New York, consisting of 12 acres ot land, one 
FRUIT-HALF AN ACRE, 
Everybody —we mean everybody who pays 
attention to rural affairs—has doubtless read ex¬ 
tracts from the book, if not the work itself, en¬ 
titled “ Ten Acres Enough, M and been interested 
in the results therein detailed. It seems a rather 
restricted domain to be ,l enough,' but by 
proper management It was rendered equal in 
THE PARIS EXPOSITION. 
[The following letter from Hon. Marshall P. 
Wilder. President of the American Pomolegical So¬ 
ciety, to Wst. Griffith of Northeast, Pa., will be 
perused with interest by Rural readers:] 
Paris, May 81, 1867. 
My Dear Sir:—Y our favor is in hand. I re¬ 
gret to state that the Jurors had passed on the 
Wines before my arrival, aud I learned with sor¬ 
row that the examination was not so thorough 
as we could have wished. But of the awards, 
&c M Ac., we yet know nothing. As soon as I 
productiveness to many times that quantity of arrived I commenced looking np this Depart- 
land tilled on the “ cut and cover” principle. It ment, and found Mr. Flagg of Ohio, who with 
is perfect preparation, intelligent diversification 
of products, clean and timely tillage which do 
the work. 
In a late number of the N. Y. Tribune Dr. 
Peck gives an account of a shoemaker in New 
myself has been appointed U. S. Commission¬ 
ers;—also Dr. Thompson of New York. 
There having been no Committee of the Com¬ 
mission “ on Horticulture, Pomology and the 
Culture of Products of the Vine,” we were eon- 
CABBAGES. 
It is probable that most persons with a garden 
spot at command have planted cabbages for au¬ 
tumn and winter use. If any have tailed to do 
this they should hasten to supply the omission. 
The cabbage, though not as nutritious as the 
bean, is a palatable and healthful vegetable, a 
rapid and hardy grower, and very desirable for 
winter aud spring use. There are often nooks 
and corners abandoned to weeds and brambles 
which would produce good cabbages were the 
ground prepared and the plants set out. If any 
of our readers have such neglected nooks about 
their premises there is yet time to improve them 
in the way suggested. It will prove a profitable 
operation—because it will supply otherwise val¬ 
ueless ground with an opportunity to materially 
enrich the wiater stores of the family. It is a 
plant easily cultivated and highy remunerative 
UmtiesUc SEcotiotitg. 
Jersey who had a taste for fruits and purchased 6tituted a3 a ttcb,and have given a whole week to of the labor bestowed upon it. 
. . /, it 1._ .1 „ •• InM J AM TTrlt t nil .« .1 r nn 1 1 • • ^ 
half an acre of rather heavy clay land on which 
to gratify it. On this be built a house and the 
balance was devoted to the cultivation of fruits. 
He commenced fertilizing this with the drop¬ 
pings of cattle running in the street; conveyed 
from the woods rotted stuff, moss and leaf mold, 
which he mixed with the soil to the depth ol 
three feet. This was accomplished by degrees, 
but as fast as one portion was properly pre¬ 
pared, fruit was planted. So much success at¬ 
tended his efforts that he relinquished the “ awl 
and last” aud took to his half acre for support, 
and has lived on its proceeds comfortably ever 
Mtice. Grapes aud currants were bis main re¬ 
liance. One season he sold *800 worth of grapes. 
More than a half acre of land is, of course, 
desirable; but when a large quantity is not 
available, it is the dictate of sound policy to 
make the most, as this son of St. Crispin did, 
of what is within reach of the means possessed. 
THINNING GRAPES. 
S. Jordon of Andover, Mass., furnishes an 
article to the Magazine of Horticulture on the 
best manner of thinning grapes—a timely topic. 
We quote from the article as follows“ This 
operation i thinning) is generally altogether too 
carelessly done. The ordinary mode of thinning 
grapes is to cut them out here and there in suf¬ 
ficient quantity to allow the swelling up of the 
the examination of our own and foreign wines. 
There are largo contributions from all the wine 
districts of Europe, and we have already been 
favored with interviews with some of the Com¬ 
missioners of those lands, and are promised 
similar courtesies from others. Our American 
wines have been more or less affected by trans¬ 
portation, which is evident from the slight fo¬ 
mentation to he seen, and this is increased by 
the fact of this department being contiguous to 
the American Restaurant. I shall do all I caii 
to protect the interests of our countrymen, and 
shall if possible have these wines removed to a 
cooler place. This however may be impossible. 
I shall look with anxiety for the arrival of Mr.. 
j Barry aud yourself, with whom we will take 
counsel of these matters, 
The weather has been very cold and rainy un¬ 
til within a few days. Last week we had some 
frost in this vicinity, but still the markets are 
well supplied with strawberries, cherries, apri¬ 
cots, plums, grapes, Ac. Many of these came 
from Spain, although immense quantities are 
grown under glass near Paris. Strawberries are 
about 40 cents per quart, apricots 50 cents per 
dozen, in gold. 
Of tbe Exhibition I can only say that with its 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 
Apples in Ioica. — A. Garner, Mason City, 
Iowa, writes the Homestead thns :—“ The pros¬ 
pect of an abundant, harvest of apples is good 
wherever there arc trees old enough to bear.” 
Peaches in Delaware. —This is a small State, but 
reports from it indicate that it will this year 
bead the list in the production of peaches. In 
all parts of the State the peach trees are burth- 
eucd with the finest and most promising fruit. 
Bar Trees — Bearing .—The question as to what 
age dwarf pears should he allowed to fruit was 
up before the Institute Farmers’ Olub at a late 
meeting? Some said not till three years old at 
least; others thought live years better. Finally 
a hall a crop at three years was deemed about 
right. 
A Grape Vine—A T«?Z»S7orj/.-Thirty-eightyear9 
ago an Indian woman rode horse back from Los 
Angelos to Santa Barbara, using a piece of grape 
viue as a awiteh. On reaching her destination 
she stack her switch into the ground. It took 
root, and sixty barrels of wine were made last 
season from its fruit. 
Bar Trees—Pruning .—Summer pruning of the 
people aud products of all nations it is a world p ear jg recommended by the Magazine of Horti- 
carelessly done. The ordinary mode ot tmnmng in m foj a t urc , Much has been said of the incom- 
grapes is to cut them out here and there in suf- p] etenea3 0 f tho American Department. For 
fleient quantity to allow the swelling up of the rayself £ am disposed to speak favorably of it, 
remaining berries, regardless of the true form of although there may not be so much fancy, 
the bunch. The time of thinning is when the 
berries are well set, or attain the size of No. 8 
shot, beginning at the bottom of the bunch, 
leaving tbe leading berry when possible, taking 
care to thin judiciously. 
As you proceed, thinning upwards on the 
bunch, say for an inch or two, more or less, from 
the bottom, you find the peduncles or foot¬ 
stalks, or what more technical term yon may 
apply to them, to consist of three berries, the 
leading one, and one on each side. My practice 
is to leave the leader or center berry, taking off 
the other two. As you approach higher up the 
bunch, or approaching the middle part, such 
Borts as the ilainhurgs form a sort of secondary 
shoulder, and upon the sides of these you will 
find them set on in threes. Proceed to thin as 
for the bottom, leaving the leading berries, take 
off the side oues as before, proceeding upwards 
to the top of the. bunch, to the main shoulders, 
suspending or raising the shoulders with strands 
of soft matting, and thinning the same as before 
mentioned, takiug care to remove ail Inside ber¬ 
ries, as they scarcely ever color well, and if the 
grapes have to hang long on the vine they con¬ 
tribute to mouldiness in rainy weather. The 
above system of thinning leaves a bnnch equally 
balanced, each berry acting its own part and not 
robbing another, will he found to assume a 
strong, bold footstalk, and be regular as to size 
in every part of the bunch.” 
By this mode of thinning the hunches will re¬ 
tain their proper form and size—the work is 
performed at once to the great advantage of the 
grape, as the less it is handled the better. 
STRAWBERRIES - RUNNERS. 
Inquiry having been made of the Germantown 
and perhaps taste, iu the arrangement, I believe 
the record, when the prizes are awarded, will re¬ 
dound to the honor of the American Republic. 
It is unfortunate that Grant’s splendid locomo¬ 
tive, and all of the American sewing machines, 
are placed “outside the ring” in a separate 
shed, aud it is hoped that they may yet be 
brought into the appropriate circle with other 
nations. 
I went out to the trial of Mowers last week. 
This was held on the Emperor’s farm at St. Cloud. 
The crop was French clover {luzeme.) There 
were nineteen machines in the field, eight of 
which were American. Eleven machines were ! 
set aside the first day, leaving seven competitors 
for a future day. 1 may state that at the head of 
the list, as the question now stands, the Wood, 
McCormick, and Perry’s Machines lend off. 
But I have written more than I intended. 
Suffice It to say: If, as now anticipated, Gold 
Medals are awarded to Grant’s Locomotive, to 
the Steam Engine from Providence, to the 
American Sewing Machines, to the American 
Pianos, and several other important productions 
of our countrymen—including the Mowing Ma¬ 
chines—w'e shall have no cause to be mortified 
with the Record when it is made up. 
Marshall P. Wilder. 
Wm. Griffith, Esq. 
THE CURCULIO AND WOOD ASHES. 
N. Barnett, West Haven, Ct., writes the 
Albany Cultivator that wood ashes sprinkled 
over plum and other trees will destroy the in¬ 
sects on them, and especially the curculio on the 
plum. He writes: 
“Haviug tried this, as well as many other rem- 
Telegraph as to whether the rnnners of straw- e dics, such as salt and clay on the surface, and 
berries should be cut off and a portion ol the washes of salt, tobacep, lime aud soap on the 
foliage removed the editor of that paper replies foliage, I at last found a remedy in wood ashes, 
by saying that, “ All strawberries will run il al- at oncc simple, effectual aud feasible. 
lowed to do so. When they are planted in hills 
and wish to be so continued, the runners must 
be cut off. Some growers prefer hills, others 
full beds, allowing the vines to ran at pleasure. 
The runners do not affect the strength of the 
main plant, as they soon take root and set up for 
themselves. The leaves will not interfere with 
the ripening of the fruit and should not he re¬ 
moved. Plants set out in the spring ought to 
give half a crop the ensuing season. Those set 
out in the fall rarely produce any worth men¬ 
tioning. If our inquirer wishes to have a bed of 
‘broadcast’ strawberries—that is, not in hills— 
he must let the runners alone. If hills they 
must be removed by cutting, not pulling.” 
PRUNING TOMATOES. 
It is stated that gardeners in France cat ofl 
the stem of the tomato plants down to the first 
cluster of flowers which appear on them — thus 
impelling the sap into the buds below the clus¬ 
ter, which pushes np vigorously, producing an¬ 
other cluster offiowers. “When these are visible, 
the branch to which they belong is also topped 
down to their level; and this is done five times 
successively. By this means the plants become 
stout dwarf bushes, not over eighteen inches 
high. In order to prevent them from falling 
over, sticks or strings are stretched horizontally 
along the rows, so as to keep the plants erect. 
In addition to this, all the laterals that have no 
flowers, and, after the fifth topping, all laterals 
whatsoever, are nipped off. In this way the ripe 
sap is directed into the fruit, which acquires a 
beauty, size and excellence unattainable by 
other means.” 
Upon the plum tree the dry ashes should be 
applied by dusting when the blossom begins to 
culture, which says:—“Commence by cutting 
or pruning off laterals to the second or third 
leaf, allowing the terminal branches, or those 
wanted to supply vacancies to extend awhile. ^ 
Manure liberally, if not already done and dig 
lightly around each tree. 
Heat in Evergreen*.—Tht editor of the Gar¬ 
deners’ Monthly cites the fact that shortly after 
a storm, the snow will lie seen to have melted 
away from the trunks of evergreens, leaving an 
open circle around them. It said, and no doubt 
truly, that this decomposition of snow Is attribu¬ 
table to the heat giyen out by the body of the ever¬ 
green, hence a good supply of these trees and 
shrubs will tend to mitigate the rigors of the 
winter in places where they abound. 
Cultivation of the Olive.—A discussion is going 
on in the colnmnB of the California Fanner as to 
the propriety of planting the olive in that State 
for commercial purposes. There is no dispute 
as to the adaptability of the soil and climate to 
the production of the olive, but tbe question is, 
“ Will it pay ?” Tbe party in the negative had 
the floor last and Btated that the olive was en¬ 
tirely too slow in coming forward to answer the 
demands of a decidedly fast people. This is a 
clincher. 
Fruit in Southern Illinois. — From a recent 
number of the Alton Telegraph we learn interest¬ 
ing particulars concerning the quantity of land 
devoted to fruit culture in Southern Illinois, 
From Centralia, southward along tbe line of the 
Central Railway are planted 500 acres of straw¬ 
berries, 516,400 peach trees, 78,000 pear trees, 
and 308,875 apple trees. Tbe yield of strawber¬ 
ries is estimated at 50,000 bushels, and the 
peaches at 1,876,000 boxes. Last year the 
largest yield of strawberries to the acre was 
250 bushels, and the smallest 67 bushels. 
Aged Bar Trees in Egypt, HI .—That section of 
Illinois familiarly known as Egypt, has the 
reputation of being one of the best fruit re¬ 
gions in the west. The pear seems to have 
found a congenial home there. W. C. Flagg 
writes the American Journal of Horticulture 
concerning two aged trees which continue to 
yield bountifully. One was planted in 1750 and 
the other in 1785. The first resembles the Seckel 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c. 
Raised Biscuit. — Boll 8 or 0 medium-sized . 
potatoes; take the water they boil In when you • 
set your sponge—about a quart altogether; l£ ; 
cup of good yeast; mix in the morning; add )X 
pints of warm milk and water with the flour. 
It will rise in au hour. Knead in sugar, 1 tea- , 
spoon butter and lard to a tin. 
Strawberkt on Apple SttortcarA — One 
cup of cream; X cup of buttermilk; ) teaspoon 
of soda; 2 of cream tartar; a little Gilt; knead 
harder than for biscuit. Roll out tjie size of tbe 
tins, X inch i n thickness. Bake, When a lit¬ 
tle cool, split it through the middle, butter the 
under side, put on a layer of berries, sprinkle 
on sugar and a little salt; sery/ with sweet cream 
or sirup. 
Good Pie Crust.—R ub the flour and lard to¬ 
gether until it is dry ; j»t in water aud press it 
—do not kuead it; a lKtle salt; about half the 
quantity of lard wc gytierully use. 
Molasses Cake.--O ne cup of sour cream ; 1 
cup of molasses; Vegg; 1 tablespoon of ginger; 
l large cup of th/ir; 1 teaspoon of soda; 1 do. 
cream tartar. IJflke quick.—S. Palmer, Schenec- 
tady , -V. 7. _ 
Eds. RuijAl:— I send you a few recipes for 
the benefit of “Domestic Economy:” 
Corn Bread.— 3 cups wheat flour; 4 do. In¬ 
dian roOd; l do. sugar; 1 quart milk, (sweet 
or sour;) 4 eggs; 2 teaspoons of soda; 4 do. of 
cream tartar, and a little salt. 
fiWEET Rcsk.— 1 pint sweet milk; 1 bowl of 
sugar ; X lb. of butter ; X tumbler of yeast. 
Muffins— 1 qt. of sweet milk; 4 eggs; lump 
of butter size of a hen’s egg; 1 teacup of yeast; 
a little salt, and flour sufficient to make a still' 
batter. Let it rise eight hours and bake in 
rings. 
Pound Cake.— 4 eggs; X cup sweet milk; 1 
cup of butter; 2 cups of sugar; X teaspoon ot 
soda; X do. of cream tartar; add flour enough 
to make a thick batter, and flavor to taste.— 
Mrs. S. K. B., Hackensack, N. T. 
guhrfrtistmrnts. 
SPEAR’S PRESETS SOLUTION, 
LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED! 
T!ii« solution will preserve all Wm- 
Jellies, Cider, Milk, etc., without SljA ’ ft' T » “tO®B, 
or without sue ii r. It, admits of koty'£ u !j' P “ u Jj wl * h 
vessels of any size, and ol using tlmrSX J5 
ns wanted. oul “<■ Intervals 
It will preserve milk sweet frntn 24 loh w „ _ 
than it would naturally Keep, causing it tol'* 1 ”,™, °n>rer 
cream In hot. weather! r “ l8h mor « 
It In warranted perfectly Uealthfnl and efle , . 
can he relied upon it* helm; the cheapest and beel'”' anc | 
In the world for preserving l'mlts, *c. Fnll dirttP®® 
for using with ench bottle. L. I'. WQltRALf.” on8 ’ 
General Agent, No. ill Hudson Hr.. New York t 
GREAT AMERICA!! 
TEA COMPANY 
HATE JUST BECEIVBD 
TWO FULL CARGOES 
FINEST NEW CROP TEAS. 
23,000 HALF CHESTS by ulilp Goldkn Stays, 
1'2.0(10 HALF CHESTS by ship Gkobgk Sbotton 
In addition to these large cargoes of Black and 
Japan Teas, tbe Company arc constantly receiving 
large Invoices of tbe finest quality of Green Yeas 
from tbe Moyuno districts of Cblna, which wo unri¬ 
valled for Oneuen* and delicacy of flavor, which they 
are selling at the following prices: 
OOLONG (Black,) 50c.,60.,70c„ 80 c.. 90c.,beat $1 V ». 
MIXED (Green and Black,) 50c„ 60c., 70c., 80c., 90c., best 
$1 * ». 
KNGLISII BREAKFAST 50c., 60c., 70c.,80c., 90c,$l, $1,10, 
best $1,20 V ft. 
IMPERIAL (Green,) 50c., 69c., 70c., 80c., 90c., $1, $1,10, 
best $1,85 F »• 
YOUNG BVSON (Green,) 50c., 60c., 70c., 80c., 90c., $1, 
$1,10, best $1,25 W lb. 
(TNCOLORED JAPAN, 00c., *1, $1,10,best $1,25 ¥ lb. 
GUNPOWDER $1,25, best $1,50 B n>. 
Coffees Roasted and Ground Daily. 
Ground Coffee, 20c., 2Ke., 30c., 35c., best 10c. per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Boarding House Keepers and Families, 
who nse large quantities of Coffee, can economise in that 
article by using our French Breakfast and Dinner Coffee, 
which we sell at tbe low price of 30c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
Sponge Cake.— 6 eggs; 2 cups flour; 2 cups chasing their Teai 
sugar; 1 teaspoon soda; 3 teaspoons cream tar- THE GREAT 
tar; 4 teaspoons hot water. Wos. 3 
Dough Nuts.— 2 cups sour milk; IX cups Post-on 
sugar; X cup lard; 2 or 3 eggs; 3 teaspoons 
soda; 2 do. ginger; a little salt. we warrant all 
Soda Sponoe.-8 eggs; 3 tablespoons cream; 
1 teacup flour; 1 of sugar; 3 teaspoons cream refanded . 
tartar; 1 of soda; nutmeg. Stir lightly and Tlir0U)Jl , onr 
bake immediately. the country, con* 
Muffins.— 3 pints flour to 1 pint milk; 1 pint can receive their 
water; 1 yeast cake. Bake in rings. additional exper 
1 J bought them at < 
JELLY Cake.-3 eggs; IX cups cream ; 2 of partIcg „ 
sugar; X teaspoon soda; flour to make a thin get up a club. T 
batter. Spread as thin as possible on buttered son wishing to )o 
^ ns he wants, and sel 
Lemon Jellt.- 3 eggs; 2 lemons; 1 cup of 
sugar; butter size of half an egg. tbeclublacompl 
Tart Crust.— 1 cup lard; 1 tablespoon white each party’s goo 
sugar; white of 1 egg; 3 tablespoons of water. “^X^ivdl 
If you love nice tart crust try this. what be orders, 
Cream Cake.— 5 eggs; 3 cups sugar; 1 of but- ,,mi ,hH membw 
ter; 1 of cream ; 1 teaspoon nearly full of Boda. ' L “ - 
’ The funds to p 
Cup on Plum Cake.— 3 cups of sugar; l of dTattg0U xew'i 
butter; IX CU P B milk or cream, (cream is best;) Express, as may 
3 eggs; 5 cups of flour; 1 teaspoon saleratuB; 1 tbe amount orff 
lb. raisins; spice to taste. tbe g00,Ui by Kj 
Hereafter wc \ 
Utica Cake.— 3 eggs; 2 cups white sugar ; 8 party grtllu< 0I 
cups flour; X CU P sweet milk; K'CRP butter; will be as libera 
% teaspoon soda; IX do. cream tartar. Dis- mentary packs; 
solve tbe sugar iu the milk; beat tbe whites 
and yolks separate. A11 v11 
„ , . . , _ reside, by clubb 
French Loaf.— 3 cups light dough; 2 cups Teag and Cotre 
sugar; 1 do, butter; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon salera- to the Gkkat A 
tus. Add nutmeg and fruit, wine or X cup of beware of 
. boiled cider. as branches of 
Cookies. 1 cup of butter ; 3 do. of sugar; 3 ^blveSbw 
eggs; 3 tablespoons of sour cream ; % teaspoon the nBe ot onr 
of soda. j 2 T Post-otfu 
Soda Biscuit.— 3 cups of sour milk; X CU P order of Great 
shortening; 3 teaspoons cream tartar; 2 do. of and orders to 
Consumers can save from 50e. to $1 per pound by pur- 
chaslug their Teas of tbo 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey St., 
Post-Office Box, 5IW8 New York City. 
We warrant all tbe goods we soil to give entire satis¬ 
faction. If they are not satisfactory they can be return, 
ed at onr expense within 30 days, and have tbe money 
refunded. 
Through onr system of supplying Clubs throughout 
the country, consumers In all parts ot the United States 
can receive their Tea* at the same prices (with the small 
additional expense *f transportation) as though they 
bought them at our warehouses in this city. 
Some parties Inquire of us how they shall proceed to 
get up » club. The answer le simply thin -.-Let each per- 
sou wlshlDg to Join lu a clab, say how much, tea or coffee 
Dc wants, and select the kind and price from our Price 
List, as published In the paper or In onr circulars. Write 
the uumes, kinds, nnd amounts plainly on allKt.and when 
the dub Is complete send It to us by mail, and we will put 
each party’s goods In separate packages, ami mark the 
name, upon them, with tha cost, s* there need be no con¬ 
fusion In their distribution - each party getting exactly 
what he orders, and no more. The cost ot transporta¬ 
tion the members of the club can divide equitably among 
themselves. 
The funds to pay for the goods ordered can he sent by 
drafts on New York, by post-office money orders, or by 
Express, as may suit the convenience of the Club. Or, if 
the amount ordered exceed $30, wo will. If desired, send 
the goods by Express to •* collect on delivery.” 
Hereafter wc will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, but we 
will be as liberal as we can afford. We send no compli¬ 
mentary package for Clubs of less than $30. 
N. B.— All villages and towns where a large number 
reside, by clubbing together, can reduce the cost ol' their 
Teas and Coffees about one-third by sending directly 
bo the Gkkat American Tba Company. 
BEWARE of nil concerns that advertise themselves 
as branches of our Establishment, or copy our name 
either wholly or In part, as they are bogus or imitations. 
Wc have no branches, and do not, In any case, authorize 
the nse of onr name. 
jw Post-office orders and draftB make payable to the 
order of Great American Tea Company. Direct letters 
drop from tfie young fruit, and repeated when au q produces from 15 to 20 bushels annually. 
iVTiw5& uie x\inciicaM vuuaaaua v/x soda* salt 
louccrnlng two aged trees which continue to ' ’ ' 
field bountifully. One was planted in 1750 and Sister Kate’s Soda 0ake.-1 cup sugar; 1 
•lie other in 1785. The first resembles the Seckel tablespoon butter; l egg; 1 teaspoon saleratus, 
ind produces from 15 to 20 bushels annually, dissolved in one cup sweet milk; 2 teaspoons of 
washed off by showers, for a few weeks or till The latter is akin to the Bartlett-vigorous and cream tartar, rubbed .u l pint ot flour; nutmeg, 
the fruit get/two-thirds grown. productive. To he baked immediately alter muting together. 
It is necessary to do this at sunrise, when the Mulching Fruit Trees.—A writer in the Maine Short Cake.— 3 cups thick sour cream; 1 tea- 
dew is upon the young fruit and foliage — the Farmer i9 of opinion that mulching fruit trees spoon saleratus; salt. 
great object being to cover the fruit from the i3 oue of tlje mub t important considerations Economical WafflE 8. —4 eggs; 1 pint o 
time it gets to be of the size of a pea, with a coniiec fod with the cultivation of fruit. He milk; 2 oz. of butter; 1 lb. of flour; 4 table¬ 
coating of ashes. recommends, in orchards put down to grass, re- spoons yeast; a little salt. Beat the eggs to a 
Of course this is more readily done where the 1[10 yj n g the turf around the body of the tree to froth; put the butter in the milk and warm it 
tree has been trained low, aud when this is the j_q c distance ot ten feet or more, and then mulch- until the butter dissolves; when cool add the 
case, a handful or two to a tree will accomplish ^ ^^h such refuse Utter as is most readily at- eggs and flour, and afterwards the yeast and 
the object iu a minute or two. tainable. Over this mulch replace the sods salt. When light pour the hatter in the “ waf- 
Not the curculio alone, but almost all insects, teken ofi in an i aver ted position, which will lie iron,” Bake on both sides by turning, 
are more or less thrown hors du combat by a dose p rcvent t h C g rii( j S f r0 m growing and the mulch Inquiry. — Will some of the Rural readers 
of dry ashes. Thrips and aphides, squash bugs ^. oul ^ e i n g scattered about. gi ve m e the best method for bleaching the dark 
aud turnip flies, slugs and worms, are checked SumrMr pi omn — Arrangement .— 1 The Horti- table linen that fades a yellow V— Mrs. Liubie 
in their destructive operations by this; and cultur - lst f or j unc alluding to the proper group- L. Wheeler, Harrington, N. Y. 
while it relieves the plant from ite insect ene- Qf flower . 6ay8It baa beea , and yet is, the - 
mies, it nourishes it by enriching the soil wit i p mc y oeo c mog t w j j0 group, to think only of col- Making Vinegar. — A correspondent, J. C. 
the alkaline solution that washes into the ground. ^ but tbcy ghould g0 one step farthcr-adopt in R., snys that to make good vinegar, at a cost 
Were the gardener to have but one single rem- a measure the system by which practical bou- of only ten cents per gallon, nse the following 
e<%, that should be dry wood ashes, for instead et makers „ ive 6Ucb effect to the arrangement ingredients:—4 lbs. acetic acid; 1 gal. molasses 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street. 
Post-Office Box, 5643 New York city. 
P ARK.BIt’S PATENT FRUIT GATHER- 
Seu4 for Circulars. HOLDEN & HOWARD, 
Seio, Allejrauy C'o,,N. Y. _ 
A VINELAND Fill IT FARM FOB 
of being injurious to plants like oil, and grease Qf a j.,, w fi ower3j an( i that is, ‘use filling in.’ To 
and tar, and some washes, it benefits it by tertil- ^ b j 3 a s we now have a large number of va- 
izing properties.” 
It is suggested that if fruit growers and vinc- 
yardists would train their trees low the applica¬ 
tion of the ashes would be comparatively easy, 
and the fruit crop certain every time. 
Azaleas.— The Horticulturist says these plants 
bloom much better if planted out doora in the 
full sun, than if kept in shade during the sum¬ 
mer as they often are. 
riegated and colored foliaged plants, we suggest 
their use as a filling in among the plants whose 
great beauty is their blooms; by this means a 
more satisfactory and less monotonous tone is 
given to the group; and if then we add a few more 
whose beauty is in their form and grace ns well 
as color of foliage, we shall have created a mass 
closely resembling, but more artistic and scarcely 
less graceful than Nature in her wildest and most 
harmonious moods.” 
40 do. rain water. Mix well together, and in 
three weeks good strong vinegar, closely re¬ 
sembling that made from cider will be pro¬ 
duced. This acid exists in vinegar in a diluted 
Btnte, and is composed of carbon, hydrogen and 
oxygen in certain determinate and uniform pro¬ 
portions. 
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