New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20
PUBLIC MEETINGS..
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

Meets \. The Cooper Building
MosDAY Juy lS-Docior TKMsLl Of Newark,
L. Chairman The Secretary, Judge MEIGs, &C.
cupied portion of the hour devoted to miscellaneous
business IN reading several pepers-some translated
from freil ioun a, aud Others from English peTOd
Gals He notice the following items
4 ncr Rose which grows a single flower npOn the
extreme end Of esch STEM and is very beautiful
Piacliug Fyut Buds.-An article upon pinohing
off fruit buds was objected to by Mr. PARpEE, who
would not be sad, pinch of the buds OF any tree or
we until September Several plants, such As aqnash
VINES, bean vines, tomatoes, &c, are benefited by
pirchinc of a. soon a. the first fruit sets
nl'- ,ad,L a, PARIS is spoken Of 10 high terms, aud
30 Is va,iety OF gtaHt rhHIdrb from emma.
>oiI dlSiHfecfOr, Is spoken OF As worthy OF atten
ton. Ii will disiufect the strongest smelling NEST or
animals The Indian buried tue skunk, and the dog
buries his pu'Ii1 meat =,
E6ccf dt ebctr.cty.-h paper upon this subject
gave some interesting facts, aud OF what may yet be
dnie win lis AID for agriculture.
The raid carro,-Mons. Nlmorin OF Paris Is trying
experiments with the wild carrot, and has made 1t an
eobe root in three years and no has also established
new sugar beet OF greater sweetness than any other.
Tennessee GrQss.-E. MORAN of Brooklyn, co nmu-
nicaten some fact, from Dr. McAll about au indigo
uous grass II Tenn see, which appears well worthy of
being extensively known, Is 1t grows with great
iuauuance in woodland.
EGccf Of LigLfaing-Mr Loo,EY, Austrian Consul,
RESIDENT on Staten Isaod communicated SOME curious
fact about the action OF electricity III The late Storm
all the points OF the leaves OF tree were kiued aoh
WV. LowToS of New.Rochele, related some facts
to show that the action Of cold upon leaves is some
times the same. 49,
The Uq,hingtonia giganfia is succeeding so well in
Europe that ii has already born fruit.
Dec0y an Ernn TItes.-DrXng nails into fruit trees
TO make them healthy and free OF worms - an o.d
story. Itnow comes up Anew from California, where
the treatment is said to have proved OF great aiNan
tage. II. ~ H.,
take place To affect the insects on the tree.
MIR L,wToN-I tried this foolish plan OF driving
nails into trees aud killed Them A. least those died.
while those not tempered with lived, and so did the
worms a. long as the trees were alive.
Buddtur.-ASDREw :. FULLER, a practical hort-
cuturast of Brooklyn, made interesting exhibition
Of the art of budding. Budding, he said, ls better
than grating because 1t j. quicker 1t can be done IN
Summer, because many trees can be oudded that We
cannot GRAFT and because II takes less Of p7Ct Tor
buds than gratis for if bud fails the stock Is not in-
iured. -.
MI FULLER objected entirely TO the budding knives
in common Use, al unnecessary expense and trouble
lie used the ''old Barlow knife 0ne like It. lac
, is cnt shaped about three-iourhs of an inch long
In taking of the bud the wood should be
left behind First cut mp the bud with little slip OF
wood and then cutting across through the Dark, sup
off the bud attached To the bit Of bark the slip of
wood being left behind The best thing 10 tie buds Is
Eastwood bark which, by the by, We import, although
the country is full OF the trees producing 1t Is the
ipside bark of the tree, and may be readily peeled
three weeks.
70 Eetnrn 10 Buddiag-The buds used should be
mature. When it has taken the lmb above, the bud
may be cut OF. II Is sometimes necessary TO pach
back lie buds of trees that TO be butde, because
the buds are not ready. can set 100 buds VITA my
knife in ten hours, while with the regular budding
knife could not set over ! 200 buds.
WV. s. CARPENTER-l have discovered thai by
hsf girdlng branch of a dwarf pear tree, lateral
can be produced, and so you can shape your tree 10
your liking. y.
stripped of hnbs ana his gardener produced new
linn rs by puncturiDg the bark and winding Tire 10
stop cilcuiaton slightly, uatl the new buds START lie
process was very Interesting.
Mr. TrLI,-if yoq would like to get something new
and baLdsome YOU can bud the iOwrng almond, ui d-
iereIt colors, Into plum stock when usy DC NJ. C
and grown into any curious shape The result Is very
beautiful shrub.
Mir. P,RDEE.-I have lately seen some very inter.
esiirg specimens Of dwarf peaches IN pots, iuI oil
fruit not over three feet high Also Dwarf rectsrines
Both of these fruits may be grown IN any Conservatory
Mr. Sargent of Fishkll Landing, has one OF The most
splenGid collections Of dwarf fruits sud valuable trees
IN this country. Lat mold snd pure land, heat and
moisture Only are needed to produce these oeauiui
trees.
SeedHngs-Mr. FULLER-In producing new varie-
ties from seeds hybriiIzng, all the difficulty - TO
get the first variation from nature. After that there
- 10 difficulty in producing almost eudie-s varie y
Look apples, for instance eli derived from the wiz
crab. .
NuSkefOcS.-Ibe CHAIRNAN stated that ne lVed 10
q Crea. musketo neighbcrbood, bat since the June
fros,s they nave been gradually disappearing uatI
nov there are next 10 none, and he wanted 70 know
If Others had noticed the same fact.
SoLoS RoBINsoS-I have noticed the same thing.
predicted tbs, the June ffost would do more good
than harm ana if it has really destroyed these pss,s,
for this year only, goes tar - prove my assertion.
should lIke 70 know the musketo crop has generally
failed
4 GraDe Y.nyard-The De'Grare Grape.-R
G. P,KDTE-I visited DR.. Grants vInyaFd a,
Ions last week OF al leland IN TIE Hudson,
where he has reclaimed rocky hard coll,
ana made IL wonderfully productive by manure
ar muck His orders for Delaware grapes last Sprlng
were so gres that he obliged 10 return, ne s4ij
"mouey enough 10 make q man ricn.' have heard
the sum stated IRON $4,000 TO sJOOJO. He has now
a grea: number OF Delaware plants coming On Tor hex.
season beside great numbers Uf other choice varlete-
lie is doing great benefit T. the country IN prcdnc-
pg some OF The bes wives nave ever seeG, well Is
the best .reties.
Dornag's Seeding .NalJcvg-This fruit was in fu'l
bearing aid the isut Is tue largest All haGi !ae Il
that ever saw.