Tn this way they may he kept, for years with pei- 
fect safety. Some time ago, while purchasing 
lot of dried fruit, we discovered small pieces of 
sassafras hark mixed among it, and upon Inqui¬ 
ry, we were informed that it was a preventive 
against the worms. It is said that dried fruit 
put. away with a little bark (say a large bandlnl 
to the bushel,) will save for years unmolested by 
those troublesome little insects, which so often 
destroy hundreds of bushels in a single season. 
The remedy is cheap and simple, and we venture 
to say a good one .—Maryland Farmer. 
FRUITS, &c., IN NEW YORK, 
TnE following is the list of prices for fruit, 
Ac., in the New York market, for the week end¬ 
ing Oct. 12th; 
fucits. 
The receipts of Arples are larger hut prices remain 
firm. Urap s and Pears are plenty and dull. 
Apples' fancy Western ft tibl. b 00® 8 50 
no. Mixed Western. 5 00 ,, 6 PO 
Do. Common western.. s 0© 4 00 
Pears, Viritalleu, ¥ bbl ...14 W) 
Do. Duchess de Anaouletue.10 OOtolS 00 
Do. Louise Cou de Jersey.It 00@15 00 
Grapes. Isabella. * n>. fjg H 
Do. H-t-House.. 
Cranberries Rastern. V bbl...10 W>®12 00 
Do. Jersey and Long Hand. 8 00@10 00 
narro ft.uvts. 
Dried Apples or choice qualltv are firm anti scarce.— 
Drltd Peaches are in good demand at our quotations: 
Dried Apples, old. V ..I?*?}? 5 * 
Do. ;\pplc«. i ^sv Sc»t6 and Ohio...,. 
Peacnes, new State.30 ®S5 
Do. impeded...."0 <@« 
Do. Western peeled. .— 00— 
Cherries, pitted.8} 
Blackberries.....—.22 @34 
DEATH OF JOSEPH FROST 
Joseph Frost, of the firm of Frost & Co., 
Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, died very 
suddenly, of apoplexy, at 8t Louis, Missouri, 
(whither he had gone on business,) on the 26th 
ultimo. The announcement of his decease, by 
telegraph, startled and shocked relatives and 
friends, and seemed to cast ft gloom over the 
entire city—for all who knew Joseph Frost 
loved or esteemed him for his modest worth 
and manly virtues. 
Though only 35 years of age at the time he 
was stricken down, our friend bad long been a 
loading nurseryman, and for many years past 
the principal manager of the extensive estab¬ 
lishment with which be was connected. He 
was widely as well as favorably known to the 
profession and others, and his decease, in the 
prime of life and usefulness, will be sincerely 
monrned by many outside the circle of his rela¬ 
tives and intimate city friends axd associates. 
The Fruit Growers’ Society of Western New 
York, and other similar associations, have, in 
his death, lost a valued and highly esteemed 
member. 
But the deceased was most loved and honored 
where and by whom he was best known—at 
home and among kindred and friends. Kind, 
affable and generous in every relation of life, 
Joseph Frost was a gentleman in its truest 
and highest sense. In the language of one of 
his associates, “ Joseph Frost was an honora¬ 
ble and npright young man, possessing many 
rare and commendable traits of character which 
have endeared him to ft large circle of friends 
and acquaintances. Unobtrusive aud retiring 
Cheap Cider Vinegar. —Take the water in 
which dried apples are washed and soaked, and 
after carefully straining pnt in a vessel; add a 
pound of sugar, or its equivalent In molasses. 
Put in a piece of brown paper and set where warm. 
In a few weeks yon will have good cider vinegar. 
More sugar will improve it. The vinegar will 
also be better the more concentrated the cider 
is. The strongest vinegar is made from boiled 
cider. 
8ttjffed Cabbage.— Take a large fresh cab¬ 
bage and cut out the heart. Fill the place with 
stuffing made of cooked chicken or veal, chop¬ 
ped very fine, and highly seasoned, rolled into 
balls with yolk of egg. Then tie the cabbage 
firmly together, and boil in a covered kettle for 
two hours. It makes a very delicious dish, and 
is often useful for using small pieces of cold 
meat. 
NEW QUARTER-ATRIAL TRIP 
The last quarter of our present volume begins 
this week — a favorable time for renewals, or for 
new subscriptions to commence. Subscribers whose 
terms expired last week will find the Mo. of the 
paper {Mo. 819 ) printed after their names on address 
labels. IF<J trust all such will promptly renew, and 
also bring new recruits to swell tlte ranks of the Ru¬ 
ral Brigade. 
ggr In order to introduce the Rural to more 
general notice and support , and give turn-subscribers 
an opportunity to test Us merits by a three months? 
reading, we propose to and do hereby offer the IS' 
numbers of the present Quarter, {Oct. to Jwk) ON 
tkial, al only 50 cents. Will our friends every¬ 
where advise their friends of this offer I Many 
thousands would no doubt gladly avail themselves of 
it if notified or invited to subscribe. Header, please 
do us and your neighbors the favor to talk to them 
on the subject. IV/w steps aboard the good ship 
Rural Jot a Trial Trip ? We can accommodeUe 
very productive, and of the quality of the fruit, 
where it succeeds, ttere is but one opinion, and 
that is that it is an excellent apple. 
Fruit medium, cblate, inclining to conic, 
slightly angular. 8kln yellow, mostly shaded 
with deep red or crimson; somewhat striped or 
splashed on the sunny side, and thickly sprink¬ 
led with gray, and sometimes with greenish 
dots. Stalk short, inserted in a broad, deep 
cavity. Calyx closed, segments long, in a small, 
narrow, somewhat lirrgular basin. Flesh white, 
tender, crisp, abounding with a brisk, refreshing 
Juice, and retalning’ita fine, delicate flavor to the 
last. It is in season from December to May. 
Our engraving represents the Red Canada 
Apple ,—a favorite with many of our fruit-loving 
readers. The drawing was made for the Rural 
a few years ago, and is a good representation of 
a fair or medium-sized specimen. This apple is 
recommended by the American Pomologicwl So¬ 
ciety for particular localUlcs, and is highly prized 
as an orchard fruit in Ohio, Michigan and other 
places In the West, as well as in Western New 
York. Mr. Thomas says it succeeds equally well 
in New England, New York and Ohio, but we 
PROFESSOR NYCE’S FRUIT-HOUSE 
even of temper, sincere in his friendship, and 
uniformly affable and polite in his daily inter¬ 
course with others, he had won the respect and 
confidence of a large proportion of our citizens, 
who will learn of his death with sincere grief 
and regret. In his domestic relations as a son, 
brother, husband and father, he was much loved, 
and his attachment to home and kindred was 
ardent and unchanging. To that fond circle, 
of which he was so bright an ornament, his 
Budden death has brought the deepest sorrow. 
His gentleness, his geniality, his delicacy of 
feeling, and bis deference to the views and feel¬ 
ings of others, were marked characteristics 
which distinguished his whole life, and which 
we recall with sad and peculiar pleasure in 
doing honor to his memory. * * * Fare¬ 
well to the friend whom we loved—the com¬ 
panion whom we trusted, and the citizen whom 
we respected and esteemed! May the turf rest 
lightly above him, and his memory long remain 
fresh and fragrant as the flowers that were wont 
to bloom around his pathway here ! And may 
He who called him thus suddenly away irom 
those who best knew aud loved him, pity and 
comfort them in this dark and trying hour.” 
In a preceding volume we gave some account 
of Prof. Nyce's mode of preserving fruit, at that 
This mode has 
time just put Into operation 
now had the test of two years, and it proves to 
be all that was predicted by the originator. 
Various fruits, particularly apples and grapes, 
are kept in the most perfect condition from six 
to nine months. In May last we had the op¬ 
portunity of tasting some Catawba grapes, which 
came from Mr. Nyce’s fruit-house at Cleveland, 
and on the 29th of July, Mr. Williams Wales of 
Dorchester, who visited Cleveland, brought 
home flue specimens of the sami* grape, and 
three or lour varieties of apples, which he sent 
to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 
exhibition, and which were In a fine state of 
preservation, the Catawba plump aud tine retain¬ 
ing its rich aroma, and the apples sound, crisp, 
and nearly as good as when gathered from the 
tree. We think we may safely say it is the only 
plan yet originated, which is capable of berng 
made available, at a moderate expense, on a 
Urge scale. w« shall allude to it again in 
anotner number.—JAijwfoK e/ 1 Harticnl- 
believe it is not now as popular in the Eastern 
States as it was some years ago. The tree is 
thrifty, though making a 6lctider growth, and is 
GRAPE WINE MAKING, 
lng, and thought they contained hints which 
might eventually assist in bringing ns all to a 
haven of certainty. P. M. GooDwrN. 
Kingston, Pa., Oct. 10,1865. 
For Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, and all 
affections of the Lungs, take A YER’S CHERRY 
PECTORAL, which is eure to cure them. 
CHICKORY-GRAPES-FRUIT STEALING, 
Friend Moore : — Can any of the rural s 
rcadcro t»ii top how to orenare chickory for nse 
as coffee ? I have it growing in my garden, hut 
don’t know how to prepare it for use. 
1 have a seedling grape which 1 think is some¬ 
thing nice. If you will bo troubled with them 
I will send you some by oxpress, if you will give 
us your opinion of them. [Send them on.] 
mo untile Genies,.«u thn dried and damag¬ 
ed Ones ; then mash siul grind th.-m with « mill, 
if you have a proper mill for the purpose. Be 
careful not to set your mill so close as to mash 
the seed, for they will give a bad taste to the 
wine. If you wish to have wine ofa rose color, let 
the grapes remain in a largo tub a few hours, 
before pressing them. The longer time you 
leave the grapes without pressing, after they are 
mashed, the more color the wine will have. For 
pressing the grapes, any press will answer, 
provided it is kept clean and sweet. After you 
have collected the must in a clean tub from the 
press, have it transferred Into the cask in the 
cellar. Fill the cask within 10 inches of the bung; 
then place one end of a siphon, made for that 
purpose, in the bang, and fix it air tight; the 
other end must bo placed in a bucket coutaiuing 
cold water. The gas then passes off from the 
cask without the air coming in contact with the 
Can ckr* Ocasa» wHTJOfUt pain or the nee of the knife. 
Tumors, White Swellings, Goitre, Ulcers, and ail 
Chronic Diseases successfully treated. Circulars de¬ 
scribing treatment sent free of charge. 
Address Drs. BABCOCK & SON, 
809-tf No. 27 Bond Street, New York. 
GRAPE CULTURE.-A NEW THEORY 
Most theories about grape raising are proba¬ 
bly wrong. The vines fail, tho grapes rot—they 
mildew— they arc generally w orthless. My the¬ 
ory, recently adopted, is, for grapes ol native 
origin, to prune but little—aay very moderately 
in February and the first of August. 
Native vines, after setting out in good surface 
eoil Improved by the addition of a very little 
bone dust and wooif ashes, or their equivalents, 
should be manured very little. The alter ma¬ 
nuring should consist of half decayed straw or 
chip manure, in the fall of each year, with a 
little wood ashes or lime. The straw litter or 
chip manure should be generously applied so as 
to cover the ground under the vine. This com¬ 
pensates fully, in the way of shade, for that 
taken away in pruning. The viues should 
never bo without this protection, which acts 
beneficially as well in the winter season against 
extreme cold as-iu the summer against extreme 
heat, and also as a manure. 
The Orevetlng Grape, treated as above, will 
produce fruit good enough, I am positive, to 
satisfy the most fastidious; so will the Diana 
GOOD READING VERY CHEAP 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, 
We have a few extra copies of VoL XII of the 
Rural New-Yorker, (1861,) stitched, and in good 
order, which we will sell at |1 per copy at office or by 
Express—or $1.50 sent by mail post-paid. If you wish 
a copy, speak quick. A few bound copies of same 
volume for sale at $3. We can also furnish bound 
copies* qf most of the volumes issued since 1S55, at (3 
each. Bound volumes of 1864, $4. 
Address D. D. T. MOORE. Rochester, N. Y. 
Codfish Balls.— Cut up your fish in small 
pieces and soak in warm water until fresh. Pare 
and boil some potatoes, mash fine; take two- 
thirds fish, one-third of potatoes, mix well to¬ 
gether ; season with pepper aud a little butter; 
make them in balls, roll in flour and then fry in 
butter until brown, and you will have a dish that 
every lover of fish will call delicious.— Helena, 
Hath, M. T. 
tearing up the vines, anu smasuing anu uwuu, 
ing the melons. Now, what am I to do with 
them, If l can catch them ? This is getting past en¬ 
durance. Must we go without fruit because these 
sneaks steal and destroy it, or is there some law 
to put a stop to it ? IA friend at our elbow sug¬ 
gests that, if neither law nor moral suasioa will 
answer, you try what virtue there is in salt, ap¬ 
plied through a musket! ] 
The crops in this section are very good, better 
than they have been for many years. Yon say 
you want to hear from your subscribers, whether 
they can write well or not, so please let the 
interest I take in your valuable paper bo the 
excuse for this letter. John Willis. 
Jacksonville, Tompkins Co., N. Y„ Sept. 21, ISCo. 
gcrtimttnral 
Cracker Pie.— Take 3 Boston crackers, split 
them and pour 1 teacupful of boiling hot water 
over them, 1 teaenpfnl of raisins chopped, 1 do. 
sugar, 2 do. molasses, 1 do. vinegar, 1 teaspoon¬ 
ful of cloves, 1 do. cinnamon, 1 do. allspice, 1 do. 
pepper, and a little salt. This makes 3 pies, and 
is equal to mince. Well, what next! Baked be¬ 
tween two crusts, and should be eaten while 
fresh.— Lucie M., Rochester , .Vi 7., 1S65. 
VEIL 30,000 APPLE TREE8 — Of the best 
kinds, 5 to S feet h>ett, fv>r sale at low rates by 
32t ISRAEL STARKS, Brcckport. N. Y. 
IJIO FARMERS AND OTHERS ! \ 
APrixE TREES 
In variety, fink and thrifty, six to eight feet high, at 
*10 per hundred, for sale by 
SAJ-Sc_F. A. LORD, Syracuse. N. Y. 
'FO NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS 
a r .-v a n n v wx '■* v k 
~ 150,000 APPLE TREES, 
Fine and thrift v. In v and tee, (or sale in quantities Reap¬ 
er than to be had eUe * here. Must be sold.' Come and 
see or write. 
Al*o tainwha aud Isabella Grapes, very low. 
F. A. Ll>RD, As't, CO North SAlina 6L, Syracuse,N. Y. 
Poor Man’s Care.—O ne egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 do. 
sweet milk, 2 do. flour, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 
teaspoon soda, 3 do. cream tartar. 
Sfongb Cake.—T hree eggs, 1 cup of white 
sugar, 1 do. flour, half teaspoon soda, 1 do. of 
cream tartar. 
Railroad Cake.—F our eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 
3 tablespoons butter, 3 do. sweet milk, half tea¬ 
spoon soda, 1 do. cream tartar, and flavor with 
lemon.—D ora, Avon , 1S65. 
11 RAPE VINES FOR AUTUMN 1865, 
II 50,000 DELAWARE VINF.S, 
Grown Irom slneie eye* of well matured wocxl.ln the open 
L-ruuii I. ihev have substantial woody roots full of fibres, 
and are well adapted to vvn—y»rd or tMI's culture. 
Such plants have given entire satisfaction wherever tried, 
and can therefore be recommended with confidence. 
PRICES,—No. 1, *30 V U>0: *!•*) P l.W. No. 2; *20 
P tuu; *1 U H ijoo. No.3,113 B lii): B 1,*X). 
Iona, Israel'.a, AUironetae, Allen's Hybrid, Concord and 
Rebecca Vines. 
I 2 f- a few thousand 4 > ear o’.d Dwarf ass Standard 
Pkvb Tkkks, at low rates. 
Siftst J W HELM KB. Lock port, X. T. 
FALL PLANTING, 
on the grounds of a friend here. I found on a 
ro\v of Diaua vines a good crop of splendid 
specimens of grapes. I asked the gentleman to 
give mc.tho treatment. He said the vines were 
set in holes no more than large enough to hold 
tho roots, without any manure whatever, uud with 
no alter manuring. The soil is a light and 
warm sandy loam, with a southern exposure and 
Inclination of five or ten degrees. The viues, 
now probably five years old, have been pruned 
very little, once a year. They had been left to 
themselves, too, as to finding resources, and in 
the absence of strong stimulating food have got 
along finely, yielding by far the best specimens 
of native grapes exhibited at the Pennsylvania 
State Agricultural Fair this year. 
These viues were surrounded by a light Timo¬ 
thy sod. I would, however, prefer tho straw 
litter or chip manure as a protection, but I 
would never dig up the ground in the Immediate 
vicinity of the vine after planting. The woods 
and grass may always bo scraped from tho sur¬ 
face with a sharp hoe. A brother of the owner 
of the Diana vines has a Creveliog vine well dis¬ 
tributed on a lean-to arbor on the north side ot 
his house, which, with very little pruning and 
no digging about, for years lias yielded largo 
crops (bushels) of very fine fruit A gentleman 
from New York—au extensive grape grower, to 
whom I communicated these ideas-acknowl¬ 
edged that he, with t he rest of us, had been at 
sea upon the important question of grape grow 
Mr leisure time during the past summer was 
devoted to gardening. Like all persons en¬ 
gaged in new pursuits, I have some Information 
to ask of those having more knowledge and | 
experience on the subject than myself. 
After my garden was plowed and planted in 
the spring, I observed potatoes, beets and other 
plants sprlugiDg up promiscuously, evidently 
from seed that was left in file ground the fall 
previous and had remained there during tho 
winter. I allowed some of the plants to remaiu. 
The potatoes ripened sooner than the same kind 
planted immediately alter plowing. The same 
was true of llie beets aud other plants. The 
beets still remain in the ground, one of them 
measuring twenty-five inches in circumference. 
Theso observations have suggested to my 
mind the question of Fall Planting. Arc there 
not many seeds which, for early gardens, could 
be planted iu the fall ? If so, what seeds ? — what 
Ru e Pudding. —Wash a large eup full of rice, 
place over the tire in a skillet with a pint of cold 
water, simmer gently till water is all absorbed, 
add to it three pints cold sweet milk, teaspoon 
salt, two eggs aud large eup sugar, well beaten, 
or two tablespoons sour cream without eggs, a 
little nutmeg; bake one hour. When eggs are 
used a small piece of batter is quite an addition. 
-O. 8. C. _ 
How to Roast Beef.—W ill you, or some of 
the Rural readers, be so kind as to give instruc¬ 
tions for roasting beef, as wo find it at first-cluss 
Hotels, or served by tip-top cooks.—A Young 
Housekeeper, Deaton, 111. 
J W HELMKR. Lockport, X. 7 
IIEDGB SEE D - 
Ofiht! OSAGE ORANGE, from Ter a.*, try OVERMAN, 
MANN A CO., Hex 10U, Normal,oi o(>0 Hlomnlagtou, 111 
inci te *il ajii>es?M.nrn will tiOld their leaves And g.ow 
until fre*t come*. For pricelist. iinti otlit r information, 
address HAMMOND A X KW'SON, Geneva, N. Y. 
STANDARD PEAJBS, 
^ i to 4 years—very strong and Quo— yood assortment 
Of carieius. ^ . . 
■ lUvnrl Pea in, 2 aud 3 years, very stocky and strong. 
APPLES. Standard and Uwart, tbriliy. 
CtlKitKIES, t and3years. 
PLI US. tml3 year*. . 
PKACHE-**. nut* year. , 
SHALL K li l l't*» -Agriculturist and other straw* 
EVERGREENS, .ORNAMENTAL TREKS* 
MHU »S tie. 
Wo htwo paid Hocolfel uttoution to tue cultivation ol 
ihi, NKW KAROV UUAKKS. mill offer BtroiMf, wgticfojr® 
oiiintit ot Atllrn&dac and lariurfr*. py tna ujo or 
Jor/i ritteji. VhOj Dtium.ConwN. DoUiwaro, Kcbccca r 
Allen'* Hybrid. H*nlord Prom*. Hybrid*. 
*_» .,.w.-.1., 11 Us I'a AfirVilK A lura «• 
Rbmkdy for Bakk Lick.—A correspondent of 
tho Ohio Farmer gives the following remedy for 
ihe destruction ot the bark louse:— I have used, 
with marked benefit, a compound wash, and it 
you will place It be loro your readers in tho Far¬ 
mer, I think you will confer a lasting benefit 
upon tbe fruit-growers of tho West, 1 use 
Soft Soap,,. t gallon 
Water,.1 “ 
Fai AiaouiMc,.1 pound 
Suiphar,.1 “ 
Mix and wash the trees and limbs in the 
Spring and Fall. It will also prevent depreda¬ 
tions by rabbits. Keep the earth loose arouud 
the roots. 
Drif.d Apples. —Apples should be dried us 
soon as possible after they are cut, to have them 
light colored; stows and kilns should be 
used iu preference to putting them out on the 
seaflolds to ruu their chances for rain or sun¬ 
shine ; and as soon as dried they should be box¬ 
ed up tight, to keep them from the insects 
which deposit their cees among them and pro¬ 
duce the worms wnieU spoil so many of them. 
Bedding Plants.— Make cuttings if not al¬ 
ready done, aud take up such old plants as it is 
desired to keep over winter. Fusehtas, Lanta- 
uas, etc., do well in a cellar, if kept rather dry. 
