it be well crisped, and of course handsomely brown. 
When you take It from the oven, mash two spoon¬ 
fuls of flour, with bntter enough to mix well, and 
dip on the dripping a little at a time at first until 
melted, then pour it on, stirring it until thickened, 
season it well with salt, and add to it the brains 
bruised fine, and then send it to the table. The 
head mast be cut olT, and laid upon the platter. 
Eds. Rubai:—W ill yon do me the favor to answer the 
following questions: 
1st. Will dwarf pears generally form pear roots if set 
deep, and what proportion will be likely to do so ? 
2d. What kinds of dwarf pears will uniformly do this, 
or what kinds will moat generally do so ? 
8d. If the dwarfs throw out pear roots it becomes a 
standard,—but what effect does the pear roots have on the 
fruit if the quince roots are vigorous? 
4th. Do the quince roots die ? 
5th. What kind of pears would yon plant in this locality 
tor market? Yours, &c., w. s. v 
Fostoria, Ohio. 
ANSWERS. 
1st. It is not every variety of pear that, when 
propagated on the quince and planted so as to have 
the pear below ground, will throw out roots from 
the pear. Only such varieties as grow vigorously 
and appear to assimilate with the quince for years, 
will make pear roots when planted deep—as, for in¬ 
stance, Duchess D’Angouleme, Beurre D’Anjou, 
Urbaniste, Ac. Again there are some varieties, as 
Louise Bon de Jersey, that, although doing well 
and producing freely when worked on quince stocks, 
yet our memory fails to recall an instance where the 
tree had left the quince and established itself on its 
own roots. 
2d. The answer to the second question is em¬ 
bodied in the first. 
3d. The ouly effect we have ever discovered fmm 
the tree forming pear roots is only to give more 
vigor to the tree. The whole improvement, as it is 
termed, of the quiuce root acting upon the pear, is 
simply the bringing the tree to maturity, and once 
it has reached that point, even by a forced process, 
it will rarely return. The Vicar of Wiukfleld is a 
good exemplification of this,—for when the variety 
is worked upon the pear it takes many years ere it 
comes to produce a high-colored and juicy fruit; 
but when the tree upon the pear does arrive at ma¬ 
turity, the fruit is just as good as when grown on 
quince roots. All the benefit of quince roots, there¬ 
fore, is to induce au early and false maturity, and 
thus present ns the fruit in its perfect condition at 
four to five years from planting, instead of ten to 
twenty. The Lonise Bon de Jersey is another ex¬ 
ample of this kind, while such varieties as Bartlett, 
Frederick of Wirtemberg, Ac,, which have an in¬ 
herent disposition to early maturity, are in no way 
benefited by being worked on the quince roots. 
4th. So soon as the tree has well become estab¬ 
lished upon its pear roots the quince roots die. 
5th. The Beurre D’Anjou, Doyenne Boussock, 
Merriam, Duchess D'Angoulemc are profitable sorts 
on quince, aud the Bartlett and Beurre Bose on pear. 
We might name others,—but it is moat profitable 
for market sales to grow only a few sorts. As we 
write this, a good pomologist at our elbow says add 
Lawrence, and then he says why the first three 
named are among “my vcy best on pear roots.” 
Well, all right, as we have said, there is no trouble 
in naming kinds; it is, however, difficult to decide 
on a few. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 
PERFECTION attained at last, 
G-EO. W. BEST, 
UTICA, N. Y., 
Has all the Stock which will be oppekkd for Salk 
till Fall op 1S68. The 
“ ZElstx'Uy Rose” is ct SeecQing 
of tlie " Garnet Cblll.” originated in 1861 by Albert Brezee, 
Esq., an intelligent farmer, aDd tbs whole stock, was sold by 
him to D. S. iTeffron, Esq., (of Utica, N, Y..) the well-known 
disseminator of the " Goodrich 8eedllngs.” 
In a letter to Messrs. B. K. RIIbs Jfc Son of New York, Mr. 
II, says of the “ Early Rose 
It has uniformly ripened ten day* earner than the “ Early 
Goodrich," produces less small tubers, is eqnally healthy 
and productive as that Justly celebrated variety, and Its 
superior In table quality. H in the. beet early potato that / 
hare ever rjrmrit or nr.cn, all things considered. Skin thin, 
tough, of a dull blush color, flesh white, solid aud brittle, 
nous through quickly, very mealy. 
Dr. John P. Gray, Superintendent Of the N. Y. State Lnna- 
Uc Asylum, says - 
„I,. 1 - 9 .*^h 1 1 nc (lstriy | received from D. S. Hetfron a quantity 
’ ■■ eniuu ntuu v/* Dtm nuu w vntru 
alike. It came up rank, grew more rapidly than the Early 
Goodrich, arul flowered fall two weeks before that variety. 
It began to ripen Its large, thrifty-growing leaves twelve 
days In advance or the other.and war folly ripe and lit for 
digging at least ten days before the Early Goodrich. We 
can-folly measured four rows of each kind across the piece, 
2 nd ,/dund the yield quite equal to-.ho Early Goodrich : In 
health it wag also Rb equal, while it excel* ti„- other In table 
quality. I consider It the best very early sort with which I 
am acquainted. IpMN £’. GRAY. 
(Dr. Gray has noue of the stock for sale, having only raised 
a few for Mr. Heffron.) 
CARD FROM D. S, HEFFRON, E8Q. 
7b whom it may concern : 
Having recently sold nearly my entire stock or the " F.arlv 
Rose Potato to John I„ Conover and Stacy P. Conover thev 
have sent me au order to deliver a portion of them to'cieo 
W. Best of Utica, N, Y. D. 8. HEFFRON. 
Geo. W, Best has purchased of Messrs. John L. and Stacy 
P. Converse or Monmouth Co., New Jersey, a part of their 
Btoek ot "Early Rose Potatoes" at tflr mormon » price of 
The new hot-honee grape named and illustrated 
(in reduced size) above, was brought, out by Miss 
Hettik B. Trimble of West Chester, Chester Co., 
Pa., and. is described as producing clnsters weighing 
from two to four pounds each, with large berries, 
round and somewhat flat at the base, color resem¬ 
bling the Delaware, but deepening when very ripe 
into purple; flesh solid, sweet,, with few seeds. The 
wood is of light color, and it is a vigorous grower. 
The owner obtained it four years ago along with a 
lot of the best hot-house grapes, and its appearance 
indicating that it is a new variety, it was named in 
honor of the grower by Pasohall Morris of Phil¬ 
adelphia. 
there are nearly seventy varieties — and all the bal¬ 
ance can lay claim only to the simple term “ good,” 
and ought, to be utterly abandoned by all sensible 
orchardists. Nurserymen, let us feel thankful, are 
now taking a right course in this matter by yearly 
reducing their lists in cultivation. Addi. 
Eds. Rural :—In a late issue of your paper trim¬ 
ming off all of the remaining limbs that were left 
after grafting the year previous is recommended, 
provided that the grafts have taken well; This I 
think bad advice, and would be very likely to cause 
such a growth of the new grafts that many of them 
would blow out. Not more than one-half of the 
limbs that are left after grafting, shonUl be removed 
the first year, and the remainder not nutil the third 
year; but all water sprouts must be taken out 
every year. 
The best grafting wax that I have ever used is 
made after this formula: % of a pouud of resin, ‘.j 
pound beeswax, and X pound of tallow, melted 
together and poured into a pail of cold water, and 
as soon as cooled sufficient grease the hands a little, 
take out your wax aud work it until it, is thoroughly 
incorporated, when it will appear very much like 
molasses candy, only lighter colored if your mate¬ 
rials have been of good quality. It will then be (it 
for use any day that is suitable for grafting, without 
heating, only as the sun shines upon it. 
I perceive, also, that, another of yonr correspond¬ 
ents recommends and practices shoulder grafting— 
that is, cuts a squae at right angles on both sides of 
his scion before setting, which I think unnecessary, 
and is more liable to break off, because it is not so 
strong at the point of intersection. 
Make your graft as true a wedge as possible, only 
mind and not have the inside of the scion thicker 
than the outside, when yon place the wedge iu the 
cleft already made to receive it, which must be 
made by having a line saw to cut off the limb for a 
stock, and a good strong knife to split it, with a 
nice wedge to open the cleft; then set your graft a 
little obliquely in the deft and it will be pretty sure 
to live, if you cover the stock well with wax, so as 
to exclude the air. A. G. Percev. 
I have a very large stock of 
CHOICE NATIVE CRAPE VINES 
Consisting of the most desirable varieties, among which are 
Adlromlac, Allen’s Hybrid, Concord, Crevelintr, 
Delaware, Diana, Union Village, Hart¬ 
ford Prolific. Roarer!,’ Hybrid*. 
Iona, Nraellu, Ac., Ac. 
Which I Intend to send oat in connection with the “ Early 
Rose.” 
less than six tons of coal. The house is well pro¬ 
tected aud lies low; hut there is the broad exposure, 
of thirty-six hundred square feet of glass to the cold 
of twenty degrees below zero. The secret of the 
success is in double-glazing. The roof is fixed, 
glazed with fifteep-inch-wide glass. The sash-bars 
run the entire width of the house, and are three 
inches deep. A groove is plowed on each aide of 
the sash-bars, a quarter of an ineh from the bottom 
side. The second surface of glass L simjily slipped 
into these grooves ”ud butted together, leaving an 
air-space between the upper and lower glass of about 
two aud a half inches. (Jan any plan he simpler or 
cheaper? There 1s absolutely no extra wood-work. 
The cost of plowing the grooves and of slipping in 
the glass is scarcely worth estimating. It may be 
said that the item of a second entire surface of glass 
is a great consideration. Yes; but it will be ex¬ 
ceeded in amount, the second year, by the saving in 
coal, without placing any estimate upon the ease 
and anccess of management. Some one may object 
that a second surface of glass may too much obstruct 
the sunlight during the short, days of winter. To 
which I reply, that, whenever the sun does shine, I 
consider the slightly mitigating effect of the double 
glass a decided advantage to a house facing south. 
If the inner glass become dusty-, it is a slight work 
to slip it out, and wash it. If the outer glass 
feels the heat less sensibly, and therefore clears 
itself of snow less readily, the trifling extra work in 
removing the snow is scarcely worth mentioning as 
an objection. I know of no other drawback to double- 
glazing.” 
Deterioration of Jt’ruU [localities ,—The Gardeners’ 
Monthly contends that the cracking of the pear is 
owing to a parasitic fungus, aud does not necessarily 
imply disease in the tree; and not only does it cause 
cracking of the pear, but disease of the leaf also, and 
it ravages other fruits —being one of the worst ene¬ 
mies of the apple. “ The- sporeB of these deleteri¬ 
ous fungi, with very little doubt, are drawn into the 
sup, through the roots, and germinate when they 
come to the surface of the leaf or fruit. Disturbing 
their operations, therefore, by moviDg away impreg¬ 
nated soil, and replacing by fresh, must be an ad¬ 
vantage, The experiments of Dr. Hill, at Alton, 
Ill., conclusively show a benefit of this kind in stop¬ 
ping various forms of fungoid disease, the greater 
part of which, no doubt, originates in the same way. 
It always takes time for the parasitic fungi to estab¬ 
lish themselves. Hence, when a man starts fruit¬ 
growing in a new district, it is always sxtccessful. 
Fungi, however, gradually increase, and, in time, 
the new place becomes no better than the old. A 
man starts on a hill, ignorant or forgetting that 
other hills have froit troubles; and, because he suc¬ 
ceeds for a few years, the hill has all the credit. 
Or he 3tarts near a lake, and ‘large bodies of 
water’ are glorified. But, in time, the fungi get a 
THE ORANGE AND ITS CONGENERS. 
The Sweet Orange is the only kind known in the 
Northern States; what kinds are produced in Florida 
I do not know. Jamaica produces the sweet and 
the sour, or Seville Orange, the Forbidden Fruit, 
the Lemon, the Lime, the Sweet Lemon, the 8weet 
Lime, the Shaddock and the Citron. The sweet 
orange tree attains the height and size of our apple; 
of these there is great variety in the fruit as to sweet¬ 
ness and flavor, many being only fit for hogs, hut the 
best are very fine and large, aud are to he had at all 
times. In the towns they are sold —in the country 
very seldom. We thought nothing of picking a peck 
or more to eat at onr second breakfast, or noon meal. 
The trees grow from the seeds scattered among the 
honeycomb limestone rocks and ask no attention. 
The Seville Orange tree is not so large as the Sweet. 
The fruit is’ extensively fed to hogs, and used for 
cleaning floors every morning. The juice with rum 
and sago makes what, the planters call shrub. Large 
quantities of the peel are used in England, boiled in 
sirup and dried like Citron. This peel is much thicker 
than the Sweet Orange, and of a darker color. 
The Forbidden Fruit is larger than the Orauge, 
with very light yellow skin; fruit lighter color than 
the Orange, not sweet, and thought little of. The 
Lime is a small tree very like a Quince. The fruit is 
like a Lemon, but much smaller, and is generally 
preferred to the Lemon. The tree is a profuse 
bearer, plenty always to be had in almost, any sea¬ 
side pasture. The Sweet Lime is the fruit of a very 
similar tree, more the shape of a fiat apple; not much 
used for any purpose. The Lemon is more of a bush 
like the Seringa or Barberry, aud likes the high, cool 
mountains. It is very little nsed, the Litae taking 
its place. The Sweet Lemon is a fine tree, though 
uot so large as the Orange. The fruit in shape is like 
a fine Fear, the color being that of a Lemon, with a 
rough surface. It is a pleasant fruit to cat and would 
be thought much of if Oranges were uot to be had. 
The Shaddock is the largest fruit of the whole, pear- 
shaped, smooth, yellow skin, often as large as a two- 
quart measure. When the peel is removed the fruit 
is exactly like the Orange, hut of a beautiful purple 
color, rather acid and bitter, but a most grateful 
fruit in a hot climate. It is rather scarce. The Cit¬ 
ron grows much like the Lemon, the large, heavy 
fruit bending the light stems down and laying on 
the grass. Used only for a preserve boiled in sugar 
and dried. t. b. p. 
Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, 18(i8. 
TERMS; 
FOR 85, (invariably to he sent with order) I will send 
Ten Choice Grape Vines from the above list (reserving the 
right of selection for myself, but will endeavor to suit pur¬ 
chasers as far as possible,! and One round of Early Hone 
Potatoes , all to be securely packed, and sent by mail, post¬ 
age pra-paid. 
of grease. Cut a turnip in two parts and pass one 
over the warm griddle. It answers the purpose of 
grease, without its disagreeable 6mcll. 
Chocolate Moss.—Beat the whites of eggB with 
powdered sugar, flavored with rose or vanilla, to a 
stiff foam; make water chocolate, very thick, and 
when cold beat it tip with the eggs and sugar. Use 
the white of one egg and one stick of chocolate for 
each person. 
Choosing Meat. —In purchasing meat by the 
quarter or in less quantities select such pieces as 
have the smallest, thinnest and flattest bones, cov¬ 
ered by fine-grained flesh with fat intermixed in thin 
streaks or layers with the lean. Such pieces will be 
found tender, juicy and most profitable. 
Good Molasses Pound Cake.— One cup of but¬ 
ter, one of brown sugar, one of molasses, three 
eggs, one tablespoon of ginger, two tablespoons of 
cinnamon, a enp of cream, one teaspoon of soda, 
two of cream of tartar, and flour enough to make 
batter about like pound-cake. Bake in a loaf. 
Everton Tafpie.—P ut into a preserving pan or 
kettle three ounces of very fresh butter; as soon as 
it is just melted add a pound of brown sugar. When 
half done add the grated rind of a lemon; keep it 
stirred gently on a very clear fire for fifteen minutes, 
or until if you drop it on a plate it will break 
quickly. 
Washing Prints.—T o a sufficient quantity of hot 
water for washing a dress, add a tablespoonful of 
beefs gall. Let the dress remain in this a few min¬ 
utes, then cool enough to wash out like other 
prints. Rinse immediately in cold water and dry as 
quickly as possible in the open air. If there arc 
spots to be removed, apply soap when dry. 
Lemon Fritters,—M ix with six ounces of very 
fine bread crumbs four of beef suet minced as small 
as possible, four ounces of sugar, tablcspoonful of 
flour, four eggs lightly beaten, and the grated rind 
of one or two lemons with half or the whole of the 
juice; before this is stirred in add two spoonfuls of 
milk Or cream and fry the mixture in small fritters 
five or six minutes. 
Preserving Eggs.— A fresh egg C!ls the shell 
and will not make a noise when shaken. In a short 
time a portion of the albumen will escape by trans¬ 
piration—a partial vacuum will be created, and the 
value of the egg diminished rapidly thereafter till it 
becomes rotten. If the air conld be wholly exclu¬ 
ded from the meat of the egg it would remain in an 
eatable state for years. The best ordinary preserva¬ 
tive is to place the eggs in lime, apex downward, 
and fill the crock or tub with water. In this way 
they will keep quite well for mouths. 
Celery Sauce, 
By outline into -Ingle vy. <, m:<l plant!;,q bat one eye in a 
hill, one bushel may In* readily raised from a pound, and will 
be worth next fall, at the very lowest cah-nunlon. double the 
price Qf both vine « and potatoes. 
Not more than 5 puck nates sent to one address. 
No " Karly Ko*e " tar sale (p mautity at any price, and 
only in connection with llic Vines. 
No order accepted unless-accompanied by the Cash. 
Orders will be booked |q order ns received, and potatoes 
aud vines shipped uh early In the spring nr. the weather will 
permit. Order early, us the stock's limited. Address 
GEO. W. BEST, UtlCR, N. Y. 
AND GENUINE SEEDS. 
BRIDGBMAN’8 
ANNUAL PRICED CATALOGUE 
O V 
Vegetable, G-^ircLoiv, 
AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS; 
*lso, ms 
NEW DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
PROTECTION FROM VINE BUGS 
For years past the bugs have destroyed thousands 
on thousands of dollars worth of cucumber, squash, 
melon aud pumpkin vines, aud have had things 
largely their own way. At last a remedy has been 
discovered that es’ery test has proved effectual, A 
prominent and loading agriculturist of a neighbor 
ing State, in whose integrity I have unlimited confi¬ 
dence, in giving me the secret, states that for several 
years paBt he has applied the test to all his different 
vines, in the garden and in the field, with the same 
result. In the field where his pumpkins were plant 
ed, the rows of vines to which he applied the remedy 
were unmolested and gave a bountiful yield, while 
the rows adjoiuing were utterly ruined. His neigh¬ 
bor, too, last year tried eight rows in the center of 
his corn field, at his suggestion, aud they were uot 
injured and brought forth abundantly, while on each 
side the viues were all destroyed. 
This great, yet simple, remedy is to prepare the 
hill by hollowing it out, then put in a pint or so of 
ben manure, cover it with earth, and thereon plant 
your seed. The explanation seems to be that the 
fumes of its decomposition, while they do not de¬ 
stroy the plant, add to its vigor and growth, and at 
the same time so impregnate the vine as to make 
it entirely unpalatable for the bugs. 
If you would cease these pests to board, 
And have your larders richly stored 
With Hubbard squash and pumpkin pies, 
Go thou, my friend, and do likewise. 
Syracuse, N. Y. S. N. Holmes. 
The Aphis, or Bark Louse.— The be6t means to 
extirpate them according to Dr. Fitch, are those 
recommended by Mr. Kimball of Kenosha. He 
boils leaf tobacco in strong lye till it is reduced to 
au impalpable pulp, and mixes with it soft soap, 
which has been made cold, to make the mass about 
the consistence of thin paiut, the object being to 
obtain a preparation that will not be entirely washed 
from the tree by the first rains. Thu application 
must be thorough to the body, limbs and twigs or 
wherever a louse is detected. ThiB should he done 
with a paint brush before the buds Btart in the 
spring, and if the painting is faithfully performed 
tjje death of the lice will be assured. It requires 
time and patience, but both are well rewarded by 
the beneficial effect the application has upon the 
trees, killing the lice and imparting increased vital¬ 
ity to the trees. 
Looking over tbe various authors lately and com¬ 
paring them, as well as my own knowledge of the 
comparative varieties of apples, out of near two 
thousand named sorts, I am able to count up as 
ranking in quality {, best according to pomologi- 
eal rales, only the following, viz.: — Garden Royal, 
Early Joe, American Summer Pearmaiu, Melon, Eso- 
pus Spitzenberg, American Golden Russet, Newtown 
Pippin, Newtown Spitzenberg and Mother, 
Of those ranking “very good to best” —the fol¬ 
lowing, viz.: — White Pippin, Wagener, Westfield 
Seeknofurther, Swaar, Summer Rose, Red Canada, 
Primate Porter, Pomme Gris, Peek's Pleasant, 
Northern Spy, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Monmouth 
Pippin, Manguru, Hunt’s Russet, King of Tompkins 
County, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Higby’s Sweet, La 
dies’ Sweet, Haskell’s Sweet, Fall Wine, Grimes’ 
Golden Pippin, Geneva Pippin, Fall Pippin, Ells¬ 
worth, Early Harvest, Dyer, Cogswell, Canada Rei- 
nette, Buckingham and Winesap. 
Of those which might be ranked as good to very 
good, and prove profitable as market orchard 6orts, 
Strip the outer parts of the stem, 
and after carefully washing the remaining portion, 
cut it into small pieces; put to It a blade of mace, 
without any other spice, and stew it in a good veal 
broth until tender; it will take a good deal of time 
more particularly the thick hard end of the root. 
After i.hi» thicken it with melted bntter, and flavor 
it with a small quantity of white wine; or it may be 
thickened with boiled cream without the wine. It is 
usually served with boiled turkey, but it is very de¬ 
licate with any kind of white poultry or veal. 
To Roast a Pig. —When well dressed and washed, 
prepare a stuffing of chopped bread, seasoned well 
with pepper, salt, sage, and butter, soaked enough 
to make it soft. Fill the body, and sew it up with 
strong thread. Flour it well all over, and when the 
oven is well heated through, put it on dripping pans 
that will catch all the gravy. Let it stand in two or 
three hours, according to the size of the pig. Let 
T r E R It E N A S ! J !- A M A li N I K HEN T 
healthy stock, very large uMortnirnt, it low prices per 
1,000 to the trade. 
IFt. O £E> m S - 
Marshal Nlel, Madame Charles Wood aud other line Rosea, 
wholesale aud retail. F. K. PHOENIX, Bloomington, Ill. 
I fid iUUi strawberry plants for 
JLv""«vfvMy Sole at low rates, viz.:—WU boh, Russell, 
Hooker's Seed. BuUulo Seed. Brooklyn Searlct. Monitor, Col. 
Ellsworth and Bartlett. ai T3 its. » 100, |3 y 4,000. Address 
043-21 M. .V. SV ILbON. Macedon. Wayne Co.. N. Y, 
Evergreens from Cuttings.— The temperature 
should be from 55 deg, to 70 deg. The kinds in the 
order below named will strike the easiest. Heath¬ 
leaved Arbor Vita?, lleath-leaved Cypress, Junipers, 
Golden Arbor Vit®, American Arbor Vitae, Yews, 
Cuprcssns Lawsoniana, Thnjopsis barealis — then 
Spruces and Pines are very bad. Larches we have 
never known root. 
PEACH TREES- VERY FINE NO Y. 
lows — Largely K. (raw turd and li. Hale tor -s 
_ K- WA RE SYLVESTER, Lyons, Jf. Y 
A CORRESPONDENT WANTED I NEVER 
LI town in the u. S. Lt you wish to secure a good husim 
without Investing a capita’. Enclose stamp an address 
WM. BURR & CO., 21 An:. St., N, Y 
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