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of boards and scantiing, the effect will be much 
better. The general effect of many a good hoiti- 
cultural show is destroyed by rough carpenter 
work. Rustic work should be substituted as much 
THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 
HORTICULTUBAL DEPARTMENT. 
Tue New York State Agricultural Society, as 
most of our readers know, held its Annual Fair at 
Albany, on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th insts. The 
weather was all that could be desired, and the 
grounds were visited by immense numbers of 
people, yielding a large revenue to the Society, and 
we hope a corresponding amount of pleasure and 
profit to the people. A pretty full report of the 
other departments will be given in other pages of 
this paper, and we purpose here only to give some 
notes of the Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables. 
floral hall— arrangement and management. 
The arrangement of Floral Hall, in which was 
shown the Fruits and Flowers, was the most incon¬ 
venient and ill-adapted, to the purpose that we 
have ever seen. In the centre of the building 
a platform or staging was erected with four ranges 
of shelves on all sides, the first about the height 
and width of the ordinary table, the next a foot or 
so higher, and so on, as shown in the little draw¬ 
ing which we have made from recollection, and 
which we presume is not correct in its proportions. 
The dots represent a railing, about three feet fiom 
the lower shelf, to keep the crowd from disarrang¬ 
ing or handling the fruit. 
see at any of the Fairs in the States, but we have 
never visited a Canada Fair where we did not see 
a large and fine display. Our farmers have a good 
deal to learn in root culture from their Canadian 
neighbors. 
FRUIT RECEIVED. 
THE HORTICULTURIST - PEAR QUESTION. 
THE EDITOR AMONG THE DWARF PEARS. 
Grotund Plan of Proposed Floral Hall. 
as possible, b, passage way, and as the people 
In most 
Section of Floral Hall at Albany. 
By this arrangement a pretty good view is had 
by the people of the lower shelves, but of those 
above they can see nothing but a mass of fruit— 
not a label can be read, or one variety distin¬ 
guished from another. Indeed, on the upper 
shelves, twelve or fifteen feet distant, it is difficult 
with the light afforded, to tell apples from pears, 
and the Committee have to climb around among 
the fruit, to the great danger of the plates and 
their own necks. This has been the system 
adopted for several years past, and if the object of 
the Superintendent is to give all possible annoy¬ 
ance to the Committees, and to prevent the people 
from gaining any knowlege of the fruits exhibited, 
he certainly deserves great credit for hi3 inge 
nuity—for a nice adaptation of means to ends 
only thing that rendered this plan of exhibition 
bearable was the fact that exhibitors generally 
stood within the railing, and were quite accommo¬ 
dating in giving information—ever ready to climb 
the shelves and hand plates of the different varie¬ 
ties that spectators might wish to examine. But, 
at the late show, the Superintendent excluded 
exhibitors from the space within the railing, so 
that there was no one of whom an inquiry could be 
made. We saw one gentleman from Erie county 
with a paper in his hand containing a list of pears 
which he had been recommended to plant, and he 
came to the State Fair almost for the sole purpose 
of examining the fruit of these varieties, but the 
tables were in charge of a few policemen, and he 
could not obtain a particle of information, and no 
one could tell him whether the fruit was on exhi¬ 
bition or not. Two other gentlemen of Herkimer 
were anxious to see certain varieties of apples, and 
applied to us to assist them, but we could render 
them no aid. The people present being thus effec¬ 
tually debarred from gaining information, there 
was only one chance left, and that was through 
the reporters for the press, who were anxious to 
take notes, to spread before the readers of their 
journals. This, however, was prevented, by the 
Superintendent, who excluded them from within 
the railing, the only place where they could 
obtain the desired information. Twice we were 
requested to leave, and our notes are consequently 
very meagre. The State Society should appoint a 
new Superintendent or learn the old one that the 
object of the exhibition is to afford the people the 
best possible facilities for gaining knowledge 
BETTER PLAN FOR A FLORAL HALL. 
While we are on this subject we will give a very 
simple and convenient plan for the arrangement 
of a Floral Hall, for the exhibition of Fniits, 
Flowers, and Fot Plants. 
T. 
Section of Floral Hall, as Proposed. 
Figures 1 and 2 may consist of either one table 
wide” enough for four plates, or two tables or 
shelves, figure 1 being raised some six inches 
above figure 2, and wide enough for two or three 
plates; figure 2 made for three or four plates. 
The lower shelf in the centre oval, (figure 8,) is 
designed for cut flowers. Shelf 4, raised six to 
eight inches above 3, is for boquets and small 
pot plants. Shelf 5, raised a foot or more above 4, 
is designed for large and fine specimens of pot 
plants, the largest in the centre, giving the crown¬ 
ing grace to the whole. Figure 6, floral ornaments, 
or large pot plants. Figure 7, entrance door, 
figure 8, door for egress, a, dotted lines, the rail¬ 
ing to keep spectators from crowding near the 
fruit, handling and disarranging it. In the space 
inside of this railing the exhibitors should stand, 
ready to answer all inquiries and hand the speci¬ 
mens to such visitors as may wish to examine 
them critically. If the railing is made ot rustic 
woik, poles and branches from the woods, instead 
enter through one door and pass out at the other, 
crowding and confusion are in a great measure 
prevented. The passage way, shown in the plan, 
is only six feet between the railing 
cases this would be too narrow. 
This plan, with such variations as circumstances 
may render necessary, will be found a very con¬ 
venient arrangement, in which every article re¬ 
quiring close examination will lie quite convenient 
for the purpose. 
FRUIT. 
The exhibition of fruit was large, and the speci 
mens exceedingly perfect. Most of the apples 
and pears were from the Western part of the State. 
Ellwanger & Barry, as usual, took the first pre¬ 
mium for the largest and best collection of pears 
and apples, and Smith & Hanchett, of Syracuse, 
the second premium on both. These collections 
were very fine. L. Menand, of Watervliet, showed 
some good pears, as did also W. I erris, of Throg s 
Neck, and J. M. Mattison, of Jacksonville. John 
W. Bailey, of I’lattsburg, E. S. Hayward, of ibis 
city, S. Burtis, of Oaks Corners, P. S. Forbes, of 
^ llG Bath, and others, made excellent exhibitions of 
apples. 
There was a good show of both foreign and 
native grapes. David McLeod, of Albany, exhib¬ 
ited most superb foreign varieties, and J. G. 
White, of Albany, A. B. Mock, of Westford, and 
M. Howard Merritt, of Hart’s Village, well 
grown and well ripened specimens of native 
grapes, mostly Isabella and Catawba, beldom 
have we seen such magnificent Isabellas, as were 
here exhibited, and one plate, by Mr. Merritt, we 
think we never saw equaled. They were almost 
as large as the Black Hamburghs on exhibibition 
FLOWERS. 
The show of flowers was not large, there being 
but two or three collections of Dahlias, the best 
being shown by JonN Wilson, of Albany, and 
Smith & Hanchett, of Syracuse. Smith & Han¬ 
chett and L. Menand, made a fair show of roses. 
There were a few Phloxes, but nothing worthy of 
especial notice. Verbenas, few and fair. Asters, 
numerous and poor. Mrs. Van Namee, and Mrs 
Newcomb, of Pittstown, made their regular annual 
show of flowers, and took about all the premiums 
offered in the amateurs’ list. For years, — almost 
as long as we can remember, — these ladies have 
made a good exhibition of flowers, and pocketed 
the premiums, almost without competition. We 
should hardly realize we had been to a State lair 
did we not meet their smiling faces; but we wish 
other ladies would enter this list, and not allow 
them to carry off the premiums quite so easy 
VEGETABLES. 
The show of vegetables was large. Plenty of 
the coarse Mexican pumpkin were exhibited, and 
attracted attention from their large size, as they 
always de. A few Hubbards were on the tables 
but most of them showing signs of mixture. In 
few years, unless we are more careful, scarcely 
pure squash of this fine variety will be found 
Chacncey E. Goodrich, whose large collection o 
seedling potatoes, has for many years formed the 1 
principal attraction of Vegetable Hall, was not 
present, (being, as he wrote, detained by sickness,) 
but Judge Cheever exhibited 21 varietes of Mr. 
G.’s later seedlings. The Prince Alberts were in 
abundance, and very large, many specimens being 
from ten to twelve inches in length. No Flukes 
were shown; Mexicans were in two collections, 
and fine, but the Peach Plows were the favorite 
sort, and altogether the most abundant. The first 
premium was given to this variety, and the second 
to the Black Diamond, a seedling by Mr. Good¬ 
rich. A poor, worthless sort, was labeled Early 
June, the same as is generally sold here under 
that name, but is not to be compared to the true 
Early June. 
Onions were plenty and fine; the Cabbage was 
large, and some Savoy excellent, but most of the 
common sorts showed mixture. Eo one should 
show what claims to be a green cabbage all 
streaked with purple, or blushing w r ith red, at its 
doubtful origin. 
Farm Root Crops were scarce. A few good 
Puta Pagas were shown by A. Y. Thornton, of 
Watervleit, and large White Turnips by A. M 
Underhill. We also noticed half a dozen Man¬ 
golds, but a two-bushel basket would have held all 
the roots. A good exhibition of roots we seldom 
We are again indebted to various friends for 
collections of fruit, for examination, names &c. 
—To E. Thayer, of Watkins, Schuyler County, 
in this State, for a small box of White Grapes. 
Mr. T. says they were “from a seedling of my 
cultivation,[ planted four jears ago this fall, and 
which producedj;some forty clusters last season, 
but owing to the excessive cold last winter, the 
vine produced but a very few scattering grapes 
this summer. Those I send you are the two best 
bunches, and are one-third of all that the vine 
produced this season. There was no full develop¬ 
ed clusters, as was the case last year. From the 
fact of their being an entire new variety, as tho t 
by many in this place, the name of Thayer s 
Martha was given them. Now I wish you, as far 
as the specimen sent will permit, to say from 
their color, transparency, size, (though they fall 
short in that,) shape, and particularly the flavor, 
what, or by what name they may be called if not 
a new variety; and give your opinions through 
the Rural, or otherwise, whether they are en¬ 
titled to the name given them or not. The grapes 
are ripe and fit for eating about the 12th of Sept., 
or before. Clusters regular, and a trifle smaller 
than the Isabella, but like them in size and shape, 
and a little irregularity in some clusters. I think 
at a more mature age of the vine it would produce 
about the same clusters in shape, size, &c., as the 
Isabella. The vine is very thrifty and hardy, and 
foliage thick.” 
The clusters of grapes received are very small, 
the berries about the size and shape of small 
Isabellas, green, tinged with amber. They plain 
ly show their native origin. The quality is good. 
We should judge this to be a very promising 
variety, but another season will afford a better 
opportunity for a more satisfactory opinion. 
—To S. Boughton, Pittsford, N. Y., for well 
ripened Cataivba Grapes, and a black, seedling 
grape of large size, but too strongly native in its 
character to become popular. 
To D. Ball, of Perry Center, N. Y., for apples, 
under the name of St. Lawrence County, which 
proved to be the Alexander. 
—To A. S. Clackner, of Pittsford, for beautiful 
specimens of the Pomegranate Melon. 
—To n. C. Heath, gardener to L. A. Ward, for 
fine specimens of the Mammoth Tomato. 
PRICES OF FRUIT IN NEW YORK CITY. 
The Day Book gives the following report of 
the Fruit Market: 
Apples.— Receipts per steamboats are now very 
light, and prices have again advanced. Shippers 
haYfj commenced it'or'.7;i: uifHl by the canal, and 
some boat loads have ahVd> ( arrived, but prices 
continue firm. We quote j 
Western Apples, mixed lots, per bbl.$1 33a2 00 
Common Apples.-.1 25 
Orange Pippins. 1 50a2 00 
Red Streaks. 1 25al 50 
Twenty oz. Pippins. 2 00a2 25 
Fall Pippins. 1 75a2 00 
Detroit Reds. 2 00a2 50 
Pears —Are becoming scarce, and we advance 
our quotations. We have several consignments 
in to-day, for which we hope to render a good ac- 
account. Yirgalieus ripen up very badly this 
year, becoming spotted and mildewed, so that 
dealers are afraid to buy them until they are fully 
ripened. A few Bartlett’s have come in from 
Maine, sold at $25a§30'per bbl. Seckels arc most¬ 
ly poor, and sell at irregular prices. We quote : 
Seckels, good,.$10 00al5 00 
Yirgalieus, perfect . 10 00al5 00 
Napoleons. 10 00al5 00 
Louise Bonne de Jersey. 10 00al5 00 
Duchess d’Angouleme, per bbl. 10 00a20 00 
Quinces— Have made their appearance, and a 
few have been sold at $la2 per hundred, accord¬ 
ing to size and quality, and at $3a4 per bbl. 
Grapes— We quote:—Catawba, Halo cents per 
lb.; Isabella, choice, 10al2c. per lb.; do. common, 
6aSc. 
TO SAVE TREES FROM MICE. 
Our readers will remember the recent contro¬ 
versy in our columns, as well as in other Journals, 
on the possibility of raising pears with profit.— 
The Editor of the Horticulturist took rather de¬ 
cided ground against dwarf pears; but we have no 
doubt became satisfied at last that a little more 
information on the subject would be a decided ad¬ 
vantage. So, a few weeks since he visited Roches¬ 
ter, and sent to his Journal the following letter.— 
This, we suppose, is only the first step in the right 
direction. We might make several corrections, 
but prefer to give the main part of the article 
just as we find it. 
Rochester, New York. 
Dear Horticulturist :—The lovers ofyour pages 
during the years that are past and gone, may not 
object to reading a few hasty lines from this, your 
old residence, and now most certainly containing 
some of the best examples of horticultural pro¬ 
gress. Consider me then shaking off the dust of 
Broadway on Board the New World, that Great 
Eastern of the rivers, and dining next day in A1 
bany, knocked about first on one side and then on 
|‘ the other elbow by ladies waiting on table in extra 
large crinolines; evidences that women are assert¬ 
ing their rights in these progressive quarters.— 
Thence follow to the garden nurseries of the 
wealthy city of Rochester, and into the grounds of 
Ellwanger & Barry, the latter the able conductor 
of your historical pages for so considerable a por¬ 
tion of your lengthened history. 
A fanciful writer says: “ Of some plants the 
seeds, so far as we can perceive, are living animal¬ 
cules, with voluntary motion, till they pitch their 
tent upon a spot that they think will suit them; 
they then germinate, and change from animals to 
algte.” Now surely the pear seeds would seem to 
have voluntary motioD, and to have pitched upon 
Rochester for their home, but for the fact that ap¬ 
ples and plums have done the same; and to sup¬ 
pose that all the fruits could have assembled them¬ 
selves, is going a little too far. We must believe, 
therefore, when we see acres of trees, nearly all 
loaded with fruit, that there has been some human 
ingenuity invoked to call them together. Such is 
the case; superior culture in a suitable soil and a 
proper climate has arrayed the trees in a garb 
such as I never saw before. The pears assume 
here to my vision the same unaccountable increase 
of health, beauty, size, and productiveness, with 
fruit so large as not to be recognized or called by 
name, as surprised Mr. Barry at the exhibition at 
Burlington, Iowa, when he fairly admitted even 
he was at fault. Now in Rochester, the Duchess 
and the Bartlett assume an aspect and a color—I 
may as well call it the pear bloom, which is to me 
from a little farther south,—the greatest of sur¬ 
prises; and this bloom, or a similar tinge, per 
vades other fruits. The grape and the green gage 
plum have it in a very marked manner. Then the 
sizes and the health! Why, no orange-tree in the 
jivopicB is more beautiful than the loaded pear-trees 
bf Ellwanger & B^rry, and others of Rochester.— 
A soil of the quality that the pear would select for 
itself, and a climate to suit it also, have made the 
product all that has been said of it. And yet, 
without the greatest attention in other orchards of 
the same vicinity, while the few pears that adorn 
the trees are larger than further south, there is also 
evidence that the utmost culture is required. The 
accounts we have had are realized in several, but 
not in all cases; the mode of treatment is precisely 
what has been often promulgated. To insure suc- 
by Jno. Eckerson. The apple is fit for cooking the mid¬ 
dle of August, ripe last of September, or first of Octo¬ 
ber, will keep with good common care till February. 
Tree very thrifty and an excellent bearer. I will try 
and send a few specimens by tbe bearer of this so that 
the quality of the apple you can judge for yourself?— 
A. S. Bacon, Ridgeway , N. Y., 1859. 
1st. Nothing would be gained by taking up the 
vines and heeliDg them in. 2d. Many cultivators 
think it is good economy to lay all grape vines 
down in the winter, simply covering them with a 
little earth. The vines start more vigorously, and 
no evil can result from a hard winter. Drifts of 
snow would not injure the vines, but be a suf¬ 
ficient protection if constantly covered, but we 
often have very severe weather without much 
snow. 3d. It is better to cover the quince stock 
with earth, if possible. 4th. This is the same 
apple we think, although we did not have an 
opportunity to examine the specimens sent us, 
for we placed them on exhibition at the Fruit 
Grower’s Meeting, and they disappeared before 
even the Fruit Committee saw them. 
Peaks on Mountain Ash, &o. — I want to know 
through the Rural whether Pears will do well grafted 
on the Mountain Ash ? How should they be grafted, in 
the root or body of the tree? Also, will they do well 
set on a dry side hill which faces to the south ? Will it 
pay to raise Cherries for a market crop?—J. D., Scio, 
N. Y., 1859. 
Several varieties of pears will succeed on the 
Mountain Ash, and this stock is said to be well 
adapted to light, sandy soils. Our nurserymen 
have only just learned what varieties will succeed 
on the quince, and we cannot say what varieties 
will grow best on Mountain Ash. Work on the 
stock as near the roots as convenient. Cherries 
may be grown with profit near cities that afford a 
good market. 
Messrs. Eds:— As we often hear complaints 
about the depredations of mice upon fruit trees, 
and the enquiry how to prevent their depreda¬ 
tions, I thought I would give my remedy, to wit: 
Some six years since, about the first month, 
when the snow was some twelve to eightoen 
inches deep, I found the mice had commenced 
gnawing several young trees in my orchard, and 
on one side of my small nursery, along side of the 
fence; some fifty rows 1)^ rods from the fence, 
vvere more than half destroyed. What to do I did 
not know, but finally concluded to try ashes—by 
so doing save them. I took dry ashes and strew¬ 
ed around those trees in the orchard, and along 
on the nursery trees on top of the snow, and not a 
mark of a mouse track did I see after. I have 
used ashes about my trees ever since, by applying 
them about the roots and bodies of my trees, from 
January to April, and have not had one tree in¬ 
jured since. I consider this a perfect pret en- 
titive, and at the same time a great benefit to 
the tree. E - Salisbury. 
cess there is no other crop, not even a spear of 
grass allowed to grow in the vicinity of either 
pear or plum-tree. Aeration of the root, mulching 
with stable manure in the fall, good trimming, and 
fine fruit is the result. 
2he plums are a perfect sight; the curculio is 
shaken ofl into sheets regularly every morning by 
a person appointed for the purpose; it requires 
but little time to do this, and the result is magnifi¬ 
cent. The Green Gage, Pond’s Seedling, Bow¬ 
man’s Magnum Bonum, Peter’s Yellow Gage, Da¬ 
mascus Bed, and the Pruin plums, here hanging 
like ropes of onions, are examples of what care 
and attention will do. 
Of the pear, the largest number budded is the 
Bartlett. The best bearers, where all seemed to 
be loaded, were probably the Duchess D’Angou¬ 
leme, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, AUcar, Beurre 
Clairgeau, and Hardy, Belle Lucrative and Virga- 
lieu; and we noted as very fine, Beurre de Water¬ 
loo, Goubalt, Calabasse monstreuse, Cramoisie, in 
beauty number one, though in quality second; 
Pratt, Livingston, Virgalieu, the Downing, named 
by Leroy; Wharton, new; BufFatn, St. Ghislin, 
Consellier Ramwez, very large; Beurre Nantais, 
Baron de Mello, Beurre Superfin, very good; Ty¬ 
son, Beurre D’Amaulis, large and good; Sheldon; 
and the Church, known and esteemed for twenty 
years as one of the best. 
The apples here are quite as successful as the 
pears; the trees are breaking down with the 
weight, and the dwarfs are especially beautiful. 
We noted as standards, Early Joe, Strawberry, and 
Jersey Sweeting, as highly ornamental; as fruit¬ 
ful, the Keswick Codling, Mother, Broadwell, Red 
Astrachan, Baldwin, Gravenstein, Genesee Chief, 
Rousselet de Stuttgard, and Reine de Reinette. 
The dwarf apple-trees were also borne down with 
fruit, and of extreme beauty, the best for orna 
mental purposes being, perhaps, the Doucain, but 
all were handsome and nearly all fruitful. 
COOKING MEAT, PIE-PLANT PIE, &c, 
Eds. Rural :— I am glad to see that some of the 
female contributors to the Domestic Corner of 
your excellent paper think there is something to 
be learned in regard to the cooking of meats, as 
well as making cake. It is a fact that a large 
majority of our housekeepers are sadly deficient 
in this branch of the culinary department; but 
in this day, when so much information can be 
obtained through the press, we cannot have much 
excuse for not knowing the best method of cook¬ 
ing a beefsteak or a sheep’s head and pluck for our 
husband’s dinner —when he is kind enough to 
provide us with the material. In a late number I 
noticed a recipe lor cooking beefsteak, which 
would have been very good had the salt been left 
out while cooking, for it injures it materially to 
salt while broiling or frying. A very little may 
be sprinkled over it when taken from the fire, or 
a piece of butter will often season it enough for 
most people. 
A word in regard to pie-plant pie. In preparing 
the stalks, I do not think it economy, or even 
necessary, to peel the skin off, for I think no per¬ 
son can tell the difference, when cooked, between 
that which has been peeled and that which has 
not. After it is cut in small pieces, it can easily 
be washed to remove the dust, and then, with 
plenty of sugar and good crust, makes a nice pie. 
And now, permit me to endorse the sentiments 
a late correspondent utters about the canine race. 
The women are the greatest sufferers from these 
mischievous brutes, for where one saves them a 
step in driving a chicken from the door, they have 
to take ten to see that their pantries or cellar 
doors are shut against their noses. I have no dis¬ 
like for a nice dog, but lor my life I cannot see 
the benefit of keeping one, unless it be to keep up 
the price of mutton, or rob the chickens and pigs 
of what justly belongs to them. 
North Shenango, Penn., 1859. M. A. Kingsley. 
Triomihie de Gand and Alice Maude Strawber¬ 
ries. —Can you, through the Rural, inform me and 
many other readers, whether the strawberries Triomphe 
de Gand and the Alice Maude are one and the same 
thing, or are they different? Tho Alice Maude is cul 
tivated here by a few to a limited extent, and is well 
spoken of by those who have tried them. I very much 
liked your description of the Triomphe de Gand and 
thought of sending for a few vines. Last week I was 
told I was already in possession of the same; that it 
was tho same as Alice Maude. —J. E. Irish, White s 
Corners, Erie Co., N. Y. 
They are not the same, and quite distinct, but 
both European sorts. The Triomphe de Gand is 
the most promising and popular of any foreign 
variety, and we have confidence that it will be 
profitable, both for the amateur and market grower. 
Graves, Pears and Quinces.—As you seem willing 
to bo troubled, I would like to ask a few questions, too. 
1st. I have two or three hundred grape cuttings bedded 
which I wish to transplant next spring—will it be best 
to cut them back, and let them remain where they are, 
or take them up and heel them in? 2d. I want to set 
them on the east side of a north and south fence, where 
the snow drifts considerably in winter-will the drifts 
injuro them, and should they bo taken down from the 
trellis or left up ? 3d. I have a few quinces budded for 
dwarfs very close to the ground—ought the earth to be 
hoed up to them so as to partially or wholly cover 
them ? Or would tan-bark, sawdust, or something else, 
be better if they need any protection ? 4th. The apple 
described by Mr. AVarren, of Alabama, is, I should 
think, much like, if not the same as, the Clum Apple 
or Clum Pippin, raised in the adjoining town of Shelby, 
Tho original tree—a seedling, as near as I can find out 
—stands on a farm formerly owned by a Mr. Clum, now 
Inquiries, Plain Cookies. —Having seen in a 
late number of the Rural New-Aorker, some 
recipes for dyeing, I would like to learn through 
its columns, how to color woollen goods drab, or 
stone color, that will not fade. Also, whether any 
of your readers can give directions for preparing 
citron to use in cake and pies; and whether our 
common citron melon is suitable for that purpose. 
I send a recipe for Plain Cookies, which is very 
good, thinking some of your housekeeping readers 
might like to try it. Four eggs; 2 cups sugar; 
1 / cup of butter; 1 teaspoonful of saleratus in 
milk enough to dissolve it; just enough flour to 
roll out thin. Flavor with nutmeg or caraway 
seed.—A Reader, Auburn, H. Y., 1859. 
Information Wanted.—As some of the Rural- 
ists may be M. Ds., or Just about as good, can any 
one give a remedy for weak eyes?—also, to re¬ 
move a film from the eye! What is the best hair 
invigorator or restorative, or what will Keep the 
hair from falling off? What is the best kind of 
varnish to use on oil paintings, and how should 
it be put on to preserve the picture from cracking ? 
As good artists are hard to be found in the coun¬ 
try, we poor “ farmers’ girls” have to get some 
knowledge the best way we can, or be satisfied 
with half-way affairs. We find by experience, 
that much of the boarding-school wisdom is all a 
“sham,” even in the boasted “ornamental de¬ 
partment.”—G., Prattsburgh, W. Y., 1859. 
Tomato Wine.—As an answer to an inquiry in 
the Rural New-Yorker for making Tomato Wine, 
I send the following recipe, which I have always 
found good. To one quart of juice add 3 quarts 
of water, and 3 pounds of sugar, (not brown,) let 
it ferment four days tjien buDg up, and let stand 
two weeks before using. Make from green toma¬ 
toes.—M ary F. W. P., West Chester, Pa., 1S59. 
Sal-soda will bleach very white—one spoonful is 
enough for a kettle of clothes. 
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