New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-17
PUBLIC MEETINGS.

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Boyden is well known as the inventor Of some useful
improvements in the steam-engine. He is
caeed in inventng new fruits. His manner Of prOduc
Ing Seeding plants Is novel, and, rs be believes
eKpeditcs their production. He produces by artificial
means the came thing that the cold Of Winter produces
The berries Of this plant being very large, and
grow ing solid and ~ handsome crimson color will be
valuable for etgardeners even if not very high
Favored. We think il well worth the attention Of cal
tivators. MIR. Ward, who is relative OF Mr.. Long
worn, says Mr. Longwcrth is much pleased with this
seeding.
MIR. PARDEE-I don't think there is any necessity Of
The freezing process mentioned 10 produce seed
ling strawberries and judge from the structure Of
this plant that 1t is not prolific bearer The fruit is
SeTy large and ha DdsOme, but Is 1T improvement
The shape and color Of this berry show. that it is
very like if not really Longworths Prolific. 1t is
settled point that the running Alpine strawberry never
hybridizes with any other variety. The bush pine
makes beautiful border, much better than the box
plant.
Co.fsnvous Jearing.-Dr. KEIGHT-I have noticed
in Pars that the strawberry season is much longer
than Is here aud should like to inquire if any per-
son has attempted 10 pr0lOng their bearing by
artificial means aud with what success
SoLoS RoBIssoS will answer that question.
Mr.. Charles Peabody. Of Columbus, Georgia, is the
only successful cultyatOr Of Strawberries believe,
in the United States who has pursued course that
lTOlOngs the bearing He has sent his fruit
regularly and continuously TO market for six months
-Tf q year, from the same beds, and his vines have
produced fruit ten months out Of twelve. Now this is
all accomplished by very simple means and is not at
all in consequence Of the latitude, except that the
bearing seasOn may earlier there than here.
At first, Mr.. Peabody grew vines upon rich SOIL and
fhe consequence was that he grew vines and not fruit
be could at any time NOW heavy swath Of Just such
rank leaves these before us but he did not want
10 grow strawberry hay and did want TO grow fruit
he began to think what nature did TO produce straw
berries, and changed his course. He then set his
plants upon newly cleared sandy land that had mere
skn Of vegetable mold, and from brook near by he
kept the plants well watered, generally twice day,
and in the Fall covered the ground with leaves and
perhaps q sprinkle Of woods mold just enough to
paint the sand and there he actually grows plants that
prOduce, by measure fruit than leaves, from
March till October. And the same thing can be done
here upon any soil that is poor enough.
Mr. PARDEE-I have 10 doubt Of the truth of Mr..
Robissons statement, because have seen Mr.. Pea
body's plants bearing fruit in December. There is
one other man who does the same thing-Mr. Henry
Lawrence Of NSw-OIleans. He pursues the same
course and gets berries all the long hot Summer.
The secret of this long continuous production Is keep
ing them in poor ground. Fertility produces leaves,
not fruit on strawberry vines. Strawberries out OF
season would always sell at high prices. | have no
doubt they can be cultivated here 10 the same way.
The average crop Of strawberries near this city is
thirty or forty bushels per acre. well.cultivated
crop will produce from one hundred to two hundred
bushels. Look at the profit of such cultivation:
Value Of a Strawberry CroD.-The ordinary price
will average about 81 "A bushel but such berries
these Boynton seedlings would bring SIG bushel.
II would be easy to get 81 900 worth Of Strawberries
per acre.
Judge MEIcS-When Thomas Bel moved rom
Nestchestcr County 10 New-Jersey. he found about
five acres of Strawberries the farm he bought. aud
rs he had never cultivated such crop, he did not
know the value, and sold the chance to neighbor,
who offered 500 cash in advance. After the bargain
was closed, MIR. Bell asked hlm what he expected to
pet for the crop, ard he replied that he should be
pretty well satisfol with $1,000. The expense of Gull
fvaiOn is not large; the cost of picking, say five
cents quart. The present price Is about JO cents a.
retail for the best
French Pl00iHg.-The Secretary read some ex-
tracts from foreign agricultural Journals, principally
those Of France one of which speaks of the man
ne Of blowing 10y Tun. He poSed IA inches deep.
That Is much deeper than some of the French farmers
Ilow at this day for il is stated that one Monsieur
IOud is busy, under the direction Of the Emperor IN
examination OF the cause OF the scarc;i OF food In
ihe South Of France lie found riculiure in the
Iudest possible state The plows are no better than
foIked sticks. Weeds, OF course, cannot be kept
down and il is calculated that out of the poor crops
that are raised third of the grain is lost by the
weeds. Nothing be sad than the picture
drawn by this official report af the general condition
OF agriculture in France. Everywhere the lands are
rndrained and unprOductive from bad tiage.
Tie Grcat European cattle Disease Is now raging
in Central Europe, and England is much alarmed, as
ihe disease has been imported from the Continent 1t
is stated that in districts of Europe, where
single animal is attacked, the authorities order the
whole herd at destroyed, to prevent conagion.
II is murrain, known in this country in very ag-
yravated form, and scarcely one IN thousand that
are attacked ever RECEIVERS.
Dr. WATERBURY-rhe disease described in the
paper read is very much like the malignant eryspeas
in the human species. Horses often affected in
the same way that persons who perish with con-
sumption, and epdemics often run among animals
Just Is they do among men.
StK Worms az Iaaia-The journal Of the Society
Of Arts speaks of large experiments with silk worms
in Bengal 1t takes over 10 600 worms OF the finest
hind to make pound of silk. Some Of the species
continue to produce and reproduce continually. Some
Of them take only % days from the egg to the cocoon
| Slk is cheaply well rapidly produced in that
country SO much that this cannot successfully COM
L pete with it,
Roiolion aud tic Succession of P2ants.--Judge
sElGs--vegetables that five in families are often
| found and are often succeeded by other families.
forest of beech destroyed by fire IN France was
succeeded by oaks In another case, where oaks per-
iheS they were followed by beech. In Norfolk En-
gland the tunip is the pivot of four years rotation
in districts of England the rotation OF crops is
| carried through series OF twenty changes.
| DR.. WATERBURY-COver is the preceding crop
that prepares the land for cereal crop better than
any cultivated plant In the natural rotation of tim
Der in this country the cvergreens FIRST maple and
beech second and oaks third. have never been able
| b. get good crop Of Indian corn after buckwheat
set that is a crop that leaves the earth mellow aud
| apparently in good condition for other crop.
Mr.. A. BERGEN-I have grown as good wheat nom
| one blowing when have turned III clover, as have
upon other ground by several plowings. Great care
must be exercised In blowing clover lea, 10 turn the
| hrst burrows we'll | don't know that the land ever
needs rest, If sufficiently MANFRED. | have raised a
crop Of potatoes and followed that with turnps IN the
Fall and potatoes again in the Spring, followed by
.uips and so on year after year, without detenora-
L hon OF land or crops The time to pillow is when the
land in order. Ii that time is in February, it does
L not iIgure the land. have sometimes plowed early
| Potatoes in February.
| Dr. KSiGHr-I should like to know how oaks are
Produced upon land that has borne other sorts of trees
1 10Y centuries without oak Where do the
Soins come from IL Is not possible that they should
| We buried, because, is well known, they will not
Keep. IL IL difficult % preserve the vitality of
II vel n Yet We II.