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CALIFORNIA FRUIT ITEMS. 
Here are some items given me by a liorticul- 
turnl friend who lias spent some time in Califor¬ 
nia. He was located forty-live miles from Sat 
Francisco at Suscoi. These items were noted 
down by me as he gave them, during a general 
conversation. 
Gooseberries. —They are very easily grown 
there and sell in market at from five to twelve 
and a half cents per pound. They are marketed 
in peach baskets—Some of the largest of these 
will contain in pounds. This gentleman had 
superintended the picking, boxing, and hod 
weighed five tuns of gooseberries, the product ot 
three-quarters of an acre of land! This was in 
1802. The reader will agree with me that it is 
a pretty big item. 
Afit.es from Oregon. — Oregon ships to 
San Francisco from 5,000 to 7,000 boxes of apples 
per week. These bring from two to five cents 
per pound. They are sold to dealers at auction 
on the wharf. 
Apples in California.— Apples begin to 
ripen the 0th of June. They have apples the 
year round without any difficulty, Notwith¬ 
standing its size the fruit is solid and eats and 
keeps .well. The flavor is as good as any of the 
same varieties lie ever tasted here. They used 
to keep the Yellow Newtown l’ippin in boxes in 
the burn until July. Has often weighed Gloria 
Mundi’s that weighed SO to SS ounces each. And 
lie says these apples eat finely ! A great many 
varieties are cultivated for market. The most 
profitable early varieties are Keswick Codim, 
Dutchess of Oldenberg, “White June Eating,” 
Early Harvest, Red Astraehan, Summer Rose, 
William's Favorite, Summer Peunnain. These 
are the most profitable—t.lie first two because of 
their earliness, and the rest because of color. 
Anything red will sell ahead of anything else. 
The most profitable fail varieties are Rambo, 
Baldwin, Fsopus Spitzenberg, Gloria Mundi, 
Cathead Greening, Yellow Belleflower, Roxbury 
Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Fall Pippin, 
Swaar, Tompkins Co. King, Zaipchoeken. Of 
these, he says Fsopus Spitzeneurg sells ahead of 
anything else. Has seen them sell at seven to 
nine cents per pound when other varieties sold 
at 3J cents—all on account of color. He says 
the above varieties may be properly called fall 
Varieties there. But I see that California cata¬ 
logues do not agree with him altogether in this 
classification. ILe gives the. following as the 
most profitable winter varieties. Newtown 
Pippin, — green and yellow, — Will to Winter 
Pearmain, Wine Sap Morgan, Rawle’s Janet. 
Wagoner, -Monmouth Pippin. The last named, 
he says, promises to be the apple. It bears early, 
js a good and beautiful apple. 
AV or ms ani> CuitCLT.io.--He had never seen 
the eurculio there nor a wormy fruit. The fruit 
is very seldom imperfect. 
Peaks.— Pears ripen early in June; aud the 
Early Beurro keeps well until that date the 
succeeding year. The pears grow to an enor¬ 
mous size. The Pound Pear, which he says is a 
popular fruit, though poor, and good only for 
cooking, grows to weigh three or four pounds. 
The average weight of a Bartlett as grown there 
is a half pound,—has seen Duchess de Angou- 
letues and Flemish Beauties frequently weigh 
over a pound each. The most popular summer 
pears are Bartlett, (extra,) Elizabeth Manning, 
Lodge, Madelaine, Jargonelle, and Doyenne 
d'Fte. The most popular autumn varieties are 
Belle Lucrative, Beurre t'lairgeau, Beurre l>iel, 
Bonne d’Fzee. Duchess de Angouleme, Emile 
d Ileyst, I lemisli Beauty, Louise Bonne do Jer¬ 
sey, Merriam Marechal Dillew, Marie Louise, 
Nouveau Poiteau, Paired’Albert, Seekcl,Swan’s 
Orange, Urbanistc Seedling. Of winter pears, 
the following are named as the best: —Beurre 
Brctonneau, Beurre Easter, Columbia, Glout 
Moreeau, Josephine de Mature, Pound. There 
arc other varieties on trial that are promising. 
Strawberries, —The strawberry season 
commences about the first of May and continues 
as long as people want the fruit —from two and 
a half to three months. The bulk of this fruit 
grown is from seedlings. The British Queen and 
Ajax are considerably cultivated. The AVilson 
is favorably regarded where it has been tested. 
But seedlings are so abundant and fine that, little 
attention has been paid to improved varieties. 
Plums,— The plum product is spoken of as 
excellent. As before said no eurculio is there to 
trouble, Coo's Golden Drop, Green Gag.-, Im¬ 
perial Ottoman, Jefferson, Dennison’s Superb, 
And Washington are regarded the best. Other 
varieties, as Columbia, Coe’s Late Red, Dunne’s 
Purple, Lombard, Magnum Bonum, Orange, 
and others are good, 
Ch erri ics.—The following varieties are highly j 
spoken of:- Arch Duke, Black Tartarian, Eure¬ 
ka, May Duke, and Ohio Beauty. The Kentish, 
Kirtland’s Mammoth. Bright Early Black, Early 
Purple Guigtie, Flesh Colored Bigarreau, Down¬ 
er’s Late Red, Doctor, Davenport’s Early, and 
Buttuer’s October Morelia, are being successfully 
tested. c. r>. «. 
Winter — AVinesap, Rawles’ Janet. Domine, 
Jonathan, AVillow Twig. Yellow Belle Flower, 
ralman Sweet, White Winter Pearnuiin, West- 
held Seek-no-further, Roman Stem, Northern 
Spy, RamadcU’s Sweet, Swaar. 
Trial. — H inter - White Belie Flower, 
AA Lute Pippin, Paradise Whiter Sweet, N. Y. 
Pipiiin, Tompkins County King, IJubbardston’s 
Nonesuch, Brondwell, Newton Pippin, Rhode 
Island Greening. 
Auturrm —Fall Orange, Northern Sweet, Fall 
Wine, Montreal Beauty Crab, Transcendent 
Crab. 
Summer— Kirkbridge White, Duchess of Old¬ 
enberg. 
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. 
, ,, For Market, — Summer — Early Harvest, 
Golden Sweet, 
Autumn —Maiden’s Blush, Bailey's Sweet. 
liaifcr-Wliii,; Pearmain, Domine, AVinesap, 
New York Pippin, Willow Twig, Rawles’Janet, 
Newtown Pippin (upoh rich limestone soils, with 
high cultivation.) 
For Family Use.— Summer— Yellow June, 
| Early Harvest. Sweet June, Red Astraehan, 
Keswick Co. I lin, Golden Sweet, Ramsdell's 
Sweet, Summer Pearmalu, Benoui, Carolina Red 
June. 
Autumn Muiden’s Blush, Fail AVinc, Bucking¬ 
ham. Bailey’s Sweet, Fulton, Hubbardston’s 
Nonesuch, fall Swaar of the West, Snow. 
14 tnitr— Domine, Jonathan, Prvor’s Red. 
Swaar, White \V inter Pearmain, Roman Stem, 
t eck s I leasant, zl-Nopus, Spitzenberg, AVine- 
sap, New York Pippin, Rawles’ Jan.it, New¬ 
town Piiq.ln, AVbite (telle Flow er, Lady .\ppie. 
f or 1 rial, —Early Joe, Downing’s Paragon, 
|! w,ut y< Ladies’ Sw'eeting, Komanitc, 
AVhite Pippin, Niekajack. 
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT. 
For Market.—E arly Harvest, Red Astra- 
eban, Carolina Red June. Yellow Belle Flower, 
Rawles;. Janet, Winesap, Newtown Pippin, New 
York Pippin, Pryor’s lied. * 
Ior Family Use.— Early Harvest. Large 
i el tow Bough, -American Summer Pearmain, 
I tain bo, A eUow Belle Flower, Pryor’fc Red, New¬ 
town Pippin, Raw Ins’ Jam i. White Winter 
Pcannam, Buckingham. 
hoi; Trial.— Yellow' June, Sine-qua-non, 
Benom, i ortcr, Rome Beautv, Willow Twi-' 
Niekajack. 
the pendulous linden. 
HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES-NO. 1. 
% THE LINDEN. 
The Linden or Lime Tree is the Tilia of Bota¬ 
nists, and belongs to the natural order Tiliaeas. 
1 lie American species is known by the common 
name of Basswood. 
In nearly all parts of Europe, the Linden has 
for ages been one of the most popular of orna¬ 
mental trees. In every park and pleasure 
ground you visit in Great Britain or on the Con¬ 
tinent, you will find splendid specimens of this 
tree, blit it is in the public avenues and prome¬ 
nades that it prevails over all others. For this 
purpose it seems to have a peculiar fitness—free, 
upright growth, a well balanced, graceful head, 
and sw eet-scented flowers. The growth is rapid 
enough; it bears transplanting well, even when 
of large size, and the branches hear shearing or 
clipping to any extent. In the old formal Dutch 
style of gardening, where everything was clip¬ 
ped, the Linden was one of the most useful 
trees, as it was also one of the most extensively 
employed. 
In this country the Linden was formerly very 
popular as a street tree, and there are still in the 
older cities some fine avenues of it. Of late 
years, however, in some places the European 
species has been attacked by a borer. The 
American species has not, to our knowledge- 
been attacked by this borer, and no tree that we 
know in the catalogue is more worthy a place on 
the lawn or in the avenue than our betfutiful 
native Linden. 
The AVhitk-leavf.d American Linden 
(1 ilia aOxi) is the finest species—a noble, erect, 
rapid-growing tree, with large leaves, quite 
hoary underneath. There is a pendulous variety 
of this, 7’. albapenduh , the most graceful, and, 
as Mr. Sargent says, the most ornamental of 
all the Lindens. ,W. give a portrait of this tree 
tmm EllwaNGk/i A 'Iarky's illustrated cata¬ 
logue of Omameiltal 'l|ree>\ 
Ol the Europe!u specie!, there are some va¬ 
rieties particularly ornamental, viz., the Red- 
fm*ticuttural 
Missouri State Horticultural Society. — We 
learn from a circular issued by its officers that the Fifth 
Annual Meeting of this Society will be held at St. Louis 
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 
I'-’th, 13th. ttth and 15th. 1mm. Delegates from Horticul¬ 
tural aud Agricultural Societies are cordially invited, 
and all persons interested in Horticultural improvement 
are requested to attend. The ladies arc especially invi¬ 
ted to lend their influence in this cause, and to grace the 
assemblies by their presence Specimens of Fruits, 
Flowers, Plants, Vegetables Wines, Seeds, and other 
products, are earnestly solicited. Arrangements have 
been made with all the railroads in Missouri, by which 
members will be furnished free passes for returning 
home. Application has been made to the Illinois rail 
roads, asking the extension of a like favor for Horticul¬ 
tural friends from oilier States. It is confidently ex¬ 
pected it will be granted by all railroad companies who 
appreciate the efforts that give value to the country 
through .vhieh their roads pass. The order of business 
includes addressee and essays from prominent Horticul¬ 
turists, discussions oo fruits, etc. 
HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, ETC. 
[It is proper to stale that the following “abusive 
article hint never been seen by either of the parties named 
as doing the things charged, and that wo “assume the 
responsibility " of its publication, promising to “ chalk 
up ’’ to avoid a suit at lawKo.] 
Mr. Editor:- Before commencing an action 
against you for damages, 1 thought 1 would 
write you and see if you arc w illing to make the 
“ amende honorable” for curtain “actions ami 
tilings” which this individual has suflered at 
the hands of two firms of Rural Advertisers, 
For, have you not, at divers times, promised to 
pr ' ii t •T.Uoribers of the Rural Nkw- 
Y orkkr against the impositions of designing 
men? 
First and foremost then, I charge Ellw anger 
& Barra', nurserymen of Rochester—advertised 
as such in the Rural —of having imposed upon 
1 me in manner following, to wit:—They sent me 
various and many things, bearing strange*names, 
when 1 simply ordered of them a fow plain 
tilings, such as apples, pears, cherries “and such 
like.” When I wrote them that I wanted Peaks, 
diti they not send me such things as Duiehtase 
D' Angouleme, Louise Ikmne De Jersey, and other 
such outlandish things.* When I asked of them, 
and sent them money for Cherries, they sent me 
Gott U ood, J fay Duke, Donna Marias, and even 
Black Eagles. Now, Mr. Editor, would you be 
willing to part with your money, and receive 
such trash as (hvernors and Black Eagles? is it 
not outrageous when a man sends for Pears, to 
have a batch of Duchesses and Marias sent to 
him? What can a married man do with such 
property? it is enough to break up all family 
ties, an ' n i.c a regular smash-up in a man’s 
household. 1 H.i n if not enough to satisfy 
their desires, they cm,.ini to tin- f lo big sins 
of omission against this humble i.Jiv hi;. *. hi 
never put into the bill, or the box. . single n t 
of Canada Thistle, no, not even a seed. They even 
were so penurious as not to put in one single root 
ol that very desirable (?) grass called “quack.” 
Do you suppose I am going to stand such things, 
when I can prove by afirmofNew York nursery¬ 
men that such things are in order? Do I not 
know it of my own eyes ? For did uot said nur¬ 
serymen send me tine samples of both of the 
above plants? You “can't fool me,” when I 
have such good proof of the legitimate way of 
doing business! 
Now, Mr. Editor, there is another Rochester 
man that you have advertised extensively, sir- 
named \ ick; 1 supposed his father must have 
called him J am ks, as I see ho appends something 
ol the sort to the other name. 1 put money in 
a letter Mid sent it to hint. W hat do you suppose 
he sent me in return? Seed! yes. cabbage seed, 
tomato seed, flower seed. Well, that was not 
" hat i complain of, Bui of this;—The cabbage 
seed all grew! Well, anybody knows that was 
not right that ever bought a paper at a “store.” 
You may fool young birds “ with cliatf,” but not 
one who has bought cabbage seed for years, and 
never had a dozen plants to a paper grow. Then, J 
diil not all ot tin- tomatoes grow “smooth,’’ when 
every novice knows that they ought to be rough 
like a wash hoard. It won’t answor, Mr. Editor, 
to have them “ smooth.” 
will “peel.” You know, too, that flower seeds 
Illinois State Horticultural Society. —Offi- 
twiaxrnil > ,i, , 11 V ckrs Elect. &c.— At the meeting of this Society recent- 
’ r , i • ; C,0kkn ’ C(nlrea ^ aud the I held al Alton, the following officers were elected 
Concaved, (Tascvmta.) for 18W: PruiderU-Syxz.r.r Shepard, of Bureau 
Tn the nurseries the Linden is seldom propa- f' Co - Vic<m Presidents—Al large. O. B. Galusha, Lishon 
gateil from seed, but from layers and by grafting lAt TYi-striot. Jno. Periam. Thornton; 2d, C. N Andrews, 
and budding. ’ ’ | Rockford; 3d, A. R. Whitney. Franklin Grove; 4th, J. 
___ i H Stewart, Quincy; 5th, W A. Pennell, Granville: 
--- fith. J. O Dent, Wenona; 7th, M. I.. Dunlap, Cham 
have no business to blow double, like those flowers ^h. O. M. Colin an, Bloomington. (4th, C. c 
that Mr. Vick sent us. We know better for Sturtevant, Bcardstown; tilth. Jno. Hnggins, Wood- 
have not our mothers raised Zinnias and such | ' aVJ?’’.' l2th ’ S S 
! UnUa AJton, loth, T. J. Evun^ t South Pass, Cor. s* c. 
Jfcc. &*.—<?. \V r - Murtfcldt, 
CORNED BEEE, PICKLE FOR HAMS, &c. 
Eds. Rural New- York hr: —Below you will 
find a few valuable rbeipes that have been well 
tested lor years by a housekeeper who would 
like them more generally known, and who takes 
pleasure in contributing u Utile useful knowledge 
to your highly prized paper: 
Corned Beef.—O ne ewt. beef; 6 lbs. fine 
salt; \ lbs. brown sugar. Pack the meat with 
this mixture, rubbing over every portion of the 
same. Let it lie 24 or 36 hours; then make a 
brine of two quarts of suit and two oz. saltpetre, 
and let it just boil, Skim, and when cold, pour 
over the meat. 
Pickle for Hams. —Foronectvt. take four 
gallons water; 4 oz. saltpetre; 6 lbs. good coarse 
salt; 1 quart molases. Scald and skim this brine 
as for beef. To remain in this pickle six weeks, 
then soak over night in pure water before 
smoking. 
To Dye Scarlet Yarn.— One oz. cochi¬ 
neal; 2 oz. muriate of tin; 1 oz. cream tartar; 
put the cochineal and ercant tartar in first, and 
when it is nearly boiling then add the tin. 
Boil half an hour in brass. 
Indelible Ink that will not eat the 
Cloth.—A bout an inch in length of nitrate of 
silver, put into a very small bottle, and dissolve 
in strong vinegar ; keep in a dark place,— corked 
dose. 
Preparation. —One teaspoonfui salts of tartar; 
iteaspoonful gum Arabic, dissolved in soft wa¬ 
ter,— battle close. Saturate the place to be 
marked with this preparation, and, when nearly 
dry, smooth with a warm iron; then (shaking 
the ink before using) mark with the ink, and 
expose to the sun until the writing turns to a 
jet black. 
Soft Soap. —Put six pails of good lye into a 
barrel, one pail of boiling hot grease (to be nice 
should be strained) poured into the lye. Stir well. 
Next day stir thoroughly, and add live pails of 
soft water. Stir often for several days. Let any 
one who wants a good soap, and nice-looking, 
try this. Daisy. 
Binghamton, N. Y., 1863. 
MINCE PIE, LINCOLN SAUCE, &c. 
~ . ixuij, .-uigr ; i.jtn, i.j 
tilings, trout our boyhood up, and who ever saw _w. c. Flagg. Moro. 
It is 
double ones? It is clearly not legitimate, 
time a stop is put to such things! 
Finally, Mr. Editor, if you arc AvlUing to 
“chalk up," and do the fair thing, I will be 
reasonable in my bill of damages. But, if you 
compel me to "go to law,’’ you will be made to 
suffer considerable, “if not more.” 
Rolling Prairie, Wis.. IS63. L. L. Fairchild. 
Rockford, and Parker Earle, South I’.ls# r-re,<«rec¬ 
to H Dimtnock. Alton. A'r ru/fee Cam .—Smiley Shop 
herd, G W. Minier, O. R, Gahisha. 
The attendance, at this meeting was the largest in its 
history. The exhibition of Fruits and Wines was very 
good. The papers read were In the main valuable and 
profitable, and the discussions spirited and practical.— 
c. D. a. 
ILLINOIS APPLE LISTS. 
At tlte meeting of the Illinois State Hortieul- j 
turn] Society, Dec. loth, the State was divided 
into three grand divisions, or fruit districts—the 
Northern, Central and Southern. The bounda¬ 
ries between these districts were fixed as fol¬ 
lows:—i’hc line of the Logansport, Peoria and 
Burlington railroad is the boundary between the , 
Northern and Central districts; the line of the I 
Terre Haute and Alton railroad the boundary 
b tween the Central and Southern districts. On 
'hi first day of the session of the Society, O. B. 
G." M'C il a moved to appoint a Committee of 
three .rout each district to report lists of Apples 
to be recommended by the Society for cultiva¬ 
tion, for the following purposes:—1st, For Mar¬ 
ket; 3d, For Family Use; fid, For Trial. The 
Indiana Fohological Socif.ty.— The Third Annual 
Meeting of this Society will convene in the city of 
Indianapolis on Tuesday, January 5th, istq, and con 
finite in session four days. A general invitation is 
extended to all persons who are in any w ay interested 
in Fruit Culture. All who can possibly do so, are invi¬ 
ted to take with them samples of fruits and wines. An 
interesting meeting may be expected On the first day 
addresses are to bo given by the President, I. D. G 
Nklson, and Dr. John A VV vrivkr. Several other 
prominent persons who are announced as Essayists, 
have been written to, and nearly all have answered 
favorably. The reading of the essays will be followed 
by discussions. 
following committees were appointed: 
Xorthern District 
dall Co.; A. R. Whitney, of Lee Co.: and C. 
W. Montfeldt, of Winnebago Co. 
Central District— Dr. E. S. Hull, of Madison 
Co.; J. II. Stewart, of Adams Co.; and C. R. 
Overman, of McLean Co. 
Southern District—VI. C. Fl agg, of Madison j 
Co.; G. II. Baker and 1*. R. WRIGHT, of f 
Union Co. 
These committees reported the following lists, 
which were adopted by the Society: 
FOR tUK NORTHERN DISTRICT. 
For Market-— Umkr—Wine San, Rawles' 
Janet, Domine, Jonathan, Willow Twig, Red 
| Rmmuiite, Minkler. T&linan Sweet, Yellow | 
Belle Flower. Northern Spy. 
.Ii/lwmi—Famouse, Bailey’s Sweet. Maiden’s 
Blush, Fail Swaar, Lowell, Striped Gillillower. 
lviun&wir* Sweet* ^ eUow Siberian Crab. 
| Sumnur Hoi Astraehan. Carolina Red June, 
Keswick Codlui, Early lVnnoek, Sw eet June. 
?«'n Family Use.— Summer — Early Harvest, 
( aroliiu Red Juno, Keswick Codlin, Benoni, 
j Hocking, Sweet Juno. 
.l'dunuv- Fame use. Bailey’s Sweet, Maiden’s 
...I Blush, Fall swaar, Autuihn Strawberry, Uol- 
lf you do their .'kins ^ *ipp' 11 - Lowell, Rambu, Striped Gillillower, 
1 Dyer, Mother. Haskell Sweet, \ellow Siberian 
Crab, Fulton. 
Dry A alks for Winter.— We should be remiss in 
our duty were we to neglect, at this season of the year, 
lo repeat our counsel as to live great comfort and eon 
; vmienee which dry ’calks insure about dwellings, barns 
and outhouses generally in winter and early spring 
Wo are pained sometimes to soo the utter negligent 
prevailing upon soma premises in this respect. A few 
old boards, or a dollar s worth, or two, of new boards, 
nice flat stones, or a liberal supply of coal ashes would 
save ten times the cost in shoo leather, damp feet, colds, 
doctors' bills and lo— of time Coal ashes laid on dry 
grouud to the depth of three or four inches, after re 
moving the mud, make a lirsi rate walk, aud they can 
be put to uo better use. The difference to be seen upen 
a premises wjtyere dry walks are provided wherever 
needed, when OOmpart'd to others whore this moral in 
Alienee has no abiding place, is enough to make us 
shiver as well as to cause us to feel for the iibsonoool 
social charities in the family. 
Clarifying Molasses. —Common molasses 
may be clarified and rendered much more palata¬ 
ble by beating it over the fire and pouring in 
sweet milk in the proportion of one piut to a 
gallon of molasses. When the molasses boils up 
once, the albumen in the milk collects all the 
impurities in a thick scuiu on the top, which 
must be carefully removed, aud the molasses is 
then fit for use. Bullock’s blood is also used for 
this purpose, but milk is more agreeable in many 
ways. 
Dw.vnv Pears —Referring to two men, the American 
Agriculturist, says :—" What is the truth upon this sub 
ject t Both these men are right. Dwarf pears are a 
| success with the first man, because he lakes cars of 
them, and a uni- ice to the Inner, because ho pays no 
attention to then; 1 have been cultivating pears since 
1850, and have now about 150 trees, stnnm.r-ds and 
dwarfs. The first trees planted were suckers, contrarv 
to the advice of the books, and to the practice of the 
best poniologists They were respectively budded vvilh 
Iho Flemish Beauty. Louise Bonne do Jersey. White 
Doyenne and Winter Neiis, and hav e never thrown up 
a sucker. The last two boro for the first time l;k<t year, 
though they have had good cultivation, plenty of 
manure, and have boon shortened in every year. The 
others began to boar three or four years earlier.” 
Apple J ELLY. —One pound moist sugar, one 
pound apples, one lemon—the juice of the lemou 
to be used and the rind added—out very tine. 
Boil the whole till it becomes a perfect jelly. 
Let it stand in a mold till quite firm and cold. 
Turn out, and stick it with almonds: set custard 
tumid. If for dessert, use a small mold, plain. 
[scecial not;c3.J 
Beware of iMi-osmoN. —Some unprincipled parties 
have put up .i larce amount of worthless stuff called 
Saloratus. and scattered it all over the Western States, • 
much to the detriment of l>. B. De Land X Co.’s excel- 
lour Saleraitt- This worthless stuff is pm up in blue 
or green paper and called IS K. De Land X uo.'s 
Housewives‘ Favorite," while D B De I„md & Co.'s 
Housewives' Favorite or C" om si s !e i s is put up 
iu bright red papeiv. Beware of Lie imposition. 
Mince Fie.—I notice a call for a recipe. 
Take meat for six pies; add two-thirds as much 
apple; having both choppedyine,- one teacup of 
boiled eider, or cold tea, or coffee will answer; 
one-half a pound of butter: a pint basin of nice 
sirup; add of silt, cinnamon, pepper, allspice, 
cloves and raisins to suit the taste; spread thin 
on a flaky crust and bake quick. If you have 
not the apple, bread may be used in place of it, 
after scalding it in vinegar. Use more moisten¬ 
ing with the bread than when apple is used. 
Lincoln Sauce.—P erhaps many readers of 
the Rural may not know that sauce which is 
cheap, but equal to the best# may be made from 
the common pumpkin. Cut the pumpkin iu 
small pieces, aud boil twenty minutes in vinegar; 
aiid one-halt'a pound of sugar for every pound of 
j tht? pumpkin, after hiking from the vinegar; 
I cook slowly for two hours, apd season with 
lemon. Cook in porcelain or tin, and you will 
have sauce that will be so nice no one will sus¬ 
pect of what it is made. 
Nice Flavoring Extract.—S lice three 
lemon;- into one pint of alcohol. 
Wadhatu's Mills, X. Y., 1863, Mas. P. V. Clarks. 
Catching Cold. — One of the most fruitful 
and certain causes of severe colds is the habit 
many have of going into warm rooms from the 
cold air, and retaining all their wrappings of 
shawls, hoods, furs and overcoats. They “can 
only sit a few minutes,” and so stay and chat a 
quarter or half an hour, get in a slight perspira¬ 
tion, and go out thus in the wind and cold. In 
a few minutes they are cold and shivering, espe¬ 
cially if riding, aud too often a severe and seri¬ 
ous cold is thus caught, the sufferer wondering 
how and where. Better always throw off, at 
least partially, your furs, unpin your shawl anti 
throw it from your neck: loosen or lay aside 
furs, and unbutton your coat, even if but for a 
fow minutes’ stay, and uot fasten them till just 
ready to go out. A little attention to these 
trifles will bo no trouble, and will save many a 
sore throat and bad cough, and, perhaps, life in 
the end.— Queechy, New York, 18G3. 
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