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THE CULTIVATOR. 
or else are disturbed, and frightened from settling 
on the trees.” 
In a paper read before the Philadelphia Society 
for Promoting Agriculture, in the summer of 1789, 
William Bartbam particularly and scientifically 
described the curculio; and adds “ Many methods 
have been thought of and practiced to remedy the 
evil, but none have as yet been attended with success.” 
“During my travels southward (from Pennsylva¬ 
nia.to Florida) I had sufficient opportunities to ob¬ 
serve that the fruit trees on the sea coast and brack¬ 
ish water, were free from the ravages of this de¬ 
structive insect ; this suggested to me an idea that 
the saline vapors were pernicious to them, and 
hence I imagined that if we were to go to the tri¬ 
fling expense of showering our choicest fruit trees 
with a weak solution of common sea salt, once or 
twice a week, it might answer the same end of pre¬ 
serving the fruit. But this is only a conjecture, 
having never made the experiment.” 
In 1808, W. Bartram furnished the following: 
“The spring following, I put the experiment of 
showering a plum tree on trial,with a weak solution 
of sea salt dissolved in water; but being too strong of 
salt, most of the leaves and fruit fell off in conse¬ 
quence of it, otherwise the experiment might have 
produced the desired effect, as what fruit remained 
were not touched by the insect, though small and 
disfigured by the strength of the brine; yet a few 
arrived to their natural size and ripened, so that I 
am induced to believe that with care in tempering 
the solution, it will be found to be the best 
and cheapest remedy against the ravages and 
increase of those pernicious insects yet discovered. 
It should be so weak as just to taste of salt.” 
Dr. Tilton, who wrote about the beginning of 
this century, says—“ There is no surer protection 
against the Curculio than a pavement. This how¬ 
ever is only applicable to a few trees.” 
It was believed both by William Bartram and Dr. 
Tilton that the Curculio infested the pear and apple, 
as well as stone fruit; and that it continued its work 
through the summer into autumn. It appears how¬ 
ever that this notion is unfounded. In 1831, the 
late Judge Darling of New Haven, Ct., stated in the 
the New-York Farmer, that this insect ceased from 
its labors early in the 7th month; and that the worm 
which infests the apple becomes a moth or miller. 
On reading this statement, I repeated his experi¬ 
ment without delay, by putting these worms with a 
part of the apple, among moist earth in a tumbler, 
and covered it with a piece of window glass. In 
due time, the perfect insect came forth, very differ¬ 
ent indeed from the Curculio, and fully confirming 
Judge Darling’s statement. D. Thomas. Great- 
field, Cayuga co., 6 mo. 29, 1850. 
Notes on New Cherries. 
Boyer’s Early Heart. —This has been suppo¬ 
sed by some to be identical with the Early White 
Heart. But from careful and repeated examina¬ 
tion the present year, there are evidently several 
points of difference. Boyer’s Early Heart is ear¬ 
lier, but it may not prove always so; it is larger, 
superior in flavor, and its stone is smaller. 
Sweedish. —This variety, from Dr. Kirtland of 
Cleveland, has fruited for several successive years. 
It is regarded by F. R. Elliott (in the Proceedings 
of the Syracuse Fruit Convention,) as identical with 
the Early White Heart. There is evidently a great 
similarity in flavor, and the period of ripening is 
about the same; but the strikingly rugose or wrin¬ 
kled surface of the Sweedish, distinguishes it from 
all other sorts of its season. 
Aug. 
The Early Purple Guigne, so far, maintains 
its position as the best of the earliest cherries. It 
ripens with the May Bigarreau, two weeks earlier 
than the Black Tartarian. It is about the size of 
the Black Heart, or one half larger than the May 
Bigarreau, and is far superior to the latter in flavor. 
Dr. Kirtland’s New Seedling. —Several of 
these have borne in Western New-York, and most of 
them maintain the high character given to them by 
F. R. Elliott of Cleveland, who introduced them. 
After another year’s trial, we may safely speak of 
them more particularly. 
Red Antwerp Raspberry. 
This variety of the Raspberry, (the genuine, 
large fruited,) in common with most other sorts, 
succeeds to perfection on strong, deep, and rich 
soils. On light gravelly or sandy soils, we have 
rarelyobtained good crops. 
Under the most favorable 
circumstances, it becomes 
a profuse bearer. It has 
been cultivated with great 
success at Milton, in Ul¬ 
ster county, N. Y. S. A. 
Barratt, of that place, 
made the following state¬ 
ment before the American 
Pomological Congress, 
which was corroborated 
by others present:— 
“In productiveness, it 
Red, Antwerp. was unsurpassed by any. 
It bore long in succession, and in ordinary seasons 
could be gathered for five weeks. As a market 
fruit, it was better than any other variety, bearing 
carriage very well, and not being exceeded by any 
in flavor. It sold in New-York for about twenty- 
two cents a quart, and from three-quarters of an 
acre he had realised $330, at an average of ten 
cents per basket. There was a cultivator in his 
neighborhood who obtained $1500 worth from three 
acres, and that, in a very unfavorable season of on¬ 
ly three weeks instead of five. To insure a crop, 
it required to be protected during the winter by 
drawing down the ends, and covering them with 
earth. About three acres would afford as many 
raspberries as could well be cared for. He had 
known the ends to live in severe winters.although un¬ 
covered, but that was in very favorable situations.” 
Strawberries. 
In answer to an inquiry, “ Can strawberries be 
profitably set out after the present period of the 
year, and what are the best varieties for market as 
well as home use,” we may briefly state that 
the spring of the year is decidedly the best 
time for transplanting, and next, soon after 
midsummer, or about the time that the second 
growth commences, when the crop has been gath¬ 
ered. Strict care must, however, be taken at the 
latter period, to prevent perishing by drouth. Wa¬ 
tering, merely, will not answer. The best way is 
to immerse the roots in thick mud, set them out, 
water them freely to settle the earth compactly, and 
then to cover the soil about them two or three inch¬ 
es thick with old manure. This keeps the soil open 
and moist. A free watering once or twice after¬ 
wards upon this manure, as the soil on examination 
appears to need it, will benefit the plants, and not 
harden or crack the surface. This method has suc¬ 
ceeded perfectly in the driest part of midsummer 
without the loss of a single plant. Strawberries set 
