lias been killed. This is done in the case of varle. 
ties of peculiar excellence, when the supply is 
Insufficient to meet the demand. Killed seed of a 
cheap kind, similar in appearauee to that of a dear 
kind, is added to increase the quantity without 
affecting the quality. In tills kind of adulteration 
the purchaser is only deceived in the quantity. 
What comes up is at all times true, and the character 
of the dealer for supplying a true article is main¬ 
tained. By manipulating and doctoring the seed 
so as to make bid seed look like good, as by dyeing 
bad clover seed, sulphur smok'mg bad grass seed, 
oil-dressing bad turnip seed, i&e. 
New Mode of Destroying Wasps. —WaspB are often¬ 
times very troublesome and even injurious to the 
Pomologist. A correspondent of a foreign journal 
describes an effectual plan of getting rid of them. 
It consists iu saturating a piece of lint three or four 
inches square with a strong solution of cyanide of 
potassium and placing it at the ontlet of the hole 
leading to the nest. The inhalation of the cyanide 
destroys the insects very rapidly, and a nest full is 
quickly put out of the way. Perhaps some of our 
finer fruits which are subject to the depredations of 
wasps, might be protected by this remedy in some 
form. 
A Late Variety of Red Ourrant. —The English 
Journal of Horticulture mentions having received 
fruit of a red currant from the garden of J. B. Hous¬ 
ton, Esq , Orangetield, Belfast, from bushes grown 
in open air, which ripens with the Raby.Castle and 
others, but retains its fruit and foliage until late in 
the season,—in fact, until severe frost seta in. The 
foliage now (Oct. 17th) is quite green; while Raby 
Castle, growing beside it and uuder the 3ame treat¬ 
ment, is ready for the wiuter pruning. Bunches, 
mostly short, resembling the Grape Currant, but 
very productive, bearing enormous crops. While 
in the young state the bushes grow very vigorously, 
and require lifting and replanting. Foliage thick 
and leathery, in shape something resembling the 
mallow leaf. During the autumn of 1887 nice trnit 
was gathered in the first and second weeks of De¬ 
cember. The footstalks were as green and the ber¬ 
ries as plump a3 if it had been August. 
Birds vs. Fruit. — In Southern Illinois, much 
greater damage is done by some kinds of birds than 
in some other places. J. H. Tice of Alton said, at 
a late horticultural meeting at that place, that he 
thought “ the raising of grapes would knock the 
sentiment out of any one on birds.” They did him 
two hundred dollars damage iu two days, on one 
and a half acres of grapes. He shot over two hun¬ 
dred, and saved a part; his neighbors, who did not 
shoot, lost all. The Secretary said he had one or 
two boys employed to shoot birds during the entire 
season from the time the grapes began to color till 
they were in market, and that “he never made so 
much money by so small an investment.” He saved 
two-thirds of his crop. The woodpecker is the only 
bird mentioned, but it is not stated whether he did 
all the damage. It is ns important to discriminate 
between the few birds which are destructive to 
fruit, and the many which are not, as between de¬ 
structive and beneficial insects. 
Chicken Terrapin.—- Martha” in the German¬ 
town Telegraph gives directions for makiug chicken 
terrapin as fallows“ Parboil a chicken ; cut it up 
iuto rather small pieces, say the size you would the 
meat of a large terrapin; reject the large bones; 
return to the pot and etesv slowly, with very little 
water; season; add butter as may be desired; when 
done and removed from the fire add sufficient 
cream; send to table in a covered dish, just after 
adding about two glasses of Moderia wine. I wish 
no better dish. The legs and wings are as good as 
terrapin.” 
Eds. Rubai. New-Yorker: —Your correspondent 
Aom seems a good deal excited over a short para¬ 
graph yon published some weeks ago, in favor of 
allowing the sod to grow around dwarf pear trees, 
and never disturbing it with hoe or spade, only 
keepiug the grass closely cut, and being careful to 
place, every autumn, a wheelbarrow load of good 
stable manure around each tree. 
This is the formula, and all of it. That such 
trees, neglected and sod bound, would soon show 
evidences of suffering there is no doubL That they 
do not, when treated as above, is equally undoubt ed, 
far I have thoroughly proved it for the past five 
years. Previous to that time these trees would 
perish ot blight with the best of cultivation abont 
as fast as thev came into bearing, by dozens at a 
time. With such treatment we do not lose a tree 
a year. This sort of cultivation was first recom¬ 
mend by the Newark (N. J.) pear growers, and has 
been since cordially and strongly endorsed by that 
experienced pomologist, the editor of the Gardeners’ 
Monthly, published in Philadelphia. That it suc¬ 
ceeds in localities nearly a thousand miles apart cer¬ 
tainly speaks well far its efficacy the country over. 
In our rich prairie soils we are much troubled 
with pear blight. At first I supposed it was from 
over-feeding, as if a child’s diet was made exclusive¬ 
ly on champagne and oysters and turtle soup. But 
since examining the specimen orchards of Western 
New York, it would seem that they suffer about as 
much there as here, only the cultivators of your 
latitude do not make so much fnes about it as 
we do. 
Audi is also incredulous abont the ” full trial” 
made of growing evergreens among pears. I will 
tell him how the trial was made. In 1856 1 sur¬ 
rounded a block of ground 250 by 240 feet, contain¬ 
ing 1.89-100 acres of ground, with red cedars and 
arborvitaes. In this place was set 200 dwarf pear 
trees, ten feet apart each way, and between them 
evergreens were closely set oat in rows, intending 
to leave one at the intersection of every four pear 
trees, and to take up the rest as soon as the 
ground where they were to remain was ready for 
them. For a year or two the pear trees grew much 
faster than the evergreens, which were thinned out 
as we got ready to do so. Then the evergreens 
commenced gro wing and soon went ahead of the 
pears, which began to blight as usual, without the 
slightest apparent benefit from the vicinity of the 
evergreens, which were mostly removed from the 
ground after the failure of the experiment was evi¬ 
dent. Dwarf pear trees will not grow well in the 
vicinity of evergreens. They will remain stunted and 
become moss and bark bound, or will shoot out in 
a direction from them, if it is possible. 
These are facts which perhaps it is well enough to 
have generally k ,own. Like St. Paul, I believe in 
proving all things and holdiug fast to that which iB 
good. After a very patient trial of all the experi¬ 
ments recommended by horticultural aBd agricultu¬ 
ral papers for the past eighteen years I am bound to 
acknowledge that very few of them have ever suc- 
•eeded. That above described is a signal exception 
which deserves to be more generally known and ap¬ 
plied. With mulching the ground around trees I 
have been very unfortuuate. 
While pear trees do not succeed in this latitude 
when grown among evergreens, this is not the case 
with their propagation on the quince, with which 
we meet with many difficulties. Frequently the 
quince bottoms perish outright in the ground, while 
the pear buds are uninjured, aBd when this is not 
the case the pear buds suffer. Large propagatora 
are obliged to take them up every fall, and heel 
them in, covering with straw and leaves, and build¬ 
ing a shed over all to keep them from the rigors of 
the climate. ThiB is not only trouble and expense, 
but the hud does not grow so well the next season as 
if it had been undisturbed. By setting the quince 
Btocks on the north side of a row of evergreens, the 
process has been uniformly successful, and they have 
grown remarkably well this year’s buds being seven 
feet and more in height and more than an inch in 
diameter. This I have tested for BCveral years with 
good success, and can recommend it, at least on a 
small scale, to those, like myself, fond of growing 
their own trees, and trying experiment. 
Southern Iowa, November, 1868. Amateur. 
Curing Meat.— The Germantown Telegraph sup¬ 
plies the following recipe far curing meat:—IX lbs. 
salt, X !b. sugar, X oz. saltpetre and X oz. potash 
to one gallon of water. Observing the same ratio, 
the quantity may be increased as desired. Boil 
these together and take off the scum, pour into a 
tub to cool, and when cold pour over the beet or 
pork, to remain four or five weeks. Some omit the 
boiling, but it is better with it. ItiB recommended 
to let the meat remain two days before pickling, 
sprinkling over it a little pounders saltpetre. 
To Wash New Flannel. —Cut the soap small 
and boil it in a little water. Have two tubs with 
water as hot as the hands can bear; previously blue 
the water well, to keep the color of the flannel, and 
put some oi' the boiled BOftp into one tub to make a 
lather; then wash the flannel without squeezing it. 
Put it into the other tub, and wring it in a large 
towel. Shake it out then, and, after drying it, 
smooth with a eool iron. 
Churning—Saving Labor.— Miss M. E. Allen, 
Bear Lake, Michigan, adds, to a business note, the 
following:—“If one of your readers will give her 
cow a teaspoonful of pulverized saltpetre, with a 
tablespoonful of salt, once or twice a week, or 
whenever salt is fed, she will save herself much 
hard labor in the way of churning.” 
Calves’ Feet Jelly,— Take two calves’ feet, and 
add to them one gallon of water, and boil down to 
one quart; Btrain, and when cold remove all the 
fat; then add tbe whites of six or eight eggs, well 
beaten; half a pound of loaf sugar and the juice of 
four lemons, and mix well. Boil far a few minutes, 
constantly stirring; then strain through flannel. 
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We illustrate a “full grown” specimen of a 
variety of fruit which is deserving of more attention 
than it receives from orchardists in generaL The 
cultivation of quinces is quite wide-spread in this 
country, but it is mostly the accidental, careless 
sort, consisting of a few scrubby, uncared for 
bushes, origiualiy designed to furnish merely a 
family snpplv. The good behavior of the bushes, 
even under the most careless cultivation, usually 
makeB them a source of profit which is large in 
comparison with the outlay. On proper soil the 
quince is a fruit easily grown, with good treatment 
comes early into bearing; the bnsh is not particu¬ 
larly subject to disease; it is ornamental, occupies 
little space, and is long lived. We have often 
thought that, everything considered, a Bmall planta¬ 
tion of quince hushes would be as promising an in¬ 
vestment in fruit growing as any that could be 
made. It requires a deep, rich, strong soil, and it 
should be well cultivated until tbe buBbeB are well 
established in bearing. Then frequent top-dressings 
of manure should be applied. As a special dress¬ 
ing nothing excels ashes. With proper care the 
quince comes early into bearing, instances having 
been recorded of very paying crops being gathered 
from buBhes only four years old. There are re¬ 
peated records of one acre producing over eight 
hundred dollars worth per year when the hashes 
were mature, and we have in mind a case in which 
fourteen bushes, standing in sod with no care but 
occasional trimming and top-dressings of ashes, 
yielded for years an average of thirty-five dollars 
worth of fruit per annum. But it is well to bear in 
mind that the demand for quinces cannot be as 
large as for moat other kind of fruit, and the mar¬ 
ket might be easily broken fiown by over-produc¬ 
tion. Hence, while it would be very profitable to 
plant an acre or so, it would be risky to attempt the 
business od an equal scale with standard fruits. 
The variety we illustrate was originated by 
Joseph Rea, Green Co., N. Y. It is a splendid 
fruit, averaging considerably larger than the apple 
or orange quince. The quality la good and the tree 
a strong grower with large, dark foliage. In plant¬ 
ing for market we should choose this and the 
orange or apple-shaped variety. 
New Raspberry Named.— The new raspberry figured 
and described in the Rural of Oct. 31st as Arnold’s No. 
1, has since been named by itsfariginator, Mr. Arnold, 
Yellow Canada. 
A String of Pumpkins.— A farmer in Dyer Co., Tenn., 
grew a pumpkin vine the past season from which he 
picked 103 well developed pumpkins, the least of which 
was as large as a water bucket. 
Leached A8hes fob Apple Trees,—M. B. Bateham 
says in the Ohio Farmer that leached ashes are the best 
manure that can be applied to old orchards on sandy 
land. Ashes shonld be gathered in the winter time, 
when the expense of hauling is not so great as at most 
other seasons. 
"Xf O CLOTHES WRTNCJKR CAN BE DURABLE 
IT with the gourde friction of cogs Mboth en<Ui, which can 
play out of gear and not touch together when moat needed. 
Tlie ** L'niveraul” has not these fatal objections, and ia 
ivHrrametl durable. Sold everywhere. 
14. C. BROWNING,Gen. Ag’t, ”4 Cortland st.,New York. 
UR YOUNG FOURS FOR 1869 
Egyptian Cotton Seed,— It was recently Btated at a 
meeting of cotton growers in Florida that ground planted 
with Egyptian cotton seed escaped the ravages of the 
cotton worm. When planted in alternate rowB with the 
native variety, the former was not molested while the 
latter was badly cut by the worm. 
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The following arc some of the principal features of 
so wither and die. The same is true of all other 
parts of the tree as of this part; and so of all other 
trees, and of all plants, no less than of the apple 
tree. 
Now, in all this the tree, and the tree alone, acts , 
decides and executes. Such are the facts before us ; 
and what is the philosophy they teach ? They are 
facts thut are repeated each year wherever vegetation 
is known; and, like all else in Nature, they are 
doubtless not without significance. d. 
Buffalo, 1868. 
of them are distributed among surrounding villages 
and small cities two, three and four hundred miles 
distant, and so are kept several days from picking 
before being exposed on retailers’ stands, and then 
if they have lost their attractive appearance they do 
not bring remunerative prices. 
Rochester, N. Y. P. C. Reynolds. 
OUR YOUNG FOLKS FOR 1869 
Protect Young Grape Vines.— Grape vines planted 
last spring should have their roots protected by a furrow 
of earth plowed to them front each side. If too late to 
do this, use if possible stable manure that is well mixed 
with litter. The Iona and some other kinds are frequent¬ 
ly damaged by winter killing of their roots, when the 
topB were apparently uninjured. Also provide for drain¬ 
age of water from the vines. 
The Story of a Bad Boy. By T. B. Aldrich. One of 
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ZINC LABELS FOB TREES 
It is well known to every botanist, horticulturist 
and farmer that fruit trees set more fruit than they 
perfect or ripen. To illustrate our thought we will 
select a single spray of—say au apple tree—though 
it might be of auy other fruit tree, just as well. 
The tree of which this spray is a part has set a pro¬ 
fusion of fruit, and the whole crop has progressed 
to a certain size, with uniform health and vigor. 
Bat now the tree has become conscious, by some 
means, that by reason of drouth, injury, sickness, 
or other cause, it will not be able to ripen and per¬ 
fect all the apples it has begun. Let us suppose 
that the spray we have selected has upon it five of 
these apples that are perfectly grown, all of which 
have thus far been equally healthy and vigorous. 
But it has now- become evident to the tree that the 
whole crop upon it cannot be perfected, and that a 
part must he sacrificed as the only means of saving 
the remainder. And here two questions are to be 
determined: first, the number of the growing ap¬ 
ples that are to be sacrificed; second, the selection 
and identification of the particular individuals that 
are to be thus disposed of. 
These two questions—or one, if you prefer—are 
only to be settled by the tree itself. It alone first 
determines the necessity of any sacrifice, and then 
it, alone, fixes the number that must be lost, and 
ordains the particular individuals that are to con¬ 
stitute this Dumber. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society.— The thir¬ 
teenth annual meeting of this Association will be held at 
Lee’s Hall, in Bunker Hill, beginning December 15th and 
holding four days. Tbe published order of business em¬ 
braces a wide range of horticultural topics. Numerous 
essays by experienced pomologiats arc promised, and 
there will be discussions and revisions of fruit lists. 
Circulars may be obtained by addressing the Secretary, 
W. C. Flagg, Alton, HI. 
THE WILSON AND OTHER STRAW 
BERRIES. 
It may seem preposterous at this late day to made . 
attempt to say anything of interest about so well th ’ e ac 
known a strawberry as the Wilson,—but I do not ^ aye s i nce 
remember ever to have seen what I considered an ujj, 
accurate statement of the merits and defects of that f J. Qe ^ 
berr y* . tinct and 
Its merits are quickly summed up. It is large, ^ , 
early, firm, very productive, succeeding in a greater ad0 p tedt n 
number of localities than any other strawberry un¬ 
der cultivation. Its firmness and acidity render it 
especially valuable for canning. /Si ||i|| 
On the other hand it has serious defectB. The || j|j||l, 
plant is very tender,—more liable to burn up under | k 
the scorching summer sun, and to winter kill, than willil 1 
any other variety with which I am familiar. In con- ThiB ma 
sequence, numerous vacancies occur in plantations, of label yi 
As for the fruit, ask almost any one what its greatest venient ar 
defect is, and they will answer yon it is acidity, fruit grot 
Now, just here, I beg leave to demur to the popular eeived, to 
verdict. I hold that the great demerit of the Wil- of the wrj 
son, as a market fruit, is not its quality, but its of the wi 
color. When fully ripe, it is an agreeable berry,— rubbing, i 
not so rich and sweet as the Triompb, nevertheless surface w 
it is juicy, sprightly, vinous, and does not easily chemical i 
cloy the appetite. I have often known people, alter bago of tfc 
eating to satiety of the Triomph, passing over a moisture, 
patch of dead ripe Wilsons, fall to and eat heartily 
of them, HOB 
But if left upon the vines until ripe and then 
picked and sent to market, it would not sell. It Adulter < 
has, when ripe, such a dark, muddy color as to ren- Royal He 
der it unsalable. People have an absurd habit of mittee to 
buy lag fruit for its color instead of its quality. A adulterati 
bright scarlet berry will always sell, however insipid laborious 
it may be, while a ripe Wilson, or even a large, Ins- wc extra< 
cions Agriculturist, would he passed over. As a or less fre 
resnlt, growers pick their Wilsons when half ripe, in seeds 
and then they are sour and disagreeable. by seeds 
Even when picked half ripe, if kept long, they they havi 
become dark and dirty looking. For this reason it riou3 of a 
is not a profitable berry to ship long distances. The equally t 
Triomph, or Jucunda, may be Bhipped hundreds of adulterat 
miles, and kept several days and then look brighter defraud, 
than the Wilson a few hours after picking. It is fraud; hi 
quite important that a berry should bear keeping as be as inj 
well as shipping. Not all the berries shipped to our By the ac 
large cities are consumed there, bat u large portion and new 
Straw Mats for Hot Beds.— These may be rapidly 
and cheaply made of tarred twine and good wheat or rye 
straw. Make a frame somewhat larger than the desired 
Bize of the mat, and stretch five or six tarred cords 
lengthwise. These form the warp, to which the straw is 
tied by small strings. The straw should be divided into 
small handfuls, laid straight and snug against the warp, 
and tightly bound by taking a single turn around the 
cord and the straw with the small string. 
Fruit and Vegetable Markets 
Monitor, * bbl. «1 75 @ 2 06 
Buckeyes, 1h bbl....... l TN @ 2 25 
Peach Blows, V bill. 2 75 @3 00 
Mercers. N bbl. 2 35 @3 50 
Prince Alberts, p bbl. 2 75 @ 3 25 
Jackson WhiteB. * bbl. 2 OO @ 2 25 
Delaware, sw eel, V bbl. 5 30 @ 5 oO 
Norfolk, iwfcet, V bbl. I 50 @0 00 
Onions, Red, V bbl. 5 50 @ 6 to 
Onions. White, V bbl. 12 CO @14 no 
Onion*. Yellow, 7? bbl,. 5 00 (a. 6 00 
Marrow Squash, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Cabbages, S* iW). 8 00 @12 00 
Turnips, *1 bbl. 2 HO @ 2 25 
PutnpltlnB. ♦ 100... 6 00 @8 00 
Fruits.—A pples are in good supply, with a fair business 
doing. Grapes are slow at nominal prices. Cranberries are 
in light Bnpply, and prices are very firm. 
Apples, Greenings, * bbl... 4 00 @ 5 50 
Apples, Baldwins, 7H bbl. 4 00 @ 4 50 
Apples, Mixed lots, p bbl,...,. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Apples, common, * bbl. 2 5Q @ 3 00 
\pplea, Spltzeubergs, ¥ bbl. 4 00 @ I 50 
Crapes, Isabellas, tt> .. 6 @ 8 
Grapes, common, * tt. 3 @ 4 
Grapes, Catawba, ♦ lb. 12 @ 15 
Quinces, ♦ bbl.... 8 00 @12 00 
Cranberries. V bbl. 18 00 @22 00 
Dried Fruits—D ried apples are rather quiet, and prices 
generally easier. Peeled peaches are without inquiry. D n- 
peeled ore in fair demand and firm. Blackberries are dull 
and held above market quotations. 
New Apples, State, V tb. 10 @ U 
New Apple*, Western, P tt. 9 @ 10M 
New Apples, Southern, fi tt,...,. 7 @ 9 
Peaches, prime, peeled, # tt,..... 25 @ 26 
Peaches, good, v tt. IS @ 23 
Peaches, common, peeled. 12 @ IB 
Peaches, unpeeled, halves, ♦ tt. 12 @ 13 
Peaches, unpeeled, quarters, V tt. 8X@ 9)4 
Blackberries, $ tt. 20 @ 22 
Raspberries, ¥ tt. 44 @ 16 
Cherries, pitted, ¥ tt. 42 @ 45 
Plums, tt.. 28 @ 30 
Let ns now return to our se¬ 
lected spray, with the five apples upon It; and we 
may suppose that two of these are of the number 
to be sacrificed. Mark, it is not simply two-fifths 
oi these, but it is two specific individual apples of 
these five apples that are to be lost. And now for 
the process of destroying these particular apples, 
after they are appointed by the parent tree, to die. 
The tree which lias condemned and sentenced these 
selected apples to destruction has yet to become 
their executioner. This it has the power to do in 
only one way, and that is to withhold nourishment 
from them. This is done, and as a consequence 
they are lilerdUy starved to death ! 
From the time the fate of these victims is deter¬ 
mined the nourishment for their support iB rigidly 
wiihheld from them, and so they inevitably wither 
and die. Again two certain ones of these five are of 
the condemned number. All the leaves of this spray 
and each of the selected apples that are to be perfect¬ 
ed, being three in number, continue to receive their 
full aud proper supply of nutriment, while the 
victims are whoUy deprived of all Bustinance, and 
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