STRAWBERRIES AND BOXES 
Eds. Rural Ndw-Yokker;—I n answer to W. 
of Davenport, I would state, that the great bulk 
of strawberries that come to this market are the 
small varieties, the Early Scarlet and Scotch 
We are having 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c 
PRUNING IN JUNE, 
Soft Gingerbread. — Six teacups of Hour; 
three of molasses; one of cream; one of but¬ 
ter; oue tablcspoonful of ginger; oneofsalera- 
tus. 
Kisses.— One cup butter; two of sugar; three- 
quarters of a cup of water; half teaspoou soda; 
two eggs; four cups flour. Drop on a tin; place 
a lump of Bugur in the center of each. 
Rick Cake.—T hree eggB and the same weight 
of ground rice, samo weight of sugar, well 
hcateu. Bake quickly in a mold. 
Silver Cake. —Two cups sugar, one of but¬ 
ter, three of flour, % cup of sweet milk; the 
whites of eight eggs; two teaspoons cream tar¬ 
tar ; one of soda. 
Gold Cake. —The same as the above, only 
using the yolk instead of the whites of eggs. 
Delicate Cake. — One coffee cop of sugar, 
same of flour; one half cup of butter; whites 
of four eggs; one lemon rind gruted. 
Jelly Cake.— One cup of sugar, three eggs, 
one tablespoon of sweet milk, one of butter. 
French Cake— very good.—One and a half 
cups of butter, three eggs, two cups sugar, one 
cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, two tea¬ 
spoons cream tartar, one of soda; add the but¬ 
ter and sugar, then the tlonr and cream tartar; 
beat the whites te a stiff froth, add that and 
soda last. 
Coffee Cake. —Two cups sugar, one of mo¬ 
lasses, one of cold coffee, four of flour, one tea¬ 
spoon cream tartar, half teaspoon soda, oue 
toaapoon cloves, samo of cinnamon, throe eggs. 
Cookies. —Three cups sugar, two eggs, one 
cup cream (sour,) one-half cup of butter, half 
teaspoon soda; flour enough to roll. 
Healthy Custard.— One quart new milk. 
Set over a slow fire, and do not let it boll; beat 
1 eggs with 2 tablespoons of sugar, (add season¬ 
ing^ taste,) then stir it In the milk until it 
thlokous; but do not let It boil. 
Wedding Johnny Cake.—O ne pint of sour 
cream, same of Bwcet milk, half cup of butter, 
o c , rirs tablespoon salt, same of soda, one quart 
Runner, and are all hulled, 
several new varieties of late years which arc very 
large and choice. These are sent to market with 
the bulla on, as they arc considered ornaracutal. 
The bulls are very objectionable on all others. 
In regard to the size of boxes, I would say that 
72 solid inches make a quart. The form of boxes 
is varied, some being square and 6ome oblong, 
others round. A box 5 inches square and3 deep 
holds a trifle over a quart. The Gift Fruit Box 
is 0 Inches long, 4 wide and 3 deep. These pro¬ 
portions are inside measure. The sides of the 
boxes project below the bottom In order to 
protect the fruit when first packed, as the boxes 
should always he filled rounding up. The bot¬ 
toms are left about half an inch narrower than 
the box, as a means of ventilation. 
The round baekets are the favorites. They 
are larger at the top than bottom. Thus reliev¬ 
ing the bottom berries from much pressure. 
These can be procured by the thousand where 
they are manufactured, and shipped at a slight 
expense, as they chamber in very close. The 
outside caseB can he made by any carpenter. 
New York City, June, 1S0<I. Now and Then. 
We find some excellent suggestions on me 
subject of pruning fruit trees, by J. T. Elliot 
of Grand Rapids, Micb. They accord exactly 
with what we have said over and over again in 
these columns. His communication is dated 
May. and he begins thu6: — “The season for 
trimming fruit trees is approaching,” and then 
goes on as follows: 
<i We all remember the old apple and pear 
trees, where (Ncw-England) we had to he 4 boost¬ 
ed’ to reach the lowest branches; and coming 
out here, we have imitated our lathers, follies, 
aud fared worse than- they. They pruned in 
February and March, and we have known no 
better. Letting go all discussion of what their 
interests may be—and looking at home—all ex¬ 
perience I hope will not. be lost on us aud that 
experience all points one way. Prune while the 
espalier mode of training peach trees. 
PROTECTION FOR PEACH TREES. 
It is a good thing for every one who occupies 
and cultivates a garden spot to grow enough 
peaches for a family supply. But in a large por- 
it should be a poor spot, no matter; it can he 
made rich. It is much cosier to enrich it than 
for the wife and cook to trudge several hundred 
yards several times a day to a rich spot. 
We will suppose that you have decided tba 
the gardeu shall he on the east side of the house. 
Well, stick down a stake whore the north-west 
corner part is to bo. According to the size you 
intend your garden to be, so you must measure. 
If in a parallel line with the east Eidc of your 
house to the south-west corner part, where you 
Whether you intend 
tion of the country it is impossible to do this, 
unless one resorts to artificial means for protect¬ 
ing the peach trees against the effects of severe 
cold in winter and late frosts in spring. This 
protection may be had at a less expense of labor 
and money than is generally supposed, and the 
purpose of this article is to describe aud illus¬ 
trate some methods which have been actually 
tried and found to be efficient by practical men. 
Where a wall is at band, or a tight hoard fence 
_which may be on one side of the garden or 
yard—espalier training can be practiced with 
MULCHING STRAWBERRIES, 
must also put a stake. 
your garden to be a square or parallelogram you fp ho8e wbo are picking the fruit at the time of 
must first describe a right angle. This is easily reftd i n g this item will notice this fact, that a llt- 
done. Measure off from the north-west corner tle ,- uno spent in mulching is time well spent, 
part in a direct line with the Bouth-west corner Neftr gea 6borei coarse salt hay makes the 
part eight feet, anti stick down a stake. Get cbeapcst mulching. Inland, any grain straw 
you two poles, one six feet and the other teu maybetl8 ed. So may pine straw, or small ever- 
feet, long. Pat one end of the 6 foot polo at the g reen boU[ ri, B . Auother good material is the 
north-we6t part and let it lay east. Put one cud ear ]y grown grass of the lawn. It should be 
of the 10 foot pole against the stake. Draw the p]Rced ar0und (ho plants as soon as cut, and it 
other ends of the two poles together and you wip lben koep ltg p]ftce Mulching early and 
have a true right angle. You arc now enabled thlcltly kecpg down weeds, saves work In that 
to lay off your garden with parallel sides. It is ]hj * and enriches the Boll. If the bed needs 
just as easy to do so as to lay it off in a nonde- cnr i’ c i 1 i n g ) p, i 8 a good plan to mulch it in Au- 
script style, which not only proclaims your want fumn or e ’ arly in Spring, after the first working, 
of taste and ability to combine beauty with util- w j,| ( ^ 1C coarB c&l manure. This will wash clean 
itv. but it seems to sav to the passer by, 14 Here 
to get near a fruit tree. All this is souua doc- 
trine. Low-branched trees also protect their 
trunks against the hot sun of summer, which 
sometimes Is very injurious, as well as, to a 
certaiu extent, against the freezing aud thawing 
process of winter. 
There is a marked difference between the am¬ 
putated limbs of trees that have been operated 
on respectively in February and Juno or July. 
The first often show, especially where the limbs 
are of any„ considerable size, a black Bturnp, 
which'never changes, except, to deeay; while 
those of the latter readily heal over, and present 
a neat appearance. Besides, early summer pru¬ 
ning insures fruit buds, while spring pruning 
gives us only wood. 
of the dirt. Wo have one variety of strawber¬ 
ries with fruit-stalks so long that we can tic 
them up to stakes. It is some work to do so, 
but the fruit Is beautiful. On the contrary, the 
frult-stallis of the "Wilson arc so short that it is 
difficult to place mulch under them, if neglected 
until the berries need such protection. — K Y. 
Tribune. , __ 
dozen good sizeu pouuoon pm ou auu ; uuu 
cup of vice; handful of finely cut cabbage; two 
good sized onionB sliced; two tablespoons even 
full of salt.; one tahlcspoon of butter; a. little 
pepper. When nearly ready to serve up, beat 
together one egg with a little fipur and water 
and stir in. This is far better and healthier 
than pork Btews. 
Ciieav and Quick Made Breakfast-(Jakes. 
—Oue pint of new milk; 3 eggs, aud flour to 
make a stiff batter; little salt . Drop in a spider 
with one tablespoon of hot fat. 
Healthy and Excellent Pie Crust.—O ne 
cup of sour cream; bait’ cup of lard; 1 ablespoon 
of salt. Rub the lard and salt through the flour; 
add half teaspoon of soda to the cream, and wet 
up as you would with water. 
Old-fashioned Short-cake.— I noticed some 
weckB ago an inquiry how to make an old- 
fashioned Bhort-cake. I have watched with in¬ 
terest to see if Youug America did really know 
how to do it. A number have responded, hut ill 
doesn’t sound like the old-fashioned yet. Will 
you please try mine, or rather my dear old 
mother’sOne q uart of buttermilk; one table¬ 
spoon of lard (unmelted); salt to taste; roll 
out; make diamonds witli a fork, and place in 
a spider and set before the glowing coals of a 
fire-place. Oh! it is delicious, and brings up 
pictures of long ago that are not at all un¬ 
pleasant.— >J. M. I., Adrian, Mich, 
We shall be glad to receive further contribu¬ 
tions from J. M. I. 
Inquiries.— Will some one of your numerous 
. readers please inform mo through the colums of 
[ your paper, the best method of making rye 
l bread V and tbilge—K. II. P., Ohio. 
’ WILL some of the readers of the Rural in- 
1 form me how to make hop yeast, and also hop 
yeast bread?— A Subscriber, Salisbury, Vt. 
THE DOOLITTLE RASPBERRY, 
A. Babcock of Benton Harbor, Mich., writing ( 
to the’Country Gentleman, sayB: —The merits 
of this raspberry are not, in nay opinion, yet 
fully known or appreciated by the rural popu¬ 
lation of thiB country. It Bhould find a place in 
the garden of every family having control of a 
single acre of good land. It is very hardy. It 
is as certain to produce a crop as the potato. 
Its culture It simple. I know of no berry that 
is equal to the Improved Black Crab Raspberry 
for tanning, for dryiny , for jam , or for wine. 
It is the opinion of several fruit growers here, 
that this berry can he grown about us cheaply as 
wheat, bushel for bushel, not including the pick¬ 
ing. No fruit retains its flavor, or keeps better 
when canned, than thi3 raspberry. It is easily 
and rapidly dried. Dried raspberries are now 
worth 60 ets. per lb. in Chicago. Three pounds 
of the fresh berries will make about one pound 
of dried fruit. The time iB not far distant, in 
my opinion, when 20 bushels of this berry will 
be grown for every single bushel now produced. 
There is no reason why any family having any 
land, may not have a liberal, understand me, a 
liberal supply of this wholesome and delicious 
berry, not only during Us reason of ripening, 
but during the entire winter and spring; not once 
a month or week, but every day should a goodly 
quantity of this, or some other good fruit, be 
seen upon our tables. You can have a good 
supply of this raspberry when the peach, pear, 
cherry, blackberry, and even the apple fail you; 
therefore I urge you to plant for your use, from 
200 to 500 plants, according to the size of your 
family. You will never regret it, I assure you. 
More berries and less pork. As pork goes out 
of fashion the demand for canned and dried ber¬ 
ries will increase, of course. What a nice thing 
to have a few jars of raspberry jam or jelly, and 
several hundred cans of the same berry, stowed 
away in one’s cellar for liberal every day use. 
Cheaper than pork, far more wholesome, and 
then how pleased are the children. Good but¬ 
ter is now selling here at 50 cents per pound, 
and scarce at that. I would recommend rasp¬ 
berry jelly as a substitute for spreading on our 
bread. An excellent jelly (one lb. sugar to one 
lb. juice) would cost only about 15 or 20 cents 
per lb., growing the berries yourself, having 
only the Bugar to buy. More berries and less 
pork. 
DWARF APPLE TREES 
The culture of dwarf apple trees [i. e., worked 
on the paradise stock] is yet very limited in our 
country, and it is only within a few yearn that 
they have attracted any attention; but as they 
become better known, and their real value ap¬ 
preciated, they will, wo are sure, be considered 
almost as indispensable as the pear. They are 
less particular as to soil than the pear, grow 
quite as readily, occupy but little more space 
than a currant bush, and bear three to six dozen 
of large and beautiful fruit each. Besides this, 
they are so completely within the control of the 
cultivator, that if the canker worm attacks the 
trees, they can easily bo destroyed by the appli¬ 
cation of the whale oil soap. Now that this 
pest is so destructive to orchard trees, the bush 
apples supply their place, and the Earne ground, 
covered with a dozen or two trees, will produce 
nearly the same quantity as a standard, and much 
larger aud more beautiful fruit. — Hovey's May 
FRUITS, Ac., IN NEW YORK MARKET, 
Raggetta, Ho x bury $ bbl.f « GO® 7 00 
rtudhctu,, Golden, v bbl.. i 50(.« (i 00 
Anpb.‘H, Common \V(-nt,nrn ¥ bbl....'. 2 00® 3 00 
OnnberrluH,choice,¥ bbl.. 14 00 <i*lS 00 
Cranberries,s ecoii'l quality, V bbl.... 6 00&u 9 00 
StrawberrltiR V quart box.... 19® 
Dried Fruits.— Dried apples are quiet in 
conscqueuee of an increasing supply of berrieB 
and other kinds of fruit in season. Peaches arc 
in good request and prime are scarce. Other 
fruits are little changed. 
Dried Apples, New State & Obto!.¥ n>. 19<?& 20 
Peacbe-*, New Southern, ¥ tt. 8 V@ 34 
Pchi-Ul-b, unpeelert, halves, V n>. 20® 12 
Pcacne*. uupeeleil, quarters, ¥ tt. 10 ® W 
Cherries,pitted, V m... &u® 52 
BlackbeiTlc*. ¥ a. 80® it 
Raspberries, V .. 4>® 50 
Pluuis, ¥ H>.... 32® 33 
"Vegetables.—O ld Potatoes Lave continued 
in fair supply and active demand for the past 
week. Peach blows are in good request, and 
much higher prices than are quoted have been 
obtained. 
Mercers, V bbl. $ 3 50® 4 25 
Jackson White, V bbl. 8 756# 4 do 
Buck Kyes, ¥ bbl. 8 00® 3 25 
Dykemane, ¥ bl»1....................... 3 GO® 3 50 
Peach Blows, ¥ bbl. 4 10(6 150 
-VVblte. Onions, ¥ bbl.. 2 10® 3 50 
Turnlpn, White, ¥ 100 bunches. 5 00® 0 no 
Grucu Peas. * bbl. 5 too* 7 00 
Beans and Peas.—T he supply of beans are 
light, and higher prieeB are obtained. We quote: 
Beans—Kidneys, new, ¥ bush.$ 2 40® 2 SO 
Heims—Marrows, ¥ bush. 2 50'6 2 75 
Beang—Mediums, ¥ bush. 1 SO A 2 00 
Beans—Mixed Parcels, ¥ blisb.. 1 W ® 2 00 
Peas—Canada, ¥ bush. I 15® 1 20 
Peas—Green Marrowfat. 1 30® 1 30 
LOW TRA1NTNO. 
Another method successfully practiced, which 
we illustrate, is to train the trees close to the 
ground. When the trees are set for this method 
the grouud. As the branches grow, train them 
along horizontally, keeping them down by pegs. 
It is easier to keep under weeds and grasB by 
mulching underneath the branches, than it is to 
till the soli. As winter approaches the branches 
may be bent quite to the ground and covered 
with earth, or straw, evergreen, boughs, or 
boards may be used; but if covered with earth 
there is not so much danger from mice. The 
covering of earth should be removed when 
spring is fairly come, and in case frosts are af¬ 
terwards apprehended some old matting, doth, 
The limbs 
Horticultural Notes and Queries. 
llooicri on Gardening.— (A. II. D.) “The Garden¬ 
ers' Text Book," and “The Garden," are the titles 
of two very good manualH for a gardener. “An Es¬ 
say on Manures,” by Samuel L. Dana, will probably 
give you the desired Information respecting manures. 
See list of books in the Rural. 
or straw may be used for protection, 
should not he allowed to grow so erect, when in I 
bearing, as to render the bending down to the 
earth for covering again a difficult operation. 
When the fruit is heavy on the branches some 
support may be given to keep them from the 
earth. 
To those who desire yearly abundance of this 
luscious fruit, but whose hopes are too often 
44 nipped in the bud” by “untimely frosts,” we 
commend thhse methods of peach-growing — if, 
only, you have that genuine love for horticul¬ 
ture which will insure for the work timely care 
and thorough culture. 
Late Cabbages and Cauliflowers. — Seeds may 
yet bo sown for a late crop. Cabbages especially are 
more certain, when designed for a winter crop, If 
sown lato. The heads are firmer and they keep bet¬ 
ter. All vegetables for winter use should be ripened 
as late in the autumn as possible to have good keep¬ 
ing qualities. . _ 
Names of Flowers. — (E. A. M., West Liberty, 
Iowa.) The specimens of flowers sent us for the 
purpose of being named have been examined and 
names given aro as follows: No. 1. MerUwia Vir- 
rjinica. No. 2. Gluytonla Caroliniana. No. 3. Dode- 
catham meadla. No. 4. lAthospermum caneecens. 
No. 5. Polemonium. 
A SCRAP BOOK, 
A correspondent, S. W. A., gives his method 
of making a scrap book from such agricultural 
journals as he does not preserve for binding. 
He sayB 44 In cold stormy days, when it is not 
comfortable to work out-of-doors, and no other 
business offering, r cut from the papers all that 
1 consider worth preserving, and arrange in four 
sorts, each to be pasted In a separate book. The 
good stories In one; the scientific, the useful, 
and curious of whatever length in another; the 
recipes for cooking and miscellaneous matters 
in a third, and in the fourth the anecdotes. I 
use old volumes of the Patent Office Reports 
which are mostly out of date, cutting out about 
two-thirds of the leaves. If a particularly good 
thing occurs in them it It retained. On the 
balance of the leaves the scraps are pasted, 
two columns to a page on both sides of the 
leaves. The books will be only a trifle thicker 
when tilled than they were originally, and will 
prove very useful lor reference and amusement. 
An index to the recipe book should be made for 
ready reference.” 
PUTTING BUGS TO USE, 
A correspondent of the Vermont Farmer j 
6ay3: — “Having seen it several times stated 
that the little insect known as the lady-bug 
would keep plants free from spiders aud other 
vermin, I last year put a lady-bug on te each of 
three coffee plants which Lad begun to be In¬ 
fested with lice. These bugs remained on two 
or three rows of the bed during the whole sea¬ 
son, and these rows were entirely free from 
vermin, while the other part of the bed was 
badly damaged by lice. If the lady-bugs were 
instrumental in this matter, they may be con¬ 
sidered as friends of the gardener, and their 
presence should be considered a blessing. They 
might be made especially serviceable to house 
plants. This hug, as you probably know, is of a 
reddish yellow with blaek stripes, and Is about 
the size and shape of half a good sized pea, and 
multitudes can be easily found iu early summer 
on alder and other bushes. 
TALKS ABOUT GARDENING.-NO. Ill 
-The kitchen garden should be 
Laying Off, 
convenient to the house and kitchen. To a 
farmer who has an abundance of means, plenty 
of help, and a wife who can do nothing In the 
garden, this advice may amount to nothing. 
But Id West Tennessee there are very few per¬ 
sons so opulent or excessively refined but what 
are deeply interested in the kitchen garden. In 
fact, where there is a garden, the wife, as a gen¬ 
eral thing, Is the gardeucr. True, occasionally 
THE TOMATO AS FOOD 
A. M., Putnam,0.—The blackberry leafyou Bent has 
been examined. The redUUb covering on the under 
side appears to bo a 6pccies ol mugus or rust similar 
to that noticed on wheat grown iu shady or damp 
places. What the Insects aro which trouble you we 
are not advised. Ts it supposed that the appearance 
of the leaf is owing to their pro-c.ee ? It is probable 
that a suitable supply of snuff thrown upon the leaves 
or a sprinkling of salt and water, tli.ctnred with ker¬ 
osene, would cause them, to decamp. 
A good medical authority ascribes to the to¬ 
mato the following very important medical 
qualities: 
1. That the tomato is one of the most power¬ 
ful aperients of the liver and other organs; 
where calomel is indicated, it is one of the most 
effective and least harmful medical agents known 
to the profession. 
2. That a chemical extract will be obtained 
from it that will supersede the use of calomel 
in the use of disease. 
3. That he has successfully treated diarrhea 
with this article alone. 
4. That when used as an article of diet, it is 
almost sovereign for dyspepsia and indigestion. 
5. That it should be constantly used for daily 
food. Either cooked or raw, or In the form of 
catsup, it is the most wholesome article in UBe. 
Plant Beans. — Those who have a few rods 
of spare ground cannot use it more profitably 
than to plant it with beans. String-beans, to 
our taste, are an excellent dish — healthful and 
easily prepared. A rod or two of ground pro¬ 
perly cultivated will afford a rich return in this 
article and at small cost. 
The Best Clothes Line. — An exchange 
says the best clothes liue for a family to use is 
a galvanized wire one. A section of Telegraph 
wire was used five years without housing, and 
was as good at the end of that time as when first 
strung on the posts. 
