWAY GRAIN 
HORSE POWER. 
blush, with a deep rosy crimson centre, 
whole story. The common size of the 
frame is 10 or 12 feet long and 4 or 5 wide. 
4’ 4. 1 _-1 1.1 1 , ^ • 
slightly veined and of superior form; urn- T^ vl h 1 i " or5 Wlde * 2 i 0 f Bvrne’s Dirtkmrv nf Mpphoniu, rq larI y reeommendit as the most "compact, , when perfectly ripe, its color b the 
Ms very largo, and habit vigorous; foliage wide and the back Vs inches,'" as to g" Engineering we find a drawing of a railway -X^lTto S'daif a^dToLTa 
handsome The individual flowers cover the slope towards the sun, and to carry off carnage, propelled by horse power, lately seen the press in operation, remarks:—“wf sma11 brown seed. It covers the branches 
nearly a 25 cent piece, and the tresses are weL , ' sash are made without cross- patented in Italy, and which is said to be can bear testimony to .its effectiveness, and and when ri P e the golden fruit beautifully 
^btvatV- diamc,CT - Atru,yre ' ojjhc'ir:::L g a:: s Rail - 
sclfT” j! We b largC ' dC ' !P r0Sy « X for f U will be evident to° those who will tabe Sn^Any KS^o?^ whiobX^ ^ 
t, with a Violet or bronze centre, re- purpose by making the frame of proper the trouble to examine, that this railway ence to the above press can be obtained by fume ’ and the % ht silve *7 grey of The 
semblmg the inner petals of Cereus speci- size to fitthe sash propeller is merely a reproduction of the application (post-paid) to the inventor- leaves °*' which contrast finely wUh'the dark 
osipimus; umbels large and of superior form, To form the bed, select a dry spot of Messrs. Wheeler’s Power patented by Farmcr and Mechanic. green of its neighbor. The rosewood tree 
foliage and habit very good; trading and f n ° und J' 1 a convenient place, sheltered them in 1841 and ^ch is now extensive -_- 18 als ° found abundantly in the same region 
vigorous. A splendid verbena. lr0m n ° rt . h and ' yest wmds, and open to the , , • extensive FIRE annhhlatoe. growing to a great me.-Rambler. 
Tnhiaene n -t sun - ^ive a stake at each corner, allowing ^ USe i ln thls C0antl 7 f or threshing and __ ___ 
A ^ '. rs arge, pure lilac, with a foot each way larger than the size of the °fber purposes. The manner of construct- ^gvekal interesting and successful ex- Incombustible Hemp _The Sc Tm,; 
a rosv carmine centre. • well cLanorl • Ovi;..— a... -.i-*__ r :_i -. .. .. _ nenments lmvo lo+oi.. v.- , -r. , J HOULa 
sembhng the inner petals of Cereus speci- sue to fit the sash. propeller is merely a reproduction of the application (post-paid) to the inventor.- 
osipimus; umbels large and of superior form, To form the bed, select dry spot of Messrs. Wheeler’s Power patented bv Farmer and Mechanic. 
foliage and habit very good; trailing and & round m a convenient place, sheltered them in t • ’ 1 . . ..... 
vigoious. A splendid verbena hom north “ d ™‘ winds.‘andopen to the “ d 13 "» w HBB anhihiiatoe. 
n •, sun ' Urive a stake at each corner, allowing *y use 'l ni this country for threshing aud 
F ■' rs arge, pure lilac, with a foot each way larger than the size of the °^ber purposes. The manner of construct- Several interesting and successful ex- 
gorous. A splendid verbena {rom north and west winds, and open to the , . *.* “ uu 18 now exlen81ve - 
Tvhiaene _ _Flnwp a i n .. sun - Hrive a stake at each corner, allowing used ui this country for threshing and 
\ rs ar g R > P urc i dac > with a foot each way larger than the size of the 0 ^ber purposes. The manner of construct- 
: i , ^ quantity of manure for the bed depends on out tne lornis and proportions of the inte- Alter adverting to the ineflicien- heat was intense enough to weld the stands 
0 ' the time of year and the purpose for which gral parts are so nearly alike that it is diffi- c y oJ - water as a means of quenching flames, of the wire rope together whilst the hem ’ 
Host/ Morn. — Rosy red, margined with it is designed. A bed formed the latter cult to resist the conclusion that the Italian 5?™, con ; S( ; qU( ; nt 1rss sustained annually pen rope was only slightly charred on the 
nch cherry color. A great tresser and part of March or tatof April, simply for patentee must have copied the Messrs ^ ^ AnotlJr toft wi made; the piece 
very fine. bringing forward plants of early vegetables wr , . • . * ' 1 ^ot property, to the amount of about £2 - of roDe and a small h»r nf ir^n ■ j, 
Camel eon .—White and pink from the &c .’ needs a moderate degree invention. At all events the 000,000, he introduced one of the smaller in the same fire, and the iron brouo-lft to a 
lightest to the darkest sha Z;’! of heat and but for a few weeks; and for P rmci P les and construction of the motive of his own machines, and explained that the white heat, yet the cordage was but little 
. i . . ’ ' ie san ae this a frame 5 by 10 and a bed 2 or 3 feet P°wer are the same in both, and the favor i^ en , . ^ which he sought to accomplish if any more affected by the fire than h thp 
tresses changing color at the different stages m height, when formed, will be sufficient, with which the machine has been received ob ject was a mixture of gas and vapor, previous experiment 7 ' ‘ 
\ of flowering. Very handsome indeed. This will take 2 or 3 common two-horse in England as aDDears bv a kto irtiMp in Alt f several experiments on a small scale, ----- 
) Queen .—Blush white; very sweet scent- wa g on Ioads of manure. T “ . ' «■ \}. “ y . ‘ ' 1 / to show the success he had attained by these . a n Old Horse.—'Y oung, of Grand Rao- 
> ed; profuse bloomer and very fine Tut on the frame and sash and let stand f , ’ Vb, . 1S a . a Cnng 11 UttJ to ^? eans ’ , t lc attendon the company was * ds > states m the Mich. Mr. Farmer that he 
; Anacreon .—Blood red crimson with a 3 ° r 4 ^ for the heat . t0 arise ’ then put th ° g enIU3 _<> f ^ American invento rs. d wcc ed to a compartment of aiarge open owns a horse which is forty-five year, old. 
| maroon centre Thi« in <i cni r / • ' G or 8 inches in depth of fine garden earth NEW USES OF CHLOROFORM w } • i q wenty feet high inside, lde sa y s he bought the animal in 1825, and 
) * his is a splendid variety, inside the frame, and let stand 2 or 3 days -" ' which was fitted up with partitions and that his age was then stated to be fifteen 
; ^ east s White. A. superior white ver- to become warm, and allow the first rank The French Academy of Sciences has ° 1 m h.o i ' ar y jousting' °l light wood, well soak- years; that he drove him in a buggy and 
| bena. steam to pass off; then level the bed, sow just received two communications of much i •, I^ch and turpentine, and overhung rode him in the city of Albany for six years, 
i Queen of Whites .—A very superb pure the seeds, and attend carefully to giving air, interest upon the subject of chloroform n^' e ra §® and shavings soaked in and for the last nineteen years he has been 
\ white. and shade from hot sun, Ac. For more One of these is from M. Ed. Robin, and the nke manaer - -Jhe torch was applied to this one of a farm team; that he has still the 
NEW USES OF CHLOROFORM. 
Roval Purnle— Deeidpdbr ^ . mbiruuuons, see any work on oiner irom M. Augendre, a French gent e- IT ascenaea iuaun i«48 n e drove 
itoyai 1 utple. Decidedly the best pur- gardening.- Ohio Cultivator. man residen t in Constantinople. Each pro- lmmedia tely, at length roared with a vehe- him two hundred and forty miles in four 
p 0 out, never was finer. ----—__— fesses to have discovered about the same ? whlch drove the spectators back to da y s - About nineteen years ago his teeth 
biewarftu —'Very deep purple, with a CULTIVATION OF CRANBERRIES. time, and without any communication with u ° '° Tiy / eet ’ and w as already became so uneven that he could not grind 
red stripe; novel in color and very fine. . one another, another remarkable property ^ e f wa ^ er ’ ba y well, and his owner had them filed 
White Perfection .—This is decidedly the , There is no longer any question as to of this agent. It appears to be an anti- „ iae inventor then brought forward one down, since which he has been able to feed 
best white ever raised No mistake the practicability of growing this excellent septic of marvellous virtue, preventing ani- ' nh,™ f D(i mac b‘ nes > an d threw out a with the youngest horses.” 
T . v , Dio mistake. fruit on any sou that is constitutionally ca- mal decomposition after death, or promptly voJume of gaseous vapor, which, in half a ------- 
inese verbenas are of recent mtroduc- pacitated for the production of Indian corn, checking it if already commenced. Muscu- raiI ™ te ’ entirely suppressed all flame and Sensible Horses.— Laing, in his Travels 
tion, comprising every color, and one varie- Abel Burnham, of Essex, N. H., in a com- lar flesh and all the animal tissues, when conQ bustion; and, to show that the vapor m Norway, says that the horses in that coun- 
ty (a splendid pure white,) that we have mun i ca fi° n published not lon^ since in one subjected to its action, become fixed for a ' V 1! °b now filled the space was quite innox- tr y have a very sensible way of taking their 
always much desired. I think your corres-1 ot . our Agricultural Journals, in reference to long period of time in the precise form and 10us ’ h hillips, mounted into the loft, and ^ ood - Instead of swilling themselves with 
pondent will admit that these are truly rare ! SayS ;““ b ( ' omraR nced the condition in which they may happen to be 5 *!!;*'i TnJiS? 86 * 1 , t 1 hr ? u S 1 l tbe midst of a P aill ’ al °f water at a draught, no doubt 
pondent will admit that these are truly rare b a J i~ \ commenced the condition in which they may happen to be l } ^ d throu g h tb e midst of a pailful of water at a draught, no doubt 
and splendid -ml if th,* U 7 middle of last April, and set out about one at the moment of application, and natural d ' a b^hted candle m his hand. The fl0m the fear oc not getting any again, 
/ the directions recom- third of an acre; the soil was of a loamy colors, even to the most delicate shades are n j a< jbme with which this effect was accom- and then overgorging themselves with dry 
mended by him are faithfully carried out, nature. I planted corn on the same land preserved without the slightest change P Jl i hed was rather larger than a good sized food for the same reason, they have a bucket 
then would they indeed be well repaid with the .year before, and cut up some of the " -—---- ’’ ' coffee pot, and consisted of three tin cases, 1 water put down beside their allowance 
every color and shade imaginable—even plants with a hoe > about six inches square A New Application. —A successful at- °! le wit -bin another, and mutually commu-, of bay. It is amusing to see with what 
white, striped with purple and deen unrnle on the turf; others nothing but the vines; tempt, and we believe the first one that has RIcatln g- There was a small quantity of | relish they take a sip of the one and a 
striped Will. R/fo-ipt t r ■ i- 1 • both did equally well. My method was to succeeded, to take a daguerreotype impres- watRr m the bottom of the machine, and mouthful of the other alternately, some- 
. ’ . 0 vaneties quite set out between the old hills without plow- sion on the surface of smooth white P a P er > \lVl center case was a composite cake, of times only moistening their mouths as a 
umque and novel m their characters. I he- ing or harrowing. The first of June I went was made by a Mr. Hiram Hayden, of New tlie size and c °for of peat—containing, in rational being would do while eating a din- 
lieve these varieties are sold at 25 cents over all the old. hills with my cultivator, Hampshire, recently. By a simple process the middle of it, a phial of sulphuric acid ner of such dry food. A broken-winded 
or Jess, except White Perfection; and all makin g it all smooth and light. I thus had lt is alleged that he can take any required aud c,dorate ?*’ potash. In order to put borse is scarcely ever seen in Norway. 
the other good sorts at 12.1 cts. ' the plants, and made no use of any ma- number of landscape’views with a common th e machine in action, this phial is broken, - 
Should vou annrnvp nf+V *1 ui •* nure._ They have done wonders, and to my daguerreotype apparatus at the same in- a nd a gaseous vapor is generated so rapid- Gigote, is the name of a Mexican pre- 
’ * -K- ^ 0i lllS> 1 v ' t lwrlte astonishment, bloomed about the 30th of sta nt. He has taken a number of pictures ] y and in such quantity that it immediately partition of beef, very useful to travellers in 
y0U a 8 ain > describing some of the new July. The fruit is large and handsome, which are sa, id to exhibit the effect of light f us bos out from a lateral spout with great the desert. It is made by drying the jerked 
splendid Petunias and most beautiful Dahl- and many hills yield a pint of berries.”— and shade .similar to a fine engraving, l m P eljU °sity. meat until it can be finely puTverised, to 
ias. Yours, A. A. Fahnestock. ^ rancfi - bringing out the most delicate minutiae! ^ r ; Phillips explained that a machine of which is added, as a matter of course, a 
Syracuse, n.y., February, leal. -*-—- ^- -- any size could be made, according to the quantity of powdered pepper pods, and is 
— - - —- Ashes —Take especial care of all the A Wheel made to revolve with such purpose for which it was intended, and a then packed in bags for the journey. It 
A SOCIETY has Bppti PaffiKlioUcA __J.. _ I , . velocity as to render its snnlipa inviaiKln io comnanv was at. lpnrrtVi fr.vrr.crl __iU. malrco c van. cccl ___ ", 
Syracuse, N. Y., February, 1851. 
cultivation of the grape, the preparation of loads of marsh river mud, muck or peat , i , . comc and 8 0ne before the the success of the achievements .—New ----- 
dS > Trea f eSt J 3Urit 7’ and the encour - will convert the whole into good manure! ^ aecl had time to make a perceptible ad- York Tribune. The sucking apparatus of the Lamprey 
age ment of such efforts for improvement in A hogshead or two of soap suds would do Vance *_- m j —- nj w 1 _u- is capable of exerting an adhesive force so 
the art, as may be found best adapted for the same thing-therefore, among your A polar whale yields on an avprurm „ ias human ear is so extremely sensitive great, that a fish of this kind has been taken 
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