perfectly covered with its rich crimson and 
purple hells, which has been in the fullest 
bloom all the summer, and bids fair to con¬ 
tinue a “joy” into December. Carl Halt 
is one of tlie “ novelties” of the season. Its 
petals are a pure white, and the corolla is 
of two shades of pink, striped like a carna¬ 
tion ; the effect is perfect! 
Large plants can he kept in frost-proof 
cellars during the winter, either in pots or 
in boxes; or they can he pulled up by the 
roots, the soil shaken from them, and pack¬ 
ed in layers in sand which is thoroughly dry, 
taking care to cut off all green leaves and 
tender shoots. If kept in a dry cellar, they 
will come forth alive in April. 
Zonnt<* Geraniums. 
Small plants of these favorite flowers are 
usually preferred for Window Gardening, 
and many of our readers have doubtless pot¬ 
ted all their favorites before they read this 
article. But it is not to late to start cuttings 
for early spring blooming now. If good 
sized stalks are chosen, and potted in six- 
inch pots, with very rich soil at the bottom 
and one inch of sand at the top, the cutting 
firmly inserted into it, it will doubtless grow. 
It. should he shaded from the sun for three 
or four days, and then given all the light 
possible. Lord Derby is tbe most glorious 
scarlet of the Zonalcs. There arc over one 
hundred varieties of this plant, and every 
year sees new additions. It will always be 
a favorite, on account of its brilliant hues, 
its freedom from worms, its easy cultivation, 
and its glossy, bright green foliage,—s. o. j. 
which will be thankfully received by—Lou- 
liA, North Carolina, 1870. 
“ Early August,” small berry, ripe for three 
weeks ; a good hearer, and a good grape. 
“ William Toll," exceedingly sweet.; ripe about 
two weeks ago; small berry, an extra bearer; 
the birds were so fond of tl)is grape that Mr. 
Thompson had to cover them to keep am . 
Tbe “Lavena " bad a large berry, with heavy 
clusters; it. is black- healthy and strong; been 
ripe I wo weeks. It is wonderfully prolific,, and 
is a better grape than the Isabella. One vine 
hung on a stake, presented a continuous Itno of 
grapes for the liigiit of six foot, the clusters 
hanging upon and overlapping each other. 
The “ Eiennr " lias boon cultivated ton years. 
It is a dark purple, large and heavy clusters, ob¬ 
long in shape. Tint vine has had no care, and 
the fruit has been ripe for more than two weeks, 
and was excellent. Gupt, TtircKit said the “ El¬ 
eanor " was a perfect success with him, in Troy, 
and sweeter than Mr. Thompson's. The cap¬ 
tain's soli is day, with Which lie has mixed sand. 
Mr. Fiiviikt had thorn, and showed a cluster 
weighing eleven ounces, fully rtpn. At tbiadiite 
Isabellas were not Hnc in ('apt. Tuvpkr'r yard, 
and would not be before the 20th Inst, 
The "Jami's M. Ketchum," dark purple, had 
been ripe for two weeks. This grape will dry on 
the vine like a raisin. (Several white grapes, 
without name, were shown,of excellent, quality, 
oik? of which had a tine crop of harries almost 
transparent, with clusters shouldered and fruit 
closely set. Mr. Thompson thought this his best 
white grape, which lie named "The Farmers' 
Club," and recommended it for general trial, as 
it promises well. 
fit is proper to say in this connection that. 
Andrew 8. Fuller, one of the editors of the 
IUjiial New-Yorker, was appointed a member 
of the committee of which Mr. f'turns wns 
Cha irman. Ho did not visit G-rceti Island with 
Mr. Otnms, hot did subsequently, In company 
with Charles Downinh, visit Mr. Thompson’s 
vineyards. He declined to sign the above re¬ 
port by Mr. ('turns, but wo append his notes in 
this cdnnoctlon. Mr. Fuller is a practical, In¬ 
telligent and critical horticulturist, and writes 
from an entirely ditVorent standpoint than Mr. 
Curtis, who faithfully givesa report of what lie 
saw and learned.—Ena. ItURA l Nkw-Youkibu.] 
We regret that It should become our unpleas¬ 
ant duty to say a discouraging word in regard to 
these new grapes. It 1ms always boon our pleas¬ 
ure to chronicle (he advent of now varieties, 
preferring to err, if at all, on the sido of liber¬ 
ality towards lilts originators of now sorts than 
even to appear In the least neglectful; and 
wliilo wo shall always welcome the advent of 
new fruits, we must at, the sumo time bo mind¬ 
ful that it is our right, as well ns duty to warn 
the public against purchasing those varieties 
that will bring them neither pleasure or profit. 
Mr. Thompson had many years experience In 
the Cultivation of the grape, and while we be¬ 
lieve that. Ids character is above reproach, we 
must at the sumo time assort that his skill is 
questionable as an originator of new varieties. 
\Yo visited his grounds at Green Island, and 
there saw the fruit and vines in a most favor- 
aide locality and soil, the small vineyard being 
surrounded by a high board fence, which made 
the situation almost equal to a conservatory, as 
will be apparent to every grape grower, when 
we say Unit Kweetwuters and Humburghs were 
WCll ripened upon a. trellis tile20th of .Septem¬ 
ber, and scarcely a sign of mildew upon leaves 
or fruit. Wo append a few of our own notCB 
upon the varieties shown at. the Farmers' Club. 
Wm. 8. Carpenter ,— Hcediing of Hamburgh and 
a Variety from Palestine. Both pnreuIs being 
foreign, tho seedling must, be the Same, conse¬ 
quently no value for open vineyard culture. 
The grape is large, tine and quality excellent. 
David Thompson— Appears to lie Black Ham¬ 
burgh, or a Hoedllng therefrom ; of no vuluefor 
open air culture. 
Qan. Grant.— Sweetwater or a seedling there¬ 
from ; no native blood in it; of doubtful value. 
N. Wt;/.-Another seedling of Sweetwater, 
but not equal to its parent. 
Wm. Tell.—A medium size, dark blue-black 
grape; swoet, sprightly and delicious, resem¬ 
bling theAlvey. The most promising variety 
among the whole number. 
Lavlna.— Probably tho Isabella, or a seedling 
of If; no better than its parent. 
Elenor.— Similar to tho last named, and from 
the same source. 
Bonticue— Looks and tastes like Isabella, anil 
wo think is Isabella, 
A. B. Crandall.— The same as the last, although 
grown on another vine. 
Mr. Thompson Ims also named many other 
supposed to lie now sorts, tint, the foregoing 
noles are suflioient to show their character and 
probable value. 
Pc-erlcM FoUloet. - Dr. Trimble reported on 
this tuber as follows:—At. a mooting of this 
Club, early lust spring, a few potatoes, called 
tho Peerless, were distributed for planting. I 
received one. It hail eleven eyes, and I cut it 
into eleven pieces; placed tliem in aa many 
thover-pots in a green-house. Whon tin? sprout's 
were about, one inch above ground, they were 
set out in a drill without manure, one foot 
apart. I have just gathered the crop— 147 pota¬ 
toes, weighing 7-’. pounds, or two-11 ftlis of a 
bushel. Horn is tho largest. About 20 pounds 
of them would bo merchantable—three pounds 
too small except for feeding to slock. Tho 
arimttr 
tstttsstons 
Solatium Warscewlczii. 
Nearly four hundred and fifty species of 
the genus SolanuM arc described in botani¬ 
cal works; some are delicious and useful 
vegetables, as the potato, the tomato and the 
egg plant.; others are useful in medicine; 
the genus comprises herbaceous plants, 
either annual or perennial, shrubs and even 
small trees. Naturally, among so many spe¬ 
cies, many are found to be very ornamental 
and useful for decorative purposes, either in 
conservatories or in the open air; and they 
have accordingly come largely into use in 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB 
GARDEN NOTES 
Note* of Discussion*. Extract* from Bet¬ 
ters, dkc. 
The Green lainuit Grape*.— David Thompson 
is one of the must persistent inmuuimniaes on 
tho subject of grape culture and seedlings wo 
know of. He hog, through the Farmers’flub, 
during tho past year, sought to Introduce to 
public notico his seedlings. Ho has given them 
tlie names of sotiieof the more prominent mem¬ 
bers (Including the Cheerful Commander) and 
has petitioned again and again for a Committee 
to Visit Ins grounds and report thereon. Fluul- 
To Make an Aapnriign* lied. 
•I. G. Parkinson asks tbe simplest mode 
of making a permanent asparagus bed. Make 
the soil rich, yes, very rich, and not less than 
eighteen inches deep. Plant the roots in 
rows, three feet apart, and t,\vo feet in tho 
rows, covering the crowns four to six Inches 
deep, only, not one foot, as generally recom¬ 
mended, for a market crop. Every fall, ap¬ 
ply a good top-dressing of stable manure, and 
we will insure you “giant ” asparagus. 
Growing Crease* Out. of Water. 
A contributor to the London Journal of 
Horticulture says it is not correct to state 
that water cresses grown out of water nro 
unfit to cat. He says:—“ Sixpenny worth of 
seed having been sown at Stanuioro Lodge, 
Penge, last spring, in a few weeks wo had 
plenty of cresses, and we hayo had enough 
for tho family ever since. The value, at, the 
lowest, would be two shillings per week, and 
this off about four square yards of ground. 
So far from the plants standing in water, 
they stand about six Incites above the level 
of the ground. The crosses are excellent.” 
It, is doubtful if the same success would at¬ 
tend its growth in our hot summers, but tlie 
experiment is worth a trial at least. 
Pointin'* xml Cnbhngc. 
I am not. the man to write for the papers, 
but I would like to give to the world an 
item from my own experience. In 1808 I 
planted cabbage on a spot of ground from 
which had previously been gathered a large 
crop of Irish potatoes. I manured my cab¬ 
bage none at all. Iliad finer cabbage than 
any one of my neighbors, all of whom man¬ 
ured. In 1860 1 caused Irish potatoes to 
succeed cabbage. I gathered more and 
finer potatoes than any one else. In 1870 l 
caused cabbage to succeed Irish potatoes. 
My cabbage are very fine. 
From these observations and experiments 
I am led to beliovo that cabbage and roots 
of any kind should succeed one another. 1 
believe the roots destroy what is detrimental 
to cabbage growth, and vied verm. 
I should like to get the opinion of others 
on the subject.— Mississippi. 
DOUBLE GERANIUMS, 
Double flowering geraniums are fast be¬ 
coming universal favorites, and will, we have 
no doubt, take first rank for some years to 
come, with all lovers of the beautiful. It is 
a well known fact that all, or nearly all, 
double (lowers last much longer in their 
beauty than single ones; and when wo take 
into consideration the adaptability of the 
geranium for bedding, and tbe gorgeous dis¬ 
play they make during our hottest summers, 
no wonder need be expressed at the double 
flowering kinds making friends so readily. 
For cut flowers, the single varieties cannot 
approach them in usefulness and beauty, and 
owing to their great persistence in holding 
together, they will last much longer before 
they decay. Nothing can be more beautiful 
for the ladies to wear in their hair than these 
double flowers, being, so to speak, like minia¬ 
ture roses, aud very effective. 
The only drawback has been that they 
were too gross in their habit and growth, 
not giving a sufficiency of flowers for foliage 
and size of plant, a point which is being got 
over with some of the newer and more 
floril'erous varieties. Some of the kinds 
have enormous trusses of tho very finest 
shaped flowers, as seen in Mons. E. G. 
Henderson with color fiery carmine; (see 
illustration.) Mary Elizabeth (sec illustra¬ 
tion) is a beautiful delicate soft rose color. 
New colors arc constantly being gaiued, but 
a white flower is still wanting. I have 
grown and bloomed twenty-eight varieties 
the present season, aud must own to being 
well pleased with the majority of them. 
That they will adapt themselves to be 
planted out of doors is being evidenced this 
summer. One of the very finest geraniums 
I have seen iu bloom has been a double¬ 
flowering variety. Subjoined is a list of 
some of the most promising: 
R/m Cohr : — Madam Lemoine, Marie 
Lemoine, Spark Hill Beauty, Mary Jlliza- 
betli, Marie Crousse. 
Scarlets : — Victor, (Smith’s,) Wilhelm 
Pfitzer, Triumph de Lonaine, Triumph dc 
TbumesnU, Captain L’Hermite, Sunshine, 
Rose Queen, Mons. E. G. Henderson, As¬ 
cendancy. 
One thing is certain:—old plants give 
much the best satisfaction, blooming more 
freely than young ones, and not growing 
quite so coarse. John Charlton. 
Kootiester, N. Y., 1870. 
DOUBLE PINK GERANIUM—MARY ELIZABETH, 
the sub-tropical gardening, as a great num¬ 
ber of them have very striking foliage; among 
the best of them for this purpose is Lira sub¬ 
ject of our present, notice. They are readily 
raised from seeds sown in a hot-bed, or 
propagated by cuttings. They should be 
kept over in a warm green-house during 
winter. Any good, rich soil suits them. 
The Wnnitri'inu Jaw. 
I saw a notice in one of the September 
numbers of the Rural New-Yorker in 
which you requested some one who had 
written to you in reference to tlie “ Wander¬ 
ing Jew,” to send you a slip, as you did not 
know any plant of that name. 1 presume 
the parties who wrote you have forwarded 
tlie plant as requested. However, 1 have 
seen no further notice of it. We have the 
plant,'in two varieties, or both of which I 
enclose a slip. One has a striped leaf; the 
other a plain green. The striped leaf plant 
has a small blossom during Lira early part of 
fall; the Other I have never known to bloom. 
I lmve never beard any other name, than 
“ Wandering Jew ” applied to this plant, if 
it has any other name I would he pleased to 
know it.— A Reader op the Rural, Keo¬ 
kuk, Iowa, 
With the foregoing came a sprig of Tra- 
descantia Zebriva and a variety of the same 
with plain leaves. We have received from 
two other sources the above plants as" Wan¬ 
dering Jew.” We have also received plants 
of Saxifraya mrrnmtma and Lysimachia 
nurmmlaria under the same name. We 
shall probably receive others, which illus¬ 
trates tho value of common names in plant, 
nomenclature. 
Decaying Hull)*. 
In Rural New-Yorker, September 24th, 
Anna B. Nickels complains of her bulbs 
rotting and seeds not germinating. Having 
bad a good experience in that line, 1 will 
give you my conclusions about the bulbs. 
Rains, followed by a hot sunshine, 1 am con¬ 
fident, do lira mischief among my own, and 
it may lie with hers. Oh, how dishearten¬ 
ing it is to send all lira money one can spare 
from the actual necessaries of life for choice 
bulbs, plants or seeds to gratify a passionate 
loveoisuch tliiugs and then lose them! 
1 have found bulbs decayed that l knew, 
in nil reason, had perished by warm rains 
and a lmt sunshine; so I manage to give 
partial shade and mulch with green grass. 
Am sure I saved a choice lily in that way, 
and think 1 lost iny L. auratum as well as 
L. landfolium rub rum, by not doing it. Of 
hyacinths I know nothing, not having tried 
them in Wisconsin. 
Of seed she says not one in ten ever ger¬ 
minated ; now my dear reader, it may be 
you too can say the same tiling, while 1 can 
say that if one or two seeds will germinate 
and grow out of every packet I purchase I 
will not complain—not 1 ! Those one or 
two plants do not lack for loving care and 
ly a Committee was appointed, One of its 
members, Mr. Frank D. Curtis, did visit 
him, and submitted iho following report of 
wluit lie saw and heard; 
Wo went thither (September Pith, and mefcsev- 
ctiiI gentleiner. ot well-known eesppouibifity, 
who were acquainted with Mr. Thompson, and 
wore thoroughly conversant with Ins grapes and 
his mode of culture, Among them wereGup- 
loin L. H, Tuppkk, formerly Superintendent of 
I tho Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad; Mr. I*. 
Stewart, n leading member of tlm Shaker fra¬ 
ternity at Mount Lebanon; M. H. Darling, 
North Adams, Mass., /uni J ames Glass, Green 
Island. The grapery of Mr. Thompson Is situ¬ 
ated about, l wo hundred feet from the Hudson 
River, on a level table, or philoai/, 2A foot above 
tho bottom of the river. Ono fnunoli of the 
Mohawk River Hows rlown in tho rear, empty- 
tag Into tlie Hudson below, rue valley of tho 
Hudson Is horn about, one and a half miles wide, 
Ilauked on either side by hills, those on the east, 
tlie bighost back, ot the City of Troy, rising up 
l.ivn hundred teet above the river. The natural 
soil Is gravelly—lira alluvial deposits being 
worked out ami deposited on the lints down llm 
stream, Tim sell in Mr. 1 fit< imtson’ 8garde 11 has 
been enriched with sawdust, coal ashes, Itmo- 
aoreenings and the waste of tlie kitchen. The 
ground is dry and warm, but possesses no spe¬ 
cial characteristics. A high broad fence sur¬ 
rounds tho garden, Mr. T. says us a protection 
against uinrnintern. Tim spin, is small 200 foot 
by HO. On this limited ground about87 degrees 
north In Li I ude t here nro growing 000 bearing 
grape vines - a labyrinth of vines, loaves and 
clusters of fruit which wo ha ve never seen ex¬ 
celled on SUeh it crowded space. 
Mr. Thompson Is a Mootehuniii by birth, and 
wits formerly gardener to Lord BBRESifoan, in 
tho North of Ireland. Hu has lived lorty-throe 
years in this vicinity. HeoUtlms Unit, his grapes 
aro all seedlings of Tiis own production, and 
thus I'm- lie has received no pecuniary reward 
tor his labors. We shall describe in this report 
fho exact court 1 1 ion, and appearance, uml char¬ 
acter of a number of the leading varieties of 
grapes as WO saw them hanging upon t tic vines 
at the time of our inspection. In tho entire 
ground we did not discover any traces ol' mil¬ 
dew or wot, bur, on the contrary,every vino ap¬ 
peared heal I by, unless sun bill'll might; bo called 
a disease. Our attention was called to several 
prune trees, heavy laden with peiTcok fruit, 
which Mr. T. lias cultivated for Ultra toon years, 
and wlueli Ira thinks would grow in any garden 
tolerably well protected. They arc ttowgrow- 
ing in Troy and Waterford. The CUtoulio has 
never distu rbert thorn. 
The time grape wu inspected was the Win. S. 
Carpenter, a cross of the Hamburgh and a 
grape imported by Mr. Thompson from Pales¬ 
tine, which ho calls his “ Mother ” grape. The 
“Carpenter" resembles the Hamburgh in size, 
form, taste and color. The vine, two years old, 
Wood ill tlm open ground, nod with its sixteen 
clusters ol' grapes mid twenty-one feci, of 
growth, eighteen feet of which was well ma¬ 
tured, (actual meastn ei iien i,,) demonstrated that 
it was a hardy and vigorous vine. Mr. Sthwakt 
auid this grape was doing well with hint at Mi.. 
Lebanon. The grapes were, ripe and delicious. 
The " David Thompson ” (named by 
the Farmers’ Club,) across of “Carpen¬ 
ter'’ amt tlm “Grout" grape, had cilia- Z 
tors, by actual weight bringing down the 
scale at two and two mid adialf pounds. 
Tim berries were very compact, as large 
as the Concord. Tho vine whs four years z;Aj 
old from tho spud. Tho curies were 
strong and large; <)tjncane, eleven foot ' 
ami nine inches from the root, had been ZS 
broken olf, and at the end a new shoot jqr’jl 
had started out with n setting for a new o' 
and promising cluster. The vine gave 
evidence of strong productive qualities, 9S,’X‘. 
and, although not, fully ripe, the flavor tWCA 
was thought to be a little better than tlie w J 7 
14 Carpenter." Captain Ti pprr said that, ^ 
tn his opinion, this was tho Eureka of 
grapes. 
Thu “General Grant,” one of tlie par- 
cnis of the last-named grape, was while, (v'a 
tour years old from (he seed. This is a w _ 
•seedling from the “ Mother” grape, which 
was also white. Mr. Sjjkwakt lins it Vf 
growing at Mount Lebanon, in an ex¬ 
posed location, and it. is healthy and vig¬ 
orous. The grape was quite sweet, but 
not fully ripe. The clusters were large, 
witli full shoulders, and fruit closely ~"~ 
set. Some of them wereiiiue inches long. 
At North Adams it grows well. 
The " L. H. Tuppcr” was deiiit ripe, 
very sweet, and pleasant; cross of Rogers’ 
No. 19 mid Allen's hybrid, dark purple, 
small clusters, with u large berry, vino four 
years old, wood ripened to I lie ends ; been ripe 
t wo weeks; an excellent grape. 
“Nalhait C. Ely” was u while grape, three 
years from the seed; wood matured nearly to 
the top; very strong and linn leaf; mammoth 
clusters. The “Ely " was commended. 
A new seedling, which we named "A. B. Cran¬ 
dall," win* dark purple, a heavy bearer, with a 
large crop now cm tho vine, which was four 
yours old. The Crandall was u superior grape, 
and fully ripe. 
The ” Bouticiie," vino three years old, grapes 
dark purple wine, ripe and sweet, clusters tong 
and full; this promising variety hail at least 100 
pounds of grapes on the vine, and last year had 
a heavy crop; remained on the trellis all winter. 
The Trophy Tomato, 
Mr. A. M. Purdy writes us that from his 
experience with this variety the past season 
he considers it. “without exception the best 
and most perfect tomato I have ever grown. 
‘As heavy ns a stone,’ is the expression of 
those who have seen it. Certainly 1 have 
never seen anything to equal it in size, 
beauty, uniformity, solidity and goodness. 
In cutting it one is reminded of an old 
cheese. There are no open cavities in it. 
The slices, when cut and laid upon a dish, 
aro as perfect as the slice of a potato; the 
flavor sweet and delicious; t.Jio average 
weight is fully one pound each, many weigh¬ 
ing ono aud a-lialf to one and three-quarter 
pounds.” 
J. R. Selover writes that the result from 
seed purchased last spring is “ the largest, 
smoothest tomatoes ever seen in this region. 
Tlie verdict is, that in size, beauty and flavor 
they cannot he excelled. They ripened as 
early as the Keyes’, Tilden, Grant, Orange- 
field Dwarf, Hubbard, &e., and have yielded 
double the amount of fruit iu weight of any 
other kind.” 
Envly Cucumber* rind Tomatoes. 
I want to tell you uiy way of raising 
early cucumbers, and hope the information 
may be of use to your readers. This year 
1 planted some seed of tho Early Russian 
variety, in inverted sods, putting four or live 
seeds in each sod, ami placed them in my 
hot-bed. Tn three days tho seeds were 
nicely up, and when they had attained a 
growth of four or five leaves, 1 hardened 
them off by admitting light and air freely, 
and the second day of May placed them in 
well prepared hills in the open garden. I 
placed clieese-box hoops around the hills, 
and every night, for some time, I covered 
the plants, as early as four o’clock, with old 
carpeting. The boxes were not removed 
till tho vines tilled them. On the 4th day of 
June 1 commenced cutting cucumbers, 
which, in Northern Ohio, is remarkably 
early—fully a month earlier tliau wc expect 
them by the ordinary method. 
I obtain very early tomatoes by tying a 
few plants to stakes and trimming them to 
one stalk. When four or five clusters of 
fruit arc formed, I pinch off the top as well 
as all side shoots that appear. In this way 
l have very early fruit, but of course not a 
great yield. 
For a later crop I tie to stakes and trim 
quite extensively. Alter trying various 
methods, I pronounce none equal to the 
above; but anything to hold the plants up 
is better than letting them lie on tlie ground. 
I prefer the smooth red to any other variety 
I have tried, and, with proper treatment, it is 
very nearly as early as any.— e. a. h. 
FLORAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Vine for a Name. 
The leaves and berry received from “ Wil¬ 
low Dale” appear to be those of a very 
pretty vine known as Vitis heterophylla, or 
Cissus heterophylla of some nurserymen’s 
catalogues. It is closely related to our com¬ 
mon grapes; but the fruit is not edible, al¬ 
though it contains no poisonous qualities. 
There is a variegated leaved variety of this 
species that is very desirable for planting in 
shady nooks and corners of the garden. 
My Thiiubei-gln. 
I must tell you about my Timnbergia and 
its supporter. Tho latter is made of a slip of 
plank half an inch, wide, with holes bored 
in it about six inches apart, through which 
crinoline is passed, forming a circle between 
ever\ r t wo. The Thunbergia is trained on it, 
SOLANUM WAItBCITWICZn. 
growth of vine was very heavy, running four 
or th e feel. 1 found this potato twice us pro¬ 
ductive as tho Early Rose, planted adjoining and 
treated in the same way. 
New (iintullii Remedy.^jAFr. Thomas, Rich¬ 
mond. bid., writes that a friend of Ids had a 
greengage tree that had nover born® fruit in 
eonsequonaa of I ho Little Turk. This year, how¬ 
ever, Iho tree was hung full of corn cobs,soaked 
iu molasses and water, the roots and lower part 
of tho tree were dressed wit h liquid immure oc¬ 
casionally. Consequence: “ It hangs full of firm 
fruit.” Mr. Cuutih could give Just us Important 
information, to wit.: That all green gage trees 
hung f ull of fruit this year, nearly everywhere, 
whether protected with corn cobs and molasses 
or not. 
