HOHTICT 7 XTT 7 RAL NOTES, 
Something Nick.— Take the seeds out of green 
tomatoes and cut tbe tomatoes in tine strips with 
scissors, nntil yon have six pounds of them. Add 
fonr or five good-sized bell peppers, green, after 
taking out the seeds and cutting tine. Add, also, 
two and a half pounds of white sugar and one quart 
of cider vinegar, a half ounce of cloves in a bag, or 
a few drops of the oil of cloves, and a small quantity 
of mace, (look all about an hour, and you will have 
nice spiced tomatoes. We like them very much. 
A Plethora, op Fruit.— The Dixie Fanner, Tennes¬ 
see, states that frnit in that section has been produced in 
the greatest abundance the present year. “ Thousands 
upon thousands of bushels of peaches have rotted, and 
are rotting, for the want of some nse to put them to. 
Much has beeu sold, and nut a little money bronght into 
tne conntry. Still there is a vast quantity of fruit wast¬ 
ing throughout the country.” it is a source of rerret to 
us that this surplus of peaclic* Is not within easy reach 
of Western New York, as it would afford an opportunity 
for many lovers of this frnit to enjoy a feast which the 
high prices here deny to them, in 0 !d times, when 
peaches were so plentiful that they would not pay for 
gathering for market,, farmers used to turn their hogs 
into tbe orchards to consume them. We do not know 
that the hogs derived ranch benefit from the frnit, except 
from the meat in the pits, which they cracked with evi¬ 
dent relish; but they seemed to enjoy the privilege of a 
free run amazingly, and labored with an assiduity pieas- 
Thb Summer Meeting of the Lake Shore Grape 
Growers’ Association, on the 25th and 36th of 
August, was a very pleasant and instructive one. 
The attendance was quite large, the weather de¬ 
lightful, and the vineyards were in the finest con¬ 
dition of health and fruitfulness. 
The first day was spent at Collamer and its vicin¬ 
ity, a few miles east of Cleveland, where there are 
some 200 acres of vineyards, most of which are lo¬ 
cated on what is known as Collamer Ridge, an 
elevated slope of clay soil, regarded as too poor for 
profitable farm purposes, but now counted the very 
best for vineyards. That of Dr. Dunham, the Pres¬ 
ident of the Association, and one or two others, 
have borne fine crops of the Catawba variety for 
seven or eight years past without a single failure. 
A majority of the vineyards are young, just com¬ 
mencing to bear fruit, and nearly all Catawba, 
though several are composed partly of other varie¬ 
ties, as Delaware, Concord, Ives, Norton’s Virginia, 
Iona, Israelis. &c. All the varieties seemed alike 
doing well, so that there was but little cbauce for 
comparison, and judgment has to be deferred till 
the fruit ripens. (There will be a fine display of 
the new as well as old varieties, at the annual ex¬ 
hibition in Painesville, Oct. 14th and 15 th, when 
the subject of varieties will be discussed.) 
After inspecting many of the vineyards at Colla¬ 
mer, the company assembled at the grove of the 
Academy, where a band of music was playing, and 
the ladies of the village had provided a bountiful 
repast for the multitude. When all were satisfied, 
speeches were indulged in and reports were given 
of the condition and prospects of the grape crop in 
different sections of the conntry. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
O. 1 APPLE SEEDUNfis FOR 
per 1,000. Address BIRD a <:o 7 Ait. Pie 
’RAW BERRIES! ALL TH iTlJE 
theap. Send fur n Price l ist. Address 
CEND THREE CENT STA >11* for CJRCUI 
Poo Cranberry Culture. OUKIN Cpook 
Rnntli i 
’ * ' " • V ' >WIV. 
. BoutU Milford, Mass. 
1ATA WISSA K V SPUE R R V REA RH TWO 
J abundant crops. Fiow.r Seeds grads. Bend stump for 
uvular, and learu all about It. Address 
(JUAB. D. COPELAND, Lima, N. V. 
Catawtssa Raspberry.—Ohas. D. Copeland of Lima, 
N. Y., speaking of this frnit, says“ rt is a dark red or 
purple color, and in form and size is a medium between 
the English Red Antwerp and the Doolittle or American 
Black Cap. In flavor it is very sprightly and agreeable. 
The bush is a strong grower, and what is called a perpet¬ 
ual. bearer, although it has two distinct crops, — the first 
coming in July and continuing a long time, the second 
from the first of September until the severe frosts and 
snows of approaching winter interfere. I have fruited 
this raspberry for five seasons past, and find the bashes 
to increase, both in strength and productiveness, with 
each succeeding year. I value it highly, because it sup¬ 
plies a luxury when other small fruits are gone; and be¬ 
cause the bush is obviously much longer lived than other 
raspberries. After five years it shows no signs of rnn- 
ning out, and is not troublesome because of thorns on 
the bushes or suckers springing from the roots.” 
U r T* CLOTHES WASHER.-**Worth One 
Dollar a week In any lamiiv."—A. F Tribune, 
^^®ar5Tir. , i. u - 
PVJSS.rPSSS- Asl> A,MMK SEEDS.-TheSi.b- 
m!inr r oT,A r r„ re '>' | y t0 contract with responsible men. 
mTmShii-B eeds) mnmil'acturod tills full, which 
on<l class 'ms vi 1 ?0(io ng Aiao’a' a8 ’ ftr9, - c, »« s < * LOOOj'aeo- 
SW 1 && f ?Vo. rOTr nul Ai,pl ° 8tock8 - No - 
__ wane ,V. COSTLY, Sprlnghr ook, Erie Co.^N. Y. 
10(1 fikAI'E V I N EH.—CONCORD. 
; j *•';" tvrs', Delaware. Iona and other noonlar 
varieties. Mostly two years old, ami well grown Prices 
very low lor the qualify. For sale on coniiuSStoJi by r 
Sec'y Lake Shore Grape Growers’ Ass’n, Paln JftvUtejo'h[o 
j^KONSON, GRAVES, SELOVER aT CO., 
WASHINGTON STREET NURSERIES, 
G-BW3DVA, W. "ST., 
Offer for the present Fall i hirvi and wHl-crrown stock of 
» nml on>rv« K .NTst. Taws. EvBRokffi^ &bs. 
{:*,*• wV-V.'/' Also, Native and Foreign 
Grapes m New York Cirr.-C. W. Idkll, Esq., fur¬ 
nishes ns the following information respecting the grape 
market in New York city. He writes under date of Sept. 
11th:—“ I am aware that a large number of your readers 
who are grape growers feel very anxious about the mar 
ket. We are full of Western Virginia anil Northern 
Ohio Concords, that are poor and will only bring about 
cost of transportation. Concords are selling from 16 
cts. down t.o 5 cte.; Hartfords, 15 etc. to 8 cts.; Delaware 
and Iona, 36 cts. Our markets are extremely dull, and 
the weather very hot.” 
Very favorable 
reports were made from all parts of the Lake Shore 
district, embracing Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and Erie 
Co., Pa., and the northern tier of counties of Ohio; 
but the extreme western end, including the vicinity 
of Saudnsky and the Islands, was not so favorable; 
the Catawba fruit there having been much of it cut 
off by an attack of mildew the latter part of June, 
different from anything of the kind before experi¬ 
enced, causing the speedy decay of the greater part 
of the berries while quite small; but suddenly 
ceasing, and leaving a portion of the berries on 
most bunches uninjured, which are now sound and 
good. Other varieties, as Delaware, Concord, Ives, 
A:c., escaped the disease, but are not extensively 
grown on the Islands. From Western New York 
and Pennsylvania, and the interior of Ohio, the re¬ 
ports were also quite favorable; also from Indiana, 
Illinois and several other Western States. 
Discussion was had on the subject of pruning and 
trimming, from which it wa3 evident that the grow¬ 
ing sentiment among our vineyardists is in favor of 
longer pruning and less summer trimming than is 
recommended in the books or practiced by the old 
class of vine growers. Some successful young culti¬ 
vators condemn all summer trimming, but they will 
doubtless modify their opinions after a few more 
years’ experience. 
The second day was occupied with 
Grapes in North Carolina.—A company has pur¬ 
chased seventeen hundred acres of land near Wilming¬ 
ton, N. C., for thirty thousand dollars. Seven hundred 
acres are improved, and are to be immediately stocked 
with grapo vines, and the balance as soon as the land can 
be prepared for the purpose. The aggregate capital for 
carrying on this project is about $100,000. 
(SETS FI* ITS OWN WORK. KXfTsj . , 
sizca—widens ftml mu rows, knits the heel uiio the stock 
and narrows off the toe complete and, as improved wit 
the last thirty days, i» the most perfect knitter In the wo 
Warranted to be auddo all tvo claim for it in even/ inntru 
n}'r.™t >n /'i‘ V i> relU,l i < i 01 ' For particulars, also circular and s>i 
:u!flrf , ‘‘^, inclosing stamp, 
.Ml-tf d. D. OKNE & CO., 176 State St., Rochester, N. 
This variety was produced in 1861 by the Hon. 
Marshall P. Wilder from artificial impregnation 
of Hovey’s Seedling by the La Constante; the first 
is well known, and the latter is one of the most suc¬ 
cessful and excellent of foreign varieties brought to 
this conntry. Co). Wilder has had large experi¬ 
ence in raising seedling fruits, and the fact that he 
has permitted hisname to attach to this should vouch 
for promised excellence. It is described thus : 
“The plant is hardy, robust, vigorous aud very 
productive The foliage is handsome and well de¬ 
veloped; leaf dark-green, roundish, obovate, deeply 
serrated, of great substance, with stifl, short foot¬ 
stalks, and stands the extremes of heat and cold 
without injury. The flower-stalk is stiff and erect, 
the flowers perfect. The fruit is large, 6ome speci¬ 
mens attaining to more than five inches in circum¬ 
ference ; rind many berries this year weighed more 
than an ounce avoirdupois each. Their color is bril¬ 
liant crimson Bcarlet; form obtusely conical; the 
flesh rosy white, very juicy, but sufficiently firm for 
market; flavor rich aud sprightly, inclining to sweet, 
with a distinct aroma of the Alpine or wood straw¬ 
berry ; seed small; season late.” 
The proprietors of the American Journal of Horti¬ 
culture have bought the entire stock. 
Fruit and Vegetable Markets 
The following are the quotations of Fruits anti Vegetables 
in the New York market for the week ending the 12th Inst.: 
Vegetables -Potatoes are in fair demand, with a good 
supply on the market. Onions are move plenty, and lower. 
Delaware, sweet, tt bbl. 5 00 da 0 110 
Onions, Jerseys, r bbl. 4 25 & 5 no 
Onions, -fji WO bunches. 7 00 s 00 
Tomatoes, r basket. 05 p,i .10 
encumbers, •< 100 . 00 73 
MarrowsSquash, tt bbl. 2 00 M 2 35 
Cabbages, ?; 100 .•. s DO <312 no 
Beets, JjOQbandies. ;j 00 | qq 
Ure.-n Corn, ft 100. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Fruits.—A pples arc more plenty, and lower. Peaches of 
better quality are offered. Grapes are in better supply, and 
sell at fair prices, according toquality. Pears are not plenty. 
A lew barrels of choice, in good order, have Bold at high 
figures. 
rears, Dutchess, F crate.$ 5 00 © 7 00 
Pears, Common, 'p bbl. 3 00 <0 7 no 
Pears, Good, B bbl . 10 00 <5*12 00 
Pears, Bartlett, is bbl. 15 no id? 00 
Peaches, Delaware, V crate.. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Peaches, New Jersey, "(< crate. 5 00 ©7 00 
readies, Ohio, V crate. 5 00 © 7 00 
Peaches, common, » crate. 1 00 © 3 00 
Apples, common, w lilii. I 50 © 2 50 
Apples, prime, p bbl. 8 00 @ 5 00 
Watermelon)., 7 / 100.... 12 00 ©35 00 
Nutmeg Melons, u bbl. 1 75 ® 2 50 
Grapes. Hartford, ft. 15 @ 18 
Grapes. Charleston, P lb.. jo © jj' 
Green Gages, p bushel. 3 00 © 4 no 
Blue Gages, » bbl. 2 so © 8 00 
Ilium. Knurrs.—Apples are quiet but steadily held. Ber¬ 
ries arc unchanged. Peaches are In fair supply at full prices. 
New Apples, state, > ib... ( 11 © 12 
New Apples, West.irn, ?Mb. 10 @ U 
New Apples, Southern, r lb. n @ 12 
Peaches, Southern, new. peeled, * lb. 27 &< 28 
Peaches,Southern, old, M s>. 18 ©» 20 
Peaches, impeded, halves, ^ a. 14 @ 15 
Peaches, unpneled, quarters, p ib. 9 @ 11 
Blackberries, « ft. 20 © 23 
Raspberries, : P ib. 42 © 45 
an excursion 
by railroad and teams sixteen miles along the Lake 
Shore, west from Cleteland, to Dover Bay and Avon 
Point. At Dover Bay are about 100 acres in vine¬ 
yards, mostly bearing the first and second crop. 
Sixty-five acres belong to a company of Cleveland 
gentlenfcn, who have shown very good judgment 
and liberality in their expenditure of capital and 
labor. The soil here and at Avon Point is a hard, 
fiat clay, too poor for any profitable use till 
thoroughly drained and snbsoiled, then it is found 
the very best of grape land, and the vines now pre¬ 
sent a remarkably healthy appearance. They are 
chiefly of the Catawba variety, which ripened a 
beautiful crop the past year, and is doing finely 
this, while some rows of Concord, Delaware, Ives, 
&c., are as near perfection in health and fruitage as 
can well be imagined. 
At Avon Point are over 300 acres of similar vine¬ 
yards, on tbe same formation of level clay land, all 
thoroughly underdrained and subsoiled, at a cost of 
one hundred dollars per acre, and now promising 
rich returns for the capital invested. Most of these 
vineyards are owned and managed by business men 
of Elyria, but not in any corporate capacity. They 
are nearly all of the Catawba variety, about half of 
them bearing their first or second crop, the rest 
only one or two years planted. The few vines of 
newer varieties, as Delaware, Iona, Israelis, Ac., in 
the vicinity, are showing remarkable thrift, and 
some of them fine specimens of fruit — especially 
the Iona. 
Among the most pleasurable features of this day 
was a bountiful repast in a grove, furnished by the 
ladles of Elyria. After the hundreds of people 
present had satisfied their bodily wants, a number 
of brief and sprightly speeches were given, and Dr. 
Warder gave, by request, a very instructive lec¬ 
ture on the terminology of the grape vine, with 
some hints on pruning and trimming. 
The next day a party of fifteen went on an excur¬ 
sion to Sandusky aud the Islands, stopping half a 
day at Kelley’s aud rather more at Put-in-Bay Island. 
We found the Catawba crop, as bad beeu represent¬ 
ed, quite meager, but the fruit promising to ripen 
well for wine. There are very few of any other 
varieties grown on Kelley’s Island, but those few— 
Delaware, Concord, Ac., looked well. At Put-in- 
Bay the Catawbas were much the same, or perhaps 
a little belter, and the Delaware, Ives, Concord, 
Iona, Ac,, very fine; so that there is a disposition 
to plant these hereafter in preference to the Cataw¬ 
ba in all this region. Still the owners of Catawba 
vineyards are by no means discouraged; the vines 
mostly of a sandy, alluvial nature, interspersed 
with “bluff” lands composed of a heavy clay. 
All plants and trees there make a wonderful quick, 
spontaneous growth. Cutthu/s of the Concord grape 
make a growth the first season of fifteen to twenty 
feet; and, by the way, he informed me this proved 
to be one of tbe most valuable variet ies w ith them. 
Strawberries set, for instance, this fall in November 
or December, start to growing immediately, form 
fine hills or matted rows by last of January, and 
commence to bear in February — keeping up a con¬ 
tinued crop until J uly. His main variety was the 
Wilson’s Albany; next to it he preferred as they 
are named—Longworth Prolific, McAvoy’6 Supe¬ 
rior, Russell and Lennig’s White. He did not think 
they ever made so large pickings as at *the North, 
and did not get the large crops that he had seen re¬ 
ported here. Their plants ripened more in succes¬ 
sion, and consequently such picking was lighter than 
ours. While we gather our crop in three to five 
weeks, they would be four to five months gathering 
theirs, 
labors. Those wishing to visit their section should 
do so in November or December. 
My advice to those wishing to go so far South is, 
“ Be sure you are right—then go ahead.” 
Palmyra, N. Y. A. M. Purdt. 
1.NS-I rrcTE, Urn New York Liberal Christian says:—“The 
Novelty wringer received the marked approbation of the 
iury, and was awarded Hie ukuieht premium. * * • it is 
now admlto-d ibac 11 has no e*inal as a family wringer * 
’r P , l »,pthePA r rE.M Fi.angr Coo Wukki.s on both end* 
of the Rolls,a* well in the most approved appliances for a.l- 
Jusilnxtne pressure, so that a flue upe. collar, or a heavy 
wool I "M blanket run be run through with equal fncilttv and 
without injury. ’ * * Indeed, in all respects. Its superi¬ 
ority Is so apparent tfiftt the high tnjtlrnoiiiafc It, is constantly 
receiving can he readily accounted for ' • r-iet 
JJmpbever and wherever exhibited it Inrarialdy secures the 
highest honors. N. B, i’ll ELKS & CO.,Gen, Acts 
V „ 17 Gourtlandt Struct, New York City. 
S3? hOLD EVEKYWHERE. 974 -tf 
The New York World recommends the general 
introduction of European sparrows for the purpose 
of killing off the insect enemies of fruit and orna¬ 
mental trees. With this object in view, the author¬ 
ities of New York city, some three or four years 
ago, imported two hundred sparrows, and provided 
them with nest boxes as places for breeding and re¬ 
sort during the cold nights of winter. The increase 
from this importation has been so great as to supply 
Brooklyn, Jersey City aud ad joining country towns 
with colonies of sparrows. The result has been that 
the worms have disappeared from the foliage of frnit 
and shade trees, leaving them rush and green till 
the season of frost. The Worlc recommends these 
birds to farmers as the only sun remedy agaiDSt the 
ravages of insects in fruit orchards. The sparrow 
is quite domestic in its habiU, and, if famished 
with a shelter from the &torme of winter, will re¬ 
main where first supplied with v home. The spar¬ 
row multiplies rapidly—a single family raising from 
three to four broods, of six or seven each, during 
the season. According to this representation, were 
a couple of hundreds imported and housed in Roch¬ 
ester, their progeny would pervt de the whole coun¬ 
try in four or live years, protecting the extensive 
fruit growing interests embraced within its limits. 
Unless the influence of these birds is greatly over¬ 
rated by tbe World, their introduction here would 
be a vast local benefit, to say nothing of its effect 
on adjoining counties. 
1 Z Ollll E \ , n TREES FOR SVI.E- 
ito.?. ■'* " Glass, $,?0 v 1 ,1100 ; 2 d Class. u i.uuo. 
■ I, l ’ t _ P. BO WEN. Kast Aurora. N. Y 
300 OOO PEAR SEED LINUS — Very Fi 
um/»m 111 anil iree from hlisot. 20JW0 Annie Se 
Also, a [i-w thousand I'uach and Brui ted Apple Tri 
for tlio fall trade. WM. J. DEVtJR. Homer v v 
A year ago his prices averaged in the New 
Orleans market $1.50 per quart 
this year 75 cents. 
His sales of strawberries for past two scasouB 
amounted to about sixteen thousand dollars. 
.Strawberries ran well the first season they are 
set, after which they send out no runners to speak 
of, but form “stools” and yield for a number of 
years. But now comes the worst pinch for a lazy 
man, or “castie builder.” He says they have a 
weed called coco t/rass, which, if hoed off, will sprout 
up an inch above the ground in twenty-four hours. 
It seems to be impossible to eradicate it, consequent¬ 
ly a person to be successful with strawberries, gar¬ 
den truck, Ac., must keep constantly at work. This 
constant working, however, is the means of keeping 
the ground mellow and pulverized, and making a 
great growth of plant and a sure crop of fruit. He 
estimates the amount of labor required there to 
keep a plantation in the same order as here six to 
eight times as much. The entire crop no larger, 
if as large, but prices six to eight times as high,— 
showing that the profits are abont the same. 
Mr. R. says money can be made rapidly by ener¬ 
getic men who understand the business, by raising 
fruits and vegetables to ship north to St. Louis and 
Chicago. Tomatoes grow and yield with bnt little 
trouble, aud largely. Cabbages, corn, Ac., ditto. 
Raspberries do not succeed well. Blackberries do, 
yielding immense crops of the largest size fruit. 
Beaches, pears aud plums are a certain crop with 
them. Many of their best peaches are cling stones, 
which reproduce the same or nearly so from the pit! 
Bears, dwarfs, grow wonderfully there, aud bear 
largely. The Seckel aud Bartlett proving two of 
the best—the first growing to double the size it 
does North. They take no pains in heading back 
dwarf pears, as they yield full crops without it. 
Oranges succeed well with them. We, he says, 
do not know what a true, ripe, natural flavored 
orange is—the same of figs. They are gathered be¬ 
fore becoming fully ripe, and packed in dose boxes 
to be shipped. Apples do not succeed there. They 
get a few early summer apples to bear—merely 
enough, sometimes, for a taste. I said to him: 
“ We then have one standby and luxury that you 
do not enjoy.” “ Yes,” he says, “ not only in the 
apple, but also the cherry.” They cannot grow the 
cherry. 
The “great freeze” they had there in January 
last was something never known before, and did a 
great amount of damage. Ice froze in tabs so as to 
hold up a person. First strawberry blossoms and 
frnit cut off, but on account of their fruiting in suc¬ 
cession for so long a time, but a small proportion of 
the entire crop was damaged. He says “ eneraetic 
1JCLBS FOR FALL PLANTING. 
HENRY FERRE, (.Old Stlkd op I). K. Bliss,) 
‘2JM Main Spt-iiisllelil, liiwn, 
Our Autumn Catalogue-. containing a comitlcte lint of Hu- 
ncinthf. Tulips, Lilies, Xnn-iseus, CroutiH, eta., is now ready, 
and will be furwanleil to all applicants. Address 
9713t IIENKV FKUKE, 23t Mnlu St., Springfield, Mass. 
Pickled Blackberries.— For 16 quarts of fruit 
take four pounds of sugar, 3 pints of vinegar, cin¬ 
namon and cloves to suit the taste. Dissolve the 
sugar in the vinegar, and cook the berries in the 
sirup until done; skim them out, and boil down tbe 
juice to the desired quantity; pour over the fruit, 
cover tightly and keep in a cool place. 
Leopard Cake.—Two cups white sugar, 4 eggs, 1 
cup butter, half cup sweet milk, half teaspoonful of 
soda. Stir sufficiently; then take nearly half the 
mixture into another dish and add half cup molasses, 
3 tablespoonfuls milk, half cup flour, 1 cup raisins 
or Euglish currants; allspice, cinnamon and cloves 
to suit the taste. Butter a deep tin, and put in a 
spoonful of the dark and then the light alternately. 
Bake in a moderately hot oven.— Mbs. Chas, Dick¬ 
inson, Grand Haven , Mich. 
B loomington nurseries.-i 7th vear- 
4UU A' UK* — LU (1 rcK*:ItOV her -Lara*-. 1 house stock 
of best, Muppitij; sizes—Fruit, ami unmtueutui Trees, Osajre 
Orange Hedge, Small Fruits, KUtutiuny anti Wilson's Early 
B lack berry, Rosea, Shrubs. Bulbs,very low for cash. 
%3f~ Semi 2 red Statons, for two Fall Catalogues. 
97lMiC K. K. PlloisNliC, Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Having noticed an 
inquiry, some time since, which was made at the 
Farmers’ Club N. Y., and having pretty extensively 
examined Virginia, on the subject of that inquiry, it 
occurred to me that some of your readers, might be 
interested in my investigations. The inquiry was, 
— 1 Can the Catawba grape be successfully grown in 
Virginia 7” 
I have seen that vine in my travels there, in all its 
stages of growth, and several times, during its fruit¬ 
ing season. I have never noticed any mildew, and 
hardly any rot. There are vines on the place, on 
Indian Bannock. —Take one pint of Indian meal, 
and stir Into it a pint of milk—fresh buttermilk is 
better—half a teaspoonful of salt, a spoonful of mo¬ 
lasses, and a spoonful of melted butter. Beat two 
eggs and add, and then stir in a pint of wheat flour; 
then thin it with milk to the consistency of drop 
cakes, and when ready to bake, add two heaping 
teaspoonfuls of soda, dissolved in hot water. Four 
in square buttered pans an inch thick, and bake 
fifteen minutes. This quantity makes two pans. 
S OPER’S IMPROVED REVERSIBLE 
fiEJ.K-FEEDING HAY KNIFE, 
The undersigned wj uUl n -pflctfujly call the ulantiou of 
dealers in a^rieuttural Impleuienta ami farmers to Uio advan¬ 
tage thin knife presents over all others. Its cutting principle 
Is so simple that no-person ran full to are the advantages 
gained orer the old style n i soon as they look at the draw¬ 
ing, It feeds itself up to U» work naturally, and has no in¬ 
clination to fall off from a direct downward priwsure. The 
lower point aids as a feeder, but the imv or straw will yield 
from the back of It -Ilfflelont to give to ilk edge a slight 
oblique motion, causing it to cut very eaay and faac. Tin- 
blade may t>e taken off the shank and reversed When occa¬ 
sion requires. The advantages gained over the old style he 
in Its new cutting principle and self-feeding action, go gov¬ 
erned and arranged as to make very easy work of what with 
the old style is very bard work. Very many testimonials and 
SqvQralik- opinions of the Prt-H from the Faciflq Coast, where 
It wo* gotten up, are at hand, and some or them may be seen 
in oar efrenlnis. Soper's HelM-VudJug Huy Knife drew the 
first premium and diploma at the California State Fair in 
1367, and lb pronounced perfect In Its working by all who 
have tried it. Every farmer will approve of it at once on 
trial. No effort, will be made to compete in price with the 
old stylo, which are lu most cases little better than pot 
metal, as none but the very best material and Workmanship 
will be employed. Befall price 53.50. Address or apply to 
SOPEIt * MKKItlAM. 
Soje Prop’™ for the Atlautlc States. 
No 70 Buffalo Bt., (up stairs) Rochuater, N. Y.. 
(Opposite Court House.) 
N. B.—Parties purchasing at retail of the proprietors mav 
return Knife In good order within six days from date of pur¬ 
chase. if complete and entire satisfaction ib not given, and 
their money will he refunded. 
Rice Budding. — Pick over the rice and wash it 
well, then boil one teacup of rice in water until soft, 
or until the water is all evaporated; put it into a 
two-quart basin, fill or nearly till the basin, having 
room for tbe addition of three-fourths cup of sugar, 
two well beaten eggB, flavor with spice; one teacup 
of raisins, if they can be afforded, is quite an addi¬ 
tion ; one-fourth of a teaspoon of salt must be added. 
FRUIT GROWING IN LOUISIANA. 
Eds. Rural :—While on my trip West, a few days 
since, I was fortunate in making the acquaintance 
of A. W. Rountree of New Orleans. 1 found him 
an enthusiastic and practical horticulturist, and 
thoroughly posted in the business of fruit growing 
in that extreme 60nthoru locality. He gave me 
very interesting sketches of southern life, incidents, 
politics, Ac.—the most interesting to me being in 
delation to fruit growing. Knowing the great de¬ 
sire of many to learn facts relative to fruit growing 
South, and more especially in this almost tropical 
Orange Cult run in Florida. — An exchange eaye : 
“ Orange culture in Florida is even greater and more im¬ 
portant; than is expressed in the report of the Agricultu¬ 
ral Bureau. From 75,000 to 100,000 orange trees were set 
outlast year, of which 30,000 were planted out on Flint 
river alone; and, In 1865 and 1866, it least 50,000 were 
transplanted and budded in east and middle Florida. The 
price, instead of being $15 to $2O per thousand on the 
trees, as stated, should have been $25 to $30, and some 
choice lots sold as high as $35. The orange grows wild 
all over Florida, and good trees, when transplanted and 
budded, bear 500 to 2,5U0 sweet oranges each.” 
Pork Cake. —One teacup of fat salt pork chopped 
to a perfect mass; add one cup of boiling water, 
one cup of sugar, one of molasses, four and one-half 
of flour, one teaspoon of soda, half pound of seeded 
raisins, and one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon. 
Northern men, who come there to live and do htsi- 
ness,” will be received and treated in the most 
Drying Citron, — Mrs. A. G. 8., Lake Forest, 
Illinois, asks for a recipe for drying citron. 
friendly manner, and can reap a fortune from their 
