r 
Mr. Cacghlin— Gave favorable esq: eric nee in re¬ 
gard to liogs eating fallen peaches; peaches very 
free from worms this year; attribute to the fact that 
the hogs destroyed so many of the larva? last year. 
D. E. Brown—F ind the destruction twice as great 
in orchards where there are no hogs; find it a matter 
of economy, also, as my hogs keep in good condition 
on the fallen fruit. 
S. B. Johnson— I have a good crop of peaches ; 
believe we can protect our peaches from frost by 
building fires in the orchard when there is danger of 
heavy frost. Ikeptfire in my orchard for live nights, 
and during two or tbiee of the cold sleety days; 
build fires on the windward side every two or three 
rods. I have the largest crop of any one in this sec¬ 
tion, and think I can attribute my success to the 
fires ; build the fires of old logs or any thiDg that 
wiil make a heavy smoke. 
Mr. Stewart—T hink sawdust to be the best to 
raise a smoke; have no doubt of the efficacy of 
smoke to keep off frost 
Ena. Rural:— It is considered more blessed to I 
give than to receive, I believe, but be that as it may, / 
you bring me so many excellent recipes every week “ 
that I am prompted tosend yon two, which for sim- / 
plicity and goodness, cannot be beaten. Will you 
please accept them for the benefit of others ? 
8oft Ginger Cake.—O ueand ahalf cups molasses; 
half enp shortening, butter or otherwise; one cup 
boiliDg water; one teaspoonful aaleratus, dissolved 
in the water; one teaepoonfnl ginger. Beat the 
flour in well to the consistency of griddle cakes; 
bake in a quick oven. When taken out hot, dip a 
knife in molasses and moisten the top and it will 
keep fresh several days. 
Quick Indian Bread. —One quart buttermilk; one 
do. flour; one do. Indian meal; two small teaspoon¬ 
fuls saleratus; one cupful molasses. Stir well to¬ 
gether, as many times good things are spoiled by 
not being sufficiently beaten. This bread is good 
either hot or cold.—II. M. Gray, Phelps, N. Y., 1868. 
In writing of the present year’s crop of frnits in 
Northern Ohio, I have, as a rule, to write the stereo¬ 
type record of the whole section of country which 
was last, year visited by a loug and severe drouth. 
And this is, that while all varieties of fruits blos¬ 
somed freely in the spring, the crop reaching matu¬ 
rity is about two-thirds with strawberries, a full one 
of raspberries, currants and gooseberries, about one- 
third of a crop of apples, one-fourth of pears, dwarfs 
producing less in proportion than standards, and 
about one-half a crop of peaches, plums and cherries. 
When early in spring I said to a friend that we 
need not look for a great crop of fruit this year, he 
scorned the remark, replying that “the trees were 
ail full of buds and they never ripened their wood 
more perfectly or went through the winter with 
less injury.” My reply was simply as I had read it 
in observation, viz., that there was not a continu¬ 
ously lengthened season of moisture for the pear, 
apple, plum, &c., to fully lay up and develop in the 
fruit bud sufficient material according to the order 
of nature, to enable it to form and continue its 
growth until the annual action of leaves and roots 
came in regular course to the support, and that 
those trees that bloomed most abundantly would 
set the least quantity of fruit, and that young trees 
uncultivated would show, perhaps, more, blossoms, 
but have far less of fruits mature than trees which 
last season were well and continuously kept stirred 
around with hoe or cultivator. That the varieties, 
as currants, gooseberries, <tec., which prepare their 
buds and naturally mature their wood early in the 
season, would be little affected, but that strawber¬ 
ries would, because, although an early maturing 
fruit, yet the gathering of material in the crown for 
next year’s crop is of almost as long duration as the 
filling a pear or apple bud; but that as its rapid ac¬ 
tion of root commences with its first growth in 
spring, and the development of the blossoms and 
fruit do not come until after such action, it would 
not be as materially affected. 
The season so far has shown my observation cor¬ 
rect. Trees have blossomed freely, and where they 
were well cultivated and mulched last season during 
the long, hot, dry period, they have set and are now 
swelling a fair one-third to one-half crop. But 
trees, like dwarf pears, the roots of which are mainly 
surface, and last year were left uncultivated, have 
bloomed freely, but have set very little fruit. Straw¬ 
berries have given about a two-thirds crop. Such 
varieties as Downer’s Prolific, Ida and Wilson pro¬ 
ducing more in proportion to their general average 
than Triomphe de Gaud, Jucunda, La Constante, etc. 
Currants and gooseberries set and swelled abund¬ 
ant! y, but the drouth since the ‘loth of June and 
the very hot sun, which has daily been our lot, have 
caused them to ripen prematurely, and so scalded 
that if gathered in the middle of the day they have 
not kept well unless packed in very shallow cases. 
I have lately seen gooseberries gathered at midday, 
and only exposed fifteen minutes to the sun, become 
browned or whitened, and in twenty-four hours 
sour. Raspberries set full, and had it not been for 
the very great heat would have matured an extra 
crop, but as it is, even under good cultivation, only 
the first and second fruits matured well, the third 
only half size and the last a failure. The Black Cap 
is here ns in other sections a favorite for shipment, 
e elling at six dollars a bushel. But the red varieties, 
if good, have sold steadily at twenty cents a quart 
to dealers and retailed at twenty-five. I shall send 
you Borne drawings and special notes on varieties. 
Cherries—oh ! what can I say—well, I must say it, 
however much 1 may be chagrined at the result. 
They have, as a whole, proved a failure. Early Pur¬ 
ple Guigne did not set well, but what did sold read¬ 
ily at good prices. Itockport did nobly, and many 
trees netted the owners good round Eums —more 
than paying for two or more years’ loss. Governor 
Wood, Cleveland, Ohio, Bigarreau, &c., almost uni¬ 
versally rotted just as they were grown. Red Jacket 
did not rot; Elton only partially rotted; Louis 
Phillippe did not set well; Black Jleart, in one case, 
proved a paying sort. Black Tartarian I have not 
seen ripe. All as soon as they became red, rotted; 
but some money was made selling them when only 
reddened; Belle de Choisy only produced a few; 
Arch Duke had good crops and perfected; hut 1 
only visited a half dozen trees, and those all young, 
say six to eight years out. 
Auother great trouble here is the curculio, which 
seems to puncture every fruit. All the peaches X 
have j’et seen in a dozen or more orchards seem 
dropping gum, and how many will mature and beat 
the worm is a question. I have in my grounds two 
seedling light colored cherries that for three seasons 
have set and matured their fruit free from decay, but 
they are very late, and now, as I write, July 16, one, 
almost a fact simile in flesh and color, but more 
round, to old Bigarreau, is just ripe. They may 
prove valuable, but the trees are too young yet for 
any real decision as to their exception from rot. 
F. R. Elliott. 
HOK.TICUX.TTJB.AXi NOTES 
Eds. Rural:—A s I agree with the fair friends 
who have contributed to this department of the 
Rural, that economy of time is greatly to be de¬ 
sired in the management of domestic affairs, I send 
a recipe, which was given me by a friend, and which 
I find a great saving of time. I advise all who are 
fond of salt-rising bread to try it, as it will enable 
them to bake their bread twice as quick as by the 
ordinary method: 
Railroad Yeast.— One teaspoon Baleratns; one 
of ginger; one of sugar; one of salt. Pour on the 
above articles one pint of hot, not hotting water. 
Stir the whole thick with coarse flour. Let it rise. 
Keep in a cool place. Set your yeast for salt-rising 
as usual. Put in three tablespoonfuis of the above, 
and by the time breakfast is over your bread will be 
ready to sponge.—A. E. H., Barter, N. Y, 186S. 
Killing Cherrt Sprouts.— Can any of the readers of 
the Rural New-Yorker give information of the proper 
season for cutting the sprouts from the roots of the com¬ 
mon garden cherry to prevent their growing again, and 
oblige a ••YoungFarmer?" 
Mammoth Cluster. Rasp berry.— We are indebted to 
Messrs. Purdy & Joiinston of Palmyra, N. Y., for speci¬ 
mens of this black raspberry, on the bush. Judging from 
the samples received we think the "Mammoth Cluster” 
the largest and most productive black raspberry we bave 
ever seen, and of superior flavor. We hope to visit the 
plantation soon and will then be able to speak advisedly 
ae to both plant and fruit. 
Grapes Along the Lake Shore.— M. B. B. writes the 
Ohio Farmer rhat grape prospects all along the Lake 
Shore region continne very good, though considerable 
damage was done to the vines around Sandnsky by the 
storms last month. The dry, warm weather for some 
time past has been favorable to the growth of the vines 
and fruit. It is added that, the prospects for peaches 
and apples in Lake and Ashtabula counties are quite fair. 
Coloring Madder Red,—T ake one pound of 
madder for every two pounds of yarn or cloth; 
soak the madder in a brass or copper kettle over 
night in enough warm water to cover the yam or 
goods you wish to color; next morning put in two 
ounces of madder compound for every pound of 
madder you have soaked; then wet your yarn or 
cloth in clear water, and wring it ont; after which 
put it in the ilye; now put the kettle on the fire, 
and bring it slowly to a scalding heat, which will 
take half an hour; keep it at this heat about half 
an hour, if a light red is wanted, and longer if a 
dark one—the color depending upon the time it 
remains in the dye. When the color is made, rinse 
the cloth immediately in cold water, and it will then 
he finished.—L. S. B., UdMjwra, Wis. 
Lake Shore Grape Growers’ Association. — The 
summer meeting of the above named Association of 
grape growers will convene at Cleveland, August 25th. 
Arrangements are made to visit points of interest along 
the Lake Shore, and an excursion to the Islands will 
form part of the programme. Persons Interested in 
grape culture will find this a favorable season for visiting 
the Lake Shore region. 
F. U. Elliott thus describes the Ilowell Fear: 
This fruit originated in 1829, in the garden of 
Thomas Howell, deceased, of New Haven, Con¬ 
necticut, from seed of a hard winter pear, which 
had, growing on one side of it, a summer Bon Chre¬ 
tien, and on the other a White Doyenne. 
Tree .—An upright, vigorous grower, with round¬ 
ish, broad, oval foliage, an early bearer on the pear 
stock, and succeeding among the best when worked 
on quince. 
Fruit.— Size, medium to large; form, obovate, 
pyramidal, very regular; color, greenish, becoming 
pale, lemon-yellow or straw-color at maturity, many 
small russet dots, and on the sunny side a faint 
blush, sometimes deepening into a clear red cheek; 
stem, about one and one-quarter inch long, curved, 
moderately stout and inverted without depression; 
core, small; seeds, round, oval, plump; flesh, white, 
line grained, juicy, melting, sweet, and pleasantly 
perfumed; season, September. 
F Evef.-bearino Raspberries.—M. L. Dunlap says he 
has traveled much iu his time, and sat at the tables of a 
good many prominent horticulturists, but never was so 
fortunate as to find these autumn berries on any of them. 
He adds:—•• I don't want to prevent gentlemen who can 
from famishing as with sach fruit; but I do want to pre¬ 
vent the expectations of the public being raised too high 
by them.” 
A Cooling Drink.—As nearly every person is 
inquiring for some cooling drink during this hot 
weather, we publish. the following recipe for a 
refreshing and invigorating beverage, which has been 
handed us by a physician of this city. It is an 
effervescing drink, but far better than soda water, 
as the effervescence is much more elow: —Two 
ounces of tartaric acid, two pounds of white sugar, 
the juice of bail a lemon, and three pints of water. 
Boil them together live minutes, and when nearly 
cold add the wliiteB of three eggs, well beaten, with 
half a enp of flour, and half an ounce of essence of 
wintergreen or other flavoring. Bottle and keep it 
in a cold place. Take two tablespoODsIul of this 
syrup for a tumbler of water, and add one-quarter of 
a teaspoonful of soda, stir it and then drink.— tiyra- 
vwse Journal. 
Muluhtno Trees.— Newly set trees should, if possible, 
be mulched, unless on quite moist, land. Though the 
early part of the season be wet, yet, when the dry, hot 
weather comes on, the trees will be quite likely to suffer. 
Hay, leaves, straw,-almost anything that will keep the 
ground moist,—can be used to advantage. Where noth¬ 
ing else can conveniently be had, stones may be need. 
If leaves are used, it is better to cover with some earth 
to prevent them from blowing off. 
another dealer. Any oae having any knowledge of 
selling fruit in our city, knows how easy it is to sell 
a good mark of fruit when they have it regularly, 
and how difficult it is to do justice to a good mark 
when it comes irregularly. 
This district is the very paradise of gift box 
agents, and all other kinds of trash in the way of 
packages. A stranger seeing a load of their pack¬ 
ages passing on a cart would be apt to think there 
was a general stampede among the pine hawkers. 
Occasionally a decent crate is to be seen, but more 
frequently packages made of sheep-skin boards, 
their surface having never been brightened by the 
face of a plane. It is about time for them to learn 
this one simple fact, that every man’s fruit should 
Btand on its own merit, and be sold for its own 
value. Then each man would compete in sending 
the best fruit, and, selecting his own dealer, send 
him his entire crop, and send it in the best pack¬ 
ages and condition possible. As it is now, some 
choice marks of fruit are sold with a lot of gift-box 
trash in order to get rid of it, and the owner of the 
good fruit receives neither credit or benefit for 
the benevolence of bis agent’s commission dealer. 
There is another feature in tills system that the 
grower ought to understand. The dealer coming 
in contact only with the agent, cannot easily cor¬ 
rect any wrong in the picking' or handling of the 
fruit. He can write to the agent, hut that agent 
does not feel the same interest as the owner, and 
besides he has too much to do to always think to 
remind the grower. But the worst feature in it Is 
that the dealer does not come in contact with the 
owner of the fruit, and consequently does not feel 
the same interest in getting high prices as if he was 
personally acquainted with the owner, and that own¬ 
er had selected him in preference to other dealers. 
The mode of transporting the berries from Nor¬ 
folk, Va., was by a line of steamers which ran every 
other day, transporting the fruit very carefully, and 
delivering it in good condition, at the rate of about 
one and a half cents per quart. There was also an¬ 
other line, called the Anamesseck line, which made 
a connection at Cressfleld, Del., with the Delaware 
R. R., for about the same rates, delivering it at the 
same hour in New York. 
The fruit trade of our country is fast becoming a 
very important item; so much so that those trans¬ 
portation companies who formerly treated it with 
contempt are now competing for it, reducing freight 
and giving more care and better accommodations, 
and running trains expressly for it, in order that it 
may arrive at such times as may be for the benefit 
of the growers. For instance, the Camden & Am¬ 
boy R. R. wub formerly one of the most indepen¬ 
dent and destructive lines that carried fruit. This 
season they ran a train expressly for fruit, deliver¬ 
ing it at Jersey City before four o'clock A. M., 
which was one of the first arrivals in the market, 
thus affording the dealers in this fruit every facility 
they needed to get the highest market price. The 
Delaware fruit was delivered at Jersey City by 
Adams Express Co,, but not until after the arrival 
of the C'. & A. train, which was a canse of loss to 
the owners; besides, they charged four cents per 
quart freight, with the agreement that the empty 
packages should be returned free of cost. 
Every season we hear the wailings of the doubt¬ 
ful ones—“The fruit business will be overdone.” 
Well, when is the time to come V “ Oh,” says one, 
“it is now, for my berries cost me 16 cents per 
quart to cultivate and get to market.” If that is 
so, you ought to be ashamed of it, for you could do 
it for eight cents if yon are within thirty miles of 
New York. It is true there are days when fruit 
sells below the price that pays the grower, but 
what of that? It is one of the great blessings of 
the business. The poor can have a feast, and the 
extreme low prices induce the shippers to send it 
still further iu the country, creating a new market, 
and greater demand for the next season. Look at 
the vast difference in the fruit trade between this 
year and ten years ago; then the growers were 
troubled with the same apprehension, but many of 
them have died without the sight, and many more 
will. There are many growers who are not well 
paid for their trouble, but that is their fault. They 
do not produce a berry that is good enough to pay; 
they should remember that where we are receiving 
such large quantities of choice fruit, poor fruit will 
be neglected, and if any is sold at unprofitable 
prices, that is the kind. The great difficulty with 
growers is that they do not|oon»lder the cost of the 
fruit to the consumer. Said one grower to me, 
“If you could only get forty cents per quart for 
my hemes, then I could make it pay.” But, my 
friend, how many consumers could afford to pay 
forty cents per quart for your berries V You would 
not do it yourself if you bad them to buy, and re¬ 
member in every quart of your berries one-fourth is 
hulls, which must be thrown away. 
Talk about the fruit business being overdone! 
As a people we have not yet begun to eat fruit. 
The poorer classes of our country do not eat it; 
they cannot afford it. It would cost a poor man 
too much money to buy even a moderate quantity 
to treat his family; he cannot afford to do it. If 
you want large prices, produce large fruit, send it 
to market in good season and in flue order, and you 
will get it. 
Iu connection with this article I send you the re¬ 
sult of the strawberry crop of Johnson & Stockton, 
Norfolk, Va., to show to what extent they can grow 
this fruit in that State. Five acres of their berries 
were good, and yielded 24,240 quarts. One acre be¬ 
side these was called poor, and that yielded 3,488 
quarts. Total amount on the six acres, 27,678 
quarts. Their largest picking was on June 1st, 
which amounted to 4,600 quarts. Of this amount 
all but 500 quarts were sent to this city, the remain¬ 
der being sold in Norfolk, they not having packages 
enough to market them. These berries were sold 
at an average of 24 cents per quart. The next 
largest picking was on May 25th, when the amount 
was 3,100 quarts, and the sales averaged 40 cents 
per quart. The whole amount received for their 
crop did not fall much short of $6,000. 
Now and Then. 
New York City, Jaly 14,1S68. 
Garden Truck in Florida.—A correspondent of the 
Buffalo Courier residing iu Hibernia, Florida, givee the 
results of the labor of six Northern men in producing 
garden stuil's for the New York market. The foro part 
of the season was too hot for a good crop, a portion of it 
spoiled In transit, and the result of nine months labor 
was 800 bushel* of tomatoes, 730 of cucumbers, and 4,000 
watermelons. Receipts, .*1.400: expenses, $1,150: leav¬ 
ing $250 to divide between the six operators. 
Chloride of Lime for Vermin.— A eorrespon- 
dentsays:—“ Four years since 1 took an old country- 
house infested with rats, mice and flies. I stuffed 
every rat and mouse-hole with the chloride, I threw 
it on the quarry-floors of the dairy and cellars. I 
kept saucers of it under the chests of drawers, or 
some other convenient piece of furniture, in every 
nursery, bed-room, or drawing-room. An ornamen¬ 
tal glass vase held a quantity at the foot of each 
staircase. 8tables, caw-sheds, pig-sties, all had their 
dose, and the result was that I thoroughly routed 
my enemies. Last year was a great one for wasps; 
they wouldn’t face the chloride; though in the din¬ 
ing-room, in which we hud none—as its smell, to me 
most refreshing and wholesome, is not approved by 
all persons—we had a perpetual warfare.” 
The Early Rose Potato.— About the 121b ultimo we 
received from Mr. Geo. W. Best of Utica, N. Y„ sam¬ 
ples of the Early Rose Potato, of this season’s growth, 
which were nearly or quite double the size of any new 
potatoes which we bad seen in this market. On cook¬ 
ing, they proved decidedly palatable, and were pro¬ 
nounced superior in flavor. We are inclined to believe 
the Early Rose will prove the earliest potato in cultiva¬ 
tion, and certainly congratulate friend Best upon the 
indications 1o that effect. 
Vineyards in California.— According to a statement 
in a recently published volume by Titus Fey Cronise 
on "The Natural Wealth of California,” there are thirty- 
one vineyards in the Sonoma Valley, covering 28,780 acres 
of land, and numbering 2,504,850 vines, In Napa county 
there are twenty-nine vineyards, covering about 1,000 
acres, containing 750,000 vines. There are other vine¬ 
yards of small dimensions, but the above are the princi¬ 
pal ones now being cultivated. The product of wine is 
quite an item in the general aggregate of the agricultural 
wealth of the State. 
NEW ADVEETISEMENTS 
TTPI.A N D CRANBERRY CULTURE.—Sample 
LI of frnlt sent on receipt of 50 cents. Circular on culture 
sent free to any address. 
fWT-Zt ORPIN c. COOK. South Milford, Mass. 
1 MRMEKS) AND GRAIN DEALERS’ 
' FRIEND.-THE NEW DAO HOLDER, Patented 
March 12,1S67. is the only one which recelvesthe unlimited 
approbation of the farmers. It a 
is made of wood ; easily folded - — W 
to put away or for trausporia- __ 
tion, and when folded occupies ,• •< i'll 
DO room, ns it can he hong up V j. > I ral 
on a nail out of the way. It ft / 1 aj 
not liable to get out of order. \ 
anil mease any accident should , % ■ 
befall It the. farmer cun easily / i -3 X JH 
repair It without, taking It ton : • Jill \ 4iM 
blacksmith or machine shop. 1 ’ 1 Wj '\OT 
It la so simple that all who see ■ , | 
it wonder the idea was never 1 1 , I vl sSlt 
thought of before. In the* few 1 / ’q;r 
places In the West where they I /j £ IS H 
nave been introduced they are 1 / nl ill 
purchased by every farmer 1 ' tiHth 
who sees them. , 1 , /AvM 
We are aware that there are 
other bag holders, bat there j 'i'ijWw P Ihi— __Iffl sz 
has never been on« worth one f T j LJ ~ J 
New Grape?.—E. W. Bull of Concord has produced 
two new grapes. “They are the ‘Una,’ a pure white 
grape, changing to a golden amber, a sweet table grape, 
ripening one week before the Concord, and the * Cottage,' 
a black gTape, ripening two weeks before the Concord, 
and combining the qualities of both a table and wine 
grape. These grapes have been produced from the Con¬ 
cord, and are said to inherit those qualities of hardiness 
and fruitfulness which render the parent vine so valuable, 
while they surpass it in sweetness and delicacy, and 
ripen so much earlier that their fruit enjoys an almost 
perfect immunity from frost.” 
THE STRAWBERRY TRADE IN NEW 
YORK CITY.-No. H. 
At the meeting of the Alton (I1L) Horticulture 
Society, July 3d, information in regard to the apple 
crop was called for. It was the general opinion of 
members that the apple crop was almost an entire 
failure; what few were left would be very inferior. 
Failure attributed to frosts in April. 
Messrs. Huggins and Hilliard find “Saps of 
Wine” to hang be6t, and give the best show of fruit. 
Messrs. Frost and Lyon find “ Red Astrachan” to 
hang the best of the early apples. 
Query by Mr. Murtfblt— Will frost injure fruit 
after it is set, so as to cause it to grow gnarly and 
deformed ? 
D. E. Brown —Thinks most of the injury to apples 
is done by frost after the fruit is set; believes one 
great cause of the failure this year is a want of 
sufficient vitality in the trees; trees that bore last 
year are too much exhausted to carry the crop 
through this year. Trees that bore none last year 
will have a crop this, as far as he has seen. Last 
year he had a good crop; his neighbor Curtis a very 
poor one. This year I have none, and Curtis has a 
very good show. 
Dr. Long— I am well satisfied that a moderate 
frost, when in blossom, will kill; the fruit may set, 
but nine-tenths will drop. Last year blossoms ware 
abundant, but perhaps nineteen-twentieths had no 
germ or signs of fruit; can tell b ^ren blossoms on 
an apple tree as quick as on n. .ls; don’t think 
frost will affect fruit after it is set. 
Mr. Hilliard—H ave no doubt frost will affect 
apples and they will still hang. 
Mr. Fsarson— It is usual now-a-days to attribute 
scab on apples—as well as most of the diseases that 
fruit is heir to—to “fungus." Why not attribute 
these deformities in the apple to fungus, instead of 
frost ? 1 simply offer this as a suggestion. 
The subject of pasturing orchards with hogs was 
called up. 
Railroad Cotnpanlc. Competing for the Business—Witt 
the Business be Gverdone r—Statistics of u Single Crop. 
Our South Jersey Yankees think themselves 
smart, and profess to know all about the berry 
business. “ They do things up brown." Last sea¬ 
son they were not going to be swindled out of any 
of the productions of their sand beds, so they 
selected a few dealers to handle the bulk of their 
fruit. They soon found they had made a mistake, 
because those dealers had more to Eell than they 
could do justice by, and the consequence was the 
fruit had to be slaughtered to jobbers and peddlers 
for about the cost of picking and transportation. 
This season they have published the names of three 
of our respectable firms, as failing to pay their 
debts, and not returning the empty crates. In con¬ 
versation with one of these dealers, he stated that 
he had not only returned all the crates, but held the 
receipts for them. 1 presume they thought pub¬ 
lishing their names would he the death of them, 
but like the great Webster, “they still live,” and 
have all the trade they want. This year they are 
doing things right, having learned how last year, 
and now they have an agent who sends the fruit to 
whom he pleases, and as many as he pleases. One 
morning a dealer may get fifty cases of as many 
different marks, and the next morning fifty cases of 
entirely diflerent marks, and so on. What a nice 
time the said agent will have in settling, and the 
dealers in redeeming crates. Some of our dealers 
liked it so well that after two or three shipments 
they positively refused to receive any more, and so 
ought every respectable dealer. How can a grower 
expect a dealer to do him justice under this sys¬ 
tem? lie cannot keep a customer for his mark, 
because he may have it but once in a season; then 
CANNING FRUIT.-BEST MODE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — In reply to in¬ 
quiries by your correspondent, it may be observed 
that there are several points which it is important 
to observe. 1st. The fruit should be sound and not 
over ripe; rather under than over the point of full 
maturity. 2d. It should he scalded in a quarter of 
its weight of sugar, if not more, a very little water 
having been placed in the preserving kettle before 
the sugar is put in it. 3d. The jars, having been made 
hot by means of a rinsing in warm water followed by 
hot, should be carefully closed when tilled. The tin 
cans, (closed by solder while the contents are hot,) 
are the most reliable. Some, using metallic or glass 
jars, close the covers by plaster of Faris. Resin 
mixed with beeswax will be found useful when It 
can be applied. Some prefer wide-mouthed bottles 
of glass or earthen ware, hermetically sealed by some 
resinous compound. The cork having been inserted, 
invert the bottle into the hot wax. Any reliance 
placed in sealing close by means of clamps or screws 
and rubber rings, will, we fear, prove unsatisfactory, 
F. S. — If sound, fruit placed Ln a jar which has 
been corked and sealed by wax, may be preserved, 
it is said, by means of an air-pump. Functure a hole 
through the cork; exhaust the air from the jar, which 
must be placed under a glass receiver; then by a sun 
glass mert a piece of sealing wax previously placed 
near the puncture. When the hole is filled and the 
wax has become cold, the jar may be removed. This 
method deserves to be tried by those who conven¬ 
iently can do so. Their report in the Rural as to 
the success of the experiment is desired. x. y. 
nrncuriw vsiuo 01 wu» invvu- . 
lion until they use It. To be ^ Holder in Use. 
sum many have boys to bold lines, but, -when having an ar¬ 
ticle that will bold a bag better than two boys or men can ilo 
It, they can readily find other work ror tlie boys somewhere 
else. One man villi put np more grain in the same length of 
time with this machine thau two men with boys can <10 the 
aarue without It, saying nothing about tying’the bag. pro¬ 
vided the grain is measured In a half-bushel measure. It can 
he set up out doors by the side of the threshing machine, or 
m the orchard or polutoe field. When a farmer can put up 
a load of grain \> I Vie his hoy l* banii*s!ng the team, and do 
It quicker than with the boy, then, of coarse, we must all ad¬ 
mit tlm great value of this Hag Holder, whrcli tlie fanning 
community have long been desiring. , 
These Bag Holders will more than pay for themselves In 
one harvesting. The undersigned are prepared to fill nil or¬ 
der? for tile same at wholesale or retail. Retail price, $8. 
l~Z~ Town or County rights for sale ln Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
New York, or Michigan. BENNETT. JOHNSON & CO., 
966-41 So.612 Broadway, New York. 
T he celebrated Walter grape. 
After twenty-five years’ experience with the present 
tender and late varieties we know the WALTER, now first 
offered, will restore confidence Id grape raising. It never 
rots. Its nbnmlnut sugar raisins It In-door or on the vine; 
Is a great grow or and bearer, now contains 146 clusters of 
hlooin; Is very compact In cluster at the East, which is an 
advantage in marketing. We have not know n the foliage to 
mildew. It succeeds In dry and very wot soil. Is a seedling 
of the Delaware, crossed with the Diana, and better than 
either Ripens before the Hartford, therefore the earliest, 
hardiest and best variety. No. 1, one vear, $5 each. In ad¬ 
vance. Orders llled in rotation, while supply lasts. No 
charge for packing. 
X?>- Send stamp for beautiful cut and opinions of many 
vlneyardtsts. FERRIS & CAYWOOO, 
965-WfiO Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
A BARGAIN !-A FRUIT FARM FOR SALK 
/A 01 i6>; acres, set in Peaches, Pears, Apples, Quinces, 
!.rapes, Strawberries, &c.; new. Urge and splendid House, 
Barn, dec., on main avenue, and close to Railroad Depot. 
Letters answered. C. It. SYKES, Lincoln, Sussex Co., Del. 
/ASAGE ORANGE PLANTS—BY TIIE THOU- 
\F -and, hundred thousand, or million. AWo, a fine lot of 
one end two 1 ear anple tiecs. W. H. MANN * 8KO., 
Oilman, Iroquois Co., Illinois. 
N, B.—Osage Seed In its season. W5-eoif 
