l0i«olff0kal. 
BEURRE DEFAIS PEAR. f 
Tiie Beurre Defais is a variety compara- ( 
tively unknown. It originated in 1840, and 
has been somewhat distributed under name 1 
of Beurre Audusson d’Hiver. It has also ' 
been incorrectly grown and distributed un- j 
dcr name of Doyenne Defais, to which it is 
superior in size and quality, and entirely un¬ 
like in form. It is one of the best and most 
healthy gvowers on the quince stock, and 
comes early into bearing, producing abun¬ 
dantly. 
The fruit is uniformly large and fair, 
smooth and clean, and, when ripened, of a 
rich, lemon yellow, exceedingly attractive 
and beaut iful.’ Fruit large, obovatepyriform; 
skin smooth, pale yellow green, with many 
minute dark green dole; stem an inch or 
more, medium, set obliquely or with a raised 
lip; calyx large, open, with fine, round 
pointed segments; basin shallow,open, pret¬ 
ty smooth; flesh white, slightly yellowish, 
a little coarse grained, especially toward the 
core, very melting and very juicy, sweetly 
acidulous, rich and very good; season Octo¬ 
ber and November. 
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WALBRIDGE APPLE. 
Oun outline, on preceding page, from a 
specimen received from P. A. JEW ELI.. 
Fruit medium size, roundish oblate, regular; 
light greenish yellow, with murbliugs and 
striped splashes of red or crimson next the 
Stem end ; stem medium; cavity open, broad, 
deep, .viih a dirty green russet at bottom; 
calyx closed; basin moderately deep, open 
and slightly furrowed ; flesh greenish while, 
crisp, half tender, moderately juicy, sub¬ 
acid, with a good hut not rich or high fla¬ 
vor ; core small; seeds plump; season De¬ 
cember and January. 
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POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP. 
Limits of Cranberry Culture—A. New 
Jcrscyman thinks cranberry culture will be 
chiefly confined to the cedar swamplands 
of Southeast New Jersey. Farther north 
the interval between the ripening of the 
fruit and frost is too short for extensive 
operations, since the fruit (or long transpor¬ 
tation must he gathered before frost. Far¬ 
ther south the heat of the sun is too great 
for the proper ripening of the fruit; for 
when it is nearly grown and uncolored, if 
exposed to the rays ot the sun, with a tem¬ 
perature at or above 90’ Fahrenheit, they 
The Salem, one of Rogers’ hybrids, and the 
best of them all, has not been sufficiently 
tested to prove itself valuable for general 
cultivation. Should it prove equally pro¬ 
ductive and free from disease as the Concord 
and Telegraph, it will take the lead of all 
our out-door grapes. 
Cherries—1, May Duke; 2, Early Rich¬ 
mond; 3, Black Tartarian; 4, Black Eagle; 
5, BelleMagnifiquo; 0, Dowulon; 7, Elton; 
8, Kentish or Pic; 9, Downer’s Late; 10, 
Coe’s Transparent. 
The two heart varieties, the Black Tar- 
V. t: 
' VVS'S 
l ies worth cultivating. The imported ones, 
though immense in size, are worthless from 
mildew. ( 
Blackberries—1, New-Rochelle; 2, Dor¬ 
chester; 8, Wilson’s Early. 
The Wilson may be regarded as the best, 
from its more generally maturing and retain¬ 
ing its quality longer. 
ffc iarhtnrr. 
TOMATOES: 
Early and Otherwise. 
As others are saying a word for this fruit, 
allow a small space for my experience. I 
have found those grown in boxes, in the 
kitchen window, and transplanted a few 
times, though not four inches high at. set¬ 
ting, to bear aud ripen fruit quite as early as 
large plants in pots, of same variety, pur- 
el last'd of market gardeners. 1 conclude age, 
not sac, to be the requisite. 
I have tested with much earn 
k tho Early York or curled leaf, 
Eureka, Kcye’s Prolific, Large 
Smooth Red, Tiltlcn, Cedar 
88®^ Hill, and Fejcc Island or Les- 
tor’s Perfected. The Eureka 
Iisctt56l0ns. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Wb continue our notes of the saying and 
dolours of tliis distinguished body of sciontillo 
agriculturists. 
Gruilo awl Drniangi* Level. —Mr.ToWT.R exhib¬ 
ited and explained to t.ho Club a v'-ry simple and 
useful Instrument, adapted to ilie wants ot 
every farmer who lays drains, grades roads, or 
has aiij' use whatever for a level, tie should by 
all means advertise it. in the Rural. If ho does 
so, our readers may bo assured wo think highly 
of it. 
A Cnnitnl Coal or Grain Iliii.— Mr. TowLK also 
exhibited a model of a not'-patented coal bln, 
which lie made across ono side or his kitchen, 
the top thereof bring used as a stationary table. 
It. is simply a chest with a lid at the top, through 
which the bln is lllled. At the side hi front, say 
three or four Inches above the bottom, opens a 
small door, immediately inside of which a board 
a little longer than the door is wide, is placed, 
ttic top resting against the side of the bin above 
tho door, and tiie lower edge resting upon the 
bottom of tho tan,anil set in from the doom few 
inches. Thus, when the side door is Opened, this 
board supports the coal or grain in front ol if, 
and provents it. running out. thereat ; but, the 
cOul or grain falls down around Hie ends of tho 
board, in the space in f refit thereof and inside 
the door, and IhOnCft can be shoveled out at 
the convenience of kitchen maid or iarmor. It 
is desirable chat the door shall be a lew incites 
-mm 
nnrl Iveye’s Prolific ripen fruit above the bottom of the bin, that the coul dust 
ms: \ 
■run RKUiiiws defais peak. 
tf.vian and Black Eagle, are only excelled by 
the Governor Wood, which is so uncertain 
in its crop as not to give more than ono in 
five years. Downer’s Late sometimes lasts 
as late as the 10th of July. 
Raspberries—1, Brinckle’s Orange; 2, 
Hornet; 3, Catawissa; 4, Philadelphia; o, 
Clarke; 0, Bristol. 
The three latter arc market varieties, and 
are the best for that purpose yet cultivated. 
The Black-Cups we reject entirely. They 
are loo seedy and almost flavorless, and 
though productive enough, would not he ot 
ready sale in markets whore the others are 
to be obtained. The Catawissa is the two 
crop variety, butr should be cultivated for 
the autumn crop only, by cutting down the 
DUUtUlU IVU A/I » V vv *-- U . •» . • 
scald, turn white and become a sack of canes even with the ground, eitficti late m 
’ the fall or early iu the spring. Brmckle s 
„„ : ..... r«. r mna it Orange and Hornet should be found in every 
water. 
The Trouble with the Ires Grape , Louis II. 
Rrrz, Hamilton Co., 0.,says, “ isitecoloring 
so early in the season, many weeks before it 
matures; if it had not been for this defect 
the Ives would have taken the lead years 
ago aud ranked higher for profit than all 
others—as it will before long, if we do not 
P first under same treatment; 
Early York aud Tilden next. 
| And but little behind either 
of t hese, and every way prefer¬ 
able for a general crop, the real 
Largo Smooth Red of Western 
New York, as found in the 
Buffalo market. Tilden would 
lie preferable but for its uni¬ 
form tendency to crack. 
It is not safe with us to plant 
out much before tho first of 
June, and then have a reserve 
in ease of frost. I observe an 
effort to crowd forward Lester’s Perfected as 
a superior and early variety. This is wrong, 
though no Olio of experience will he misled. pupUs; but sbo must, needs raise J>fl,000 with 
Every grower knows its good qualities; and which to purchase it, stock it, and start hor 
only those interested in obtaining a fancy ^lmoL This she proposes ^ 
/ , , aortpMona; and she asks tho aid ol all who are 
pnet! for seed, to be bad ol any good seeds- i|lU 4 0fltC( , ln RUch an experiment. Already 1 
man at usual price, etui speak truthfully of ^, ero ur0 ft largo number of applicants, both 
it as any other than the latest in ripening nmloandfcmalo, for admission to this school; 
of any known tomato, lo any extent cult.i- and.so rariu we may judge WtH la-iy and her 
t / ,, J _ . plans, by her statement Ol them to us, and tho 
vated. Many aver that it cannot be canned idonswhlQb are their foundation, we commend 
with success Oil notionnL of fermenting, them with ft large degree of confidence that they 
when other varieties with same treatment, will bo realized, provided alio obtains the modoHt 
keep well. In this respect I am without ex- »'»'»required i.ostai’t with. V m y Mnmg 
. . * of Indorsement of the plan and tho lady wore 
penencc. ^ A Small Hardener. nui(lt , t>y Messrs. Fuller, Quinn, Carpenter, 
Erie Co., N. Y. _ Powell, Pearsall, Dr. Smith, and others. 
r annTO auvt'TTQ The Sexes in Vegetable*—K. .T. Hm.iNrt, Sarti- 
UARD EN N U1ES. toga Springs, N. V., writes: “Mr. Hamilton 
Lima Beans. PERRY, of this village, has ft*great taste for hor- 
Farmeus intending to plant this bean the tieultumi pursuits, and ho argues that t here is a 
, , , . . . male aud female in every variety ot the voge- 
comtng season, should bo careful to purchase fMo world aa „ K , r( , , n tbo an i ma i. i„ 8 o„to 
none hut tiie largest and best seed, regard- varieties this male and female part is combined 
less of tho difference of cost between them in the same plant, as it is, for example, in tho 
and the small ones. At the present, a prime Wilson strawberry. In the potato, ho says, the 
..... , ... , . , * a>,. part known as ‘the seed end is the nude, and 
article is in demand tor seed, at about w lioro that portion finly Is planted, thu produot 
thousands of acres within two hours’ride of New 
York city which may aud ought at oueo to bo 
turned tii agricultural account.” 
Heeling mill Amount of Seed.—A. W. THOMAS, 
Troy, l*a., writes: —“ Some ono advises that poor, 
weak soils bo seeded heavier than strong and 
rich! A more damaging error was never enter¬ 
tained; directly tho reverse is truo.no matter 
what the seel or crop you wish to grow. 
Another thinks that, farmers generally do not 
use seed enough; 1 think they err a little in a 
different direoiion, at least In this locality, espe¬ 
cially with winter wheal, buckwheat, and oats. 
Winter wheat, 1H bushels; spring wheat, l.Vi; 
buckwheat, V (ample;) barley, ”‘f; oats, si, I 
Judge about the quantities that we should sow 
per acre. I, of course, mean grain that will 
grow. If cracked by thrashing, of course al¬ 
lowance should lie made. Grain that has been 
heated in the mow or musted iu tho hin should 
never be sown. My pructico has been to win¬ 
now thoroughly all my small grains immediate¬ 
ly before sowing, although they may bo what 
most people would cull good seed before, thus 
sopti ruling all the light and I in perfect grain: 
ami I have never had to complain of my seed 
becoming foul.” Mr. Carpenter would sow 
two bushels of wheat, per acre, throe or four 
bushels of oal s per acre, on good land, broad¬ 
cast. Mr. Curtis said half that, amount would 
bo enough, if drilled in. 
Gurileiilug n« u Profession, E. A. McIjEAN, 
New Philadelphia, Ohio, oaks If it will pay him 
to apprentice himself to a gardener for two or 
Hi,.years-if lie would get. knowledge enough 
of tho business ln that time to enable him to 
command a situation and good wages, provided 
he tried to learn and qualify himself. Several 
gentlemen replied, and stilted that men are now 
getting $1,000 per year near this city, ns garden¬ 
ers, who know Utile morn than enough to open 
and shut a green-house door and pot a few 
plants. There Is a great demand and small sup- 
may not. be hauled out on tho kitchen lloor. |im j K , U|1 a Breen -houBo door and pot a few 
Horticultural Schools Tor Women.—Miss Map.- plant*. There Is a great demand and small sup- 
WKDKL, of whom our renders know something, ,,|y this class of labor, and skilled labor of 
stated her plans and purposes, and asked t he no- this ao ,.t. will command high wages. There is no 
operation of Hie mem Iters of tho Club in ostab- department of horticulture where tliera is Midi 
Hslilng a practical self-supporting, co-operative ft demand for intelligent, and competent men 
Horticultural School and Home for girls and ftn d any young man who wantmwd trtato learn 
boys. Miss MAUWKDF.r. lias received several ant j willing to work and study, can qualify 
offers of locations for hor school. The most nd- iqmself jn Ihroc years, to command high wages, 
vantagomia offer yet received is fifteen or twenty u„| |, 0 need not ox poet to learn all I Imre is to bo 
acres of land, about two thousand dollars of Im- |,. unR .,i. 
provemcota upon an available place, which enti Hpccinl Manure" for Corn.—W m. Newton, 
now bn purchased cheaply, ami which contains Henrietta, N. Y„ detailed some experiments 
a small ami very pleasant cottage, a second special manures for corn. His success with 
houso for a garde nor, a barn, lour aero* of hind an p Cr p|, U sphatea was not satisfactory. Ho tvp- 
iu good cultivation, with bearing fruit trees t |, 0 iu m n, 0 hiU—iv way which Mr. Car- 
upon It, and tho whole quite near tho railway. 1>lcV |. K | t denounced, if ono would arrive at tho 
This place may now be had for $3,300, and Is raid 1|( , st results. Such stimulating mutt tires should 
to bn worth $6,000, Miss,M aiiwkdkl proposes to [)Q a ppn,.,j brofldonit, unless Lho ground is very 
purehaso It, and pay for it by tho aid of her wii.R barn-yard manures. If put in I honill 
private ganlen. none but the largest and best seed, regard- var iotioa this male and female port is combined Clarksburg, West Virginia, rov trial oy a t,iuo 
Strawberries—1, Russell’s Prolific; 2, less of the difference of cost between them In tho «amo plant, us it U, for example, In tho Committee. We suppose tho Inventor timught 
Trlomiilic 0. 0»nd; 8, Ilovcy's SeccM-g; an.lth, a n Ul U o„«. AUUc . rOn. dJTnt^ “^oT^Tound it. U 
4, Albany Seedling. 4 article is In clcixioncl toi seed, *il, about. ^0 portion only is plantdil, tho produot iui on Hoilntluit contained no ntono not huge 
Tliere are many now sorts of Strawberries p er pusbel. A small bean is not wanted at w m not be as largo or healthy as If tho other, or gravel, unless, if clay, tho ground was very dry, 
making their appearance every season, and more than from $4 to $5 per bushel to con- ‘female* end is planted. He says that when lie or the subsoil was hard-pan. 
I © * i . _I 1 1. .. nnJ tb/i rii’WulA 1)0 llOtrOP IU »r> 1 • % i.nl.-S UTOl’O OvVllhliOfl fl Q IlflV. 
I,hoy stimulate tho growth of the plant early in 
the sciwm, but their virtues arc exhausted be¬ 
fore the earing t« completed. Good liberal 
manuring is almost essential ln order lo secure 
tho best results to the crop by (.be use of such 
stimulants. 
One Hundred Burtielo of Horn per Acre.— 
Several statements wore made that, one hundred 
bushels of shelled corn, weighing fifty-six pounds 
to the bushel, per acre, had been produced. 
psiiiui iii Sweet. Cunt. — GEO. O Haiia ot Pa., 
asks tiie causo of smut, iu sweet corn, and a 
remedy. No answer. 
Help lur the Poor White Women of llie South 
was asked for by an eloquent, beautiful, and 
modest young lady named Miss Bell of North 
Carolina. Her blushing embarrassment was 
gracefully relieved by the gallant Commander 
of the Club, who announced Hie place where 
subscriptions would be received. 
A Post. Hole Ilmer was scut all the way from 
Clarksburg, West Virginia, for trial by a Club 
Committee. Wc suppose tbo Inventor thought 
it was a new thing; but wo used ono pre¬ 
cisely like it ten years ago, and found it use¬ 
ful mi soils that. eontulned no stone nor largo 
« -a™* - a ^ »«»«> 
{,.19 one „ i from our experience we have yet founil none bean planters.—c. w. r. 
tit'namif * . . . i 
present. 
I [ale's Early Peach in Mississippi. — Jas. 
Parker, Summit, Miss., writes the South¬ 
ern Horticulturist that after three years ex¬ 
perience with this peach, lie can find no 
fault with it, except that, if planted in rich 
soil it will grow too vigorously, and the 
fruit will not Color well. It does well and 
colors finely on poor soil. The head should 
be kept cut buck to one-tliird of the summer 
growth. 
Pennsylvania Fruit List .—The Editor of 
the Germantown, Pa., Telegraph gives the 
following lists as his present preference for 
his own planting, which, we publish, with 
such of his notes as arc of importance: 
Standard Pears—1, Marly .Cath¬ 
arine; 2, Juliana; 8, Manning's 
Elizabeth; 4, Tyson; o, Bartlett; / 
0, Bloodgood; 7, Belle Lucrative; / 
8, Secltel; 9, Sheldon; 10, Bufinni; / 
11, llowell; 12, Lodge; 13, An- / 
jou; 14, Bose; 10, Lawrence; 10, , 
Arcnburg; 17, Feaster. // 
Of the above, from No. 1 to G / 
inclusive, are summer varieties; | 
from 7 to 14, autumn; and 15,16 | 
and 17, winter, thus affording a i 
sufficient number for each of the \ 
periods, of the best known sorts \ 
for this region. \ 
Dwarf Pears—1, St. Michael \ 
d’Archange; 2, Bartlett; 8, Com- 
ice; 4, Rosliezer; 5, Did;, 6 Ty¬ 
son; 7, Belle Lucrative; 8, Law¬ 
rence ; 9, Dearborn’s Seedling; 10, 
Feaster; 11, M. Elizabeth; 19, 
Boussack. 
Apples—1, Maiden’s Blush; 2, Baldwin; 
3, Russet; 4, Jeffcris; 5, Smith; G, Northern 
Spy; 7, Fornwalder; 8, McLellan. 
Peaches—1, Crawford’s Early; 2, Hale’s 
Early; 8, Morris White; 4,01tlmixon,(IVec;) 
5, Crawford’s Late; 0, Late (Tenth. 
Grapes — 1, Telegraph; 2, Concord; 3, 
Hartford Prolific; 4, Rogers’ No. 4; 5, 
Crevcling; G, Delaware; 7, Rogers’ No. 32. 
to equal Russell’s Prolific and Triomphc or 
Jucunda, (the two latter being much alike,) 
Guncrul Grant Tomato. 
An Edinburg, Ind., correspondent thinks, 
plant? the female end of tho potato lie never is 
troubled with the rot, but always has good large 
potatoes, and sound ones, too. His theory Is 
that, tho female end contains a larger proportion 
of starch to nourish tlio young plant ami give It 
Bantling Crab Apple" were exhibited as hav¬ 
ing been received from E. H. Skinner of Illi¬ 
nois. Nothing-new waselieitedconcerning them. 
for private use, and Hovey and Albany for from the description giver, in the, Rural ot Sed ?or yea5^ P °Mr.\'uiS 
market. the General Grant. Tomato, that it is the Hu j,j p^huy's theory ns to the relative value 
re llinrmtrh. 
r lj I i 
EURRE DEFArS PF.AR—OUTLINE. 
Currants—1, Black Naples; 2, Red Dutch. 
There is no red currant coming under 
our notice equal to the old Dutch variety. 
There arc some red and white large in size, 
hut they arc all inferior in quality. The 
Black Naples should he found in every gar¬ 
den, if intended for no other purpose than 
to make from it a medicinal wine. 
Gooseberries—1, Houghton; 2, Downing. 
There are only two varieties of Gooseher- 
aame as is raise,d iu that, town, and called 
tho Apple or Peach Tomato, and which ho 
considers far superior to all others. This 
variety is both red and yellow, and when 
pure are perfectly smooth, thick meat, very 
rich, from three to six (?) inches in diameter 
one way, and from stem Lo blossom two to 
three inches; color bright, yellow or reddish 
purple; stem sets in a very shallow hollow, 
as does the blossom, also; skin thin hut 
tough; very prolific hear. 
Leattor’" IVHrctml Tomato. 
We have several testimonials to this effect 
from correspondents: —“ Lester’s perfected 
tomato is worthless for market, because it is 
loo late, and does not stand transportation, 
well.” These correspondents advise our 
readers to let it alone. 
Protectina Vine". 
At a late meeting of the Waltham, Mass., 
Farmers’ Club, Mr. Dickinson said that he 
successfully protected his plants from the 
depredations of the striped hug by taking a 
barrel hoop, cut it in halves, cross the halves 
at right angles, and set in the ground over a 
hill of vines, ami covered this with a news¬ 
paper. It worked well. 
Mull for CulihuKc. 
A correspondent asks if salt applied to 
cabbage plants is any gain. Wc have been 
told so; do not know from experience. 
Some apply a little pinch of line salt, to the 
center leaves of the plants, and assert that, 
it improves their quality. 
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Garden Inquiries.—Wo have a few inquiries for 
mushroom spawn.—A correspondent asks some 
gardener lo name tho best variety of cauliflow¬ 
ers fora kitchen garden. Mrs. Swt.etzkii asks 
tho experience of cm r readers with garden bonus. 
Wo have an article) on this subject on hand which 
we shall print, but shall he glad to heai from 
others. An old subscriber asks someone having 
experience to give information concerning the 
cultivation and profit of peppermint as a crop. 
of the stem end of the potato for seed may lie - 
correct, but, that concerning the hermaphrodite 
character of the potato is not. 
Lire on Cuttle.—K. L. StstONDS, North Cole- 
brook, O., asks the safest and most, effectual A 
remedy for lice on cattle. F. D. Curtis says 
Carbolic Soups and powders are rapidly coming Sh¬ 
into favor for this purpose. cutt 
Mole Trap*. J, S. FoaTER, Justice of the Jl,l j 
Peace, Murysburg, Minn., offered to send tho 1 
Professor of Mole Traps, or tho dignified Club 
itself, tho surest mole trap ever made, on receipt „ 
of one hundred dollars. Tho Club did not vote 
to send him the greenbacks. 
The Wllil LntiiN or Long [aland.—C. F. ftidi- 
ardson, Brentwood. f<- I.» gives the result of 
eight years' experience on Long islands sands: 
“With my limited means I have cleared some 
tlilrty-flvo acres, have planted some to upland 
orunherrles and other small and orchard limits. , 
I have tried onions sweet potatoes and differ- A 
out. vegetables, Tlic.se, with the principal farm iA 
crops, though not on a largo scale, have eon- vs 
firmed me in the belief that a largo proportion ) 
of Long Island Plains may bo cleared and culti¬ 
vated so as lo pay as good ft profit o* can he de¬ 
rived from ttgrieultuml pursuits in most parts 
or the Eastern States or New York. I would 
like to show any one half an aero of dry loam 
Land which I cleared and planted with upland 
cranberry vines six years ago. I planted and </,,) 
cultivated them, as I would strawberry vines, 8 |. 0 
will! the exception of not. applying manure of . . 
any kind. The fruit* the third year, paid tho ex- 1 
pensc of hoeing the three years. Tiie fourth year km 
paid n little more than the cost of purchasing Uf> 
land, planting vines, &e., from the tune of set- , 
ting. The two succeeding years, fl! th and sixth,. 
gave a net profit of $130 Horn the halt aero. ,!i "' 
Gooseberries and other small fruttajityno pro- as i 
tinned equally well. Onions,sweet and'oemmon W ai 
potatoes Wave produced I wo hurfdrertuind three , 
liundrcd bushels to the acre,'according to mu- 
miring. My first aero seeded to gru:-a and oats got 
eight yours ago with, sixteen loads of stable ma¬ 
nure, produced seven successive yearn an aver- „ 
age of two tonsnf buy per year, but now needs ,, 
top-dressing Or ploughing, 1 eonldgivoormoiii- 
aging and paying res ill is of grain crops or tbo , 
rapid growth of trees in tho nursery, to which 
my attention has been chiefly lurried; but lest. * 
vo 11 should be wearied with statistics or reports if t 
from a stranger, of lands in which you may bo m „ 
utile interested, I will only add that i tint strong 
LAYERING GRAPES. 
A correspondent, who has never seen grapes 
layered, asks us what is meant by it. We will 
toll. Some varieties do not, grow readily from 
cuttings when planted In the open ground. It 
you have a grape vine, say three years old, in 
spring, just, iis the buds begin to swell, lay down 
upon the ground siteh vines as start from near¬ 
est the crown or ground. Mark the space; then 
dig it away about six inches deep, in the form of 
a long, narrow trench. Stretch and peg dowu 
Fl v\C) P 
ch ^ 
Irftx 
(7/,) the vino us shown hi the accompanying 
sketch. As soon as the bud$have grown about 
eight inches, make a slight clipping with the 
knife directly underneath tho bud, (oj uud till 
up the trench with a good soli, fastening tho ex¬ 
treme end with the peg at />. in the attluinn 
cacti bud or now plant will bo found witu roots, 
as at d. When one single strong plant only is 
wanted to be obtained by layering, beudustroiig 
shoot and cut away tho end buds back to one 
good strong bud, aud let. this alone grow. 
IIMH IIUtiri'Mt'll) I W lit IJlIlj’ A| Hit i HIM UlVUIr, 
in faith that If the depth and quality of the sell 
on Long Island plains could be known and 
understood, the value and cost of its products 
and other advantages' bo compared with those 
or other places, these extensive tracts of wild 
land would not long bo known as such, except 
I in tiie history of the past, I believe there are 
Removing « Grape Vino,—I have a grape \ Ine 
that has been bearing live yours. ■ wish to re¬ 
move it ; can I do so with safety, and it so, 
how?—w. it. 
Yes, tho vino can tie transplanted with safety 
if carefully done. Cut back tho cuno and re¬ 
move the eai Ni carefully from the roots wilh n 
spade fork, being careful to secure us many 
fibrous roofs us possible. But one way would 
be to propagate from the vine the coming sea- 
won by layering, and plant the layers whore 
wanted, destroying the old vino after the fruit¬ 
ing season is over, 
