iLntitfsfic SBcoaonin 
■ uftCXdK^ «mnn», far itntuonuiw conaumpwou.at»• «>««• m 
S uncut h million ami a tmll’of dollars indicate! tno extern 
; hIy». nature of Mu* ronipuny** t>n#ln*}><8 t and uut»6rvea h 
, ro»«>»l!KMJotlce at oiir fiamlH.” 
In addition to *lu**o lnr«o i*_ar#otJ8 of Blank and Japan 
T^ae, tin* t'otiiwany arc comdantly receiving larjtc in- 
i voice** nf ttm Uncut duality of Green Tea* from tUq 
I JktoyUUO district* of China, which arc onrlvaikd for line* 
j ncsH and delicacy of flavor. 
To ictfe our manor* uu Idea of the profits which have 
l ***,»., I.. 1 1. .1 'I'nn Trull.. . tiri'V lulls 111 till* fetittlhllMll* 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c 
UNFRUITFUL ORCHARDS, 
boon made lu the Tea Trade, (previous to the establish¬ 
ment of tin- (iwtAr American Tu,\ CchtamT,) we will 
start with i luv American Honsus, leaving out of the up.- 
count entirely the profit* of the Chinese far tors. 
First: The American llonao in Chine or Japan make* 
Inree profits on their sales or Bbtpmuuts — anil some of 
the richest retired nicrrhmits tn this country have made 
tliclr Immense fortunes through their Houses In China. 
Secmut The Hanker makes lame profit* apou the for- 
oil'll exchange used ill the purchase of Tea. 
Third: The Importer makes a profit of .40 to 50 per 
''* "hwrV' 1,l On IU arrival here It Is sold by the cargo, anil 
the I'urelmmir sells it to the Speculator in Invoices of 
I,mm to e,mm packages, at an average profit ol about 10 
The Speculator sells It to the Wholesale Tea 
know of many young apple orchards in 
New York which are of sufficient age, 
trees are of sufficient size, to hear re- 
of fruit; yet tho owner* and 
m, as yet, have received no 
for the labor and expense 
lishlne them. What is the 
ENGLISH FRAME, 
Western 
and the 
muneratlve crops 
cultivators of the 
adequate return 
incurred in eatal 
reason ? Is it because the varieties cultivated 
3r ‘c 0 f unfruitful habit until they arrive at 
mature age? or has the growth of wood, in¬ 
duced by the fertility of the soil and the system 
0 f pruning adopted, been 60 great as to pre¬ 
clude the bearing of liuit? Doubtless to some 
extent both reasons are good, but chiefly, we 
think, the excessive growth of wood precludes 
the attainment of fair crops of fruit. 
Our cultivators, as a class, practice but little 
that system of pruning which is adapted to 
bring a tree into a bearing condition. They are 
usually content when the orchard makes a good 
growth of wood and apples healthy and vigor¬ 
ous, thinking that in the future the reward will 
come in proportion to the amount of wood 
grown. If the trees are large, they must at 
some time produce large quantities of fruit, 
perhaps so; but It is weary waitiug, and “ a 
bird in hand is worth two in the bush.” and 
we think a majority would much prefer moder¬ 
ate crops of fruit as soon ns the trees attain 
sufficient Bize to support their weight without 
injury; and we think, also, if such crops can be 
,.row’n, it will be better for the interest of the 
r, and no detriment to his orchard, 
to your taste. Boil in a bag three hours; have 
the water boiling when put in. Eat with cream 
and sugar. 
To Keep Lemons Moist, for Weeks, in 
Warm Weatiter. — Cover with buttermilk or 
sour milk, I have lemons fresh and nice for 
lemonade, one year old, that T sliced into a can 
and covered with plenty of white sugar. If one 
is sick in winter, they are so nice, 
To Ct.ean ani> Pousu riu! Teeth. — Pre¬ 
pared chalk, or chalk ball, is the best of any¬ 
thing I ever tried, used with a brush. Why 
won’t every one clean their teeth, or keep at wijatihcconsumorimstcipivy. Aii 
J T . ,, ^ show why wc. can sell so very uu 
proper distance. — Lucy, bpaffonl, Onondaga dealers. , , „ 
q, r _ We propose to ilo away with all 
Co., .iV. Y. and brokerages, cartasrc*, storaj 
- vviutle, with tits exception ornstunl 
Wholesome Simmer Drink.- “A Practical 
Farmer,” in the Germantown Telegraph, pro- oijHmr wm w ^ 
poses for a summer beverage, the following. country, consumer* in .ol purls 
Take of the best, white Jamaica ginger root, 
carefully bruised, two ounces; cream tartar, tum«btUiguat 
one ounce; water, six quarts, to be boiled tor 
about live minuter*, then strained ; to tU© strain- ju , want*, and seiuot the kind And 
ed liquor add one pound of sugar, and again t ', r J,limV*!'!:ln»l anignuu jfla 
place it over the lire; keep it well stirred till 
the sugar is perfectly dissolved, and then pour name.upon 
white spins 
LONG GREEN. 
early frame 
EARLY RUSSIAN 
EVBLY CLUSTER. 
CUCUMBERS 
the one-horse plow and make a furrow about 
three inches deep in the middle of the ridge or 
bed, and drop a pint of well-rotted horse manure 
every three feet each side of the first furrow, and 
drop your manure every six feet in the side rows; 
then you are ready to plant. Cover your ma¬ 
nure two Inches deep, and plant your seeds over 
it, covering them one inch deep. When yuu 
plow the side furrows, plow so us to throw the 
This vegetable has become a somewhat exten¬ 
sively cultivated field crop for the purpose of 
supplying the market with pickles, and it is 
generally a remunerative one to tiie grower. \\ e 
give illustrations of some of the best varieties. 
Early Frame, Early Cluster and Early Russian, 
are valuable to grow for pickling. They are of 
small or medium size, usually grow in pairs, and 
are productive. The English Frame, White 
Spine and Long Green, are esteemed for the 
table and market purposes. The White Spine is 
a great favorite in the New York market. 
1 Regarding the cultivation of encumbers as a 
field crop! ft correspondent of the Prairie Far¬ 
mer writes sensibly as follows; 
“There are but few farmers who have not some 
laud that will grow cucumbers for pickles more 
profitably than anything else. New land, plant¬ 
ed once or twice, is the very best for the crop, 
being comparatively free from weeds, and need¬ 
ing no manure. The ground should be dry or 
well drained, so that no water can stand on it, 
as the vines are easily scalded by letting water 
stand close to them; or drowned by having too 
much water on the roots. 
The best time to plow the ground is about the 
5th of June, just before planting; this does away 
completely with the Brat crop of weeds, aud 
gives the cucumber a good start before the new 
_ . mi. L-nni itm n 4/. 
soil always to the center of the bed; use from 
seven to ten seeds to the hill; this will use about 
one aud a quarter pounds to the acre. 
By planting in this way, yon leave plenty of 
room for the pickers to get at the vines, without 
tramping on them, and at the same time, it al¬ 
lows the vines to grow and run together, which 
keeps them from being blown into winrows, 
which is often the ease when planted six feet 
each way. When hoeiug, thiu them out, leav¬ 
ing four of the beat plants in a hill, and when 
there are hut two plants left in the hill, add seed 
again; hill up the vines as much as you can 
when hoeing. Those haviug plenty of manure, 
can use it broadcast; but manuring in the hill 
fruit growe., _ 
We do not advise over cropping in any case, if 
it is possible, but reasonable and moderate pro¬ 
duction. 
Now, it is a fact that apple trees may he 
forced into moderate bearing at a very early 
stage of their growth, by pruning, and we ad¬ 
vise owners of thrifty young orchards to avail 
themselves of this art, and cause them to pro¬ 
duce sonic fruit. “Prune in the winter for 
wood and in the summer for fruit,” is an 
axiom, and let ns act upon it. Pinch the 
growing shoots on a tree in the summer, bend 
down the branches, tbrnst down the sharp 
spade into the ground and sever the roots—in 
short, aim lo check the circulation of sap, mak¬ 
ing the growth less vigorous, and fruit buds 
Eoo Mi NOE Pies.— Boil six eggs hard, snreu 
them small, shred double the quantity ol suet; 
thou put currants, washed and picked, one 
pound or more if the eggs were large; the peel 
of one lemon shred very fine, and the juice, six 
spoonsful of sweet wine, mace, nutmeg, sugar, 
and a very little suet ; orange, lemon, and cit¬ 
ron candied.__ 
Graham Biscuit. — Stir with a spoon tepid 
water into Graham flour until the dough is a* 
soft as can be kneaded ; knead and roll out., and 
ent into cakes three-quarters of an inch thick. 
Lay them on baking pans, so as not to touch, 
and bake quick, brown and crisp, in some 25 
minutes. Put on a grate to COOL 
Gems.—2 eggs; 1 quart milk; 5 tea- 
Bake quick, aud as soon as made, in 
make into small biscuits not to touch 
They are excellent. 
FRUIT-DRYING HOU8E 
best varietry of cucumbers for p 
Short Green and the Early Frame 
Goon Ginger Cake.— One cup molasses; 10 
tablespoons hot water; 6 do. melted shortening; 
X do. soda; K d°- g' in K cr - Rake in bread-tins. 
Tmtirultural notes ana Queries 
A GOOD PLANTING IMPLEMENT 
Consumers can save from 50c. to H pot pomm u> ym- 
ctiswing their Trim of tho 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACOMPANY, 
nos. 31 and 33 Vcsey St., 
POIt-Offlce Ilox, 50111 New York City. 
The Great American Tea Company (established 
lBiji) Is recommended by the leading newspapers, relig¬ 
ions and secular, In this and other cities, viz.: 
AMElllCAN AUKICfLTDKIST.NJ cu fc 
cnnisTUH advocate,J gg, 
CHRISTIAN ADV^AT^^ OW^ 
CHRISTIAN A,,VOCAT Ek J«.„,.m i ^ 
CHRISTIAN INTELLHSKNCKU 
EVANMaEUIST, New V',,rk City. 
Strawberry Fair.— Tho Hainmon ton inns, N. J., 
are to have a Strawberry Fair and Festival at Ilani- 
monton on the 18th of June. The “Cultnrist ol 
that place says the strawberry vines there are literally 
burtliened with fruit. 
Cheap Soap.— Not that which costs the least 
per pound, but that which lasts tho longest, 
removes the dirt the easiest, and bleaches the 
whitest. Experience has shown that Pyle’s 
O K Soap is the article; and being free from 
impurities, is equally good for hath and toilet. 
Send to the grocers aud give it a trial. 
or rather roofed like one — but its internal ar¬ 
rangements are not remembered with sufficient 
distinctness to make a description intelligible. 
The nearest approach to it is an outline of such 
a house, published in the Rural of September 
last. The dimensions can be varied to suit the 
wants or taste of the party interested. “ It is a 
house In miniature, about as large as an ordina¬ 
ry bureau, containing eight slat-hottomed draw- 
ere _eacb boldiug half a bushel of l'rult. A 
sheet-iron cylinder, about two feet In length and 
ten inches in diameter, is put under the house, 
in which fuel is placed for heating. A pipe is 
connected with the cylinder and passes up by 
several angles through the drying house, termi¬ 
nating in a small chimney at the top. By means 
of ventilators the temperature can be ganged 
with entire accuracy. 
I plant the seeds-in a line as straight ns a string, 
at equal distances apart and of any required 
depth. 
I took an old broom handle, sharpened the end, 
aud at two inches from the end 1 listened a circular 
piece of tin, three inches in diameter. Pressing 
this into the soil 1 have a hole an Inch at the top, 
a quarter of an inch at the bottom, aud just two 
inches deep. The tin leaves an impression which 
tells me where to make the next hole. A row of 
holes thus made, by the side of a straight drawn 
garden line, drop a seed in each, and a shove of the 
hoe liuhtlv over will fill them. TL__ 1~..: l 
To Consumers— It costs you no more to buy 
a full pound of D. B. De Land & Co.’s Best Chemi¬ 
cal Salcralus than it doeB other kinds that only 
weigh 14 or 15 ounces. 
Editor 
*Uni 
Thus have I 
planted my late peas and early beaus, and ex¬ 
pect in time to see them come up uniformly. A 
sir 
shallow or deep covering; 
put on a 
you <_ 
HE SHIP GOLDEN STATE 
HAS ARRIVED WITH 
22,000 HALF CHESTS 
OF THE 
FIINTEST 
TAPAN TEAS 
OF THE 
JEAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey Street. 
inilar implement may be easily made to test 
Instead of the tin , 
i wooden collar, with as many polntB as becn irr 
_ —i desire to plant (corn, lor instance,) iu a hill, mbps oi 
making the pegs or points of such length as do- 0 f n jg 
sired. With such an implement any one may country 
experiment with the satisfaction ol knowing 
(not guessing) how deep he does plant. 
I do not claim that this implement is of any 
utility in field planting, but for experimenting 
and gardening it may seem of use to some ol 
your readers who may be unfortunately as old- 
Yorick. 
CARE OF LAWNS, 
ftnty of our uiaiiDcr of doing bnslutJHH; n# w«ll tho 
hundreds of thousands of persons iu our published 
Club Lists. _ 
CLUH ORDER. 
St. Craules, Winona. Co., Minn.. March 38, t%7. 
To tuic Great Amkhioan Tea Co., . „ v 
10 ruic uu* No!) 31 an(J , a Vescy Street. N. T. 
I send von n fifth order for Ten. My ut lghborH think I 
have “ learned th„ road,” and insist on my dolu« the 
huKincHH for them. I will Miuply Hay thut nil ktuds of 
Tea received from your compi^hftve Bbruu comjdote 
KiiUrtl'aCUOU. Your Trim are fresh ■ we L lUvoriid.strong. 
The Merchant* can iaml*h for fvp-5 Lo p«i P° ,,ua 
no better article*, thnti you Klye tw at fUSl. 
Truly yours, lu beSftii 
i tt . boot Uticolored Japan, Jow-jh Dewy, at »U5-»3,00 
1 best Green, C 13 Randall, at $!$>■'. ?’n<L 
4 do do Andrew Mill u, at J I,. 
do do Will II 1>. at *1,20. •. 
3 do TTucolored Japan, HeJU^Ualli at *l^fi.2^>0 
2 Gunpowder,A brown.at MA. 
1 best EnxUsh Breakfast, N D Swirt, at. . 
2 Green, Wm Smith, at »UjS.. 
2 Young H y saiqJ ohn* Downing, at ii‘,25.2,50 
2 Green Goo Watson, at MA. ‘c*} 
2 hWt&U&i6 B Bratt, al fl...2,W 
1 Green, Charles Urube. at *1,25. 2^>o 
4 do V W Ulugh am, at *IJ!5.. 5,00 
1 ht<t Gunpowder, H C WrrofT, at *1,50. lcO 
1 iSmUMl breakfast, do »tttM .1.20 
T v, UftE Ily ion, do at *1.1,00 
Keep the walks clean and tidy. That gives a 
finish to their general appearance which is in¬ 
dispensable to a favorable impression on the 
beholder. Weed them, for weeds will appear on 
the best kept lawns. Perseverance in this on 
those newly seeded will soon give them the fin¬ 
ish of old lawns. If moss appears, apply a 
dressing of lime and manure. Mow often: we 
know a gentleman who practiced feeding off his 
lawn with sheep with good success. The fiock 
was kept in the barn-yard over night and turned 
g; their appetites 
These Teas by the ship Golden State were purchased 
direct from the Japanese factor, aud In consequence ot 
the magnitude of the transaction, were transferred at 
about half the ostial commissions. Thin is the largest 
cargo ever Imported tYoiu Japau by about seven thou¬ 
sand pm:ikage.-. Ry this operation, tho GREAT AmKH l. 
Can Tea CuMi-ANY put these Tr.au into the hands of tho 
consumers with hut one very small pront —an achieve¬ 
ment hi commercial enterprise seldom If ever before at. 
turned. Th' -e Tea« are acknowledged, both Imre and In 
Japan, as being Urn lluest full oargo ever exported from 
that country. _ 
Bowers, and his grounds will become widely celebra¬ 
ted for their floral beauty. 
Bugs on Currants. — A Correspondent, U. H., 
Highland, 111., 6cnd8 ns some bugs which he thinks 
destroyed his currant crop last year, and is fearful, 
from the number on hi* bushes, that they will repeat, 
the operation the present one, 
maidish as 
AN ENEMY OF THE TOMATO PLANT 
onto the lawu in the morniq 
tvere sharp and the grass was soon reduced to a 
proper height. The shrubs, flowers, &c., were 
protected. A dressing of salt iu the fore part 
of summer is often productive of good results 
to the lawu; put on one pound to the square 
rod just before a rain. 
The bug Is known to 
Entomologists as the CoccineUa; more flimiliarly as 
Ludy-bird, Lady-bug, Lady-cow and Lady-fly. They 
are supposed not to feed on the currant bushes but 
ou a minute Insect, the Aphis, of which they are an 
active enemy. We are acquainted with no depreda¬ 
tor on the currant hut a worm of that name which 
reeds upon the leaves, thereby destroying the organ 
of circulation through which the sap flows for the 
sustenance of the plant, the remedy for which is 
sprinkling the bushes with air-slaked lime or the pow¬ 
der of white Hellebore. Either of these will prove 
effective. _ _ _ 
Flums—Curcuuo,— Mrs. C. D. Saii.suuy, Coven¬ 
try, Chenango Co., N. Y., states that by applying a 
some time after setting out, out rnuea to uuu 
auy adequate cause. This year, aud within two 
or three days past, a closer examination revealed 
the fact that they were being devoured by the 
common snails, and that some of the plants 
were wholly destroyed by them. So as they 
had become the enemy of my friend, I became 
theirs, and in this short period near one hun¬ 
dred aud fifty have had a cessation of hostilities 
on ray few plants. They also exhibit the same 
voracity on my cabbage plants and cauliflowers, 
A dissection gave token of alderraanic corpo- 
ALBO, 
The Ship G-eorge Shotton 
Has arrived with 
12,000 HALF CHESTH 
Of the 
FINEST FOOCHOW 
OOLONG TEAS 
Plant Aoatn. —Many persons who do business 
on a systematic plan will probably find that, in 
following out the rule this year, they have 
missed a figure or two. Especially will this be 
the case with those who planted their gardens 
early, as the seed will in many cases be found to 
have rotted in the ground instead of springing 
up and growing as was expected. In such cases 
the only remedy is to do the work oyer again as 
soon as possible. The season is so far advanced 
now that warm weather will seem to be a matter 
of necessity. A few days of it will suffice to 
bring up a second planting with a promise of 
maturity between this and autumn. Therefore, 
if the first planting of the garden has failed, as 
In some instances we know it has, try again and 
trust to providence and good tillage for remu¬ 
nerative results. The old adage, “better late 
than never,” applies here without forcing. 
The cargo of the nhlp George Shotton 1 b the second In 
size, thut has ever come to thlii port from Foochow 
(which in the finest Black Tea dtatnot iu China.) These 
are the "finest arm-picking contract Tnus"— rich, fresh, 
and full-flavored. . . . .. 
The rc.eelvtaa.of theso two large cargoes by the Great 
Amkukian Tea Company for their own trade Is ac¬ 
knowledged by the mercantile community as the largest 
transactions ever made iu this country. They were 
deemed of so umch Importance, that the fact wiw tele¬ 
graphed to all the principal commercial paper* in 
country by ihclr correspondents here, and rat A appeared 
an an Important news Item throughout the Un!tcdStat6B 
at the same time. 
the Importance of ttio«e transactions lu rids market is 
thus noticed hy the oldest and most respectable coimoer- 
el.vl paper l'i this city the .V. r. ship,",in/ and commer¬ 
cial list which says: "The Trade nawj oecn 
h tart led by the arrival ot two large cargoes of Teas to 
the Great American Tea Comcast -the ship Golden 
State, from japan, with 32,000 '‘Nil <'he*U; ;unl tlie sim, 
George rthottou, from Foochow, wltb l»,non packages. 
Aud In another place It say: -—“The recent large opera- 
lions of the Great Am su to an Tea comj-any nave 
taken the Trade by Mircrlse, and are rather a novelty 
in this market. Tim taking up of two cargoea within a 
