Fall Wine was, on motion f Dunlap, transferred 
to the Amateur list He calls it a poor bearer. 
Maiden's Blush. —Retained. 
Rambo. — Dunlap —If top-grafted, it is profitable. 
0 ve km an —It. does not make good roots. Retained. 
Bailey's Street, Fall Swaar and Snow retained 
without discussion. 
Trenton Early.— Overman —The fruit is acid, and 
good for early drying; but it is a sparse bearer. 
Dunlap moved that it be transferred to the Ama¬ 
teur list, saying “the women say it does not pare 
well; it is too irregular; it is rather a coarse apple, 
withal. Transferred. 
llubbardston Nonsuch. — Stark moved that it oe 
added to the Amateur list It is a profuse bearer, 
hardy, and commands a good price. We cannot do 
without it Added. 
Jur^be added to the list of .Summer apples, for 
general cultivation. It is later than the Red June, 
(Carolina.) a»d sells quite as well. Train boys 
capnot get enough of them. Flagg, of Madison 
Co.—This apple is distinct from the Juneating. I 
am going to extend its culture. Shkrman— It is 
worth three of the Early Harvest, It is better than 
the Red June. Kimball— It is hardy and produc¬ 
tive. Flagg— It is. I think, identical with the 
White June , of Central Illinois. Kimball— The 
tree does not get lousy. It was recommended for 
general cultivation in Northern Illinois, and the 
question of name referred to the Committee on 
Svnonvms. From the testimony elicited by this 
back good,” “ wouldn’t kick,” &c., &c., Ac, Bought, I* 
and started on. “ Hollo, there,” said the next L 
neighbor, “ bought Smith’s oxen?” “Yes.” “What ^ 
did you give?” (that’s perfectly allowable, my dear 
friends.) “ A hundred,” says I. “ Did I get cheat- 1 
ed?” “Well—well—they don’t know what a fence u 
is made for.” I saw I was sold, and looked down f 
for a moment, and replied, “ Yeiy likely—I presume 
they never saw one,” looking round at the same 
time at a rather poor description of fence that 
seemed fashionable in that neighborhood. 
1 make bold to say that the great majority of our 
citizens have never seen many of the superb apples 
that connect the leading varieties with each other, 
and so link the flavors together into a golden circle 
to run round the year. 
A learned friend of mine says he should die of 
dyspepsia if he did not “eat an apple as the last 
part of every meal.” The last pari, mind you. It 
won’t cure, to eat even an apple when you have eaten 
too much already. 
Ilow much good baking apples are worth in a 
■ family I need not say, and I need not remind my 
readers that apples, like men, are for specific pur¬ 
poses. While sotno of this list are unrivalled for 
some purposes, they are inferior for other purposes. 
S?o get them and use them, as God and Nature 
intended; and by all means get them.—n, T. b. 
The Tansy, or Viola tri-color, has long been a 
general favorite. It is about as o.\sily grown from 
seeds as any of our hardy annu a . and as soon as 
▼oune plants are obtained they begin to flower and 
'continue until Christmas, if the weather and situa¬ 
tion are favorable. In the heat of the summer, flower¬ 
ing is partially suspended for a time, but as soon as 
the weather becomes coolor the beds of pansies are 
again gay with their bright yellow and blue colors. 
It has often been -aid that we cannot grow good 
Tansies in ibis country on account of our hot, dry 
summers and bright sun; tor it is known that even 
in the moist, cool climate pf England, they suffer 
sometimes in dry seasons, and a cool situation is 
chosen for their growth. Hero the Tansy has had 
tint little chance, for it s usually planted in any 
convenient spot, whontt r suitable or not. Those 
who will give the Tansy a cool situation, shaded a 
little if possible during the heat of the day. as on the 
north side of a fence, will have no reason to com- 
i)lain of the unsuitableness of our seasons. The 
tering specimens of fruit from it. Retained on list. 
White Hunter Pearmain. —Overman gets fruit 
from it this year—the first since 1856. Miniek, of 
Tazwell Co„ thinks it valuable. Has seen fruit the 
past three years. Hausen— It. is a tip-top apple; 
keeps well, bat spots badly occasionally, and the 
tree is tender. Bliss, of Bureau Co.—It is not 
hardy in the nursery. Has not made good roots 
since the hard winters. Galusiia, of Kendall Co.— 
It is liable to injure any winter. Retained. 
Herefordshire Pearmaim — Du nlap planted it in 
Cook Co. in 1848, and it had fruit for the first time in 
1861. Retained. 
English-Golden Russet. — Galcsha—T his is the 
Russet with spotted shoots wheu two years old. It 
is a spreading, straggling grower. It is difficult to 
distinguish between its fruit aud the Poughkeepsie. 
Russet. The latter is an upright grower. Dr. Has¬ 
kell exhibited specimens of the crop of 1860. 
Retained. 
Michael Henry Pippin. —Retained. 
Swaar. —Dunlap—I t bears good crops, and is an 
excellent fruit. Retained, 
At this point, Mr. Dunlap stated that he planted 
an Jlbhard in Cook Co., in 1848, embracing about 
200 varieties. He had carefully watched this 
orchard, and bad selected the following varieties as 
the only ones worthy of cultivation among the 200: 
Twenty Ounce, Late Golden Sweet, Holland Tip- 
pin, Milam, Winter Bough, Sum aid. Red Gilli- 
flower, Wincsap, Early Harvest, Summer Queen, 
Belmont, Keswick Codlin, Snow Apple, Tewesbury 
Winter Blush, Ramsdell’s Winter Sweet, Jonathan, 
Autumn Swaar. 
Steward .—It was moved to add this fruit to the 
list of Winter apples for general cultivation. Dr. 
Kev.vicott said it is hardy, bears well always, 
aud is a fair keeper. Dunlap—I f I wanted to 
ABOUT DINNERS 
Red Astrachan.— Dr. Hoy —It is an excellent 
apple. (In answer to a question)—It does not over¬ 
bear. Hausen— It is tender. Douglas moved that 
it be put on the list for general cultivation. It bears 
well, and is a good market fruit. It does not over¬ 
bear. but fruits regularly and sells well. Kim¬ 
ball —It is a shy bearer. Shkrman —A little tender 
in the nursery. Clough, of Cook Co.—It is an 
extremely hardy tree with me. and productive. 
Crow, of Crystal Lake—It is a good bearer and 
excellent fruit, with me. Chase, of Chicago—Fruit 
dealers here name it as one of the best of apples to 
sell. Mkrrttt— It is a good bearer in Michigan- 
and an excellent apple. 
Summer Rose.— Dr. Hot moved that it be added 
to the Amateur list. It is tolerable hardy, but not 
so hardy as some other varieties. Douglas— It is a 
shy bearer here. Voted to add it to the Amateur 
list. 
Autumn Apples for General Cultivation.— 
List recommended in 1860—Snow Apple, Maiden’s 
Blush, Fall Swaar, (of the West,) Bailey Sweet. 
Lowell. 
Snore Apple.— All agree it is valuable. 
Wiiat is a bad dinner? Is it a plain one? That, 
in a country like ours, where the viands are, or 
ought to be. in their primitive condition first rate, is 
the best you can sit down to. The French and 
Germans are no doubt much more scientific in their 
cookery than we are; but that arises from the fact 
that they have worse raw materials to deal with. 
Their art has its origin in poverty. Their meat is 
stringy and lean—their fish poor and tasteless; but 
these they can dress up with sauce of rare poig¬ 
nancy and merit; and from their ovens miserable 
veal and flaccid carp emerge as positive dainties. 
All honor to them for their ingenuity! They are 
attempting, through culinary aud almost chemical 
science, to make palatable and digestible food out 
of substances which rank low in the natural scale; 
and that they do succeed, what traveled gastronome 
can deny? But here, where the boef and mutton, 
the fish and game, poultry and vegetables can be 
had, not only in exceeding variety of kind, but of 
the primest quality — why should people make a 
desperate but really unavailing effort to introduce 
foreign appliances, which only serve to spoil that 
which, reasonably treated, would furnish forth the 
finest banquet that the broad universe can display? 
The later German and French varieties are more 
hardy than the English, with shorter, stronger 
stems, free bloomers; and though the flowers are not 
as perfect, and may not come up to the florist's 
standard, they are of beautiful and varied colors, 
marbled, and blotched, delicately edged with 
white, very much resembling the fancy geraniums, 
and make an exceedingly showy bed. This class 
has been subjected to improvement by the English 
florists, and we present our readers with an engrav¬ 
ing of oue of the best of the English marbled flowers. 
Maiden's s 
Blush. — Overman says if it is budded on hardy | 
stocks it is an excellent apple. FaU, Sicaar.— Highly * 
commended. Bailey Sweet. — Overman — It is a , 
beautiful, hardy tree. i 
Sweet Pear.— Sherman moved to add it to the \ 
above list Kimball says it is the best sweet apple , 
he knows of. Dr. Haskell —It is a hardy, hand- j 
some tree. Fruit ripens in October, and keeps good , 
a long time. Overman— It is a good merchantable 
tree. Little, of Lee Co.—The fruit has spotted 
some with me this season. It was put on the list 
for further trial. 
Roseau. — Kimball —A very tart, good cooking 
apple. Sure bearer. No action. 
Autumn ArpLES.— Amateur List for 1860—Fall 
Strawberry, Holland Pippin, Fall Wine, Northern 
Sweet, Striped Gilliflower. 
The Holland Pippin was voted out of this list, 
and the American Summer Pearmain and Black 
Detroit added to it. No other changes were made. 
Ramsdeirs Sweeling was recommended for fur¬ 
ther trial by Dr. K. Little knows it, and likes it 
Clocgii has it; it is good, and a great favorite with 
the babies! 
Black Detroit— This apple was presented by Dr. 
Hoy, and added to the Amateur list. 
Winter Fruit for General Cultivation.— 
List adopted in 1860 — Winesap, Rawles’ Janet, 
Doraine, Jonathan, Willow Twig, White. Pippin, 
Yellow Belleflower, (on clay soil,) Roman Stem, 
Red Romanite, (poor quality, but an abundant 
bearer and loug keeper.) Tolman’g Sweet, Fulton. 
The two first apples on the list were allowed to 
remain withoutdiscussion. Of the Domine, Periam, 
of Cook Co., says it kills with him, root and branch. 
Hausen—I t is a good bearer, (hough tender. Can 
afford to lose it and replant every five years. Doug¬ 
las—I t is hardy on the lake shore, and a good 
bearer. A motion to strike from the list was lost 
Jonathan. —Everything said in its favor. Willow 
Twig retained in the list While Pippin. —Over¬ 
man says it is a special favorite in Central Illinois. 
Retained. 
Fellow Belleflower, (on clay soils.)—Dr. IIoy— 
Unprofitable, though a beautiful and excellent 
fruit. Dr. Haskell—A fter it comes in bearing, it 
bears well. Douglas—I t does remarkably well on 
sandy soils. Periam—I t is hardy, and trees planted 
in 1852 have borne three years. Soil sandy. It is 
one of the best with us. Dr. Hoy—A neighbor has 
an orchard of it. which he will engraft with other 
fruit. Douglas— I advise him to graft but half of 
his trees the first year. Mixklkr—I t is one of the 
best. It bears well with me. It is always fair, and 
always sells. Mann, of McLean Co., moved that 
“on clay soil” be stricken out, and it be retained in 
the list. Carried. 
Roman Stem retained. Red Romanite retained, 
after sundry spiteful and annual kicks. Tolman’s 
Sweet retained. 
Fulton. —Dr. K.—It is an Illinois apple. Hau¬ 
sen—I t is a good hardy tree, and a good bearer. It 
is worth teii times as much as the Yellow Belle¬ 
flower. It was retained. 
Peck's rieasant —At this point Dr. IIov com¬ 
mended in high terms this fruit, exhibiting a speci¬ 
men, which was pronounced spurious. He said the 
apple shown is profitable, and brings twenty-five 
cents more per bushel, where it is known, than any 
other variety. It bears well, is a beautiful apple, 
and the more one eats of them, the better it is liked, 
It will not be discarded in Racine. It was referred 
to the Committee on Synonyms. 
Canada Red.— Merritt, of Michigan, spoke of 
that well known and highly appreciated Michigan 
fruit, in high terms. 
Northern Spy.— Douglas moved that this apple 
be added to the list of Winter fruit for general culti¬ 
vation in Northern Illinois. It is hardy, and a good 
fruit when it begins to bear. Dr. Haskell—I t is as 
hardy as an oak; should be placed on the list 
Periam—I t is not so slow in fruiting. It bears with 
me in eight years from planting. Douglas—I t 
be a re as young as many apples which do not get the 
name of late bearers. It needs strong, rich soil. 
Voted to add it to the list recommended for general 
Good Way to Frt Meat. —A great many of the 
recipes in the Rural have been very acceptable to 
me, and I will give you my method of preparing 
meat, (which “our folks” pronounce “excellent,”) 
thinking perhaps it may prove good to some of 
your readers:—Take one egg. beat it till it becomes 
thin, add a little pepper, also a little flour and some 
water, till it is about the thickness of cream. Have 
your grease molted, If not hot, then dip your meat 
(cut a little thinner than for frying alone) into it, 
lay it in the frying pan. and when nicely brown 
turn; brown the other side, when it will be done. 
Lay on a plate without pouring the gravy upon it, 
as that will make it soft. 
An Inquiry.— Will some of the readers of the 
Rural give me a recipe, through its columns, for 
coloring straw brown,or purple, and oblige— Allik 
M. B., Deerfield Prairie, III., 1862. 
WESTERN EDITORIAL NOTES 
GOOD FRUIT “ALL. THE YEAR ROUND 
ILLINOIS APPLE LISTS—DISCUSSIONS. 
At the meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural 
Society in I860, the following lists of apples were 
recommended for general cultivation in the three 
divisions of the State. At the late meeting, in 1861, 
these lists were revised. I herewith give the lists of 
1860. and the revision of 1861, with such facts as 
were elicited by the discussions, as may be regarded 
of interest and importance: 
LISTS FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 
General Cultivation, I860.— Summer— Early 
Harvest, Carolina, Red June, Duchess of Olden¬ 
burg, Keswick Codlin, Sweet June. Additions in 
1861—Early Pennoek, Yellow or White June, Red 
Astrachan. 
1 cannot forbear giving in brief some of the say¬ 
ings of members on these apples. They are instruc¬ 
tive to Western men: 
Early Harvest. —Merritt, of Michigan, recom¬ 
mended it as a market fruit Dr. Kknmcott— 
“ They are good, but only men with brains, as well 
as stomachs, buy them.” Sherman, of Rockford, 
fiuds the tree too tender for that locality. Kimball, 
of Rockford.—“The Early Harvest sells well; bet¬ 
ter than Red June. If tup-grafted, it is hardy.” 
Meriutt confirms the last assertion. Bis are hardy, 
and the most profitable apples going. Dr. K.—It 
iB liable to attacks of borers, bark lice; dies in the 
forks; still he has never lost old trees. Douglas, 
of Waukegan—It is not as hardy as many other 
varieties, but hardier than the Rambo, and many 
other trees. It occupies but little room. The trou¬ 
ble about its injuring in the forks may be remedied 
by growing it with low head. But it is sale to 
assert that all these injuries were incident to the 
hard winters.— it has not been affected since. 
Mixkler, of Kendall Co., confirms this. 
Carolina Red June. — Dr. K.—It is one of the 
hardiest trees that grows. Bauson, of Lee Co.—It 
is an excellent orchard and market apple. Dr. 
Haskell has grown it twenty years, and known no 
superior Summer apple. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. —Dr. K.—Now come up to 
the work. This is my blarney apple, gentlemen. 
You can’t kill the Duchess! Siberia will not kill it! 
It will bear when four years old; and when it is a 
dozen years older, it will not stop bearing. Then 
their beauty! How they do steal my Duchess! It 
is not a goud dessert apple, but is the best possible 
cooking or pie apple. 
Keswick Codlin was allowed to remain on the list, 
because of its earl’mesa and well known good quali¬ 
ties as a family apple. 
Sweet June. —Overman—I t is my favorite apple. 
I know no fault in tree or frtrit The latter is tender 
aud luscious. As a sweet apple, it is an excellent 
fruit for dessert 
Early Pennoek. —Nash, of Ottawa, likes it as a 
Summer fruit, and moved that it be added to the 
list Dr. K.—It was once cracked up. but we have 
been dropping it by general consent, for some rea¬ 
son. It was added to the list 
Cole's Quince,— Hausen—I t is as good an apple as 
the Keswick Codlin, and moves it be added to the 
list for trial. It is hardy, productive, aucl an excel¬ 
lent cooking apple. It was so recommended. 
Hocking. —Overman moved that it be added to 
the Northern list for cultivation. Dr. K. says it is 
an excellent apple for Central Hlinois. Dr. Has¬ 
kell—I t is excellent at Rockford. It requires a 
rich soil in order to do well. Sherman—T he tree 
is not hardy in the nursery. Dr. II.—They stood 
those cold winters at Rockford. Dr. K.—They died 
with me. The motion to recommend was lost. 
Yellow June.— Kimball moved that the Yellow 
But if any proride not for his own, and specially for those 
of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than 
an infidel.—1st Timothy, ch. v.: verse riii. 
I take it, my friends, this applies to the man who 
goes to the nursery bent on buying just two kinds 
of apple trees, and no more—Baldwins and Roxbury 
Russets. If such men kept a sharp look-out foi* 
their oten families, would they, abjuring all other 
fruits, cleave only to Baldwins and Russets? 
These are, beyond all doubt, eminently proper 
apples—excellent and indispensable apples — but 
what is a Russet in November, a Baldwin in August, 
a refrigerator in February, or an Iron-shod sled in 
July. *• If thy son ask bread, wilt thou give him a 
stone?” In our relations to fruit, are we like wood¬ 
chucks and Northern bears, torpid half the year f 
Or is it true that many of us, overborne by com¬ 
mercial considerations, have an eye single to “four¬ 
teen shillings and the barrel found,” so that we are 
physically — should I say morally?—incapable of 
rising to the sublime height of a good flavor and a 
social repast the year round? 
Baldwins and Russets, forsooth—sent in mercy to 
fill a gap—become not only the “ comer stone,” but 
the entire edifice! 
The sauans of the Western New York Fruit Grow¬ 
ers’ Society have been to the trouble of indicating 
I the kinds of fruit, in their judgment, best adapted 
to this climate, and to the varied wants of families 
throughout the year. In the department of apples 
they recommend, for Summer — Red Astrachan, 
Sandwiches for Evening Parties.— Chop fine 
some cold dressed ham, say about quarter of a 
pound; put it in a basin with a teaspoonful of chop¬ 
ped pickles, and a teaspoonful of mustard, a little 
pepper or Cayenne; put about six ounces of butter 
in a basin, and with a spoon stir quickly till it 
forms a kind of cream, aud add the ham and season¬ 
ing; mix all well; have the sandwich bread cut in 
thin slices; have already cut, thinly intermixed 
with fat, either cold roast beef, veal, lamb, mutton, 
poultry, fowl, pheasant, partridge, &c„ either of 
which lay evenly, and not too thick, on your bread; 
season with a little salt and pepper, cover over with 
another piece of bread: when your sandwich is 
ready, cut them in any shape you like, but rather 
small and tastily, and serve. You may keep them 
in a cold place, if not wanted, as they will keep 
good under cover for twelve hours. — Lady's Book. 
Corn Bread. —The recipe for making com bread 
which took the first premium offered at the office of 
the American Agriculturist is as follows:—To two 
quarts of meal, add one pint of bread sponge: water 
sufficient to wet the whole; add one-half pint of 
flour, and a tablespoonful of salt; let it rise; then 
knead well for the second time, and place the dough 
in the oven, and allow it to bake an hour and a halt'. 
Potato Cakes.— The following is both economi¬ 
cal and good:—Take of cold mashed potatos, (which 
would otherwise be thrown away,) say one pint, to 
which add three eggs, well beat up; one cup of 
flour. Reasoning is generally added on first cook¬ 
ing, (salt, pepper, butter and cream.) Make into 
cakes aud fry in butter. To be eateu warm.—W. P. 
B., Concordia, Darke Co., Ohio. 1862. 
men, wise m sueu matters, nave, wun patient con¬ 
sideration. formed this list, supposed to contain 
apples suited to the varied w ants of human life! 
Be so kind as to take the list and order from three 
to five trees of each several and particular sort, 
kind, or variety therein named. Having procured 
them, do the further favor (about the last thing to 
be expected from fallen humanity,) of watching, 
guarding, cultivating, pruning, and otherwise doing 
for the same; thus you will have, Providence will¬ 
ing, (and Providence is generally willing when we 
aie faithful.) good, first-rate apples, all the year 
round. 
Beginning with the Red Astrachan and Early 
Harvest, and ending with the Northern Spy and the 
Russets, we may have, in summer's heat and win¬ 
ter’s cold, in balmy spring aud breezy autumn 
apples eminently fit to be eaten, excellent for pies, 
baking, and sauce! Apples ripe . and not over-ripe 
—apples in the very height of their excellence, the 
perfection of their flavor, and the exquisiteness of 
their aroma. 
••Will you take an apple, sir?” “No, I thank 
you. Not fond of apples," says the prudent man, 
as he is offered Yellow Bellflowers in September. 
How many men have tasted the full list given abo\ # e 
—and they are mostly old varieties—when they are 
at their prime. 
The first thing I did, •• when I went for myself,” 
was to go into a back town and buy a yoke of oxen 
— all my professional pride was up. I wanted to 
buy cheap, and have them just right, so I Inquired 
if they •• would draw,” “ stand the heat,” “ hold 
Hardening Tallow or Lard for Candles.— 
To eight pounds of lard add one ounce of nitric acid. 
Heat the lard hot, but not so as to scorch it, (in iron,) 
set the vessel out of doors, add the acid and stir until 
it stops spattering. The candles must be run in 
molds.—E. R., Metomen, Wis., 1861. 
Sty on the Eyelid.— An exchange says:—Put 
a teaspoonful of black tea in a small bag: pour on it 
enough boiling water to moisten it. then put it on 
the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night, and in 
the morning the sty will most likely be gone; if not, 
a second application is certain to remove it 
Information Wanted. —How can I get the full¬ 
ing out of white flannel that has been shrunk by 
improper washing? A satisfactory answer will 
much oblige— Antoinette, New York, 1862. 
[3PBC1AL NOTICE.] 
A Word to tub Wise. —D. B. De Land & Co., of Fair- 
port, Monroe Co.. N. Y.. are manufacturing a Saleratus 
known as Chemical Saleratus, by a process not used by any 
other manufactory in this country. The process is a secret, 
discovered by one of the proprietors while traveling in 
Europe. The process removes every' impurity from the 
article, and makes it as white as the driven snow. It is put 
up in brightred papers, very tastefully. Get apaper and try it. 
