when they leave. Heretofore I have been 
opposed to all kinds of daubs or tight covering 
on the bark of trees, but I have been compelled 
in this case to try some experiments. I made 
a wash of two parts of lime and one of wood 
ashes, in a pailful of which I put two table¬ 
spoonfuls of crude carbolic acid and two of 
Paris-green, and with the mixture I made a 
covering over the trunks wit h a brush, but the 
bugs come out and a few enter through it, but I 
intend to wrap the bodies of trees with roofing 
paper tarred on the outside, which also repels 
the peach borer. 
Marlboro, N. Y. 
Pom o loami l 
THE OTT PEAR. 
I would like to ask Mr. Parnell, see Rural 
Oct. 22, p. 715, col. 4, what time his Ott 
Pears ripened. Mine began to ripen about 
the middle of September and continued on till 
the middle of October, and then, as the fiaiit 
was falling from the tree rapidly, i picked 
all, and have been using them since, chiefly for 
baking, as it is very sugary and by this cook¬ 
ing it becomes juicy and tender even in its 
skin, which before baking is rather thick, 
hard and dry. This pear is as delicious baked 
as the Jersey Sweet or the celebrated Belle 
Bonne apple. It is precisely as Mr. Downing 
describes it in the Fruits and Fruit Trees of 
America, edition of 1857, p. 441, except in the 
ripening, u hieh ho says is the middle of 
August. [For the benefit of those who have 
not Downing’s excellent work, here is his de¬ 
scription of the Ott Pear:—A seedling of the 
Seckel. Originated with Samuel Ott, Mont¬ 
gomery Co., Pa. Tree moderately vigorous, 
very productive. Young wood reddish olive- 
brown. Fruit small, round-obovate, green¬ 
ish-yellow, partially mottled with russet, 
reddish on the sunny side. Shi Ik long and 
curved inserted in a slight depression. Calyx 
open in a round, open basin. Flesh melting, 
sugary, rich, perfumed and aromatic. Ripe 
middle- of August. An excellent little pear, 
somewhat variable. Good to very good,” 
—Eds.] Perhaps, however, my pear may 
not be the genuine Ott, but some other 
sort. There was no difference in the 
quality of those borne on different trees, 
as was the case with Mr. Parnell’s, but 
all were alike sugary. I think these will 
keep in store as late as the middle of November. 
I am going to try a few to see if they do so, 
sound and sugary. A. B. Allen. 
This grape was received from Mr, Peter 
Sandovel, of Sandy Creek, N. Y. , a year ago 
last Spring and fruited this season. The grape 
proves to be the Massasoit, one of Rogers’s hy¬ 
brids. I have them both under the same condi¬ 
tions within a rod of each other. They have 
been examined by several skilled horticul¬ 
turists, and no man can see any difference. 1 
think Mr. Sandovel claims it to he a Labrusca 
grape, but it has all the characteristics of 
Rogers’s hybrids—fine quality, emasculated 
clustere and all the other features cf these 
hybrids. Here is a fine opportunity for Mr. 
Samlovel to rise and explain why he is send- 
ing out to the public the Massasoit with a new 
nau,e - D. S. Marvin. 
Watertown, N. Y. 
[A vine labeled “Mary’’was seufc to the 
Rural Grounds several years ago. We cannot 
at this time find the record. It has made a 
feeble growth and never fruited.— Eds.] 
Domestic ll'conomij 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
ECHOES FROM EVERY-DAY HOUSE. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
The days are cold and dark and dreary; 
truly the dullest Autumn I ever remember, 
without a ray of sunlight for days together, 
with leaden skies und falling leaves. The 
children feel the influences of t he weather and 
lose their bright serenity. The rosea in the 
greenhouse are slow to blossom and need the 
rays of sunshine to husteu development. 
Everything feels the absence of warmth and 
light. But we go on with our domestic af¬ 
faire; the Fall house-cleaning must bo done; 
pickles be furnished and packed away, the 
garden needs to bo looked after and such 
bulbs as gladioli and others, carefully secured. 
The poultry, too, seem as if they felt a lack of 
something to help them fulfill their destiny, 
and eggs are not plentiful. We know there 
will be a change for the better when the buck¬ 
wheat is thrashed; for at thi< season of the 
year nothing is better than that grain alter¬ 
nately with corn for laying hens. So, the 
other day, we made some cookies that were 
independent of eggs, and which were pro¬ 
nounced very good by all the family. It was 
from this simple recipe: Two cups sugar, 
one cup sweet milk, one of butter, half a tea¬ 
spoonful of soda with flour enough to roll. 
We flavored some with vanilla, others with 
lemon and their only fault was that we too 
soon found the bottom of the cake box. Chil¬ 
dren seem to have a natural fondness for 
cake, and such as this simply made is better 
for them than a more expensive article. For 
this reason we often make our own candy, 
as the little one’s enjoy the making and we 
know it is more wholesome than that which 
is highly colored and often unhealthy. What 
a care and thought are little children during 
the dull Autumn weather I No more freedom 
to ramble at will through the fields for wild 
flowers and fruit. No more Summer birds, 
and waving trees. “ Why do the leaves come 
off ?” asks little four-year-old, and there is in 
his tone a regret that finds an echo in older 
hearts. 
-- 
THE ROMANCE OF HOUSEKEEPING.—FIG. 517. 
KEROSENE STOVES. 
Mary Wager-Fisher, page 723, asks for the 
experiences of those having used kerosene 
stoves. 
Our family has had one in use since May 
1. The total amount of oil used, including 
that burned in our lamps, has been 87 gal¬ 
lons, costing $3.70. The cost of oil for the 
stove has been therefore less than two cents 
per day—cheap enough certainly. The cooking 
has all been done on this stove about six days 
in the week, the cook stove only being used 
for washing, heavy baking, etc. We consider 
the kerosene stove oue of the greatest con¬ 
veniences that has been invented for years, 
one that nearly every family in this sec¬ 
tion that has enterprise enough to take 
the papers and read them has availed them¬ 
selves of. A meal can be cooked on them 
in about the same time it requires to get 
a coal fire ready for cooking, and then 
if a little hot water is wanted at any 
time, as in sickness, it can be had in a few 
minutes. Another important consideration is, 
it does not heat the room, an advantage that 
any woman will appreciate during the Bum¬ 
mer months. These stoves are now kept by 
all haidware dealers in endless variety, so that 
there is no difficulty in procuring what one 
wishes. And now a word of advice; in pur- 
chasing lie sure to buy oue of the greatest 
heating capacity to be found, one with four 
burners is the best. The largest can be run as 
lightly as y°u wish, while a small one will 
not do all you desire. 
I think that our oil stove has saved us, in 
fuel, the cost of it already besides its great 
convenience. 
May I be allowed to add that I am in no 
way interested in the sale of these stoves, and 
that it will he needless for your readers to 
send me postal cards asking terms, etc. 
Onondaga Cb., N. Y. Nelson Ritter. 
CONSIDERATION FOR THE SICK. 
Persons who have had and seen but little 
sickness cannot appreciate the suffering of a 
sick person from noise. During an attack of 
malarial fever, a few years ago, it seemed to 
the writer as if the members of the family 
tried to slam the doors, and we thought that 
if we recovered we should surely teach both old 
and young of the household to go about their 
duties with less noise and particularly to open 
and close doors carefully. The olfactory 
sense is also keener during illness and we well 
remember the nauseous sensation caused by 
tobacco smoke. One member of the family 
who was absent during the day and whom we 
dearly loved to have sit with us in the even¬ 
ing, joined us only after supper and after he 
had smoked bis pipe. He was sensitive and 
we did not care to mentiou our then great re¬ 
pugnance for tobacco, but, no doubt it would 
have been far better to have “spoken out” 
than to have suffered night after night from 
the fumes of that dreadful pipe. 
Persons in health are too apt to think such 
persons notional and treat them accordingly. 
Nervous and notional they are, it is true, but 
they are entitled to all the consideration in 
the world and those who care for them should 
be willing to make every reasonable sacrifice 
to gratify their desires, however whimsical 
they appear. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
mashed turnip. 
Pare and boil, adding a few potatoes in time 
to boil tender with the turnips. Drain, mash, 
and, if not entirely free from lumps, pass 
through a colander. Season with pepper and 
salt and a generous lump of butter. 
POTATO SOUP. 
Peel and slice 12 medium-sized potatoes, 
cover with boiling water, cook 10 minutes, 
drain off the water, add a quart of cold water, 
an onion m ineed and a little salt, and cook 
until the potatoes boil into pieces. Pass all 
through a colander into two quarts of good 
soup-stock free from grease. Simmer half an 
hour. Boil half a cup of rice until tender and 
dry. Put into the soup, season with pepper, 
salt and two tablespoonfuls of butter,and serve. 
BARLEY SOUP. 
Two or throe pounds of beef from the skin, 
two pounds of cracked bones, an onion, four 
stalks of celery, four potatoes, a gallon of 
water, peppier and salt. Put all into the soup- 
pot and boil very gently three hours. Wash 
a cup of barley and boil in a very little clear 
water 20 minutes. Strain the soup, pressing 
hard, boil up, skim, add the barley and sim¬ 
mer SO minutes. 
PLAIN TAPIOCA PUDDING. 
Soak a cup of tapioca over night in a little 
cold water, an hour before wanting add a 
quart of boiling milk, a coft’ee-cup of sugar, 
four beaten eggs, half the rind of a lemon, 
grated. Stir thoroughly, pour into a buttered 
mold, cover tightly and set into a pan of boil¬ 
ing water in the oven. Cook from 45 to (50 
minutes. Turn out and eat with hard sauce. 
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