ton, Ortley, Yellow Bellflower, Gilpin, Ho¬ 
man Stem, White Winter Pearmain, Domine, 
Wine, Newtown, Spitzenberg, Hubbard- 
ston, Nonsuch, Pryor’s Red. 
Excellente. It is a Belgian pear. The tree 
is hardy, vigorous and productive; young 
wood olive brown, grayish. Fruit large, ob¬ 
long, pyriform, sometimes acute, sometimes 
obtuse. Skin greenish, shaded with crim¬ 
son on the sunny side, and thickly sprinkled 
with greenish dots. Stalk long, curved and 
twisted, somewhat fleshy at its insertion, in 
a very small cavity. Calyx large and open. 
Segments persistent, in an irregular ribbed 
basin. Flesh whitish-green, very, iuicy, but¬ 
tery, melting, with a refreshing vinous flavor. 
Very good. Season October and November. 
vines of both varieties are hardy, and both 
resist the attacks of thrip equally well.” 
ment in regard to those grapes j\ist named, 
as they might be good locally, but not so 
generally. The Delaware was the best in 
his own ground, but it does not do well 
everywhere. The Diana did well with 
him, but did not ripen evenly, and had to 
be thinned to get, good bunches; would 
add to those mentioned Rogers’No. 4; 
thought a great, deal of it; thought- the 
Oreveling a very fine grape, but it did not 
j|l set well unless grown with other grapes. 
H Mr. Hai ndkus thought Mr. Arnold’s 
HI No. 5 much superior to the Rebecca, and 
n thought it would compare very favorably 
W with the Golden Chassclas and Sweet- 
Hr water grown under glass. 
Mr. Arnold said the Delaware would 
succeed in Paris, but it required too much 
care. With high culture it did admirably. 
The Iona was a very delicious grape, but it 
killed to the ground every winter. If con¬ 
fined to a single grape he would choose 
Rogers’ No. 15; it was the best flavored 
grape Ik; had, but not, a perfect flavor. 
Rogers’ No. 4 was a good bunch. Diana did 
not hear, was perfectly useless, though it 
kept well. But he would pit ins No. 10 or 
2 against the Diana for keeping. Groveling 
was tender with him. Adirondac, he thought, 
lacked character — nothing but sugar and 
water. 
Mr. Beadle said the best table grape was 
th e first ripe grape he could get. The Adi¬ 
rondac and Rogers’ No. 3 ripened the ear¬ 
liest, then the Groveling came in, and was 
very line, after that some more of Rogers’ 
came in, Nos. ‘43 and 44; then the Delaware. 
Tie liked the Delaware very much; it re¬ 
quires a porous soil, it did not do well on 
stiff clay. The Delaware was 
the best. He found that Rogers’ 
Hybrids, when fully ripe, did 
not improve, hut the Delaware / 
got better the longer it was kept. / 
lie had kept it lo Christmas. / 
\ Took Concord next, and found / 
| it to ripen better than the Isa- / 
! bella. / 
MONTE BELLO APPLE, 
APPLES FOR NAME 
Tile Secretary of the Warsaw, Ill., Horti¬ 
cultural Society writes the Prairie Farmer 
concerning this fruit:—“ This apple has only 
lately been brought to the notice of the 
Warsaw Horticultural Society, whose mem¬ 
bers unite in giving it a very high rank, and 
as being worthy of extensive propagation. 
The original tree grew from the seed on the 
place of Mathew Gray, Esq., at Riverside 
in Monte Bello township, Hancock Co., Ill. 
It was planted in 1833, and lived for about 
twenty years, when it was destroyed, being 
in the way of a railroad track. A few cions 
had previously bean cut from it and propa¬ 
gated, though we can learn of not over half 
a dozen trees in the country. It is regarded 
as remarkable that j?o little attention has 
been given to it by those who have known it, 
“ Tree of medium size, moderate!}' vigor¬ 
ous ; a rather upright grower, very healthy 
and hardy, and early and constant hearer, 
L. B. M., Greenwich, Ohio, sends me 
samples of apples for name, anil writes he is 
willing to pay for such knowledge. I thank 
him, but it has always been a pleasure for 
me to do what 1 can to propagate a true 
knowledge of the names of varieties; and 1 
hope to continue in so doing free of cost to 
inquirers. Mr. M. sends me samples of Eng¬ 
lish Sweet, which in both my own and Down¬ 
ing’s work is described as oblong, when 
in truth the apple is of a roundish, conical 
form. It is a good and valuable fruit. 
Kuighn's Spitzenberg and Black C&lvilleare 
old kinds that few now plant; but if one has 
trees of them in bearing, none in the orchard 
will be found more valuable. 
Westfield Seek-no-further is, of course, one 
of the best in Ohio; and bis No. 5, which I 
wrote him was Rome Beauty, bothers me. 
The more I look at it and taste it, and con¬ 
sider its flesh and core, the more I am in 
doubt. That Pennsylvania Horticultural 
Society, with, its classification made tip by 
somebody who knew nothing of th a p ractical 
working of his subject, or even Meehan, 
with his big alphabet lo indicate sorts, hah 1 
ought to help it, hut none of them do it, 
and, therefore, I must rely on my own brain. 
The Pennsylvania Dutch (none of them 
now acknowledge any such origin,) sent out 
a world of seedlings, coarse and large fruits, 
good lo sell, but not fit to oat, except by 
those who think the apple and the potato 
about the same flavor. The Pennsylvania 
State Horticultural Society undertook, some 
two years since, to digest this matter, and 
prepared an elaborate, schedule of the said 
digest, since the publication of which noth¬ 
ing has been heard. 
I touch this subject because this apple 
now before me is evidently of that old 
Pennsylvania Dutch origin; and although I 
firmly believe it to be Rome Beauty, it is 
not quite conical enough to meet that sort, 
it is too good for Vnndcvcre Pippin, is not 
surely Republican Pippin, and unless that 
society of savans can digest their own pro¬ 
gramme l shall call it Rome Beauty, and 
advise its culture wherever it succeeds, but 
with a pre-advice or word to say that it 
is a variety only of local value, suiting one 
locality, and failing only a short distance 
therefrom.— e. 
Fruit In Missouri.— The fruit crop has been 
most abundant, Indeed I have seen fine apples 
herein greater profusion than ever elsewhere. 
All the popular varieties arc cultivated. Pear 
culture has not progressed much yet, and it is 
principally confined to amateurs. 1 have seen 
some good specimens of the Bartlett, Duchess 
anil White Doyenne—the last of unusual size 
and fairness. The peach has its homo here, and 
many of the seedlings are superior to the stand¬ 
ard varieties of the East, This ia destined to be 
agToatfruit-producing country; and when the 
South Pacilic Unit road is finished to this point 
(it is now running to within fifty miles—to 
Lebanon.) Springfield will be heard front in the 
fruit. markets of St. Louis and other large 
cities.—T., Springfield, Mo. 
PARRY’S WHITE APPLE, 
Under the above name an apple was 
shown at the late meeting of the American 
Pomological Society at Philadelphia. It is 
not described in the hooks, and when shown 
was supposed a variety almost, if not en¬ 
tirely, confined in its growth to a section of 
New Jersey. In the discussion there, how¬ 
ever, Mr. Gray of West Chester, Pa., spoke 
of it as being in his locality as White Im¬ 
perial, which, also, is a name not to be found 
in the books. 
We obtained specimens of this fruit, and 
from them have made the accompanying 
figures. We also wrote William Parry of 
Cinnaminson, N. J., well known as an ex¬ 
tensive fruit grower and a careful, observ- 
Thc Catawba nisrariled.—The Alton Horticul¬ 
tural Society, upon a motion to “wipe out the 
Catawba grape as a worthless rotten thing,” 
decided to do so by a throe-fourths vote. It is 
therefore “ wiped out,” but not without em¬ 
phatic protest by sundry wine-manufacturing 
members. 
rborxcultttrf 
VEGETABLE MANURE FOR FRUIT 
TREES. 
It is remarkable how much vegetable 
matter will add to the growth of a tree. 
This is especially the case with the grape 
vine. A mere covering of leaves in the fall 
will have an influence that is almost aston¬ 
ishing. Such is our experience. There is, 
however, a difference in soil, we find, so as 
to cause a variation. A stiff clay soil will 
not show the effect so readily, and it seems 
to fail in showing a full effect, perhaps, 
because it keeps the strength on the top, as 
clay is an Absorber and retainer of fertility. 
But in a sandy or leachy soil,—any soil that 
will let the strength down, —we think 
nothing better for fruit trees, of all kinds, 
can be used than the simple application in 
the fall of vegetable matter in the form of 
leaves, cut weeds or grass, grown the same 
year. 
It will afford a protection during the win¬ 
ter. The fall and spring rains, and the heat 
at the opening of summer, will prepare it for 
food, and continue to feed the roots the most 
of the season. 
Now, if a mulch i3 applied when the heat 
commences—of the same material, vegetable 
matter — with some deliquescent covering 
like ashes, plaster, or lime, there will, unless 
the soil is quite deficient in fertilizing mat¬ 
ter, be a good growth—such a growth as is 
wanted—not extravagant, nor the opposite. 
In a quite ordinary soil it will he sufficient. 
It will grow fruit, it will continue to grow it 
healthfully, remuneratively, not in premium 
crops, but in a permanent abundance. And 
this is wluit is wanted. 
Let us apply our light manure in the fall, 
and use it also as*a protection from the heat, 
as well ns food for the trees. Where the 
soil is a strong clay, it is best to remove 
some of it, and get down to the roots; then 
replace the ground. A few broken bones 
added while the ground is open will some¬ 
times be of benefit, and be a lasting one. 
And we think it will do no hurt in any case. 
Do not use for one year alone ; try for sev¬ 
eral. In ground disposed to let down the 
strength, there will be an effect almost at 
once. In such case the two applications are 
just the thing—one in the full and one in 
the spring, or the commencement of the 
heat, thus keeping up a constant replenish¬ 
ment, just, what the tree wants. If the roots 
of the tree are near the surface, nothing can 
he finer than this application. The forest 
has been teaching this lesson from time im¬ 
memorial. F. G. 
THE IVES AND CONCORD 
GRAPES. 
Parry’s White Apple —Outline. 
ing pomologist, for its history. In answer 
ive have what follows:— ‘‘Parry’s White 
Apple is a medium, |we should say below 
medium.— Ed.] roundish, oblate conical, 
clear, light greenish white; the flesh white, 
crisp, tender, .sub-acid, good for table or 
cooking. Handsome and productive. I ob¬ 
tained the cuttings, or grails, from a tree on 
a small farm adjoining where 1 live, about 
eighteen or twenty years since. Have propa¬ 
gated and distributed many of them, and 
they prove to be among the most profitable 
apples grown for market in this section. 
Trees thirteen years planted yielded, the 
past summer, twenty to twenty-five dollars 
each, the fruit selling readily at one dollar 
per basket. 
“ I do not know its origin. For many 
years it was simply called White Apple; but 
more recently my name has been connected 
with it, as I propagated and distributed it, 
and thereby brought it. before the people. I 
never saw or heard of any except those 
grown and sent out from the tree which I 
have named, which now belongs to me, 
having purchased the farm on which it 
stands in 1860.” 
The medium size of this apple, together 
with its smooth, clean, white appearance, 
fitting it admirably for the dessert table use 
of the refined Quakers in Philadelphia, is 
undoubtedly the cause of its selling at the 
price named by Mr. Parry ; and as an ama¬ 
teur’s fruit it should be extensively grown, 
but for long distances of transportation to 
market it is too tender and easily bruised. 
RASPBERRY CROPS, 
I notice the statement of A. D. De Lee, 
Lawrence, Kansas, on page 728 of Rural, 
in reference to obtaining, from “ less than 
one-sixth of an acre, one year old, seven h un¬ 
dred and one quarts ” of raspberries. Whew / 
what a country that is— twenty-two bushels of 
raspberries from “ less than one-sixth of an 
acre,” and that, too, from one-y ear-old plants 
—or, as I take it, the first bearing season. 
That would be at the rate of one hundred and 
fifty bushels of Doolittle to the acre, (notice, 
he says “ less ” than one-sixth of an acre.) 
I have lived West for twelve years. I 
have seen raspberries growing on as good 
soil as Kansas can boast of, and I. never yet 
saw the Doolittle average on <wc-ycar-old 
bushes t<3 exceed one quart to the hush. I 
never saw such a yield as he speaks of on 
any age bush, (of Doolittle,) and I have seen 
them on as fine, strong soil as can be found 
at the West—and the plantation in best of 
order. Understand, I speak of a market 
plantation, yielding one hundred and fifty 
bushels to the acre. Truly, Kansas is a fruit 
yielding State when its raspberry plantations 
will yield the. first year one hundred and fifty 
bushels to the aero, and, judging from this (as 
they usually yield about one-third of a crop 
the first bearing year,) three hundred to four 
hundred bushels when the bushes become 
fully grown. Lotus all go to Kansas; but 
no, that will not answer, for it will take but 
a few acres, yielding at such rate, to supply 
the people, and the business would soon be 
overdone. Do all other fruits yield in like 
proportion there ? A. M. F 
Falmyra, N. Y. 
A SEEDLING BLOOD PEACH, 
John M. Ives writes the Country Gentle¬ 
man of a freestone blood peach winch he 
calls the most valuable variety he possesses, 
which came up nearly twenty years since on 
his ground as a seedling. He 
says:—This freestone blood is 
N the hardiest, and most con- 
|||5s. stant bearer among all my 
ll lllk peaches. The original tree 
produced in 1868 two busb- 
els, and this year (1860) up- 
wards of one bushel. It is in 
such demand that it brings 
S M S fxy 1 a bushel, with the pits 
returned to me. The pits 
^produce the same. If any 
■■■I other seedling is in the rows, 
IiIIUbBMBI ll III * fc uow them immediately, 
amm as the blood lias red stems all 
round on every side, as soon 
Wii as " 1C seedlings arc six or 
jjteight inches in growth. I 
w have in my garden five or six 
trees, four years from the 
stone, which bore the idenli- 
^ cal fruit this season. The 
fruit is medium size, with a 
very thin skin and bright 
red throughout. Half a 
peck, when divested of their stones, weigh 
five pounds. The demand for this variety 
is for making sweet pickles with vinegar and 
sugar. 
GRAPES IN ONTARIO 
At the October meeting of the Ontario 
Fruit Growers’ Society, the subject for dis¬ 
cussion was “ The best variety of grape for 
table use.” In the Canada Farmer we find 
the following report thereof; 
Mr. Bennett thought Delaware the best 
for this climate. Iona, Creveling, Adirondac 
and Israel la would he next, and could be 
cultivated with success in this section. 
Mr. Bull thought that no one grape would 
fill the gap— that they must have a succes¬ 
sion ; thought those named by Mr. Bennett 
were very good. Thought the Rebecca very 
good, and the Diana the best keeper. 
Mr. Bennett thought the Rebecca did 
not kr^lr well in spring, but tlie Diana kept 
very well. 
Mr. Saunders would place the Delaware 
first on the list; liked llie Adirondac, Iona 
and Israelis. These were so good he would 
not know which to choose for next best; 
liked the Diana very well. 
Mr. W. H. Mills would qualify his state- 
Pcrycantluw and Oitn^a Orange.— I wish to 
know of you or some til' your numerous sub¬ 
scribers the comparative value of tlie Peryean- 
thusand Osug'e Orange U9 a protection and or¬ 
namental hedge for an orchard. The Peryean- 
thus, I learn, is an evergreen. Will cattle or 
other animats eat off tlie foliage in winter? 
What is the price of plants, seeds, &e., &c. ? 
I am in the northwest corner of Granville Co., 
N. C„ <m tlie waters o£ llie Roanoke, and pro¬ 
pose at a future day to say something of our 
lands &c.—K. A., Buchanan , -V. C. 
Wx. l some reader who is advised on the sub¬ 
ject respond to the above inquiry ? We shall be 
pleased to hear from it. A. concerning the lands 
and other matters in his region. -[Eds. Rural. 
APPLES IN KANSAS, 
The Leavenworth county (Kansas) Horti¬ 
cultural Society recently adopted, almost 
unanimously, the following list of apples its 
worthy general cultivation in that county. 
The varieties arc named in the order of 
ripening there: 
Summer, —Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, 
Sweet June, Duchess of Oldenburgh, Benoni, 
Early Summer Pearmain. 
Autumn, —Lowell, Early Pennock, Maid¬ 
en’s Blush, Autumn Swaar, Smokehouse, 
Bailey’s Sweet. 
Winter.— Jonathan, Ben Davis, Rawle’s 
Janet, Wine Sap, McAffee’s Nonsuch, Wil¬ 
low-Twig. Hartford Sweet. 
The following list was recommended for 
further trial:— Summer —Red June; Autumn 
—Fall Wine Sap, Fame use; Winter —Ful- 
Duc de Brabant Peak. 
“ For wine purposes it is equally as good 
as Concord, and by some it is considered pre¬ 
ferable. The Ives grape has the merit of 
hanging on the vine uninjured until frost, or 
weeks after all the Concords would be 
cracked and spoiled. As a table grape, when 
eaten in comparison with the Concord, we 
find tastes to differ, about as many preferring 
the one as the other. Under good cultiva¬ 
tion, the Concord makes a full crop of grapes 
in its third year, the Ives the fourth. The 
DUC DE BRABANT PEAR, 
Tnis pear, according to Downing, has six 
or seven synonyms, — Fondantc des Cliar- 
neuse, Waterloo, Beurre d' Waterloo. Beurre 
Charneuse, Miel d’ Waterloo, Jamiu Belle 
