The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24

we are indebted 10 Jnem LOT many VI
our best labor-saving inventions.
WE are asked by several readers
where they can get trees of the Yer
mont Beauty Pear. The headquarters
of this pear are with William p. Rupert
and Sons, Seneca, n. Y. 1t is quite
hardy anywhere in the Champlain val
lev, and southern Vermont or New
Hampshire. 1t is as good as the Seckel,
larger aud much handsomer. The
flavor is quite distinct from that of any
other pear, being a piquant acid,
which is not very common with pears.
SOME of the most popular agricultural
papers are hardly illustrated at all.
Others, equally popular, seem to be
over illustrated 1t doesn't cost so
much,-not half so much for pictures
as formerly, yet the pictures are better.
Go to the chicago is a
city that will SCOT you, "down to the
ground -
THE business interests of this country
are becoming a congeries of rings, like
the old-time shirts of mail. But the
honest farmers votes can riddle them
like bullets. -
A WRITER in western exchange
says that the average Massachusetts
man of the old stock is apt to be as full
of unseemly self-importance and silly
prejudice as an Englishman. Well, is
there anything strange in that? Are
they not of the same race? Prosperity
always encourages conceit in the weaker
brethren. Smile-and let it pass.
IT seems that in our notice of Pro-
fessor Bailey's book on Grape Training
we make the mistake of giving the
price as twenty-five instead of seventy
five cents. 1t is cheap enough at the
latter price, being full bound in cloth
and well illustrated. When the Rural
Publishing Company sells a paper like
the Rural NetC Yorker for dollar a
year, we are apt to think it is practi-
cally giving away everything it prints.
We may note as well, for the benefit of
readers, that the Rural Company has
recently moved its Office from the Times
Building to more extensive accommo-
dations, demanded by its business, on the
corner of Chambers and Pearl streets.
A FAIRLEE, VT, correspondent
writes Il have a Concord grape vine
about ten years in bearing which,
although it bears heavy crop, has not
ripened one for four or five seasons.
1t is near the house, and has the kitchen
Stops to some extent, south exposure,
etc. What can be done to get ripe
crop? Please name three or four kinds
of grapes best for Vermont"
THE Concord is too late a grape to
depend upon for a fully ripened crop
every year, even in Massachusetts,
without ringing and very moderate ma
nuring. The book above referred to will
be found very useful in giving neces.
sary points of culture, ETC., to promote
early maturity. Delaware, Brighton,
Salem and Green Mountain are all
grapes which we prefer to the Conco4 ID
for family use, though probably net so
profitable for market. Wordep Is al
most duplicate of Concord in appear
nance, but is 6 week or more earlier,
Equally productive, and better in quail
1t is important to understand
hing and training a grape vine, in
~ er to get full and we'll ripened
1op, especially in New England. AS
generally managed, or rather left to
themselves, grape vines are allowed to
make five times as much wood as they
ought, and give not more than one
fourth as much fruit, inferior fruit at
that.
A WRITER in the american Journal
Of Politics says: "There is need of
greater intelligence among farmers, to
enable them to take their part in Crap
ping with the mighty questions which
in the near future may subject to the
severest test the wisdom of our institu-
tions and our capacity for their successful
management. Among those problems
are the labor question, the land ques-
ton, municipal governments, corporate
power, the perils of socialism, immi.
grafton, wealth, and our politics. The
stupendous stake the farmer has in
public order makes it his duty to quail
ify himself to render effective aid in
maintaining it. l build a great hope
upon the rural communities, where
fresh air, pure blood and good morals
unite in preserving the physical and in
tellectual vigor of the citizens. These
communities must be the breakwaters
to protect our institutions in case the
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