stems to a spur and sometimes only one. I 
do not train upon any particular system, but 
work according to the habit of the vine that 
I am training. I am asked dozens of times 
during the fall and spring how to train a 
few grape vines. I tell people that I do not 
know anything about it until I see the vines. 
The directions given in books, how to trim 
bearing vines, may be very good in theory, 
hut have failed with me in practice. 
not get choose to market cheaper than t hey can 
in New York, where it is from $, r i0 to *|ihi. The 
country is but beginning 1.0 bo developed, and 
immigration is now last, sotting in. Thu rod 
clover grows to the greatest perfection here 
wiib very little euro, being sometimes almost 
rank ill its growth." 
Hovcn in r,utic.— Paul Mira. icr, Columbus, 
Wis., sends a remedy whieli tie has used many 
years with success:-"Take a stick about a root 
long and an inch and a half square, put. in the 
mouth ms a brittle-bit—a string from each end to 
eaeh bom, tied to keep in place. Placing the 
stick instantly releases the Imprisoned foul air 
from the distended stomach, and prevents more 
swelling. Whatever root sticks in tho throat 
will in time soften and go down, and no bad ef¬ 
fect can follow unless force is used. Until this 
summer, I had never seen a ease of bloating 
from eating grass or clover. In June my next 
neighbor had a case, and asked my assistance. I 
placed l.ho stick, and sho was relieved in a few 
minutes." 
1 1 Hiring Dead Horses. 
Horticultural , dec, 
rsatsst 0 ns 
GRAPES IN OHIO 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB 
Having very recently returned from the 
Ohio Grape Growers’ Meeting and Summer 
Excursion to Lancaster, and State Reform 
Fanil, I desire most respectfully to give you 
a brief report of grapes in our section and 
State. 
Catawba and Concord are entirely mil¬ 
dewed. It was supposed that a man might 
as well expect to he struck by lightning as 
to hear of the failure of the Concord; but 
this year the Concord is also a failure. Our 
best grapes this season are the beautiful 
Iona and Delaware. They have passed 
through this most disastrous season tri¬ 
umphant. It is pleasurable to note that the 
Iona, “ the best, grape in America ” is also 
the freest from disease. 7’his is my second 
year’s experience in fruiting the Iona, and 
as i lie fruit begins to ripen, tasting it only 
confirms my opinion expressed last year, 
that, the spirited excellence of tho Iona 
grape cannot be excelled both for table and 
wine. The Eumelan shows great vigor of 
vine and enduring rich green foliage. 
In Southern Ohio the Ives and Delaware, 
ami, perhaps, tho Hartford, were the only 
grapes fruiting. It is now freely admitted 
that it had been better for grape culture if 
the Catawba had boon abandoned twenty 
Tub Commander of tho Club presided at tho 
last meeting, and t ho inlluenoo of his presence 
was most marked. Wo continue our notes of tho 
sayings and doings of this learned body. 
Wullu Walla, Wash. Ter. — A. JJ. Robe ms 
Persy Thayer, Wor¬ 
cester, Muss., asks lho best, way of utilizing dead 
horses for fertilizing purposes. Ono distin¬ 
guished Professor advised nutting thoetircnas 
info portions and burying it about, Mm roots of 
trees, vinos, &o. Had known wonderful results 
therefrom. Another learned gentleman said 
that would not answer about New York, for the 
beatth authorities do not permit tiie burial of a 
oat, even; but all dead animals are taken tosomo 
barren island, from which they return to us in 
the shape of smoked bool’, Bologna sausage and 
fertilizers. Still another gentleman of parts had 
visited Mr. Quinn’s pear orchard, und noticed 
that ono of his pear trees was nearly twice as 
large as another planted at I In-same t ime, and 
produced a bushel more annually. Thisditrer- 
ence was accounted for by Hie fact that. I lie holes 
for tho planting wore dug over night, and early 
the next morning a polecat was lulled by one of 
the workmen and thrown into ono of the holes, 
and tho tree planted over it. This accounted for 
the dilterenco in tho size and productiveness of 
tho tree. 
To Prevent Smut, in Wheat 
correspondent wrists: 
habit of raising wheat 
it HANTS. I'.xti-n FI 
tfd', per 1000. Semi MIc, I 
KM WA IM > nun< 11188 , 
I’uughkuopslo, N V 
Plants 
sit ai pin. 
STDPKS FOR M ICSKIt \ >IRN. I*M M 
V i oar, Apple., Cherry ami ymineii Stocks for sale 
u »«>, Plum and Cherry Pits. Apple Seeds in seasoi 
at*H per bushel. K. P. ChAIlK, Dansville. N. V 
jj. KIN US 1513 V A IJ.KV N I US ICR I US 
noCUJESTliU. .V. I*. 
FROST & CO, offer for sain this fall n lino stock of 
STANDARD AND DWARF APPLES, 
STANDARD AND DWARF PEARS, 
CHERRIES, PLUMS, PEACHES. &c. 
Also a largo assortment Of 
SMALL FRUITS, GRAPE VINES, 
both Native and /'Virelj/a, 
and the largest, stock in tins country of 
ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS, 
ROSES, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, &c. 
Wo have nearly <100 Acre* under cultivation, 
Which enables us to ill! tho entire Orders of our cor¬ 
respondents satisfactorily. 
Catalogues mailed to all who apply, on receipt of 
stumps, as fallows, viz 
No. I. Fruit Catalogue.10c. each. 
No. 2. Ornamental Catalogue. 10c. each. 
No. 3. Greenhouse Catalogue. 5c. each. 
No. I. Wholesale Catalogue. Gratis. 
Address FROST A CO., 
A Warren, Pa., 
— " I have boon In tho 
on my own account. In 
this and tho old country, for upwards of sixty 
years, and lor at least fifty of these years never 
had any smut. 1 give you iny preventive for 
tho public good. My opinion Is that theenuso 
is a fungus, that must, bo killed, und blue vitriol 
will do it; and ibis is tho process:-Have some 
vessel that will hold your seed, mid take four 
ounces of vitriol to each bushel of wheat; dis¬ 
solve in hot water, then All into your vessel as 
much cold water us you think will (lout your 
quantity of seed, add your dissolved vitriol, Mien 
nut your wheal In by smalls, and skim off any 
refuse; when done, allow the whole to stand for 
two hours, and then drain off the water by a 
faucet at the bottom. Do tills In Hie evening, 
and your seed is perfectly dry and ready to sow 
in tho morning by band or machine. No linioor 
anything else is necessary, and if properly done 
I will insure tho crop for a small premium." 
Pruning Grape Vines. O. F. Haymaker, 
Enrlevlllo, Ohio, has a place recently purchased 
with eight hundred choice grape vines upon it, 
and asks whether to pinch back (lie vines, pick 
oil (he loaves, or what ho shall do with the Ele¬ 
phant, whoso habits he lias evidently never 
studied. Tho Commander of the Club advised 
him to buy and read Fuller’s Grape Culturlst. 
An observant gentleman from New Jersey has 
boon watching vineyards and vines the past sea¬ 
son, and has found that the best leaves and fruit 
and the least disease Is found on vines that-are 
not pruned at, all, but left to grew as God de¬ 
signed I hey should. These men, lie said, who 
write books and trim vines down to nothing 
every year ought to be taught better. 
Oregon Represented.- A gentleman from Ore¬ 
gon begged to be heard; whs heard, and enter¬ 
tained tho Club with a glowing advertisement 
ol llmt State. He dealt thOqnizzing members 
of the Club some blows which proved his head 
level mid himself a goo a hitter; but lie stated 
no facts which have not already appeared In tho 
Rural, and wo do not occupy space to repeal 
them. 
The Department <»r Agriculture commanded 
tho Oregon gentleman’s attention for a few mo¬ 
ments. He proposes, in brief, that the General 
Commissioner of Agriculture at. Washington 
shell be assisted by a Commissioner from each 
State in tho Union, who shall have speeiul dlrcc- 
I ion and take charge of the Interests ol’ the Slate 
represented —who shall keep posted as to its 
needs and be able to give Information that shall 
boneiH. it and those who may desire to learn 
something concerning it. 
Rocky Mountain Valleys and Park* for Slock 
Raising.— Daniel Witter, Denver,Col., writes: 
I think 1 can safely say that tlin folio wing facts 
every other day; since that time we have 
had some pleasant weather. I have not seen 
or heard ol any mildew or rot on the grapes, 
although I have examined mine carefully 
evny day, and inquired of others as often. 
This city is situated on Lake Winnebago, 
a small lake thirty miles long and ten miles 
wide at the widest place, which is opposite 
here. There are a few vineyards close to 
the lake, but the most of them arc from a 
fourth to one and a half miles hack. I am 
about one hundred rods from the lake, on 
rather a Hat piece of ground, the highest 
part of which is not more than six feet above 
low water. We claim a favorable location 
for the following reasons: 
First—Exemption from late spring and 
early fall frosts. I have lived where I now 
do over thirteen years, and never have known 
a spring frost lo injure anything within a 
mile and a hall ot the lake ; and only once 
have we had a frost in the fall before the 
middle of October. 
Second I hat wc have a higher tempera¬ 
ture, and a drier atmosphere during June 
and July than almost any other locality. 
We have not lunl a foggy morning this sum¬ 
mer. Our vines arc perfectly healthy, and 
have made an enormous growth of wood. 
We have a gravely, limestone subsoil, the 
best for the grape in any country. One of 
my neighbors set two acres of grapes on low, 
black soil, where Eastern men said “ they 
would not do anything.” His vines have 
been bearing nine years, and they are as 
clean and thrifty as his neighbor’ living on 
higher land. His subsoil, which is only 
twelve or fifteen inches from the surface, is 
gravel. We drain our land as well as we 
can; generally from one and a half to two 
and a half feet deep. In regard to varieties, 
1 have the Clinton, which I sold last fall for 
fifteen cents, wholesale; Isabella, Concord, 
Muscadine and Hartford Prolific, which sell 
110,11 fifteen to twenty cents wholesale. The 
Harffords, Concords and Muscadines are 
nearly full grown now; Isabellas, two-thirds. 
Delaware, Diana and Allen’s Hybrid do re¬ 
markably well; they are worth from twenty 
to thirty cents; we arc selling more Dela- 
<ATA GUANDIFI.OItA, 
writes:—“We arc I oca ten on tho forty-sixth 
parallel. Our valley, tho Walla Walla, is situated 
immediately north of the Dine Mountain range 
ami is blessed with a salubrity <>r climate com¬ 
parable With North Carolina tho southern 
We produce, to per¬ 
is or grain, raised 
We have 
portion of West T< 
Fection any fruit 
north of latitude thirty-tour degrees, 
thousands of farms yet vacant which can bo en- 
tored at tho government price of *1.25 per acre, 
tho soil of which is unsurpassed, and whose ad¬ 
jacent bills und prairies are covered with a most, 
luxuriant and nutritious grass, which, together 
with our mild climate, renders it necessary to 
feed stock but seldom in tho winter season." 
The Missouri Vnlley.-O. M. 1’DWELL, who has 
visited this region writes: “ In this region one 
hundred to one hundred and twenty-five bushels 
of’corn to the acre, and forty bushels of wheat, 
aie reported to be raised with no more outlay of 
labor than Is required to produce hair these 
yields in live Mississippi valley. Tho two chief 
reasons for this fertility appear to be, first and 
mainly, tho impregnation of the soil ol’ the ro- 
Kiun with alkali brought by the streams from 
the Sterile 8H«e plains of tho further West; sec¬ 
ond, the soil is a clayey, calcareous alluvium, 
whieh has been changed by washing and mixing 
with Riles and organic matter, from the usual 
tough, laminated structure or clay, to such a 
condition that, a lump or it; maybe crushed in 
the hands to powder, Hire a lump of ashes com¬ 
pacted by wetting and dr ying. Hence the crops 
may teed on It as greedily as they will. This soil 
is also said to yield beets, in whieh sugar pre¬ 
dominates instead of woody fiber, as in those 
raised in black alluvium. Tho growth of hemp 
produced in this soil Is very large. These and 
some other crops were heavier Mum arc often 
seen cm soils which look darker and richer.” 
Early Rose Polnlocs.-H. VV. Rymkrs, Elmore, 
O,, cut ono pound of seed Into forty-two eyes 
planted one eye In a hill, in rows three feel apart 
each way, April23; dug them August 3 ( 1 ; yield 
two hundred and eighty-one pounds or llvo 
bushels by measure. Soil sandy and had all tho 
manure it could bear. 
It. & L. Stiles, East Troy, Pa., obtained from 
throe and a half ounces of Early Rose seed a 
yield oT sixty-tour pounds. 
Protecting Hedge .-jambs S. Wellington, 
Mo., lms a young hedge, and asks how to pro¬ 
tect it. in winter. Does not state what kind of 
hedge it is. He is told that ho ought to grow 
for a hedge a plant that will not require proteo- 
IOO OOO l’EA<11 TRICES 
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V yhU® Grape and lllark Nuiilcu. Strong 2-year 
alunts.ai $1.50 per do/..; *8 per lim ; *7U per 1,000.' Ke- 
P ln , r ;t8, *! per do/..; $Q per 100; $50 per 
I.IKKI. Small, well rooted plant* by mail, at *1.25 per 
Alim, fine 2-yttar trees or Dialup Ci-iiti by loo or 
I,WU. .send to 
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TAVERVI.ODV wants MARTHA! Tin 
l j motl porteetly reliable, healthy, hardy and pro- 
(motive Vvliiie Grope. Sent by mull, carefully 
packed, Wrong No. I pltiniH, *| each ; $0 dozen. Send 
HtanlliM for tllnxt.rntod Catalogin'of over t 00 beat 
varieties of Grapes and Small Fruits, to 
GKO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
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producing tree in A merlca. 250.000, from y to 12inches 
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SITKA WHERRY. Raspberry und llluek. 
JhorintHure 
NEW FLOWERING SHRUB. 
Hydrangea. Pnniciilntn Grand ilium. 
The grand panicle-flowered Hydrangea 
<n , as more often called, the Doutzia-f lowered 
Hydrangea,-—because in many catalogues it 
is classed as Hydrangea deutziJoHa— is one of 
the new but really valuable and desirable 
choice shrubs of recent introduction. The 
leaf Is somewhat like a Wiegcla and the 
growth generally more like that shrub than 
the Hydrangea, as it makes a rapid upright 
spreading growth, strong and vigorous, to 
about eight or ten feet high. It may, and 
should be, however, kept at from two to 
four feet high. Its flowers are borne on the 
ends of the present year’s shoots, and vary 
in length from three or four to nine or ten 
inches. The lower buds of the panicle open 
first and continue until sometimes there are 
over one hundred flowers, pure white, on one 
panicle. It is not every new shrub that is 
specially desirable; but this is worthy a 
place in every garden. It blooms in July 
and August. Addi. 
* borr 
Price 
( tii tin is Aiil.E TREES, tram Hr. 
up l oco. Mfiy million HcjiJgo Plants, 
wni}ted. Write to us, 
W li. ,M A NX ,t ('()., Ofi] 
THE EUMELAN GRAPE is, ' 
X out question, 
“ The Beal Black lira} 
for Uhle use or for turn WINK delicious 
I. Is WGOROLrt, HARDY, I’ltOOCCTI 
ripens befare the Hartjnnl Prolific, It is urn 
uuuuiLion non • on gras* alone, making tho prepara¬ 
tion ot feed uf any kind forthem for winter entirely 
unnecessary. Second--Cillves, R gradually weaned 
cun bo taken from enws at from two to throe months 
u]<l, ;um will 1 1 vo* thrive umi winter over mi trratig 
ulone. Third-Dm- uru«.fi?a will make the very !>p*t 
quuhty of hutter, chDPKO hid! beef, lor all of which 
wo have a und cofistiiutly Improving innrUt-i 
Now let uny Burn enruo here, say next winter, and se¬ 
lect a stock * ranch," winch mn bo had for the tax¬ 
ing, eit her In tho valleys or parks of our lowur moun¬ 
tains, or out on tho" plains,” «H rnny bo preferred 
fit® mountain* have tho advantages or moro ubuei- 
dunl. wood and water and bettor .shelter— tho plains 
ot more extended range and bettor wintor feed in 
cither ease ho could #o(c<;t n location where he could 
raise all kinds of vegetables In abundance, with 
wheat, barley, out*, and in Komo localities corn 
enough for his own use. no has tho choice ol going 
into simple Stock raising, In which cows are not 
milked, hut are kept, sololy for the increase ,, r 
stock raising connected with the dairy. With 
ills amount of eupHul tin 1 latter Is probably pre¬ 
ferable to begin with. Suppose he commence* 
with fifty young American cows, which w||| cod him 
here um>Uf, $2.0110, or perhaps a little more, leaving 
him enough money, with his own tabor, to build a 
comfortable house and procure necessary con¬ 
veniences Now, upon the basis that one-half hl» 
oalvLis jjW ini tooifora, und that, they svill Imvn calves 
when hey are three years old. and that his steers 
wUJ frnjju fj>0 cuch TvVmn four year*old, let. hltu llgurfi 
for himself the profits of the increase akrna In hts 
stock for ten yours, n Hewing the butter and cheese 
f-r expenses, and deducting twenty per cent, for 
losses. It Ian. not much mistaken,hu will be aston¬ 
ished at the magnitude of Ills profits, and yet hun¬ 
dreds of men are making just such profits here in 
Stock raising year after year. Only n few days ago f 
conversed with a rijun who, while ,i soldier In one of 
our volunteer regiments,about seven years ago, pur¬ 
chased fr<>in tlmo to time, us he could buy them low. 
seven cows „t n cost, ot $200. An acquaintance kept 
them for their uidk during the remalndcrol ill* term 
of service, and when he was discharged in IKK® au 
sold the seven cows and the Increase for foixi, and. 
ft II V I n 1/ 1111 tro ,111100 1 . .v .hi .. • ... .. . . .. I 
tion. 
Thickness of a Roller. 
- A Missouri correspon¬ 
dent asks what the diameter of a roller should 
ho for t wo horses. Ft. is answered that if it is n 
hollow drum of wood, it should he three or four 
feet in diameter; if a solid log - , two to two ami 
a half feet might answer, depending upon tho 
land of wood: If of iron, its diameter should 
depend upon its solidity; if not solid, upon the 
thickness of the rim. 
Jiipnn Clover. —C. B. F. GatUHELL of North 
Larolma,afilca if Japan Clover belongs to the 
same genus ns the common rod clover. It, is re¬ 
plied that it belongs to the same order, Lcmnii- 
tuwf, hut the common red clovc-r is a TtifoUum, 
while the Japan Clover is a Letijcdeza. It is not 
a clover at all. A member doubted if it would 
pay the farmers of North Carolina to cultivate 
the "Japan Clover,” so long us the red clover 
does well with them. 
Cheese Factories in North Carolina.-Mr. G vr- 
cuell writes:-“This was made for a grazing 
ami fruit-growing country, and several cheese 
I * U I J ( 11 ( 711 . 
Genova, N. V. 
B loomington m bsihiy, 
„ 500 Acres. 18th Year. 10 Green-Houses. 
Fruit, ornamental nnu Nursm-v Stuck, immense 
and reliable a*»'U intent very low fur cash- 
Apple*—icclodioff moat magnificent stuck of venr- 
iliigs—also hardy Northern sorts, such ns Duchess 
Oldenburg, IilsTpp, Trauseenileiit and other Crab 
Apples, 1, 2 mid ” year. 
Pair,hen, Z'l-ur.i, vhurries. Plums, Quinces, Graves 
forest and Lve.njreen Trees, Nurseru Stacks, OSrwe 
Ortmar Itnbje Plants, Hoses, own routs, 'i'llllit*. Una. 
einUai, Narcissus, Iris, Strum, Lilies, Spechnrum, 
U I'd f iVC'< 
A Isu, superior colored platan of Fruits and Flowers 
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Floral Experience, 
Mrs. P. IL Tinker writes 
us of tier first year’s experience in floriculture, 
and says she has learned that lior seed and plants 
had not room enough to grow in, and next, year 
she proposes to plant them further upart. She 
has also behold her husband. who lias heretofore 
thought it foolish to spend time with flowers, 
taking an interest in and admiring them; and 
they have been a constant source of delight to 
her two dear little daughters and herself. Hhe 
found in the gardens of one of her neighbors a 
showy and pretty flower which she never saw, 
nor heard of before by the name given it—“ Snow 
on the Mountain;" also another, called “ Sweet 
