The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-11
AGRICULTURAL.

THE EkuTr CROWNS NATIONAL CoNvEN-
TIOS.-The New York Tribune furnishes the
following additional information relating to
this Convention, recently held in the city of
New York:
This assembly which commenced its sittings
in Clinton Hall on Tuesday last, was brought TO
a close at a late hour last evening, by an ad-
jOurnment to the first Tuesday Of October, lsl9,
then to meet in the city Of New York, under
the title Of the "American Congress Of Fruit
Growers" which cognOmen il has adopted.
Between two and three hundred members
were present, from various and remote parts Of
the Union. The organization Of the Congress
consists of Marshall p. Wilder, Esq, Of Boston,
Mass, as President, a Vice President, and
Fruit Committee Of five persons from each
State in the U mon and the Canadas. The State
Fruit Committees are to constitute a General
COMMITTEES, and Of which the President is CT
otfeio a member, and are to report the results
Of correspondence and labors ct the next ses-
sion.
There were some forty varieties Of fruits re-
commended for general cultivation, and few
| for particular localities The Committee are
also instructed to report list Of such varieties
| as are decidedly unworthy OF cultivation The
Secretaries Of the Convention will compare and
colIate their notes, and prepare full report Of
| the doings Of the Convention, which report will
be published and sent to every delegate and To
every horticultural and other kindred society in
the country. The members parted with mutu-
al respect and with bright anticiPations Of meet
ing each other again at the time appointed.
| To TRANSPLANT LARGE TsEEs.-I have these
taken up with roots as large possible, and with
/ as little injury as | can; with sharp saw, or
pruning knife according to the size Of the roots,
the bruised ends are nicely cut OF, which en-
ables them, when planted, TO throw out numer-
Gus little rootlets from the ends, thus giving
quick and vigorous growth. The holes were
dug A to feet in diameter, and p TO feet
deep; good layer Of soft, rich mould was then
laid on the bottom for the roots TO rest on, and
filed in with the best soil to the top AID 'he
earth carefully laid up somew hat rounding about
the trunk. have set thousands Of trees in my
life, and wherever have pursued this method,
with proper attention afterwards, have rarely
lost one. Let every one remember that fruit
or shade tree, well set out and started TO grow,
is worth at least from one to five dollars the mo-
ment its life il secure and all due pains in plant
ing is the strietest economy in the end--HoTti-
eslfHrisf.
CocxRoAcHrs--A writer in Chamber Jour-
nal mentions instance OF the great num-
hers of these verinin on shipboard, that he once
, placed in his bed-cabin water ever with lit
lie treaele in the bottom; the eockroaches would
I enter the ever, TO get al the sweet IN me bot
r tom, and were unable to Chamber out again over
/ the smooth sides In this way IL was SLED te
within two inches Of the top, night after night
and although thousands on thousands were thus
D caught there was no Perceptible decrease Of tbs
? numbers. He then obtained a snipe, which lived
on them entirely, catching and gobbling them
down with great exPertpess; but they one day
: repaid the snipe in kind, by fastening on hi
Z breast, while asleep, and eating the flesh from
: the bones.
APPLE CUsrARp.-Take half dozen very tar
apples, and take of the skin and cores Coos
them till they begin to be soft. in half tsacur
Of water. Then put them in pudding dish
and sugar them; then beat eight eggs win fou
e spoonfuls Of sugar; mix il with three Pints o
n milk pour ID over the apples, and bake Tor aboa
q half an hour.
u CLEANING TnKKs---Trees and vines which
ara kent the cleanest, bear the beat; ike the M
NJ man body, the pores Of their skin become clog
4 ged with dirt, and retain gases which snoui'
A sscape Trees. the bark Of which has esel
g scraped and scrubbed, become more thriving an
more vigorous