JBLjl* 
Dorchester, it has been Btated,aro inferior to the English 
Hedge blackberry, and only relished by children. Some 
writers, however, we see, of late, are endeavoring to do 
justice to this fruit. A. writer over the signature of 
Bramiilk, in the Irish Agricultural Review, urgeg their 
general culture, and in tho last number of that journal 
we find the following: 
“ I quite agree with your correspondent, Mr. Bramble, 
that it is too much tho fashion to look coldlv on native 
worth, and I am rejoiced to perceive he lg not of those 
who, in after life, would altogether forget tho enjoyments 
and taste: i of 1 boyhood's happy years. 1 ara glad to say 
that horticulturists have not been insensible to our 
merits, I believe, however, it is to the keen eye and 
industry of Brother Jonathan we are indebted for their 
recognition and attention to our improvement. Should 
your thorny correspondent have a perch or two to spare 
in liis garden, lot him, by all means, procure from the 
nurseries a few plants or either the Dorchester or Law- 
ton Bluckberry, which I can recommend as, perhaps, the 
best varieties in cultivation of any of the family con¬ 
nexion of your humble and long-neglected country 
friend—Runes Fitvrtcosus.” 
Sulphur for Dues a no Tire Potato Rot.—F or many 
years past 1 have made uso of the following remedy to 
prevent all insects, especially the striped bug, from 
destroying ray melons and encumbers, and, indeed, all 
other garden vegetables. I soak the seed in water over 
night. ABer draining the water off, stir in a littlo sul¬ 
phur among them,—being wet, the sulphur will adhere 
to them,—or merely wet the seeds before planttug, so 
that the sulphur will stick to them, then plant as usual. 
I never kucw this remedy to fail, Now T propose to 
treat potatoes in tbo same manner. If It Is au insect 
which infests the vines, and leaves a deposit on them, 
and operates as a poison, and destroys them, then, with¬ 
out doubt, my remedy will prove successful. I.ettheseed 
potatoes bo we with, a little water, in a basket. When 
the water has drained out, thou stir iu a little sulphur 
among them, with a stick, and plant. Sulphur curud tho 
blight of the grape viues iu France, by applying it to the 
roots, aud why will it not also cure tbo potato blight, 
and also kill insects which injure the wheat crop? Let 
the farmers try it.—K jttrkihik Kajiks. Rutland, jV, Y. 
Ta» Bark as a Mulch. —Will yon, or some of your 
correspondents, tell mo whether tan bark will make 
good mulching for fruit, trees? I have tried it, with good 
success, around currants and gooseberries, and would 
like to know how it would do for trees? — P. C. D., Owcgn, 
Tioga Co,, JV. 1'., 1800. 
Tan hark will answer a very good purpose. 
[From the New York Courier, August 21, 1859.J 
PKKTAKEI* C.1XE. 
Mr. Rpai.iuno has certainly conferred a event blessing 
noon all householders by hfs preparation of “Prepared 
Clue.” It is always ready lor use, and can !,n applied imme- 
diately to a fractured table, u broken chair, or, in fact, any¬ 
thing that requires glue to mrmt it, by anybody who likiis, 
without tho trouble of having to mix it in any shape or 
way, thereby sating the trouble, inconvenience and ex¬ 
pense of sending furniture to the cabinet maker's to he 
repaired. This alone, independent of its intrinsic value, 
will make it anarticlu universally kupt In all families. 
THE GARDEN, 
[From the Times and Messenger, August 21, 1859.] 
At ►VICK TO FAMILY FOLKS. 
One of the most convenient and useful of all articles rn* 
cenlly discovered, with a view to elicit the blessings of the 
direful housekeeper, and abate her pains to keep tilings 
domestic, In tad, and tidy, is certainly Rpalding’s Prepared 
Dine. No matter what you break, (obits* it bn your bend, 
perhaps,! this Glue step* forwaid tike tho genii of order, 
am| promptly unites the diit.yered parts red urea the frac¬ 
ture, us i surgeon would way—and render* all whole again. 
I oyser tools, uhuiiH or vases, leather, dlk, wood or glass— 
it operates alike magically on .ill: and at its bidding the 
sobs of the child cease .the gratification of the matron Is com¬ 
plete. No family should ho without Spalding's 1'repared 
Gluo. 
Fob a few days we have had almost constant 
rain, some wind, and the thermometer most of the 
time down to 40*. Rather an unpleasant time for 
the examination of flowers, and there is nothing 
bat the Tulips requiring particular notice. The 
Aowersof the fruit trees are falling, and the earlier 
fruits, such as cherries, Ac., are setting well, and 
there is every prospect of an abundant crop in 
this section. The Lilacs are in flower, and by 
next week two beautiful classes of flowering 
shrnbs and trees will be in perfection, the. Spirent 
and the Thorns. 
Among the late Tulips worthy of particular 
commendation, we notice Charbon /Voir, dark vel¬ 
vety brown, stripped with red and yellow,—one of 
the best of the dark flowers; La Antique, yellow, 
dashed with red; La ilayesleure, creamy white, 
marked with red and purple; Rose Cornelia , white 
and bright red ; Emperor Napoleon , yellow and 
dark brown; Pretiasa, bright red, marked with 
white and yellow; Mine d‘Or, orange aud yellow; 
Rossius, dark red and yellow; Juliana, red aud 
purple, shaded with white. Among the Parrots 
the best were Phcenix, red, marked with purple; 
Jaure, yellow; Orange, of bright orange color; 
Constantinople , red, purple and yellow. The 
Double sorts never looked finer, but we have not 
space to name them. Bonaparte, however, was 
the most attractive. 
[From tho Hartford Daily Cour.inf, Sept. 22.1859.1 
Everybody need* a Ollio-Pot occasionally, tint everybody 
know* that tho olu-tluddonod mode of dissolving glue is in¬ 
convenient. Spalding's Prepared Glue is chemically held 
In solution, is equal to the best preparation of Cabinet-ma¬ 
kers? Glue, and is used cold. A brush accompanies each 
bottle, and tho whole costs only twonty-fivo cents. 
[From the Public I.edger, 1’hiladolpliia, Oct. ll, 1859.] 
A USEFUL ARTICLE. 
A new and useful article, railed Spalding’s Prepared Glue, 
has been introduced to the notice of housekeepers. It is 
reliable and really adhesive, and enables every housekeeper 
to repair furniture and hoiihiibnld ware without trouble, as 
it is always ready for use. 
[Front the Ladies' Visitor, September, 18B9.J 
SPALDING'S PREPARED GI.IJE seems to be universally 
welcomed by hOusekeeuers wherever il goes; it is pre¬ 
cisely the ready, reliable, adhesive substance needed for 
repairing furniture and household ware. 
[From the Boston Commercial Bulletin, Sept, 17,1859.) 
11.0. SPALDING Is nstonlsliing the natives with his Pre¬ 
pared Glue,which lorn won a great reputation, and is fast 
enriching its inventor. Mr. Spalding is remarkable for in- 
telligenee and tnct, which be exhibits in the stylo of his 
advertming. He is a type of tho genuine Yankee. 
[From the Independent, July 28,1859-1 
KBD ASTRA CHAN APPLE TRUK, ON PARADISE STOCK, KIOBT YEARS OLD, 
visiting the extensive nurseries of Messrs. Ell- every gardening operation owgt 
wanger & Barry, of Rochester, where jnst such a lost sight of. The trees are se 
‘miniature’orchard was growing, we determined each way, adopting the quincan 
to carry out our early desire to possess such a is the advice of Mr. Rivers, who 
beautiful and valuable addition to our grounds, experience, and upon whose jud 
Wo immediately made a selection of all the best rely. 
varieties we could procure, principally from the “The French, with their gardei 
collection of the above nurserymen, who grew reduced the pruning of dwarf tre 
them more extensively than others, and with such and under such learned prnctit. 
as we raised ourselves, were enabled to plant out Hardy, Dubreuil, and others, the 
between two and three hundred trees of as many assume the most symmetrical fot 
varieties, nearly all now in full bearing. of wires, hoops, and other contriv 
“But, differing from Mr. Rivers’ plan of grow- brought into the most exact shap 
ingthem in open quarters, we have for various branch too fewer too many, it 
reasons planted them on the borders of the live- in this way, they continue, undei 
nues, between dwarf pears, planting the latter maintain the same forms, addin, 
further apart to admit of a dwarf apple between beauty of the garden and tho j 
each. Here, forming small bushes or pyramids friends. As espaliers, trained to 
not more than two feet high, they aro loaded t bau a (got high, they are very a 
with their splendid crimson-hued fruits, forming intend to show at another opport 
a pleasing contrast with the golden pears, aud “Our object la not at tin's time 
gratifying the eye with the continuity of rich particulars of dwarf apple culture 
foliage. direct attention to what we think 
“Why dwarf apples have not received more neglected. We shall again refer 
attention, it is difficult to say; unless it ia that and give not only further direc 
FRUIT PROSPECTS, 
Fruit jn Michigan. —Apples just cominoncing to open 
the blossoms. Trees in healthy condition, with pros¬ 
pect of fine crop, reaches, in some localities, in full 
bloom, with a fair promise, but the crop, ns a general 
thing, will be a failure. The older trees, say eight to ten 
years set, of the tender varieties, are very much injured 
by the severity of the few past winters. Bears in full 
bloom, with a prospect of a fair crop. Trees also injured 
by the severity of past winters, especially tho tender 
kinds. CberrieH in full bloom, with promise of a tine 
crop. Trees, of the tender kinds, very much injured by 
Mwere weather and high culture. This cause, I think, 
is not generally well understood by the majority of 
farmers. 1 think the better way to manngn cherries 
would be to set them on the poorest soil, and after the 
trees get fairly growing, say the second year, to seed 
down with timothy or rod top, and let It remain in grass. 
The object in view is to obtain a slow but healthy 
growth each year, that shall be well matured, and thus 
be more likuly to withstand the severity of our hard 
winters which sometimes set in quite early, and where 
there has been a very luxuriant growth of wood, and 
not very well matured, the frozen sap-blight is frequently 
the consequence, and thus final destruction to the whole 
tree. 
Ara I correct in regard to the management of the 
tender or fast growing kinds of cherries? I still have 
the Rural Nrw-Yorkkk's weekly visits, with pleasure, 
as also do my family and neighbors.— Samuel Johnson, 
RAISED MUFFINS. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorkek: —In reply to Mary’s 
inquiry for a recipe to make raised muffins, I send 
the following, which I think is good:—One quart 
of new milk; 4 eggs; 4 tablespoonfnls of butter; 
yeast sufficient to mako it light Thicken to still' 
batter with flour. — Saha, Plainvilte, Onondaga 
Co,, N. K, 1800. 
Noticing in a recent number of the Rural, an 
inquiry for a recipe for raised muffins, I have de¬ 
cided to send you mine, which I think very good. 
It is us follows:—One pint new milk; 2 table- 
spoonfuls melted butter; 1 egg, well beaten; 
cup yeast; flour enough for stiff batter; mix at 
night. In the morning, add a littlo salt, and soda 
size of a pea. Bake in buttered rings.— Celia, 
Whitewater, Wit,, 1800. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Seeing an inquiry 
in your paper for a recipe to make raised muffins, 
1 will give you mine:—Mix a quart of wheat flour 
smoothly with a pint and a half of lake warm 
milk; £ a toacup of yeast; 2 beaten eggs; a tea¬ 
spoon of salt; 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter. 
Set the batter in a warm place to rise. When 
light, butter your muffin cups, turn in the mixture 
and bake till a light brown.—M. C., Bennington, 
N. V., 1860. 
horticultural 2Cotc0, 
Annuals.— An excellent article in the Florist predicts 
that annuals will once more become generally cultivated 
for decorative purposes, both as iu and out-door plants. 
Nothing in tho way of plants can surpass their gay and 
interesting appearance, wIipq their various shades of 
color and heights are properly arranged, Perhaps one 
drawback which belongs to them may be attributed to 
the vacant spots and nutidy aspect they give tho grounds 
when their Dowering season is past, and to this, happen¬ 
ing at a time when the garden is moat frequented, may 
be assigned the cause for the almost universal en¬ 
couragement afforded to the bedding of verbenas, scarlet 
geraniums. Ac. I think the culture of annuals may be 
so managed us to go baud iu hand with that of verbenas, 
Ac., ?o as to have continuous successions of bloom early 
and late. Where there aro good borders they may bo 
sown very early and at such a distance that geraniums, 
Ac., might be planted betwixt them, so as not to over¬ 
crowd each other, and thus when the flowering season 
of the annuals is on the decline thev mav he removed 
DWARF APPLES. 
DURABLE AND ECONOMICAL TRIMMING. 
While the farmers are busy with the spring 
crops, there are swift fingers in-doors preparing 
the summer garments for the family wear. And 
for them I would recommend a new and durable 
trimming for undergarments. It is pretty, too, 
for linen collars aud children’s aprons. 
White serpentine braid and No. 3G Coats’ cot¬ 
ton, are the materials. A person at all familiar 
with crocheting will readily understand these 
two patterns. They can be more elaborate if de¬ 
sired.—L. L. K., Owosso, Mich., 1800. 
WASHING RECIPE, ETC. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In a late Rural I 
noticed a recipe for washing which is similar to 
the one I use. I think you will find the hartshorn 
an improvement, I will give mine and one or two 
with it. 
Recite for Washing. — One gill of spirits of 
hartshorn; 4 oz. saltpetre; dissolve in 2 quarts of 
rain water, cork it tight in a jug. Put two table- 
spoonluls in a pint of soap; stir it through, make 
a suds, and put your clothes to soak over night, 
or in the morning before breakfast. 
To Prepare Blacking for Stoves.—M ix the 
lustre with the white of an egg; have your stove 
cold, apply with a brush, rub till perfectly dry, 
and you will have a lustre nearly equal to that 
on a new stove. 
Molasses Cookies. — One enp of molasses; G 
tablespoonfnls melted butter; 4 of boiling water; 
I teaspoon of soda, and 1 of ginger,—mix as soft 
as you can roll them. Bake in a quick oven. 
Ovid, N. Y., 1860. Eliza A. D. 
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the winter pruning; and if only the moderate 
growing sorts arc chosen, they will not occupy 
more space than a good-sized currant bash, and 
produce two or three dozen of apples each. 
“Mr. Rivera aays, that the trees 'must he 
chosen with stems not exceeding one and a hall' 
feet.’ In September he generally looks over the 
trees, takes off superfluous wood, and shortens 
the long roots ; this strengthens the blossom 
buds, which are formed abundantly upon the 
young wood; of oourse, in doing this, an eye 
must be had to the formation of the tree, which 
ought to he gradually brought into a handsome 
round bush. For the first live years a row of 
strawberries may be grown between each row of 
apples, or any other dwarf, light crop; hut straw¬ 
berries are the most in keeping, a word which in 
Taking Grease out ok Merinoes. —Will some 
of the lady readers of the Rural please inform 
me the best method of taking grease out of Meri¬ 
no?— Susie, Phelps, N. Y., 18G0. 
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