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A NEW PEAP. OF WESTERN N. Y. ORIGIN, 
Tine Fruit Growers of Western New York 
will bo pleased with the announcement that their 
favored district has produced a new native pear 
of groat excellence, worthy of a place by the 
side of those famous varieties, Sheldon and Swan's 
Orange or Onondaga. This new pear, the Ed¬ 
monds, in described by I’. Barky, Esq., of this 
city, in the December number of Uovey's Maga¬ 
zine, We copy the description below, with the 
remarks of the Editor of that journal, C. M. 
Hovey, Esq., who is justly regarded as one of 
the best informed pomologists in the United 
States: 
THE EDMONDS PEAB, 
At the Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horti¬ 
cultural Society, we met Mr. Barry, of Rochester, 
and accidently, in some conversation about new 
pears, Mr. B. mentioned a new variety which 
originated near Rochester many years ago, hut, 
from some cause, its merits had been overlooked. 
He praised it so highly that we were anxious to 
see the pear and test it curatives, and Mr. Barry 
kindly promised to send us some on his return 
home. A week or ten days afterwards, about 
the first of October, we received a box containing 
several pears, some of them over-ripe, but the 
larger part in fine condition for eating. Quite 
unexpectedly, we found even the riper speci¬ 
mens good, and the sound ones quite up to, if 
not beyond the character given it by Mr. Barry. 
We pronounced it much superior to the Bartlett, 
and comparing favorably with any pear of its 
season. It is one of the very few long-stemmed 
pears that we have found to possess superior 
qualities. 
It is rather remarkable that two of the very 
best American pears should have grown in the 
immediate neighborhood of so many cultivators 
and nurserymen as the city of Rochester contains, 
for 20 or SO years, without their merits being 
known. The Swan’s Orange was presented 
before the Rochester Horticultural Society, and 
fruited many years before scarcely anything was 
known of it, and we believe the first knowledge 
of its existence, out of the vicinity of its origin, 
• was obtained from our Magttlne. And now we 
have the Edmonds, which we think will prove 
as valuable us Swim’s Orange, from the same 
vicinity, where it has been in bearing along 
period. We are, therefore, highly pleased in 
being able, through the kindness of Mr. Barry, 
to give the first account of the Edmonds, as we 
did of the Swell’s Orange pear, with the aid of 
Mr. J. W. Bissoll, who sent us beautiful speci¬ 
mens, weighing 13 ounces each.— Ed. 
Dkau Sir:— Since I saw you in Philadelphia, 
1 have ascertained that the pear which l de¬ 
scribed to yon, and of which I sent you specimens 
to Boston, Is a seedling not yet disseminated or 
named, and the history of it is as follows:— 
In the year 18o9, we first discovered this fruit 
on a tree apparently about 20 years old, on a 
farm occupied by as as a nursery. The tree 
appeared to be grafted, and we inferred that it 
was some old kind. 
Lately, however, we traced it to another farm 
in the same neighborhood, and there we obtained 
its liistory. 
It appears that Eliphalet Edmonds, now 
deceased, sowed some pear seeds obtained from 
the east some forty years ago, on his farm, in the 
town of Brighton, near this city. 
This variety was a part of the product of that 
sowing. The original tree stood near a hog-pen, 
and was destroyed some 16 or 17 years ago. From 
the roots a sucker came up, which was trans¬ 
planted, and is now a tree some ID years old, 
standing on a grass plot, on the same farm, now 
occupied by Mr. Edmonds, son of Eliphalet 
Eelmouda, above named. Previous, however, to 
the death of the original tree, a neighbor hud 
obtained some scions from it, and grafted the 
treo which we first discovered. These are the 
only two bearing tree* that are known fo be in 
existence, both in the neighborhood of 20 years 
old. 
It is a noble fruit In my notes of September 
27, 1S09, I find it rated as a rich melting pear, 
superior to the Bartlett. 
Fruit, large, 3 to 3j inches, and some even as 
much as four inches in diameter, roundish, 
slightly contracted towards the stalk; stalk, two 
inches long, enlarged at the base, and inserted 
in a shallow cavity; calyx, large, open, in a deep 
basin; skin, bright yellow, often tnarbled with 
red next the sun; flesh, melting, sweet and 
perfumed. Season, middle of September to middle 
of October. Is better to be picked early and 
ripened in the house. 
Tree, a very strong grower, succeeds well cm 
the quince, rivaling the Louise Bonne de Jersey, 
or any of the beat growers. Young shoots drab, 
with largo russet spots on the older parts. Leaves 
large, dark green, glossy. 
THE OSAGE THE BEST PLANT FOR A HEDGE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I wish to say 
a few words to corroborate the testimony of 
your correspondent, E. P., in the Rural, dated 
Sept. 5, concerning the Osage Orange plant for a 
hedge. I have raised two good hedges of that 
plant, and seen hundreds of miles of it in all 
stages of growth, and I have no hesitation in 
saying that for the northern part of Illinois (I 
cannot speak for any other locality) there is no 
other known plant that is equal to,it for a hedge 
fence. Nor does it require so much care and 
cultivation as Is generally supposed; the most 
important thing in raising a good hedge is to get 
a good stand of plants at the setting, 
and if that is accomplished it will 
make a fence without any care what¬ 
's ever. 
\ In proof of this, I know of a hedge 
\ set thirteen years ago, about four 
\ feet from a row of large locust trees, 
\ which shadow them more than half 
\ the day. The ground was broken 
\ up, the plants set, and no further 
\ care given them. The ground soon 
\ sodded over with June grass, and 
\ has so remained ever since; yet in all 
\ places where the plants grew in the 
1 beginning, it is now, and has been 
/ for five years, a much better fence to 
/ turn cattle than any common board 
/ or rail fence. Another lot of plants 
/ set at the same time were soon after 
/ fenced out into the road, and have 
/ remained so ever since; yet there are 
/ spaces of a rod or more in a place 
where they form a ^perfect harrier 
against anything larger than a small pig. 
Again — a neighbor of mine, whoso farm I 
pass at least twice a week through the year, has 
about eighty rods'of hedge on the line of the 
road, which was set two years ago last spring. 
Forty rods of it was turned out last spring 
and has completely protected the crops on the 
other side, while a large drove of cattle have 
access to it from the roadside. This of course 
has been well cultivated'and trimmed. 
My hedges have been turned out at four 
years old. I want no better or handsomer fence, 
even for a front yard. The hard winter of 'oh 
and '37. that killed so many fruit trees all over 
the country, partially killed the hedges, but did 
them no harm; indeed, they frequently kill one, 
two, or three feet of the tops, but the old wood 
remains until it is replaced by the new, and I 
consider it no damage whatever. When seed 
and plants can be freely obtained again, there 
will be hundreds of miles of hedges set forth¬ 
with in Northern Illinois. 
That the Honey Locust will make a hedge I 
have no doubt, but that it is as good a plant for 
the purpose as the Osage, I do not believe; and 
in view of the complete destruction of the 
Black Locust by the borer, would it not be well 
to be a little cautious how we hi vest too largely 
in it, until more fully tested ? That there is a 
borer that works in the Honey Locust is certain, 
but whether it is the'same that infests the Black 
Locust, 1 do not know. S. W. Arnold. 
Cortland, Ill. 
NEW RASPBERRIES. 
Several new varieties of the raspberry have 
recently been Introduced to notice. Of their 
merits we know nothing more than is stated by 
the originators, or those-;who offer the plants for 
sale. As very little improvement has so far 
been made in tin's fruit, we do not expect a great 
deal of these new sorts; still they may have 
some qualities superior to the older kinds, which 
entitle them to the notice of oultivators. The 
kinds are as follows: 
Clarke. Raised by E. E. Clarke, of New Ha¬ 
ven, and pronounced by prominent fruit growers, 
w ho have tested it, of more value than all kinds 
in cultivation. It is described as perfectly hardy, 
of larger and stouter growth than any other 
kind. Increase's very slowly. Of strong vital 
qualities, it will curry a good amount of fruit the 
same season planted, and produce one or two 
good canes for the succeeding season. There is 
usually only three or five outsiders from the 
stool, or runner plants. Fruit, bright red color; 
firm, picked at the proper time; sweet, and of 
the richest and best flavor. The fruit spurs, or 
branches, usually grow from one to two feet 
long, loaded with l'ruit of the largest size and 
perfect form. The greatest bearer known. 
Semper /ideJis. An English variety, just In¬ 
troduced to notice. Recommended by the fruit 
growers of the west of England as a most pro- 
ductivc tuv.1 superior fruit. The canes are from 1 
IQ to 12 feet in length, and the fruit proper- ’ 
tlonally large, of fine flavor, pleasing red color, 
and very solid. The canes aro of that strength, 
and the wood of that peculiar hardness, that 
they require no support. The most certain ] 
cropper, producing fruit in corymbs, from IS > 
inches to two feet in length from the bottom of ’ 
the cane to the top, fruiting in clusters from ! 
every eye; producing fruit from July to October. ' 
First-class horticulturists have seen the fruit and ] 
given testimonials of its merits. • 
Philadelphia .Raspberry. A native variety, 
found growing in a wood, within the limits of 
the city of Philadelphia. It is perfectly hardy, 
requiring no protection during the w inter, nor 
any extra care or culture; will grow in any 
good com land; produces immense crops, and 
sells at high prices. The fruit is large, of a 
purplish red, darker than the Antwerp, rich and 
firm, bearing carriage well. Canes purple, very 
strong, with hut few spines, thick and stout, 
standing upright, without stakes or railing.— 
Magazine of Horticulture. 
gortUultuul gotes. 
Fruit Growers' Society op Western New York. 
—The Animal Meeting of the Fruit Growers' Society of 
Western Xev> York will he held in the Court House, in 
the City Of Rochester, on Wednesday, Use 2 1th day of 
January, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. A full attend- 
(ince is especially desirable at this time. Members are 
Invited to bring with them specimens of Winter 
Fruit for exhibition. James Vick, Secretary. 
Ohio Pomolooical Society.—A circular from M. B. 
Batkham, Secretary, annoanc/w that the next regular 
meeting of this Society will occur at Toledo, January 
12, 18, and 14, 19M. .YU persons interested in Fruit 
Culture, whether residing in Ohio or elsewhere, are 
cordially invited to attend and participate in the dis¬ 
cussion; also, to bring or send specimens of Fruit or 
Domestic Wine, and written essays or letters on topics 
pertaining to fruit and fruit culture. 
In view of the increasing demand for fruits in all our 
towns and cities, and the growing importance of the 
fruit trade as a branch of our domestic commerce, there 
is good reason to anticipate that this meeting will be 
fully equal tr+iny previous one In attendance and inter¬ 
est ; and it is probable that the selection and culture of 
fruits for the markcU will be a prominent subject of die. 
cussiou, in-connection with the further revision of the 
Catalogue of Fruits for the various sections of the State- 
An exact programme of exercises for each day cannot 
he stated here, but may he something aa follows 
First Day.— Hmnoon— Shake hands. .Arrange Frnita. 
Address of Welcome! by the resident officer, J. Austin 
Scott. Esq . Vice Tfrv-!den’_ Report of the Secretary 
and Treasurer. Appointment of Committees. After 
noon — Discussion on Apples, with Revision of Cats, 
logue. Evening —Address of the President, Dr. J. A. 
Warder, of Cincinnati. 
Second Day — fbrenoon— Discussion on Pears and 
Cherries, with Revision of Catalogue. Afternoon— Dis¬ 
cussion on Peaches. Plums and Apricots, with remarks 
or essays on the prevention of ravages by insects, Ac. 
Emning — Strawberries and other Small Fruits, with 
remarks, essays, &e 
Third Day. — Forenoon — Reports of Committees 
and other miscellaneous and unfinished business. 
Afirmctm —Grapes and Grape Culture, Wine Making, 
Ac. Editing —Same subject, with addresses or essays. 
Packages of Fruit, Ac., designed for the meeting, 
shonld be wit by Express, marked O Pom. Soc. } care 
J. Austin Scott. Toledo. 
An Appreciative Beginner— {The following ex¬ 
tract from a private letter from a Western correspondent 
explains itself-—“ Not havin^he pleasure of a personal 
acquaintance, yet.l know you will pardon me for ex¬ 
pressing my intense satisfaction on reading in the 
Rural of Nov. 14, -Hints Tor Beginners,' by P- 
Barry, Esq. The article is plain, straight to the 
point, and entirely practical. It hits the nail right on 
the head—especially myWuiil How many times have 
I been through the mill» Then, my experience is only 
the experience of thousands of Americans How often 
have we been eager and anxious] to possess the new 
and the rare, and all end In failure and disappointment 
for the reasons stated In - Hints ’ Yea, they are hints 
worth thousands to our American people if they will 
only heed them. No one could have written such an 
article without having passed, through the sorrows of 
many disappointments in the cultivation of the novel- 
ties. We always find whnt Mr. Barky writes or says 
worth the perusal. Yonr experience, no doubt, tells 
you that, this is far from being the case with all a riters 
and talkers, o 
inquiries: awl 
Packixg Apples for Market.— In your issue for 
Doc. 19th you ask for information in regard to packing 
apples for market—if some improvement can not bo 
had on the common way of packing — and suggest that 
“some soft material may be placed at each head and 
perhaps in the middle of the birr el to advantage,” Ac- 
I will state that 1 have sent apples in barrels io friends, 
and my practice has been to place a little fine hay, of 
second growth, well dried, on the bottom of the barrel, 
and also on the top after filling before putting in the 
head; the result has boon very beneficial in keeping the 
fruit from burning during the transit, both by railroad 
and canal. A friend of mine shipped his apples to a 
house in New York a few years since, packed In the 
same way: and the purchaser told him that the apples 
came to market .in the best condition of any he ever 
I saw. I think Uiat something of the kind could bo sub¬ 
stituted to good advantage; still if she apple* did not 
command at least 25 cents per barrel more than in the 
ordinary method, it would not pay for the care. If they 
could thus be made to realize- an increase of price that 
would compensate for the extra trouble, many fruit 
growers would halve extra pains in packing for the mar¬ 
ket. 1 am one of those producers that think the fault 
is on tiie side of the purchasers, as they are not willing 
to pay for extra packing, or selecting the fruit for mar¬ 
ket ; consequently the growers of fruit sort and pack 
accordingly —Jon a Talcott. Rome, .V. r, Dec., 1868. 
'Jacking Apple*.—S eeing an inquiry in the Rural 
about packing apple* so that they may be shipped with¬ 
out injury, I will give my mode, learned from experi¬ 
ence. First, cover the bottom of the barrel with even- 
sized apples with the stem end down. Then set the 
barrel on a plank und shake it gently e\ cry time that 
you put In a basket of apples. (Yon should use a small 
basket that will turn over in the barrel.) When the 
barrel is nearly full place the top layers on with the 
hands, and till up about an inch above the chime or top 
of the barrel; then put two thicknesses of paper on the 
top of tin- apples and pres* the head in carefully, and 
they will ship with very little if any injury — Mason 
W Hall, Hanford's Landing, X. Y, Dee., lt*63. 
Tus Barberry. —1 have no doubt that your corres¬ 
pondents who recommended the Barberry for hedges 
are correct in their estimate of its valae. I have seen 
it grow and flourish in Vermont, between latitude 44 
and -to, living through the winter without .-my protec¬ 
tion whatever The berries, when properly preserved, < 
make a dulicious sweet meat. Will some one inform - 
me where the seeds can be procured ?—0. L. Morgan, i 
A lbany, Greene Co., IFi s. , 
mw. publisher to tljc jpublic. 
COOKIES—DIAMOND CEMENT. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— I saw in a late 
number of the Rural a request for a recipe for 
Ginger Snaps. I will give you one I think very 
good. Melt a quarter of a pound of butter and 
the same quantity of lard. Add a quarter of a 
pound of sugar; a pint of molasses, two table¬ 
spoons of ginger, and a quart of flour; a tca- 
spoonfull of soda in a wine-glass of milk, and 
flour enough to enable you to roll them out thin. 
Bake in a slow oven. 
I will also give you our recipe for Cookies. 
Three pounds flour; three-quarters of a pound 
of butter; one and a quarter pounds sugar; two 
teaspoonfulls soda; one-half pint water and 
spice. 
Could you, or any of your readers, give me, 
through your paper, a recipe for Diamond 
Cement ? 
I saw the question asked some tune since in 
your paper, “How can window shades be 
cleaned?” If any of your readers can give any 
information on t he subject, I should be very glad 
if they would do so, through your paper. 
Coliamer, Cuy. Co., Ohio, 1864. E- C. 
COTTAGE PUDDING, FRUIT CAKE, See, 
Dear Rural:—A s I have been an attentive 
reader of your paper for a long time, and found 
myself much benefited by many of your domes¬ 
tic recipes, I would like to add a few of my own, 
which I have tried and know to be good. 
Cottage Pudding.— One egg; 1 tablespoon 
sugar; 1 tablespoon sour cream; 1 cup sweet 
milk; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon of 
soda; 1 pint of flour. Bake half an hour. Serve 
with any sauce. I like sweetened cream best. 
If you don’t call this pudding tip-top it will be 
because you don't make it as I tell you. 
Soft Ginger Bread,—T wo eggs; 1 cup 
molasses; 1 cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons gin¬ 
ger ; 1 teaspoon soda. Stir quite thin. 
Cheap Fruit Cake.—O ne cup sugar; i cup 
butter; half cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon soda; 
3 eggs; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup currants. Chop tbe 
raisins and currants very fine. j, r. l. 
Pinnacle, N. Y., 1564- 
JOHNNY CAKE-INDIAN LOAF CAKE. 
Eds. Rural Nkw- Yorker: —Noticing a 
request for a -- tip-top” Johnny Cake, I venture 
to send one, which we think merits that title. 
Here it is —the recipe, l mean :—Two cups of In¬ 
dian meal; half cup of flour; 2 cups sour milk ; 
1 egg; 1 tablespoonful melted butter; 1 tea¬ 
spoon soda; a little salt. 
I also send a recipe for an Indian loaf, which 
“A Subscriber” will think, if she tries it, 
splendid :—One pint of Indian meal; 1 do. of 
flour; 1 do. sour milk; half teacup molasses; 
half cup shortening; a tablespoonful soda; a 
little salt. Put in a two - quart basin, set in a 
steamer over a kettle of boiling water, let it 
steam an hour, take out, place in the oven, bake 
half or three-quarters of an hour, eat hot. — 
Ellen Simmons, Millport, X. T., 1S63, 
Lemon Pies. — Noticing a request in your 
paper for a recipe for a lemon pie, and having 
received a good many favors from the Rural in 
the way of recipes, I wish to contribute my 
mite to the Domestic Department by living 
mine, which I call excellent. Four eggs; seven 
tablespoons white sugar; grated peel ard juice 
of one lemon; half teacup of sweet milk . Beat 
the yolks, then add the sugar, lemon and milk, 
and bake in crust as for custard. When done, 
beat the whites to a still froth, adding two 
tablespoons frosted sugar spread over the pie, 
and place in the oven until the frosting is 
slightly brow ned. 
Will some of our lady friends inform us what 
glue is best, and how prepared for cone frames ?— 
Mka D., Oakfield, X. Y.. 1864. 
WniTE Beeswax.—A s some one of the 
Rural readers wished to know how to make 
beeswax white, I will give my recipe. Have 
a hard-wood board made in the shape of a shin¬ 
gle, then put the wax in a pot of hot water over 
the stove. While the wax is melting soak the 
board in warm water to prevent the wax stick¬ 
ing to it, theu dip the board into the pot of 
water and wax as you would to dip candles, and 
you will have a thin sheet of wax on the board. 
This you can loosen with a knife so it wilt .slide 
off. Then dip as before, and so on until you 
have dipped all the wax oil'. Take these thin 
sheets of wax and spread them on a white cloth 
in the hot sun until they are white, afterwards 
melt and cake.—X. Y. Z., Elgin, III., 1864. 
Delicate Cake. — One cup of butter: cwo 
cups of sugar; one cup of sweet milk; whites 
of seven eggs; four cups of flour; two teaspoon¬ 
fuls cream of tartar, and one of soda. 
Will some reader of the Rural please write 
a recipe for making Flannel Cakes, and oblige— 
Nettie/’ South ftV.d, Pa., 1864. 
Preparing Baked Apples.—B ake until 
they are tender, quarter them, and after you 
have taken the core out, place them in a platter 
and sprinkle white sugar over them and a thick 
layer of cream. Do this and you will say 
peaches have nothing to do with apples.—M in¬ 
nie, EUmjton, X. Y., 1863. 
[SFECI.LL NOTICE.] 
Everybody Goes for it.— We do not hear of any¬ 
body in these parts who does not go for DeLand’s 1 
Chemical Saloratns. No matter who wo may go for ! 
in politics, all our house-wives agree that it is the thing 
to mako light biscuit. Its entire freedom from deleteri¬ 
ous matter should commend it. 
about premiums. 
TO AGENTS AND OTHERS. 
In consequence of the recent great advance in the 
price* of paper, wages, etc., we cannot really afford 
to furnish the Rural for 1864 at its present low rates 
and give any extra premiums to Club Agents. And yet 
we have resolved to fee more- liberal than wc can afford, 
in order to make some return for the kind efforts the 
friends of the paper are making to maintain and extend 
.ts circulation. We therefore make the following offers 
to all forming club* for Vol. XV, except successful 
competitors for Premiums offered to Bovs and Young 
Men under 31 years: 
vU'' T,l)tting - $1 ° for Six Copies of the 
prcvl0M; '’ tb** 1st of February, 
Ur; A: 'w 1 : x 2 a «>P* of the paper for one 
?, - Preferred to Rural, a copy of either of 
the following valuable and popular wor£s! postage paid: 
Randall's Practical Shepherd, 
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Jennings’ Horses and their Diseases, 
Jennings’ Cattle and their Diseases, 
Liebig’s Natural Laws of Husbandry, 
Langstroth’a Hive and Honey Bee. 
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Rural, as above, wo will give an extra copy and also 
rend, postage paid, a copy of either of the above named 
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T. t. Peters of Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., already 
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Benefit of tbe Boys. 
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I -/-- United Stated Treasury Votes and Bills on all 
Solvent KhuK-S in U. 8. ami Canada taken at oar. but 
Agents in tic- U. S. a .11 please remit in 1 ira 'ts on New 
Yer‘. isj cxchaugej or New York, Now K tig land or 
Upper Conan.t uioinv snfar as convenient. Ail Subscrip¬ 
tion Mine -emitted by Draft on New York, Boston, 
Philadelpnia, Albany, Kochestec or Buffalo, [less ex¬ 
change,) M v> UK SUNT AT VllL RISK OF rill; l"l lU.LsIIKU, 
if mode. yc,alle to his order. 
We trust every Boy or Young Man who feels any inter¬ 
est In tiie success of the paper will at once become a 
Recruiting Officer for the Rural Brigade, and see 
what can be done toward securing the Botin tUs offered. 
What say. Boys ? If Aye, of coarse you will a' nice open 
the Rural Campaign for 1-So-t. 
Address D. i>. T. MOORE, 
Rochestbk, n. Y, 
Bb Butef and Aocuratb —Personal —In writing 
us on business, please be aa brief as consistent At 
this season we receive so many letters (from 200 to 300 
daily) that it is no easy task to read all carefully and 
give each proper attention;—even the opening and 
glancing at the contents of each, is somewhat labori¬ 
ous. The short letters are always read, while the long 
epistles cannot at once receive the time required; so 
we are constrained to attend to the business part, and 
defer the rest. Urmlji and accuracy ire-1 ho great essen¬ 
tial# of a business letter; and no other matter should 
be given on the same sheet or half sheet. If you send 
an inquiry or an article for publication with a business 
letter, pray do not uiw them on tbe same page, or even 
opposite pages, unless so that we can separate without 
injury to either. 
Select Your i-kkmutmsI—T1io«o entitled to pre¬ 
mium- of extra copies or books for clubs will please 
designate uvt.rf th v tewi, tn the letters remitting for their 
lists, so that we may send them promptly. We have 
endeavored to offer nothing this year but what we can 
furnish will tout, delay, xod wish to avoid even the susoi 
cion of procrastination or unfairness. 
