, 1874-03-28

buncon,bo. Good goods and low prices will tako
tho load, howevor dcraagognes may b'untor.
REV HfAuKnLnn1ER. -. =.
To say thnt 1noat OF tue nov blaokborrioa TINT
nro put OIL tho. n1hrkot nro nrrant hlnlbnEA, Ia
using mild tor.n. 4 ZOO tho Migsoiiri Mammoth
yot lEros u respectable 1'sraory catalogues It
~ lmpoBsioio tint theHo 1lurdnrynon llnyo boon
asloop for tq ast troe or four years, since tlis
awlnulo has heon oxposod.. I hnye soseral Iatters
Of inquiry in regard to tho Snydor blackberry,
bnt personally know noihing Il. IL irioinl ii
wtono tudgment hnye tho highest oontlduncs,
Fnya the fruit IN small, aud that it did
not. meot hls expectations, and ho con-
elesled not, to invest in it,. Some
Risant-,,eadlera Ky eoo offer the nlants at
plal1ta may bo I,nd Ut regulas rl1rsory1no1 Of Sl
ror dozen, 90 rer t00. mid $40 ror Loco. Tloy
wero said to havo originated near. Laporto Ind
% wh9ro i, plnata M muy bo had at low rates. It Is
h tat snG hpa9 ~ Is hardy IN many os
posed prAirio-ga,dons.. Tho Biack-Cnp fa,nily OF
raapbcrrioB will bo found moro desirable in all
such ptacos tlan tho, blackberry. 1t would bo
" wo!l TO- 60 slow on my now biacklerry. soyoral
IN mind thnt tho owllors Of nav fruit, or tho
nvontor Of patont, aro Liable to he II triile cn-
shusastie, and VIC inay discount their opinion
Bevornl per cont. ...
George Z. Morrow, Secretary Of tho
w1scoNsls sTArE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, :,
has sont mo the TRANSACTIONS OF that Hpcioty for
tho year 1878: It ii uico volume Of 200 pagos
and cannot fail to Go Of great insorost to tho
State: Tho ant,un. meeting for 1874 was hold
Tho first week III, Fobruary, of which tllero
is full report OF course, no Buch
book would have boon turned out by tho State
Stato Horticultural 1ranaaotfonB, this work Inns
been presented In the shortest Bpnco OF tiina.
Tic work can 10 had of tho Secrotnly ut A1adi-
son for 81. which onsttlos tho person TO MEM
! borship. - 49,. ,''' 80.
Wisconsin phys bounty OH :
FoIEsT-TnEE rIAwT1su -
OF 80 per eInum per acre, limiting tho planting
to Bheltor-bolts not exceeding onu-ttfth Of tho
whole tract, und Of trees TINT grow not oHs than
80 80 j., feet high: This i include & arbor yitu, as
codar (probably rcd cedar), black cherry. chest
nut. colfeo-trce, oucunabcr-troe, elm, hNckberry,
heullock, hickory, 1arci1, locust, maple, oak
1an 1nS; nfi''9 + o tqsef oasco a9% 3D. wa5 Il ,u is
the tulip Will grow iu any part Of tho stnte e,at
least not on tho opon prairio. The two lattor
grow i'll tho forests Of lndiann and Michigan,
but do not reach such d Northern point in tho
them rofuso to grow ut this point. 10
Tho winter Of 1928 was very destructive on
orchard trees. Tho ca.,1o Of tubs was attributed
to tho drought.of thu previous soason mud tho
long-continucd cold Of the winter but the orcil-
ardista are not discouraged aud hope by tho aid
tial supply Of the moro hardy fruits such a. np-
pies, pearH grapes, md pEu1na.-
:. THE LsaT OF APPLES RECOMMENDED.
is: Totoiski, Ducllesg Of Oldonburg, Haas,
Ilumb'a Cider, Snow, Wnlbrldge sl1od Astracla1i,
Ritter, Westiield, Soek-No-F Further, Don Davis
Tolman Sweet, st. Lawrenco Willow Twig and
pewaulee. Tho fonrth. sixth; oiehth and four
teonth aro little. IL my, known Outside 1Niycon~
SIN; but whether they aro local Roedllngs, dr
some unrecognized variety, il uncertain. Tho
Haas apple il known farther nouth rs Tall
Queen. have fruited it Tor about twenty ycaru;
it ia a very showy-rel apple. Of the autumn list
with us, but will probably keep long luto winter.
III Wisconsin. .. 49,.
These State meetings are far moro useful than
mort people have given them credit for. Thoy
aro the exrouonts Of tho years experience, and
point out the effects Of soil culture, aud varieties
of.troeB and plants on climate. 8 The app1e-lat
that embraced moro than thousand Varieties Mt
tho first paintings, is now reduced to list of
fourteen TINT could be agreed upon for general
planting. -Four OF tlese arc not known In tho
bools; whilo the second. third, fifth, aoyenth,
ninth. aud twelfth have reputation in Illinois.
g. 'GnArES.
The liet Is made up Of Delaware, Concord,
Llndiy, Wilder. Salem. Agawam, JaNesvillo Wor-
den, and EnmeIun. The first on tho lst appears
to do woli in Wisconsin, III 1t is little damaged by
the leaf-hoppqrs: Concord il well spoken Of;
ard the otllnls nsay do we'll but, for points south,
haye not given Satisfaction. :
6ecratary Galusha Of the
has also sent mo the Transactions for 1S73,-a
book Of 352 pages Il volume Of about tho size
Of tho State Agricultural Reports, which cost,
for papor, printing, and binding, about 81 a
copy for au edition Of ,oo9 copies; but tl,on it
cost about 25 cents o volume: The. Stato by
allowing tho Society to manage it's own printing,
has shown its. wisdom; by having tho work done
ut loss than hnlf the cost OF 6tato printing, md
tlon tho work is out In ti1no to 10 OF use to Tie
II ,np
books Of horticulture, and their grsat 'value
consists in having them out i'll good season, or
before the season of planting. I)lis volume of
Transactions embraces reports from many Of the
=! Tho Society has givou up tho idoa Of voting a
list OF fruits, and simply endoavors to give tho
facts in regard to my or NIL Ut them, leaving
planters to be tho judge Of wlnt is best to plant
Tho book can be- obtained Of Mr. o. Z. Galu-
Bha. Secretary, Morris, ILL.,, at 81, which is the
Tho damage 10 troes in tho winter Of 1873 is
fully set forth.
An. "nunAI "-sla: It s.,l,ca,s tn me That caiary-
seod ought to be- grown on o'c lr*:rira, 1T least for
secds IN my tlowerarden, ansf ayo produced B1all
quantity Of sccd. Tho folagc Of tho plant ID rather
pretty, h', aa an ornamental plant It ia inferior to
crops - Mns, IT.. i.
About dozen years ago, We sowed 2O ucres
Of capary-seea. 1t did not provo payiug olop.
only 80 fur as to pay actual expense. Tic diti-
Guilty IT, That the plant requires q warn, moist
climate, li!o the north shore Of the hIodterran-
can or ita ielanda. TAoro it produoas n largo
crop, ofleu so to DO busllols to tho acre. We
grew It, for three yenrs, sowing 90 acros u year,
though on now, clean land, the best NO could
get was bushelB to tho acre. The plnuts grow
Yory we'll but tho dry weather prevented their
filing and the result was a disappointment at
tho time Of threshing. It is probable that it will
do better on tho east siore, Of Lake Michigan,
or some location that always offers noiat cli-
naato.. It should havo.a trial in Florida, among
the lakcs and rivors. whoro tlampnoss il tho rule:
The duty on the. .Aeed is about 81 bushol. The
saod wughs 60 pounds to the bushel. My crop
WIS mainly aold in Chicago ut about contB pos
pound. Tie straw is OF no value for forage,
boing too hard, aud, bosido9, 1t must be exposed
to the %eather ;ts aome weeks ~ order to thrsal.
Of the straw. Tho crop is Hown and
cultivated liko barley, and harvested
with. . barley-fort.t as it cannot bo
bound III alle&yeH, and is RIM through tl,o nlu-