MOORE’S  RURAL  HEW-YORKER 
Jliarit  of  a  ^iluralist. 
_ J  Gr-i 
DAILY  EUfiAL  LITE 
From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  N  w 
York  City. 
LAROt  GRAPE  VINES. 
March  13.— Cidiforiii.i  ia  going  to  show  her 
V)igge8t  grape-viue  at  the  CentontdaJ  Exhibition 
this  summer,  and  1  think  we  Eastern  people 
ought  to  look  up  some  of  our  wonders  in  tliis 
hue,  for  who  knows  but  wo  might,  mstoh  oiu' 
neighbors  over  the  otlmr  side  of  the  big  ridge  ? 
There  are  some  large,  wild  vinos  to  be  found 
on  this  side  of  the  moimtains,  and  if  the  V017 
largest  were  hunted  up  and  exhibited  they  would 
not  fall  far  behind  the  California  klonster.  Sev¬ 
eral  yeai'8  aineo  I  procured  a  sectirui  of  mid 
grape-vine,  cut  from  the  stem  llfty  feet  from  tho 
roots,  which  measures  now.  after  being  thor¬ 
oughly  seasoued.  twenty-four  inches  in  circum¬ 
ference.  The  vino  from  wiiioh  this  piece  was 
taken  grew  wild  in  tho  woods  of  Temiesseo,  and 
as  the  lower  part  of  tho  stem  had  commeiicod  tx) 
decay.  I  was  obliged  to  take  a  section  at  some 
distiinco  from  the  ground  in  order  to  scenre  a 
good,  sound  spocimen.  Now,  1  w.iut  souiO  one 
to  lind  a  larger  wild  vine  than  mine,  aud  the  oiui 
who  does  shall  have  my  specimen  to  go  along 
with  it  to  the.  Cenfeimittl.  Of  emu-so  1  should 
be.  allowed  a  little  lee  way  f(»r  elirinkagc  of  my 
specimen,  still  I  will  not  be  particular  on  that 
score,  and  if  atiybody  can  find  a  larger  Uiis 
side  of  the  Rocky  Jlountaius  I  will  take  off  my 
hat  to  the  finder  and  own  up  beaten.  Come 
now,  boys,  “trot  out”  your  big  grape-vines 
and  don’t  let  tho  Californians  have  it  all  their 
own  way  with  their  Santa  Barbara  wonder. 
THE  KIRTIANO  RASPBERRY. 
I  am  pleased  to  see  that  this  old  and  excellent 
hardy  native  raspberry  is  again  being  rtfOom- 
mended  as  worthy  of  a  place  among  the  best  of 
the  newer  sorts.  I  have  bod  occasion  to  discard 
many  a  variety  for  which  I  paid  a  fancy  pii'ice, 
but  the  Kirtiand  has  never  met  such  a  fate  at 
my  hands,  because  of  its  many  valuable  proper¬ 
ties.  It  is  ouo  of  the  earliest  of  all  our  native 
varieties,  and  although  tho  berries  are  only  of  a 
medium  size,  Uiey  arc  excellent  in  I'luality  aud  of 
a  firm  textmo,  conscqueutly  carry  well  txi  mar¬ 
ket.  Thcrt!  is,  however,  one  dilticulty  in  the 
vpay  of  reviving  old  sorts  like  the  Kirilaud,  and 
that  is  in  inxicuring  genuine  plants  uiuuixod 
with  others,  for  those  who  ranke  it  a  point  to  I17 
all  the  new  varieties  are  very  Ukely  to  nogleot 
the  old,  oonsocpieutly  thoro  is  guite  frequently  a 
good  deal  of  mixing  of  plants,  which  are  not 
easily  separiitcd  again  except  by  those  who  make 
raspberry  culture  a  specialty. 
Raspberries  and  strawberries  arc  probably  the 
most  difficult  of  all  our  small  fruits  to  proc.iure 
pure  and  genuine,  bexiause  the  plants  spread 
rapidly,  and  it  is  not  unconmion  to  find  suckers 
of  the  red  raspberries  coming  up  six  to  ten  feet 
from  the  parent  stool,  and  perhaps  directly 
among  those  of  another  viuiefy  cultivafed  in  ad- 
ioiniug  rows.  The  runners  of  strawberries  will 
spread  over  walks  and  into  adjoining  rows, 
taking  root  in  a  few  days,  thereby  becoming 
fixed  in  a  position  to  stay  and  go  on  propagating 
its  land ;  tViereforo,  exjnstant  attention  is  required 
to  keep  varieties  pure  and  unmixed  when  two  or 
more  are  cultivated  in  the  same  field  or  garden. 
Much  of  tlio  diversity  of  opinion  so  frequently 
expressed  hi  regard  to  tlie  value,  habits  and 
merits  of  varlolies  originate  in  this  way,  ouo 
cultivator  having  the  gonnine  sort  and  another 
something  else,  Imt  both  supiiose  they  are  talk¬ 
ing  about  one  and  the  same. 
I  have  so  frequently  purchased  mixed  varieties 
that  I  am  inclined  to  think  a  good  many  other 
persons  have  shared  no  better,  consequently  one 
cannot  be  too  sure  of  the  identity  of  a  variety  of 
raspberry  or  strawberry  before  cxiiressing  an 
opinion  in  regard  to  its  merits.  1!  somebody 
would  only  bring  out  the  old  Kirilxind  raspberry 
imder  a  new  name  and  sell  the  plants  for  $10  a. 
dozen,  it  could  scarcely  fail  to  be  pronounced  a 
“  big  tiling,”  until  some  other  body  discovered 
and  let  the  world  know  that  it  was  not  new. 
those  seedling  potatoes. 
March  14.— My  colored  gardener,  John,  as  1 
stated  a  few  weeks  sinco,  has  become  quite  in¬ 
terested  in  the  potato  aeedlhig  question,  and  the 
way  he  is  going  on  the  hcddirig  iilfints  will  bo 
crow'dod  out  of  the  greenhouse  in  order  to  make 
room  for  his  pets.  John  canimt  road  or  write, 
which  is  lucky  for  me,  because,  did  he  once  see 
the  advertiselnent  of  “  Pringle’s  Hjhridizcd  Po¬ 
tato  Seed,”  I  fear  ho  ivould  go  stark  mad,  as  I 
have  almost,  in  reading  it  aud  trying  to  find  out 
how  he  gets  hybridiu-d  potato  seed  by  rroaitiny 
two  or  any  number  of  varieties  of  the  same 
species. 
In  my  (perhaps)  ignorance  I  had  always  sup¬ 
posed  that  a  hybrid  was  a  mixture  of  two  species 
of  plants  or  animals,  and  not  a  cross  between 
two  individuals  or  varieties  of  one,  and  conse¬ 
quently  I  am  puzzled  to  know  what  other  species 
of  ixitato  besides  the  Solnnum  hiherosuin  Mr. 
Pkinole  is  employing  to  obtain  his  hyhrviizcd. 
seed.  May  be  it's  all  right,  bnt  my  old  brain  is 
too  dull  to  understand  why  tlie  word  “hybrid” 
should  bo  incorrectly  used,  as  it  evidently  is  in 
this  case. 
But  to  return  to  the  seedling  potatoes,  which 
are  thriving  as  well  as  could  be  expected  while 
cramped  in  small  thumb-pots  and  boxes.  It  is 
quite  an  interesting  study  to  note  the  variations 
in  these  seedlings,  although  raised  from  seed- 
balls  as  gathered  in  the  field,  without  any  regard 
to  variety  or  cross-fertilization.  The  leaves  vary 
in  size,  form  aud  color,  while  the  precociousness 
of  an  nccasional  plant  in  producing  tul'crs  is 
somewhat  remarkable.  Quito  a  number  of  these 
little  seedUngs,  which  are  not  over  throe  inches 
liigh,  have  ah  eady  produced  from  one  to  half  a 
dozen  tubers  as  largo  as  good  -  sizoil  iteas. 
which  shows  there  is  likely  to  be  a  groat  diffoi'- 
eiico  in  tho  earlincss  and  productivenoHn  of  the 
varieties. 
Then,  agaui,  one  can  see  at  a  glance  by  these 
pj'ftcociouB  seedlings  how  tho  tubers  are  formed, 
or  upon  what  part  of  the  plant  they  are  ])roduocd. 
which  is  not  upon  t  he  true  root  s,  a  s  many  persons 
Hupiioso.  but  11)1011  subterranean  stems.  After 
tlie  first  u)iriglit  or  main  stem  has  reached  a  cer¬ 
tain  degree  of  development,  lateral  brauchoH 
Bjiririg  from  buds  near  the  base,  but  above  the 
lirimary  roots.  These  laterals  push  into  tlio  soil 
a  short  tbsUnce  only,  then  rest,  as  it  wore,  and 
become  the  depositories  of  mimishmeut,  which 
is  formed  from  the  fcrtihzing  elements  in  tho 
soil  aud  air,  assimilitatod  by  the  leaves,  then  sent 
dowu  to  these  subterraucan  stems,  which  arc 
developed  into  what  we  term  potatoes. 
Now,  I  have  refeiTed  to  John's  seedling  )iota- 
toos,  not  because  there  is  anything  new  or  novel 
about  his  experiments,  or  that  there  is  the 
slightest  probaliility  of  a  superior  variety  being 
fnniid  among  them,  but  merely  for  the  purpose 
of  showing  farmers'  sons  who  may  read  this  that 
producing  new  sorts  is  not  a  mysterious  or  dilli- 
cult  operation.  It  is  not  necessary  to  start  the 
plants  in  a  greenhouse,  or  even  in  a  hotbed,  al¬ 
though  they  may  be  advanced  more  rapidly  in 
these  strucluves  than  in  the  oiien  ground  ;  still, 
whatever  treatment  is  required  for  hastening  the 
growth  and  maturity  of  tomatoes  ivill  answer  for 
seedling  fKitatoes.  If  om’  farmers’  sons  were 
encouraged  to  make  experiments  in  this  diiectiou 
and  shown  what  tliere  was  to  he  learned  in  re¬ 
gard  tif  habits  of  jilants  under  domestication, 
there  would  be  less  complaint  of  fanning  being 
a  dull  business. 
Every  boy  reslibng  in  the  country  should  be 
taught  bow  to  bud.  graft  and  propagate  plants 
from  seeds  and  eutUngs,  as  well  as  receive  a  few 
lessons  in  vegetable  |)hysiology,  at  least  enough 
to  enable  liini  to  determine  tlio  principal  organs 
of  ro]iroduction,  in  order  that  ho  may  know  how 
the  different  varieties  of  corn  become  mixed 
when  planted  near  togetlier,  as  well  as  many 
other  kinds  of  cultivated  plants.  Five  dollars' 
worth  of  books  and  a  course  of  six  lectures  given 
ill  the  country  sclKiol-bouse,  or  elsewhere,  by 
some  one  who  knows  how  to  explain  such  things 
in  simple,  epsily-understood  language,  would,  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten,  make  a  boy  believe  that 
tJie  farm  was,  as  it  is,  the  best  place  in  the  world 
for  amusing  and  instructive  study. 
The  girls  may  be  admitted  to  the  same  course 
of  study  and  leotureB  without  the  least  fear  of 
making  them  auy  the  less  hotter  fitted  to  become 
wives  and  coinpauions  for  farmers  or  those  who 
belong  to  what  are  termed  tho  learned  profes¬ 
sions.  There  is  not  a  school  district  in  any  of 
the  more  thickly-settled  of  the  old  or  new  States 
which  cannot  afford  to  pay  for  iustniclion  of 
this  kind,  and  I  am  quite  certain  that  when  our 
young  follvs  have  once  been  sliown  the  way,  there 
will  be  less  discontent  and  inclination  to  leave 
the  country  and  huddle  into  over-crowded  cities 
and  villages. 
three  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  annually, 
which  they  now  lose  through  the  depredations  of 
noxious  insects. 
Another  mistake  of  our  worthy  Senator  from 
Kansas,  was  Lis  estimating  the  cost  of  the  pro¬ 
posed  conimissiini  at  from  $15,000  to  -t'iS.OOO  per 
annum,  which  should  have  been  placed  at  8100,- 
001)  at  least.  This  sum  would  have  impresaed 
oim  National  Legislatme  with  an  idea  of  its  im¬ 
portance,  and  then  after  whittling  tJie  sum  down 
in  the  usual  manuor,  one-fourth  of  that  amount 
might  have  been  obtained.  But  by  starting  out 
in  such  a  modest  manner,  askmg  that  only  three 
entomologists  be  employed  and  at  a  salary  of 
85,000  a  ye.ar,  it  loft  no  margin  for  a  lobby  or 
whittling  as  tho  result  has  sliown,  for  wo  loam 
that  a  bill  has  actually  passed  the  Renato,  pro¬ 
viding  for  a  commission  of  “  one  ”  entomologist 
at  a  salary  of  $4,000,  to  make  invesldgatiotis  of 
various  kinds  of  iiistaits,  the  Irsmst.  chinch  bugs, 
cotton  and  army  worm  to.  receive  particular  at- 
Umtioii.  Now  this  bill  as  passed  by  the  Reuate. 
is  only  making  a  faix:a  of  what  is  a  very  serious 
and  importaut  matter  of  national  interest..  To 
ask  or  expect  one  man  to  B)iread  himself  all  over 
tho  United  Btalcs  aii<l  Territories,  and invesligato 
a  dozen  different  kinds  of  noxious  iusects  at  the 
same  time,  is  absurd,  and  wo  only  hope  no  ento¬ 
mologist  will  be  found  Mrilling  to  iiliice  binmelf  in 
siicli  a  ridiculous  position  as  to  attempt  it. 
If  Congress  will  not  appropriate  ji  sum  sufficiont 
to  make  proper  investigations,  it  had  better  do 
nothing,  for  we  have  bad  a  suiTeil  of  the  “  cheap 
John,”  hiud  of  entomological  reports  in  volumes 
issued  from  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and 
we  do  not  believe  the  yiooiilo  wish  to  jciy  for  any 
more  of  the  same  sort.  If  the  aiinnal  losses  to 
our  agricnlturo  thmugh  insect  agency  are  not 
.already  sufficient  to  command  the  res}>c>ctful  con¬ 
sideration  of  our  law-makers,  thou  we  beg  of 
them  not  to  add  insult  tfj  injury  by  proposing  a 
“one  horse”  commission,  and  offering  it  a  sum 
for  compenfiation  >vhich  would  scarcely  pay  its 
expenses. 
tVhen  the  cotton  worm  appears  in  the  Southern 
cotton  fields  again  we  hope  the  planters  will 
remember  that  Congress  refused  to  appoint,  or 
pay  a  commission  to  investigate  the  habits  of 
this  insect  and  discover  some  method  of  destroy¬ 
ing.  NVesteru  farmers  may  also  bear  this  in 
mind  as  the  locusts  sweep  doira  from  the  niouii- 
tatns,  devouring  (he  last  stalk  of  corn,  wheat  or 
other  iilant  which  has  been  reared  by  Ilia  sweat 
of  tbeii-  brows.  It  has  been  woU  said  that  the 
farmer  “  pays  for  all,  bnt  when  in  return  font 
he  asks  moderate  rates  of  postage  on  the  seeds, 
plants,  and  cuttings,  which  in  thousands  of  m- 
staiicoH  ho  cannot  obtain  through  any  other 
medium  except  the  mails  ho  is  informed  tJiat  t  he 
Govermnont  cannot  afford  to  acoominodato  liim 
in  this  matter,  although  as  everybody  knows 
millions  of  dollars  are  annually  squandered  by 
the  department  to  enrich  certain  political  favor¬ 
ites.  No  matter  what  paidy  is  in  ))ower  the 
same  lavish  oxjicnditiu'O  of  funds  goes  on. 
It  Is  seldom  that  the  agricultural  community 
ask  for  auy  direct  aid  as  in  tliiscaseof  a  commi.s- 
sion  to  make  investigations  in  regard  to  noxious 
iusects,  but  tho  refusal  of  Congress  to  comply 
irith  their  wishes,  shows  how  much  our  Legisla¬ 
tors  icnow  or  care  about  tbe  losses  which  occur 
through  the  ravages  of  these  pests  of  the  farm. 
CONGRESS  AND  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
COMMISSION. 
A  FEW  weeks  since  Senator  Inoalls  of  Kansas, 
introduced  a  hill  providing  for  the  api>ointmeut 
of  a  oonuTiission  comiiosed  of  scientific  entomolo¬ 
gists.  to  investigate  the  habits  of  inseets  most 
destructive  to  crops,  and  esyicoially  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Locust.  We  had  at  the  time  little 
faith  in  the  yiassago  of  the  bill,  or  any  other 
likely  to  lead  to  )n'actical  results,  knowing  the 
general  indifferenco  of  politicians  to  anything 
which  would  aid  iu  the  advancement  of  the 
interests  of  agriculture.  Had  our  Senator  fi'om 
Kansas  introduced  a  bill  appropriating  a-half  a 
million  dollars  bj  nscertain  the  cause  of  the 
Aurora  Borealis,  or  whethei'  the  earth  was  hollow 
or  stuffed  with  sawdust,  there  would  have  been  a 
mneb  better  chance  of  success,  than  to  ask  for  a 
mere  pittance  to  aid  in  discoveiing  some  metliod 
of  saving  tbe  farmers  of  this  couuti’y  two  or 
ABOUT  QUINCES. 
The  coimnon  quince  (  Cydonia  vulgat-is)  is  sup¬ 
posed  to  have  been  cultivated  by  the  ancient  llo- 
maus,  and  from  that  time  to  tlie  present,  hence 
it  is  not  strange  that  we  have  quite  a  nnmbcr  of 
distinct  varieties.  The  most  popular  sort  is 
what  is  generally  termed  the  orange  or  apple 
quince ;  but  even  of  this  there  are  a  great  num¬ 
ber  of  varieties,  some  much  larger,  earlier,  and 
better  flavored  than  others.  In  some  few  in¬ 
stances  distinct  names  have  been  given  to  wliat 
are  supposed  to  be  distinct  varieties,  such  as 
Rao’s  Seedling,  the  Douglass  and  other  sorts 
known  in  particular  localities,  but  not  generally 
mentioned  iu  our  iiomological  works. 
Among  the  larger  varieties  of  tbe  apiile-shaped 
quinces  Uiere  is  not  sufficient  difference  to  ena¬ 
ble  oue  to  separate  them  by  tbe  aid  of  the  most 
minute  descriiition,  as  can  usually  he  done  with 
pears  and  apples,  hence  our  pomological  author¬ 
ities  generally  speak  of  all  of  any  particular  form 
as  oue  variety,  as,  for  instance,  those  of  a  glob¬ 
ular  form  as  the  apple  quince,  aud  the  pyriform 
as  the 
REAR  QUINCE. 
These  pear-shaped  quinces  are  of  the  same 
species,  and  only  varieties  of  the  apple  quince, 
and  some  of  them  veiy  large,  handsome  and  val¬ 
uable.  A  few  years  since  ive  proexured  one  xmder 
the  name  of  the  Day  quince,  wliich  is  a  very  su¬ 
perior  variety^  quite  long,  bell  or  pear-shaped. 
The  pear-shaped  varieties  are  sometimes  sold 
under  the  name  of  the  Portugal  Quince,  which 
is  certainly  incorrect.  The  genuine 
PORTUGAL  QUINCE 
is  quite  distinct  from  the  ordinary  orange  or 
peai'-shajied  sorts,  and,  by  some  authors,  sup¬ 
posed  to  bo  a  fhstiuct  specios.  Its  loaves  are 
large,  broad,  nearly  heart/-«hapcd.  very  thick,  and 
darker  green  than  tho  above  sorts.  Tho  growth 
of  the  tree  is  also  more  sturdy  and  coarse,  the 
young  twigs  coarse,  covered  with  very  dark,  al¬ 
most  obony-oolored,  bark  in  autumn.  Tlie  fruit 
is  neither  round  nor  pear-shaped,  but  oval,  taper¬ 
ing  to  both  ends,  but  the  upper  much  the  small¬ 
er.  The  fruit  ripens  late,  aud  seldom  assumes 
the  bright  ,  clear  yellow  color  seen  in  the  other 
sorts.  It  ia  said  to  be  highly  esteemed  in  En¬ 
gland.  but  is  seldom  cultivated  in  this  country, 
although  we  have  frequently  seen  it  in  the  old 
gardens  and  nurseries  iu  tlie  suburbs  of  thi.s 
city. 
ANGERS  AND  FONTENAY. 
It  has  been  clltimed  that  tbeae  are  varieties  of 
the  Portugal,  but.  after  seeing  bnndreds  of  them 
bearing  fruit,  we  feel  inclined  to  doubt  this,  for 
they  apfiear  to  be  nothing  more  than  varieties  of 
the  orange,  or  couiirion  jiear-shapcd  sorts,  pro¬ 
ducing  a  smaller  fruit  as  a  kind  of  offset  to  a 
more  rajiid  growth  of  wood.  But  it  will  hardly 
do  to  be  very  jiositive  in  regard  to  tho  identity  of 
either  the  Angers  or  Fontenay,  as  the  Fioneh 
Murseryiueii  liave  not  liereloforc  been  very  partic¬ 
ular  in  regard  to  (he  genuineness  of  quince  stocks 
sent  over  to  tbe  yankees,  and  it  isuot  an  uncom¬ 
mon  occurenw  to  find  good  apple  and  pear- 
shn.))ed  quinces  among  wliat  were  sent  ns  an  An¬ 
gers  and  Fontenay.  The  quince  which  we  have 
knowTi  a.s  the  Angers  for  tho  past  twenty  years 
is  a  small  fniil.  about  two  inches  ^  a  little  more 
in  ibametcr.  and  of  the  ordinary  nijple-shape, 
of  excellent  quality,  but  of  too  small  a  size 
to  become  popular  for  market. 
CHINESE  QUINCE. 
(Cydonia  .'o'nen.Bis.)  This  is  a  distinct  Kjiecies, 
cultivated  mainly  for  ornamental  purposes.  The 
leaves  are  very  thick,  oval,  oblong,  the  edges 
finely  and  sharply  sen-ate.  Tlioy  frequently  as¬ 
sume  a  bright  crimson  color  in  autumn.  The 
flowers  are  large,  white,  or  faintly  tinged  with 
rose,  and  slightly  fragrant.  Tho  fruit  is  large, 
regular,  oval,  bright  yellow  when  ripe,  bnt  tbe 
flesh  is  coarse  ntid  gritty,  and,  although  it  may 
be  kept  for  six  months,  it  can  scarcely  be  consid¬ 
ered  as  edible.  This  Hfiecies  is  generally  propa¬ 
gated  by  budding  uixin  tho  common  quince,  it 
then  grows  rapidly,  forming  a  bandsoiue.  large, 
erect-growing  shrub  ton  (o  iifteeu  feet  high.  A 
few  years  since  tbere  were  some  xpiite  old  plants 
of  this  species  in  the  gardens  about  this  city,  and 
presume  there  are  an  oocasioiial  one  remauiing, 
altbougb  we  lost  ours  in  the  winter  of  1873-4. 
JAPAN  QUINCES. 
(Cydonia  Jnponica.)  Those  are  well  known 
showy  ornanioutal  pUiits,  jiroducing  very  tough, 
hard,  fragrant  fruit,  not  generally  considered 
edible.  There  are  sex  eral  varieties,  mainly  dif¬ 
fering  in  the  color  of  their  flowers,  which  vai7 
from  a  pure  wliite  to  a  deep,  brilliant  scarlet. 
Of  late  years  tho  Jiijiun  <)iunce  has  been  recom¬ 
mended  as  a  hedge  iilaiit,  audit  answers  the  pim- 
pose  admii  ably,  exciqd  that  cattle  will  browse  off 
the  leaves  if  afforded  an  opitorlumly,  therefore 
it  should  not  lie  nwd  e.\eept  for  ornamental 
hedges  and  su-eens.  It  is  readily  propagated  by 
cuttings  of  the  roots  made  in  the  fall,  and  kept 
where  they  will  not  freeze  during  tJio  winter,  but 
not  warm  enough  to  induce  them  to  sprout  and 
grow. 
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FRUIT  IN  WISCONSIN. 
In  my  article  some  weeks  ago  ou  fruits  I  made 
some  errors,  as  I  wrote  it  m  a  hurry,  in  the 
place  of  Tetof.ski  read  Red  Astrachau  aud  instead 
of  Haas  read  St.  Lawrence  apifloH.  We  lost 
many  varieties  last  winter  but  (he  Red . Astrakhan, 
St.  LawTetice  and  I'ameuse  were  uniujiued  and 
tlie  last  two  Vioi  e ;  next  best  were  Northern  Spy, 
and  American  Goldou  llusscl,  (hose  five  are 
about  all  we  had  tJial  did  any  thing.  There  is  a 
pear  orchard  5  miles  from  here  set  in  1862  aud 
I  but  few  trees  have  died  inid  Uiev  bear  well  and 
annuaUv.  .Among  tbe  best  are  I'  Icmisb  Beauty, 
White  Doyenne,  Wintei-  Nelis,  Buffum  and  Bem- 
re  Clalrgeu. 
This  is  a  oountiy  Uttlo  thought  of  for  farming, 
vet  one  mau  ou  9  acres  last  year  raised  716 
bushels  of  oats,  another  on  7  acies  raised  183 
buttbelsof  barley  and  on  12  acres  507  bushels  of 
wheat,  etc.  A.  M.  Van  Avken. 
Fort  Howard,  Wis. 
SMITH’S  CIDER  APPLE. 
I  don’t  wonder  at  tlie  great  popularity  of  this 
apple  when  I  see  tho  profits  arising  from  its  cul¬ 
ture  iii  certain  portions  of  the  Htate  of  Pennsyl¬ 
vania.  An  iustiince  of  “ money  in  the  orchard” 
has  lately  been  broxight  to  my  Vuowiedge.  wlieie 
a  fanner  lu  Bucks  Couuty,  Pi-101.,  concluded  to 
plant  a  largo  porti<.m,  if  not  all,  his  acres  in 
hmith's  Cider  Ap)ile,  and  the  result  is  iic  has  ac¬ 
cumulated  riches  from  this  Hoiiree  nloiie.  Of 
course  it  was  not  by  quietly  sitting  dowu  and 
watching  bis  trees  grow  aud  waiting  for  custom¬ 
ers  to  come  along  and  uurchase  bis  fruit,  but  he 
tended  his  trees  carefully  and  miHb*  a  market  for 
his  crop.  Ho  found  the  i  aiiety  that  w as  sjiecially 
suited  to  Ills  looality,  that  svould  alwiivs  fruit, 
that  sold  freely,  that  carried  well,  and  the  result 
has  been  entire  success.  It  did  not  matter  to 
liini  tliat  wise  savants  turned  up  their  nose  at  bis 
want  of  tanle  iu  nut  selecting  a  rich,  highly  fla¬ 
vored  variety ;  sufficient  that  it  would  pay,  and 
pay  it  has. — Cor,  Tribune. 
