W FEB. IB. 
common Morrello buds are still worse injured. 
On the Duke and other sweet cherries scarcely 
a bud is left. The trees are apparently not seri¬ 
ously injured, especially the May cherry. 
GRAPES. 
The grape crop at this point has thus far 
proved a failure, on account of tho rot. In ex- 
~u.fr i * » j ft On good peach soil, I would plant the peach on common Morrello buds are still worse injured. 
® 0 1 f 1 f it 1111 X JU ♦ its own stock. On the Duke and other sweet cherries scarcely 
r jlr, Fishek—I have a few trees trained a bud is left. The trees are apparently not sen- 
— ■■ — against, a wall 11 or 12 feet high, and 80 feet in ously injured, especially the May cherry. 
FRUIT GROWERS’ SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK. len ? th * castem exposure. And I have obtained graphs. 
more fruit from them than from a largo orchard. The grape crop at this point has thus far 
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING, While my neighbor’s crops have failed, these proved ft failure, on account, of tho rot. In ex- 
__ ’ few trees have furnished me with a full supply atn { n j n g the vine8 tliey do not appear to be much 
[Continued from pave 10, last- number.] for my family. (In answer to a question.) 1 injured. This may be deceptive, however, and 
The President elect, being absent, the retir- P™» e tbem as man y as fcix times durin S the may not show the effect of the cold until they 
g President called Vice-President Hu< 5H T. summer. begin to grow in the spring, but now the canes 
rooks to the chair. l°°k sound. 
A resolution thanking ex-President Ains- DESTRUCTION OF THE PEACH CROP IN strawberries. 
ORTH for his able and practical address, and SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. Of course the snow covering that came with 
muesting it for publication, was adopted. „ „ . ~ , ,, the cokl has protected this crop from harm. 
A communication was received from I'resi- r,IE following letb r was written for the The {lrout j 1 an d w liito grub combined have in- 
ing President called Vice-President HUGH T. 
Brooks to the chair. 
A resolution thanking ex-President Ains¬ 
worth for his able and practical address, and 
requesting it for publication, was adopted. 
A communication was received from I’resi¬ 
dent Barry, thanking the Society for the honor 
conferred, and accepting the position and duties 
assigned to him. 
Vice-President BROOKS addressed the Society 
briefly, but earnestly, defining in terse, unmis¬ 
takable language, the duties and responsibilities 
of the membership. 
PEACH ON PLUM STOCK. 
The Committee on Programme reported the 
following as the first subject for discussion: 
7s the reach, marc hardy when budded upon the Plum?" 
H. N. La no worthy —I have not tried this 
experiment. But it is important to know 
whether we can get a peach crop every year. 
If grafting the peach on tho plum makes it more 
hardy, it is important it should be known. 
W. P. Townsend, Loekporb—I have tried 
this experiment. Have peach trees 15 or 1G 
years old, grafted on plum stock. The effect is 
to harden the wood of the peach and render it 
hardier. These trees have scarcely failed to 
produce a crop. I think it would he found prof¬ 
itable to try it in localities where the peach fails 
on its own stock. 
GKO- Kli.wangeu, Rochester —The peach 
summer. 
DESTRUCTION OF THE PEACH CROP IN 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 
The following letter was written for the 
Chicago Tribune by its Agricultural and Horti¬ 
cultural corresponded Rural,” who has been 
making personal observations in the great peach 
district: 
Cobden, Ii.l., January 18, 1804. 
One of the greatest calamities that could well 
that a fruit grower remarked to us that the kill¬ 
ing of the orchards at this time would be no 
great loss, as it would sweep the orchards of 
thousands of worthless trees, that would be re¬ 
placed by those enough more valuable to cover 
their loss in a short time. If the orchards of 
peach, pear and apple were to be re-placed, 
three-fourths of the present, trees would be dis¬ 
carded. If this is true of this part of the State, 
it is no less true in others. And is it not time 
that, farmers and others setting trees should in¬ 
vestigate the subject, and no longer depend on 
quack nurserymen and interested tree dealers ? 
If they cannot get the varieties best adapted for 
them, let them set out seedlings, and graft them 
with the varieties wanted. 
Let us ask what commercial nurserymen know 
A PLUM PUDDING CHAPTER. 
Eds. Rural: —Seeing an inquiry for a recipe 
for a Plum Pudding, I send you mine: 
Boiled Plum Pudding.— Half a pound of 
currants; j ft. raisins; 1 lb. suet, chopped fine; 
1 lt>. flour; nutmeg; a wine-glass of brandy; 1 
egg; l pint of sweet milk. Tie in a floured 
cloth, allowing room to swell; boil steadily 
three hours; serve with sweet sauce. 
Baked Plum Pudding. — Roll 6ix soda 
crackers, and soak them over night in milk 
enough fco cover them; then add three pints 
jured the prospect, and it is estimated that at j n regard to varieties? Just as much as the dry sweet milk; four eggs, well beaten; Jib raisins; 
best there can not.'be more than two-thirds of 
the quantity grown last season. 
VEGETABLES. 
One of the greatest calamities that could well Potatoes, apples, and other vegetables are 
be conceived of has befallen the fruit growers of badly frozen, and their loss will prove a seri- 
this part of the State. The next peach crop, if ous inconvenience. Sweet potatoes, for seed, 
not a large part of the trees, have been utterly will be a scarce commodity. 
goods dealer does in regard to the goods that nutmeg;' sweeten with sugar and molasses, 
will sell, when his blandishments are added. Bake two hours, in a moderate oven; sweet 
The one buys bright colors and the other eulti- cream for sauce. 
vates strong and showy growers. Let fruit jiere is my favorite, which I think better 
growers order what they want, and take noth- Ujan the Plum Pudding:—Take one pint sweet 
this part of the State. The next peach crop, if 
not a large part of the trees, have been utterly 
ruined. The great cold wave that rolled down 
from the Arctic regions on the first day of the 
year, has crushcy in its pathway every blossom 
bud of the peach, tho apricot and the nectarine, 
from the northern limits of this point, south¬ 
ward, beyond the limits of the State of Tennes¬ 
see, if not far into the States South. Never, 
within the history Of the West, has there been 
such a wide spread disaster — never such a far 
extended wave of Arctic cold. 
Near this station the peach orchards number 
not less than 50,000 trees; at Mackinac, " miles 
north, about the same number; and at Anna, 7 
miles south, some 20,000; making, within 20 
miles, 120,000 trees. These are worth, includ¬ 
ing tho land and buildings, nearly or quite a half 
a million of dollars, an Investment that has been 
ing else; failing to get it, do their own grafting. 
We cannot. Eds. Rural:— In your paper of Jan. 16th, a 
“Young Housekeeper” inquires the best way 
Wrsprxo Mountain Ash.—C an you inform me » « b - ^ . tin-ton nlum nuddin°-” The 
Where I cun obtain the Weeping Mountain Ash, a cut of making a tip-top plum pucimng. iue 
of which was published in jour Issue of the 23d ult. following is the celebrated English Christmas 
- J - B ‘ plum pudding, from Dr. Kitchener, a stan- 
Altnost all nurserymen can famish them, we presnme. dard Enslish author on cookery, and has been 
Kllwangbh & Barky, of this city, have them. in general ^ many yea rs in that country. It 
cannot he excelled in any respect:—Suet, 1 lb.; 
raising, 1J lbs.; currants, 2 lbs.; bread crumbs, 
uutive of this country?—Y oung Botanist. ] lb.; flour, J ft.; eggs, ‘J; nutmeg, J Of Olie; 
We believe it grows wild in some of the Southern mace, three small blades, pounded fine; cinna- 
Statcs or California. It is Vitis musiangemis. The mon, do.; salt, lj teaspoonfuls; milk, IJ pints; 
writer ouce tasted a wine called “ Mustang wine,” said SU g ar , ifo. ; candied lemon, 3 oz.; citron, 8 OZ.; 
to have been made from this grape. It was very t „ iu best brandy . Make saUCC with one gill 
pleasant. i hrnmU-. Ttml five hours, and leave room 
ANOTHER STORM. 
Yesterday morning was dear and spring-like;_ 
the snow, which was about tour inches deep, Osage Hedge Plants. —Can you inform me where 
WHS rapidly inciting, and the roads in places be- I can obtain hedge plants of the Osage Orange, or seed 
1 II r, • , I „ of the same, and at what price?—I. V- A., \ anck. 
came muddy. During the afternoon it clouded 
Up, and at 7 o’clock it began to snow; great We cannot, 
flukes came down, like a northern winter, 
tbioi-nr -in,I f i-ii'f the wind mrntrted amonff the Weeping Mountain Asn. —Can you inform me 
thicker and laatci , the mm moancu urnon 0 uic w|un . ( , j ( . an Qbtllin lhe weeping Mountain Ash, a cut 
hills, and sighed through the forest walls, that 0 f which was published in jour Issue of the 23d ult. 
stood but a few rods from our sleeping-room. — J - B ' 
We never witnessed a wilder night, the wind Almost alt nurseryman can furnish them, we presume, 
and snow beatiug that of the never-to-be-forgot- ^llwangkr & Barky, of this city, have them, 
ten Thursday which closed the old year, and 
only lacked its intense cold to make it as fearful. ^“ame MflTa 
Nor have we ever known a greater fall of snow umive of this country?—Y oung Botanist. 
in the same length of time in the deep forests We believe it grows wild in some of the Southern 
Here is my favorite, which I think better 
f ap the Plum Pudding:—Take one pint sweet 
ilk; when scalding hot, stir in half a pint of 
Indian meal arul a teaspoonful of salt; take six 
middling-sized sweet apples, pare and cut in 
pieces, and stir them in this mixture. Bake 
three hours; sweetened cream, seasoned with 
nutmeg, for sauce.— Fannie R., Pavilion, 
K Y., 1864. _ 
UKO- Kli.wangeu, Rochester —The peach a muuonoi uouiu-s an uiusuiitnuiwi uccu 0 f Northern New York, as fell within the past 
on plum stocks Is not rendered hardier, except made mostly within the past six )c:u>, and The snow is now two feet deepen a 
on certain varieties of plums. The object had which would have been quadrupled ill the next j cy ^ ^ ^ W00( j g> an amount in this part of the 
in so working the peach, is to adapt it to cold two years. 1 liatthe trees are seriously injured, state (lat. 37 deg. 30 min.) before unknown, to 
clay soils, where it will not do on its own root. 
The wood, probably, is a little hardier. We 
dwarf peaches a good deal on plum stocks, and 
bring them in fruit quite early. 
Dr. Sbenck— I have had a little experience 
with the peach on plum. Thirty-five years ago 
l had a lot of line wild plum sprouts growing on 
my place, on which I budded early varieties of 
the peach. They grew finely. The second 
year they bore finely and fine fruit. But finally 
they all died. 1 think they will grow well for a 
year or two, hear well, and die. 
G. Ellwanger— In England they work the 
peach on the plum stock, almost altogether; and 
their trees are long-lived there. 
Dr. Spence— I believe it is true, as a rule, 
that such unions render the trees short-lived. 
* They may flourish for a time, but their age is 
shortened, 
W. P. Townsend — I think I was mistaken 
in the age of niy trees; they must be 22 years 
old instead of 15 or 16. The peach was grafted 
on the common green gage plum. 
W. B. Surra, Syracuse—I have budded the 
peach ou the Canada plum the past 14 years. 
which would nave ucen quadrupled m lira m xi j cve j ^ ^ ie W oods, an amount in this part of the 
two years. 1 bat the trees are seriously injured, ^tate (lat. 37 deg. 30 min.) before unknown, to 
all admit; but it is difficult to judge of the real elther the oldc6t inhabitant or his father. At 
damage to a peach tree by the discoloration of this wriling )t is 8til i snowing, 
the bark. All are more or less injured, and AVe shall mail this letter to-day , but if the 
many of the largo trees that wc have examined gtorm haa been as severe north as here, it will 
are dead to a certainty. We should not be sur- not reae h you j n a 
prised to find most of them killed outiight, To-nisrht was set for a irrand iratllCring of the 
White Willow.—W ill von, or some one of your . . , Tl , , 
correspondents, inform us if there is any Chance of -without intermission.— A I.EADEK, liveliest cr, 
making these men (pedlars) prove their article to be 1S(U 
White Willow.-M. S , Medina Co., O. -*• 1 ” - ' 
Small “ chance!”—for in most cases it would be like e. M., Wayne, N. Y., contributes the fol- 
mon, do.; salt, lj teaspoonfuls; milk, lj pints; 
sugar, lib'.; candied lemon, 3 oz.: citron, 8 oz.; 
1 gill best brandy. Make sauce with one gill 
best brandy. Boil five hours, and leave room 
to swell. Must be kept boiling continually, 
We shall mail tU. letter to-<!a,, but it tbe ^gS K ?37 
storm has been as severe north ae here, it will ^ d ,„ co! ,._ (or mlwl it „„ ld b0 llte 
not reach you in a week. mnnirinsr a man. to nrove a thins to be wlmt it is not. 
while, at best, they will be two or three years in 
recovering, and will in no event make good 
orchards. It will require $25,000 to replace 
these orchards with nursery trees, to say nothing 
of the labor for four or five years to bring them 
into a good bearing condition. This estimate is 
for the peach on a section of 20 miles, but it is 
well known that there are large orchards, 
stretching from Pulaski Station as far north as 
Mattoon. 
But to get the trees to replace these orchards, 
is the question, as the nurseries have been ex¬ 
hausted, if the stock and those budded tho last 
season are Involved in the general disaster. It 
is probable some of them will be saved, where 
snow lodged among the trees of suttlcient depth 
to cover the buds. 
Unless the Michigan orchards have been more 
fortunate, the Northwest will be without 
poaches, at least the present year, and but small 
To-night was set for a grand gathering of the 
fruit growers of this section, numbering some 
forty establishments, but of course it must be 
delayed until they can shovel out a passage-way 
among the deep, gorged, narrow lanes that are 
Small chance!’ —for in most, cases it would be like 
requiring a man to prove a thing to be what it is not. 
And nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand 
pedlars do not know the white from any other willow. 
Cheap Wine Land.—I have very little money. I 
want to buy wine laud. I wish to know where I can 
among me ueep, guigru, lane. a.e pl ^. ha ,e'it cheapest, the price of the land, bow much 
dignified with the name of roads. During the [ t will cost to cultivate it, &c., &c.—R. B., Go. A, Eng. 
previous storm, thousands of hogs, that have Corps, Army of the Potomac. 
mostly been in the woods, were frozen to death, 
and those which escaped will have the prospect 
of starving to death for the want of food. 
Rural. 
AVe would advise great caution in cutting 
down orchards under the supposition that the 
trees are hopelessly injured. We remember 
Address Louts Koch. Golconda, HI., or Geo. Hus- 
mann, Hermann, Mo. They will be able to give you 
the information you desire, we think. Address, also, 
fin An. K. Landis, Vineland, Cumberland Co., N. J. 
lowing: • 
Boiled Plum Pudding.— One cup of suet, 
chopped tine; 1 cup of molasses; 1 cup of milk; 
1 egg: 3.J cups of flour; raisins, currants and 
fruit, as you like. 
Another.— One cup of raisins; 1 cup of 
suet; 1 cup of sirup; 1 cup of milk; 4 cups of 
flour; 1 teaspoonful of soda; chop the raisins 
and suet together. Boil three hours. 
English Plum Pudding.— One pound of 
flour; 1 ft. of light bread; 1 ft. of beef suet, 
chopped fine: 1 ft. of raisins, stoned and ehop- 
We would advise great caution m cutting A Plant for Name. —Will yon please inform me as . ,, n . p _ anta wa , hed and dried . 
down orchards under the supposition that the to the name and habits of the plant of which thear ped, 1 ft. of /ante currants, \ a h_d anl due , 
. , , . .... , -rr- compam Ing stem and leaves farm u part? The oner u fos. good soft sugar; J ft. citron; 12 eggs; 3 
trees are hopelessly injured. We remembei wve - is about 15 inch« high, of two year's growth, 1 ® 1 Hnnamnn and alLnice Alike 
that after the extraordinary degree uf cold we stem one inch in diameter m the base. Branches nutmegs, grated cinnamon and alLpice. Make 
Ul ' ‘ , • freely. Doi-s It have any bloeeome? If you cun give the batter in two puddiugs. and bod four hours, 
experienced here some nice or teu years ugcr, the the desired information you will greatly oblige a con- 11 -j.i, and 
thermometer indicating 18» to 20* below 0, the sYam rend«- or your much esteemed paper—E. B , For sauce, take melted butter, with sugar, and 
i , , Whitewater, Bis- nutmeg grated. Add sufficient brandy to make 
neach buds were all killed and the wood so .. 3 
, ., , , , , . eEschwiardhus pulcheltey, belongs to the natural order ^ cjQ^d. 
much discolored under the bark as to look ,/^Zt the East indies, one of the I --- 
like mahogany. .most beautiful dowering hot-honse plants. It is a sort e,,™ _P„i nnarte nf water in vonr ket- 
My only object was to get peach trees that supplies for the next two or three years. 
would stand well on clay soils, where it, ou its 
own stock, is much injured by the grub worm. 
This mode of working may dwarf the growth 
aud harden the wood better; but that was not 
the object. 1 do not know that trees so worked 
bear better. They root well, are healthy, and 
so far as I have heard from trees sent out, they 
do well. I did not know that it shortened the 
life of the tree to so work them. 
F. W. Lay, Greece—A dozen years ago I 
planted u dozen trees worked on plum. They 
have borne well since they commenced bearing. 
Cuas. Downing, Newburgh—They grow less 
rapidly and are hardier in cold climates, but I 
do not think the buds will bear a greater degree 
Of cold. 
H. E. IIOOKKR, Rochester—We once import¬ 
ed a lot of peach trees from France, which we 
found were worked on plum stock. They were 
planted, and wc found there were more failures, 
from bursting above the union, than were saved, 
planted on clay soil. They were somewhat 
dwarfed, hut I did not think it any advantage to 
them. 
G. Ellwanger — For extensive planting my 
opinion is that the peach on peach stock would 
he the best. 
S. H. Ainsworth My experience has been 
unfavorable to this practice. The union is not 
sufficient to stand. Mine broke off easily. Some 
of them stood well. And the trees so worked 
were troubled with the grub. But the great 
trouble was, the plum roots sprouted, and I got 
curses from men to whom I sold trees, telliug 
them that they were worked on plums. I used 
the yellow or white egg plum for stock. If 
they are worked on our common wild plum, 
they arc dwarfed too much the union is not 
so perfect, I thought trees so worked did not 
hear as well; and the buds killed easier. For it 
is ray experience that where the buds of a tree 
aro developed into fullness, and are made prom¬ 
inent and plump, they arc killed much easier 
than those which lay back in the wood further. 
Bergen’s yellow lias this peculiarity and kills 
much easier than any other variety. Peaches 
worked on the plum will doubtless grow better 
on a clay soil, lor a time, than when worked on 
peach stock. 
From what we have seen and heard, wo have 
no doubt that all the blossom-buds of the peach 
are killed west, of the Alleghanies, ami at least 
a hundred miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. 
The cold at this point, on the hills, was 22 de¬ 
grees below zero, and 18 degrees in the valleys. 
The peach hud become a necessity to all classes 
of people, in their ripe state, eauned or dried. 
Last year hundreds of thousands of bushels of 
this fruit were grown within the bounds named, 
and to cut ofl' this supply for a single year will 
lie a hardship. Verily, it may be said as a truth 
that the loss of a fruit crop is a public calamity. 
We have never been called an alarmist, yet the 
above will startle many an owner of a peach 
orchard, who is solacing himself with the idea 
that he may have at least a small crop, but on 
investigation will find that he has hugged a de¬ 
lusion. Ou our way to this place our inquiries 
as to the peach crop were answered—“all killed 
north, for so ‘ Rural' has stated in the Tribune , 
but Egypt will have peaches enough.” Alas 
for Egypt, the destroyer has passed over her 
rich orchards that wc have so often seen laden 
with luscious fruit. 
Since our arrival hero, wc have met the same 
answer, but now the excitement is intense, as 
we visit orchard after orchard, knife in hand, 
and show tho truth as it exists. We know that 
the wood and bark of the peach can be badly 
discolored and yet the tree survive; let us hope 
for the best, for even that is sufficiently un¬ 
pleasant. 
the apple. 
The early harvest is the only one in tho list at 
this point that appears at all injured, and on this 
a portion of the blossom buds appear sound. 
The apple crop, to all appearance, will be an 
usual one. We have examined a large number 
of varieties, aud, with this single exception, 
have uot found a twig injured by the cold. 
Urchardists at the North will do well to take a 
Trees so injured, it was believed, could not 0 f epyphite or parasite; will grow on a piece of wood 
survive, and hundreds of orchards were rooted 0 r in moss baskets. It needs a great deal of heat and 
up without waiting to test the effect of the moisture. Flowers, scarlet— b. 
growing season on them. Many orchards, how- - 
ever, were permitted to remain, and with the The Wine Plant—P lsase inform me through the 
’ \ ,, . , „ Rural if the Wine Plant pays for cultivation, as it is 
exception of very old and deerepid trees, they ju9r introduced into this section of country—J. 
recovered; making new layers of sound wood a. P ., Cherry Valley, Ohio. 
over that which was so discolored. Many Every man who has a root of Rhubarb or Pie Plant, 
ore ha tils, of that time, at first supposed to be has thia same “wine” plant—no matter what variety 
ruined, are now alive and in a productive State. Of Rhubarb he may have. These pedlars of “ wine " 
plant buy up the Rhubarb in one neighborhood, and 
The peach tree 1ms lhe faculty ot reco\ering ,, it at cnornun:a protits in another as “ wine plant.” 
Soup.— Put two quarts of water in your ket¬ 
tle, let it boil, then put your meat in, cut in 
small pieces. Add one cup of chopped cab¬ 
bage; three good-sized onions; one parsnep, cut 
fine; and a piece of a red pepper. Salt to your 
taste. Let it boil about three hours, then add 
the dumplings, potatoes, and some butter. M. 
L. R.. JSllingion. A'. 1'. 
Remarks. —The editor thanks M. L. R. for 
her soup recipe. And he wishes to assert that 
rapidly after such injuries, if circumstances of ^11 there Is about it, that is wonderful, is that farmers . 
soil, climate and culture be favorable. A little gboutd consentto be duped by such sharpers. No bet- with a great many funnels m i eren pai s o 
SXtra care should be given such trees. 8hort- ter wine can be made Horn it than from apple cider, tbe country, and, outside his own taim y, as 
etmw in of the branches, and a dressing of suit- And all these pretensions about the enormous profit of never eaten vegetable soup at a fanner's house 
able compost, at the roots, will act together as 'vino manufactured from it, arc raise pretensions. We yeL wiil not other ladies tell our readers how 
■I stimulant to ereiter vital activity — n never tastcd any Kliubarb wim> > ut tbiu wa9 fit for an - v ' thev make soup. 
a stimulant to B i eatei itat acli\ liy. . b nt a whiskey lover to drink But If you want to ' _1- ^ - 
make such wine, use your own Rhubarb—don’t buy CRACKERS.—Take one cup milk emptyings, 
RE-GRAFTING ORCHARDS. your neighbor's, and pay four or five prices for it, ^ ^ ^ q( wanu watel% mix in as muc h flour 
vfiii pqH rii'iks into ii jojil, it iii ii warm 
Orchakdists frequently find that some Of Hemlock and Barberry Uedge— T have a fruit * ‘ . , TUion mGr in one 
, . . . , 1 ' .. . . . erove that l intend lo inclose on two or three sides with place, untiL it 13 light enough. Inenmxxinone 
their varieties do not meet their expectations. ;1 Uve for protection against the cold winds eat of but[er and as muo h flour as you can, and 
They may have boon planted through ignorance Ua and hogs, i: practicable- On i.ie colder -ide l do- - T> „ t , ind hake 
■' 1 i , • si.»n to u-e hemlock, having them growing on my farm let it rise again as before. Loll them, ana oake 
or negligence; they may have proved to be in- , v r )m a loot in height, to t.Qev or mow- i wish to be . . . , —Minnie L. Rvbblee, 
comi-Uy named, nr, », often havens, eertain ‘ - - 
How To Curas Black Silk axft Inm 
malady whuli icnuus tuem \ ri <— grow a burberry haLx- 1 have tho shod now m the TH e GLOSS.—1st, Prepare a quarto! cold soft 
In the ease of apples and pears especially, water by scraping four raw potatoes into it, and 
this is not a difficult matter to remedy, proMded wtiat di-tnnee apart should they he grown m the hedge. add [ u .r a wine glass and a half of whisky to the 
the trees arc sound and healthy. At a trifling C-U-V. A. Bullock, Columbia Crots Hoad*. <une 0 ^j[ ow trie pulp to settle. Then sponge 
expense, aud at a loss of two, or at most three iD We should prefer Norway spruce to Hemlock for j . j lk well iron iijg t he same, while wet, 
crops, the trees may be changed from one va- such a protection us you desire. Tho Hemlock how _ - 
riety to .mother without the Ulghest detriment w -WWW »,«**• * - —T—- 
to their form or future productiveness. This ^ thc x orwtiy runts should be about a Sweet Apple Pie.—T aka mellow, sweet 
is done by Inserting a graft on each o! tbe fpnt in height, thick and stocky as possible, aud be set apples, chop them as for miuee pies, lino your 
branches which make up the head of the tree. aboul a fo ^ t tt p ar t if the plants are thin or deficient t i tl with paste, spread the apples, add a tea- 
A few years ago the White Doyenne pear, in in branches, shear lightly. Plant from middle of April ^poontul of sugar, a little nutmeg, then pour 
the vicinity of Rochester, was attacked with a tMist or t ‘" ;a ” f Ma - V - rianta directly from oyer a t eacU pfui of sweet cream; cover with 
• i •* 4 tho woods are not good, uj* lhero will be. unavoidably, , at % i 
fungus on the fruit that rumod it. As soon as U1U ' V ™ lf ^ paste; bake slow.—M. A. J. 
° ... . manv failures, and these are difficult to replace sue- p 
we saw that this disease had become permanent, itl ^ge. -- 
we re-grafted an orchard of several hundred ' ^ mix thc Barberries with moist earth, and keep In To Prevent Worms in Dried Fruit. — 
pyramidal trees, and in three years from graft- cool place until time to sow Sow tn drills, and when put them into pans aud set in the oven, after 
ing they were all in bearing, and really im- plants are one or two years old set in hedge not more having been exposed to the miller, and let them 
proved inform and vigor. Many of them, in- than six inches apart— u. become hot enough to destroy the egg which 
deed, boro the secoud year. - - —■—■*--* has been deposited. — L. G. B., Crown Point , 
Peach trees may be changed too, if not too cotton in Illinois—“ Rural “—Hon. M. L. Dus- p ndii i^G4. 
plant buy up the Rhubarb in one neighborhood, and j toQ jg cat en—that too few know how 
!«.^ SOU p. ^ he di„e.i 
extra care should be given such trees, short¬ 
ening in of the branches, and a dressing of suit¬ 
able compost, at the roots, will act together as 
a stimulant to greater vital activity.— b. 
RE-GRAFTING ORCHARDS. 
grove liuil i illlt-liu lL/ IUUU5U I'U t V'» luivv am“ »^ v “—"O 
a live hedge for prou'ction against the cold winds cat , l t[ d muo h flour as YOU can, and 
tie aud hogs, if practicable- On the coldest side I d«- t uy or uuua J ’ 
sign to use hemlock, having them g-.-owv.ig >>a my farm let it rise again as before. Roll them, and bake 
front a loot in height, to tltrev or nu.re- l wish to be . . , 7 , oypu — MINNIE L. RviUU.EE, 
informed or tbepro[>cr distance apart to set them, and quick in a not o\ tu. ’ 
ihe best time of tho year u> (runsplant. Is It advisable ---...- 
look through their grounds. 
THE PLUM. 
The trees do not appear to be injured, but the 
blossom-buds are dead. 
Tims far this crop has been Of no value here, 
as the love of tho curcullo for this fruit has been 
too great to withstand his attacks on it, though 
Mr. Smith— 1 think tho mistake made is that just now orcliardist* suppose themselves pos¬ 
til e peach is not worked on the right kind of sussed of a remedy that will prove effective, but 
plum stock. 1 will warrant that if the last. 
S speaker lutd worked his peaches on the wild 
/ plum, the grubs would not have troubled them. 
I There is a difference in the varieties; some 
P succeed better oil thc plum than others— especi- 
y ally tho free growing varieties. It is difficult to 
j get buds to grow on the wild plum. If I can 
v. make one-third of them grow I am satisfied. 
they must wait another year to give it a further 
trial. 
THE CHERRY, 
The blossom-buds on the May cherry, or as it 
is called in the north part of the State, Early 
Richmond, are more than half killed, but enough 
is left to make a fair crop, if they should open 
as their present appearance indicates. The 
In tho ease of apples and pears, especially, 
this is not a difficult matter to remedy, provided 
the trees aro sound and healthy. At a trifling 
expense, and at a loss of two, or at most three 
crops, the trees may be changed from one va¬ 
riety to another without the slighest detriment 
to their form or future productiveness. This 
is done by Inserting a graft on each of the 
branches which make up the head of the tree. 
A few years ago the H7u7,; Doyenne pear, in 
the vicinity of Rochester, was attacked with a 
fungus on the fruit that ruined it. As soon as 
wc saw that this disease had become permanent, 
we re-grafted an orchard of several hundred 
pyramidal trees, and in three years from graft¬ 
ing they wore all in bearing, and really im¬ 
proved in form and vigor. Many of them, in¬ 
deed, bore the second year. 
Peach trees may be changed too, if not too 
old, by heading back the trees severely, so as to 
produce strong shoots, which can be budded in 
the summer. Two years will set them in bear¬ 
ing again. 
Wo allude to this subject because so many 
people seem to think that if a tree prove uot 
wliat they want, all is lost; that there is no 
remedy but to dig up and plant again. 
We extract the following paragraph from the 
letters of “Rural'’ to the Chicago Tribune , 
touching this matter: b. 
Experience has demonstrated that certain 
kinds of peaches, pears and apples do much 
better than others. So highly is this valued, 
from h loot in heigltt, to'.tree or more, t 't an to uv | . . , , . , —MINNIE L. RUBBLEE, 
informed of ibe proper distance apart to set thorn, and < l mctv 111 a 11UL JL1 ' * 
the best time of tho year to transplant, is it advisable -—--- 
to crop otV a portion of tho top u: the time of transplant- j, T c TI wn RETAIN 
wv (I) On tho East Mdo of thc grove I purpose to HOW lO CLEAN BLAuk silk a.'d kmaui 
crow a barberry itoffiro. 1 Have tho scod now in tho niE Gross.—1st. Prepare a quart of cold soft 
house in the berry ; should they be put in moist cart it . notatoes into it. and 
(1) We should prefer Norway sprnce to Hemlock for | 
such a protection ns you desire. The Hemlock how¬ 
ever, may answer very well, It makes a beautiful 
hedge, tho’ not so strong nor so well calculated to repel 
intruders as tho Norway. Wants should be about a 
foot in height, thick and stocky as possible, and be set 
about a foot apart- If the plants are thin or deficient 
in branches, shear lightly. Plant from middle of April 
till 1st or even middle of May. Plants directly from 
tho woods are not good, us there will be, unavoidably, 
many failures, and these are difficult to replace suc¬ 
cessfully iu a hedge. 
(2) Mix the Burberries with moist earth, and keep in 
cool place until time to bow Sow in drills, and when 
plants are one or two years old set in hedge not more 
than six inches apart—n. 
Cotton in Illinois.—* 1 Rural ’’—Hon. M. L. Dus- Did., 1804. 
lap— ftimishea tho Chicago Tribune with some interest---- 
tag facts concerning cotton culture in South Illinois. ^ jj knfw TUE COLOR OF BLACK SiLK.—. 
Notwithstanding the injury to the crop from the August 1AlU th „ broad leaves in 
frost, quite a crop was raised. Major s. 8 raw art, at Bod sev eial handfuls ot the brom u leave m 
Cobden, had 38 acres which yielded 600 lbs. seed cotton I a quart of soft water, reducing te in u-u 
to | ho acre; and T. J. McCluse grew 10 acres yielding pint. Sponge the silk, and irou it with hot irons 
at the same rate- A steam gin baa been erected at Cob- I w fren wet.— J., E. II. C. 
den by Mr. Clemens, at a cost for gin, press and engine, - -- 
of $ 1,300. He ginned 11,000 pounds last year-not quite ra ,. K rt *i wottcb 1 
half tho crop grown iu tho neighborhood, He will - 
make 04 bales nf 400 lbs. each, for which he paid 15 and Justice Slow but Sure. M e sincerely hope that 
Hi cents a pound in thc seed, or about $4,200. The cost justice will hurry up and overtake, as it surely wi.l, the 
of ginning is two cents per pound. Seed is now sold villains who aro counterfeiting the tsmous t hemteal 
to planters at 20 cents, against $2 and $3 per bushel last I Saleratus. They should, when caught, be turned over 
year. There are two other gins not far distant that to the housewives for punishment. They would not 
have done a still larger business. repeat the offense. 
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