his own fork and picked around in the various 
dishes, helping himself to ft nibble of each. 
Then he attacked the confectionery and 
ornamental pieces on the table, which were 
never intended for the actual palate. Among 
the dishes served for dessert were ice cream 
and Charlotte Russe. lie sliced the mould 
of the Charlotte Russe, added to it the ice 
cream, and mixed the two into one con¬ 
glomeration. 
Our friend, a refined and well-bred gentle¬ 
man, with not a particle of squeamish ness, 
found himself obliged to fairly turn his back 
to the M. C., in order to hide his disgust and 
preserve the equanimity of his stomach. 
righted, for many of our most extensive 
growers of this fruit will plow up their plants 
and cultivate something else instead. 
We hear complaints upon all sides of the 
low price of small fruits in general; still, 
there are some kinds that are yet scarce, 
and bring good prices. Our markets are 
not yet fully supplied with choice red sorts, 
and as these require more skill in cultiva¬ 
tion than the black, experienced fruitgrow¬ 
ers must take them in hand, and let others 
grow the more common varieties. As a 
rule, the red raspberries, especially those of 
foreign origiy, do not succeed except in par¬ 
ticular soils ami localities 
grow to great perfection here, and by p ropt . 
care in the cultivation, we have no doub 
the fruit could be greatly improved in qua]! 
ty and flavor. 
We advise “ J. W. M.” to preserve hi 
trees, and give them a fair trial. 
mntt* 
THE RASPBERRY CROP, 
MINTWOOD’S CONVERSAZIONE. 
A few years since no one thought of or 
attempted to cultivate the black raspberries 
for market. But, as in other branches of 
industry, it only required some one to make 
a beginning and show that there was a fair 
chance for profits to call scores of followers 
into the same field. At first there was but a 
very Slight demand for these berries; the 
prejudice of the masses being decidedly 
Riilinu Habit. 
Black silk hat of medium size, with scarf 
of blue or gray silk grenadine; habit of dark 
blue ladies’ cloth, trimmed with bands of 
gros grain silk ; buttons closely to the throat 
in front, and worn with a narrow, upright 
collar and neck-tie; long wristed, three- 
buttoned gloves in buff. 
Necktie of h>vi*a nml Race. 
In t lieu of lace for the ends, medallions ol 
lace, or embroidery, or ruches of light ribbon 
or silk may be substituted. 
Oliemine Ku**e. 
This high top body, or “ Garibaldi waist,” 
is of white organdy or Swiss, ornamented 
with narrow tucks, embroidered insertion, 
ruches and narrow lace. 
“Marrying a Strong-Minded Girl.” 
Perplexity writes as follows:—“ Dear 
Mintwood : I want your advice. Laying 
aside all prejudice iu the matter, and be¬ 
coming solemnly honest, would you advise 
a young man to choose a strong-minded, 
educated girl for a wife, in preference to an 
amiable, agreeable and lively one, who is 
not strong-minded, neither more than ordi¬ 
narily educated? It is my happiness, and 
not my ambition, that 1 seek. My business 
confines me to my office all day, and when 
my day’s work is done I want rest, and 
comfort, and—to tell the truth—diverting 
nonsense. I confess llml the strong-minded, 
self-poised, self-reliant maidens win my ad 
miration ; but when a fellow chooses a wife, 
it occurs to him that the woman lie may 
the one to 
If you can under¬ 
and 1 think some 
but we believe 
that skillful culture will more than overbal¬ 
ance other unfavorable circumstances. For 
instance; by the liberal use of mulch we 
have succeeded in producing heavy crops 
on the most tender and feeble growing for¬ 
eign sorts in a light, sandy soil. Manure 
alone, no matter how abundantly applied, 
would not answer the purpose, for the soil 
became too hot in summer, causing rust, and 
mildew, but a slight coaling of mulch in 
addition carried the plants safely through 
the season. 
The skillful culturist must cultivate no 
plants except those requiring an application 
of skill, leaving the free-growing sorts to 
the novice. Our fruitgrowers have not, as 
yet, learned the value of water and a cool 
soil for certain species of plants; when they 
do, greater profits will he their reward. 
The GUava —(Psidiutu Pi/rlferum.) 
Our outline drawing is the natural size of 
the fruit, with a prominent leafy protuber¬ 
ance at the calyx, as will be noticed in the 
sketch. It ripens in China early in Sep¬ 
tember.— T. Hart Hyatt, San Francisco 
Cal. 
THE GUAVA—(Psidium Pyriferum). 
In the Rural New-Yorker of May 27, 
we find the following, asking information 
about the cultivation of the Guava : 
“ I have several seedling Guavas, and 
would like to know how limy .should he 
treated. I have examined several botanical 
Works, hut have not been able to find any 
mention of this plant. Is the guava a Shrub 
or tree, and is it an ornamental fruit, and 
are tlie plants worth keeping? Any in¬ 
formation in relation to this plant will great¬ 
ly oblige,”—j, w. m. 
In response to the foregoing, we would 
state that during our residence in China, we 
not only cultivated the Guava, but met it 
very commonly in our walks about the fields 
and plantations in the country, growing fre¬ 
quently, as it seemed, in a semi-wild state— 
at least without, much cultivation—some¬ 
thing a$ our cranberry hushes grow. It 
may be called a tree, as we have seen them 
growing eight or ten feet high. They re¬ 
semble somewhat a quince tree in shape and 
appearance, and the fruit is also not unlike 
that of the quince in color and shape. 
There are two varieties of the Guava, the 
Pxiilinm pyriferum, or White Guava, and 
the Psidium pomiferum, or Red Guava. 
We give a drawing of one specimen of 
this fruit, the Psidium pyriferum, that we 
had our son make a sketch of (natural size) 
for his Journal, while in China. In color, 
the fruit outside resembles the lemon or 
quince, when ripening; inside, a pink or 
flesh color, with quantities of small white 
seeds—almost as seedy as the pomegranate, 
which fruit it somewhat resembles in shape, 
though less in size. The flesh has a subacid 
taste, and makes a most delicious conserve, 
made lip into jellies or jams superior, even, 
we used to think, to the currant or cran- 
P0M0L0GI0AL GOSSIP. 
Etownli Hurdling Apples. 
We have again been favored with speci¬ 
mens of the Etowah Seedling Apples, grown 
by Major Mark A. Cooper of Cartersville, 
Ga. The specimens on hand are perfectly 
sound, and bid fair 1o keep six weeks yet. 
We think this is decidedly the best flavored 
late keeping apple we have. It should he 
extensively planted. We are assured by 
Mr. Cooper that this variety 7 has not failed 
to bear a good crop of fruit in the past ten 
years .—Hand Southerner. 
admire the most, may not he 
make him most happy, 
stand how a man feels 
women can—aud will tell me what you 
think best, I shall feel greatly obliged at all 
events.” 
I can understand how really superior men 
choose “goody-goody" sort of women, for 
“life comforters" instead of their equals. 
I also can understand how, in a few years 
after marriage, they find domestic happiness 
to be a failure. But 1 can not understand 
that a man finds rest, comfort, companion¬ 
ship and consequently happiness ilia woman 
who is liia inferior; and 1 do not believe he 
does. Equality does not signify an exact 
counterpart of yourself, or of another. A 
comparatively uneducated woman may be 
the equal of a highly educated man, in that 
the qualities of her heart and soul may 
balance those of bis head. 
My first advice to “Perplexity” is, marry 
the woman you love best, hold most sacred¬ 
ly, and who, by her love-right, inspires you 
to the best and noblest things. If she be 
well educated, so much the better; for edu¬ 
cation enlarges the judgment, quickens the 
perceptions, and increases one’s value. If 
she be strong minded, better still. A strong 
minded woman is not easily led astray, and 
the man who reposes Ins faith in her, sel¬ 
dom fails to find her a reliable bank. 
If you want “ diverting nonsense,” you 
Avill have to marry a bright woman to get 
it. The “ nonsense” of a commonplace 
woman becomes stale, wearisome, fiat, and 
disgusting. There is a vast deal of differ¬ 
ence between the scum of a kettle and the 
foam of the sea. But there come times in 
the lives of most men, my dear sir, when 
the sea itself, and not the loam, is the com¬ 
fort and help required, — when a great¬ 
hearted, clear-headed woman will be dearer 
to you than a thousand sweet dolly Dora’s 
rolled in one. Because a woman is great in 
head and heart, it, does not follow that she 
greets Tier husband with Greek passages or 
quotations from Horace. Although 1 must 
confess, there is a “ heap of fun” in it often¬ 
times, when both understand. 
It requires at least a few first class ingre¬ 
dients, to constitute an “ agreeable" person. 
The most highly cultivated and accomplish¬ 
ed individuals arc invariably the most agree¬ 
able ones. It is a common thing to call a 
girl “agreeable.” simply because she is free 
from individiialisms, or points of character. 
“ Agreeableuess ” means Something instead 
of nothing. Finally, “Perplexity,” let me 
venture to hope that the “choosing” be not 
all on your side, but that, you carry as much 
to the woman as she brings to you, so that 
she have as much need of you, for “rest, 
comfort and diverting nonsense” as you of 
her. 
P. S.—Permit me to ask if it he your be¬ 
lief that the prime cause for the creation of 
woman was that she might minister to the 
“rest, comfort and happiness” of man ? 
How u Coiigi'cs»iuitii Rnig. 
A friend of ours, not long since, was 
seated next a Congressman at a select dinner 
in Washington. The M. 0., was from the 
West, which need not imply that vulgarity 
and lack of good breeding have their origin 
there. The first thing this accomplished M. 
C. did, was to blow his nose oh his napkin ! 
After he had gulped down his soup, with a 
distinct suck at each spoonful, he took up 
tirnpo Laura Beverly. 
The Ontario Farmer says:—“ Laura Bev¬ 
erly, a grape produced by one of the Niag¬ 
ara District vineyardists, is very highly 
spoken of b)' Mr. Beadle, Horticultural 
Editor of the Globe. We have not yet fruit¬ 
ed it, but on the recommendation just re¬ 
ferred to, it has found a place in our garden.” 
Another Congressman elect, who boarded 
at one of the hotels in W-, seemed bent 
on never comprehending the use of the 
finger bowl. The people at his table en¬ 
deavored to persuade the waiter to tell him, 
but Sambo stood too much in awe of his 
Membership, The climax, however, was 
soon reached, one day, when, for dessert, 
strawberries were served, The M. C. took 
up his finger howl very coolly, poured the 
wider from it. into the water pitcher, and emp¬ 
tied into it his strawberries! The proceed¬ 
ing was too much lor the immediate be¬ 
holders, who suddenly left the table and 
petitioned for other seats. 
It is not an uncommon thing for people 
who are ignorant of finger bowls to mistake 
them for a fanciful kind of drinking glass or 
goblet, and when the water in them contains 
a slice or two of lemom, they very naturally 
take the contents to lie n mild form of lernon- 
against them, but constant association and a 
corresponding temptation to try this fruit 
was too strong to be resisted, hence a taste 
either acquired or natural sufficient to pro¬ 
duce a large demand. The ready sale of 
this fruit in our markets and at a fair price 
was sufficient in itself to encourage planters; 
hut there was also another and stronger 
recommendation, and this is found in the 
adaptation of the plants to almost all locali¬ 
ties and soils, from the Gulf of Mexico to 
Hudson’s Bay. A plant that will succeed 
over such a wide range of country, and bear 
an edible berry, is sure to become very com¬ 
mon, and this has been the case with the 
intomologiral 
THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE 
BY CHAS. V. RILEY, 
The interest manifested in this insect the 
present season, and the number of queries 
about it that have come to hand, lead me to 
give you a few of the more important facts. 
No good figure of it lias yet been given in 
the Rural New-Yorker, so I produce here 
ray original drawing. 
Tlu- I lined Siiii-uils, hill does nol Travel. hi 
ilie Sense ol Leaving one District lor 
Another. 
This insect, which but a decade since was 
confined to the Rocky Mountain regions 
west of Iowa, has already spread in an ca*>l- 
wardly direction into Upper Canada ami 
around Lake Erie, nearly into Pennsylvania, 
and there is scarcely a doubt but that in the 
course of two or three years more it will 
reach the Atlantic seaboard, and that you 
will some day suddenly find it flying through 
the streets of New York, as you did last year 
that other stranger from a distant land—the 
Rape Butterfly 7 (Pieris rupee. Shrank.) Let 
it not be understood, however, that in its on¬ 
ward spread, or march, it aver entirely quits 
any district where it has once obtained a foot¬ 
hold. This idea of its itinerant character 
seems very generally to prevail, and a great 
many people labor under the impression that 
soon after its advent, this dreaded foe to the 
potato will of its own accord take its leave 
as suddenly as it came—that, like every oil" i 
dog, it will have its day. Nothing could, 
however, be farther from the truth, or lessia 
accordance with past experience. It m.i}, 
and very generally does, prove more injuri¬ 
ous during the first two or three years of its 
advent than subsequently; because time is 
required for its natural enemies to multiply 
sufficiently to keep it in check. But wher¬ 
ever it once obtains a footing, there it i* ia > 
be expected to remain for all time to come-- 
vacillating, it is true, from year to year, m 
numbers and consequent power to do mis¬ 
chief, according as the conditions for its in¬ 
crease or decrease are favorable; but al» i) 
present to take its chances in the great stmg- 
fV... n.l.lannA nml In frPt tllfi llUDCr liaiJU 
NECKTIE OK SWISS AND LACE. 
ade for their internal refreshment. A little 
well managed observation will prevent 
most really well-bred persons from commit¬ 
ting a decided blunder, even if placed in the 
midst of strange and unfamiliar customs. 
FASHION SIFTINGS, 
Thin gauze veils are fashionable; also 
light blue tied about the neck. 
Bathing shoes are of plaited straw or of 
oil skiu, tied to the ankle by bright-colored 
tape. 
Eve Nr no dresses for summer wear will be 
of thin material and generally white. Very 
beautiful ball toilets are made of white 
gauze texture trimmed with silver fringe. 
black raspberries. They will grow any¬ 
where and yield an abundant crop, even 
without special culture; and these peculiari¬ 
ties have been taken advantage of until our 
markets are glutted with these berries and 
very few cultivators have been able for the 
past two seasons to realize even the most 
meager profits. This difficulty will soon he 
berry jam or jelly. Guava jellies an.I jams 
made in Singapore, Java, ami other of the 
East India Islands, are very delicious, and 
always command a ready sale. The tree 
seems to be hardy, aud to flourish with but 
little care or attention. We do not know 
that it has been cultivated in California, yet 
it may have been. It would, do doubt, 
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