method I succeed in raising a given number of 
pounds of poultry cheaper than au equal 
weight of any other farm stock, and at the 
same time it always brings more per pound 
than any other kind of meat. e, h. UPSON. 
Noble C'o., Ind. 
Much depends upon where aud how the fruit 
is growu. The tree is naturally a dwarf, and 
should be planted 12 by 20 feet.” 
Mr. Bourne wanted the voice of New Jer¬ 
sey. Mr. Lovett: “ Tts only fault is that it 
bears too heavily with us, and the fruit'is 
small in consequence.” Mr. Smith, Wiscon¬ 
sin: “Very promising, early and valuable 
apple with us.” Mr. Minch, New Jersey: 
“Best; does well with ns.” 
Mr. Campbell, Ohio: “ What about the 
Delaware Winter, a new apple introduced by 
W. P. Corsa, of Delaware? I find it much 
like the Lawyer, aud can really see no differ¬ 
ence. It has been sold at very high prices by 
Mr. Lovett and others—$1.50 per tree, I think.” 
Messrs. Lovett aud Minch claimed the trees 
were entirely different in shape, foliage, 
growth and in every way. Mr. Vandeman: 
“In outward appearance, specimens sent me 
are very much like the Lawyer; flesh some¬ 
what more yellowish; flavor anti shape slight¬ 
ly different; T hardly think it is the same.” 
Mr. Lyon asks about “ Wealthy.” Mr. Pow¬ 
ell. Massachusetts: “ Not generally known, I 
think: fruit looks very nice, bears well; de- 
eidety the best apple there is in the Green 
Mountains aud ou the high table-lands.” Dr, 
Hoskins: “ I had a thousand bushels of it 
last year; have grown it a long time. One 
trouble is uusounduessl of the bark. It should 
be top-worked to make the tree long-lived.” 
Mr. Lyon: “ I have ulso found it liable to lie 
injured by the wiuter in the Western States, 
and favor top-working; but it is of no use 
in the Northwest. ' Mr. Hatch: “It con¬ 
tains crab-blood. I find it to succeed well 
when top-grafted. Where we used to consider 
this crab-blood strong, we now regard it an 
element of wenkuess.” Mr. Tburlow: “ I 
would not recommend it for Massa -husetts. 
We have mauy better, I think.” Mr. Marvin: 
catalogue.” Mr. Barry: “This should be 
looked into and on* or the other should be de¬ 
stroyed.” Mr. Watrous: ”1 don’t think they 
are alike, though they resemble each other 
somewhat.” Mr. Green, New York: “What 
about the‘Fannie 1 apple? My cious came orig- 
inally from Chas. Downiug.” Mr. Engle, Pa.: 
“Very nice apple, deep red, very nice flavor. 
Wo think very much of it, but it is 
uot | extensively grown. I eau hardly 
speak of its hardiness as yet ” The “Loy’ 
appl® was asked about by Mr. Lovett, 
but he got no response. Mr, Gibb drew at¬ 
tention to “Bonnie’s Stripe” down iu the exhi¬ 
bition ball. He said it came here under vari¬ 
ous names from England some years ago; the 
quality was good Dr. Hoskins wanted infor¬ 
mation concerning “Scott’s Winter." Mr. 
Gibb found it hardy, a good apple, and most 
successful with him. Mr. Vandeman thought 
well of it. Not high grade, Dr. Hoskins 
says, but good in the spring. The Shaw apple 
was asked about. Dr, Shaw says “It is a 
chauce seedling found growing on my place, 
a fall apple, coining with Gravenstein, mild 
sub-acid: tree grows low; the apple is from 
two-thirds to three-quarters the size of Bald¬ 
win; red, fine-grained like Fanieuae, a favor¬ 
ite ladies’ apple, less acid than Gravenstein; 
origin, Milford, N. II.The “Salome” was 
next. Mr. Lyon saw it looking well at the 
New Orleans Exposition: flavor not vp rv 
palatable; valuable for cooking any way. If 
managed just right it is valuable in Conn.” 
“Le Conte,” President Berckmans said, “like 
Kieffer, suits one locality better than an¬ 
other. Eaten from the tree, the. quality is 
poor. But If allowed to ripen properly after 
picking it is very good. It is a real dessert 
pear, but the Kieffer is not. When you see 
the Le Conte in Florida you’ll see wonders. 
It must be properly taken care of. Don’t let 
us condemn these pears too hurriedly.” Mr. 
Coe, Conn.: “It grows well in our State; bet¬ 
ter than Kieffer with me; but it rots at 
the eore and must be picked early.” Dr 
Carey: “In Georgia it is simply remarkable, 
I visited it at Thomasville last year. The 
trees should be cut back; they grow there (50 
feet high—12 feet in a year.” Mr. Brackett, 
Iowa: “I have seen this wonderful pear in the 
South, seen it grow 12 feet from the cutting 
in a single year.” 
The Russian pears were then discussed at 
length. Mr. Gibb: “I regard ‘Bessemianka’ 
as the best of the lot in quality, as it has a 
Bergamot flavor, though not of the finest 
quality.” He mentioned several other Rus¬ 
sian pears very glibly, but the orthography 
was far too obscure aud puzzling for the 
average phonographer. He said: “They vary 
in hardiness, and all need further testing. 
Whether we as yet have the true Bergamot 
pear of the Volga is indeed very doubtful.” 
Mr, Brackett; “Out of thirty varieties I have 
tried, I would recommend ‘Sapiegiauka’ 
as another successful sort. I don’t consider 
any of them very high in quality.” Mr. 
Hatch: “It is important to know where and 
in what soil these are grown.” Mr. Watrous: 
“Having tided about the same list, I find the 
Bessemianka, the only one of value in Des 
Moines.’ - Dr. Hoskins finds this perfectly 
hardy in Vermont where nearly all others 
fail. Mr. Brackett: “All have had only a 
very short trial as yet; nothing definite is 
known.” 
Hoosiek pear was next. Mr. Powell said it 
originated near him; never saw it elsewhere; 
succeeds well and looks well. Mr. Lovett had 
fruited it and found it very fine. Mr. Green 
spoke well of the Wilder, “Appears to be of 
the best quality of its season; handsome, bright 
red cheek, smallish, not inclined to rot at the 
core, a vigorous grower.” The “Hinkle” 
was thought desirable though subject to rot 
at the core. Mr. Bourne wanted the spelling 
of “ Sheldon” corrected to conform to that of 
the originator s name, which was “Sheldeu.” 
Mr. Bissell spoke well of the Wilder near 
Richmond, \ a. The Mikado was reported as 
a very fine-looking pear, but poor in quality, 
good ouly for cooking. Mr. Lovett spoke of 
this and the “Siebold” in a similar manner. 
The ‘ “ Grand Isle* pear was favorably men¬ 
tioned by Dr. Hoskins. H . H. 
(1o be Continued.) 
Plaster in the Poultry House.— From 
my experience, 1 can state unhesitatingly that 
the poultryman who neglects to keep a barrel 
of plaster in his poultry house or to use it 
frequently under the roosts, is not running 
his business as he should, I have a few over 
ion fowls. Every two weeks 1 get a barrel of 
fertilizer that I call well worth #1.50 a barrel 
for sweet corn. H. c. e. 
Passaic Co., N. J. 
R- N.-Y.—At auctions about us hen manure 
—mostly mixed with coal ashes—brings from 
SO cents to #1.00 per barrel. In our own 
practice piaster is sprinkled under the roosts 
three times a week. Director Jordan, of the 
Maine Experiment Station, analyzed two 
samples of hen manure. A was composed of 
pure droppings as taken from under the roosts 
—uot dried. B contained a small amount of 
ashes and 20 pounds of plaster to the barrel, 
and had been well dried and worked over. 
A weighed 200 pounds to the barrel aud B 175 
pounds. Analyses gave the following result, 
estimated in pounds to the barrel. 
Ulioe. acid. Potash, Nitrogen. Value. 
A 1.8 1.38 2.2 0.(55 
B 2.25 1.78 2.I5S 0.70 
Thus it will be seen that the addition of the 
plaster aud ashes added to the value. The 
dried manure was less bulky aud more easily 
haudled. 
Feeding Corn to Poultry.—I like to feed 
some ear corn to my chickens. I feed about 
half in this way. The ears arc thrown on 
straw and the birds peek and scratch away at 
them. They have to work hard for every 
kernel they get, and this working keeps them 
busy aud out of mischief. Besides, it is the 
working hen that pays; a lazy hen is like a 
lazy man. H . c. J. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
COIlOtlUJ 
A GOOD CORN CRIB. 
We husked 200 bushels of corn grown on 
grouud that needed subduing, and looked 
about for a place to put it. If cribbed near 
the buildings uot only the rats but the fowls 
would attack it. One of our nursery hands 
suggested placing a crib in the field away 
from all attacks of fowls and vermin, saying 
that he could build a good crib out of rails, 
requiring ouly a few boards for the bottom 
and roof. I gave him the order to go ahead, 
and Fig. 453 shows what he erected. I have 
built many corn cribs since boyhood, but this 
is the cheapest and best I have ever seen, and 
may be of service to readers of the Rural. 
MouroeCo., N. Y. ciias. a. green. 
THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 
CIETY AT BOSTON. 
me Mississippi l alley Horticultural 
Society become* the National Horticultural 
Society; establishment of the National Bu¬ 
reau of Pomology; Mr. Barry's declina¬ 
tion of the Presidency; Mr. Berckmans? 
election; its possible effect; the old society's 
public deserts. 
The meeting of the American Fomological 
Society at Boston, on September 14 to 1(5, oc¬ 
curred under very exceptional circumstances, 
I he fact may not be generally known that it 
was appointed at this place in compliance 
with the earnest desire of its late honored 
President, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, and 
with the hope that he might be able to attend 
aud preside over its deliberations. 
Possibly, in part from ignorance of or fail¬ 
ure to appreciate this motive a feeling had 
arisen, especially at the West and South, that 
those regions had been, in some sense, ignored, 
or their importance uot appreciated by this 
society. 
Doubtless under the possibly unrecognized 
influence of such feeling, the organization of 
the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, 
had been effected which, after having become 
at one time very nearly disorganized, was re¬ 
suscitated through a successful effort to eulist 
the South and also the Pacific slope. 
The first step iu this new departure was the 
holding of a session of this society at New Or¬ 
leans in February, 1883, at which a proposal 
was made to cliunge the name Mississippi Val¬ 
ley Society, to American Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety. This proposal was “laid on the table” at 
f hat time, but at the next session, which oc- 
curredat t.heNuw Orleans Exposition, in Janu¬ 
ary, 1884, the proposal was renewed and the 
organization became the American Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 
Whatever may have been the ultimate pur¬ 
pose of the instigators of this change of name 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
AT BOSTON.—VII. 
CIIEAP COHN CRIB. Fi 
“Hardier thau Duchess in Western New 
York, but it is a fall apple with us.” Mr. 
Gibb: “We find the Wealthy all we desire, 
tiie only trouble is that it drops before it gets 
ripe.” 
.Mr. Hatch asks about “McMahon’s White,” 
and speaks very highly of it, especially as to 
its extreme hardiness; “It has stood the tem¬ 
perature of 4(rt below zero; nothing in my or¬ 
chard has equaled it iu this respect. For se¬ 
vere climates it stands head aud shoulders 
above every other apple. It may, however, 
blight in extremely rich soil; but iu other soils 
it does excellently. Season, fall.” Mr, Lyon 
wanted the mime shortened by dropping the 
expletives. Dr. Hoskius considered it a true 
iron clad. 
President Berckmans called attention to the 
“M allace Howard”- “I think very highly of 
it; should think it must prove very valuable 
here at the North.” Mr. Miuch: “One of the 
most beautiful apples 1 have over seen.” Dr. 
Carey, Georgia, indorses this opinion iu every 
way, and alsospcuks well of Red Biotighoimer. 
The Wolf River is not au iron-clad with Dr. 
Hoskius. Mr. Hatch: “It proves hardy at 
Green Pay, but less so in the western jxirtion 
of Wisconsin.” Dr. Hoskins; “Almost iden¬ 
tical with Alexander.” Mr. Lyon: “About 
the same; hardly worth while to introduce it, 
the other briug the older is already iu our 
Mauuiug also speaks well of it. “McIntosh 
Red Dr. Hoskins considered very fine, 
though liable to “spot” badly. 
Pears were then taken up. “Comet” came 
first. Mr. Lyon said: “Very poor at Roches¬ 
ter; very beautiful and of good size, but very 
poor iu flavor. Kieffer was called next; its 
pronunciation was disputed; long i, long e 
aud short e each being favored; the latter 
was generally considered right Mr. Bourne: 
“Not worth growing in Rhode Island.” Mr. 
Engle: “Good for anything except to eat. 
with us, Mr. Powell: “After paying from 
$°to #5 per tree for the Kieffer in my vicinity, 
we are now cutting it down and plowing it 
out as worthless.” President Berckmans: “I 
don’t want to see it condemned for the South¬ 
ern States, it is not. the best, of course, but 
we don’t want to do without it : it bears so 
w ell and is valuable for cookiug, and, if not 
too particular, you may have it for dessert 
also." Mr. Van Lindley, N. C.: “Does well 
with us." Mr. Lovett: “People are usiiur it 
