The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Orchard and Nursery.

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be done early and WELL Order trees at
once If not done. When trees arrive,
unpack at once and heel them in-which
means place them i'll trenches with the
roots we'll covered with earth they will
remain in this way for weeks without
injury. Do not plant in wet soil, or
that which is partly frozen. Planting
should not be hurried each tree should
be examined ; the broken roots trimmed
smooth the tops shortened by cutting
back the branches one-half or two-thirds,
and then set out with good earth around
the roots, which should be well worked
in to fill every space.
The following List of twenty will an
swer for most of those who plant apples
for family use Summer-Red Astra-
chan, Early Harvest, Williams Favorite,
Benoni, Golden Sweet, Carolina Red
June. acknowledgements Duchess
of Oldenburg, Jersey Sweet, Porter,
Keswick Codling, Mangum. Winter
Northern Spy, Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Rox-
bury Russet, King of Tompkins County,
Wine, Jonathan.
Dwarf pears, on ounce roots, are now
little planted, save in gardens--eIcept
the Duchesse d'Angouleme, which yields
larger aud better fruit as dwarf. The
popular pear is the Bartlett nursery
men say that out of every hundred trees
planted ninety are Bartlett. The anna
teur who has leisure can indulge in a
great variety of choice kinds; those who
wish fruit for home use and to market
the surplus, can take any of the follow
ing: Early-Doyenne d'Ete, Bartlett,
Doyenne Boussoch. Fall-Duchesse
dAngouleme Con quince), Bell Lucrative,
Seckel, Beurre Bose, Louise Bonne de
Jersey (better on quince). Late
Beurre d'Anjou, Lawrence, Vicar OF
WINFIELD, Winter Nelis.
Those who cultivate peaches for mar
ket will do well to follow the lead of the
successful growers. For home use Early
Beatrice, H les Early, Early York, Old,
nixon Green; George the. Fourth, Wards
Late Free, and Heath Cling, are among
the best.
The apple or orange variety of ounce
is most popular, but is inferior to the
Rea's Seeding.
Among the best cherries are Black
Tartarian, Goes Transparent, Rockport,
Louis Philippe, Late Duke, and Black
Hawk. Early Richmond is the best
cooking variety.
Plums can generally be fruited only
when time and labor can be given to de.
stroy the curculio. Some native seed
lings are said to mostly escape its at.
tacks: the principal of these is the WILD
Goose, of which spurious sorts are sold
Of the European plum, the Green and
Imperial Cages, Goes Golden Drop
Jefferson, and Washington are goot
varieties.
The distance apart for trees varies
with apples from twenty to forty feet,
the greater distance being given OF
strong soils to the spreading varieties
Standard pears twenty to thirty feet
dwarfs eight to twelve feet. Peaches
plums and cherries about fifteen feet
Agricult,rist.
Domestic Recipes.
LEMON CAKE.-One cup butter, thre,
cups sugar, four cups flour, one cul
milk, five eggs, one teaspoonful soda
Juice and rind of one lemon.
PLAIN PLUM PUDDING. tea
cupfuls of -four, one of milk, one of mo
lasses, one of chopped suet, one of rails
ms, and little salt, three teaspoonful
of baking powder, one of cinnamon, on
of nutmegs, and one of cloves. Boil o
steam three or four hours.
PUDDING SAUoEs-HARD SAUCE
Beat one-guarter of a pound Of butter t.
a cream, add gradually one pound o
white sugar, and half a small nutmeg
Beat until light and white, and then pill
up in pyramid. Set it on ice or coo
place.
NEWPORT OR LUNCH CAKE.-On
quart sifted -four, two teaspoonfuls O
cream of tartar mixed through it, one
half cup of sugar, two eggs, two table
spoonfuls OF lard, one cupful of swee
milk; lastly dissolve one teaspoonful c
soda in little hot water; mix and bak
in hot oven from twenty to twenty-fiv
minutes.
BAyARIAN CREAM.-Dissolve half
package of gelatine in one quart of boi
ing milk, stir until it is dissolved, the
add pint of cream and sweeten t
taste. Add three tablespoonfuls of e1
ring it occasionally, then put it int
custard cups, or in mold, and leave
in a cold place till ready to use. IF mad
at three it will thicken in time for 81
o'clock dinner.
FRENCH RoLns.-One pint of mi :
one small cupful of home made yeas
-four enough to make stiff batter, rails
over night; in the morning add one egg
one tablespoonful of butter, and flol
opouob tn ,oako IL stiff to roll Mix
we'll and let it rise, then knead it agai
Ito make it fine and white), roll out, CT
with round tin and fold over, put the
in pan and cover very close. Set the
in warm place until they are vel
light, bake quickly, and you will hay
delicious rolls.
Beef Tea, and How TO Prepare Ii.
First let us take that probably mo
valuable of all invalid's preparations
viz. beef tea. The quickest and be
method of preparing good beef tea is {
follows: Take pound of good lea
gravy beef, cut it up into little piece
pour over them pint of cold water, an
add little salt. Then take fork al
squeeze these pieces in every directio
in order, as much as possible, to extra
the juices out of the meat. Next pla'
it all. e., both water and meat-in {
enameled saucepan, and put it by Il
side of the fire, not on the fire, al
gradually heat it, taking the create
care that it does not boil. Having co
tinued this process for about an hol
and half or two hours, during the la
half hour keeping the beef tea hot wit
o-,t AVIAN simmerinD strain the whole Z