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quality by keeping it in bags in a dry place for several 
weeks or months perhaps ? T. L. M. Surry Co., Va. 
[We should think that now, after a full supply of 
guano, ashes and marl, that a good strong compost of 
stable manure and loam would be best, but this we 
infer our correspondent cannot command Bone ma¬ 
nure may be useful—in some instances it has greatly 
increased the turnip crop—in others which we have 
known, it has produced no sensible result. The guano 
and plaster cannot injure, if kept perfectly dry.] 
Currants and Raspberries. —Is the White G ra P e 
currant different from White Dutch? Is Red Grape 
generally known? I procured it from Cincinnati, and 
find it decidedly the best bearer of any I have ; the 
fruit is twice as large as Red Dutch, and not so tart. 
White Dutch is best flavored of any I know. I have 
a number of small plants of Ohio Everbearing rasp¬ 
berry, that were planted late, and just now show signs 
of blooming. If I sow seeds from these, will they not 
produce the same variety ? I cannot think they can 
“ mix ” with other sorts now, as the others have ripen¬ 
ed their fruit and are not in bloom. The Ohio Ever- 
bearing is the only variety that has been thoroughly 
tested here and found satisfactory, being entirely hardy, 
and bearing large crops of tolerably fair berries 
throughout tho summer and autumn, till checked by 
frost. We hope the Orange and Allen will succeed, 
but cannot yet speak positively in regard to them. E. 
Y. Teas. Richmond , Ind. [The White Grape cur¬ 
rant is distinct from and larger than the White Dutch. 
The Red Grape has not been disseminated much. The 
seeds of any particular variety of the raspberry may 
produce plants precisely similar to the original, but the 
probability is in favor of more or less variation.] 
Peach Brandy. —Please insert in the next number 
of your paper the best known recipe for making peach 
brandy. We have many millions of peaches, and but 
few know how to manufacture brandy from them. I 
am unable to obtain a recipe here, and would be much 
obliged if you would furnish me one. A Subscriber. 
Atlanta , Geo. [We have not been able to find any re¬ 
cipe for making Peach Brandy, but we give the follow¬ 
ing directions, which we find in one of our former vols., 
for making 
Peach Wine.—T ake nearly ripe fruit, stone it, and 
bruise the pulp in a mortar ; put eight pounds of the pulp 
to one quart of water, and let it stand twenty-four hours, 
then squeeze out the juice, and to every gallon of it add 
two pounds of white sugar ; then put it into a cask, and 
when it has fermented and become perfectly clear, bottle 
it up, and use at pleasure. 
Birds and Cherries.— How can I save my cherries 
from the robbins and other birds which abound on my 
premises, without disturbance from the gun, notwith¬ 
standing their inveterate propensity to steal most of 
my smaller fruits. A. F. [We know of other remedy 
than the prompt use of powder and shot ] 
Insect. —I enclose an insect which is destroying the 
apples around this vicinity, in great numbers. Will 
you please give us its name and history as near as you 
can. Wm. Proudman. Amesbury , Mass. [The insect 
enclosed belongs to the same family as the fire-fly or 
glow-worm. None of the insects of this group are re¬ 
garded as injurious to vegetation. Is our correspon¬ 
dent certain that the insect he sent, is the one which 
does the injury to which he alludes?] 
Masks for Threshers.—I see that a subscriber in 
your paper of 24th ult. inquires where he can get a 
TIV A T 0 R 
mask or covering for the face, to be used when thresh¬ 
ing with a machine. In my view the best remedy is 
to so build the machine that it will not throw the dust 
into the feeder’s face, but discharge it through the ma¬ 
chine with the straw. Then the feeder will not need a 
covering over the face any more than other persons 
working about the machine. Such machines are made 
at the Schenectady Agricultural Works. G. West- 
inghouse. 
Draining. —I write to inquire of you where I can 
obtain a work giving thorough instruction bn under¬ 
draining. I think I remember of seeing a notice some¬ 
where in the back numbers of my Co. Gent., of your 
intention of preparing a small work in pamphlet form 
on that subject, for distribution among your subscribers. 
I. G. C. Rockville , lnd. [The work you refer to, no¬ 
ticed in Co. Gent., was a circular issued by Messrs. C. 
& W. McCammon, the extensive manufacturers of 
drain tile in this city, and we have requested them to 
send you a copy. We can send you postpaid, for 60 
cents, a very good treatise on the subject—“Munn’s 
Practical Land-Drainer.”] 
Grafting Peaches on Figs. —Will you inform one 
of your subscribers whether a graft of the peach-tree 
on the fig-tree, will bear fruit, and whether the fruit 
will be “ a peach without any stQne .” I have heard 
this assertion made by reliable persons, but I cannot 
believe it, and leave it to your experience to decide. 
A Subscriber. St. James , La. [The natural affini¬ 
ties of the fig and of the peach are as far separated as 
the peach and the willow. We have heard that if the 
peach is grafted on the willow, when it bears, the fruit 
will be without stones—and the same remark will ap¬ 
ply as well to grafting it on the fig. So we might say 
with nearly equal propriety, that if the apple is graft¬ 
ed on a hitching post, when it bears, the fruit will have 
no cores and skins. The whole thing is impossible.] 
The Buckthorn. —Will you or some of your corres¬ 
pondents please answer the following inquiries concern- 
the buckthorn, in your valuable paper. 1st. The best 
age of plants for transplanting to the hedge row. 2d. 
Where best and cheapest obtained. 3d. At what price 
can from three to five thousand plants be furnished in 
the spring of 1859. E. Hawley. Maitland Place , 
C. W. [The buckthorn is perhpas the easiest and saf¬ 
est of removal of any hedge plant. Two years is the 
most suitable age. We think the plants are kept by 
A. Saul & Co., of Newburgh, and by W. Reed, Eliza¬ 
bethtown, N. J. The price is $10 per thousand.] 
A Bad Weed. —Will you or some of your correspon¬ 
dents inform me through your columns, the cheapest , 
quickest and most effectual mode (other than grazing 
with sheep, none of which I have,) of eradicating the 
wild onion from a piece of rich bottom land ? B. W. 
R , of Virginia. [If there is any way of ridding one’s 
self of this most troublesome of weeds, there are mul¬ 
titudes who would be glad to know it, and we hope 
those who have tried any means of doing so which 
have proved either partly or wholly effective, will im¬ 
part their experience for the benefit of others ] 
Soda Water.—I should be greatly obliged, if you 
or some of your readers could inform me how to make 
soda water. A. B. 
The Horse Fly. —Will some of your readers inform 
me how to protect horses from the bite of the horse and 
other flies. W. t. 
