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WESTERN EDITORIAL NOTES. 
WUTB MANUFACTURE IN LA SALLE CO., ILLINOIS. 
I have heretofore written of the vineyards I found 
at Ottawa — especially of that belonging to IT. T,. 
Brush. I believe 1 intimated that the grape was 
grown for wine manufacture. This is found to be 
profitable. The manufacture is not confined to the 
cultivated grapes. An excellent, colored, medicinal 
wine is made from the wild grape, which grows in 
great profusion on the banks, bluffs, and islands of 
the Illinois river. These grapes are gathered, arid 
packed in barrels, at a cost of from one to one and a 
half cents per pound, by the German women and 
children. The cost, including barrels and freight to 
Ottawa, is but a trifle. 
Dead ripe grapes only are purchased and used. 
The juice is expressed and put in large coses — the 
larger the better. Five gallons of water are added 
to four gallons of grape juice, and 24 pounds of 
refined Sugar Is added to each gallon of this mixture. 
This is the best recipe Mr. Brush knows of for 
making wine from the native wild grape. 
From the same kind of grapes, he makes a drink 
called Mississippi plaret. It is similar to the claret 
used on the Mississippi river boats and in the 
Southern hotels. The mode is as follows:—Fill a 
barrel with the grapes as they are gathered; press 
them down moderately—not so as to break thorn — 
and fill the bar rcl with water; let it stand ten days. 
Then express the juice in the water, and return the 
juice, grapes and all, to the barrel, with the water, 
and add 60 lbs of sugar to 40 gallons of the liquid; 
let it stand from ten days to two weeks; then draw 
off in barrels. When half worked, rack it off, and 
thou again in January, when it will bo cleansed of 
most of the impurities: nick oil again in March into 
bottles, when it will be pure and ready for use. This 
is a cheap and wholesome claret. Mr. B. saysiteaa 
be made for 25 cents per gallon. 
Air. B. also manufactures a wine from the Isabella 
grape, for which be gave me the following recipe. 
One pound of refined sugar to a gallon of pure 
juice, fermented like other wine. 
There h< also still Catawba in his cellar, which 
will compare favorably with anybody’s vintage ol 
the same age. The process is simple. Express 
the juice into clean casks. The grapes should be 
perfectly ripe. Fill the cask within two inches of 
the bung; after fermentation is over, fill the cask fiud 
of the same kind. A little can be saved in a small 
vessel for this purpose. When it is perfectly refined, 
(which will he the March following its manufacture, 
if a good article,) rack it off into another clean cask 
or bottles. No sugar should lie added — only the 
perfectly pure juice ofi the grape should he used. I t 
should be kept in a cool collar. 
Mr. B. makes excelled currant wine. He says 
ho has used several recipes, but he regards the fol¬ 
lowing the host:— Add three gallons of water to one 
of currant juice- the lees from the first pressing to 
stand witli tho water—and 28 pounds of refined 
sugar to 10 gallons of the mixture. To one barrel 
of the whole add one gallon of old (pure) Bourbon 
whisky. Samples of wine made alter this manner 
find great favor with connoisseurs. 
The recipe may startle a good many nice old 
dames who manufacture “ pure* current wine, and 
use in its manufacture “ nothing hut sugar,” and of 
course “ it wont hurt any body, you know”—“there’s 
not a bit of alcohol in it,” &c., &c.,— and who allow 
their children to drink of it, and offer it to the par¬ 
son, when he calls, advising him to tuku it “for his 
stomach's sake,”—and he does! because, it is 
nothing but pure currant juice and a little sugar, 
you know 1 
I say the foregoing recipo may horrify some of 
these good matrons. But I can ussuro them that 
there is no more alcohol in wine made after this 
manner, if as much, as in the terribly sweetened 
juico of tho currant, which he-fuddles so many who 
would as soon break tho decalogue as drink a glass 
of Champagne. Good women, the best of your 
currant witic contains a largo per centum of that 
which will intoxicate—much of it, more alcohol 
than half of llio whisky sold these latter days I 
“ Von don’t believe a word of it?” Then please 
ask tho first chemist you come across. And if he 
don’t confirm what I write, 1 will send you the 
Rural one year. If he does not, ho must give his 
reasons through this paper. 
1 have said thus much on this subject, because 
there arc many good people entirely misled by this 
mania for the manufacture of domestic wines. They 
are innocently educating the tastes of their children 
for a love of strong drink —sowing the wind, and 
they will reap the whirlwind. 
The foregoing recipes are not given as possessing 
any merit because of their temperate character, hut 
for the use of such parties as understand their na¬ 
ture, and know how to use them. 
Mr. Brush says the fragrance of the strawberry is 
such that he is determined to make wine of it. 
When lie does make the effort, he proposes to use 28 
pounds of refined sugar to 10 gallons of juice. lie 
does not add any water, but is not sure that it will 
not ho better to do so. A small quantity made in 
this manner was called very fine. 
The culture of the grape for manufacturing pur¬ 
poses is found very profitable, and tho vineyards 
of the wine producing grapes are to be largely 
extended. 
FLOWERS IN DECEMBER. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — In the Rural I 
notice that violets were gathered in Massachusetts 
on the 9th of December. The bright sun warmed 
and brought to life those sweet flowers in our own 
State (New York) as in Massachusetts. In Decem¬ 
ber I gathered from my garden two varieties of 
violets, and three of pansies, sufficient to fill a plate 
for a (lower-pot A plate of short-stemmed flowers 
can be made 1o look quite as pretty as a vase of 
flowers. I gathered green leaves, (to make the 
flowers look summer-like,) from columbine, honey¬ 
suckle, and Jacob's ladder, and the flowers and 
leaves looked as fresh as those picked in summer. 
One word to those who lose their mountain daises 
by being winter-killed: I place sticks around them, 
cover them up with quite a quantity of leaves, place 
light manure over the leaves, and I have never lost 
them when served in this way. I treated a number 
ol varieties of annuals In the same way bust fall, and 
if I have good success I will lot the Rural know. 
OolumbuK, N Y., January, 1862. Mrs. C. Myers. 
Many of the plants wo treat as annuals are peren¬ 
nials in their native country, and the roots may he 
preserved in earth in the cellar. Wo were quite 
successful in this way last season. By this method 
we get stronger plants and earlier flower's. 
CANDYTUFT. 
The Candytuft is one of the hardiest and prettiest 
of our low growing annuals. There are several 
varieties, nearly all of them desirable, for there is 
no plant grown in the garden that will make up 
better in boqnets, and everybody who has a garden 
needs flowers that they can cut for their friends and 
visitors as well as for tlieir own use. They flower 
during the whole season, and cutting only improves 
the plants and makes them bloom the’more freely. 
upon the other—filling up the space between the 
orchard and the road upon the right—had stood, a 
few days previous, a group of noble elms, as stately 
and beautiful ns those which distinguish and adorn 
There is surely a bright future for Missouri, 
“ when these trials are over.” That there are many 
who are looking with steady and hopeful eyes to 
that future, was satisfactorily shown by the success 
an eastern seaport, and have given it the pleasing and interest of this annual meeting of fruit-growers. 
title of the “City of Elms.” The mansion com¬ 
manded a pleasing prospect, and the immediate 
surroundings were such that in the hands of a man 
of taste, or oven an individual of non-enterpriaing 
A list of apples on exhibition by four or five lead¬ 
ing exhibitors, will give a good idea of the principal 
varieties grown in the vicinity: 
Hy Hknry T. Moon, of Kirkwood, Mo.—Winosap, Ham- 
habits, who would have permitted, through his in- son, Milam, WinterSweetiug. White Winter Penrmain, Kalin 
dolottca, the beautifying object of nature to expand 
undisturbed, this fine old homestead would have 
been a choi c retreat, aud the hearts that gathered 
around the sacred hearthstone would have been 
bound together by the unseen influences of beauty, 
and when scattered abroad like waifs upon the 
ocean of life, would tprn with yearning recollections 
water, Cainpfield Priestley, Small Romnnitc, Grindstone, and 
seven other varieties not known. 
tty J. .1. Kki.lv, of LaClede. Mo.—Winter Cheese, Pryor's 
Red. Winosap, Kallawnter, Small Romanitc, Rawle's Janet. 
Newtown Pippin, Yellow Bellflower, and Smith's Cider. 
tty Mr Pettingim., of Bunker Hill, III —Small Romania*. 
Rhode Island Greening, Roxbttry lUwsett, American Pippin, 
Rawle's Janet, Pennsylvania Rcdfltrcak, Baldwin, Pryor * Red, 
to the broad elms, in whose cooling shade many a Brabant Bellflower, Yellow Bellflower, Winesap, and New 
summer hour of other days hail been romped, to ' vn ^PP®* 
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played, read and dreamed away; and now a Mecca, 
where wanderers at intervals return to renew their 
fraternal vows of friendship and love. Hail the 
owner of this fine estate been robbed of tho sum of 
five hundred or one thousand dollars, ho would 
have grieved over it greatly, as depriving his chil¬ 
dren uf so* much of their patrimony: and yet, with 
his own hand, he has taken from them even more in 
the destruction of that which, in a time soon to 
come, as art and cultivation extend their elevating 
influences, will ho valued in proportion to the time 
and labor taken to create them. It Is easy to plant 
By Bayi.km h Brio., of Cnrondolet, Mo.—Newtown Pippin, 
Vaudevere Pippin, Rawle's Janet, White Winter Penrmain, 
Small Romnnitc, Wlnesnp, Now York Pippin, MuKInley, Cur¬ 
tiss Pippin, Ortlcy, Pryor's Rod, Northern Spy, Yellow New¬ 
town Pippin, White Pippin, and Red Sweet Pippin. 
By T. R. Allen, of AlUntnn, Mo. — Rawls’* Janet, New 
town Pippin, Kail Pippin, Priestley, and Penn. Redatrealt. 
REMEDIES FOR QUINSY. 
I.v our issue of tho Rural for Jan. 25th, a lady 
reader made inquiry as to a cure for that distress¬ 
ing affection known as quinsy. Quite a number of 
replies have already come to hand, and knowing 
how those who are subject to the disease dread its 
attacks, we cannot refrain from expressing the hope 
that all afflicted may find sufficient remedies among 
those here presented: 
Dissolve one teaspoonful of niter in a pint of 
cold water and gurgle the throat frequently, being 
careful not to swallow any. This lias proved an 
efiectual remedy more than twenty years for my 
father, fie had been a great sufferer from this dis¬ 
ease. M its. M. II., Fredonia, JV. ¥., 18(12. 
When quite a child I was afflicted with this 
exceedingly painful and disagreeable disease, 
(quinsy,) and continued tp be for many years, the 
attacks becoming more and more frequent, and dan¬ 
gerous, until l utterly despaired of help. Often, 
1 1 gerous, until 1 utterly despaired of help. Often, 
Mr. I’kttixoill exhibited samples of Currant tor eight months in tho year. T suffered from it 
wine. Blackberry wine, and Black Currant wine, all 
very superior in quality, if not indeed perfect. 
The American Wine Company, recently formed 
in St. Louis, exhibited of their make, samples of 
Missouri Cabinet, Sparkling Champagne, (Isabella 
formal rows of trees, regardless of the easy grace of and Catawba mixed.) Still Catawba, Dessert 
A white variety, called amara , is exceedingly 
neat; and the Rco'cet, white, has long spikes; but 
the lower flowers mature first, and give the spike a 
dull, ragged appearance. A year or two since we 
obtained what was called Few Crimson , hut it 
proved to he more of a purple than a crimsou, 
though a very pretty, showy flower, and the plant 
Nature, but not as easy—though our lives ho pro¬ 
longed to the famed limit of “ three score and ten” 
—to reproduce the “Storm Kings” of centuries. 
A vulgar notion seems to exist In many parts ol 
the country that a large white or hare brick house, 
or big barn, is a grand object to fill the eye, and that 
the importance of the owner cannot fully be under¬ 
stood without giving it full prominence; therefore, 
instead of adding judicious plan ting to what already 
grows, everything is cut down, that the big house 
or big barn may lie seen from every direction miles 
away. 
Now frequently are we compelled to see thrifty 
and valuable groves of second-growth trees — too 
Wine.( Catawba,) and Native Champagne, (Isabella.) 
Their still wines, it xvas thought, did not compare 
monthly, trying all remedies without avail; until I 
was cured by one .so simple that I almost tear it will 
not ho tried, although it has wrought a perfect 
cure, aud I have not had an attack for eight years. 
Immediately after rising in the morning, I gave my 
head, neck and chest a thorough bathing in cold 
spring water, rubbing very hard with a coarse 
towel. Afterward, whenever I felt any soreness 
is of a good form, compact and upright, growing small to he worth anything for timber, yet each tree 
about one foot. We now have seeds of a scarlet, 
variety; but whether it will prove more true to its 
name we cannot say. A fragrant variety, called 
odorata, is very desirable. . We can recommend 
the Candytuft to all who want a neat,hardy annual. 
■-» • ♦ * --- 
DESTRUCTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL. 
. “ I cam pass days 
Stretched in ttie .Hhade of those old chestnut trees, 
Watching the sunshine like a Messing fall,— 
Tiie breeze like music wandering o’er the boughs,— 
Each tree a natural harp,—each different leaf 
A diffureut note, blent in one vast thanksgiving. ” 
Ifow often is one’s uestholic sense shocked while 
large enough to make a rail—stripped from some 
hillside inaccessible to tho plow, or out of some 
cool, shady dell, leaving, in place of this rich dmpot y 
of Nature, a picture of desolation worse than though 
scourged by tho locusts of Egypt, or than though 
the doomed spot had been swept, by a consuming 
fire. What before was soft, fair and beautiful, is 
now but a scar—a festering scab on the face of 
Nature. It seems to he forgotten that these young 
trees, if left to grow, would, in the steadily-advanc¬ 
ing prices of timber, in a few years be worth so 
lunch to the owner as to bring him a better return 
for his land than he could realize in any Other dis¬ 
position of it. Having attained a goodly growth, 
they could he thinned out periodically without cre- 
travorsing some of the most interesting portions of aling a hideous blotch lu a tine landscape; and 
our country, in beholding, as oue inevitably must,, should the owner’s domain he extensive, he could 
the wanton, reckless, and sometimes seemingly bIiow, in time, as splendid groves as any which adorn 
malicious destruction of those striking and beautiful ike boasted parks of the Old World. 
the wanton, reckless, and sometimes seemingly 
malicious destruction of those striking and beautitul 
objects of the landscape, which, in their pride and 
luxuriance, attract the admiration of tho beholder, 
and give exquisite grace and softness to scenery 
which otherwise would he hard and dreary, and 
impress a sensitive nature with a feeling of loneli¬ 
ness. How often is one really pained, aye, made 
Filled with those reflections, the writer returned 
to liis home, alter an absence of a few days. Judge 
of his consternation, on reaching tho brow of a hill 
which commands one ol' tho finest views in Western 
New York, to find stretched upon the ground—tiio 
ax man still at work among the branches — a group 
favorably with the best wines of Herman. Most,, if about the throat, before retiring I either put on a 
not all the samples, exhibited signs of sugar, which cold water bandage, or a flannel well saturated 
may improve them to the general American taste; with camphor, always removing it in the morning 
hut to those whose tastes aro a little educated to and using the cold water, which I never, on any 
the pure article, it, would bo deemed an objection. account, omitted. 
iQThe President, Dr. C- W. Spalding, delivered an l furnish a recipe for camphor, as it can rarely be 
able and appropriate annual address. Jn accord- obtained sufficiently strong at a druggist’s:_Two 
ance with a recommendation in the address, article ounces camphor gum, dissolved in* a pint of spirits 
first of the Constitution was amended, by which of wine.—Sn ,vie Sr ray, January. L8C2. 
die name was changed from Missouri Fruit-Growers’ Seeing an inquiry in the Rural for a cure for 
Association to Missouri Horticultural Society. quinsy, I send you this, which my mother knows to 
i;l lie officers elected tor the current year are, Dr. ht> certain, if applied in time. It will also prevent 
C. W, Spalding, of St. Louis, President; one Vice it8 returning. Take of gum camphor aud resin 
President from each Congressional District; Wit.- equal quantities, and double the quantity of honey. 
mam Mum, of Melrose, Mo., Secretary and Treus- Melt together. When cold, spread a plaster and 
urer; Dr. L. D. Morse, ot Allinton, Mo., Corre- apply it to the throat, letting the plaster extend 
Bpoudlng Secretary. (rom ear to ear. This should bo worn three or four 
l he Business Committee recommended the adop- days.-A Farmer’s Daughter, Watervliet, N. Y., 
tion of a list ol varieties of fruit for general cultiva- 1 ^ 2 , 
tion, anil also a list of such os promise well. The T , ... ~ 
following was adopted: 10R ‘ he b ? IK ' ,U of RuKAr ‘ r(wler *> 1 S0n<1 1™ a 
. „ . „ . recipe lor tho cure of quinsy, or of sore throat, 
.. , , „ , , . which I have used in my tamily for ton years or 
I'Xvnuy Ute —tarty Harvest, Red J urn*, and Maidens Blush. • J “ 
Promising H'rtt-Kirkbridge White, for family use; Red mom , fco a ] so >'avo my neighbors, and I never 
Astraehnn, for market; High Top Sweet and Primate, for kuew il lu fai!:—Apply a plaster Composed of four 
market and family. ouncos.of hard soap, half a pound of brown sugar, 
Fall Apples.— For General Cultivation for Market and half a pint of raw linseed oil, two ounces of resiil. 
Family —Ran!bo and Pennsylvania Redatrealt. Promising Put lilt the ingredients into a tin basin, and simmer 
Wdl — American Summer Penrmain and Kail Pippin, for fam- together till nil is dissolved. Appiy to the throat 
ily ; and Porter and Fall Queen, for market and family. warm, Oil a cloth, changing three or four times a 
Winter Amass. — For General CullieeUim— Yellow Bril- day. By excluding the air, the composition will 
flower and Ortley, for family use; Rawin'* Janet, Wlncwip, keep a long time.—R. P. POST, Durham , Greene Co., 
Pryors Red, Michael lleury Pippin, Newtown Pippin, and y jqg2 
almost heart-sick, to see by tho roadside some noble 0 f noble chestnut trees, which had long been tin 
monarch ol the storms, which mayhap has stood the 
shock of centuries, and would have stood more, 
lying prostrate beneath the stroke of the mercenary 
pride and admiration ol every passer-by. These 
trees stood on a sharp point formed by a fork in the 
road at tho top of the hill, each turn being a grace- 
ax, its grqat shattered trunk and broken hrauchcs ful outward curve. Their peculiar situation pre- 
scatterod in confusion like a gallant ship which the 
storms have borne upon a dangerous beach and 
dashed into irreparable rum. The uufortuuate tree 
may have been capable of furnishing out of its 
knotted trunk a lew indifferent rails, or it may have 
shaded a few hills of potatoes, or it may have 
been upon the south side of an east and west road, 
where the only plea the stupid owner could have 
for cutting it down was, “ that it looked in the way,” 
or “that he could not see up the road as well from 
his door-yard,” which we will guarantee in such 
cases is a dirty one, devoid of shrubbery, and having 
a broken fence about it. 
These thoughts were suggested to the writer with 
more than usual force during a recent October drive, 
eluded the possibility of being fenced within the 
adjoining farm, and they had thus escaped the 
“almighty dollar,” and stood fair to attain a patri¬ 
archal age. They bad afforded shelter and repose 
to many weary limbs that had climbed tho steep 
hill, and had gratified thousands who hud stopped 
in their refreshing shade to take a farewell look at 
the lovely scenery here outstretched like a magnifi¬ 
cent panorama before them. Hero picnics were 
sometimes gathered, and parties seeking pleasure 
had here secured their horses while partaking of 
lunch, and the happiness of moments which would 
live with its associations in their memories forever. 
Children, oil their way to and from school, were 
charmed into spending afow joyous leisure moments 
when his attention, and one would suppose thatot ; n rollicking and romping over the smooth turf, 
every individual possessing the organs of sight, was beneath their umbrageous branches, whose clustor- 
altracted in delighted admiration to the marvelous ing blossoms, at certain seasons, resembled a galaxy 
beauty of the foliage, presenting, when the eye of stars. Thu trees were unlit for rails-scarcely fit 
ranged over a forest comprising various kinds of for firewood; the only impulse that could havesug- 
timber, a scene of glory and splendor which the gosted such a ruthless act to the simple, yet honest 
tongue of man can never describe. 
A short distance from his home he saw what once 
had been a charming grove of young pines and 
chestnuts,—the former of that valuable species 
known us Finns strobus, which he had never passed 
without admiring, and before which he had often, 
when the snow had recently fallen, reined his horse 
to contemplate; and as he looked upon Urn long 
sprays loaded with downy ermine, and the dee;) 
rich green of the foliage enlivening tho whole land¬ 
scape, had experienced a grateful emotion welling 
up in his heart toward that beneficent Creator who, 
from hour to hour and day to day, beautifies in 
changing variety all things, — had now met its 
destruction. The branches were chopped up and 
thrown into heaps preparatory to burning when 
sufficiently dry, and the trunks had been quartered 
into rails and laid into fence. The owner of this 
land did not live upon it, but desired to improve it 
There is about twenty-five acres in the tract,—good 
soil, desirable neighborhood, and just the place a 
man seeking a email piece of land to put under high 
cultivation would desire. The grove occupied a 
knoll or guntlo eminence at a convenient distance 
from tho road for a dwelling. Between it and the 
road is a fine grass plot or lawn, through which 
runs a stream fed by living springs. With these 
natural advantages of location, how much did this 
man improve his piece of land in cutting down his 
and well-intentioned owner, was that having conni 
into the country when it was new, and spent labori¬ 
ous-years in cutting down the primitive forest, be 
had come to regard all trees as his natural enemies? 
If no worse motive actuated him, all the harm we' 
wish him is, that he may he blessed with a beautiful 
and accomplished daughter, and that she may daily 
sing to him those graceful—almost pathetic—lines 
of Morris: 
“ Woodman, spore that tree,’* 
until his conscience shall ache every time ho passes 
those forlorn stumps, standing like tombstones to 
record the cruel fall ol the green life that once 
floated in glory above them. 
A Lover op Trees. 
HORTICULTURE IN MISSOURI. 
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Third Annual Meeting of this Society was 
held in the city of St. Louis, commencing Tuesday, 
not all the samples, exhibited signs of sugar, which i 
may improve them to the general American taste; 1 
hut to those whoso tastes aro a little educated to 1 
the pure article, it. would be deemed an objection. 1 
id The President, Dr. C. W. Spalding, delivered an 
aide and appropriate annual address. In accord¬ 
ance with a recommendation in the address, article 
first of the Constitution was amended, by which 
tiie name was changed from Missouri Fruit-Growers' 
Association to Missouri Horticultural Society. 
i;The officers elected for tho current year are, Dr. 
C. W. Spalding, of St. Louis, President; one Vice 
President from each Congressional District; Wil¬ 
liam Muir, of Melrose, Mo., Secretary and Treas¬ 
urer; l)r. L. I). Morse, of Allinton, Mo., Corre¬ 
sponding Secretary. 
The Business Committee recommended the adop¬ 
tion of a list of varieties of fruit for general cultiva¬ 
tion, and also a list of such as promise well. The 
following was adopted: 
Summer Apples. — For Grnend Cultivation for Market ami 
Family Use — Early Harvest, Red June, ami Maiden's Blush. 
Promising Weil — Kirkbridge White, for family use; Red 
Astraclian, for market; High Top Sweet ami Primate, for 
market and family. 
Kau. Apples. — For General Cultivation for Market and 
Family —Ran!bo aud Pennsylvania Redatrealt. Promising 
Writ — American Summer Pcarniain and Fall Pippin, for fam¬ 
ily ; and Porter and Fall Queen, for market and family. 
Winter Apples. For General Cultivation— Yellow Bell 
flower ami Ortley, for family use; lbiwle's Janet, Wlnesap, 
Pryor's Red, Michael Henry Pippin, Newtown Pippin, and 
Smith'* Cider, for market and family. Pn/nusing Will — Tol- 
man * Sweet, Cumpfield, Hubbardstou Nonsuch, White Win¬ 
ter Peuniiuin, and Kollawater. 
PEACHES. — For General Cultivation — Troth's Burly, Large 
Early York, Crawford's Early for market, Old Mixon Free, 
Grosae Miguoune, Red Cheek Mcloooton, Crawford's Late, 
Okl Mixon ding, Morris White, and Heath, J’romising Well 
—Yellow Alberge, Columbia, President, Rareripe Late Red, 
Stump of the World, Smock's Free. 
Peap.8 .—For General Cultivation —Bartlett, Louise Bonne 
de Jersey, Belie Lucrative, Wliite Doyenne, Seckel, Duchcssc 
d’Aiigouleiue, Glout Morceau. Promising Well — Doyenne 
d’ Etc, Madeleine, Tyson, Flemish Beauty, Beurre de Brignais, 
Beurre Bose, Gray Doyenne, Bufl'uin, Beurre d’ Aremberg, 
and Winter Nells. 
STRAWBERRIES. —Fur General Cultivation —Wilson's Albany 
for market; McAvoy’s Superior, for family, and for market 
when near; Longworth’s Prolific, for market and family. 
Promising Wdl — Cremont’s Perpetual. 
Triumphu lie Gaud was passed, although it had 
several strong advocates. Carkw Sanders stated 
that it did not succeed well with him. 
Au Interesting discussion 011 grapes was had, but 
no list was adopted. 
The next annual meeting will he held in St Louis 
on the second Tuesday in January, 1863. 11 . 
fmlintUuval gat*#. 
Peach Buds j.y Cheuuxc County.—T o day (January 20) I 
examined the peach buds, und to my surprise found nearly 
one third lulled, apparently brown inside. Cherries aro un¬ 
harmed. Several nights in December last tho thermometer 
sunk several degrees below zero; somo nights It would sink 
uvea 12 or IS degrees below zero; then perhaps on the subse¬ 
quent day it would rise to or above freezing point and Lliaw 
a little. This was undoubtedly the time that a part of 
the peach flower buds suffered. Should it still he Colder, aud 
frequent changes from severe cold nights to warm, thuwy 
days, this winter or spring, I shall anticipate hut few if any 
peaches hero next summer. Last summer there were no 
punches raised herd, nor were there any blow* on the trees in 
the spring. The trees wore so badly injured that they did not 
leal’ out until very late; some were entirely killed. Of cher¬ 
ries, also, “we had nono,” the buds being killed. We hope 
for somo cherries next summer, If tho season be favorable 
Cherry trees grow well here, look fine, are very ornamental in 
spring and summer, ami seem well adapted to our soil.— 
Nathan Pkdrick, Seely Creek, Chemung Co., iV. Y., Jan,, 1862. 
Grace Culture.— In your paper of the 25th, in the discus¬ 
sions of the Fruit Growers’ Society, it is stated by Mr. Knox, 
that he plant* 1000 Concord vines to the acre, and that after 
Veal Cutlets.— Cutlets are cut either from the 
fillet or the neck, hut chops aro taken from the loin. 
Some persons have deprecated tiie practice of beat¬ 
ing meat, hut it is essentially necessary in veal cut¬ 
lets, which otherwise, especially if merely fried, are 
very indigestible. They should bo cut about one- 
quarter, or, at the most, one-half an inch in thick¬ 
ness, and well beaten; they will then, when fried, 
taste like sweetbread, be quite tvs tender, and nearly 
as rich. Egg them over, dip in bread-crumbs 
ttud savory herbs, fry, and serve with mushroom 
sauce and fried bacon. 
Or; Prepare as above, and fry them; lay them 
in a dish, and keep them hot; dredge a little flour, 
and put a hit of butter into tho pan; brown it, then 
pour a little boiling water into it, and boil quickly; 
season with pepper, salt, and catsup, and pour it 
over them.— Godey's Lady's Hook. * 
Give tue Cun. dren Fresh Air.— Somo parents 
make the great mistake of keeping their children 
in-doors during cold weather. Such a practice 
is pernicious in many respects. It enfeebles the 
bodies of children, and renders them peculiarly lia¬ 
ble to colds and coughs. A child should have its 
feet well shod with socks and hoots, its body well 
wrapped in warm clothing, its head and ears securely 
protected from the cold, and then lie let loose to play 
in the keen bracing winter air. By this means its 
body will bccotno robust, and its spirits ho kept 
bright and cheerful; whereas, if a child lie shut up 
in the house,it will become fretful and feverish, and 
perhaps wind up with a severe attack of illness. 
To hake Afple Fritters. — Take one pint of 
milk, three eggs, salt just to taste, and as much flour 
as will make a batter. Beat the yolks aud whites 
separately, add the yolks to the milk, stir in the 
whites with as much flour as will make a batter; 
have ready some tender apples, peel them, cut them 
in slices round the apple, take the core carefully out 
of the center of each slice, aud to every spoonful of 
batter lay in a slice of the apple, which must he cut 
very thin. Fry them in hot lard to a light brown 
on both sides. 
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Indian Meal Gruel. — Sift the Indian meal 
through a fine sieve; wot two spoonfuls of this meal 
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. grape*, Now I would ask what t* the ohjeet of the gathering 
together of tho said society® 1* It merely to hear who can 
The Third Annual Meeting of this Society was spin tins biggest yarn, with tho uudorstanding that nono should 
held in the city of St. Louis, commencing Tuesday, contradict tin- other? tf this u th«ir object, it would appear 
January 14th, and ending Friday, 17th. The attend- tout, at too mooting gpokon of Mr Knox spun his so largo 
too thin! ^ciu- each Ooneoisl >mo will yield 25 pound* of with cold water, and heat it till there are no lumps; 
grape*. Now i would n*k what l* the object of too gathering then stir it into a pint and a half of water, and let it 
together of too «dd society® u it merely to hear who can boil half an hour, stirring it all the time. Season it 
spin the biggest yarn, with tho understanding that, none should 11S liked best 
ance was unusually large. Tho condition of affairs 
in this State prevented many from attending, and 
those, too, whose presence and products have here¬ 
tofore been most interesting and valuable. I allude 
in particular to the fruit-growers and vintners of 
Herman. Wo lacked the benefit of the experience 
that none dare tnaku au attempt to out-do biin, 1 had some 
pretty largo statements to uiako on the yield of grape.* 
through ti." Rural, but till) above is so tiir ahead of me Uiat 
my statements would be of no account.— A GiiaVN Grower, 
Jan. 29, 1862. 
The object of tho Fruit Growers’ Society, wo suppose, is to elicit 
truth, and we huve no reason to call ill question the statement 
line grove? and how much value did he add to his of those who have hecn extensively engaged in the of Mr. Knox. Grape Grower ” liven within a few miles 
land lu so doing? 
Some miles further on he entered 
rich and 
culture of the vine upon Our hills during the past 
ten to fifteen years. We missed the samples of 
smiling valley abounding on every hand with evi- numerous varieties of pure and unadulterated juice 
donees of wealth and prosperity which the hand of Of the grape, which have heretofore been exhibited 
industry had wroughl from tiie productive alluvial 
soil of the “bottom lands.” A turn in tho road 
brought him near a large brick mansion, located 
atom 1 annual meetings by the vintners referred to. 
Their places were occupied, but not filled, by others. 
The fact of having had a larger number in atteud- 
of tlic place where Uie lost session was held, he should have 
attended too meeting and given us the benefit of hi* experience. 
gttijuiviesi ami 
Barley Gruel.— Wash four ounces of pearl bar¬ 
ley, boil it in two quarts of water with a stick of 
cinnamon till reduced to a quart; strain and return 
it into the saucepan with sugar aud three-fourths of 
a pint of port wine, or the same quantity of milk, 
Ileat up, and use as wanted. 
To Glaze or Varnish Drawings.— One ounce 
of Canada balsam, two ounces of oil of turpentine, 
well dissolved. The drawing should be previously 
washed over with a solution of isinglass. 
- To Cure a Sore Thuoat.—D rop a pinch of fine 
Strawberry Boxes.—C an you or some of your subscribers salt Its low OU the roots of tho tongue as possible, 
judiciously upon an eligible site, from which, how- ance than ever before, notwithstanding the unfavor- 
ever, some large trees had been cut, as could bo 
seen by the undecayed stumps. A copious brook, 
babbling and sparkling over a stony bed, crossed 
the road just before reaching the house, and ran in 
a graceful curve around the rear of it, Au exten¬ 
sive orchard ol large and thrifty trees covered an 
easy slope in the background, while partially 
screening the orchard and extending along the brook 
to the road on one hand, and quite near to the bouse 
ahlo times, and having the tables well covered with 
specimens of fruit and wine, aud being able to con¬ 
tinue the discussions with interest during four days, 
is strong proof that the cause of improved horticul 
tare in this State has taken deep root, and is des¬ 
tined to flourish until our immense resources in 
this lino shall he developed, and Missouri shall be 
placed in a proud position among her sister States, 
horticulturally speaking at least 
tell me through the Rural how to make boxes for marketing 
straw berries —the *!zu of boxes; timber made of; if painted, 
what e dor; ami how put together® Also where etui I obtain 
a few bundled half pint basket*, and at what price? Which 
is toe bunt for general as*, baskets or boxes, why do not toe 
maker* of either of toe above advertise iu the Rural?—John 
S, Gratis, Apahichin, Tioga Co., ,Y. Y. 
Tiie latter question we cauiiqt answer, and we hardly think 
and let it dissolve there,—relief instantaneous.—X. 
Y. Z., Monroe Co., K Y., 1862. 
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[SI’KOlAL NOTICE.] 
To our Merchants.— .If you do not keep D. B. Dc Land 
& Co.’s Chemical Saleratu*, procure it at once as it is gaining 
the manufacturers can give a very satisfactory reply. Either friends so fist, amongst, the good housekeepers of the country 
hoxe* or baskets will answer, if made right. Wo understand 
parties in New York have a patent on a vury cheap and useful 
box, which is used by some of our largest growers. Wo liavo 
many readers who euri give the desired information, and we 
hope they will do so through our oolumns. 
that you will soon have a call for nothing else. Y'ou can get 
it at wholesale of the proprietor*, at l’airport, Monroe Co., 
N. Y., or of any responsible wholesale dealer in Rochester, 
Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Grand 
Rapid*, Milwaukee, &o., &u. 
