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PAOLI APPLE. 
Tnrs is a seedling introduced by J- A. 
Roberts of'Paoli, Chester county, Pa., who 
writes that “ the original tree was found 
growing in a clearing; the tree, apparently 
so distinct are they as they now push up, 
(1st of March,) that any boy of ordinary in¬ 
telligence can pick out one from the other, 
and no one whom we have selected has 
chosen the lied Monthly Alpine to compaie 
identity with the Mexican. First, we may 
say, that Mr. Fuller’s Monthly Red Al¬ 
pine is undoubtedly genuine. We have 
them from Knox, Prince and others, and 
they are all alike and true to name. But 
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yews old, of ralliec a U.cy ore « UU to JMcn, aud the differ- 
habit, a thrifty grower, and when found, had once is heie . 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP. 
“California Raisin Grape.” 
G. G. W. Buckingham writes us that lie 
purchased of a man named J. E. Starbuck 
a California raisin grape, and that he “ was 
told that it stood upright without posts or 
anything to hold it up. lie said that he 
cut the liiubs olf at the trunk, and leaves 
the trunk perfectly smooth, and it stands di¬ 
rectly up in August. He said they ripen 
in August, that it is a good bearer and grows 
fbc (gsrimter. 
on it nearly one bushel of apples ol good 
size, or above medium. In appearance, it 
resembles Summer llagloe, but is less 
streaked with red.’* 
The specimen from which we made our 
drawing was of full medium size, roundish, 
a little flattened, greenish yellow, with 
“The Monthly Red Alpine 
of Fuller, when it is sending 
np its first leaves, has the petiole 
us long only or barely longer 
than the central leaflet. This 
leafstalk is densely clothed with 
long hair, and the stalk itself 
blotches and dots and broken stripes of red; is of a pale green color, or with 
calyx large; stem long and slender; flesh 
white, a little coarse, juicy, sub-acid, agree¬ 
able, but not specially rich- Its season ol 
maturity is all September, and, in its original 
locality, it may be worthy cultivation; but 
there are so many good apples of that season 
that, unless the variety, when grown else¬ 
where exhibits some superior quality as a 
bearer, or is extra hardy, etc., etc., it is ques¬ 
tionable whether it will go beyond the mere 
burdening of our fruit lists. 
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EVERBEARING RASPBERRIES. 
A. L. Hatch, Richland Co., Wis., thinks 
the fact that so few succeed with the Catta- 
wissa and Ohio Everbearing Raspberries is 
owing to the lack of a proper understanding 
of them. lie says their culture is not diffi¬ 
cult, and he regards them the most profitable 
varieties for fall hearing. In the W estern 
Farmer he says:—“The trouble in ordinary 
culture, or want of culture, is t hat the prin¬ 
cipal crop is too late. The new growth of 
bush bears the fall crop. If the old hush, 
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a faint tint of purple. The leaf / 
itself is of a bluish green, the l 
leaflets are broadly ovate, and MU) 1 . 1 
the teeth on the edges of the */, 
leaves arc, in botanical lan- m|J(j ^ | 
guage, rather crenately notched |fti| | 
(not deeply) than serrate, and Mh|| . ^ 
these notches are abruptly m® ■} . 
pointed. 
“ But the Mexican (received 
lrom.l. P. Whiting, after Mr. mv \ 
Fuller) have the leaf stalks ws/' 
nearly double the length of the 
terminal leaflet, and lias short ^ 
and scattered hairs. It also has 
a strong pink tint. The leaflets 
are pale green, nearly ovate, 
deeply toothed and sharply 
pointed. 
“ We are very glad, for the sake of justice, 
to have this opportunity of so clearly demon¬ 
strating that the Mexican is not the old Red 
Mon thly Alpine. 
“ Indeed it comes nearer to others than to 
this. Its nearest ally among all we have, is 
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grown the previous year, remains to grow a t]ie o]( j ■ Rc(1 Alpine (not the Monthly.) Dif- 
crop to ripen the same time that the common ( 
sorts ripen, then the new growth is not as ( 
strong or early as it should lie to escape lall j 
frosts. With the Cattawissa, however, this , 
is not the only trouble, lor they will almost ^ 
invariably winter-kill if not protected. If 
this occurs, or the old hush is cut down in 
spring, we shall have the plants in proper . 
trim so far. But this is not enough to se¬ 
cure the fall crop every year. Allow one, 
two, or three shoots to grow from a plant, 
and no more, always limiting the number to 
the strength of the plant. When they arc 
about two and a-halffeet high pinch off the 
end of the shoot, to cause the bush to send 
out laterals and to grow stout and stocky. 
Grown in this form they will sustain them¬ 
selves and need no trellis. 
“ Next attend to the soil, &C. This should 
he rich, black if possible, moist vegetable 
mold. Ami further, should have a warm, 
good growing exposure. My experience and 
observation goes to confirm the opinion that 
shade, so beneficial to most raspberries, is 
not beneficial to the cverbearers, or, more 
properly, the fall hearers. 
“ With a good chance the Ohio Everbear¬ 
ing, with ns, has borne splendid crops of 
large, rich, juicy berries. This sort does not 
always hear a fall crop unless the new growth 
monopolizes the entire strength of the plant. 
The Gattawissa is more marked in ibis re¬ 
spect, and will invariably bear the fall crop. 
Our common Black-Caps will often hear a 
handsome fall crop if treated as I have writ¬ 
ten above.” 
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THE MEXICAN EVERBEARING. 
We copy tbc following from the Garden¬ 
er’s Monthly. The position the Rural and 
its correspondents have taken on this subject 
is well known. It is only j ust that we should 
give those who take an opposite position a 
hearing, that the truth may triumph, no 
matter where it is found: 
“ A year or two ago some Western men 
advertised a new variety of Alpine Straw¬ 
berry. It. was at once condemed as the 
“Monthly Red Alpine,” by some of our 
friends in the East. Judging from wlmt we 
had seen in the advertisements, we thought 
so too; but not having seen the plaut, gave 
ho opinion. Being iu Chicago last June, we 
went to see the plants at Dundee, and to the 
best of our knowledge and belief, found it, 
not “ Old Monthly Red Alpine,” although 
familiar with the latter variety. 
“ We have always, however, granted that 
we might be mistaken, because we had not 
had the plants side by side. We have seen 
enough in horticulture and botany to know 
how easy it. is to he mistaken. Mr. Fuller 
very kindly offered to send us some of his 
Monthly Red AJpines last fall, and we ob¬ 
tained some from him, as well as all the va¬ 
rieties of Alpine we could get from any 
source. All strawberry men know that 
when the young leaves are first making then* 
spring growth, they are more readily distin¬ 
guished than at any other season, the fruit¬ 
's jug time not excepted. We put them to this 
* test. They were potted in throe-inch pots, 
. placed all side by side in a cool green-house. 
We have many varieties thus together, and 
ferences can he detected, but It requires sharp 
eyes to point them out, so far as leaves or 
habit goes. But herein is a great difference; 
while this has at this time no sight of ft flower 
hud on the dozen plants, all the Mexicans 
have pushed up leafy flower shoots, and one 
flower is open. This floriferous character, 
therefore, distinguishes it easily. 
“ There I s - therefore, no longer any doubt 
about the entire distinctness of the Mexican, 
as a variety, from all others.” 
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THE GOETHE GRAPE. 
At a recent meeting of the Mississippi < 
Valley Grape Growers’ Association, the fol- j 
lowing discussion of this grape is reported in < 
the Journal of Agriculture: 
Mr. Pearson moved to recommend the ’ 
Goethe as a grape for while wine. 
I)r. Spalding moved to amend by addiug * 
for table and market. As a market grape, 
It sells for more than any oilier. As a wine 
grape, the samples from it had been excel- t 
lent. There was but one objection to it—the : 
foliage was a little thin and apparently not 1 
as durable as we would like, lie had some 
misgivings on this point, though he knew ol 
no variety to substitute for it. Hoped it 
would stand the test.; for, if it did, it. is the 
most promising grape we have for white 
wine and the table. ■ 
Dr. Hull asked if he indorsed 
the proposition that a spotted 
leaf is a sign of weakness. 
Dr. Si’Ai.niNG—Yes, I do. I 
have examined the leaves with 
a microscope, and think they / 
have not sufficient pubescence to / 
prevent the thrips from penc- / 
trati ng them. j 
Mr. Husmann— T have tested / 
it thoroughly, and think there is 1 
no variety that stands the sea¬ 
son better than t he Goethe, J 
Dr. Hull— 1 have examined 
the structure of the leaf, and — (I 
find that, it is not such as to 
withstand the thrips, though it \ 
stood pretty well, while the \ 
Delaware alongside was almost \ 
defoliated. 
Dr. Spalding— I think it is a \ 
variety that may be easily over- V 
cropped. \ 
Mr. Bush— Many grape grow¬ 
ers have expressed doubts of its 
making a good white wine; 
among them are Mr. George Muench of 
Augusta. He thinks it is too aromatic. 
Also, Mr. Bush of Washington. The fruit 
brings double the price of Concord, and 
continues later. It yields immensely, and is 
liable to overbear. 
Mr. Kraus nick—I have made wine of it. 
I had not, many grapes, and had to gallizc 
it. The wine cleared pretty soon, but had 
so much strength that a man could not drink 
a great quantity of it. I think, if made pure, 
it would make, a better drink. Some, young 
plants had Inst their foliage, but it had done 
hotter on older vines. The must weighed 
seventy-live, hut the grapes were unripe. 
Mr. Husmann —I concur with Mr. Kraus- 
nick. 1 hope to make one thousand gallons 
of it next season, and I know it will sell. 
Tins PAOLI APPLE. 
from eight to twenty feet. I cannot tell 
anything about the fruit.” If there is any 
such grape as our correspondent describes, 
we do not happen to know anything about it. 
TIip Wllili'v Grape. 
Dn. E. S. Hull, State Horticulturist of 
Illinois, says the Wilder has not retained its 
foliage long enough, although it ripened its 
fruit pretty well. Guo. Husmann says it 
has never failed to ripen with him, though 
it did not hold its foliage well. Although 
not thoroughly tested, it promises to be a 
better wine grape than the Concord. 
Grapes for Illinois. 
At a recent meeting of the Alton (Illinois) 
Horticultural Society, the question was 
asked:—“ With your present knowledge, 
what grapes would you recommend planting 
for profit V” Mr. Starr named among the 
new grapes Goethe and Wilder. Mr. 
Kingsbury said only the Concord and Ives 
could be planted with any certainly of suc¬ 
cess. He thought the Goethe and Wilder, 
yet on trial, would he found wanting in the 
essential requisites of a profitable grape— 
licalthfiilness of foliage. The balance of tes¬ 
timony seemed to be in favor of the Concord 
as the best grape for pvofit, and the Ives its ’ 
only equal, if it had any. 
The Talnmec Ponr. 
P. M. Augur writes the Horticulturist 
that this was a chance seedling in the 
garden of Mr. Levi Talmage, Northford, 
Connecticut. Tree hardy and vigorous. 
Fruit ripens with Seckel which it much 
resembles, the Talmage pear being a little: 
larger and more uniform, almost identical in 
form, with the same russet ground but per¬ 
haps a little less ruddy coloring. The flesh 
is whitish, very juicy, melting, resembling 
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 
Goodwin’s Hand Cultivator and Straw¬ 
berry Runner Cutter. 
Labor-savino implements are the great 
desideratum with the cultivators of small 
fruits and garden vegetables, if at the same 
time they happen to be labor performing. 
Every cultivator fully understands the diffi¬ 
culty of eradicating the weeds from garden 
crops, wit hout a very large expenditure of 
time and hack-ache. The great drawback 
in strawberry cull,uro, especially, bus been 
the labor required to cut the runners and 
keep the plants within reasonable bounds. 
The engraving herewith given shows the 
same frame and wheel furnished as a weedcr 
and in a shape to cut strawberry runners, 
respectively ; or both operations may be per¬ 
formed at the same time, the frame carrying 
both weed ere and cutter at once. 
The Cultivator is mounted without provi¬ 
sion for the strawberry trimmer, at a little 
less price. As a cultivator, it 1ms the merit 
of adjustability iu both depth and width, 
the latter from live to fifteen inches, all the 
hoes being regulated at once and with uni¬ 
formity. It is claimed for it that it saves its 
price in labor in a single season^ on a quar¬ 
ter acre of ground, besides doing better 
work than the hand hoe. It does not leave 
the surface in ridges, works deep or shallow, 
as required, and the liocs enter the ground 
to the adjusted depth by the natural move¬ 
ment of the machine, without direction from 
the hand. The handle is adjustable to any 
height. 
At the right is seen the Revolving Shear 
Attachment, for cutting strawberry runners. 
This is a small implement so fitted to the 
frame of the machine as to be firmly fastened 
with one holt, and cannot be put on wrong. 
It consists of a sharp steed disc, on which is 
fastened a small cog-wheel, which is geared 
into the large wheel, by means of ivliicli it is 
have pure stock it is necessary that a variety 
be grown isolated from all others. The 
mixing is brought about by the pollen of 
the blossoms of one variety being intro¬ 
duced into those of another. This is done 
mostly by means of bees and insects, and 
possibly, to some extent, by the winds. No 
sign of mixture is manifested in the crop of 
squashes grown the same season, but the 
product of their seed will show the crossing. 
It is sometimes a question how near will it 
do to have pumpkins or other squashes to 
the Hubbards. It is difficult to say what 
distance would be safe, as much depends on 
circumstances; but it may be assumed that 
squash will mix as readily as corn, and most 
farmers can judge from experience about 
that distance. Special pains should be 
taken with those intended for seed, and 
nothing which can contaminate them al¬ 
lowed to grow anywhere within range. If 
a stray pumpkin or other vine chance to 
make its appearance among the Hubbards, 
the seed grown in its vicinity should be dis¬ 
carded. 
As for the soil, there is no danger of 
making it too fertile. Sod ground is very 
well adapted to this crop. I plowed lip a 
sod eighteen years old — one that had been 
pastured since the first and only crop the 
field ever bore. The stumps of the old 
clearing were so decayed that a team pulled 
them easily. The plowing was about six 
inches deep, and of necessity rough. After 
harrowing a great many soils lay on the top. 
The rows were marked nine feet apart each 
way. Tnto each hill about one quart of dry, 
weil pulverized hen manure was put, and 
thoroughly mixed and covered with earth. 
Then the seeds — seven to a hill—were 
planted, and covered about one inch deep. 
This was about the first of June. The 
plants came up, broad-leaved and strong, 
and grew as if trying their best to get away 
from the rank, ammonia smell of the ma¬ 
nure underneath. They got away from the 
yellow cucumber hug completely, defying 
all his efforts to harm them, and began to 
run from the hill in about three weeks. 
From three to four plants were left in the 
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driven, circular-saw fashion, running against 
and forming a shear with the steel finger, 
which protrudes forward and downward at 
such an angle ivs to raise the runner from 
the ground before it comes in contact with 
the cutting edge. With this machine a per¬ 
son can cut the runners as fast as he can 
walk. Practical and disinterested men who 
have used this implement, speak in high 
terms of it. Those desiring further informa¬ 
tion or implements are referred to the adver¬ 
tisement in this paper. 
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HUBBARD SQUASH. 
The past season I grew a crop of four 
acres of Hubbard Squash, and having picked 
up a little experience communicate it for the 
benefit of t hose whom it may concern. 
The Hubbard is the king of squashes; no 
other variety fe equal to it on the table, or 
keeps as well. It is ratable in October, and 
with proper care may l>e preserved until 
summer comes again, ft may be dried or 
canned; it is good for sauce, pics, and is 
a very agreeable substitute for sweet pota¬ 
toes. Whether it is boiled, steamed, or 
baked, makes little difference to the taste. 
Stock relish it, cut. fine, so as to break the 
hard shell, and milch cows eat it with 
hill, and at last the ground was well covered. 
The large dark stinking squash bug did 
not make its appearance until the vines 
began to run. Then we found from two to 
six on a hill, and killed them very carefully, 
aud smashed the clusters of eggs occasionally 
found on the under side of the leaves. r l his 
is the only way fo light these bugs effectually 
that I know of. Begin early; kill the first 
ones and smash their eggs, and if your vines 
are well fed they will run away from them. 
Mine received no material harm from them, 
hot late in the season the weather was favor¬ 
able to their increase, and two weeks before 
the squashes were picked 1 think there were 
three bushels of those bugs, big and little, in 
the patch. 
Thirty wagon loads were harvested from 
the patch, twenty of which were fit for 
market. I estimated t hose twenty loads to 
weigh fifteen tons. When picked from the 
vines they were first placed in small piles, 
where, in a few days, the stems partly cured. 
They were then stored in cellars. Care was 
taken not to bruise them or break off t he 
stems. The cellars proved too damp for 
them, and in a month mould spots made 
their appearance followed by rot. 1 had to 
dispose of some quickly which I did by tak¬ 
ing out the seed and feeding to stock. 
A squash house is very necessary to pre- 
I serve this crop for the best market. It 
should he built above ground, in a dry place. 
PAor.T APPLE — OUTLINE. 
closely but a little inferior to a No. 1 well. De: 
Seckel. The tree is an early and abundant two cents 
bearer. New Tori 
An oilier New Wild Goose Plum. three doll 
B. P. Hanan, Missouri, -writes that he has re ^ a ( ^ 0 ' 
a native plum which he thinks belongs to Three c 
the Chickasaw family, that has not failed to good crop 
Pear annually, giving its fruit ripe and free and mean 
from attacks of the curculio, during the past mg squasl 
eight years. He describes the fruit assmnll, worst one 
about one inch in diameter, round, yellow, may be n 
sweet, and in opinion of many equal to Green and after 
Gage; ripens in September and October, often ruir 
Mr, IIanan is sending cions of it to various splendid, 
fruit growers for a trial, ere he oilers it for As var 
sale.— e. with one 
naru sneii, anu ...mu ° should be built above ground, in a dry place. 
avidity, and never tiro ol the loud. With an d (> f materials. A stove should he set 
plenty of Hubbard Squash as good butter - m j () dry the atmosphere and keep out 
may he made in November as in June. It frost. If kept dry and moderately warm, 
will keep store hogs in good order, if fed in the Hubbard will hist six month,-.. '■ >' 
a »W . U Mill Is especially good for hens. “gf fc'pfcSJ- 
Cooked and led with meal it kittens swine Jl0t ; U)O uiuc h weight lie on the bottom tier, 
rapidly. It is a profitable market squash, Tbe demand for Hubbard Squash in our 
because it yields well, keeps well, and soils ] ar ge cities is extensive. Even in villages 
well, Dealers here in Rochester, N. Y., pay and among farmers quite a market may be 
iw.cents per pound by the wagon load; in found; *},«•«- 
New York it is at this Milling quoted at J them, the culture may be made protita- 
lliree dollars and twenty-five cents per bar- j ^ above ordinary farm crops, and m any 
re]— a dollar higher than the Boston Marrow. case they are worth their cost to teed to stock. 
Three conditions are requisite to grow a The best type of u Hubbard Squash has a 
good cop ,-Soed from pore stock, rich soil, shorb Uttek^U, n iterc h is 
and means to fight off the huge, gray, stink- ■ 1 ,; s ,,| u .rical The calyx end terminates 
mg squash bug. That bug is its special and in \i curved point. Thu squash is quite 
may be more easily fulfilled than this last, dark green, except wnai comm *** 
and after taking-all possible pains the hug witMhYv, ‘.m’ t h e ' only x enH towards 1 
often ruins a crop that otherwise would lie AVlicn pure and ripe it lias a luu<-i 
splendid. shell about one-sixteenth of an inch thick. 
As varieties of the squash family cross The flesh is solid and of an orange colm^ 
■with one another very readily, in order to 
