have in several instances tried Diana and Concord 
scions upon Clinton and Alexander roots—graft¬ 
ing three or four inches under ground by cleft 
mode, fastening well by a ligature and covering 
all but the eye with dirt. But yet, though this 
was ull carefully effected, and, too, as I supposed, 
just as the “ first great (low of sap WHS QYCr,” I 
have not been successful. Some years ago, I took 
up quite a number of wild vines from the woods, 
grafted, and planted them. Much the larger num¬ 
ber of the grafts grew finely. My inference is, 
that the removal of the wild roots so checked the 
flow of sap as to prevent an over-supply of sap to 
the scion. Mr. A inswoktu states that he had suc¬ 
cessfully practiced grafting by taking up early in 
spring two-years-old roots. He will oblige me by 
saying whether he has been equally successful in 
gralting plants that have not been removed pre¬ 
vious to grafting. Has he grafted upon the roots 
unconnected with the stem? If he has, with 
Circulation or Sap.—S ome time ago, in the Rural, 
1 r0Iul wlt, “ pleasure the discussion relative to the circu¬ 
lation of sap. 1 wulr to ask some of tho gentlemen who 
figured in that discussion, to explain the following:_In 
If 6 1 a c arrant plant, the cutting or which was 
planted with the hud end downward. This plant was 
then, when I saw it, in iu second year’s growth, and 
looked very tlir.rty. The cutting was loft about eight 
inches above the ground; the uppermost bud was the 
one which grew, and was about « a inch from the top or 
the cutting It grew downward about two Inches, thou 
gradually curved upward, it had grows eight inches 
tho first year, and about teu the socond. The leaves 
looked very fine, large and healthy.—P. Hxro.v Foster 
Jk., Pittsburgh, 1860. 
TSABETAA CRAPE CUTTINGS for sale by 
J 031-St. K. A. MoKAY. Nadi, 
— K. A* MoKAY, Naples, N. Y. 
RiMMi vita; ami hi m lock si’Riu i. iw 
hvergreen lenee, j- per UK), fhj per 1,000, will, a liberal 
omit to the trade. A. J. Mi'OLAVK, 
t* 3 * _Marion, Wayne Go., N. v. 
f CHTUUWTr- A Practfail Ttvntlso oa 
,,v tiujCrasukiucv, both JtforMand f> 
land, M ill bo forwarded, pre-pmd, o U receipt of Tour three 
5 «H mr 'L Al W ;, H ’ STARR, Kwt New l.ondon 
Nurseries, New Loudon, Conn. fl81-at 
DWARF PEAR CULTURE IN CANADA.—No. II. 
1KAKHKUKV VINES. 
• . , , - . -,,,, Lowland Bell Vines, from 
' °P° to four feet long. The fruit has taken the first 
*> e .? m Y,vi ft «» ei,c 1 ^**1® Fair,exhibited in INW,'7iin,l’M. Price 
*vo , r , l00, ,A bv K\pw*s, promptly. 
631 tt oOBhk HILL, Cauton, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
ftuHKPSEft; . . . ,l assortmentof tho beat aorta, 
, 7 ,/V ! v' ..i',"' nrl t tktt * fbwige. Belle do Fontcnay, Fas- 
Ut(jfjrrane.an\tt, Kneoufs Qia*t, fhr sole by 
v v u , . , J c maxwell & rmos. 
u«?no\a, y., March ^ l#60. & 3 l« 3 t 
Inquiries anri ^nsmers. 
I Wlllftbkyou li lew •.|uej*tioi)H, to which 1 an an- 
swer through tho columns of your paper. 1. Which is 
the best form to onltivate the Currant in, tho tree or 
bush for mi* Wlmt. is the proper distance to set Straw¬ 
berry i hints apart., for garden culture? 3. Are the An¬ 
gers Quince Stocks (for dwarfing tho pear) ever raised 
from the seed? l. Where or who Uaa the needs of the 
l mad I so Apple for sale? D. What of II. II. Doolitti.K’S 
Improved American Bleck Raspberry?" (}. Where.•hall 
I send for -‘Pardee on the Strawberry,''and he sure of 
getting it? 1 have written to C. AT. Saxton, Barker A 
to. twice, but have not succeeded in getting It, An 
answer to tho foregoing queries will very much oblige a 
new subscriber and young former.—A. B. R, Franklin 
Mills, Ohio, February, I860. 
1. IV R lilco tho tree form, as shown In the engraving 
below, (fig, 1 ,) and with care in pruning out the old wood 
so as to keep the head young and vigorous, this form will 
answer well, aud the tree may be kept healthy and pro¬ 
ductive a number of years. Another good way to grow 
tbo currant, is In thu form of a bush ,—not the kind of a 
bush generally scon, as shown iu figure 2 , but with only 
three, or at tho most, four, shoots starting from tho 
ground. After bearing two years, allow one or two 
strong shoots to start from the bottom, to take the place 
of one or two of the old ones, which should bn cut away. 
One shoot may he allowed afterward to grow every year, 
to replace an old one; aud thus the plant will he entirely 
renewed every three or four years. If you have an op¬ 
portunity, try training on a fence or wall.like a grape vine 
1-UAl* UASl'UKKHY Hardy and 
' nothing more profitable- it 
n v RpphvUv Blackberry, 86 per luo, 
n Bnlfnlo. Address 
t 0 „ 11 " MUNSON, 
La Salle, near Niagara f ulls, N. Y 
(JTKAWHERRY PLANTS FOR SAMC.-I.arge Early 
n Suirhit. Hove.v s Seedling, Burr's New line, Crimson 
m ‘‘“f h *,'! 1>« 1- L'lW. Hooker and Oener.ee, *5 
per 1,000. Wilsons Albany, so per 1,000. 
,, „ .L fC HASKINS, 
_ twl-lt _I efllield, Monroe Co,, N. Y. 
/NIA0IOLUB.—Naw and Bk French a.ni> Bki,. 
y* a ian Hvrsuiiiij.—.Just received, l.v the subscriber, a 
splendid collection of the above, embracing upwards of 
ninety varieties, among which are many novelties, never 
lie lore ofrared icithis country a descriptive priced Outa 
1 'ntqo, with full ill reel ions tor cultiue, will tie mailed to all 
applicants. (53|-lt| B. K. 111.138. Snnnatlcld. Mass. 
ifliinn Wilsons A lb \ v skbixlinu 
ioYmmm. I , S , *’KAW‘1KUKY-*.| r> i.ooo: m 
fier foil l uoLt -' r Saedl,n <r Strawberry- f it) per 1,000; $1,60 
peM^tbrlr For sale by ’ rtnr ‘‘" Cl *° ‘’ m; * 
_ C. L. TWI NY .', Limtingburgh, N. Y. 
I , 1 AST Nit tv I.OMIDN M USURIES. A gVueral os^ 
Jj nonuwut of I ron. Tree, |Dwurl and Stamfiud.l (Irene 
Vines Gooseberries, Currents, Rnrnburties, BUckherrii'n, 
N niwhem.-s. Pie-Bum!, Ac , together with Ornamental 
rdi - ilis, Evergreens, Green-house and Bedding out Plants, 
Bulbous Rool-, Ac . or the very CUOIl'Kht vauikthss. De- 
senptivc! (•Galotiutf.i will he -ent, nre-jmld, nn receipt of one 
l,tjttfl|> - Address IV. If si’ARlt, f:.isi New London, Ct 
W I . 1 ^ <,VS ALBANY STRAWBERRY VINKS — 
n,; ,l finreri; ft per loo; $K 1 , 000 .— 
nqnkpi, -Ac. u doe.' $l f.i Jikl Asparagus plants, l year, (CJ,- 
.* ft 1,000; ‘Long, 3 years old, fc. 1,000. Kuglish Maple, 
S y TO??s , i W lin?. <f “fr U r ' J' 000 ' Kl ' w ftoohotlo Blackberry! 
^itct &lSKii ■‘ P M»? rrU "'’ ‘ ><«- 
JOSEPH CAfDWKI.r., Troy, N. Y. 
(t A TJ e Vines. 
• ltM.AWARK, Jl),l.VA, CONUOMJi, HuIIKI’CA, JI.lKTSOnn 
I Hof,i v io» Hiid »OY6nU vttier of tho iiow«*»* worhi - tfooii one 
y€*nr plant*, \\rnll rooted,- I«uhe|lH an«J Catawba, two and 
ttireo yearn; alao, a few choice i'nreijfn varieties, one year 
tor Male at the innMt reuBonable iino.i'', by the dozen or 
hl j,"^ „ v T. M A.V.VLLL fi BROS. 
Geneva, N. Y., March 8 , Wty. ftjl-St 
Fkiure l. Fiaumt 2, 
2. Rows two feet apart and one foot apart in the rows, 
is a very good distance; hut tho distance of planting is 
of very littln consequence, as tho runners will furnish 
plants enough. Keep the ground eleau, mellow, and 
deep, and let tho plants bo from eight to twelve ine.hes 
apart. 
3—I. Quince stocks are grown from cuttings, hut prin¬ 
cipally from layers, and so is tho Paradise apple. Mr. 
Carry describes the process as follows:—“ Tho plants to 
be propagated from are pbintcd in a rich, deep, friable 
soil, and cut back to within four to six Inches of the 
collar, as show n In the engraving at A. 
SEEDLING APPLE. 
jlTUdMIUM WIHTH CrlAArjfcl. 
Tho Genuine “ Early Northern Muscadine." 
, Wine from this celebrated early and hardy variety of 
'/rape, received the llrst pn^nlum el the late ,\. Y, State 
Agricultural f air, held at. Albany, 1R5U. Items and cuttings 
lor sale from tho parent Yinc, by uddrcsalng as below 
Circulars sent i n n in nil applicants, Inclosimr a postage 
stamp. JESS!: LEWIB and D. C. BRAINARI), 
New Lebanon, Shaker Village, N. Y. Agents. 
At the exhibition of fruit at Albany, during 
the Annual Meeting of the State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, our attention was called to a very fine seed¬ 
ling apple, grown and exhibited by Dewitt C. 
Defrjsest, of Defrceatvllle, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
It iH a small, delicate looking apple, with white 
flesh, very tender, juicy and rich, an excellent 
dessert apple. Stem short, slender, Inserted in a 
rather deep cavity. Skin, deep yellow, sparsely 
spotted with large, brownish dots, with a red 
tinge on the sunny side; calyx partially open, in a 
small, smooth, ratlior deep basin, very finely 
plaited. Core and Heeds small. We brought homo 
a few specimens, from one of which we made the 
outline above. 
pXOWER SEEDS 1 FLOWER SEEDS 1 
FLOWER SEED S1 
A very choice mdcction of I ho leading varieties, neatly put 
up in PackagoH ot 111 varieties for._....$()Igj 
2/5 variolic* for . . I’txi 
A 0 vane lies |V,r . 2,00 
‘ 100 varieties lor. -100 
Will be forwarded by mail, free of postage. 
WM. THURBURN, 402 Brnndway, Albany, N. Y. 
( l 0r), '' n i ' ;y ?XMMJ!llt-M/Y]VlV, 
Pino Hill Nursery, near Buffalo, N. Y., 
OfferB for mtio tliw following trees: -.Standard and Dwarf An- 
plcs and I'cais, Cherries, IVaches, I'lunei (mostly tins Ger¬ 
man 1 rune, the freest. Oum thu lilack knot,; 11 range, or A pole 
Quince, (.urr ittte, be-1 Varieties, RiuipberrlfH, GreneherrieH. 
Ot Grapes, besides the old Varieties, Delaware, Diana Con- 
cord Kebecca l.artlord Prolific, and To Kalnn! Downing 
Everbearing Mulberry. Norway Spruce. Black Sprue,e, 
Hemlock Spruce, Red Cedar, Arbor Vibe, &c. 1 
* w 1 rice CatalogocM sent on application 531-2teoiv 
to do us well on the quince, nor to yield fruit of 
as uniform excellence. A rnong the autumn pears, 
I give the preference to the Belle Lucrative, lluf- 
fum, and White Doyenne. The Lonise Bonne de 
Jersey is a great hearer, and the fruit large and 
handsome; but I have not succeeded in raising it 
of the same excellence, and doubt very much 
whether it is ever as good as either of these 
three. The Duchess d’Angoulcme is so large, 
and withal so “good,” the tree so hardy and 
vigorous, that it will be desirable, though it is 
notas high flavored. For late autumn, often early 
winter, the Jalouflie de Fontenay Vendee, aud 
Beurre Did, are tho best that I have yet tested. 
Of the winter varieties, I can only say that I have 
a great deal yet to learn. The fruit seems to be 
largo aud fine, hut does not ripen up to my expect¬ 
ations. The much praised Vicar of Winkfield, 
after many years' trial, has not been lit to he 
eaten. Are our summers ton short, to o iw. h,.. 
THE WESTERN BALDWIN APPLE, &c, 
Eos. Rural New-Yorkru 
I see in the last 
Rural a description of two varieties of apples, 
sent you by B. G. Buell, of Cass Co., Mich. 1 will 
give you a history of the two varieties:—No. 1 
lias sent out lroin a nursery near Kalamazoo, 
Mich., as the Green Newtown Pippin, hut, as you 
say, is not that variety. It resembles, somewhat, 
the Red Cheek Pippin, but 1 think it 5b not that 
variety. It does not keep as well, but is a good 
early winter apple. Name unknown. No. 2 I 
know to he a seedling apple. It Is not known 
iu Cass county, or in this, except by a veiy few. 
I have been propagating it for the last two years, 
for I consider it the best apple ju cultivation, lt 
will keep until July or August, and tho tree is a 
good hearer, bat rather a slow grower. I called 
horticultural HXTotcs, 
niK Cauliflower.—T he cultivation of this delicious 
vegetable is not general, from the fact that often the 
season is too Bhort for it to mature, and thereby the 
labor aud enro iu its culture are lost. Having been, here¬ 
tofore, disappointed, last fall I resolved to wrestle with 
the Jacob of Nature, In order to receive the desired 
blessing. Ag winter approached, ninny ol tho plants not 
having matured, I took them up with care,-disturbing 
the roots and the earth attached as little as possible,-sot 
them upon the cellar bottom, adjoining the wall, to keep 
them upright, and covered their roots with rich, mellow 
earth, wet it well once, and the most of them headed 
finely; aud not only have we had the luxury dining 
the winter, for ourselves and oar friends, but still have 
S* Jr. t mS"* in the CwI1 ' ir ‘ _S ’ - V - 
GRAPrnm Knife and WAX.-fnyour first issue of the 
Rural for 1800 , I noticed a variety of grafting 
ItortU'iiltiirul \i£finy, Rocln^i. r, y, y. 
Norway Spruce.$0,50 per lb. 
scotch firm.“ 
Maritime Fir.l’.uo “ 
Cauibri.au Pine ..... j yq a 
Larch (European).ugs « 
Dwarf, or Mountain Pine. “ 
All seeds are perfectly clean, ami warranted fresh. Im¬ 
ported lruit tree stocks, at exporters’ prices, adding freight. 
IKARLI.I.V AMI CATAWBA gkaim; vims, 
1 MADE FROM FRUIT WOOD ALONE. 
Of proper W*? for forming Vineyards, cultivated from and 
cnntauuug all the good qualities which the most improved 
cultivation for over twenty years I in-. Conferred on the Gro¬ 
ton fonit Vineyards, are oflcied to the public. Those who 
may purchase will receive such instruction* forOmr year* 
■is. will enable lb"oi to eollivalo II.,- Grape with entire guc 1 
Cess, provided their locality is not. too fur nort.li. 
Hie niut. season, though tin; cool*-taml most unfavorable 
for grape maturing, wu have leel for many years, tho sub¬ 
scriber ripened hi* whole vroii.—proving Unit his Isabellas 
aud Catawba* havibocnmo ported I y acclimated. This gives 
him full assurance that, by improved cultivation, nruiiinr, 
&e., a crop ot good lruit can he obtained KV FRY Y K A H in 
^ootle.ni’stateH. rtl ' L ' n '’ “ U U, ‘ ! M: ' : ' llr > W<*SK*ru au.l 
" i; 1 11 "bo hike sufficient to plant six qcrax «fl 
[10 diri'cts, bo will when they commence bearing, furnish 
1 '•«"'« w.tlf one of bis Vinedressers, whom be /, ™ 
Stnicted in his mndnot cultivution, ami ho will do all trie la 
Jior of tho Vineyard, and insure the most perfect nicceu M - 
lbe only charge, a reasonable compensation for tins labor 
\\ hen tfjo |r(Iccbit>e i* Low, anti ;ipptcjVi <1 rmiiFi nr nibcp 
1 The buds, or tho part below tho cut, will, during the 
next season, produce strong shoots; the following spring 
the oarth is drawn up around each plant in the form of 
a mound, so that the whole of tho stem and the base of 
all the shoots will be covered at least three inchnB deep; 
during that season all the shoots will produce roots, and 
should be separated from the mother plant or stool, as 
such plants aru termed, In tho fall. If left on till spring, 
tho frost would bn likely to injure them. Thu stools are 
then dressed, tho soil around them is spaded up and 
enriched with well-decayed manure, and the. following 
season another crop of shoots is produced, much more 
numerous tlian the first, to be treated in tho same way. 
Every year these stool plants increase in skn and in the 
quantity of their productions, if well treated." 
5. Doolittle's Raspberry is our common Black Cap, Im¬ 
proved by cultivation.' It sells well, and is highly prized 
for preserves, 4sc. 
6 . We can send you « Pardee on the Strawberry,” by 
mail, if you so desire, for 75 cents. 
THE DELAWARE GRAPE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In the last number 
of yonr paper, I find an article headed “Delaware 
Grape—Failure.” The writer, after giving bis 
experience with wc-II-rooted layers, which, with 
the best of care,” lived jnst one year, and from 
that concludes that other vines of the same sort 
will live a like period,—that it has the habit of 
casting its leaves prematurely, and is of no value 
for open culture. He also charges certain propa¬ 
gators with the attempt to deceive the public, by 
application of sulphur to counteract the mildew, 
which he claims the Delaware is subject to, on 
account of its foreign character. Being fully 
satisfied, as I suppose most of your readers arc, 
of its native origin, I do not propose to discuss 
that point, but give my own experience ami 
observation of the Delaware, during the past 
three years, and leave the reader to decide as to 
me probable truth of the charges of “Grape 
Grower,” of the Delaware being subject to mil¬ 
dew, and the attempt of propagators to deceive 
. mere any minger nr thu mar¬ 
ket lor I .jars being overstocked Tor a long time to coma? 
I won hi lik© t» jd.int ubout ei<*bt ycreM in pear*, if i 
thought timt t /10 pnc*iH vvoulri remain rom vine rati vo._ 
IJ. W. \V,, Clinton, Punnsrj/.iumia. J Sf)0, 
All good lruit, even apples, sell at higher prices now 
than they did twenty or thirty yearn ago. As our eono- 
try increases in population and wealth, and people b«. 
come acquainted with good fruit, the demand increases 
much faster than the supply. Not one in a hundred 
now eat half a dozen good pears in a year, and not one 
in a thousand consumes ax much fruit as would bo of 
advantage both to their health and comfort. There is 
no danger of an over-supply of good fruit. Pears 
brought from France, at a great cost, aro sold every day 
in New York city. Twenty years hence pears may not 
*15 or $20 a barrel. 
GRAFTING THE GRAPE, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker : — Thut portion of 
the discussion of the late Fruit Growers Conven¬ 
tion, touching the propagation of grapes by 
gratting, will be of some service to the many 
having worthless sorta to convert into the finer 
new varieties. But it ull wants, somewhat, tho 
definiteness that novices need. Mr. Ellwanger 
“had found no difficulty in grafting—doing the 
work in winter by the cleft-grafting mode;” but 
whether the operation was performed upon the 
stem, or upon tho root, he does not say. 
Another gentleman 
GUAFTiNQ K.VJFK. 
For grafting wax, take 1 }i pounds of clean tallow, 2 
pounds of beeswax, and < pounds of pulverized resin. 
Put the tallow iu first, then the beeswax, and melt 
slowly; then stir in the resin, melt and mix well, pour 
into a pail of water, and work until it is light colored, 
when it is ready for use. This is also an excellent salve 
for cuts, or old, inflamed sores.— 8 . H. D., StrHngieaUr 
N. F., I860. 
Nai-leb Horticultural Society.— This Society holds 
weekly meetings, and discussions are had on horticultu¬ 
ral productions which are exhibited before the Society. 
The Rural is quoted as good authority, and a great dis¬ 
seminator of truth. The members acknowledge an ad- 
, vance in thu knowledge of cultivating horticultural 
products,aud good taste in embellishing pleasure grounds 
and all the surroundings that now become necessary to 
the homestead. The following are the officers for the 
current year: President—J. B. Johnson. Vice-Presi¬ 
dent—(X W. Fox. Secretary— S. IT. Sutton. Treasurer 
A. Stoddard.— 8 . H. 
Illinois Hokticultlkal Society.—W e are indebted 
to 11. At. I’m llifs, Esq,, for a report of the proceedings 
had at the last meeting of the Illinois Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. Our correspondent’s article, however, did not 
arrive until several weeks after we had received a full 
report or proceedings, and published such portions as wo 
deemed moat important. 
i ' . “V n f 1 "'S nun, m 1 new aim ui'sirahle araony 
Annuals, Biennials. I'enMimiiL-. aud Ureen-hou<" plants' 
i 1 ?' 1 1U I Garden, Pleasure Grounds, 
and thu eonaLTVn.tnry. us well ua manv 
matchless novelties ,,r t!„. ldylicst merit, which have been 
r^bfu soLc“S. ' ,,r,li,t,!UJ feOlu tho most 
sell for $15 or $20 a barrel,—at least wo hope not,_but 
they will sell high enough to pay and enrich tbo culti¬ 
vator. 
Wire Trellises axd Lightning,— Cain any of your 
many readers inform a subscriber of any instance where 
wire trellises have been struck by lightning, where used 
for training grapes? Having (bar acres of vines, I had 
arranged to tic Ills with wiro this spring, lint am led to 
doubt its expediency, after the results .-aid to have tV,l- 
lowed the use of wire in the hon region in the center of 
the State.— Otis F. Preshey, hugato, V, y 
says, that the operation 
should be delayed until after the first great flow 
I ot the sap is over. About when is that time? Is 
it when the leaves are of the size of squirrels’ 
ears?—or should they be fully expanded'/ 
flic fact that many amateurs, having good suc¬ 
cess in grafting other fruits, have not succeeded 
equally well in grafting the grape, goes to show 
that it is not so easy to transform as the apple, 
pear, Ac., as some assert; or that there must be 
some simple fault iu the practice which those 
who are fully let into the modus operandi might 
readily master. 
Before yonr report of this grape discussion, I 
thought I had come pretty safely to the conclu¬ 
sion that not much reliance could be placed upon 
grafting as a mode of propagating the grape. I 
No. 3.—Coutuinxji.n r.f m fin.' varieties of 
Annuals mid PereaUiaD, embrao- 
mg many ul the new and choicest 
m cultivation. l ou 
No. 1 . Contains five vwrv choree varieties 
selected from Prite Flowers of 
English Pansies, German, Carua- 
tion and Prcotue Pinls, Verbenas, 
I ru hints french Able.- a, Double 
Hollyhocks,... \ qq 
pottagefreS! mrtti ° tf W)(WWil1 cvcvi ™ U "‘ four Wortmeuts 
The following additional assortment* will also be sent at 
the prices annexed, free of jwstaye, 
Assortment No. fl. Contains fifteen very select varie- 
V- .■ ppauf Gr^on-bnusc' SeceY,.$3 00 
No, o. - Contains one hundred vmetieHof 
Annuals, Biennials, and Peren¬ 
nials, including many now and 
x- , ‘•hoi™ varieties,.. 5 00 
No. 7. ( outains City mrielie* of Annuals, 
Biennials and Perennials,. 2 50 
All orders must, be accompaniofi with the cash 
Remittances can he made In Bank Bills Ur Postage Stamps 
Addrets B. K. BLISS, p 
2Ccui fjoriirultural ^ucriiscmeuts, 
,)( )()(){ ) s'ltrcKS of good quality, for 
pAN ADiAN Wlf.D 1*1.f VI STOCKS FOR SALIC- 
.O? uud healthy, at SID per 1,000. 
tA-lt _ J. S. KLI.SKY, Sii iiL-oe, Canada West. 
/ 11 l.KUV TREES . 
V J hlanUntd and JJwarJ, t* k.’iIg* cJimiel Jiv" 
V V u 0 °* MAXWELL & BROS. 
Geneva, N. Y t Marc h 13ft). 53i-3t 
