to get our plants from the North, and not 
knowing what kind would do best, we got 
about all kinds,—ipostly of the worthless 
sort,—and put them out in all ways; and 
yet they have paid us well. But could we 
have known at the start what kinds to plant, 
and the way to do if, we should liavc done 
better. With my present experience, I could 
on]}*recommend to those about to put out 
strawberries in this cmmtv the Agriculturist 
Wilson’s Albany and Triomphe do (land- 
plant in early spring in rows two and a half 
feet apart, and one foot in the row; culti¬ 
vate thoroughly; keep off the runners; and 
i| your land is rich, you may count, on eet- 
CRAB APPLES. —II, 
.rriiit for tho Extreme Northern Latitudcs- 
The Pyrus bacatu, or Crab Varieties. 
BY F. R. EUCJOTT. 
Trnimccndont. 
Tms is one of the best, of early Autumn 
varieties; but while I have had specimens 
gathered in August, keep until October, I 
have failed to keep it, later, and fruit, taken 
from the tree late in September has failed to 
keep more than it month. 
CULTURE, 
-mature does a great deal; she is at the 
bottom of all our success. But we can 
greatly aid her. If I plant a grape vine and 
gi\e it cold soil for lied, and neglect for 
treatment, 1 need expect but little. If the 
climate is a cold one, and I have late sorts 
like the Isabella. Catawba f’lintnr. a-,, t 
• ii miouki ne. i nis is ac- 
r Cor ding to our observation. Many people 
do know what a thoroughly ripe grape 
1 is. But some do; some have them every 
• or almost every, year. They not only have 
early sorts, suited to the climate, blit they 
use means to hasten the ripening, being sure 
that these means also improve the quality 
1 both of which can be reached by the one 
means, namely, increase of heat. This is the 
. of ft11 1he BUCCcifS of grape-growing. 
Heat, more heat, is what is wanted; not 
only heat, hut uniform heat; not only tmi- 
iormity, but plenty of heat at the ripen in- 
period, r I his last is as necessary as any, for 
without it no good grape nor wine can be 
produced. If there is a, mean summer heat 
of seventy degrees, with a few weeks of 
seventy-five degrees, and a ripening period 
ol seventy degrees, nothing more need lie 
desired. With less lmat an excellent grape 
and wine may lie produced, say with a lull 
temperature of sixty-five degrees to seventy 
degrees. Even with lees summer heat, say a 
few degrees, a good grape may he grown, hut 
never under any circumstances a lin t rate. 
Soil is of no consequence without the 
boat, however favorable, however •well- 
balanced, well-located, and however well 
ihc vine may be pruned, or whatever the 
quality of the grape. All sorts fail without 
the proper quantity of heat. And with it 
the best excellence is obtained, as in the 
grapes of Italy, grown under a long scorch¬ 
ing sun. 
But we want grapes and wine in the more 
northern latitudes. Wc cannot get (lie high¬ 
est excellence; but wc can do something. 
\V <; can grow the earlier sm-i« in „ r.»,-.,,..,i.i.. 
Tka nscendent— Outline. 
Fruit, medium to large for its class, round¬ 
ish oblong, flattened at its ends, slightly but 
regularly ribbed; golden yellow, with a rich 
crimson, red cheek in the sun, covered with 
a delicate white bloom; when fully ripe the 
red nearly covers the whole surface. Stem, 
lon g and slender, set in an open, deep cavity; 
calyx closed, with long reflexed segments; 
flesh, creamy yellow, crisp, sub-acid, a little 
astringent until fully mellow when it is pleas¬ 
ant and agreeable; seeds, full and abundant; 
leaf, broad, oval, with an acute point, and i 
narrow, sharp, regular, serratures; season, 
early Autumn. 
The descriptions and figures of the fol¬ 
lowing apples were received from P. A. 
clear yellow, with clear bright carmine red 
m sun; stem short; cavity broad, open; 
calyx large, half closed; basin broad, slight¬ 
ly furrowed; flesh yellowish white, rather 
diy, almost sweet; core large for si 7 « #,f 
Maiden’s Blush—Outline. 
fruit; seeds long, pointed. Season, late 
Autumn. 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP. 
Kansas Fruit U«*. - The State Hort. Soc. oi 
Kansas, at Its recent meeting’, recommended for 
general cultivation in Unit State : 
Apple*- Summer Carolina Bed .June, Early 
Harvest, Sweet .lime. Autumn—Malden’s oiuah 
tYunouso, Fall Wino, Bumbo. Belrnonf. Dyer, Bai¬ 
ley Sweet. Winter -Pennsylvania Bed Streak, 
W inter Swaar, On ley. While Winter Poarmain, 
W ineaap, Homunltc. Bnwlc.s’ Janet, Borne Beau¬ 
ty. Ben Bails, New Missouri—algo called Mis¬ 
souri Keeper {this Jailer tree is represented ns 
hardy, an early bearer, and the fruit as every 
ivay desirable, and a great keeper]—ami Willow 
Twig. Tho Jonathan was rejected because it 
shows spots of dry rot. 
Pears —On Quince—Doyenne rt’Eto, Bostiezer, 
j yson, Iloilo Lucrative, Louise Bonne d’Jeirey, 
Swan’s Orange; on pom-roots. Bartlett, Flemish 
Beauty, Doyenne d’Eteand White Doyenne. 
rhwpcs—For general cultivation, Concord and 
Hartford Prolific; for amateur culture, lorm 
Delaware, Rogers' No. l, Allen’s Hybrid, Creve- 
Jing, Diana, Israel In, Rogers’ No. Vi; for wine 
manufacture, Concord, Clinton, Ives, Norton's 
Virginia, Catawba and Martha. 
mdispensable. Wc must bring the sun 
beat in various Ways. There is enough he 
in our northern climate to do this general! 
we need but avail ourselves of its fullest a 
vantage. 
The principal one is exposure of tl 
ground —elevating the soil so as to get tl 
first glimpse of tho sun, and the Init cds 
with flic* circuit of the day to connect t! 
two. Tills can only he obtained by an ii 
elinationto tin- north, and we have seen 
demonstrated thoroughly ihc past season, 
northern slope (of the Olsgun.ga spur c 
mountains in New York, Southern Iliq-k 
mer county,) grew the earliest ripene 
grape, and that not an curly sort, the Clin 
ton, which ripened —the only one ripenci 
in that section, (bough it was not thorough 
ly matured, for there was not beat enough a 
the ripening period. But (here was mon 
liee.t than with the grapes {unrounding, am 
it was more uniform, k-ss at noon and mon 
earlier and later. 
r i liis is one of the means to secure heat 
Another is (for amateur culture) to plant sc 
as to get the aid of conductors and reflect 
oi s. This is done by planting among stones 
or near rocks or buildings. The sides of a 
few buildings facing the east had a wonder¬ 
ful effect hi throwing heat back upon a 
vine; and, although in the shade the latter 
half of the day, there was an increased 
amount, of heat at the ripening period, and 
General (tram. 
Si7.e large for a crab; round, oblate; 
barm, yellow ground with broken stripes of 
dark, becoming, on the sun-exposed side, en¬ 
tirely red, and very dark, almost black,’red 
with a lew minute light dots; siem slender; 
cavity open, moderately deep; calyx closed; 
Grimes 1 Golden.—Wo have received from S. B. 
Marshall, Cleveland, 0., specimens of ihis 
beautiful and most, excellent fruit. It origi- 
mtoil in Virginia, was introduced thence "to 
Eastern Ohio, where it. lias won its way to fame 
through the medium of the Ohio Pomologieal 
Society, hy the agency of Mr. Marshall. Dr. 
V akuI'.'r, oi in's American Pomology, calls Die 
tree vigorous, healthy, spieling, productive 
and bears easily, and pronounces Dm quality of 
Die iruit “ very best.” It is a dessert applo— 
too good for aught else," Warder says; and 
those who have tried It say it is excellent for 
cooking. Elliott says ” the fruit, is large, jhm. 
ricli golden yellow, crisp and tender, yet. linn, 
very rich, juicy, mild, but. add; lit for eating in 
December, but may bo kept well till April or 
May. The trees are very thrifty, vigorous gl ow- 
el’s, having annually regular crops ol' even-sized 
fruit, and so distributed over the tree that they 
all ripen equally good." He also pronounces it 
“ one of the best varieties to grow." 
Akin’s Winter—Outline. 
in an open acute cavity, often russeted; 
calyx closed ; basin deep, broad, and some¬ 
what furrowed; flesh yellowish white, juicy, 
crisp, somewhat too acid, for a pleasant 
tableapple, but not too much so for cook¬ 
ing ; core small; seeds plump, broad, ovate, 
pointed. Should be eaten in December, 
and would probably keep to mid-winter or 
perhaps Spring. 
Apples Rotting on the Tree.—G. C. M. asks 
“What will prevent apples rotting on the tree 
before they get ripe?” This is a difficult ques¬ 
tion to answer. Bot sometimes results from the 
•D ing of insects, combined with a condition of 
*&« atmosphere favorable for its development, 
At other times it seems to be due almost entirely 
to atmospheric conditions. Different varieties 
of fruit are differently affected, and some uot 
affected at all. We do not know that there is any 
preventive that can be applied with certainty of 
ment. Now, could these buildings have 
been removed to the opposite ride, tmd radia¬ 
tion secured the same in the ..ft or as in the 
fore part, of the day, a great increase of 
growth and improvement of quality would 
have been the result. Shifting these reflect¬ 
ors must necessarily have an influence. They 
.sen e rdso, the early part of the season, to 
ward oil’ cold winds. These, in addition to 
stones to heat the ground, (and wc would 
suggest that flat stones set up and penetra¬ 
ting the soil be used) with favorable circum¬ 
stances of locality, getting tho earliest and 
latest and most stm during the day, are such 
means as would put grape-growing, com¬ 
paratively, on a sale footing.—p. a. 
General Grant—Outline. 
basin broad, not deep,but conspicuously fur- 
i owed; flesh white, moderately fine-grained, 
not juicy, very mild sub-acid; core large 
for size of fhiit; seeds abundant.; season 
late Autumn. Although this is sent me as a 
crab, the appearance of the fruit does not 
indicate it. 
Penriies South or Hie Missouri River in Mo.— 
Mr. AY. Guy of Jeff. Co., Mo., member of the 
interim Fruit. Committee of the Mo. State 
Hort. Roe, for the region south of the Missouri 
River, emphatically condemns Halo’s Early 
peach on account of its tendency to rot, but 
commend-: Die following varieties; —Troth’s 
Early, A’ellow Rareripe, Old Mixon Free and 
Cling. Ward’s Late, Wright's Mammoth and 
Heath’s Cling. 
The annual fruit, product of the Ohio Valley is 
estimated by tho Cincinnati Fruit Growers’ As¬ 
sociation at $5,000,0(10. 
Maiden’s Blank. 
flat, somewhat ribbed 
We shall he glad to receive the experi¬ 
ences and practices of vineyardists through¬ 
out the country. 
