New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08

French chemist has succeeded in producing cOmbus-
ton absolutely without smoke.
the following letter from strsvbeny grower a,
Newark. which ehcIted considerable discussion ana
information upon this interesting suo)ect-nteresg
because, we believe, the csIeiu! cuiuvauon Vi .ne
strawberry a. crop near this any other city most
pro6tabe one Referring to the proceedings of late
meeting Of the Club, the letter says;
"A mrseson 1. mad. by Mr. P.ass that Boydes' iced.
iIs . mot rrSs ss Mr.
dsy The plan. bears resemblance TO Lonswoiss' Prone
sa, the fruit Ind a bss certain opinion
o1med bearing character from the crop II one veal MI
=, the meeting inform. me Mr. P.ee stated such was the
character Of the Prolific TIN, morning Nv 81 soorsr
sre genuine Mr. Psrdee ha. not seen
rroe Here and tine Me.. eS.lss
som, blossoms and the only hermsphrodte ihal
have ever that d: own u wrep but al The
vicinity and the mo't valuable plant anown W., % An the
blossoms appeared have the character Of being
both male female ORGANS and the fruit C Of .Od as1or
il win believe be valuable bearer and as an
psa 70 the f rom iPS!
,upenor favor and large crop Ihede , t Of a.
tilates that have berries OF as isIse IA ~ % Nv
lar, e unfit sire, th,t have seen BY one MIN
MIR P.KpEE-The writer of this letter has mlscon-
ceiyed what said, in several paicuiafs; nave seen
and cultivated the genuine rfvnre o anu 1 d9 npt say
t $500 new Seeding was identical with the
Prolific, but that il resenbled it. hope ua good
plapt and will be improvement-in tact oetter lhan
sny other; but that is to be proved do know taa,
tbe nnblic have been sadly Lumbugged and cheated
with new seedngs sometimes wickesly ana some,
times without deslgB No one Will be oadiy enc a'eo
who pIocures and proves this new Candidate ior 'a'o
am ware that a very large proportion OF the plants
sent out a. Prolific. or McAvOys Seeding from Ca-
oimati are spurious. A friend III ONO tod me tat
he thought more than half the plauts distributed
were tue, and that was the reason ~ uon uie
satisfaction had been expressed.
The Apine Strawberry is the only one that Is true
to its XIII d. producing new pauts OF the same variety
from it's see0 Col. Stodard OF Palmyra once thought
be had produced new seeding from lhe Apue, Uu'
il proved false, and was not al Improvement. Inc
British Queen was the finest strawberry we hao;
now il il very far behind our beet seedlings Inc
most successful production OF this vanety ana In
act the only good crop ever saw OF this KIND, was
at Newbureh, in DIR. Huls garden, produced by the
use of spent tan. | counted, the other DAY, upon
one plant of Wilson's Seeding, $50 berries aud this
not d very extraordinary number, as more than TINS
have been produced. The strawberries mostly IN
market in this city the crimson cone and Scolch
runners which although prolific bearers, are not high
favored, and are very acid.
SoLos RoBIYsoN-There is q great extent of land
living at the threshold of this city i'll wilderness as Wild
as the Western praries, exactly suited to the success
full cultivation Of rawberres. lude TO the center
of Long Island where land can be bought very low,
and, if planted in strawberries, would produce more
Mr. PARDEr-There is another error that has grown
out Of the discussion Of the berry question at the
last meeting. Mr. Robinson nor myself made no as.
sertlon that this fruit should always be cultivated
upon the poorest SOIL Ii requires Ight, quick,
active soil, but not q strong one.
SoLoY ROBINsON-I relterate what l stated, that
Strawberries will grow upon sand with hve per cent OF
clay, fertihzed by very slight dressing OF woods
mold. without any other manure, better than upon
richer land.
Succession Of Crops.-Dr. WELLISGToN thought the
succession of potatoes after grass was one OF the best
plans he knew for the production of this crop The
best potatoes we have i'll this market are produced
upon newly cleared land Of Maine and Nova Scotia.
My father once planted five rows using lime, plaster,
ashes and salt, manure. The salt produced short
stout vines, some of them more than half an inch In
diameter, and the yield double Of that from any
other fertilizer. This before the advent of the
potato rot. Some other conversation followed utDn
this subject, but the few members present were not
generally prepared TO greatly enghten the world to.
day and the subject was postponed together with the
others advertised. 1t was also agreed to discuss tue
Blackberry and Raspberry question at the meeting
two weeks hence
Spontaneous Generat,on.-W Where does the seed come
frGns ?-SoLoS RoBISsON-I have received two letters
based upon the discussion upon this subject that took
place in the Club at the last NEE ting, which will
read for the information of members, without ndOrs-
ing either of the writer's opinions The first one Is
written by O. S. Murray, formerly an editor, believe
in this city, from Twenty Mile Stand" Ohio, aud
quotes his text from the proceedings of the meeting, as
follows:
should Ike to know produced upon land
that has borne other sorts OF trees centuries without
Where do the from 1t is not possible that
will not keep 1t difficult preserve the vitality of
another. Yet We hear oaks at once
o anf up where none gre" before Hfie '0'i knight
That is aquesOn that one has ever yet been able to
answer" Secretary
puzzers 10 believers such unnatural and assumedo be
pernatura of creation are taught in book composed
ho
detaons denuncons Of those who damn others Tor dis
belief Of what is nnetura and impossible can better believe an
oak without TO have produced it,
than that be- or at any time could nave oeet
believes in the fable existed power time speak
existence something's ont Of nohing themselves oeeve
that the oak was originally made ,he ana NO; ae
do and did exist 70 produce OAKS without scons
In parts Of Vermont and elsewhere oak ana hckoIy
other the natural OF the
pine there is the least to believe these after
could have sprung from seeds such they themselves
been there the started Who does not know that
white clover be produced in warm aud excessively We
ground composed principally OF clay recently TAKEN
from the surface several feet and placed in the anos
rain where clover seed produced on the
face earth could have by any possibility! AT this
point am asked why mel does not now here and there spring
otherwise than by what orthodoxy calls ordinary genera
ton Ii does not follow things not done
under obsei walton, that others are not"
To the Editor Of The ". Y. Tribune . ,
. IA e yG be sge fac. ua thai forest. Of beech or
other have been succeeded by oaks where no oaks pev
S ak. the Are n o the Tases
ton that they 1.-THE plants the spontaneous produc on
of the soil terminating under the influence OF some divine
energy which created the FIRST oak that yielded seed after MS
Both these questions readily answered Botanss
ard others no have faith in natural law viii think exactly
this suggestion Psychologists would think the writer had
ard and said Here am l. II cedby reported
that never had sil o. mother that s pr aSe
ng disappeared appeared with no other anteceden han