Mrs. Practice Economy closes in the admonitory 
strain “ Now, Mr. * Incog,’ I would give you a 
little piece of advice. This is a wide world, and 
there arc all sorts of folks in it. One can have just 
snch society as he has a mind to choose. If you are 
disgusted with your present associates, my advice ie 
to break away from them and seek a higher, better, 
nobler class.” 
Helena, Addison Co., Vermont, asks for a rehear¬ 
ing of the case. Thus“ Of course I have no means 
of knowing with what class of women yoar cories 
poudeut associates, but should presume, from his 
description, that their sense of order and decency 
might not be very acute, nor that they would ob¬ 
ject to drink with him in public as well as private. 
Would it not be well, Mr. ‘ Incog,’ before attempt¬ 
ing another criticism on our sex, to extend the cir¬ 
cle of your acquaintance a little ? Come up here 
to Vermont, and you will fiud hundreds of educated, 
reUned women, whose practical housekeeping and 
habits of industry and economy ought to make you 
blush that so vile a slander bears your signature.’ * 
L. M. K., Cleveland, Ohio, strikes back in thi& 
style:— 11 1 am glad you are fortunately married,— 
would that Mrs. I. could say the same. It must: 
be very consoling to a gentleman of your sensitive 
temperament, that, in this age of female degeneracy, 
you have secured a helpmeet who can wash, bake, 
brew, mop and iron for you without help and 
money. Some men growl when money is men¬ 
tioned; you yelp.” 
May Maple, Michigan, pnt6 in a justification oi* 
set off on this wise:—“ As for those girls who really 
do nothing but practice the arts he (' Incog’) men 
tions, they have plenty to keep them company 
* * in the soft handed, softer headed mortals 
who call themselves gentlemen, who have nothing 
better to occupy their time than twirling a fancy 
cane at some particular angle, or twisting that beau 
tiful mustache that they have tried to coax into a- 
more rapid growth by using all the elixirs adver¬ 
tised. It is much easier for said gentlemen to ana¬ 
lyze a young lady’s heart, than to saw and split a 
cord of wood or carry a pail of Bwill to the thriving, 
pigs in the pen.” 
W. H. W.» Pierpont, N. V., enters the lists In de¬ 
fense of a certain class of young men, by sayiBg r 
“If ‘Incog’ has not sufficient brains to fill either 
of the gented pursuits , he should be satisfied to dvlve > 
and not make, cruel thrusts at honest young men 
who HU positions he is not able to attain.” 
A Farmer’s Daughter is rather disposed to acqui¬ 
esce in the justness of “Incog’s” strictures, with 
a few exceptions. Alluding to a certain class of 
women, she sayB“ The majority seem to look 
upon the time they are forced to 6pend in the 
kitchen aB thrown away. To them it is more agree¬ 
able to spend the afternoon in gossiping with a 
neighbor than to stay at home. Indeed, to too 
many home is merely a place to stay in when ne¬ 
cessity compels it.” 
There would be no end to the market. In Chili 
they are exported by the ship load. In California, 
immense orchards are now coming on. We must 
not he behind. Plant English walnuts then say we. 
AMONG THE VINEYARDS 
HOBTICTJI/THBAL NOTES. 
Kittatinny' Blackberries.— ^We are indebted to O. J. 
Weeks, West Webster, N. Y., for half a dozen quarts of 
very fine KittatinnyB. In the box was a quantity of 
fruit stems, with berries attached, and the clusters 
were a beautiful sight. Mr. W. eays this variety has 
proved hardy in his grounds this year, and where the 
Lawton failed r 0 bear one quarter of a crop the Kitta- 
tinny yielded abnndantly. The quality of the fruit is 
enough superior to that of the Lawton to warrant the 
assertion that it will drive the latter from our markets 
when the supply becomes snificient. 
The Seneca and Miami Black Cap Raspberries.— 
Eds. Rural: It will be remembered by the readers of 
the Rural lhat I offered, last fall, to pay H. H. Doolittle 
$200 if a committee should decide that the Seneca Black 
Cap was superior in any of the valuable qualifications 
claimed for it to the Miami Black Cap. No committee 
could be got together to decide on it. i, however, must 
admit that the Seneca is much the latest bearer of the 
two and has the highest flavor: and as these wet e two of 
the qualifications claimed for the Seneca, I feet in honor 
bound to pay the $200. A. M. Purdy. 
Palmyra, Aug. 11, 1808. 
The Kramer Strawberry .— 1 This new strawberry of 
Western origin, Mr. W. W. Beebee of Dubuque, Iowa, 
writes us, has with him proved superior to any other 
variety which he has ever grown. He says the Jucunda, 
and most others of its class, do not succeed in Iowa or 
Wisconsin, and the Wilson compared with Kramer holds 
only a secondary place. He writes that the fruit grown 
on twenty-six square rods of ground thiB year sold for 
two hundred dollars. 
Pear Scions. — H. P. T., San Jose, California. You 
can obtain scions of Clapp's Favorite, or other varieties, 
by addressing some of the nurserymen who advertise in 
the Rural. 
The Margaret Pear was first described in the 
Horticulturist for June, 1866. It originated with 
Christopher Weigel of Cleveland, Ohio, from 
seed of the Seckel. The tree is a very vigorous 
upright grower with dark, reddish wood, and rich, 
dark-gTeen, oblong, oval pointed foliage. It is an 
early bearer, as a standard, often fruiting at two years 
from the bud, and is very productive; the fruit 
generally borne in clusters of two, three, or more. 
In size the fruit is medium or rather below; glob¬ 
ular, obtuse, pyriform; in color a lemon-yellow 
ground, when fully ripe, mostly overspread with 
deep, dull red, with small russet dots and occasional 
faint russet marbliDgs and patches; where the sur¬ 
face is not reddened the dots appear green under¬ 
neath the skin. Stem, generally about one inch long, 
slightly curved, and often, but ngt always, set in a 
round, open, moderately deep basin. Calyx, large, 
with long - pointed, partially refiexed segments. 
Flesh, white, finely granulated, juicy, vinous, sweet 
and free from astringency. Core, very small. Seeds, 
dark-brown. Season, 10th to the ‘10th of August, 
This variety promises to he valuable as a market 
sort, on account of the very fine form and vigor of 
the tree, its great productiveness while young, and 
regular, even size of the fruit. 
Correction. —In our notice of the “Mammoth Clus¬ 
ter" raspberry, we wrote of “Purdy’s Fruit Farm.” 
Changes in the firm have caused the term “Palmyra 
Fruit Nurseries ” to be substituted. 
Grass Lawns are often injured by close mowing in 
August. Drouth and a hot sun cause uneven growth, 
and makes them spotted. 
Strawberries may be planted now, but it is not ad¬ 
visable to undertake the work on a large scale. If the 
question is fruit or no fruit next year plant in August 
otherwise delay till spring. 
Layered Roses are benefited by a mulch at this season. 
Currant and Gooseberry Bushes should be well cul¬ 
tivated after the fruit is removed, to forward the growth 
of young wood and mature the germs of another year’s 
fruit. 
Suokebs and Bushes should be removed this month. 
They will rarely sprout again. 
Cuttings may be readily struck now, taken from the 
ends of young shoots. Place a cold frame over a sandy 
soil, water it and shade the grass. 
Bulbs should be taken up, dried and laid in the shade. 
Evergreen Hedges should receive their final pruning 
for the season towards the end of the month. 
Seeds will require gathering. 
Celery requires earthing up as it grows. 
Cultivation among growing garden crops is highly 
beneficial, and weeds should he destroyed in time to pre¬ 
vent their seeding. 
affect the aggregate result of profit in the business. 
In no department of agriculture or horticulture is 
good cultivation better rewarded than in the vine¬ 
yard, a fact generally admitted, but not so often 
acted upon.” 
C. L. Hoag writes us from Lockport, Niagara Co., 
Aug. llt.h, as follows, concerning fruit prospects: 
“ A light crop of fruit in Niagara County this season. 
All kinds of berries a short crop; apples and pears 
about one-fourth the nsnal quantity; grapes a good 
crop, and promises to be our most reliable fruit in 
this part of Western New York, not having missed 
of ripening a good crop of the earlier sorts every 
year for the past fifteen years. So yon see we are 
snre every year of an abundance of the kind of fruit 
that suits the million. Saw berries to-day in oar 
grounds that were fully colored, of Adirondac, 
Hartford, Prolific and Israella.” 
ANCIENT ROMAN GARDENING. 
The custom of forcing flowers and encumbers by 
artificial means was first practiced by the Romans. 
They had in the Augustine age a stone called 
specularia, susceptible of being split into transparent 
scales, corresponding somewhat with the glass of 
the present day, not 60 thin or translucent, yet 
sufficiently so to afford transmission of heat and 
light. Of this stone tliey made coverings to pits in 
which they raised in the depth of winter the finest 
flowers. The table of -Julius Ciesar was laden 
throughout the year with every delicacy of the 
tropics, ail of which’ were the green-house products 
of his garden over the Tiber, of which the historian, 
—the great Antony said,—“ and his garden over the 
Tiber had he bequeathed to ye all.” Seneca and 
Pliny inform ur that the “lapis s'jjeeularia" could 
be split in pieces the 1‘Jth of an inch in thickness, 
and ten and twelve feet in length, and that they 
gave passage to both light and heat. 
In BUbseijtteot years when machinery was intro¬ 
duced to split the “ lapis speadaria," peach houses 
and vineyards were erected covering vast extents of 
territory, and protecting the orchards as carefully 
and successfully as the soft airs of the tropics. I 
have seen it stated by some ancient authority, but 
cannot recall by whom, that the peach and apricot 
were exported in large quantities from Rome, dur¬ 
ing the winter season, to Asia, their native soil, but 
where, as yet, art had not controlled the seasons, 
and consequently the fruit could only be found in 
the Bummer, unless brought there from the green¬ 
houses of the capitolan city. Sir Joseph Banks 
states that the custom of forcing plants and of cool¬ 
ing liquors with ice was introduced into England by 
the Romans whilst Sertorius was ruler of Britton 
and immediately succeeding the reign of Bodecia.— 
American Farmers' Magazine. 
Cucumbers for Winter Use.— Cut your cucum¬ 
bers ; then add one third onions, sliced very thin; 
salt them plentifully, and taix them well. Let them 
lay six hours; then put them in a cullender and 
drain four hours. Spice them to the taste, and 
cover with cold vinegar. To every two gallons put 
two tablespoonfuls ol‘ ground pepper, quarter pound 
of mustard, cloves and allspice to suit your taste, 
half pint of good salad oil, and as much vinegar aa 
will cover them. 
PrESERV-hid Ah'LD.—C ore and pare a dozen good- 
sized apples and cut into eighths ; make a syrup of 
a pound of sugar to half a pint of water; let it boil, 
and put in as much apple as cun be boiled without 
breaking; remove them carefully when tender; 
after all are done add a little more sugar, boil up, 
and flavor with vanilla or lemon, and tu*n over the 
apple. 
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To Make Chocolate. —Two small squares of 
chocolate, cut up fine, and put into the chocolate 
pot; turn on two cups of boiling water, stir it up, 
and set it to boil; then add two cups of milk, and 
sugar to taste. Let it boil up once. 
As the questions asked by the Holmes Co., Miss., 
correspondent of the Rural refer to subjects of 
much interest in the South, it may not be amiss 
for one who has made the matters referred to a pro¬ 
fessional Btudy, to attempt an answer. 
1. The*wild native grapes of Georgia, Alabama 
and Mississippi make fair wine; but, like the Scnp- 
pernong, Catawba and Isabella, their juice needs 
sugar to produce the best wine they are capable of 
making. At the Longworth (Cincinnati ) wine fac¬ 
tory rock candy is used as the best form of sugar 
to increase the alcohoL, strength and keeping quali¬ 
ties of the fermented juice of American grapes. To 
affirm that alcohol made from candy is better than 
that derived from sugar without first transforming 
it into candy, is to assert what is not true. In this 
age of chemical exact science, it is folly to attempt 
anything like humbug in the manufacture of wine 
from grapes or other fruit. Use instruments to 
measure the amount of saccharine matter and of 
acids present in the must, and be governed by the 
results. The useful art of wine making is acquired, 
like all others, by practice and study. 
2. Wild grapes dried will sell as fruit, not as 
“ raisins.” 
3. It will pay handsomely to take the pits out of 
our Southern plums, dry them in houses built for 
the purpose, and send them to Northern markets. 
Plums are Bcaree at the North; and they may he 
raised in any quantity in the South, by keeping 
hogs and poultry in plum orchards. The same 
remarks apply to peaches and cherries. Movable 
shelves, made of frames with open work, like a 
cane-seat chair, of basket splints, willow or twine, 
are best to spread fruit on in a proper kiln. The 
furnace Is made of stone or brick. Where delicious 
blackberries can be bought at a dollar a bushel, and 
for less money, it will pay to dry them for market. 
4. Of figs, one can raise from one to three hund¬ 
red bushels per acre in the cotton States. They 
contain much fruit sugar; and it will pay to grow 
them for hogs, as the writer knows from experience, 
and still better to dry them for human consumption. 
There is art in the business of making the best boxes 
lor putting up figs and other fruit. Southern fruit 
growers must find their mechanics, with sample 
boxes, and set them at work. The whole trade has 
yet to he developed in the South. 
5. It will pay to ship pears and nectarines from 
Mississippi to New York and Boston. 
6. Southern peas grown with corn had, as a general 
thing, better be eaten by hogs and other stock where 
they stand in the field. If wanted for seed or hay, 
cultivate them separately. If for hay, mow before 
the seed is ripe, nud cure carefully to save the leaves 
of the plant. Clover Is much easier cured, and 
makes rather better hay. Northern farmers never 
raise our Southern pea—the climate forbids. 
7. At present prices it will pay better to raise the 
Northern navy bean South, than any other legume. 
The Lima bean also pays handsomely in the South 
to send North. 
S, The mineral theory of Liebig and Pelkholt is 
not sustained by experience. D. Lee. 
Knox Co., Tenn. 
For a Cordial.— Three pounds ripe blackberries ; 
one pound white sugar; let them stand twelve 
hours, press the juice and strain it. Add one-third 
of good spirits; to every quart one tea-spoonful of 
finely powdered allspice. It is at once fit for use. 
This effective implement does its work with 
remarkable quietness, eaeeand certainty. With one 
horizontal motion of the baM the skin is taken from 
an apple in mnch les6 time that, it takes to tell of it. 
It is a great improvement over tVe'ordinary styles, 
requiring circular motion, and the knife is so ad¬ 
justed that it works well on knotty OTuBeven fruit. 
Having taken the first premium at the Paris Exposi¬ 
tion, at the American Institute Fair, aud received 
the highest commendation whenever used, we are 
warranted in giving it this favorable introduction to 
our readers. Sargent & Co., 80 Beekman St., New 
York, are the general agents. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 
B loomington nurseries,- mi, year— 
-loo acres— 10 Greenhouses— Large, choicestoci 
of best Bbipp)ng.alacs— Fruit ami Ornamental Trees. Osanc 
Orange Hedge, Small Fruits,Kittatinny and Wilson's Kaily 
Blackberry,Rosea. Shrubs, Bulbs, &c„ very low tor cash. 
II?" Send 2 red stamps, for two Fall tacalognes. 
970 -flc F. K. FHOlrSl.Y, Bloomington. McLean Co., til. 
T HE STEVENS PATENT FRUIT PICK- 
EH.—The beet and only Fruit Picker la the Unit,ml States 
worth having. This is a new Invention,patented .Junead. 
igis. After thoroughly testing all other pickers, f throw 
thPtn a.-Me hs useless to me, and invented this; and aftei try¬ 
ing It during the last and present season, pronounced it {«-- 
picker,and the best picker 1 have ever used. Please send for 
a circular containing description, &c. State, county anu. 
ffitSwwtS? manufacrarcd^tlcl^ 
CRU1T AND ORNAMEllTAl TREES 
' FOR FALX. OF 1868. 
We have the pleasure of announcing that we are prepared 
for the Kail Trade with an unusually large and well grown. 
We believe there is no system of enriching the 
land for small gardens, with a view to perfection of 
crops, so truly economical and so easily available as 
that of using liquid manure. We occasionally hear 
of a gardener, or an amateur grower of some special 
plant or crop, that has practiced enriching with 
liquids, but it is only occasionally; yet the result of 
every record is in its favor, and a searching inquiry 
into any extra production of fruit, flower, or plant 
almost invariably gives watering with liquid manure 
as the cause. There is in almost every family waste 
of liquids, which usually go into the sewer or drain, 
or possibly upon the road, where they are of no 
avail, but If saved, by being conducted to a tank, 
would enrich the entire garden spot of vegetables, 
small fruits, furnish stimulus to the ros8 and other 
flower borders, and keep the grass plat green and 
fresh even in the hottest and driest weather of mid¬ 
summer. The use of a little plaster (gypsum) occa¬ 
sionally, thrown in and around the tank, would 
always keep it sweet and clean. By the use and 
practice of liquid manuring no delay need ever 
occur in planting-time because of the manure not 
being on hand, or not being in a sufficiently rotted 
condition; but planting could proceed, and the ap¬ 
plication of manure he made at leisure,— Hart. 
AFTER “INCOG, 
for the Kail Trade with aa uuusually large and well grown, 
stock, embracing 
Standard and Dwarf Fruit Trees. 
Grope Vines, new and old sorts, strong open ground 
Currants, Raspberries, Blackberries, and all the 
Small Fruits. 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 
Roses and Flowerlug Plants of every description. 
Nurserymen. Dealers, and others, purchasing largely, wilt 
be dealt with liberally ami all orders, however small, will 
receive prompt aud careful attention. Parries Interested 
will rlu well to consult the following Catalogues, which are 
just issued, and wtU be sent pre-pnlu on the receipt of lOcta. 
each, lor Nos. t and 2, and 5c. tor No. 3. 
No. 1, Descriptive and lltnstratedCatalogue of Fruits. 
No. 2, Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Ornumcutai 
Trees. Ac. No. J, Descriptive Green House Plants. No. 1, 
Wholesale Catalogue free. 
ELLYVANGER. & BARRY, 
Mount Ilona Nuuskisikh, Kocukstku, N. Y. 
THE ENGLISH WALNUT. 
CONDITION OF THE GRAPHS CROP. 
The following is from the Southern Farmer, We 
endorse it. 
We no where recollect to have seen a tree of the 
English Walnut growing in the South. This is a 
great oversight, aud we recommend that the error be 
corrected as soon as possible. Downing says that 
it is “better known here as the Madeira Nut, is a fine 
lofty growing tree, with a handsome spreading head, 
and hearing crops of large and excellent nuts, in¬ 
closed like that of our native black walnuts in a 
simple husk. It Btands the winter very well here, 
(New York,) and to the south of this it would un¬ 
doubtedly he a profitable fruit to plant for market. 
The fruit in a green state is very highly esteemed for 
pickling, and the great quantities of the ripe nuts an¬ 
nually imported and sold here prove the estimation 
in which they are held for the table. * * * 
This tree is usually propagated by the seed and 
transplanted from the nurseries when from three to 
six feet high. But it may also he grafted with due 
care on the common hickory nut. 
In our opinion there is no tree we could plant 
which would pay better than the English walnut. 
“ A Grower,” who, by the way, is perfectly com¬ 
petent to write of the vine, sends us the following 
notes, under date of August 8th, on the condition of 
the grapes in Pleasant Valley, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
He writes:—“ Grapes never looked better here at 
this season of the year than now. Vines of all 
varieties and ages wintered without injury by severe 
cold, and, though late in starting in the spring, 
have made an unusually fine growth ; and those of 
hearing age and strength are heavily loaded with 
fruit. Never since grape culture commenced here, 
have all varieties fruited as well the same season as 
they have this. And, what is equally flattering, not 
the slightest indication of disease of any kind on 
fruit aud foliage has made its appearance. Judging 
from the size of the berries, aud the degree of ripen¬ 
ing of the wood of the vines, the vintage will he 
unusually early this fall. These broad statements 
of growth aud fruitfulnesB are intended to cover 
what might be included in classes good, better and 
best; but not that other division below these, in 
which comparatively few are found—enough, how¬ 
ever, to attract the notice of the passerby, and to 
K EEUH’S NEW SEEDLING*. — Kerch s Fa¬ 
vorite and Go)lull. £5 F do 7... 1‘tiil. Sheridan and Gen. 
Meade, $3 t< lOO, *12 V 1.000. All kinds of choice Grape 
Vines, open air culture, very low. -1 ■ K K, F.GH, Waterloo. N.Y. 
T he champion. 
HICKOK’fi PATENT PORTABLE 
KEYSTONE CIDER AND WINE MILL 
OVER 16,000 IN USE AND APPROVED. 
This admirable machine Is uow ready for the fruit harvest 
of 1868, Is made in the most perfect manner with either one 
or two tubs, and la wc.ll worthy the attention of all persona 
wanting such a machine. It has no superior in the market, 
and Is the only mill that will properly grind grapes. 
FOR SALE BY ALL RESPECTABLE DEALERS, 
I also make two sizes of superior 
PRESSES FOR BERRIES, Ac., Ac. 
If your merchant does not keep them, tell him to send for 
one for you, or write for one yourself. Order early—address 
the manufacturer, W. O. HICKOK, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Tar Water for Plums.— A correspondent of the 
American Institute Farmers’ Club says, that he suc¬ 
ceeded in raising a large crop of plums last year, by 
applying to his trees, with a small hand forerng 
pump, water that stood in an emptied gas tar barrel 
until it was as dark colored as coffee and pungent as 
creosote. He applied the water once iu three days, 
and did not find a plum stung after the first day. 
