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THE SEASON- 
Up to the present time, October 14th, we have 
been entirely free from frosts in this section. The 
almost incessant rains, however, have injured fall 
flowers almost as seriously as a frost, while the condi¬ 
tion of the ground has delayed or prevented altogether onr f ruits wou ] d be raise( j j n much higher perfection 
much work usually done in the Autumn. Although tba|1 ^bey now arc. 
we have reason to complain of a quantity of rain alto- We baV(J no l]oubt but raany of onr ob1 orchards 
gether unusual, yet the temperature has been abovu bav - e been injured more by injudicious over-pruning 
the average, and we have often been favored with days lban ; u any other way. Tree-pruning was almost a 
quite warm. The good effects oi this are observed in niania. Jt must be done every spring. This lower 
the full maturity of gTapes that a. few weeks ago Hinb n)nat be taken ofl ; an ,| bnuu ,h pruned as 
were considered Tar too late to stand even a chance far out a9 tbo operator dared to venture, and could 
of ripening. High winds, too, have prevailed, and ,. eacb w ;th the destructive a.v. Such a system of 
the orchards have suffered by the falling and bruis- tree torturing and tree mutilating could not be other- 
ing of the fruit. IV e re member when nine-tentha of wise than destructive.— Wm. Bacon, in Horticulturist. 
the apples in this section were shaken from the _ t r ^ t _ 
Low trees come into leaf, flower, etc., earlier than 
tall ones. A pear tree seven feet high bad branches 
within a foot of the surface of the ground. The 
lowest branches were in full leaf before the buds on 
the top of the tree had devc-loped the color of the 
leaf. And a plum tree, with branches near the 
ground, gave blossoms on the lower branches from 
a week to ten days earlier than they appeared in the 
upper part of the tree. Let the difference continue 
up with a garden trowel, with a ball of earth (the 
roots will be about three inches long,) and set in well 
prepared ground, at least a foot and a half by two feet 
apart. Shade from the sun for a few days, with 
burdock leaves, a handful of weeds or grass, bits of 
boards and old tin pans, lake "IV the shading at 
evening and give a shower bath, and as soon as they 
will stand the sun without wilting, leave the shading 
Otf, and hoc as you would cabbages all summer and 
in the same ratio through the season, and many Of pinch ofl' the runners as they start. T have a lot of 
trees, bat now the dropping off of any large portion 
of the fruit is considered a serious loss by the orehnnt- 
ists. Those who have watched the progress of fruit 
culture in Western New York during the last quarter 
of a century are prepared to witness even greater 
changes in the years that are to follow. With a fine 
climate, and with few real difficulties to contend 
with, we know not why Western New York may not 
become the fruit garden of the North. Certain it is 
that no business, at present, promises such fair 
returns for labor and investment. What is some¬ 
what unusual, too, our nurseries are well supplied 
with fine trees of all leading and popular varieties, 
and they can bo obtained at lower rates than at auy 
previous time. 
LOW TREES vs. HIGH ONES. 
NEW MODE OP GROWING CELERY. 
one, plant now, if ynu can get good plants; anu If it dfmoeu'f all uiliL-iaa#au*-uj*b/ market berry. — Wm. R. Prince, 
In- the Gardener's Monthly, for October, we find is well done, success is certain, and yon avoid the Flushing, N. r. 
what is described as a new mode of growing and contingencies and had precedent of d lay; and tub Acpi.b Croc in Orleans County.— We are iurormmi 
blanching celery. Everything new on this subject is promptitude (with thoroughness,) is perhaps the by a leading apple buyer of Albion, that the npplu crop in 
received with eagerness, because all feel that there grand secret of success in horticulture. There is that vicinity is very mueh larger than was anticipated in tbo 
are difficulties connected witji the usual process that another method, by which I have more splendid sue- early parlor the season. Ho estimates that the number of 
plants ihat delight the eye of an amateur, every tune 
l go into the garden. 
During the month of July I get all the plants 1 
want from my original half-dozen, but they go on 
putting out runners, and till up the twelve feet by 
four during the summer and tall, arid next season 
bear well. The transplanted plants are the nicest, 
and generally bear about a quart each. They are not 
hoed, the season of bearing, before the fruit is taken 
oil’, (it is a positive injury,) but the weeds are pulled 
up. I do not mean to be understood that September 
is not a good time, I transplant in every month, 
from March to November; and I would say to every 
New and Extraordinary Rtrawrhrrirs, including four 
large white varieties, setriliogs from Wilson's Albany: 
Albion, hermaphrodite, large, nearly round, pure white, 
with a blush lingo at the base; flesh white, very fine, juicy, 
high flavor; u seed ling of Hm Wilson, plant of utroug growth, 
robust and perfectly hardy; foliage large, thick, dark green, 
with large petioles, distinct from I.eunigA White. 
hennitfs White — V seedling of the Wilson; a remarkable 
berry, large, white, of line flavor, ripens late; the plant very 
hardy, vigorous and productive; foliage large and profuse. 
White I'incngpt' . Supposed by sotno to be identical with (he 
Albion, and may prove so, as they originated from the same 
parentage, and in the same place; largo rank foliage, fruit 
largo, of high flavor, between a peach and piueapple; plant 
extremely productive am! reliable, 
Hein'S Large White — Another seedling of the same parent 
age; berry Urge and high flavored; but ns It has only fruited 
once, requires to be tested another season before deciding 
fully on its merits, 
Hein's Chin;/ Colored — Another seedling from the Wilson; 
form very compressed. To bo fully tested another season. 
Welcome — Of a distinct parentage from the preceding; 
pistillate. The earliest, handsomest, Hnd most productive 
variety that Combines large site, line color, and good flavor. 
Conical, bright light scarlet, very sweet, flesh Arm, juicy; a 
moat important acquisition, being calculated to take prece 
should be remedied, if possible. The most success¬ 
ful celery growers sometimes fail, while others, who 
are certainly entitled to credit for their perseverance, 
never succeed in growing crisp, solid, clean stalks. 
Eight years since, we tried blanching celery by the 
use of horse-shoe tiles, first fastened with a cord, and 
then supported with earth; but after a couple of 
cess, hut this article is sufficiently long, 
PilWord, Oct., 1801. S. Boughton. 
Remarks.— Plants may bo set out in the manner 
described by our correspondent at any time, and 
without danger of losing one; hut. when they are to 
bo sent any distance it is best to wait until they arc 
well rooted, as if taken up too early the tender roots 
years abandoned it for the old process of earthing are destroyed before they are set out. More plants 
up. The editor, after stating that the process is not 
a cheap one, bnt excellent, describes it as follows: 
In years gone by, as the remaining trees in old 1 o understand the advantages of the new mode, we 
orchards show, there was an almost universal prac- w >'l point ont the disadvantages attendant on all the 
tice of throwing the tree-tops high into the air; first, °l d ones. Celery loves an abundance of moisture, 
by allowing the trunks to arise some six or seven an d must lie blanched. It is usual to continually 
feet before they throw out branches; and, second, water it overhead; but every cultivator knows that 
by pruning the branches near the trunk, leaving this tends to the baking and hardening of the soil, 
merely a tuft of limbs at the extremities of these anf l continued stirring with the hoe and rake is 
naked arms. These Outside tree-heads, formed on necessary to counteract the evil, which, alter all, is 
branches that had the appearance of artificial trees never entirely remedied. Iben the blanching pro- 
tlirowu out from the trunk, of course receded further CC98 usually employed, however varied is the mode, 
from the main body of the tree each year. Is attended by two serions evils. Blanching, to bo 
The disadvantages of this way of growing trees effective, requires only the exclusion of light; but 
are their greater liability to be shaken and broken when earth or material is closed up around the celery 
by high winds; the longer the lever, the greater the t» lant9 * t,ie ftir aud ftU is excluded. The consequence 
power in raising heavy bodies; the farther the heavy is* fbat celery becomes pithy, insipid, and very dlffi- 
tree-top is removed from the earth, the more power effitof preservation. 
the winds will exert to overturn a tree. Then the The other evil is, that by the earthing process, the 
branches are more liable to be broken by the weight rootlets arc buried up far beneath the surface, and 
of top being far removed from the trunk, or, if not are dependent entirely on what little the soil con- 
directly brokeu, they are severely twisted, and thus tains for its growth and nutiition. 
made unhealthy, which, in due time, insures their 
The fruit on such trees is much more liable to be 4§§|jL 
prematurely blown off by high winds, and it is gath- 
ered with much more difficulty when mature. If the Jg8|> L 
tree is shaken, as is still the custom with many, the 
fruit is sadly bruised by the fall from these high tree- ^|f| 
tops; and if picked off, the danger to life and limb f 
in the operation is increased in a greater ratio than ji j - t-lv- ?, gaj® 
the increasing distance from the ground. u ' ,'Jj ' 
But there is yet another objection to this method ti&A -c i j jg 
r ,f t**» f„rn- | > i fti faU 9- *" it »at greater than 1p _ I t ill * 
all others. Sap i t the Ufe of the tree, <>n-. mu W®± -- . G : J!i= wJS’ f d) 
of sap goes to perfect the fruit. The longer the ^’/fa 
trunk and branches of the tree, the more of this ^- ri r ntH jfma^ 
must go to snpport the wood; the more tho small 
branches arc thrown into tufts at the extremities of Fiocrk 1. 
largo limbs, the fewer will be the leaves to elaborate . ....... .. .. „ 
sap for the nourishment of the tree and perfection Ibe following process obviates all these objections 
of fruit; consequently, a feeble tree aud small and See fig. 1. A level piece of ground is chosen, and 
inferior fruit will, in the end, be the result of the well manured all over. The usual trenches are dis- 
miserahle system. carded ’ and tho P lft,lt * fiet rl f\ 0n th « | surface wo 
By the above noted system of tree-growing, they f*et »P<f- Common pipe drain, ng-tiles are then 
are more exposed to the ravages of insects. The Procured, and utter drawing a hoe through the loose 
‘ ... .1 .1 ! fir t K ft tllOU II T#* HI* I 
also arc formed by allowing the runners tu grow until 
August, and for this reason nurserymen do not like 
to disturb scarce varieties early in the season. 
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. 
NOTES OP A HOETICULTURAI, DISCUSSION, 
barrels shipped This fall will excited tho amount shipped last 
year by about 20.000 barrels. I.ast year there worn about 
60.000 barrels shipped from thn county; this year it. Is esti 
mated there will bu about SO.000 barrels sold, of which 
amount -ill 000 barrels will he shipped from Albion. Moat of 
tbo apples Font from Orleans county go to the New England 
States, very few of thorn finding their way to New York 
The principal buyers are from Boston, Mass., and Providence, 
R t. They are now buying at SI, SO per barrel; they have 
been as high an $1.76 and $2.00 Tho apple, erop yields an 
annual average income to the apple raisers of Orleans county 
of $100,000.— Rochester Democrat. 
New Flowers. — Among tho new flowers recently shown 
at the London Exhibitions, are the foilwing: 
From Messrs. Downie Sc Laird came a new branching 
Intermediate crimson Stoek, not hotter than some out; and 
GOOD COFFEE vs. BAD COFFEE. 
Ml,s. Rikai, Nkw Yokkkh:— Especially iu the 
rural districts, and iu bourding houses of city and 
village, nay oven the “hotel" of more than ordinary 
pretentions, do we find very had coffee. lutlcod, so 
seldom is it that we have placed before us a good 
cup of coffee, or, in other words, a cup of good 
coffee, wo go off in ecstacics, aud exclaim, “What 
delicious coffee this is! how excellent,” A-o., Am., as 
if it wore a great rarity, as it Is a great luxury, and 
requiring some extraordinary display of genius iu 
housewifery to make coffee really palatable. 
The cause of failure i;t making coffee Is owing to 
ignorance, sometimes willful, and generally volun¬ 
tary, which, if it be either, only serves us an aggrava¬ 
tion rather than a palliation of the crime of making bad 
coffee; for bad coffee, like had whiskey , when taken 
into the human stomach, is manifestly a life de¬ 
stroyer, and therefore had ooffoc should ho adjudged 
“ poison,” if not tho one who vends the adulterated 
article, a poisoner! Yet it would be hard in this 
country to proscribe poisons of this nature by legis¬ 
lative enactment, coffee being a subject of commerce; 
and moro especially would it be unconstitutional to 
pass a law retroactive, (m ex post facto law,) making 
the fair venders of bad coffee amenable for their past 
as well as future murders and suicides. But if the 
supreme power of the State,— I mean the “ Lords of 
Creation,” — would adopt mnnioipal rules, or domes¬ 
tic regulations in their honses and kitchens, whereby 
the slosh;/, wisky washy, slash and black decoction, mis¬ 
named coffee, should ho spilled upon the ground, or 
in tho swill barrel, there would soon bo a reform in 
this coffee making, ami tho health of community 
would be bettered thereby. 
It is not my purpose in this article to show that 
the use even of good coffee is or is not deleterious to 
the health of mankind, but to awaken an interest in 
this direction which may be salutary in its results, 
by impressing all with the importance of making 
W II Gardner Esq. furnishes us tho following f,om WrK - Conway, Brompton, some varieties of both!tug good coffee, if they make any at all. Aud as tho 
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Notes of a Discussion at a meeting of Horticulturists 
in Chicago, held duriug the late State Fair: 
The subject of Fire Blight was introduced. Can¬ 
not check this disease by pruning,—is considered 
epidemic,—will even spread by iming tho same knife 
ou sound as unsound trees. No variety of the apple 
is entirely exempt,—not even the native wild crab. 
One careful nurseryman having had considerable 
experience, cures or prevents it by slitting through 
tho outride bark on tbo east or north side of the tree, 
thus checking the trees’ growth by its bleeding; 
and he believes that only trees making a fiue healthy 
or rapid growth are attacked. 
This latter Item of experience was hardly corrobo¬ 
rated by other gentlemen present. 
Mr. Nesbitt of Sangamon, has known trees 
stripped of “body bark” in June, when it can bo 
done, leaving the tree with the alburnum, or new 
woody growth, in a lliild or milky state, to form a 
new bark, lor the purpose of remedying the rot in 
fruit. Several gentlemen have known this done to 
renew tho vigor of the tree. Query, (not made upon 
i tho occasion,) Will it do if' Iron bolts may he 
j used to prevent trees splitting down. A better 
[ method is, however, to graft across a crotch a limb 
Geraniums, Jse., much liahind hand; and from Mr. Wood, of whole Community are more or less Interested, as they 
Bedford Nursery, Hampstead Road, some fancy I’elargOlflunig 
which we might have looked at fifteen years ago. 
Mr. Dean, of Bradford, contributed a New Zealand Fern 
called Hypolepis distaus, which will, from its creeping and 
dumpy hatdt, lie valuable as a pot variety, as it will trail over 
and cover tbo sides of the basket, or whatever it may be in. 
For this a label of commendation was awarded. 
Grachs in Fciii.7yi.kr COUNTY, — The Hryour Journal 
speaks as follows of grape culture in that place: Yesterday 
Dr, Wlutoo, of this village, allowed ua through Ilia vineyard 
The Doctor bait about four acres Met with grapes, moatly of 
the Isabella and Lucy Winton. Tho Lucy Wlnton Is a native 
seedling variety that, originated In Havana, and so early that 
it i.‘, in condition for the table or market, three or lour weeks 
earlier than the Isabella. The vino Is perfectly hardy having 
been wintered on tbo trellis without injury. Thia, together 
with its good flavor and early ripening qualities, makea it a 
Very valuable variety. It may be cultivated without fear of 
losing tie vines by severe winter weather, or the fruit by 
early froat iu the fall. 
Width HooqtlKT Flowers. —Tbo Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
says:—*• We see by a communication of M. Duchartro to the 
Botanical Society of Paris that there is a great demand for 
White Lilacs for ladies’ bouquets in Paris, in winter, and 
that as the common White Lilac will not force well anil tho 
JRIfi 
Fiql’bb 1. 
The following process obviates all these objections. 
See fig. 1. A level piece of ground is chosen, and 
well manured all over. The usual trenches are dis¬ 
carded, and tho plants set right on the surface, two 
feet apart. Common pipe draining-tiles are then 
. , f . ~ ... liowc.T4.turn yellow, M Laurent Alno rueeta tho demand by 
USjPiWSo prevent such d aritnnaH, at a high temperature. This variety force* very 
result occurring. well, and thus treated produces flowers of a pure white, 
On bringing trees into hearing early .—The experi- which do not acquire any color If gathered as soon an brought 
ence of many gentlemen was given that root pruning, iuto light. 
driviug the body full, to greater or less extent, of _. , 
uiiviug y , , ii-i Oswkoo Horticultural Exhibition,— The annual exhlhl 
nails, or boring the body with to is, won ( in not. 0 f ^ o HWO(? „ Horticultural Society took place on tho 
early bearing, upon the principle that any plant or i gt and 2d inst. Tbo Palladium says tbo season has not been. 
vegetable growth whose lile is threatened, will favorable for tho general perfection of fruit, aud aome other 
put forth extra exertions to reproduce itself through departments; but the show was, nevertheless, a good one, 
its seeds, always, however, at tho expense of healthy aud presented many plcaung attractions. In the line of veg 
more hare wood and greater exposure of it to atmos¬ 
pheric changes, the feebler the tree and more subject 
to attacks, not only of the hosts of animal depreda¬ 
tors that feast most greedily unon such trees, but. 
lichens gather on them moro readily, and feed on 
their very vitals. Auy one must know that those 
evils cannot be so readily contended with on a high, 
ill-shapen tree as when near tlie surface; so that, 
besides tho increased amount of danger from the 
evils alluded to, the difficulty of obviating them is 
so much increased that, iu a sort of indolent dis¬ 
couragement, they are neglected, and old, moss-cov¬ 
ered, worm-webbed, insect-bored trees in a few years 
take the place of what may now be a youug, thrifty 
and promising orchard. 
When Nature raises trees, she does it on her own 
economical plan—one best calculated to give health 
and long life to her subject. In the forest we see 
trees shoot up their tall, mast-like trunks with a few 
branches at their extremities. Such trees are pro¬ 
tected by surrounding trees while the forest remains; 
bat remove the burden of timber, aud how the 
remaining trees are rocked and shaken by the wind! 
How often their beautiful heads are decapitated by 
the ragiug storm! Who ever saw such trees on the 
border of a wood lot, or standing iu isolated positions 
about fields? Such trees, if on the border of wood¬ 
lands, throw ont branches near the ground, to shield 
the body of the tree from storms aud sunbeams. 
And the specimen of unrivaled symmetry in the 
field—how low its branches, aud how beautifully it 
throws its long arms abroad! Yet these arras are 
not the naked ones that invite disease, hut ail along 
their length they throw out little branches, from 
each of which a clump of leaves appear to aid in 
furnishing the tree with healthy life-blood. If these 
brauches become too numerous, or if the weaker 
interfere with the stronger, nature prunes and casts 
oil' what is superfluous 
But to our fruit trees. The best specimen of an 
apple tree we ever saw, made its head so near the 
ground that a person can without diilioulty step iuto 
the lower branches, and these branches spread so 
low that the fruit can be gathered without difficulty 
by a person standing on the ground. They are long 
branches, and the top of the tree forms a symmetrical 
hemisphere. Neither tho ax nor the saw lifts been 
accessory to forming that tree-head. The hand and 
the pruning-knife directed the first starting of these 
brauches, and here they stopped, unless two com¬ 
batant brauches so interfered with each other’s rights 
that one of them must be removed. This tree-top is 
so dense and so wide, that the hot midsummer sun 
cannot seud his fiery rays to scorch the unprotected 
part of the tree. They fall upon ils leafy head, and 
the warm atmosphere is diffused along the trunk and 
among the branches. No insects have ever disturbed 
ground directly between each row, the tiles are set, 
as in the sketch, nearly level with the surface. When 
it is desired to water, it is poured through the pipe, 
(one end being ctoBed tight,) and tho water perco¬ 
lates through the tiles into the soil, and through and 
amongst the roots, keeping the soil thoroughly moist, 
while the surface around the plant is thus left porous 
and loose as ever. But these tiles perform another 
important function, which will appear in the sequel. 
When the plants have grown quite long, common 
horse-shoe draining tiles are employed, as shown in 
the plan, for the blanching process. They are set 
edge to edge on the opposite sides of the row, a 
slight earthing being employed to keep them in an 
upright position. Towards autumn, when the leaves 
begin to fall from tho trees, they are collected and 
thrown in between the rows, and thus all light is 
entirely excluded, while air will pass down the tube 
aud around the stems of the plants, rendering them 
firm and solid in the midst of a perfect blanching 
process. Any litter will do as well as leaves. 
It is now that the pipes serving as water-conduits 
prove of value. While air is excluded by the super¬ 
incumbent mass of matter, it passes through the 
vitality aud a cause, of premature death. It is fur etablea, w» never witnessed a liner or more abundant oxhlbi- 
better to allow trees to mature and hear when ready, tIou - The show of apples, pears aa.l grapes was also v.-ry 
tI . , flue, far exci«eiliux what micht have been anticipated, There 
unless standing where not permanently wanted. WM ’ ala0 a bl , a J rul , liHplay of aud HOU10 tine floral 
Mr. C. II. Overman oi Bloomington, Illinois, lias lk>signs q 0 the whole the diHplay was a rich fsaat to the eye. 
renewed girdled, injured, and root diseased trees of 
favorite sorts, by planting vigorous yotuig trees Lkap Plants.— At the late meeting of the Fruit Growers 
around near them, and benllng the top of the small of Western New York, Mr K Stbbl, of Mncedon Center, 
trees to the injured one and grafting it Into the body, exhibited a very flue collection of plaHts, with ornamental 
They readily unite, and soon give ihe tree a healthy, foliagu, worthy or special notice. Mr. S. is an amateur, and 
Vigorous growth again, with a renewed root and lease the exhibition was peculiarly valuable, as ahowing what can 
...» . * . . , . _. „ bo done by ordinary means with this interesting class Of 
of life. In a few years the original stock may be , 3 3 s 
.... ■ plants, 
removed, and the tree renuin standing upon several 
legs or bodies. Fruits Received.— From William Tompkins, German- 
A little more desuitor/ conversation was had town, N. Y., a box of fine grapes, consisting of Concord, 
about evergreens, when tha meeting adjourned until Diana, Mary Ann, Ibuibo, Isabella, Clinton and Catawba. Tho 
Wednesday evenintr Mftry Al,n wa9 new to —* W,tk laabe'K 
'* J " but quite inferior in quality. Thu Raabe wa» the beat we 
have ever seen. 
rmHUulhKitt antes. — From F S, Raow.v, Wilson, Niagara county, N. Y , a 
seedling grape from the Isabella, Mr. R. writes, “the vine 
Tug loth Annual Exbibitiot bf the Montreal Horticultural Is seven years old, aud has been in bearing four yeara. It 
Society took place at. the Cry |al Palace In that city tho last ripen* from tho 15th to the 20th of September,” Thin grape 
of September, and ie said to jave been the largest and boat resembles the Iiabella in appearance; is, we think, of as 
ever held by the Society. TIi Montreal Herald iu noticing good quality, and if earlier and hardy, will be valuable. We 
the exhibition alludoa to a nei ly discovered grapo as follows: should have examined this Truit a little more closely as to 
“ On tfie left fiom tbo vegetal a department we encountered quality, but it wa* received on the day the Fruit Grower* 
the fruit, table. The lirst wer* *evmal varieties of grapes from Society was iu session, and for tho purpoao of giving tho 
Mr. Bailey, ot' Plattsburgh. inong them was a new variety fruit growers an opportunity to teat it* morit.s, wo presented 
never before exhibited, whic) may be considered one of tho It to the Society, whose member* teemed to have such a high 
them to grow in a surprising manner. The friend 
who gives us the plan as he pursued it iu Germany, 
tells us that the roots often form so complete a mass 
inside the pipes by the time the celery is full-grown, 
as to entirely choke them; and the whole vigor of 
the plant arid crispy sweetness of quality is such as 
will enable those of our readers who have followed 
our description to prepare a “surpriser” for those 
who left off reading at the point where we spoke of 
the increased expense of the plan. 
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THE STRAWBERRY-TRANSPLANTING. 
Eos. Rural:—I have experimented fifteen years 
with the strawberry, and the assertion iu au article 
in your issue of October 5th, that September is the 
best time to transplant, is so contrary to my experi¬ 
ence, and as I think, to general principles, that, I am 
Induced to give a word or two on the subject. It will 
not be denied that as a general, if not a universal 
rule, the best and surest, as well as easiest time, to 
transplant a tree or plant, is at the earliest practicable 
period (ri its existence. It feels the change least and 
soonest resume* a vigorous growth. As the straw¬ 
berry is generally managed aud neglected in gardens, 
no thoroughly good plants are to be had for trans¬ 
planting. The course I pursue with a new variety is 
to get half a dozen plants in the spring, set them in 
a row two feet apart, in a piece of trenched (two 
spades deep) and well manured ground, four feet by 
twelve; hoc frequently, take off the fruit stems, and 
when the runners begin to show, fork up and rake 
are more or less aflccted, if an antidote for bud coffee 
be proposed, I hope at, least it may bo tried before it 
shall bo condemned. 
To make good coffee it is necessary, in the first 
place, to procure a good quality of coffee to make it 
from; hut the evil has not, as a general tiring, resulted 
from the material ont of which they have attempted 
to manufacture, hut has existed in tho manner of 
manufacturing, Or plainer, in ignorance in knowing 
how to make it. The best coffee is said to be the 
Mocha, imported from a place by that name on the 
Red Sen; the next to bo preferred Is the Java, and 
tho lowest iu price is the West Indies and Brazil. 
The former is not so good that in the making it 
cannot bo spoiled, nor is tho latter so hail that it 
cannot bo made delicious — possessing that fine 
aromatic flavor which is ever the true test of good 
coffee. Many spoil their cofl'ee in the first onset, 
viz., by burning it black us charcoal instead of roast¬ 
ing it as it flhould be, or in not roasting it, enough; 
for if either be the case it is spoiled. That is to say, 
the first is absolutely spoiled, while the latter may ha 
remedied by a proper rc-roasting. It requires con¬ 
stant and unremitting attention during thn process 
of cooking or roasting, aud should not bo neglected 
has a tendenc/'Wi'yuit a.few.kmfels an; burned, it 
but a few moments over a heated stove to ruin it if 
not attended to us above recommended. 
In the second place coffee is spoiled by boiling. 
The fine aromatic oil which produces tho flavor and 
strength of the coffee is thrown off, or dispelled and 
lost by boiling, and a kind of mucilage is thereby 
extracted which not only makes it flat but weak aud 
bitter. The true way is to pour boiling water upon 
It and set it upon the lire, bat in no case Is it remain 
thereon to exceed fifteen minutes, for that which 
should be an Infusion, by boiling becomes a decoc¬ 
tion, a sedative and an opiate. The cofl'ee pot should 
bo cleansed thoroughly, and uever bo used without 
emptying out the grounds or sediment. It is not 
best to roast a large quantity at once, or grind very 
much at a time, for, indeed, much of its goodness 
and flavor escapes when exposed in this condition to 
the atmosphere; but if for common use and conven¬ 
ts) done by ordinary means with this interesting class of ience a quantity should ho prepared, it should at 
plants. 
Fruits Received.— From William Tompkins, German¬ 
town, N. Y., a box of fine grapes, consisting of Concord, 
Diana, Mary Ann, Riuiho, Isabela, Clinton and Catawba. The 
Mary Ann was new to n* — a black grapo, resembling Isabella, 
but quits inferior in quality. Tbii Raabe was the best wo 
have ever seen. 
— From F. g. Brown, Wilson, Niagara county, N. Y,, a 
, seedling grape from the Isabella, Mr. B. writea, “the vine 
i* seven years old, and has been ill bearing four yeara. It 
the exhibition allude# to a oei ly discovered grapo a# follows: 
“ On the left from the Vegetal e department wo encountered 
the fruit, table. The liret wer* »evei al varieties of grapes from 
open pipes and completely at rates tho roots, causing jj r , Umiey, uf Plattsburgh, i mong them was a new variety 
never before exhibited, wbie'j may be considered one of tbo 
most valuable contributions to the Exhibition. For years appreciation of it# value that, the plate was soon empty, 
there has been a demand ft a grape for open air culture, _ inclosed I send for name, a grape and some of its leaves, 
suitable for the northern clii ate. The Concord, Diana, Del- ; cannot send a fair specimen of the hunch as the midnight 
aware and others have be< i introduced. These, however, 
have suffered from frost, ad are deficient iu fiavor. Mr. 
Bailey discovered at the foot of the Adirotidae a uative grnpe 
which ripens fifteen days b-i -re any other, and is decidedly 
of better quality, posses! in' a most delicious flavor, in fact 
equal to the most dolicat; hothouse grape. This grape, 
which Mr. B. names tho 1 Adirou<ac,’ will prove hardy, witli 
ordinary winter protection in af the Northern States aud 
Canada*, and will be, parexielleufe, the grape for the North,” 
Now this newly discovered gripe that is of better quality 
than the Delaware, fifteen data e* iier, and equal to the raoBt 
delicious hot house grape, is thegreatest acquisition we have 
heard of in the lari twenty yeura That is, supposing all that 
If Mini of it to he true. But whfi in the same notice we see 
'he Delaware prouoiiuced deflc&nt iu flavor, we are disposed 
in think the writer was Only Joldig. 
oil bg. 
_ 
,n it: Red Raspberry. —A sec- 
_;__ .u:_ 
A Second Crop on run Nan pe Red Raspberry. — A sec¬ 
ond crop of red ra-pben ies in r iw growing upon this year’s 
growth of canes, from which v s picked red raspberries lari 
July. The canes are quite ful of berries now, and a good 
many of them ripe, and shcu i the present warm weather 
continue, there will be ti fair fu ply ol that delicious fruit to 
adorn our tables the second tin t this year. They are found 
quite plenty now over the old tlearings. I seed a stem of 
the berries inclosed, picked i day, with ripe and green 
berries and flowers.—K. R. Smi t. fJarttgrove, Ashtabula Co., 
Ohio, Sept. 30, 1S61. 
The Ever Bearing Raspbenii under the influence of our 
warm, moist weather, w hich i seems has caused the wild 
variety to fruit the second time tre growing good fall crops. 
ply ol that delicious fruit to 
r this year. They are found 
•Icarings. I send a Btern of 
day, with ripe and green 
c Hartrgrove. Ashtabula Co., 
i, under the influence of our 
the tree, uuless it were some straggling worm that tbe ground about the plants. It will be observed 
so far forgot tbe rules of propriety and honor as to 
commence its web among its branches. And, what 
is far better, it has never failed of a crop since it 
commenced bearing. 
that the runners arc very large in diameter, the larger 
the better. As soon as tho first new plants are 
rooted, so as to resist anything more than a slight 
pull without coming up, (about June 20th,) take them 
Fruit Plates. — We had tbe pleasure, a few days since, of 
examining two very flnu fruit pieces in oil, by Mrs. A. M. 
McLean, of this city They are of much more than ordinary 
merit. The painting of fruit is difficult art, requiring more 
knowledge of the chnracteristits of the different varieties 
than most artists possess. 
prowler has nearly stripped tho vine. The grape has been 
eatable for about two weeks, and is much earlier here than 
any other grape. Please name it in next number and oblige 
many subutiibors.— C. II., Corning, N. 1", Sept. 27, 18(11. 
This Is a native fox grupe, and we judge of no value, as it 
is offensively foxy. It may bu early, but we judge not more 
so than tlie Hartford Prolific, which is a much better grape. 
Catalogues Received.— Descriptive Catalogue of Vines, 
etc., with explanatory remarks aud indications for cultiva¬ 
tion, by C. W. Grant, Iona, near Peekskill, Weschester Co., 
N. Y. This is a fine catalogue of over 00 pageB, profusely 
illustrated with engravings showing the pruning and training 
of the vine. 
— Catalogue of Vines, Small Fruits, &c., by IIkeeron & 
Best, Utica, N, Y. A neat little pamphlet of 25 pages, 
giving concise description# of most of our new native grapes, 
— Supplement to tbo Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and 
Ornamental Tree*, Shrubs. Seedlings, Roses and Camellias, 
cultivated at Anouk Leroy's Nurseries, Augers, France. 
_Catalogue of Newburgh Fruit Garden and Nurseries, ami 
Trade List of Vines for autumn of 1801, by Daugiiaday & 
ltENNISON, of Newburgh, N. Y. 
— Catalogue of Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, 
Currants, Gooseberries, Grapes, St e., by J. Knox, Pittsburgh, 
Penney ivania. 
— Catalogue of Flowering Bulbs, &c., of Vilmori.v, An¬ 
drew & Co., Paris, France. 
— Wholesale Catalogue of the Faulkner Nurseries, Wil¬ 
liams, Ramsdkn k Co., Dansville, N. Y. 
-- * ♦ i -»- 
ami 
The Petunia — (M. S. H, Kosciusko, Ind-) — The Petunia 
flowers the first year from seed. 
least be pul in some box or vessel and tigliUy covered; 
it is better, however, to roast and prepare it as occa¬ 
sion demand*. But In no instance buy cofl'ee ground 
and done up in papers, us you often find it at the 
grocery or drug store, for even economy would dic¬ 
tate you to raise your own peas or white beans in 
preference to paying for them at twenty-five cents 
per pound. 
In conclusion let me add, do not be too parsimoni¬ 
ous in its use if you would have good coffee, nor 
need you be too extravagant. Due large tablespoon- 
ful to each person, well mixed with egg, is not too 
much.— L. S, C., Milan, ()., 1801. 
GRAPE JELLY-PRESERVING QUINCES. 
Eds. Rural New-Yokkkii:—A s the season for 
making preserves, jellies, &c., has arrived, I send 
you a few recipes in return for the many valuable 
ones 1 have received through your columns. 
•Wild or Frost Craps Jelly. — Gather your 
grapes, pick tho decayed ones from tho stems, and 
then cook until soft. Wtrfiiu the juice through a 
cloth, and weigh or measure it. Then put it on the 
stove and boil ten minutes. Add an amount of sugar 
equal to the juice, boil ten minutes longer, and you 
will have a jelly equal, if not superior, to that made 
from the best cultivated grape. 
White Grape Jelly may be made in the same 
way, by pressing the pulp from Isabella grapes. 
Crap. Apple Jelly. - Take Siberian crab apple?, 
out them iii halves, put them in your preserving 
kettle together with a few common hu t apples, pared 
and quartered. Add a little water, and stew until 
tender. Thou strain anil weigh the juice, return it 
to the kettle and boil a few moments. Add an 
amount, of sugar equal to the juice, boil again five 
or ten minutes, according to the quantity oi water 
used in cooking. 
Fuesbrving Quinces.— Pave and cut either in 
rings or quarters. Then weigh tho fruit, and cook in 
i a small quantity of water, a few at a time. Gay them 
, iu an earthen dish to coot, ami alter they arc al! 
cooked, add to the water in which they have been 
cooked three-fourths pound of sugar to each pound 
' of fruit. Cook a few at a time as before, patting 
them In your jar as fast a# done. Then strain the 
. juice and boil it down until quite thick, and pour it 
over your-fruit. 
Those who have bnt few quinces can make jelly by 
taking a few of the poorest quinces and the peelings 
of those used for preserves, cooking in a small quan¬ 
tity of water, aud adding an equal amount of sugar. 
All jellies are improved by boiling the juice before 
a tbe sugar is added, and heating the sugar.— A. R., 
Victor, N, y., 1861. 
