The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-10-11
Ttr Californian.
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Der thus far has been beautiful month. -
The crimson and golden hues Of autumn
have colored all the landscape: clear, yet
not too cool atmosphere gives vieor and tone
to mind and body and every day We are
drinking in the health and elasticity that will
carry Us clear through the rigors of Yer
mont winter, and fetch u, ont in the Spring
with a hearty rebound, not whit the worse
for all its piercing cold or keen North winds
Harvesting is still going on. The English
grains. OF course, have been taken care Of
But the bountiful product Of Indian Corn is
mostly vet uncut This crop has to be gather
ed and huskel; and the golden pumpkins
and s1uashes have to be rolled into win
ter quarters ; and the potatoes have to be
dug. and carted To the cellar or market and
the garden vegetables, little and big, are to
be stored for the winter. So be busy. men
and boys, while these beautiful October days
vet linger, or the frosts Of another month will
surely nip your " lady fingers"
Fears in regard to the potatoe crop are not
untounded; but with proper management we
think it may prove less extensive than was
anticipated. Every farmer has bis own the
ory about the best manner Of securing the
crop 90 a. to rctarl, if not altogether to pre-
vent the rot Some remarks will be found
brlow upon this subject.
EaYprIAx, OR MrMMY CoRN.-Perhaps
the most wonderful and interesting specimen
of the fruits Of the earth in the Horticultural
Exhibition, recently held in Boston, was
come Egyptian Cor". raised in the garden OF
VIM. II. Sumner, OF Jamaica Plain. and kind
" sent by him for exhibition, thus giving
thousands an opportunity Of seeing one Of
the greatest curiosities within our knowl-
edge. The seed from which this corn was
raised, was taken from he fills NJ cloth wrnp-
ped round mummy three "r .to"r thousand
y.ars ago, after being entoomcd for so many
centuries, like resurrection from the dead,
it springs up in new kfe and visor. 1t is I'M
doubte,lly the kind OF bread for which Jo-
seph's brethren went into H.ypt-the same
corn of which the Bible speaks. 1t is
luzurisnt in its growth, and the heads resem-
bio wheat, but are very much larger, forming
in inverted conical clusters as large as the
closed hand the kernels arc large AMI very
sweet to the taste, and the stock and leaves
are similar to our Indian Corn. There seems
to be no reason why it may not become a val
rable addition to our cereal productions, and
thanks are due to the gentlemen who are
multiplying it and bringing it into notice.
Another instance OF the same kind is COM
municsted in letter from gentlemen in
Paris who states that a scientific gentleman
discovered two years ago, embedded with
embalmed bodies, species Of wheat not then
in existence. In the time of the early Gallo
kings certain quantity Of wheat was placed
in the cotfins Of embalmed bodies Some of
il vas sown, and it yielded from sixteen to
twenty stalks to grain, while there was on
an average twenty more grains in the head
than in he ordinary wheat. A considerable
quantity Of this ancient wheat was sown on
the government farm last fall. Great re-
ports are received Of is productiveness. The
ordinary wheat Of France is believed to be
only degeneration Of this ancient grain, de-
terioratied by centuries Of reproduction. -
This discovery takes France back fourteen
centuries for seed wheat, and it is expected
will PIT her in possession of one eighth more
agricultural wealth than she possessed be.
fore the discovery.
FRUIT TRErs-J. Beck with communi
Gates to the New England Farmer bis meth
oil Of getting apple or pear trees to suit his
taste. lie takes the branch Of an apple or
pear tree, cutting down to the third years
growth, sears the end of it with red hot
iron, 50 a. to shut the pores Of the wood, and
then buries in the ground all but the las,
years growth. If placed in good ground and
veil: taken care of. it will bear good fruit in
FIVE or SIX years. This he deems better than
grating, as all the sprouts that come up
from the bottom need only to be transplant
cd. In case Of drouth the first year they
should be kept we'll watered
STORING ROOTs IN WIxTER.-Pots.ccs,
whether stored in the cellar OF pit, should
be gathered unbruised There are thou
sand chances for bruisinc. in the careless
manner in which they are dug and transport
ed, and bruise or abrasion is nearly always
the foundation Of rot. Again, they should
never be stored in wet state. 1t is a good
plan, when practicable, to spread them out
upon the cellar floor, and tken, when some
Two months have passed, 70 pick them over,
and throw out all having tendency to rot.
giving the clear ones 10 the bin Dry sand
sifted on them, until the interstices are FILL
e'l. is good protective. absorbing all super
abundant moisture, and keeping the bulbs
from the air.
ToMAToEs.-Ripeto tomato pickles are said
to he excellent. The mode of nrenarat;on ia
to select handsome sized tomatoes. wash
them and prick them with a fork, Law them
in dry salt for twenty-four hours, then soak
IN equal quantities Of vinegar and water.
then take them out and lay them in a crock