Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-05-07
N0te. an 0nr Ieadins Grnnss.

We make up the following summary from
report for 1868 in the Horticletasrist.
1t was made in New York, latitude AZ deg.
n. embraces the leading varieties cultivated,
and undoubtedly the principal features may
be relied upon. They are given in their or
! der of ripening.
j. HARrFoRD PRoLIFIc Ripe Sept LIST; quail
ity poor; drops badly from the branch after
being picked a day or two; never becomes
| sweet TO the center.
DELAWARE Ripe Sept. 18th; quality first
best This grape cannot be too highly rec
commended for its earliness, hardness, quality
and its freedom from loss of berry by drop
ping, rot or mildew.
/ RoGERs' HYBRID. Ripe Sept 18th; quality
| good first class black grape, hardy, early
| ripening and large berries.
DIANA. Ripe Sept. goth; quality next to
| Delaware. This was the healthiest varietyof
thirty-two, suffering neither from mildew, loss
of berry, or rot.
ALIENS HYBRID. Ripe Sept. goth; quality
| best tender: no pulp; one of the best white
grapes widowed on leaf.
REBEcCA. Ripe Sept. goth; quality best;
widowed lightly on leaf.
UNION VILLAGE. Ripe Sept 25th; quality
good; rot lightly.
CONCORD. Ripe Sept 25th; quality poor,
similar to Hartford Profile; leaf blight
slightly.
ISABELLA Ripe Sept 2sth; quality mode
rate; leaf blight badly; fail to set well; not
worthy of cultivation where Delawares can
be had.
CLINTON. Ripe Sept. 2Sth quality poor;
not fit for table use said to make good clar-
ct wine.
To-KALoN. Ripe Sept. 2Sth; quality best;
liable to rot best of the black grapes.
CLARA Ripe Oct Sth quality good
ANNA. Not ripe till Now; dry rot drop
badly.
CirAwBA Ripe Oct. 18th; quality fair;
rot badly.
In this state the Isabella thrives and is a
profuse bearer The Catawba also does well
in some localities, where the exposure is ia
vorable, and is a delicious grape when fully
ripe it is also the best for wine.
ARRANGING FLOWER BEDs.-To have we'll
formed and nicely filled garden is not enough
it must be also nicely arranged. Nay the
latter is even of much more importance than
the former 1t is of the first Importance
that the outline of the beds, and their rela-
tions to each other, should be good; but 1t IS
of much greater Importance that the colors
with which they are filed should either har-
monize or contrast with eaclfOther.
Colors are separated into cool or warm col
ors. The former should prevail in gardens
laid out on gravel, which is itself generally
warm color; the latter in those laid out on
grass, which is invariably cold color. For
instance, in gardens on gravel, grey, lilac,
yellow, white, blue, green, &c, should pre-
dominate; in those on grass, purple, pink,
scarlet, and orange should prevail. White,
however, is equally suitable for gardens OF
both descriptions; and unless where the
gravel is very light, is always strikingly in
br.inh & a
practical rule, the most intense cOlors should
be placed in the center of the beds, and the
less decided tints used for contrasting rings
or edgings Generally, too the smaller the
beds, the more literally may the intense col
ors, as scarlet, be introduced, and nc Uersd.-
Book of Gar1e,1 Management
BRUISED OARS FOR HoRsEs.-A horse fed
upon whole oats and uncut hay, expends a
large proportion of his motive power in mas
tication. After a hard days work he has be
fore him the task of reducing to pulp 10 or
90 pounds weight of hard food, and the oper-
alton is carried on during the hours which he
ought to repose. Not untrequently Is the an
imal so tired that he is unable to properly
chew his food he, therefore, bolts the oats,
large proportion of which passes unehang-
ed through his body. Those who desire to
render fully effective the motive power ofthe
horse, must pay attention to the mechanical
state as we'll as to the quality of his food
| The force expended by the horse in eomThin-
uting his food-when it is composed of hay,
| straw and oats-may be set down as at least
| equal to the power he expends in one hour
and a half of work, such for example, as
blowing. The preparation of his food, by
means of steam or water power, or even by
animal motive power, would economic, by
at least one-half, the labor expended in its
mastication this would be equivalent 10 half
DAYS work in every week-a clear gain to
| the animals owner 1t has been objected to
| the use of bruised oats, that they produce
laxative effect upon the animals, but this dis
advantage may be easily obviated by the adj
dition of cut straw to his food.
WHITE BEANs.-This crop ought to be more
generally cultivated by farmers. The small
variety or army bean, is in great demand for
our troops, and is worth at least $3.50 per
bushel at wholesale. They should be sOwn in
drills about . feet apart, at the rate of at
least bushel to an acre. Sow from the 10th
to the 18th of May. Fifty bushels to the
acre are known to have been raised. They
are a safe crop to grow between the rows in
young apple orchard, and always leave the
ground in fine condition.
THE FoRT Pillow BUTcHERY.-The st. Louis
Republican publishes Photographic report of
the evidence of EDWARD b. BENTON an eye
witness of the Fort Pillow massacre, taken at
the Department Headquarters. Mr.. BENTON
was in Fort Pillow, but was saved by having
on citizens clothes. We make brief extract
from his testimony:
O. 1t was an indiscrimnate butchery, was
it? A. Yes, sir. There were about 10 or
| 20 that lay close in one pile, budding tOgeth-
| er, shot after they 'ceTe scOtulded.
Q. Some white soldiers shot after they were
wounded? A. Yes sir, ,cih de hospitok flag
flying, and they holding their ,ehite hadkerchtefs
oger their heads. / saw at least ten soldiers
| shot individually with white handkerchiefs
| ovar their heads They tore off nieces of