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FRUIT CULTURE. 
Bds.Rpb*i. New-Yorker:—T en years ngo, or 
more. I got from a prominent, nursery, a number 
of cbt rry trees of choice varieties, and set them 
oat. The larger half escaped accident, and grew 
we ]l Mach successive season they blossomed 
abnndantly, but the fruit was invariably stung, 
S nd would prematurely fall. Daring a whole 
decade, T scarcely got so much as a single peck 
of cherries. Rut I continued to cultivate and 
vrait "in hope,” 
The present year, the trees were all literally 
loaded. Scarcely any of It was stung, and we 
have had an abundant treat of ripe, sound fruit. 
Vow for the way it was done. This is quickly 
told. I (lid nothing! I neither " shook” the trees, 
nor syringed them with “whale oil soap,” or 
equiited any other foul decoction into their leafy 
branches. Barring the usual cultivation, I simply 
let them alone. And the same course has been 
pursued with what few plum trees have survived 
placed before Rural readers, without protesting 
against, their orthodoxy. We do not believe that 
“ W. B. l\,” or any other sane man, practices 
snch doctrines, whatever he may prenob. Does 
not our correspondent hoe his corn to kill the 
weeds? Why does he not leave thiB to Provi¬ 
dence ? Why this constant fighting against 
Providence? Lot “ W. B. IV’ oarry out his doc¬ 
trines, in his farming, and lie will soon be in the 
poor house. Let him carry it out in his person, 
and soon he would be a most pitiable object. 
Let Mrs. “ W. It. P.” carry it out in her house¬ 
keeping, and Mr. “W. B. IV’ would soon be 
driven from his bed and board. The gronnd was 
cursed on account of man’s sin. By the sweat 
of his brow was he to earn his bread. Our cor¬ 
respondent wool 1 not have man sweat in fighting 
against natural difficulties, but lay down and wait 
for Providence to effect a cure. The Black Knot 
has troubled onr correspondent's plum trees, and 
some fruit is now promised on “what few trees 
have survived the black knot scourged 1 Had 
“ W. B. P. ” fought vigorously against this 
'‘scourge,” he need not have lost a tree. We 
know of orchards of hundreds of trees where 
not one has been lost. Ilad he obtained the 
needed information and fought the cuioulio, he 
might have been made to “sweat' 1 some, and thus 
have fulfilled the curse, but he would have had 
a crop of plums every season. Insests are on 
the increase, and it is because men practice to 
some extent on the doctrinos of our correspond- 
great bearer. It will make a popular matket 
cherry. May Duke is an old favorite, and well 
deserves all its popularity. It is an exceedingly 
useful cherry. Following the Hay Duke, is an¬ 
other excellent duke cherry, the Duke. It 
is large; when fully ripe, rich, dark red. Flesh 
tender and juicy, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor; 
not quite as sweet as Hay Duke. Ripens gradu 
ally from about the 10th of July, and hangs ou 
the tree n long time. One of the very best of 
I the Duke cherries. • 
the black knot scourge, and they too, or some of e ut> though but few have the hardihood to pub- 
them, give promise of fruit. Now, had I hap- licly proclaim them, 
pvned this year to lravo used any of the adver- 
Used “remedies for curculio,” the abundant KILLING WITH KINDNESS, 
yield of fruit would have warranted the startling 
announcement to the world of the •* Curculio The frequently proclaimed discovery of new 
headed” As it is, I am “headed off ” from boast- fertilizers or new combinations of old ones, ac- 
ing, and am forced to ascribe the result wholly companies by reports of the marvelous effects 
to a beneficent Providence. Perhaps in years to of their applications to vegetable lito and the 
come, I may fumigate a little—do something-^ agency with which the use of different manures 
as to be able to exclaim, Lo, see what I have i« continually recommended to cultivators, arc 
done! But should any such experiments fail, likely to lead the enthusiastic into a system of 
and Of fruit there be “found none,” you of course excessive plant petting. The danger, of course, 
need nut expect to hear from uie. *• greatest in the case of such ns have but a small 
„ , . . . , . spot of ground and few plants whereon to exer- 
Is there not an immense amount of hurnbng e f 
, , .... . else their energies. Hearing nr reading accounts 
afloat, “about these days?” In truth, are we not ... . ... .. . . .. . , . 
. , .. , of tho great suottess with which some individuals 
getting to be decidedly atheistic in onr notions? 
. ... , . , have Used a certain new or but lately introduced 
We plant and cultivate, prune and scrape, fuml* . .... . . . ...... . , 
* , , , ' • , , , fertilizing substance about their trees, vines, &o., 
gate, shake, and drench, seemingly determined . . . .. . ... . , ’ ' 
,, ... . , , one cannot resist the temptation to make trial of 
that we will have the best of fruit and an a bund- _ . . . . . , , 
. its effects on his own perhaps already over-fed 
ance of it, " whether or no.” This is the system ^ , , . ... 
, . plants, thus forcing them Into increased unhealthy 
wc have been pursuing these many years, but we , . . . 
, \ - growth, if, indeed, the unnatural excessivo Tieh- 
find it an up-hill business. A quarter of a cen- n ’ . , . , , . . 
r . , , ness does not completely destroy them, A paa- 
tury ago, our plum and cherry trees, find even „ .. , , . . . , . 
J . * , . , , . si on for Horticulture, and anxiety to bung fer¬ 
tile sprouts Irorn them, that grew uncaied for in , . .. , .. . ... 
,, . . . , , ward the objects ol one’s attention as rapidly as 
the lenco corners, would be loaded down three . . . 
...... possible, if not kept, down by reason and caution, 
years out o! lour: but not so now. Indeed, it is . , , ' . . 
J ... . , . ... easily induce a habit ol putting in practice every 
quite difficult to even keep a complement of trees ., , , . 
1 . , . ,, . ' , . .. new idea advanced in regard to liberal caltiva- 
on hand, bo multitudinous and latal are the one- ..... . . 
; . , . .... ... „ tion, nntil, before one realizes to what degree of 
mies tlmt Infest them. And it Bcems as it these . . . . . 
, . .. , high feeding his plants have been treated, the 
enemies increased iu about the ratio of our * ” ‘ . . 
_ . , , .. ... , ... consequences of his extravagance begin to show 
efforts to head them off. As each new comer is 1 ® , 
. ,, . ... , themselveH in a tendency of his viuep, shrubs, 
announced, we ure told to investigate and exper- 
... .. trees, Ac., to winter kill, to make a rank growth 
iment u vu- conquer i . 0 f fyjjage at, tho expense of fruit, and in other 
For one, I have lost respect for such counsel. wayg by wbich lhcy 8i „ Dify thcir dissatisfaction. 
It looks to my mind as if we should always have Bat> whftt is a „ 10re fata1> und geltil ,g to be a 
too much business on hand if we continue that mor<> oorntuoa tfT0fi tlinn fr «. <iucn t applications 
course. There is u “more excellent way.” The of diff<irent fertilizors to young, growing plants, 
c a .«e of so many depredators upon fruit and fruit the practicft of putMng fertilizing substancei 
trees, undoubtedly is Gun’s purpose to teach us jQ conaiJerublc quant itio 8 , about the roots at the 
who it is that “gives the increase,” and loads our tjme of BcttinK> Many ft true ha8 dicd in conBe 
tables, (if they arc loaded,) with fruits pleasant qoeuce of bejnf? wt jQ ft mlxture of earth an(l 
to the eye and good to the taste; and the surest, gtr0Qg manurc8 in guch proponion8 aa t0 be to 
most effectual, and only remedy for the depreda- un flt for its nourishment. The idea is ajipa 
tions ot iusects, is to get into a sp.iit ot patient rent j y becoming quite prevalent that comtnoi 
waiting for Ilis good time when they shall p iss eartb j 3 j n8U fnoient for the proper nurture o 
away. Rest assured they will not pass away one plantg; andi go wc g0e perBonH jn pri . paring tb( 
minute before ; and that all our chafing and ground for the recei>t iuu of young trees, vines 
efforts to forestall them, amount lo nothing. &C ( eQrich fl . eah> one xhausied soil, with a vaiietj 
When the potato rot came along men were of aa j ma|> vegeUble and mineral raauurC8i ir 
going to find the cause, and the remedy straight- „„ trava( , ant rjuantitifi9 . ofU!ll tl . ac i nfl , t i,, u 
HOVKY. 
We give engravings of two of Prof. Kirtland's 
S eedlings, Rru Jacket and Pontiac, which we have 
to-day (July 'Jth) picked from the trees, and it is 
the first time we have seen them under favorable 
circumstances. Red Jacket Is of amber color, 
somewhat oovered with light red. In form it is 
heart-shaped. Flesh tender and juicy, but not 
of very high flavor, litalk long, slender, in a 
moderate basin. 
VOXTl AC. 
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RED JACKET. 
ashes upon the bed when it is first prepared, and 
while the plants u re young. Last year the largest 
one in our garden weighed eight and a half 
pounds; the year before last, the largest was ten 
and a half. They wore the first formed, which 
should be saved, as in this latitude very few ripen 
so that the seed ia sufficiently mature to germi¬ 
nate the next year. Wo saved seeds from those 
largest ones. 
We usually have them for three months in the 
year, from the middle of August to the middle of 
November, We commence using them as soon as 
they will weigh two pounds, as that is enough for 
a meal for a family of six or seven. Twenty-live 
plants will furnish at least three families for one 
meal a day. The large ones are fully as good for 
eating—some consider them better. 1 have made 
various experiments in cooking them, but 1 llnd 
nothing that will do but sliced about half an inch 
in thickness, laid in flour, sprinkled with salt and 
fried in butter, and that is so good that 1 do not 
think there can bo any improvement upon it. In 
my estimation they are the best vegetable the 
garden produces, excepting peas, perhaps. The 
egg plant should always be eateu with baked 
potatoes. They can be fried in lard or meat fly¬ 
ings, but they are nut as good. 1 suppose there is 
no way of keeping them long after frost I tried 
packing them in bran, but they rotted. They cun 
be kept In the cellar for a month after frost. 
Oak llall, Iowa, 1800. Ada Bnow.v. 
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jfnqittvica anti ^natuers. 
Tns Pkaoii Tusk and tihc 1’kaoh Won»t,—This entire 
section of Niuicara county, ou the north Of the lUOgo 
Uoad, is, pwrhaps, the nnm extensive peach region to oo 
found in the Stum. Within tlin hist live years, not less 
than half :i million of pem-h trees have been set. around 
here, tuel we lmve a fair propped ol being Ah It) soon 
to supply the necessities »f Ouniuia, Urn Great West, and 
“the iest of mankind," were it not for tho ravages of 
the r.d-/n‘iuleit jf.ut/, This inflldunna dartveyor enters 
the tree til the “a-e, nod operates iu tie* hark of till) 
young tree — going down to the root, in u spiral direction, 
and eventually eouipleung the destruction of the Iron 
Thousand of young orchards, In llns vicinity are well- 
nigh ruined despite every attempt thus far in destroy 
the pest We Imve dog the scamps out and killed them: 
wo Imvo scraped the tree; und all to no purpose Some 
time since, iu compliance with a recoiiiitieiidaHivn In the 
Rural, wo applied herb, strong wood ashes; but the 
grub continued its destructive operations, iu spite ol the 
caustic pioperth-s of elkoll, met the min in thus lut 
unchecked by ihiv known specific. 
Can yea, or any of vein- numerous correspondents, 
readers, or writers, toll us of anything which will kill 
the grub withoei killing the tree? If you can. you will 
confer a substantial favor upon a large und interested 
community, and oblige several hundreds of your own 
subscribers. Will far prevent the grub front baring, and 
will it Injure the tree? It is of no use. save temporary 
prevention, to dig the grub out and kill him; they will 
again be fouud in the tree withlu tea days; we have 
found this out to our cost. IT you can give us unv light, 
on this point, p'uhjio do so, and oblige - A gUuauaiuiSK, 
ICaH Wilson, N. 1’., lfiliO, 
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AN INQUIRY AND SOME RECIPES. 
Eds. Rural Nhw-Yorkkk: —Having from time 
to tima been highly banefited by tho Domestic 
Department of my favorite, the Rural, I wish to 
make an inquiry, ftml also send a few recipes 
which you may insert if you deem them worthy 
of a place. 
To Destroy Moths in a Carpet. —Will some 
one of the Rural correspondents inform me how 
to destroy motlm, and prevent them from again 
making their appearance. I find they have been 
helping themselves to my parlor carpet. Now, 
If some more experienced housewife will inform 
me by what prom ss their ravages can be stopped 
I will bo much obliged. 
Marino Biscuit.—O ne teacup cream; 2 of but¬ 
termilk; 2 teaspoons soda; t cream tartar,— mix 
soft, bake quick, and they are good enough for 
any woman’s husband. 
Pickling Plums. —Aa we all hope for fruit this 
year, I send a recipe for pickling plums which I 
know, by experience, to bo liiBt-rato. For a peck 
of plums take a pint of vinegar, I ounce cloves, 
and I of cinnamon buds,—tiotho cloves in a thin 
piece of cloth,— -1 Its. sugar. Roll together and 
pour on the plums hot. Let them stand two days, 
then pour off the liquid, boil, and pour on again. 
Cover anil set them in a cool place. They will 
keep longer thau preserves and ure far superior 
in my opinion. 
Rii’E Cucumuer Pickles.—O ne pound of sugar 
to a quart of vinegar, peel tho cucumber, scrape 
out the inside, slice and soak over night in the 
vinegar, then add sugar and spices to suit the 
taste, and cook the same us preserves. 
In answer to an Imyilry in a late Rural, I will 
say that an ounce of extract of logwood is equal 
to one pound of the chips. 
Wyoming, N. Y., 1S60. A Farmer’s Wish. 
PRESERVING FRUIT. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Almost every day 
I hear some one ask, do you know how to put up 
fruit without cooking and skimming. For two 
themselves in a tendency of his vines, shrubs, Pontiac is of a purplish black eoler, rather 
trees, Ac., to winter kill, to make a rank growth largo, obtuse heart-shaped. Flesh rather tender, 
of foliage at, tho expense of Irult, and in other juicy and sweet. 
ways by which they signify their dissatisfaction. Bigarreau, or Yellow Spanish, has been cultiva-- 
But, what is a more fatal, and getting to be a l'-”! I* 1 America about CO years. It retains the 
more common error, than frequent applications popularity it acqulrod many years since, and is 
of different fertilizers to young, growing plants, one of the largest and finest of the light- 
is the practice of putting fertilizing substances 
in considerable quantities, about the roots at the 
time of Betting. Many a tree haB died in conse¬ 
quence of being set in a mixture of earth and 
strong manures in such proportions as to be to¬ 
tally unfit for its nourishment. The idea is appa¬ 
rently becoming quite prevalent that common 
eartli is insufficient for the proper nurture of 
colored, firm-fleshed cherries. 
Napoleon Bigarreau is firmer in flesh than the 
Y'elluw Spanish, fully as large, and more heart- 
shaped. It is of good flavor, and a showy, popu¬ 
lar market cherry, though the llesh is too firm to 
Buit many. 
Downer's Bate lied is an excellent late cherry. 
Fruit large, roundish, slightly mottled, tender, 
plants; and, so wc see persons in prepat in g the juicy and sweet; an excellent late cherry. 'I lie 
mmme uuiore , »ua ground for the recept i ull 0 f y0 ung trees, vines, 
efforts to forestall them, amount lo nothing. & enrich fresh, unexhausted soil, with a va.iety 
When the potato rot came along men were of aQima]) vegeUble and mineral raauur<!8> in 
going to find the cause and the remedy straight- ext| . avagant quantiUe8 , ofu . n p | acing the ro oU in 
way. They worked at it faithfully, but alter immcdhlte contact with them. Alkalies and 
tree is an erect, beautiful grower, bears well, and 
the fruit hangs for a long time on the tree. Ripe 
generally from 10th of July to the 1st August. 
long years of investigation, they began to suc¬ 
cumb, when it began to pass away. So we have 
tried to find preventives for the midge, and ap¬ 
ple borer, and Curculio; but, mark it, not one of 
them will be circumvented by human ingenuity, 
and eaeh will accomplish the exact purpose, and 
maintain its ground the specific period which 
the wisdom of the Almighty has fixed. We are 
glad uow to have potatoes again as of old, glad 
at the prospect of being able to grow wheat, and 
glad at the indications that we are to have fruit 
again as formerly; but not one of these things 
has or will be brought about, or even hastened, 
by any effort of science, or wisdom of men. 
Last year we had clouds of grasshoppers—this 
year scarcely none. Who can tell whence they 
came, aud whither they have gone? Not the 
frosts of Juue afford a satisfactory solution of 
the subject, for they swarmed thereafter by count¬ 
less millions. Aud those untimely frosts—from 
whence came they? And their absence this year 
—to what natural cause will you ascribe it? Just 
now the country is turning its attention to P/euro- 
Pneumonia. Fearing that it is a fatal contagion 
that ia destined to spread far and wide, men and 
States are hui ry ing to and fro to stop it. If they 
shall be mistaken in their fears, the disease, of 
•ourse, will not be extensively serious. But if 
they rightly judge, whet do they suppose appro¬ 
priations by Legislatures and appointments of 
Commissions, will avail? But men talk and act 
justaail the “pestilence that walketh in dark¬ 
ness” was a thing of human control. 
The conclusion of this bit of wh it I know to 
be unpopular moralizing, is, that while we plant, 
and sow, aud cultivate, and fight insects, and 
phosphates ar.e undoubtedly good food for grape 
vines and pear trees; but it will not do to plant 
either in & bed of ashes, nor make it the center 
Of a heap of bones. Ground that is too poor to 
afford a tree or vine its living for a few years, 
without artificial help, is not tit to have one 
planted ou it. The application of fertilizers to 
the soil, is iu order only in quantities sufficient 
to keep up the natural supply of food for the 
plants living on it. I know a spot ol‘ ground 
naturally moist and well adapted to the growth 
of strawberries, made so dry last Bummer by the 
addition of ashes, leaf mold, and other similar 
substances, that it is only by the constant use of 
the watering pot, plants cun be kept alive on it. 
In the use of manures, as in all other thingB, the 
art of not too much is very necessary to be learned. 
South Livonia, N. Y., I860. A. 
Remarks. —Our contributor does not, as some 
may suppose, live in Holland or China, but iu the 
State of New York, and some twenty or thirty 
miles south of this city. In that section there 
may he some who need such hints, but we would 
as soon think of going to the poorhouse to cau- 
tiou the inmates against the evils of pride and 
luxurious living, as to talk to the cultivators we 
are acquainted with against over-feeding their 
plants. Neglect and starvation ia the general rule. 
We are glad some are beginning to “err on vir¬ 
tue’s side.” 
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CHERRIES. 
Thu only elVectuRl remedy is to dig out tho worm. If years I have put up fruit in the following manner 
iU isdoue three or four times duiiug tho summer, the without loosing any. Such as currants, cherries, 
orm will bo subdued, aud no evil will result to the grapes, strawberries and gooseberries, do not pit 
rn-a. After they are all out, a mouud of earth thrown 0r them at all, and I have had them in tho 
p around the tree, wtU, In a great measure, prevent the mQBth of May as sm . ot and natural as though 
,ying of the eggs iu the ha It The iusect likes to get at . , , r . 
r ,, , , just picked from the tree or bu*li. I would not 
us soft bark, near the tmrmco of the grotiud, and when J 1 . w . 
ds is covered, either With leached ashes or earth,it will '‘’Commend anything I had not successfully tried, 
sually seek some other field of operations. Bat con- Let the fruit ho gathered in tho middle of a 
taut examination is necessary to safety. The tar, we W arm day, in very dry weather. Wash all grit 
,ar, would be injurious, especially to young trees with from 1()W bugh berries,-then to One quart of fruit 
i>°°th bark.__ allow two teacups of white sugar. (Those that 
_ . . . __ like them very sweet can use three.) Dissolve the 
tjOltlCUltUlCu sugar in ouo cup of cold water, and phi.ee the 
fruit in glass jaw; then pour your sugar and wa- 
Amebicax FRUITS vor Japan,—W e have already . , _ c,„, , K , , . . 
, , , . , , , , - ter over them. Set in a kettle of cold water,— 
eceived some choice plants from Japan, and now that .... ... , 
treaty has been concluded between that strange nation lfiUlnK thU WatUr C ° mU " P t0 thU “ eCk ° f th ° jarH “ 
nd our own. and visits interchanged, wo may hope for U “' u heat over a »«*«»»• flro until the wutur in 
It greater and more beautiful additions. The inter- the jars begins to bubble.up. Have your sealing 
hangn no doubt will bu of mutual advantage. D 11. ready,—which is composed of three-fourths resin 
ikwkv, of our city, who is the publisher of over three und one-fourth mutton tallow. Take the jars out, 
lundml varieties of colorml plates, represeotiog tho and have ready a piece of cloth, cut round, a lit- 
jading f uits aud fiowcu cultivated in this country, with ^ ^ ^ ^ C j thcm on jck and 
ig usual tact,CODCQlVQcJ tha Idea of fcivinjjj our recent .. ... lf 
apancse visitors a glimpse of our horticultural produo- C0Ver a11 ,,VOr Wlth 8eal,D K Pr«P«atlon. Then 
loos. Knowing that «t this season of the year, it was 8t>t immediately in a cool dry cellar. 
inposalblo to show them tho fruits themselves, he pre- N. B.—It is best lo havo jars that will hold 
iared a set of his colored representations ns a present, about what you will want to USO lit one time. It 
nd believing that a personal presentation and explana- wU| „ ot do to | yt them Btimd ftfter the air has got 
ion would he most desirable, he arranged, with a mutual , „ , , . . 
riend in New York, to have them presented by the Key. ...... 
it. Stuart, Chaplain of the Niagara, on shipboard, c * n P llt "P fruit without sugar if you have 
vheu at sea. Tie will then he able to give a careful your jars even full. Mas. l>. K. New HALL. 
ixDlaiiatton of our modes of culture, i;c., aod thus Pleasant Hill, Rochester, N. Y., IhlO, 
HEINE UORTENSK. 
Reiae Hortense is a French cherry of the Ihike 
family, and an excellent variety, the largest of 
its clavs. Fruit heart-shaped and bright red at 
maturity. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet aud rich, 
with a slight acid. The tree is a vigorous and 
handsome grower of the sort, resembling the 
May Duke, and bears early. 
Black Tartarian Js perhaps the most popular 
of all onr black cherries, and may be considered 
among the dark-colored cherries what the Yellow 
Spanish is among the light The tree is a rapid 
grower, erect, and makes a beautiful tree. Fruit 
large, heart-shaped; skin glossy, purplish black; 
flesh purple to black, thick; Btone small; rich 
The conclusion of this bit of whit I know to The Cherries the present season have been Spanish is among the light The tree is a rapid 
be unpopular moralizing, is, that while we plaut, remarkably fine, and have shown but very little grower, erect, and makes a beautiful tree. Fruit 
and sow, and cultivate, and fight insects, and rot though somewhat injured by the warm, wet large, heart-shaped; skin glossy, purplish black; 
prescribe medicinally in sickness, because that is weather the few days post Our market has been purple to black, thick; Btone small; rich 
God’b order, jet we should be careful to not for- abundantly supplied; and thousands of baskets and delicious. 
get that the part we act in the matter has nothing have been shipped from this city for the Canadian -- 
whatever to do in determining the result. It it and other markets, both EaBt and West. I>ast THE EGG PLANT. 
has, I should think the cla med progress or sci- year we gave an article ou the Cherry, fully de- - 
ence, and perfection of machinery, and general scribing the moBt desirable varieties, and we It ia sowed in a hot-bed at the same time as 
advance of intelligence, would have made the shall, therefore, only give a few notes at this time, tomatoes in this State, about the 20th of March, 
earth as productive, and the trees as fruitful at Early Purple Guigne we never saw finer or but sometimes they are much longer in coming 
least, as they were in a past generation, when larger. They seem to be wonderfully improved up than the tomatoes. Last year it was just a 
men boasted less of their ability and their wisdom, by being grown on Mahaleb stock. Knight's month before they peeped out of the ground, aud 
Pratiabuxgb, N. Y , Juue, 1800. W. B. P. Early Black comes in just aficr this, and ia one the tomatoes were nearly large enough to traus- 
Remakks.— To the above we enter our entire of the best black cherries, llovey ia a very plant. They need hoeing and hilling like pota- 
dissent. We would not have such doctrines Bhowy cherry, a good deal like Napoleon, and a toes after being put ia the garden, and require 
this isilous three or four times duiiug the summer, the 
worm will bo subdued, aud no evil will result to the 
trees. After they at# all out, a mound of earth thrown 
up around the tree, will, in a great measure prevent the 
laying of the eggs jo the ba k The ioseet likes to get at 
tliti iofl bark, near tbe surface of the ground, and when 
this is covered, either with leached ashes or earth,it will 
usually seek some other field of operations. But con¬ 
stant examination ia necessary to safety. The tar, we 
fear, would bo injurious, especially to young trees with 
smooth bark. 
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horticultural Notes. 
American Fruits tor Japan,— We have already 
received some choice plants from Japan, and now tlmt 
a treaty 1ms been concluded between that strange nation 
and our own, and visits Interchanged, we may hope for 
far greater and more beautiful additions. The Inter¬ 
change no doubt will be of mutual advantage. D II. 
IIkwky, of our city, who is the publisher of over three 
hundred varieties of colored plates, representing the 
leading f uits and flowvu cultivated In this country, with 
Ms usual tact, conceived tho Idea of giving our recent 
Japanese visitors a glimpse of our horticultural produc¬ 
tions. Knowing that at this season of the year, it whh 
impossible to show them the fruits themselves, he pre¬ 
pared a set of his colored representations ns a present, 
and believing that a personal presentation and explana¬ 
tion would be most desirable, he arranged, with a mutual 
friend in New York, to hate them presented by the Rev. 
Mr. Stuart, Chaplain of the Niagara, ou shipboard, 
when at sea. Tlo Will then be able to give a careful 
explanation of our modes of culture, Ac., aod thug 
amuse and interest the Embassy on thoir return voyage 
to Japan. Tbe idea was a most happy one, and we be¬ 
lieve may result creditably to our iuterest in this 
department. 
New Fuchsias. — The new Fuchsias, especially the 
double varieties, arc very great improvements upon the 
older kinds. Onn of tho latest and best Is Sir Colin 
Campbell, which, in addition to fine free growing, com¬ 
pact habit, has large (lowers, with very double enrols of 
a deep violet blue. It is a fine acquisition, aud, with the 
Marquis of Bristol, Star, Imperials ft. pleno, and others, 
highly desirable in every collection. 
The new tingle Fuchsias of the year are also very fine, 
especially those of Mestra Bunks A Smith, two remarka¬ 
bly successful growers; Mr, Bank’s are Magic Flute, 
Leolioe, Crown Jewell, l.a Crinoline, Isa Craig, Stradella, 
Flower of France, Ac ; Mr. Smith's are Butterfly, Crite¬ 
rion, Elegiintisbima, Great Eastern, Solferino, aud Sena¬ 
tor, all very huge dowers, of fine form. 
Clianthcs Dampikri — This showy plant is attracting 
much attention in England. Messrs. Henderson k Son, 
of Loudon, have a flue specimen, which expanded about 
600 blooms the last month. 
Tritoma utakia grandiyloka is the name of a i ew 
variety, said to have the finest flower trusses of the whole 
tribe. 
Fruits Rkckivkd.— From A. Anthony k Son, Roches¬ 
ter, a box of American Black Raspberries, very line, and 
as large as Antwerp* are usually grown. 
— From Gkokub W. Montoomkuy, Rochester, excel¬ 
lent specimens of Napoleon Bigarreau Cherries. 
— From F. M. Putter, Gate*, N. Y., a branch of a 
cherTy tree only seven inches in length, and bearing 
forty cherries —Yellow Spanish. 
— From Mrs. G C. VaCOiin, by express, from Buffalo, 
a large box of Black Tartarian Cherries. They were the 
finest we have seen this season. 
— From J S. C., Greece, N. Y., fine specimens of Tel- 
low Spanish Cherries, under the name of Imperial Amber. 
This is a synonym. 
— From J. Powkr, Rochester, two varieties of cher¬ 
ries, one looked like Sparbawk’s Honey and the other 
like small specimens of Knight’s Early Black. Both 
were small aud imperfect when they came to onr hands. 
— From a correspondent in I.ockport, two splendid 
lots of gooseberries for name. The red variety, we 
think, is the Companion, and the yellow, the Golden 
Lion. 
— From C. C., Henrietta, two apples for name, which 
: proved to be the Newtown Pippin. 
Lemon Cake.—T ake one teacup of Butter and 
3 of powdered loaf sugar, rub them to a cream, 
and stir into them the yolks of 5 eggs, well beaten. 
Dissolve a toaspooul'ul of saleratus in a teacup of 
milk, and add the milk; then take tho juice and 
grated peel of one lemon, and the whites of the 
five eggs. Sift in, as light as possible, four tea¬ 
cups of flour. Bake in two long tins about half 
an hour. It is much improved by icing.— 8. d. p. 
Plain Loap Cake. — Take one teaenpful of 
sweet milk, two teaspoonf'ula hop yeast; thicken 
as for bread; set it over night When light, add 
one cup of butter, two eggs, ouo cup of sour 
cream, one cup of raisins, one teaspoonful salera- 
tus, and two cups sugar. Stir till a stiff hatter; 
flavor with cloves; raise until light. This will 
not injure persons of delicate health.—N., Guuv- 
erneur, N. K, 1800. 
Cure kor White Swellings —Seeing an in¬ 
quiry in the Rural for a cure of white swellings, 
I send you one:—Make a poltiee of Indian meal 
and a decoction of Halm of Gilead buds, and ap¬ 
ply. Renew as often as it gets dry until the swell¬ 
ing disappears. It should be applied as soon as 
tbe swelling makes its appearance.— A. D., Rip¬ 
ley, Ohio, 1860. 
Coco anut Cake. —One-half pound butter; J tt>. 
sugar; | tb. flour; 6 eggs; 1 nutmeg; 4 cup milk; 
4 teaspoonful soda; 1 teaspoonful of cream tartar; 
meat of one cocoanut, grated. Add a few spoon¬ 
fuls of the milk of the cocoanut—s. n. r. 
Bakers’ Crackers.—A mong the many useful 
reeipeB in the Rural, 1 havo not found uny for 
making common Bakers’ Crackers, and l hope 
some of the correspondents will send in such 
recipe.—M. E. B., Galesburgh, III., I860. 
Cleaning Lace Curtains. —Wash, starch and 
Btretch; then pin them to your carpet,—first 
taking care to have the carpet swept very clean. 
C. A. Ferris, Smyrna, Chen. Co,, N. K, I860. 
