The Placer herald., 1869-12-11
HOUSE AND FARM.


te both sweet and sour, by process known
as graft.hy bridizing. A Mr.. Blodgett claims
.,rbat his father was the originator of the we'll
known sweet and sour apple. 1t is said to
have been produced by taking bud of the
Rbode Island Greeniug and one of raImsus
eSweet, dividing each, and uniting to halves,
One Of each variety.
~ This compound bud was inserted into
stock, and from this Union our present trees
of the variety named descended. This state
tineut may be true, but we seriously doubtit,
because there are altogether to many claims
,ants for the honor of producing this var e'y.
III may be that several gentlemen have sue
''ceeded in the same thing, and IN the same
''imanDer, but il seems rather strange that
some one Of the number did not try to com
,poupd other varieties. A Spitzsnberg aud
o'ralIman's Sweet would not only be unique
mixture in flavor, but an apple half yellow
aud the other half red, as these two sorts
would produce by the same rule tina, gov
yerned the origin Of the variety under
sideraon. Perhaps some one Of our firm
believers in the graft-by brid theory will pro
.duce snch variety by uniting two halves
uof buds from the sorts named. We shall
certainly be extremely happy while chroui-
.ders,ood as denying the existence Of graft
hybrids, or that such things are among the
impossLties, but we question whether the
sweet and sour is one OF them. Besides this
variety is not constant in showing the two
tislinc, favors Some specimens from the
same tree will be entirely sweet and Others
,,sour, while the largest proportion of them
are divided into unequal sections, the lighter
Il 1.-.z I.,., I,, fnc Ia,
'caties this apple is known By the name Of
,i'As You Like IL and when We used to
frequent apple paings, one Of the entertain
'nents OF the evening consisted in requesting
one of the pretty girls (and there were no
others in those days. TO take one or more OF
p,rhese apples and divide it as she passed it
around, saying, "As you like it, sweet or
sour, at the same time cutting Oft a slice of
either flavor as desired. If the young lady
awas familiar with the apple she would seldom
Nmake a mistake, and those uuacquainted
'"wilh it thought the whole thing trek and
their palates at FAULT. We well remember
portion Of this apple was given us, and al
though it was many years ago, still the tree
from which it was laken was that at time
more than quarter Of century old
s.Hearth and Home.
A CHEAP HARD SoAp.-Many bouse':eep'
ers in the country know how difficult it is
to obtain a good article Of bar soap The
yellow soap sold at the stores cuts soft as
scheese, and rubs away as easily, and unless
the housewife buys box of soap at
time and piles it up n stacks In the attic or
some dry place, the yearly record will show
goodly sum paid out for soap by the bar.
The 70! loving recipe will prove desirable
article of economy:
-Four large bars Of yellow soap; two
pounds Of sal soda; three ounces of borax;
one ounce of liquid ammonia. Shave the
soap in thin slices; put into eight quarts OF
soft water Cain'water is bes') When the
soap is early dissolved, add The borax and
sal>soda; stir till all is melted. Po r into
large tub or shallow pan; when nearly cool
add the ammonia Slowly mixing it well.
Let it stand day or two, then cut into
cakes or bars, and dry in warm place,
No better soap can be made TO wash white
clothes, calicoes and fannels; and it is ex'
aCellent for all household purposes. 1t costs
but three cents per pound and is made in
less than half an hour. This recipe has
been sold for five dollars and will be Of ser
vice 10 every family - Hearth and Home.
ed To MAKE New ROPE PLIABLE Many Of
our readers have experienced great difficulty
10 haudng new ropes Every farmer knows
how unmanagesble new stiff rope halter is
aud bis patience is severely tried when be
tries to tie up his cattle with it, as the rope
will coil itself into every shape but the one
desired Often be finds bis horses and Cat
atle rampagng about the barn, having loos.
~ened The knots Of the new ballers. by sim
ply boiling the rope in water for two bours
all this trouble can be avoided, and the rope
made as soft and pliable il used for
months. Its strength is not diminished, but
Its stiffness is gone. 1t must hang in
al warm room until thoroughly dried, and not
allowed TO kink. This easy remedy will
secure horses and cattle from many kicks
and blows. and prevent much profanity
Hearth and Home.
4, How TO UTILIZE SMUrTED Wharf.-The
Willamette Farmer says that smut ed wheat
can be made into good and wholesome flour
by adding one quart Of finely pulveI zed air
r Stacked lime TO each eight bushels Of grain
land thoroughly mixing it before it passed
through the cleaning apparatus of the grlst
mill previous 10 grinding. The lime seems
H. to cut the smut which adheres 10 the fuzzy
lend of The wheat, and Is blown out with
other dust and dirt. If this is fact, it is
new to us, and is we'll worth The attention
4. Of the farming community everywhere.
PRESERVATION OF EGGs.-A Partisan pa
per recommends the following method for
rothe preservation of eggs: "Dissolve four
ounces Of beeswax 10 eigh, ounces of warm
olive oil, and in this put the tip Of the 6n-
inf oil no
oil will be Immediately absorbed, and the
she'll and the pores f up with wax. If kept
= in coo! place The eggs, after two years
will ha os rood os &c frosh iaid