scopic grasshopper which has always fed on the 
alfllerilla grass, and now shows preference for the 
grape leaf. By day it lies concealed and sheltered 
from the sun on the under side of the leaf. At night 
it feeds on the upper part of the leaf. * * * The 
apple borer and one species of curculio have been 
found In a few places. Grasshoppers and crickets, 
and the army worm, have at times been destructive, 
but not over any extended area. The wheat fly will 
not probably give trouble so long as foreign grain is 
not imported, though some new parasite may be 
looked for, following the vegetable, laws elsewhere 
universally revealed. Vegetables are as yet but little 
affected by diseases or insect parasites, but the 
forced cultivation by market gardeners must lead to 
their production.” 
Et>3. Rural : — I do not care anything Air Mr, 
“Incog’B” bag of beans, but 1 must confess I felt 
quite indignant at the torrent of abuse showered 
upon “our devoted heads” in the Rural of July 
IS. I think I shall not plead guilty to any of the. 
charges made against us, not even that of murder 
ing our own children,—the fact that I have seven,, 
hale and robust, being of Itself suflident evidence 
to the contrary in my case. But let the coat b« 
worn by whoever it fits. There are many it would' 
fit nicely, but they are not the salt of the earth. 
Mr. “incog” says he is married fortunately. I 
should say un fortunately, if such is his experience 
I agree with Mrs. “Practice Economy" that those 
who have the best practical knowledge of household 
economy,— who are tolling with woman’s devotion 
to make home tidy and cheerful for their families,, 
with the least possible expense,—have little or no 
time for discussions through the columns of the 
press. I am always interested in anything pertain¬ 
ing to woman’s field of labor, and would like tc 
add my mite, 
Graham bread, beef and mntton are the most 
nutritious of all the food we eat. Then why arc 
they not more generally on the farmer’s table, to 
the exclusion of rich cake and pastry. “ Oh,” the 
fanners’ say, “pork is eo much cheaper.” Yes,. 
and disease dearer than them all. Verily, we are a 
hoggish class. Another says, “ 1 do not like Gra¬ 
ham bread;” but how many boxes of pills, think 
you, that person swallows annually, making a sort- 
of drug shop of the stomach Some women seem, 
to think a greasy, tattered dress a necessary equi¬ 
page for the kitchen. How shameful! As though 
a neatly patched, tidy garment did no credit to its 
wearer. And here let me say, the mending should 
be weekly attended to, immediately after the iron¬ 
ing, which of course we do as early in the week as 
possible. Woe to that family where this item of 
work is neglected. Beds should be thoroughly 
aif*d before, making, (by this I do uot mean letting 
them lie, as some do, until bedtime before making,) 
and a current of pure air constantly passing through 
our sleeping rooms during the night,—as air, a-: 
well as water, must necessarily be in motion to- 
purify itself. American mothers ! if our daughters 
are not skilled in all the arts of household economy, 
who but ourselves are culpable 1* In Germany no 
young lady is deemed qualified for matrimony until 
she has served an apprenticeship in the kitchen. 
Let ns go and do likewise 1 Mrs. Prudence. 
stimulated by the introduction oi tue iNew xtocneiiu 
berry about a third of a century since, and perhaps 
no person has contributed more than William Law- 
ton. whose name it mostly bears, toward calling 
public attention to the importance of the extensive 
culture of this fruit. Its large size, great productive¬ 
ness aud other good qualities, surpassing any other 
variety then known, made it very popular among 
fruit growers, and its culture extended widely, so 
that many farmers raised more bushels of blackber¬ 
ries than of com or wheat. The blackberry occupies 
an important position in the list of small fruits, 
commencing to ripen close upon the season of the 
raspberry, and before peaches and grapes. Its easy 
culture, hardiness, and the high price at which the 
fruit sells, make it one of the most profitable crops 
to grow. It is not particular as to soil and location, 
but yields yet as well where other crops will grow. 
There is no advantage in selecting the heat land for 
a plantation, as the canes would there grow so large 
and tall as to require much time and expense to 
prune, trim and keep them within bounds. They 
need but once planting, as the bushes renew them¬ 
selves annually thereafter by sending up spontaneous 
growth of young suckers to bear fruit the following 
year; and with an occasional dressing of manure, 
they will continue to give large returns for many 
years. I have ten acres of them, on thin sandy land, 
that have been planted about thirteen years, and still 
produce fine crops, yielding several times 650, 700, 
and once 800 bushels of fruit, while land adjoining, 
equally good, planted with corn, did not produce 
more than half the number of bushels per acre. 
When the corn was removed, all was gone. 
To get another crop we had to manure and plant 
again. But uot so With the blackberries, for we only 
pick the ripe fruit, and leave the foliage to fall on the 
ground and add to its fertility. The plants being 
permanently established, the annual crop of fruit 
taken off may be compared to the coupons taken 
from Government bonds, the principal remaining to 
produce more/ 
YIELD OF BERRIES PER ACRE. 
At the average price at which blackberries have 
sold in market for ten years past, a field with ordi¬ 
nary treatment will yield from 5300 to 5400 per acre, 
and in some cases 5000 per acre have been realized. 
Am i as it is from the net annual dividend received that 
the real worth of any investment is to be ascertained, 
we can readily arrive at the trufc value of a plantation 
of the best selected blackberries. Having experi¬ 
mented on several kinds of land, from a firm clay to 
a light-blowing sand, I prefer as the most [avorable 
location for blackberries a light, moist, sandy loam, 
well uuderdrained, if water would otherwise stand 
near the surface. Formerly we thought that low, 
rich land would be best, judging from the large 
growth of briars along ditches and swampy places. 
Accordingly one of my neighbors planted ten acres of 
low, dark, rich laud that had produced heavy crops 
of com and timothy, expecting to get a correspond¬ 
ing one of the blackberry ; but in this he was disap¬ 
pointed, except in the growth of canes, which was 
very large and strong, but not well ripened before 
winter set in, and consequently were greatly injured 
and sometimes entirely killed before Spring, yielding 
but little or no fruit; while blackberries planted on 
bis higher laud, not worth near so much for 
agricultural purposes, producing small canes, with 
buds well developed and wood mature before the 
approach of winter, would yield heavy crops of fine 
fruit. In walking through my patch when loaded 
with berries, he remarked that he 1 could not under¬ 
stand why those small bushes had so much more 
fruit on them than his large ones.’ I attributed it 
to the fact that the canes and fruit-buds were better 
ripened the fall previous, and hud stood the cold of 
winter with less injury. 
MODEL BLACKBERRY BUSHES. 
Another farmer near by having about forty acres 
devoted to the culture of blackberries, purchased a 
tract of light sandy land at 813 per acre and planted 
it with them. But desiring to have a model patch, 
he purchased a few acres ot the richestand bestland 
for ordinary agricultural purposes in the vicinity, at 
5500 per acre, and planted it with the same kind of 
blackberries, giving the best treatment und special 
attention, which produced an enormous growth of 
canes; but which never yielded as much fruit per 
acre as the 513 land. He remarked to me while 
looking at them, that—“ We have learned something 
since commencing this business; to begin now, with 
the knowledge we have, the error of planting onr 
best land with blackberries might be avoided.” 
PREPARATION OF THE GROUND. 
The land should be plowed and harrowed smooth; 
then open farrows in the fall eight feet apart, and 
if muck can be had conveniently, it is valuable to 
spread along them during winter, leaving it exposed 
to the action of the frost. Early in spring set the 
plants about four feet apart on the muck, which will 
require 1,360 plants to the acre. The intervening 
space, while the plants are small, need not be lost, 
but corn, potatoes or other vegetables may be grown 
midway between the rows for the first year or two. 
The roots will mostly follow along the row to feed 
on the muck, and grow more vigorously than lateral 
or side roots. Hence the strongest and be6t plants 
will come up nearly where they are wanted to pro¬ 
duce fruit the following year. But they should not 
be left to stand along the rows closer together than 
an average of one plant to a foot in length, in the 
rows. The plantation should he gone over several 
times during summer, and the tops of the young 
canes, as they appear above the bearing bushes, 
should be shortened iD, so as to keep them at a uni¬ 
form height of about three to five feet, according to 
the Etreogth of the soli, This will induce the side 
branches to grow vigorously, and develop fruit-buds 
near the ground, and, interlocking with each othor, 
the bushe6 will support themselves, and thus avoid 
the necessity of stakes and wires to prevent high 
wiuds from injuring the tender canes. The side 
branches should be shortened in the following win¬ 
ter or spriug to a pyramidal form, somewhat resem¬ 
bling a dwarf pear-tree when properly trimmed. 
Plants thus properly treated will yield more fruit, 
and of better quality, than if left to grow tall and 
slender, as by nature they are inclined to do. 
PRICE OF BERRIES. 
Blackberries have sold readily for several years 
past at from three and a-half to five dollars a bushel; 
r and this year, owing to the scarcity of fruits, they 
bring double that price. They will be likely to sell 
, well for many years to come, as they cau be used in 
i so many way6; the demand will be greater than the 
i, supply. Borne patches will be planted on unsuitable 
The editor of the Practical Farmer makes the 
following notes of that variety, after having visited 
a large plantation of small fruits in Now Jersey: 
“It was probably a little after the height of the 
raspberry pickiug —the Philadelphia raspberry, of 
which alone there are 30 acres, having beeu mostly 
marketed. The Clarke raspberry, however, appear¬ 
ed to be in its prime. This variety is rapidly gain¬ 
ing in public favor, and, as there were about five 
acres of it, its productiveness, habit of growth, size, 
quality, etc , were very fully examined by the com¬ 
pany present, among them being Charles Down¬ 
ing and A. M. Fuller of New York. The Clarke 
is a seedling raised by E, E. Clarke of New Haven, 
in 1856, from the Falstaff. While not quite so heavy 
a bearer as the Philadelphia, we should call It an ex¬ 
cellent. bearer, some of t.he canes being heavily load¬ 
ed, while the flavor, color and appearance were de¬ 
cidedly in its favor, and superior to anything we saw 
among many other varieties in fruit. The color is a 
light crimson—the most popular color for a rasp¬ 
berry ; and on account of this, and also its superior 
quality, we are toid they sold the present season in 
market at 75 cents per quart—the Philadelphia and 
other varieties bringing 30 to 40 cents. The Clarke 
does not appear to ripen all at once, and on this ac¬ 
count would suit well for the family garden. Its 
leaves are rather peculiar, being of a deep green 
color, thick, coarse and unevenly serrate, and are 
so tough as to endure the hot weather in summer 
without injury. • Connecting these points with its 
perfect hardiness—having stood 10 to 15 degrees 
below zero without protection — it will be seen that 
the Clarke has the elements of a first class fruit 
and one desirable for general cultivation.” 
rich golden color dotted with yellow and occasional 
traces of russet. The flesh is crisp and yellow, fine 
grained and juicy, sub-acid, and has a sprightly, 
aromatic, pleasant flavor. Its season is from De¬ 
cember to March. 
This apple originated, it is said, in an orchard of 
seedlings in Brooke Co., Virginia. It has borne 
fruit well aud regularly, and the tree iB of strong 
growth, upright and spreading in form, with dark 
shoots. The fruit is evenly distributed, aud is of a 
4. In giving names to new varieties, all harsh, 
vulgar, or inelegant names, such as “ sheep’s-nose” 
and “ hog-pen," should be avoided; and no name 
should consist of more than two words, excepting 
only when the originator’s name is added. Char¬ 
acteristic names, or those in some way descriptive of 
the qualities, origin, or habit of fruit or tree, shall 
be preferred. They may either be of intrinsic prop¬ 
erties, as Golden Sweeting, Downer’s Late; or of 
local origin, as Newtown Pippin, Hudson Gage; of 
the season of ripening, as Early Scarlet, Fro6tGage; 
of the form and color, as Golden Drop, Blue Pear- 
main; or which commemorates a particular place or 
person, as Tippecanoe, La Grange, Baldwin ; or any 
other titles which may be significantly applied. 
5. The descriptions of new varieties of fruits shall 
embrace the following particulars: 
1st, An account of their origin. 
2d, The fruit, its size, form, and exterior color, 
texture, and color of the flesh, flavor, and time of 
ripening ; with the addition, on stone-fruits, of the 
size of the stone, adherence or non-adherence of the 
flesh, form of the suture, and the hollow at the 
stem; and in kernel-fruit, of the size of the core and 
seeds, the length, position, and insertion of the stalk, 
and form of the eye. 
fid, The tree, its marked characters of growth, 
young and bearing wood, foliage, and blossoms. In 
peaches, the form of leaf, glands, and size of blos¬ 
soms ; in strawberries, the character of the blossoms, 
whether stam'mate or pistillate; in grapes, theform 
of bnnch or berry. 
soil, and will not pay cost; others in the most favor¬ 
able locations will be suffered to grow at random, 
becoming large and rank, and producing but little 
fruit. 
how to raise bountiful crops. 
To insure good crops requires close attention; the 
canes should be kept tbin and well headed back; and 
r<n poor land, an occasional dressing of manure, 
muck, or fertilizers of some kind, adds to the quan¬ 
tity and quality of the fruit. There is no likelihood 
of the market being overstocked with the fruit, as it 
pays well to make it into wine. Three quarts of 
blackberries and three pounds of sugar, with the ad¬ 
dition of a little water, will make agallou of wine, 
highly recommended for its medicinal properties, 
worth 52 per gallon, while new; and Its value in¬ 
creases with age. All the poorer berries, those that 
are too ripe to ship to market, may be properly 
converted into wine at home; and only the finest and 
most perfect fruit sent to market, which will always 
command a fair price. 
list of varieties. 
Being extensively engaged in the cultivation of 
blackberries myself—having grown thousands of 
bushels ot them within the last few years, and test¬ 
ed many varieties, such as the New Rochelle, Dor¬ 
chester, Cutleaf, Newman’s, Thornless, Cape May, 
Cumberland, Sinclair, Mason’s Mountain, Missouri, 
Mammoth, Idaho Climbing, Barker's Early, Feltou, 
Brandenburg, Holcomb, Needham’s White, Col. 
Wilder, and Dr. Warder, also the Dewberries sent 
out by Dr. Miner, of Uoncoye Falls, N. Y., and have 
growing now ten acres of the Kittatinny and thirty 
of the Wilson Early Blackberry. I consider the lat¬ 
ter the mo3t profitable for market, and therefore 
have planted more largely of it than of any other 
variety. The frnit is large, luscious and sweet as 
soon as black, holds its bright color and bears car¬ 
riage well. The plants are hardy and productive. 
The Wilson will become a general favorite when its 
merits become more widely known. The berries 
sold readily in New York and Philadelphia markets 
last year, and this also, at 50 cents a quart wholesale, 
when no other variety, that 1 am aware of, brought 
as much. 
ORIGIN OF THE MOST VALUABLE VARIETIES. 
It is somewhat remarkable that all the valuable 
varieties in cultivation have been found growing wild, 
and were selected and saved on account of their sup¬ 
posed merit over others, and from the thousands of 
seedlings raised, none have yet proved superior to 
their parents. May it not be attributed to the fact 
that sufficient care has not been taken to mix the 
pollen of different varieties ? Having grown seed¬ 
lings for many years without favorable results, I have 
now adopted the plan of planting some of the best 
varieties near each other, so as to insure the admix¬ 
ture ot the pollen of many flowers, thereby combin¬ 
ing qualities in their BeedLiDgs which could in no 
other way be found in the same fruit. If as much 
care and attention were bestowed in selecting and 
propagating new seedling blackberries as have been 
with the strawberry and grape, we might yet obtain 
varieties even superior to those that are now cul¬ 
tivated. 
This is one of the latest curiosities in the plant 
line. We obtained one of Mr. Vick of Rochester, 
last spring, and it then resembled a bunch four or 
five inches in diameter of curled up shoots of young 
cedar, with a small cluster of thread-like roots de¬ 
pending from the bottom. Placing It in a saucer of 
water the bunch unrolled in a few hours, spreadiug 
out quite fiat, and presented somewhat the appear- 
auee of a heavy patch of moss. In this state it 
remained two or three weeks. If the supply of 
moisture failed for a time tbB plant gave warning by 
assuming its regular bull-like form. At the end of 
that time we transplanted it to the ground, and it 
looked fine and green under the influence of genial 
6howers. But the weather grew dry aud the Resur¬ 
rection Plant rolled itself into a ball and rolled away 
before the wind, the roots not having much grasp 
on the soil. It lay in the sun on the ground for a 
month, when we gave it to a friend who placed it in 
a saucer of water, and lo, it spread out its arms again 
and showed the green color of vegetable life. An 
exchange thns speaks of this singular plant: 
“These plants arcbrougfit from the southern part 
of Mexico. During the rainy season they flourish 
luxuriantly, but when the dry weather and hot sun 
scorch the earth, they, too, dry and curl up, and 
blow about at the mercy of the wind. To all ap¬ 
pearances they are as dead as the ‘brown and sere 
leaf,’ but as soon as the rain eomes again, the roots 
suck up the water, the leaves unfold and assume a 
beautiful emerald-green appearance. No matter 
where the plant may be, on a rock, a tree, or a 
house-top, wherever the winds have blown it, there 
it rests, and being a true temperance plant., it only 
asks for water, and at once bursts into new life. 
Having purchased one of these tufts, and placed it 
in a soup plate filled with water, the reader will be 
surprised to see it gradually unfold and take on a 
deep green. The leaves are arranged spirally, and 
altogether, the resurrection plant is the latest curi¬ 
osity.” 
Eds. Rural :—I have been very much interested, 
in the items on Domestic Economy, and have been 
quite anxious that some farmer’s wife should answer 
our friend Jennie. I think she cannot be a farmer's 
wife, as she entirely omitted to mention Saturday’s 
work in her list—the feeding chickens, skimming 
milk, churning, Ac., mentioned by our friend Mag 
gie. I am a young housekeeper, and am trying tc 
economize my time, but have never succeeded as yet 
in findiDg any time to sew during an ordinary fore 
noon. Now, I want some farmer’s wife, of greater 
experience than myself, to explain how she gets the 
whole routine of Saturday’s work in one forenoon, 
and sews beside—if she does. I want to learn tc 
be as smart as anybody. If all farmers’ wives usu 
ally use up the whole forenoon with their houe>t- 
work, ail right. I am not dissatisfied if I do just 
well as any one else, but I do not wish to be beaten. 
Reading,‘Schnyler Co., N. Y. Nellie. 
A Cheap and Excellent Wat of Pickling To¬ 
matoes rt the Quantity. — Select ripe tomatoes- 
with unbroken skins. Smooth ones are preferable. 
Put them into a weak brine, and let them remain in 
it for 36 or 48 hours. Then put them into a pickle 
composed of one part of viuegar and two rarts e 
soft water. These proportions are for good, strong 
vinegar. Keep them pressed under the liquor. 1 
bad smelling scum frequently collects on the but 
face, but it will not taint or hurt the fruit. To pre¬ 
pare for use — Wash, skin and sweeten to taste. 
This has been tried for years, and has been fount, 
reliable and satisfactory. The testimony of all who 
eat of the fruit so prepared is, “ They taste so much 
like fresh tomatoes.”— Glen. 
“ I think my family canned enough fruit last sea¬ 
son to enable me to have it on my table every day 
in tbe year,” 
Such was the remark made to me a few days ago 
by my neighbor L-. It certainly was what very 
few, even of our most enthusiastic fruit growers are 
able to say; and the facts led to some reflections 
Which will bear stating here. 
Neighbor L-, we admit, has as much fruit as 
he aud his family will be likely to consume the year 
round. I supposed that my own family was pretty 
liberally supplied also; but bis far exceeds mine, 
and I am quite as certain that mine as far exceeds 
that of one-half — yea, of nineteen - twentieths 
— of my neighbors. 1 might put it in a still 
stronger light, and say that while one family in a 
community has aB much fruit as it will need or con¬ 
sume, with a moderate daily use, there are not less 
than one hundred families who do not consume over 
one quart weekly. 
What utter nonsense, then, for men to be croaking 
about the superabundance of fruit, the prospects of 
overstocking the market, aud all such forebodings 
of evil to fruit growers. And yet every community 
has one or more of this class of old fogies. 1 re¬ 
member just such in my boyhood; and yet people 
have continued to plant, till the quantity is tenfold 
greater everywhere, and the price has continued to 
advance; and even now, a large portion of the peo¬ 
ple have yet to learn that the small fruits—to say 
nothing of apples—can be made a part of their 
legitimate daily food. 
How long before all the people will be as well 
educated up to the use of fruit as is my neighbor 
L-, and how much will be enough to supply the 
country when that time shall arrive V — Horticulturist. 
Tomato Jam.— Take ripe tomatoes, peel them ana 
take out all the seeds ; put them into a preserving 
kettle, with half a pound of sugar to each pound of 
tomatoes; boil one or two lemons soft, then pound 
them fine, take out the pits, add the lemon to the 
tomato, and boil slowly; mash to a smooth mass » 
continue to stir until smooth and. thick, then put 
in jars or tumblers. 
The Cbeveling for Wine.—G. Ilussman says in 
the Journal of Horticulture, that the great merits of 
the Creveling for wine seem to have been strangely 
overlooked, and yet it is one of the few of which 
good wine can be made at the North. It ripens a 
week later than the Hartford Prolific and makes an 
excellent red wine, resembling the choice brands of 
claret. 
To Stew Peaches.— Take small, unripe peaches, 
pare them neatly, put them into a kettle with water 
nearly to cover, and set over a gentle lire; to eact 
quart of peaches add half a pound of Bugar; let 
them stew until the sirup is rich. Serve cold for 
tea or dessert. 
HORTICULTURAL NOTES 
Dwarf Mountain Cherry.— This novelty is described 
as follows by a grower in Brookfield, Mo.:—“A minia¬ 
ture cherry tree, growing from eighteen Inches to three 
feet high, with round globular head; as hardy as an oak 
tree; bearing large crops of very sweet cherries, of a 
dark brown or brownish purple color. Fruit size of a 
black-heart cherry, three, six, nine and twelve in a clus¬ 
ter ; ripe from August 10th to Sept. 1st. This cherry is 
a native of Utah Territory, and after four years’ trial 
here, seems to succeed as well as in its native soil; 
adapted to dry climate and soils, yet our plants are now 
loaded with halt.” 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
U PLAND CRANBERRY CULTURE.- Snmplw 
of fruit seut ou receipt of 50 cents. Circular on eultur-; 
SO »?7-2t° 6 t0 any ,ld OKRIN C. COOK. South Milford, Mass. 
LIAHMEKS’ A NT) GRAIN DEALERS' 
r FRIEND. -THE NEW DAG HOLDER, Patented 
Mitrcii 12, IHtn, Is the only one which receives the unllmlte. 
approbation of the farmers. It . 
is made of wood-, easily folded i In 
to pat awav or for transporta- 
The Committee on Pomological rules, of which 
Mr. P. Barry was Chairman, reported us follows to 
the American Pomological Society: 
1. No new seedling-fruit shall be entitled to the 
recommendation of this Society until its qualities 
shall be ascertained by at least five years’ experience 
in more than one locality, and which is not at least 
equal to any similar variety of the first rank already 
known; or which, if only of second-rate flavor, is 
superior in vigor, hardiness, productiveness, or 
other important quality or characteristics. 
2. No new fruit shall be considered as named until 
it has been accurately described by some person or 
committee known to be conversant with existing 
varieties, and such description shall have been 
published in at least one horticultural or agricultural 
journal or some pomological work of acknowledged 
standard character. 
3. The originator, or he who first makes known a 
new variety, shall be entitled to name it; and such 
name, if suitable, shall be adopted by the writer de¬ 
scribing the fruit for the first time. But if the name 
proposed is inappropriate, or does not come within 
the rules of nomenclature, the describer shall he at 
liberty to give a name. 
When two persons have named or described a fruit, 
the name and description first published, if Accord¬ 
ing to the rules, shall have the priority. 
Drying Herbs.— Herbs for drying l’or future nse should 
be cut just, about the time they are coming into flower 
Dry them In the shade, and after sufficiently dry to put 
away, lie them in bunches and hang in a cool shed, or 
place them loosely between paper, and stow away in cup¬ 
boards or drawers—the last mode is by far the the clean¬ 
est and most approved plan with the best housekeepers. 
Some, indeed, powder the leaves at once after drying, 
and put away in bags ready for nse. 
tlQti, aufl when folded occupies - 
no room, as It can lie bung up V- ,ViA > l 
on a nail out of the way. It Is 
not liable to zee out ot order, / fVv 
aud incase any accident ah on U1 f V/iyTT 
befall it the farmer can easily pi j 
repair it without tailing it to a I xd 
blacksmith or machine shop, f ; 
blacksmith or machine shop, f tj V.j 
It is so simple that ail Who sec I f f) W] 
it wonder the idea was ncvoc 1 7 j V M fw 
thought of before. In the few l / 1 1' .* fW 
places In Urn West where they \ /] /; « |§ 
have been introduced they are I / m. ,Vj| 
purchased by every fanner I ' m 'V 4 
who seas them, 1 JMm H K! 
We am aware that there are s J 
other bar holders, but there J - 
has never been one worth one f /, 
cent tor the farmer's use until / v nJ 
this one. it does the work of A V Jk 
two boys in hoi dine a bag _kT 
open, and is easily adjustable - 
to any size or length ot ban or 
sack. No otio knows the real 
C C unmfficy H M To be ***** 
mre ttmnv haw boys to hold bags, hut, when having an ar- 
, kb- Unit wH mild a bag better than two boys or men can do 
it thev can readily Ilmlother work for the boys gomewhe-re 
elar Oue man will put up more irrain in thn same length of 
time will! this machine than two men with boyscan do th : 
same without It, saying notnmg, about tylug the bae, pro¬ 
vided the grain U measured In a hull-bushel measure. It «an 
he set 'ip out doom by the side ol the threshing machine, or 
In the orchard, or notatoo Held. When a farmer can put up 
a load of grain white his boy is harnessing the team, and do 
it nnicker than with the boy, then, of c.ourtfl. wu must all ad¬ 
mit tlm great value of this Hag Holder, which the fanning 
community have long been desiring. , 
TheBe Bag Holders will more than pay for themselves ir. 
one harvesting. The undersigned arc p-«wred to dll all o> 
dera for the «atn« at wholesale or retail. Retail price, FI. 
Town or county rights for sale In Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
New York, or Michigan. BENNETT, JOHNSON A i:0 . 
No. i.lHi Broadway, New 1 ork. , 
The fruit growers of California have hitherto 
claimed complete immunity from the assaults of in* 
sects on their products. This condition of things is 
incident to new countries in general, and is only a 
favorable circumstance thrown iu by Dame Nature 
to aid the pioneers in obtaining a firm foothold. 
With culture and the production of fruit and cereals, 
come their natural enemies, and no country iB long 
exempt from these foes. We predicted, years ago, 
that California would, in due time, have some cause 
to cease her everlasting bragging respecting her ad-’ 
vantages over the rest of the Union in the matter of 
insect depredators. In a work on “The Natural 
Wealth of California,” recently published by H. H. 
Bancroft &, Co., San Francisco, is the following 
paragraph on insects: 
“ Until very lately California claimed immunity 
from nearly every disease, and every insect which 
afflicted the farms and orchards of other countries, 
but we are beginning to find that these evils are 
coming. The grape fly has taken possession of the 
vines in several localities. It is a species of micro- 
Cylindeb Vinery.— The newest theory on horticul¬ 
tural architecture is the cylinder vinery, which is de¬ 
scribed as a hexagonal case, like a sentry box, without a 
roof of any kind, The vinery is built by fixing six posts 
firmly In the ground, two feet apart, each post la grooved 
so as to admit of panos of glass. In each of the five 
Bpaces between the poBts a vine is planted; the sixth 
space is occupied by a door. 
Lime Around Fruit Trees.— D. W. P., Hamilton, 111., 
asks if “ air slaked lime is good to put around fruit trees. 
Is It as good as wood ashes ?” Limo is sparingly soluble 
In water, and if deposited under tbe tree will be grad¬ 
ually communicated to the soil by water. It also serves 
some purpose in arresting the operations of insect ene¬ 
mies of the tree. It Is not equal to wood ashes, but will 
pay for using. ^ _ 
Round Grape Boxes, advertised in this paper, are 
highly complimented by several prominent grape growers. 
