vine that now girths fifteen inches for each of 
its main branches, and is the mother of a pro¬ 
geny that no mortal can number.” 
We have published in the Rura r, more than 
once the history of this grape. It was found by 
L. B. Langwoktuv, Esq, in Saratoga county, 
in this State. Ou his removal to Rochester, Mr. 
L. brought vines with him, and named it the 
Clinton, in honor of Governor Clinton. Under 
this name it has been propagated by our nurse¬ 
rymen and disseminated. 
SEASONABLE HINTS 
Millions of trees are now being sent from 
our nurseries, and whether they live and pro¬ 
duce fruit and become a source of pleasure 
and profit to those who purchase them, or 
whether they will languish and die and be an 
annoyance as well as a loss, depends very much 
on the treatment Ihey receive. A few hints on 
the subject, therefore, will be in season. 
There is some difference of opinion as to the 
best time for planting. In Western New York 
we prefer the fall, on account of the leisure and 
the fine weather usual at that season. Still, 
no one need fail in spring planting. All that is 
required is a little cure. We have planted a 
hundred pear trees in full blossom the 15th of 
May, without losing a specimen, and ripened a 
good crop of fruit on some of them. This we 
would engage to do any year. One reason why 
some persons object to fall planting is, that the 
water lies around the roots in the spring of the 
year and injures the trees. This objection in 
most cases is good against the soil or situation, 
but not good against the time of planting, and 
shows that it is unfit for fruit trees at any time. 
Trees require a well drained eoU. In districts 
where the winter is very severe, as it is in some 
of our Western States, where sometimes estab¬ 
lished trees are killed to the roots, we would pre¬ 
fer the spring, as thus we would escape the 
danger of one winter at least, and perhaps the 
trees would be better able to endure tho extreme 
cold after a season's growth,— though this is 
questionable, as we have seen trees killed at the 
West with a degree of cold that would not injure 
them here. 
As to the manner of planting, we will say only 
a few words. A little thought will show aDy one 
the right way. Every one kuows that any tree 
or plant grows best in a nice, rich, mellow, deep, 
dry soil, than In one the reverse ol' this. If you 
wish your trees to do well, prepare just such a 
soil for them. The tree before being taken from 
the ground, has all its fine roots nicely spread 
out like net-work. These fibrous roots, If the 
young tree was well cultivated, permeated all 
through the mellow soil, gathering food for tho 
growing tree. This Ehows us how it should bo 
planted. If yon plant this tree in a small hole, 
with the roots “all in a heap and matted 
together, and then throw lumps of cold, hard 
earth upon them, how can you expect it will 
grow? If, however, you prepare a good, mellow 
piece of ground, make a deep hole, fill it with 
the finest and richest of surface earth nearly to 
the top, place your tree upon it, spread the roots 
carefully, removing with a sharp knife any that 
may have been bruised, then cover them with 
the finest of mold, nicely sifted in among them; 
and sprinkle from a watering pot aoout two 
quarts of water to each tree, before finishing 
covering, then you may expect your tree to grow, 
and will not be disappointed in one case in a hun¬ 
dred. The trees should be planted about as 
deep an they grew iu the nursery. If planted iu 
the spring each tree should receive a pretty 
thorough pruning of its branches to balance the 
loss of its tine roots by removal, but fall planted 
trees we would not prune until early in the 
spring. 
The tree being so nicely planted, of course 
must be taken care of afterwards, or not. only the 
labor, but the tree is lost. A newly planted tree 
is apt to be swayed about by the wind, making 
an opening around the trunk, down to the roots. 
This not only disturbs the roots, but injures 
them by drying. The mice, in some places, are 
very troublesome to trees during winter, gnaw¬ 
ing the bark so as to girdle and destroy them. 
After planting in the fall, if a mound of earth is 
thrown up around the tree, it will prevent the 
swaying of the tree by the wiud, and in most 
cases prevent injury from mice. This mound 
should be leveled iu the spring. Trees planted 
in the spring should be staked, and the trees fas¬ 
tened to the stakes by some soft material that 
will not injure the bark. A couple of draining 
tile or a piece of tin, placed around a tree will 
save it from the depredations of mice. 
Hum i m. o our re is, just out or the wash room, 
onder over of a shed. Extend half or three- 
quarters inch pipe for steam to the middle of the 
bottom, bending it to form of surface, and termi¬ 
nating with open end. Take another pipe to 
discharge cold water over the top of the kettle. 
Use t.he best quality of ‘first sorts' of potash, in 
the proportion of (5 pounds of potash to 7 pounds 
of grease, for a barrel of 40 gallons. Break up 
the potash into small lumps, and dissolve it in 
say 2 pails of hot water to 24 pounds. It dis¬ 
solves rather slowly when tho potash is good. 
When dissolved, put the solution into the kettle, 
add the grease quite warm, and stir the mixture 
together. Allow it. to stand over night, if con¬ 
venient. In the morning apply a moderate jet 
ol steam until the mixture appears ropy, or 
rather soapy. Shut off the steam and open the 
cold water valve, stirring the mixture, as the 
water runs until tho kettle is full, or the required 
quantity obtained for the materials used.” 
THE STRAWBERRY. 
NEW FRENCH .MARIGOLD — HABIT OF GROWTH. 
A FINE NEW MARIGOLD. 
bulbs, aud induced several friends to do the 
same! To-day the bulbs came; they didn’t keep 
our ‘‘ready” without making any returns, but 
they really came—and proved to be the finest 
bulbs ice ever sain, all in good order, “baker's 
dozen," awl sent by mail free of postage! “ That’s 
what’s the matter,” and what l have to complain 
of, is that bad swindle which people Inflict upon 
themrelves by allowing Ihelr suspicions to cheat 
them out of many luxuries which they might 
otherwise enjoy. 
Who does not love flowers! And how few 
persons have gardens from which you might 
take even a decent, boquet! Bulbs are easy of 
culture, and surely produce some of the most 
beautiful flowere to be found! But there are 
some would-be florists who love flowers just as 
some good, dear, pious, stingy people love the 
Lord,— with all the heart, but none of the purse. 
They “ almost worship flowers," but are appalled 
if you chance to suggest, buying them. The 
bulbs just received are planted and marked in 
good order, aud next season when they bloom I 
hope to he permitted to send you a line again, 
and if in any respect they prove a swindle, the 
readers of tho Rural shall be fully advised 
and warned. But we have no fears. I ought to 
add, however, that I have culled on tho others 
who also sent for bulbs, and they were all disap¬ 
pointed,—all nicer than they expected. Too 
bad, but we’ll be martyrs just this time. 
Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 14, 1863. L. O. Bkdki,l. 
Clarence , P—Large, crimson, rounded, juicy, 
delicious flavor, productive. A seedling of Long- 
worth's Prolific and of same form. 
Fredonia, II — Very large, sweet, juicy, line 
flavor, very productive, the berries in large 
trusses. 
Sempronia, H — A remarkable seedling of the 
Ilovey, but varying in sex, monstrous, bright, 
deep scarlet; flesh white, sweet, very good; 
plant tall, vigorous, with broad foliage, pro¬ 
ductive. 
Imperial Crimson, P — Large, deep crimson, 
juicy, sweet, excellent flavor aud amazingly 
productive. 
Terpsichore, H —Second early, large, bright 
scarlet, sweet, good flavor; plant vigorous, with 
strong, erect trusses. 
Sultana, H — Early, very large, light orange 
scarlet, sweet, fine flavor, plant vigorous, very 
hardy, highly productive. 
Vidorine, H —Rather early, very large, coni¬ 
cal, bright scarlet, juicy, good flavor; plant 
vigorous, very productive. 
SIX SELECTED PINE STRAWBERRIES. 
Lario — Earliest of all the pines, ripening with 
the earlier of the scarlets, aud continues three 
weeks, very large, brilliant, scarlet, long cone, 
compressed; flesh rosy, very sweet, perfumed, a 
very estimable family berry; plant vigorous and 
very hardy. 
Ornament des Tables, (Soupert)—Very large, 
orange scarlet, obtuse cone, splendid, very sweet, 
delicious perfume; peculiarly beautiful foliage; 
plant vigorous, very hardy. 
Bahadoor, (Nicholson)—Large, obtuse cone, 
crimson; flesh rosy, sweet, delicious flavor. 
Delicea da Palais, (Nicaisse) —Round, glossy 
crimson; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, extremely aro¬ 
matic, a delicious berry. 
Lucas, (De Joghe) — A seedling of La Con¬ 
stitute, of remarkable character, very large, 
obtuse cone, bright, crimson, flesh rosy white, 
juicy, sweet, extremely rich, of most, delicious 
flavor, never surpassed; splendid foliage, very 
vigorous. 
Jaminette, (Belgian)—This most hardy of the 
pines and of very vigorous growth, is destined 
to entirely supersede the Triomphe de Gaud iu 
field culture, It being so far superior to it in 
every point. It. is very large, and sometimes 
enormous, beautiful, bright vermilion, conical, 
some variable; flesh rosy, film, sweet, juicy, 
excellent flavor. The crop greatly surpasses tho 
Triomphe, and the foliage and plant is unin¬ 
jured by the heat of summer and frosts of winter. 
To these should be added the two finest Ameri¬ 
can Pines, Eureka and Lenuig’s White; and two 
of the most delicious flavored Hau tools varieties, 
Bijou des Praises aud Rivers’ Royal; and two of 
the splendid Chili varieties; two of the Euro¬ 
pean Wood varieties, the Montreuil and White 
Wood, and two of the finest Alpines for the latest 
autumnal crop. By such a judicious chain the 
Parisian markets arc* well supplied with straw¬ 
berries from May to Christmas. 
For the most profitable Held culture, and to 
supply our markets successfully for a long 
period, it is necessary to begin the season wilh 
the varieties of the Virginiaua or scarlet family, 
to be followed by the Iowa varieties, then by the 
Pines, and last by the Chili and Alpine varieties. 
The following varieties would perfect such a 
chain. Welcome, Sultana, Victoriue, Snprema, 
Diadem, Terpsichore, Fredonia, Imperial Crim¬ 
son, Lawrences, Sempronia, Melanie, Scarlet 
Magnet, Late Globe, and the following Pines:— 
Lorio, Jaminette, Ornament des Tables, and 
Lucas. After these we have only the Chili and 
Alpine varieties. Wm. R. Prince. 
WASHING WOOLEN GOODS, ETC. 
I WANT to do something for tho Rural so I 
send a few receipes, as they may Interest some: 
To Wash Woolen Goods.— Prepare in your 
tub some soft wafer as warm as you can bear 
your hand iu, put your soap in the water, wash 
the flannels clean iu Ibis, have iu another tub or 
pail some more hot water, (if there should be no 
suds left, in the last water alter wringing put in a 
little * soap,) wring quick, slake well and dry. 
You must never put soap on your clothes, or 
apply cold water, as that is the cause of the flan¬ 
nel fulling. White goods will do well to have 
the last water blued. Ironing, too, fulls, if any 
soap be left in them theu. 
Crullers.— One spoon melted butter; 1 spoon 
sugar; 1 spoon milk; 1 egg; a little soda, nutmeg. 
Mix, roll thin, cut any shape you like and fry in 
lard. 
Will some of the Rural’s friends tell me how 
to make fancy baskets and frames of cones and 
grasses. Mrs. Libbie Welch. 
Pontiac, Mieh., 1803. 
THE CULTURE OF FRUIT. 
The extension of three great improvements 
mark the past ten years as a remarkable era— 
Railways, Telegraphs and F nit Trees. The 
bonelita conferred by the latV*. to the people at 
large, are quite equal to those of the two first 
combined. Nothing has occurred in the history 
of mankind to compare at all with the extent of 
fruit gardens and orchards that are yearly set 
out. Fifteen years »go, we ^ —d r.t Roche; ter 
what is now the largest nursery iri America —it 
consisted of only six acres of ground. The same 
proprietors now occupy two hundred acres 
densely planted with thrifty fruit trees, and their 
sales are fully equal to their propagation. Fif¬ 
teen years ago tho whole ground iu fruit nurse¬ 
ries, within ten miles of Rochester, did not 
amount to fifty acres; now, a careful estimate 
gives the amount at least one thousand acres. 
And all there are yearly pouring their millions of 
trees into all parts of the country, and yet the 
demand for them to set out is quite equal to the 
supply. 
Fifteen years ago, we were repeatedly told 
that “so many large nurseries” would glut the 
market for trees—and that the market for fruit, 
would be likewise deluged and overdone. Time 
has now elapsed sufficient to bring those trees, 
with good culture, iuto full bearing; and the 
yearly amount, pet out since that prediction, has 
increased ten-fold; yet the price of good fruit at 
this day is higher than ever. 
There is a reason for all this. One is the dis¬ 
covered value of fine fruit, and ti e other is the 
loss of myriads of young trees I y bad manage¬ 
ment. On these two points, we propose to offer 
a few remarks. 
First—on the value of fruit, but few words 
will be needed, for the whole community are 
quickly discovering that a few acres of orchard 
often yield more profit than all the rest of a large 
farm that one to three hundred dollars per acre 
annually is no unusual return under good man¬ 
agement—while In rare cases, a single tree will 
nearly pay for an acre of ground by the products 
of one season only. Besides this, not a few are 
learning that a good supply for family use saves 
a great many hard-earned dollars, yearly paid to 
the miller or butcher, or what is the same thing, 
an equal amount turned into market. The use 
of apples alone, where a constant, supply may 
be had for baking, stewing, for puddings, 
and for pies, woilld save to many .familes at 
least a hundred dollars annually—and by using 
rich, high flavored sorts, the use of hundreds of 
pounds of sugar would be obviated, otherwise 
required for sweetening and supplying the requi¬ 
site flavor. But this is so well understood that, 
we need not dwell upon the subject longer, 
except merely to allude to the pleasure and sat 
isfaction which it must afford every one to be 
furnished with a succession of delicious fruits 
during a great part of the year, commencing 
with strawberries, and including cherries, cur¬ 
rants, raspberries, apricots, pears, plums, peaches 
and apples, some of which may, with care, be had 
for using every day of the year. 
In relation to management, a great deal may 
be profitably said. The ground for every orchard 
and fruit garden, should, in the first place, be 
properly enriched; secondly, the trees should he 
well set out; and thirdly, and most important of 
all, good and constant cultivation must be given. 
There is no “royal road” to good fruit; an 
orchard requires attention aud labor quite as 
much an a Held of corn and potatoes. The most 
efficient and economical way to perform this 
labor it is our present object to point out.—J. J. 
Thomas. 
It forms a compact globular mass some 
eighteen inches in height, and of about the same 
diameter. Early in tho season the (lowers are 
not very numerous, but when the plaut begins to 
attain full size, which, it grown early, will tie in 
July, it forms a most beautiful mound of yellow 
flowers, with just enough of the blight, green, 
delicate foliage visible to make the whole as fine 
as can be desired. The engraving shows the 
habit of the plant. We have many plants that 
have not had less than a thousand flowers each 
the past three months. 
How to Draw Tea. —A few years since, the 
writer took tea with a relative, and was delighted 
with the quality of the beverage. Upon inquiry, 
it proved that the article was from the same 
package used by another friend, whose tea al¬ 
ways tasted miserably, aud the difference was 
wholly owing to the methods used In Us prepara¬ 
tion. The last named person followed the usual 
plan of pouring boiling water upon the tea, 
which causes most of the aroma to escape with 
the steam. The other friend adopted the follow¬ 
ing process, which I have siuee practiced, and 
would recommend;—Pour tepid or cold water 
enough on the tea to cover it, place it on the 
stove-hearth, top of a tea-kettle, or any place 
where it, will tie warm, but not enough so as to, 
cause the aroma to escape in steam. Let it re¬ 
main about half an hour, theu pour on boiling 
water and bring to the table. 
CANADA WEST FRUIT GROWERS’ SOCIETY, 
A special MKETtFG of the members of this 
Association was held in tho Town Itall, St. 
Catharines, ou the 7th iosh, Judge Logie, of 
Hamilton, presiding, and D. W. Beadle, Esq., 
Secretary. There was a very fine collection of 
open air grapes, pears and apples on exhibition. 
We copy the discussion on the Ontario grape. 
We have before published several communica¬ 
tions respecting the origin of this grape, from our 
Canada friends. 
W. II. Read- The Ontario is a seedling of my 
own raising. I saved above a pint of seed, saved 
from several varieties, including Isabella, and 
the grape was grown by Mr. Solomon Hill, and 
some of my own hybridizing, but I cannot say 
from which particular seed it grew, as i planted 
them altogeiher, and it is quite possible that it is 
a seedling from Mr. Hill’s grape. My vine is 
about ten years old, is growing in soil prepared 
with the plow without any manuring, in the 
lower part of my door-yard that has not been 
cropped for many years. 
Mr. Solomon IUll— l have had my vine 18 
or 20 years, nought it of a traveling peddler for 
the Virginia White Grape; I grew it two years 
in the garden, I then moved it to my new garden, 
in a clay soil, and it is now standing there. Has 
bad very little attention, paid to it within the last 
year. I only trimmed and manured it Last 
season I ringed it just after the berries were 
nicely set, and found it made the berries but 
little larger. These berries now exhibited had 
no special care this season, were not ringed nor 
thinned out in any way. 
Mr. Arnold — Put Union Village, Ontario, 
and Mr. Hill’s grape side by side within four 
feet of each other, and in all respects equally 
situated. They fruited this year for (he first 
time, and neither my friends who examined 
them, nor I, have been able to perceive any dif¬ 
ference between them all, either in foliage, fruit 
or flavor. It is at least ten days earlier than the 
Isabella. 
Mr. Tayi.or —f have Ontario and Union Vil¬ 
lage, and if my Uulon Village is true to name, 
they are certainly different varieties. Ontario is 
quite a desirable grape, it is earlier by ten days, 
and decidedly superior to the Isaliella. 
Mr. Graydon— It is a good grape when you 
want a large bunch for show, not for wine or 
table use. 
Mr. Holton — I think it very desirable that 
we have further evidence as to the identity of 
these grapes with the Union Village, and suggest 
that the subject rest until another year shall 
give us further information. 
These varieties were tasted by members, but 
not having an opportunity of seeing foliage and 
branch, the meeting concurred in Mr. Holton’s 
suggestion. 
To Sweeten Butter Firkins —Before pack¬ 
ing butter iu new firkins, put them out of do. « 
in the vicinity of the well, fill them with water, 
and throw in a few handfuls of salt. Let them 
stand three or four days, and change the water 
once during that time. Butter firkins should be 
made 61’ white oak, and this process effectually 
takes out tho acid contained in that wood, and 
makes the firkin sweet. If the butter is well 
mjtdo and rightly packed, it will keep good all 
summer, even if the firkin be kept in store above 
ground. To cleanse old firkins in which butter 
has been packed and left exposed some time to 
the air, fill with sour milk, and leave standing 
twenty-four hours; then wash clean, and scald 
with brine. This makes them as good as new. 
ORIGIN OF THE CLINTON GRAPE, 
Crystallizing Grass — 1 noticed in a recent 
Rural inquiries for pickling mangoes and crys¬ 
tallizing grass:—of the former I cannot give 
what I call a good recipe—of the latter I can 
furnish one which 1 think will give satisfaction. 
First, fake one pound alum and one quart soft 
water, put in a new tin pan, over a slow lire, stir 
occasionally until dissolved, then remove, put 
your grass in while hot and let it remain twenty- 
four hours in the same position, when it will be 
ready for the vase.— Weltuie Upton, Clymer, 
N. Y, 1863. 
In a recent address before the Kirkland Agri¬ 
cultural Society, of Oneida county, Prof. E. 
North made the following remarks about the 
Clinton grape, which are to us decidedly new, so 
far as the history of its origin is concerned: 
“The well-known ‘Clinton Grape,’ which ia 
described in the fruit-books with no account of 
its history, originated in the horticultural amuse¬ 
ments of a student in Hamilton College. The 
original Clinton Grape vine is now growing over 
a tall elm tree on the east side of Dr. Curtis’ 
house, formerly the residence of Dr. Noyes, on 
College Hill. It was planted there in 1821, by 
Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes, who was then a 
Junior in College. He had planted a quantity 
of grape-seed, two years before, in his father’s 
Out of the hundreds 
Stewed Apples.— Make a clear syrup of half 
a pound of sugar to one pint of water. Skim it; 
peel aud core the apples without injuring the 
shape. Let them be in cold water till the syrup 
is ready, to which add the juice of a lemon, arid 
the peel out very fine. Stew the apples in the 
syrup tiil quite done. Quarters of orangea may 
be boiled in the same syrup instead of apples. 
BADLY SWINDLED.-READ! 
[TnE following expose was received and is 
ordered published during the temporary ab¬ 
sence of the gentleman who conducts the Horti¬ 
cultural Department of the Rural:] 
Eds. Rural:—James Vick advertises in the 
Rural. Well, so far, that is a good recommen¬ 
dation. He desires people to send for bis cata¬ 
logue of bulbs or tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, 
lilies, (to., 4c. Well, people ought to send for it, 
out of curiosity, if nothing more. Jt is sent free 
of charge or postage —only take the trouble to 
write for it I sent for it, after seeing his adver¬ 
tisement in the Rural, thinking if such a good 
paper as that would advertise his “bizniz” he 
must be a reliable man. Yes, tn spite of all the 
caution we hear almost, daily against Eastern 
nurseries and seedsmen,—especially from West¬ 
ern dealers, I did send for it, and, worse than 
that — for it is said that “Experience is the only 
school in which fools can learn,”—I sent for 
garden, iu Whitesboro, 
that came up from this planting, Mr. White se¬ 
lected one that looked promising, aud planted it 
east of Dr. Noyes’ house. This seedling vine 
proved to be a rampant grower and wonderfully 
productive. As a grape for making wine and 
jelly, it has come to be a favorite iu latitudes 
where the Catawba will not ripen. It is a popu¬ 
lar grape with the masses, who make no special 
> objection to a little (bxiness, where the vine is so 
f thoroughly hardy, aud the crops so unfailing. 
1 Frequent inquiries have been made for the his- 
q tory of this grape, but they are now published 
f for the first.time. Since bis graduation, Mr. 
2 "White has been a worthy member of Congress, 
r yet there is no slander in doubting if any act of 
y his public career ever brought him more of real 
3 and lasting satisfaction than the planting of that 
| seedling grape-vine in Dr. Noyes’ garden; a 
Higdoh—A Cold Fickle.—T o one gallon of 
finely chopped green tomatoes, put six chopped 
green peppers and six chopped onions; then sait 
it well and let it stand overnight; squeeze it dry. 
and put to each gallon one tablespoonful of 
ground pepper, one of allspice, and one half-pint, 
of white mustard seed. Let it stand a month 
before using for the table. 
Breakfast Potatoes.—P are and wash the 
potatoes. Cut them in pieces one-third of an 
inch in thickness; boil in as little water as pos¬ 
sible, so that it will neat ly all be evaporated in 
cooling. When done, add a small quantity of 
sweet cream or milk, thickened with a little iiouv. 
