Horticultural Notes and Queries 
New Advertisements. 
To be Given Away,-A n agent friend of the Rural 
has a quantity of “ Hill’s Sweet Com ” which he pro¬ 
poses to distribute free in packages containing enough 
to plant 20 or 30 hills. lie recommends it us an ex¬ 
cellent variety. Send a directed envelope, with stump, 
to Cullen Loud, Egypt, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
A COUGH, a €OLD, or a SORE THROAT, 
Requires Immediate attention,and should be check¬ 
ed. If allowed to continue. 
Irritation of the Lungs, a Permanent Throat 
DImcumi*. or UoiiNiimptlou, 
Is often the result. 
DISCUSSIONS AT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, 
[Tub subjoined communications, written, as our 
readers doubtless recognise, by two very promi¬ 
nent members of the National Pomological 8ociety, 
present just views of the. aims and advantages of the 
Association. Let ns have local and State organiza¬ 
tions by all means, but a National Congress has like¬ 
wise Us neceesary duties.— Ed.] 
Under this heading it is stated in a recent 
number of this journal that the Germantown 
Telegraph has doubts of the advantages of a 
National Fruit Society—that even State Socie¬ 
ties are too large and the objects can be better 
accomplished by County and Township Societies. 
I cannot agree wi th the Telegraph. All these So¬ 
cieties—National, State, County and Township 
—have their peculiar duties to perform. 
A very large number of our best fruits nre 
grown in more than twenty different States of 
our country, and when the fruit growers of all 
these States meet together they are not only 
able to compare their successes and failures and 
discuss their causes, but they establish an uni¬ 
formity of nomenclature which is of vast im¬ 
portance. If our National Society had done no 
more than what it has in this single direction, 
it would have established its claim to the grati¬ 
tude and support of every fruit grower in the 
land. Fruit culture is a gTcat national pursuit, 
and those engaged In it, whether they are mem¬ 
bers of local Societies or not, look to it as the 
great central light which collects and combines 
the information locally obtained for the general 
good. 
Nothing, in my opinion, redounds so much to 
the honor of American fruit growers, or gives 
stronger proof of their intelligence and en¬ 
terprise, than the existence of the National 
Society and the work it has accomplished. It 
is the subject of admiration in Europe, where 
they arc now following the example we have 
set them in this respect- 
It is not at all strange that the grape should at 
the present time occupy a large share of atten¬ 
tion. A whole catalogue of grapes has been 
ushered into existence within a few years, and 
grape culture is spreading over our land with a 
marvellous rapidity. Those engaged in it feel it 
to be a new pursuit, and they ask for each other’s 
experience and advice. 
The meeting at St. Louis was one of the most 
useful ever held, and one which, more than any 
previous one, illustrated the necessity lor such a 
society. Cultivators residing more than a thou¬ 
sand miles apart, were brought together to in¬ 
terchange views and enlighten and encourage 
one another. Is this doing no good ? The moral 
influences of such a society are so obvious as to 
need no comment. Then let every fruit grower 
in the land, North and South, East and West, 
join in sustaining our National Society, that it 
may posh forward with vigor and success its 
great and good work.— b. 
PinLADELPiu a Horticultural Society —At a re¬ 
cent meeting of this Society an election of officers 
took place, President —W. L. Schaffer. Cor. Sec .— 
Thomas Meehan. Rcc. Sec.—A. W Harrison. Treas. 
Henry A Dreer. Thos. P. .Tames has charge of the 
Botanieal Department. James C Booth that of Chew- 
istry, ami S. S. Ruthvcn that of Entomology. 
Having a direct Influence to the parts, give Immediate 
relief. For Hrnuchltla, Audrain, Catarrh, Con- 
Niimptlvo utid Throat DImi-iimcm, Troches are used 
with always good success, 
_ Public Mpen kern use them to clear 
and strengthen the voice. 
“Buown’b Biionohui, Tkoohrs,” and 
do not take any of the worthless Imitations that tuuy 
bo offered. Bold Kvkkywiibkb. 98S3mo J 
Il , ?> u,,,JKY ’ s vnKsa LAi ni:i,s 
Turning a Lane to Good Account. Mr. tt. if. 
Brown, Greece, this county, has a farm lano about 
fifty rods long and throe wide.fcoth sides of which 
are set with apple trees, numbering iu all one hun¬ 
dred and thirty. They have just begun to bear, and 
yielded over one hundred barrels of apples this year. 
Thus shade and fruit are gained and space economised. 
most popular mid splendid music book 
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attractive. Hymns —short, earnest, full of GohdoI 
truth, and adapted to every occaalon. KVKUY Sab¬ 
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1 bs author says: 11 t never made n book that was so 
perteet and at once so popular, and cave such iiuivcr- 
3* * *G“f* 1 r; 1 °f' Price fJ5 and *30 per hundred. 
Hendja cents tor specimen copy. 
WM. B. HKADBtJKY, 125Broome 9t., New York. 
dium, ronnclish, regular; striped and shaded 
red on yellow; cavity deep; calyx small; basin 
deep, smooth; flesh crisp, tender, with a very 
good, mild, SHb-acid flavor. Late autumn. 
Tree vigorous and productive,” Our illustra¬ 
tion was drawn from one of the specimens. It 
is a good late fall and early winter apple. 
One of our subscribers, Mr. O. V. Wood¬ 
ward, Rutland, N. Y., recently forwarded to us 
some specimens of an apple of which he re¬ 
marks, in his accompanying note, “ We call it a 
No. 1 apple; it is not much known oat of this 
county, having originated here.” It is described 
by Thomas, in his “ Fruit Culturist,” as “me- 
Geranium Cuttings. — A correspondent of the 
Massachusetts Ploughman writes that paper thus :— 
“A year ago this fall, at the suggestion of an agricul¬ 
tural paper, we placed some geranium cuttings iu u 
vase or weak sufle. They formed new leaves, and 
were green thruughont the winter and hloBBomcd. 
In the spring one of them was transferred to a flower 
pot, and is growing now in spite of occasional mis¬ 
haps.” 
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them within a few years. Testimonials from 
three hundred of the most prominent music! 
country that those Instruments are uneqnallc 
Hshod In the circulars of Mason & Hamlin. 
Observe that dealers In musical Instruments 
black; and sometimes the wood itself is injured 
by the severity of the weather. Such, wood 
should not be used; for many of the grafts will 
fail, however skillful the person may be who 
sets them. If cut In the fall, they should be 
kept fresh, either by burying in the earth where 
the water will not stand, or in moist earth in 
the cellar. 
A Large Jhir. — The Occidental and Van 
Guard, San Francisco, notices a mountain pear, 
grown by Thomas Campbell on his farm near 
Forest Hill, which it characterizes as “a pomo¬ 
logical curiosity,” and adds:—“As it stands 
on our desk Us perpendicular height is 
inches; its circumference, measuring around 
the bulge, 14% inches. The weight is a trifle 
over two pounds.” 
Peaches. — The New England Farmer states 
that Nathan Brooks of ActoD, Mass, sold his 
crop of late Crawford peaches this year for six 
dollars per bushel. Time was in that State, 
within the remembrance of the writer of this 
paragraph, when good peaches, Massachusetts 
raised, sold in Springfield for fifty cts. a bushel. 
Prolific Urape Vine .— A Mr. Stewart of Ox¬ 
ford, C. W., has a Clinton grape vino seventy 
feet long—thirty-five feet each way from the 
root. It runs along an eight-foot picket fence, 
which hung this year with one mass of grapes 
from end to end. He condemns the practice of 
cutting grape-vines back to. five or six feet, con¬ 
tending that the leaders should not be cut at all. 
Especially with a hard, retentive sub-soil, will 
always produce barrenness, and all trees making 
wood very fast will fail to be prolific, the cure 
for which is root pruning. We know of no sneh 
case as the apple tree being dioecious , thut is the 
male and female organs on different trees. If 
the blossom is imperfect, cut it down and cast 
it into the fire. 
Name Wanted.—(H. A. P., Niagara Co.) “I have 
a grape, presented to me some years since by a friend, 
of which I have never been able to learn the name. 
Can any of your readers inform me ? It bears very 
large bunches of large purple berries, Is very com¬ 
pact, not shouldered, and does not part from the skhl 
when eaten, but like the C’hasaelas, or the Yellow 
Spanish Cherry, seems to be all meal, ripens late, and 
the wood is of a reddiBh color.” 
are strong¬ 
ly tempted to recommend a« equal to the best, thono in¬ 
struments on which tney can make the largest profit. 
The prlcus of M. A II. are fixed and invariable. They 
cannot afford the large discounts made by mariufactu. 
rers of inferior work, ninoy of whom sell ut 40 to «) per 
cent, discount. 
At the prices at which they are sold, the Mason & 
Danilin Organs are believed to be not only the beat but 
the cheapest Instruments of their class. Send for a cir¬ 
cular, with particulars, to MASON A HAMLIN, 
3D6 Broadway, N. r., or 151 Tremont 8t., Boston. 
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entitled, ’ 
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA. 
A Story ot the Commonwealth and the Restoration 
_ 1 voi .lffmo.,*l,13. 
Mr. Editor:— Your correspondents have re¬ 
cently been venting their indignation against 
dishonest tree dealers, or peddlers, as they are 
termed. This is quite right It is never wrong 
nor out of place to ceusure dishonesty; but these 
traveling tree dealers do much good as well as 
some harm. 
Is is not true that through their agency thou¬ 
sands of people arc annually induced to plant 
trees who hut for them would not plant ? who 
would not sit down and write an order to a dis¬ 
tant nurseryman for trees, nor would even travel 
ten miles to a nursery for them ? Suppose they 
do commit errors— a-Ulful ones at that—is not 
the man bettor oil who has planted, though they 
do not all prove truo to name nor ho of the best 
quality, than he who has planted none ? Those 
who are very particular about procuring select 
sorts, true to name, will most likely take the 
trouble to go or send to a reliable source. I 
think this is generally the case. 
I am not offering an apology for dishonest 
tree dealers. I regard them just as I do dis¬ 
honest farmers, merchants or tradesmen. As 
to preventing this evil, we can do it when the 
whole world becomes honest—not before. May 
that time come soon!— b. 
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Under the above head I notice you quote 
remarks from the Germantown Telegraph derog¬ 
atory to the advantages of discussions at Pomo¬ 
logical meetings, and especially of the National 
Fruit Society. It is patent that pea-nut policy 
and foresight ciunc from Pennsylvania, but I 
would not have supposed so intelligent a man as 
the editor of the Telegraph could decry the well- 
known advantages that have accrued to the 
fruit growers of the States from the information 
gathered at the meetings, and through the action 
of the American Pomological Society. It is cer¬ 
tainly unkind in a writer to speak of the discus¬ 
sions at our large gatherings of intelligent fruit 
growers, when he himself never appear*. True, 
human nature is given to talk, and men unac¬ 
customed to condense thoughts in a few words, 
sometimes occupy more time than should well 
be; but in my knowledge there is less of waste¬ 
ful wording in Pomological meetings than in any 
other gatherings where men are expected to 
speak their views of!'-hand of the subjects' 
brought up. 
I grant the advantage of County and Town 
Associations, but when they have gathered their 
knowledge, and one or more of their members 
brings it in mass before a National assemblage 
of like men of experience, it strikes me that the 
sifting it there gets ol'ttimes puts a flea in the ear 
of such member, who returns to his connty or 
town associates with views and impressions that 
cause a complete remodeling of their remarks 
and practices. I advise the Germantown Tele¬ 
graph editor to attend one or two meetings of 
the American Pomological Society, after which 
I think he will know more than he now docs of 
the advantages gained by drawing together Po¬ 
mological minds from all the States, Add:, 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS, 
Magnificent Grape Cluster. —Georoe E. Good¬ 
man, formerly of this city, hut now in Cali¬ 
fornia, sends us a photograph of a cLuster of the 
White Nice grape, which is a curiosity in Its 
way. It was grown by H. M. Amsultry, on his 
ranch, two miles from Napa city. Its girth was 
thirty-two inches, and weight eight pounds and 
one ounce , though several berries had been shaken 
from it by transportation. Besides this duster, 
the same party sent forward fine samples of 
White Muscat, Berger and Mission grapes. 
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our Froneh Breakfast and Dinner Coffee, which 
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UNPRODUCTIVE APPLE TREE 
A subscriber from Jackson Co., Missouri, 
writes that he “would like to know through 
the colnmns of the Rural what to do for an 
apple tree that is large enough to bear ten 
bushels of apples, but which as yet has borne 
but few. It blossoms very full each spring, and 
nearly all fall off without producing any apples. 
It stands on good soil and has a thrifty appear¬ 
ance.” 
Our correspondent tails to 'give some points 
we should like to know to arrive at what must 
be any way nothing more than a suggestive 
opinion—whether it was a seedling or graft, and 
what the sub-soil aud drainage is, and whether 
it stands among other trees. We have known 
seedlings very shy bearers for years, although 
blossoming fairly, and always supposed it was 
some defect in the organization of the blossom, 
being pUAflate and without starnena, or the fructi¬ 
fying organ; a fact easily ascertained by exam¬ 
ination. In that case, if standing among bearing 
trees it would become measurably impregnat¬ 
ed. Trees standing in a springy, wet location, 
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