1847. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 311 
only sort which she claimed as superior to the New¬ 
town pippin, which we are sure is excelled by the 
Early Joe ! 
This apple is only medium in size, and sometimes in¬ 
clining to small, flat; sometimes slightly approaching 
flattish-conical, smooth and regular; light yellow on the 
shaded side,covered with numerous short broken stripes, 
which pass into a nearly uniform shade of deep red 
next the sun, and interspersed with conspicuous white 
specks. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, in a 
rather shallow and wide cavity, calyx in a small, even 
basin. Flesh very fine in texture, exceedingly tender, 
slightly breaking, very juicy, with a mild, sub-acid, rich, 
and faultless flavor. Ripens during the last half of 
the 8th month, (Aug.) The growth of the tree is 
slow, the young shoots dark color, and while it is a 
profuse bearer, the fruit is always fair. The figure is 
an exact impression from a fair-sized specimen on a 
heavily loaded tree. T. 
Horticultural Exhibition.— The first annual ex¬ 
hibition of the Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural 
Society took place at the Geological Rooms, Albany, 
on Saturday, the 11th of September. The display of 
Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, was in all respects^ 
highly creditable, and even beyond what the most san¬ 
guine had anticipated for the first effort. Of Plums — 
a fruit for which this neighborhood is somewhat cele¬ 
brated—there was a fine show, though it would prob¬ 
ably have been better had the exhibition taken place 
at an earlier day, as many varieties were gone. There 
were twenty-six kinds presented by that veteran culti¬ 
vator Mr. Isaac Denniston —fourteen of which were 
seedlings produced in his own grounds. Ten of these 
are yet unnamed, though they are nearly all of superior 
quality. Mr. Briggs, of Schaghtieoke, had also a 
large number of varieties of fine appearance. Of 
Peaches , the show was, for this latitude, unuSally good. 
A sample, presented by Mr. E. P. Prentice, of uncom¬ 
mon size and beautiful appearance, believed to be 
u Bergen’s Yellow,” attracted much attention. There 
were some fine seedling peaches presented by Mr. J. 
K. Paige. The “ Astor” and “ Akin’s seedling,” by 
Messrs. Wilson, Thorburn & Teller, were fine. Of 
Pears , there were fine specimens of the Bartlett and 
other autumn varieties, and many later kinds. Wil¬ 
son, Thorburn & Teller presented a sample of the 
“ Sterling pear,” a fruit of beautiful appearance, and 
which we are told is of superior excellence. It is said 
to have originated neai 0 Buffalo. 
Dr. H. Wendell, Mr. J. Rathbone, Dr. March, 
Mr. Benson, of Albany; Messrs. Vail, Warren and 
others, of Troy; Messrs. Douw and Kirtland, of 
Greenbush, showed fine specimens of various fruits. 
The “ floral designs” of Messrs. Dingwall, Wil¬ 
son, Menand, Newcomb and others, were splendid, 
and much admired. 
The success of this Society, for the first season of its 
operations, has been very encouraging, and will, we 
ti'ust, stimulate to increased exertions for the future. 
Salt for Plum Trees. —The request in your Aug. 
number for information on this subject, induces me to 
state that last fall I used half a bushel of fine salt 
round about fifty plum trees at Hudson—varying the 
quantities according to the size and apparent want of 
each tree. Not a single tree was injured, but on the 
contrary they all appear thrifty, and are now loaded 
with fruit. I also salted three trees in my yard in this 
city, dividing about a pint of salt between the three. 
These two are remarkably healthy, and one in partic¬ 
ular, which has been gradually failing in consequence 
of filling in the earth around it. I trimmed and washed 
the body and limbs with brine, in addition to salting the 
roots, and the result is a most vigorous growth of young 
wood. From this experiment I am induced to believe 
that a discreet and moderate use of salt will be found 
of decided benefit to plum trees. Thomas W. Ol- 
cott. Albany, Aug. 23. 1847. 
How to Plant Strawberries.—I n the last volume 
of this Journal, we gave a plan for planting straw¬ 
berry beds so that the smallest number of staminate 
plants might be introduced into a bed of pistillates, to 
fertilize them. But a serious objection exists to this 
mode, the staminates without great care and constant 
watching, soon intermixing, and in some cases over¬ 
running the pistillates. 
To obviate this difficulty, the Horticulturist proposes 
the following mode of distribution, where the stars re¬ 
present pistillates, and the daggers staminates. A path 
between them, prevents the runners from crossing and 
becoming intermixed : 
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By this mode, however, a portion of the ground is 
lost by being devoted to paths, every pistillate bed hav^- 
ing two—an item of some consequence in towns where 
garden ground is scant. However superior pistillates 
have proved in Ohio for productiveness, there are some 
fine staminates, as Large Early Scarlet, Ross Phoenix, 
and others, which farther north, and with good garden 
culture, have been found quite prolific. Some of the 
latter, also, are earlier than most pistillates. Hence 
many cultivators are unwilling to do without them. 
We would propose, in such cases, that instead of adopt¬ 
ing the preceding plan, the following be chosen, where 
entire beds of staminates and pistillates are placed al¬ 
ternately, yvdth a single path between each. If the 
staminates are of.the Large Early Scarlet, and the 
pistillates are Hovey’s Seedling, the former will not 
only abundantly fertilize the latter, but will of them¬ 
selves furnish an abundant crop of very early, high 
flavored, and good-sized fruit, nearly two weeks before 
Hovey’s Seedling is ripe : 
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To KEEP OFF ROSE-BUGS FROM GrAPE-VINES. — Da- 
vid Cole, of Watervliet, informs us that he has found 
air-slacked lime scattered on grape-vines, when the 
dew is on, is an effectual preventive of the attack of 
the rose-bug. It will even make the insects leave the 
vines, if they have already attacked them. Perhaps 
piaster and ashes would answer the same purpose as 
I lime. 
