MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
remains until the plant haB grown beyond the dan¬ 
ger of depredation from bugs. This method is as 
effectual and lees expensive, than the millinett 
boxeB. I sow my melon and encumber seed on 
pieces of new grass turf, inverted, keeping in the 
house until the weather will admit, and then pla¬ 
cing the turf in the hills prepared for the purpose, 
when they grow without being retarded, as is the 
case in pots in hot houses. 
1 experimented with the much boasted Chinese 
Sugar Cane last year, and can assure your readers 
it is a grand humbug. My stock would not eat it 
when placed beside common corn fodder. My 
seed were genuine. 1 was so convinced of its utter 
worthlessness that I let an acre of seed go to waste 
rather than to give it to my neighbors to be cha¬ 
grined with, and to uselessly encumber the ground. 
I do not believe it possesses more of saccharine 
properties than the common corn stalk—certainly 
not as much as the beet Your readers who ex¬ 
periment with it will endorse the truth of the 
above. My seed came from the Patent Office, and 
were of the original lot imported from France. 
I very foolishly followed the suggestion of the 
Ohio Cultivator relati ve to t he planting of peas 8 
inches deep; the~consequencewas,as I anticipated, 
none came np, and I dare say they are growing 
downward if at all. If yon want to succeed well 
with peas, sow early in drills, 2 to 3 feet apart, ac¬ 
cording to kind. Sow thickly and cover 3 inches, 
and you will, with proper cultivation, have an 
abundant yield. 
If my effusions, which are based upon prac¬ 
tical knowledge, will prove of aDy interest to yonr 
intelligent readers, I will, if desirable, again give 
them items concerning the operations of a young 
amateur farmer. a. l. a, 
Shaipsburg, Ky,, Ang 1,1857. 
Remarks. —We are always thankful for practical 
articles. Experience is what we want If our 
correspondent had given U3 his experience with 
the sugarcane last season it might have saved some 
of our readers trouble. The first specimens we 
examined satisfied us that it had been too highly 
praised, and we intimated the fact in the Rural 
cautioning our readers against extravagant ex¬ 
pectations or expenditures until further trial. 
BAISING NEW FRUITS FROM SEED, 
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE 
The raising of new varieties of fruits from seed 
is a very interesting department of horticulture. 
Indeed we know of nothing more pleasing. To 
save the seed of some promising variety, plant, 
onltivate, and watch and wait for the realization 
of onr hopes, is a work of the most pleasurable 
excitement. Failure succeeds failure — not one 
variety in a hundred proves superior, yet the un¬ 
daunted cultivator pursues his experiments, until 
success rewards his zealous labors. Most of our 
finest fruits are of recent origin, and many of them 
natives of our country. Prof. Kirti.and’s cher¬ 
ries, Dr. Brinuklb’s raspberries, and the strawber¬ 
ries of Hovky and others, and several of our best 
pears, do our country honor throughout the civi¬ 
lized world. On examining an English nursery 
catalogue recently, we noticed that nearly all the 
fruits advertised as new varieties, were American 
seedlings. To all who are engaged in this work 
we say persevere, 
“ Give new endeavors to the mystic art, 
Try every scheme and riper views impart; 
Who knows what meed thy labors tnay await? 
What glorious fruits thy conquests may create?" 
“These peaceful triumphs,” Mr. Wilder truth¬ 
fully remarks, " are worthy of the highest ambi¬ 
tion, conquests winch leave no wound on the 
heart of memory, no stain on the wing of time.— 
He who only adds one really valaablc variety to 
onr list of fruits is a public benefactor. I had 
rather he the man who planted that umbrageous 
tree, from whose bending branches future genera¬ 
tions shall pluck the luscious fruit, when I am 
sleeping beneath the clods of the valley, than he 
who has conquered armies. I would prefer the 
honor of introducing the Baldwin apple, the 
Seckelpear, Hovey’s Seedling strawberry, aye, or 
the Black Tartarian cherry from the Crimea, to 
the proudest victory which has been won npon 
that blood-stained soil” 
We have noticed this season several very prom¬ 
ising seedling currants, that bid fair to excel the 
best English Borts, which we hope to make a good 
report of next summer. 
We have just received from the New Lebanon 
Society of Shakers, a box of Gooseberries, of a 
dark purplish color, good flavor, and rather less than 
medium Bizo, though largerthan Houghton’s Seed¬ 
ling. It mnst be very productive, as the branches 
were loaded with fruit, and as it is a native and not 
subject to mildew, is a desirable acquisition. Ac¬ 
companying the fruit, was the following note:—"I 
send you & small box of gooseberries, the Mount¬ 
ain Seedling, not so much for their Bize, as for 
their superior flavor and productiveness. The 
bush grows from six to seven feet high, and load¬ 
ed all the way np, as you see the branches I send 
yon, are with fruit. It is perfectly hardy and free 
from blight. It was discovered growing wild 
some ten years since, and has been proved side by 
side with other varieties, both foreign and domes¬ 
tic, and we have found that while other varieties 
mildew and cast their fruit, the Mountain Seedling 
has improved year by year.” 
Much discussion has been had on the best method 
of producing improved varieties of fruit from seed, 
and the most eminent Pomologists disagree on this 
subject Onr advice, however, is to plant the beBt 
seeds of the finest varieties, take good care of the 
plants, and trust to Providence for the result. 
We caution all persons against purchasing any 
new varieties of fruit sent out with a flourish of 
trumpets, at high prices, as by doing so, they will 
most assuredly get cheated. Whenever a new 
claimant for the public favor appears, its merits 
should be canvassed thoroughly and carefully by 
disinterested and competent persons, and when¬ 
ever practicable, it should be presented to some 
Horticultural Society, and if deemed of sufficient 
importance, a committee should be appointed to 
examine the fruit, the habit, growth and produc¬ 
tiveness of the plant or tree, the nature of the soil, 
manner of cultivation, and such other things as 
they may deem important. This committee should 
publish their report for the benefit of the public. 
If, after full investigation, they should deem it an 
important acquisition, planters would buy with 
confidence; if they considered it unworthy of 
general cultivation, it would prevent the reading 
public from being cheated. If they should think 
another trial necessary, it would be for the true 
interest of both buyer and seller to have this 
trial made before the plant or tree was offered for 
sale. We protest most decidedly against the patent 
medicine system of puffing a new fruit or flower. 
The London Times, received by last steamer, 
contains intelligence calculated to create fear as 
to the final success of the Oceanic Telegraph 
movement. The difficulties mentioned may possi¬ 
bly prove more serious than is anticipated: 
While looking at the ponderous mass on board 
the Agamemnon, one cannot fail to be struck by 
the heat of the place in which it is stowed away, a 
heat which might excite well founded fears as to 
its influence on the gutta percha. If we are not 
misinformed the heat of the sun destroyed many 
miles of the wire by melting out the gutta percha 
while the cable was lying in Giasse A Elliott’s 
yard. Proper precautions should be taken to avert 
risk from this point. 
We have already explained to onr readers how 
the cable is coated with closely woven spiral wires, 
to prevent damage to the core in paying out; hut 
in consequence of the two halves having been 
made at different places—one at Birkenhead, by 
Messrs. Newall, and the other at Greenwich, by 
Giasse & Elliott, a most egregious blunder has 
been committed. It will scarcely be credited, but 
it is nevertheless true, that the twist of the spiral 
wires of the Birkenhead half i3 exaotly the oppo¬ 
site direction to the twist of the wires in the half 
made at Greenwich. Thus, when joined in the 
centre of the Atlantic they will form a right hand 
and a left hand screw, and the tendency of each 
will be to assist the other to untwist and expose 
the core. By attaching a solid weight to the cen¬ 
tre joining, it is hoped this difficulty and danger 
may be overcome, but none attempt to conceal 
that the mistake is much to be regretted. We are 
informed that Messrs. Giasse A Elliot had nearly 
100 miles of their portion of the cable completed 
before Messrs. Newall commenced theirs, and that 
therefore the fault rests with the firm which began 
last 
The apparatus to be used in paying outthe cable 
is also looked upon by engineers as very ill adapted 
to its purpose. With a cable of such extreme 
lightness and no great strength, and attached to a 
vessel like the Agamemnon, the slightest possible 
check or hitch occurring would part it like a 
thread. The friction drums should therefore have 
been of the slightest kind consistent with pre¬ 
venting a “ rush,” and in fact only sufficient to ease 
it over gently. Yet it is no exaggeration to say 
that the machinery to be used is the very reverse 
of all this, and its massive aspect strikes dismay 
into every well wisher to the scheme. Some of 
the first engineers of the day consider it too heavy, 
and have expressed most unfavorable opinions 
concerning it and its probable effects npon the 
cable; and even those intimately connected with 
the plan and its details do not diBguise their re¬ 
gret that such a machinery should be resorted to. 
An English Florist, by the name of Story, has 
produced a class of Fuchsias with white corollas, 
the novelty of which has given a fresh stimulus to 
the culture of this elegant and graceful genus.— 
We had thought that ingenuity was exhausted in 
the wonderful variety of contrast we already pos¬ 
sessed in the colors of the sepals and corolla.— 
Pore white sepals and scarlet corolla we thought 
wonderful; then oame the dark purple, nearly blue, 
corollas with white and scarlet and crimson sepals 
—in fact we had nearly every possible combina¬ 
tion, except the white corolla, which we now have. 
How Mr. Story obtained it we have not been fol¬ 
ly advised, but, we believe it was by crossing the 
common sorts with a species with white corolla 
which is now lost. We have seen only t.wo of these 
varieties yet in bloom, viz, Empress Eugenie, and 
Mrs. Story, and we give a drawing of the latter.— 
Both these have scarlet crimson sepals and white 
corolla, veined with rose; the form is fine, the 
habit slender, and they are free bloomers. Be¬ 
sides these there are in cultivation—Florence 
Nightingale; Galaotbse flore plena, double white 
corolla; Queen Victoria; Snow Drop; Water 
Nymph; and for aught we know to the contrary, 
many more. 
The difference between several of them is not 
great; this new feature is so great a novelty that 
the Florists endeavor to make the most of it This 
NEW FUCHSIA — MRS. STORY. 
is the season when the Fuchsia is in full bloom, 
and a collection of some 30 or 40 varieties of tbe 
finest, well grown and well bloomed, as they may 
be seen in the houses of the nurserymen here now, 
is a sight worth seeing. 
The culture, we will only remark, is the simplest 
that any pot plant can bear with. They are grown 
from slips or cuttings of the young shoots early 
in the spring, and make flowering plants by mid¬ 
summer. 
new and fine things particularly worthy of notice, 
is that new and very pretty verbena, Imperatrice 
Elizabeth, with its star-like flowers. We may give 
an engraving of the flower next week. Also, a 
double white petunia; and a very striking and 
beautiful bright pink petunia, with a white center 
much resembling a convolvulus. It is a seedling 
raised by Ellwanqer A Barry, and named Pride 
of Mount Hope. 
The Annuals are now fine. The Double Balsam, 
Purple Candytuft, Ten Week Stocks, and many 
other common hut beautifal annuals are “ arrayed 
in all their glory.” 
New Strawberry beds may yet be made, and old 
ones should have a thorough weeding. Some¬ 
times choice plants and trees newly pat out 
may be saved by one or two good waterings in 
August As fast as flowers die cut them away, 
unless yon wish to save the seed, so that the plants 
will have a neat appearance. 
The Raspberries are just over. Gooseberries 
are ripening, but on account of the mildew, they 
have never been, with us, a very reliable crop, and, 
therefore, little attention has been paid to their 
culture. Early pears and apples are not yet ripe, 
or scarce, and we are, therefore, in the early part of 
August, almost without fruit, except currants.— 
We need something badly to fill up the space be¬ 
tween raspberries and early peaches, pears, Ac,— 
We are in hope that gooseberries will yet become 
a reliable crop in this country. Some of the new 
American Beedlings may yet prove what we so 
much need. 
We have another resource in Blackberries.— 
They are now becoming pretty generally cultivat¬ 
ed, and, as we all know, even inthe wild state are a 
very healthy and delicious fruit. They begin to 
ripen soon after the close of the raspberry season, 
and continue for a long time. We may notice 
this frnit more particularly in the next number. 
The Currants , however, are sure and invaluable. 
Next to the strawberry, they are the moBt impor¬ 
tant of all our small fruits. They well deserve 
good cultivation, which they will well repay by 
improved size and flavor. 
Meeting of Fruit Growers. — The fall meet¬ 
ing of the Fruit Growers’ Association of Western 
New York, will be held at the Court House in the 
city of Rochester, on Friday and Saturday, Sep¬ 
tember 18th and 19. The meetings of this associ¬ 
ation are always interesting and profitable- Let 
there be a general gathering of the lovers of good 
fruit 
Curculio and Pbaches. —We hear complaints 
from the peach growers that the crop is injured 
by the curculio. On examining a peach tree that 
stood within twenty feet of a plum tree, we could 
scarcely find a perfect peach, but the plums, (a 
large crop.) were uninjured. The plum tree had 
been shaken every day or two. 
Tan Bars for Mam: re. —Is tan bark a valuable 
manure for strawberries and other fruit ?— m. 
Remarks. —Spent tan bark is good for mulching, 
keeping the ground cool and moist-, but it is of 
little value as manure. 
Improvement in the Manufacture of Iron. 
—A British journal says that Mr. John Harding, 
managing partner in the Beeston Manor Ironworks, 
Leeds, has just patented an improved method of 
freeing ironstone and other metal ores, from shale 
and other extraneous matter. To those who are 
not acquainted with the mode of winning iron¬ 
stone and preparing it for the blast furnace, it 
may be necessary to premise that the iron ore is 
imbedded in shale, which must be removed prior 
to the ore being sent to the blast furnace. Hither¬ 
to this has been accomplismed by spreading the 
ore upon the surface, and subjecting it to the ac¬ 
tion of the weather until the shale is sufficiently 
loosened to allow of its being chipped or “ napped” 
off the ore by manual labor. This is a work of 
months and years, and it is not only a long but 
also a costly process, in consequence of the num¬ 
ber of men necessarily employed in spreading, 
ohipping, Ac- Mr. Harding’B discovery dispenses 
altoghter with the action of the air, and by the 
application of steam, accomplished in two or three 
hours that which had previously occupied one or 
two years. 
Planting Strawebrribs, Ac.—I wish to inquire 
about cultivating the Strawberry. In order to 
have strawberries in market next season, should 
the plants be set this summer, or fall, or next 
spring. How Bhould the ground be prepared if 
tbe land is sandy? What are the most profitable 
early medium, or late varieties? How much would 
a half acre produce if properly cultivated, Ac., un¬ 
der favorable circumstances the first season?— 
Can one man tend them until time to gather the 
fruit, Ac.? Is it necessary to manure the land in 
order to make it profitable to raise them for mar¬ 
ket? Is it too late to propagate Grape vines for 
next springs planting? If so. how best produced 
from the cutting?—L. C. A,, Albion, Mich. 
Remarks.— To get frnit next season yon should 
plant immediately. If the season should be 
showery the plants will become strong before frost 
and you will get considerable fruit next season, 
though not half a good crop. If poor, the ground 
should be enriched with well-rotted stable manure. 
The only care they will require is hoeing and 
weeding, which will not be very troublesome. Tbe 
Early Scarlet 13 the earliest and one of the best 
market berries. Of the value of later sorts there 
are a variety of opinions, almost every cultivator 
having a favorite sort. Vines if layered immedi¬ 
ately would take root, but if delayed any longer 
you will have to make cuttings in the spring.— 
Make cuttings of two joints, and plant leaving an 
inch or two of the cutting with one eye above 
I ground. 
CURRANT JELLY AND PRESERVES, 
Eds. Rural If I cannot serve the public in any 
other way, I will endeavor to tell them how some 
things ought to be done to “ sweeten life.” " Ev¬ 
erything in its season;” therefore my method of 
making currant preserves and jelly may not be 
unacceptable to your fair readers. 
Currant Jelly.— One pint of juice, one pound 
of white sugar. Boil the juice fifteen minutes, 
skim it, add the sugar, aud boil five minutes; 
strain into a large vessel. When sufficiently cool 
put into glasses or cups. 
Currant Preserves.— Select your largest cur¬ 
rants, pick them from the stems, and to every 
pound of fruit allow one pound of white sugar.— 
Put a layer of each ia your kettle until you have 
in all you intend to preserve; place it upon the 
top of the stove until there is sufficient juice ex¬ 
tracted to prevent its burning; then let them boil 
twenty minutes. Pour them on platters, and let 
them stand exposed to the sun for a day or two; 
then put them in glasses. Cherries may be done 
in tbe same manner. c. r. b. 
Canandaigua, N. Y., 1857. 
Perpetual Motion. —The editor of the London 
Builder thinks the following instances come as 
near perpetual motion as any one can desire:—In 
tue rotunda at Woolwich Barracks there is, he 
says, a clock, moved by machinery, which hasbeen 
going for more than forty years. He further states 
that he knows a gentleman who has had a watch 
in his possession for more 'ban 30 years, hermeti¬ 
cally sealed, which there is no means of winding, 
which tells the day of the week, tbe hoars, minutes, 
seconds, months, and he believes years, and how 
far yon walk in a day. It cost £500, and was made 
by a Frenchman in Paris. It was left with Mr. 
Oldham, of the Bank of Ireland, for six weeks, and 
locked up in his strong box, when the gentleman 
went into the country, about 25 years ago, and the 
watch goes well, lie believes, to this moment. 
Chinese 
Timber for tue Prairies. 
, , -I would like to ask before ripening. It is a very great bearer, and we 
a few questions through the medium of your val. notice that the little dwarf trees of only two years 
uable paper. I have a few acres of prairie laud old in the nurecry rows are loaded with fruit. Or 
in the northern part of Iowa, a portion of which the quince root it is too prolific, and unless well 
w s \ to p ant m timber of some kind that will manured and pruned every year, the tree ia apt to 
not on y ie usetul for shade, but for the general become enfeebled by over-bearing. We give an 
uses required of timber on a farm. I would like outline of this fruit. 
not only your own views In regard to the matter, ^ The earliestplnm, the 
but those of your readers who can give any infor- Jamie Ha ti u e, is now 
umtion on the subject. 1st, I should like to know Y ripej and it i8 ’ ft 
what kind of timber would be best; 2d, the man- \\_ pretty little fruit, pale 
ner of preparing the seed for the ground; 3d, the yellow, thinly coated 
best mode of putting them in the ground and time / \ wit h bloom, juicy, sweet 
of planting, and what attention they require after / \ and pleasant. It iswell 
they have come above ground Any other infor- / \ worthy of cultivation on 
mation which may be imparted will be very thank- account of its earliness, 
fully received. I would also like to know the best Ripe aeftji0n 10tb ot 
method or getting rid of the common alder which \ / August but it masl be 
grows in rank profusion in this section of country. \ / remembered that the 
Wishing you and your paper urn, both prosper 03 \ / p““. Z«ntL“h 
you deserve, T remain your obedient servant-JAS. V later than usual, this 
Andrews, Noble Co,, Ohw, July, 1857. - plum is recommended 
Ivrmarks,— For the present we leave these qnea- generally for amateurs, but we know of nothing 
tions with our readers in the West. Wo hope that would sell better in any of our cities 
some one will give us bis experiauce in growing Wo shall have plenty of fruit here this seasou - 
timber on the prairies. Apples will give a lair crop. .We never before saw 
' - pear trees so completely loaded down with fruit. 
Making Flower Feds.— Is it best to prepare The Loutte Bonne de Jersey ia almost a miracle of 
ground for flowerd beds in the fall or spring ?-w. productiveness. Peaches will be a fair crop, and a 
Rem auks.— The ground should bo well prepared, good show ol plums will be saved from the curcn- 
if possible, in the fall. Dig deep and manure well, li 0 . Apricots tiro now ripening, but it is only on 
and plant herbaceous plants, bulbs, Ac., in the trees that bftv# received special care or happened 
lull, and they will bloom well next Bcason. Flow- to be favorably situated that the fruit has been 
cring shrubs, may bo planted either in the tall or preserved from that most vexations of all pests the 
spring. Our springs are so short and unpleasant curculio. 
that it is desirable to have as much work ns pos- The Flower Garden isuow gay with Verbenas, 
stble done in the fall. Petunias and other bedding plants. 
Spongb Case. —One and one-third cup sugar, 
1| cup flour, h cup sweet cream, and 3 eggs— 
whites and yolks beaten separately—1 teaspoonful 
cream of tartar, J teaspoonful soda, 1 teaspoonl'ol 
lemon extract. Bake quick. 
Hcckort Nut or Jackson Case. —Two cups 
white sugar, 1 cup butter, i cup milk, 1 cup 
chopped hickory nuts, 1 cup raisins, 2 cups sifted 
flour, 4 eggs—the whites and yolks beaten sepa¬ 
rately—! teaspoouful soda, 1 teaspoonful lemon.— 
The whole to be well beaten 3ud baked in a quick 
oven, in square tins. Is much nicer to be frosted 
aud cut in squares for the table. 
Delicate Cake. —Two cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 
1J cups flour, whites of 8 eggs, 1 spoonful lemon 
extract; using the yolks with the same measure of 
ingredients make a Gold Cake. Using the two 
in thin alternate layers spread with jelly, makes an 
excellent cake for tea or evening parties. 
Fort Atkinson, Jeff. Co., Wia., IS57. Eliza. 
Sew Panel— Mr. Mappin, of Birmingham, F.ng- 
land, has patented a new panel ior resisting bur¬ 
glarious attempts. It consists of a composition, 
enclosing a thin plate of steeL In making a full- 
sized panel, he says the steel would not be in one 
piece the size of the panel, out as a series of strips 
one and one-half inch broad, inserting at inter¬ 
vals, leaving a space of three-quarters of an inch 
between each. The inventor considers that it af¬ 
fords a perfect resistance to sharp instruments 
used by burglars; that panels made of this mate¬ 
rial will never shrink or twist, and that it is well 
adapted for curved panels. 
Electro-Magnetic Engine.— A scientific com¬ 
mission has been appointed by the French Govern¬ 
ment to test a new electro magnetic engine recent¬ 
ly brought to Paris by T. Allen, of Edinburg.— 
This engine has been at work for some time at the 
engineering establishment of ML Cail, Paris, and 
with such success that it has inspired much confi¬ 
dence in ita economy. It is to be applied to a lo¬ 
comotive at the expense of the French Govern¬ 
ment, in order to give it a most thorough test. 
- - 
A Writing Machine— An ingenious piece of 
mechanism, designed to enable a person to record 
his thoughts or observations while traveling in the 
cars, in a crowd or in any place where ordinary 
writing apparatus cannot be used, has been mvent- 
i ed by Mr. Benj. Livermore, of Hartland, Vt. 
Cure for Warts. — Inquiry .—Can you or any 
of your subscribers give au effectual remedy for 
Warts?—E. C. IL, Lodi, O.. 1857. 
Remarks.—A paste made of the ashes of Willow 
bark and vinegar, and put on the warts once or 
twice a day for a week, or so, will cure them, A 
very little nitric acid put on a wart once a day, 
for a few days, is a sure cure in every case, with¬ 
out soreness or pain, unless the acid is used too 
freely. Whittle out a stick about as large as a 
knitting needle, dip this into the acid, and just 
touch the top of the wart with it It is better to 
get on too little than too much. The cure is cer¬ 
tain, but the danger is in getting on so much as to 
cause pain. 
Among the 
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