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'~- V4tt Watertown, JeUtnson Co'., K. Y. 
WESTERN N. Y. FRTJIT GEOWERS’ society, 
Tenth Annual Meeting, Jan. 34, 1S65 
[Continued from page 65, last number.] 
Officers for 1865. 
Tire following officers were elected for the 
coming year : 
resident— Patrick Barky, Rochcgter. 
Ties Prests.—Q. h. Hoag, Lockport; G. n. Wheeler, 
Tlaminondsporf; J. J. Thomas Union Springs. 
Sec. —James Vick, Rochester. 
Treas.— W. P. Townsend, Lockport. 
Executive Com.— T. C. Maxwell, Geneva; G. Zim¬ 
merman, Buffalo; W. B, Smith, Syracuse; II. H. Olm- 
stcad. Pavilion; II. E. Ilooker, Rochester. 
New Varieties of the Pear. 
The following paper and discussion relates to 
the 5th topic reported by the Business Com¬ 
mittee:— 1 ' The most recent experience with the 
new varieties of the pear,” 
Geo. Elw anger read the following Report by 
the Committee on New PearsAmong the many 
new, and not well known older varieties of foreign 
pears which your committee have fruited for 
several years in succession, the following have 
proved acceptable acquisitions, and worthy our 
recommendation for more general cultivation, 
yie: 
litter Nostcr, —Tree, a vigorous grower; fruit 
of large size, nearly as large as Van Mon’s Leon 
le Clcre ; half melting, very good quality. De¬ 
cember and January. 
HthUed' Jfeyst .— Tree, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive; fruit, medium to large; skin, yellowish 
green, when ripe ; flesh, melting, juicy and good. 
November. 
Belle Williams, —Tree, a beautiful, erect, vigo¬ 
rous grower, and productive, the wood re¬ 
sembling the Bartlett. Fruit, very large, of fine 
pyriform shape; skin, yellow, overspread in part 
with russet; flesh, melting and good. February 
to March. The fruit being so large and heavy, 
it should he planted in sheltered situations, 
otherwise the wind will blow them off. It does 
well on both pear- and quince. As with most 
varieties you must not judge of its quality the 
krst three or four years after the tree first comes 
into bearing — it improves with age. Thinning 
out should not he overlooked. 
Souvenicr d' Fspcrine. — Tree, a vigorous 
grower; fruit, medium size; skin, yellow, rus- 
sc-ty; lleeh, melting, buttery and high flavored. 
November. A fine late autumn pear. 
Abbe Bdourds.— Tree, vigorous; frnit, medium 
greenish yellow, with russety check, melting, 
eugary and good. Last of November. 
Beurre Millet, — Tree, of medium vigor and 
productive ; fruit, medium size; skin, brownish 
yellow when ripe; very juicy and buttery, almost 
as high flavored as a Seckel. December. 
Donne Sophie.— Tree, a vigorous grower; fruit 
medium size, long, like Canandaigua; skin, 
lemon yellow, russet around the stalk; flesh, 
melting, buttery, full of vinous and sugary juice; 
quality best. Last of September and first of Oc¬ 
tober. 
Ddices d' Jodetgni.— Although this variety was 
introduced in Belgium 20 years ago, it is very 
little ktiowti lu this country. Tree of medium 
vigor; fruit, medium to large; skin, yellowish 
green, specked with russety dots; flesh, half 
melting, sugary, and highly perfumed; quality, 
best. October. 
Jules Bivort, —Tree, a vigorous grower— a splen¬ 
did large pear; skin, greenish yellow with 
|l | M " T*iEE^ FOR, SALE*—The subscriber 
i 09 , i'rc'H, j i.oS leer luslLfine 
wkotesaJe or M l fifrofs ° f ^ 5prins “« lo * , 
ISRAEL STA RKS, Brockport, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
fJIREES! TREES! TREES! TREES! 
Tr',?.c at a bargain. *■ Mock of about 30,00' Apple 
Trees, four years old, ot excellent size ana popular • -irl- 
Fir and Norway Sin nee. 
uere briefly tell how to successfully destroy the maggot 
and raise a good crop of Onions. Sent for fifty cents by 
the Publishers, J. M . * E E COBURN, 
Manchester, N. H. 
QAULIFLOWER CERTAIN to HEAR. 
J. 31 . THORBCE 31 «fc CO., 
Beg to call the the attention of Amateurs and Market 
Gardeners to their celebrated jua.aei 
NONPAREIL CAULIFLOWER SEED, 
25 cts. per paper; $1.50 per os.; or $20 F o. 
We can confident!}/ recommend the above as the very 
best variety tn cullitatknt. y 
ALSO 
Extra Early Peas, 
Early Cabbage Seed. 
Early and 1,ate Celery. 
English Frame and other Cucumbers. 
Early anu Late lbttuce. 
write Japan and c/ihxb Melons. 
Hbh. White and Yellow Onion. 
TR2XCH AND LBIVES" KaDISH. 
Upright and orneit ToilAmss. 
Early Flat and other Turnips. 
Tints tasos in Great Variety. 
Tins pear wan introduced to the American 
Pomological Society in 1860; hut we find no 
mention of it in the reported talk on pears 
during that session. It was not mentioned at 
the recent meeting of the same society in this 
citV. In the discussion at the recent meeting 
of the Fruit Grower’s of Western New York, 
reported in another column, it was alluded to. 
We herewith give an illustration of it made in 
1860 from specimens selected at Philadelphia. 
It will be seen that itiis large, resembles the 
Bartlett somewhat in form, and is reported to be 
“of excellent quality, ynous, melting, buttery, 
Juicy, and of fine texliire.” It ripens at the 
same time with the Bartlett, and is said to lack 
the peculiar musky flavor of that variety. It 
seemed to be the opinltju of pomologists at the 
time of its introduction! that it was a promising 
fruit. Will not some of our Boston friends tell 
ns of its present statusthere ? 
CLOSING THE BREAD PORES. 
The housewife who would bake her bread or 
biscuit without a dry, bard crust, can do so very 
readily. Just before placing her bread in the 
oven, she has only to rub its surface with butter 
or lard. This will close the pores, preventing 
the escape of the gas which is produced by the 
yeast, and the escape of the steam which is pro¬ 
duced by the moisture of the heated loaf. Bread 
thus baked will be almost crustless. Indeed, so 
long as the moisture is eonfiued it will be diffi¬ 
cult burning the loaf to any great depth. The 
large vacuities in the bread will be less numer¬ 
ous, though, as a whole, it will be more porous 
and therefore lighter. Yeast bread, when two 
or three days old, becomes crumbly, and in ap¬ 
pearance, though necessarily not in fact, dryer 
than when it was first baked. This apparent 
dryness arises, not lrom a loss of moisture, but 
U‘otn a chemical change in the arrangement of 
the bread molecules. Put the bread into an 
oven, heated to a point slightly below boiling 
water, so that the moisture of tho bread may not 
be turned Into steam aud escape, and its original 
softness will at oncu be restored. If, however, 
the surlace of the loaf be touched with lard, its 
moisture will not easily escape, though the heat 
be carried far above the boiling point of water. 
Such is the result of hermetically sealing up the 
expansive elements of dough. The principle 
allows of many very simple applications.— Bos¬ 
ton Journal. 
(1A|1 Standard and Dwarf Pear Trees for 
iz.I.WU sale. Also a large and complete a^ort- 
ment of Nursery stock. Address 
'rev-tit _ E. MOODY & SOKS. Lockport, X. Y. 
G REGORY'S SEED CATALOGUE.— 
My Catalogue of Garden ‘ 
Beurre Gris d' River Nouveau. Ellwangkr.— 
We succeeded in ripening it the past season. It 
is as flue as the Sheldon. We sent a lot to New 
York to sec how it would sell. They were sold 
to a Commission House there at $20 per bushel. 
Edmonds. — In reply to an inquiry concerning 
it, Mr. Barry said : Wc found It growing on a 
farm we rented. Took some of the fruit home, 
ripened it and found it very fine. But we knew 
nothing of its origin until a man in our employ 
said the same pear was growing on Mr. Edmond’s 
place. I went to see Mr. E. who told me its 
whole history. It was a seedling and originated 
in the town of Brighton. We esteem it a pear of 
great excellence. If taken from the tree at the 
right time, and ripened iu the house, I doubt if 
it has a superior in flavor. It was in good eating 
condition at the time of the late State Fair here, 
(Sept. 20t.Ii,) aud a mouth later. It wants to be 
picked pretty early. 
Thomas.— I’ve only seen specimens of it. It 
is not so handsome as I should like so good a 
pear to be; but if ever any one brought a Belle 
Lucrative up to equal it in excellence, he did a 
very good thing. 
Barry. — It grows well on dwarf or standard, 
and bears very well. 
After the grapes arejperfectly ripe, I gather 
them on a dry day, and tiler removing all unripe 
aud imperfect berries, sjread them for a few days 
in a dry room to permit the excessive moisture 
to pass off As soou as the stems begin to 
shrivel, I roll each bunefc up separately iu apiece 
of old newspaper, and pack them in shallow 
boxes. They should bejeptin a cool, dry room, 
as a very little dampness will cause them to 
mold, and a high temperkture, to rot. Moderate 
freezing will not injure them. 
I have tried various methods of preserving 
grapes but the above is the ouly oue that has 
been successful. At tl is writing (Jan. 28th,) I 
have Catawbas almost-i.. ii .-h and. plump as 
when gathered from thfl vines. a. c. h. 
Warsaw, Illinois, lS6o. 
V * My Cawlogue of Garden seed, embracing over 200 
varieties. (a large portion ot whtcti are of mv own rais- 
tngj tac. uding some new and rare vegetables not robe 
found in any oilier Catalogue,, is now ready tor (V.itribu- 
Llon. oenttbee to all Applicants. Those who ptmliAsed 
seed of me last season Will leceire It without writ'eg foe- 
iV A*tue oncwal introducer of the Ihtbbar.l Squaws,-, 
Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage, Ac. I Invite the nat> 
rouage of the public. JAMES 4. H. GKfc&OIiY 
:y7 ‘ st Marblehead, Mass. . 
fONNECTICl’T SEED LEAF TOBACCO.- 
V 1 v«e have a good supply of me genuine > Leaf 
y** 01 ? b-Ri>, grown o; rressly :or us from selected 
plan s, by oue-ot the best cultivators in the vaUev Pack- 
et f CO€t ? -iuir. S :o ? ..wnh Dili directions tor cultivation, 
will botonr anted to any address for 50 cents. Ft ,ci s for 
larger quanUtcs wU be given or, application. Address 
_ McELW.aIN BKOS.J Sprlngflald, MussT 
( YNION SEED, GUO H TH OF 1864.- 
A av * 1 Llll> 'jeek ul Onion Sued, which we war¬ 
rant l ue to name and seed to germinate. As the Ameri¬ 
can crop Is quite short. Itwill'be necessarv for those in 
w ,*5* °J uest Seed :o secure tt early. We will furnish 
at the following rate-, UU March l»t: SQ 
Early Hsd ..40c F os. $5.50 F » 
Larue Krd .ffe •* 5 00 *• 
Y xli.ow Danvers ...50o “ liOO •• 
_ . "atTE rc,STr B AL...5»)c " fi’oo •* 
Orders for h ;. sot,; at poend prices. The above will be 
fovw arded, post-paid, to ary audross-m v cu reecint of f h 
price. Address Mofcuv/ lS Bttui.'! Springflctd. Ma^ 
( \MONS. and how to raise them »- 
ii in a i’Y 1 " C'jnmtns full and n.ost minute direc¬ 
tions, SO valuable to a new tie*iacer. givit- evrv w,-.„ 
the* pioccvs6 for rising anU>us I’rom e Troii 
r u re lts ;ni' c,t:il# '•■' rv, n f ,: “- ' «/'utions oS: 
Ac., tlj... will liod lu It manv faces ot 
value to then:, mcludiag a full ea pi an at; on O' 'henicfhod 
new It iu..s: sect:: rs Ir.d the m^t profit .:Je oi all of 
niislti^. Onions lu bills. Illustrated by original cn-' ravings 
lit se.erul vadetifs 0 : onions ; also* Of lour of the best 
ItoaJtMHcre • Sl . n « lc C0 ‘ Mts - Poet-paid. 30 cents! 
I ( DK.Cliei^ .i.i*.i S 6 C*. Ctf.'llc'l'S. SQi^nllL**:! Af ttip 
toun^ ..AMES J. n. GItEGOUY, Marblehead, M 
gavtirutturalg0te$ and djuairs 
W tNB Plant.”—C. Westbrook, Brndford county 
Pa., will flml on pages 65,11); 127 ,175, Last volume of 
Rural, answers to his inqu ries. 
How to Save Osauk Osx se Ssro.—Will some of 
the readers of the Rural pit .se inform me of the best 
method of saving the Osage Orange seed? I had ten 
large apples this last year.-i. Young. 
HEMLOCK HEDGES, 
Sharp.—A man nsmed Suartk asserted at a meet¬ 
ing of tho Niagara Fruit G-owers that he knew of 
cases wbero raspberries hate been sold farmers for 
grape vines, and bass woodsj/rruts for pear trees. Who 
was the ejiarp man that did it? 
liniment to relieve Pain.— One of tho most 
powerful liniments for the relief of severe pain 
is made of equifl quantities of spirits of harts¬ 
horn, sweet oil, and chloroform; dip into this a 
piece of cotton cloth doubled, about the size of 
a silver dollar, lay it on the spot, hold a hand¬ 
kerchief over the spot, so as to confine the 
fumes, and the paiu immediately disappears. Do 
not let it remain on over a minute. Shake it 
weU just before using, and keep the bottle very 
closely stopped.— SaW& Journal of Health. 
— and to notice how gingerly and carefully they 
recommend—especially iu the West-the decid¬ 
uous, soft-wooded, rapid-growing trees. The 
wonderful belts oi white willows, stockades, <&e., 
<fcc., huve not appeared as rapidly as promised by 
the garrulous aud innocent-eyed peddlers. Even 
the grand projector and propagator of the willow 
mania, iu Ohio, lias failed to make his own cut¬ 
tings grow ou his own farm, (or our information 
is very incorrect) and it is assorted iu our ears 
that there is scarcely a live cutting in the county 
which is called Lake iu the groat State of Ohio. 
But we were going to say that wo are greatly 
grati lied to sec the Hemlock —■ Abies canadensis 
- urged for hedges, especially on stiff or rather 
moist soils. We have seen muny excellent hedges 
of them. There is no more beautiful evergreen, 
and no one that wo know of that will furnish a 
more satisfactory hedge, especially for the more 
northern localities and on stiff soils. Iu many 
localities the hemlock may be obtained In abund¬ 
ance in the wood lots of farmers. A writer in the 
Gardener’s Monthly says the best time for trans¬ 
planting it is alter the buds have broken for a 
new growth, and when all the energies of the 
plant are in working order—that he has set them 
when an inch of new growth had been made with 
full success, and would prefer this time to one 
when all the powers were nearly inactive. 
To PrjjSEBVB Ga.Ai-Ks.-P k when in blue bloom, 
fully ripe, in a dry, warm day. lay the clusters careful¬ 
ly in boxes holding 30 lbs., \ till layers of paper be¬ 
tween each layer of grapes, aver and pnt in a cool, 
dry cellar, and they will keep fresh until May.—S. U. 
8., NapUs. N. Y. 
BTRAttBKJtUY PLANTS BY — I h&YG Ordered 
strawberry plants by mail siferal times, gave them 
extra attention, and not one aver lived. They were 
packed by such men us Knox pf Pittsburg and vv A t- 
son of Plymouth, and were ; it up probably as well 
as plants could be to go by mail. I have lost $5 by 
ordering iu this way. I will order hereafter by ex¬ 
press; without extra attention 1 seldom lose a plant 
ordered by express.— J. P. An by. 
10 lolor Red and Yellow.—A corres¬ 
pondent at Cadiz, N. Y., requests us to repub¬ 
lish the following from our last volume: —By 
experiments, I have ascertained that bright aud 
iudclible red and yellow may be obtained in the 
following way;-Take equal quantities of Tug 
Alder and Black Cherry bark; steep until yon 
have a strong deeoctios. If you wish two 
colors, divide the liquid. Saleratus, or weak 
lye, will set a yellow dye; alum will set a red 
L ^J C - Mrs. H. F. 0., Iranian, Wij. 
hi. Dorothea. —Fruit, largo; skin,green, chang¬ 
ing slightly as it ripens; resembles Marie Louise; 
very sweet, molting and perfumed. October. 
Guo. Ellwanoeii, Chairman. 
Jones' Seedling. ITookbil —A little russet pear 
called Jones’ Seedling has many qualities to 
recommend it. It ripens in November and De¬ 
cember. On dwarf stock It is productive, ripens 
well and is smooth and fair. It comes at a season 
when it is most valuable. I esteem it as highly 
as the Winter Nelis, is more productive and a 
handsomer fruit. It has a lino cinnamon color, 
and they make a beautiful dessert dish. 
Barry. — We have fruited it several years and 
concui lu what Mr. Hooker says of it. it orig¬ 
inated in Pennsylvania. 
Thomas. — it is a good pear, not best quality, 
a beauty, and t he tree is a fine grower. 
Hooker,-I think Its average quality, com¬ 
pared with Winter Nelis, better than that fruit, 
because the latter grows uiauy imperfect pears. 
Vlapp's Favorite. Hooker.—I have seen itand 
Kskpiso Qrai'bs,—M rs. R A. Wiltiur, Fairport, 
N, Y., sends us a gamble of w U kept. Isabella grapes,' 
received Feb, 13, and Gills ns henv she keeps them: 
Picks them ou a warm, sunny day, when they are dry! 
spreads theta in a cool, well ventilated room for one 
week, then places them carefully | a boxes or baskets 
iu layers, with paper between ute layers. Keeps them 
in a cool room until cold M either and then places 
where the frost will not Injure,and where there is no 
dampsees. Should be fully rips before being picked. 
HOW TO KEEP GRAPES TILL APRIL. 
Uirvt* Id Uici c jiiiv why to make a fence of Hr 
A neighhor of mine has b-'en dvim ug it together bill 
%XZ.'J3XS$S" J "‘" S *• YJSSSiS 
It is impossible to determine the name of a willow 
from a cutting; it is difficult to distinguish some va¬ 
rieties oven with the foliage. \V C canuot tell of what 
variety the anting you send ue is. We have no doubt 
whatever that the smaller and weaker trees of white 
willow, as the larger ones overshadow them, will die 
out. We do not know of any tree that will bear 
crowding unless all are kept dwarfed and trimmed so 
that each shall get It* share or light. Some years ago 
pretty pictures of woven basket willow fence were 
distributed all over the West to show what might be 
if farmers would only buy, plant and weave somebody’s 
Salix vlmirutlis And, althotiL-h Wti u.ipamI 
Taking Stain Off Porcelain. — I noticed in 
the Rural that stain could be taken of porcelain 
by boiling ashes in the vessel. I tried the ex¬ 
periment and the porcelain and stain came off 
together.—j. p a. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker : — I notice iu a late, 
number of tbe Rural an inquiry for the best 
way of preserving grapes fresh a long time. As 
I have successfully kept them until April, the 
last two or three years, l will give your eorres- 
pondent “ \V,” my way of doing it. 
First, I select those varieties that ripen late, 
have a thick skin, and contain a large amount of 
saccharine matter. Of this class Diana stands 
first, andCutawbanext. The Delaware, although 
rich iu saccharine matter, ripens too early, and 
has too thin a skin to keep well, while the Con¬ 
cord, Isabella, Hartford Prolific, Northern Mus¬ 
cadine, and all grapes of that class, are about as 
transient as the peach and cannot he long pre¬ 
served under any circumstances. 
DOMESTIC INQUIRIES, 
Glue. Will some of your readers pleas 
how to make good glue for making scrap-bo. 
oblige—S ara ii. 
KEuriNu Dried BssY.-Will some of yoc 
inform a subscriber the best method of keep 
beef through the summer season?— k. w. 
The Family Gem Sic wish Mach ink.— The 
inquires about this machine Is informed that 
nothing of its merits whatever, therefore 
opinion concerning it. 
