THE COMMITTEE ON NATIVE FRUITS, 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c. 
Eds. Rural :—I noticed in your paper a re¬ 
quest from “Farmer’s Wife,” and another from 
“ Farmer’s Daughter,” for recipes for nice Corn 
Starch Cake and Tapioca Pudding. J venture to 
send you mine for insertion in your valuable 
paper. The recipe for Coni Starch Cake is most 
excellent and never fails. It is always in de¬ 
mand for festivals, fairs, &c., as well as at 
home: 
Cokn Starch Cake.— 1 eup of butter; a cups 
of sugar; 1 cup of sweet, milk ; 1>£ cups Hour; 
do. com starch; % teaspoon soda; % tea¬ 
spoon cream tartar; the whites of 7 eggs beaten 
to a froth added last; flavor with vanilla or 
almond. 
Ckifllkrs .—X enp of butter; 2% do. of sugar; 
l^eupg sour milk: 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon sulera- 
tus. Knead soft. 
Sponge Cake.— 2 cups of sugar; 2 of flour; 
e SS s ? I teaspoon of soda; 2 of cream tartar; 
rind of lemon grated and juice. Lemon added 
last. 
Knead Ginger Noth.— l cup of molosscH; 1 
do. of sugar; 1 do. of shortening (part butter 
I he ( atawimi Raspberry. — C, D. Copeland 
of Lima, N. Y., writes thus eoneeruiug this 
fruit:—“It is now, with us, In its blossoming 
stage for the autumn crop. This is produced 
by the canes of this year’s growth. The first 
crop, which is ou the old canes, continues to 
redden the bush at this date—Aug. 10th. A 
gentleman living In the town of Cfttuwlssa, Pa., 
where the bush originated, in a private letter 
now before me, says‘ In an experiment made 
by himself, 40 hills that were three years old, 
yielded upon an average, from July uutil Octo¬ 
ber, weekly, a quart, to each hill.’ ” 
Strawlwrrks —Northern Qreen-Houses vs. South¬ 
ern Climate. — The editor of the Gardeners’ 
Monthly says:—We should like to see the ex¬ 
periment fairly tried between strawberries from 
the house aud fruit ripened a long way off. Wc 
have expense from transportation, and injuries 
from decay, against growth ou the spot and 
prime quality. It is not always the mere straw¬ 
berry which pays. When we were in New York, 
last month, poor strawberries found no buyers, 
though offered at 5 cents per quart. They wore 
pronounced a drug, and many were being thrown 
into the river. At the same time Knox’s glori¬ 
ous Jucundaa were sought after at 35 ceuts per 
quart. We note this to show that there are 
many points In Btrawborry growing for profit 
to be considered besides mere earllness in ripen¬ 
ing. 
The Walter and Modena Grapes. —Since pub¬ 
lishing the illustration of the Walter Grape, Mr. 
Cav wood of Poughkeepsie has written us that 
they have uo plants for sale at present. He also 
forwarded a description of the Modena, “ a Beed- 
liug of the Concord, of the same age of the Wal¬ 
ter, and originating at the same place. The leaf 
is a little darker green than the Concord, aud 
considerably wrinkled in the center, which cups 
it slightly. The vine iu every other respect so 
nearly resembles the Concord that a further de¬ 
scription Is unnecessary. The cluster is not 
Often shouldered, broad at the base and taper¬ 
ing. The fruit is much sweeter than the Con¬ 
cord, has less of the American aroma uud foxi- 
ness than its parent, and ripens with the Hart¬ 
ford Prolific.” 
New Caladiuim .—The process of hybridization 
is now practiced with all classes of plants. Mr. 
Bleu of Paris, has been particularly successful 
in raising seedling caladlums, which far surpass 
any of the original varieties introduced into our 
gardens. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
in noticing the plants at the Paris Exhibition, 
says that the seedlings of Mr. Bleu were a 
“ Wonderful collection. Anything like the ex¬ 
ceeding variety aud beauty of color in some of 
them it would be impossible to find In any other 
family of seedling varieties. Sumo of the no¬ 
blest among them are suffused with livid red, 
which intensities toward the center, the margin 
being quite green, while in one or two witli very 
large leaves the central color Is of a delicate vi¬ 
olet rose; but it is vain to hope to say anything 
about them iu limited space—suffice it to say, a 
more interesting result of cross breeding could 
not be seen. Many of the kinds have not yet 
been named.” 
What can be done to get the Committee on 
Native Fruits of our Western New York Horti¬ 
cultural Society to do their duty ? Last. Septem¬ 
ber I published a long article in the Horticul¬ 
tural page of the Rural, setting forth the claims 
of two new raspberries. At the late meeting of 
the Society a letter from me was read, inviting 
•said Committee and all others to investigate 
said claims. Still later I put a prominent ad¬ 
vertisement in the Rural, appointing a day 
when both berries would be in their prime. But 
failing to get any of the Committee on that day 
I made a trip to Rochester, and after getting a 
promise of attendance from one of the Commits 
tee, whom I found there, I wrote to all the oth¬ 
ers, appointing a day when I would meet at the 
cars—but did not succeed in getting any of them 
on the ground. 
J. J. Thomas writes he was gone from home; 
have not hoard from the others. 
Now what more could have been done? If 
this Committee is appointed as a safeguard to 
the public, do they uot owe fruit growers an 
apology ? Can we. be blamed if after this we put 
our plants in market as being in fact all we claim 
for them ? H. H. Doolittle. 
Oaks Corners, Ont. Co., N. Y. 
Remarks. —Our correspondent has cause for 
serious complaint, The Horticultural Society 
of Western New York has officially expressed 
its conviction that new seedling fruits should be 
examined by a committee composed of compe¬ 
tent horticulturists, before their claims to favor 
should be urged by the originators or accepted 
by the public. There Is a Standing Committee 
for this purpose, composed of the following 
prominent horticulturists residing in Western 
New York:—J. J. Thomas, Union Springs; T. 
G. Yeomans, Walworth; W. S. Little, Roch¬ 
ester ; 8 . B. Gavitt, Lyons, and John Cuaink, 
Lock port. It seems to us that the duty which 
this Committee owes, not only to the possessors 
of seedlings, but to the Society which it repre- 
rRflUEHBLRGER.SC 
Tms new seedling, originated by Messrs. 
Ellwanokr & Barky, has been briefly noticed 
heretofore in theso columns. It has been fruited 
for six years, part of the time on a large scale as 
a market berry, and Its, qualities, so far as they can 
be tested by one growfer, should certainly be 
well known by this time. Messrs. E. & B. say 
“ it commences to ripen a few days before the 
Early Scarlet, has proved more productive with 
ns than Wilson’s Albany, keeps longer in hear¬ 
ing, and for hardiness is uequaled. Fruit, bright 
scarlet, about the same size as the Wilson’s, but 
more uniform, and of much better quality; coni¬ 
cal, with an occasional flattened berry.” 
an immense amount of wood but no fruit, while 
those long pruned, oven to leaving some later¬ 
als, are hearing profusely. This is also the 
case with the same variety iu the vineyard of 
John Hoyt, Esq. The Delaware everywhere 
tells the story of its want of rich soil or strong 
manures, as in all such positions its growth is 
Hue and its fruit abundant, while everywhere 
that it is planted iu poor or ordinary soil, such 
as suits well the Catawba, it fails to grow satis¬ 
factorily. F. R. Elliott. 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS 
The Wilson Strawberry at the West. — M. L. 
Dunlap says:—“ Whatever may be thought of 
the Wilson at the East, here at the West it is 
uot only the market-berry, but is rapidly becom¬ 
ing almost exclusively the one for family use. 
Our hot suns appear to elaborate its rich acid 
juice; and although it mty require more sugar 
than the soft varieties, yet it suits the taste of 
our people.” 
.1 Southern Nursery.— S^une three miles from 
Augusta, Gu., are the Frultlaud Nurseries, com¬ 
prising several hundred acres. The grounds 
border upon and overlook the Savannah River, 
and are stocked with apple, pear, peach, and 
other varieties of fruit—especially grapes. The 
stock of peaches is from 80 to 90 thousand trees, 
with apples, i&c., to match. It is supposed to 
be the most extensive establishment of the kind 
in Hie Southern country. 
Champion Muscat Grape.—A new variety is 
offered for sale under this name. It was raised 
by Mr. Melville of Dalmcny Park, from the 
Champion Hamburg crossed with Cannon Hall 
Muscat. It is a very free setting variety, ami 
succeeds perfectly under the same treatment as 
the Black Hamburg. 'The bunches are large, 
well shouldered, and the berries of great size, 
resembling iu every respect the Champion Ham¬ 
burg, but with the most exquisite and powerful 
Muscat flavor. 
Thornless Black Cap Raspberry .—We have re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Joseph Sinton, Angola, Erie 
Co., N. Y., samples of the fruit and branches of 
this plant. The berry Is like that of the Doolit¬ 
tle; the branches and muin stern are stocky, of 
good habit, and the foliage vigorous. The canes 
are without thorns, and may be handled with im¬ 
punity. It propagates from the tips of the canes, 
and does not spread from the roots. Mr. S. in¬ 
forms us that it, ripened ihs limit this season eight 
days earlier thau the Doolittle. 
New Seedling Strawberry. — The new variety 
raised by Hon. M. P. Wilder, and shown last 
year, has been again exhibited the present year, 
and appears to be one of the best of the new 
seedlings introduced for several years. In gen¬ 
eral appearance it resembles La Constitute, from 
which it is believed to be a cross between that 
sort, and the Hovey. The size is large, the form 
regular, the flavor good, ana though a little hol¬ 
low in the center it appears to possess many 
good properties. It is a more vigorous grower 
than La Constante, but not quite so glossy and 
rich in color. 
Robins in the Vineyard. 
HEADING OFF THE CURCULIO 
In a recent number of the Ohio Farmer there 
was an account of a meeting of the Cincinnati 
Horticultural Society, at which a letter was read 
from P. S. Btrail of Covington, Ky., detailing his 
method of heading the curenlio from his plum 
trees. It consists in removing the turf from 
around the trees, if any there he, over a space 
somi-what larger than that covered by the top or 
branches, and covering the ground a half an Inch 
thick with marble dust, leached ashes, blue clay 
or gravel well composted or beaten down. This 
forms a coating impenetrable to worms and in¬ 
sects. The experiments tried were confined to 
the gravel and marble dust, used singly, but the 
other materials mentioned, it is supposed, will 
answer the purpose. Trees, upon ground thus 
prepared, have borne a full crop of plums ever 
since. J. W. Rust, residing also in Covington, 
saves bis plums by burning tobacco stems under 
the branches of his trees every morning. He 
was induced to do this by noticing the fact that 
a plum tree, under whose shade he was accus¬ 
tomed to enjoy his pipe daily, produced a fine 
lot of fruit, while all the rest cast theirs from 
the action of the eurculio. Acting on this hint, 
he fumigated his trees, with the. smoke of burn¬ 
ing tobacco stems, and saved his plums. 
THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY REGION 
Eds. Rural :—I wish to call attention to this 
country for the benefit of that class of people 
who are seeking homes where land is cheap and 
soil is good. I will give some of my reasons. 
The soil and climate are such that the country Is 
very healthy, entirely free from fever and ague, 
und hililou 3 diseases are unknown. The ex¬ 
tremes of temperature are less thau almost any 
other part oi North America. The thermometer 
never reaches a point at which peach bnds are 
injured during the winter, and autumnal frosts 
are delayed by the influence of the waters of Lake 
Michigan und Grand Traverse Bay until lute in 
the fall, generally from the 25th of October to 
the 1st of November. Last year the melon and 
tomato vines were not injured on the Peninsula 
uutil the first of November. Land is cheap; 
price of wild land is from three to ten dollars 
per acre, heavy-timbered with maple 
Eds. Rural:—I f “Rural Friend” will give 
Hie following recipe a trial, she will find just 
what Bhe so much desires: 
A Beautiful Red for Cotton or Linen.— 
For one pound of cotton or linen — Fill your 
copper kettle with rain water, and add 1 oz. of 
alum; oz. cream tartar; dip one hour and 
air. Thou take 4 oz. copperas in a ladle, burn 
it with a red hot iron until it becomes fine and 
red ; add the copperas to l qt. of sharp vinegar; 
put it into a glass bottle; cork tight aud shake 
well several times for twelve hours; uncork 
while shaking, and it will be lit for ubo. The 
copperas and vinegar should be prepared the 
day before you wish to color. Now have your 
alum liquor at a blood heat, add the clear part 
ol' the vinegar and copperas to It, ami mix it 
well. Dip the cotton fifteen minutes, stirring 
it, attentively; air, dip, and air uutil it suits. 
This will be a permanent red on cotton or linen. 
—A Subscriber, Whitney's Crossing, N. Y. 
Inquiry.—W ill some of your readers give a 
recipe lor making Raspberry Sirup, for flavoring 
soda water, &c. ? 
anti 
Illinois State Horticultural Society. — The 
Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Horti¬ 
cultural Society, will bo hold In the Hall of the South 
Pass Horticultural Society, at South Pass, Tuesday, 
Wednesday, Thnrsday, ami Friday, September 3d, 
4th, 5Ui and 6th, 18117, commencing at 9 a, m., on 
Tuesday, State and local Horticultural Societies are 
invited U> send delegates; and it Is hoped the friends 
of horticulture throughout the State will be present, 
and contribute their inite of knowledge to the common 
fund. Our Eastern Horticultural friends who proj 
pose to attend the meeiitigol' the American Bornolog¬ 
ical Society, at St. Louis, On the 11th of September, 
are especially Invited to lake South Pass hi their way, 
aud enliven our meeting by their presence. 
The Fruit Grower*' Association of Southern Illi¬ 
nois will hold an exhibition of fruits, &e«, at the Barno 
time uud place, for which the contributions of mem¬ 
bers and delegates are solicited. It is expected that 
the Illinois Central, and perhaps other railways, will 
return members free. The hospitalities of the citi¬ 
zens of South Pass are freely proffered to all who 
attend, und will he hearty aud sincere. Persons una¬ 
ble to attend can become members by remitting the 
sum of two dollars. Elmer Baldwin, Pres’t, 
W. C. Flagg, Secretary. 
farms 
partly cleared, from seven to twenty, with log 
house and bums and fences. There are no Gov¬ 
ernment lands for sale, having all been pur¬ 
chased or taken as homesteads, except it be 
back in the country, where there is more expos¬ 
ure to frost. Several townships in Lelanaw Co. 
that I visited have a settler on nearly every quar¬ 
ter section, where two years ago only two fam¬ 
ilies lived in a distance of several miles around. 
The emigrants that came in this season are 
mostly from New York and Ohio; some from 
the southern part of Michigan. Several men 
from 9t. Joseph, Mich., have purchased on the 
Peninsula and are preparing to plant hops and 
peaches extensively. One gentleman who sold 
a distance east of Cleveland, Ohio, of say 
twenty miles, and west seventy miles, or there¬ 
abouts, embracing Sandusky and ranging the 
Lake Shore just so far back from it as to benefit 
from its Influence, is claimed at this time to be, 
perhaps, as favorable for the growing of the 
grape as any section of the United States. A 
visit through the vineyards, however, is only re¬ 
quisite to convince any observing one that all of 
this section is not, in a strict sense, grape land ; 
for while the vine thrives in all the soils of sand] 
loam, gravel, and clay, the latter, when resting 
on a yellow soap-stone clay shale, which, with 
its crevices, is almost a natural drainage, al¬ 
though slow, is found to give the finest bunches 
with the least surplus of wood. 
Recently having visited many of the vineyards 
within the range above noted, it may be of in¬ 
terest to many readers of the Rural to know 
that the vines are all Wealthy, and the fruit crop 
now a promise of perfection. In some lew cases 
Hot Rolls. —Seeing an inquiry in the Domes¬ 
tic Column about making hot rolls, I will send 
you my recipe, which is very good: 
To 1 pint of water or new milk add 3 potatoes 
boiled and sifted, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 table¬ 
spoons hop yeast and Hour sufficient to make a 
thick batter. When light knead hard as tor 
bread. Let it stand over night. Add 2 table¬ 
spoons of butter; make into small rolls; place 
on tins a few minutes by the fire until light, aud 
bake quickly.— Mrs. W. W. Curtis, Macon City, 
Mo. _ 
Keeping Cider Sweet.— The Utica Herald 
states that A. G. Williams of Hampton, Oneida 
Co., has a method ol' preserving cider worthy 
of being generally known:—Allow the older to 
work until it has reached the state most desira¬ 
ble to the taste, then add grated liorse-radish in 
the proportion of a tumbler and a half to the 
barrel of eider, and shake up well. This arrests 
further fermentation, and after remaining a few 
weeks may be racked off in clean casks, and the 
air excluded by closing the bung. Cider pre¬ 
served in this way has a pleasant, agreeable 
fiavor. __ 
To Cook Salsify or Vegetable Oysters. 
—Wash clean, scrape them, and cut into small 
pieces; boil In clear water Hll tender, season 
with salt, pepper and butter, and add a teacup 
of thin cream or good sweet ml lie; let it boil 
up and pour it over a plate ol crackers or toast¬ 
ed bread. This makes an excellent dish.—A. T. 
T., Washington, JFi'a. 
Grape Growers’ Meeting.—W e again remind our 
readers that the summer meeting of the Lake Shore 
Grape Growers’ Association is to be held at North 
East, Penn., on Tuesday, the 27th inst.—(not 28th, as 
formerly printed.) A large attendance of members, 
and other persons interested in grape culture Is antic¬ 
ipated. On the 28th a party will be made up for an 
excursion to Cleveland, Sandusky, Put-lti-Bay und 
Catawba Island. Persons intending to participate in 
this excursion are requested to notify the Secretary, 
M. B. Bateham, Painesville, O,, as early as the 23d. 
The prospects of the grape crop are generally very 
favorable throughout the Lake Shore region, aud also 
In the interior of Ohio und about Pittsburg. 
It is a serious ques¬ 
tion with the growers of some of the earliest and 
sweetest grapes, especially the Delaware, how to 
keep them from the robins. The law in this 
State is against the shooting of birds, but the 
opinion is gaining ground that the robin should 
be outlawed. He is a great thief of fruit, and 
his claims to immunity as benefactor in the way 
of eating insects is growing weaker every year. 
If it really comes to the necessity of choosing 
between the robins und the fruit, the birds will 
have to go. We shall hear more of this matter 
when the Horticultural Societies meet next 
winter. 
Tomatoes. — F. R. Elliott, Cleveland, Ohio, 
writes us as follows;—“ Among tomatoes, I 
have now growing Powell’s Early, Keyes’ Early, 
Early York, Vinewood, Stoikton, Howe, Til- 
den, aud several others, but owe under name oi 
“Alger” has matured its l'ruit as early as the 
earliest, and not only one or two fruits and then 
a lull or period of not ripening, hut it has con¬ 
tinued to ripen right along. The vine has a 
Transplanting Old Grape Vinbk, — 11 K. L.” 
writes from Egypt, Dl., that he has a “ row of grape 
vines which are planted five or six feet from where ho 
wants the trellis. Would it bo host to layer them so 
they may reach the trellis, or take them up and plant 
next spring? Will the vines have too much root if 
layered? They are 12 to 15 feet apart, planted lust 
spring.” If the vines have been planted out 
only one year we should thiuk best to transplant 
them. They eau be luyered over to the trellis very 
easily, however, and will not get too much root. 
The Dorchester BLACKBEimv.—(T. T. C. 
Onon¬ 
daga, N. Y.) This blackberry docs not attract much 
attention at present. There are superior varieties. 
The Dorchester Is hardy enough, and an excellent ta¬ 
ble berry, but It In a shy hearer, and its season is short. 
Keeping Grape3.— “A Subscriber” asks the read¬ 
ers of the Rural what is the best method of keeping 
grapes through the winter. 
Green Corn— How to Can it.— Mrs. J. R., 
Terre Coupee, lad., wants to know how to can 
green corn. She has tried it, in the way fruits 
are prepared, and failed every time. Cau any of 
our readers explain the process by which green 
corn can be preserved as proposed ? 
Root Pruning.— (P. H., Waterville, N. Y.) Root 
pruning, for the purpose of inducing fruitfulness, 
should be done late in the fall, in the winter, or very 
early in the spring. Prune your neglected grape vine 
as close as may be desirable at the beginning of winter. 
