rest on the in the spring, and noticing the leaves on many of 
o of nearly the trees withered arid turned red, I concluded the 
equence of continued dry weather was the cause, but on “ look- 
dish ot the ing sharp ” I found from one to three suspicious 
eraging an looking caterpillars on each tree, gnawing away at 
uctiveness the tender loaves and branches, leaving a small web 
. condemns in many places where ihey had been at work. I 
of the So- find on examination that when the leaves are par- 
best alien- lially destroyed, they “secede” for another tree, 
quarts per leaving the blighting appearance behind to assure 
ue-third or us that they do seriously injure the young tree in 
'illmore is the most critical period of it3 existence, for the 
berries are leaves of a tree just set are its very life ; Remove 
ant hardy, these a few times and the tree will surely die. 
>s which I I have examined each tree and branch in iny 
ieter. The young orchard, and as 1 have no “conscientious 
Co mca sc.ixnKxs.—Can ,vou inform mo through the columns 
of your valuable paper whether a nine inch pot will give 
sutUdent space for a plant of the Cohen, seandeus to thrive 
and grow well during the winter? The plant is new to me 
and Living Obtained some of the seed, I Wish to save ..tie or 
two tor winter. A reply will much oblige—H. C. U., Jiipley, 
JY. Y. , 1862. ’ * r) 
The nine inch pot will answer, if you have so larger, but it 
would be better to give more room. 
A BATCH OJT LEMON PIES 
The strawberry is at least one of the best and the 
most popular of our small fruits. It just suits the 
impatience of our people, who cannot wait long for 
a crop of fruit. Planted in the spring it gives a fine 
cr0 p the next season, and even if the young plants 
are set in the summer, the next spring shows a 
medium crop, while the second season the bed is ia 
perfection. The great difficulty with the strawberry 
is, it gives a fair yield of ordinary fruit without 
much care, and this encourages neglect, so that we 
seldom see a strawberry bed that receives proper 
care, and very little superior fruit. We have always 
urged that, no fruit would better pay for good care 
than the strawberry, and that it is great folly to 
allow the beds to run into a mass of plants, where 
culture is impossible, and no protection afforded 
against weeds, except the occupancy of the soil by 
the plants. Always have we been satisfied that, 
more quarts could be grown on a given space, if the 
plants were kept free from runners, and the soil 
kept mellow and clean, than in the ordinary way, 
while the fruit, from its superior quality, would 
bring nearly double the common price in any 
market. But this plan many of the largest growers 
for market have condemned as too troublesome, and 
very many have thought that the yield would be 
small. Latterly, however, strawberry growers have 
begun to adopt our views, and now many who have 
a score of acres of strawberries, find growing in 
hills, with clean culture, altogether the most profit¬ 
able system. 
On the 25th of this month, the Fruit Growers’ 
Society of Western New York hold their summer 
meeting in this city, and we presume the subject 
will then be discussed, while we anticipate a good 
show of fruit, and perhaps something worthy of 
especial note. 
The Triompht de Gand and TFi/son’s Albany are 
now the most popular varieties in this section. The 
latter, though not superior as to quality, is of good 
size, and is so productive as to make it a favorite 
with growers for market. Its color, being so dark, 
is a little objection, for unless sold soon after being 
picked, it. is a dull, miserable looking fruit. We 
have seen hundreds of baskets brought from New 
York this season that were sorry looking things. 
The Triomphe de Gand is a beautiful large berry, of 
fine color, excellent quality, a good bearer, though 
not so much so as the Wilson, and if well grown, 
will bring one-third more than any variety culti¬ 
vated here. All the new and most of the old varie¬ 
ties are cultivated here to some extent, but the 
above are the most popular. 
The past week we have received two new straw¬ 
berries, one from the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., and 
another from Auburn, in this State, and both are 
large, fine in appearance, and may prove desirable 
acquisitions. 
Bkst STKAwmtRRiKg.—will you please inform me which 
are the best three varieties of strawberries for farmers to cul¬ 
tivate, am) the best lime , 0 transplant them? An answer to 
the above inquiries will greatly 'oblige—A Young Farmer, 
Greene Co., A. i', IW2. 
In another column will he fount) all the information required 
as to the boat varieties of strawberries. ] n addition to those 
named, some earlier sort rimubl b# grown, either Early Scarlet 
or Jenny Lind. The best time now to set out strawberries 
will be as soon as the young plants now forming are well 
rooted, perhaps the middle of July, depending somewhat upon 
the weather In the Spring will do, hut then you will have 
uo fruit next season. 
CURL IN THE PEACH LEAVES 
Our attention has been called to the fact that 
statements have been published this spring, in many 
journals, charging the aphis with being the cause ot 
the curl ofj ihe peach leaf, and a correspondent, 
unable to find evidence of an insect, although watch¬ 
ing almost constantly during the progress of the 
curl, is in some doubt on the subject, and thinks the 
insect must be so small as to be invisible to the 
naked eye. We have not the least idea that the curl 
of the peach leaf is caused by any insect, although 
Prof. Harris thought it was occasioned by an 
aphis,’and Mr. Downing agreed with this opinion. 
..If we have a mild sprintr. and the temperature is 
tolerably even, mere is nut little curl, hut one day 
of cold rain or cutting wind will produce curl in 
every orchard. The orchards that are sheltered by 
hills or woods, are found to be less exposed to curl, 
and the trees on the. exposed side of ao orchard will 
be more injured than others. As a general thing 
trees tbat'are in sheltered gardens sutler very little. 
These facts seem' to point to the cause of the curl 
most emphatically. 
itorticuttuval 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
I-V conformity with a resolution adopted at the last meeting 
of this National Association, the undersigned, President 
thereof, gives notice that its Ninth Session will eoramenec in 
the Hall of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, corner of 
Washington and West street*, Boston, Massachusetts, on 
Wednesday, September 17th, 1Sfi 2 , at 12 o’clock, noon, and 
will continue for several days. All Horticultural, Pomologi¬ 
es], Agricultural, and other kindred institutions in the United 
States and the British Provinces, are invited to send delega¬ 
tions as large as they may deem expedient, and all other 
persons interested in the cultivation of fruits are invited to be 
present and to take seats in the Convention. 
The present season promises to be the most propitious for 
fruit that has occurred for many years, and it is anticipated 
that the coming session, which takes place at the same time 
with tlm Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts ltorlicul 
turai Society, may be made one of the most interesting which 
lias ever been held by the Society. All the States and Terri¬ 
tories are urgently invited to be present, by delegation, at this 
meeting, that the amicable and social relations which have 
heretofore existed between the members of the Society may 
be fostered and perpetuated, and the result of its delibera¬ 
tions, so beneficial to the country at large, be generally and 
widely diffused. 
Among the prominent subjects to be submitted at this 
session will be the Report of the Special Committee appointed 
to revise the Society 's Catalogue of Fruits, and thus to ascer¬ 
tain what varieties arc adapted to the different sections and 
districts of our country. Tho various State and Local Com¬ 
mittees who have not already made their Reports on the 
Revision are therefore solicited to forward them, without 
further delay, to P. Barry, Esq., Rochester. N. Y., Chairman 
of said Committee. And it is further requested that all other 
Reports, which are by the by laws made returnable to the 
General Chairman of the Fruit Committee, now deceased, 
may also be addressed to Mr. Barry, as aforesaid. 
Members nud delegatee are requested to contribute speci¬ 
mens of ttie fruits best adapted to their respective districts—to 
furnish descriptions of the same, their mode of cultivation, 
and to communicate whatever may aid in promoting the 
objects of the Society and the science of American Pomology. 
Each contributor is requested to come prepared with a com¬ 
plete list of bis collection, and to present the same with his 
fruits, that a report of all the varieties entered may be sub¬ 
mitted to tlie meeting as soon as practicable 
All persons desirous of becoming members can remit the 
admission fee to Thomas F. James, Esq., Treasurer, Phila¬ 
delphia, or the President, at Boston, who will furnish them 
with the Transactions of the Society. Life membership, ten 
dollars; biennial, two dollars. 
Packages of fruits may be addressed as follows, “ American 
Pomologieal Society, care of Mass. Hort. Society, Boston, 
Mass.” Marshall P. Wilder, President. 
Thomas W. Field, Secretary, 
THE CURRANT WORM REMEDIES, 
Eds. Rural New-Yokkek:— If any one wished 
to gain a hearing, what hotter subject could he 
selected (always excepting the war) than the cur¬ 
rant worm, especially just at this time, when house¬ 
keepers begin to depend on their favorite fruit for 
“sauce.'* lie who can offer “a sovereign remedy 
for the alarming pest,” deserves a Major-Generalship 
iu the army which have this spring set themselves 
to resist the progress of this destroying Ibe. Let 
me give you a bit of my experience. The worms 
first made their appearance here last summer, and 
beyond cutting off some of the leaves where they 
were the thickest, just for the sake of seeing them 
burn, I did nothing to hinder their ravages; and as 
they came late, they did not destroy the currants. 
But now Ihey have begun ao much earlier in the 
season—and, by the way, are about the only thing 
that is early —that I thought something must be 
done, or I should have no currant jelly this year. 
So I was glad to see. ill the Rural that “CoL Cut¬ 
ler of Cuylerville” had found out how to get rid 
of them. I thought he ought to know whether 
they had really “ evacuated ” or not, and therefore 
treasured up the information till this morning, 
when, armed with a basket of bits of leather, a 
paper of sulphur, and a pan of coals, I made an 
advance on the enemy, but, to my disappointment, 
they did not “drop” as fast as 1 expected. I then 
held the twigs over the pan, and beat them till they 
did let go their hold. They burned to death, just 
a9 if there were no leather and sulphur on the coals. 
This was slow work, and I grew discouraged; but a 
neighbor came along aud told how they smoked 
theirs,out with brimstone, covering tfxe bushes with 
a carpet, Hope revived, out came the carpets, 
and the sulphur was used more freely, but it did 
not seem to make much difference* If' the worms 
were close enough tci the pan, it did end their days 
—not otherwise. 1 was called away a few minutes, 
the leather blazed up, and lo! a “sovereign remedy” 
indeed, and for a good reason—there will never be 
any more leaves on that bush for them. I shall 
“rest ou my arms” awhile now. if on renewing 
the attack, it should appear that the enemy had 
made a “masterly retreat,” I will surely let you 
know. Now for “ Uncle Levi.” His remedy looks 
a little like catching (leas, and pulling their teeth 
out to prevent their biting; but if he can do the 
work in as little time as he says, I would invite hiui 
to Wyoming county, where he can make a fortune 
by taking the whole job. I hope my experience 
will not discourage any, but (his is my candid 
opinion. Pharaoh might as well have tried to 
destroy the lice that covered the land of Egypt, us 
we the currant worms. 
A IVyoju.vo County Reader. 
Well, that is just about as we expected, “A 
Constant Reader” will remember that we stated 
some weeks since fbat there are a great many sure 
remedies, but in the end the worms are victorious 
in almost every case. So we have given up pub¬ 
lishing sure cures, though a dozen have been handed 
us during the past week or two. One gentleman 
states he can entirely rid his bushes by dusting 
them with common land plaster; another has the 
same success with coal ashes; still another uses 
lime water with a syringe; aud one with a long 
face informs us that he killed all his plants by 
soaking them in kerosene oil, as recommended—no 
very great loss. The course we would recommend 
is to destroy all the old bushes, and to keep only a 
few of the youngest and best,—that is, if the owner 
is prepared to give time enough to kill every insect 
as fast as it appears. If not., it is far better to de¬ 
stroy the whole, for no fruit will be obtained as 
long as the worm prevails; aud it is very foolish to 
keep a great lot of plants, just, to furnish them with 
food and afford them good facilities for propagation. 
How to Pick Strawberries. — It has often 
occurred to us that the usual method of picking and 
sending strawberries to Ihe table is byno means the 
best that could be devised. In taking off the stems 
and calyx, the berries are much bruised, and their 
appearance by no means improved. In the case of 
small berries there may be somo excuse for remov¬ 
ing the calyx, bur, all large berries should be placed 
on the table with the calyx and a portion of the 
stem. They should be eaten one at a time, and each 
person allowed to apply sugar and cream or uot, to 
suit his taste. We hope to see the day when straw¬ 
berries will be grown with such a happy combina¬ 
tion of flavor and sweetness, that no auxiliary in the 
form ol sugar will be needed to make them palata¬ 
ble; sugar, indeed, smothers and destroys the natu¬ 
ral flavor of the fruit. We already have berries suf¬ 
ficiently large to fill any mouth of decent dimen¬ 
sions. In regard to marketing, there can be little 
doubt that berries with the calyx on will sell more 
readily than others; they can certainly be sent to 
market in better condition Horticulturist. 
Our engraving represents an improved Fruit 
Presser. For facilitating the packing and pressing 
of apples, potatoes, Ac., it u, a very handy and 
desirable article — the best for the purpose within 
our knowledge. It has been thoroughly tested by 
many fruit growers aud dealers in this region. As 
shown, the Presser is attached to a barrel, as when 
operated, and needs no particular description. See 
advertisement in this paper. 
CARE AND TASTE IN PLANTING, 
UNION STRAWBERRY, 
This is the name of one of the seedlings for¬ 
warded us by Blgin K. Bruce, of Wilkins, near 
Pittsburg, Pa., and of which we give an engraving 
taken from one of the specimens received, in 
color it resembles Burr’s New Pine, and its fra¬ 
grance was somewhat similar, though the fruit was 
so much injured when received that we could not 
judge ot its quality. Mr. B. says in a note, “the 
plant is a more vigorous grower than any variety 
I cultivate, and each plant requires six feet of space. 
It produces well. 
A great deal of care and some taste is necessary 
in planting grounds, or our choicest treasures 
become evils, and those things which give much of 
grace and beauty to our grounds, prove a great 
injury. Persons are apt to have a special passion 
for particular classes of trees—some are fond of 
evergreens, and their grounds have a sombre, 
formal appearauce, from the large number of this 
class of trees planted, while others are delighted 
with the weeping trees and obtain every variety 
possible, and give to their place a melancholy 
aspect far from agreeable. These trees should be 
used with caution. Mr. Barry gives the following 
excellent advice on this subject, which we commend 
to all who are planting ornamental grounds: 
There is something so attractive and so graceful 
in the character of drooping trees, that they arrest 
the attention ol' persons who would scarcely bestow 
a glance upon the noblest and rarest trees of the 
ordinary upright habits of growth which prevail 
among the mass of forest trees. A Weeping Willow, 
common though it be, never fails to elicit admira¬ 
tion. In the hands of a skillful, judicious planter, 
no other tress are more effective in giviug variety, 
character, and expression, to a landscape; but they 
must always be used sparingly, and with the exer¬ 
cise of good taste and a great deal of foresight. We 
have known persons so captivated Avith the elegance 
of the Weeping Willow, as to plant half a dozen 
immediately around their dwellings, stumping them 
at once with the character of mausoleums, more 
than that of the habitations of living beings. 
It is equally in bad taste to plant largely of trees 
in which any particular character prevails to a 
striking degree. At certain points on the Hudson, 
the tapering Arbor Vi tie is so thickly planted in 
some grounds that one can see nothing else. These, 
the stiffest, most artificial-looking, of all other trees, 
should be planted with the greatest caution. While 
two or three might produce a fine etlect, entire 
groves or masses of them become monotonous or 
disgusting. 
It is quite obvious that weeping trees, to produce 
any effect, must be pretty well isolated; for their 
streaming side branches are the source of their 
peculiar grace and elegance. This points out the 
jutting edges of groups of trees, and the open lawn, 
as their appropriate situation. The Willows have a 
particularly fine effect on the margins of streams, 
ponds or other bodies ot water. Those with stronger 
branches, such as tho ash, elm, &?,, are well adapted 
to forming arbors, and are much employed for this 
purpose. All the drooping trees are considered 
appropriate ornaments to cemeteries; the mournful 
expression which their drooping habit conveys, cer¬ 
tainly renders them fitting objects fur this purpose. 
Strawberry Short Cake.— This ia an exceed¬ 
ingly delicious dish, although a little like painting 
the lily; for the strawberry is too luscious in itself 
to require any of the aids of cookery. We give it, 
not for the benefit of our dyspeptic readers—for we 
warn them against it—but lor those who can eat hot 
cakes for tea, and cannot, dispense with strawberries 
while they are in season. The cake should be made 
like soda biscuit, rather richer, but very light, and 
baked in a round tin about the size of a dinner plate. 
Immediately upon taking It out of the oven split it 
in three parts, and spread them with butter very 
thinly. Have your strawberries prepared by cover¬ 
ing them with sugar. Spread a thick layer of these 
upon one of the slices of the cake, and pour over 
thorn the richest cream that; you can procure; then 
add another layer of the short cake and another of 
strawberries, as before. Cover the whole with the 
remaining slice of the cake, add some cream and 
powdered sugar, and yon have a dish that would 
tickle the palate of an epicure.— Exchange. 
New Petunias. —Notwithstanding the introduction of many 
fine English and continental varieties, seedlings raised by our 
own cultivators fully equal if they do not surpass them. Mr. 
Uooge, recently gardener to C. Copeland, of Wyoming, has 
sent us two or three of his own raising which surpass any we 
hate seen of (he single blotched sorts. The flowers are large, 
weU shaped, and conspicuously marked, while the habit is 
robust aud good. We shall give descriptions of them in a 
future number.— Honey's Magazine. 
Our climate seems just suited to the Petunia, and no 
European varieties that we have ever seen begin to compare 
for size, beauty, and substance, with the line seedlings of 
Ellwangkh & Barry, of which we made mention last 
season. 
Dl antitus Verschaffeltil— This new hybrid has recently 
flowered, and proves to be a really beautiful plant. It will 
uudoubtedly prove to be perfectly hardy, under ordinary gar¬ 
den culture.— jBbvty’s Magazine. 
We have this new Pink now hi flower in the garden, and 
have uo doubt it w ill prove quite hardy. It is rather small, 
aud particularly so when compared with the varieties of 
Heddewegii, single, witli dark reddish center and white edge. 
Rhubarb Sirup.— The aperient qualities of green 
rhubarb, and its conduciveness to health being now 
so well known, its usefulness does not admit of a 
doubt; but allow me to remark it is best used in the 
form of a sirup, eaten with plain bread, as are all 
cooked fruits; and not with pastry, especially by 
invalid persons who have bilious constitutions. 
Pastry is like strong drink —it only serves to in¬ 
dulge the appetite, rather than to impart to it any real 
good, causing secretions in the stomach bojjpnd their 
natural order. To make rhubarb sirup is simply 
to cut It in small pieces, simmer it over a slow 
fire one hour with a very little water; or it may be 
baked in a jar, then strain it and add sugar to suit 
the palate. When it is young it, is, like apples, un¬ 
necessary to be peeled. If sweetened with the best 
of sugar (loaf is the best) it will, If preserved air 
tight, and set in a cool place, keep good for many 
months, and will be found to be pleasant aud refresh¬ 
ing at all times and season —Gardener's Chron. 
RUSSELL'S PROLIFIC. 
hor a fine dish of seedling strawberries, the best 
we have had this season, of any kind, we aie 
indebted to G. Clapp, of Auburn, N. Y. This seed¬ 
ling was raised by II. Russell, of Seneca Falls, 
N. \ and certainly is a tine fruit, and of extra size, 
and the largest specimens are said to measure six 
inches in circumference. The drawing gives the 
form and also the size ol' medium specimens. The 
color of this fruit is excellent, being a bright scarle ; 
It is tolerably firm, and in quality very good. Mr. 
Clapp informs us that it is an excessive bearer, 
excelling even the IFi/son in this respect. If this 
should prove to be fhe case, it will be a very pop¬ 
ular fruit for all purposes. It looks somewhat like 
Victoria, is as line in flavor, as showy, and much 
earlier. 
J. .1. Thomas, one of the editors of the Country 
Gentleman, has been on an excursion to Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and writes as follows of strawberries in 
Philadelphia: 
I attended the monthly exhibition of the Penn¬ 
sylvania Horticultural Society. The storm raging 
at the time and throughout the day, reduced the 
exhibition of fruits and flowers, as well as the 
attendance. There was a small but excellent col¬ 
lection of strawberries. Among them I observed 
dishes of the Hooker, the berries of which measured 
an inch and a half in diameter, and others of differ¬ 
ent known sorts as large. Downer's Prolific proves 
valuable here, and the berries have a beautiful 
appearance—several members informed me that it 
would probably nearly or quite equal Wilson's 
Albany for productiveness. Scarlet Magnate is 
good, the berries usually about an inch and a 
fourth in diameter, but I was told that the shortness 
As Ix.iritiors T.vhbot-. — The Hartford papers say a black 
insect- very prolific, (s badly injuring the trees and shrubs in 
that city. It is hatched out of eggs laid on the under side of 
leaves, in quantities absolutely enormous, and carls up the 
foliage, and even the stems aud small brandies, so as to almost 
ruin the tree. Cherry trees are in some cases covered with 
these insects. Various remedies have been tried without 
effect. Chloride of lime, it is said, will kill them. 
Lydia Grape.— In the Ohio Farmer Mr. P. R. Elliott thus 
writes:—“It is now ihe largest, earliest, and best white or 
light-colored grape, of which the vino is perfectly hardy, that 
is now known; and it will be extensively grown when 
the Cuyahoga is thrown aside as worthy a place only iu large 
collections. 
Recipe for Cementing Kerosene Burners 
to Lamps. —Take equal parts of ashes and salt, 
and water enough to make a thick paste, but yet it 
must be soft. Then put it into tho part of the 
burner that goes ou the lamp; fit it well to the top 
of tho lamp. When done, set it in as hot a place a9 
the lamp will admit for six hours. Use no other 
salt but the barrel salt, for the fine will not make it 
hard. —B. P. D., Roberts' Corners, Jeff. Co., N. Y. 
Large Apple from a Tot Plant.— At a meeting in Octo¬ 
ber last of the London Royal Horticultural Society, a Northern 
Spy apple, from u potted plant in an orchard-house, was 
exhibited, weighing thirty-six ounces, and measuring four- 
teciv inches in circumference. 
New Pear.— British Queen, raised by Mr. Tngram, from 
Maria Louise, is highly spoken of in the London Garden ers’ 
Chronicle. Fruit medium, pyriform, of a warm red color 
next the sun, and flesh sweet, juicy, and melting. 
AN ENEMY IN THE ORCHARD 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —To ail readers of 
the Rural who have young orchards, I say look 
sharp! Those who have newly set trees are ad¬ 
vised to look sharp, and examine (hem, for the 
enemy is there, or may be, destroying the tender 
leaves and shoots, thereby causing them to look 
decidedly bad, to say nothing about the permanent 
injury hereafter. Having set a new apple orchard 
inquiries and gVnsiem. 
Making Patented Articles. —Will you please inform me 
through the Rural whether it is considered an Infringement 
of a patent, for an individual to get up for his own private use 
aii implement which proves to be made on the same principle 
with one that is patented?—A. C,, Jr., Kinmlmdy, Marion 
Co , HI., 1802. 
No one has a right to manufacture a patented article, even 
for his own use. 
To Prepare Green Corn for Winter.— Cut 
it from the cob without scalding, and spread on 
plates. Keep it as near tho stove as possible, and 
stir it often. It will dry quickly and keep well. 
When preparing it for the table, it is much better to 
change the water after it has soaked half an hour.— 
H. G. C., Ripley, N. Y, June, 1862. 
Late Frost —Wo see some til effects of the late frost in 
this section, and hear a good deal of complaint from various 
localities. At Lyons, Wavne county, on the night of the 15th, 
ice formed to the thickness of an eighth of an inch. 
New Lilac, “ Dr. Lindlev," introduced by M. Van Houtte, 
has the flower-spikes eleven inches long, and the flowers 
brilliant purple and of fine texture. 
