K.cens Seedling and British Queen. If straw¬ 
berries tire wanted before the end of March, 
Black Prince Is the best for the purpose ; but 
they will only be strawberries in appearance, 
not in flavor. 
Matthews A chance seedling on the farm 
of Hugh Poster of Nelson County, Va., near 
the. base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, ami 
not far from where the celebrated Pilot apple 
originated. The specimens sent us by John 
Dollins, Greenwood Depot, N. C., were of 
excellent quality; and he writes that it ift 
strictly a family apple, being too tender and 
delicate for market. 
MeKinney A new late-keeping apple 
which promises to be valuable as a late mar¬ 
ket variety; tree vigorous, forming a large, 
tender, juicy, subacid, vinous, and of very 
good quality. 
Sweet Mother and Berkshire Spy —Two 
new seedling apples, raised by Ashael Foote 
of WilliamRtowu, Mass., both of which, so 
lar as tested in tree and fruit, promise to' be 
an acquisition. The Sweet Mother in ap¬ 
pearance is much like ts parent, but it is a 
late keeping, sweet apple, and valuable for 
its long keeping and culinary uses ; the other 
!s of medium size, deep yellow, with a shade 
ol bright red where exposed to the sun • flesh 
STRAWBERRY FORCING. 
Many of the readers of the Rural New- 
Yorker, we happen to know, force straw¬ 
berries, and anything from a nan of experi¬ 
ence will interest them—hence we copy the 
following from the pen of William Taylor. 
in the Cottage Gardener : 
To beginners in forcing I would say, First 
have properly prepared plants. It is* useless 
to attempt to force fruit on a plant that lias 
not already perfected Its arrangements to 
bring forth flowers. The flowers mint. 
Whatever the size of the pots used, they 
should, by the middle of September at the 
latest, to so full of roots that on turning a 
plant out scarcely a particle of soil can bo 
scon among them. ‘ This accomplished, all 
the rest is easy. The pot 3 should bo kept on 
a hard substance to prevent rooting through 
-"line uni placed on inverted 60-pots. The 
plan' will perfect their crowns and ripen in 
spin of ;imh-s weather and autumn rains, 
and By the end of November most of the 
outside leaves will have changed color, and 
all will appear almost dormant. 
Those who have plants of this description 
may commence at any time : and those who 
have nothing but soft, green leaves, whatever 
size their plants may be, had better throw 
them away and have some clean, 7 -incli pots 
and stiff loam, such as melons delight in, 
ready next June, and 1 will then tell them 
how to start afresh. It is useless to attempt 
to do anything with unripe plants ; nearly 
ill the art of forcing lies in preparing the 
plants beforehand. I’lu’s applies to flowering 
plants generally a- well as to those grown for 
their fruit. 
To have good fruit ripe by the first or 
second week of April the plants should be 
placed in a little, warmth not later than the 
first week of January, To plunge them in a 
bed of wanu leaves and cover with a frame, 
' - good old plan that is not yet beaten for 
tlio earliest batch or two, giving air when¬ 
ever the temperature can be kept up to 48° 
or;,ir, removing the lights altogether during 
mild weather, and covering a little during 
frosty nights. In a mild season this treafc- 
TRANSPLANTING in winter. 
Every garden of any pretense to beauty 
should have its little nooks and comers for 
small, wild and exotic plants. These spots 
should not be models of neatness in the wa y 
of handsomely laid walks or clean, well-culti¬ 
vated bods, but a rough, wild character may 
be aimed at instead. Old stumps, stone piled 
here and there, over which ivies, money 
wort, myrtle, and our American Creeper 
may be encouraged to ramble in all then* na¬ 
tive freedom. Of course, largo trees should 
be near to cast, a shade and partly hide It all 
but. among the interstices between the larger 
object, plant the little wild flow™ and ever¬ 
green shrubs, such as Rhododendrons, Kal- 
imas Hollies, Wintergreci.s — not forgelting 
the 1 railing Arbutus. To these may be add¬ 
ed our wild Ferns, Moccasin Flowers, I’it.chev- 
Ilimits, and other beautiful denizens of the 
woods. Many of these are difficult to trans¬ 
plant by ordinary methods, but can be safely 
removed during the winter months when 
there is no snow upon the ground. Take an 
old ax and with it chop out a ball of earth 
containing the roots of the plants, and carry 
the whole home and set out carefully. A 
little unfrozen soil can usually he obtained to 
put around and over the clump of roots when 
again set out. There are no such words as 
“can’t” or "rail" with those who are de¬ 
termined to succeed; and many a choice 
plant can be secured by following the above 
rather laborious but certain method of trans¬ 
planting. Even larger evergreens from the 
woods and fields may also be removed with 
comparative safety in the same way But 
do not forget the little rustic retreat where 
del icato wild flowers seem to find a most con¬ 
genial home, remembering that “a rare old 
plant is the ivy green.” 
waste papk r. 
is more compact than Trophy. I lic¬ 
it is preferred by all the market gar¬ 
's in this vicinity, as well as their cub¬ 
's-—E. Y. N., litehmond, lnd. 
liASIvET. pti^r 70.1 
round head, bearing large crops alternate 
years; fruit of uniform, medium size, deep 
yellow, often with a shade of brownish red 
in the sun, and of good quality. It originated 
on the farm of Luther KcKinney, Crawford. 
N. Y. 
Long worth’ll lied I! inter —This applo was 
received from William Longworth, Dubuque, 
Iowa, and he informs me that it is a seedling 
of his, and is a Very hardy, vigorous tree, 
producing good crops annually, fruit of me¬ 
dium size, yellow, shaded, striped and splasli- 
ed with rich red ; flesh tender, juicy, mild, 
subacid, having a slight, peculiar quince-like 
flavor ; ripe November to February. 
GoUen Dixie —'This comes from .Ta 
NEW APPLES 
Charles Downing of Newburgh, N. Y. 
sent the following report on new apples to 
the Western N. Y. Hort. Soc., which was 
read at Us recent meeting in Rochester : 
Cross— From Maryland, raised by Robert 
Cross o) Tighlmouton, large, showy, of good 
quality, valuable and profitable in that see 
tion for early market mid family of its sea¬ 
son from the middle of August to the middle 
of September. 
Znchery Pippin .—A chance seedling on the 
land of John Burbank, Belgrade, Maine, 
which come into notice the year Zachary 
large, striped 
:ome into notice the 
Taylor was inaugurated. It is a larg.-, striped 
applo, ripening in November and December 
and commands a high price in the markets 
of t hat neighborhood. 
Starkey From Vkssalbwo, Maine, on the 
farm of Moses Starkey, who writes that the 
tree is a vigorous grower, u regular good 
bearer and highly esteemed in t hat locality 
as a profitable market apple, as well us for 
house use, fruit of medium size, striped and 
splashed with bright red on a yellow ground; 
flesh tender and juicy, with a mild, subacid 
flavor; ripe October f,< i February. 
Southern Porter and Wylie's Favorite— 
Received from Dr. A. P. Wylie of Chester, 
South Carolina, which lie informed mo orig¬ 
inated near that town and have proved valu¬ 
able and profitable for that neighborhood, 
both ripening in September and October I 
The specimens received were of good size 
and excellent quality. 
Northfleld Beauty —A seedling of the yel¬ 
low Siberian crab raised by Leonard D. Cady 
Northfleld, Vt. The tree is said to be hardy’ 
vigorous and productive, well suited to a cold 
climate and unequaled for culinary uses and 
good for the tabic, and so 1 would think, judg¬ 
ing from the specimens received, which were 
of medium size, or two inches or over iu 
diameter, of a rich, scarlet red color on a 
whitish ground, ripe the Last of September. 
LICE ON PLANTS. 
Please tell me tile best and 
to get rid of lice on plants 
perature to use water to 
—A Subscriber. 
Fumigate with tobacco, 
in a conservatory, take , 
hold 
put a quantity of i— ; - 
the house is well filled with ; 
tight until the atmosphere, 
which will usually 
hours. 
all the lice, repeat it the following day 
which sprinkle the plants 
has but a f 
migated by placing iu largo boxe 
with blankets. It is alwav* 
the plants 
i. If the plants are 
-. a vessel that will 
a half peck of live coals, and upon these 
I coarse tobucce, and when 
smoke shut it up 
1 la again deal- 
,, - f,cour in two or three 
It the first fumigation does not kill 
repeat it the following day, after 
. , - „ , --i overhead. If one 
has but a few house plants they may be fil¬ 
ls, covering 
, — —• —jr ..^11 to water 
overhead after fu migatin- us this 
^SSa°c?o thU dR! " i U0e UUd dlBpuhi £ nni- 
an* in the room in which they amSow£? 
fhk «}'? e a'' 1 ' JH \" J nation to following 
this plan, it is not strictly necessuri. All 
i hni u r ' i 'i l i U1 i" 1 , IS not to use water so cold 
that, it wifi check the growth. Anywhere 
between fifty and one hundred degrccs w ll 
answer the purpose. 
will never be good for anything; to keep 
the plants always in a light situation with 
continuous ventilation, not necessarily close 
to tile gla ss as many- suppose—they may be 
GO feet from it provided there is nothing to 
obstruct the light. Some people seem to 
have un idea that there is something about 
glass for plants to feed on. Perhaps it is the 
condensed steam. Wo are continually being 
told to keep the plants close to the glass : it 
may be necessary to do so in those, old-fash¬ 
ioned houses, now happilyfasfc disappearing, 
where there is a greater breadth of timber 
than glass used in the construction of the 
rooof ; but. in the modem light-built houses 
it ia preferable to Keep the plants at a little 
distance, from ti: glass, where the atmos¬ 
pheric changes are not so violent. Lastly, it 
