MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Diauj)  of  a  pluralist. 
DAILY  RURAL  LIFE 
From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 
FORCING  HARDY  ORNAMENTAL  PLANTS. 
March  20. — Thorn  jh  hucIi  an  cndloBH  variety  of 
tender  exotic  plantH  in  cnllivalion  that  one  has 
no  particular  need  of  loi'cing  hardy  kinds  with 
artificial  heut.  Klill  there  arc  few  ajieeicB  wliich 
arc  worth  all  it  coatH  to  force  them  into  bkMUn  at 
an  nn«ea«onahlH  (iine,  for  we  liiivo  really  notlutig 
else  which  exactly  tlllh  their  place  in  the  coimcrv- 
aterj'.  Among  the  mo»t  desirable  of  all  the  easily 
managed  and  ahowy  kinds  whit'h  1  have  over 
tried,  tlie  now  coininon  Dm! tin  iiraciUs  and  -•!»- 
tUl.H'  Jnjtonica  are  mo«t  saUHtactory.  'J'liut  thou- 
aaiida  of  other  persons  .also  value  these  plants 
veiy'  highly  is  shown  in  (ho  immense  iiumberH 
Bold  by  our  llorisls  every  Heaflon. 
Pots  of  these  forced  plants  may  ho  seen  by  the 
hundred  in  evtu-y  one  of  our  mailtcts,  all  tlrrougli 
the  months  of  April  and  May,  and  there  seem  to 
be  purchasers  for  all  that  ai'o  wsit  in  for  sale.  1, 
for  one.  do  not  wondeu'  at  thi?  demand  fur  thest; 
bc.nitifid  jilants,  with  tlndr  iirofusiou  of  delk'nte 
little  smnv-whitc  llowers,  crowded  uimju  gracad'iil 
sUsus,  each  spike,  or  r.aceme,  lieing  a  complete 
boquel  in  itself.  The  ‘•(Jraceful  Dcutzia  "  is  a 
low-growing,  luirdy  shnib,  seldom  reaching  more 
than  two  feet  high.  |)roducing  a  number  tif  small, 
Blender  stems  in  a  chunp,  each  »pringiug  from  the 
base  of  the  main  one,  or  tho  roots,  and  no  mat¬ 
ter  how  tthort  or  slimdor  the  roots,  tlu'y  all  pro¬ 
duce  llowers  in  .abundance. 
For  the  imrpiwc  of  forcing, 
plants  are  used,  say  those  of  one  w  two  wwm’s 
growth  from  cuttings,  or  <il<t  4||||^i  whi^miy 
be  taken  up  and  dividi’d  into  n^mAi/y  difisions 
as  there  arc  stfuns.  In  tl>c  I'idl  tlaf'^^ffants  de¬ 
signed  for  lorciug  may  bo  taken  up  and  htsded 
in,  in  some  conveniont  place  whoro  they  can  be 
obtiuned  when  wanted.  I  usually  pttl  the  dc- 
sii-ed  number  in  my  root  cellar,  which  is  c<s,»l 
enough  to  pixivent  growth,  but  docs  not  freeze. 
A1x>ut  the  first  of  Fcln-iiiuy,  or  a  little  earlier,  a 
few  plants  .are  brought  into  the  greenhouse  and 
lotted,  where  they  soon  come  into  bloom.  Other 
plants  arc  brought  oi.t  from  time  to  time  as 
wanted,  in  order  to  ki^ep  uii  a  Hucccssiou  of  flow¬ 
ers  until  those  loft  out  in  the  garden  come  on  in 
their  regular  season. 
'J’hc  .lapau  A»lilt>c,  KOinetimcs  called  Spiraea, 
is  an  horbaccouH  [ilant  with  thick,  lloshy  roots, 
producing  open,  branching  spukes  a  foot  high,  of 
pure  wiiitt’  (lowers,  which,  before  (hey  open,  look 
like  clustt.'i  s  of  small  seed  pearls.  Tho  roots  m.ay 
be  tieated  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Doutzias, 
and  they  bloom  ua  freely  when  forced  in  the. 
house.  Both  kinds  are  so  n.atdily  propagated 
that  our  florists  sell  those  taken  from  the  gar¬ 
den  for  a  little  more  than  the  cost  of  handling. 
Cheap  and  common  as  these  plants  are  about  our 
larger  cities,  1  fear  there  are  many  persons  in  the 
country  who  have  neither,  but  would  be  delighted 
to  pKisscss  one  or  both. 
For  several  wi^eks  jiast  I  have  been  cutting 
sprigs  of  tho  Oriwa  f ill  Deutzia  for  table  boucpicts, 
and  althouvh  it  has  long  Iwcii  a  favorite  of  uiino 
and  occupied  a  pnimincnt  place,  hi  my  gardcu 
and  greenhouse,  still  as  each  sea  son  Comes  aromid 
it  seems  to  have  lost  none  of  its  beauty  through 
long  familuu’ity  and  association. 
THE  SPRQUTINO-LEAf  PLANT. 
March  21.  -There  is  a  singular  looldug  plant  in 
bloom  in  luy  greenhouse,  which  is  known  to  flor¬ 
ists  and  botanists  as  nrpophyllwn  calycinum. 
Tiie  name  lU  the  genus  la  from  the  Greek  words 
for  sprout  nr  bud.  and  leaf,  hence  for  the  want 
of  a  better  coimuon  name  1  call  it  the  “  sprout- 
ing-leaf,"  and  the  ease  and  rajudity  with  which 
it  may  lie  propagated  from  the  leaves  fully  war¬ 
rants  the  apiiellation. 
A  leaf  thrown  down  uimn  moist  soil,  or  cut  up 
into  sections  and  set  edgeways  in  it,  will  soon 
produce  numbers  of  sinallplauts ujion  tho  upiier 
edges.  But  it  rcipiircs  two  or  three  years  under 
ordinary  greenhouse  culture  to  produce  a  bloom¬ 
ing  plant,  and  then  1  think  few  persons  would 
call  the  llowers  hand.some,  althougli  the  habit  of 
the  plaut  i.s  so  graceful,  with  its  hiindrod  of 
pendant,  shell-likc  blossoms,  that  one  cannot  fail 
to  admire  it.  'I’be  specimen  now  in  bloom  in  my 
greenhouse  is  growing  in  an  8-inch  pot,  and  it 
Ims  four  tloworiiig  stems  from  :i  to  -1  feet  higli, 
with  at  least  iOtl  buds  and  fully-expanded  blos¬ 
soms  on  ca<  h.  'I'hose  llowciiug  spikes  showed 
themselves  early  in  the  winter,  the  liuea  appear¬ 
ing  on  short ,  lateral  bivajichcs,  and  from  the  first 
they  apiKtar,  like  their  sliell.s.  of  a  greenish  color, 
spotted  with  brownish  red,  Theso  buds  Me 
really  nothing  more  than  a  globular  calj-x  m- 
closiiig  tlic  embryo  dowers  wiiicli  %vill  apiieiu- 
later. ''  The  inllated  calyx  continues  to  slowly  en¬ 
large  until  fully  an  inch  long  and  five-eighths  of 
au  *111011  in  iliainetcr ;  then  from  the  lower  end 
the  rcddi.  h-brown  pebds  of  the  tuhular  llower 
protrudes  nearly  or  quite  an  inch  more,  tho  na¬ 
tive  bloom  being  a  little  more  than  two  inches 
long.  UTie  leaves  arc  of  that  thick,  succulent 
character  common  to  all  of  this  family,  ami 
comiMWod  of  from  throe  to  five  piimatc  leaflets. 
They  are  very  brittle.  Cousequeutly  plafits  set 
out  in  the  garden,  where  exposed  to  winds,  will 
soon  be  denuded  of  their  foliage. 
This  8prout.iiig-I.<!af  is  an  cxcelleut  plant  for 
Where  the  trees  are  designed  for  planting  at 
home,  the  argiunent  for  buying  as  against 
growing  is  still  stronger.  In  such  cases  time  is 
an  clement  of  tlie  first  imixirtance.  Buying 
trees,  grai>e-vine8,  cuiTunt  and  lien-y  bushes 
means  having  the  fruit  one  to  five  years  earlier 
than  growing  front  tlio  seed.  Often  in  this  time 
more  than  emafgh  fruit  can  he  sold  to  pay  the 
first  cost,  besides  tho  immensely  greater  iriq)or- 
tlio  amateur  propagator  to  liogiu  with,  for  it  will  {  tance  of  having  a  sujtply  for  tltc  family.  There 
encourage  him  to  atUunpt  the  multiplication  of  are  hardships  enough  in  a  pioneer  life;  but 
other  kinds  which  are  far  more  difliciUt  to  man-  doing  without  fruit,  except  partially,  the  first  or 
ago.  bcsi<tcs  it  is  a  really  ahowy  thing  and  worthy  second  years,  need  not,  and  ought  not  to.  ho  one 
of  a  place  among  a  choice  collection  of  window  of  them.  Fruit  is  so  necessary  to  good  health 
plants,  as  well  as  those  of  the  more  pretentious  that  its  inti  fsluction  should  Ik;  one  of  the  first 
eonservatorv.  duties  in  any  distant  settlement.,  instead  of  wait- 
*  STARTING  THE  TUBEROSES.  ing  till  wealth  made  the  purchase  of  trees  easy. 
3/arch  22.— In  mir  more  Northern  States  tho  To  wait  for  trees  to  grow  from  the  seed  is  the 
smnmcr  is  rather  too  short  for  bringing  tube-  ucxtthing  to  postponing  them  indefluiU-ly.  Senif- 
roses  to  iX;rfeetion,  and  it  is  frequently  tho  case  times,  howcvei-,  by  the  mere  purchase  of  cions  to 
that  biilhs  planted  out  in  sjiring  will  scarcely  be  grafted  into  wild  fruit  ulreiMly  found  in  the 
commence  blooming  before  they  arc  cut  off  by  neighborhood,  trees  may  Ik;  got  in  bearing  very 
tho  frosts  of  autumn.  Now,  to  hasten  the  i  early  and  at  a  trifling  exiM-nse.  We  are  as  anxious 
hlooming  and  forward  growth  a  few  w<*ks.  the  j  as  any  one  can  Ik;  that  tlie  jieoplo  of  new  settlc- 
hulbs  should  he  placed  under  conditions  whicli  |  ments  should  save  in  every  way  w  hich  does  not 
will  oxcitii  tho  pi'oduction  of  roots  and  leaves  in  mean  doing  xvithout  fruit.  That  is  the  loss  of 
advance  of  tho  regular  planting  season.  This  so  mucli  enjoyment,  often  of  health  itstdf,  that 
may  bo  done  in  the  kitchen  or  other  warm  room,  economizing  in  fruit  is  to  a  certain  extent  robbing 
if  no  lM;tt<>r  or  more  convenient  jdace  is  at  com-  life  of  what  inaki-s  it  best  worth  living. 
mand.  Khallow  Isixes  fllh-d  with  soil  maybe  - 
iiscKl  for  this  jiurpose,  the  bulbs  Ixhig  put  in  DWARF  FRUIT  TREES  FOR  GARDENS. 
eloHO  together  and  then  watered  occasionally  as  - 
requii’cd.  Othi;r  kinds  of  tend{;r  hulhs.  such  as  Standaiu)  fniit  trees  with  their  lowermost 
the  (fUvHoli  and  Tlyridia,  may  be  forceil  a  little  branches  springing  from  the  stems  several  feet 
in  the  same  way,  if  carliness  of  hlooming  is  do-  from  thegroimdmay  he  preferable  in  an  orchard, 
giied.  !  hut  we  still  prefer  the  ilwarfs,  or  at  l<;ast  low'- 
THE  COIORAOO  POTATO  BEETLE.  headcil  trees  for  the  garden.  In  fiu-t,  the  older 
3/a7’c/i  23.— Some  of  my  neighbors  call  mo  a  „.e  grow  the  less  inclined  are  we  to  eliinh  or  risk 
false  i)ro)>het  in  regard  to  tho  potato  beetle  bidders  in  gathering  fruit.  It  is 
question,  inasmuch  as  1  asserted  that  tho  ap-  Ukely  that  in  times  past  whim  dwarf  pears 
poaranco  of  Gie  Colorado  pest  would  make  iKita-  that  the  mania  for  these  trees 
toes  scarce  and  high  -  priiKtd  in  our  markets.  some  extravagant  notions  in  regard  to 
I.ast  year  theso  beetles  niiwle  tlieir  first  apix  ar-  prcKluctivenoss  anil  value,  still  we  are  not 
anco  in  many  locaUties  in  the  Easti-rn  Stati;s,  j  jneUned  to  give  them  up,  nor  to  think  that  all 
doing  hnt  litUo  damage  on  some  farms  and  none  binds  of  dwarf  trees  arc  a  “hnmhng  and  ddu- 
wliati;vi;r  on  others  in  the  same  neighborhood.  Hiun,”  as  some  horticultural  wiiters  have  assumed 
'Hu;  iKitato  crop,  n|K)n  tho  whole,  was  a  large  )>olicv(;, 
one,  and  the  prira;  in  market  has  been  very  low  sprx'imcns  of  pears  of  various  sorts 
during  tlie  entire  xvinter,  hence  tho  cry  that  the  annually  gathered  from  jiear  trees  worked  on 
^Mitato  beetle  “  don't  amount  to  much  after  all."  quince  stocks,  or  what  are  ternuxl  dwarfs.  But 
Blit  they  have  come  among  us  to  »tay,  and  j,  about  to  plant  a,  jicar  orebard  of  con- 
the  almost  total  neglect  to  destroy  them  last  j  aiijerablc  extent  we  should  jirobably  select  stan- 
which  the  operation  should  be  performeil,  the 
inserted  brid  uniting  with  the  stock,  but  remain¬ 
ing  in  a  dormant  state  until  the  following  spring. 
Now,  if  you  liavo  delayed  this  very  important 
ojKjration,  and  have  the  one-year  old  stocks  on 
hand,  they  can  be  budded  next  fall,  Iml  one  sea¬ 
son’s  growth  is  lo«t,  and  tho  budding  will  Lave  to 
be  pirrfomuKl  wiih  more  care  to  insure  success 
than  if  it  ha<l  lieen  done  last  fall. 
Tlio  stocks  might  be  grafted  this  spring,  hut 
w'o  would  not  inlvisc  you  to  attcmi't  it.  as  it  re¬ 
quires  the  skill  of  an  oxpijrt  to  successfully  graft 
the  iwach,  esjKKjially  in  the  northern  states. 
Give  the  stocks  good  culture,  pinnung  off  a  few 
of  the  lowcnnost  branches  if  there  are  any  near 
the  ground.  I-ater  in  tlio  seasou,  or  when  our 
readers  Ijegin  to  think  alK.mt  hndiling,  we  will 
give  projier  and  full  directions  in  regard  to  per¬ 
forming  the  operations.  Should  we  do  so  now, 
I  one-half  or  more  of  our  reailers  would  have  mis- 
i  laid  the  article  before  they  wanted  to  put  the 
I  information  it  contained  into  practical  use. 
season  in  my  ow  n  iminediato  ueigliborhood,  as  fy,.  the  pm'poso,  as  they  require  less 
doubtless  in  many  others,  left  a  very  iinincrous  attention,  and  are  perhaps  less  liable  to 
progeny  to  go  into  safe  winter  quarters  and  he  pj,,(,a8e.  We  think,  however,  that  tho  failures  ex- 
ready  for  thi;  first  appearance  of  potatoes  (his  ptuiencod  by  many  who  went  into  the  dwarf  pear 
spring.  Tho  reMftting  of  fences  and  clearing  up  apple  Insi  cnltiu'c,  a  few  years  since,  with 
of  old  rubbish  aluuit  the  farm  has  already  extravagant  ideas  in  regard  to  profits,  have  1«1 
shown  that  the  race  still  live  and  in  numbers  ^ur  immologists  gcnenilly  to  discoiirage  tho  pro- 
sufticient  to  show  their  x»owor  tho  coming  soason  \  pa^ation  and  ciiltivutiou  of  dwarf  trees  of  all 
ill  rodneing  tlio  potato  crop.  If  onr  famicra 
tliink  they  arc  going  to  drive  this  post  out  of 
their  fields  l>y  a  little  Icisime  “  wliistUiig  ’’  at  the 
“  v<arnunts,’’  they  will  bo  most  wofully  mistakou, 
else  I  am  no  proxihet. 
Aril  oruiiltu  nil. 
BUYING  vs.  GROWING  TREES, 
Tukue  is  little  doubt  that  in  thousands  of 
families  seeds  of  apple,  pear  and  ottier  fruits 
Lave  been  saved,  and,  either  already  in  tho 
ground  or  in  some  good  place  where  their  vitality 
will  not  bo  injiu  ed,  will  be  planted  out  and  ready 
to  grow  with  the  opening  of  wanu,  spring-like 
weather.  There  is  a  fascination  about  this 
biisiness,  and  no  doubt  some  valuable  varieties 
are  occasionally  tlius  originated.  In  the  great 
majority  of  cases,  Viowever,  those  seedlings  are 
grown  purjKisely  to  bud  or  graft,  and  hi  ninety- 
and-ninc  such  cases  out  of  one  hundred  tho 
biisuioHS  does  not  pay. 
If  doing  without  fruit  were  tho  alternative  to 
growing  one’s  own  trees,  tlio  case  would  lie  fur 
different.  As  it  is,  the  question  is  not  fruit  or 
no  fruit,  lint  only  one  of  economy,  witli  the  ad¬ 
vantage  all  in  favor  of  purchasmg  fruit  trees  of 
iiurserymou.  Competition  has  reduced  prices  of 
nursery  stock  as  low  as  they  ought  to  bo— lower 
than  formers  can  giow  small  quantities  for 
taking  the  requisib^  core  of  the  trees,  grafting  or 
budding,  trausxilanting  and  *  other  like  items. 
The  lew  fanners  who  have  tried  to  grow  small 
Iiatches  of  unrsei^  slock,  expecting  to  sell  what 
they  did  not  need,  have  found  Uiat  by  the  time 
(he  tic  es  were  old  euongli  to  U-ansplant  they  had 
cost  fully  as  much  or  niore  than  it  would  take  to 
replace  them  from  the  iirolossional  nursonnnen.  j 
Such  at  least  has  lieeu  our  exjierionce  and  obser¬ 
vation.  In  no  branch  of  business  is  tho  im- 
Xiortanco  of  doing  thiugs  largely  greater  tliau  in  j 
growing  nurseiy  stock.  Most  of  tho  work  in  the 
fields  is  done  by  horse  labor  in  long,  straight 
rows.  Root  graftiug  is  done  in  winter  by  expert 
haud.s,  who  turn  out  ten  times  as  many  grafts 
per  day  as  unskilled  workmen  oonld  do.  In 
every  way  the  man  who  does  a  good  deal  of 
work  has  the  advantage  of  him  who  does  oiJy  a 
httle. 
auu  ciiJtivutiou  oi  dwiirr  trees  ot  iiu 
kinds.  There  is,  witliont  doubt,  some  ehoieo  in 
tho  kinds  of  stocks  to  be  employed  in  jiropagat- 
ing  dwarf  trees,  and  only  the  best  should  he 
used ;  but  let  us  not  give  up  the  low-beaded 
I  dwarf  trees,  at  least  for  garden  culture.  We 
want  trees  with  branches  starling  near  the 
ground,  so  that  old  folks  and  cliiklren  can  gather 
fruit  without  having  to  climb  forty-fiKit  ladders. 
If  it  is  necessary  to  protect  such  trees  from  late 
frosts  in  hjiring,  it  is  much  easier  to  do  so  than 
with  lofty  siiodmeus.  3’he  same  is  true  in  regai  d 
to  deMti'oying  noxious  insects,  pruning  and  vaii- 
ous  other  operations,  which  arc  sometimes  neces¬ 
sary  to  insure  a  good  crop  of  fruit. 
it  is  well  known  tliat  dwarf  Ireos  geuerully 
come  into  bearing  much  .sooner  than  standard, 
and  this  saving  of  time  is  (pule  an  important 
matter  when  a  fainily  has  to  wait  for  fruit  until 
the  trees  grow  from  Imd  or  cion  to  a  hearing 
I  size.  Trees  trained  low  will  usually  come  into 
|)omolo(iical. 
bearing  earlier  than  those  ti’inimed  up,  even  on 
the  same  kind  of  .stock,  and  the  only  real  advau- 
tage  of  using  a  dwarf  kind  of  plant  for  a  stock,  is 
to  save  the  tioublc  of  cLeckiug  by  wtifieial  o[>-  j 
erations.  such  as  pruning  and  piucliing  back  the 
young  shoots  in  summer.  Those  who  desire 
those  low-headed  Iroes  have  only  to  purchase 
oue  or  two  vear  old  plants  at  the  nurseries,  and 
force  tlic  bi-aiiches  to  pusli  out  low  down  on  the 
main  stern,  and  from  that  tune  fonvard  avoid 
taimming  up ;  but.  instead,  annually  shorti'n  all 
leading  or  tenuimJ  shoots.  In  many  localities  it 
is  dilliculi  to  obtain  large  pears  and  apples  from 
standard  or  tall  trees,  as  they  are  likely  to  be 
blown  off  by  the  wind  before  mature,  but  with 
low-lreaded  or  dwai’f  trees  this  loss  is  avoided. 
- ♦-•-« - 
BUDDING  PEACH  TREES. 
8.  B.  V.— Our  xuu'serymcu  seldom  propagate 
peach  trees  liy  graftiug,  as  budding  in  summer  is 
altogether  preferable,  not  only  for  the  poach  hut 
other  stone  fruits.  Torn-  inquiry  “how  to  bud 
or  graft  one-year  old  peach  trees,”  leads  us  to 
think  that  yon  have  lost  ouo  ,VCtir  in  thnp,  by 
omitting  to  bud  Ibc  stocks  last  fall,  or  when  four 
to  six  months  old,  as  is  usually  done  by  those 
who  know  just  how^  to  propagate  peach  trees. 
I’each  stones,  lu-operly  wintered  over,  and 
planted  in  the  spring  in  rich  soil,  will  generally 
produce  stocks  large  enough  for  budding  by  the 
fij-st  of  August,  or  September  at  the  latest,  at 
PEACHES. 
Gan  any  one  of  the  editors  or  readers  of  tho 
IlcRAi,  give  any  information  concerning  these 
three  new  ixjaches,  viz.:— tlio  Alexander,  Ams- 
den’s  June  and  the  Early  Bt'atriec,  and  also  tell 
us  which  would  bo  most  likely  to  succeed  iu 
Eastern  Massachusotts  ? 
Hale's  F.arly  is  generally  pronounced  a  failure 
lierc-  it  rota  so  badly.  A  good  early  peach  as 
hardy  and  productive  as  the  Crawford  or  Rare- 
ript;  is  greatly  to  be  desired  in  this  chraate. 
I  have  a  nunilier  of  jwach  trees  set  on  a  light, 
gravelly  hill,  not  one  of  which  tho  past  three  or 
foiu‘  excevitionally  severe  winters  has  injured  in 
the  least  ,  while  Kittatinny  hlnckberries,  Rogers’ 
grapes  of  ilifferont  munbers,  also  the  Walter, 
Croton.  Kf;naaqua  and  other  now  graiies  were 
killed,  roiit  and  branch,  in  tho  same  grounds.  I 
feci  encouraged  to  set  more  iieaches,  and  for 
that  reason  make  the  above  hupiii'y.  I  tliink 
onr  Easteni  fanncr.s,  who  are  near  tho  best  mar¬ 
kets  iu  tho  country,  would  find  it  i>rofitahle 
to  devote  more  attention  to  this  excellent  fruit, 
which  used  to  be  so  abiindaut  iu  this  section 
only  a  fow  years  ago. 
High  lands,  not  over  rich,  but  moderately  fer¬ 
tilized  with  woikI  ashes  or  sulphate  of  potassa, 
witli  ijerhaps  a  little  nitrogenous  manure,  1  be¬ 
lieve  might  Ik;  utilizwl  as  jicach  orchards.  Al¬ 
most  evi;ry  faiiner  has  such  Kjiots,  useless  and 
unrciiiuiieiative  for  grass  or  tillage,  which,  with 
a  snmll  outlay  and  intelligent  sU|iervision,  might 
be  made  to  yield  a  handsome  return. 
Tlio  yellows  are  not  so  troulik-soine  as  a  few’ 
years  ago,  and,  from  my  own  limKisl  ex]X;rionce 
with  this  tree.  I  seO  no  reason  wliy  wo  cannot 
again  raise  this  delicious  and  healthful  fruit  in 
New  F-iigland  as  abundantly  and  m<»re  profitably 
tlnui  ever  before.— P.,  lirot  kUm,  Maas. 
At  the  whiter  uieethig  of  tho  Western  N.  Y. 
Hortioultimil  Society  Mr.  Ei.i.wanoeh,  who  is 
excellent  authority,  spoke  very  favorably  of  the 
Early  Beatrii'e  iJcach,  which,  witli  tho  Eaily 
T.ouise,  he  called  the  earliest  peach  known.  Tho 
Alexander  and  Arnsden’s  Juno  are  Ameiiean 
jieaches,  very  early,  but  their  character  is  uot 
fully  established. 
'niere  is  no  doubt  that  well-ripcued  peach 
wood  will  ouduro  much  colder  weather  than  is 
gcuerally  supposed.  Very  ofti  ii  on  rich  soil,  and 
especially  where  manure  has  been  largely  used, 
tlic  growth  of  peach  trees  is  watery  and  inima- 
turo.  Snell  wood  will  bo  destroyed  by  a  mode¬ 
rate  degree  of  cold.  Wc  suspect,  also,  that  the 
reason  for  the  kUluig  of  the  grapes  our  corre- 
aiiondcnt  mentions  may  lie  found  in  over-hearuig 
and  leaf  blight,  which  prevented  tlio  vines  of 
the  curri’iit  season’s  growth  from  riixuiiug. 
Well-ripened  wood  is  the  best  protecliou  against 
severe  cold.  Vines  which  blight  in  summer  wall 
be  quite  apt  to  winter-kill  during  the  following 
winter. 
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A  SUCCESSFUL  ORCHARD. 
8.  C.  Davis  of  Orleans  County,  N.  Y.,  has  90 
acres  in  orcliai’d,  containing  2,500  apple  trees, 
500  of  wliich  w’ero  set  in  1858,  and  the  remainder 
in  1862  and  1868.  The  young  orchards  cover  55 
acres,  and  are  chiefly  composed  of  the  Baldwin, 
Rhcxlo  Island,  Greening,  and  Roxbm-y  Russet, 
with  some  autumn  apples.  He  has  besides  theso 
2,700  trees  or  bushes  of  the  Orange  Quince, 
covering  10  acres,  and  planted  six  and  ten  years 
ago.  The  crops  from  those  ijuincos  the  last  two 
seasons  were  SO  and  53  barrels.  Besides  those, 
there  are  2,000  peach  trees,  350  planted  in  1858, 
tho  rest  in  1866  and  1868.  The  first  350  have 
yielded  in  all  years  over  $4  000.  There  are  also 
2,000  standard  iiear  Wees,  1,000  of  which  are 
Bartletts.  From  the  first  planted  (100  in  1864) 
100  barrels  have  been  picked. 
