VOL. XXIX. So. 7. 
WHOLE No. 1255. 
NEW YORK AND ROCHESTER N. Y„ FEB. 14 . 18 : 
t PRICE Six CENV: 
> sa.ao I'cit yea k. 
[Entered according to Act r.^CnnerowiMit the year 1374. by the Uurol Publlshlnp fSunpany, In t' o office of the Librarian of Congress ut Washington.] 
fomologkal. 
LADY HENNIKEB. APPLE. 
The Cottage Gardener prouounces this a 
good apple. We illustrate it. as pomological 
news—not so much because we believe We 
have need of English apples as because we 
desire to keep our readers posted as to, what 
is doing abroad in the introduction of new 
varieties. This is pronounced “among the 
very best of those apples of which it is diffi¬ 
cult to say whether they are culinary or des¬ 
sert varieties. In this respect it takes rank 
with such kinds us Beauty of Kent, Worms- 
lev Pippin, and Reiuette du Canada. Attrac¬ 
tive in size and in color, it will make a show 
in a large dessert, and if need were. Its flavor 
would not cause so much disappointment us 
many other fruits introduced to the dessert, 
merely for the sake of their appearance. 
The fruit is very largo, roundish, narrowing 
a little towards the apex, uud with blunt 
angles on the sides, which terminate tn prom¬ 
inent ridges round the eye. Skin yellow on 
the shaded side, with a faint blush of red, 
which is covered with broken streaks of 
crimson on the side next the sun. Eye large 
and open, with short segments, and set iti a 
very deep and angular basin. Stalk very 
short, set in a very deep, wide, russety cav¬ 
ity. Flesh very tender in the grain, well 
flavored, and with a pleasant perfume. A 
first-rate apple, chiefly valuable as a cooking 
variety, but useful also In the dessert. Sea¬ 
son from October to February. This apple 
was raised at Thornham Hall, near Eye, in 
Suffolk, and the account, of it furnished by 
Mi - . John Perkin'S, the present gardener 
there, is the follow ing “ Between the years 
1840 and 1850 the late Lord IIennikeh had 
great quantities of cider made to give away 
iu the summer mouths. Several bushels of 
apple pips were sown in beds, from which 
the most protnisiug seedlings were selected 
and plant id ; these were reduced every few 
years. The last thinning was about seven 
years ago, when 30 trees were cut out. The 
tree in question was always the favorite, and 
it has been carefully preserved. The cook 
says she prefers it to all others. It is largely 
used here when large and handsome dishes 
of mixed fruit are required for the dinner 
table. Its uppearuuoe by lamplight is most 
telling. It is in use when the large shooting 
parties are on—viz., from October to Feb¬ 
ruary. The tree is very healthy and a great 
bearer.” 
-♦ ♦ » 
ABOUT BERRIES. 
Having recently bought 10 acres of land, 
I wish to turn it to the greatest account. 1 
want to ask a few' questions :—1. What will 
it cost per acre to get tlie Miami raspberry 
into bearing order, and also the Black-Cap ? 
Also, the Kittatinny blackberry J 2. Can 
barberries be raised profitably in large quan¬ 
tities? 3. How can they be best obtained ? 
—X., Bristol Co., Mo. 
1. The Miami raspb rry is only a variety of 
a hat is commonly known as the Black-Cap 
raspberry, It will require 1,815 plants to set 
an acre four feet by six. The price of plants 
is variable, but good strong “ tips,” as they 
are called, will probably cost you about $25 
per 1,000, The cost of cultivating the land 
you can probably determine much better 
than a man in New York city, as we do not 
know the price of labor in your neighbor¬ 
hood. If planted in spring, you can obtain 
some fruit the following year, but not a full 
crop. 
The Kittatinny blackberry plants will cost 
you about the same as the raspberries, but 
will require about tw*o years before any con¬ 
siderable amount of fruit can be obtained. 
If stakes are used to hold up the plants, the 
cost per acre for both raspberries and black¬ 
berries will be considerably increased but 
the return in fruit will more than pay the 
expense of staking; at least, this has been 
our experience. 
2. No ; not unless the Western markets 
are very different from those in the East. 
8. Purchased of nurserymen who adver¬ 
tise in the Rural New-Yorker. 
- 
DISCUSSION UPON FRUITS. 
THE MOST PROFITABLE PEARS. 
This subject was discussed by the Western 
N. Y. Hurt. Soc., and we find the following 
report of what was said of this topic in the 
American Rural Home ; 
Mr, Babcock named Bartlett, Duchesse 
d’Angoulernc. Louise Bonne of Jersey,Beurro 
d’Anjou and Buffum. Thought the Bartlett 
does best as standard, on fight soils, but as 
dwarf on heavy. . 
Mr, .Tones named' Lawrence, Winter Nelia, 
Josephine de Malincs, best winter varieties. 
Vicar of Winkfield does well with aome, hut 
not with him. Nurserymen had supposed 
that the demand for Bartlett trees would 
diminish, but it had not. 
Mr. Thomas said the Winter Nelia was an 
excellent winter pear, but the fruit should 
always be thinned. About three-fourths of 
the fruit should be taken off. Has Nelis trees 
grafted on Virgaliou stocks, that grow up 
straight. In rogurd to the Beurre Clairgeai.i, 
no pear is more beautiful hanging upon the 
tree, but it is very difficult to get it ripe be¬ 
fore it rots. 
\V. C. Barry would commence his liet with 
the Clairgeau. Agrees with Mr. Thomas, 
but then it shows so well upon the trees, that 
buyers give it the preference. In addition, 
named Anjou, Bartlett, Lawrence, Duchesse 
and J. de Malmes. The latter was a poor 
grower, but Lawrence good. 
Mr. Hoag named Bartlett, Duchesse, Buf- 
tum, Lawrence, Nells, Anjou audDix grafted 
on otlrer stock. Anjou, when it gets age, is 
a good bearer. Bulfum good for pickling. 
Mr, Jones said some Geneva nurserymen had 
found Buffum good for canning. Mr. Barry, 
Jr.—Bulfum cannot be sold in Rochester. 
Mr Graves, th ■ chairman, ,said that he 
found Beurre Base very profitable, but should 
be worked, standard high, on other pears. 
Thomas said Downing put Boats at head *of 
the list for market. Howell was also a good 
pear. Dr. Beadle spoke highly of Bose. It; 
sells for the highest price. ThiuhCd, so that, 
the pears do not, touch one another upon the 
tree, grows fair. 
W, B. Smith, Syracuse, would like to hear 
more of Anjou’s bearing. It is a very fine 
pettf*, ami lie thinks with ago will be produc¬ 
tive, Tl he could have but one pear for fam¬ 
ily it would be Anjou. Mr. Slutudley of 
Ui*c one, saw it bearing buskin Duchesciq, ami 
thought the trees quite as full. Brought the 
highest price of any. pears sold in this city 
last season •namely, $18 per barrel. 
Mr. Atwood, Geneva.—Baiilctbs, kept after 
their season, brought $30 g barrel. Mr. Max¬ 
well had heard that a fruit grower of Rich¬ 
mond had received $40 a barrel for Bartletts 
got early in the New York market, 
MOST PROFITABLE RASPBERRIES. 
Mr. Hooker his fruited Hcrstine—bears 
well, but too soft, for market. Downing— 
Too soft for market. Jones- Too soft, not 
superior to old sorts. Sylvester has fruited 
it, and found it in no wise superior to Clark. 
Downing, Beadle and Jones were satisfied 
that there is no difference between Naomi 
and Franconia. 
Mr. Jones spoke of Ganargua. Believed 
to be a hybrid between common red and 
LADY lEJEINTlNriKEF, . AFFILE. 
black. Good, large, firm, and very produc¬ 
tive. Thomas has fruited it, acknowledges 
its merits, but docs not believe it to be a 
hybrid. Dr. Beadle said tlrnt Saunders of 
Ontario lias produced hybrids between the 
red and black, foliage resembling Ahtwerps, 
cane Uk .> purple cane. Hoag said Arnold of 
Ontario lias produced hybrids. Downing 
said Rivers of England has produced hybrids 
between rail and black. Mr. Barry said 
Rivers has produced wonderful results in 
hybridizing the different species of grapes, 
raspberries, auct also the apple and crab. 
THE MOST PROFITABLE CRCRRIES. 
Mr. Hoag preferred the American Heart. 
Thought it better than Black Tartarian, and 
more profitable than the white varieties, be¬ 
cause of their liability to rot. 
Mr. Le Valley, of Niagara County, raised a 
variety called American Heart, which was a 
very poor cherry, thought it must bo differ¬ 
ent from Mr. Hoag’s. He has Cooks Transpa¬ 
rent, Black Eagle, Tartarian, Napoleon Bi- 
gurreau, and Yellow Spanish. He never « 
[ricks his cherries until fully ripe. If picked 
he fore, the least bruise will spot them and 
lias ten their decay. He picks in market bas¬ 
kets, holding about 20 pounds, rejecting all 
imperfect ones, covers with cloth, and ships 
to New York. His cherries reach that mar¬ 
ket in good condition, selling us high as fif¬ 
teen cents a pound, when others were but 
eight and one-half cents. Thinks the mistake 
generally made is in picking before ripe, 
when every wounded one rots. Delights to 
see Robins revel on his cherries, and considers 
it best to leave two or three trees of earliest 
for them. 
-- 
PEARS FROM ATLANTA, GA. 
It affords mo peculiar pleasure to hand 
you—which Ido by the same mail that takes 
this note—two Ajlanta-grown pears, grown 
by Mr. D. B. Ladd, one of which is ripened 
up quite handsomely, the other not quite so 
well matured, and will doubtless keep sound¬ 
ly and plump until March nuxt. Some friends 
have concluded to honor myself by naming 
the pour “ Toon’s Winter but I think you 
will readily trace it to its correct name and 
a far better one. Please name it. They were 
taken from the tree in November, and it is 
rare that one of them have shown signs of 
decay. They have colored finely, though at 
different periods during the past two month . 
The tree is about 15 years old ; Is a good 
grower, fruits abundantly every season and 
for 10 or 12 years. The fruit has not hereto¬ 
fore been esteemed us of any r particular 
value because of its hardness, being in it 3 
early maturity unfit for table use. To test 
its quality we have determined, this season, 
to keep them securely during the winter, 
and the result thus far is very' satisfactory. 
After subjecting the ripe one to your “ tast¬ 
ing committee,” we would be pleased to have 
your opinion as to its quality, &c. 
I but utter the words of our most practical 
and long-experienced fruit growers when J, 
assure y'on that no section of the American 
Union can grow better pears than are and can 
be grown in Georgia. Middle Georgia can 
be as appropriately styled the “ Home of the 
Paur” as any other portion of the United 
States. Our soil and climate are peculiarly 
aduptud to the culture of this admirable 
fruit tb perfection, particularly as to its qual¬ 
ity. It "is quite rare that we fail to have 
pears every' year. 
Peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, and other 
fruits as well, also. Bj.it I did not commence 
to write you an article on fruits,—only to say 
a word or so about our pear, for the speei- 
