Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-09

the hellOtrOpe II you nave GOOd variety. 10
ensure winter bloom all the plants ought to
be strong and healthy and free from insects
in the fall. Then, if the room is not too hot
and dry, and the plants are kept in n sunny
window, watered with clean water two or
three times week, and not allowed to freeze
or become badly chilled at night, they can
hardly help blooming. The pots should have
good drainage; many fail in this, and the
earth becomes soggy and sour. DO not wa
ter with soap suds, use warm cistern water.
Protect the pots, especially the small ones,
from the direct rays of the sun. These brief
hints may be of some service TO our cores
pendent. We are always glad to answer all
such enquiries from our lady readers, and
hope to hear from them often.
A Chemical Query.
81 have been burning lot of maple
and birch wood that was cut last winter. A
portion of it was dried under cover, and the
rest was corded up out doors without protec
ton during the summer. The latter is per-
fectly sound, and appears nearly as bright
when split MS the other but am astonished at
the difference in the amount of heat given out
by the two, and by the lightness Of the Goals
from that which was unhoused. They seem
like the Goals from soft wood. Can you tell
what is The chemical change which has taken
place in this wood which has SO injured it?
Is there any less carbon in it than in the
wood seasoned under cover, or has part Of
its carbon been oxidized? D. c. G.
Crdffsbury, NoU. 49,"
We think we shall have to call upon Pro-
correspondent.
Apples I'm Northern Maine.
-" The apple called New Brunswick
er,' by some, is regarded here as identical
with the Duchess of Oldenburg, and I am
sure myself that there is no distinguishable
difference between them. We are told,
however, that the New Brunswicker,' was
produced in New Brunswick, while the Ouch
ess Of Oldenburg. if its name and history is
reliable, came from Europe.
There are but few apples of the common
English origin that bear this climate. We
are, however, making good progress by rails
ing and perfecting new seedlings here on the
ground. But we have made the greatest inn
provement in raising hybrlds between the
English and Siberian crab apples. We have
now few selections of these that are choice
eating and cooking apples of fair size and
most prolific bearers they are very juicy and
thin skinned. BY this discovery we find that
every farm in Maine and Canada, river lands,
clay flats and all. may have abundance of the
best of cooking, eating and cider-making APP
pies We plant the seeds from Siberian crabs
growing among large English apples In
the culture of these hybrids we have the most
difficulty in getting winter apples, but are
making some progress. The Duchess of o.
denburg, Red Astrachan, Tolman's Sweet,
and two or three more, are all the popular
gratis that will grow here. M. r. KEEP.
Dalton, ArOostO0k, Co., Me-, NOv. H."
About Sheep.
-" There appears to be but one idea
about stocking fprm at this time, and that
is with COWS, but | think where farms will
admit of it, it would be us profitable to keep
part sheep as all cows. One year ago had
seven coarse wooded sheep; from them
he Il al