children of cutting bouquets for their little visitors 
and friends; their love and admiration of each new 
variety as it blossomed; and many a lesson of 
instruction was learned in connection with those 
few tlowcrs. 
gm? ftortiruUurat §Um*fisnncnt$ 
Fink i rear T. Co. Kino Apple Tito 
i.axd. Genesee Nurseries. Limn, N. Y 
CUBING AND KEEPING HAMS 
PRUNING THE GRAPE, 
Then there was little Nellie A-, 
and one or two other little faces, used to peer 
through the fence at our flowers so wistfully that I 
divided my treasures with them as far as practicable, 
and it has been a source of great pleasure to me to 
see her love for the beautiful in nature increase with 
her years. If there is one who reads the Rural who 
does not cultivate flowers, commence this spring, 
and those who do. encourage those who do not: 
divide with the poor and needy your seeds and 
plants, and especially encourage your children to 
love them, for it will refine their taste. Almost 
every one can do a little good in this way; fulfill 
your mission on earth, exalt human nature. Cast 
thy bread upon the waters, and after many days it 
shall return to thee. d. j. s. 
Salttlcet, C. W., 1862. 
637-St 
The pruning of the grape is simple, and the labor 
is not as great as most persons suppose. When the 
vine is once under perfect control, its after training 
and management is a pleasant work; but it is some¬ 
thing of a job to subdue an old and neglected vine, 
and a perfect nuisance to have a neglected or lmlf- 
cared-for vino around the premises. We give our 
plan of pruning and training the vine. It is simple, 
and requires no more skill than every intelligent 
amateur or farmer may possess, with a few hours 
thought, and a little practice. If good, strong two 
or three year old vines are plauted, the following is 
the course of treatment. 
_ K. J. I'PTTKR. Knoivl^vU k*. Mi loans Co.. N. Y 
N AT rV\K2 -« r f KKjVS, to 12 1 1 ic 
lit S/i.iHl pjm- 1IXW, of jlit> tqlfo w I III? vitriol iemBalsam Fir’ 
tv nite Fine, Hemlock, Arbor \ ite. \\ bile sonic* ami Lurch 
__ a _ JAMES A. ROOT, Shaneat oleg, N, Y. 
rpKKEK! r I K1U KX! and OK:AI-»E 
J. INKB. —A 1 store ntp.k embracing Standard and 
Dwarf I rei-H Of all the choicest fruits lor U»e Orchard and Dar¬ 
den, tine, hcitlUi.v. and well grown Trees. 
Grape vinca, embracing all the now and rnrn gorta Beautiful 
Ornamental Trees and Greenhouse Hants. Seedliuim ami 
Stocks for Nunierymeri. All cheap by the dor,on. iik), or l,oon, 
Now is tin* time to buy. All warranted true to name. Send hr 
a Catalogue. W T ,C E. SMITH, 
087-21 Gen ova Nursery, Genova, N, Y. 
GEEHS .AT LOW PKICEsT 
^ ’ FOR SFRIUTGr OF 1862. 
J. UAl’AI -IK reflfiei'tfully invites the attention of the public 
to his present lame ami select, stock of seeds, he has now in 
store, and oilers al the Ion eat. prices the (allowing: 
250 bushels Early Kent Fens. 
SO do Black Eye Marrowfat Pena. 
100 do Irish do do. 
25 do Champion of England do. 
loo do Dwarf Bliin Imperial do. 
15 do Daniel {KRoorke do. 
wo do Canada Creeper do. 
5 do Strawberry, or Tom Thumb Peas. 
40 do Top Onions. 
20 do Potato i in Iona. 
100 do Timothy Seed. 
20 do Clover Seed. 
50 do lied Top Seed, 
40 do Kentucky Blue Grass Seed. 
25 do Orchard Gross do. 
60 do Hemp do. 
fsw pounds Long Oranee Carrot do. 
200 do do White do do. 
1000 do Turnip do. 
1000 do Long Blond and Blond Turnip Beet Seed. 
2000 do White ami Yellow Sugar Beet do. 
1000 do Mangel Wurzel do. 
Also, a foil slock of SI TF.KIOK GARDEN BEEPS. Parties 
wanting any of the above, w ill plea-e call and examine my 
stock before purchasing elsewhere. 
C ,v~ All orders from a distune? prompt!V attended to, and 
seeds shipped by Railroad nr Express, ns directed (B37-2teo 
.1. KARAUE. Cenesee Seed Store, Rochester, N. Y. 
what to do with his hams, which he has smoked, and 
finds them not salt enough to keep through Hie 
summer. If you will permit me, I will toll him 
how he can keep them. Slice them as you would 
for cooking; fry them a little, and put them down in 
layers in an earthen or stone jar, pouring the laid 
that fries out of them upon each layer, adding 
enough to cover them, until the jar is full. Leave 
the meat covered with lard; use at pleasure, and 
fry to suit your taste when using. In this way they 
will keep for years. — D. L. Pitcher, Johnson's 
Creek, K. Y., 1862. 
Eos. Rural New-Yorker:— Noticing an inquiry 
in the Rural for curing hams and keeping them 
through warm weather, I send mine, knowing it to 
be good:—Heat a quantity of salt in an iron kettle, 
and when well heated through, rub the hams thor¬ 
oughly for three mornings in succession, if of com¬ 
mon site. Largo hams will require more rubbing 
than small ones,—A. J. M., Hew Hartford, Oneida 
Co., N. Y., 18G2. 
Los. Rural New-Yorker:— Seeing the inquiry 
of C. S. Ho RLE Y, in the Rural, how to save his 
hams, which are not salt enough to keep through 
the summer, I will send you my way of keeping 
hams, which we have found to lie very good. You 
will first dry the hams well, and then pack in a bar¬ 
rel or box, in fine salt. Set in a cool, dark, dry 
place, and you may keep them as long as you 
please.—W m. Beaty, Pontiac, Mich., 1862, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — Noticing in the 
Rural an inquiry how to preserve hams through 
hot weather, that had not taken sufficient salt. I will 
give you what I have tried to satisfaction. In the 
veai’ 1856 1 salted hams out of hogs of 450 to 500 
cwt., and in the spring they were perfectly fresh. 
I took a store box and put it in the third story, 
where it was dry. packed the hums in salt, and they 
kept fresh and nice all summer, and the salt was 
good for next tall salting.—L. L., Chester Co., Pa., 
1862. 
Knqmrifjj and SVusurm 
PLANTS FOIl NAME. 
Ens. Rural Nrw Yokkkr:— Will you please give the names 
of the inclosed grasses, ? They were handed me by a lady 
subscriber, who requested me to send them.—11. II., Hooper 
Broome Co., A’, i', 1362. 
The specimens accompanying the above are very neatly 
preserved, but some of them are so imperfect as to render it 
exceedingly difficult to ascertain names. 
GRASSES. 
No. 1. A grass which we do not recognize. Specimen too 
imperfect. When tliis grass is in (lower next summer, will 
our correspondent please send us an entire plant—roots, stems, 
leaves, and Rowers. 
No. 3. Paxpatum sattguinale , Lam.— (Panicum. L., Digi 
(aria, Scop.) —Purple Finger Grass; Crab Grass. A trouble¬ 
some weed. 
No. 4. Oplifmrnux Crux galli. Kc.vru. — (Panfrum, L.) — 
Cock’s spur Grass; Barnyard Grass. Generally regarded as a 
weed, though Fu.vr says '• some experiments have been 
marie to cultivate this species in the place of millet, to cut 
for green fodder. It is relished by stock, and is very succu¬ 
lent ami nutritive, while its yield is large." 
No. 5. Srtaria viridix — Wild Timothy; Green Foxtail; 
Bottle Grass. Worthless, though not regarded as a serious 
nuisance. 
No. 10. Agrostu alba —White Bent; English Bent; White- 
top; Dew Grass; Bonnet Grass. Sometimes used in the man¬ 
ufacture of bonnets. 
No. 11. Poa annua —Annual Spear Grass. Flint says this 
grass 11 forms a very large part of the sward of New England 
pastures, producing an early and sweet feed, exceedingly 
relished by cattle.'' 
No. 12. Please send a perfect specimen of tliis when in 
blossom. 
No. 14. Gtyceria nervala — Meadow Spear Grass; Nerved 
Manna Grass. A tolerably good pasture grass. 
No. 16. Panicum drpauperatum, Mchl. — Worthless Panic 
Grass. 
No. 17. Panicum latifolium —Broad leaved Panic Grass. Of 
no value for cultivation. 
RCSIIES. 
No. 2. Elrorharis obtusa. Schultes — (Scirpus obtusus, 
WiLLP ; Scirpus capttatus, Mi ul. )—Obtuse Spike Rush. 
No. 8. EcirpUS alrovirem, Mchl.—D ark Green Club Rush. 
SEDGES. 
No. 6. Carcx inlumesecns, Pudge — (C. folliculata. Seme.)— 
Swollen-fruited Sedge. 
No. 7. Carcx lentas-ulala, Mcul. —Long-pointed Sedge. 
No. 9. Carex vulpinoidea , 11 ichx. — (C. muUi/lora , Muhl.) — 
Fox Sedge. 
No. 13. Carex fextneaera, ten a.—FeseueHike Sedge. 
No. 16. Didivhium spathaccum —Duliehium. 
None of the Sedges arc of any real value, though they con¬ 
stitute a large portion of what is called “ swale hay ” in some 
parts of the country. 
OTHER PLANTS. 
No, 18 . Spergula arvcnsU — Corn Spurrey. This plant is 
known only as a weed in tliis country, though it is cultivated 
for forage in some parts of Europe. 
No. 19. Padhcrrum stdoides— Ditch Stone-crop. 
No. 20. We are unable to ascertain the name from the 
specimen before ns. 
The first year after planting, train two branches 
horizontally along the bottom of the trellis, in the 
direction of n, d, as far as good ripe wood can be 
obtained, 
All the old wood must be cut away at 
the time of planting, leaving only two good eyes to 
form those horizontal branches. The second year 
train up six shoots from these horizontal branches, 
three from each, as shown by the dark lines or 
branches iu the engraving, a, a , a, a. If the hori¬ 
zontal branches are not long enough to cover the 
trellis, one branch at each end may be bent down 
the next spring, for this purpose. The third year 
mb otf all shoots that push from the horizontal 
branches, except six. one between each of the per¬ 
pendicular shoots, as shown by the dotted lines, b, b, 
and train these up as in previous years. This season 
the first upright branches will bear fruit, after which 
they should he cut down to the horizontal branch, 
and the bearing shoots for the fourth year will start 
from those trained upright the third. This cutting 
down every winter the shoots that bore fruit the pre¬ 
vious season, must be repeated every year. This we 
know is forming a bearing vine in a short time; but 
if the plants set out are strong, and the soil deep 
and rich, and kept well cultivated, it can be done. 
If the plants set out are small, little can be done 
the first year more than to give them strength, and 
they may be allowed to take their course, merely 
supporting the branches with stakes. In this case, 
cut back to two eyes the second spring, for the 
formation of the horizontal branches. As a branch 
grows much better perpendicular than horizontal, 
those intended for the main-arms or horizontal 
branches should be kept in an upright position by 
fastening to the trellis or to stakes during the grow¬ 
ing season the first year. 
This system, it will be seen, is very simple, the 
winter pruning consisting only in cutting down one- 
half the horizontal branches, and the summer work 
in pinching off the lateral branches as fast as they 
appear, leaving only one leaf to each, and in pinch¬ 
ing off, or stopping, as it is culled, the fruit-bearing 
branches some three or four leaves beyond the last 
cluster of fruit. Tliis should be done as soon as the 
fruit is set. The longer it is delayed, the looser the 
hunches. If you wish the clusters very compact, 
pinch when in flower. The laterals must bo re¬ 
moved as often as they appear during the summer. 
is, when well-grown, tender and crisp. To be tit for 
the table, radishes must make a quick growth. If 
they grow slow, and are a long time ill the ground, 
they become hard, woody, and hot, and arc wormy, 
generally. Wo presume all are aware of this fact, 
yet how to obtaiu them in perfection is not so well 
understood. If grown in a hot-bed there is no diffi¬ 
culty, if they are not too thick, and sufficient air is 
given. If these two points are neglected, they will 
mu up to tops, and be worthless. It is useless to 
try to grow radishes in a frame with cucumbers, for 
they will not bear the heat necessary to perfect the 
cucumber. This is the reason why a correspondent, 
whose inquiry we now have before us. failed. Rad¬ 
ishes, lettuce, and annual flowerin 
grown I 
DOUGHNUTS AND A HINT 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Having an excel¬ 
lent recipe for making doughnuts, I thought I would 
send it to you for the. benefit of your lady readers. 
This is the way to make them: 
Take one pint of sour cream; three eggs; two cups 
of white sugar j one teaspoonful of soda; season to 
taste. If the cream is not sour, add a teaspoonful of 
cream of tartar. Fry in good hot lard to a light 
brown. 
To my young lady friends I would say, you had 
better try my recipe immediately; for it was through 
the agency of some of these doughnuts that I won 
an ardent admirer; and to tbe married ladies I 
would say, when your husband comes borne from 
his business cross and ill-natured, (as men some¬ 
times will,) set before him a few of these delicious 
doughnuts, and see how soon he will become com¬ 
municative and pleasant. If you happen to have 
children, (which heaven grant you may,) and they 
are troublesome, just give each one a doughnut, and 
their cries will cease immediately. Tuy them; for 
they have proved peace-makers in every family of 
my acquaintance where they have been used. 
Sandy HR), N. V., 1862. Minerva S. 
g plants, may be 
---—i together, always placing the Lettuce in the 
front of the frame where it will get the drip of the 
sash. This is injurious to most plants, but of great 
benefit to lettuce. 
For out-door culture, it is not best to sow radishes 
too early. The soil should first be warm and dry. 
Select a warm, sheltered border, anil a sandy soil, 
and if possible add to it a Little new soil from tbe 
woods, or commons, or the corners of the fences. 
A barrel of this soil will prove of great advantage 
if spread on the surface, or slightly mixed with the 
surface earth. After the seed is sown, sift on a little 
coal ashes or charcoal dust. It this course is pur¬ 
sued, radishes of the most crisp and delicate char¬ 
acter will be obtained, at least in almost all cases. 
Of course success depends somewhat upon the 
weather, which is best if >|i 
warm and showery. Af- 11 J|j | % .1 
ter the plants appear, if aj Ml pj 
the little black beetle is fc i i/./ 1 / 
troublesome, throw over 
the beds a sprinkling of 
dry ashes every day or 
so until the rough leaf 1 j| M 
appear HH I'l'i II 
The quality of the rad- Ikjh , : ']1 | , jijjlj 
ish depends a good deal 
more upon the manner in j ftjwlkjU 
which it is grown than 
upon the variety, and yet 
there is considerable dif- 
lerence in the sorts. The ^ 
Olive-Shaped Rose, of 
which we give an en- 
graving, is the best vari- 
ety we havo ever grown, Nx 
being yery tender and ^ 
mild. The Early Frame 
is excellent for the hot- l 
bed, and the. Long Scar- \ 
let and White Turnip are \ 
Seed AVarehouse, 
IS JOHN ST., ISTICW YORK. 
SEEDS BY MAIL. 
SEEDS FOR THE FARMER. 
SEEDS FOR THE GARDENER. 
SEEDS FOR THE FLORIST. 
SEEDS FOR THE NURSERYMAN. 
SEKI IS FOR THE AMATEUR 
SEEDS FOR THE DEALER. 
Send for our DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE of Veg¬ 
etable and Agricultural SEEDS'for 1HG2. 
tST Send for our DESCRIITIVE FRICF.D CATALOGUE of 
FLOWER SEEDS for 1862. 
The two combined contain tli« largest collection of seeds to 
be found in tliis country, embracing every standard and improv- 
ed variety, together with all the novelties aj the dan- 
GARNET CHILI POTATOES. A seedling introduced by C. 
E. Goodrich. He claims for it a higher degree of hardiness and 
adaptation to all soiL and weather than any other sort known, 
and in good mils and ..canons, and with fair culture, they will 
yield from 250 to 350 busheJs to the acre. 
Price per peck, 50 cents; per bushel $1.70; per barrel of 2J£ 
bushels, $4.00. 
All the following varieties of SEEDS mailed, post-paid, to any 
part of the United States (with the exception of those marked 
thus *, which may be mailed to those wishing them by this con¬ 
veyance, at an additional expense of one cent per oz ,) on re¬ 
ceipt of the amount annexed. Cents. 
New Specified Lima Beans.per packet 25 
New Corrugated Pole do. do 25 
Thorhurn’e Nonpareil Cnufiilower.per oz. 75c do 10 
Earl.v Paris do .... do 75c do 10 
Riant White Solid CeSety --. do 25c do 5 
Improved New York Purple Eggplant do 60c do 10 
Early Wiurnngstndt Cabliage. ' do 20c do 5 
New Cottager's Kale. do 20c do 5 
Early Vienna Kohl I tab) . do 20e do 5 
SHw-Jcrsev Hybrid Uuenntber (vy long) do 3Uc do 5 
Kariy Untied Silesia Lettuce..-. do 20c do 5 
New White Japan Melon (curly).—. do 25 
Huntington do ivery large). do 25 
Strawberry Watermelon . . do 25 
u re|jch s. nrkt Turnip Radish. .per oz. 10 
New Madras .edible pod) Radish.per packet 10 
Honolulu Nectarine Si t umsh. .- ... —peqoz. 30 
Fejec Dlnu'I Tomato. 
French Upright do. 
Berlin Teltaii Turnip 
Grow i xv, Pk a us you Maiikkt. — I contemplate setting out 
about eighty pear trees this spring, with the view of raising 
fruit for (lie New York market. Will you, or some of your 
correspondents, inform me through the Riuri. what kind is 
the most profitable? I» it bent to plant all of one kind nr an 
assortment? The ground descends to fire west, llow near 
will theydoto.be sot? Are standards or dwarfs best?—Wa. 
Eastwood, Savannah, IVayue Co.. A T , 1862. 
The above embraces pretty rntleli flic Whole subject of pear 
culture, which we have been discussing In our columns for 
several years. AVe must refer our friend to the discussions 
before the Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York, and 
the various communications from practical men. The grower 
for market should not have a great many varieties, as tliis 
causes extra labor in picking and marketing, without any 
benefit. In tact it is often easier to sell ten barrels of pear? 
than one, form the former ease the quantity is sufficient to 
make it an object for the wholesale dtaler to take some pains 
to obtain the crop As to the best varieties, It would be 
difficult to get three pear growers to agree exactly. A gentle¬ 
man, and one of the most extensive pear growers in this part 
of the State, to whom wc have just handed the above for his 
opinion, (Lays plant nothing but Louise Bonne do Jersey and 
Dueliesse d'Angoulcmc—both dwarfs. Ho would not have a 
staudard iu his orchard. We will name a few good varieties 
for orchard culture — Louise Bonne do Jersey, Duchesse d' 
Angouleme, Beurre d’Anjou. Beurre Superfiu, Bourro Did, 
J amine tte, Vicar of Winkfield, ami Catillac. All hardy, and 
free growers on the quince. 
PEACH CULTURE IN ST, JOSEPH, MICH. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker, 
A communication 
in the Rural of March 15, from South Ilaven, 
Michigan, alleges that, my article of' February 22<1, 
under the above caption, so abounds in misrepre¬ 
sentations, that it seems due to truth and the readers 
of the Rural that the facts in the case be briefly 
stated.” Then he goes on and tells you what the 
“facts'” arc, I suppose. He also speaks of “ ungen¬ 
erous reflections.” 
Now, sir, I am unwilling to rest under these 
imputations, being conscious of no motive for exag¬ 
geration; and I believe I can substantiate every 
proposition as understood by the general reader. 
So far from casting “ungenerous reflections” upon 
South Ilaven, it was not thought of during the 
writing. South Haven is some eleven miles east of 
St Joseph, by the gradual widening of the lake 
from the head. Further north the land puts out 
into the lake, leaving South Ilaven iu a kind of bay ; 
consequently it is not protected by the north winds 
from the lake. Hence, north-west, west, and south¬ 
west are the prevailing winds there, while at St 
Joseph the north winds are known to prevail as 
much as any other. At such times “ this little patch 
of equatorial warmth,’' ‘‘the isothermal line,” or the 
milk in the cocoa nut, may be accounted for by our 
South Ilaven philosopher. The west and south¬ 
west winds we care nothing about, they are harm¬ 
less with us, T. T. Lyon to the contrary notwith¬ 
standing. But he takes me on the comparative 
degree of cold between Sr. Joseph and any point 
25 miles from there. The reader could not have 
understood the comparison as applying to a point 
similarly situated, but to any point that distance 
from the lake. The writer, however, chooses to 
make it mean Sonth Haven, so that he may have a 
chance to indulge iu a strain of grandiloquent irony. 
All ihe difference between your South Ilaven cor¬ 
respondent and myself, is, that gentleman has man¬ 
ufactured a theory for South Haven to be equal if 
not superior to St. Joseph for poach growing, with¬ 
out the facts to support it; while all the theories I 
have advanced are supported by pre-existing (acts, 
from which the theory was derived. 
The writer says that after the severe winter which 
killed nearly all of the peach trees throughout the 
State, “the thermometer at South Ilaven sank as 
low as ltl degrees below zero; the peach trees were 
uninjured, but the fruit buds were materially de¬ 
stroyed.” The ensuing summer, he says be visited 
St. Joseph.and from “personal observation and the 
Currant Wink.— The following method of mak¬ 
ing superior curraut wine, is recommended in a 
French publication ( 
For currants, ‘J pounds of honey are dissolved in 
15 gallons of boiling water, to which, when clarified, 
is added the juice of 8 pounds of red or white cur¬ 
rants. It is then fermented lor twenty-four hours, 
and two pounds of sugar to every gallon of water 
are added. The preparation is afterwards clarified 
with the whites ot eggs and cream of tartar. White 
currants are said to make the best wine. It is much 
sweeter and pleasanter flavored, when ripe, lor table 
use. The wine made from it is nearly colorless, of 
sweet and pleasant flavor, resembling the light 
sweet French wines. Bottled at a particular stage, 
before the fermentation has entirely subsided, it 
makes a very fair champagne. 
•kxtni Early Frinivs* F«a».--- —. 
‘Champion of Scotland, Eugenie anil Napoleon 
lVna, each ... 
l.aiv'O Swci't Mountain Copper.per oz. 40c, 
Mauve Rod I'ninn.per jjb, 75c, 
Extra Early Turnip Beet.... do 75c, 
Borage.- ... 
Mammoth Gorman Cabbage (extra). 
*L.oug Orange Carrot.per !b 75 
•Balsam Fit S, , d. do $2, 
•Ailanlhun Seen. d° 2, 
•Honor Locust Seed. do 
•Buckthorn Seed. do 1. 
•illack Austrian Fine Seed. do 3, 
* S tone 1’iiie Seed. —. do 1, 
•European Larch Seed. do 1, 
•Chinese \rhorViko Seed. do 3, 
* Virzilia lun-a, or Yellow Wood Tree (rare). 
•Apple Seed .per bushel $5 
•1‘lum Tits......*• 
Strawberry Seed 12 varieties each. 
Cuiinec'ieut Seed I.eni Tobacco....— 
"ADike Clover.. . 
•■scarlet Flpweriug Closer. 
•I.ncorne .. . 
•CUiDoee Sugar Cano.per bushel w 
•Ohicoree Seed. .. . ..per o t 
Beautiful Scarlet Chinese Egg Plant ..I 
Convolvulus, tricolor inonstrosus isplendio). 
CxllitlilOe perlata (beautiful!' . .. 
Diantlms lied'lewigii .. . 
Ho do Double. 
Do laeiniatus.. 
Emrlith Prize Hollyhock ifine'... 
Delphinium formosum .splendid)..... 
1 >o tricolor...., . 
Anticula-lletveredSweet William .. 
Iponuea limhrtta rlegantissima (splendid)—_—. 
ipoma a heiieiaci'ic ..• .. 
Splendid Crimson Flax ibeautiful)... 
I Lid a oi l.ewisii variv. ata choicd). 
desirable sorts, 
who require but a few for 
family use will do well \ 
to mix three Or four vari¬ 
eties and sow them in the 0LIVE - snAPED R0SK radish. 
same bed. This gives a pleasant variety of color 
and form, making a line appearance on the table; 
and as some sorts require a little longer time to 
arrive at maturity, it gives somewhat of a succession. 
Pruning thr Grape. — Some time last winter I applied to 
Dr. F'.uu.knkii. of Henry, for information in relation to the 
culture, pruning, Ac , of grapes. He referred me to the 
Rural. I at once became a subscriber, and hope I will in 
due time gain as much satisfaction on that as I have on 
various other subjects from your valuable paper. If you do 
not have occasion to publish anything in relation to the culture 
of the grape, you will please scud me a buck number contain 
ing a treatise on the subject.—W m. M. U.. U inona. PI. 
In another column we give the desired information. The 
many requests we receive asking the repuhlieation of articles 
already given, we consider no small compliment. We have 
now before us requests for rho repubheadon of articles that 
would fill at least three pages of the Rural. We cannot uotv 
comply with the solicitation of our friend at Lebanon, Pa., as 
we have not in our possession the engravings illustrating the 
article. 
Apple Bread. —A French officer has invented 
and practised with success, a method of making 
broad with common apples, very far superior to 
potato bread. After having boiled one-third of 
pealed apples, he bruised them, while quite warm, 
into two-thirds of flour, including the proper quan¬ 
tity of yeast, and kneaded the whole without water, 
the juice of the trait being sufficient. When the 
mixture had acquired the consistency of paste, be 
put it into a vessel, in which he allowed it to raise 
tor about twelve hours. By this process he was 
enabled to obtain a very excellent bread, full of 
eyes, and very palatable and light.— Arthur's Home 
Magazine. 
ABOUT FLOWER GARDENS 
Reader, do you cultivate flowers? If you do, you 
can appreciate what I write; if you do not, you have 
lost a deal of pleasure in this world. Almost every 
one in the country, and nearly all in the city, can 
have a few beds of flowers with a very little labor 
and expense. That there are very few people iu 
this world who do not love flowers when their atten¬ 
tion is drawn to them, is a fact I have learned by 
observation and experience. Then, mothers,cultivate 
them for your children’s sake. I will tell you a 
little of my experience, kind reader, and leave you 
to draw your own conclusions. I had been waiting 
patiently for two or three years to get onr front, 
yard into shape, to have my flowers arranged in 
some order, but carne to the conclusion that 1 would 
wait no longer; so one spring, with a little assistance 
from hired help and children, I commenced and 
spaded a couple of rows between house anfl road, 
gave them a good coat of muck and manure, and set 
out what flower roots I had been collecting for two 
or three years, and between them a small purchase 
of annual seeds and contributions from friends. I 
had quite a display and variety of flowers the first 
summer and autumn; the second year still greater. 
And now to sum up the enjoyments derived from 
my flowers. In the first place it improved my health 
to be out in tbe open air an hour or so each day in 
pleasant spring time; the pleasure afforded my 
A Young Nurseryman — My father tins just given mo a 
small piece of ground upon which I wish to plant- a small 
nursery, so that l can learn more about horticulture The 
people around Lore have very little to do with raising fruit of 
any kind, and the consequence is I know nothing about even 
liow to commence. All the farmers seem wry much engaged 
in raising corn, hut none of tin in -veui inclined to try fruit. 
I am determined to try. however if you can spare a little 
corner in the Rural to tell me how to begin; and also what is 
the best book on tliis subject that l ran get to aid me in my 
endeavor? Please tell me what kinds of fruit to get. — C. A. 
ii.. Leroy. 111.., 1862. 
Get Harn/s PrUit Book. It costs only a dollar, and iu it 
you will find just tire information you need. 
Baked Indian Pudding— For Six Persons.— 
First put on 14 pints of sweet milk to boil; as 
it begins to boil, stir in almost one pint of Indian 
meal, nnd a little salt. Let it boil a few minutes, 
remove and add 11 pints milk. 2 tablespoon fills 
sugar, 4 eggs, and spice, currants, raisins or plums, 
to suit convenience. Bake one hour, in a deep tin or 
dish. To be eaten with butter.—D. I. S., Saltfieet, 
Canada IFesl, 1862. 
Animal Uiiakuoal, Sic. — Will you please inform me, 
through your Rural, how animal charcoal is made, and 
what it is made of? Also, if there is more than one variety 
of vegetable oyster; and if more than one. which i« the best 
variety? When should it be sown, and how treated to insure 
large roots?—J. B. S.. Oaigitid, 1802. 
Animal charcoal is charred bones, hones being used instead 
of wood in making it. We know of but one variety of vege¬ 
table oyster It requires the same treatment as the parsiup, 
and a deep, rich, mellow soil. 
Dyspepsia. —If any of the numerous readers of 
tbe Rural know a remedy for dyspepsia, will they 
please inform me through its columns. —L. C. J., 
Niagara Falls, N. Y, 1862. 
[SPECIAL NOTICE.] 
Get the Best. — As a general thing the best article is the 
cheapest in the end, and especially is this the case with D. B. 
De Land & Co.'s Chemical Saleratus, an article which every 
one who has tried it will say is just the tliiug for the purposes 
it was made for. It is manufactured and for sule at wholesale 
by the proprietors, at Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y., and for 
sale by most retail dealers everywhere, and by wholesale 
dealers iu Syracuse. Rochester, Ituffido, Detroit, Cleveland, 
Toledo, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee, &e., &c. 
Trk.vtmknt op a Young Orchard. — I have an orchard, 
three years planted the present spring; each year it has been 
planted with corn. Would it be the best policy to again plant 
with corn, or sow and seed down for one year? llow is a 
young orchard managed iu this respect?— Agr’iuola. 
If the soil is rich, it might be w ell enough to grow a crop of 
potatoes or routs tin* coming season; but dont go near the 
roots of the trees with anything. We don’t like grass iu so 
young an orchard. 
Splendid French Hybrid Gladiolus. 
From 51 to $20 per dozen —for varieties and description see 
Our Flower Seed Catalogue. 
J. M. Tl ton BURN A CO., 
637-2t 15 John Street, New York. 
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