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“A PALACE OF FLOWERS.” 
All of our readers, and particularly those 
among them who love flowers, have noticed in 
our columns the advertisements of B. K. Bliss, 
the Flower-seedinan of Springfield, Massachusetts. 
To many we have sent his seeds, while others, 
no doubt, have received them directly from 
Mr. Bliss, and all, so far as we have learned, 
have had reason to rejoice when the plants grew 
and bloomed so beautifully, that they bad dealt 
with one who knew what constituted a good 
flower, and that he was not one of those who 
“know the right, and still the wrong pursue.” 
We have planted a good many of Mr. Bliss’ seeds, 
and in almost every case we can say we were 
satisfied with the result—which is no mean praise. 
Our show of Asters this full was superb,—the Truf- 
faunts, Roquets, Ranunculus-Flowered, &c , were 
splendid, and were awarded the Premium at our 
County Exhibition. Mr. B., we see by the Spring- 
field papers, has been compelled by his increasing 
business to change his store for a larger, and in 
doing so has erected one which the Springfield 
Republican declares to'be the most elegant of the 
many beautiful stores in Springfield :—“ The room 
is sixty-five feet deep by thirty wide, the front- 
half paved with marble. The counters, frame 
work and all, from the plate to the floor, are of 
beautifully polished marble. Too much praise 
cannot be given to the taste that has ornamented 
so highly, without the introduction of a single 
feature that is tricky or tawdry. The element of 
fitness is apparent everywhere, and that of beauty 
is made to be its natural outgrowth and expres¬ 
sion. The fresco painting, exquisitely done, unites 
harmoniously in the general effect.” 
We rejoice at the prosperity of our Nurserymen 
and Florists—at the success of all who are labor¬ 
ing to make the world better, and happier, and 
more beautiful. The New York Tribune calls the 
store of Mr. Bliss a “ Palace of Flowers," and 
makes the following remarks :—“We have in this 
city some specimens to show how palaces can be 
built of pills; or how a Fifth Avenue mansion 
may be made to reeemble a bottle of sarsaparilla, 
beiDg built of the profits of that delectable com¬ 
pound ; and we have some knowledge of a tall 
building in Chestnut street, Philadelphia, built of 
a panacea of the ills that human flesh is heir to 
here on earth. But it is only in Springfield, Mass., 
that a palace of flowers is to be found. ‘ May his 
shadow never grow less;’ and may the cultivation 
of flowers so increase that a thousand other pro¬ 
pagators may be able to live in flower palaces.” 
Inquiries ani> ^tnsiucrs. 
IIybridizinq tub Grape.—Now that there is so much 
interest felt in producing new grapes, will you pleaso 
give us a little instruction about Hybridizing—how is it 
done ?—N., Ontario Co., N. Y., 1859. 
In response to the above, we think we could not 
do better than to give a brief chapter from Allen 
on the Grape: —“The Isabella, and generally the 
kinds that withstand our climate in Massachusetts, 
blossom fourteen days earlier than the Chasselas, 
or Early Black July. The Muscat of Alexandria 
is a few days later still in flowering. To remedy 
this difficulty, and to obtain the different kinds in 
flower at the same time, resort must be had to 
retarding the former by some process of shading, 
or of promoting the flowering of the European 
sorts by protecting them with glass, or some other 
covering, or the farina mny be saved in a tin box, 
or glass bottle, from the grapery, until the vines 
are in bloom. I have an Isabella in the grapery, 
growing principally for the purpose of impregna¬ 
tion, and I may, one of these days, produce some¬ 
thing new from it. This difference of the flowering 
calls in question the accounts of seedlings having 
been the result of a natural cross between our 
native sorts and foreign ones ; under usual circum¬ 
stances, it could not have taken place. 
Seeds matured by the most healthy and vigorous 
plants are presumed to be best for planting, to 
obtain new kinds. The applying the pollen, or 
farina, of one variety', to the pistil, or stigma, of 
another, is the surer method of proceeding to 
obtain new sorts in the shortest time, and thi 3 is 
called hybridizing. 
To do this properly, the bunch to bo acted on 
should be thinned of three-quarters of the buds ; 
the lower part should be cut away entirely, 
(immediately before inflorescence;) the strongest 
buds always to be left. 
Observe them closely, and, as soon as the flowers 
open, with sharp scissors clip the anthers, being 
careful not to injure the pistil; with a soft brush, 
apply the pollen from the kind to be used in 
impregnation, or, the whole bunch which is to 
furnish the pollen may be cut from the vine, and 
gently rubbed or applied to the bunch, by fre¬ 
quently striking them together on every side. 
This should be repeated several days, until it is 
evident the fruit is all impregnated; a fresh 
bunch, with pollen in a suitable condition, must 
be had at each operation. The pollen must be dry, 
and in a falling condition, to be fit for the purpose. 
If your vines are so situated that a branch to be 
acted upon can be brought into contact with the 
branch of another kind, and the bunches inter¬ 
laced, this will be a good method of proceeding,- 
cutting away the male part of the blossom from 
the kind that is to ripen the seed for the new kinds. 
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The right hand figure is a magnified represe 
tion of the bud of the grape; the middle one is 
blossom. The change from the bud to the bios 
is usually rapid, and takes place about 30 ti 
days after (be shoot appears in the epriDg which 
bears the fruit. This bud, which forms the blos¬ 
som, consis*sof a covering, or cap, and the embryo 
berry with fire anthers, which, when the time for 
inflorescence has come, is raised, or lifted, by the 
antheis, and the wind blows this cap free. 
The third is the blossom, or embryo grape, with 
the anthers clipped and deprived of their farina; 
on the top of the embryo is the pistil; upon this is 
to be placed the farina, or pollen, of the male 
plant; when this is done, impregnation takes 
place, and the embryo rapidly swells off. If the 
operation has not been effectual, the berry will 
remain as it is. When the grape has attained one- 
third or one-balf of its size, it remains stationary 
two or three weeks, and, at this time, it is perfect¬ 
ing the seed. When this is done, the fruit begins 
growing again; thus it appears the seed will 
vegetate, even if the fruit does not ripen sufficiently 
to be eatable. 
To obtain hardy grapes, in new varieties, I 
should recommend the Catawba, or the Isabella, 
to be impregnated with the Frontiguan, the Black 
July, the Golden Chasselas, the Pitmastou White 
Cluster, the Black Hamburgh, and Esperione; a 
hybrid from any of these would probably bo a 
grape ripening in less time than the first two. 
Spergula for Lawns.—I notice in a late Rural 
New-Yorker aa article recommending the nse of 
Spergula Pililera as a substitute for grass in yards or 
lawns. I have a small yard, 50 by CO feet, in which I 
would try the experiment if I can get the seeds or plants 
without too much expense. It is a sandy soil just tilled 
in. Will you pleaso inform mo by return mail, (if you 
can do so without much inconvenience,) where the seed 
can be obtained, and at what price, and about how 
much should I need ?—D. C. McG., McGrauville, Cort¬ 
land Co., M. Y., 1859. 
The article we gave was from an Eoglish journal, 
and contained an account of the first attempt to 
use this plant as a substitute for grass, which 
seemed very successful. The late English Horti¬ 
cultural journals contain advertisements of plants 
at from one to four shillings per dozen, according 
to sizo. We have not seen plants or seeds adver¬ 
tised in this country. 
1’lantino Grape Seed — Cucumber Seed, — I am 
very desirous of some instruction with regard to the 
proper time and mode of planting grape seed. Should 
it remain in tho ground during the winter, or be dried 
and put aside until spring? Any information either 
from yourself, or through the Rural, will greatly oblige 
one who has a fancy for trying to raise seedings. Also, 
can you give me the name and address of any persons 
or houses from which I can get tho seed of Lord Ken¬ 
yon’s Favorite Cucumber ?—R. N. P., Waterloo, JY. Y 
Graph seed may be planted as soon as the fruit 
is matured, or they may be kept in a box of sand 
until spriug. Plant in a good, warm, mellow soil. 
Tho cucumber seed will be found advertised in 
this number of the Rural, by the gentleman from 
whom wo obtained the specimen from which our 
drawing was made. Its genuineness can, there¬ 
fore, be relied upon. 
Koiil-Rabi Seeds.— Will you, or somo of your 
readers, please inform mo where I can obtain some 
seed of the Kohl-Itabi, mentioned in the Rural of 
Sept 10? I think those who havo it for sale wilt Dud 
it to their interest to advertise the same through the 
columns of your widely circulating paper.—It. R. C., 
Clinton, Conn., Oct., 1859. 
Koiil-Rabi Seed can now be obtained of any of 
the leading seedsmen who advertise in the Rural 
—tTiiorburn & Co., of New York, B. K. Bliss, of 
Springfield, Mass., &c. 
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ITEMS FROM THE FRENCH JOURNALS. 
A Dielytra spectarilis with white flowers has 
been obtained by M. Rolland, a gardener at Meaux. 
It has been found that Grapes sulphured in very 
hot weather and very hot places, become burnt as 
it were by the sulphur, but that this never hap¬ 
pened elsewhere or at other times. 
M. Payen proposes to drive off caterpillars and 
grubs attacking fruit by means of a weak prepara¬ 
tion of oil dashed upon the trees. He mixes a 
few scruples of whale oil in a quart of water, 
adding some drops of ammonia; the mixture is 
beaten up into an emulsion, which is thrown 
upon the trees by a garden engine. 
A. M. Galfin, a gardener at Nantes, used collo¬ 
dion to cover the wounds in fruits that have been 
bitten or wounded by insects or otherwise, and 
that are beginning to spread in a state of decay. 
For this purpose he scrapes away carefully with a 
silver knife all the injured part, and then gently 
paints the place with collodion applied with a 
camel’s hair pencil. He assures us that the decay 
of injured fruit is thus effectually arrested. 
An amateur wishing to destroy the transparency 
of the glass roof of his greenhouse, hit upon the 
following plan :—lie melted a tallow candle over a 
gentle fire, poured the liquid grease into a pot, 
and let it stand till it became unctuous—neither 
too soft nor too hard. On a warm day, when the 
condensation on the glass was all dried up, he 
smeared the glass in the inside with the grease, 
applied by a cotton dabber. Ho rubbed and daubed 
the glass until he brought the grease to a uniform 
surface. After which he gently passed the same 
dabber of cotton linen over the glass pependicu- 
larly, which gave the glass the appearance of 
being finely furrowed. The roof thus prepared so 
completely prevented tho direct rays of the sun 
from passing that nothing in the inside could be 
seen from the outside, although when in the 
light was clear and bright without the least glare. 
We are assured that this is an effectual prevention 
of all burning or scorching which so much dis¬ 
figures plants kept under glass in summer. 
Beautiful a tree as is the hardy Sophorajapon- 
ica, it is little cultivated either in this country or 
elsewhere; and yet it does well in all sorts of soils 
except those which are cold, heavy and undrained. 
It appeals that its buds have great importance in 
dyeing. The Chinese use them for a pure yellow, 
or with the addition of indigo for one of their 
greens. Tho yellow is particularly valuable for 
dark orange yellow. The flowers may be used in 
the same way, and indeed are richer in coloring 
matter; but the tint they give is browner than 
that ol the buds. What is very remarkable is, 
that neither the bark, nor the wood, and scarcely 
the leaves, are capable of yielding this dye. 
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Tub Chrysanthenum is a beautiful autumnal 
flower, easily cultivated, and thrives in any fair 
soil. In warm seasous it flowers out of doors in 
October and November, in sheltered situations in 
the garden, but our falls are so uncertain, or 
rather so certain to be cold and frosty, that the 
Chrysanthemum cannot be relied on in this latitude 
as a garden flower. In the parlor, however, it is a 
perfect gem. Before hard frost, the plants should 
be taken from the garden and placed in pots, 
which can be done kafely even after the buds are 
formed. Then placed in the parlor or sitting-room 
or conservatory, they furnish most charming flow¬ 
ers until after Christmas. Most of onr readers, no 
doubt, are acquainted with the old Indian Chry¬ 
santhemum, which formed a large plant, with semi¬ 
double flowers, a class by no means to be despised 
or neglected, but in 1847 Mr. Fortune sent from 
China a new race of Chrysanthemums, called 
the Chinese or Pompone, and sometimes the 
Button or Daisy Chrysanthemum. They are of 
a dwarf and bushy habit, small foliage and 
daisy-like flowers, small and very double like 
a Ranunculus, and are produced in profusion. 
Since their introduction they have been multiplied 
and improved by florists from seed, and every 
season adds to the number of choice sorts. 
FLOWER OF TOE CHRYSANTHEMUM, PERFECTION. 
The flower shown in our engraving is the Per¬ 
fection, a purplish lilac, of a regular and beautiful 
form, and blooms in large clusters. One of the 
best of this color. 
Cuttings are generally made in March or April, 
and they root in a sandy W.'-\ in pots, if kept at a 
temperature of GO or 70°,) in about two weeks. 
They may be turned out in the garden in May, in 
a dry, rich soil. Here a little attention in cultiva¬ 
tion and pinching to make the plants grow bushy, 
is all the care they will need until the latter part 
of October, when they should be taken up, potted 
and carried to the house for flowering. A better 
way is to place the plants in large pots in May, 
and sink these pots in the border, when they can 
be removed to the house for flowering without 
trouble. The roots may also be divided in the 
spring and planted out, which will save the troubl 
of starting new plants, but youDg ones flower best. 
Those who live near nurseries can obtain fine 
plants ready to flower, at the green-house very 
cheap, and we know nothing better for early 
winter flowers than the Chrysanthemum. 
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THE FLORAL HALL AT STATE FAIR. 
Eds. Rural Nf.w-Yorker:— Iu the last number | 
I see you object to the arrangements of the fruit 
and flower building, and very justly, too. You 
might have complained of the limited space, for 
there was not room enough, bad as it was, to show 
all that was> sent to the fair. Some articles were 
unpacked, although they arrived in season. There 
was not room enough for the professional fruit 
grower, to say nothing of the amateurs, who, by 
the way, were poorly represented. Your proposed 
ground plan is v.ery good, only give length enough, 
— better have empty shelves than have the things 
crowded. The Fair was too late for a good show of 
flowers. There should be some stated time selected 
for the State Fair,—neither too late or too early,— 
say the 3d week in September, and the County 
Fairs could then set their time so as not to come at 
the same time in the locality where the State Fair 
is held. 
This reminds me that I have heard the propriety of 
permanently locatingtheStateFair again spoken of. 
This putting up sham buildings for one exhibition 
and tearmg them down, is rather poor business, but 
it should not be located at any one place, not less than 
three places, nor for more than ten years. Albany, 
Rochester and Elmira, or some other place irt the 
Southern Tier of counties, to be held in succession. 
By that arrangement a better show could be made, as 
there would be a strife between the localities which 
would have the best fair. They could then afford 
a shingled roof to protect fancy articles from the 
rain, and a few glass windows in case the wind 
blows so as to make it necessary to board up the 
sides. 
A few words as to what constitutes an amateur 
florist. You mention the names of Mrs. Van 
Namek and Mrs. Newcomb, of Pittstown, as ama¬ 
teur florists. They enter their articles as such, 
and as such get the premiums, but if the line was 
drawn between the professional and amateur florist 
as it is between the fruit growers, they would be 
found on the wrong side. They are both concerned 
in the sale of seeds and plants of all kinds 
in the spring of the year, and have been for some 
time, as any one can satisfy themselves that wishes 
to, by calling at the store of \V. E. Hagan, Tenth 
Street, Troy, and at tho Agricultural House of 
Henry Warren, River Street. As an amateur, I 
object to this, as it gives them a pocket full of 
cash, that costs them nothing but the trouble of 
preparation, (us there is always a surplus of plants 
every spring,) with which they ean buy everything 
that comes into the market. For this reuson I 
have kept aloof from the flowers at the State Fair. 
I hope to see some additional rules, if what we 
have already are not sufficient to keep people in 
their proper places. I have no objection to any 
one’s turning nurseryman, but let them compete 
among their own class. A Lady Amateur. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y,, Oct, 1859. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
The past season has been rather a discouraging 
one to cultivators of flowers. The cold, dry state 
of the ground during the month of May was very 
unfavorable to the germination of seeds, and. the 
great June frost cut down many plants that hud 
managed to get a start, thu3 putting them back, 
so that early Autumn frosts came soon enough to 
destroy tender annuals, such as Balsams, French 
and German Asters, &c., before they were out of 
flower, and too soon to allow many hardier varie¬ 
ties to ripen their seeds. On light, warm soil, 
and with a good exposure and extra care, most 
kinds of flowers may have come forward rapidly 
enough to mature a tolerable crop of seeds, but in 
ordinary situations, and with common cultivation, 
it will require close picking to find enough for 
next year’s sowing. There will therefore, doubt¬ 
less, be opportunity for benevolent persons to 
give away there entire surplus of these fancy 
wares, and it is to be hoped that sneh as are 
favored with an abundant supply of them will 
take pains to lay in a good stock for distribution 
among their less fortunate neighbors. A most 
delicate and acceptable service might, with little 
trouble, be rendered to those who would engage 
in the cultivation of flowers if they possessed or 
could easily obtain necessary seeds, by gathering, 
putting up in packages, and labeling such varie¬ 
ties as one has to spare, for presentation to 
neighbors and friends. Such gifts always have a 
peculiar appropriateness and value; and in 
bestowing them, the donor may properly make a 
distinction according to the floral circumstances 
of the receivers, since one does as great a favor by 
offering the commonest kinds to those who are 
wholly destitute of flowers, as in giving newer 
and rarer varieties to such as already have a col¬ 
lection of the ordinary sorts. 
Lest, in the pleasant excitement of preparation 
for next spring’s gardening, all adverse experi¬ 
ence in flower-culture should be forgotten, and, 
for lack of warning, beginners repeat the mistakes 
common to the class, let me here caution those 
intending to lay out their first flower bed next 
year against sowing seeds of high and of low- 
grow’mg plants in mixed rows; especially in rows 
running cast and west. The objections to such an 
arrangement are obvious on slight reflection. 
Tall, branching plants growing among low ones 
shade the latter too much, preventing them attain¬ 
ing their perfection of bloom and Hindering the 
ripening of the seed. The mischief might be 
somewhat less in the case of rows running north 
and south; still, it would not allow low flowers to 
show to the best advantage, and is by no means a 
tasteful arrangement. A happier plan would be 
to place the highest-growing plants along the 
border furthest from the walk ; or, if the beds be 
surrounded by walks, let the plants having the 
tallest flower-stalk stand in the middle, and grad¬ 
uate down to the borders. Or, if such an arrange¬ 
ment demands too much time and study, it will 
do very well to place the high and the low flowers 
in separate groups. To facilitate the labor of cul¬ 
tivators in this respect, papers containing flower 
seeds should always bear a statement of the height 
to which they grow. 
The sowing of seeds seem such a simple opera¬ 
tion that the directions of professional florists in 
relation to that, as well as the treatment of the 
plants, are quite apt to be neglected by amateurs, 
often to their own serious loss. As a case iu 
point, Mr. Bliss, seedsmau and florist of Spring- 
field, recommends that asters should stand ten 
inches apart each way, and the plants be tied to 
neat stakes. Now, this space, though probably 
limited enough for Massachusetts, seemed to me 
too liberal au allowance for Western New York 
soil; accordingly, I thinned out my plants to five 
or six inches, but relying on them to support 
themselves as they do when standing thickly 
together in rows, I neglected to fasten them to 
stakes as directed. The consequence was that 
owing their high growth and top-heaviness they 
were easily beaten down by the wind and rain, 
and many of them uprooted before they had fairly 
attained full bloom. A little care in the way of 
providing them suitable support would Lave 
enabled me to enjoy them much longer than I 
did, and perhaps gather seed for further use. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1S59. A. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :—I am a reader of 
your excellent paper, which is very interesting to 
us who live Out West, perhaps more particularly 
so because we used to live in the good old State of 
New York. It may be that some of your many 
eastern readers feel a little interested in western 
life — many have friends living in the “Great 
West,” and some may anticipate moving in thi 3 
direction. For such I will write a little about 
social life in this part of our beautiful and fertile 
State. 
Times arc hard, in a financial way, and the 
people do not feel able to spend much for luxuries, 
consequently they cannot give entertainment to 
large parties,—in a fashionable way, or such a3 
are expected in the East, where money is more 
plenty. But we have social gatherings that arc 
pleasant and proper under present circumstances, 
although some fashionable people might think 
differently,—and we are quite willing they should, 
as long as their opinion does not cause any inter¬ 
ference with our social arrangements. A few of 
our leaders in society get together and agree to 
meet at a friend’s house on a certain evening, 
(after ascertaining that they will be welcome,) and 
then word is sent around (not invitations,) to all 
the neighbors informing them of the time agreed 
upon, so that all who feel disposed may meet with 
the company. All who attend these parties take 
some provision from home for the table, pic-nic 
fashion, so that we get a great variety of good and 
nice things to eat in abundance, and have baskets 
full left. The lady of the house where they meet 
usually furnishes butter, tea, coffee, sugar and 
cream. Those who do not believe we have good 
suppers and a delightful social time, may “ come 
and see.” 
We have some comfortable, good-sized dwelling 
houses on this lovely prairie, at which we have 
our social gatherings. The number at each party 
varies from forty to seventy-five, according to 
circumstances, weather, &c. Wc also have a 
pleasant Sewing Society here—usually meeting 
once in two weeks. The inhabitants of this vicinity 
are nearly all people who came from the Eastern 
States within a few past years, and are intelligent 
and industrious. We have a comfortable Church 
with a good bell, &c;,—preaching part of the time, 
but no permanent minister. Last winter, the first 
time in a number of years, we were without regu¬ 
lar preaching. Prayer meetings are held every 
Wednesday evening at private houses. The choir 
meet for rehearsal Saturday evenings, and there is 
a good Singing School a little out of our neighbor¬ 
hood, at Sand Spring, which we attend occasion¬ 
ally. From these facts you may know that we still 
keep moving, though “hard times” maybe on 
every toDgue. A—A. 
Bowen’s Prairie, Iowa, 1859. , 
PRESERVING CRAB APPLES, CAKES, &c. 
Eds. New-Yorker: —Noticing in a late Rural 
an inquiry for the mode of preserving Crab Ap¬ 
ples, I thought that I would answer it by telling 
how my mother preserves them, and also add my 
mite to the column of Domestic Economy. 
To Preserve Crab Apples. — To 1 lb. of Crab 
Apples, take 1 lb. suga? - ; put the sugar in a kettle 
with just enough water to keep it from burning; 
let it boil up, then skim and put in the apples.— 
Let them cook until you can run a straw through 
them, then skim out and boil the juice down to a 
jelly, then pour over the apples. 
Ricn Cookies. — Rub together, till white, 1 tea¬ 
cup butter; 2 teacups sugar; beat 2 eggs and stir 
in the butter and sugar with a little flour; grate 
in a nutmeg; dissolve 1 teaspoon soda in 1 teacup 
sweet milk, or water, and strain it on the cake, 
then add flour till stiff enough to roll easily. 
Sponge Cake. — Three eggs; 1 cup sugar; % 
cup sweet milk; 1 teaspoon soda; 1 do. cream tar¬ 
tar ; 2 cups flour. 
Ginger Cookies. — Two cups molasses; 1 cup 
boiling water; 1 do. sugar ; 1 butter; 1 tablespoon 
ginger; 1 do. saleratus. 
Ginger Cake. —Two eggs; 1 cup batter; 1 do. 
buttermilk; 2 do. molasses; 4 do. flour; 1 table¬ 
spoon ginger — a little salt. Mary. 
Erie Co., N. Y., 1S59. 
CHARLOTTE DE RUSSE, CAKES, &c. 
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Ff.uit in tiie New York Market.— Apples .— Tho 
receipt of the large amount of apples recemiy (letsiced 
by the canal break, has not depressed the market as 
was expected. Tbey have been readily closed out on 
arrival without any material reduction in price, although 
many of them have been damaged by the delay, and 
proved poor bargains to the purchasers. The cool 
weather has favored this result. Good to extra Winter 
fruit is sold readily on arrival at $232 25, and $2 50 
has, in some instances, been reached, but the market 
is not quite so firm to-day. The apple crop of the 
country is mainly confined to the northern half of 
Wstern New York, to the northern portions of Ohio, 
Indiana and Illinois, and the southern portion of Mich¬ 
igan. The yield in these sections is large, and tbe 
quality good; but we hear that the fruit, including the 
Winter varieties, in the Western States, does not Keep 
well; aud, if it did, the fruit producing sections seem 
altogether too limited for an abundant supply, and low 
prices. Hence we think a still further improvement 
in Winter fruit may ere long bo expected. We hear 
that a large amount of apples in Western New York 
wore frozen badly on the trees, on the night of the 20th 
inst. We quote: 
Western, mixed lots.$2 00@2 50 
Common, V bbl. 1 0031 25 
Bed Streaks. 1 50(31 ?5 
Twenty oz. Pippins. 2 2532 50 
Fall Pippins.;. 2 00@ 2 50 
Greenings and Spttzenburghs,. 2 00@2 50 
Quinces are very scarce indeed, and much wanted. 
Apple Quinces, V bbl., $5@$8; Pear Quinces, V bbl., 
$ 8 @$ 6 . 
Grapes.— Catawba 12@15c. V lb.; Isabella, choice, 
10@14o.; do. common 0 o 8c. 
Dried Apples.—S outhern new, 6@6yc. ; State new, 
7@7 
Dried Peaches —New Southern, best from Georgia, 
11® 12c. T lb.; do. common Tig;9e. ; best Virginia, 
12 113c. V lb. 
Dried Blackberries.—S outhern, STBSj^c. V lb. 
Dried Cherries, pitied, V lb. 21(d,22o. ” 
Dried Plums V lb. 18 « 20c. 
Dried Raspberries.—28&24c.— Tribune, Oct. 29. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In compliance with 
a request iu a late number of your paper, I inclose 
the following recipe for “Charlotte De Russe.”— 
Also for Bakers’ Ginger Cakes, and Old Maids’ 
Cake. 
Charlotte De Russe. —Take 6 eggs to a pint of 
milk; sugar to sweeten it; strain into it an ounce 
of dissolved isinglass; when baked let it cooi.— 
Make a whip and mix with the custard,—cool it iu 
forms. Lay in the bottom of the dish thin slices 
of spoDge cake, alternately with jelly around the 
dish. 
Bakers’ Ginger Cakes. — One pint molasses; 
lb. butter; 2 eggs; 2 tablespoonfuls ginger; 
tablespoonfuls saleratus; 1 teacup buttermilk; 
flour to stiffen. Roll thin aud cut in small cakes. 
Old Maids’ Cake. — One and a half pints butter¬ 
milk ; 2 teaspoonfuls saleratus; 4 large spoonfuls 
molasses; a little salt; 2j^ teacups each of flour 
and meal. Bake three quarters of an hour. 
These recipes I call very good. mrs. h. 
Bath, N; Y., 1859. 
Nice Custard. —Take the whites of eight eggs, 
beat them to a froth, add one pint and a half of 
new milk; three tablespoons of white sugar; nut¬ 
meg to taste; bake slow and not brown; make a 
frosting of one egg and one spoonful of sugar, and 
when the custard is done put on frosting and set 
in the oven three minutes.—F. M. L., Westfield, 
N. Y., 1859. 
