POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP, 
Pressed Meats or Chicken. —In response 
to an inquiry about the preparation of pressed 
meats or chicken, in a recent number of the 
Rijrat., Nei.i.ie L. Cook of Rockford, HI., re¬ 
sponds by saying:—“Cook the chicken until 
very tender, and until tho water is nearly boiled 
out. Season highly with butter, salt and pep¬ 
per ; remove all the bones; pack very tightly in 
a narrow, deep dish, and set where it will be¬ 
come cold. When used, slice about three-quar¬ 
ters of an inch thick. Or, if preferred, chop the 
chicken—not very line—before packing, afcd the 
white and dark meat, will be more mixed. I pre¬ 
fer tho first method of preparation.” 
Peaches in Onio. — At a recent meeting of 
the Cincinnati Horticultural Society the pros¬ 
pective peach crop was made the subject of re¬ 
mark. The prospect was reported to be quite 
flattering for a good show of peaches the present 
season, except on very low grounds. Here the 
frost has settled the question adversely. 
Best Ai-ples for Iowa.—E. K. Robinson of 
Moravia, Iowa, mentions some twenty varieties 
of the apple which he has cultivated with more 
or less success. Among the particular favorites 
of the writer may be mentioned the White Win¬ 
ter Pearmain, Roman Stem, Wine Sop, Kuwlcs 
Janet, Jonathan, Rambo and Red Juno. 
Blackberries.—A report was recently made 
by a Committee appointed by the West Jersey 
Fruit Growers’ Association on th*c subject of 
blackberries, in which the comparative merits 
of the Dorchester, New Rochelle, Wilson’s Early 
These were all 
THE SCUPPERNORG GRAPE 
A writer (Mr. Van Bcren) in the January 
number of the Southern Cultivator, advised the 
farmers of the South to engage in the culture of 
the Seuppernong grape, and based his estimate 
of profits on a yieid of 1,750 gallons of wine per 
acre. We criticised this as a “ wild goose esti¬ 
mate”—as one which the common sense of 
farmers should teach them was wholly unreli¬ 
able. The April number of tho same journal 
contains another article from a correspondent, 
in which occur these sentences: “That Mr. 
Van Bcren is correct in his conclusions rela¬ 
tive to the production of the Seuppernong 
grape, as well as its exemption from disease, 
there can be no doubt; but his estimates are 
certainly too low. One hundred vines, at ten 
years old, will yield twice as much as ho calcu¬ 
lates, and will bring in market five times ns 
much.” The Editor ol the Cultivator appends 
these remarks to his correspondent’s article: 
“ Our friend Moore, it seems, is not exactly 
posted on Southern products. He is a clever 
gentleman, and the Rural New-Yorker is 
really a first-class family and agricultural paper, 
which, if not quite reliable on Seuppemongs, is 
first-rate authority on sheep. Our advice, there¬ 
fore, to him is, ‘ qu il revitnne. a sex tnouions .’ 
Let him go back to his sheep.” 
One would suppose from the contidence^vith 
which our Southern friends assert that the 
Seuppernong grape is capable of yielding the 
remarkable quantity of 1,750 or even 8,500 gul 
Ions of wine per acre, that they are able at least 
to maintain the statement from the results of 
hearing vineyards of considerable extent. Mr. 
Moore is now making a tour in the South, 
partly with the view of becoming “ posted on 
Southern products,” and if there is a vineyard 
ol Seuppernong grapes, three acres Or even one 
acre in extent, which has produced the lowest 
of the above named quantities of wine as an 
average yield for three years in succession, he 
would be very glad to see it, and would, doubt¬ 
less, describe it to the Rural readers as one of 
the most potable sights of his journey. We 
challenge Southern horticulturists to show it. 
Wc suspect that, the above estimates of yield 
of wine per acre have been made in each in¬ 
stance from the product of single vines only. 
Every experienced fruit grower understands the 
utter wildness and worthlessness of such esti¬ 
mates. As well might we estimate the probable 
yield of apple orchards by that of a single tree 
from whkh 20 barrels have been picked; or a 
dwari pear orchard l'rora the product of two or 
three trees In a gentleman’s garden. And not 
only in the Northern States and California, but 
in all the vine growing districts of the world, 
single vines are, in general, far more prolific in 
comparison to the space they occupy than those 
in thick set vineyards. No wine district in the 
world can show a record of average yield equal 
to that claimed for the Seuppernong grape, and 
what reason is there for us to believe that this is 
such a notable exception to the ruje ? 
When the Editor of the Cultivator gave the 
gratuitous advice “ to go back to his sheep,” he 
evidently forgot that while, the Rural is “ first- 
rate authority on sheep,” it is not less on other 
subjects pertaining to Agriculture and Horticul¬ 
ture. The Rural did not go outside of its prov¬ 
ince in criticising the merits of the Seuppernong 
grape. Furthermore, we are glad to see grape 
culture engaging the attention of farmers at the 
South. Grapes and wine are, doubtless, des¬ 
tined to become important and valuable pro¬ 
ducts of a large part of those States; their 
climate and soil arc adapted to the culture, and 
a diversified production will bring larger pros¬ 
perity. Perhaps, too, the Seuppernong will 
prove the most profitable variety they can plant. 
There will be ample profit in grape culture if a 
yield equal to the average of other favored dis¬ 
tricts can he obtained. But is the Cultivator 
consistent with its reputation for candor, its 
desire to impart reliable information, and its 
standing as the best Agricultural and Horticul¬ 
tural journal in the South, when it endeavors to 
influence farmers to undertake a new culture, by 
holding up a prospect l'or profit which has no 
foundation in fact, and is at variance with all 
the sound horticultural experience of centuries ? 
That we may not be in debt to our contemporary 
for advice, we suggest that it “go back” to 
grapes and get upon a sounder basis. 
Nothing Like It.—F ull weight and uniform 
perfect goods, such is JS'.jf Chemical Saleratus. 
^(Ivevtisicmt'nt^ 
SAGE OIJANGE SEED-SENT BY MAIL 
postage paid, l'or *1 It* : V huNhel, l)y Express, til. 
Address A MIG. I). CHARE, V. M„ 
Fort Washita, Chickasaw Nation, Ark 
and Kittatinny were discussed, 
commended as having a family resemblance, of 
good qualities, differing somewhat in tho season 
of maturing. The last, two had tho advantage in 
this respect, being several days earlier than the 
others, but till desirable for the succession of 
fruit they furnish. 
Grapes in Pleasant Valley, N. Y. — At a 
meeting of tho Pleasant Valley Fruit Growers’ 
Association, held on the 26th of March, the 
question of the best six varieties of grapes, for 
culture in that locality, was up for discussion. 
A vote was taken and the varieties decided upon 
in the following order:—Catawba, Iona, Diana, 
Delaware, Isabella and Concord. The following 
Committee was chosen to get up a work on 
grape culture in that locality:—C. D. Champ- 
lin, T. M. Younglove, Dr. C. Van Keurkn, E. 
L\ Smith, A. Y. Baker, A. J. Switzer, J. M. 
McLwvrv, Row D. E. Loveriikie ami J. N. 
Crane. 
Heading the Canker Worm.—Thomas Ellis 
of Rochester, Mass., writes to the. N. E. Farmer 
concerning the course he pursued to head off 
the canker worn! in ids apple orchard. lie put 
one or more bushels of clean common saw-mill 
dust—varying the quantity according to the size 
of the tree—about the trunk of tho trees, form¬ 
ing a symmetrical mound, piled as high as it 
would stand. No creeping insect succeeded in 
mounting this barrier. These mounds were ex¬ 
amined every evening during the spring months 
for the purpose of putting them in proper shape 
if any had become deranged. The protection 
was perfect the first year, and has continued so 
ever since. The pests were frequently seen 
making a desperate effort to climb the slope, 
but failed in every case. 
I VUGE DIJCUEMSE I’EAK TREES A few 
J thousand extra size UooboeBU do Angouiumo Peat- 
trues, 1 t.„ o years, well eat back each year. Also a flue 
stock of Griino vincH. T. (J. YEOMANS, 
April jj,IKftV. Walworth, N. Y. 
I HOLLA It Pack AGES last, season has Induced mo 
again to offer ouu vino selected by tho purchaser from 
either loan, Isnmlln, Allen’s Hybrid or luigers No. 13, in¬ 
cluding 25 Strawberry plants selected from Aartcultnrlst, 
Wilson’s. Albany, IticiwU or l,a Oonstonto, welch will bo 
sent, prcspaM by mall, at my risk, on receipt of one dol¬ 
lar, nr OtSO lot of l'> strawberre plants, ns above, forSOc, 
and a low for one dollar. Tim above stock Is of the beat 
duality and perfect saUsfaeUuu guaranteed In nil curies, 
vines and Plantu comprising alltlv: Small Emits by this 
1 GO or 1,000 al. the lowest rates. K. D. FANCIIHU, 
Vino firower, l.amJnflburgh, NV Y. 
i*r/4 OHO ISABELLA, Catawba and Cflin- 
r)D,l MM" ton drape Vines at M0 to #r>0 t< M.-, Con 
cord, Delaware and Iona at usual rates. Delaware wood 
*2 V M buds. S. .1. ALLIS. North East, Fa. 
season. We prefer to give descriptions of fruits, 
and refer onr readers to their nearest horticultu¬ 
ral societies, and to careful and experienced fruit 
growers for information respecting their adapta¬ 
bility to particular localities. The following cuts 
ami descriptions arc from the forthcoming work 
of Dr. Warder on American Pomology: 
Ragan’s Red Arpi,ES. —Tree, large, vigorous, 
spreading, productive; fruit, handsome, large, 
lair, globular, somewhat conical, regular; sur¬ 
face, smooth, yellow, covered with mixed red, 
ami splashed crimson; dots, numerous, minute, 
yellow; basin, deep, regular; eye, small,closed; 
cavity, deep, acute, green; stem, medium, slen¬ 
der; core, medium, regular, open, meeting the 
eye; seeds, numerous, long, angular; flesh, yellow, 
flue-gramed, juicy; flavor, sub-acid. Use, inur- 
CHOICE ISABELLA Uimiugnat 
IMP si p M. Well ripened wood from abcar- 
ard prepared for platillng. Also, a One lot of 
Flams, many new and rare. Seuil for Deaqrlp- 
For sale by 
IJ RON SON, GRAVES & SELOVKR, 
Washington .-t. Nurseries, Genova, N. Y. 
O ORDER IY EARLY OF T> E. WILLIAMS, T> 
. i\ • )Ion(vMilr, J.l, ?few Jersey. Jj 
Wo c.oiudder this bflrry the vkuy ukst that has como 
under onr nlmervtillon, and recommend It, to the notice 
of Blackberry growers anil amateurs,— -Am, Inst. I'arm- 
en’ Club Com.,If. i. , 
The berry Is quite us large as the Lawton and the fruit 
ts perfectly swent when rips, melting in Uio mouth and 
leavlmt no core,—I', 7’. Union, if. J. Wfl-St 
leaving no .••or,.. - />. r union, ,\. •/. 
ATONOHE < O I N T Y \ l Itsicitl J.s, 
SPRING 1867- 
Wr offer for sale a general assortment of all kinds of 
Nursery stock. Would cult attention to our 
stock of Peaches, Standard and Dwarf Cherries, 2 years 
old. liases no their men roots, and a line assortment ol 
Evergreens. We also have a lew thousand Standard Ap¬ 
ple Trees, I years old, slightly injured by the hall, which 
wc will sell very low, „ „ 
K!)7-lt | (IQ I flip , BECKWITH & CO., Rochester, N.Y. 
TONA AND ISRAELI,A VINES FOR SALE. 
I Extras, Double Extras, I and 2 yuurs, at eery low rates. 
Send early for Price 1,1st, before buying elsewhere. J. L. 
W ARING. Amenta Vineyard. Amenta, N. v. hbc-u 
Catalogues, &c. ( Received.—IIovey's Illustrated 
Guide to the Flower and Vegetable Garden for 18(17, 
A finely Illustrated and printed pamphlet of 118 pages, 
with colored frontispiece; price, 2ft cts. Hovey & 
Co., 58 North Markot-st, Boston, Catalogue of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &v., cultivated and for 
sale at “ The Evergreens,” La Motile, Bureau Co , 
and Mendota, La Salle Co., 111., by Samuel Edwards. 
W AU1 mi, Ameniu V luey ard. Amonla, N i 
B ICitHY BOXES! Berry Boxes! The 
subscribers, having enlarged their faetlitles lor the 
manufacture of Rerrv and other Fruit Boxes, are now 
lull v prepared lo fillnlsh tile material In any quantity m 
short, notice. 1IK) samples sent on the. receipt of ft I (two 
kinds.) Prices range from #7,to) lo $10 Mf a discount 
Of III 11 cent, where lli,l)0(l or more at e unb red, Send for 
Circular ami I’tleo List. Address WARREN & BIX, 
Jediln. Orletim Co.. N Y. 987-tl 
Hotitfsiic 3£cnttomn 
IALOWEK GARDENS FOR EVERYBODY! 
I' Wa, Wr.nsTKu’H New American Style of Flower 
Gardens, The most exquisite Designs m this Elegant 
Style, sent by mall to any part of the united States. En¬ 
close •r.e.i.s. and allot, stump,and receive by return mall 
a sample, hod with list of Sends. 
Address WM. WEBSTER, 
801-tl' Landscape Gardener, Rochester, N. Y. 
OUR SEWING MACHINE PREMIUM 
In answer to recent inquiries from housewives 
and others, we would state that our offer of the 
Wheeler oi Wilson Sewing Machine No. 8 
(price $55) for fifty yearly subscribers to the 
Rural New-Yorker (at least 10 of them being 
new) at club rate, 88.50 per copy, for, for 20 sub¬ 
scribers, 20 of them new, at $2 each,] Is still in 
force and will he continued until July 1st. Sub¬ 
scriptions can begin the first of January or July, 
or any time between those dates. We have 
already awarded many of these machines, and 
believe they give universal satisfaction. As a 
sample of acknowledgments recently received, 
read the following from our club agent at Avoca, 
Steuben Co., N. Y., and then, if so disposed, 
see if you cannot do likewise: 
D. It. T. Moonw. Esq. My Dear Sir: Tho Wheeler 
<fc Wilson Sewing Machine, sent, by you as a premium 
for the Rt.iui, Club, I received all right in duo time, 
and I must say it is a splendid machine, hilly equal to 
tny most, sanguine expectations. Knowing as I have 
for several years past, by experience, that yon always 
“fill the hill ” to the letter in regard to premiums 
that ynii always give exactly wh-.U yon promise (or 
a little hotter)—still I scarcely looked for so valuable 
a machine as I received. It works well, making a 
beautiful stitch, alike on both aides, and is particu¬ 
larly adapted to family sewing, doing all work done 
on uuy tmicjihuy such as to sew, Btitch, hem, fell, 
braid, bind, quilt, tuck, &e. 
Please accept my moat sincere thanks for the favor, 
and “don’t forget tt> remember” to consider ma u« 
vour permanent agent, for this vicinity for the future. 
But one thing 1 wish lo know How can you afford to 
give us a paper ftjlly worth tho subscription price ami 
even more, when compared to other papers, and In 
addition eive such valuable premiums 1 Where does 
the profit come In ? [In having a largo circulation. 
Wc could not afford Hie Rural at. $3 avoir, if wc only 
had 10,000 or 20,000 subscribers.—E d.J Each year for 
several years we have considered the Rural as hav¬ 
ing arrived at par tacceUence as improvement after Im¬ 
provement was added, but this year lias eclipsed all 
former years; it is now perfectly splendid. Vive la 
Ilural! 
ULOWER SEEDS! 
2j*IjOWEri S£H3X}S! 
imported Tins spring. 
FXLOST * C o - , 
GENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES, ROCHESTER, N. Y., 
Would respectfully Invite the attention of their custom¬ 
ers and others, to their line and extensive collection of 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
Just lmporlud from the best houses In Europe: 
Standard rear Trees, Small Fruits. (/rape Vines, 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Kmrgreens , 
(/men- House and Bedding Slants, 
Hosts, etc., Stc., 
at very low rates. The following Catalogues will be 
sent, pro-paid, to all applicants upon receipt of postage 
stamps, as follows: 
No. 1. Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Vines, 
&c„ 10 cents each. 
No. 2. Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs, Roses, Ac., 10 cents each. 
No.fi. Descriptive Catalogue of Green-House Plants, 
Dahlias, Verbenas, Bulbs, &u., S eeuls each. 
No. I, Wholesale Catalogue or Trade List. 5c. each. 
No. 5. Catalogue of Flower Seeds, 5c. each. [896-41 
Fig. 2.—Cluster Pearmain 
HORTICULTURE, &C., IN SOUTHERN UTAH, 
THE RURAL-PROPAGATING GRAPES, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—So often finding 
your excellent and interesting journal before me 
is a reminder that some time has elapsed since 
using pen for the benefit or amusement of your 
readers. The mildness of the winter here, giv¬ 
ing contiuual and free opportunity for labor, 
reduces the opportunities of correspondence 
and gives room for more than usual excuse,— 
especially as this colony is quite young, “help” 
difficult to he obtained, and every one earnestly 
busied in building, fencing, grading, terracing, 
planting vineyards, orchards, seeds, grain, trees, 
ornamental flowers and vegetables. 
The crops most usually grown here are, wheat, 
corn, oats, barley, sorghum, cotton, castor-oil 
beans, broom-corn, sweet potatoes, onions, beets, 
carrots, parsueps, &c. In fruits we could not 
expect much in five years, yet we have pro¬ 
duced of grapes and peaches quantities not in¬ 
significant, and we have rapidly coming on 
apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, almonds, 
figs, tfee., all of which wo have fruited in greater 
or less quantity. Also, gooseberries, currants, 
raspberries and strawberries, which do well. 
It seems very well established in the minds of 
our citizens that the grape will eventually he the 
great crop here, aud that wine and raisins will 
be our heaviest articles of export. Our moun¬ 
tains are* volcanic; the vine grows luxuriant, is 
fruitful, and the fruit possesses an exalted flavor. 
The climate is dry, aud us yet no enemy or dis¬ 
ease has attacked either the fruit or vines. The 
sweet potato grows luxuriantly here and yields 
well, mud our sorghum and impiiee produce a 
sirup of superior quality. 
Cotton grows well and yields only moderate; 
irrigation expensive and fields small. So if we 
produce enough of that liber for home use we 
shall consider we are doing well. President 
Brigham Young has erected and is about put¬ 
ting in operation at Washington, five miles dis¬ 
tant, a cotton mill of ho mean proportions, and 
another of considerable capacity is in operation 
at Springville, while still another less preten¬ 
tious is located at Parowan. 
Our roses, lilacs, currants, gooseberries, wil¬ 
lows, aud many other shrubs, look quite verdant 
with early growth, aud the peach and apricot are 
bursting their fruit buds. Spring is fairly upon 
us. The birds tune their songs daily aiul the 
hum of insects is audible. So wo must to labor. 
St. George, Southern Utah, Feb. 25,1867. J. 
Mr. Rural.— Air.’ I do not wish to make you 
vain or puffed up, but I wish to speak the truth 
and lie not. Fourteen years ago, when the Rural 
was a little one, it was introduced to me by a 
neighbor. I took it by the hand and hid it wel¬ 
come to my humble home. I have taken some 
pains and time to introduce it to others, and the 
result is that I now stand Godfather (Agent) to 
more than fifty of its offspring. And now that 
it has become a mighty one, such a giant in the 
land that some are getting afraid that it will 
take away their place and nation,—therefore has 
it come to pass that some of the Balaks, (White 
Willow and sheep painting agents,*) are easting 
about them to find some Balaams to curse 
tliee.—But tear thee not, for a just, honest and 
upright man, upholding the right and de¬ 
nouncing the wrong, will always he sustained 
by the good and virtuous everywhere, and their 
curses will only be turned into blessings on thy 
head. 
Now, as it has come to pas6 that the Rural 
has waited great and strong, it is presupposed 
that it has wisdom us Solomon, patience as Jon, 
faith as Abraham, and meekness as Moses. 
Hence, 1 would liku to ask it a question, but I 
am afraid and timorous,—for unfortunately 1 was 
bom away* back in old fogyism. But I will 
“out with It.” As the Iona grape is the grape 
now,—it being conceded that wine jnado from 
that is better when two years old than any 
European wine ten, fifteen, or twenty years old 
—can I take eyes of the Iona grape, place them 
iu little baskets, (a boy or girl can make from 
twenty-five to fifty per day of black ash splits,) 
fill with the right kind of vegetable mold, and 
sprout them in hot-beds by steam or artificial 
beat iu the ground and have them equal to one 
year’s growth ahead ? Tho object of the little 
basket is, that when the weather is right I can 
take it up aud transplant without disturbing 
the roots. 
Mr. Rural or gentlemen grape propagators, 
speak out through the Rural, and do not think 
your craft In danger, for we are to assist each 
other—that is the command. 
Western, Pa., 1867. A North-Easter, 
* We know more of this in Pennsylvania than yon 
do in Rochester. 
My stork of vines* for spring plaining comprises u gene¬ 
ral assortment iff the, different vnrletfe*; all of which 
have been grown with the utmost, rare and with gpecial 
reference to produoiug healthy, well-matured rooU. 
Long experience hue provefl my system of growing 
vinca to be the tm«t In practice, and by devoting my uu- 
erglee entirely to lids one department. I am enabled by 
past experience and, with the. aid of extensive and per¬ 
fect facilities, to produce belter vinesand In larger quan¬ 
tity than any other propagator. Iu an eminent degree 
Is this true of my present stock of 
PEACH CULTURE 
IONA AND RSRAELLA VINES 
Isaac PuLLENbf Hightstown, N. J., is reputed 
to have had much experience in peach culture 
and worthy of being an authority on the subject. 
In an article embodied in an agricultural report, 
he says:—“In all cases, peach trees should be 
planted when of one season’s growth. The time 
of planting, whether fall or spring, is immate¬ 
rial,” cxeeptin very severe climates, when spring 
may be preferable. “In orchard planting the 
ground should he furrowed from eighteen to 
twenty feet apart and the trees set at about the 
same depth as when in the nursery. The side 
limbs and tops should be cut off, leaving a 
straight stem of the desired length for forming 
a head. This should be done in the spring. 
When the heads begin to form; all the unneces¬ 
sary shoots should be pruned away, leaving three 
or four limbs in a suitable position to form the 
tree. Shortening about one-half the growth for 
two or three years is all that is necessary till 
hearing commences—except the removal of the 
borers, for which the knife will be found the 
most certain and effective instrument. Any soil 
which will produce com and potatoes liberally 
will answer lor the peach with the bestowal of 
about the same amount of cultivation. Wood 
ashes aud guano are good fertilizers for the 
peach.” 
These twu varieties ban: very Jumly rnmiWcrt the high- 
eat commendations every wberc, and tn« Iod» has coin** 
to bo acknowledged ttie best American wiuo grape. 
Read the following: 
••The Iona and T-raclIa Grape*, originated by Dr. C. 
W. Grant, at Iona Island, arc tuc best grapes In Amort 
<:a."—TV. r, Tribune. 
••Thu Iona U nacqaallcd by any native, and is probably 
unhurpassvu by nny foreign hlun.’ Am. Agriculturist. 
PlkxsaNT Vallicv, .lan. 1807. 
Dr C. W.Grant:- 1 have tried tno tona wine by tho 
severest tests that con Id be fiirnlsticd, and allot tlic 
trials have been very satisfactory. • 
Taking the licet Catawba wine Unit bus been made as 
“very good," I should place Delaware next, above it In 
rani; Diana, for some qualities, next above that; aud 
1 Fliitdng' toniv by tlm aide of the finest wines of Ger¬ 
many, that are not excelled m the world, It does notsuf- 
fer In comparison In any rosaect, while It has some im¬ 
portant characteristics entirely lie own, that, iu my esti¬ 
mation, place It above that of all other grane* with which 
I mu acquainted. I Intend to plant largely or It, andot 
that only, aud from my own experience and extended 
observation, confidently recommended tho same to tny 
friends. Inclosed find order for tlt.OOfl limn vines, No.I, 
Vineyard ( lass. C. D. ( iiA«et.i>- 
Becr&tary Pleasant Valley Wine Co. 
The great popularity of these two most valuable varie¬ 
ties has Induced their extensive propagation from Imma¬ 
ture wood, aud thus thousands of vines have been pro¬ 
duced ami disseminated, which will only serve to injure 
tHe)t well merited repulaUou and to disappoint those 
who have purchased them. 
Being la possession of the original vines, and also of 
many ot the first prupogated from them, I have been 
supplied with an abundance of mature wood to grow a 
largo slock for market, and now offer at low rates vinca 
of such extra quality as will not disappoint the planter. 
par Great Inducements are offered to clubs. Send 
stamp for Price Lists of Vtues, will* engravings of Iona 
and Israellu. and ask yonr neighbors to join with you In 
forming a r.lub. Manual op thb Vine (a thorough 
treatise.) sent for 50 cents. Address 
C. \V. GRANT, loun, incur Peeksklll,) 
896-lt Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Pure Cider Vinegar. —(H. F., Terre Haute, 
Inti.) Pure atul good cider vinegar can be inude 
only from pure anti good cider. Thu main point 
ia to expose the liquor to the air as freely as pos¬ 
sible, at a temperature at least 80°; if warmer, it 
would be better. Casks half tilled and placed in 
the nun with the bungs out Tvill soon furnish 
vinegar. But much is lost in this way by leak 
age. The best way is to leach the cider slowly 
through a long box or cask, filled loosely with 
sweet, hardwood shavings. This should be done 
in a warm room or in the hot summer sun. The 
cider gets the requisite air and heat and turns 
quickly to vinegar. 
Bed Bugs— Salt Them.—A lady writes tlm 
Texas Christian Advocate that Bait is a sure 
thing on bed bugs. Wash the articles and places 
infested with the bugs with salt and water, and 
fill cracks aud crevices where the vermin hide ; 
they will give no more trouble. They cannot 
abide where salt is. 
