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be easily replaced in the fall. When these trees have be¬ 
gun to thrive, what town would grudge the money laid 
out in such improvement. How much more satisfaction 
can be derived in thus simply adorning our homes, than 
where the whole population seem to follow the motto— 
“ Every man for himself, and the d-1 for us all.” 
On most of our farms there is more or less waste land 
which is not capable of cultivation, such as steep hill 
sides and rocky soils. If these spots could be covered 
with forest trees, in a few years a pleasant appearance 
would be given to these barren places. Many of these 
bare places, if protected for a time, will spring up spon¬ 
taneously with trees, and where this is not the case they 
may be planted at a small expense. But many farmers 
instead of planting trees on such spots, cut off the grow¬ 
ing wood and beat down every rising sprout. We know 
a farmer, who cut down a handsome grove of chestnut 
timber, near the roadside, and instead of allowing the 
sprouts to cover the ground, beat them down till they 
were killed. His excuse was that he wanted the land 
for an orchard, but it proved so rough and stony that 
he could not cultivate it for this purpose, and ever since 
the ground has laid a barren, rough, unsightly ledge. 
So much for thatpeice of mismanagement. L. Durand. 
Derby, Ct., Sept. 15, 1852. 
Nov. 
are insufficient to determine the fitness of any variety for 
this mode of propagation, and we have fully ascertained 
that some sorts succeed only on particular soils, and fail 
on others. Hence a list for general propagation should 
be made up from the experience of all parts of the coun¬ 
try, and it is this which renders the above list one of par¬ 
ticular value. 
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The Rostiezer Fear. 
We have fruited this variety for many years, and have 
always esteemed it as nearly or quite unequalled in qua¬ 
lity, among summer pears, standing quite as high among 
these, as the Seckel does among autumn varieties. We 
are therefore gratified to find in the last number of Ho- 
vey’s Magazine, the following remarks by the editor, who, 
as is well known, has a very extensive knowledge of 
fruits. 
“ The Rostiezer is certainly one of the finest of our 
summer pears; hitherto we have thought it too small to 
give it a high rank, notwithstanding its delicious, spicy, 
Seckel-like flavor; but its smallness has been the fault 
of cultivators ; this year it comes up to the full size of a 
medium pear, being here as large as the St. Ghislain, 
and we have seen specimens even much larger from other 
places. It is an enormous bearer, and hangs, as the usual 
phrase is, “ like strings of onions,” from the tree; we 
counted no less than nine handsome pears from one clus¬ 
ter of blossoms.” 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
Pears on Quince. 
During the New-York State Agricultural Fair at Utica, 
evening meetings were held by the principal pomologists 
in attendance, and a great deal of interesting and valua¬ 
ble information was brought out during the discussions. 
Among other things, a list of those varieties of the pear 
was made out, which have been found by experience to 
succeed well on the quince, and to continue to bear for 
many successive years, without exhaustion or decline, 
according to the experience of those present. This list, 
which was intended to contain valuable sorts only , (and 
which might have been considerably augmented by poor 
varieties,) was composed of the following: 
Louise Bonne of Jersey, Capiaumont, 
Duchess Angouleme, 
Beurre Diel, 
White and Gray Doyenne, 
Long Green of Autumn, 
Doyenne Boussock, 
Henry IV, 
Summer Frankreal, 
Madeleine, 
Stevens’ Genesee, 
Vicar of Winkfield. 
Glout Morceau, 
Napoleon, 
Beurre d’Amalis. 
Easter Beurre, 
Soldat Laboreur, 
Uvedale’s St. Germain, 
Bergamotte Cadette, 
Beurre d’Anjou, 
Doyenne d’Hiver Nouveau, 
Urbaniste, 
Beurre Gris d’Hiver No’vu, 
Catillac. 
It should be observed that these are such as generally 
or uniformly succeed on the quince under good care and 
cultivation. There are other pears which nearly always 
fail on quince stocks, and which are never thus propagat¬ 
ed by prudent nurserymen for sale, among which most 
conspicuous is the Beurre Bose. The Marie Louise and 
Dix are of the same class; yet we have seen a tree of the 
Marie Louise on quince, seven feet high, which had borne 
good crops for several seasons; and J. C. Holmesinforms 
us in the Michigan Farmer, that a Dix on quince, in a 
rich clay soil, has continued to grow well for some years. 
Neither of these were double worked. 
We cite these instances to show that single experiments 
Preserving Fruit in a Fresh State. 
Wm. R. and Eliza Smith, of Macedon, N. Y., have 
devoted nearly their whole time during the fruit season 
the present and past year, in perfecting their process for 
preserving soft and perishable fruits in glass jars, in a 
frest state, like that when first taken from the tree. 
Their mode consists substantially in expelling the air from 
the jars by heat, and then hermetically sealing them; 
but there are so many minute particulars to be attended 
to, that one who should remain a whole day in their labo¬ 
ratory, and closely observe every part of the process, 
would not probably succeed as they do, after a month’s 
trial. In truth, one might as ivell think to draw a fine 
picture, without experience, by watching fora few hours 
the brush of an eminent artist. They preserve strawber¬ 
ries, cherries, raspberries, peaches, plums, pears, toma¬ 
toes, &,c.; and so different are the details of the process 
for each of these, that the necessary requirements for one 
sort, would, if applied to others, entirely spoil them. Of 
their fruits prepared last year, when they had had much 
less experience, some proved imperfect by losing a part of 
the peculiar fresh flavor of newly plucked fruit, while 
other specimens which we examined, and more especially 
the clingstone peaches, could hardly be distinguished from 
those of yesterday’s ripening. They are particularly suc¬ 
cessful with tomatoes, the flavor of which, after months 
of keeping, w r e much prefer to that of the specimens 
which are usually brought early in summer from the 
Island of Bermuda. They have now on hand a large 
collection of jars or bottles for distribution, and we hope 
they may reap some reward for the extraordinary labor, 
skill, and ingenuity which they have bestowed in perfect¬ 
ing their process. 
When you retire to bed, think over what you have 
been doing during the day. 
