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T^KUIT AND OKNAMENTAI. TREES. — . 
I large stock for sale at the Niagara Nurseries. Fc 
Wholesale, Retail and Descriptive Catalogues address 
M7-8t K. MOODY i SONS, Locltport, N. Y. 
Name of a Plant.— Mrs. M. E. T., Canton, N. Y. 
The plant sent by yon is familiarly known aB “ The 
Pitcherhotanlcally— sarraania purpurea. 
AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING, 
gB AU, WE CULTIVATE ONLY ONE YARIETT ? 
Gratify rs'Q as the result undoubtedly is 
which has already been obtained, and glo¬ 
rious as is the promise of the future, grape 
growing is yet in its infancy; and we man- 
ifest at every step that we are but begin- jjji 
ners. A new variety is brought before the ™ 
public, satisfactory to the originator, tried 
perhaps by a few r friends in the neighbor¬ 
hood: and at once they go into ecstasies 
about it; it is the grapejour excellence; should 
he planted over the whole country; and 
every one who is not willing to join in its JS 
praise is put down as an Ignoramus. But A |lg 
their costly favorite travels: it is trans- *J |3§ 
planted iDto a different soU, different snr- 
roundings, and a climate not at all resern- 
bling that of its original locality; and, lo! 
it does not feel at home; its cultivators 
here cannot see the excellences which its .-&p 
originator claimed for it; they put it down > 
as an imposition, and call its disseminator /Wm 
a humbug and cheat This is one instance. MBm 
Another grape is sent out, with no very 
great pretensions, except that it is hardy M 
and healthy. It travels, and finds a more Hfl 
congenial climate and soil, and develops tM 
qualities of which those who have seen it yM> 
only under unfavorable circumstances can |p 
form no idea. It is tried for wine in Its 
new home, and makes an excellent article: 
its new friends claim for it a reputation as j 
a wine grape ; but those who cultivate it A 
under unfavorable circumstances scorn the 
idea of that grape making a drinkable wine; 
ridicule those who give bnt their actual 
experience , and call them humbugs and 
swindlers. These arc instances of two 
extremes. Do yon wish examples ? You 
have them at once in Dr. Grant’s Iona and 
the Concord. For the first, Its originator 
and a few friends claim that it combines 
all the excellences of the native and foreign 
varieties; is healthy, hardy and productive. 
We will grant them, for the sake of argu¬ 
ment, that it is all they claim for it, with 
them: but we also know here that the Iona 
will not succeed; that it is subject here to 
every disease the grape Is heir to; and we 
think thut it will not afford us a great deal 
of satisfaction to grow a grape of very fine 
quality, when we COn get only a few scat¬ 
tering berries of it to ripen, and the bal¬ 
ance is swept away by rot, mildew, and 
sun-scald. Now let us look at the Coni 
cord. Jts merits at the East and North 
are only that it Is hardy and healthy eve¬ 
rywhere, is showy, and a good market-fruit. 
Its pulp thereis tough and acid, its flavor re¬ 
pugnant to many. No one would think of 
making a good wine out of it there. But, as it 
travels further West and South, it ripens more 
thoroughly, its acid pulo di««olvae, our warmer 
sun develops more sugar in it, its flavor becomes 
more delicate, we make wine of It which can be 
justly called very good, and its yield is all that 
can be wished. Is it surprising, then, that it 
should become the “grape of the million,” and 
that huudreds of acres are planted every year J 
Yet those who have tasted it ouly at the East 
turn up their noses in supreme contempt at the 
" uncultivated tastes of those Western people,” 
and think, besausc we contend that the Concord 
is a good grape, and makes good wine , we are to 
be classed among the semi-barbarians, and do 
not know what a good grape is. 
Now, this is all wroug; and the sooner we see 
it, the better. The sooner the eyes of the nation 
are opened to the plain fact, that grape growing, 
and the success or failure of certain varieties, de¬ 
pend upon the locality chosen, the more rapid 
will be our progress. Let us glance at the grape 
growing districts of Europe. The famous wine 
of Schloss Johannisberg, which stands without 
a rival among the Rhenish wises, is grown on 
but a very small area, and the product of vine¬ 
yards scarcely a hundred yards distant is 60 ld 
lor less than one-third the price which the prod¬ 
uct of that celebrated vineyard will bring. The 
favored locations On the Rhine have acquired a 
world-wide fame, while those immediately ad¬ 
joining are not heard of. And yet some of our 
grape-growers insist, that, in this country, one 
variety ol grapes, which they have tried and are 
pleased with, should he the choice of the whole 
nation. Instead of an area of hardly a hundred 
miles over which grape growing in Germany ex¬ 
tends, and on which several hundred varieties 
are cultivated, we have several thousand miles 
here; and yet we insist (or some of us do) that 
one grape should adapt itself to all these differ¬ 
ent locations, and succeed well everywhere, 
they ask impossibilities, and their just reward 
is disappointment and failure. It is time that 
we learned to discriminate; that wc began to 
see that the success or failure oi our vineyards 
depends upon a wise choice of varieties adapted 
to our locality, Boil ^nd climate. Eighteen years 
of close observation, devoted to grape growing, 
have hut tended to make me more caatious every 
year in recommending any grape for general cul- 
tivation, until I do not feel quite sure In recom- 
tRfnding any variety before the other, even to 
the nearest neighbor. If the idea were more 
generally entertained and followed, that each 
variety of grapes requires a peculiar soil and 
climate, we should also have more charity for 
the opinion of others whose experience in dif¬ 
ferent localities may differ materially from our 
rtUAND R1VKK M'RSEII I US, 
^ Lowell, Kent to., niichtgnn. 
Wo offer for the Fall Trade :—ttO.COO yearling Peach 
Trees; 75,0o0 Apple, one year from Kraft; 25,000 Apple, 
two your from graft. 1,000 Transcendent Crab, one year: 
100,(XiO Budded Poach stocks. J ’ 
NOAII F Ci STED, I.owcll, Kent Co., Mich. 
Tpe New Skedlinu Strawberry, orignated by 
Ei-lwanuer & Barry, and heretofore noticed in the 
Rural, has been named the Ntcaiior, and plants are 
now offered for sale as will be seen by an advertise¬ 
ment in this paper. A good illustration of this berry 
will be given in otir next number. 
L L W A N <i KG It A II A DRY’S 
SEEDLING STRAWBERRY 
“N1CANOR." 
Skeletonizing Leaves.— A correspondent asks ns 
for information through the Rural as to the best 
method or skeletonizing leaves. We cannot do jus¬ 
tice to the subject or give eatsflaction to the reader in 
the limits of an article. If one iB especially interest¬ 
ed we advise the purchase of the book entitled, “A 
Treatise on the Art. of Producing Skeleton Leaves.” 
It is for sale at the Rural Office. Sent by mall; 
price, $1.50. 
Having Fruited It for six years, we pronounce It a de¬ 
cided ucqulMUhm tn the list of Market Strawberries, 
Plant very hardy and vigorous, anniasstnu In quantity of 
itaer variety we have 
fruit, and' hardiness of vine, any o 
ever tested, It commences to rip...._ 
the Knrlv Scarlet, and continues on up to the latest, thus 
making it profitable at both end* id the season. Fruit 
from I to tq Inches in diameter, very regular und uni¬ 
form iu size, roundish conical, bright scarlet, and more 
firm and not so acid as the Wilson. Plants will be ready 
for delivery about the 15th of Bent., at *r, per dozen. 
ELLWANOKKA HA DRY, 
id*-It Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
American Pomolooical Meetino.— The Farmer’s 
Advertiser, St. Louis, reminds the public that the 
great meeting of American Pomologists at that place 
commences on the Uth of September. Those having 
fmits which they are desirous of exhibiting, bnt 
which are not likely to keep till that time should for¬ 
ward samples marked “PomologiCfil Meeting 1 '—Kx- 
press charges paid—to McKav & Iloon, 713 South 
Third-street, who will place them in a preserving 
house till the time of the meeting. 
S TR A WRKRBI PLANTS. 
We oirer the following 
Select List of Strawberry Plants, 
which will he ready to send ont by September 1st: 
Alplno,Red and White, Long worth Prolific, 
Agrlcuatnrlst, Russell's Seedling, 
Buffalo Seedling, Trlomphe. doGand, 
Early Scarlet, Wilson’s Albany, 
at 50 Cents per Doz.; $2 per 100; $10 per 1,000. 
ALSO, 
A large collection of New and Foreign vnrtotiCB including 
Lcunlng’N White, Durand’s Seedling, 
Green I'rollllc, dec., 
At At per dozen. And a limited quantity of 
“ DU. KTIOAXSE,” 
THE LARGEST STRAWBERRY KNOWN, 
AT $0 PER DOZEN. 
All orders from unknown correspondents must be ac¬ 
companied with the Cash. 
ELLWANGKR <fc BARRY. 
917-8t Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
The Iona Gbape.— A noted correspondent of an 
American Journal of Horticulture asserts that “the 
Iona grape was defoliated last summer in Dr. Grant’s 
own grounds, where not grown under glass.’’ We 
remember to have heard the Dr, assert, at. a somewhat 
celebrated fruit fair last autumn, in the presence of 
many anxious seekers alter the fruit of the petted 
vine, that “ circumstances too painful to dwell npon 
hud rendered hhn unable to make a show of Re fruit.” 
Wewonder if the above gives the cluetothoBC “pain¬ 
ful ” circumstances. 
HUTCHINSON’S 
Patent 
CIDER AND 
WINE MILL 
with Press, 
Grinds fine, fast, 
and easy—large 
and small. Best 
Cast Cider Press 
Screws— fine 
thread, very stout 
a n d powerful.— 
Grinders and 
Presses separate. 
Best & Cheapest 
Si Keyes’ Early Prolific Tomato.— When the seed 
of this tomato was sent out last spring it was with 
the statement that the variety was thirty days earlier 
than all others. With precisely the same treatment 
in all respects we have ripened it only four days ear¬ 
lier than the large early red a variety common and 
well known. The Tihleu is about ten days behind. 
The editor of the Horticulturist says the Keyes rip¬ 
ened one week later on his ground than Powell’s 
Early, and thinks it resembles closely a kind he has 
grown before. 
Gai.ic'b Copper JS, 
Strip.oil sizes and 
Have wb a “ Univrsal” Grape.—Geo. Hubmann 
says, In an article on “American grape growing,” 
published iu the Jonrnal of Horticulture, "We have 
no wine grape for the whole country , nor do 1 think It 
likely that we shall ever have one w hich will meet all 
the requirements in every location throughout this vast 
territory. * * * 1 am confident we have grapes 
already equal to the Riesling, Tramlner, Burgundy, 
and Oparto, but we must not, persist in forcing them 
upon an uncongenial soil and climate. Let us drop 
the “ universal ” Yankee when It, comcB to varieties; 
but let. us make grape culture universal throughout 
the land by making experiments, and planting only 
CUoL trtlltUvo HP l«C rultlTl III! lotftlHy.** 
Oi l 11', HI i 
length of cut. 
Bend for Illustrated circular to PEEK^KiLL PLOW 
WORKS, Peek-skill, N. Y. 
JfflALL FAKJI FOB SALE —Contnlu- 
“ lug 18 acres, situated hull' a mile we.Htof the Colleges 
nt Geneva. N. Y. There Is an excellent Gothic. Dwelling, 
with nine rooms, bonifies kitchen and two bed-roomo. 
Good burn, stable und carriage house, ami an Orchard ot 
two acres, well watered by pipes from Whim Spring 
Farm. The laud is thoroughly niuleriinnued with tile, 
and as productive as any bind in Western New York. 
The house Is on elevated land, with a view Of Seneca 
Lake ami part of Geneva. Price for Mio whole $10,800, 
or thn buildings with four acres, Including the orchard, 
will be sold ror $6,800. Apply to 
bit -Hi JAMES THOM on the Farm. 
THE WALTER GRAPE. 
Ill mill DATAWTSHA RASiqiEU It I EH 
LIL'IDU and FIouohton Goosicnuiinnts for sale. 
Send stamp for oar Clreuhir, showing the habits of this 
prolific Raspberry; which hears a crop In July, and an¬ 
other that is abundant In Sept, and Oct. Address CHAH. 
D. COPELAND, Agent, Genesee Nurseries, Lima, N. Y. 
THE WALTER GRAPE 
A WHHT OAT: 
Although it is hardly time yet to use fruit 
gatherers, it is well to be prepared when the 
time does come, as it will in a few weeks. The 
lustmment hero illustrated (Fig. 1,) is light and 
cheap, and free from all pulleys, strings and 
levers. It consists of a light pole, having a 
forked iron fastened to the end, and a small 
chain attached, near the fork, supporting a can¬ 
vas bag, into which the fruit falls upon being de¬ 
tached by the fork. The mouth of the hag is 
held open.by a light wooden hoop. 
Eds. Rural Neav Yorker:— This new grape 
is a seedling of the Delaware crossed with 
Diana, originated by A. J. Caywood, at Mo¬ 
dena, Ulster Co,, N. Y., seven miles west of 
the Hudson. It was moved to Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y., in the spring of 1865, it then being live 
years old and having borne three times,—the 
main stem measuring one inch in diameter. 
The soli in which it first grew was about seven 
inches deep, underlaid with an almost imper¬ 
meable mixture of blue clay and gravel. It 
now stands in a dry situation; soil, slatey loam, 
and is bearing the sixth time. The Walter was 
the only one of the twenty-seven vines raised 
from the crossed cluster that bore fruit, except¬ 
ing one of the same lot standing near it, that 
four years ago bore two berries, but has never 
borne since. It much resembles the Delaware, 
as did all of them. 
The Walter is so perfect a mixture of Dela¬ 
ware and Diana, that most of the leading horti¬ 
culturists of the country have declared it was 
difficult to decide which it most resembles. In 
growth the vine surpasses the Diana, the wood 
appearing In every particular like an overgrown 
Delaware. Persons uuacquaintcd with its leaf 
could not distinguish it from Delaware under 
glass. Outdoor it is more iobed, leaves large 
as the largest Concord, fleshy and leather-like, 
hut a little darker green beneath and on the 
surface than it3 parent, the Delaware, and as free 
from down on the underside of the feat as that 
variety. It has never yet shown mildew. In 
hunch and berry a medium between Delaware 
and Diana, some berries as large as those of the 
latter. The cluster in shape differs from Dela¬ 
ware very little if any. Not a particle of acid 
can he found iu it. It is highly charged with 
sugar throughout the flesh, seeds small and from 
one to two in number. When the sugary sub¬ 
stance which adheres to the skin is drawn off 
with the tongue, it is left as thin as that of the 
Delaware, and this also is generally eaten, as it 
is folly as rich as the skin of a raisin. They 
preserve readily if placed in any dry situation, 
in-doors or out We now have a few raisins two 
years old. It Is a great bearer and needs thin¬ 
ning. It ripens here by the ‘20th of August. 
We have had ripe berries of this kind as early 
as the 6th. 
Now, Mr. Editor, ae you see, I have said 
many good things for this grape, and know 
that I will be arraigned before the horticultural 
world if my statements are not true, but in view 
of this responsibility I will repeat what I may 
have said before,—that it has hut one fault, viz: 
it is, like its parents, too compact in the clus¬ 
ter, notwithstanding the declaration in the No¬ 
vember number of the Horticulturist that it was 
too loose. We did not intend to bring it before 
the public quite so soon, hut have felt compelled 
to by the attack made by “ Penn Yun” and oth¬ 
ers. A. J. Caywood. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
H YACYIVTIIS, TIJUPS, Ac., 
I shall receive from Holland about the 1st of Sept.. 
:i splendid lot or HYACINTHS, tiiliph, crocuses’ 
LILIES, and all Other Hardy Bulbs suitable for Autnnm 
planting. Catalogues supplied free. 
Address JAMES VII K, Rochester, N. Y. 
VARIOUS RECIPES - SELECTED 
To Bake Tomatoes. —Season them with salt 
and pepper; flour them over; put them in a 
deep plate with a little butter, and bake iu a 
stove. 
To Broil Tomatoes. — Wash and wipe the 
tomatoes, and put them on the gridiron over live 
coals, with the stem down. When that side is 
brown, turn them, and let them cook through. 
Put them on a hot dish, and send them quickly 
to the table, to be there seasoned to taste. 
Tomato Sauce Francaise.— Cut ten toma¬ 
toes into quarters, and put them into a saucepan 
with four onions sliced, a little parse!oy, thime, 
one clove, and a quarter of a pound of butter; 
set the saucepan on the fire, stirring occasionally 
for three-quarters of an hour; strain the sauce 
through a hair seive, and serve with beefsteak. 
Black Currant Vinegar.—P our three pints 
of vinegar on five pounds of very ripe black 
currants, stir them twice a day for throe days, 
then squeeze and strain off the juice, boil It, ten 
minutes, add one pound of loaf sugar to every 
pint of juice, boil and drain it about 20 minutes 
longer, and bottle it when cold. 
PitESEKvtNG Fruit without Sugar.—T o pre¬ 
serve fruit in this way, for wiuter use, in a fresh 
state, put them up in bottles, fill them UP with 
cold spring water, tie down with bladder tight¬ 
ly ; put them in a kettle or copper of cold water 
up to the neck of the bottles, with hay to steady 
them; let them simmer for a quarter of an hour, 
but not boil; let them cool in the water; wipe 
the bottles, and put in a dry place. On no ac¬ 
count open them till their contents are wanted 
for eating. 
Blackberry Wine. —There is no wine equal 
to the blackberry wine when properly made, 
either in flavor or for medical purposes, and al 
persons who can conveniently do so, should 
manufacture enough for their own use every 
year, as it iB invaluable in sickness as atonic,! 
and nothing is a better remedy for bowel dis¬ 
eases. We therefore give the recipe for making 
jt:—“ Measure your berries and bruise them; to 
every gallon adding one quart of boiling water. 
Let the mixture 6tand 24 hours, stirring occa¬ 
sionally ; then strain off the liquor into a cask, 
to every gallon adding two pounds of sugar; 
cork tight, and let stand till the following Octo¬ 
ber, and you will have wine ready for nse, with¬ 
out further straining or boiling. This makes a 
most excellent and palatable wine. 
T KERCH'S NEW STU AYVIIKKIMES, - 
♦J . Gen Is Giant, Mead I', Sherman and Sheridan. Plants 
by AuKust 20 t.li. fI V doz; US for 50; *5 V 100 ; $25 ft 
1,000. LOiriritJ J. KERCH, Waterloo. NT Y. 
1 1HE GREAT EUROPEAN STRAWBERRY 
dh. mcyvxi^Ei. 
Strong plants ready for delivery tty mall from August 
I5t.li, Real I the Rural and ..und your order* early. 
MARK. U. WILLSON, No. 105 North St., Rochester, N. Y, 
as when hanging on the tree. No climbing to he done, 
nor ladders needed. Weighs 2.'< lbs. Single, machines 
sent by express I'or $.\00. Special Inducements to agents. 
Address L. RICHARDS, Patentee ami Proprietor, 
Varysburg, Wyoming CO., N. Y. 
Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 
Fig. 2 shows another form or modification op 
the same, the canvas bog being attached to the 
pole instead of being suspended. 
A good ladder for picking fruit and for general 
purposes is made by sawing a tamarac pole In the 
direction of Its length into two equal parts, which 
are separated the proper distance, holes bored 
through, and the rounds or steps put in. This 
makes a very light and strong ladder for any pur¬ 
pose. M. H. Cooper. 
FALL PLANTING OF ASPARAGUS, 
Within the past two years we have watched 
experiments made by several gentlemen on plant¬ 
ing asparagus in August, and the result is a re¬ 
markable Buccese. 
The ground is prepared as for the crop at any 
other season, aud after cutting off the green taps 
of the young seedlings the roots are set precisely 
as iu spriDg plauting. They push new roots at 
once, and make eyeB bo Btroug that even from 
one-year old seedlings some asparagus—but not, 
of course, very strong—has been cut the follow¬ 
ing spring, and where two-year old roots have 
been used, a full crop has been cut in the same 
time,—a result no one expects from spring plant- 
ing. 
In this region the plan has taken strong hold 
of gardeners, and asparagus planting is likely to 
take rank at once with the strawberry as a regu¬ 
lar August operation. 
It will, of course, be best in such cases to 
cover the beds, after they have once become 
frozen, with some kind of litter, not to keep 
out frost, but to prevent thawing and freezing 
until the natural spring season comes, or the 
plants maybe thrown out.— Gardeners' Monthly. 
DU. ISnCAXSB! 
Said to be the labgkst iikrhy known, plants arc hardy, 
vigorous growers, and productive. Fruit of this variety 
from plants set in September last was exhibited at the 
Western New York Fruit Growers* Convention held In 
Rochester on the 27th of last J ire which weighed 1 % 
ounces and measured 6 K inches hi circnml'erene.o. 
This variety we have Imported al o'eat expense, and 
will have a fine stock to offer our customers in August 
and September. _ 
The following are extract - from European catalogues! 
“It In of enormous <dw. the berries weight), y over 1* 
OHncea.Xnlne to the pound,) and early, of a bright red 
color, very y lossy, the flesh. white, and yf fine ijUUitiy." 
Tins sort lias the bo-t characteristic* of an y wc have 
ever Introduced. Orders must be sent In early. as they 
will only lie filled lu rotation, fjf We will furnish plauta 
postage paid, at the following rale *:—$1 $1 plant; $10 H 
dozen, $7» * 100. Address FRONT * GO., 
9U-4t rjencscc Valley Nor series, Hoc /teeter, A*. 1'. 
H BDGE PI.ANTn FORTY TO FIFT’ 
Millions first claw Osage plants for sale. Buna ) 
cents lor Essay on Hedging. 
W. H. MANN & BRO., Normal, 111 b. 
P. S.- Agents Wanted. Gll-lSt 
1858 . H- P- BALLARD & CO. 1867 . 
THE well-established stbictly 
Produce Commission House, 
No. 832 Wamiiko iok St., New Yohk. 
J3f Reference —North River Bank, New York, ze b 
H ave unequalled facilities for disposing of Wool, Hops, 
Leaf Tobacco and Highwlnes, direct to manufacturers. 
Strict attention glveu to Butter, Cheese, Pork, Beef, 
Flour, Grain, Beans, Peas, Dried aud Green Fruits, 
Seeds. Eggs, fix-, Ac- jyCoualgnment Solicited. 
Cookies. —3 cups of sugar; 3X cups of cream; 
1 cup of water; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoonB of saleratus; 
salt and season to taste. 
