New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-09

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NATURAL GEAPr TRELLIs.-There is noshius bs..
ter and nothing half as cheap in wooded coun,,, s
grape irells asa small tree. Cedar IA beat hoh -
a.eo"n' oi durability and the natural FORM but small
eoo,Hu' Or OAK grown IN open grounds, has pretty
sOOu '"n ana "hiist several years. The pyramidical
v'"' =, ne ceoar VIII give plot Of ground Get with
vines, trained each upon iis cedar .,apdard r,o.s
unique and beautiful appearance The tree I. ON, cl.
to the ground, dug up with portion Of the root.
and divested Of all the small branches and the lsros
ones cat to suitable length and then Get where The
vine can be trained upon IL instead Of sinele stals
When fully covered with vines, and branches re-.
clothed with the foliage these stakes look like Vrseu
trees and are very ornamental in gardens, yards or
lawns.
How TO CIR RID OF BowLDERs.-One of the eas.
les, ways to get rid Of large bowlders or
as they are called in pars Of the country is to
sink them. II not wanted for wall bulding, IL win
cost more to drill and blast and haul away than will
70 Olga pit and tumble them in 50 that the upper sur.
face will be at least foot under ground and quite out
of the way Of blowing. Examine the stone and select
the lower most favorable side and dig pit going
partly under the stone and deep enough ~ as TO be
sure to have room and then with crowbsrs levers or
oxen tumble the stone into the pit and level the dirt
over and You will be surprised to how cheapy you
have got nd of troublesome occupant Of your field
man will sometmes bury stone in day that could
not be blasted and hauled out for five dollars.
REMEDY YoR VINE BuGs.-A writer in The Ger
m0nto@H Telegraph asserts that radishes planted in the
bill, with melon cucumber seed will save the vines
from the bugs because the bugs hike the radsh plants
better than the vines. and will eat them frst and ia
the meantime the vine plants grow 10 size that the
bugs don't modest them. AZ this is the time of planting
pickle crops, the experiment should be tried. Some
Long Island farmers plan, much cucumber seed THAI
the bugs cannot eat them all, and 90 ssve enough 10
grow.
DRLLIss WHEAT.-The Hon. David Crocker Of
Tompkins Co., n. Y, recommends farmers who drill
in their wheat to set the gauge 10 drop only half
the quantity Of seed that they desire to Plant per acre,
and after going the field once turn the other way
and put in the other half that the plants viii stand
ia checks instead Of He puts in two bushels per
acre, and thinks produces better from being mnch
more evenly planted the whole surface, % that ID
more than pays for the extra labor.
DISEASE OF BALDwIs APPLE.TREEs.-We learn
from The Ne1e-England Farmer that the disease which
has affected the Baldwin spple-trees In Massachusetts,
for years, unusually fatal this year. One gen.
tleman says:
-Four years ago last April set one acre Of land TO
apple trees Of different varieties. In the middle Of the
lot set two rows of Baldwns which have grown vig-
orously and appear TO be healthy forming large, hand
some tops snd many Of them have borne fruit, but this
Spring all my Baldwin trees, except three, have been
severely injured from the cold weather Of last Winter
or some other eanse, which cannot account for.
few Of them partly leaved out, and then seemed to
wither and dry mp. On part OF them the buds began
about the roots, but cannot find anything but whas
10 be right the roots and trunk appear TO be
healthy and foil Of sap"
Tos same disease has affected this most valuable Of
all our apples in all parts of New England and in
to such extent to deter many people from
planting orchards Of them.
NEW GRAPE PROM JAPAs.-A recent number Of
The London Gardener's Chronioie publishes letter
from Mr. Fortune, the traveller, very highly recon-
mending the grape Of Yedo, which we shall sooa ex.
pect to bear Of in this country. Mr.. Fortune says;
The vine Of this district, which you may az well
name ut once the Yedo vine,' produces fruit OF
great excellence. The bunehes are medium sized, the
berries are Of brownsh color, thin-skinned and the
flavor Is ell that can be desired. This grape may be
valued in England, where we have 90 many hne hnds
States Of America. few years ago, was trave ing
from Malta TO Grand Cairo, Ia company with Mr. By-
ant the celebrated American poet and genuine lover
Of Horticultural pursuits. Tits gentleman Informed
not succeed much the other side OF the Atlantic and
suggested the importance Of introducing varieties from
China where the climate regards extremes Of heat
and cold is much like that Of the United States. had
never met with what considered really good variety
Of grape In China and, therefore, have not been able
10 act on Mr. Bryants suggestion. At last however,
we have subject for the experiment, and urged Its
importance on DIR. Hall, who is an American citizen,
and who has already introduced number OF plants to
ais country from China. lie enters warmly into the
matter, and, no doubt viii accomplish the object in
view. /, therefore, conclude this article BY giving
notice to ea6ers the other de OF the water
% look out for the arrival Of the Yedo Vine.'"
We anticipate some difficulty In producing grapes
here Of the same excellence at Yedo or in any way
superior to the Delaware, Diana, Rebecca, Concord,
,tc., natives Of grea. excellence.
HoRsE SrxTYsISE YEARS OLp.-Wiikes' Spirit
" Tie Times gives account OF q small black Gaiio-
way eleven hands high which attained TO the greatest
.ge Of any horse of which we have any record. he
scotland. He foaled in 1870 and at tue time OF
lis death he was 90 years old. few weeks before
death be troed for several hours at the rate OF
'r eight miles an hour, and fed well In h' oa'' and
lay TO the last.
This Is more than four times the average age Of
,ores throwing out of the account all that die by acc
lent, or from very hard usage horse properly kept
md cared for will Last twenty years very frequently
ut as they generally kept but few ever reach that
ge.
SALT FOR SwIsE.-A correspondent. Of the Asaalen
ler Laadrrtisckor states some interesting expert
nents 10 est the use Of salt In fstering swine he
elected two pairs Of barrow hogs weighing 2oo ID
piece. One pair received with their daily allowance
4 food two ounces Of salt the other pair sailariy
ed none. In the course Of week 10 wac EARLY seen
hat the sailed pair bad q much stronger appetite
Ian the others, and after fortnight the salt was M
reased TO two ounces apiece. After four moa'hs he
\ eight Of the salted hogs $50 10 apiece while
n mr. of the unsated five weeks later, reached only