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Choice Communion Wine.— In December last we re¬ 
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ton of Rochester. Not being: athirst, and supposing the 
wine much like other native brands frequently sent ns 
aforetime, we did not taste it for weeks. But during the 
recent meeting of the Western New York Horticultural 
Society, the wine was sampled by several members while 
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flavor, body, etc. The good opinion expressed of it by 
onr critical friends, (some of whom are grape growers 
and wine makers,) induced m to inquire of Mr. B. about 
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\ GENUINE account 
THE EARLY LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT, 
BY HIS FATHER, 
WjRITjTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEI 
IS READY, 
The question having been asked us by a corres¬ 
pondent in Wisconsin, whether cranberry culture 
can be made profitable on a small farm, the upland 
soil of which is sandy loam, and the lowland a piece 
of marshy creek bottom, which is good meadow 
land, aud what the. modus operand) is of planting 
and cultivating, we would state, in reply, that 
cranberries will grow on high land, snob as onr cor¬ 
respondent describes his to be, but a crop is not as 
certain and profitable on such soil as on one of a 
swampy character, like the one mentioned. As to 
the profit of cranberry culture, we think there can 
he no question for the present, though it is possible 
that, like everything else paying well at the start, 
the production may be occasionally overdone. Up 
to the present time, we believe, demand has kept 
full pace with production, making the business a 
remunerative one in all sections of the country 
where cranberry growing has attracted attention. 
In the particular case here mentioned, it would be* 
safest to prepare and plant the swampy ground by 
way of a beginning, and if successful, and the busi¬ 
ness bears extension, the more elevated sections 
might be devoted to the same purpose as fast as 
circumstances would seem to warrant. 
In preparing the. ground the bogs, if there are any 
upon it, should be removed, together with all sur¬ 
face truck, such as grass, bushes and the like, and 
rendered as nearly level as practicable, with the ex¬ 
ception of a gentle inclination towards a drain, if 
there be a chance to make one, as this may be 
stopped up for flooding the ground at times if the 
appearance of insects should render this desirable. 
When the ground is thus prepared, put on a coating 
of three inches of swamp muck, aud over this about 
the same thickness of loose sand aud free from all 
extraneous substances. The color of the sand is 
not important, but it should be as free as possible 
from all adhesive matter, such as clay and the like. 
Having prepared the ground, planting may be 
commenced early in April, and continued into the 
summer as opportunity presents, but the late plant¬ 
ed will take a year longer than the early to reach a 
bearing state. Some scatter the plants broadcast 
over the muck surface, pressing them down with 
the foot or hand, and then adding the coating of 
sand. This is rather a slovenly method of planting, 
aud not as popular among growers as the one in 
which more method is observed. The better and 
more tidy way is to plant in rows about twenty 
inches apart and from sixteen to eighteen inches be¬ 
tween the lulls, A pointed stick can be used for 
makiug holes for the plants, which should be pressed 
into the orifice, several at a time, and rendered stable 
in their places by pressing the soil about the roots. 
In selecting vines or plants, be careful to procure 
those which have shown good bearing properties; 
hence the selection should be made at the time the 
fruit has matured. Without this precaution, cme 
will run the chance of planting out barren vines, or 
only partially productive ones. There are several 
varieties—the egg, hell and cherry shaped—differing 
mainly in the period of reaching maturity. The 
first is generally preferred as being several weeks 
earlier than the others. 
If the plants are put out broadcast there will be 
little chance for cultivation aside from baud pulling 
of weeds; but where put out in drills they may be 
lightly cultivated to advantage the first year; after 
this, stirring the soil, to any considerable extent, is 
quite as likely to injure as to improve the crop. 
Reliance should be placed on the hands for keeping 
the plants clear of weeds after the first season. 
With land properly prepared by ditching and surfaee- 
gradiug, and carefully planted and attended to, a 
fair crop may be expected the third season after 
setting out. The yield will, of course, depend on 
the adaptability of the ground and the skill with 
which it is prepared for the vines, and the attention 
paid to them in the incipient stages of their growth. 
A bushel to a square rod of ground is deemed a fair 
yield, though double this quantity is often obtained. 
If the ground is susceptible of being flooded, the 
water may he let on late in the autumn and drawn 
off early in March. Should insects prove trouble¬ 
some in the summer, flooding may be resorted to, 
hut the submersion should not be protracted be¬ 
yond the time necessary to destroy the vermin. A 
day or so will he sufficient—say about the middle of 
May, and then again the first week in June. This 
flowing is not absolutely essential, though where it 
is practicable it often preserves a crop which would 
he otherwise damaged, if not wholly destroyed. 
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The Clark and Other Raspbf.rries.— A. M. Pttrdy 
writes ns as follows:—“In discussing the raspberry 
question at last meeting at Rochester, your reporter 
makes me say, 1 The Clark is one of the best for market¬ 
ing of the Black Cap family.’ This is a mistake. What 
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run, and of the Antwerp family, (ir all of ’.them could 
rightly bo so termed,) the Rutland, Philadelphia, Clark 
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experience I had had in growing and fruiting the Clark, I 
believed it would prove one of the hardiest and most 
popular raspberries grown; on account of its brilliant 
scarlet color, large size, good bearing qualities, hard, firm 
surface and delicious flavor.” 
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a sufficient top. Some advised leaving limbs to 
grow near the ground. My object was to form a 
tree,— not to produce a squalid bnneh of limbs 
spreading over the ground, to prevent cultivation. 
Docs leaving a few shoots on the trunk of peach or 
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might contain fonl seed, flow much nutriment the 
muck contained I should like to know, for any 
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increase its beauty. One figure represents its 
natural growth, and by its side is a plant pruned to 
five branches. This is done by pinching ont the 
center shoot, and all the side ones as they appeared, 
except four or five designed to be left. These 
shoots will then grow with great vigor, and the 
blossomB will make a fine show. Another way is 
to prime to a single stem by pinching off all the side 
FRUITS OF JAMAICA —THE COCOA NUT 
Friend Moore : — If you think the readers of the 
Rural will value some account of the Fruits of 
Jamaica, W. I,, I will, as time allows, fill a small 
space in your columns. I take the Cocoa Nut first. 
This is the fruit of one of the noble family of Palms, 
growing from seventy to eighty feet in height, 
straight, and free from limb or branch. Tho leaves 
which make up the top are from twelve to fourteen 
feet in length. The foot of each leaf clasps the 
trunk as a boom does a mast, and adheres by very 
strong fibers which are inserted into the hardwood. 
There being no hark each leaf grows at first perpen¬ 
dicular, aud gradually falls over to all angles till it 
hangs down the side of the tree and is brought 
down by its own weight or a high wind. 
The tree begins hearing in some six or seven years 
if planted near the sea; it grows best when its roots 
can reach the water. In the mountains its growth 
is slow. I havo seen it fourteen years old aud no 
sign of fruit; from the time it begins to bear it never 
ceases till killed by lightning or blown over. The 
roots and bottom of the tree are much like an onion 
when it begins to bulb. The fruit grows in bunches 
from the foot of the leaf; each nut when full grown 
and in the husk, would about go into a two-hoop 
pail, and is like the beech nut, three-sided, but with 
obtuse angles. 
In dry seasons, the leaves are cut to feed horses 
and mules. The husks make a strong fiber, and are 
much used in many places for making rope, mats, 
mattresses, &e. 
The nuts are much valued when about half-grown; 
then they are full of a very pleasant water, with just 
acid enough and always cooL The shell is then but 
half formed, and the nut is a transparent jelly. At 
this stage they are known as “Jelly Cocoa Nuts.” 
'When ripe, as they come to this country, they are 
much used to feed poultry, aud for oil for lamps and 
other purposes. A London Company has extensive 
plantations in Ceylon, aud manufacture the oil into 
stearine candles. The young tree starts from one 
of the black eyes on the end of each nut, growing 
through the husk; sometimes two of the eyes wifi 
start, making two trees. I once sent such a plant 
from Jamaica to Cameroom River, Western Africa. 
Each young tree was about IS inches high. 
Akron, Ohio, 1868. T B ~ 
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PRUNING—CULTIVATING—MANURING. 
Eds. Rural: —Pruning fruit treeB at the right 
time and in the best manner is a subject of interest 
to fruit growers in this section, and is often neg¬ 
lected or misunderstood. Many writers fix the time 
of pruning apple orchards in the month of June; 
this is a busy time with farmers, and the conse¬ 
quence is, they are often neglected. Now the ques¬ 
tion arises, willlit not answer as well to trim in the 
fall or in the early part of spring, when the labor 
can be performed with little cost ? I would like to 
know the different results of pruning at different 
seasons, and the cause thereof. When large limbs 
arc cut off some recommend the use of coal tar or 
wax to prevent the decay of the wood before heal¬ 
ing over. 
Last spring 1 set out an orchard of apple and peach 
trees,—the apple trees thirty-eight feet apart. The 
distance may be considered by some too great, but 
uiy observation of many large orchards in this 
county set out only sixteen feet apart each, way, 
with the intention of removing every other tree 
when large enough to interfere, led me to doubt the 
utility [of that theory. The ground is easily culti¬ 
vated when the trees arc far apart, and its original 
strength will not become as soon exhausted, and 
the fruit will be larger and fairer. 
On two acres of thiB ground I set out peach trees, 
half way between each apple tree, both ways. Three 
acres of the apple orchard are on grass land, and the 
cultivation only has been about two feet around 
each tree, which was hoed. I shall pursue the same 
plan the next summer, cutting the grass and hoeing 
and manuring around the trees. Will not this do 
as well as plowing? 
At the time of setting ont the peach trees, I 
trimmed off all ihe sprouts close to the trunk, leav- 
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shoots as they appear. This forces the plant to 
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