The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-10-31
The Farm and Garden.

Labels for Fruit Trees. Much Of the con-
fusion Of nomcnclslure of fruits aries from
the little precaution generally used 10 pre-
serve the names. If, whena tree comes into
bearing, the fruit j. found to be particularly
fine, persons at once desire to obtain gratis,
and, for want Of better name, they attach
that OF the person from whom the gratis
were obtained, although, in most eases, the
fruit is well known to pomologist by anoth-
er name. Nurscrymen, also, frequently per-
pctuatc errors IN the same way. There are
doubtless, many fine seedlings with local
names only; but in a large majority of cas-
es these local names are given to old and
we'll known fruit. To guard against such
errors and correct those already existing,
will be the work of horticultural societies
and individuals who are well acquainted
with the common fruits of the country; but
the greatest safeguard against the repetition
of them is the careful marking of every
young tree set out. Though, in addition to
putting the names on the trees, We advise
the further precaution of plotting out the
ground Of the orchard on paper, and mark
ing the locality Of each tree with its name,
This, once done, removes the po Sibility of
errors.
The labels which come from the nursery
ON trees arc not designed to bc permanent,
and they should be replaced with p0rma-
nent ones at the frs. leisure after planting.
Be particular that the wirc by which the
label is attached, is not around the body o!
the young tree, otherwise it will, as the tree
grows, be buried in il, and materially injure
the tree. The very best label we have ever
used is strip Of thin sheet zinc. about four
inches and three quarters wide at one end,
cut 50 as to taper to point at the other;
which after writing tho name Of the tee,
the date when set out, and where obtained
can be bent round one OF the small brancT-
cs, with the writing outside, and, US the
branch grows, 1t will expand without injur-
ing it.
The ink for writing on these labels is
made thus; Take Of vidigris and all amo-
MIA each two d'achms, amPblaek one
draehm, water fodr ounces, to be well mixed
IN mortar, adding the water gradually. 1t
mus; be KEEP, in glass stopped phial. Write
ON .he zinc with the ink, after shaking 1t
well in quill pen and, after it is dry, you
may expose it to the weather, or bury 1t in
the ground Tor years, and it will DO Us legi-
bic as wh,m FIRST written. ......
Chinese Sugar Cane. The Citizen has al
ready alluded to this as promising crop Tor
New England farmers. j. +. q. Hyde, o'
Newton Center. planted some Of this cane
on the Goth of May, and about the 2oth ol
September, or four months from the timo oil
planting, the plants having reached a height
of ten feet, and being just past their bloom,
he crushed the cane, expressed the juice.
and boiled it down to molasses. The juice
was very good in slccharine matter, yielding
frVu, fourth to u fith Of its bulk in mo-
lass IS, as good in every respect, as can b.
box ght Cor sixty cents gallon. The good
quality of the molasses is youched for by
the Boston editors. There is no doubt that
tho cane will make as good sugar as it docs
mOlasscs. Mr.. Hyde says he "fally believes
from his limited experience, that MasAehu-
setts. with tho cane, can compete with
Louisiana in missing sugar aud molasses.-
There is one grcat advantage in this cane
over theirs, in tha. it Is grown from seed !
theirs from cuttings, to furnish which they
ave to use from fourth to a third of their
rop. Again, the leaves make excellent ioi-
ivr. while tho top will answer for brOoms,
iko u,cse from corn, and the 6brOus ror-
ions OF the It lks will make god paper
IIere, then, is the nucleus Coz a grand agri-
,ultursl excitement and speculation, and. a.
appears at present.. for something NOR
permanent and valuable. m szi "a
Fraa Gro,eisg. At meeting Of thC
fruit growers of Western New York, scve
al gentlemen. extensively engaged in the
busins . Of fruit growing, made statistical