Srboricttltitrc 
and especially in bleak places, I would rec¬ 
ommend a trial of the willow. There are no 
doubt a great many things 1o learn in the 
growing and trimming of a hedge of this 
kind. My experience is, that the proper 
method is to keep well trimmed up from the 
start, leaving but one sprout to grow; this 
will make less work in the end, and the wil¬ 
low will grow to a greater bight in the same 
time. We have a new hedge coming on, 
trimmed in this manner, which bids fair to 
become a success for what we have planted 
it— a wind-break. h. g. 
Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 
the entire satisfaction of all interested. In 
one case be planted six acres in six hours, 
and has frequently planted eight acres a day. 
It has been tried, and wotked well on all va¬ 
rieties of soil. \ o. c. 
Walworth, N. Y. 
n iUncmirb 
PROTECTING! PEACH TREES. 
SUCCESSFUL GRAPE GRAFTING. 
WEST’S CHAMPION SEED DRILL 
How to Keen tlic Grub from Pencil Roots. 
About one month ago I wrote an article 
ami sent to you on the subject of strong , Uv- 
inj tufts of grass hugging the bodies of peach 
trees, and claiming that they will prevent the 
grub moth from depositing her eggs at her 
favorite spot on the tree. If the article re¬ 
ferred to lias been published, it has escaped 
my observation ; but wbelber or not, I have 
something more to say about prevention. 
In my first article I mentioned as a tempo¬ 
rary means of keeping the grub out, the use 
of long grass or straw, wrapped around the 
lower part of the tree. I am also using bark 
and paper, both of which I find to be efficient, 
as well as economical, and readily applied. 
How to Prepare rlio Hmk for Use. 
First I go to the thicket or clearing, and 
select some tough variety of hark, such as 
hickory, papa, or linn, and select saplings or 
limbs, in size one-third or one-half larger 
than the peach tree. I wish to apply the 
hark to. I ihen run my knife hrouml the 
limb or sapling, cutting the hark six inches 
long, then sill it open lengthwise ancl peel 
it off, when it is ready to apply simply by 
springing it open wide enough to take in 
the tree; and as it dries it. will curl and 
close around it and form a protection that 
neither mice, rabbits nor any other pest can 
disturb; neither will it work any mechani¬ 
cal injury to the tree, because it is always 
ready to expand with its growth and yet 
remain firm and close to its body, 
Bark taken from large trees, such as rail 
timber, may he used with equal convenience 
and success by culling it the desired length 
and width ; any of it will naturally curl up 
sufficiently to grasp an ordinary sized peach 
tree. 
The paper wrapper I simply tar and cut 
the same size l would use the bark; wrap it 
around the tree and throw a handful of dirt, 
or set a stone or clod against the fold so it 
may not unwrap. I also use the. limbs (with 
their leaves on them) that. I prime off of the 
peach tree and wrap with them; but the 
leaves dry up so to nothing that their pro¬ 
tection is entirely too temporary. 
But. these and every other mechanical ap¬ 
pliance must be repeated year after year, ns 
well as all chemical applications; not so 
with the living protection, such as white 
clover or some other low, thick-growing 
grasses. I have tried many kinds of chemi¬ 
cal washes to destroy the peach borer, but 
unless a long dry spell followed the applica¬ 
tion, it was sure to be washed off or diluted 
so that its effect was destroyed, and it takes 
hut little rain to do this; the leaves and 
limbs of the tree act ns conductors of the 
lain to the body, and thus concentrating its 
force upon any preparation that may have 
been placed there. Unger. 
A year ago last November 1 graded 
several of the wild Labrusea species of grape 
vines with Rogers’ hybrids. They were 
situated on a low piece of ground, and all 
but one failed. 1 also grafted one in a pro¬ 
tected place in my garden, which did finely, 
and the conclusion 1 have come to is, that 
full grafting is all right if sufficient protection 
is given. The next spring I grafted several 
more. All lived, and are fruiting this sea¬ 
son. Last spring 1 dug around those old 
vines that had failed, and where 1 could not 
cleft-graft I whip-grafted in a branch of the 
root. I also cleft.-graded several other vines, 
and took up several two year-old vines, 
whip-grafted, and then reset them. The 
varieties grafted were Rogers’ hybrids, 
Martha, and t wo of the Bumclnns. 
The result was about, eight, out. of ten on 
the old formerly graded roots lived ; those 
on the fresh graded stocks all lived except 
Eumelan ; those, on the two year-old and 
whip-grafted, all lived, and are doing finely. 
The best growth is on those cleft-grafted. 
The variety making host growth was Mar¬ 
tha. The Eumelan buds pushed about one 
inch, and then failed. I do not. understand 
why they should fail unless the species are 
not adapted to each other. To know the 
cause of failure is an aid to success, and 
here is where I want your opinion. Tn cleft- 
grafting I use a common grafting knife, edge 
hollowing, blade about two inches wide. I 
cut the full length I wish to insert the cion, 
and tic without wax.— J. P. Parsons, Cold- 
water, Mich. 
Ai/rnoroir the Eumelan is not a variety 
of the ViUs Labrusea; still, we do not think 
it is so widely different as to prevent its 
being worked upon any of the varieties of 
this species. Another season’s experience 
may give you different results. 
At last we have a “ new departure ” from 
the old models, in the way of a Seed Drill, 
the invention of William F. West of 
Haverstraw, a few miles up the Hudson 
River above New York City, and now the 
property of the inventor and Ids enterpris¬ 
ing partner, William Call, Jr., both young 
men of healthy brains and active hands, 
who are willing to work and know how to 
do it. This new Seed Drill and Planter is 
named the Champion, ami the manufacturers 
are sending it into the field in full confidence 
that it will prove its title to the name it 
bears. In its external form, ns will he scon 
by the accompanying engraving, the Cham¬ 
pion is much like other drills, lmt. it will be 
noticed that there are no cog wheels and no 
WOODMAN’S HAND SHWEL PLOW. 
If I have not given my plow tame enough 
to kill it, I hope to he of service to my co- 
laborers in the horticultural, mriciiltnral, 
and garden world, by describing U them the 
very best implement, that I have dyer used 
in the culture of garden products, strawber¬ 
ries, etc., ete. I give herewith a sketch of 
the implement, and from it, any ordinary 
blacksmith can make just such an one as T 
have. The handle is the same size and 
length of an ordinary garden hoc. The 
plow is simply a diminutive shovel plow, 
such as is used in corn fields, &c., by farm¬ 
ers and others, being about five inches across 
the top (or broadest part) and about seven or 
ARBORIOULTURAL NOTES. 
Pears Grafted on Apple Slocks. 
Is it true, as is asserted and reiterated 
every day, that pears canftot be grafted on 
apples with any chance of success? Have 
any important experiments been made on a 
sufficiently large scale to allow of an opinion 
of any weight being formed on the subject ? 
WESTS CHAMPION SEED 1 JK 11 .L. 
complicated machinery about it. The hop¬ 
per or seed reservoir is perfectly plain, with 
valves in the bottom to correspond with the 
tubes and lines below. Under the bottom 
of the hopper is a series of slide valves to 
correspond with the valves of the hopper, 
which can lm so set as to regulate the quan¬ 
tity of seed to be passed into the tubes, ns 
may lie desired. Instead of working length¬ 
wise of the hopper, as is usual in other Drills, 
this slide works crosswise, and is operated 
by cams on the axle, which make its mo¬ 
tions certain. The hoes are raised and low¬ 
ered by a lever at the right hand of the 
driver, not shown in if and tho Drill 
is thrown out of gear by a 'clutch, shown in¬ 
side the hub of the left hand wheel. Tims 
it will be scon that the Champion is a model 
of simplicity in construction, and being 
strongly made in every part, there is no 
chance for it to get out of order. 
With all its simplicity, the Champion is 
capable of being applied to a great, variety of 
seeding and planting, for while in its ordi¬ 
nary condition it is a perfect wheat drill, it 
can be arranged to plant carrots, peas, cot¬ 
ton, corn, turnips, etc., with equal certainty. 
Any number of the hoes may be raised and 
the valves closed, so that corn may be plant¬ 
ed in rows wide enough apart for plowing 
between tho rows, or carrots for being hoed 
between the rows, and the same of any other 
hoed crops in rows of from twenty to forty- 
eight inches apart. It will work on all kinds 
of land, hilly or level, rough or smooth, and 
is so properly balanced as not to bear on the 
necks of the horses; is of light draft and 
easily operated by any person who lias sense 
enough to drive a team. It can lie turned 
around or backed, the same as a two- 
wheeled cart. 
The proprietors of the Champion Seed 
Drill and Planter, are so confident of its 
ability to do what, they claim for it, that they 
offer a very liberal warranty to every pur¬ 
chaser, giving a fair opportunity for a satis¬ 
factory trial of the machine, before it is to be 
paid for. These Drills are made of different 
sizes, from eight hoes eight inches apart, to 
fourteen hoes six inches apart. The ma¬ 
chines will he delivered on the boat at Hav- 
erstraw, and early orders are advised, so 
there may be no disappointment in the ar¬ 
rival of the Drill in time for the fall seeding. 
For further information as to terms and 
prices, address the proprietors, West & 
Call, Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
We think not. Experiments have, been 
limited to the grafting of only a few kinds, 
and, from the results of these*, absolute con¬ 
sequences have been inferred for all cases. 
We do not question the truth of tho failures, 
what, we deplore is, that from these failures 
too general and sweeping conclusions have 
been drawn. We have at the Museum two 
cases which support us in our condemna¬ 
tion of the exclusive character of the rule. 
One of these cases is a specimen of Beurre 
do Malines which is at this moment covered 
with very fine fruit; the other is a Beurre 
Spence or Fond ante des Bois, which, this 
year, is also loaded with splendid fruit. 
These trees, which are handsome and vig¬ 
orous, and the very clean bark of which 
shows a perfect condition of health, were 
grafted on' the Doiiclu in 1856. This was 
not done by accident, but, from our desire to 
prove the truth of the asserted incompati¬ 
bility of the organism of the two trees, and 
we mention it bore, in order to urge the rep¬ 
etition of the experiment on a larger scale 
and in different localities, for we cannot too 
often repeat that over-generalization should 
be avoided, and also that we should only 
form our opinions from facts, especially in 
matters of horticulture, since experiments 
which fail in one place sometimes succeed in 
another. The following is our notion of what, 
should be done: — Take fifty varieties of 
pears, and graft two of each kind by shield 
budding, and two more by cleft grafting. 
We recommend the two methods to he tried, 
as there arc cases in which these two opera¬ 
tions are followed by entirely different re¬ 
sults. This may appear singular, but so it 
is.—M. Cauuieue, in Recue Hot tieole. 
eight inches long, slightly dished, as is the 
common field horse shovel plow. It is riv- 
ited to a rod of a curved shape, which rod 
lias a screw at the end to be screwed into the 
handle. It. should he made to weigh about 
as much U3 a field hoe, which will cause it 
to run into the ground with but a slight pres¬ 
sure of the hands. 
GRAPES ON TREES -GRAPE ROT. 
In the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 
Mr. Thompson slated that he lets his grape 
vines run at random over trees, and that lie 
lias great success in this plan. 
Now, this may be new to the grape-grow¬ 
ers about Cincinnati, but it has been my 
practice for the last twenty-five years to let 
them run just where they like and climb 
higher and more higher still, if they please; 
and I always have an abundant yield of 
grapes, notwithstanding Dr. W arder’s opin¬ 
ion to llic contrary. 
I must confess (bat I feel considerably 
elated when I contrast my vines with those 
on the vine-clad hills around Cincinnati. 
While on one of my vines there will be 
thousands of bunches of grapes without live 
minutes’ labor in a year, those lit 11c pipe 
stem vines, tied to slakes, and requiring con¬ 
stant care, only produce a few bunches. 
Now for the theory. Your little dwarfed 
and spindling vines can have only a corrffl- 
ponding amount of roots, and consequently, 
a corresponding amount of fruit. It is non¬ 
sense to talk of vines overbearing for two or 
three years, and then not bear at all, unless 
they are cut and trimmed. Experience 
proves the contrary. 
If any one does not agree with me, he is 
welcome to his theories, while 1 can and do 
have an abundance of grapes. I have used 
sulphur more than twenty years, and with 
benefit to prevent rot. 
Rot is not caused by a fungus, ns some 
suppose, but is caused by some insect punc¬ 
turing Hie grapes, whether to deposit their 
eggs or not I don’t know, but presume it is 
for that, purpose; yet 1 never succeeded in 
finding any eggs or worms in a rotted grape. 
Well, says one, bow do you know they bare 
been stung by an insect ? Because I have seen 
the puncture and a jet of juice which bad 
oozed out. Whenever you find a grape that 
lias been stung, lie a string to it, (for a mark 
so as to find it.), and watch the result. After 
a longer or shorter period it will turn whit¬ 
ish around the place where stung, and con¬ 
tinue to spread until the whole grape is 
rotted. If at any lime with a sharp knife 
you cut out. the black spot, the remainder 
of the grape will grow and ripen, Unis pro¬ 
ving there is no defect in the vine. 
Upon this discovery was based the sulphur 
remedy for the rot, it. being distasteful to all 
the insect tribe. Fumigation with sulphur 
in the evening is hotter than the dust, ns I 
think the depredators work at night. I have 
no certain knowledge of the enemy, but al¬ 
ways find a few large yellow bugs on the 
vines when the grapes are rolling—they are 
very shy fellows. Whether /Vieml or foe, I 
know not, but kill him when I find him.— 
Cor. Cincinnati Gazette. 
If you desire to plow deep, the handle 
must be lowered; if shallow, elevate the 
handle. In working it, either walk back¬ 
ward or sideways; and you can run as close 
to a row as you desire, thereby billing up 
the plants much or little, as required. By 
its use work is rapidly, thoroughly and 
easily executed. A man or a lad can do 
more and far better work with it in one day 
than can be done in two days with the 
ordinary hoe; and, compared with the vari¬ 
ous hand cultivators, which have a wheel 
and fine plow's, it does its work far more 
satisfactorily, and with as much ease and 
quite as rapidly, considering the quality of 
the work. I have one of the best hand cul¬ 
tivators (Hot,brook’s), and as good an im¬ 
plement. as it is, 1 declare Hint I would not 
exchange this simple hoc-plow for it. They 
can he made for a dollar, and I venture the 
assertion that he who once tries this plow 
will never use any other implement for the 
purposes for which it is to lie used. It is not 
patented. Worse things have received such 
honors, however. I send it. out to my breth¬ 
ren in rural life, with the confident belief 
that it is destined to add much to the posi¬ 
tive enjoyment of rural life, and greatly tend 
to lighten our labors in the garden, nursery, 
&c. . Woodman. 
Stanford, Ky., 1871. 
I notice a correspondent of the Rural 
New-Yorker iscondeming the White Wil¬ 
low as a hedge. I will give your readers my 
experience, which very much differs from 
Unit of his. We have a hedge of the willow 
of six years' growth ; and which is now as 
line a one perhaps as I have seen, and, while 
I speak of the good qualities of this one, will 
not lose sight of the many poor ones in our 
immediate vicinity, all of which owe their 
appearance of failure to neglect. Our hedge 
was planted in the spring of 1865 on a light, 
sandy soil; the ground in a good state of 
ciilllvation, and has grown very rapidly, the 
maximum growth being about eighteen feet 
liigli and three inches in diameter at the 
ground, with a thicket of shoots from the 
ground up. 
Last spring we cut the main stalk at five 
f ( *i:t. and wove in the suckers obliquely, 
which had the effect of making a continual 
w eb from one end of the hedge to the other. 
As soon as vegetation started the new shoots 
sprang out in every direction, the bending, 
mul even breaking of some not retarding 
tiie growth of any, and we now have a 
hedge of about seven and a-half feet in 
Light, and so thick that one can scarcely see 
a person standing on the opposite side. The 
appearance of the willow i 3 such, that I 
think it will almost be unequaled as a wind 
hreak, ami have no doubt will be much 
planted for that purpose, especially on the 
level portions of the country, where the 
native forests have pretty much disappeared, 
nm 1,1 ] llose portions where so much injury 
is received by sweeping winds as is here 
with us in our Canadian winters. 
l’hero is, however, with this, as with all 
‘"'gS its drawbacks. It will grow to quite 
a " lmi11ensc size > and occupy a good deal of 
ground, both by shading and the extent to 
w’ uch the roots run. The latter difficulty 
1>y l ),ow ' n £ a deep furrow on 
itrbetur 
GARDEN NOTES. 
Jersey Navel, 
T C. Bailey of Indiana asks:—what is 
Jersey Navet? How is it cooked and used ? 
In our issue of July 8, page 13, we gave all 
that we know about it. 
Larne Asparagus. 
The Germantown Telegraph says:—We 
repeat our doubts that there is more than 
one kind of asparagus. The more we hear 
of Hie cultivation of the mammoth—a size 
that we do not covet—the more clear does it 
appear that it is the result of selecting llic 
Strong single roots for planting to begin with, 
and then plant them in trenches six to eight 
inches deep, well plied with manure at the 
sides of Hie row, and as the matured spires 
grow, fill in the soil, &c. At least this is 
one way of getting the very largest we ever 
saw. 
Sweet Runginu Turnip. 
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer 
speaks highly of this turnip. They are fit 
for use as soon as large enough, and if prop¬ 
erly stored through ihe winter, will keep un¬ 
til tiic next July and be fit for use. About 
the first to Hie middle of July is the best 
lime to sow the seed. To be best they should 
grow quick, therefore the ground should be 
rich and mellow. Sow in drills two and a 
half feet apart, or wider if the cub ivation is to 
be with a horse, and thin to eight inches in 
the row. They will bear transplanting the 
same as a cabbage, if the work is done on a 
damp, cloudy day. 
STEAM PLOWS IN ILLINOIS. 
The Prairie Farmer, July 15, says:—The 
Secretary of the Illinois State Agricultural 
Society writes ns that he is authorized to 
offer a premium of ,f250 for the best machine 
for plowing by steam, and $150 for the sec¬ 
ond best. Two inventors have already prom¬ 
ised to be present with steam plows, viz.: 
D. D. Williampon of New York City, and 
R. C. Parvin of Philadelphia.. The engines 
used by both these parties are traction en¬ 
gines, and will draw eight or ten plows, cut¬ 
ting twelve Inch furrows. The capacity of 
the engines to draw loads upon common 
roads will also be tested. It is with great 
pleasure that wc make this announcement, 
as we still believe, as we have tor years, that 
our prairies are,sooner or later, to be culti¬ 
vated by steam. It is to be hoped that there 
will be other competitors present than those 
above mentioned. 
POTATO PLANTERS. 
I observed in your issue of June 10, an 
inquiry by one of your correspondents for a 
practical potato planter. In reply to that 
inquiry, I desire to state that there is such a 
machine. It was invented and patented by 
H. J. Kent, and has successfully stood the 
test of two seasons’ use. It marks ihe ground, 
cuts the potato, drops it in hills or drill any 
required distance apart, and covers it, all at 
one operation, and as fast as a team can walk. 
It will plant potatoes whole or after they arc 
cut by hand, with equal regularity and pre¬ 
cision. It is simple in construction, not like¬ 
ly to get out of order, and durable. Mr. 
Kent has planted with this machine over 
seventy acres in this vicinity this season, to 
Grape Culture In ftliHsiaMiitpi. 
An act of the Legislature of Mississippi 
provides “ That, any person or persons en¬ 
gaged in the cultivation of the grape and 
theinaiuifaeturing of wine therefrom, within 
the limits of ibis State, may sell the same in 
any quantity free from tax, without license.’ 
