EGRTIGOLTURAL 
PEACHES.-LIGHT AND HEAVY SOILS. 
The peach season has fairly commenced in 
Western New York. Ia the great peach grow¬ 
ing States East it is now over. The yield there 
has been light; in this region it is fair, though 
not heavy. We are inclined 10 believe that the 
quality of the fruit is poorer than usual this sea¬ 
son. In many instances the peaches ripen pre¬ 
maturely; they are insipid and gummy; but 
they are pearhes, and large prices will be asked 
and given for them. But we want to 6ay a few 
words abont the growing of this delicious fruit. 
P A sandy [soil is [genially preferred for th is 
fruit, asd tty fa7~the greater part of the "peach 
orchards of the country staud ou sandy land. 
Without do^rbt there are good reasons for plant¬ 
ing them there—they succeed better than on 
heavier soil. The ptach tree is tender; it can¬ 
not bear water around its roots, and sandy soil 
has good natural drainage. The roots of the 
tree are tender also, and arenot inclined to force 
their way through and draw ample sustenance 
from a compact, hard soil. Hence, sandy soils 
are generally chosen for peach orchards. But 
we believe, also, that'jpeaches grown on loams, 
heavier and more compact than sand, are better 
flavored than those grown on lighter soil. And 
we think that if properly prepared and managed 
heavier soils than 6»nd may be most successful 
in growing the peach. They must he completely 
drained to start with, not because they are wet— 
for wet lands should not be chosen—but to carry 
away quickly the surplus water in the spring 
and when copious rains may fall, and also to 
prepare the soil for the most perfect culture. 
Alter draining the soil should be well worked, 
sub-soiled aud pulverized at least twenty inches 
in depth. Then plant the trees, and afterwards 
take care of them. Prune them judiciously— 
there is no tree more benefited by the right 
prunlDg than the peach. Cultivate the soil; 
mulch slightly during the hottest of the sum¬ 
mer. 
By this method we believe that quite heavy 
soils—excepting perhaps the compact clays— 
will produce peaches of a better flavor and size, 
and with as large a profit os the light sauds 
whereon they urc now generally planted. Aod 
we think, further, that the trees will be longer 
lived, freer from disease on the heavy soii than 
on the light. But the conditions of perfect 
drainage, and deep and tliorogh pulverization of 
the soil, must be complied with. 
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GOOD CULTIVATION vs. THE SEASON. 
We have all noticed that the season has a great 
deal to do with the yield and quality of crops. 
With poor culture mor • depends on the temper¬ 
ature and amount of moisture whether we har¬ 
vest a remunerative crop, than when thorough 
and skillful culture is practiced. The lazy and 
slovenly farmer and fruit grower may be suc¬ 
cessful at times and by chance, but the industri¬ 
ous and thoughtful cultivator of the soil wrings 
a reward for his toil even from untoward cir¬ 
cumstances. 
In the depaitment of fruit growing this prin¬ 
ciple is illustrated in many ways. A thrifty 
orchard, just arrived at the age of bearing, may 
mature so large a crop of fruit as to cripple its 
resources in that direction for several years after¬ 
ward, and thus render the trees for a period 
unremunerative. Tne foresight and energy of 
the prudent cultivator guards agaiost this result, 
and he has fruit to sell every year. Again: two 
orchards, belonging to different men, may show 
an abundance of fruit, but on gathering the crop 
the slovenly man finds that half of his are unlit 
for market, because they are small or wormy; 
the careful owner has thinned his fruit and 
branches in season—he has fought and destroyed 
insects, and the result Is his crop brings a great 
deal the most money under these unfavorable 
circumstances. So, many of our small fruits 
will occasionally yield good returns under neg¬ 
lectful treatment— the season favoring them_ 
but Neglect falls far behind when fickle Chance 
does not lend a helping band. 
In short, it pays in fruit culture always to 
plan and cultivate as though you expected to 
contend with unfavorable seasons and hosts of 
enemies. At all times you will then succeed as 
mil as your slow and easy neighbor, and very 
many of you will make a profit when he can 
only count a loss. 
ERTJIT GROWERS’ MEETING. 
The New Jersey Herald reports the proceed¬ 
ings of a meeting of fruit growers, held at New¬ 
ton, N. J., a few weeks since. The assemblage 
took place on the invitation of Mr, £. Will- 
ums of Mont Clair, in Essex county, who owns 
an extensive nurseiy there, The visitors were 
gentlemen belonging to the Earners’ Club of 
the American Institute, with some invited 
guests. Among them we notice, from this sec¬ 
tion, Mr. O. J. Weeks of West Webster. A 
formal meeting was organized,— Mr. JElv being 
called to the chair,—when a fruit discussion 
took place, opening with the Kittaiinny Black¬ 
berry', a history of which was given by Mr. 
Pettit of Newton . 1 The Lawton was also in¬ 
troduced by way of comparison —the former 
having the most friends. The Wilson’s Early 
and New Rochelle were also discussed — the 
former having the most admirers. 
The subject of apples and peaches was also 
considered. The peach crop, except in occa¬ 
sional leealities, all over the country promised 
hut poorly. The apple crop was reported to be 
not much more promising than that of the 
peach. The discussion embraced many topics 
including “Eire Blight” on pear trees; “Mil¬ 
dew,” and other diseases of the grape; the Cur- 
culio, in reference to the plum and other fruits 
generally’. Dr. Warder complimented Dr. 
Trimble for his invention of hay ropes about 
trees, as a nesting place for the worms, where 
they could be found and easily dispatched. The 
meeting finally adopted some resolution?, one 
of them complimenting the Kittaiinny Black¬ 
berry in particular as leaving nothing to be de¬ 
sired in this species of fruit. 
THE OLD STUYVESANT PEAR TREE, 
We give an illustration of the old stuyvesanl 
Fear Tree, standing on the corner of East Thir¬ 
teenth Street and Third Avenue, in New York 
city, as it appeared last summer. This tree Is 
said to be over two hundred years old, yet was 
laden with blossoms last spring. It is a notable 
relic of the Knickerbockers, and bas a fruitful 
history, but. is said to present many signs of de¬ 
cay, and must ere long be numbered among the 
things that were. 
PROPAGATING THE GRAPE. 
Wm. H. White, S. Windsor, Ct., writes the 
N. E. Farmer concerning the course pursued by 
friend of his in the propagation of the grape. 
He says — “ In eating Isabella grapes he saved 
the seeds and immediately mixed them with 
sand in a thumb pot, then burled them in the 
bottom of his cellar, which was a little damp. 
He let them remain till the following March, 
when he took them up and put them with the 
sand in a basin and set it on a shelf in the kitch¬ 
en where a fire was kept in the room, and Jet 
it rernaiu about three weeks, keeping it moist 
during the time. After the ground was settled 
he planted the seed in a carefully prepared bed, 
and but few if any failed of coming np in a very 
6hort time. Here I would recommend a similar 
treatment with other small, stoned fruit, as a 
proper mode of preserving the 6e«d. With 
Delaware cuttings, which arc exceedingly diffi¬ 
cult to grow without bottom heat, etc., he used 
the following device —Procuring some small 
roots of the common grape, he cut them in 
short lengths and Inserted his cuttings of single 
eyes in the common way of cleft grafting, tying 
them when necessary; these were planted in 
April in the usual way of cuttings, in a cold 
frame, the glass put on, and similar treatment 
given as to vegetables grown therein. The re¬ 
sult was eleven out of every twelve grew. In 
transplanting he removed the piece of root grac¬ 
ed into, and was successful with all.” 
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ROYAL GARDENS. 
From Mr. Mili.rd’3 letters from England to 
the Utica Herald, we extract the following in 
reference to the “Frogmore Gardens.” The 
writer saysThese gardens, or royal nurseries, 
embrace about 33 acres, and contain long ranges 
of hot houses, where every variety of fruit and 
flower ia cultivated. The graperies, the peach, 
the apricot and cherry houses, are extensive, the 
three last fruit trees being trained fan shape 
upon the walls and roofs. Pine apples are also 
grown here extensively, as well as p lums and 
nectarines, all under glass. High brick walls 
are arranged through the grounds, upon which 
fruit is grown in the open air. These walls are 
fifteen feet high, and embrace about five miles 
in length of wall trees. The front range of hot¬ 
houses arc $30 feet long, and were erected at a 
cost of £23,000. They are all heated with hot 
water, conveyed lu pipes, and the glass is moved 
for ventilation by machinery. Here is also the 
vegetable garden ; but the most interesting por¬ 
tion of the grounds is among the hot-houses 
and trees, where the art of training and culti¬ 
vating fruit is carried to perfection.” 
RAISE YOUR OWN STRAWBERRIES. 
Dear reader, have you a strawberry patch? 
If j ou have, and a good one, this article is not 
for you. If you have not, a word in your ear if 
you please. 
In the first place, you like strawberries; your 
children like them most abundantly; so does 
your wife;—and need I tell you they arc bene¬ 
fited by them — especially the children? But 
you are already thinking about the trouble—the 
uncertainty of raising them. Have you ever 
triedit? No. Have your neighbors? Perhaps 
yes. Well, what success did they have ? “Well 
they had some success; but it didn't amount to 
much in the end: their strwberries are all run 
out now: yes, sir, they are all rnn out: some 
are yet sticking to them.” Did you see any 
grass In their patches ? “ Yes. Some of them 
were clean: but there was grass in most of them; 
and some said grass benefited them,— and 1 , 
think that is the case, for I have seen &ome nice 
berries, and I must say iu large quantities, raised 
in the grasp. But they don’t last long: iu a 1 
year or two they are all gone.” And that is the f 
end of your neighbors’ berries, is it? “Well, ' 
no. They are still raising them.” And don’t , 
you have a bite at them once in a while? “Yes; , 
and they are good berries, large and fat.” Are ( 
you not constantly tempted to try to raise them ’ 
too ? “ I shall as soon as I get time”— which 1 
you have, my friend, if you only wish to im- 1 
prove the little leisure which you perhaps idle 
away. 
One word,—it is all that Is needed to instruct 
you. Throw a little rotten chip-manure on a 
corner of your garden. Throw a little more on 
if you have plenty of it. If you have no chip- 
manure, take some old manure that has lain out 
exposed to the weather, and is rotten; or, what is 
better, get leaf-mould from the woods. Put it 
on pretty thick—several inches, if your soil Isn’t 
very rich; if rich, less manure. Spade the ma¬ 
nure in, aud when you have done it, spade it 
over again, so as to get it thoroughly mixed with ' 
the soil. You must do this when the soil is dry 
—which it generally is the latter part of August 
or the fore part of September, (the best time to 
put out plants,) and when it works well, comes 
up mel low. Then get your plants. Your neigh¬ 
bors probably have them; if not, get them else¬ 
where, and such as have been tried in your 
neighborhood, or, at least in that section of 
country,—or, if you have to send off, get the 
Wilson.^You need but a few plants for your 
patch—a couple dozen or so, if you are afraid to 
go more. 8et them about two feet apart. Don’t 
plant too close, as Is the case generally. If the 
roots of your plants are loDg, clip the ends. 
Set, not in a hill, but make a sort of cone like a 
saucer turned down, of the ground where you 
wish to set your plant, and then squat the plant 
on it. Level up to the plant with ground, and 
press it down. You now have your plant all out 
of the ground, the roots all under, the ends the 
deepest. If rains follow, all right. If not, you 
must help the plant a little to water, for that is 
what It wants: it is a great drinker. Use rain¬ 
water, cistern-water—not well-water,-and wa¬ 
ter well When you water. 
When winter comes, cover your patch with 
brush. Hemlock we have found to be good. 
Let there be limbs in It so as to prevent too 
hard a pressure by the snow, which packs the 
soil. In a year of little snow it requires a good 
thickness of brush, as we have seen the last win¬ 
ter. Those so covered were saved. We have 
known a enow-drilt do the same thing. 
In the spring remove the brush,— and at the 
first chance for working the ground, when suf¬ 
ficiently dry—be careful of the wet — be in it 
with the fork and hoe. Loosen the ground 
thoroughly, all through, and lift slightly the 
plants with the fork put rather deep under them. 
The little disturbance will make them bear all 
the better, as root-pruning with a tree—at least, 
so it seems. Keep the grass out and the run¬ 
ners—keep all out clean but the plants. When 
the flowering season la over, mulch with cut- 
straw—or long (cut is better)—between the 
rows aud up close to the hills. Then wait, und 
—pick. f. a. 
PRUNING HEDGES. 
The present is about the best time to prune 
hedges, whether hemlock or Norway spruce, ar¬ 
bor vitae, or the maelura. 
One thing should be borne in mind by those 
who are growing young hedges, which is, not 
to allow them to grow too large before the prun¬ 
ing shears are applied. 
An evergreen hedge, particularly, by com¬ 
mencing to prune when the bushes are about 
four or four and a half feet high, can be made 
in any shape or form desired, without leaving 
unsightly stumps. They always seem to us as 
though they Weed to be pruned. They sort o’ 
feel a little proud, at least they look smart and 
jaunty, after having their heads cropped. 
Young hedges should receive careful atten¬ 
tion, as they will become an eyesore instead of 
an ornament. They should be cautiously forked 
under the branches, at least every particle of 
grass aud weeds should be removed; and if the 
soil is not rich, apply a good mulching of ma¬ 
nure; but it sufficiently riel), grass, straw, or 
refuse of any kind may be used, 
The hemlock, especially, which makes the 
mest beautiful of all hedges, and the only one 
that really does well under shade, shows the ef¬ 
fect of manure by a luxuriant growth of the dark¬ 
est-green foliage that Nature can present..— Ger- 
rmntovm Telegraph. 
Horticultural Notes and Queries. 
U?r of Windfall Apples. —A •• Subscriber” 
writing from Illinois, asks what profitable use may 
l>c Tmulo ol apples which fall from the trees tinring 
the stnnmer and fall. They may be made into cider 
and that changed into good vinegar. To hasten the 
acetous fermentation, expose the cider in the snn- 
ehine or a warm room to pltnty of air: a barrel or 
keg hair filled with juice with the bung out and a 
hole made in one.cud just high enough not to leak 
out the Cider, is one way. A quicker method is to 
drip the cider through a box or barrel filled with hard 
wood shavings and bored full of holes, in a warm 
place. 1 he main object la to expose the liquor to be 
made into vinegar to as much air ns possible, in a 
warm temperuture. 
Ants in Straw uitnivr Bens.-Our correspondent 
“ R.” is In trouble. Can any of ourreadurg help him ? 
He states his case thus: — “Can you or any 0 f your 
readers inform me what will keep ants away from 
strawberry plants ? They make their nesta in the 
bed and work around the roots, soon destroying the 
plant. 1 have tried hellebore, tobacco, cayenne pep- 
per, smuT, nnlcachcd wood ashes, sulphur, and even 
arsenic, but without efi’cct; they are as plenty as ever. 
If any one can tell me (through the columns of the 
Rural) how to get rid of the little posts without In¬ 
jury to the vines I shall be under great obligations.” 
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Grapes alonu nut Lake Shore. — The editor of 
the Fredonia Censor has been prospecting among the 
vineyards in his neighborhood and speaks encourage- 
ingly of the vintage prospect In that region. Special 
mention Is made of the vineyard of Mr. N. E. Dodob, 
whose vines promise a fine yield. The yield is esti¬ 
mated at sixteen tons of fruit, embracing all the 
more admired varieties. He uses no fertilizers on bi« 
grape ground,regarding them as undeslrable-ln many 
instances positively injurious. He attributes his suc¬ 
cess to Judicious summer pruning, by which mildew 
is almost enttrely avoided. 
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Grape Bdo. — (Isaac N. Morrison, Ftnleyville, 
Washington Co., Pa.) Your sample of grape-vine 
bugs, has been submitted to the inspection of the 
best entomologists here and they all decide that the 
pest ia a stranger to them. It la suggested, by an 
experienced grape grower, that the bugs may bo dis¬ 
posed of by the use of hellebore, as It has been found 
effective ia destroying vermin of kindred character 
and habits whenever applied. 
Gkapis Lice.—(1. N. Van Gordicn, Portage, Wood 
Co., Ohio.) The bugs or lice which infest your grape 
vines, specimens of which were received, ia denomi¬ 
nated the “ Black Thrtp,” and may probably be ex¬ 
pelled from the vines by applying a solution of lime 
and sulphur. Hellebore sprinkled upon the leaves 
will perhaps be equally effective. 
“ Ctica Union Nurseries.” —We have received a 
Descriptive Catalogue of theso Nurseries, embracing 
the usual varieties of small fruits, &c„ &c. Special w heat Bread.-B oil eight good sized pota- 
uttention Is paid to the cultivation and vending of t maBll flne . a(l(1 WftteB enough for thrce 
native grape vines. John Bust is the agent, , , . .... , , . , „ 
loaves; skim out the lumpB, add a spoonful of 
- -■ salt, stir your Hour in the water when almost 
Xew Advertisements. sealdiug hot; when cool, add some light yeast. 
_Do ngt stir yonr sponge too thick, amt always 
MAmru. gherry stocks — Maz/.abd mako ‘\ at nigbt In the morning mix in flour 
1*1. cherry Pits nod Fruit Trees-line rihaiuy, cheaD. enough to mould; then let it rise again before 
Wanted— Plum Pits. T. T. SOUTH'WICK. , 
Dansvllle, Llv. Co., N. Y., ISOS. moulding. 
OTBAWBEiBY PLANTS—Various Kturf*- Kvis Bread.—T ake new buttermilk, warm it, 
Manual* 1 ol < nrnpe' < (;»1 tnref freT'^'lf: FOSTER? Jr'; Stir ln floUr en0U S h t0 make a tbia 6 i ,on K e > ^ 
Box MO, West Newton, Pa. safest ' some light yeast. In the morning stir in floor 
ril II I'l SENECA BLACK-Cfp enough to make it quite stiff'; then put In your 
J- a. n d tins to rise without moulding. 
Doolittle’s Red-flavored Black Raspberries Yeast.— One handful of hops; four quarts c f 
A Adte' ba DOTTLE & \vIG mV!‘W nic r 100 , N. Y. h ° P wat<>r 5 8,x « ood e!zed Potatoes. Mash your 
Or, 11. H. DOOLITTLE, Oaks' Corners, N. V. ’ potatoes in your hop water, and rub them thro’ 
OTKAWIlKRIMEri AND GRA PES—Keech’a a ( "'° Iandor * 'Then add one cop of sugar, one ot 
r? Nnw secfiiingt,—oenr.Grani, M«ad, Bhermsn nnn salt, and ft table spoonful of ginger, When cool 
ftiierlditn will be reaily (br delivery after Si-pt. ioth.—ss . .., • _ . , 
per <ioz. stool that they no-the. heat Strawberries fu put Ln a pint of light yeast; jjlace the jar in a 
Amorim, new qt old. The celebrated New Jersey Scarlet warm nliicn und let it utnml tu-pniv 
ISJpcriQO; AitricuitnrlMt tt jisritti,jua per 1000:Wt)aon\ " arm I MaCL > auu stan< I twenty-tom hours 
' ‘-vn 1 ^ e 1,J if.? 1 ’.’i 11L ' v< l 'YO'ir - ol -1 —then bottle. One teacup full is sufficient for 
uMi&s $4 eagngfUAO pqr loo; Ml IwreaUaa tlm eiime; very , 
nfroau: 1 au<l 2 .year viu-* ol* Delaware, JJiana.Ucbc<tef». three loaves. 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c. 
Dear Rural: —Your correspondent, “A 
Lover of Flowers,” Nunda, N. Y.,” wishes a 
recipe for Crystalling Grass Flowers. Mine Is 
aB follows :—Put one pound alum iu a deep dish 
and place the flowers on the alum; then pour 
one quart boffing water in the dish, keep tho 
flowers under the water until the water is cold, 
then take them out and hang them up to dry. 
T he alum may be used in greater or less quanti¬ 
ties.—F. E. It., Belvedere, 111., 1866. 
Canning Tomatoes. —In answer to “Mattie 
0.,” in Rural ol Aug. 18th, I answer that the 
best and cheapest way is to can them in stone 
jugs —select the size according to the size of 
your family; cook the tomatoes as you would 
for the table, without seasoning; having the jug 
hot pour ln tho tomatoes hot, and cook and seal 
I t horoughly. Kept in a cool dry place, where 
they will not- freeze, they will come out iu tho 
spring as fresh a9 when put in. I put tip nearly 
a huudred gallons one season in this manner, in 
jUgs, from one to four gallons, aud all came out 
in the spring fresh and nice.— Yorick. 
How to Can Tomatoes. —In a late number of 
your excellent paper I noticed an inquiry for a 
recipe for canning tomatoes. Here Is my way: 
Stew the tomatoes; while hot pour them into 
the can (I use tiu ones,) and seal Immediately 
with scaling wax. I have not lost a can of fruit 
done in this way. 
Green Corn Griddle Cakes.—I will also 
send you a recipe for making green corn griddle 
cakes, which we think are a little extra:—G rate 
twelve ears of green corn, just right to boil; add 
two teacups of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda, 
one of salt, two eggs, and thicken with flour to 
the required thickness.—J ane Colburn, Kin- 
mimdy, III., Aug., 1860. 
Recipe for Shaving Cream. —Take 1 lb. of 
soft-soap In a jar; add to it. one quart, best alco¬ 
hol; set the jar ln a vessel of boiling water until 
the soap is dissolved. Perfume with essential 
oil to suit. This Is ft good article for shuving, 
especially for those troubled with pimples on 
the luce. Two or three drops rubbed on the 
face with the end of the finger is enough for 
shaving. Dip the end of the brush in a little toff 
water, brush the face briskly and it will lafso a 
rich lather.—W. D. K., Geneva, .V. Y, 
Xew Advertisements. 
M AZZARD CHERRY STOCKS-Mazzabd 
C herry Fits nod Fruit Trees-lino finality, cheap. 
Wanted—Plum Fits. T. T. KOUTlfWICK. 
Dansvllle, Llv. Co., N. Y., I860. 
CTR AAV REAR V PLANTS —Various Klndw- 
See advertisement (nthe Rural, Aug. 25th, pue,; a;i. 
Man uni of (iropo Culture, free. J. H. FOSTER, Jb.. 
Box iHX), West Newton, I’a. sUs-St 
ril HE SENECA BLACK* C A P 
ClTKAWBERRIES AND GRA FES—Ket'cli’a 
e bvw «c<Yiiint8,—Oetp. Greet, ilfml, sheriu.-in and 
Slmrlfbin will be ready fur (ftlivery alter Sept. IStli.—*5 
periloz. 81001 that they are. the heat Straw hurries in 
America, new ot old. The celebrated Now Jersey Scarlet 
per 100; A«rliniRiirlMt J,J per iOO.AI'l per 1000 >%Vtlson’a 
and KUMoir- tiper kjo, $5 peHOOO. lOCO extra two vcarsold 
11 iti u m 4t*l i**i id i 4. ..... n.r. . All I -....II.. .1 ** 
fTidfitrV?unmber,mid Cookies.—O ne cup of butter: two of sugar; 
I win KODrI ft little better vjmtsthnn any tiUmrmafi. Ca*h ^ r • ... B 
to accompany order-f. Send early, livery article war- One of sweet milk; lour eggs ; piece of carbon- 
ranted true aud o( the best ftte of ammonia size of butternut. 
T> LOO.HINGTOX N fel I ~ some of the Rural readers send some 
13 15th Year, h largl- : GrVenhiMwY, ^3 ,,cr ™ Kniu cft,{ ° re,;i P e8 where they use carbonate of am- 
Oi immeut.it and Nursery Sleek adapted to the West, u monia ,J —D A SCRAVIING Oneonla Y Y 
V‘ i y complete asaoiUewil- Including m stKiMUJiu, untuma, 1 . 
10,000 Siberian Crab, J and I years. —_ 
100,0001'eur; 25,000 hardy Cherry. ,, 
Soo, 1 00 Granc* - largely; Concord, Catawba, Clinton, To Fickle Peaches. —Six pounds of peaches 
Which Nri’ -I by the vhkI^*’ loB “’ I: ° sers ’ Hybrids, oi to three pounds of sugar and one quart of vinc- 
aoo.aoo Apple Ntoeks, l and 2 year. 
iOO.QOo t^iuicr. Fear, Chttrjy, and . 
10,000 Run barb or “ Wine riant." 
other stocks. 
GATHERING FRUIT. 
Fruit trees very often sustain great injury from 
being roughly shaken by tbosu engaged in gath¬ 
ering the fruit. Apples and pears ripe enough 
to he gathered, require to have the trees shaken 
considerably before they will fall off, and in do¬ 
ing this much unripe fruit will also fall, and the 
limbs and twigs are often injured by the pro¬ 
cess. On low trees, dwarf pears, Arc., the fruit 
can be picked very easily, and tho following is a 
good test of the ripeness of pears, apples, ifcc., 
that are picked for eating. Take hold of the 
fruit, and instead of pulling it down, lift up 
gently on the same, and if sufficiently ripe to 
be eaten it will immediately yield from the tree 
— if it does not come off It should not be picked 
or eaten. 
Wine making in California.— 1 Tbe progress 
which the vineyardists are making in California, 
may he inferred from a statement in the San 
Francisco Bulletin in reference to the revenue 
tax collected on the wine manufacture there. In 
1863, the tax was 11,786.30; in 1865, $17,272.08. 
This indicates a rapid increase of grape urowinH 
in the State. h 
1 n tpjf MvaciniDB, Lilies, Crocus, nncl Other hardy 
ffultip, for Fall Flantlnz. 
Also, largo and small Ornamental Trees.Shrubs. Ever- 
grei-iiH, Ac. 
Whol-. >.ilo and Retail Catalogues sent for one red 
stamp encli. FT K. PHOENIX, 
Ot Bloomington Nursery, McLean Co., Ill 
R U I T AND 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
VIRTES, tfcC., 
At lowest wholesale rate?, including 
Pk.'.k*, StamUrd ami Dwarf. 
Avpjlks, '• “ 
CHKBR1BS, " “ “ 
Plvms, 1'zaciiss, Apricots and Nectarines. 
A iplondld lot ol Iox.v, Isbaklla and Adikondao 
an^ajPE viintes, 
Vctj' healthy, strong and welt-rooted. Fine plants of 
Deia^^rb, Diana. Oo>cori>, Hartford ruouFic, 
Ckkvbung, ai.i.knHybrids, and other Drapi'8. 
EXGUKU UOOfcKBERIUKb, I>OWXl>*G&’ Alt 1.RBREIKS 
and c tU the 
SMALL FRUITS, ROSES, EVERGREENS, 
SEEDLINGS, Ac, Ac. 
All of finest quality ami grown upon strong, heney, xctll 
drained soil. We invite correspondence or the personal 
examination of all purchaser*. 
Semi stamp for Price Lift. 
BUO>»OX, GRAVES .v SELOVER, 
661-01 Washington St. Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y. | 
G IRAI’E VINES, we OFFER THIS FALL 
a the new VArietlen. wed grown. Ieatu-iift,Concord 
aud other*, grown lrom cvmlngs. in ouoatitfes. Bend 
for Price Liet. FKH1US- * CAY WOOD, 
SCI Jit. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
riUAPE VINES.-WE OFFER, FOR FALL 
VJT and Spring delivery. l.tWI.CfOO one y.-ur old Vines, 
embrnelm: ten best, varieties, all grown by ourselves, in 
open culture, open grounds, from single tye>t. pend for 
Circular and price list. 
fcef-Zt WM. GRIFFITH & BRO., North East, Fa. 
( 1RAPE VINES AND WOOD.-Miss J. 
X L. Waring otters tor Fall aud Spring sales at 
wholesale aud retail, her stock of Vines, grown In pots, 
with ureat care. They are principally ot the best new 
varieties—lor,a, Israelis. Aolrondae, and Bogent' Hy¬ 
brids ; also, Delaware, Concord, Diana, Rebecca, Allen's 
Hybrid, Hartford Prolific, &c. The stock is now open 
for the inspection ol buyers. For price list, or lurther 
information, address Miss J. L. WARING, Amenia.N, 
Y., (Harlem R, Ii.) 867-k 
gar; put a clove in one end of the peach and a 
little cinnamon In the other.—3. II. F., Crystal 
Lake, 111., 1866. 
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VAEIOUS RECIPES - SELECTED. 
Pickling Cucumuers in Barrels.— A cor¬ 
respondent having Inquired for the process of 
putting down cucumbers in kegs and barrels (or 
pickle?, wo give the following answer from the 
Country Gentleman:—“ Leave half an inch of 
stem on cucumbers—wash them In cold water— 
immediately pack with 6alt in alternate layers, 
salt uext to wood — one barrel of salt to five of 
cucumbers. Fill the barrel full, putting salt on 
top—cut a wide board so us to just fit inwle. of 
the barrel—bore half a dozen hall inch holes 
through—place it on pickles with a stone on, 
which should weigh at least twenty-live pounds, 
so as to keep the pickles always In brine. Take 
off'all scum which rises to the surface. Keep 
tbe barrels in the shade, and lu four weeks take 
oil'the stone and fill to the top, as they will set¬ 
tle some. Put more salt on, then head them up 
and they are ready for market. It i3 best to 
have two sizes of pickles.” 
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To Keep Preserves. —Apply the white of an 
egg, with a brush, to a single thickness of white 
tissue paper, with which cover tho jars, lapping 
over an inch or two. It will require no tying, 
becoming, when dry, Inconceivably tight and 
strong, and impervious to tho air. 
Grape Wine. —To one gallon of grapes put 
one gallon of water; bruise the grapes, let them 
stand a week without stirring, then draw offj and 
fine. Put to a gallon of wine three pounds of 
sugar, put it in a vessel; but it must not be 
stopped till it has done hissing. 
