almost to the amount of the previous year's {growth. 
They all bore fruit and matured long before frost 
The strongest of the vines had about forty-five large 
bunches on it some of them measuring about nine 
inches in length. The remainder of the cuttings I 
put into the ground and saved one vine only, which 
after two years has made but little growth. I have 
resolved henceforth to do my vine raising by graft¬ 
ing, seeing that by providing myself with good roots 
ot wild vine I can get fruit so much quicker than by 
raising from cuttings. I have made repeated efforts 
to obtain cuttings of the Concord, Delaware, Diana, 
Rebecca, and Cuyahoga varieties, but have been 
unsuccessful. We are so far away from comfort $ out 
here, that it is hard getting anything that we want. 
If those who name here ten or twelve years ago had 
planted orchards, set. out vines, Ac., soon alter they 
came, there might now be plenty of' fruit in the 
country; whereas they are only just now beginning 
to put out orchards, 11 is a great mistake for farm¬ 
ers to put olT planting an orchard till they have 
everything else. By good rights the orchard should 
come first. j. v. 
Tabor, Fremont Co., Iowa, 1862. 
surplus during the winter, when the fruit can be 
easiest kept, and most conveniently marketed. It 
is, however, the opinion of the writer, that from 
twenty-five to thirty varieties, at the least, would be 
requisite to fully gratify the varied wants and tastes 
of a family of discriminating fruit fanciers. 
Best varieties for a market orchard of one thousand trees', where 
there is a reliable: market near bg, and where this is to be 
the sole business: 
Early Harvest, _ 25 Hnhbardston Nonsuch. - 80 
Red Astraeban, _ .. 2f> N. Y VandevWe, . 80 
Sweet Bough... . 25 K. I Greening,. 100 
Towell, ...t. ...25 Baldwin, . 00 
Gravenstein,.. ... . ... :.o Jonathan. ._ 50 
Fall Pippin, ... 60 Roxhury Russet,.._ 160 
Tollman Sweet,_ 25 Red Canada, ........ . 300 
Ladies' Sweeting,_ .. 26 
Best varieties for a market orchard of one thousand trees, remote 
from market, inhere, from any cause, the marketing of sum - 
men or atdumn varieties may be. inconvenient: 
Fall Pippin,_ ...... 50 Rhode Island Greening_200 
Hubbardston Nonsuch. .100 Roxhury Russet, . .250 
V&ndev'eofN Y., or West- Red Canada, . .400 
field Seek no-furthor, ...100 
Many persons ar. the present day. who wish to 
connect orcharding with farming proper, consider it 
more convenient and profitable to plant but a single 
variety. Although doubting the propriety of hang¬ 
ing our hopes upon the success of a single variety, 
it is believed that no other variety will be found 
so productive, reliable and profitable as the Red 
Canada. 
Pears. 
Pears have been but sparingly planted in this 
State, hence our knowledge of the comparative 
value of different varieties, a3 drawn from home 
experience, is hardly of a satisfactory character. 
The lists here given are, consequently, the result, 
to a great extent, of the writer's experience, and 
that of a few friends with whom he has been able 
to confer. 
Best six varieties of the pear, for family use , on the pear stoclc, 
for an orchard of one hundred trees: 
Bloodgood,.,.6 Swan's Orange..15 
Bartlett.. ..20 White Doyenne, . .25 
Belle Lucrative,_10 Winter Nells,_ . 25 
Best twelve varieties on the pear stock: 
Madeleine, . .3 Flemish Beauty,_ . (i 
Bloodgood,_3 Swan's Orange,.. 10 
Rostiezer,..3 White Doyenne,.. ...... .20 
Sterling,___6 Oswego,...... 6 
Bartlett,.. 10 Lawrence.".. . 15 
Belle Lucrative, ... .. 5 Winter Nelis, ....15 
Best varieties on the quince stock :— Bloodgood. Doyenne d' 
Eto, Rostiezer, Stevens’ Genesee, Belle Lucrative. Ixjuise 
Bonne de Jersey, Uuchesse d' Angoulcme, Bcarre Diel, Glout 
Moreeau, Vicar of Winlcficld, Doyenne d' Alencon. 
Best varieties, and the number of each, for a pear orchard of 
one hundred trees-t-if for family use and market combined: ' 
Madeleine,_ . 5 Flemish Beauty.......5 
Rostiezer,. .... .5 Swans Orange.... .10 
Bartlett,... 10 Lawrence,. 10 
Doyenne d' Ete,..2 White Doyenne,..16 
Tyson, ... . 3 Winter Nelis, 10 
Belle Lucrative, .5 Beurre Oswego, ... 5 
Bloodgood,_3 Doyenne d' Alencon,. 2 
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spring, any bme from April to the first of June. Wo give the 
foLowing, which accords with our experience, from the 
Cranberry CuUurist , by W H. Starr, of New London, Conn. 
“ There are several methods of planting the cranberry, mid 
they may he designated as follows, viz: Se,d Planting. Sod 
Planting. Boot. Planting , Cutting Planting and Vine Planting. 
“ Seed Planting consists in preparing the ground and plant 
ing the seeds (or crushed fruit! in hills or drills, or in sowing 
broadcast, as practiced for oats, barley, Ac., Ac, This method, 
however, is not very reliable, is attended with too ranch delay 
and much trouble in keeping the ground clear of weeds 
grass, &c\, for some five or six years before the matting of the 
plants. This method cannot therefore he recommended. 
“ Sod Planting for those who have meadows of their own, 
or have ready access to those of others, is a method which 
is very simple and sure in regard to the vines growing, but it 
Is objectionable on account of the gross, &c., which cannot he 
separated from the plants, and is consequently introduced into 
the new grounds with them. This isvery difliculttoeradicate, 
hut with proper care it may be accomplished and fine crops 
of the fruit obtained. 
“ Boot Planting — This is perhaps the best plan for obtain¬ 
ing the earliest and most productive crops, and allows clean 
culture until the plot is completely covered with the vines. 
Prepare the ground by thorough, deep plowing, and harrow¬ 
ing, so as completely to pulverize the soil, then mark oft' or 
furrow the ground about two and a half feet between the 
rows, and plant out the well rooted vines two or throe in a 
hill, the hills any distance from six inches to two feet apart, 
according to tho facilities for procuring the plants. The 
nearer they are set together the sooner the vines will become 
matted, and consequently tho labor of keeping them clean and 
free f¥om grass and weeds before they cover the ground, will 
be very much reduced. TT>e vines should be set about four 
inches deep. 
11 Cutting Planting .—Prepare the ground ns for root plant¬ 
ing, and drill or furrow in the same manlier; then, instead of 
the entire plants, use cuttings, about five inches long, plant 
them in the same manner, leaving about one inch of the cut- 
the surface 
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" I (-a tew bos; 1,000 do, Clintons, For sale cheaper than nur¬ 
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Rochester,. N. Y.. March 18, 136A ttfG-ut' 
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fers for sale a large stock of Cranberry Plants, of the cele¬ 
brated upland Bell, Lowland Bell, and Cherry varieties. For 
Pricea and .information on the culture, inclose' stamp and send 
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by the manufacturers., LEE A CO., Newark. New Jersey! 
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GEODES FROM MISSISSIPPI BLUFFS. 
ORCHARD OF DR. H. V. GRISWOLD. 
Presuming the readers of the Rural will be 
interested in knowing the manner in which fruit 
culture is sometimes entered into ont West, I give 
some notes of Dr. If. P. Griswold's orchard, in 
Hancock Co,, Illinois. To be sure, such orchards 
are few and far between, both East and West; yet 
what one man can do can also be done by another, 
with the same amount of trying. 
About 1848 Dr. Griswold, who had been for a 
few yeara before doing a small nursery business, 
became the possessor of a farm of 160 acres, lying 
about four miles from the Mississippi river, and the 
same distance from the cities of Keokuk and War¬ 
saw. The farm is prairie, somewhat rolling, and 
located some two miles from the bluff timber lands. 
On this farm were planted apple trees, as follows: 
At time of purchase___ 200 trees. 
Planted in 1M9,_1....1200 “ 
Do. in 1850. 500 “ 
Do. in 1851,. 200 “ 
Do. in 1856,. 300 11 
In all 2,400 trees, occupying 45 acres of ground, in¬ 
cluding 100 standard and dwarf pear trees. Of course 
all these trees have not lived; but it may be esti¬ 
mated that 2,000 of them are now alive and in good 
condition. A portion, say one-half, of these trees 
are large enough to yield from 15 to 20 bushels each. 
Among these 2.000 trees are probably 50 varieties, 
but those of which be has planted most largely are, 
Winesap, Rawle’s Janet, Yellow and White Dell- 
flower, Esoptis and Newtown Spitzenburg, Pryor's 
Red, Ladies’Sweeting, Baldwin, Belmont, Newtown 
Pippin, Pall Wine, Ratubo, Porter, Enltou Straw¬ 
berry, Early Bough, Early Harvest, and Red June. 
The orchard is inclosed with an Osage Orange 
hedge fence, planted in 1850; it was regularly cut 
back the first four years, though latterly it has been 
allowed to reach a height of 15 to 20 feet. It will 
turn rabbits and elephants alike, and is consequently 
fully thief proof. 
Now for the results. The doctor expresses the 
opinion that up to 1860 the product of this orchard 
has been equal to the expenses incurred up to that 
year, for planting, culture, Ac., allowing the two 
sides to be balanced at the close of 1859. Hence the 
profits begin with 1860, and that year being a favor¬ 
able one, his profits have told largely. The product 
for that year was about fine thousand bushels — a 
large portion of which he sold at an average of 
90 cents per bushel, say 80 cents for the whole—or a 
total of $4,000. The crop of 1861 was much less— 
those trees which failed to bear full crops in 1860, 
were now full; $1,000 being the estimated product 
for last year. So the account stands at present, 
showing a profit of $5,000 for two years products, 
and an orchard of 2,000 full grown and vigorous 
trees, capable of producing from 5,000 to 25,000 
bushels of apples annually I Who will say Dr. G. 
Ls not in a situation to realize something from 
orchard planting? 
Some peculiarities of culture may properly be 
noticed here. About half his orchard was well cul¬ 
tivated for four or five years after planting, and then 
sown dowQ to grass, principally timothy. The re¬ 
mainder was cultivated about ten years, and is now 
also put to timothy and clover. The doctor informs 
me that those trees' which were first down to grass 
have generally done the best — have grown as well, 
looked as thrifty and healthy, are as free from pests 
of all kinds, and have borne better than those which 
were cultivated longer. This seems to be contrary 
to theory and the teachings of the books, but I tell 
it as ’twas told to me. 
On inquiring what sorts bad done best, I received 
for answer, in the following order, viz:—Winesap?, 
Janets, Newtown Spitzenhurgs, Yellow and White 
Bellflowers. Wines, Ram bos, Fulton Strawberries. 
Early Harvests, and Red Junes. " But,” he added, 
with an emphatic earnestness, ik had I planted only 
Winesaps, I might have been a rich man now.” On 
another occasion he expressed the belief that 'Wine- 
saps alone would have made him worth $50,000! 
Its hardiness as a tree, its good bearing qualities, 
and its good character as a market fruit, make it 
superior with him to all others, as an apple to make 
money on. I may here add that the doctor has a 
large lot of yearling seedlings, which he designs 
budding entirely to Winesaps, for future planting. 
The doctor's pear orchard consists of about 100 
trees, half standards and half dwarfs. Here again 
fact seems to run counter to theory. These were 
planted in 1850, and have been bearing three years. 
But about as many of his standards have com¬ 
menced bearing, and did so as early as the dwarfs. 
His pear crop, however, has so far been small; 
neither standards nor dwarfs having as yet exhib¬ 
ited much sign of fruitfulness. 
Of Dr. G’.s Fruit-House I shall endeavor to give 
a description in my next Agricola. 
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LV GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. 
I*., A. FohSytu & Co keep conKtantly on hand a liuvo assort¬ 
ment ot 
Hay, Cattle, Grain, Platform and Counter Scales, 
which they will sell at greatly reduced prices, 
2 All Work war ranted. 
AddreW IS. A. FORSYTH AGO. Rochester. N. Y., 
<13(5-26 teO Old Stand of Duryee A Forsyth. 
E agle plow manufactory. 
Corner State anil I’lutt Street*, Rochester, X. Y. 
Thy undersigned has purchased the ••nitre stock nf Plows 
Cultivators, Harrows, tlorsHrltoes, etc., formerly owned by Allen 
Holding, and trill continue the business at the Old, well'known 
gland, »ie above. 
1 dial! lump, ut till limes, a fall assortment of first class ftuple- 
wntx, of the latest styles and most thorough construction. 
Plow Points in great variety. 
Pinning Too/.: of all kinds repaired. 
tides exclusively for Gtsh. HENRY BELDEN. 
Rochester. March 12,1362. 
The plant grows about a foot in height, com¬ 
mences flowering early, and continues through the 
whole season. When seeds are started in a bot-bed 
there is no difficulty in getting flowere early in 
June, but they may be started in the open ground, 
and with the greatest success. Before planting 
place the seeds in warm water, let them soak, for 
twenty-four hours, then mb dry, and nearly all will 
germinate. 
tint- above the surface; ortho cuttings may ho eight inches in 
length, and doubled in the middle in the form of the letter V, 
both ends out of the soil about, an inch. This is rather 
preferable to planting singh ,sittings. There should always 
be two or three in a hill, and the distance the same as when 
plants are used. 
“ Vine Planting —To cultivate by vine planting, the ground 
should be well plowed and made perfectly mellow, and the 
vines passed through a rommon straw cutter, and cut up in 
lengths of about two or three inches, and sown broadcast, 
like grain or grass seeds, and well harrowed in. If preferred, 
the ground may be furrowed or drilled, as for root planting, 
and the eut vines sowed in the drills after the usual method 
of sowing peas. This last is the best method for after-culti¬ 
vation. 
’•While the eulturist can follow either of the foregoing 
methods of cultivation that of Boot Planting, or planting out 
well rooted vines, is much the best. The vines become sooner 
established, grow more thriftily, are in less danger of being 
injured by frost, and will produce fruit at least one year sooner 
Ilian those propagated from the cuttings, either in drills or 
sown bron.dca.-fk ' 
(jENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES! 
Great Inducements to Nurserymen 
And others, who wish to purchase or plant iu quantities. 
FROST rife? Oo., 
Proprietors of Genesee Valley TVn rseries, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., 
Have an immense stock of 
FRUIT TREES. SMALL FRUITS. FRUIT TREE STOCKS, 
ORNAMENTAL, DECIDUOUS, AND EVERGREEN 
TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES. &c„ &c,. 
Of every description, which are offered this Spring at greatly 
reduced ratys jn many cases iniw’i 6 #* than it has cost to pro¬ 
duce them. 
Then stock iaone of t he most extensive and complete in the 
United States, containing more than Three Km.drcd Acres. 
, New Catalogues representing the above Stock, with prices, 
will be mailed on application. Address. 
KW-St FROST .t CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Ton following interesting report on Fruit Culture 
iu Michigan, made by T. T. Lyon, Esq., to the 
American Bornological Society, we copy from the 
published Transactions: 
The State of Michigan, so far as its capacity lor 
fruit growing is concerned, may be considered as 
sub-divided into three portions, which may be char¬ 
acterized as follows: 1st. The South-western, or 
prairie region, with a climate and soil akin to those 
of Indiana and Illinois, subject to the bleak, dry, 
piercing winds which during tho winter sweep down 
from the Rocky Mountains, and to the heat and arid¬ 
ity which frequently characterize our Western sum¬ 
mers, attributable, doubtless, to a similar cause. 
Another peculiarity of this region is to be found in 
the soil, which is exceedingly rich In vegetable 
matter, based, in many cases, upon a retentive sub¬ 
soil. This, in connection with the peculiar climate, 
tends to the production of a rapid growth, continu¬ 
ing late in the season, so that, the winter often comes 
upon it in an unripened state, and with its tissues 
so loaded with sap as to unfit it to withstand the 
sudden and intense frosts which not unfrequently 
characterize our winters. For these reasons many 
of our eastern varieties of fruit trees are found to 
lack hardiness, and resort is being had to varieties 
which have been proved capable of standing these 
severe tests, although in some cases of only second 
quality bo far as the fruit is concerned. Other 
varieties, although of sufficient hardiness, are, doubt¬ 
less, from a similar cause, found to be unfruitful in 
this locality. 
2d. The eastern and central portions, which we 
call the timbered region, may be. considered as 
extending from the north line of Ohio on the south, 
and embracing those portions as far north as the 
region of Saginaw Bay; and, in the vicinity of Lake 
Michigan, extending from the Kalamazoo river on 
the 6outh, to Grand Traverse on the north, 
This region, although portions of it partake of 
the peculiarities of those adjoining, is more nearly 
assimilated, in climate and soil, to the northern 
portion of Ohio, and Western and Central New 
York. This is true to such an extent that nearly 
all varieties uf fruit that prove successful in those 
regions, are found to be equally so here. 
3d. The more northerly portions of the lower 
peninsula, and the whole of the Lake Superior 
region, may be considered as a “ terra incognita,” 
so far as fruit culture is concerned; although the 
small fruits, such as whortleberries, blackberries, 
raspberries, Ac., are very abundant and excellent. 
In the accompanying lists reference will only be 
had to the first two portions, and, if we consider the 
peculiarities above described, it will be obvious that 
the preparation of lists of fruits adapted to the 
entire State must be a work of much difficulty. 
Applet. 
The best six varieties of apples for an orchard of one hundred 
trees. 
Early Harvest,.. 5 Fall Pippin..20 
Red Asteachan,..5 Rhode Island Greening, 30 
Lowell, (known here as the Red Canada (here called 
Mich. Golden Pippin,)..10 Steele's lted Winter,)_30 
Of the above list, Fall Pippins and Rhode Island 
Greenings are open to the charge of unproductive¬ 
ness in the south-western portion of the State, 
where New York Vandevere and Belmont may be 
substituted for them. 
Best twelve varieties of apples for an orchard of one hundred 
trees. 
Early Harvest..... 3 Fall Pippin. 5 
Red Astrachan, . 3 Yellow Bellflower. .... .5 
Large Yellow Bough,..2 Rhodo Island Greening, . .10 
LoweU._ 4 Roxbury ltusset, ...20 
Gravenstein, _4 Red (Aranda....30 
Keswick Codlin,.4 Ladies Sweeting,..10 
Best twenty varieties of apples for an orchard of one hu'ndrtd 
trees- 
Early Harvest.. 3 Belmont,. 2 
Red Astrachon, _2 Yellow Bellflower,_ 5 
Large Yellow Bough,__ 2 Roxhury Russet,..10 
Early Joe,... 2 Rhode Island Greening, .. .10 
Atner'n Summer Pearmain, 3 Ksopus Spitzenburg,. . 6 
Gravcrujtein,_3 Jonathan, _ 5 
Fall Pippin. 2 Swnar,. 3 
Pomme de Beige,..1 Northern Spy,.. ... ... 3 
N. Y. Vandevcie,.._... 4 Lodies' Sweeting . ... 7 
Hubbardston Nonsuch,... 2 Red Canada,.20 
The above lists are constructed so as to give, 
as far as possible, a proper succession of varieties 
during the year; and, as the fruit from this number 
of trees would far more than supply the wants of a 
family, the lists are so arranged as to furnish the 
Madeleine, . 5 Flemish Beauty,..10 
Bartlett, . 15 Swan's Orange,. .10 
White Doyenne,. .15 Vicar of Wiukficld,.15 
Winter Nelis,_ _.10 Tyson,. . 5 
Bloodgood, . .. 6 Sterling, .10 
With the low prices that rule in our markets lor 
this fruit, it is doubtful if the planter would find the 
cultivation of dwarfs remunerative, until the tastes 
of buyers can be cultivated to a higher standard. 
The writer, therefore, does not recommend to plant 
them at present, except for amateur or testing 
purposes. 
Peachcti. 
Until within five or six years, we have felt sure of 
a crop of peaches in this State, as often as each 
alternate year; but more recently, during the suc¬ 
cession of severe winters, a large proportion of the 
trees have been killed, and many ol the remainder 
badly injured. At present, as a general rule, we 
can hardly reckon with certainty on more than one 
year's crop in five, although there are numerous 
localities scattered about the country where the 
crop is comparatively certain; generally, such as are 
sheltered by high grounds or protected by water. 
Among the most noted of these, is the strip of coun¬ 
try lying along tho cast shore of Lake Michigan, 
from the south line of the State, north to the valley 
of the Grand river, and perhaps further, and ex¬ 
tending hack from the lake a distance of twenty or 
twenty-five miles. In this tract of country, and 
especially near the lake, the crop is said seldom or 
never to fail. The loss of the peach crop in this 
State is occasionally the effect of-late spring frosts, 
but is more frequently caused by the winter killing 
of the fruit buds. 
Best six varieties of peaches,- 
Serrate Early York, _ 5 Early Slocnrn,.10 
Coolcdge's Favorite,_10 Early Crawfonj,__26 
Barnard s Seedling,_30 Late Crawford,_ 20' 
The number of each, in an orchard of one hund¬ 
red trees, is appended as an indication of the rela¬ 
tive value or productiveness of each. 
Best twelve varieties of peaches: 
Serrate Early York,.5 Early Slocum. . _10 
Cooledge's Favorite,. 5 White Imperial,:___. .. 5 
Barnard's Seedling,.10 Early Crawford,.15 
Large Early York,..._. 6 Late Red Rareripe. 5 
Jacques Rareripe. ........ 10 Oldmixon Free, .. 10 
Poole's Late Yellow,. 10 Crawford's Late. . 10 
With the present ample railroad facilities for 
transportation, our Northern markets are supplied 
with peaches in advance of the season, so that the 
very early varieties become less profitable. Under 
this state of affairs, the following is believed to lie a 
profitable selectiou for a market orchard of one 
thousand trees of this fruit: 
Barnard's Seedling, .300 Crawford's Early,... 400 
White Imperial _ . .100 Crawford's Late',_ 200 
Among the apples grown in this State, and which 
have proved unworthy of further cultivation, are 
two varieties ripening nearly with Early Harvest, 
and believed to have been introduced hero from 
Western New York, They are known here by the 
local names. Harvest Rodstreak, and Summer Swaar. 
To these may be added Sops-of-Wine, Romanite, 
English or Poughkeepsie Russet, Scolloped Gilli- 
flower, Tewksbury Blush and Green Newtown 
Pippin. 
rnHE OHANHT3KRY A IV 13 ITS 
1 Cl LTITRE —The Sutwiiber baa issued aCireiilat (Win, the 
prow treating on the Cranberry and its Culture. Sold Circular 
will give persons Hie proper information as to the commence¬ 
ment of their Culture. I will take pleasure In forwarding them 
to all parte of tire United Staten, to those (tending post - amp to 
par pontage. Persons wishing plant* ntav receive them in 
small or Inrun quantities by Express, for wet or drv soil 
Address GEORGE A. BATES, 
036-2t Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Muss. 
Fruit rmi Mien in ax. — You would do me a favor if you 
would re publish the report of list of fruits for Uiis State made 
by T. T. Lyon to the L\ S. Bornological Society, published by 
you in the early part of loot volume. Many of your subscrib¬ 
ers in this State would consider it. valuable information to refer 
to in making out lists far new orchards, and for grafting old 
ones. Not one fifth of the orchards through thin country sup¬ 
ply to their owners a continual succession of good fruit tho 
year round, and it is only for the want of knowledge for large 
orchards are plenty Imre, and America cannot boast a better 
locality for tVqit growing than wo possess lmro Not one 
orchard in a hundred pays any tiling near a reasonable profit- 
from the want of knowledge of the best keepers and most 
productive market varieties I believe that the knowledge 
received on this on® subject front the past volume by its read 
ers, will place a truly great balance of profit in their pockets. 
—IJ. W. Abcams, Paw Paw, Mich,, tKfi-J. 
We know of no more valuable matter we can give than 
these carefully prepared lists of fruits found adapted to cer¬ 
tain localities, and therefore comply with the request of our 
correspondent. 
A HULK TREES H’OIt BAILiK-30,000 large, 
t\ Rtraicht, thrifty Apple Trees,-I year- old, and in excellent 
condition for transplantiuy, for sate at a low price, ns they must 
be removed from tnenremisos before the find, of Mav next For 
particular.- apply to Tuomas Smith. Francos SI.. Rochester, or 
address C. If. ROGERS, J'alniyru, K. Y. 
Pfctmyru. Feb. 27. 1852. 031 tf 
F A KM IVOR, SA T ,IO — About 38 acres of land lying 
on tin* canal Vi miles from Fairnort, Monroe Co. The soil 
in » sandy loam, and well watered, f louse ne.ai 1 v new and large 
enough for a small family. There is a young orchard on the 
premises. Price, $2,300 SfiPO down and tile balance on iong time. 
For further paj-tieularw uddre.-e 
Feb. 27. 1852. |034-tf J C. H. ROGERS, Palmyra, N Y. 
rPHE CELEBRATED TROTTING STALLION 
' NEW JERSEY, 
By George Vf, ratehen, out of Patsoy Anthony, hy Imp. Priam, 
will Stand the ensuing season at the stables, or JOSEPH HALL, 
Esq., Rochester, N. Y., at $50.00. For further particulars, seo 
hand-bills hereafter. U3Mt 
Robes anp Stkawbebrieb. — Will you please give me a 
description of the Damask rose? Wishing to obtain some of 
the new varieties of strawhcrrics, I would like your opinion 
of the A ustin Seedling and Triomphe de Gaud.—A Subschibkr, 
Maltiluck, March, 1802 
The Damask is a very interesting class of hardy summer 
roses, blooming but ouce in the seuson. They arc mostly 
white, or of light color, and some varieties are edged or 
striped with red. Lcdn, of Painted Damask, is of a bluish 
color, edged with cherry red. Madam Hardy is a large, fine, 
double white, and both are very rb-sirabto. The leaves of the 
Damask roses are of a peculiar light green, rough and hard. 
Of Austin's Seedling wc cannot speak with much confidence, 
as we have only had a few plants for two seasons. Tho 
Triomphe de Gand is oue of the best strawberries grown, 
either for the amateur or market grower. 
IBOOKS FOB RUKALISTS. 
The fallowing works on Agriculture. Horticulture, &c., may 
bo obtained at the Office of the Rural New-Yorker. We can 
also furnish other hooks on Rural Adairs, issued by American 
publishers, at tho usual retail price*.-- and ehaU add new works 
as published. 
American Farmer's Enoy- Johnston's Agricultural 
rlopedia,.$4.00 Chemistry .1.25 
Al leu's Atn- Farm Book.. 100 Do Elements of Ay. Chetn- 
Alleu's Diseases of Domes- istry and Geolog v .1.00 
tic Animals...— 0.75 Do. Catechism of Chemistry 
Allen's Rural Architecture 1.25 for .Schools.. 25 
Allen on the I jrape-", 1.00 Langstrothontbe Hive and 
Am Architect, or Plans for Honey Bee.. 1.25 
Country Dwellings.rt.00 Lcuchar's Hot Houses_1.26 
American Florist's Guide. 07.5 Liebig'- Fabiiiiar Letters 
Barry's Fruit Garden..,.. 1.26 to Farmers. 50 
Blake's Farmer at Horne,. 1.25 f.iueley's Morgan Ilories. 1.00 
Bouveingault'sRural Kcon- Manual of Acricultnre, by 
omy. 1,25 Einurmn A Flint. 75 
Bright on Grape Culture, Miner‘.«Bee-keepetMMannall.00 
2 d edition... to tides on the Horse'S Foot. 50 
. 11 On Co W.. 25 
Browne'- Poultry Yard LOO Modem Cookery by Miss 
Do. Field Book Of Manures 1.25 Acton and Mrs. S..I Hale 1.25 
Brldgemisn’s Card. Afa't.. LfO Mr*. Abel's Skillful Honse- 
Do. Florist’s Guido. 60 wife ai.d Ladies' Guide., 60 
Do Kitchen Gardener's In- Mo nil's Laud Drainer. 50 
Uructor.. . 60 Nosh's Progre-sire Farmer 60 
Do. Emit Cult. Manual... 60 Neill'-Gard. Companion.. 1.00 
Uterli - Book Of Flowers. 1.00 Norton'* HleirrenTr, ..rAgt-l- 
BuisC* Flower Garden-1.25 culture.. 60 
Do. Family Kitchen Card. 75 Olcott's Sorgho k Inipbee 1.00 
Chemical Field le ctures.. I OO Pardee on the Strawberry 60 
Chinese Sugar Cane and Poddtjr *. Land Measurer .. 60 
Sugar Making. 25 Pervaz'-New Culture of the 
Chorhou's Grape Grower's Vine. 25 
Guide....» 50 Phelps' Roe-keeper -: Chart 25 
Cobbott's Am. Gardener.. 50 timmvv's Mysteries of Bee- 
Cottaun and Farm Bee- keeping.1.00 
Keeper. 5d Quincy on Soiling Cattle. 50 
Cole's Am Fruit Book_ 50 Rabbit Fancier. .. 50 
Do Am. Veterinarian .... W Itand/ill’vSbeep Husbandry 1.25 
Dadd's Modern HorseDoc. 1.00 Richardson on the Horse 25 
Do. Am. Cattle Doctor— law Richardson on the Pests of 
Do. Anatomy and Phyfii- the Farm. 25 
ologv of the Horse.2.00 Do. Domestic Fowls. 25 
Do. colored plates.4.00 Do. on ths Hog. 25 
liana'- 'lock Manual.1.00 Do. on the llouey Bee.. . 25 
Do. Prize Essay on Manures 25 Do. on the Dog. . . 25 
Darlington's Weeds aod Keemelin'a v iut-drestei'8 
Useful Plants. 1.50 Manual. 50 
flaw's Devon Herd Book. UK) Saxton's Rural Hand Books, 
Domestic and Ornamental bound iu ts'eri' -. "tc/i, 1.25 
Poultry. 1.00 Shepherd's Own Hook— 2.00 
Do. colored pl ates.2.00 Stray Leaves from theBOOk 
Downing'sFruiteandFruit of Nature.... 1.00 
Tieeu . 1.75 Stephens' (tankof llie Farm 
Downing's Ixuidscape Gar- 2 vols.. .. 4.00 
dening.3.50 Skillful Housewife.. - 25 
Do. Rural E^iivb .3.00 Skinner's Element* Of Ag- 
Eastwood's Cranberry Cut- rienlture. 25 
turn. 50 Smith's Landscape Gar- 
EllioU’s West. Fruit Book 1 25 dening. ..... 1.25 
Every Duly her own Flow- Timer's Principles of Agri- 
er Gardener. 50 culture. 2.00 
Family Doctor by Plot H. Thomas'Farm Implements 1.00 
S. Taylor. . 1.25 Thompson's Food of Ani- 
F a r ni Drainage, (II. F. mate...... 78 
French). 1.00 The Rot* (hilturist. 50 
Fessenden's Fanner and Tqpham'e Chemistry Made 
Gardener. 1.25 Easy .. 25 
Do. Am. Kitchen Garden. 60 Turners Cotton Planter's 
Field's Pear Culture.I 00 Manual. 1.00 
Fish On I taro. 1.00 Wardev'sHedgesandEver- 
Ftint on Grasses.1.2-5 greens. 1.00 
Guennn un Milch Cows... 60 Wuring'a Elements of Ag- 
Hcrhert to Horse-KeepC'x 1.25 rieultnre. 75 
Hooper's.Dog&Gun, paper 25 Weeks on Bum. 25 
Do. do, cloth. 60 Wilson on Flax. 25 
Hough'- Farm Record.... 3.00 Yoaiitt A Martin on Cattle.1.25 
Ilyde'sChinese SuggrCiine 25 Youatt no the Horse.1.25 
Kidder's Guide to Apiarian Do. on Sheep. 75 
Science......... SO i Do. on tho Hog__.... 76 
Any of the above named works will be forwarded by 
mail, post-paid, on receipt of the price specified. 
Address I>. !>. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
Caiiuack Plants.— Will you. or some of your numerous 
subscribers, inform me through the columns of Die RcrAl of 
the best method of raising cabbage plants '—W. H. S„ Napoli, 
N. F., 1862. 
Cabbage plants cun be grown in a hot-bed or cold frame, or 
in a well prepared bed in the open ground. For early cab¬ 
bage, the hot-bed is the best, but for winter cabbage the cold 
frame or out door bed is host, giving stronger plants. Select 
tho north side of a building or board fence, and you will have 
plants for late cabbage as early as you need them, and in-thin 
situation they will be troubled but little with the fly, so 
destructive to all young plants of the cabbage family. 
Spukrey.—I n the Rural of last year. I saw a notice of 
Spiirrcy. Could you, or any of the readers of your paper, 
Inform tne through Its columns where 1 might procure some 
seed, and at what price?—F. Pentz, Cannon Falls, Ooodhue 
Co., Minn,, ISO‘2. 
Wo eau't s»y that Spurrey can be obtained- of any of our 
seedsmen. It is not cultivated here,, but is sometimes used in 
Europe. It has become somewhat naturalized in this country 
as a weed, and can be found iu some sections, though it Ls by 
no means common We recently received a specimen from 
Broome county, in tills State, for name. 
Culture of Bkkts — In what time from an early sowing 
does the Early Flat Buss&no beet coine into use?' Are beets 
siitficienfly hardy to be sown before the first of May?— 
Ixuuirer. 
The first of May is early enough to sow beets, Nothing 
is gained by sowing earlier. We soak the seed for at least 
twenty-four hours, putting it in warm water and keeping in a 
warm place If planted in a light, warm soil, with good 
culture, you can commence using the latter part of June. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—As there appears to 
be so much interest in the cultivation of the grape, 
I will give you the result of iny experience in graft¬ 
ing. In the spring of I860 I received by express a 
box containing a large number of cuttings of the 
Isabella and Catawba varieties, I bad previously 
obtained roots ofthe wild vine and planted them in my 
garden for experiment. I grafted four in the root, 
two grafts in each, with two eyes in each graft, the 
lower eye being placed close to the stock. Three of 
them grew. When I could discover which of the 
grafts in each root was the stronger, I cut away 
the weaker, thus giving to the one all tho nourish¬ 
ment of tho root. It was surprising tho growth 
they made, as they had all the appearance ol old 
vines notwithstanding I kept them cut back. In the 
fall I laid them down. The next (i. e. last) spring 
I cut them back to less than five feet, leaving noth¬ 
ing but the single stalk of that length. During the 
summer they grew so rapidly I cut them back 
Black Currant for Wine.—W ill you, or some of your 
numerous subscribers, inform mo through the Rural whether 
the Black Naples Gurrant is taking the place uf the grape for 
wine makli f’ in your vicinity or not, and its comparative value 
for that purpose' - -W. Vi. 8. 
Some persons in this section arc making wine from black 
currants, and others are putting out plauts with this object in 
view. The wine made from these currants is much better 
than our common native grape wiuo. 
ftortmtttural 
Horticultural Implements.— The best Pruning Shears 
that we ever saw was left at our office recently by Thomas 
Evans, of Watkins, N. Y. He has also a Fruit Picker, con¬ 
structed on somewhat the same principle. 
Manure on Uniirainkd Land.—(C. 8,, Newfane, TV. Y) 
—If your land needs draining so badly that it will not give 
crops without manure, it would be useless to purchase manure, 
for this of coursa would not remedy die soil; but if your 
land will naturally produce tolerable crops, you will make a 
good investment in purchasing good inunure at twenty-fivo 
cents a load. 
Farm Hedges in Seneca County.—J. J. Todd, in a notice 
in the Country Orntteman of the farm of Joseph Wright, of 
Waterloo, says:—' The Osage Orange lias proved successful 
for hedges, and proved an impassable barrier around the 
gardens and orchards. The Buckthorn has also heeu used, 
and forms a handsomer screen, but not so efficient a hedge 
for the fan.” 
Growing Fruit Trees fromCuttixos.— (W. B. IF, Aden’s 
Grove. WU .)—You will not find die attempt to grow fruit 
trees from cutdngs profitable. Shoots of almost all trees will 
grow from cuttings under very favorable circumstances. 
Oyster and other Shells as Manure.— (J. A. M., Cin¬ 
cinnati. )—Bum them and apply the lime to the soil. 
Select Your Premiums.— If those forming clubs will specify 
the premiums preferred, where they have the choice, and name 
Express Office (in cases where they are to be sent by Express,) 
in the letters containing their remittances, we ahall be saved 
some trouble, and perhaps subsequent scolding. We desire to 
pay all premiums as promptly as possible. 
Willow Fueling Machine. —Who can inform ns of agood 
working willow peeling machine? Some of our readers in 
the West are anxious to get rid of peeling willows by hand. 
