JAN. 9. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
DOUBLE FLOWERING FRUIT TREES. 
THE NEW BLACKBERRY NAMED. 
Such is the heading of a paragraph now going 
the rounds of the agricultural papers in reference 
to the well known Lawton Blackberry, which we 
thought had a name long ago. At the recent 
meeting of the Fruit Growers of Western New 
York it was voted to call it the New Rochelle; and 
at the meeting of the American Pomological So¬ 
ciety, held at the same place, in September, 1866, it 
was voted to retain the name of the Lawton. We 
ourselves care very little what the vote of any so¬ 
ciety may be in such a matter,as we invariably ad¬ 
here to the rule of priority in all names,—the only 
way to prevent a multiplicity of synonyms; but it 
appears to us that the vote of the American Pomo¬ 
logical Society must be quite as important upon 
such a subject as that of the Fruit Growers of 
Western New York.— Hovey's Magazine. 
It seems very difficult for the Fruit Growers’ So¬ 
ciety of Western New York to say or do anything 
that will please Mr. Hoyey. There seems to be 
only one way to stop the many blunders which this 
Society is constantly making, and that is for Mr. 
Hovey to attend the meetings and give the be¬ 
nighted members the benefit of his superior wis¬ 
dom. We, therefore, exclaim with the poet: 
“ Star of the east, the horizon adorning. 
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid.” 
Those who have great wisdom, have great respon¬ 
sibilities; where “much is given, much is requir¬ 
ed,” but it is not right to expect much from a 
meeting attended by such small lights as Charles 
Downing, L. E. Bekckmans, P. Bakky, Dr. Grant, 
J. J. Thomas, and others who made up the last 
Fruit Growers’ Meeting. But Mr. Hovey has made 
a slight mistake in the article we have quoted from | 
his Magazine. No vote was taken by the American 
Pomological Society at its meeting in 1856, on the 
subject. The matter was only introduced at the 
last hour of the session, by Mr. Carpenter, who 
urged that it should he called the New Rochelle .— 
Mr. Lawton replied, opposing this name, and mak¬ 
ing new and strange statements in regard to its 
history. Mr. Sylvester thought that Mr. Lawton 
was entitled to the honor of having the fruit bear 
his name. This was all that was said or done, and 
the subject was laid on the table. 
TRIALS OF A YOUNG ORCHARDIST. 
the apple tree borer. 
Messrs. Editors:— Although the Rural abounds 
in useful information, I never saw anything that 
exactly suited the case which I now present for 
your consideration. In the spring of 1854 and ’55 
I bought fruit trees of two different agents of 
Rochester nurseries, 123 apple trees in 1854, and 50 
pear trees in 1855. The apples did well the first 
summer until August, when I discovered that some¬ 
thing was wrong with three of them. I examined 
them, and found that a small worm, which I sup¬ 
posed to be the borer, had girdled them, and 
gone clean to the heart The next summer eight 
more trees were treated in the same manner. I 
dug the worms all out and the trees lived, but in 
so doing I had to cut the trees very severely. In 
the summers of ’56 and ’57 many more were at¬ 
tacked. I mulched all my trees every spring, and 
last May I washed every tree in strong lye, and in 
June gave a good coating of whitewash. This fall 
I observed that wherever the norms have been at 
work there is what we call toad-stools growing, 
such as grows on rotten wood, and I fear they will 
all die; indeed, some of them have already broken 
off. 
The pear trees all grew, except one, and seven¬ 
teen of them blossomed the first spring they were 
planted. The winters of ’55 and *56 killed all but 
nine. They froze down to from 3 to 8 inches of 
the ground. Some of them have sprouted above 
ground, and a part of them below the surface. The 
pears I have treated the same as the apples. Now, 
will you please to mention my case in the Rural, 
or tell me how I can save my apples, and if the 
pear trees that have sprouted if taken care of will 
make good trees and bring forth fruit of the same 
kind that they would have borne if they had not 
been frozen off ? 
I also planted 75 peach trees the same spring 
that I did the pears, and they all froze to the 
ground. Of that I cannot complain, as all the old 
trees were destroyed in all this section. 
Sturges, Mich., 1857. A Young Farmer. 
Remarks. —All the pear trees that are not frozen 
down below the point where the bud was inserted 
in the original stock, will make good trees with 
proper pruning. Select a good, strong, upright 
shoot for a leader, prune the side shoots back pret¬ 
ty close, and the leader back to a strong bud. In 
this way they will make model trees, well furnished 
with branches almost to the ground. Those that 
were frozen below the bud of course are useless, 
except as stocks on which to engraft good sorts. 
The insect that injured the apple trees was, un¬ 
doubtedly, the apple tree borer, and it is one of the 
worst enemies against which our apple trees have 
to contend. It is much more common throughout 
the country than is generally supposed, and the in¬ 
jury it does is often charged to an unsuitableness ! 
of soil or climate, or the nurseryman is blamed for 
selling unhealthy trees. We can do no better 
service to the fruit growers of the country than to 
describe this insect, its habits, and the best known 
remedies. For this purpose we avail ourselves of 
facts contained in Fitch's Noxious Insects of New 
Yor/c, Harris' Insects of Massachusetts, and all other 
sources of information within our reach, in addition 
to our own experience. The egg which produces 
the Borer, is laid by a winged insect which makes 
its appearance every season, in June, and flies only 
in the night. During June and July the female 
beetle deposits her eggs, one at a place, upon the 
bark, generally where it is tender, near the surface 
of the earth. Sometimes, when they are very 
numerous, they deposit eggs higher up, particularly 
in the crotches formed by the lower limbs. From 
each of these eggs is hatched a small maggot, of 
a white color, with a yellow tinge to its head.— 
This maggot eats its way directly downward^ in 
the bark, producing a discoloration where jt is 
situated. If the outer dark colored surface of the 
bark be scraped off with a knife, the last of August 
or forepart of September, so as to expose the clean 
white bark beneath, as can easily be done without 
any injury to the tree, wherever there is a young 
worm it can readily be detected. A little blackish 
The double blossomed va¬ 
rieties of fruit trees furnish 
a small collection of the most 
beautiful spring - flowering 
trees and shrubs we have in 
cultivation. The old double 
Peach and Almond are well 
known, and deservedly popu¬ 
lar. Their flowers are home 
in such profusion, that the 
branches look like beautiful 
wreaths of small roses. The 
trees grow as large as com¬ 
mon peach trees, and no tree 
contributes more to the gaiety 
of the lawn or shrubbery du¬ 
ring the Spring. The flowers 
are of a reddish pink. The 
Duarf Flowering Almond, a 
very pretty shrub, with daisy¬ 
like wreaths of flowers, is 
well known. 
The Double Flowering Cher¬ 
ry has an immense number 
of large, double, pure white, 
flowers, which cover the tree 
in May. They are like small 
white roses, very full, and ex¬ 
tremely beautiful. By proper 
pruning and training it can 
be kept in a low, shrubby 
state, when desired. Then, 
there is a dwarf sort quite 
pretty. 
The Double Flowering Sloe 
with clusters of very double 
white flowers, like the Double 
Daisy, is a perfect picture, 
when in flower, during the 
latter part of May, or early 
in June. The leaves are 
nearly hid by the flowers. 
The Double Flowering Apple, 
with flowers of the color of 
the common apple, white, 
with a rosy tint, is very fine. 
The Japan Quince and the 
Flowering Currants, we de¬ 
scribed and illustrated in the 
last volume of the Rural. 
The Double Crimson Peach 
and the Double White Flow¬ 
ering Peach, which we now 
figure, are important addi- 
lye, in August, when the newly hatched grubs are 
but slightly sunk in the bark, is useful. At the last 
Annual Sleeting of the State Agricultural Society, 
Hon. A. B. Dickinson recommended the placing of 
a handful of soap in the crotch of the tree, for this 
and other insects. We think well of this plan, for 
soft-soap, and in fact all alkaline substances, are 
A BATCH OF COOKIES. 
The good Housewives of the Rural seem deter- 
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offensive to all insects, and as the soap would be m ' ncd that “E., of Greece, N. Y.,” shall have “the 
I constantly washed down the trunk by rains, wo knack of baking ’ these little appetizers which she 
I think great advantage would result from this bas restored unto her. Witness the follow- 
course. In conversation with Chas. Downing and lng ' 
Dr. Grant, of Newburg, during the late State Fair, 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 cup sour milk; j 
these gentlemen recommended to us the making of teaspoon saleratus; flour;—mix soft as will roll; 
wooden boxes around the trunks of orchard trees, roll thin and bake in a quick oven, 
as a sure defence against the borer ns well as mice. Another and Better.— 2 teacups powdered 
—- sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 cup sweet milk; 1 egg; 1 
FRUIT.—ITS BENEFITS. teaspoonful cream tartar; j teaspoonful soda; put 
- the cream tartar in the flour; dissolve the soda in 
After some months of reflection,! am still in the milk which must be stirred in last; season with 
favor of “ strawberries and cream." I respect Dr. nutmeg. —Mrs. Dr. Mosher, Shingle House, Penn- 
Franklin —I suppose he was a good man—not sylvania, 1857. 
pious but patriotic. Patriotism is only a segment 
of piety, but it is about all the good there is in our 1 cup butter "’ 2 of sugar; 1 egg ; £ cup of sour 
“ great mat." Franklin had something to do with miIk; T 1 teaspoon of 8oda ’-season with nutmeg— 
lightning. I never exactly found out what, but his Th 'U iave ncver known to fail when mixed Boft 
relationship in that quarter has evidently made and baked in a quick oven- 
women and children, and even men, contemplate Another but not Better.— 1 cup butter; 2 cups 
him with awe. A sort of philosophical wizard, su K a! "< 1 of cold water 5 4 a teaspoon saleratus; 2 
1 cup butter; 2 of sugar; 1 egg ; J cup of sour 
milk; 1 teaspoon of soda,—season with nutmeg.— 
This I have never known to fail when mixed soft 
Another but not Better. — 1 cup butter; 2 cups 
sugar; 1 of cold water; J a teaspoon saleratus; 2 
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he is the right kind of man to “head off” poor e g8 8 ‘> Hour enough to roll and no more. Spice to 
scribblers. Accordingly a Rural correspondent 8U ^ ^ ie taste. Adei.iza, Hillsdale, Arich., 1857. 
arrays the Dr. against me. He quotes him, not 
exactly against my friends the Bartletts and Ant- . Em - Rural :-Your correspondent “E,» Greece, 
werps, nor yet against eating in general, but against in< F lilC8 for a recipe for making cookies. Our 
talking of our food, and smacking our lips with too “ better half ” thinks the fo,Iowin S “ can ’t be bcat: ” 
evident relish. Now, I confess to a hearty dislike 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter 5 2 egg8 '> 4 teaspoonful 
of sensualism-in fact I was pleased with what the 8aleratus - <iissolvcd in half cupful 80ur milk - Cai a - 
Dr. said. I believe in raising our thoughts above wa i 8 to dav0lv * • L L., Canandaigua, N. Y., 1867. 
the things of earth, but I submit it to the philoso- . ,, ~~Z Z 7 . „ 
, , ... .. , .. . , 1 cup of butter; 1 of cream; 2 of sugar; 2 eggs; 
pliers of this generation, whether our thoughts and . , - , „ , . ’ Z \x 
... ,, ,, , 1 teaspoonful of soda,—mix them as soft as they can 
associations would not savor more of heaven while r0 Hed out 
partaking of Newtown Pippins, Seckels, and Ho- 
vey’s Seedlings, than when munching crab apples Another. I cup of butter; 2 ol sugar; 1 of 
and Rohan potatoes. water; 1 teaspoonful of soda; 2 of cream tartar,— 
T , .. , , mix them so ft.—H. G., Rochester, N. Y., 1857. 
I believe no man can deliberately set about get- _, 
ting up a good assortment ot fruit, without being 2 cuds of suorar: 1 of butter: 1 of sweet milk: 1 
ft 7:f. 
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, . . .. ... , , , 1 cup of butter; 1 of cream; 2 of sugar; 2 eggs; 
pliers of this generation, whether our thoughts and . . - , „ ’ . . ’ Z 
... ., 1 teaspoonful of soda,—mix them as soft as they can 
associations would not savor more of heaven while ro u e( j out 
partaking of Newtown Pippins, Seckels, and Ho- 
vey’s Seedlings, than when munching crab apples Another. 1 cup of butter; 2 ol sugar; 1 of 
and Rohan potatoes. water; 1 teaspoonful of soda; 2 of cream tartar,— 
T , , ,,, , mix them soft—H. G., Rochester, N. Y., 1857. 
I believe no man can deliberately set about get- _, 
ting up a good assortment ot fruit, without being 2 cups of sugar; 1 of butter; 1 of sweet milk; 1 
a better man. I will guarantee that an inventory teaspoon of soda. This will be found convenient 
of scoundrels will include but few zealous fruit w hen cream and eggs are scarce. They keep nice 
growers. A man seldom plants a tree without and tender for weeks. - Clara Warner, SAaneate- 
thinking of his friends, and the good cheer he can ^ y y j H -y 
give them. He means to send a basket of pears to ’ ’ _ 
the minister, and give the widow lady over the way Eds. Rural:—N oticing an inquiry in a late num- 
all the peaches she can use; he ain’t the kind of her of the Rural for a recipe to make good cookies, 
man that is unwilling to move till he can get a I send one which is the best we ever tried. They 
THE WHITE EXOWERING FEACIL 
warranty that all the benefit shall accrue to himself. 
He goes for posterity and patriotism. 
will keep good for a long time:—2 eggs; 1 half cup 
sugar; 1 cup of butter; £ teaspoonful of soda; J 
figure, are important addi- How much the general use of fruit, as everyday cup of rich milk or thin cream. Spice to your 
tions to this interesting collection. They were a place in all ornamental plantations where the diet, will do to bring about the millenium, I cannot taste; add flour sufficient to roll nicely. — S. F. B., 
obtained in China some eight years ago, by Mr. climate is not unfavorable to the blossoming of the cxact i y tc ll; but 1 do know that there is’no use in Phelps, N. Y., 1857. 
Fortune, for the London Horticultural bociety, Peach. Where the Peach blossoms arc generally trying to be wiser than God. Break one link —--—* - 
and brought to this country about six years since, killed, they will of course be of no value, unless in the divine economy, and the universe is en- CRACKERS, CRULLERS, &c. 
Fortune, for the London llorticultural feociety, I c&cu. wncrc tnc 1 eucn DiosaoniH tiio gtnt-itiiiy our trying to be wiser thuji God. IL’CaiK one link -»♦»■■■ - — 
and brought to this country about six years since, killed, they will of course be of no value, unless Jn the (liviue economyj and t he universe is en- CRACKERS, CRULLERS, &c. 
The drawing was taken from a tree growing at the protected. The flowers of both are semi-double— fccl)lcd ; n a ll its parts; the divine arrangement ev- - 
grounds of Ellwanger Sc Barry. They are as that is, they have several rows of petals, and show jdently is that fruit shall form a large part of our Kns. Rural: —Allow me, as a subscriber, to send 
hardy as the Peach, and have the same habits some stamens in the center. It has been noted as d; e t. “ Of every tree of the garden thou mayest y° u a recipe for crackers, which I think are excel- 
and appearance. Their great value consists in the a remarkable fact, in England, that the Crimson free j y cat5 & c . » i m pii e .s a variety of fruit and the lcnt: 
novelty of their colors —pure white and deep crimson Peach has produced two, and in some cases three, US(J of it ’ The cxquis i te fl avor of our best varic . Crackers.— 13 spoons of buttermilk, 8 of butter, 
—quite distinct from the pale rose or peach-hlos- fruits from one flower a circumstance that never ^ eH ; 3 no thing more nor less than their adaptation and 4 eggs; knead hard and pound the dough till 
som of the old sorts. Flowering side by side, they occurs in other Peaches Ihese new varieties we to our natures and necessities. Fruit is suited to like honey comb. 
produce a fine effect, and commend themselves to can recommend to all lovers of flowers. our palate, as the shell is suited to the oyster, or the Starch Cake. Pound and sift one and one- 
7* " | a ’ r to the lungs. Men may like tobacco, but it is fourth pounds of host Poland starch, one pound of 
spot, rather larger than a kernel of wheat, will be Thus the long cylindrical hole which it has bored only in their fallen state, in the very lowest stages butter, the whites of twelve eggs beat to an entire 
discovered wherever an egg has been deposited, becomes filled up, and securely plugged with woody of manhood, when they are about fit to he trans- f ro th half a small teaspoon saleratus. Cover your 
and by cutting slightly into the hark the worm will debris at each extremity, leaving only a vacant posed into monkeys—the infant never likes it—the plates or tins with white paper well buttered to hake 
be found. It gradually works its way onwards space in its middle, where it is deepest sunk in the unsophisticated and unperverted hate it. Not so ; n . Bake the same as other stirred cake. This 
through the bark, increasing in size as it advances, wood of the tree, for the insect to lie during its with fruit. Man in his normal state likes it; his quantity will make four loaves. Essence or oil of 
until it reaches the sap-wood; here it takes up its pupa state. The annexed cut will give an idea of relish is not acquired — God gave it to him. Physi- i emon to your taste; stir the butter and sugar to- 
abode, feeding upon and consuming the soft wood, [-•■ these burrows and their cians have given repeated and emphatic testimony (r C ther 
Crackers.— 13 spoons of buttermilk, 8 of butter, 
and 4 eggs; knead hard and pound the dough till 
like honey comb. 
Starch Cake.— Pound and sift one and one- 
fourth pounds of best Poland starch, one pound of 
thereby forming a smooth round flat cavity, the size 
of a dollar or larger, immediately under the bark. 
It keeps its burrow clean by pushing its excrement 
out of a small crevice or opening through the bark, 
which it makes at the lower part of its burrow, and 
if this orifice becomes clogged up it opens another. 
This excrement resembles new fine saw-dust, and 
enables us readily to detect the presence of the 
worm by the little heap of this substance which is 
accumulated on the ground, commonly covering 
the hole out of which it is extruded, and by parti¬ 
cles of it which adhere around the orifice where it 
is higher up, or in the fork of the tree; the outer 
surface of the bark also often becomes slightly de¬ 
pressed, or flattened, over this cavity. 
When the worm is half grown, or more, as if 
conscious it would form a dainty titbit for a wood¬ 
pecker or any other insectivorous bird, and that it 
was daily becoming less secure in its present situa¬ 
tion, by reason of its burrow being so large, and 
forming so much of a cavity as to be able to he de¬ 
tected by any scrutiny made outside of the tree, it 
seeks to place itself in a less exposed situation, by- 
gnawing a cylindrical retreat for itself upwards in 
the solid heart-w-ood of the tree. Some of its habits 
are now reversed. The flat cavity which it was so 
careful to keep clean, it is now intent upon filling 
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contents, as they appear as well to the nutritive qualities of fruit as to its 
when the bark is remov- eminently healthful character. Men who deemed 
ed and the wood cut pills essential to life have fpund in multitudes of 
away sufficiently to ex- cases a pleasant substitute ii/fruit Its free use 
pose their whole length would he preventive of indigestion, headache, dys- 
to view. Having now pepsia, (my readers will find a complete list of the 
finished its labors and complaints in the patent advertisements,) and I 
attained its growth, it take it for grated that when these diseases are 
again turns itself around cured, melancholy and suicides will cease, quarrels 
to its former posture, and wars be done away with; and peace on earth 
with its head upwards, and good will to men prevail. h. t. b. 
becomes inactive, and 1 -- .♦ --- 
lies dormant during the Dwarf Pears. —Will von or some eom>sn<vndp.nt 
gether. 
Crullers. —Three eggs, three large spoons of 
hot lard, four spoons of sugar; sift the flour and 
roll the sugar, — C. C. C., Byron, Shiawassee Co., 
Mich., 1857. 
GINGER SNAPS, JOHNNY CAKE, &c. 
Eds. Rural: — In complying with the request of 
one of your correspondents, please allow me to send 
a few recipes which I think very good: 
Ginger Snaps. — Take 1 pint of molasses; 1 tea¬ 
cup of butter; 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar; 1 tea¬ 
spoonful soda, dissolved in £ teacup of water; 
up and obliterating, as far as it is able, that it may tree. Dr. Harris _thinks the larvae state of this 
not he discovered. It ceases to eject its castings, insect continues from two to three years. 
and now crowds and packs them in the lower part 
of its burrow, as it bores a round hole, upward, in 
the solid wood. This hole runs slightly inwards, 
towards the centre of the tree, and then outwards, 
so that when it is completed its upper end is perfo¬ 
rated through the sap-wood, and is only covered 
by the bark. The lower flat portion of its burrow 
is by this time stuffed in every part with its castings, 
whilst the long cylindrical passage above is still 
empty. As if fearful that these castings, being so 
fine and dry, might sift out, and thus leave an open 
. . * , Dwarf Pears. \V ill you or some correspondent gp 00 nful soda, dissolved in £ teacup of water; 
winter season, ami in of the r CH al communicate through your paper, gingcr to the ta8te; roll thill aild bake in a ( . uick 
following spnng istians- answers to the following inquiries:—1st. In plant- (jven 
formed to a pupa. I< rom j ng jy war f p ea r trees, how deep should the ground T „ , . . , , , 
this pupa the perfect in- be worked> or at wbat dC p th will the roots strike , J "" NNY C ^ E ’7 nC "V.U 1 Cgg; 
sect soon after hatches, do providinR the grou nd is worked a sufficient abl f P oonfal 0 8Ugar " 2 tca8poon - 
nnd tpariniz awav the , 7 • fuls of cream tartar; one of saleratus. 
ana lediing av,ay mo de pt b to give the roots the greatest range? 2d. 
saw-dust like powder Sheldon Pear .—There seems to be no question Sp0NGE Cakes— 3 eggs, thoroughly beaten; 1.} 
which has been packed about the qna i ity of thig pear for eating but j teacup of fine, white sugar; 1 teacup sweet milk; £ 
in the upper end of its would like to inquire 0 f you, or some corrcspon- teacup butter; 1 teaspoonful cream tarter; teaspoon- 
burrow, it has only to dent who is well p09ted on this Bubject) aa to itH M soda; 2 teacups flour.-MAGGiE, Akron, N. Y. 
bieak tlnough the bark bear j n g quality; whether it is sufficiently produc- • 
here, which it easily does tiye to make it a good markct pear? A infor . Lustre. -Flea.se inform me if lustre is what is 
with its sharp, powerful mation on the abovc will be thankfully received— 80metime8 ^ llcd lampblack; I noticed a rec.pe for 
jaws, to come out of the j q q Greece N. Y. 1858 cleaning stoves, which says lustre mixed with tur- 
b the larva: state of this _ ’ ’ ’ , pentine, &c. —W. N. Martin, Giles Co., Va., 1857. 
, ,, „ Remarks.— For a pear orchard, we would subsoil , . , 
> to three years. ^ d a3 poS8ible with the subsoil plow, and for Sharks—L ustre is Plumbago, commonly called 
ies considerably in size, garden culture , trench two feet deep. Advantages blacklead, the best of which is used for pencil mak- 
The mature w-orm varies considerably in size, 
Johnny Cake.— 1 quart rich sweet milk; 1 egg; 
1 tablespoonful of sugar or molasses; 2 teaspoon¬ 
fuls of cream tartar; one of saleratus. 
Sfonge Cakes.— 3 eggs, thoroughly beaten; 1£ 
teacup butter; 1 teaspoonful cream tarter; teaspoon¬ 
ful soda; 2 teacups flour. —Maggie, Akron, N. Y. 
Lustre.— Please inform me if lustre is what is 
sometimes called lampblack; I noticed a recipe for 
cleaning stoves, which says lustre mixed with tur¬ 
pentine, &c.—W. N. Martin, Giles Co., Va., 1857. 
Remarks. —Lustre is Plumbago, commonly called 
blacklead, the best of which is used for pencil mak- 
M but generally grows to about an inch are derived from deep culture, besides proper range ing ‘ The coarser parts are employed in imparting 
/C4 long and over a quarter of an inch broad, for the roots . During a dry, hot summer, the a Po^b to metals. Lampblack was originally pre- 
HI anteriorly, at its broadest part. It is soft, bencfits of decp culture are 8hown in the increased parC(l b * burrl ‘ ng 0l1 in a lamp a “ d colle f ing tho 
p33 fleshy and of a very pale yellow, or whit- vi . of the trec . When p roperl y mu i ched a dwarf «oot in a funnel inverted over it; hence the name. 
ish color- We need not describe it more trec in a deep soi i never 8eerafi t0 snffer from The lampblack of commerce is now made by burn- 
fully, as the engraving will give a veiy drouth . The Sheldon Pear, we have always under- ing the oil of bones or common coal tar, previously 
good idea of its appeaiance. Thepcifect gtood to be a good bearer. We have had experi- bei.cl from its ammonia, 
insect, or beetle, is from one-hall to three- ence on j y w R b young trees, but we learn that the ~ 
fouiths of an inch in length, and about original trees are quite productive. Corn Cake. —Permit me through the medium of 
one-fourth in width, the males being small- ~ .. 
passage for some marauding insect or other enemy er and more slender than the female, and both are 
to crawl in and destroy it during its defenceless of an umber color. 
pupa state, and that it may, during this period of The most efficient enemy of these borers is the 
its life, he securely held in the middle of its cylin- common Woodpecker of our country, and particu- 
drical hole, the worm now turns itself around, (as I larly the Dowdy Woodpecker, so frequently seen 
Corn Cake.—P ermit me through the medium of 
the Rural to circulate the following recipe for 
Corn Cake. I know of no way in which this rich 
and nutritious grain can be. prepared for the table, 
an umber color. Hardy Grapes. Will you, or some ot your aud nutritious grain can be. prepared for the table, 
The most efficient enemy of these borers is the nume / 0 i u8 fibers, give a list of some five or ^ (;an equal it . L (cof r ec ) C up of sweet milk; £ 
immon Woodpecker of our country, and particu- S1X 0 110 jest _ a> y napes or extensive:cu tiva- cup 0 f r j cb 80Ur cream; or in the absence of cream 
TW,1„ tion in our region-those of the earliest kinds that ^ cup of butter . 2 egg8 . 1 tablespoon of sugar; a 
think, for it is impossible to conjecture how other- in our orchards. They should never be molested canbe dcpended ou in our clunate ' ^ nd wil1 il little salt and soda. In thickening the batter use £ 
wise this long round cavity becomes filled in the in their work. Various experiments for killing answer cut tb e slips and plant them at any^ 
manner in which we usually find it,) and with its the worm have been proposed, such as plugging up wb ere you want them to grow. .Sheldrake, S, 
jaws strips a quantity of woody fibres from the in- the hole, thrusting a wre into it, &c., but the nature County, N. Y., 1858. 
ner walls of the middle part of its burrow, thus en- of the burrow which we have described, makes this 
flour to | corn meal. — Dame W., Victor, Dec., 1857. 
jaws strips a quantity of woody fibres from the in- the hole, thrusting a wre into it, <Sc., hut the nature ^ Y., is,>8. To Make Excellent Rolls. _To a piece of light 
ner walls of the middle part of its burrow, thus en- of the burrow which we have described, makes this Remarks.— We would recommend the Diana, Isa- bread dough, the size of a quart howl, knead in two 
larging this part sufficiently to give it ample room very difficult. Perhaps there is no better way of bella, Delaware, Rebecca and Clinton. Large vine teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, a heaping teaspoon- 
to repose here in its pupa state, when its body he- dislodging the insect than by cutting him out with growers generally plant two cuttings where the f u l 0 f soda, and a small piece of butter, dissolve 
comes more short and broad than it has previously a strong knife. The wounds thus made will gener- vines are intended to grow, early in the spring, and the soda in two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk; knead 
been. With these fibres of wood, which are from ally heal readily, and it is much better than to allow if both live, one is removed, but some prefer to it well. —II. G., Rochester, N. Y., 1857. 
a half to three-fourths of an inch in length, it firmly the insect to continue in his course of mischief, plant the j’oung vines after they have made one __ ^ ^ __ 
plugs up all the lower part of its burrow above the Fitch recommends that the course of the burrow year’s growth. Cream Fritters. _Beat 6 eggs until quite light, 
flat excavation in the sap-wood, placing the fibres he ascertained by puncturing the bark with an awl, then stir in one pint of cream, one teaspoonful of 
frequently in as regular order as the hairs of a and then the hark at the top be cut away, so that The Weather, up to the present time, (January salt, half a grated nutmeg, and sifted flour enough 
moustache. And the castings which it voids when scalding water can be poured from a teapot or other 5th,) has been remarkably mild. The ground is to make a thin batter, stir it until it becomes 
in this inverted position are crowded, and firmly vessel into the burrow, which will kill the varmint generally free from frost, and our nurserymen and : smooth, then drop it by spoonfuls into hot lard 
packed together in the upper end of its burrow. As a preventive, washing the bark with strong others are planting, draining, &c. \ and fry and serve. 
