which arc to adorn their gardens and door-yards 
in summer. 
To make a hot-bed, and attend It successfully 
after it is made, requires some degree of skill, 
yet not more than is easily acquired by any 
person of intelligence. Fresh manure from the 
stables, should be wheeled into some convenient 
place, where it should be thrown into a pile of 
conical form, and if dry, sprinkled liberally 
with water as the pile is formed, to promote 
fermentation. In the oonrse of a week or less 
the pile will begin to ferment freely, and, if the 
weather is favorable, in ten days will be fit to 
make into beds. In doing this the frame mast 
first be measured, and the bed marked out at 
least one foot longer every way than the frame; 
a stake should be placed at each corner, and the 
bed built np within the stakes, and aa it pro¬ 
gresses the manure should be well beaten with 
the back of the fork to make it lay even,—-but 
cure must be taken not to tread it with the feet, 
as that would cause the bed to settle unevenly. 
The height of the bed when finished should be 
about $ feet behind, and 2% feet in front; this 
will give it a slight Inclination to the south. As 
soon as the bed is made, the frame and sashes 
should be put on; the latter should be raised 
about an inch behind. The bed should remain 
for a few days in this condition, in order to 
allow the rank steam generated by the fermenta¬ 
tion of the crude manure to escape; by the end 
of this time it will be ready for the soil, which 
should have been previously prepared for use. 
The following list comprises the kinds of 
seeds which should be sown on the first hot¬ 
beds, selections from which can be made accord¬ 
ing to the wants of each. To have a succession 
of early vegetables, other beds must be started 
at intervals, which will require a less degree of 
heat, as the season advances. The mode of 
making, and the seeds required to be sown in 
expectations of Its friends. Top grails of six 
years’ growth produced small crops of one-sided 
fruit. Yet the flavor was unsurpassed by any 
other variety, and its brilliant red color made 
it a favorite among men buying for western 
markets. It is said of the original tree, that it 
has failed but once ont of ten years, to produce 
a full crop of perfect apples, aad it is thought 
that the root-grafted trees will do equally well. 
The tree is very hardy. D. \Y. Abb 1 vs. 
Paw Paw, Mich . 1800. 
Remarks, —While we do not question that 
the locality named is very favorable for fruit 
growing, it const, not be understood as the only 
one in Michigan where good fruit can ho grown 
in great abundance. If we mistake not, both 
Central and Eastern Michigan grow fine fruit — 
apples especially — in large quantities. One of 
the finest apple orchards we ever saw, was iu the 
town of Plymouth, Michigan. We examined it, 
and others in the same section, some twenty 
years ago, hut presume the region (inclndlng 
Wayne, Washtenaw and Oakland counties,) has 
not since deteriorated in the matter of fruit 
growing.— Ed. 
IJHESHI GARDEN SEEDS!-I have now hi 
■ fttore & lull unci completeahMortmunt of Fmih(Urrtcn 
»>«-• growth of 1®. Send for Catalogin'. 
I . S. MESEROLE, aU Lake St.. Chicago. 
4 n ATE ur c v ltivators guide 
TO TOR 
FLOWER AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
NOW READ'S-. 
This work la Intended nn n Complete Guide to the 
Amateur (.nltlvfttqr tor both Know ten and Kitcukn' 
L K ' N i.^ 11 \l**tor'all Flowtsk and Gabdkn 
SKICDH worthy of cultivation (embracing over 2,000 
varieties,) wiili fall and uipiicli description nml dircc- 
Alona for cultivation, to Which I* added a Mat. of all the 
whirl, wi-rc flowered for the 
nrat tint a in Hurope l##t season. many of them Illustrated. 
11 ,-Yili ti c!, c 5m 1 V* u 11 Jwrtptlve Uni 1J5 fluent French 
lit bride, tiladlolua. and other Summer Flowering Bulba, 
"jj® Cl? ,m tor laying out. aiuall grounds in a tan. ‘till man¬ 
ner. rhlSWU] contain over ISO pugeaof rloselv printed 
matter, hilly fUutirated, with a tmtiutUtii colored pinto 
FARMERS’ GARDENS, 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &C. 
Bumpkin Bread. — Years ago, when we were 
joutg, we ate some of the above bread and have 
eaten of It frequently, of late years, and find it 
a very wholesome food. It may not be out of 
place to give the recipe for the benefit of Rural 
readers at this late date. Let them cut It out 
ami preserve it for future trial and reference:— 
lake the rind from the pumpkin, cut It into 
rdlees find.boll, (those who have dried pumpkin, 
cun do likewise,) when it. is soft enough, strain 
it through a colander, and mash it up fine; and 
in this state it may bo used for pies or mixed 
with flour for puddings, cakes, Ac. For breud 
it may be made up with wbeaten flour in pro¬ 
portion of one-third to one-half. The sponge 
must be first set the ordinary way with yeast iu 
the flour, and the pumpkin worked in it as It 
begins to rise. The rule is to use a» much 
pumpkin as will bring the dough to a proper 
degree of stiffness without water. The pump¬ 
kin must not. be so hot as to scald the yeast. It 
requires more baking than wbeaten bread. — J. 
G., Of recce, JV Y, 
Excellent Soft Soap. —As spring-time has 
come and the eve of honsc cleaning is at hand, 1 
deem it not out of place in giving the readers 
of your valuable paper, my mode of making 
soft soap. If any have a better recipe, I trust 
they will give it through the columns of the 
Rural: —Take 10 quarts of lye of sufficient 
strength to float an egg; 8 pounds of clean 
grease; lbs. of resin; put the whole into a 
five-pail kettle and boil it. At first it is apt to 
rise, in which case add ti little strong lye, and 
so continue to do until the materials are incor¬ 
porated. Then remove it from the fire and add, 
by degrees, weak lye, stifl ing it at every addi¬ 
tion, till the kettle Is full. By trying this meth- 
ed you will find you have an excellent soft soap. 
—M. P, R., Michigan, 1 Stiff 
Now that the season of making gardens is 
drawing nigh, we will offer some suggestions 
on the subject. Our text is that farmers do not 
generally have good gardens. That class of 
people which ought to have the beet—the legiti¬ 
mate tillers of the earth—often lack the luxuries 
which a well cultivated garden will supply to 
the table eaeh day in tbe year. We believe they 
generally intend to enjoy these products, but 
there is no allowance made for the garden work 
in the ordinary plan of yearly labors, and the 
result is the fruit and vegetables are neglected. 
We advise every farmer to expend at least fifty 
dollars in Uxbor on his garden devoted to fruits 
and vegetables for family use. The “ value re¬ 
ceived” for this investment will be amply re¬ 
turned in a variety of ways which will be readily 
suggested to the imagination of the lover of 
good tilings “all the year round.” 
In a garden one should cultivate a variety, so 
as to have a seasonable supply for the table at all 
times. Of spring growth, asparagus, lettuce 
and radiehes are among the earliest and best. If 
the lettuce is grown in a hot-bed, and the as¬ 
paragus well managed, these vegetables may be 
placed on the tabic very early in the season. 
Part of the asparagus bed might be covered with 
a cold frame, which would bring it forward 
earlier and so lengthen the season. When the 
spring vegetables are gone the more delicious 
ones of summer growth supply their place. 
Early potatoes, beans, corn, onions, peas, beets, 
tomatoes, encumbers, and cabbages diversify 
the farmer’s living. At this season also the 
small fruits in ample abundance should be daily 
on his table. Strawberries, raspberries and 
blackberries succeed one another in order, and 
continue the supply until the fall fruits mature. 
There need be no failure in growiug these fruits. 
Nor should the garden be without a bed of 
celery for winter use, and the various vegetables 
which remain in the ground to be used when 
the winter frosts first leave it, should be amply 
cultivated. 
We believe every farmer would make money 
by having such a garden, though It cost him 
It would 
BFDDING-1 LANT8 tnclndlng the splendid large’ 
moved Oamias, Wigan,Ha, Aruiia Oalocasia, Wr. 
Each or ttirmi Departments contain all of real valac, 
old and new. 
. following Catalogued, which give full particular*. 
"J l, A V 5 *«‘nt pro.paid upon the receipt of pmdnge (damps, 
1 ,rn each; Ho. S, 5 coals; 
pJo. I, thre<*. etttU. 
FniUb*' - ^ Descriptive and Illustrated catalogue of 
„„t 'l'' “ nd Illustrated Catalogue of Or- 
0 (j 1 * n J ft 1 ’J^ 'D ,m » Hemeu, Arc., *c„ He. 
tiJ»’ — A Catalogue ol Dahllua. Verbena*, Petunia*, 
and *ekct new Green-House ami Betiding plant*, pub¬ 
lished every Spring. 
No. l.-A Wholesale Catalogue or Trade List. 
,, . 1 u a •- • •' HA SHY. 
B42-U Monut Hope Nurseries, RocUenter, N. T. 
J^NOX’S SMALL FRUIT _ CATALOGUE 
FOYt SPRINTO OF IBOfi, 
IK NOW IKS LED, and will be vent to ail applicants 
inclosing 10 cents. It contains descriptions and Illustra¬ 
tions of the leading varieties of 
GRAPES, 
STRAW KERRIES, 
K ASP KERRIES, 
It LACK KERRIES, 
GOOSEBERRIES, 
CURRANTS, Etc., Etc 
SELECT LISTS OF FRUITS made up with great care 
Letters from eminent Fruit Growers, anil reports of vari¬ 
ous committees, who have visited our ground*, Including 
the Report of the Ad Interim Committee of the OHIO 
POMOLOGICAJL SOCIETY, 1S65, written by the Presi¬ 
dent, Dk. Jons A. WAntiBB, from which we extract: 
" Four things struck all the ylaltors ns especially worthy 
of note The modes of preparation and culture of the 
soil, the varieties under culture and trial, the wonder¬ 
fully abundant product of magnificent berries, and the 
excellent and successful mode of harvesting and market¬ 
ing the fruit, allot' which may properly bo Introduced 
into this Report for tUcbenufltOf our fellow members.’* 
Much valuable Information on each of these points in 
contained In this report,and other parts of the Catalogue 
PROFITABLE CRANBERRY CULTURE. 
A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser 
has the following account of large profits, made 
at small cost, in cultivating cranberries:—“Hav¬ 
ing a piece of swamp land of mack bottom, with 
a depth of from one to ten feet, I procured a few 
roots of cranberries from a neighboring meadow, 
and stack them out rather cttreleasly some few 
years since, and that Is all the care they have had. 
This season they bore abundantly. When picked 
we found by actual measurement that the pro¬ 
duct was Just live pecks to the square rod. 
These sold by the bushel for four dollars, 
amounting to five dollars per rod, which multi¬ 
plied by one hundred and sixty unionnts to Lhe 
sung little sum of eight hundred dollars per 
acre. This land has had no other care, except 
that it is flowed tu winter for cutting ice.” 
LET THE GROUND DRY 
Save tour Old Bread. —Every reader of 
the Rural, or at least every housekeeper, per¬ 
haps, does not know, what however is true, that 
pieces of old bread, crumbs, Ac., on being 
soaked and mixed tip with dough, in making 
new bread, improves it very much. I would ad¬ 
vise alll housekeeper* who read this recipe to try 
it, and our word for it,they will never allow pieces 
of dry bread to be tost afterward—especially in 
these times of high prices, when flour is from 
twelve to thirteen dollars and a half per barrel. 
Let economy be the/watehword now. — X. Y., 
Springwater, JY. Y. 
We would urge most earnestly upon all who 
desire their garden grounds to prosper and do 
well, to wait until the soil has become perfectly 
drained of the excess of water which has fallen 
upon it before they begin to work it or plant 
upon it. 
There is no'grcater injury that can be done to 
Garden soil than to work It when wet. It should 
n.ot even be stepped upon. After long rains the 
earth should not be dug or plowed until it is in 
such condition as to become maleable and crum¬ 
ble when turned up, and smoke when worked; 
that is a good indication of its drying condition. 
When in this state the seed will soon'vegetate, 
otherwise it will perish. 
twice the umonnt we have indicated, 
forego the use of costlier food, and it would be 
beneficial to the general health of the family. 
During the summer—and even the whole year— 
it would supply the main bulk of the food. We 
can likewise add that gardening is pleasant em¬ 
ployment, and all tbe members of the family 
would become interested in it. Let the hoys 
raise their berries and grapes, and aid the ladies 
in having what they invariably take delight in, 
namely, a well stocked flower bed. 
JUCUNDA — OUR NO. 700 STRAWBERRY. 
After thorough trial, we have no hemtatlon In saying 
that for Uniform amd Lamia Stzic, Beauty of Form 
avii Color, Enormous Yield, Lono Continuance in 
Hkakixu, Great Profit, Health and Vigor of 
Plant, and other desirable qualities, this Is 
The most Valuable Strawberry of which we 
have any Ktwwlcdyc, 
Seo page 32 of American Agriculturist, January 
No., 1866, and the New Edition of our Catalogue. 
J. KNOX, Box 135, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
SETTING A 8TEEP HILL-SIDE WITH 
GRAPE VINES. 
Recipe for taking Grease Spots out of 
Books or Papers.— Place a piece of blotting 
paper on the uuder part of the leaf of a book or 
paper and rub on the grease spot with a piece of 
sponge or woolen cloth, a small quantity of 
benzine, and the grease will disappear. This I 
know is so, us I have just been a trying it.—M. 
J. It., Chemung, A Y. Y. 
SEASONABLE WORK IN THE GARDEN 
Mr. C. Richardson of Pittsford, Monroe 
Co., makes the following query relative to the 
above subject: 
“In common with some of my neighbor* I 
have a slight touch of the “grape fever,” now 
prevailing to some extent In our community. 
Last spring I set ont one hundred and fifty vines, 
consisting of Dianas, Delawares, Concords, and 
Isabellas, and a few of the fancy kinds. I have 
been clearing off some more of my side-hill this 
winter, perhaps two acres, and propose setting 
it out with vines this spring. Most of it lies 
exposed to the east uud is well protected from 
from the north and west winds. A part lies 
towards the north and wt*Bt, and ail is on the 
border* of my mill-pond, a sheet of water of 25 
acres extent Some of my neighbors advocate 
training to stakes and other* to trellises. Will 
you or some your able correspondents who are 
thororoughly posted in the grape business, give 
U8 through the columns of the Rural, the best 
plan for setting a steep hill-side, the distance 
apart to set the vines, the mode of training, 
&c.,*&c. My soil 1b of a light, sandy character, 
and is natural grape land, judging from the wild 
grapes growing on it” 
Remarks. —Will not some of our experienced 
grape growers send us a communication on the 
best method of planting vineyards on steep side 
hills 'i We are inclined to recommend terracing 
the ground before planting, and then train the 
vines on trellises. If very steep it is probably 
the best way. Terraces may be cultivated with 
horses, and this method prevents the washing 
of the soil, and likewise makes a great depth of 
well worked ground to plant in. If desired the 
terraces might be covered overhead with vines, 
as well as growing them along the outer edge. 
Horticultural Notes and Queries, 
As spring advances the attention of the farmer 
or gardener will naturally be drawn toward the 
pursuit in which he takes the greatest interest. 
And as I happen to belong to that numerous 
class of Rural reader* who make Horticulture 
their study and delight, I propose, as a practical 
man, to offer from time to time, through the 
columns of your paper, such hints or sugges¬ 
tions as I hope may prove of sufficient interest 
to commend themselves to at least a few of 
your large audience. 
Almost the first thing which claims the atten¬ 
tion of the horticulturist is the pruning of his 
grape vines. Of the different modes of pruning 
the vine, as now practiced by horticulturist, 
each as a matter of course has its advocates, 
Borne preferring the long rod, or renewal sys¬ 
tem, others the spur or close pruning, while 
some adopt an intermediate oue. Each has its 
merits, but the one which I prefer for garden 
culture is what may be called, the buse and per¬ 
pendicular or right-angled system—one set of 
branches being trained horizontally, the others 
vertically. As this system of pruning is familiar 
to most of mj readers, I need not here enlarge 
upon it. Suffice it to say that whatever style is 
adopted, the work should be thoroughly done. 
As regards the kind of soil for growing gropes 
in, people differ widely. Some prefer a stiff clay, 
like the soil around Cincinnati; others a gravelly 
loam, and some alluvial soiL The great point 
and the one essential to raising a good crop of 
grapes, i6 to get well ripened, short-jointed wood, 
and whatever Boil will produce that in the great¬ 
est perfection is the one best adapted to grow 
the vines in. Having tried nearly all kinds of 
soil, I would recommend a dry loamy one as best 
adapted to the purpose, and if the soil is not 
naturally dry, it should be made so by a system 
of drainage, and fertilized with a compost of 
sods, manure, lime, and broken bones, or, 
instead of this, well decomposed ham-yard 
manure. 
Now is the time to look round among fruit 
trees, currant bushes, &c. Thin out all super¬ 
fluous wood and cut back to half their length, 
the shoots of last year’s growth from such trees 
as need it. 
Publications Received. — Amateur Cultivators’ 
Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden, containing 
a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of Flower 
and Vegetable Seeds. It Is amply Illustrated. Wash¬ 
burn & Co., Seed Merchants, No. 100 Tremont 8t., 
Boston.-Catalogue of Seeds and Vegetable and 
Fower Garden Manual. McElwain Brothers, No. 
231 Main St., Springfield, Mas#.-—Catalogue of 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hoses, See. Ed¬ 
ward I. Evans & Co., York, Pa.-Montclair 8mall 
Frnit Nnreery Catalogue, with a full description of 
the Kittatinny Blackberry. E. Williams, Montclair, 
New Jersey. t 
Destroying Insects.—A correspondent writing 
from Ohio says that he has a “ scheme in his head ” 
for destroying insects that infest fruit trees and gar- 
dens. He proposes to make a sheet-iron hopper, in 
the center of which he will have an iron triune to 
bnild a fire In, so that It will heat the hopper. Set¬ 
ting this In the open air among tbe fruit trees in the 
night he tbinkB will catch a great many insects. 
Doubtless It would. So would any flame. The 
kindling of fires at night in orchards, and elsewhere, 
for the purpose of destroying insect life, is not enough 
resorted to. The beginning of summer is the best 
season to do this. 
Johnny Cake.— Will some of the many read¬ 
ers of the Rural tell me how to make an “old 
fashioned” Johnny Cake—such aa we used to 
get in the “olden times?” —Young House¬ 
keeper, Madison Wis. 
Semi loronr Spring Catalogues. Sent to all who In¬ 
close a stamp for each. 
Nos, 1 &?,—Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits. 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Rosen, Ac., Ac. 
No. 3.— Descriptive OnUlugin; of Dab Huh, Verbenas, 
Green House Plant*. &c. 
No. A.--wholesale Catalogue or Trade List, published 
each year, tor Nurserymen and. parties who wish to buy 
In large quantities. 
No- 5.—Descriptive Catalogue of Flowoiug Bulbs. Will 
be published In the Fall. 
No. 6.—Catalogue of Flower Seeds. Imported, Spring 
iQfio. 
Fruit, Ornamental Tbkkb anil Shrubs, in large or 
small Quantities. 
150,000 Peak*, Standard, a tlno stock of first, medium 
and second qualities. 
EVF.RUliKFNK,—We. offer an unusually tine stock for 
Spring, particularly Norway Spruce ana Balsam Fir. 3 
to 5 loot high. 
Our Nurseries embrace over Three Hundred and Fllty 
Acres of Land, 
Catalogue No. 6, comprises the largest assortment and 
finest collection ol new Imported Flower Seeds, we have 
ever ottered In this country. Address 
Ml-it FK08T & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Lemon Crackers. — Can you or some of the 
Rural readers, give me the best method of 
making Lemon Crackers and Lemon CookieB ? 
—J. L. B., Hcrkdnxer Co., JY, Y. 
Waffles. — Who can tell how to make the 
most economical Waffles ? Please auBwer this 
inquiry through the Rural and oblige — Kate, 
Brit Co., JY Y. 
Short-Cake. —Will some of the Rural readers 
give me a recipe, through tbe Rural, for mak¬ 
ing an old-fashioned “Short-Cake?”— Mary. 
JJOVEY be CO.’S 
Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds 
And Amateur Cultivator's Guide to the Flower and Veg¬ 
etable Garden for ihss l# now ready. 
Our present Edition (the SOlhl greatly Improved and 
enlarged to more Hum ONE HUNDRED Page# of small 
type, and Illustrated with upward of 
60 New and Beautiful Engravings 
of the most popular and showy Flower*, with a full de¬ 
scription of more than 2,500 Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
accompanied with full and complete practical directions 
for the amateur cultivator. 
The Catalogue now offered to our numerous customer*, 
Is one of the most complete ever published, containing 
all the Information necessary for the amateur for the 
successful growth of the moot lieantlfnl Flowers and 
I l»nt*. In consequence of the Increased coat of paper 
and other e*pcn»«* of publication, we shall charge, the 
nominal price, of 'S, ceiue each, and all applicant* Inclos¬ 
ing that amount will receive the Catalogue. Address 
HOVEY <fc CO., No. 33 North Market St., Boston, Mass. 
New Advertisements. 
Protecting Plasts, .fee., from Insect*.— It ap¬ 
pear# by the proceedings at a late meeting of an 
agricultural society in France, that certain learned 
cultivators there have met with great success in the 
use of coal tar and pheuic acid in protecting plants 
and vegetables from insects. Three per cent of the 
tar mixed with earth and placed about grape vines, 
had canaed abundant crops, when without it the fruit 
was certainly dcatroyed. 
r\BAGE ORANGE MF.ED-.luat received 
VF Irorn Tvxiw a choice lot or seed which 1 oiler tor f j 
* lt>., soot by mail free, single bushel #50; Iu lot* of 5 to 
10 bushels #15; In lots of :o bushels or over *to V bushel. 
8-13-21 P. 8, MESEHOLE, 304 Lake St., Chlcimo. 
4VE VOl ll l’IUJlt TREKfS 
(LAVE VOUft Fit 17 IT TREES.—For 83 I will 
Furnish a Recipe which will effectually prevent cater¬ 
pillars from climbing np the trunks of trees. r*i> One 
dollar will pure buse enough Tor 100 trees. 
813- It J. KEECH, Waterloo. N. Y. 
F ield, garden and flower 
SEEDS. 
WILLIAM HACKER, 
Office SM8 Son Hi Third fSf., l'hilndelphn. Pa. 
Importer and grower ol Agricultural and Gardeu Seeds, 
Trees,' Plants and Bulbs. Country Merchants, Dealers 
and Druggists supplied at the lowest rale*. 843-ft 
Use of Wood Ashes on the Garden.—A re wood 
ashes good for ihe garden, and how and when should 
they be applied ?—1 ouno Gardener. 
Wood ashes are excellent for the garden. If ap¬ 
plied without reference to any special crop, they 
would be beneficial But they are specially adapted 
to the strawberry plant, and to irixit trees, and boshes 
of woody structure. 
pLOWEtt AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Vick’s Illustrated Catalogue of Seeds 
AND 
FLORAL GLIDE, 
FOR THE SlPRIlNra- OF 1866, 
I* now published. It contain* full descriptions ot the 
choicest floral treasures of the world and t(i« beat veget* 
able*, wltb plain directions for culture. Illustrated with 
a Colored Bocquette and Fifty Wood Kno ha vinos 
of th« newest and bent Bower* and containing about 79 
page*. IV.Scut to all who apply enclosing Ten Cents, 
which 1 b not halt the cost. 
»ST Flowers trom needs sold liy me. obtained the first 
prize* at the principal State Fair#, and hundreds of Coon- 
ly Fairs, the pant tummnr. Aihiro#* 
838-tl _JAM . Rochuutcr, N, Y. 
rnilE WILSON EARLY BLACK BERRY, 
FRUIT IN WESTERN MICHIGAN 
Editors Rural New-Yorker:— The past 
year has furnished new evidence that Western 
Michigan, and especially the part comprised in 
Van Uurcn county, la one of the most favored 
locations in the United States for frnit raising. 
While people east, west, north and south of us, 
raised aa many oranges ils peaches, the peach trees 
in a good purl of this county were bowed to the 
ground with this lnscions fruit. 
The apple crop never was so large before or eo 
fair. The varieties of frnit are about the same 
as grownjin Western New York. The Baldwin 
is the most popular apple. The Golden Russet 
stands next, and is a more productive variety, 
There is^no more hardy tree for the locality, and 
if I were to set an orchard of a thousand trees 
for market, five, hundred should be Golden Rus- 
sets. The Northern Spy bore exceedingly large 
crops of very fine apples for the first time. If it 
continues its good reputation iu future, it will 
become very popular. The Rhode Island Green- 
ing, eo'popular in the Empire State, la a poor 
bearer and a tender tree; also a poor keeper 
with ns. 
The Rubicon, called by some the Ball Apple, 
by others the Paw^Paw, a seedling of this town, 
and but lately introduced, has scarcely met the 
W U. WEBSTER, ROC HESTER, N. V. 
LANDSCAPE OARDENEH, 
Topographical Engineer ( f- Consulting Horticulturist. 
Surveying (lone, Map# ami I'lams for Laying out Ceme¬ 
teries, Farks and GardeuN, fnrnl#hed. 
Thosej at a dUOmce by sending of Ground, location 
of Homse, can bare Map# for laying out forwarded 
by mall. Atldress as abut, . 
Vineyards.—T he estimated average annual yield 
of good vineyardB In the West is about that of France 
—300 gallons to tbe acre. In the South they claim 
500, and tn California 800. A bushel of grapes (fifty 
pound#) will make three and a half gallons of good 
wine and a half gallon of inferior. 
EAR NEED—Imported from France 
A Now In sand, to prime order, and warranted to be 
tbe growth of 1665. 
Frice ol 23 tt t'M- price of 50 as., #175; price of 100 
lb#., *823. AV<- have sl*u a few thousand 
M .\7./..w.r» CiiEitRY Stock#, 2d cla-s at #10 « M. 
Flum Stocks, 2d < la#*, at #15 * M- 
Honey LoctraT,] year, at #8 V M. 
UitONSON, GltAVKS & 6KLOVER, 
642-4t Washington Street Nnrscrfe», Geneva, N. Y. 
The Saharunpoor Rat-Tail Radish.—A greatly 
improved variety of the rat-tail radish (Raphanus 
oaudatus) has been raised In the Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden, from seeds received from Mr. Bell, snperin. 
tendentof tbe Saharunpoor Garden. The new sort 
i'll# „ « HL.ai i\ nra a i , 
X Straw hurries urn! Uonpherrleg. No. 1 plants. All 
wishing #uch would do welt to send and get a Descrip¬ 
tive and Price List, In which there m no variety recom¬ 
mended that I do not cultivate by the acre. Small lota 
mulled free. Stamp not required. JOHN 8. COLLINS. 
Moorcaiown, Burlington Co., N.J, tm 
T rue early york potatoes tor 
Seed.—I have secured from M- Jonathan IVrtnm 
hi* entire stock of the above Potato, which I# now gem-r¬ 
ally conceded to >u lhe host, cither for an early or general 
Crop, and am now prepared to till order*. 
Price ^ single bush., (exclusive of pk'g and ct’g.i #2 
“ H barrel,. #5 
I will also iornieb other varieties of Seed Potatoes In 
quantitle# to suit. P. S. MEEKOJ.K. 
212-3t Chicago Ac’] Warehouse & Seed Store. 
2M Lake Street, Chicago, 111. 
.11 PRO FED BLACK-LAP RASPBERRY 
Plant# -15,000 packed and delivered at Fairport loi 
) per 1,000. W.M. F. l.OUD, Egypt, N. Y. 
Ripe Stra wbebries.— The Macon Telegraph of the 
Sd, describes in tantalizing terns a four-acre straw¬ 
berry bed in that town, now in full bloom and fruit, 
the editor having JUBt been favored with a basket of 
lnscions specimens, one measuring four inches in cir¬ 
cumference. 
Hot-beds mnst now be Btarted, because we 
take it for granted that no good fanner or gar¬ 
dener would like to forego his dish of early saiad. 
Without hot-beds it would be impossible for his 
wife or daughters, to provide those exceedingly 
palatable dishes of early vegetables, which give 
such a zest to the noonday meal, at a time when 
the weather is yet too cold for them to mature 
out doors, or raise the vormu and tender nla-nt* 
rR.WVBLBKY PLA1 
tlio leading and •■stabll-iie- 
\fONEY RETURNED IN FULL-IF 
-T1 alter a few day# use of •‘Gookkky’# Catarrh 
HkwrtiY, lt» effect* are unsatluf/iriory. Sold by F. C. 
GODFREY, only, No.RSI Broadway, Now York. #5a.box; 
iew require, more. It is the prescription of one of the 
most enil net) t of living ami auceea*ftu Medical Professor# 
ami Surgeons of the United State*, and Is Known to be a 
scientific, safe anil effectual remedy. Occasionally a c##o 
may have paused to .u Incurable stage, tor man whs 
born to dlui but that, none may be tmpused upon tlio 
above offer la made according to tbo printed, statement 
on each box. 
GRAFTED APPLE STOCKS, 
10,000 Ti curling Seedling F''.»ch Trees. 
NOAH P. HUSTED, 
Lowell, Kent Co., Michigan, 
Peach Buns.—It is stated by those who have ex¬ 
amined the peachlbndfl in the southern part of Illinois, 
that, although a majority of them are killed, there 
are enough left, if not killed here after, to make an 
average crop. 
A FRUIT FARM AND GRAPERY for Sale 
at a bargain. For particulars, address Mas. C. A, D. 
LEE, Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y. [886-tf 
