good harvest in this commodity from all parts 
of the North. 
Cucumbers have been coming into New York 
somewhat freely from the South; over three hun¬ 
dred thousand having reached this market from 
Savannah. Norfolk, Charleston. Ac. The prices 
have ranged as high a3 ten dollars per barrel, and 
gradually lowering as the supply increased until 
they became as low as three dollars. The avei age 
Tirii'P mnv be estimated at four dollars. Some iVw 
CREAM CAKES, WASHING COMPOUND, &c, 
IN THE NEW YORK MARKETS, 
Eds. Rural New-Youkeu:— Please accept a 
recipe or two, which I have never seen in the 
Rural: 
Cream Cakes.— Take 2 cups of flour; 1 of but¬ 
ter; half pint of water,—boil butter and water 
together, ami stir in the flour by degrees while 
boiling; let it cool, then add 5 eggs, a quarter of 
a teaspoonful of soda,—drop this mixture on tins, 
and bake in a quick oven. 
Insit/e, —One pint of milk; half a cup of flour; 1 
cup of sugar; 2 eggs,—boat the Hour, sugar, and 
eggs together, then stir it into tho milk while 
boiling,—flavor with lemon. Slit the cakes par¬ 
tially open after they arc baked and cold, and put 
in the cream with a spoon. 
A Washing Compound that can’t re beat.— 
Take 2 lbs. of soda ash; 2 lbs. hard soap 
quarts water- 
put iuto a 1 
FRUITS 
When we happen to be in New A ork City we 
take particular pleasure in strolling through the 
markets devoted to fruits and vegetables. There 
w e find the products, not only of out' own land, 
hut of almost every clime, and obtain from the 
intelligent dealers many facta in regard to the 
wants of trade and the tastes of the people, valu¬ 
able to the growers of fruit. New York is now 
our best market for the fruits that will bear trans¬ 
portation. The following in regard to the present 
supply of fruit, the prospect and prices, which we 
. « - o on_;11 
AM1RE JOANNKT. 
MUSCAT ROBERT. LITTLE MUSK, 
quality. Fruit small, about an inch in diamater, 
regular, turbinate or top-shaped, tapering to the 
Btalk, which is an inch to an inch and a half long. 
very slight depression. 
ANOTHER ENEMY TO FRUIT TREES. 
FRUITS IN SEASON, 
and 10 
■ -—cut tho soap fine—add all together, 
■ • * i kcttlo, and briug to a boll, then take 
it off tho tiro, and stir until nearly cool. Put your 
clothes to soak the evening before you wash. In 
the morning wring out, boil thorn In water to 
which is added nearly a pint of tho compound to 
every pailful. Wash out in tho same water and 
linse, and your washing is dune. 
Will somo of tho lady readers of tho Rural 
please to contribute a recipe for making mock 
cream, and oblige?—M rs. J. M. J., Canton, Ohio, 
July, 18(10. 
TEA CAKE, SPONGE CAKE, AND CRULLERS. 
Eds. Rural New- Yorker: — Having a few 
recipes, I send them, thinking they may be of 
some benefit to young housekeepers: 
Delicious Tea Cake.— Beat to a cream 7 ozs. 
of sweet butter; beat to a still Irolh the whites of 
8 eggs, and mix gradually with it 1 pound of (lour, 
together with the butter and half a nutmeg, grated. 
Bake In a pan lined with buttered papers. Al¬ 
monds blanched and pounded may be substituted 
for tho butter. 
Best Sponge Cake. —One coffee cup of sugar; 
4 eggB beaten to ft cream; saleratua as large as a 
pea, dissolved jn a spoon of hot water; one cof¬ 
fee cup of flour, and a few drops of lemon. Bake 
Ufteen minutes. 
To Make Crullers.—'T ake 2 cupfuls of sugar; 
the same amount ol’ sweet milk; 2 large spoon¬ 
fuls of butter; 2 eggs; 2 spoonfuls of soda; 4 of 
i cream of tartar, and, if desired, 1 spoon of essence 
of lemon. Incorporate the ingredients carefully, 
and fry inTiot lard. A Constant Reader. 
, AUondalo Farm, 1800. 
Prevention ok Ants.— A correspondent of the 
N. Y. Observer Bays:— "Mrs. D — my landlady, 
stands in the markets, it would appear that there 
are good promises held out of a bountiful supply ( 
of all kinds of domestic fruit, with the exception ^ 
of peaches, the crop of which, it Is much feared, 
will be very srnftll; and those few are not expect- g 
ed to be in any way large in size. a 
Am.ES.—The supply as yet has been very lim- . 
ited; about fifteen hundred barrels having been ? 
brought from Norfolk, in Virginia, and sold ( 
readily on the dock for three or four dollars per 
barrel A good crop of Northern apples is eou- < 
fidcntly expected in due season. 
Peaks.— A few barrels of pears have been re¬ 
ceived from the South, but the prospects of the 
Northern crop are very great and promising. 
The price paid for the Southern pears was so 
much above the fair average value, that, il quoted, 
would teud more to mislead persona than other¬ 
wise. 
Grapes.— No grapes have been yet offered in 
the market for sale, but from the appearance of 
the crop, it is expected that there will, in proper 
season, be a very largo supply, and the prices con¬ 
sequently low. 
Plums are also likely to be very plentiful. 
None have as yet been offered for sale in the or¬ 
dinary way in any of our markets. 
Pea cn 89 .—As yet none other than Southern 
peaches have been offered for sale in the markets 
of thia city. It In estimated that about three 
thousand eight hundred boxes of peaches have 
arrivod from Savannah and other Southern ports, 
and have realized an average price of five dollars 
per box. The prospect of the peach crop in New 
Jersey, and the neighborhood, is scarcely better 
than an utter failure. For the past lew years the 
supplies of Northern peaches has been very small, 
and the many lovers of this fruit will learn with 
regret that the chances of good and cheap 
peaches is very remote thia season. 
Cherries. —The average BUpply of this article 
Is about twenty thousand pounds daily, including 
all varieties. In the early part of the season from 
six hundred to a thousand bushels were brought 
from Norfolk, and realized high priceB. The 
present supplies are mostly from Flushing and 
the up river counties, and the average price ob¬ 
tained is about eight cents per pound. 
Strawberries. —During the season just past 
over a million baskets of strawberries have ar- 
Calyx large, open, in a 
Skin greenish yellow in the shade, streaked and 
mottled with dull red in the sun, and Bprinkled 
with yellow dots. Flesh yellowish, breaking, 
sweet, and juicy, with a pleasant musky flavor. 
Tree is an upright, fine, pyramidal grower, mod¬ 
erately stout. Young shoots glossy, of a reddish- 
brown, with gray dots, heaves small, oval, and 
folded. Petioles reddish, long, and slender. Pro¬ 
ductive; bears in profuse clusters. We have 
seen upward of thirty pears, good specimens, and 
all ripe, on a single branch, exactly twelve inches 
long. , _ .. 
Muscat Robert ,— f Cros St. Jean, SfcJ— Fruit 
rather small, very regular, top-shaped, tapering to 
r„.L,a a* rim uia.ik which is about one and a 
It enters at a spur or toric, ana cuts me nmo 
Off horizontally, working at the wood until the 
branch la so much weakened that tho wind 
dashes it to tho ground, and the insect eseapcs 
from its burrow into the earth, where it probably 
remains till spring, when it is transformed, and 
comes forth in tho perfect state to do further 
mischief. 
I observe tkttt In all cases tho grub, after cut¬ 
ting the limb enough horizontally to make it 
drop when the wind blows, works a burrow about, 
one or two inches outward, so that when the 
limb falls to the ground, it is sure to go with if. 
llow Wonderful for an insect to show so much 
instinct. 
The spring And summer have been warm, 
and Very dry, yet all kinds of fruit (except the 
ield abundantly this season. We 
Iner crop of cherries, so large, per 
good to boot, and the apples for 
have not been so fine and free of 
with yellowish wood, In winter quite golden, 
looking like the yellow willow. 
A few days after these, follows the Doyenne d ’ 
Ete, and it is really tho earliest good pear. It has 
been recommended by the American Pomologi- 
cal Society for general cultivation, and is a valu¬ 
able pear. Our drawing is made from a ripe 
specimen picked to-day. 
Doyenne d'Die.— (Summer Doyenne.)— Beauti- 
tiful, melting, juicy, and delicious. Ripens better 
on the tree than any other variety we know of, 
hut is richer if picked afew days before maturity. | 
The tree is vigorous and handsome, hearing 
regular and most abundant crops. It ripens here 
about the middle of July, and is in season about 
twenty days. It iB one of those varieties that suc¬ 
ceed particularly well on the quince; but is so 
prolific, that unless pretty clotvely pruned every 
year, it will «oou become enfeebled. . 
Tn a few days the Madelaine will be ripe, and 
other early varieties, which we will notice in 
season. Our pear trees are bearing abundantly, 
tint that mysterious disease, the Pear Blight, is far 
more destructive than usual. This is the ouly 
serious evil, in the way of pear culture, in West¬ 
ern New York, and we must acknowledge that we 
know neither the cause nor the remedy. Cutting 
away the diseased limbs as fast as the disease ap- 
Jfnqtttrtes anb Answers 
Flower for Name.— If any one is iu trouble now-a- 
their first cry is “The Rural,” whose wisdom none 
can doubt, after readmit It us many year- as I have: uod 
here I coins, hoping you can name the inclosed flower 
for me. it is a green-liouse plant, of a trailing habit, 
ami requires n very moist soil. It Is one of my especial 
rurorites, and if you will apntv its mlsritig name, I shall 
be ever grateful F. T. L., North l/urun , 1800. 
The flower Is a Mimulus, but what variety we cannot 
judge from the specimen received. 
Tuk Blackberry.—I n a former number of the Rural 
I saw a notice of tho New Rochelle Blackberry, and of 
its wonderful production*. Will you please give m« in¬ 
formation as to Where I can get the seed, and the mode 
and time of planting and culture' aUu the soil best 
adapted to their growth.— D M. Pkttit, Northeast, Pa. 
this section. Orchards that have been cared for 
are overloaded, and even neglected trees are, 
this season, giving a good crop. Ellwanger 
Barry, from whose trees we obtained the speci¬ 
men from which the above drawing is made, find 
their plant orchard so overloaded, that they are 
thinning them, and removing bushels of green 
plums. 
The early pears are ripening, and to-day, 
(July 23.) we obtained specimens of Amire Joannet, 
Little Musk, and Muscat Robert. These, like the 
plum, wo have described, are not valuable on 
account of size or quality, but solely for their 
earliness, and dealers in cities find them profit¬ 
able. 
cupboards, safes, dairies, 
cost much to try it.” 
In answer to the inquiry how to 
PRINCE’S SEEDLING STRAWBERRIES. 
A correspondent, and an intelligent straw¬ 
berry cultivator, sends us the following note in 
regard to the descriptive list of strawberries fur- 
nished by Wm. R Prince, and published in the 
last number,of the Rural : 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :— I drop you a note 
of inquiry, to ask why you, and other editors, in¬ 
sert in your editorial columns, W. It. Prince’s 
descriptive list of seedling strawberries, &c. I 
have visited them almost every year, for 10 years, 
when in bearing. He only proves them—raises 
them in small beds in masses —plants 2 inches 
apart mostly, and I never saw any plant on his 
grounds with even 20 berries on. So much for 
“ productiveness I never saw a berry there 14 
inches in circumference, and you know Hovcy's, 
LoDgworth’s Prolific, &c., olten bear 5 inches 
and over in circumference. 60 much for mon¬ 
strous size. He bus exhibited rnoHt of the 
kinds named, at the Farmer’s Club, for two years 
past, and I have tasted all ; but I never tasted one 
of his egual to Burr's New Pine or Swain- 
stone Seedling, &c. llis Ladies’ Pine, Perfumed 
Pine, and Le Baron, are sweet, pleasant berries, 
bat not equal to tho above. So much for the 
highest Jlavored of all berries. I never saw his 
“Scarlet Magnate” as large as Longworth’s Pro- 
Suet Pudding. —Two teaspoonfuls ot cream 01 
tartar; ldo. soda; 1 pint of new milk; half pound 
raisins; half pound suet, chopped fine; I table- 
spoonful salt; put in a bag and boil two hours. 
For sauce, half teacup butter; half do. sugar; 
tablespoonful of Hour; nutmeg to suit the taste. 
Stir well together, add a little water, and cook.— 
Ann Eliza, Kllenville, N. V, 18(10. 
Curing Bee Stings.— I have kept bees for 30 
years. At first I dreaded the sting of a bee on 
account of pain and swelling. I tried ftll reme¬ 
dies, and they failed to care; but for 10 yearn 
past I take dry saleratua or soda, moisten the 
skin, and apply the soda; it is a complete enre 011 
ine.—D. Porter, Pompey, N. Y., 1800. 
Boston Crackers—Coloring Purple. —Being 
a reader of the Rural, and having tried many of 
the recipes for cooking, I thought some of your 
lady readers might favor mo by sending one for 
making Boston Crackers. Also, a recipe for 
coloring purple.—I*, Belfast, N. Y., 1800. 
That “ Stocking Loom.”—A correspondent writes us 
from Dundee, X. Y, opening thus:—“ I guess your sheet, 
which Is generally truthful, and no widely circulated, has 
been made the medium (unwittingly on your part,) of 
advertising one of the swindling, catch-penny humbugs 
your correspondent*, inform um, through tlie Rural, the 
best time to set out, Pine, Spruce, and Hemlock trees? 
Will they live, set in August- How deep should they Its 
planted in hard- pan soil'—A Su HBoRlBRU, Cvoentry, N. r. 
Tho spring is tho safest time to remove evergreens, 
though they may be removed at almost any time, with 
proper care. We would not think of removing ever¬ 
greens from the woods in August. Trees, when removed, 
should be planted about as deep as they grew before. 
You should do something to improve that “hard-pan'* 
soil. Draining and. deep culture would help it. 
horticultural Notes 
Horticultural Festival at Naples.— The Horticul¬ 
tural Society of Naples held a Festival, Picnic, and Third 
Annual Exhibition of the first Fruits and Flowers of the 
season, on Saturday, June 23d, 1880. The Society spared 
no pains in getting up one of the most pleasing and 
attractive Festivals ever held in town. Suitable grounds 
were selected near the Methodist Church. Upon the 
large and well-furnished stand, were tables covered with 
Horticultural books and papers, several large vases of 
various Mowers, an aquarium, a melodeon, rural chair, 
banners with appropriate devices, fruits and flowers 
Paintings were hung it the background, with good effect. 
In front of the Speaker’s stand were arranged the numer¬ 
ous Iruits, flowers and vegetables on exhibition. The 
show of fruits was excellent. Mr, J. B. Johnson exhib- 
DOYENNE D’ BTE PEAR. 
Amire Joannet— ( St. John ,.? Early Sugar, SfC -)— 
Fruit small, varying from obovate to pyriform, 
regular, tapering to the stalk, which is long, 
straight, and stiff, iuserted without any cavity. 
Calyx open, large, not sunk. Skin greenish-yel¬ 
low at maturity. Flesh breaking, juicy, musky, 
and sweet. Tree npright, and of vigorous growth.- 
Young shoots olive-colored, with minute gray 
dots. Leaves large, roundish, flat, glossy, and 
rich, slightly toothed, and on very long and large 
petioles. Tree very productive, and succeeds 
well on both pear and quince stock. It is well 
worthy of a place in large gardens, not merely on 
account of its earlinesB, but because the tree is 
very bountiful, with its large, glistening foliage, 
and beautiful, blight little miniature pears. Ri¬ 
pens here from the middle to the 1 st of July. 
Little Musk .— (Little Muscat, Petit Muscat, Prim¬ 
itive, %c; 4 -eJ—There is scarcely a day of differ¬ 
ence here between the ripening of this and the 
preceding, and very little difference in the 
