Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-01
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kept, TEN perature S53a TO Coz. Afler ,e
days the jargonelle, u ID after month tb
moorfowl egg, we're found ripe, and bette
favored. than if ripe ned IA the open air. Tn.
ripe melons gathered in October, treated in ih
same way, rpened and :qnired good flavor.
The inference, he draws and which undoubt
cdly is correct, is, that the organic eiabOration
OF the nstituent parts of fruit are all finished
in the early stage of their towth or uhsn arr
red al their full size, and tat their ripenine
isa process of chemical 1anges, similar to
Fermentation. which. with sufficient and
regular application of heat ,oes on, in some
degree. independent of the living principle
My opinion is, that winter fruit is prejudiced
by being left on the trees att,er they have al
tanned their full size, as aie r that time, the
natural Temperature is generally too low for
chemical changes which give perfection 10
labor
MIR. Covert shoriens the shoots OF the young
rose acacia in July; by which means they
make new shoots in August, s,nd are kept
Towering all the fall till stopped ny the frost
The cultivation Of fruit trees IS a branch Of
education in MeckIenburg, s weden. No
school-masier IL permitted to exercise tn at
junction without certificate of lis capacity
to teach the management OF fruit l'reeS The
same masters are obliged otake cure OF fruit
gardens.
Nothing constitutes so many healthy and
economical dishes, as good fruit, if raised by
the consumer.
tn destroy animal and regeinbie enetnes of
fruit trees --Wssh with a strong ley ~ April.
To destroy the bark louise on the apple--wash
with strong ley the last Of May or Arst of
June No one who tries this remedy once will
relinqush il, unless he his iedolent or ind gent.
Most OF our insect enemies are repealed by veg
etabe odors. Hence the elder, sassaras, "a ut,
&C. generally escape their dePredations. ltr,
mixed with lime, ashes, or earth, al the base
o. the peach, is said To repel the worm. And
lately saw hun reds of clam shells tied to chtr-
~ trees, ON which lar had been daubod in sun.
mer, to keep of the aphis and other Insecig
II produced the desired effect.
Respectfully, J. BUEL.
PLANTING SWEET POTATOES.
Bariranl Botanic Garden, March, {, 1880.
j. S. SKINNER, ESQ.
SIR Ia looking over the last years Gle of
your valuable paper, observe, in No. >,
writer over the signature of" Iyro,' gives an
account ofh.s mode of raising Sweet Potatoes
from sprouts aud in No. g. Mr.. Jeffreys gives
the result OF his experiment made IN different
way. A better mode than either, was intro
duced by the late Joseph Cooper, of Camden,
New Jersey. more than 40 years since, and
has been practised universally, by the far
mers in that state, who bring thousands of
bushels Of sweet potatoes 10 the Philadelphia
market.
An account Of Mr.. Cooper's plan is given
by DIR. Mease, in his edition OF Willich's Do
nestle Ency clopedia, article potato, published
in the year 1903. A new and improved edi-
ton of this work was published few years
ID 4 NC linn
Respectfully am,
-FOUR obedien; servant,
ROBERT CARR.
TThe following is the plan If Mr. Cooper. re-
ferred 10 by Mr.. Car. viii h we copy FROM
tue Domestic Encyclopedia
Nr. Cooner plants hi, seed pota' oes in a
hot bed, and cuts off the sprouts, and plants
them in their destined spots in the fed. Three
O, four sprouts are placed in one hri. The
advantages of This method are that The potatoes
are raised at more early period tnan IN the
! old wsV. much seed is saved, aud the greal
trouble Of wedding avoided for the sprouts
grow so fas, that they snAoeate all rising
plants IN their immediate vicinity
The Editor of the American Farmer would
recommend this plan as highly worthy oil a
tr al especially 10 cutlvators Of the middle aud
northern states Sweet potatoes are generally
so long IN Nf6eIdtHS lnht VIC po7' ~ " ~
! season has passed ava, before they make their
appearance above groand. This causes their
late appearance IN market.
FOOD FOR OXEN AND OTHER CATTLE.
Every traveller who passes Alsfelt, little
town between Frankfort and Nlemar, remarks
the beauty of the oxen employed IN agriculture
N thai neighborhood; and yet are only fed on
, straw and roots, straw heing The only fodder
raised in that part OF the country. 1t IS pre-
pared rs follows:
The straw is cut very small by the chat cut
ter; il is then put into a raldron mixed with
potatoes and carrots, and boiled till II forms
kind of jelly. This, mixed with suthcIe Mt
quantity Of water, is served 10 due portions to
the beasts The animals SO fed require no
water, and so well do they thrive on this mess,
that they are. notwithstanding the summer la
Dor, ready Tor the butcher at the end OF The
year. Jour. dc Soc dSfo' f'1c''4'
NEW PLAN OF ENGRAVING PEAR
TREES.
very Interesting paper on The cultivation
of an early and a late variety of the pear Oh
the same wall trees, by Mr.. ID. Montgomery,
gardener to the Duke OF MOnuose. is printed III
,ho T,aueoctjoDS of fhp Horticultural SOCIetV