k :nr.n>! 
v i: ri, 
globular, bright red, solid; skin thin; flavor 
deficient in acidity; free bearer; a good 
second early sort ’when true. 
King of the Tomatoes. — Growth moderate 
and compact; fruit average size, smooth, 
occasionally misshaped, flattened, globular, 
very bright dark red, solid; flavor vinous, 
but wanting in acidity; skin very thin; a 
good bearer and early sort. 
Keyes' Early. — Growth dwarf and close; 
fruit below average size, smooth, but mis¬ 
shaped ; flattened, globular, hollow, coarse- 
flavored, dull brick red; skin thick; mod¬ 
erate bearer and early; an inferior sort. 
It was reasserted by one of the fuivaus of the 
Club that it is an undignified pursuit for men to 
cook food for animals, ami he expected soon to 
hear that men are cooking short-cakes for Bwino. 
It is a waste of Onto and tho cause of diseased 
animals. A New Jersey member asked the Sara¬ 
toga savon if be fed salt tn his cooked food for 
hogs; also if he fed corn to very young pigs. 
Saratoga responded that ho does salt his swine 
food slightly, and adds sulphur and charcoal, 
and [in winter gives his swine chunks of old 
wood for their health. A very small quantity 
of each will anlllee as a corrective of digestion. 
Feeds his yotingjugs milk and wheat limn, mid 
now and then—not often—a handful of shelled 
corn, lie knew, and every man of experience 
know, that hogs would starvoon raw potatoes, 
while they would fatten on cooked ones. One 
of tho veterans of tho Club said it was true that 
swine will thrive best upon cooked food; but. 
that is not the question to bo decided. Will it 
pay to cook it.V -that is tin' question. It is true 
that hogs will uot fatten on raw potatoes while 
they will on cooked; am,! it Is also true that cat¬ 
tle will not fatten on cooked potatoes, while 
they will upon raw. tic agrees to I ho general 
proposition that cattle and swine are prepared 
by nature to .grind and cook their own Food, 
and that those fattened on uncooked food make 
bettor beef and pork than those fed on eookod 
feed. After all, it was a question as to 'whether 
it would pay. lie did not believe it would pay 
to cook corn whan il could be bought for loss 
than one dollar per bushel. A learned Doctor 
said the only udvnntago in cooking food for hu¬ 
mans is that the cooking destroys parasites that 
might otherwise injure I,lie human body find 
shorten tho Jives of men; but. tho lives of ani¬ 
mals are of less value and longevity is not so 
essential I A Mew Jersey Professor said it was 
dangerous to food corn to young pigs. They 
are liable to founder in consequence. 
Tlioinpxnti's Needling Grapes. DavidThomp¬ 
son, who resides on an island on the Hudson, 
above Albany, exhibited some very line speci¬ 
mens of seedling grapes, three of which ho had 
named “Carpenter," “Greeley," mid “William 
Tell.” Tho specimens had been grown and 
ripened out of doors, anti were of excellent lla- 
vor, large size, bol.1i of bunch and bony, and 
attracted much attention mid received much 
commendation. They are seedlings of foreign 
varieties. They have been untested elsewhere, 
hence llttlo can be said of their value to the 
country. 
Orders for Ramie.—Mr. Gregory stated that 
he hud received orders from F.uropo for ramie 
plant liber amounting to twenty-one tons the 
heaviest orders coming from Franco for laocnml 
silk manufacturing, and tho next heaviest, from 
linen numufticturerfl In Scotland and Ireland. 
I*ork in tho West.— It. |j. Grow, Marengo. 
Iowa, writes;—“In raising hogs for market, I 
Would break up eighty acres of land having a 
stream of water running through it; I would 
make a good fence around it, ami a division 
fenco running through tho center, making two 
forty-acre fields. I would sow one in clover, 
and tho other fn rye, and when tho clover lain 
tile red and tho rye is In the milk, turn in tho 
hogs. This would be sufficient to fatten four 
lmndrod head. Tho ground would re-seed itself 
for many years. With one-third of tho corn 
usually fed, tho pork would lie ready for mar¬ 
ket." 
To Keep Cauliflower.—J. M. Sterling, Chau¬ 
tauqua Co., N. Y., asks if cauliflowers can be 
preserved during winter for spring use. A New 
Jersey farmer says ho bus kept them by, during 
tho early part of winter, making a trench twelve 
inches deep and covering tho stalk and part of 
the head with earth, ami covering the whole 
With four or five inches of straw. 
l)r. Henderson said lie had succeeded in get¬ 
ting a good stand of timothy sown after Hun¬ 
garian, by simply harrowing tho ground mid 
brushing In tho seed. 
Mr. Edwards prefers to have tlm land well 
fitted by double plowing. Sow one pock of seed 
to the acre; if loss Is sown, t lie weeds will take 
ttie land; would not advise Mr. Thompson to 
seed the land without a thorough preparation. 
Has sown in October and even in February and 
obtained a good stand. My preparing tho land 
well for wheat mid sowing the timothy immedi¬ 
ately, one cun get a good stand of grass and a 
crop of hay the second year. 
Tho following rot.ulntion was offered and 
adopted. Resolved, That the best lime to sow 
timothy is during the month of September. 
itrtjctrcr 
rsntssions 
AEOUT MUSKMELONS, 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB 
The early melons for New York market 
come from Virginia and Delaware, anti are 
mostly of the Jenny Lind variety, which are 
a small, green-fleshed and very early variety, 
but not large yielders, growing about three 
to four inches in diameter. The principal 
supply and main crop comes from New Jer¬ 
sey, and a few from Long Island. The far¬ 
mers of Monmouth Co., N. J., in the vicinity 
of Keyport and Port Monmouth, have been 
noted for Ihc past thirty years for the large 
quantity and superior quality of their melons. 
In favorable seasons they send them in by 
the steamboat load everyday; but for sev¬ 
eral years back the farmers of Hudson and 
Bergen counties have gone into the raising 
of them, and arc fast hearing off the honors 
from Monmouth, as the Hackensack melons 
rank the highest of any melons which come 
to this market. Monmouth lias the advant¬ 
age of curliness, as they tire nearly out of the 
way when I lackcnsack commences. The 
melon crop is as sure as any other truck 
crop. The greatest, enemy is the striped bug, 
which attack the young plants, and require 
constant watching until the plants are com¬ 
mencing to run. There-have been various 
remedies tried, such as dusting with dry 
slaked lime, ashes and soot, when the dew 
is on; but. the only sure remedy is to go 
over them before the sun is up each morning 
(as the bugs are not. very lively then,) and 
examine each hill, and catch the hug and 
kill with the fingers. 
Melons are sold in New York market by 
the barrel, and should be culled so as to be 
prime and seconds; tho latter should bo put 
in separate barrels. In packing lay the mel¬ 
ons in courses, and pack each melon on 
its side, which prevents bruising. A slight 
bruise on the blossom end sets the juice run¬ 
ning on the inside, and soon spoils the melon. 
If near a market they should be picked just 
as the stem shows symptoms of cracking 
from this melon ; but a little sooner if to be 
sent any distance. A melon is only prime 
that cleaves from the stem in picking; but 
it should not be yellow. The green-fleshed 
nutmeg is the variety used, and require to 
he green and rough when sent to market. 
The yellow or Cantaloupe varieties are not. 
saleable, and will not pay to cultivate. The 
yield is about one hundred barrels, but with 
good cultivation it is not uncommon to got 
two hundred barrels of prime melons from 
an acre. The price of prime Hackensack 
melons the past season has been from two 
to five dollars per barrel, and would average 
three dollars. 
The first point in raising good melons is to 
get good seed. A barrel of prime melons 
will make about one pound of seed; and 
that barrel is worth, in market, three dollars. 
It is easy to see that the seedsman cannot 
sell the seed from prime melons (and none 
other should be used) at. one dollar and fifty 
ceuts per pound. The seed generally sold 
by them are raised from hog-pen melons, or 
such as are not lit to send to market. 
Melons like a sandy, or sandy loam soil, 
with a warm location, and the fall is the 
time to commence operations. Select a piece 
of sod ground, give a dressing of about twen¬ 
ty to twenty-five loads of barn-yard manure 
to the acre, and plow in, plowing deep, from 
eight to ten inches; harrow down and sow 
rye. In the spring, (about the time of plant¬ 
ing corn,) plow and harrow the ground, 
turning in the rye. Furrow out six feet each 
way, and at each intersection put in a good 
scoop-full of well rotted st able manure; cover 
with soil and drop six to eight seeds, scatter¬ 
ing them, and cover about one. Inch deep. 
As the plants grow, keep clean and loose, 
using the plow and hoc. "When they have 
made the rough leaf, thin ont to two or three 
plants. A slight dressing of guano around, 
hut not on, the plants will help them; also 
fish manure plowed in alongside of the hill 
is beneficial. They should be kept free from 
weeds and grass, and the ground kept loose 
to promote moisture. S. Barker. 
V) e continue, our notes of the sayings and 
doings of this distinguished body of scientific ag¬ 
riculturists. 
Keeping Squashes in Winter_W. W. RUSSELL, 
New 1 ork City, asks how squashes can lie kept 
until January. The practical Commander of tho 
Club said that he gathers his squashes carefully, 
leaving stems on, and being eureful not to bruise 
them, and puts them in a cool, dry place, where 
Horticultural ./</rrrtisements 
CA LEM V I N ICS I SA I-Ell WOOD ! J Ilav- 
K' mg last, spring pUri'lnincd Hie entire stnrlc lit Bnie- 
toil, Ellloro-on»Erie. N. V., we otter strong plants at 
$1 each. ?.} per do/,.. I,y nmiI, postage nub], Salem 
wood $10 per 1,000 bu(lr>. For prices by flic quantity, 
address I. It. BABCOCK A 10., I.kporl, N. V.' 
LMA1-I, FRUITS. A l-ARtiK ASSORT. 
M meat of llm leading varieties or Small Fruits. 
IVr !'.•«. IVr 1(111. Per l,tmn. 
Cherry Currants. (it to) fH (io mi 
1,ti Versailles. y (HI jrl |.M( 80 0(1 
Hoyden's No. :t(t Strawberry... 7.1 2 60 20(H) 
Price List sent on application. Address 
I*. T. VS 'INN. Newark, N. J. 
CHOICE EOT AITt-H *V TEAK SEE!)- 
lings. Also, Standard Apple and Pear Trees lor 
Cheap. Address l», C. HOBART, Iloinor, N. V. 
/ (HOICK APPLE TREES, from tie. to l‘Je. 
apiece. Fifty million Hedge Plants. Agents 
wanted. Write to us. 
W. II. MANN A CO.,Oilman, 111. 
r J( O T II E .H E E 1) T It A 1) E. 
A- Our Preliminnrv Wholesale Price List 
01 Seeds for dealers only, dated Oct. 1, ifjOO, will be 
mailed to applicants. J. M. T1 lull III UN A. CO., 
16 John St., Now York. 
DO If SALE. 100.000 NO. 1 APPLE 
I Seedlings, two veers old; 21,000 Doolittle. Rasp¬ 
berry Plants; 10,000 Kiltatinny Blackberry Plants—all 
very fine and ut reasonable prices. 
W.U. D. OSBORN, Port Myron, Cayuga Co., N. V. 
THE -RISIISTGr SUM 
Cook’s Favorite .—Growth vigorous ; fruit 
full average size, smooth, flattened, globular, 
bright light red, solid, good but mild flavor, 
thin skin ; a moderate bearer, and very good 
second early sort. 
Rising Sun .—Growth moderate, and good 
habit; Iruifc large, smooth, but slightly 
ribbed, flattened, globular, light red; very 
solid, good brisk flavor; skin thin but tough; 
a good bearer and first-rale second early sort. 
General Grant .—Growth dwarf and slen¬ 
der; fruit medium size, smooth, round and 
flattened, bright red, solid, sprightly fla¬ 
vored, skin thin; early and good hearer. 
Charlton's Prolife. — Growth moderate ; 
fruit medium size, constantly smooth, globu¬ 
lar, bright red, solid; flavor sprightly and 
brisk, skin thin ; early and very prolific. 
Boston Prize. — Growth vigorous; fruit 
medium size, smooth, flattened, globular, 
light red, occasionally hollow ; flavor tamo ; 
skin thin but tough; prolific and a good sort. 
Bishop's Dwarf Prolife. — Growth dwarf 
and stubby; fruit a trifle below average size, 
smooth, squarely globular, dull dark red, 
flavor tame and dry, inclined to be hollow, 
skin thick, a very distinct, early sort. The 
fruit is mostly all ripe at the same time; good 
for pot culture. 
Barker’s Improved Fejee .—Growth moder¬ 
ate and lax; fruit above medium size, square¬ 
ly flattened globular, purplish red, solid; 
flavor good; skin thick; a moderate bearer 
and lute sort. 
Brill's New York Market .—Growth vigor- 
Otis. Fruit above medium size, slightly 
wrinkled, flattened globular, light bright red, 
solid; flavor good; skin tliin, but tough; 
very prolific; a very profitable sort for 
market. 
Simms' Cluster .—Growth rampant. Fruit 
small, smooth, globular, bright red, hollow; 
flavor sour; skin thick; second-rate only. 
Cedar JEll. — Growth moderate. Fruit 
large, wrinkled, flattened, light red, solid; 
flavor good; skin thin, but tough; very pro¬ 
lific ; a good market sort. 
Lyman's Mammoth Cluster .—Growth vig¬ 
orous. Fruit rather below average size, 
globular, dark crimson, solid; flavor tame; 
skin thick; only moderate bearer, but hand¬ 
some. 
Buck's Large lied.— Growth rampant. Fruit 
large, much wrinkled, flattened, dull red, 
middling solid; llavor sour; skin thick; 
moderate bearer; only worth growing for 
its large size. 
Sided's Solid Mammoth. —Growth rampant. 
Fruit large, slightly wrinkled, flattened, light 
dull red, solid ; flavor tame and mealy ; skin 
thin; moderate bearer; a second-rate late 
sort. 
Bound Smooth .—Growth vigorous. Fruit 
above average size, generally smooth, flat¬ 
tened globular, bright red; flavor good; 
skin thin; very prolific and a good sort. 
Early Valencia .—Growth vigorous. Fruit 
medium size, smooth, squarely flattened 
globular, light red, solid; flavor insipid; 
skin thin; moderate bearer; not early, and 
second rate. "William: Cuorlton. 
they will not freeze. Keeps them until tho fol¬ 
lowing June. 
Is Texas Safe for Northern Men ?—J. R. CAMP¬ 
BELL asks t ho Chili 1C Texas i,-. as safe a place for 
a Northern man to go to as utty of the other 
Sout hern States. A gentleman who had traveled 
through several counties, said i! was, if a man 
went there with u business of his own to attend 
to and minded it. lie waft asked what ho meant 
by “minding hia own business.” lie replied 
that he meant that lie should not enter upon ti 
scheme at once to get into office and interfere 
with the political plans and purposes of the 
people. It. was bettor that Northern men should 
go there in colonies, because of the different so¬ 
cial condition, habits and notions of t he people 
of tho South. The bpftt way to got to Galveston 
from New York is by steamer direct. Another 
gentleman, who said ho has ex lonrive acquaint¬ 
ance and correspondence in Texas, saj’s no 
Northern man should go to Ttosn-i Jo settle, un¬ 
less ho goes os one of a colony, except, he is pre¬ 
pared to surrender the prlvIlptfcwliJeh belongs 
to an Amerieuucitizen of expressing his opinion 
freely on all topics. Ho fins reliable informuMoti 
from responsible men, that tho loyal people of 
Texas are Buttering greatly Trout the persecutions 
of tlm rebel element, and their sufferings de¬ 
mand tho immediate attention of tho Govern¬ 
ment. 
Hooking Food for Swine.— CHARLES STODDARD, 
Auburn, Iowa, writes tho Club, asking: 
" Why chios Mr. Voung of Wisconsin cook Ids corn 
in tho car, when Hie sniue expense will oouk Just 
doiililo llie quantity of shelled, and Uni coha will af¬ 
ford a largo per cent, of tin! fuel inquired/ This is 
my way to oouk meal for Itogs; if there. Is abettor, I 
should be glad to know It. I use a cast-ironboHer, 
into which 1 tint, the proper quantity of water, anil 
bring it to tho boil, at. which time there should lie no 
blu/.n under the keltic—only a bed id minis. BOkUleu 
my kettle t have & box Into which I put tint niciil and 
moisten It with cold water, to prevent. It, forming Into 
lumps iu tint kettle. As soon ns tho wntnr bolls, I 
stir in the meal, shut, down the cover, and let It stand 
a short, time, when It will lie well cooked. It will 
stick a very little at iho bottom, hilt if tlm tire is not, 
too high It will not buffi, and will clean Off easily. I 
know, for t do It everyday, t hold that tho value 
ol’ my corn Is doubled by cooking." . 
A distinguished mouther assorted his belief 
that the loss to fanners who failed to cook food 
for stock was from twenty to forty per cent. A 
Mr. <Trims of Saratoga said lie was thoroughly 
satisfied as to the profit of cooking food for 
swine. Doubtless tho reason why Mr. Young 
cooks corn in the ear la because it. is not dry 
enough to grind at this limn of year. It nnnnob 
bo shelled, and if it cculd bo tho meal would heal 
and become musty. Mr. C. proposes to experi¬ 
ment with cooking com in tho oar. Relieves 
that as a rule its value is increased one-fifth by 
cooking. Upon this subject I>. It. I’kindlk, East 
Bethany, N. v., writes Itio Club: 
" Here, in Western New Yorlq the potato disease 
seetie' to threaten n largo part of our crop. What 
dlmll lie doilo with the Lost portion of those moat, 
likely to be lost, Is a question often asked by many 
a farmer The prospective high price of corn unit 
other grain Is another consideration. Xmy, it aerial) 
to mu if farm its would practice a little morn econo¬ 
my, and prepare properly diseased or small potatoes, 
wormy, windfall apples, squashes, pumpkins, or any 
sin plus vegetables of the farm Hint would be relished 
by the hog when so prepared, thin a largo per ceui. 
of corn or other pram mninllv fed to hogs could he 
saved. Hooking corn meal ol* other dry feoa by 
strain is often Uttemptod in the same way that pota¬ 
toes or other watery vegetables tint itinnngcit. A lit¬ 
tle thought on this point would save tho pntt nice of 
many a farmer. Dry feed, grain, Ac,, must have 
a suittcirnt amount of moisture to soften us well 
as heat. Not to with vegetables that contain water. 
Lot it he borne in mind that, rut feed must, first 
bo wet thoroughly and mixed before susanilmr, 
while com meal, \e., should bo conked 111 wilier, arid 
if done by steam, (to prevent hunting. Ac.,) it will re¬ 
quire n. Wooden vessel that will hold watei. The Ini- 
portunco of steaming potatoes instead of boiling Is 
generally leas understood by the masses, and of 
much more Importilpcn, especially at this time. When 
the Iubers me so much affected as to soon decay 
after being dug. ICenoe steaming vs. boiling Is brief¬ 
ly considered here. t have often noted tn my prac¬ 
tice that, while boiling incorporates the poisonous 
substance dear nr In t no skin that is well known to 
exist in all potatoes, that steaming largely extracts 
said s a balance ami poisonous uuiljlllc*. Which runs 
away (IX allowed to) with the condensed steam or 
water. I have often seen It run some distance from 
Drawn and Colored from Nature In the very host 
stylo, for Nursery men, Tree Dealers and Amateurs. 
Also, Fruit ami I lower Pieces, Groups, different 
sizes and stylos, for parlor ami office ornaments. 
A largo collection ol' Elates now on hand, and 
additions constantly made. 
Furnished separate or neatly bound, as desired. 
These I’hitcHiire Equal lo Anv Made in 
(liin Country. 
Four Samples tiy mall for $1. Send for List. Ad¬ 
dress F. IL. PHOENIX, Bloomington, III. 
r KRKA ILLKS Cl KUANTS.-Rxt.rn. Fine 
1 Plants. $a per llK); $l!f> per 1000. Send f»0c. for 
inple. EDWARD RUKUK88, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
UTOG’RH FOR, NURSERYMEN. PLUM, 
fa I'ear, Apple, Cherry anil Quince stocks for sale; 
also Plum nnd Cherry Fils. Apple Seeds In season 
at $s per bushel. 15. P, CLARK, DniisvlIle, N. Y. 
S J V ER Y HO D V \Y t NTS M A KTIIA ! — The 
52 most jmrlcellv reliable, healthv, hardy and pro¬ 
ductive While Grmi •. Sent by mull, carefully 
packed, strong No. I phu $1 eucli; fit dozen. Sent 
“(amps for Illustrated < (ou»ue of over 100 lies! 
varieties of Grapes and Small Fruits, to 
geo. w c 1 it PHI 1 ; I, i,, Delaware, Ohio. 
TITHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT ONE OF 
JL the best timber trees, and decidedly Hie host nut 
producing tree In America. 25(1,000, from 8 to 12 Inches 
nigh, for sale. Circular* (tent free. Address 
STORKS, HARRISON A ( O., Patiiesvlllo, O. 
B LOA U 1 N (JTO N ts U Its 1511 If. 
500 Auroa. 18th Year. 10 Groon-Houses. 
Fruit. Ornamental ami Nursery Stock, immense 
und reliable assortment, very low for cash. 
A pptr .1 Including most mugiilii'out. stock of year¬ 
lings—also hardy Northern sorts. such «u Duchess 
Oldenburg. Ulstop, Transcendent and other Crab 
Apples, 1, 2 and il year. 
Peaches, Peers, <'■ lurries, Phans, Quinces, Gropes, 
Forest- ami Evergreen Trees, Nursery Stocks, Osage 
Orange, Ihytqe Hants, liases, own roots, Tititos, Ilya- 
clnth*. Narcissus, iris, Mile., Hpeetosum, 
Auratuiu, Ar. 
Also, superior colored plates of Fruits anil Flowers. 
Send 10 cents I or Catalogue*. 
F. K. PIIGCNIX. Bloomington, McLean Co., III. 
ST. LOUIS FARMERS’ CLUB 
Fall Seeding.—From tho Rural World we con¬ 
dense tho report of it discussion on this topic. 
Mr. Hedges considered seeding to embrace t ho 
proper preparation of the ground, tho right 
quantity of seed and tho manner of Bowing. Tho 
greatest depth to which land is generally plowed 
is six inches, which ho regarded handling tho 
land too lightly and tenderly. Land should be 
stirred ten or twelve inches. Mr. Vota w thinks 
liic soil generally is not plowed over four Inches 
deep. Ho had a plow made to su i I. It is own notion, 
und plowed his land ole vim inches dorp, und tho 
result was, tlm best wheat crop bo over raised, 
with tho exception of this year’s crop: -this 
season lie hu« I hirty-live bushels per not e. Thinks 
wo ought to change our seed. HlsTttppuhannook 
wheat is very good, und tho White May equally 
so, I1‘ not bettor. Ho plows ids land twice:—the 
first time lightly, so as to turn under any weeds 
thul, may have sprung up; the second time, \< ry 
deep. He is in favor of tho subsoil attachment 
to the plow. U. Fka non v said fall seeding com¬ 
prises wheat, ryo anti timothy. In some planes 
in the East subsoiling and very deep plowing has 
been abandoned us unnecessary. Timot hy seed 
should he sown ut t his time ; thinks it does well 
sown with rye; blue grass should be sown in the 
spring on a light snow . 
Mr. Votaw objected to growing timothy with 
any other seed, whether ryo or wheat, because it 
entails the loss, of a crop of hay. 
I)r. Clagktt wanted to dispose of tho timothy 
first; likes to sow Viet ween tho first and middle 
of September whenever the ground is in good 
Condition; ho would sow it without any other 
seed; plows bis ground well, harrows smooth, 
then sows Ids seed and brushes it iu with a brush 
harrow ; if tho ground is lumpy, he follows with 
a roller right after if not, be rolls (tin thespring, 
to level the ground, and press ifiaround the roots 
Of the plants, which may havo been exposed by 
the heaving of frost. In a wot season, the roots 
will follow the surface of tho ground, and deep 
plowing is not so numb of a necessity. Is in fa¬ 
vor of deep plowing ordinarily, and lias raised 
sixty bushels of com to tho aero on a farm In 
Franklin County, when the average crop that 
year in that county was only from twenty to 
twenty-live bushels per acre. 
Dr. Henderson had lost much seed by sowing 
curly and itbeitig taken by a subsequent drou th; 
lms seeded twice and even three times, before a 
good stand resulted. 
Mr. Thompson inquired whether it would do to 
sow timothy after Hungarian, without first plow¬ 
ing the grouud, but simply harrowing it? 
Dr. Mouse had visited a largo grass farm in 
Illinois test year, and inquired of t ho man in 
charge how he seeded his lands to timothy? 
AnswerI almost always sow timothy after 
outs—the shattered ones will spring up and pro¬ 
tect tlie grass during tho first- winter." Thinks 
Mr. THOMPSON would succeed. 
r r I II T o N » S 
1 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 
An Illustrated Magazine, devoted to tho 
Cultivation of Fruit, Flowers and 
Vegeta Lie*. 
Subscription price, ft. 
TWO PI,ANTS of tlm PRESIDENT WILDER 
STRAWBERRY clvcn to each subscriber lor 1870. 
1‘hints to be delivered ip the spring of LAO. 
Sample copies cent, tree. 
Subscribers rot' ls70 inuy have tho remaining num¬ 
bers of tills year tree, dating from itmo their sub¬ 
scription ih . ... ut our office. Address 
Tr[.T on’s Journal oe LiunTictrtrt'UE. Boston. 
IN ti OF Til 15 ICAICLIFN POTATO. 
I\ Tills is tho new Potato Hint soM at such a fabu¬ 
lous price last Hpi'lug— Hin singhi tubers selling as 
high as f-tfl eiieli. 1 paid its high as 820 each for sin¬ 
gle potatoes ot Miiii variety. 'Hid • ill gniiriinteo them 
to he genuine. Price, per Ih., fl ; per pock, (id. 
RR KSEE'H PROLIFIC. V very line new Po¬ 
tato, which promises to beetniio very popular. It is 
a svlilto potato, a good cropper, ol good quality and 
line appearance, and promises to become a standard 
variety. Price, per peck.FJ; per bushel, $ff; per bar¬ 
rel, *12. Delivered at Express OfflOO or Depot free 
of marge. Address 
.RMIN (II Alt I,TON, Rochester. N. v. 
Ileal Mutate 
|7tA KM FOR KALE SITUATED IV MILES 
! south of Coxaiicktn Landing, containing 43 acres 
of land ill a good Halo of cultivation. Buildings 
msirlv new. Fruit of all kind*. Will he sold cheap 
Address J. H. LAMPMAN Cox»ackl&, N. Y. 
ritnr FARMS FOIE SALE.-THE 
I undersigned, desiring to retire from an active 
business, offer- for sale two of the beH. F RUIT 
FARMS in Southern Illinois. They are both near 
good shipping points upon the Illinois Central Rail¬ 
road, and for tulanUd mu to raising fruit are unsur¬ 
passed by any In the Stale. One lies Y of a mile from 
Mukunda Station, tuirt enr minis till acres: about 25 in 
Grapes, all in hearing next year: la acre- Raspber¬ 
ries: h.diio rvneb Trees, best varieties ; 7500 Apple 
amt ltd fear Trees. It also Iras upon In a good Wine 
t eiiar amt every convenience for tin nmnufiicture 
ot wine. Alan,one farm ahold I miles from Mukunda 
and V ol’ a mile from it switch where fruit may be 
loaded In ears for market, and contains lMi acres, on 
which there are :U00 I’eueh. I.IKIII Apple,aim Roar and 
toll Plum Trees, besides :D*I0 healthy Concord Grape 
vino.*. The trees ami plants Upon each place al'O 
healtliv and In iii"il condition, and every conven¬ 
ience for the growing and propagation of fruit may 
he found. I offer those places for stile, for the rea¬ 
son Hint it. becomes imperatively necessary that I 
should divest mv-elCcf thu clone attention to busi¬ 
ness which lie v require. J otter them upon reason¬ 
able tonus, and persons desiring to make fruit grow¬ 
ing a business would do well to make further inqui¬ 
ries. For terms, address WM. HADLEY, 
Cnrbmidiile, Jackson Co., III. 
TOMATO EXPERIENCE 
Please accept. Hie following descriptive 
list of tomatoes grown and carefully tested 
kv me the present season: 
Fegcc Island —Growth rampant and coarse; 
fruit very large, generally wrinkled, flattened 
oval, reddish purple, very solid, sprightly 
flavor, skin thin, only a moderate bearer, 
subject to rot during -wet weather; a good 
late sort. 
Crimson Cluster .—Growth moderate and 
compact,; fruit a trifle below medium size, 
inclined to he wrinkled, flattened, roundish, 
dull red, most commonly spotted and 
streaked with j'dlow, solid, good sub-acid 
flavor; skin thin; very free bearer; a good, 
father early, sort. 
LJ.dm. Growth vigorous; fruit good 
average size; occasionally smooth, but more 
commonly inclined to be wrinkled, flattened, 
Destroying AIolcs in a Garden.—I gee it stated 
in the columns of one of your contemporaries 
that planting onions ail over agardeu and allow¬ 
ing them to remain there during the winter will 
drive moles therefrom. I do not believe it. 
Kueh has not been my experience. But I would 
like to know how the pc-sts may be exterminated. 
—W. N. F., Ebyrkt, 0, 
A LANDS. 
Land Agent, Culumhtis, Neb. 
END Stamp for FLORIDA LAND It MISTER. 
C. L. ROBINSON & ('.()., Jacksonville, Fla. 
N otice, g valuable farms fob 
Sale, from K tov miles of railroad depot. For pur* 
Oculars, address It. J. GRHF7LL. 
Greensboro, Caroline Co.. Maryland. 
