neglect amt starvation, we would not plant them, but 
would procuro vigorous young trees. 
2. If the ground is in good condition.it may not be 
necessary to manure before planting, though generally 
it is best to give a good dressing, and plow in deep and 
thoroughly- Put no manure around or near the 
roots at the time of (d,anting, but after the trees are 
planted, lay a good coating of rotten manure on the 
surface for a low feet around each tree. Sawdust is 
excellent for absorbing liquid manure, or for composting 
with heating manures, like fresh horse manure, blood, 
and other animal refuse ; und this is the best way to 
use it. 
horticultural ^Utocrtiscmcnte. 
Some trees omit 
mean where they didn’t grow, 
ted by the plow, have been finished by the drag, t 
I haven't time to pay my respects to the wood¬ 
chucks. I hope my friend W. B. F. will keep l 
them well stirred up; but if I haven't proved that 1 
** nine lives ” wouldn’t answer my purpose, I am 
much mistaken. 
I "calculate'- about twelve to fifteen “lives” 
would do, for at last I brought my teeth down firm 
together; said 1, “an orchard I'll have;'' bought 
over a thousand trees, filled up a twelve acre lot, 
and shot it up tight; have taken pretty good care 
of them, and they are now ready to hear, and, I 
hope, willing. A part I put elsewhere, and I have 
not lost 20 %*• cent, of whole number—some farm¬ 
ers are doing better, and some worse. Fruit, 
particularly apples, arc worth all they cost, and I 
am determined, by precept and example, to en¬ 
courage their production. But I will not pretend 
that we are half way decent, take ns on an avo- 
rage, in our treatment of fruit trees. 
Mr. Chilbon, a neighbor of mine, and a suc¬ 
cessful wool-grower, remarked in my hearing, to¬ 
day, “ Nothing has paid me so well as my apple 
trees;” and this is the general testimony of all my 
brother farmers, and yet not a soul of us takes any 
particular pains to give those trues good care.— 
Judicious thinning out of objectionablebranch.es, 
suitable manuring, and stirring of the soil with a 
fork or cultivator, so as not to injure the roots, 
mulching, and, if need he, washing with soap 
suds or other preparation, and war with all worms 
—these, und all of tluse are essential to the good 
management of fruit trees. I'll give my head for 
a foot-ball, to the first loafer that comes, if one 
farmer in a hundred conforms to these conditions, 
or half of them. 
I beg you will not publish this till after town 
meeting, as I am up for Justice or the Peace. My 
friend, the horticultural editor, is all right on 
tho—, and I hope his friends have not forgotten 
to “bring him forward.” I dare bet on his elec- 
. tioD. T * 
According to our correspondent's request, we 
have kept bis production until after election, so 
’ as not to injure his prospects of becoming a 
Justice, for although lie seems to have done no 
justice to his trees, we have no doubt he will deal 
out justice with a liberal hand to all the trans¬ 
gressors within hia jurisdiction. As he believes, 
f too, that destroying fruit trees is a crime, and uh 
1 Justices are Judges, we believe, both of law and 
1 fact, he will, no doubt, arrest all guilty of this 
1 offence, and line and otherwise punish, according 
t to tho enormity of the offence. This will secure 
1 plenty of business, and make the office both use- 
1 ful and profitable. The good people think too 
s much of tho dignity and importance of our pres* 
■ ent position to insult us by any otters of minor 
offices. When it is necessary for the salvation of 
1 the country, that we should run for President, we 
0 presume they will let us know. 
APPLE SKKD8 FOB HALE—By 
GEO. M. FLOWER, Syrueu.-ie, N. V 
DOOLITTLE'S AM. III.ALU K A SIM IKK- 
KY ANTHONY ,V. 80 N, Roch«»iur,N. Y. 
HAIIF.LLA AND CLINTON GRAPH VIM’S, nt £35 
per 1,000, l>y GKO. BECK, Charlotte, Monroe Co., N. Y 
H unitARI) SQUASH SEED. A puckm-e of the purest 
seed .it’ this celebrated Squash, conltuuiux «0 Meed, 
rent l)V the original introducer, fur 1C eontn. 
<W3-dfet>\v .1 AS. .1. If. GREGORY, Marblehead, liana. 
DWARF PEARS FOR FARMERS. 
AllALKit CHERRY SEEDLINGS l'OR SALK. 
W>- Imve a tiii" stock of Mnhaleb Cherry SeeJIingti, 1 
r ImimphinteiJ, very Due, at. Jill per 1,000 
3-»t A. pnosT&co, 
Genemifi YtiUoy Nunn'rles, Koch outer, JN. Y. 
horticultural Notes 
JUujraub Win'k.—\Y lm\ or something called wine, has 
been made from the (do plant for a few years past. One 
hundred pounds of stalks trimmed for grinding, it is said, 
will make ten gallons of jtiicc. Thoy are usually ground 
and pressed iu the portable cider mills, An aero, well 
cultivated, will, therefore, give a great amount of juico. 
J. D. Gilbert, or Kenosha, Wis,, gives us the following 
process of making the wine: 
“Take tho juice from the stalks of the garden, or 
Gaboon's, rhubarb, one gallon, and to it add one gallon of 
water and soven pounds of sugar, l’ut the mixture iuto 
a cask, with tho hung hole open, and let it ferment. 
Keep the cask full by adding sweetened water, (or, what 
is bettor, some of thewiue made at the same time, and 
kept in another vessel,) so that it may purge itself. 
When it is suflicleutly fermented, bung down. Fine with 
isinglass before bottling; two ounces of isinglass, dis¬ 
solved in a quart of wine, is sullicleot, for a barrel. 1 do 
not know ns the above is exactly Mr. Oaiioon’s process, 
but tho proportion of sugar and water, to the juice of 
pie plant, is tho same, and l know that the wine is 0. K. 
1 believe it to bo a bettc 
/ iRANUEItUY VINES. Lowland Hell Vines, from quo 
" 1 to tour feet long The fruit has taken the litst premium 
at. ouch Stfitr* H’ni<■ oxtnbltfld hi tftWH, &7 uri<rft8. I'lUit, $1 of 
100; $. r > 11 1,000. Hent.tiy Express promptly. 
£33-It NOBLE. HILL, Eaton, Steuben Go., N. A . 
culture, hardly what would bo called good farm 
culture, and only in raro cases as clean and 
thorough culture as a good farmer would give 
his corn. 
Did we wish to give dwarf trees a good chance, 
we would plant out a half acre, or more, in a good 
soil, prepare the ground well and deep, and then 
use the cultivator freely, just as wc would do if 
we wished to raise a fine crop of corn or potatoes, 
only being careful not to injure the roots of the 
trees, of which there is little danger if the culti¬ 
vator only is used. Close around the trees, how¬ 
ever, the fork may be used to advantage,— 
Whatever may be doing in other sections, the 
farmers iu this neighborhood are beginning to 
take a sensible view of this question. Peaches 
and apples have for thirty years been the favorite 
fruit, crops of oar farmers, but of lute tlie peach 
has been so uncertain, that they are beginning to 
plant dwarf pears as a substitute, and it is no 
uncommon thing for farmers to plant 500 or 1,000, 
and even double thi3 number of dwarf pears, not 
for fancy or experiment, but for profit. They, 
therefore, select a few of the leading varieties, 
and our nurseries, nnmerons and large as they 
are. are nnable to meet this great demand. 
Figure 2. 
They may be banked up in the usual way, first 
throwing a little litter on the top. Celery thus 
treated will keep perfectly; the loose texture, of 
the charcoal preventing its becoming solid by the 
action of frost. 
It may be objected that the above plan is more 
expensive than the traditional method, but it will 
bo found productive of so much higher quality, 
longer blanched stalks, greater crispness and 
whiteness, and certuin exemption from rust or 
decay, as fully to warrant the apparent increased 
outlay. If tho boards are well coated with gas 
tar or good boiled linseed oil, they will last many 
years; and the charcoal is worth, for general 
garden purposes, more than its cost, if not 
required again for blanching. 
ITUURTHDRN AND LAWTON BLACK IIERRY 
I’LANTH. I juvlmi Blackberry plunU at 76 eta. and $1 
per driz; #3 t.i 36 per let); 326 to $40 per l,UO0 - ttLroug ami 
warranted trim. „ . 
Biu'ktiiou.n and Oaago Orange, line for ngURuig, at $3 
per tli mi sand. ,, , ... 
Isabella and Catawba Grape, one year old liiveni, at v* 
per UAL Address K l>. ROBINSON, Hewlett Hill, N Y. 
rnn NURSERYMEN AND HEALERS IN TREES—I 
1 offer Tor Male ttio present Sprint!, _ 
Stt,000 Apple Trees, 2 to 4 years old,. ........ -57(1 1,1 LOW 
.1,000 Hear Trees, 2 In 3 “ standard,. .*l«0 
4,t,00 I’ear Trees, “ “ dwarf,.... *120 
6,000 Cb«rry Trees, “ " standard, 3 Ml) 
Sow Hu' do, “ “ dwarf,.... *180 
2,uw Hutu Trees, *- standard, 31*0 
Alsu a large quantity of (looseberries, Currants, Lawton 
Blackberries, RuepbdrnflS, Strawberries, Ornamental Trees, 
4c., Ac. D W. ItANNEY, 
March 2t), 1HS0. Commercial Nurseries, Syracuse, N. Y. 
t way to make pie plant wine, 
and also cun-ant wine, in open vessels, and us anon as the 
principal part of the scum has raised, (say in forty-eight 
hours.) skim, and then put into barrels, ins above. In 
this way you get rid of tho principle part of wliat rises, 
without much trouble,” 
The Weather. — From tho first of March until a week 
post, the weather was most delightful, Tho spring birds 
cheered us with their morning songs, tho crocuses iu 
sheltered situations were coining into Itower, and our 
nurseries showed the activity of spring, ami everything 
indicated an early summer. But, for a week past the 
ground has been covered with snow, and frost and cold 
winds have taken tlie place of bright sunshine and balmy 
breezes. 
N ew book: on grape culture. 
By WILLIAM BRIGHT, 
Logan Ni'itSBitv, I’uilauki.i-kia, I'a. 
just pcnusr/F.D, 
Bright's Single Stem, Dwarf and Renewal 
System of Grape Culture. 
Adapted la the Vineyard, the Grapery, and the Fruiting of 
Vines ill Pots , on 'Prettier*, Arbors, tfC. 
In this work full Directions are given fur Cultivating and 
Fruiting I*"t Vines; Anew Kvetem of I’ruuing lor the Vine- 
vard; New Method o£ nialtina Vine Bordet's; New Mnuuge- 
ini-titof Cold Grapcrv; New views ou Fertilizing the Grape. 
This si not a compilation of old matter rospectliK- the 
Vine, lmt a purely original work, full of new Suggestions 
|oi- planting, pruning, induing and fruiting the Grape, un¬ 
der all kinds of eultur*; drawn from personal experience, 
and recently i-.opttrineil by the Opinions of the best Grape- 
grower* in England. _ 
1‘rtc.e of the work, FIFTY C15NTS per single copy, [sent 
by mail to all parte of tip- United Stales and Canada, post¬ 
paid, on receipt of the price. Hostage stumps received m 
payment. , . 
• • A Liberal Disconnt to the Iraae 
Address WILLIAM BRIGHT, 
6 .Tf 2 t 687 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
CLINTON GRAPE. 
Edf. Rural New-Yorker;— No grape that I am 
acquainted with will bear so much neglect and ill 
It will thrive and grow 
treatment aa tho Clinton 
anywhere, in damp clay, barren band, or on bleak 
aud sterile hill-sides, if it can only find Roil enough 
to get a atarL Wood short-jointed and very 
firm, always ripens to the extremities; foliage, thin 
and quite distinct from that of all other kinds 
that arc grown in this section, but somewhat re¬ 
sembles that of the “ Frost Grape,' 
FARMERS AS FRUIT GROWERS, 
which can be 
found in almost every hedge, and neglected coi¬ 
ners of cultivated fields. 
It. ripens quite early in September, but the 
fruit is greatly improved by remaining on tho 
vine until October, and is benefited by a frost or 
two, when it. will be found quite sweet, and free 
Berries and 
i LKAItEI.I.A GRAPE VINES, at $30 per 1,000. 
' Also, 60,IKK) Isabullii Grain- Guttiiivs fit. $3 ifi LUX). 
W. II. At!. 8. AILVMS, Nupleit, Ontario Co , N. Y. 
on nnn no. i cherry rtockn, at $a,no n 1 , 000 . 
•Jw.'IUU H,(i00 New Rii.-hullis Blackberry Hants, very 
line. 340 pur thousand, for suit' by 
’ 1 WILLIAMS, RAMSDICN & CO., 
Dansvillo, Liv Cu., N. Y., March I, 1166). 632-8t 
GRAHAM BREAD-WATER CURE WAFFLES' 
Eos. Rural New-Yorker; —In a recent number 
of tho Rural, 1 notice, a recipe is wanting for 
making Graham bread. Tho following I have 
tried, and found it to bo excellent. Make the 
sponge of unbolted wheat-meal, in the ordinary 
way, with either hop or potato yeast, but mix it 
father thin. Be sure and mold the loaves aa soon 
as it becomes light, us the unbolted flour runB into 
the acetous fermentation much move rapidly than 
the bolted or superfine flour, and bake an hour 
and a quarter, or an hour and a half, according to 
the size of the loaf. 
Water-Cure Waffles. — Mix one quart of 
fresh wheat-meal, with a sufficient quantity of 
cold milk to make a thick batter, then add four 
beaten eggs; half a teacup of sweet cream, or one 
ouuce of fresh olive oil, a little sugar, and bake 
in a quick oven. 
Indian Bread. —Dissolve one tablespooufal of 
from pulp, and very pleasant to cat, 
clusters small, and berries adhere well to the clus¬ 
ter. The writer has never sent any of the fruit 
to market, but thinks the clusters and berries too 
small to sell wcl). 
Some of our most prominent pomologista con¬ 
sider it. valuable, and well W' rth growing in tire 
vineyard for wine; and wo expect, in a few years, 
to test it in that way, as wo have quite a nice 
plantation, that will soon bear. It is so very 
hardy and easy to grow, that every one ought to 
have it; and it will, even when suffered to run riot 
the fcnccH, bushes, and tree-tops, produce 
N ative evergreen pi. a nth octbe following 
varieties: Balsam Fir, White Hue, Arbor Vita-, White 
Spruce, and Hemlock,6 to 13 inches high, at $7 pur 1,000. A 
libera] discount tiuulo on Inrg" orflors. 
632-2t JAMKS A HOOT, SkanCatnlys, N. Y. 
iron 
O NTARIO GRAPE.—The Muburriber has for sale a largo 
stock of the Ontario Urano. Tina is thu Iurgeft Grape 
"rown in the opun air, perfectly hardy, fruit from mildew, 
does not. drop ita fruit, aud ripens front l- r ' to '- 0 days earlier 
than tho Isabella. 1'iiee, *6 eatlll, Address tinclosing 
stamp.)and secure circular for full description, 
032-3t O. F. FRESBIUSY, Buffalo, N. Y. 
CHARCOAL AS A BLANCH FOR CELERY, 
A correspondent of the Gardener's Monthly 
highly recommends the use of charcoal for bleach¬ 
ing Celery. As this is an interesting subject, we 
give our readers the substance of the article. 
As a blanch, I find it superior to any material I 
have ever tried, including earth, dry sand, saw¬ 
dust, tan-bark, leaves, hay litter, tie. Its advant¬ 
ages are manifold; no slug or insect will harbor in 
it; it drains perfectly, retains the solar warmth 
without overheating the plant, absorbs all the 
ammoniacal gases arising from the application of 
fertilizers, will not rust the stalk, 
HA HELL A GRAPE CUTTINGS for -ale by 
S31-31 K A MoKAY. Naples, N Y. 
{■(OR VIT/K AND HEMLOCK SPRUCE — For 
Evergreen fence 32 per iflO: 310 tier 1,000, with it. liberal 
lont&thutrade- A. .1 MoCLAVF, 
1-31 Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
over 
abundance of grapes, of tolerable quality, but, 
like all other sorts of grapes, it is greatly im¬ 
proved by pruning and generous treatment. 
None of tho books on horticultural subjects, 
that I am acquainted with, give the history of the 
Clinton. Can you, Mr. Editor, inform me who 
discovered and introduced it? 
March, 1860. Graph Grower. 
Remarks.— The Clinton Grape originated, or 
was first known, in the garden of Dr. Freeman, of 
Saratoga Springs, it attracted the attention of L. 
B. I.anowortuy, Fsq., who then resided in that 
county, ftnd who, on his removal to this city, more 
than thirty years ago, brought cuttings with him, 
grafted them on wild vines, raised plants, and gen 
erally introduced them in this section. Renamed 
this grape in honor of Dewitt Clinton. It has 
always been a favorite here, on account of its 
hardiness, productiveness, and wine-making qual¬ 
ities. 
(IIERRY TREKS Strong Tre.es of the choicest varie 
J ties. Standard and IJumrf, for Wt- cheap, by 
T G. MAXWELL 4 BROS. 
Geneva, N. Y., March 8, I860. 631-31 
cities. I know not wUat lilacKstoue will say; i 
pronounce such conduct' crime. We insult the 
Giver of AIL Good when we disrespect Ilia gifts. 
A tree is worth a thousand gems. 
Wyoming is a pleasant village, in Wyoming Co. 
Several years ago, the patriarch of the place, with 
commendable enterprise, planted shade trees on 
both sides of the street, the entire length, but not 
more than two or three of the inhabitants made any 
efforts to protect them, and at last, ninety out of 
a hundred perished. But I wander from my 
subject. 
“As many lives as a cat” That’s only “nine" 
(except in extreme cases) —1 am frank to say that 
is a miserably small allowance l How long do you 
suppose our country fruit trees would hold out at 
that rate? Why, I’ll give you a bit of my own 
experience. Commenced with a few miscellane¬ 
ous fruit trees, each one recommended to be the 
very best there was. I don't know whether the 
peddler lied as to the sorts, for dead trees, like 
dead men, tell no tales. I guess the coroner 
would say they died Irom accidental causes; it was 
a good while ago, and I forget 
Next a peddler came along, and I paid him $25 
for as pretty a lot of apple, plain and cherry trees, 
as I ever saw. After 1 got them bought, it occured 
to me to ask him how long they had been oat of 
the ground. He said “only a week.” “But it 
is late in November,” said I, " and it has frozen 
within that time, very hard.” “ Oh, 1 generally 
got them into a barn, nigbts.” Well, i wish they 
had staid there, for so few of them lived that I 
hardly thought it best to keep the ground up for 
them, and so “let them slide.” 
Then I bought fifty apple trees, went after them 
myself, so that they should not suffer from the 
perils of the way. Got nice ones, paid a good 
price, grew well; wanted to be economical, and 
turned in my sheep to eat some weeds and grass 
that had started up after the corn was hoed. They 
never did well after that, for though 1 inserted one 
end of a sprout below where the sheep gnawed 
them, and the other end above, it didn't seem to 
work at that time of year. 
Got discouraged, left off raising fruit —went to 
a pomological meeting, got my head turned, and 
bought two dozen trees, that had such hard 
French names that I thought nothing would dare 
to touch them. A friend sent me two little white 
rabbits in a box, and T was fool enough to let them 
out. I am sorry I ever did. I was gone a good 
deal that winter, and by spring they had barked 
just three-quarters of them. 
Tried again—the mice took more than their 
share, and the cattle handled the balance very 
roughly. Lost some trees by the drouth, but 
made up my loss, in part, by a good crop of hay, 
that I took off from the land where they grew—I 
1 ) AHITJEIUIIF.S. A V'totl assortment of tlie best aorta, 
b ittcluilliu! Hr inkle's Orange, Belle tie Fonteriay, Fas- 
luW, Franconia, t(ne.oiU’ii Giant, Ac,, for sale by 
’ ’ T. C. MAXWELL k BROS. 
Genova, N. Y., March 8, 18«t|. 63l-3t 
liquid or otlys 
is easily washed out of the celery when dag, and 
can be used many times over with little loss. By 
proper management, also, two rows of celery 
may be grown where one is by the old method. 
Dig trenches 2 feet apart, about S inches wide, 
and 0 deep, and fill up to the level of the ground, 
with a rich compost of loam, well decomposed 
manure, and tanners' hair refuse, (tho latter being 
the best possible food for celery, and obtainable 
at the same price as stable offal,) and set out the 
plants about 8 inches apart, in single rows. On 
either side the rows, about G inches distant, com¬ 
mencing at one end, drive two stakes, say J feet 
long, and 1 to U inches square, 1 inch apart, to 
allow a board to slip in between them, and repeat 
the stakes, at intervals of 5 feet, or thereabout, 
the entire length of your rows of plants; then, 
between the stakes, put boards 12 to 14 inches 
wide, and a piece of board at each end of the 
trench, connecting their ends. See figure 1. 
/n laihoi.i.h. Nkw and Bkadtiful French andBkl- 
‘ J c,i an Hybrids.- ju-t. received, by the .■.ubst'riber, a 
splendid collection or the above, embracing upwards of 
nine.iu varieties, lunonv which are many rioveltieiA never 
before Offered in this country. A descriptive priced Cata- 
loffoe, with full <11 factious for culture, will bo mailed to all 
applicants. IA31-ItI a. K. BLISS, Springfield, Mass. 
r/ in / 1/ 1/ l WII.NO YH A I. IS A N Y HE Ell LING 
JUI M M H f STRAWBERRY- ?■! p» 1,(610; Me D lot). 
10,000 Hooker Seedling Strawberry -310 per 1,000; $1,60 
per 100 . 
r.o.ooo Lawton Blackberry, very flue, $30 per 1,000; $4 
per 1 ( 6 ); $3 for 60 . For sale b v , , „ * 
681-0t C. L. TWl.NG, Lanfancburgh, N. Y. 
How to Select Flour. —The following rules 
for forming a judgment of flour, when purchasing 
for use, can, doubtless, be relied upon, and may 
be worth recollecting by housekeepers. First, 
look at tho color; if it is white, with a slightly 
yellowish or straw-colored tint, buy it. If it is 
very white, with a bluish cast, or with black 
specks in it, refuse it. Second, examine its adhe¬ 
siveness; wet and knead a little of it between 
your lingers; if it works soft, and is sticky, it is 
poor. Flour from spring wheat is likely to be 
sticky. Third, throw a lump of dry Hour against 
a dry, smooth, perpendicular surface; if it fulls 
like powder, it is bud. Fourth, squeeze some of 
the flour in your hand; if it retains the shape 
given by the pressure, that, too, is a good sign. 
Flour that will stand all these tests is safe to buy. 
These modes are given by old Hour dealers. 
VINES., : , 
U Dki.awark, Diana, Concord, Rebecca, Hauti-okt) 
Pro i. is hi, ami several utfiei -d' the newer gortiv-^gnod one 
year plants, well rooted,-Isabella ami Catawba, two and 
three years; algo, a few choice Foreign varieties, one yfear 
— for solo at tlio nj<t*t reasonable prices, by Uto dozen or 
hundred. T. a MAXWELL A BROS. 
Geneva, N. Y, March 8,1860. a31-3t 
inquiries attir ^itstuers. 
^ * Pine Hill Nursery, near Buffalo, N. Y., 
Offers Tor sale th'- following trees; - Sts mlnid .and Dwarf Ap¬ 
ples and Pears, OherrtuH, Punches, Plains (mostly the Ger¬ 
man Prune, the freest from the. black It mil,) lira eye or Apple 
Guiorc. Currants, bt‘«t varieties, Riinpherrie*, Gooseberries. 
Of Grapes, besides the old varieties. Dataware, Diana, Con¬ 
cord, Rebecca, Hartford Prolific, nod To Ka|on. Downing’s 
Everbearing Mulberry. Norway Spruce, Black Spruce, 
Hemlock Spruce, Red Cedar, Arbor Vita-, 4c. 
I Price Catalogues Kent on application. 63f-2teow 
Grafting.—W ill you please inform mu, through the 
Rural, it scions sot now, will do as well as those set later? 
I am told that they will aot, because the warm weather 
Causes lire rap to mo, and subsequent freezing kills the 
scions. If 1 could graft now, before the hurrying season 
comes on, it would be of great advautuge to me.—A ma¬ 
teur, Few Lebanon, TV. Y.. 1800. 
Grafting Is not generally successful, if done too early. 
It is best to watt for moderate weather, and until the sap 
is in motion, which, with the stone fruits, as the cherry 
and plum, ig quite early. 
GCAXO A.VLI iUHPKKRRJKS. — Lant fall 1 set out 5000 
Antwerp (Hnilsou River) Raspberry plants, and expect to 
set out 5000 more this spring on my farm iu Ksopus.— 
Manure isscarce in our neighborhood. Please inform me, 
through your paper,of a eubstitutn for barn-yard maim re 
for the ra-pberry. 1- guauO good fur them f if so, how 
much will be sufficient for a liill- 1 ’Ichho inform mo iu 
regard to the above, and oblige a subscriber. —C. Bur.it- 
ley, Brooklyn, March, LHtJO. 
We have never tried guano on raspberries, though we 
have done no for strawberries and pears, and with the 
most satisfactory results. We would give about 350 or 
400 pound* to the acre, aud work in well with the soil.— 
The number of ounces required for each hill you can 
easily caknlate. 
Setting Out an Orchard.—I f it would not be asking 
too much, I would like to ask a few questions in regard 
to setting out an orchard. The land I intend to set out 
is of ridge gravel, high and dry. and in good condition 
for setting. 1 Now, wilt trues from fivn to six years old 
be as good as those younger, providing a person takes 
great care in taking up, and as good care in setting oat, 
and gives good culture afterward*? 3. What is tho best 
manure for them? Is sawdust good? I have heard some say 
that sawdust sourer land, anu make* it almost worthless 
for a few years. If you, or any of your numerous cor¬ 
respondents, will give their experience on this subject, 
they will greatly oblige a Rural reader.—B. C. N., Cam¬ 
bria, If. I 7 ., i860. 
1. Wk would prefer trees three or four years old, be¬ 
cause they are removed with less trouble and less danger 
of injury. Still, if we could obtain good, stocky trees, 
that had not grown crowded, and kept up a thrifty growth 
in the nursery rows, we would take all the pains neces¬ 
sary for their safe removal, and would not expect to 
lose two in a hundred. If, however, the trees, five or six 
years old, are stunted and mossy, and crooked from 
Heoipe for Making Pie-Crust.— For the ben¬ 
efit of those who have not the luxury called cream. 
Two cups nice fresh lard; 2j of water; one 
teaspoouful of salt. Mix stiff enough to roll 
smooth, and bake in a quick,oven. We think 
this recipe as easily digested aa that made with 
saleratus and sour cream, which we noticed in a 
late Rural, and also believe that it is the abuse, 
not a moderate use, of our common article of 
food, which engenders scrofula and many other 
diseases. -D. C., Whitewater, Wis,, 18fi0, 
Flmvi f and Vegetable Seeds, is now ready, and will lie 
mailed t« all applicants inelosing a three cent postage 
stump. It contains a desorlptlvn list of upwards ot 
Eleven Hundred Varieties of Flower Seeds, 
embracing everything that is lew aud desirable among 
Annuals, BlenmaD, Perennial * arid Green-bruise Plants, 
suitable alike for the Flower Garden, i'lesmire Grounds, 
Lawns, Htmibberiefl and the conservatory, us well a. many 
matchless novelties of the highest inerll, wlucih have been 
selected by bis European correspondents from the most 
reliable sources. 
Collections of Flower Seeds by Mail, Post-paid, 
The fuLhiwiiiR collections havti been sent out from his 
establishment for the past b. x years,and are now favorably 
known iu every section of the country. 
Assortment No. 1.—Contains twenty choice varieties 
nf Annuals,...$1 00 
No. 2.—Contains twenty choice varieties of 
Biennials and I’ereiniiulv, _ ... 100 
No. 3.—Contains ten extra fine varieties of 
Annuals and Perennials,embrac¬ 
ing many of the new and choicest 
m cultivation,............. . - 100 
No. 4.—Contains five very choice varieties 
selected from Prize Flowers of 
Kagusli Pansies, German, Gama¬ 
liel n and Pienteo Pinks, Verbenas, 
Truffaut's French Asters, Double 
Hollyhocks,. 1 00 
Any one remitting will receive the fburuakortments 
postage free. 
The following additional assortments will also be sent at 
the prices annexed, free of postage. 
Assortment No. 6.—Contains fifteen very select varie¬ 
ties of Greeu-bouso Seeds, .,-.53 00 
No. 6.— Contains one bnndied varieties of 
Annuals, Biennials, and Peren¬ 
nials including many new and 
choice varieties-- —.,-- 5 00 
No. 7.—Coutains titty varieties.ot Annuals 
Biennials and l’ereumals,.2 60 
All orders must be accompanied with the cash. 
Remittances can be made in Bank Bills or Postage Stamps 
Address k K. BUSS, 
531-4t Springfield, Mass. 
Figure 1 . 
The youug plants will need shading for a lew 
days after transplanting, if the trenches run north 
and south,— if east and west, they will not 
require it 
Draw the earth slightly away from the base of 
the boards, to form a feeding trough, into which 
pour liquid manure, frequently, during the grow¬ 
ing Bcason. When the leaf of the central stalk or 
heart of the plant shows itself above the board, 
fill in the whole space with coarsely pulverized 
charcoal, (cinders from the smoke stuck of loco¬ 
motives, or the braise of old charcoal hearths,) 
holding the stalkB snugly together in the left 
hand while filling in with the right. 
After a few days, place a second set of boards, 
which may be connected by cross pieces nailed 
on at intervals on the top of the first, and repeat 
Coloring Dark Brown. —Beeiiig an inquiry in 
one of tlie late numbers of the Rural, for color¬ 
ing dark brown, I send one which I consider very 
good:—Take three ounces of copperas; break it 
up small, and boil iu a pint of water, for half an 
hour; then strain and bottle it; dilute it in water, 
if you wish a paler tint. 
Will some of the Rural readers please tell me 
how to make paper stick to a wall that has been 
white-washed, and oblige.— Cora Lee, Princeville, 
III., 18G0. 
Mock Oysters. —To three grated parsnips add 
three eggs; one teacup sweet cream; butter, half 
the size of an egg; one teaspoon salt; three table¬ 
spoons flour; fry as griddle cakes.—Mrs. S. E. S., 
Medina, Orleans Co,, N, Y. 
