Steuben county, good samples of Catawba grapes 
kept in excellent condition. 
From E. C. Frost, Havana, Schuyler county, 
fine specimens of King of Tompkins County 
apples. 
From Dr. B. Spence, of Seuecu county, excel¬ 
lent Isabella grapes, well kept. 
From W. Brown Smith, of Syracuse, 14 varie¬ 
ties of pears, in fine condition. 
From II. N. Lanoworthy, of Rochester, Bald¬ 
win, King of Tompkins County, and Pomme d' 
Or apples. 
From Hugh T. Brooks, of Wyoming county, 
5 varieties of apples, including Northern Spy 
and Peck's Pleasant. 
The Society, by unanimous vote, agreed that 
its summer meeting should he held in Rochester, 
the time to tie agreed upon by the officers, and 
due notice given to members. 
We will give a report of the discussions next 
week. 
vated in Norfolk in the year 1200! is still exten¬ 
sively grown and highly esteemed. (See Bloom¬ 
field’s History of Norfolk.) The Pippin, the 
Romct, the Pomeroyall and the Mangold, are 
very earlv spoken of. In a note-book kept in 
1580 to 15*4, “ the Appetl out of Essex, Lethercott 
Russet Appall, Lounden Peppen, Peartneaue, 
Grenlinge, Bellabotie.'' &c : , are mentioned. “The 
ffusbamrmns Fruitful Orchard published in 
London in 1507.■enumerates Pippins, Pearmains. 
John Apples, Winter Russctings, and Leather 
Coats. _ 
John Parkinson, who wrote in 1629, was the 
first English author who gave anything like a 
satisfactory account of early English apples. He 
enumerates fifty-nine varieties, with “ twenty sorts 
of Sweetings, and none good.” Either he was 
very sourly disposed, or the best sweety flavors 
were very coy, and slow to come out, discrimi¬ 
nating very unmercifully against the ancients, 
and in favor of us. Rea. 166o, mentions 20 varie¬ 
ties, 16 of which were not mentioned by Parkin¬ 
son, from which we conclude that the popularity 
part of the thirteenth century. The llusbemd- 
man's_Fmitfull Orchard, 1597, says:—“I have 
scene in tinfpastures and hedgorowes about the 
grounds of a worsbippfnll gentleman, dwelling 
two miles from Hereford, called M, Rodger lled- 
notne, so many trees of all sorts, that the ser¬ 
vants driiike for the most part, no other drinke 
but that which is made of apples. The quan- 
litic is such, that, by the report of the gentleman 
himselfe. the parson hath for tithe many hogs¬ 
heads of sydir.” 
The Britons, I judge, belonged to the “hard 
culor” party, for we read of a kind ‘'not to be 
drank till two or three years old.” They made 
EVERY-DAY LIFE 
GROWERS' SOCIETY OF WESTERN 
NEW YORK. 
FRUIT 
BY LEAD PENCIL, K8Q. 
Economy is not parsimony, but the latter is 
often practiced under the mantle of the former. 
I went to visit an old friend whom I had not seen 
in many years. The war and its effects quickly 
became the topic of conversation especially its 
effects upon the prices of imports. lie said lie had 
abandoned the use of tea and coffee,—since those 
articles had advanced much in price he could 
not afford to drink them. What did ho drink us 
a substitute? I did not ask, but at the table l 
found out,—the slushiest kind of crust coffee for 
breakfast, and warm water and milk, (no sugar) 
or cold water at supper. I cannot say that I 
thought my friend relished the liquids he drank. 
Here was a man nearly seventy years old, with 
ample means to indulge himself in those luxuries 
all his life, suddenly abandoning their use at a 
time of . life when they would do him the most 
good, and boasting of his economy, and parading 
it before his friends. What was good enough for 
him was good enough for his friends who visit 
him, he said, hence they inuRt Indulge in crust 
coffee or uothing at bis table. But this man was 
not consistent. 1 chanced to meet him at a mu¬ 
tual friend’s table, where the richest Java is the 
breakfast, drink every morning, even in war 
time. Did my friend refuse the Java his host 
proffered him? Oh no! But, upon my honor, 
he drank sift cups of il , at a meal! It was at 
somebody's else expense, you knowl But the 
man who provided the Java was no richer than 
Old Pakhimonius, who drank it everywhere 
except on Ms own table. 
Now, I do not know how many such people 
there are in the world; but I do know they are 
numerous enough to form a class. And I should 
like to drill such a class a few days, and at the 
same time let them see themselves as others see 
them. The world looks right through the gauze 
with which they seek to screen their real mo¬ 
tives. The world laughs at and pities such poor 
’ fools. If there was the shadow of an excuse 
for this parsimony, it would be different; but 
’ coupled, us it is, with other matters of a like char¬ 
acter, little straws showing the way the wind 
blows, it is too plain to gainsay. 
1 I visited a farmer once who boasted he was 
clearing fifteen hundred dollars per year from 
his farm, and who had a fine dairy of cows, and 
made cheese of the finest, quality. I dined 
| with him. With the pie dessert, came no cheese 
on the table. “Mother,” said a young lady, 
H -‘shall I cut some cheese?” The good woman 
first day — morning session. 
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Fruit 
Growers’ Society of Western New York was held 
in this city, on the 15th and 16th insts. The 
attendance was unusually large, and the discus¬ 
sions interesting, animated and profitable. Mem¬ 
bers were present not only from all portions ot 
Western New \ ork. but Ironi die Eastern and 
Central sections of the State. No meeting since 
the formation of the Society has equaled this in 
numbers and interest. A good collection of 
choice fruits, particularly B'tnfer Pears, were on 
exhibition, and formed quite, an attractive feature. 
After the reading of minutes of last meeting, 
the President appointed a Committee to present 
subjects for discussion, and the following were 
reported: 
SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION. 
L Have any of our new or old varieties of Grapes been 
vicious 
forent up]lies. The famous English cider apple. 
Red Streak, gives a specific gravity of 10.79, and 
other varieties are as high as 10.85 and 10.91 
these latter may be considered pretty strong 
cid*f i*i 
Favorite cidor has been sold in Now 5 ork lor 
$10 a barrel, and I venture to say that good 
cider is better than poor wine. The flavor ot the 
elder comes to a great extent from the skin, 
small apples ns having proportionately more 
-kin, make the best eider. If we use cider at 
all, we will do well to study the best inodes ot 
making it, and select the best appleB for the pur¬ 
pose; they must be mature, withuut decay, anu 
must lx> made up when the warm weather is 
over, so as not to occasion excessive fermenta¬ 
tion ; aud be sure, ami put it in sweet barrels. _ 
If we would have good fruit, good culture is 
indispensable. It is a matter of extreme regret, 
that the mass of our citizens ire so neglectful ol 
what, by general consent, makes the beat return 
for labor and capital emptoyed. Fruit trees 
need manure, and the right, kind of manure. 
Well-rotted born-yard manure, lime, ashes, char- 
i . < * .1 * . _ _i •. . i* _iti_ 
CULTIVATION OF THE PLUM. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —It having become 
very difficult, to cultivate the poach successfully 
in nearly all of the northern States, it becomes 
us to look carefully into the proffered treasures 
that Po mona still holds out to us, and, il possible, 
select from her bounteous hand a substitute for 
this most delicious fruit. The plum is of easy 
cultivation where its habits are fully understood 
— the adaptation of certain varieties to certain 
soils, and the best manure to be used in its culti¬ 
vation. The curculiu has made such ravages 
with this fruit for several years that people have 
neglected to plant trees, and the loading pomol- 
ogisls of the country have confined themselves 
so closely to generalities that bur, little informa¬ 
tion lnfts been obtained from that source, in de¬ 
tail, as regards its successful cultivation. I know 
of no authority at this time sufficiently definite to 
direct an inexperienced person in selecting such 
varieties as would be best adapted to the soil in 
which ho wished to set them. In nearly every 
“The Governor and Company of the Massachu¬ 
setts Bay in New England.' 5 introduced apple 
seeds in ‘l629. Governor Wintbop was granted 
Govonor's Island in Boston Harbor, April 3d, 
1632, on the condition that, he should plant 
thereon a vineyard or orchard,—I suppose ho 
planted it. Orchards were planted near Paw¬ 
tucket, R. 1.. 1636. and at Hartford. Conn,, 1645. 
Mr. Henry Coleman says. “ An apple tree grow¬ 
ing in Kingston, Plymouth Co., and planted 1669, 
the year ol King'Philip's war, bore, in 1838, 
thirty bushels of good fruit.” Pretty well for a 
tree 169 years old,-it was a “ lliglqTop Sweet¬ 
ing.” a favorite apple with the Colonists. 
The apple, like the pear, is tenacious of life; 
our best, v arieties, with their owners’ permission, 
will last from lilty to eighty years, and some 
hardy and vigorous trees have reached at least 
two hundred years of age. 
There was recently standing in Prince George 
Co.. Md., a “Codling” tree sent there by Lord 
Baltimore over a century ago. .... 
The interest that onr fathers took in nil it is 
further witnessed by the liberal premium of ten 
Bounds, awarded in 1708, by the Society for Pro- 
' .♦ l i 0, » V,. ^1.Vmino- nl A‘»f* 
injured in their constitution by what are called “ 
methods of propagation 7” 
IL What is the best manure for the Pear, and the best 
method of applying it to the Pear, the Apple, the Plum, 
and the Grape 7 
III. Winch are the beet three Native Grapes for family 
use 7 
the best three Native table Grapes for 
IV. Which arc 
for sale 7 
V. Which is the best Native Grape for wine ? 
VL Which are the best varieties of Winter Tears 7 
the beet method of keeping the Winter 
VIL What is 
Pears 7 
VIII. What is the best method of ripening winter | 
Pears 7 
IX. Which are the best twelve varieties of Winter Ap 
pies, for family use 7 
X. Which are the best six varieties of Apples for mar¬ 
keting 1 
A Committee was also appointed to select of- 
fiocre for the ensuing year, and the following 
were reported by the Committee and elected 
unanim ously: 
President— Stkhikk H Ainsworth. 
Vice I'nstidimts—H. E. Hooker, Judge J. Larrowe, C. 
L. Hooker. 
Secretary - James Vick. 
7 V<xMtirvw-W. P. Townsend. 
Jfaecutxvf. OommMee-T Barry, J. J. Thomas, C. L. 
Hoag, W. B Smith, Saxon it. Gavit. 
A Committee was also appointed to examine 
the fruits on exhibition, when the Convention 
took a recess until 2 o’clock, P. M. 
yellow apple of very fine flavor, though well 
knowu at that lime, reserved its popularity for a 
later period. Miller, in 1724, records, among 
others, the following apples that are well known 
now, Jiineatlug, hummer f’earmain, Sops of 
Wine, Gilliflower, Flower of Kent, Go No Fur¬ 
ther, which being interpreted, moans, “ I am as 
good as you can get." , , ' 
Our own Newtown Pippin, of world-wide 
repute, dates bock to the same period. The 
original tree was a seedling which grew near a 
swamp hi Newtown, Long Island, about 17Q0, mi 
the estate of Glrsbam Moore, and the fruit was 
called the Girsbam Moore Pippin for a long 
time. The tree busted over a hundred years, and 
finally died from excessive cutting, it having 
. J t ...._ u.in, 
England's favorite apple, 
JH ... __,aton, near Boston, more 
than a century ago, (if it had started last year, l 
don’t believe the Yankees would like it, so exces¬ 
sively well,) it grew on the farm of Mr. Butters, 
in the part of the town called Somerville, and 
was known as the Butters’ apple, also known as 
the Wood-peckers apple, (tlm wood-peckers hav¬ 
ing perforated the tree,) being disseminated by 
been much resorted to for scions to graft with. 
•The Baldwin. Now 
originated in Wiluiii 
midsummer to late autumn. Old brine is excel¬ 
lent to turn upon the soil under the trees. Should 
we be compelled to abandon the cultivation of 
the peach, apricot and nectarine, by carefully 
studying the laws of propagation and growth 
we can still supply ourselves with apples, pears, 
plums and the smaller fruits of the first quality. 
It. will be well to bo careful of the salt, as a 
little too much will kill the trees. 
East Jaffrey, N. II. 
bound Russia sends us greeting. Scientific Ger¬ 
many, rich in treasures of thought, makes us her 
everlasting debtor for the Gravenstein; while 
France, in the warmth “fold friendship, sent her 
Reiuettos, Nonpareils and 1‘omme D’Ors. 
Italy, with her A pi, or Lady Apple, weds the 
present to the past; and old Spain and her 
monks, watch for mankind through the world's 
eclipse, the Homological treasures of the East. 
Britain, our lather-laud, sent ns all she bad, 
and we return again more than we received. 
Our own neighborhood, the favored home of the 
apple, with-just pride points to its Melon and 
Northern Spy, while the Early Harvest and 
Ranibo own t*> an American origin. The lVe¬ 
in ate I cannot trace. Coxe does not men¬ 
tion it in 1816; Downing records it in 18-15. 
The King of Tompkins Co., bom in the Jerseys, 
is an apple eminently fit to be eaten, llubbard- 
son Nonsuch, of llubbardson, Mass., and Jona¬ 
than, of Kingston, N. Y., are not unknown to 
fame. 
The Pippins are as numerous as our celebrated 
family of Smiths, and seem to glory in being citi¬ 
zens of the world. I find enumerated in “ Brit¬ 
ish Fomulofy’' 128 distinct Pippins. 
It is too‘late to ask, “What’s in a name?” 
Judas Iscariot has copyists euough, hut uo name¬ 
sakes. The poorest child, even in South Caro¬ 
lina, would soouer go without a name, than take 
Benedict Arnold. And yet, every Paul is not a 
saint; nor every Jefferson, a patriot—witness 
Jefferson Davis.* 
Apples sometimes take their patron's name, 
and il the apple tie only a good one, that name 
bids fair for immortality; 1 would sooner truHt 
the Itoxbury Russet, than any granite obelisk 
from New England quarries. 
If great uamea would make good apples, what 
may we not expect from ‘‘ Gloria Mundi," the 
glory of the world; “ Nonpareil, ' unequaled; 
“ Sine Qua Non .” indispensable; to say nothing 
of the Kings and Queens. 
Among the efficient friends of the apple, 
beside the old writers alluded to, 1 will mention 
Mr. Knight, President of the London Horticul¬ 
tural Society, who assiduously labored to correct 
the nomenclature, and arouse an interest in the 
appje itself. The Society over which he pre¬ 
form or other. I find that it matters little in 
what form it is taken. If rich cheese is eaten, 
less butter is used; if more sugar, there is less of 
other kinds of food. And I find it pays me best, 
and is most economical, to provide my family 
and help with such food as they relish most. 
There is no time spent in complaining, grumbling, 
and wishing for something better than they have 
got. And my men are contented, and I hire 
them at from one to three dollars per month less 
than my economical neighbor, who half starves 
his help, or compels Liiem to eat the coarsest 
food. So, ’Squibb, you can Ree where ,thc econ¬ 
omy comes in. Another thing. My men work 
with a will. They have the heart and muscle to 
work with. They feel that they are at work for 
a man who does not, begrudge them the food they 
eat; nor for one who distrusts them constantly. 
I can trust them to do what 1 set them at. as I 
want it done, and in the time In which it should 
he done. Did my neighbor tell you Unit I clear 
from my farm five hundred dollars morn per 
year than he does? Probably not, but I do, aud 
not by being parsimonious, but by economizing 
time, labor, by systematizing both, and by doing 
to others as I would be done by, were our posi¬ 
tions changed.” 
You will find that the child who is educated 
under such influences, and led on such food as 
parsimony doles out, will bo first to abandon 
that habit of life when outside home influence*. 
L. L. Pierce 
horticultural 
PlV .'KKDIKOS ON KlUJlT GKOWKU’8 SOCIETIES. — For tt 
Week i>r two oar space will bo pretty much occupied with 
the proceedings of I lortioultural Societies that usually 
hold their winter sessions in January. Onr friends who 
have sent us valuable communications will know the cause 
of delay. 
Kura Onions, and a Goon Crop. -1 here present you a 
specimen of forty bushels of onions Unit I raised last sea 
son oil twenty rods of ground that had not been manured 
for the last eight years. I sowed the seed the second week 
iu April, on ground plowed In tlm fall, just made smooth 
with the rake. I covered the seed with bone dust or 
ground bones. I used half a pound of the red and yellow 
Wethersfield, and hoed seven times.— Jah. Lennon, Hoch- 
ester, Jan., 1H03. 
Tin) onions received with the above were very fine 
specimens indeed, largo, smooth, and good every way. 
A New Vkuktahlk.—T here has lately been exhibited, 
at several meetings of the Royal Horticultural 8oeiely, 
a new vegetable which promises to become a permanent 
Institution among kitchen garden crops. It is a cabbage, 
In the form of Brussels Sprouts. The stem ia about a foot 
high, bearing ou its summit a good size hearted cabbage 
English Ink. —Pour one pint of boiling fioft 
water upon 1 oz. bent nut gall* in powder, let 
stand three days in earthen or gloss, and strain. 
Then add 6 drachms of clear copperas and 6 
drachms of gum arable; let stand a month or 
two, shaking occasionally; bottle the clear liquor. 
This ink for deeds and records can be depended 
on without fail. 
*- » -- 
Red Ink.— Take a half-oz. vial, put in a tea- 
spoouful aqua ammonia, gum arabic the size of 
two or three pens, and 5 grains of No. 40 car¬ 
mine, fill up with soft water, and it is soon ready 
to use. This is a beautiful ruling ink. 
Missouri Horticultural Society. —'Hie annual 
meeting of this Society was held at St. Louts, commenc¬ 
ing January lJth, anil continuing four days. It was well 
attended, the discussions and papers interesting and val¬ 
uable. Our Western Aid was there, has taken full notes, 
and we shall publish such port of the proceeding* as wc 
can find space for. The following arc the officers elocted 
for 1863: President —It i'. MuoD, 8t. Louis. Vice Presx- 
dents —I>r. It. P. Edwards, 8L Louis; Geo. H unman, 
Herman ; O. H, P, Lear, Hannibal; Isaac Suedekw, Jer- 
seyvlllc, 111; Win Hadley, Collinsville, III. Correspond¬ 
ing Secretary —Dr. L. D. Morse, Allenton, Mo. Reoord- 
1 ing Secretary and Treasurer— Wa Muir, Molroso, Mo. 
Ground Charcoal la said to be the beet 
thing in the world for cleaning knives. 
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