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WESTERN N. Y, FRUIT GROWERS’ SOCIETY. 
Tenth Annnal meeting, .Ian. i£4, 1865. 
[Continued from page 39, last number.] 
Experience with the Newer Grapes. 
The following topic reported by the Business 
committee was taken up—“The results of tho 
most recent experience with the new varieties of 
the grape.” 
Judge Larrowe was asked by the President to 
give his experience. He said: — My experience 
with tlic Delaware, which is otic of the newer 
varieties, is limited. Five years ago I bought 
four roots of Dr. Grant, from which 1 have had 
three crops and each hill hits yielded me ?12 
worth of fruit. I gave him $8 eachfor the roots, 
and they have paid fourfold. I have no fault to 
And with such results. Tho Delaware is not a 
good keeper. The Diana is a shy bearer. It is 
one of the best keepers and richest grapes we 
raise. Wore it a better bearer it would be one 
of the beet grapes with which I am acquainted. 
It will keep as well as an apple, has a thick skin; 
and the thick-skinned grapes arethebestkeepers. 
T find the Concord difficult to keep. It is not a 
very good grape; don’t know what sort of wine 
it will make. The Hartford Prolific is a coarse 
but early grape. It will do to cultivate a few of 
it near markets. It is not a good keeper. 
Fisher.—I am anxious to hear something said 
about the Iona and Israella, about which we hear 
so much through advertisements in the papers. 
Someone suggested that Mr. Thomas had been 
to Iona, and therefore he could give information, 
at which remark the Society smiled. 
’Thomas.—I have been to Iona, and saw few 
grapes and many vines. 
Judge Larrowe. — I think if any one has any 
information in favor or against these grapes it 
should be given. I confess that the manner in 
which these grapes have been thrust before the 
public has not, tended to win my confidence. 
And I am not so entirely satisfied with Dr. 
Grant's defence of himself against the charges 
made in some of the papers concerning his mode 
of ripening this fruit as the editors of the Coun¬ 
try Gentleman seem to he. Dr. G. does not, by 
his enterprise, come in conflict with any interest 
of mine; hut I do not want to be duped nor to 
allow my neighbors to be led t o purchase largely 
of vines simply upon a paper reputation. It is 
the province of this Society, and its duty, to seek 
for and give information that shall enable us to 
distinguish concerning the merits of those new 
grapes, if there is any one here who has this 
information and is not interested in the propa¬ 
gation and sale of these grapes I should beglad 
to hear from him. 
Thomas. — I have not fruited Dr. Grant’s 
vines. I recommend gentlemen to wait two or 
three years before entering largely into their cul¬ 
tivation. I will say, however, that Charles 
Downino has fruited tho Iona three years, and 
says it: ripens about with the Concord, and he 
thinks'it a promising grape. Ho also says he 
has found no superior to tho Delaware. 
Fisher. —The Concord lias been tried and 
recommended highly, but it has not given me 
satisfaction at all—it is not worth Uie land it 
stands on nnless you can buy it at $1,35 per acre ! 
Olmstead. — Downing says the Ioua ripens 
with the Concord ; l)r. Grant says it ripens with 
him at, the time of the Delaware. I have never 
fruited it. I think the fruit is good where I have 
tasted it. It should certainly be tested. 
Barry. — We can do no good by discussing the 
veracity of men and newspapers. Downing says 
from what lie knows of the Iona lie thinks it will 
stand high among t he native grapes. We. should 
be careful not to bring up nutters purely personal. 
Dr. Jackson of Dansville.—I have talked of 
planting a vineyard and went to consult with 
Charles Dowsing about varieties. You know 
that you cannot get any thing out of Charles 
Downing that is not true. The Delaware he. re¬ 
gards the beat grape. And he said if the Iona 
did as well two or three ye-uns longer as it had 
douo ho should think that it would be the best 
native grape. 
Judge Lahuowk. — Mr. Downing is a careful 
man. He does not recommend a man to plant 
throe or four acres of cither Delaware or Iona. 
But. it w safe to plant out four acres of Isabellas. 
1 recommend gentlemen to get a single vine of 
each of these (Iona and Israella) grapes and plant 
and take care of them, and see how they are 
adapted to your locality and soli. I can name 
hut two or three grapes of which I would recom¬ 
mend extended planting. The Isabella is beyond 
question a good and profitable grape to plant 
where it can be ripened. I had a half acre of 
Catawba* that netted me $T>00, But I would not 
recommend any of the newer grapes for extended 
planting. 
Barry.— I think friend Fisher a little too 
severe on the Concord, hence too severe on those 
who have recommended it. In some localities 
the Concord is a valuable grape—valuable for this 
country and for a people who aro not too par¬ 
ticular. In the West especially it is very highly 
esteemed. 
Dr. Sylvester.— We hear nothing of the Adi- 
roudae. The opinion of men concerning the 
qu^Lity of u grape I find to be a matter of taste 
entirely. Downing adheres to tho idea that the 
Delaware is the best grape. A committee 
awarded the premium to the Adirondac on the 
score of flavor. A man told me he liked a good 
hard, solid potato —one that would stick lo his 
knife when he cut it. Opinions, therefore, arc 
hosed upon tastes, and tastes dilfer. 
Olmstead. — I planted ten acres with the Delft 
ware, it has done. well. It will mature in any 
locality in this State. It ripens the 30th of Sep¬ 
tember with me. I would plant only varieties 
that I was sure were adapted to tho locality in 
which I piaut. I have fruited Nos. 15, 9 and 4 of 
Roger’s Hybrids, but do not regard them highly. 
Barky.— Wc have fruited these “hybrids” 
but a year or two. A few promise to be good, 
but doubt if any of them will be more valuable 
than the Concoi'd. I regard them (in answer to 
a question) only seedlings, but may be mistaken. 
A gentleman on the Hudson river wrote me he 
had fruited No. 1, which he said was very good, 
and I think tie said it promised to be one of the 
best of the natives ! 
Hqao.—I have some of these grapes. They 
did not ripen well until last season. No. 1 is of 
fine quality — abont the color of tho Delaware if 
dead ripe. It has a line, large berry. Some of 
the clusters weighed a half pound. The clusters 
were rather open. No. 39 was the best, this 
season ; 4 and 19, very fine; 23 and 33 are eallcd 
good ; 34 not good — did not ripen. They are all 
strong growers ami seem perfectly hardy. 
Crank. —I do not know of any grape except 
the Delaware that is suited to general cultivation. 
The Isabella is not, nor Ls the Catawba. 
Moody. — I never saw a place yet where it was 
cultivated that, the Delaware did not ripen well, 
so that I think it may be recommended for gene¬ 
ral cultivation. The Diana, where it does ripen, 
id one of the best. In trie West the Concord is 
really valuable — it grows, bears, and is a better 
grope West than with us. The Delaware will 
grow where any wild grape will grow. 
IIoao.— The Concord is not a reliable and 
valuable grape in Western New York; nor is 
the Isabella a reliable grape in all localities in 
Western New York. But I have never known 
the Delaware to fail to ripen, except it over¬ 
bears. The Hartford Prolific will also ripen 
anywhere in Western New York. 
II. N. Langworthy.— I do not believe there 
is any best fruit—that there is any fruit but what 
there are other fruits just as good. Men who 
hear that the Delaware is the best grape, plant 
it, and have grapes but a few weeks. One vari¬ 
ety ought not to satisfy anybody. We should 
aim to secure a succession covering the season. 
Du. Sylvester.—I have not heard the Gro¬ 
veling mentioned. I have frnited it two years. 
The vine is hardy, bears well; the bunches are 
rather loose, bnt I am inclined to think well of it. 
Barry.— I am glad the Creveling was called 
up. It is a hardy, productive, good fruit, and I 
think highly of it. 
Moore.—I think there is no doubt that it Is 
an accidental hybrid. 
Olmstead.— I have fruited the Lydia, and 
think it is going to prove an excellent white 
grape. 
Larrowe. — The Creveling ripens early, is 
hardy, but does not bear with me, which may 
be due to locality, soil, &c. The Delaware 
does not do so well with us as it does on the 
higher lands a short distance from us. The 
Creveling, as we grow it, does not keep. 
PEAR TREE BLIGHT. 
CONCERNING ITS CAUSE AND CURE. 
by J. p. kirtland.* 
Tnn disease known as the Blight or the Fire- 
Blight, is at this day proving the most- serious 
obstacle to the successful cultivation of the 
pear, in many sections of the country. Early in 
the present century it prevailed extensively in 
New England, eoincidently with the spotted 
fever, and other disorders of a lowgrade ofaetion, 
which at. that period swept epidemically over 
that region of country. It was a popular opinion 
that all these diseases, both of the human family 
and the vegetable kingdom, arose from one 
cause;— au opinion not however toiereted by 
medical men and men of science in that day. 
Various theories have been advanced to ac¬ 
count for the origin of this blight. Insects, 
frozen sap, electricity, excessive evaporation, 
aud exhaustion of the soil, have, at different 
times, been assigned as the cause. Investigation 
of each fails to meet and explain the phenomena 
attendant on tho rise, progress and results of 
that disease. It is lime they ail should be 
abandoned and that researches for a cause be 
extended in some other direction. 
As a starting point in this undertaking, I will 
suggest another hypothesis, which may perhaps 
explain tho pathology of the blight, and call 
into use an effectual remedy or preventive. 
Pathology, Dr. Webster defines to be “the 
doctrine of the causes ami nature of diseases.” 
1. The Pear-tree Blight is produced by the 
poisonous Impression of the seeds (sporules) of a 
microscopic fungus. 
2. Several combinations of iron, especially tbe 
sulphate (copperas) will, to some extent, counter¬ 
act that impression. 
It will be understood that these two propo¬ 
sitions are merely hypothetical. If sustained by 
analogies, subsequent observations, and experi¬ 
ence, they will be accepted As truths—if not thus 
sustained, they will, of course, be rejected. 
Tlie extensive prevalence of the cholera, over 
largo portions of the globe, commencing in the 
year 1818, led medical men to seek for its cause. 
Dr. Cow dell of London, in 1S48 published “ A 
Disquisition on Pestilential Cholera, being an 
attempt to explain its phenomena, nature, cause, 
prevention and treatment by reference to an 
extrinsic fungus origin.” 
In 1849 Prof. J. K. MiTcnsi L of Philadelphia 
issued a more elaborate work, “ On the Crypto- 
gftinoua origin of Malarious and Epidemic Fe¬ 
vers.” It abounds in numerous facts and 
correct reasoning, and should be consulted by 
every investigator of disease, animal and vege¬ 
table. 
These publications attracted the attention of 
the medical profession, both in America and 
Europe, so long us that epidemic continued its 
ravage.*, and the theories they advanced gained 
ext eusive credence during that time. They were 
however lost sight of when that epidemic sub- 
_ \ 
♦We are indebted to Secretary Beeler, of the 
Indiana Hurt. Society, for this paper from advance 
sheets of the Did, Hort. Soc's. Transactions.— Eds. 
Rural. 
sided, Recent ly they have been substantiated as 
plain matters of fact, so far as malarious diseases 
aro concerned, by the labors and investigations 
of Prof. J. IL Salisbury of Cleveland. In due 
time the public will be favored from his own pen 
with an account of his interesting aud Important 
discoveries. I will only add in regard to them, 
the assertion that the cause of fever and ague is 
no longer a questionable subject- He has not 
only detected, figured add described with minute 
accuracy and beauty the species of fungus which 
produces that disease, but has propagated and 
cultivated the plant within doors to an extent, 
sufficient to contaminate the atmosphere of the 
apartments and induce attacks of that disease 
among the inmates. His labors have also demon¬ 
strated that measles are ofaeryptogamous origin, 
and it has long been known that J'bvus, a disease 
of the human skin, Muxardiue , a disease of the 
silk-worm, and a fungoid growth from the larva 
of the MelolonthaorMiiy bug, are of a vegetable 
nature. 
It is well established then that a number of 
diseases of the animal system are produced by 
fungi. “ Under this name botanists comprehend 
not only the various races of mushrooms, toad¬ 
stools and similar productions, but a large 
number of microscopic plants, forming the ap¬ 
pearances called mouldtness, milclew, smut, rust, 
brand, dry rot, &c.” They are universally dif¬ 
fused in natnre. It is difficult to conceive of a 
place where they do not exist. They aro among 
the most numerous of all plants, in regard to 
genera and species, and with very few exceptions 
aro deleterious in their impressions on the 
animal system. Even the palatable mushroom 
is always poisonous to some persons, and may 
become so to all, under certain circumstances. 
It is equally evident that they frequently occasion 
diseases in the vegetable kingdom. The smut of 
wheat and maize, the rust of wheat, ergot of rye 
and gross-seeds, and specks, cracks and discolor¬ 
ation of the skin of the apple and pear are of this 
nature. 
The microscopical examinations ofProf. Salis¬ 
bury and others have detected the presence of 
certain species, infesting extensively pear trees 
about the period of attack by the blight. They 
have made similar discoveries that lead to the 
conclusion that the curl of the peach leaf, the 
potato disease aud the blight ol‘ pear trees, ail 
have their origin from the cause assigned in my 
second proposition. 
Under this head still another disease of our 
fruits should be noticed. I have watched care¬ 
fully the sudden and premature decay of our 
plum crop, at the period of its ripening, for the 
last 15 years. From hints atforded by tho work 
of Professor Mitchell and certain microscopic 
observations of my own, I was induced to pub¬ 
lish an article lu The Florist of Philadelphia, in 
the year 1855, in which I imputed the origin of 
the disease to the Torula or some analagous 
species of parasitic fungi. That article was sub¬ 
sequently republished in the Ohio Farmer at 
Cleveland. The disease still prevails among us, 
and is sure to destroy al the plums wliielreseape 
puncture by the c It is, however, 
generally overlooked > y pomologists, and its 
ciTects are charged to the depredations of that 
insect. Similar disease occasionally impair our 
peach and apple crops, to a less extent When¬ 
ever it occurs ou either of these varieties of fruit, 
the spurs and young wood blight or cauker and 
cease to be fruitful for several years. 
If these discoveries and analogies establish, 
with any degree of certainty, the hypothesis of 
the eryptogamous origin of the pear tree blight, 
we have, made important progress in laying 
down true indications for its cure or prevention- 
Among the means suggested for effecting that 
end certain combinations of iron have already 
been named. The authority for such practice is 
founded ou the following facts : 
1. It is a popular btlief that iron exerts a 
favorable influence over the health of fruit trees. 
Hence arises the practice of driving nails into 
the body of such trees aud loading their limbs 
with scraps of iron. Hath the belief and the 
practice may be visionft-y, yet in such instances 
of popular belief investigation usually discovers 
them to be founded on some shadow of truth. 
2. An intelligent and observing gentleman of 
Cleveland informs mo tint he prevents the curl 
of tho peach leaf by dipositing in the earth, 
about the bodies of the iree, fragments of rusty 
stove pipe aud worthiest pieces of irou. 
3. Twenty-four years flueo I called the atten¬ 
tion of the public to the isolated feet, without 
reference to any theory, that a large pear tree iu 
Columbiana Co., O., will its body surrounded 
with many wagon loate of boulders, scoria, 
scales of iron and accumulations from a black¬ 
smith shop, retained }ts health, vigor aud 
fruitt'dluess, while all oilier pear trees in that 
regiou of country, had dtlier died, or were suf¬ 
fering from blight, t u.d New England Farmer, 
Dee. 3d, 1840, page 15:} At this late day this 
tree still continues healny. 
1. I recollect reading in that reliable journal, 
Ilovey’s Magazine of Hirticulture, some years 
since, a statement that tie liuest prize pears seen 
in the Parisian market, were produced by in¬ 
vesting tire growing frul $ with folds of cotton or 
liueu doth, and daily, or oftener, moistening 
them with a aolutiou of lulpbate of iron. This 
treatment was said to tsmt iu developing the 
size, beauty and quality if the fruits to a high de¬ 
gree and especially to ltc them from parasitic 
blotches. 
5. Four years since Irs. Weller Dean of 
Rockport, 0., informed mo that blight might 
not only be prevented ii healthy pear trees, but 
might be successfully arrested, in many trees, 
after it had made considerable progress, by 
means of repeatedly walking the bodies of the 
trees with a saturated solution of sulphate of 
irou (copperas) at a tine when the sap is in 
active circulation. 
This was a confidently communication, with 
the conditions annexed uat 1 should t horoughly 
test the plan, and if it scould prove successful I 
was to publish it, and furthermore, if any merit or 
more substantial reward should be deemed due 
to any one by the public, site was to be the re- - 
cipierit. 
The plan has yet been only imperfectly tried. 
Age and infirmities will probably prevent its r 
completion by me. I will therefore report that n 
I have tested it on a number of my partially 
blighted pear trees, while a greater number has 
hcen left to die unmedicated. Of the former not ^ 
one has yet perished, while of the latter very few £ 
survive. It has appeared, in every instance, to - 
arrest the progress of the disease, and to impart a ] 
healthy condition to the bark wherever applied. )\ 
The apparent results may have hcen coincidences - 
and not the effect of the remedy. There is much 
false experience in Horticulture and Agriculture, ■ 
as well as in Medicine. ( 
These views suggest the expediency of ex- J 
tensively applying a solution of the sulphate of '- 
iron by means of a green-house syringe or garden t 
engine to the tops and foliage of trees laboring 1 
under any of the diseases suspected of a erypto¬ 
gamous origin. It also becomes a query whether 
the same agent may not be successfully employed 
at some period to counteract the potato disease, 1 
either by watering w ith it the growing plant or 
washing the tubers in it in autumn after they are 
dug. No injury has ever arisen to pear trees by ! 
a free use of a saturated solution of copperas. l 
In conclusion I would observe that the dis¬ 
covery of the cryptogamons origin of many . 
disorders of the human system is effecting im¬ 
portant changes In their treatment. May we 
not hope that an extension of these discoveries • 
to the vegetable kingdom may result equally 
favorable iu shaping tho practice in diseases of ■ 
fruits and frnit trees ? , 
-- 
ANNUAL FRUIT. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker That a corres 
pondent of your valuable paper should be 
troubled with abundance of fruit one year and 
none the next, is not so strange, for such is the 
experience of many, in fact is quite universal. 
For the benefit of the inquirer and your numer- : 
ous readers, I will relate a practical experiment. 
Some time since, iu conversation upon this very 
subject with a learned jurist, and friend of hor¬ 
ticulture, ho told me that iu his fruit garden ho 
had three choice upplo trees in full bearing, of 
the same variety, and that they bore so heavily 
he only had fruit on them every other year. To 
remedy this, so as to have apples every year, he 
resorted to horticultural strategy. The next 
opportunity, when the trees were in full blossom, 
he caused the blossoms to be all picked off from 
one of the trees, with care, and as a consequence 
the next year this tree bore full; so by this 
remedy he now gets fruit every year. 
The cause of not bearing fruit yearly is for the. 
reason that the excessive fruiting so much ex¬ 
hausts the vitality of the tree that it fails to per¬ 
fect its fruit buds. 
No doubt, taking off one half the blossoms of 
the tree or of the apples when small, would not 
only much improve the fruit remaining, bnt 
would enable the tree to perfect its fruit buds for 
the next year. 8. N. Holmes. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
FRESH-BLOWN FLOWERS IN WINTER. 
Choose some of the most perfect buds of the 
flowers you would preserve, such as are latest in 
blowing and ready to open; cut. them off with 
scissors, leaving to each, if possible, a piece of 
the stem about three inches long; cover the end 
of the stem immediately with sealing-wax, and 
when the buds are a little shrunk and wrinkled, 
wrap each of them up separately in paper per¬ 
fectly clean and dry, aud lock them up in a dry 
box or drawer, and they will keep without cor¬ 
rupting. Iu the winter, when you would have 
the flowers blow, take the buds at night and cut 
off the ends of the stems and put them into 
water wherein a little nitre or salt has been dif¬ 
fused, and the next day you will have the pleasure 
of seeing flowers witii the most lively colors and 
agreeable odors .— S.icut(/u; American. 
- - ♦ —■—■— - 
THE RUSSIAN VIOLET. 
The Russian violet in many parts of the coun¬ 
try is not known, and perhaps never was heard 
of. These violets are very beautiful, and gifted 
with a very fragrant perfume, which is not usual 
in the " common spring violet,” which can only 
bo called “pretty and sweet.” Its color and 
size arc superior the one being darker, and the 
other larger. These violets thrive on a border 
having a western aspect. The soil in which they 
succeed best is a very light mold. All who 
would have a bed of these violets in October 
(which is rather rare) must procure healthy 
single roots in May. Water them during the 
hot months, and transplant them every other 
season. They will realize their object. When 
summer pets are departing, iu these violets a 
treasure may be found .—Scottish Fanner. 
Ellwangkr & Barry’s Catalogues, Nos. 1 and 2. 
—No. 1 is a Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits culti¬ 
vated and for sale at tho Mount Hope Nurseries, 
this city. It contains Hints ou Transplanting, Ac., 
which are valuable, and the results of large experi¬ 
ence. We- notice that, according to agreement with 
other nurserymen iu Western New York, they ad¬ 
vertise an advance in price over last year, on Standard 
and Dwarf Apple, Pear, Cherry and Plum trees, on 
Peach trees aud Grape vines. This catalogue em¬ 
braces a large amount of valuable information to fruit 
planters and cultivators. No, 2 is a descriptive cata¬ 
logue of Ornamental Trees, shrubs, Roses, Flowering 
Plants, Ac., Ac., embracing lists of the most desirable 
for general planting with many tine engravings. It 
should bo remembered that the lists aro descriptive, 
and afford information concerning the peculiar charac¬ 
ter of each tree .%nd plant named. For the terms upon 
which these catalogue.’ may be obtained, see adver¬ 
tisement in another column. 
-.■». 
A, M, Purdy’s Catalogue of Fruit and Orna¬ 
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before us. Mr. Purdy is well known as a most care¬ 
ful aud successful cultivator of small fruits. His 
notes on varieties of the strawberry in this catalogue 
are. valuable. We shall try to And room for them. 
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40 its,40 cl- , *od to or hi is. 30 cis. > ft. Piu-.-c..ge in¬ 
cluded. Tlie above soed was raised with special refer¬ 
ence to purity. Address T ?b5-2teow 
CLARK SORGO MACHINE CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. 
fJO NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS. 
EVEKGEEEN NTJESERY, 
Woodbury, M. J., for Sale, Established in 1851. 
Owing to the death of the proprietor, David J. Geis- 
com, the grounds, and entire ,-tocK of hisw-il tubed 
Nursery aro for sale, comprising about -sixty-.iv.- .'.eres, 
stocked with Deciduous. Evergreen and Frnit I rnin 
all their popul ,r varieties. Tlie specimen tre.-s a m g the 
avenues, and throng!; the grountls.are attractive a ud^ai- 
cable for their beauty, slxe and svouuetr'. comprising 
most of the rare and hardy Evergreen- The hti.’.dLigs 
are all good, and ample lor the' paroose. The above 
property is m a thriving tieighboHiood.but a few hat fired 
yards fr.vm the depot f the West Jersey IL 1!.. and offers 
every opportunity for the profitable prosecution of the 
business. For particulars and further information ad¬ 
dress WM. R. TATUM, or WM. WADK GRIS COM, 
136-2t Acting Executors, 
FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES! 
For Spring of ISOo. 
Ell wander A: Barry 
Respectfully announce that their stock of FRUIT AND 
ORNAMENTAL TREES for Spring planting, is very 
large and complete in every department. 
Planters, Nurserymen and Dealers iu Trees 
are Invited to examine the following Catalogues, which 
give full particulars, and are sent pre-paid to applicants, 
upon the receipt of postage stamps, as follows, viz: 
Nos. I aud 2, ten cents each; No. 8, five cents: No. 4, 
three cents. 
No. L— A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of 
Fruits. 
No. 2.—A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Or¬ 
namental Trees, Shrubs, Roses. &c„ &e., &e. 
No. S.—A Catalogue ot Dahlias, Verbenas. Petunias, 
and select new Green-house and Bedding Plants, pub¬ 
lished every spring. 
No. ♦. — A W i oicoale Catalogue or Trade List, published 
every autumn. ELLW.CSGER Jt BARRY. 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
j^ V 1M V UUEnTnU LG IASs 
POE S0WIM IN HOT-BEDS. 
TIoKLWAIN HKDS., Sprinsfleld Mass., offer 
a full stock, ol tresh and genuine 
Garden ami Flower Seeds! 
among which are the following varieties suitable for 
early sowing: 
Camugx, per ounce, Early York 25c; Early Winnings- 
Stadt 50c; Premium Flat Dutch Wc; Red Dutch 55c; Drum 
head Savoy 40C. 
Ca.ii LIYLOW an. Half Early Parts, VI oc.. $2 ; V pkc. 25c; 
Erfurte Earliest Dwarf, * jikt. 23c; Le Normatfis, extra 
line, v pkt, JSc. 
CUCUWBBJS, V o.-: . Extra Early Russian 2So: Early 
Frame loo; Early White Spine ISc; Long Green Prickly 
20c; Knglbh Frame varieties, ?< pkt 25c. 
Kii.i Ps a\t, V ox., Improved Large Oval Purple 75c ; 
Scarlet Chinese, ?* pkt, tee; Wt-.ru- Fruited, Vt pkt. Me. 
I.ETTOC5S, > h,'„ Early Curled Silesia 35c; Boston Curl¬ 
ed S0e; Roy til Cabbage 2Se; Large India. 40c. 
Radish, V oz.. Early l ong Scarlet 15e ; Karlv Olive 
Shaped Lie ; Hc.ee China Mo. 
Pki i-ku. V <V-. Large Sweet. Mountain 50e. 
Tomato, Extra Ka.ly Red30c; l arge Smooth Rod 25c; 
Fegee Eland 35c; Luster’s PaMectod. iv pkt, 10c. 
All of the above will be forwarded free of postage up¬ 
on receipt of the price. 
Dealers and Market Gardeners 
Will be supplied upon the most liberal terms. For a 
complete list of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, see our 
rflustraisd Seed C. Cogue, which will be forwarded to 
U applicants enclosing 150. Address as above. i TSS-St 
JIRILL KUMilRLfff, 
SEED MERCHANTS, 
lir Growers. Importers, aud Dealers in genuine Garden, 
Field aud Flower Seeds. Also Trees, Vines, Shrubs, 
Plants, &c., Ac.. 
153 Broad. Street, 
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. 
JOHN U. KUMERLE, Seedsman, 
(.Successor to tlie late Geo. C. Thorburn.) 
FRANCIS DRILL, Seed Grower and Nurseryman. 
N. H. - Seed* by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. 
Catalogues gratis, by addressing as above. TS-VlSt 
I Mtl'IT TItEES FOR SALE. - The subscriber 
has for sale- -U.uoo Apple Trees, 5 to S l’cei high, choice 
varieties, which he Wilt dispose of tills spring at low 
rates. wh. |<Gale or retail. Address IWWteo 
ISRAEL STARKS, Broekport, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
A AH AAA CRANBKJCRY FLAVIN 
til’V'.' IvU for sale by GEO. A. KATES, 
Send for Circular. 
Be 11 Ingham. Mass. 
UU.INTON GRAPE WOOD W.4NTED.-A few 
Vv thousand cuttings Custom wood. Address, stating 
price, L7B2-HI A. F. CONARD. West Grove, Pa. 
I ONA AND ISRAELLA VINES for sale. Ad¬ 
dress REV. F. E. CANNON. Geneva, N. Y. 
