MOORE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
the sutures of the carpels, and show where 
the fruit may he divided with a heavy knife 
and a strong hand. The five cells are satiny 
white .within, and are each filled with an 
oval mass of cream-colored pulp, imbedded 
in which are two or three seeds about the 
size of Chestnuts. This pulp is the eatable 
part, and its consistence and flavor are indes¬ 
cribable. A rich, butler-like custard highly 
flavored with almonds gives the best general 
idea of it, but intermingled with it come 
the “borer” from injuring such trees? &c. 
Please answer as soon as possible, and oblige 
a subscriber of your paper, as well as many 
others. Farmer, ‘ 
1. Certainly ; and as frequently during t.ho 
summer as convenient. 
2. Yes; us it acts as a fertilizer and will 
also kill all grubs and worms which it hap¬ 
pens to touch. But do not use it too freely: 
a pint scattered over the surface of the soil 
about each tree is sufficient for one time. 
3. A thick coat of whitewash 
with a little cement (water lime) 
added, applied to the base of the 
stems at tills time would do 
some good in preventing the ad¬ 
dition of a new crop of borers 
this year. The borer which 
mainly infests trie apple trees in 
the Eastern States, is the larva 
of a very handsome beetle, 
known as Saperda bivittuta, or 
two-striped saperda. They ap¬ 
pear about the time the apple 
trees are in bloom, but are very 
shy, seldom appearing in sight 
during the day. They hide, 
among the branches or under 
loose bark, or in any place that 
affords a secure retreat. At 
night they fly about seeking 
their mates, or the female to de- 
l posit her eggs upon the stem of 
Ik the trees near the ground. 
Wrapping the lower part of the 
stems with tarred paper will 
also be a partial preventive. 
The grubs when once fairly 
within the tree are pretty safe 
for the next two or three years, 
the time required for growth 
ZM.'k'it,,' and transformation. For the 
jff'Td ‘ . next two months the two-stri- 
ped Saperda will he about, and 
’ if those who have orchards wish 
now is the 
FAILS TO GET APRICOTS 
APPLE LIST FOR MICHIGAN 
I have an apricot tree purchased in New 
York six years ago, but it has never produced 
any fruit. Last year it blossomed freely but 
the fruit did not appear, what is the matter ? 
light is wanted tins way.— H. T, 
If ou’■"'correspondent has ever happened to 
Wiiat apples would you recommend for 
Michigan—lor an orchard of 800 trees < I de¬ 
sire this information very much, although it 
is rather late.—P. S. Adrian, Mirk., 
A pril 28. 
If our correspondent were a member of the 
Pomologieal Society of his own 
State, and a reader of the Mich¬ 
igan Farmer of his own State 
(as ho should be) lie would not 
have found it necessary to ask 
this question. But. we cheerful¬ 
ly answer it, giving the results 
of the experience of the best 
fruit growers of Michigan, ern- 
brae,*d in u report to the Miehi- 
gan Pomologieal Society. At- 
tachcd to the names of tin* fruits 
below are numbers, indicating 
the proportion of each to be 
planted in an orchard of 108 
trees. These fruits are recom¬ 
mended for cultivation by the 
Society above named; 
SUMMER APPLES. 
Lists for Market, Giving a 
Succession. — Early Harvest 2, 
Red Astrachan 4, lJuehesB of 
Oldenburg 2, Maiden’s Blush (5. 
List s for Family or Culinary 
Purposes, re.ith finecession ,— 
Early Harvest 1, Red Astrachan 
3, Large Yellow Bough 1, Pri¬ 
mate 2, Maiden's Blush 4, 
LisLti for A mateur Purposes, 
Strictly of Dessert Sorts, iclth 
! r a> if.try and Succession .—Early 
Harvest, 2, Carolina June (for 
southwest) 1, Sine Qua Non 2, 
Earl, Strawberry 3, I.ar*e Y* 
low Bough 1, Summer Rose (in 
certain localities) 2, Early Joe 2. 
AUTUMN APPLES. 
Market. —Lowell 3, Porter 2, 
Keswick Codlin (culinary) £, «*— 
Twenty Ounce 7. 
Family. —Lowell 2, Porter 1, Hawley 1, 1 
Jersey Sweet 1, Chenango Strawberry 3, 
Dyer or Pomme Royale 2, Haskell Sweet 1, 
Pan Pippin 2, Ohio Nonpareil 5, Blenheim 
Pippin 8, Twenty Ounce 4. 
Amateur. —Garden Royal 2, American 
Summer Pearmain 2. Hawley 2, Jersey 
Sweet 1, Chenango Strawberry 4, Autumn 
to try preventives, 
time to begin. 
PflWTO CHESTNUT TIMBER. 
The London Garden says the 
roof of Westminster Abbey, 
which has long been supposed to be of oak, 
when examined some time ago as to its 
soundness, and found to be perfect, was at 
the same time discovered to ne of chestnut. 
It has stood for eight centuries already, 
which would go to show that chestnut timber 
would at least serve any such purpose now 
very excellently. Another very valuable 
quality it possesses is, that its growth is many 
times inure rapid than that of oak. 
wafts of flavor that call to mind cream-cheese, 
onion-sauce, brown sherry, and other incon¬ 
gruities. Tbwi there is a rich, glutinous 
smoothness in the pulp which nothing else 
possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It 
is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one 
feels the want of none of those qualities, for 
it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea 
or other bad effect, and the more you eat of 
it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, 
to eat Durians is a new sensation, worth a 
voyage to the East to experience. 
CRANBERRY CULTURE 
GASCONY HOUND 
In answer to the inquiries of S. B., we give 
the statement of H. T. W mu am 3 of Del.—a 
gentleman who is familiar with cranberry 
culture along the coast. He says :—1. A 
good cranberry marsh must be made’ out of 
boggy, peaty land; sand must be carted 
upon it to the depth of six inches, and then 
the plants set out. The bed must also be so 
situated that a stream of running fresh 
water may be turned upon it at proper 
times to flood them entire, to prevent attacks 
of insects or frosts, and be as quickly shut oft 
and drained. 2. The lowest cost per acre is 
$300 for a bed well prepared. From this 
upward to $600 and $1,000 per acre have 
often been expended. 3. The yield in bushels 
increases gradually, from twenty bushels the 
first year, up to 1(K) or more in the fifth year. 
Average price of cranberries $3 per bushel to 
the producer. It requires three years' time 
to get a good bed well planted and in pro¬ 
ducing condition, and the income is from $00 
to $200 per acre for three years after that; 
after the sixth year, $300 to $600 per acre. 
Herewith we give an illustration of a 
Gascony hound, still numerous in the South 
of France. These hounds are alike vigorous 
and intelligent, and hunt the hare and wolf 
to perfection. The points of the Gascony 
hounds are :—They are of very high stator*?, 
measuring from 26in. to 30 in. at. least. They 
are sometimes even too large and too massive. 
Their coat is blue mottled, or white with 
numerous black or peacli-eolored patches, 
and sometimes with tan spots over the eyes, 
and the feet also tan marked, and the skin 
under the coat is completely spotted with 
black ticks or patches. The head is large, 
sometimes rather long, the nose widely 
opened, the lower eyelids very much drawn 
down, showing the t hird eyelid or haw very 
plainly, which gives an appearance of red¬ 
ness to t he eye. The ears are very long, thin, 
and .curled. The loins are sometimes rather 
long and sloping, the ribs well formed, and 
the chest deep, The neck is thickly lianging- 
in its skin—very throaty indeed. The foot is 
well shaped and sometimes rather flattened, 
and the elbows are slightly inclined Inwards. 
The pace of these hounds is, moreover, too 
slow, but their voice is splendid—sometimes, 
however, rather stifled. They hold true to 
the line, but almost always stick too close to 
it, being apt to loiter when they come to a 
check, in which case they do not prove over- 
iutcUigent; for which, however, the brighter 
specimens make up by their excellent nose, 
but then they are obliged to unravel the line 
step by step. 
Thev hunt the wolf to perfection, being 
indeed what one may style truly wolf hounds, 
taking up this scent quite spontaneously; 
and, as tne wolf seldom tries to battle his 
pursuers, they excel in this sport. By a 
strange coincidence, there is a great likeness 
between the actions of tin: wolf and those of 
the hounds of Gascony blood ; so much so, 
that even then* slots resemble each other. 
fii a word, their voice being deep but too 
muffled, and their pace too slow though 
showing out to advantage in a hunt, they 
are more particularly well suited for using 
with the gun, and one can place the greatest 
reliance on their staunchness. Their heads 
THE DURIAN OF JAVA 
We find the following in a foreign paper: 
The Durian, a fruit about which very little is 
known in England, but which is reckoned by 
natives and Europeans in the Malay Archi¬ 
pelago to he the finest fruit in the world, 
grows in great abundance in Java and Borneo, 
It grows on a large and lofty tree, somewhat 
resembling an Elm in its general character, 
but with a more smooth and scaly bark. The 
fruit is round or slightly oval, about the size 
of a large Coeoanut, of a green color, and 
covered all over wit h short stout spines, the 
bases of which touch each other, and are 
consequently somewhat hexagonal, wliile 
the points are very strong and sharp It is so 
completely armed, that if the stalk is broken 
off it is a difficult matter to lift one from the 
ground. The outer rind is so thick and 
tough, that from whatever bight it may faM 
it is never broken. From the base of the 
apex five very faint lines may be traced, 
over which the spines arch a little ; these are 
THE VOLNEY APPLE 
Volney Apple. 
ARBORICULTURAL QUERIES 
__ Their heads 
are too hea vy uud their ears too long ; they 
are too much overloaded with flesh, and 
round-shouldered. No wonder, then, that 
they should show a lack of activity and met¬ 
tle, though they are most enduriug and good- 
tempered. 
or twice a year of any benefit ? Third, what 
application would have a tendency to prevent | 
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