New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07

heve- saw trees put on more luIurisat s,N 1,e 1.n
iney have The past season, ard tseJ Ne IA ~
nun. But applied 70 The t-ee%.em or bod % 'h4
rte; ard exposed " SunneY sum- should fear me
resph"
s Newman Of Canton I'VE don't know vie. S a.e),
rays We have given al The remedies bet the !hs oas
to prevent m CO from girdLDg fruit trees. He rays;
Put sbt ut four quarts Of lime On the ground around
the tree, and your trees are ssfs from the yavaSes OF
mice
us years ago that lime sro und peseh ness va a
eIecsual preventive Of borers ard vslusSle ferti
lizer We believe it would be sure thing u keep eG
nice and would certainly bereft the trees.
"Erg lisb nurseiymen are In the hao. OF protecting
puIserss Of small from the Attacks OF rs3t1s,
sin ply by distributing through the fqIses OF 'ds eur
sery coarse matches made BY dipping onncnss CT rags
or bits Of tow, in melted sulpou ana iS.epns these
in split stakes couple Of feet high. The latter are
stuk into the ground, among the trees, at from IL 20
90 feet apet AID are said CON pstely ~ anSeer he
purpose
VALUABLE USE OF BUcHIYI..-It is said that horse
chestLuts command this year in France prise equal
TO that paid last season for potatoes BY the ,ufseu
rers of starch. These nvts are nov bought up for
starch factory st Nsne1s rear Paris. Ii tas is trne
Of horsechestDus Il at they contain N abundance Of
sta,ch, II 10 equally true Of buckeyes, which are 20
to that heretofore worthless production. II may sase
to the world much grain and potatoes nov converted
into starch, for ihs purpose Of food.
"Soxr PrNPKIss."-Mr.A Keesecksr Of DrSaqaa
Low O. communicates to The North West toe following
account of bis sue cess in pc this years:
"Last sprirg planted a single pumo seed. Ii
grew and fo1rsbed remarkably The vine PER
smbulated and completely matted over piece Of
ground 100 feet square at least. fsmly OF ten oos
titerabe punpkiIs constituted the product OF this
single seed the largest Of ~h Oh considerably eI,ee
sr0 kuadred pounds, the second largest weighed ON
hpndTtd and fy pounds ard in fact tbs rsat OF the
fsmilyI neon the smaIlest-bests the Virginia COVE
(which weighed IS pourds) ali hollow Thus, ycs
see, Ole Werginn, is nowhere at ell.
1.-THE largest OF the pumpkins s sill in my cellar,
and car be seen At any time The species Is the cole
brsted French Marrow. The VIE grows In oints s6e
joints being twelve eighteen inches apart, aud at
each Joint root strikes into the ground which, my
opinion accounts for the exrsOronsyy yield OF irus
The color Of the pumpkin Is an Iuirite tof yellow
With regard to its quality for fanny use cannot ssa
no, having es yet used aoy. But - food for stock u
ct for 70 other use it certainly stands p'eemne0f o
account of the pr ldigious yield.
~ thsll savs all the seed, and will chserfuly give
I'll who call upon me.
81 remain truly yours kLEsEOhhA
ON B. 1t may be- proper to ssy th.t bestowed &c
care upon the vine fn the shape Of cultivation, bvi
suffered it to take its chance with the weeds, which
srew very rank all the ground and no doubt veay
seriously retarded the growth Of the pumpkin. K
Mr.. Keetecker does no. sts.e how much his ter
pumpkins weighed in the aggregate; snd Ne Aavs
seen Virg MIA account of vine grown this year il
,hst State which bore trelus Hundred pounds Of pr~e
Iis,. So possibly Mr.. X. will have 10 Try sssiu.
EXTENSIVE PEPPERMINT CULTIvAroR - Th
Wayne Conxfy Republican rays that Hr. Il. @.
Hotchiss Of Lyons, Y, is the greatest producer Of
peppermint in the world. He bss from tao 70 three
hundred acres under cultivation and sells 10 the
amount of $75 900 to 800 900 worth Of oil annually.
Another paper Gets Mr.. Ho:chklss down Is Q man o.
extensive benevoleDcs:
"Fapcy the immense aggregate OF Som.ce acne
relieved BY thst man every tw.lvemonth. Thitk %
all that oil thrown upon the sgitsted ~steV waste %
contoited baby and picture TO yourself tho vide
spread oea gipous placidy produced BY IL. Dream d
the es Of mint siick favored by $lOO, 90 worth Of
the essence. What favor can compare with "
Birchi We Always preferred mint to birch, ead ou
your gsters take after ustnat s, for the aiot with
the bnt We take after them. Three HUNDRED acres
With such mint facilities man ought TO coio money
No doubt be does and The old scent, too. Nes
ones would ruin his business. VIII sous statsto
maker please 10 figure up how many humps Of susI
at THREE drops to the lump, It would take TO uis ~
800 acres Of OF Of peppermint"