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Chinese Moth Tincture.— The season fast 
approaches when it will become necessary to lay 
furs aside and preserve them from their ravish- 
ere-the moths. The following hints may bo 
useful to our readers:—One ounce of gum Cftm . 
phor aud one ounce of powdered shell of red 
pepper are macerated in eight ounces of strong 
alcohol ior seven days, and then strained. With 
this tincture the furs and cloths are sprinkled 
over and rolled up in sheets. This remedy is 
used in Russia, under the name of “Chinese 
Tincture for Moths,” and is fouud very effective. 
Buck-thorn for Hedges.— A correspondent wants 
to know the best time and mode of planting the 
Buck-thorn for hedges. Will some one posted in the 
business respond to the inquiry ?} 
Worms on Currant Bushes.—A friend states that 
air-slaked lime. sprinkled over currant bushes, will 
prove a perfect preventive to the ravages of the cur¬ 
rant worm, ft is certain, effective and cheap. 
THE SEASON-FRUITS, FLOWERS. &c, 
Gardeners and fruit growers find their ope¬ 
rations as much delayed by the wet, cold season 
as the farmers. Vegetables out of doors come 
forward very slowly. Asparagus has hardly 
afforded one good cutting; the earliest peas 
are but five or six inches high, and other spring- 
planted vegetables, except lettuce, are yet most¬ 
ly below ground. 
At this date, May 25th, no fruit trees here¬ 
abouts are. yet fully in leaf; apples show no 
blossoms; cherries come out feeble and slowly; 
pears are just opening, and of peaches we have 
not yet seen a blossom in the orchards, though 
here and there a tree may be found, sheltered in 
city yards, that shows a few. The peach orchards 
look as bare and dead as a forest of oak trees in 
March. In Western New York, at least, there 
w ill be few peaches, but from the larger portion 
of the peach-growing localities in the country 
the reports are favorable. 
Strawberries are struggling slowly into blos¬ 
som, and were it not for the half swollen buds 
grape vines would look as dormant as in the 
dead of winter. 
Much rain, cloudy skies, and persistent cool 
weather do not bring flowers into rich aud pro¬ 
fuse bloom, but may prolong their season. The 
spring flowering bulbs are showing well; the 
gorgeous magnolias are opening and the pan¬ 
sies and mauy of the early spriug flowers are in 
the height of bloom. 
Flowers. Annuals should be transnlanted before 
they are too large; a mul, showery day should be 
chosen '■ the work. If the weather is dry give the 
plants a , ,.od soaking after they are set. The water¬ 
ing pot without the rose Jet answers admirably for 
this. Remove as mach soil as possible with the roots 
of the plants. 
PEAn|BuaHT-T»iE Skokhl.— tn the RuiULof May 
18th the Editor, writing from the South, asked if any 
of the readers or the Rural had observed blight in 
the Seckel in their localities An affirmative answer 
comes from G. S. Conover. Esq.. West Fayette, Sen¬ 
eca Co. He says:—“Of some ISO varieties which 1 
have the Seckel has suffered as had as any other, and 1 
vv orth Considering. — Good diet makes 
healthy children and healthy adults. Good Sal- 
eratus helps to make nutritious, healthy diet 
Hence use D. B. De Land & Co.’s Best Chemical 
Saleratus, as it is perfectly pure, and better than 
Soda for all purposes. 
,u “ 1,1 in a vi ut-dhell." —the many 
kinds of common Saleratus found In market are 
weak, impure aud unhealthy, and defraud the 
purchaser of his money. Pyle’s Saleratus is 
entirely free from all those objections. Its great 
sale proves Its popularity. Sold by grocers eve¬ 
rywhere, in pound packages. 
Grand Strawurrry and Grape Exhibition— 
The Managers of the American Institute announce 
that an attractive exhibition of Strawberries atm Hot 
House Grapes will be held at the Rooms of the 1 nst.i- 
tnte, it. the Cooper Building, Fourth Avenue and 
Eighth Street, New York City, on Tuesday and Wed¬ 
nesday, June 18th and lftth. Liberal premiums are 
offered. In amounts from #8 to *C0. For premium 
list, etc., address John W. Chambers, No. 22 CooDer 
HniLli*.,. XT_vr i “ 
BARBERRIES. 
STB AW BERRIES. 
RASI'BER RIES. 
black BEK RIES. 
CURRANTS, wharf CHERRIES 
GOOHEBER RIES. 
CKANBER RIES. 
SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 
By Andrew S. Fuller, 
PRACTICAL UORTIOULTURl NT, RIOOKWOOD', 
8 It It O B N CO., N . J . 
A new work, aud the only 
DWARF PEAR TREES-MANAGEMENT 
B. T., Burlington, Iowa, writing the Country 
Gentleman about the management of dwarf pear 
trees, says:—“I'would not allow a branch to 
grow nearer the ground than 18 inches. When 
planted out I would see that all the limbs, if 
there were any, were symmetrical and propor¬ 
tioned to the tree. I would watch carefully 
that no one branch monopolized more than its 
share of nutriment, or grew too rapidly, or got 
ahead of the others, and each limb should be 
made to grow exactly where it was wanted, and 
nowhere else. I would not allow the tree to 
grow too far out of reach. It is not a good plan 
to allow these trees to shoot up 18 or 20 feet 
high. They arc much better half that height.” 
With reference to grafting the pear on white 
thorn the sumc correspondent says:—“ The slips 
or quicks of the thorn are taken off In autumn 
and buried in the ground. In the spring they 
are set out in rows and cultivated ono season. 
The next spring they are set out to remain, and 
summer-grafted or budded, very close to the 
ground, with a shoot, containing two or three 
buds, after growth has fairly commenced, say 
in June or July. The thorn is headed down 
after the pear graft has properly taken, and the 
> mult io not a very liuinlootin* or thrifty tree, 
but one remarkably prolific, and bearing fruit of 
extraordinary size and beauty, much exceeding 
that on quince bottoms.” 
one devoted to Small Fruits. 
(l have the advantage that 
the author can morn thoroughly discuss his 
go Into greater detail, than In a wor 
large and small fruits. The work 
.ground of Propagation, Culture, Var 
Market, etc. 
Wo predict that this work will bring Tt. 
enemies, us he has given Ills Opinion about 
out reserve. On the other hand It will 
endear him to all true lovers of horticulture, 
wish to have the merits of fruit given without 
to the persona who Introduce them. 
While very full c~ " " 
and Raspberries have been more 
than ever before, mid in this import. 
Downing. The ehaptr 
Is a valuable one,and lu It i 
boxes now In eomuion use, 
thoroughly Illustrated, and makes an admirable 
fuiikton to Ills Ornpe Ciilturlgi. 
Sent Post-Paid,. p 
ORANGE JUIID A CO.', j l Park It... 
.Butternut Pie. — Take 1 cup of pulverized 
meats, 1 cup of sugar and 1 egg, and beat, well 
together; t.heu pour iu 1 pint of milk, % a tea- 
spoonful of cinnamon. N. B. The meats should 
have (if dried) boiling water poured over them, 
and stand fifteen or twenty minutes, when they 
can be easily peeled; then mash with a knife 6 r 
rolling pin. 
Lemon Fie. Take 1 large sized lojnon, peel 
and slice it; add 2 cups of sugar and stew fifteen 
minutes; when cool, put in 1 beaten egg and 4 
spoonsful of cream. Stir it up, and put into a 
tin lined with paste. Two mists may be used. 
Sponge Cake.—T ake 8 ecres: o cun* of aim-m- 
subject, and 
k embracing both 
covers the whole 
dies, Packing for 
: Mr, Fuller mauy 
--- varieties with- 
the more strongly 
, as these 
ttUhe persona who Introduce them. . " refetencc 
on all the small fruits, the Currants 
— j carefully elaborated 
,, .. —. -kant part, of his book, 
the author has had the Invaluable counsel of Charles 
r nn gathering and packing fruit 
“are tlgured all the baskets and 
‘ The book Is very finely aud 
com* 
Tnis apple is of Russian origin, and is attract¬ 
ing considerable attention on account of its 
ability to withstand the severe winters of the 
most Northern climates in which apples are 
grown. The tree grows upright, is vigorous and 
healthy, the young shoots are dark colored, and 
the leaves broad, dark-green, and coarsely ser¬ 
rated. It bears well, the fruit being valuable 
for marketing or cooking. The tree flourishes 
The size of the fruit is medium to large; its 
form roundish, flattened; the skin is smooth, 
with light, bluish bloom; the color is light and 
deep, rich red, striped and splashed on a yellow 
ground; flesh nearly white, sharp, sub-acid, 
juicy and well ripened, pretty rich; stem short; 
basin deep, wide, even and regular; calyx 
large, nearly closed. Season for ripening, Au¬ 
gust and September, keeping till October and 
November. 
PEACHES IN NEW JERSEY. 
PLOWING UP OLD ORCHARDS 
Eds. Rural : — On May 16th I visited the 
White House, Henderson Co., N. J., to look 
among the peach orchards. This county is One 
of the best for peach growing in that State. I 
lound the trees loaded with blossoms, with every 
prospect of a flue crop of fruit, and during ft 
ride of ol thirty miles did not find one orchard 
that was injured. This county has a line rolling 
surface, and in many parts of it the soil is com¬ 
posed ol a red shale, which proves to he the 
most valuable for peaches. There are many 
very flue orchards which have proved very prof¬ 
itable to their owners. 
One of the best that I visited was owned by 
8 . VV earth, Esq. This gentleman spends more 
time and money on his orchard than any other 
roan in the county. He has some peculiar views 
TRELLISING GRAPE VINES, 
Dear Rural : — Being somewhat interested in 
grape raising, I always look for something on 
the subject in your columns; but if all would 
look, and never give their views as I have done, 
there would be nothing to be seen. I have a 
plan for laying out ground for trellis, and if you 
deem it worthy of a place iu your paper you are 
welcome to it. If uot there will be no harm 
done. My vines are 12 ft, apart in the rows and 
the rows 6 ft. apart. Allowing the trellis to bo 
six feet high, we have as much ground for the 
roots as trellis for the vines. And the vines are 
so situated as to be 8 X ft, from each other, thus 
taking strength from the ground all alike. 
i o nomologists u work by Dr. Warder will needno com 
raemlutlon, Though -i clthsen of Ohio, | ie | K 80 sure to be 
ntuny bornological gathering, bo it Fast w West, that 
the whole country cl,dins and 1| any one bus , V , 
Ur. YY ardor, i u ir,) 8 work the author has attempted the 
(lliilcull Uskol bringing apples into something like order 
1 te volume has about 750 pages, the Aral 875 of which 
are devoted to the discussion of the general subjects of 
p opagnt,on, nursery culture, selection and planting 
cultivation of orchard*, care of fruit, Insect* in,i 
pleV With tlmrich "*" 0 ' J plcrl wU " <'^HpUons of ap'- 
was u l * ° l ,nalettal at “and, the trouble 
was to decide what to leave out. n will be found »h,7 
while the old and standard variette* arc not neglected 
the new ana promising sorts, especially thosooftho 
-out 1 and Weal,, have prominence. A list of Selections 
or dlOerc.nt localities by eminent orchardlsis Is a vain 
OVOatalngm a,- the French would say ?S 
.Fat OK, $3,00 
Nhvr i uHK: 
ORANGE ,11 OH A (f>., jj |* ai . u ... 
WVmfctr’s Amerlca/t Jbmology, 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS, 
The stars show the direction of the trellis, 
which is across the column, and the relative po¬ 
sition of the vines in the rows. The advantage 
of this plan over others can be seen at once. If 
planted in the ordinary way the vines would be 
"‘thin 6 ft. of each other. If trellis run diago¬ 
nally it would have to be 1 't. high to give the 
same amount of surface — taking longer and 
stronger posts, beside the inconvenience of 
gathering grapes, dec. David Waugh. 
Wellsburg, \y. Va. 
A Shrub—Name Wa/dc/l, — “M. F., Bergen, N, 
Y.” The twig and flowers forwarded by you is 
known by the name of Ataelanchior Canadwcxti, 
Popularly, as “ Shad berry, June berry, and Wild 
Service berry.” 
Kentucky Horticultural Society .—This Society, 
with its headquarters at Louisville, seems to be 
a live institution. Arrangements have been 
made for holding weekly exhibitions of fruit 
and flowers during the season. These displays 
THE INSECTS ON RASPBERRIES, 
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The Cheapest and Best Ventilating- Bas 
ki-t for Marketing- Strawberries, &c. 
_ Illnstmtfd Circular* *cnr. free. 
PARKERS 
fruit 
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garden. They may be headed off by eikircliug cloths an hour or tw< 
plants with rcluse tin cups, basins and and the ‘ s good,—hot or cold, 
like, or by white birch bark whore this I- avuila- Graham Pudding. - 
ble. Press these circlets into the ground and from the hand, into ft 
the worms will not be able to snrmouut the bar- slowly enough to mal 
r.er They will act *eek access to ilaote by or ten minutes, a 
mlnmg very Often, if at all. ( tbc lire just before « 
A Whiter Apple,— At a recent gathering of cleave from the kettle, 
pomologies in Jefferson county, Ky., 6.1 the Stb in making, -when well 
ol May, samples of the Maxey apple were exlub- wholesome. Let what 
lted m a state of excellent preservation. The or it can be dissolved i 
Tasting Committee decided them to be a good , , dissolved 1 
iuu-acid fruit, and worthy to occupy the place dln 8 » or “Wwned in sli 
made by the failure of the Pryor’s Red. Cook Book. 
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Horticultural Fair.—A Horticultural Fair 
is to he held at Bloomington, Indiana, on the 7 th 
and 8 th days of June. It is attracting general at¬ 
tention in that section and promises to be well 
at tended. An address by Dr. Bland of the North¬ 
western Farmer, on the occasion, is expected. 
