oats ground did not. And just now comes 
to hand the Gardener’s Monthly, which 
gives the folio w ing: — ‘Mr. Wm. Parry of 
CinriJiminson, N. .1., had an orchard all of 
this variety rot so that, lie abandoned it as 
not worth “ culture when lo! fin'the last 
two years, amongst tire weeds and grass of 
neglect, lie has had wonderful crops.’ Now, 
I should say here is evidence enough to con¬ 
firm my observations : - The Hale’s Early 
rots worst when cultivated, when young, 
and worse on rich than on poor land. There¬ 
fore, I should plant on land not very rich, 
cease cultivating us soon as of bearing size, 
and prune as little as possible. When so 
treated, J am satisfied it is one of the most 
profitable that can he planted.” 
The “ Mexican Kvi-i-beuring” Sira wherry. 
Prof. TmtUBEit in the American Agri¬ 
culturist for August says“ It will be ex¬ 
pected that we shall say something of this , 
bone of contention. Wc have it growing, 
and if it is in any important, character diffe¬ 
rent from or better than the Monthly Alpine, 
we are unable to see it. Mr. Meehan finds 
a difference in the young leaves, but as we 
do not grow the plant for leaves, that has no 
practical bearing. There are some who 
fancy the Alpine strawberries, and these 
will he pleased with the Mexican, Autumn 
Gnlande, or a half dozen others, the 1 chief 
difference in which consists in tins name. A 
pot each of the Mexican and Alpine was ex¬ 
hibited ut Puss A Sons’ show, without 
labels. There were many persons present 
who are practical strawberry-growers, and 
none of tliem could see in what particular 
the plants differed.” 
will, every year during the first ten, cut off 
half of the previous year’s grow'th, keep 
ashes, lime, and sulphur (a tablespoonful of 
the latter) close about your trees, train the 
trees low-headed and so they will not form 
forks to he split by storms, peach trees can 
bo made as enduring, vigorous, healthy, and 
as sure and abundant in bearing as the apple 
or any other fruit. 
Added to the above must he your exter¬ 
mination of the borer every May and Sep¬ 
tember. Two main reasons why the peach 
Arbartcnhttn 1 
c fpttegarb 
FRUITS RECEIVED 
TRAINING SCUPPERNONGS 
BY HENRY T. HARRIS. 
A. .T. Bttnter, Whiteville, N. C., in the 
Carolina Fanner, says:—•“ Our mode of cul¬ 
tivation is on tire arbor system, and not to 
train to stakes. We plant our vines, say 
thirty-two feet, apart each way, set the posts 
in squares, about, eight, or eight and a-half 
feet apart, rail on top, and so continue until 
the vines meet overhead. Tire pruning knife 
is used only to train the young vines, for, ns 
the arbor is extended, tire powerful tendrils 
with, which nature has supplied this vine, 
will cut off many branches, and thus relieve 
the parent plant of its superfluous wood. 
This tendril seizes upon a young cion, wraps 
its wiry coil around it, and finally cuts it in 
two, and the dead portion at last falls to the 
ground to enrich the soil beneath the arbor. 
As soon as the vine requires further exten¬ 
sion, it should lie supplied at once with it, or 
much time may be lost in enlarging the vine¬ 
yards, and the consequent production of 
fruit. Thus whole acres arc covered with 
one continuous mat of vines overhead.” 
BY F. R. ET.I.rOTT, 
New Jersey and Delaware—especially 
the latter State—seem to lie particularly the 
home of the peach. Doubtless soil has more 
to do with its success or failure than climate; 
O. F. Brand, Faribault, Minnesota, sends 
me samples of an early crab variety that be 
names the 
HimiiioiiH* 
It is small in size, nearly globular, a little 
uneven or ridged on the surface; color a 
clear, rich yellow, with a faint blush on the 
sun side. Its flesh is whitish yellow, tolera¬ 
bly tender and good; but its value is placed 
by Mr. Brand in the period of its ripening, 
say just alter I lie earliest of sorts such as 
Tetolaky, ele., and before Transeendant and 
other later sorts. Mr. Brand says:—“It 
originated with M. II. (-Simmons, of Fond du 
Lac, Wis., and since 1864 it lias proved 
hardy, and three weeks earlier than anything- 
.« ever saw in this latitude.” 
Tin* Z(mi' lienIIlr Vein*. 
Our friend, Prof. .J. P, Kthtland, lias 
sent ns some fine specimens ofZoar Beauty, 
a variety t he more we sec of which the more 
we think, as formerly. It is a valuable early 
sort for market and to plant, grown on the 
pear stock, or as a standard. It. is larger 
tlmn Doyenne d'Ele, and nearly as early; 
Although, like most of the early ripening 
pears, it will rot at the core, yet, if it is gath¬ 
ered early, it is in good eating order ere the 
rot comes in. 
Alaev Blackberry. 
From Mr. Oliver Auger, Cleveland, O., 
1 have a blackberry which 1 have never lie- 
lore seen. It is of good, fair size, of oblong 
shape, with granules medium size—when 
fully ripe is of a deep claret color; is juicy, 
sweet, and rich. The canes are of a light 
green, also the foliage; strong and vigorous; 
the spikes of fruit are long and well set. As 
u market sort, 1 do not think it will be of 
value, lint for the amateur’s use, it is a berry 
of line quality, and worth a place, as giving 
value and variety to the dessert. 
GRAPE REPORTS. 
From Dnnavillc, N. Y„ August IS. 
I have twenty-two varieties of grapes 
growing on our hillsides. The first vine¬ 
yard is on an elevation of about three hun¬ 
dred feet; the second six hundred and eight 
hundred feet elevation. The crop is looking 
fine. The canes are ripening fast; fruit also. 
My Iona, Delaware, Hartford Prolific, 
Creveling, Israelis, and some others are ri¬ 
pening fast, and I can commence picking 
the 20th of August, which is four weeks ear¬ 
lier than last year. We have had heavy 
rains, so I was fearful for the crop ; hut the 
drainage is good, the soil being calcareous 
slate and clay loam, and the growth is luxu¬ 
riant; this, with good culture, gave them 
tight, clusters, perfect bloom, and canes and 
foliage free from ail disease.— T). M, Pierson. 
Cutting nil I In* Top* of Srrnwbci-ry Vines. 
I do not approve ol' cutting off the tops 
of strawberry vines, as recommended by the 
Small Fruit Recorder, in Rural New- 
Yorker, July !). A neighbor near me cut 
the tops off his vines last season after bear¬ 
ing ; this year f saw a few worthless herrics, 
where might have been grown lmsliels. You 
would hardly think of stripping the leaves 
off an early apple tree after bearing, to get a 
tine crop next year. The leaves are the lungs 
of the plant; cut them off after bearing, and 
the roots have all they can do to raise an¬ 
other crop before winter, then there is no 
time left, for maturing the fruit bud, or 
crown, as we call it, for next year’s crop. 
Wheat straw is the best mulch we have in 
this country. The amount of my crop was 
a little over four hundred bushels. The 
ground measures a friction over two acres. 
We did not use a pound of manure or any 
other fertilizer. Am growing raspberries 
and blackberries.—B. Frank Smith, Bever¬ 
ly , Md. _ 
Franconln Raspberry in Cnnadn. 
The Canada Farmer, July 18, says :—“An 
examination of the canes of different varie¬ 
ties of raspberries this spring shows that 
tail, lew sorts ripened their wood last sum¬ 
mer sufficiently well to endure even the 
moderate cold of last winter. The Fran¬ 
conia, which has been esteemed to be almost 
hardy, was killed nearly to the ground at St. 
Catharine’s, and at Loci?port, N. Y., a large 
plantation of several acres had suffered in 
like manner. It is now certain that, although 
the Franconia is sufficiently hardy to answer 
well during the majority of our seasons, yet 
there arc occasional exceptions, where the 
canes are so entirely killed back that the 
crop will be very seriously injured, if not 
entirely lost. The only varieties on the 
grounds of the writer, which have come out 
unharmed, are the Yellow Canada, Arnold’s 
Red, and the Philadelphia. These seem to 
he perfectly hardy, and lacking only in size 
and firmness of berry. Nearest to'these in 
hardihood seems to be the Clarke, yet our 
acquaintance with it is loo limited to speak 
positively of its merits. 
From Willoughby, I.iibrCn., Ohio, Aiinr- 15. 
Grades, as a general thing in this sec¬ 
tion, are doing well; yet there is some rot 
among the Calawbas, and the Delaware 
vines are shedding their leaves more or less. 
The Isabella, Catawbas and Delaware have 
an abundance of fruit. The Concords are 
bearing lint little in comparison with last 
year, owning to the first buds being injured 
by frost in May. There is, however, a fail- 
show of fine clusters. On (he highlands, 
from five to eight miles hack from the lake, 
the CiUawbas are entirely free from rot, and 
foliage healthy. The Delaware and Con¬ 
cord are, at this date, coloring handsomely, 
which is at least two weeks in advance of 
last season. With a favorable fall we may 
expect fruit of superior quality, as we have 
had a summer of sunshine and timely 
showers.—J. H. t. 
STRAWBERRIES IN OHIO 
That the strawberry is not more generally 
cultivated is to me a matter of great sur¬ 
prise. Not one fanner in fifty gives this 
noble berry any attention. In this region 
especially, where early cherries fail so ollcn, 
they certainly should have a patch of straw¬ 
berries. As to varieties:—My experience 
extends over a period of five years. Begin¬ 
ning with the Wilson, I have to my own 
satisfaction at least, tested some twenty va¬ 
rieties, embracing Burr’s New Pine, Kit- 
ley’s Goliah, Fillmore, Jucunda, Agricultu¬ 
rist,, Russell, Ac., and have discarded them 
all except Burr's New Pine, Jucunda, and 
Wilson’s Albany. These seem to be better 
adapted to this locality than any I have 
tried. The first-named is a nice berry, early, 
ripens well, bears good crops, and requires 
but little protection in winter. 
The Jucunda (Knox’s, 700) is the largest 
and finest strawberry 1 have ever seen; lint 
it does not nearly compare with the Wilson 
in productiveness, one good picking being 
about all you get. But for a fancy home 
berry, it will please the most fastidious. It 
requires careful protection in winter. 
The Wilson is t he berry for the million. It 
is my main reliance for profit. New and 
“better” varieties are brought out inces¬ 
santly; hut my taste for experimenting with 
them has somewhat evaporated; and lam 
content to leave lo others the glorious work 
of buying and testing them. 1 will duly ap¬ 
preciate their self-sacrificing spirit, and 
when they have demonstrated beyond the 
“shadow of a doubt” that a positive im¬ 
provement has been attained, I may substi¬ 
tute my varieties For something else. 
Brownsville, O., August, 1870. 0. M. H. 
AT-iG-KK, BL 
although both are, to a greater or lesser ex¬ 
tent, essential to its highest perfection. 
While this is true, we must not lose sight, of 
the fact that proper culture, every year, is 
essential to success, in a great many locali¬ 
ties, if not in everyone. In some places, 
however, the peach will flourish without 
any apparent attention to its culture; but 
while this is true, we must not argue there¬ 
from that culture is not required. 
Nine years ago I planted a small orchard 
of this fruit, and permitted the grass (blue 
grass) to grow therein, only keeping a small 
circle, of about two or throe feet in diameter, 
dug from immediately aroUfid the base of 
the trunks, for three years, after which time 
I permitted the grass to grow close up to 
the trees, through neglect,. Every spring, 
early, I cutoff, for four successive j r ears, half 
of the previous year’s growth, which caused 
the trees to grow up bushy and stocky. 
Since this period they have had no attention 
whatever, except to cut out the borers every 
May and September. The result is, that I 
have gathered large crops of fruit every year 
for five years past, and now my trees are. 
loaded with luscious fruit. My soil is a stiff 
clay, Avith blue limestone underlying. The 
orchard was not ploAved a single time after 
being planted; the weeds, &e., were kept 
clown Avith a scythe. 
Four years ago I planted another orchard 
ol peaches in similar soil, and plowed it 
carefully t wo or three times every spring— 
as 1 raised raspberries between and under 
the trees. I cut off the half of every years' 
groAvth as before, and finer, thriftier trees 
cannot be found. The growth of each year 
is perfectly enormous, and the loaves dark 
green and luxuriant. This year I expected 
a full crop from them, but did not get a half- 
dozen peaches. The borer works terribly 
on every tree, and I have taken ns many as 
thirteen from a single tree scarcely larger in 
the trunk than a man’s wrist. Some trees 
were nearly entirely girdled. Doubtless this 
multitude of borers was caused by tlm con¬ 
stant starring and loosening of the ground 
around the trees. 
I learn from this experience the following 
facts:—Peach trees should not have the 
eartli loosened up about their trunks. It 
should he kept firm around the base, and 
mixed with ashes or lime and a little sul¬ 
phur. Coal ashes I find better than Avood. 
If this is done, your trees will have some 
borers ready for the knife in May and Sep¬ 
tember, but not half the quantity; and in 
some cases the tree will have none. If you 
ARBORICULTURAL NOTES 
Plantiug Osage Orange .Seed in the Fall. 
A correspondent at Nebraska City, Ne¬ 
braska, asks if any of the correspondents of 
the Rural Neav-Yorker have ever planted 
Osage Orange seed in the fall. If any one 
has, let him answer. The usual time in the 
Northern States is from the first of March to 
the first of May—depending, of course, upon 
location and season. 
Dcur* mill Evergreens, 
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer 
complains that the lower branches of his 
Norway spruce, balsam and fir arc browned, 
and asks the cause. The editor says, in 
reply :—“ Whenever we hear of the loss of 
evergreen trees, where no cause is assigned, 
we strongly suspect that too many dogs are 
kept by the owner, or are permitted on the 
grounds. Dogs are social, and have a pecu¬ 
liar way of showing it, and always prefer 
evergreens to deciduous trees. Evergreen 
trees being very sensitive to salt, are soon 
killed by the nightly showering they re¬ 
ceive. A half-dozen good-sized dogs, hav¬ 
ing free access to an evergreen, will some¬ 
times kill it in a single night.” 
Apples In New Hiiini>»liti-c. 
L. L. P., East Jeffery, N. II., Avritcs Au¬ 
gust 17 :—“ Nearly all varieties of apples are 
bearing well. The Red Astrnchan, Winter 
Pippin—[ Does our our correspondent mean 
Winter Harvey «>r the Reinette Pippin ?— 
Eds. IIuraTi New-Yorker]—B aldwin and 
Hubbardstmi Nonsuch are the leading and 
most valuable varieties. The Red Astra- 
chan is lliegreatsunmu r apple here. Trees 
of the Danvers Winter Sweet are loaded 
doAvn wilh fair fruit, and it, is our best winter 
sweet apple. It bears every other year, and 
there is great uniformity in tlm size and 
quality of the fruit. The large Winter Pip¬ 
pin—or the old White Spanish lie in die 
[White Spanish Reinette is the correct name, 
though it is scarcely a Avinter apple, if that 
is what our correspondent means by " Win¬ 
ter Pippin.”— Eds. Rural New-Yorker] 
is the lies! of all winter apples for cooking 
purposes, being ready for use the moment it 
comes from the tree.” 
1’ears iii Nuw Hampshire. 
The same correspondent writes;—“ Louise 
Bonne de Jersey is among pears here what 
llu- Baldwin Is among apples, hardy, a pro¬ 
digious bearer, and good. The Flemish 
Beauty is scarcely second, hardy, and a great 
hearer. Beurre Superfin 1ms great merit, 
ami is gaining friends. The Bartlett is of 
little account,except when grafted into more 
hardy stocks. As it comes from the nur¬ 
sery,not one in live lives. 1 vote Doyeune 
d’Ete the best of nil summer pears. Blood- 
good bears avcII, hut few speciinens are fair, 
and it does not mature.” 
P0M0L0GICAL GOSSIP, 
Southern Strawberries in Missouri. 
S. Miller, Bluffiou, Mo., in Western 
Rural of July 14, says:—"Southern Mam¬ 
moth, A frique and Mary Stewart, received 
from Louisiana the past spring—which, of 
course, I thought would be early—are uoav 
in bloom and fruit, Avhile all the other va¬ 
rieties are past for weeks. These latter may 
prove valuable for a Into crop.” 
Mow lo Mniinci* Ilnte’s Early Pencil. 
E. A. IIikhl of Illinois, writes the Journal 
of Agriculture that Avhen his Hale’s Early 
first came into bearing under good culture, 
they rotted badly, and adds:—“Last year I 
sowed my peach orchard to clover, and this 
year made a hog pasture of it, so that in re¬ 
ality ii has not been plowed for two years, 
and I had a splendid crop of llalc’s, which 
did not rot any more than :uiy other sort. 
Last winter there was a certain fruit grower 
ni my house over night, and in talking over 
fruit matters, he stated t hat last year ho had 
some Hale’s in bearing—one part of the 
orchard being in oats and the oilier part be¬ 
ing cultivated, and those in cultivated 
ground all rotted as usual, Avhile those in 
Pruiiiug of Hedges. 
Will some one inform me through the 
Rural New-Yorker, what time, or times 
of the year is best for pruning hedges of the 
honey locust? I have transplanted about 
filly rods to inclose my door yard, and two 
small lots near my house; it is growing 
finely. If fall pruning is best, 1 should like 
to know in time to do it this fall.— Joel 
Tcruell, Susquehanna Vo ., Pa. 
If the object in pruning is to thicken the 
hedge and increase the lateral growth, the 
Urp of the hedge should be cut back in sum¬ 
mer—say in .1 line or July. But. if the ob¬ 
ject is to* give shape to the hedge, the prim¬ 
ing had better be done late in the fall, or in 
winter, or in spring before the sap starts. 
