or pruning,‘etc., we know of nothing more reliable 
than that of an orchard of nut - bearing trees. Our 
The thinning out of shoots from the regular plant¬ 
ing will do uo more injury to the plants than the thin 
swindlers. And I know of only one way to do it; 
and that is for ns all to report the swindlers in tho 
is much new in either horticulture or agriculture; ana pear trees, we suau soon nna me protracts 
processes that arc suggested to ns by circumstances of our native land, in this particular, more rare tbar: 
to-dav may have been practised by others a century that of foreign shores. Alread3 f the chestnut coin¬ 
age, and if published to the world at all have long niunds a ready sale at from eight to twelve dollars s 
But there is little doubt that bushel, while the white walnut sells freely at fron: 
mend for their prompt and liberal dealing, believing 
the interests of fruit growers would be thereby pro¬ 
moted; also some it. would be well to avoid. Shall 
we give the names and the facts ? Who will sug¬ 
gest a better remedy ? G. l. p. 
Orleans Co., N. Y., Dec., 1868. 
Remarks. —For very obvious reasons the pro¬ 
posal of our correspondent to publish an expose of 
rascally commission men could not be accepted by 
any public journal. Neither would it be advisable 
to spread before the public the tricks and careless¬ 
ness which some fruit growers are now and then 
guilty of in packing their wares for market. It 
would lead to a very unpleasant state of afl'airs for 
all parties concerned, and we fear the pool would 
since been forgotten, 
this practice ol‘ growing potatoes from cuttings will 
be new to ten thousand of your readers, though the 
principles involved, and perhaps the practice fol¬ 
lowed, have been long known to many experienced 
horticulturists.” 
We illustrate another seedling winter apple re 
ceivod from J. W. Claus, Esq., Naples, N. Y. Mr. 
C. writes that this year is the first of its fruiting. 
them. Of course, some protection might be afforded 
by a combination of the fruit growers, and the ex¬ 
changing of notes wbieh might easily be done, but 
the best reliance is business ability, which includes 
the tact to select an honest and capable commis¬ 
sion man.—E ds. 
marine garden at Toulon, France. It is of the 
species known as the Banks rose, bearing white 
flowers. The branches stretch over a length seventy- 
five feet high. The stem near to the root measures 
two feet eight inches in circumference, and the plant 
yields fifty thousand roses during the months of 
April and May. 
Forcing the Soil. —“Hortus,” in the North-West¬ 
ern Farmer, mentions a market garden he saw, the 
past summer, near Boston, in which every foot of 
ground was forced to yield several crops. Before 
one was taken off, another was on the way between 
the rows. Ground, which was growing green com 
for market, had already furnished lettuce, onions, 
radishes or spinnach, and was expected to supply a 
crop of turnips after the corn was removed, the 
seed being sown while the latter was maturing. 
Cabbages succeeded early potatoes and late ones 
followed on the pea ground. Cranberry beans grew 
luxuriously between the rows of early salads. A 
bed of strawberries, comprising teu square rods, 
constituted a portion of the garden, the produce 
of which sold in market for one hundred and sixty 
dollars. 
Scraping Apple Trees.—A farmer residing in the 
western part of Massachusetts had, many years 
since, an old orchard, many of whose trees were 
encased in a very rough coating of hark. Their 
productive days seemed to be over, and the owner 
GROWING THE POTATO PROM CUTTINGS 
Young wood of moderate size, dark, dull red, 
covered with a white bloom. Leaf long, oval, 
pointed, with rounded aerratures. Fruit below 
medium — regular, conical, rich, clear, dark red, 
overspread with a bluish bloom and many whitish 
specks. Stem quite short and stout where it loins 
the tree. Cavity open, acute, deep. Calyx small, 
nearly closed. Basin rather deep and broad at base. 
Flesh white, light, open grain, rather dry, mild, 
sub-ueid, pleasant, good. Season, November, De¬ 
cember. 
Petek Henderson narrates in the American 
Agriculturist his experience in producing potatoes 
from cuttings in his green-house. The results are 
remarkable. The variety experimented with was 
the Early Rose, and tho amount a single tuber, 
weighing four ounces, Mr. H. says:— “ On the Gtti 
of April I cut this four-ounce potato in two pieces, 
so that each surface would present the greatest 
number of eyes. I then placed them on the soil of 
one of our green-house benches, keeping them en¬ 
tirely dry antil the cut part had healed over and the 
shoots began to start from the eyes, the tempera¬ 
ture of the grecn-hOuse averaging perhaps seventy 
degrees. As soon as the shoots got to be lour or 
five inches in length, they were cut off' about one- 
fourth of an inch from the surface of the potato, or 
far enough off so as not to injure the latent eyes 
that were yet to start. The cuttings were then 
placed in the propagating house, and shaded and 
watered until rooted I* tufi usual way. They were 
have borne from two to three pecks of peaches 
each, and all the fruit is of the largest and finest 
quality. When it is brought to mind that a house 
of these dimensious will produce some thirty or 
forty bushels of peaches, it seems strange that mar¬ 
ket gardeners do not take this mode of obtaining 
an abundant supply of fruit. 
Wines and Earthquakes .—The California Farmer 
has the following:—To show the effect the earth¬ 
quake had on wines that were stored in the cellars 
in our city, and to show how severe the slmke-up 
was below the surface of the earth, we give the fol¬ 
lowing facts: 
In the wine cellars of our city, nearly all the casks 
of wine that were ready for use for drawing off and 
bottling were more or less so riled up us to delay 
their use for several days, and in some eases it may 
take weeks, as the casks were as much disturbed as 
if they had been rolled over and over. It will be a 
matter of some interest to know the final result of 
this shaking, as it may prove the same ns a “voyage 
round the Horn,”—a little time will show what the 
effect has been. We learn from our wine merchants 
that where the wine lay broadside to the shake it 
was but little disturbed, but all that was lengthwise 
the tipping of the casks made a complete muddle. 
In some instances, where the cellars and the founda¬ 
tions were solid, little or no effect was visible. 
APPLE BUTTER. 
The best cider for making apple butter is made 
from sweet fruit, but us this is difficult to get, the 
common article will do. Take the cider as it runs 
from the press, before fermentation commences, 
and boil it down about one half in a copper or- tin 
vessel. While this is doing remove the scum from 
the liquor, pare and core good tart apples and put 
them into it, filling the boiler nearly fulL Keep up 
a steady lire, and be careful to stir the ma98 fre¬ 
quently to prevent burning at the aides. When 
settled down somewhat add more apples till the 
vessel is sufficiently fall, and cook down to the re¬ 
quired consistency—stirring often till the close of 
the operation. When properly cooked the mass 
muy be placed in jars or oaken tubs and left to 
cool. It can be seasoned with spices, while cooking 
or afterwards, to taste, bnt must be thoroughly 
stirred. Cover and store in a cool place. 
When cider is scarce, or not easily attainable, a 
substitute may be found in molasses. “ Take one 
and a half bushels of quarters: after they are pared 
and cored put in a 1 in or copper kettle, and cover 
with water sufficient to cook them; then add one 
gallon of molasses and stir it continually to keep 
from burning until it iB thick enough so the juice 
will not separate from the sauce. After taking it 
from the fire add ground cinnamon and cloves to 
suit the taste.” 
HORTICULTURAL 
THE ~T )T A 7MTTTTTHED1DEWIGII. 
Our illustration figures a single blossom, full 
size, and an entire plant reduced, of this popular 
and beautiful flower. A few years since this very 
beautiful perennial, in common with numerous 
other floral treasures, was hardly known among the 
masses of amateur cultivators. But of late years 
beautiful varieties of flowers have been widely dis¬ 
tributed, and as a people wo arc fast becoming 
familiar with the flnest of the old and the new 
worlds. To the genus we illustrate belong the 
Sweet William, the Carnation and Picotee. These 
do not flower until the second season of growth, but 
the Dianthns blossoms the first summer and con¬ 
tinues until the coming of frosts. A little judicious 
pinching in gives these plants better forms, and it 
is well not to allow them to bloom too free daring 
the first summer, as the vigor of the plant might be 
sapped so it would not endure the succeeding win¬ 
ter. The illustration is from the forthcoming Cata¬ 
logue of our Special Contributor, Mr. Vick. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 
Cayuga Lake Wine Company.—A company is being 
organized, under the- above title, fbr the culture of the 
grape and the manufacture of native wines, with its 
headquarters at Aurora. The principal officers of the 
Company are: President— Dr. John Thompson of Auro¬ 
ra: Secretary and Treasurer— Tallmadoe Dklafiki.d, 
Esq. The Company commence planting the ensuing 
spring. 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &C. 
Hop Yeast. —Two quarts water; twelve pota¬ 
toes; a handful of hops. When the potatoes are 
done take out the bag of hops, press the water from 
it; add one teacup of white coffee sugar and a hand¬ 
ful of salt. Boil a few minutes; strain through a 
colandar into a Jar. When cool enough, add yeast 
to raise it. No soda is required in making bread 
with this yeast. 
Olive Oil Soap.—W ill some of your readers 
please give me a recipe, through your columns, for 
making olive oil soap, and oblige, 
Dansville, N. Y. Mrs. S. L. Murdock. 
Cleaning Grates. —It is said that brass grates 
can be kept bright by rubbing them with a woolen 
cloth dipped in coal oil and then in emery. 
To Clean Decanters.— Cut some raw potatoes 
in pieces, put them in the bottle with a little cold 
water, rinse them, and they will look very clean. 
Vine Growers’ Meeting at Wheeling.—A meeting 
of the vine growers, orchardists aud gardeners of East¬ 
ern Ohio and West Virginia is called at, the McLare 
House, Wheeling, W. Va., at 10 o’clock Thursday, De¬ 
cember 17th, for the comparison of experiences and the 
furtherance of their interests. We are glad to chronicle 
such a movement iu that, quarter. West Virginia ought 
to take a high rank because of its fruit productions—es¬ 
pecially the grape. 
Ginger Mead.— Four ounces bruised ginger root, 
one ounce cream of tartar, five pounds of white or 
light brown sugar, and the juice and rind of one 
lemon. Put these in a vessel which can be covered 
and pour on them five gallons of boiling water. 
Let it then stand for eight or ten hours in a cool 
place, and then add one pint of porter; stir thor¬ 
oughly, strain clear, and bottle in strong bottles 
and tie the corks down immediately. Place in a 
moderately cool cellar, and in three or four days it 
will he fit for use. 
Eds. Rural- —Most we always snbrnt to the ex¬ 
tortions practiced by some iruit dealers or coin- 
mission-men V Is there no other way to know 
before shipping fruit or other commodities to a 
commission dealer for sale, whether he is a swind¬ 
ler or not, only by the expensive school of experi¬ 
ence? 
The way the business is conducted affords only 
too many facilities for dishonest and unscrupulous 
men to bleed their victims to the very quick; per¬ 
haps of one-half or three-fourths of the. value of 
the lot, if, indeed, they do not make a clean sweep 
of the whole of it. For the unscrupulous dealer it 
is very easy to report, “Your grapes arrived in very 
bad order, and consequently had to be sold at less 
than one-half price,” when, possibly, the fruit had 
been sold for remunerative prices and the dishonest 
dealer thus pocketed his lion’s share of the pro¬ 
ceeds of the sale. 
Do not understand me to claim that ail fruit ar¬ 
rives in good order, and such reports and such 
sales have not, in multitudes ot cases, the truth to 
base them on; but in the course of a considerable 
experience with different dealers, 1 have found that 
there was a difference of from twenty to fifty per 
cent, on the value of the whole crop, depending on 
the simple fact whether your employe is a straight¬ 
forward, honest man to sell your fruit, or a swind¬ 
ler. Allow me to speak warmly and earnestly, Mr. 
Editor, of the meanness of this kind of swindling. 
We can possibly entertain a certain kind of respect 
for the highwayman who meets you and demands 
your money or your life, because he may make the 
demand of a man who is as well armed as himself 
and able to contest the claim by physical force; but 
when a commission dealer claims my confidence, 
and I yield it by placing my wallet in his possession 
with uncounted money in it, or, what is equivalent 
to the same thing, ship him my fruit for sale, and 
he abuses that trust he is a swindler of the very 
darkest dye. 
But you will inquire what remedy is there for 
this state of Mil tip’s \iv rpnlv is starve out. the 
newspapers, ana aiso recommenu me prompt ana 
honest dealers, of which, I am huppy to say, there 
are many. Some, whom I would be glad to recora- 
oniy necome me nimier irom ocmg surrea up. .as 
a class, fruit growers are great losers from over¬ 
reliance on the honesty of tinman nature, aud espe¬ 
cially the honesty of commission men, and, as a 
class, they are quite liable to conduct the business 
of selling their fruit In an unbusiness-like manner, 
and thus invite the attention of the land sharks 
among the dealers. There are plenty of reliable 
commission men, and the fruit grower should 
make a point of knowing who are such in the mar¬ 
kets to which he ships his wares before the time 
arrives for such shipment to begin. The most ex¬ 
tensive frait growers, who have thoroughly system¬ 
atized their business, rarely complain of being 
cheated. They know (heir men , and when they find 
an honest dealer and a good market they stick to 
variety is very scarce, the crop may be still farther 
increased by taking cuttings from the plants after 
they have made a growth in the field. Without 
resorting to the glass propagation at ail, a potato 
erop may be doubled or trebled in quantity by 1 slip¬ 
ping’ the shoots and planting them out at once, if 
there is a continuance of rainy weather for two or 
three days at the time, it should be done iu June. 
retained, a tree rarely dies. It is, however, more 
certain, aud probably most economical, to plaut the 
nuts where trees are designed to stand. This may 
be done and the ground yearly cropped to com, 
potatoes, or small fruits, and at the end of five 
years or so it may be left in grass if desired. As a 
paying productive crop, as a permanent investment, 
attended with little or no labor in the cultivation 
lllUg uuu vU a UJU K/L tuuuuubio O« MiLiuuo •» in vj . - - --- a 1 j - %/ 7- 
It is not claimed that the growing ot potatoes from without the attention of horticulturists to the 
cuttings is new,—in fact, it maybe doubted if there subject of growing nut-bearing, as well as apple 
, . __ 1 _ A _ 1. .11 <1 t iv . 
He describes the tree as “strong and healthy, with 
a top similar to the Northern Spy,” and from leaves, 
young wood and fruit before ns we make the follow¬ 
ing description: 
orchard of about Bixty trees, now about twenty-five 
years old, and from which the owner last year 
gathered an average of over one and a hall' bushels 
to the tree, paying him a net return, exclusive 
of labor of gathering, of over six hundred dollars. 
These trees stand in pasture land, and when the 
owner was [clearing up the forest, were young 
saplings and left to grow, with a hopeful looking 
forward to the present result In our earlier days 
we spent many a day gathering the white walnut, 
and our recollection is ot' six to eight bushels of 
fruit to a tree, for which buyers then paid one dollar 
a bushel; and as the trees wew. in pasture land, the 
product was a clear net gain, extremely acceptable 
to the owner.— Horticulturist. 
-- 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 
The Largest Rose Tree .—In a German work called 
“The History of the Rose,” the writer mentions 
that the largest rose tree known to exist is in the 
" w 4LIV.AA j.'V/AAA A AV’AA UUilj 
started to grow in the same temperature in which 
the potato had been placed. As the season ad¬ 
vanced, shoots in great numbers were thrown out 
by the potato, which, in turn, were submitted to 
the same process of rooting. As the first shoots 
grew to lengths of seven or eight inches, the tops 
were cut from these and used as cuttings, so that 
by the first of June this small potato of four ounces 
had given me nearly one hundred and fifty plants, 
every one of which was equal to a ‘ set’ made from 
a tuber. These were planted out on the first week 
in June, in land very ill-suited for the growth of the 
potato, and the crop, when dug in September, 
weighed exactly four hundred and fifty pounds, or 
an increase of about sixteen hundred fold. 
“It may be questioned if this process is of any 
practical value, or whether it will pay. It is not 
claimed that there is any use in the practice, if 
potatoes are being sold at ordinary rates, but when 
they are sold at the rates even yet. paid for the Early 
Rose, there is no doubt whatever of its utility. For 
example:—One pound of potatoes so grown win 
easily produce flve hundred plants, making five hun¬ 
dred hills, which, with ordinary culture, will give 
three pounds per hill, or fifteen hundred pounds. 
Now, the process of propagation is neither difficult 
nor costly, and can be done just as well in a com¬ 
mon hot-bed as in our best appointed green-bou6es; 
the ordinary hot-bed sash, three feet by six, will 
hold five hundred plants, if placed in the soil of the 
hot-bed exactly as lettuce or cabbage plants are 
pricked out, and treated much In the same way by 
, careful shading and watering until the cuttings have 
rooted. These iu turn, as they grow, make other 
. cuttings from the top, as before described. If the 
Fruit and Vegetable Markets. 
The following are the quotations of Fruits and Vegetables 
in the New York market for the week ending the 5th Inst: 
Vegetables.—P otatoes are slow of sale; receipts are 
targe, hut not more so than usual at thlB season of the year. 
Monitor, 18 bbl. fl 75 @ 8 00 
Buckeyes, V bbl. 1 75 @2 25 
Pcacn Blows, # bbl. 3 fo @ 3 uo 
Mercevs, # bbl. 2 75 @ 3 25 
Prince Alberts, 18 bbl. 2 75 & S 50 
Jackson Whiles, S* bbl. 2 00 ® 2 25 
Delaware, sweat, ^ bbl. t 50 @ 5 50 
Norfolk, sweet, N bbl. 8 50 @ I 50 
Onions, Red, w bbl. r> on @ 0 no 
Onions. White, IP bbl. 12 00 @11 00 
Onions, Yellow. V bbl,. fl 00 (a. fl 50 
Mur row guunnh, $ bbl. 1 00 ® 1 50 
Cabbages, IWJ. 8 00 @12 00 
Turn!pa, V bbl.. 2 00 @2 25 
Pumpkins, v ioo . fl oo 8 oo 
Frutts.—A pples are coming in very freely, but SB all sound 
lota are stored for winter use, and not offered for sale, the 
market Is not affected thereby. Grapes go off very slowly. 
Cranberries are scarce and the market Is very tlrm. 
Apples, Greenings, # bbl. 
Apples, Baldwins, V bbl. 1 00 @1 50 
Anples, Mixed lots, 7* bbl. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Apples, common, v bbl. 8 00 @ 3 so 
Apples, SjdUonbergs, V bbl. -1 50 © 5 00 
Grapes, Isabellas, |)» a. 8 © 8 
Grapes, common, V ft. 3 © 4 
Grapes, Catawba. IP n>. 12 © 15 
Quinces, V bbl. 8 00 w;l 2 00 
Cranberries, fl bbl,...... 18 00 (&22 00 
Dried Fruits.—D ried apples are coming forward more 
freely and of better quality. Peeled peaches are dull, the 
only Inquiry being for small choice lots. Unpeeled are quiet 
but (Irmly held. Raspberries and cherries are scarce and 
wanted. Blackberries are dull and lower. 
New Apples, State 1 , V ft. 10M® H 
New Apples, Western, V ft. OH® 10X 
New Apples, Southern, 1H ft.. 7M@ 10 
Peaches, prime,peeled, 9 ft. 25 go 28 
Peaches, good, # ft. 18 @ 23 
Peaches,common, peeled,.... 16 Id) 18 
Peaches, unpeeled,halves, V ft. 12 ® LLS 
Peaches, unpeeled, quarters, V ft. . 2 @ 10K 
Blackberries, ft. 18 @ 20 
Raspberries. # ft. 44 @ 46 
Cherries, pitted, IP ft. 42 @ 45 
Plums, » ft. 28 @ SO 
iflWfSiif tfrcimijwg. 
SBjGmeALS. 
PREMIUMS FOR LADIES 
WHO FORM CLUBS FOR THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Of late we are in receipt of letters inquiring if 
the Rural is to offer Sewing Machines, and other 
premiums suitable for housekeepers, for clubs. In 
reply we state that, though the Enlarged and Im¬ 
proved Rural, at $3 a year,) instead of ?5 as it 
should be,) will hardly enable us to pay premiums, 
we have concluded to give very liberal ones, for a 
few months at least. Among the liberal premiums 
offered in onr list, (which has just been issued and 
will be sent free to all applicants,) are the fol¬ 
lowing : 
For 50 Subscribers, (at least 30 of them new,) at club 
rate, ($2.50 each,) we will give cither a Wheeler <fe Wil¬ 
son or Grover & Baker Sewing Machine, as pre¬ 
ferred, Cash Price $55;— or, the same Premium for 
only 30 Subscribers (20 of them new,) at $3 each. 
For 5 5 Subscribers (35 new,) at club rate, we will give 
the Weed Sewing 1 Machine, Cash Price $00;— or, 
the same for 36 Subscribers (25 new,) at $3 each. 
Earner's Magazine, Weekly, and Bazar. These three 
periodicals fully merit the high encomiums which they have 
received from the. press, and the support which has been 
given them by the reading public. Whether one considers 
their beautiful and Instructive illustrations, which leave nn- 
touched uo subject of domestic or foreign Importance—their 
literary merit, which has given them the highest place In the 
current literature—or their Judicious editorial management 
—they must bo emphatically pronounced the three best fam¬ 
ily periodicals In the world.— The Advance, Chicago. 
Now is the Time to Subscribe. 
“ Unquestionably the beBt sustained work of the 
kind in the world.” 
Harper’s Magazine. 
The roost popular Monthly in the world .—Few York. Ob 
server. 
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It moets precisely the popular taste, furnishing a pleasing 
and instructive variety of reading for all.— Zio-n. s Herald, 
Boston. 
“ A Complete Pictorial History of the Times. ” 
Harper’s Weekly. 
AN ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER. 
The model newspaper of our countiw—complete 
For 60 Subscribers (40 of them new,) at club rate, we departments of an American family paper — Harper s 
will give Lamb’s Family Knitting Machine. Cash lte tftl0 ’ A JoUrnal 
Price $65 ; —or, the same Premium for 40 Subscribers , r fnrnlshes the best tllastrations. Our future 
, , f „ , , <30 of them m at $3 each. 
was counting upon a good supply of firewood lrom -^y e a j s0 0 q er Washing Machines, Wringers, &c., dust.- Y<-.w Fort Evangelist. 
them the euBOihg winter. It was .uggutcd to him &c ataillr t0 last year; - and a most Ornamental TJ; arUeluefO. prtg* i 
that if the bodies of the trees were well scraped u> aod 0(eftu Premiuul fot e , c ry household —On., a aSHS. & IX 
improvement in yield might result from the opera- Beautipdl Eigut-Day Cuckoo Clock ! The best $end£uce and breadth of view. They ajo the expression of 
lion. Some twenty of them were subjected to a Qf ^ price u0) wlU be given for 40 subscriber* ^/aceSmong 
vigorous application of the hoe and the rough t0 Volume XX (at least 35 of the subscribers being time.-Aorti American Btoiew. 
coating thoroughly removed. The ensuing season j at club rate - another, beautiful in style and - 
showed a marked improvement in their production, price $.30, lor 30 subscribers (20 of them new,) An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Fashion, Pleas- 
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assigned to the operation of the hoe. The expert- ftnd for sabscribe rs in proportion ! The list com- . . , 
mentis easily made and the cost hut trifling, even priges 8eyeral othcr articles which our friends will H 31^6 F S DaZali 
should it fail of rejuvinating the trees operated upon. g U( i -yery desirable and useful. a Supplement containing numerous full-sued Patterns of 
A Remarkable Orchard House .—The Gardeners’ Bnt in addition to the premiums wc propose to “*^Q^jy e | n *eiVg^ut Colored ^aSfionna^o 1 . 0 
Chronicle states that iu the garden of E. W. Har- make our Agent-Friends a Beautiful Present, in haepeb'b Bazar contains id folio pages of: the size of 
LOCK of Ely, Cambridgeshire* 1. » orchard boose the form of a magoitamt Sm. Faith Emnurao “ "*“*■* MP "' 
remarkable, not so ranch on account of its archi- entitled “Bibth-Day Morning, or the Gardeners - 
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roofed house 100 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet the original painting in the Academy of Fine Arts,) * variety of «nd imuiSping Inluus 
high, its sides of boards, with a ventilating shutter and will bo given free, as a Presentation Plate, to blanches; its editorial’matter <* ft? 
on. binges at each side, and no roof openings. It is all Agents of the Rural New-Yorker who remit g 0 od stories and literary matter of m«rlt.—W> fork 
the contents of this orchard house which make it for Twenty or more Yearly Subscribers, in addition Evening rest. r,fc„T,v,.win^in=trT,Minr, 
so remarkable, for it is a perfect forest of peach and to any Premium offered ! This Is a Charming Pic- Al^ftp^Usat J p;itterns 3 |a every department, and of 
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in Europe. The trees are all or nearly all pyramids, art in Mixed and Stipple, and printed ou heavy x fl dress aecorcllns to rLnpeR's Bazar fill be the aim and 
growing in large pots aud tubs varying in Bize from plate paper — size, 24 by 82 inches. It is a splendid ambition or me women oi America. Boston. Tran ,cript 
20 to 30 inches; they are from 8 to 10 or more feet picture, most appropriate for beautifying the homes 
iu height, and not pinched in closely, as is so neces- of Rural or Suburban Residents, and is richly worth TERMS FOR 1869;, 
sary in small houses, but the shoots are encouraged $5, but having purchased it, at heavy expense, ex- habp2b|smagazine, Osevear.Ij oo 
to make a vigorous growth, aud arc only occasion- effusively for presentation to the Rural’s friends, Harper's Raza'il Y ’ One Year'.'. V.’.'.'.4 oo 
ally pinched in, in summer to make the trees sym- copies are not for sale at any price. Hari-rr's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and Ha'rpeh’b 
metrical or to suppress excessive vigor—for the Good Friends! will you not make an extra effort bazar, to one address, for one year.fio.oo; or any two for 
trees are well fed in summer by surface dressings for the Enlarged and Improved Rural? While *' An p vXtT!l copy of either the Magazine, Weekly, or 
and liquid manure applied judiciously. The resuit your exertions will be substantially recognized, we 
of this sound culture is the utmost vigor and fruit- arc confident every subscriber will be pleased with 
fulness in the trees. Many of these grand trees the paper. HARPER* BROTHERS, New Y»tb, 
—complete In all the 
y paper — Harper’s 
) its title, “A Journal 
In regular uniformity and clear, handsome, red 
color, the fruit is attractive; but in quality it is 
hardly good, and for protifi—judging from the speci¬ 
mens received —docs not promise to surpass, if it 
equal, the Gilpin. 
-♦ «»■*»- 
NUT GROWING. 
It is somewhat surprising that with all our na¬ 
tion’s love of gain, aud the general appreciative 
a dmi ration of beautiful trees for shade aud ornament, 
we have so few instances where nut-bearing trees 
have been adopted for planting in the place of 
maple, elm, or linden. The chestnut, butternut, 
black walnut, and Madeira nut, where the climate 
will adroit, are all beautiful as shade ornamental 
trees; can be transplanted while young without a 
loss oi over ten per cent.; grow very rapidly, and 
come into bearing usually from the seventh to the 
tenth year from seed. The hickory or white walnut 
is more difficult of transplanting; but even that wc 
have removed with success by digging deep and 
obtaining, and again replanting entire, the tap rook 
This tap root retaining is, in fact, a feature of 
importance with all the nut-hearing trees, its loss 
often resulting in death of the tree, while, it fully 
was counting upon a good supply of firewood from 
them the ensuing winter. It was suggested to him 
that if the bodies of the trees were well scraped an 
improvement in yield might result from the opera¬ 
tion. Some twenty of them were subjected to a 
vigorous application of the hoe and the rough 
coating thoroughly removed. The ensuing season 
showed a marked improvement in their production, 
the credit of which, whether correctly or not, was 
assigned to the operation of the hoe. The experi¬ 
ment iB easily made and the cost but trifling, even 
should it fail of rejuvinatingthc treea operated upon. 
A Remarkable Orchard House.—The. Gardeners’ 
Chronicle states that iu the garden of E. W. IIar- 
look of Ely, Cambridgeshire, is an orchard house 
remarkable, not so much on account of its archi¬ 
tecture, as for its contents. It is a simple span- 
roofed house 100 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feel 
This nfinrr faratslros she test tllastrations. Oqr fntnre 
historians will enrich themselves ont of Baiiver** Weekly 
lone after writer* »»•! primers ami publish ora arc turned to 
dust .--New York Evangelist. 
The urtlctes upon public qacstlons which appear In Har¬ 
per's \v EARLY iron) week to week form a remarkable series 
of brief political essays. They arc diaiUmulshed by clear 
and neictrd statements, by good common.v-nse, by imle- 
Serd.'-r- "" ! <11 View They are the expression of 
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?o remarkable, for it is a perfect forest of peach and 
nectarine trccB, the like of which cannot be found 
in Europe. The trees are all or nearly all pyramids, 
growing in large pots aud tubs varying in size from 
20 to 30 inches; they are from 8 to 10 or more feet 
iu height, aud not pinched in closely, as is so neces¬ 
sary in small houses, but the shoots are encouraged 
to make a vigorous growth, aud are only occasion¬ 
ally pinched in, in summer to make the trees sym¬ 
metrical or to suppress excessive vigor—for the 
trees are well fed iu summer by surface dressings 
and liquid manure applied judiciously. The result 
of this sound culture is the utmost vigor and fruit¬ 
fulness in the trees. Many of these grand trees 
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