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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AN AGRICULTURAL A .) FAMILY .NEWSPAPER, 
aider if, one of the he-t of American strawberries. 
We were much pleased with the superb show of 
NEW EUROl’EAN STRAWBERRIES, 
and wa have taken engravings o t hree of the best. 
The very gpneral failure, compared with the rare 
cases of sneetss, of the British Queen and several 
others of the larg« noted varieties of foreign straw¬ 
berries led 09 to believe for a time tbafc they might 
os well be abandoned, and that onr whole reliance 
must be placed upon the race which bad become 
popular here, and which is supposed to have sprung 
mostly from an indigenons species, or class known 
as the Virginia or Scarlet Strawberry. 
Later experience,however, is more encouraging, 
for while we yet believe that the American varie¬ 
ties, such as the old Early Scarlet or Virginia 
Scarlet, and later, hybrid varieties of American 
origin are best adapted for popular use; yet we 
are confident that there are now in cultivation va¬ 
rieties of the Pine families from Europe that well 
deserve attention, and bid fair to supplant, many of 
onr inferior sorts. We are certain that in the dish, 
no American strawberry will compare with them 
in size or beauty. We intended to say much more 
on this subject now, and describe several very 
promising varieties, but we must oontent ourselves 
with a brief notice of the following: 
TO MAKE FLOWER BEDS IN JULY. 
Mr. EniTOR:—Y r nu know everything; do tell me 
what, plan's or shiubs besides annuals will bear 
transplanting at this season of the jear. I have 
bee n trying all spring to have Borne flower beds 
made; bm the farming whs of the most import¬ 
ance, and the flowers had to take care of them 
selves. 1 have jint succeeded in getting tbt-rn 
made, but I fear it is too late to transplant any¬ 
thing. Do please iutorra me thiongb the pages 
of your paper whar I shall do, and ynu will much 
oblige.— A Uf a Him of the Rural, Oak Grove 
June 30, 1857, • 
Remarks —Although we come very far short of 
the position assigned us by onr fair correspondent, 
yet we learn a little every day. We scarcely ever 
pass through the garden, or try an experiment of 
ever so simple a nature, without learning some¬ 
thing new and interesting. We are always willing 
Every city and every prominent village should 
have irs Horticultural Society, and Horticultural 
Exhibitions. The arrangements need not. be ex¬ 
tensive nor the work laborious. Wherever are 
congregated within a few miles of each other a 
dozen persons of horticultural t.uetc, they should 
meet together, form a society, adopt a few simple 
rules fur its government, and at on e commence to 
show whatever tra members can contribute. At 
first, perhaps, it would be better to give bat two 
eshitiitions in the year, one in June for roses, 
p atonies, strawberries, the early cherries, lettuce, 
radishes, asparagus, peas, &c., and another in the 
fall for applep, pears, peaches, grapes, roses, dah¬ 
lias, phloxes, annual flowers, celery, oanliflower, 
and snch other Irnits and flowers as are fit for ex¬ 
hibition in autumn. The nse of some convenient 
public room shonl.t be procured, and all the furni¬ 
ture needod by the Society will be a few plain 
tables, elates for fruit, and vials and pitchers for 
cut flowets and bouquets. The time of holding 
exhibitions must be regulated by the forwardness 
or latenesB of the season, but proper public notice 
should be given as soon as the time is determined 
npoD, so as to give all an opportunity to prepare. 
In addition to the ordinary officers of the Society, 
it will be necessary to appoint Committees to act 
as Judges on Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, and 
where wild fl ,wera are exhibited a Committee on 
Botany will be necessary. 
Tith British Workman, a periodical devoted to 
literature as connected with mechanical pursuits 
contains in its number for the present month a 
very able article on improvements in the “pottery 
art,” in which it very graphically sets forth the 
benefits conferred npon workmen by improved 
machinery. It says:— 
Time works many changes both in men and 
things, and the last thirty years have shown not a 
few instances which at the lime were regarded by 
the working classes as injurious, have, in the 
of time, been found to be • 
Within the recollection of 
and even hand 
course 
blessings in disguise.’ 
many persons, horses 
power were in use at the Lambeth 
potteries for crushingthe clay; and the potters all 
used wheels, called ‘ kickers,’ which were turned 
by the foot. When Mr. Green determined to in¬ 
troduce the new wheel into his manufactory, the 
whole of the workmen struck All the men left, ex¬ 
cept one man, who was allowed to continue at his 
kicker until his death, a period of fifteen years.— 
He earned 30s. a week, while the man with the im¬ 
proved lathe, who sat next to him, earned double 
that emn. So much quicker could the man work 
at the new wheel than the potter at the kicker, 
that he could make as many stoneware ink bottles 
for 6d. as the other could throw off by his machine 
for Is. 3d. Since the day of the kicker the num¬ 
ber of men and boys employed at Mr. Green’s 
pottery alone has increased fivefold. What strikes 
and riots were witnessed in Lancashire and York¬ 
shire in bygone years on the introduction of pow¬ 
er looms and other machinery. Shortsighted pol¬ 
icy said—' These will injure the working classes 
and reduce the number of hands employed,’ The* 
result, however, has been very different from what 
the desponding and faint-hearted dreamed of.— 
Those very inventions which were regarded with 
such bitter hostility, have, in the providence of 
God, been the means of extending the commerce 
of our nation to an extent previously unknown. 
The old kickers could not possibLy have supplied 
the present demand for pottery, neither conld the 
old hand-looms have produced one-half the cloth 
now required for the clothing of the people. Men 
and women are now employed by tens of thou¬ 
sands in the weaving mills throughout the manu¬ 
facturing districts, and they can produce far more 
work and earn better wages than under the old 
system. What was thought to be a national evil 
has proved a national good.” 
co in more than one case in ten. Now I never 
“ bet,” bnt in backing up my opinion (and his too,) 
I propose that he and I will start and make that 
said trip, and unless fruit is far more abundant 
than it ever was when I traveled if, and I’ve done 
it more than “once or twice,” if he will eat one 
twentieth part of the «bread + potatoes-)-pork,” we 
find on the trip, I will eat all the fruit and finish 
up with a dish of oranges at the end of the journey 
ordered especially to stay my stomach till morning. 
But, Mr. “ Rural,” in our warm advocacy of the 
“ fruit cause” we must remember that not every 
one can have fruit. But stop! I may be too fast! 
May as well buy fruit as anything else. Wbat I 
probably mean is, that “everybody” cannot raise 
fruit And I am not quite sure that will do. “No 
ground!’ Nonsense! My little girl, only seven 
years old, has a little piece of ground, by the side 
of the fence, not more than 2*X3 feet and she has 
two peach trees, four kinds of flowers (in bloom) 
and some fine strawberries which will be fit for 
her supper next Sunday, ail growing on that piece 
of ground, and no one save herself has done a 
thing to it in any manner. Then who rannot have 
fruit? “Fruit” sir. “Fruit!” There is nothing 
like it in all the world. It was a fruit garden that 
A a we are often called 
upon to send by mail rules for the government of 
Horticultural Societies, we give eight simple rules, 
which constitute pretty much all the laws of the 
Horticultural Society here: 
1 The pujuiHUt of one dollar por annum constitutes a 
memb«nship —dollars a life m^mberalnp 
2 . Competitors for premiums most either be members of 
the Snotely, or pay one dollar on entering their articles. 
3 All articles entered for competition must he grown by 
the competitor. 
A Exhibitors are requested to label correctly, as far as 
possible, all varieties of fruits, flowers, plants, and vegeta¬ 
ble : specimens incorrectly named not being entitled to a 
premium, exe-pt ai the discretion of the committees. 
6 Committees shall have the power of withholding 
premiums on iuferior nrtic eg, even if they be the best 
presented. 
6 . All fruit, flowers, and vegetables, unless reserved by 
the ex hi-4 tor ou entry, will bs sold at the close of the ex¬ 
hibition, for the henefit of the Society. 
7. Members and exhibitors shall be admitted free to all 
exhibitions of the Society. 
8 - The oarms of exhibitors are notto be attached to the 
articles, umil the committees have made the awards 
PRESERVING FRUIT. 
Our most delicious fruit is of short duration. 
We only begin to enjoy our strawberries and 
peaches, and they are gone, leaving a longing de¬ 
sire for more. This has led to the preservation of 
fruits in various ways, most of which are familiar 
to onr readers. The 
TRIOMPHB DB GAND— NO. 1 
ENGLISH AND GERMAN ENAMELED WARE, 
kept by J. E. Chbney & Co., is just the thing for 
preserving frait, in the old fashioned way with 
sugar. The new plan of preserving in cans with¬ 
out sugar, is much the better way, as the fruit re¬ 
tains its natural flavor to a much greater extent 
e have not space to talk of that matter now, as onr 
room is occupied by correspondents, bnt in onr 
next we will give some facta about preserving 
fruit, that will be profitable to our readers. 
DioL a woru is said about “root-crops,” “cereal 
fields” or “fine stock,” but a garden in which was 
planted “all manner of fruit” And I call the 
most critical attention to the historical fact from 
that day to this, to sustain the averment, that 
where man has most hignly cultivated, and most 
freely used (in a fresh and ripe state) fruits, there 
has he been least subject to disease and most sure 
of long life, least belligerent in his nature and most 
harmonious in his social intercourse—least addict¬ 
ed to passion and misery in life and most tranquil 
and happy in death. I am no ultraist, theorist or 
“Grahamite,” but believe in a free and judicious 
use of all the u good tr> oturcB of God.” Yet I 
believe the time is hastening to our day when 
fruit is to make rapid approximation to its legiti¬ 
mate importance among human edibles. I wish 
you would preach “fruit” even more than you do. 
Raise the watch-cry and let its echo, from every 
extreme of your correspondence, be continued._ 
Fruit in infancy and childhood, fruit in youth ami 
age—fruit m sickness and in health,—fruit from 
the cradle to the grave—fruit in every phase of 
life, and the fruits of fruit in a peaceful, quiet 
death. There is no point in infantile existence, 
(save nature s untaught act to nourish life.) at once 
so beautiful, so interesting and so full of hopeful 
promise, as when it first laughB in the face of a 
peuch, or sucks the soft pulp of a pear. Child¬ 
hood is never so little and so gay, as when revel 
ing amid berries and grapes. Manhood is alwavs 
made more manlike by frequent communion with 
“pippins,” “ bananas” and “nuta.” And hoary age 
will even smile wriuklesfrom its brow at the sight 
of the “Gage,” the “Duke” and the “ Heart.” 
We here would seem to need little imwinv m- 
There is now nearly completed in Patterson, N. 
J., a first-class passenger car, a little larger than 
the ordinary size, constructed almost entirely of 
wrought iron. This material is employed to ob¬ 
tain great strength, with less weight than usual, 
and to avoid the injuries to passengers doe to the 
destruction of ordinary cars in aDy kind of a 
smash. The experiment, which is being conduct¬ 
ed oa a most liberal scale, and with a view to es¬ 
tablish conclusively the practical superiority of 
this system, is made at the expense of Mr. £. W 
Sargent, a merchant of New York, under the 
patent of Dr. B. J, LaMothe. The frame-work is 
in effect an extremely strong and stiff, yet elastic, 
basket, each joint or intersection being strength¬ 
ened by rivets, and the whole being further pro¬ 
tected by making the entire platform at each end 
If the construction 
TRIOMPHE DK GAND —no. 2. 
Triomphe db Gand. — Fruit large, conical, as 
in figure 1, often in the largest specimens irregu¬ 
lar and flattened, like figure 2. Color blood red 
becoming glossy crimson at full maturity, seeds 
yellow and standing out from the surface. Flesh 
firm, quite firm, uaie red, jtrey, mcltiacr, musky and 
perfumed, partakiogof the Hauthois flavor. Plant 
remarkahly hardy and vfg. rous, leaves coarsely 
serrated, leafstalks tall a id strong—runners strong 
and downy. We are inclined to think this variety 
from its hardiness, large size, beauty and firmness 
PEACH RECIPES. 
Eds. Rural :—In anticipation of the “good 
time comtDg,” I send you a few recipes for the 
preparation and preservation of peaches. I have 
thoroughly tested most of them, and pronounce 
them good. You can judge of their merit and 
treat them accordingly. 
Peach Prbserve 
Peaches if preserved whole, 
should be gathered before they are fully ripe • 
pare and cook tender iu a little water. If in quar¬ 
ters, crack the pits of half the peaches and add 
to them. Let the syrup simmer down quite thick 
before adding it to the fruit, and when cold, cover 
tight aud keep free from heat and moisture. 
Pickled Pbacukr— Take any kind of fine large 
peaches that are not too ripe, wipe off the down 
with a soft flannel cloth, place three or four cloves 
in each, and lay them whole in a jar. To every 
gallon of vinegar add I. quart of water, 5 pounds 
of sugar, table spoon of salt and whole cinnamon. 
Pour it over the fruit boiling hot, being careful 
that the vinegar covers them well, and let them 
stand in a cool place a week or ten days; then 
turn off the liquor and boil as before : after which 
they are ready to be set away in the store room 
for future nse. 
Peach Jelly may be made in the usual way. 
When very ripe mash and strain through a jelly 
bag or setve. Allow a pound of loaf sugar to a 
pint of juice, half ounce of bitter almonds blanch¬ 
ed aud pounded, or half of the kernels of the 
stones. If it does not form readily add isinglass. 
Peach Marmalade.— Mash to a fine pulp and 
add sugar in the proportion of the sweet-meats 
and simmer down; it should be a smooth, thick 
mass. Put away in large tumblers. 
Peaches in Brandy.— Wipe, weigh and care¬ 
fully select the firmest fruit; have ready a anarter 
one strong spring of steeL 
runs off the track, falls down a precipice, or comes 
into collision with another in such manner that 
the springs at the ends cannot absorb the shock, 
the car itself willspring, collapse, twist or crumple 
up, but cannot break and crush its contents with 
the fragmentsi One of the great dangers in col¬ 
lision, Ac., arises front the disposition of ordinary 
cars to penetrate each other with their timbers, or 
to shat together like the parts of a telescope, and 
another arises from the facility with which the 
tops and sides, the seats, Ac., separate from the 
more substantial floors, and are precipitated for¬ 
ward with the passeugers. Neither of these, nor 
many other minor evils, could arise from any vio¬ 
lence to this style of car, which is also much 
lighter than the wooden ones, and thus will absorb 
far less power in hauling it. The car is construct¬ 
ed entirely ot strips, so connected as to be practi¬ 
cally without joints. We hope to see this car per¬ 
fectly successful in practice, and that it may re¬ 
volutionize the mode of constructing these im¬ 
portant carriers of human freight. The principle 
is beyond doubt an excellent one .—Sci American 
trollopk’s Victoria. 
Trollope’s Victoria.- Fruit large, roundish 
conical, quite regular, light pinky red like Burr’s 
new Pine, approaching scarlet at maturity Flesh 
pale red and flesh color. Juicy and swee't, bnt not 
high flavored nor so firm as the preceding; plant, 
hardy, a fine grower und very productive; leaves 
of medium size, coarsely serrated. Last season 
we marked this as the best foreign sort we had 
seen. We still think it a magnificent fruit and 
very valuable, bnt less so than the preceding 
Iron and Tin in Galvanism. — Ordinary tin 
plates, or plates ot thin sheet iron coated with an 
alloy of tin and lead, with a small proportion of an¬ 
timony, form a native element for galvanic batter¬ 
ies so stern as to be scarcely affected by the 
sulphuric acid, and answer the purpose ns well as 
platinized silver, at a very trifling cost. It is also 
found that iron, coated with an alloy of lead and 
tin, in which the quantity of lead is nearly equal 
to or exceeds that of tin, will answer as well as 
lead or galvanized iron for roofing, cisterns, baths, 
pipes, gutters, window frames, and many other 
purposes. 
Ths Poppy. — A letter received at the Patent 
Office from Germany, Bays the poppy ia cultivated 
in Soutaern Germany to a large extent, as a sub¬ 
stitute for sweet oiL It has supplanted the use of 
the imported olive oil wholly in that country. It 
is further stated that the soil and climate of the 
New England Stales is highly suited for the culture 
of this article, aud they might provide the whole 
Union with sweet oil, and therefore save a large 
sum of money, which goes to France and Italy. 
OOMPTB DK FLANDERS. 
Comptb DK F,.AND B R S ._This is it strongly mark- 
ed sort, both in foliage and fruit, desirable on 
account of its great size and beauty, but less pro¬ 
ductive and valuable than either of the preceding 
Fruit very large, irregular, generally oblong and 
flattened, very pale before fully ripe, boss to seem 
white, changing suddenly to a pinky red; flesh 
pale red, juicy, sweet and slightly rnnsky;’ 8ee ,] s 
reddish, few aud slightly imbedded. Plaut vigor- 
ous, but low and spreading with rather small, 
downy foliage, somewhat like the American Black 
1 1 ince. Many of the blossoms abortive. 
Duo dk Brabant, (of which we have no figure,) 
large conical, regular, dark crimson, glossy with 
yellow seeds, slightly imbedded in the surface; flesh 
firm, palo red, musky and high flavored like Tri- 
itrnp te de i.an J. Plants hardy and vigorous and 
productive. Season quite early; ripens with Jen 
ny Lind and large Early Scarlet 
Iron Churches, seventy feet long, forty feet 
wide, and twenty feet high, capable of accommo¬ 
dating seven hundred persona, and costing about 
$5,000 each, have been erected recently in the 
neighborhood of London. They are lined with 
wood, which is covered with canvass and papered. 
They can be taken down and moved to other 
locations 11 desired. 
c engraving shows a medium sized speoi- 
Lulor, very dark, shining red. Form, rather 
con cal, sometimes flattened iu large sped* 
'eiy rich and high flavored. The plant is a 
ous glower, hardy, aud un abundant bearer. 
“Weis are poifeot. It did not prove quite so 
ni season as we supposed it would, being 
a V *^ an ^ OV0 Y’ a Seedling, and mure 
W ° k Iator tha a Karly Scarlet We con 
Eight Hundred Thousand pounds of madder 
are used for coloring in the dye works at Lawrence 
Mass^ every year. 
