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MAY 29. 
MOORED RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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SEASONABLE NOTES. 
During the last week the weather has been cold 
and sometimes windy and wet We found the 
ground slightly frozen on several mornings. The 
fruit blossoms, however, have not suffered materi¬ 
ally. Vegetation is making but slow progress. No 
trees or shrubs are in flower that we have not be¬ 
fore noticed. The earlier spring flowers are gone 
and the Tulips are now in perfection, though not 
looking as well usual, on account of the cold weath¬ 
er. The early flowers are past their prime, but the 
late varieties are taking their place. In private 
gardens we see occassionally a few straggling 
specimens, but few beds of Tulips worthy of the 
name. The cause of this is not a want of appreci¬ 
ation of thi3 truly beautiful flower, but from the 
fact that the fall is the best time for planting. If 
they could be planted when in flower, every garden 
would be supplied with them, as all who love flow¬ 
ers appreciate their beauty; but when the time for 
planting arrives they are forgotten. Were our gar¬ 
dens well supplied with the best common sorts, we 
might name and describe some of the best new va¬ 
rieties; as it is, however, this would be useless, and 
the best service we can do our readers is to urge 
all to plant a bed of Tulips early in the fall Good 
bulbs that will flower the following spring can be 
obtained of the nurserymen at from one to two 
dollars a dozen. They should be planted in beds 
on the lawn, or in borders, six or seven inches 
apart At the proper time of planting we will 
give full directions. 
PERFECT TULIP. 
Ve give an engraving of a tulip that would be 
called nearly perfect by florists, though to be en¬ 
tirely so it should be from one-half of a hollow ball, 
with the edge level, the petals setting close, to look 
like one; and the markings of all the petals should 
be alike. Few flowers, if any, come up to the ar¬ 
bitrary rules of florists, and a nice arrangement of 
colors is more important to produce a desirable 
effect upon the lawn. 
During the last of this month and early in June, 
Bedding Plants should be put out No class of 
plants are more useful. Beds of crocus and hya¬ 
cinths and other early Cowers can be filled with 
them, and be made to look gay until the frosts of 
Autumn. Annual seeds often fail to vegetate, and 
in such places Verbenas, or Petunias, or some other 
bedding plants will fill what would otherwise be a 
vacant and unsightly spot Then in the hurry of 
spring work, some places are forgotten, or im¬ 
provements neglected, until it is too late. The bed¬ 
ding plants are just the things you need for such 
places. Procure from the nurserymen a dozen 
Verbenas and Petunias and Phloxes, a few Scarlet 
Geraniums and Salvias, and yon can make flower 
beds in June without the least chance of failure.— 
The Dahlias, too are very useful in this way, and 
may be planted early in June. 
SPURIOUS REBECCA GRAPES. 
Eds. Rural: —In your journal of May 15th, a 
communication appears from Mr. Geo. Ellw anger, 
of Rochester, in regard to spurious grapes, in 
which he writes as follows:—“This reminds me of 
what I consider a spurious Rebecca, hailing from 
Massachusetts. This pseudo Rebecca is a lean, wiry, 
wild-looking case, the surface of the leaves is quite 
rough, and green underneath, and from appear¬ 
ance, I should judge, an easy subject to multiply.— 
One thing is certain, either the plants sent out 
from the original source, or those from Massachu¬ 
setts are spurious. Will those of your readers, who 
possess the Rebecca, examine their plants and report 
in the Rural?” To this you add “that for some 
time we have heard that plants sent out from Bos¬ 
ton as Rebecca were not genuine, Ac.,” with addi¬ 
tional and very just remarks in regard to the in¬ 
juries effected by such mistakes. 
As we have advertised and sold large quantities 
of the Rebecca, both last year >nd this, many of 
your readers, who have purchased vines of us, may 
infer that ours are included among the spurious 
ones from Massachusetts. As we bought our whole 
stock of Wm. Brook banks, of Hudson, and have 
propagated from these only, we can safely assert 
that ours are all genuine. Hovey & Co. 
Boston, Mass., 1858. 
Remarks. It was not the object of our corres- 
pondent, who first called attention to this subject, 
and certainly not our own, in the remarks we 
made, to call in question the integrity of the nur¬ 
serymen of Massachusetts, but merely to state the 
locality from which the plants supposed to be spu¬ 
rious were obtained. This seemed necessary, in 
justice to Mr. Brookbanks, who owns the original 
vine, and who has sent out more plants than any 
other person. In our remarks we named Boston, 
and in so doing it appears we were at fault, for 
though Paris is France, and Boston is a pretty 
arge town, and of great renown in the horticultural 
w orld, it is not all of Massachusetts. 
Celery Raising. —We have a communication 
from "Celery,” of Johnson’s Creek, who offered $25 
to learn how to prevent rust, also one from “ J. S. 
L ’ of Portland,” who proposed to impart the de¬ 
sired information, but as neither give anything 
new on the subject, their publication would be of 
no benefit to our readers. 
FAILURE OF A PEAR ORCHARD-No. II. 
THE CAUSES. 
It is a very unpleasant duty to attempt to con¬ 
trovert the deliberate assertions of any gentleman, 
and though it is a duty that we should not shrink 
from, when these statements are calculated to 
do permanent injury to the community, yet in a 
majority of cases it is to be avoided. We cannot, 
however, quietly submit to have the progressive 
and improving spirit of this age and country 
checked by the irritable temper of any individual 
cultivator, who, without sufficient skill, diligent 
perseverance and reasonable foresight, may em¬ 
bark in any noble undertaking, and unecessarily 
fail. We have no disposition at this time to open 
up the useless controversy as to the general suc¬ 
cess of the pear tree on this Continent ; that mat¬ 
ter, thanks to a few persevering and observing 
cultivators, planters and nurserymen, has been 
placed on a safe footing, and the question admits 
of only one decision. As to the minor questions 
of Dwarf or Standard trees, that too, will settle 
itself, and will be decided by time and experience, 
regardless of the total failure or undue success of 
individuals. 
We are sorry to find, on a fresh perusal of the va¬ 
rious conflicting opinions and positive assertions 
of interested parties, that so little attention should 
have been devoted to the principles of soils, the 
necessity of draining, the importance of shelter, the 
due cultivation of the tree itself, the selection of 
suitable varieties, the pruning and training, the 
marketing of the fruit, and finally, the diseases 
which attack trees, as well as the habits of the ver¬ 
min which destroy them. We cannot, however, 
hope to find farmers, bnrthened with the cares and 
labors which attend that noble pursuit, devoting 
the necessary attention to these difficult branches 
of culture and science, which the Horticulturists 
of our age have so fully developed and explained. 
That much remains to be discovered we admit, but 
such achievements are not to be accomplished in 
days or even years. Ten years' experience is but a 
poor certificate on which to claim the privilege or 
ability to decide upon the question whether or no our 
farmers shall abandon the extensive and general culti¬ 
vation of the pear tree, when we are pointed to trees 
one hundred fifty years old still in full bearing. 
The trees planted within the present decade, on 
suitable soil, with thorough cultivation and atten¬ 
tion, will, doubtless two hundred years hence, scat¬ 
ter their fruits for the descendants or successors of 
our Black Rock friend. We do not beg this ques¬ 
tion. We never would suppose that with the pres¬ 
ent limited knowledge of trees and fruits our farm¬ 
ers and speculators could, within a few years, secure 
ample and remunerative returns from their pear 
orchards. The means is wanting. A man with 
one thousand acres of Grand Island land lately re¬ 
claimed from the forest, without the means to drain 
or cultivate thoroughly, cut off from the main land 
by a wide river, across which all extraneous appli¬ 
ances must be boated or ferried, is not truly in a 
convenient position. The most chimerical and 
enthusiastic pear cultivator, even the Hon. M. P. 
Wilder himself, would doubtless shake his head if 
asked to establish within ten or even fifty years a 
good remunerative pear orchard of dwarf and 
standard trees on such a farm as that of our Grand 
Island friend, without a totally different routine 
from that which has been adopted there. 
As promised in our previous communication, we 
have endeavored to arrive at some of the causes 
for the total failure of the orchard there referred 
to. We make these remarks with some reluctance, 
but the circumstances demand at this time, a full 
and thorough examination of the facts. We shall 
abstain from stating any of the less important facts. 
We had often heard of a pear and apple orchard of 
some extent in the vicinity of Buffalo, but though 
frequently in that city, we could not find any such. 
We ascertained from the communications of Col. 
Hodge and others, which appeared in the horti¬ 
cultural journals, that this orchard was located on 
Grand Island, in the Niagara River, and in one of 
the articles of "Jeffreys”, at page 207, of Yol. VII., 
of the Horticulturist, we find it remarked that he 
(Jeffreys) “should like to see those Grand Island 
orchards. I hobble out to Niagara once in four or 
five years, and if the swimming is good—for I don’t 
suppose you have any ferries in that wild country— 
I may try and get over there and take a look at 
them. I beg of you both, Col. Hodge and Mr. 
Allen, not to be afraid of planting, for when the 
Erie Canal is fairly dug out the Eastern markets 
will be ready for them.” Notwithstanding the 
prospects of a swim, we made a final attempt to 
reach these Grand Island orchards, and with much 
tribulation and fatigue we succeeded. We were 
sorry not to find the owner of the pear orchard at 
home. We noted the state of the soil, the general 
condition of the farm and garden, and were fully 
satisfied. The soil is doubtless one of the strongest 
retentive clays in the State, calculated to produce 
fine trees and fruit, if properly treated. But it 
has never been drained, and is soaked with water. 
The recently turned up soil, though doubtless rich 
in all the important ingredients of a pear soil is as 
hard as a brick; in fact, it is more like a pure ag¬ 
ricultural clay as it lays exposed in the ridges after 
plowing. The apple trees, which appear vigorous, 
are beginning to show the advent of lichens on the 
stems, though young, and in one orchard there is 
to be found coarse sedge grasses, (carex) and mos¬ 
ses in the sod. We shall not speak of the state of 
the culture as regards weeds, Ac., that is not our 
province. We know what labor it costs under such 
circumstances, to keep a farm of one thousand 
acres, or even a garden of one acre. We did not 
go there to dive into jirivate matters, and we asked 
few questions. We have nothing here to say con¬ 
cerning the bleak exposure of the place; all who 
know the situation of the eastern shore of Grand 
Island can form an opinion for themselves. We 
shall only add that the mice have not only made 
love to pear trees, but if we can judge correctly 
from the appearance of numbers of dead trees 
along the fences, we think apple trees also suffered 
from the depredations of this rapacious Rodentia. 
It is certainly grievous and discouraging to see 
property so destroyed, but it cannot be fairly ar¬ 
gued that the ravages of mice under such circum¬ 
stances, proves the fact that pears cannot be profit¬ 
ably grown for market It can still less be fairly 
contended that because a careless cultivator, who 
has undertaken too much and failed, careful and 
persevering orchardists must of necessity fail. — 
It cannot be fairly argued that because a well 
known caviler at the operations of others and their 
business affairs, should get into bad temper be¬ 
cause of their success and his failure, he should 
attempt to make that failure a test point in pear 
culture. As to many other points in relation to the 
arguments and conflicting statements of this or- 
chardist, we could produce sufficient evidence from 
his own published writings, to prove that he could 
not hope to succeed by such defective cultivation 
as he has given to that Grand Island pear orchard. 
And now, permit me to say, that in taking the 
pains to examine into the merits of the article 
which induced me to trouble you with these re¬ 
marks, I have not been prompted by any interested 
motives. I am not in the nursery business; I am a 
practical gardener, and have viewed the matter 
from that point alone. I have examined carefully 
the past volumes of the journal to which the gen¬ 
tleman refers, and there I find many statements 
which prove that he himself is chargeable with en 
couraging this pear mania as it has been styled.— 
We hope that the recollection of those Detroit 
River pear trees will yet have its proper effect on 
his mind, and show what he has himself stated, that 
“we have a soil and climate in which the pear tree 
will flourish equal to any other tree known.”— 
Many inaccuracies and ill-considered statements are 
to be found in the articles of Mr. A., but we shall 
not extend this article farther, trusting that no 
public man will attempt to discourage our farmers 
and cultivators, even though the pear trees they 
plant should not return them dollar for dollar on 
their outlay within ten years, or even in their own 
lives. Let them imitate the noble examples of 
their gifted countrymen, who have labored and 
lived for all men and all times. Above all, let the 
value of draining on retentive clays be kept before 
the public, no matter what negligent wholesale 
cultivators may say to the contrary. 
R. Robinson Soott. 
Messrs. Editors: — The return of a beloved 
father to the bosom of his family can scarcely be 
more welcome than the visits of our dear Rural 
to our fireside. Its toilet is ever so carefully made, 
— its pages are so full of instruction, with a word 
for all classes and conditions that its welcome is 
universal. I state nothing more than truth when 
I affirm that the Rural and my humble self have at 
the same moment entered my “sanctum,” and 
while Mr. Rural has at once been seized and en¬ 
gaged in close conversation by my “ better half” the 
wohser half has been greeted with “nary word,” 
and I am ready to confess that a slight feeling of 
jealousy has found its way beneath the folds of my 
“cutis vera.” But until the influence upon the 
members of my family is something more objec¬ 
tionable than an increasing love for flowers and 
fruits, I shall not interdict the visits of Mr. Rural. 
Pardon this seeming flattery, it is only my private 
opinion run over. 
I am glad to see an occasional allusion to the 
points of excellence which different sections of our 
country present for the consideration of those seek¬ 
ing homes, and it cannot be doubted but that the day 
is near at hand when intelligent men will seek out 
and beautify lands long neglected as rough and 
valueless, on the sole ground of their fruitgrowing 
and health-imparting qualities. I have been a 
home-seeker, and though every vine and shrub 
around our door is dear to me, yet could I again 
choose my resting place, it would be where our 
choicest fruits are found to flourish with the least 
apprehension of failure. I have for years watched 
with interest the progress of grape culture in this 
country, and amid all the complaints of “ failing 
PLANTING MELONS AND CUCUMBERS. 
Messrs. Eds: —In a late number of the Rural, 
“Junius” gives a new method for planting Melons 
and Cucumbers, viz:—dig holes one foot in diame¬ 
ter, and ten inches deep, fill them within an inch 
and a half of the top, with fine fresh horse manure; 
then fill in an inch more of moist dirt I would 
ask, is there any vegetable that could grow on such 
a soil? Just think of one inch of moist soil with 
a subsoil of fresh horse manure ten inches deep. If 
dock, polkberry or any other kind of seed were 
planted on such a soil, they would be bound to die 
in a short time. 
I will give your readers a method that can be de¬ 
pended upon. Dig a hole eighteen inches square 
and of the same depth, and fill the hole with rich 
earth from the woods, elevating the hill six inches 
above the surface. As soon as the plants have 
started, throw a bushel of decayed leaves around 
each hill covering slightly with dirt. The hills 
should have two plants each, and twelve feet apart 
Draw up the earth, so as to make the hill the high¬ 
est point in a circle of twelve feet in diameter. In 
a dry season, this method will protect the hills, ele¬ 
vated as they must be to get an early start, in a wet 
one, the surface declining every way from the hill, 
will carry off the excess of water. They require 
all the sunshine that falls on the plat on which they 
are planted; and every breeze that sweeps over 
them, and that the soil should be light and well 
worked. Creyon. 
Willow Copse, Adams Co., Ohio, 1858. 
Remarks. —This is a good plan for growing mel¬ 
ons, Ac. An inch or two of soil over well-rotted, 
composted manure will answer, but even then we 
would prefer greater depth of good rich soil. The 
roots of almost all plants are injured by coming in 
contact with fresh manure. 
HARDINESS OP NEW ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY. 
Eds. Rural: —In your last No. you wish to know 
if the New Rochelle Blackberry was subject to win¬ 
ter-kill in certain localities. I put out 100 plants, 
(two years since this spring,) and the first summer 
they grew very strong, and over one-half of them 
were killed down to the root, and last winter though 
mild, I see that one-half of them are injured, 
would, therefore, recommend protection of some 
kind. I mean to trim mine in the fall and lay them 
flat on the earth, so that the snow will cover them, 
and will report the result. I leave a portion of my 
Fastolff Raspberry plants uncovered every winter, 
and never knew them to be injured. — J. C., Troy 
N. Y., 1858. 
Eds. Rural: —You express a degree of solicitude 
to ascertain whether the experience of others cor 
responds with that of N. B. Hall, of Norwich, 
N. Y., relative to the winter-killing of the New 
Rochelle Blackberry. I last spring procured seven 
plants, cultivated them highly, and they made a 
rapid and vigorous growth, and gave great promise 
of success. This spring I was not much surprised 
to find them killed to the ground; for during the 
warm weather in the winter I discovered that the 
buds had become very much swollen and the leaves 
began to be developed, and it occurred to me that 
should we have severe cold after this, the legiti¬ 
mate consequence must be their destruction.— 
Whether my philosophy be correct or not, it an¬ 
swers my purpose until experience shall have 
developed other facts. Of course I am not dis¬ 
couraged, knowing that the last was a very peculiar 
winter.—M. B. Hubbard, Madison, Lake County, 
Ohio, May, 1858. 
Turpentine and Plaster for Bugs. — Among 
the many “ infallible ” remedies to prevent bugs 
from destroying vines, I have noticed the following: 
With one quart of common plaster, put a table¬ 
spoonful of spirits of turpentine. Mix it thorough¬ 
ly, and sprinkle it on your plants. The bugs will 
show strong manifestations of their displeasure by 
sundry summersets and convulsions, and leave im¬ 
mediately “ on suspicion.” Last season being an 
unusual “buggy” one, I tried everything I could 
hear or read of, but of no avail, until I applied the 
turpentine and plaster, which was effectual. The 
raw turpentine would probably be as effectual in 
the destruction of the plants as the bugs, hence we 
mix it with plaster. We think it benefits the vines 
as well as saving them. — Wm. Doolittle, Susque¬ 
hanna, N. Y., 1858. 
FRUIT GROWING ON THE HUDSON. 
crops,” “winter-killing” Ac., which have filled our 
hearts with sadness and our pockets with empty 
purses—it was refreshing to read a word of cheer 
in the columns of your paper, from a grape grower 
of Nyack, Rockland Co., N. Y. I read the article 
from Mr. De Pew with feelings similar to those of 
a long afflicted invalid, who, hearing of some infal¬ 
lible cure, feels like trying it, yet cannot quite be¬ 
lieve the statements concerning it With such 
feelings I set out to see for myself, and after a 
pleasant trip by rail and boat reached the spot 
where grapes grow and ripen with no fear of blight 
of any kind. I cannot describe to your thousands 
of readers the scene by which I was surrounded.— 
A perfect wilderness of blossoms, betokening the 
fruit land, at every step greeted the eye. Acres and 
acres of fine, thrifty Isabellas, strongly suggested 
the vine-clad hills of Sunny Franco. Taking as my 
guide one of the most reliable and intelligent fruit 
growers, we passed on, and the statements made by 
him and corroborated by gentlemen through whose 
grounds we passed, were such as to astonish even 
those familiar with large fruit crops. 
I cannot, through the medium of pen and paper, 
give an adequate idea of fruit culture in this 
vicinity, but must invite any who desire to feast 
their eyes (and in certain seasons to feast the whole 
man,) to do as I did,—go and see. My visit did not 
satisfy me that Mr. De Pew’s theory of pruning ac 
counted for the fine fruit, but I was satisfied that 
the peculiar soil, air, and above all, the fine expo 
sure, are the points which render that mountain 
county the fruit county of this part of the State. 
To show that exposure here largely influences fine 
fruit crops, I may specify an individual case. It is 
generally believed that the peach has become an 
unreliable fruit—that the tree dies early, and that 
late frosts usually destroy the crops. Passing on 
to the summit of the tine old mountains by which 
this beautiful village is surrounded, we came very 
abruptly upon a clearing of some 20 acres—about 
500 feet above the Hudson, and there to my sur¬ 
prise and delight we found an orchard of about 
1,500 trees — with acres of small fruits, Ac. But 
such trees, and the point I wish to state is this, that 
a part of those peach trees, are eleven years old, 
with fine promise of a full crop this year. For 
eight years, I was told, these trees have borne good 
crops annually. Now it is the high position of these 
trees that retards the blossoms about ten days in 
spring, thus avoiding late frosts, and the uncom¬ 
mon age of the trees is the result of virgin soil, and 
close pruning combined, but chiefly depending 
upon exposure and soil. 
This oasis among these Switzer-like mountains 
belongs to Col. Davis, of TarrytowD, who, I am 
informed, purposes covering every foot of it with 
the choicest fruits— thus “making the wilderness 
to blossom as the rose.” Will some interested par¬ 
ties investigate the subject and see if good old- 
fashioned peaches cannot be grown, and trees be 
made to live to a fair age, by a proper choice of 
soil and location ? Give us your theories and facts. 
Irvington, N. Y., May 17, 1858. A. 
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A SPECIFIC FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES. 
Eds. Rural: — Your columns, I am aware, are 
closed against all advertisements of the numerous 
medicines now invented professing to cure each 
and every one of the evils flesh is heir to. I trust 
you will not regard the present communication as 
belonging to that class, but, by giving it a place in 
your widely circulated paper, aid in making 
known a simple remedy for many forms of suffer 
ing. This is my only object for asking a space in 
the Rural. 
In the year 1811, a work was published in Eng¬ 
land, by William Lee, Esq., announcing his dis¬ 
covery of the virtue of brandy and salt as a remedy 
for inflammatory diseases, and giving his experi¬ 
ence of its use for more than ten years. Unlike 
the money-hunting medicine men of the present 
day, he gave his discovery to the world gratis, and 
for that reason, perhaps, and also from its being 
so simple a compound, I could never learn that it 
obtained popular favor, most persons who loved 
brandy seeming to think that the salt spoiled it.— 
However, “ facts are stubborn things,” and the ex¬ 
perience of fifteen years has convinced me that 
brandy and salt is the great remedy for all diseases 
connected with inflammation, either internal or ex¬ 
ternal, whether acute or chronic. It is good in the 
various stages of colds, violent fever, inflammation 
of the lungs or throat, fever and ague, inflamma¬ 
tory rheumatism, Ac. I could'cite many examples 
of its efficacy in my own family, (as it has been 
the means for many years of keeping the doctor, 
professionally, from my door,) did the limits of a 
newspaper article permit me to do so. I will 
merely add the manner of preparing the mixture, 
but should any of your numerous readers, wish 
for further information, through the Rural, I shall 
be happy to answer any inquiries. I would say to 
the afflicted —try it. 
Mode of Preparation. — To a portion of the 
best French brandy in a bottle, add some common 
salt, and shake it well together — the settling of 
salt at the bottom will show that no more can be 
be absorbed. Let it stand awhile, and use it as 
clear as possible. For external application, use it 
pure; but when taken internally the dose is one 
tablespoonful of brandy and two of hot water.— 
The warmer it can be drank the better. 
A Mother. 
CAKES AND PUDDINGS. 
Eds. Rural: —Having read some excellent reci¬ 
pes for cooking, in your valuable journal, I thought 
I would like to contribute my mite, and send you 
a few that I know to be good. 
Starch Cake. —1 lb. starch; 1 lb. sugar; J Jb. 
butter; 7 eggs—the yolks beat separately. 
Imperial Cake- —1 lb. sugar; 1 lb. butter; 1 lb. 
flour; 11 eggs; 2 large nutmegs; some mace 
powdered fine; 1 B). raisins; 1 lb. almonds—blanch¬ 
ed and split; \ lb. citron; 2 wine glasses brandy. 
Starch Pudding. — 4 table spoonfuls starch; 3 
eggs, beaten well together and stirred into 1 quart 
boiling milk; a little salt Cook 15 minutes—pour 
into moulds — when thoroughly cold eaten with 
sweetened cream. 
Indian Pudding. —1 quart milk; 1 cup meal; 1 
cup molasses; 1 eggs; salt and allspice. Bake f 
of an hour. 
Flour Pudding.—1 quart milk; j quart butter¬ 
milk; a little saleratus and salt; 3 eggs; flour 
enough to make a stiff batter. Boil two hours or 
steam. 
The Canada Wine Grape. — I hereby send you 
a bottle of wine made from the Canada Wine Grape. 
You will observe that it is new wine. The reason 
why I did not send you some of the Grapes I will 
explain. I do not own the vine spoken of in the 
Rural, nor do I own any of this sort except some 
young vines. I certainly intended to have sent 
you some of the grapes, but they were all gone be¬ 
fore I had an opportunity to do so, and there has 
been such a great demand for the wine that the 
person who made it was induced to sell every quart, 
so that I had to send some new wine, or none.— 
Please to examine this sample of wine and publish 
the result of your examination in the Rural.—J. 
C. Kii.born, Bearnsville, Canada West, 1858. 
Remarks. —The wine was received, and is a fair 
article. Any of our native grapes will make wine 
with the addition of sugar and alcohoL Whether 
this grape has any particular merit to entitle it to 
be called a Wine Grape, we cannot say, as we know 
nothing of the way in which it was made. This 
season we hope to see some of the fruit. 
An Excellent Sauce.— 1 egg; i cup butter; 1 
sugar, well beaten together—a teacup of boiling 
cream or miik poured on when cold. A little 
wine or extract of lemon. 
Custard Pudding.—1 quart milk; 4 eggs; 6 
tablespoonfuls flour; a little salt. Bake J of an 
hour. It should be stirred frequently until it is 
well scalded, or the flour will settle to the bottom. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1858. Mary. 
STICKING SALVE-TEMPERANCE BEER, &c. 
Premium for the Strawberry.—A s there is a 
great diversity of opinion in regard to which is the 
best Strawberry, I propose to give Twenty-Five Dol¬ 
lars towards making a purse of a hundred, (or 
more, as parties choose to come in,) to be given to 
the person that will produce the greatest weight of 
fruit with the smallest number of berries, from a 
single plant. Treatment and variety stated. 
La Salle, N. Y., May, 1858. John Burdett. 
Fruit Growers’ Meeting.— The Fruit Growers’ 
Society of Western New York will hold its summer 
meeting in this city on the 30tk of June next. 
Messrs. Eds.: —Having seen calls in our highly 
prized Rural for Sticking Salve and also for Tem¬ 
perance Beer recipes, I have concluded to give my 
mite, if it is not too late. The salve will be found 
to stick closer than a brother, with very beneficial 
results—and the beer will go down and set “ very 
aizy.” 
Sticking Salve.— Take 3 ox. white rosin; 4 oz. 
beeswax; 4 oz. barberry or mutton tallow—melt 
and stir well together—let it cool a little, then mix 
with it 1 oz. spirits turpentine; 1 oz. British oil; 
half bottle Harlem oil; 1 oz. balsam of fir. Pull 
and work like shoemaker’s wax. 
Temperance Beer. —Boil for about five minutes 
or over, a small handful of hops in 4 or 5 quarts 
of water, when cool to blood heat, strain off the 
hops, add to the liquor one teaspoonful of cream 
tartar; one teacup of molasses; one of yeast. Let 
stand about 24 hours—it is then fit for use—will 
keep good but two or three days. 
Ginger Beer. —For 1 gallon of boiling water, 
take 1 lb. loaf sugar; 1 oz. best ginger; 1 of cream 
tartar; { oz. tartaric acid—when nearly cold, add 
1 tablespoonful yeast and 20 or 30 drops essence 
lemon. Then bottle and cork tight In two days 
it will be fit for use. Agricola. 
Allegany Co., N. Y., 1858. 
To Color Cochineal Scarlet.— As “S.” re¬ 
quests a recipe for coloring cochineal scarlet, I 
send one which I know to be good. For 1 fl». of 
goods, take 1 oz. cream-tartar; 1 oz. of cochineal 
mix them well in warm rainwater. Then add 2 oz. 
of muriate of tin. Bring to a boiling heat, add the 
goods after being wet in warm suds, stir briskly a 
few minutes, take out and rinse in cold water.—J. M. 
S., Canandaigua , N. Y, 1858. 
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To Color Cotton Lemon Color. — To 14 lbs. of 
cloth, G oz. sugar of lead, dissolved in a pailful of 
hot water; 4 oz. of bichromate of potash, dissolved 
in a pailful of warm water. Dip your cloth first 
in the lead water, then in the potash, several times 
back and forth, then rinse out in clear water and 
hang out in the sun to dry.—M rs. M. A. Rice, Rowe, 
Franklin Co., Mass., 1858. 
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