Agricultural Department.
g7TtU Iptmnt ofour pap'" ' Krtitedby
ami under the control of CoL IL W. Kvknas. to
whom all Omimuulcaltons on Agriculture should
. be addressed.
TnE Editor of this department has
pone, with others of this place, to the
Capital, and will be abseiit for several
weefcs. He will most likely be heard
from before his return.
Joel Baeber, Lancaster, Wiscon
sin, offers a superior plum Mina
Hum which, from representation,
wc are disposed to regard with great
favor. See his advertisement in our
advertising columns.
Ed. J. Evan & Co., Nurserymen
and Seedsmen, York, Tenn., oflers to
the public an extensive Stock of Gar
den Seed, and which they propose to
send by mail. "We have received
Ptock from this establishment, and
found it in all respects satisfactory.
Edqaii Sanders, Florist, Chicago,
Illinois, advertises with us this week,
which fact we take pleasure in calling
attention to. We have known Mr. S.
since the establishment of his business
in Chicago, and can vouch for him as
a reliable dealer. When the time
comes to obtain such stock, orders left
at this office will be cheerfully for
warded.
A Minnesota paper states that a
new bug has made its appearance in
that State, whose mission it appears to
be, to destroy the potatoe bug. It is
described as being fiat, one-tbird the
size of the potatoe bug, and yellow, or
reddish, with black spots. Its mode
of operation is to thrust its sword-like
proloscis into its victim, which is then
dragged off to be devoured at leisure.
The North British Agriculturist
Bays In covered yards, shut out from
the direct rays of the sun, cattle do
not thrive as well as where they bask
themselves in its cheering rays, and
that human beings living in dark
dwellings, underneath high walls
where sunlight seldom penetrates,
locome the parents of an unusually
large proportion of dumb, blind, and
idiotic children.
See the advertisement of Dr. Schro
der in another column. He has "plants
for the million." The Doctor has sent
plants to nearly every State and Ter
ritory in the Union, alo to Mexico
and Canada. Over 200,000 vines raked
by him are growing on Marion and
Malvern Hills around Richmond, Vir
ginia, and half a million more in other
States. He has sold five millions
grape vines In six years fourteen
thousand dollars worth the past year.
The enterprising Proprietors of the
American Slock Journal have put up
300,000 copies in packages of 3 each,
with a finely Illustrated Show Bill,
Premium List, 4c, which they offer
to send free, and post paid to all who
apply for them. Every Farmer and
Stock Breeder should avail himself
of this generous offer (to give away
over $30,000 worth of books,) as the
three numbers contain near 100 pages
of choice original articles, and a great
number of valuable receipes for the
cure of various diseases to which Hor
ses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, &c
are liable. Farmers will find this
monthly a very efficient aid in all the
departments of Farming and Stock
Breeding. It has a Veterinary De
partment under the charge of one of
the ablest Professors in the United
States, who answers through the Jour
nal, free of charge, all questions rela
ting to Sick, Injured or Diseased Hor
ses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine or Poultry.
Thus every Subscriber has a Horse and
Cattle Doctor free. This Journal is
furnished at the low price of $1,00 a
year, specimen copies free. Address
N. P. Boyer & Co., Publishers, Parkes
burg, Chester Co., Pa.
Ilotv Much Honey to Winter a
grarn of XJcesT
The question Is often asked, how
much money will winter a swam of
bees? The following, taken from my
memorandum, will assist the inexpe
rienced, showing not only the amount
used from December 1st to about the
middle of April, but also the differ
ence between the winter months,
when they are brooding but little, and
later when breeding is going oh rap
idly: My bees are wlnteml in a room
about ten feet square in the second
story of a large building. The room
is double-boarded, wit h a space of four
inches between filled with tan. Ven
tilators are so arranged as to be con
trolled from the outside, without en
tering the room.
Nov. 27, 1SG1, bees were weighed
and housed for the winter. Majch 9,
1SG2. they were carried out and placed
on their summer stands. March 12,
weighed again. Average loss, per
swarm, in loo days, 10 1-10 lbs. ; great
est loss, 15 lbs. ; least loss, 6 lbs. ; av
erage dally loss, per swarm, 1 ozs.
April 12, weighed again. Average
loss, per swarm, In 31 days, 4 lbs. 13
ozs. ; average daily consumption, per
swarm, 2J ozs.
Dec. 2, 1803, weighed and carried in
leea. March 5, carried them out.
Weighed again March 11. Average
loss, 10 lbs. 3 ozs. in 09 days ; greatest
loss, 16 lbs. ; least loss, 8 lbs. : average
dally loss, about 1 ozs. Weighed
again April 9. Average loss in 20
days, 4 lbs. ; average daily loss, about
2J ozs. Previous to the last weighing
they were fed freely with rye meal,
and carried In perhaps one pound per
swarm, which would make the loss 5
lbs. instead of 4 lb.
In this locality bees do not usually
carry in even pollen until about the
middle of April. Nothing is added to
their weight except what is given
them. The amount consumed during
the winter months is mostly honey,
as not much breeding takes place, but
after being carried out early la March,
they begin to breed rapidly; and of
course draw largely upon bee-bread.
About the2Jth of February, 1SG7, I
weighed three swarms, which had
leen housed from early in December.
They had become only about three
pounds lighter, each.. They were
young swarms and rather below medi
um. Cor. American Bee Journal.
Castor Oil. fob Harnkss. The
best application to harness is castor
oil. It effectually excludes moisture.
It preserves the harness in a soft and
pliable state. Being made from veg
etable matter it does not rot leather
like animal oil. It Is also an excel
lent application to boots and shoes,
and makes the finest axel oil for car
riages that we have. We always
keep a supply on hnuu, to use for the
above purposes, and every farmer
should do the same. Rural orld.
If you want your hens to lay well
give them oat meal pudding. I or rat
tening, corn meal.
JIulchlng.
We have so long been a believer in
the practical effects of liberal Mulch
ing, and having derived so much good
from it, that we feel that too much
cannot be said or written upon the
subject. We extract the following
main points from a quite lengthy ar
ticle on mulching by II. T. Williams,
of the New York Independent:
There are so many instances of ben
eficial results from mulching applied
to all kinds of fruit, that I would like
fruit growers to pay -more attention
and practice to the subject.
It is simple, so practical, so easy,
and so excellent in increasing the
health and productiveness of fruits,
that, notwithstanding its moderate
expense, fruit-growers will find it
one of their most efficient aids.
No man should spare time or trouble
in horticulture, if he wishes to save
his fruits and increase his ernps.
That good man downing said, "If
we were 'asked what practice founded
on principle had been most beneficial
ly introduced into our horticulture,
we should -answer mu'ehing sugges
ted by the need of moisture in our dry
climate, and the difficulty of preser
ving it around the roots of fruit trees."
In this peculiar climate of ours, fur
nishing at one period of the year the
scorching rays of the sun to wither
and exhaust the vitality of many of
our best plants, and then succeeded
by the frosts of a stormy and severely
cold winter, trying all varieties and
putting them to the severest of tests,
with, alas! too little comfort and suc
cess. I see one way by which we can
maintain the life of a majority of our
plants, and increase their health, vig
or and productiveness very careid
mulefdng.
Mulching means any sufficient cov
ering of the surface of the earth, and
its object is three-fold :
1st. To protect and preserve the
plant from the excessive heat of the
sun.
2nd. To equalize the temperature
and preserve the soil and atmosphere
uniformly moist around the roots.
3d. To keep the plant secure from
the repeated frosts of the winter.
With all newly, planted trees or
vines, a uniform degree of moisture is
necessary ; and the more perfectly this
is furnished, the letter will they flour
ish. If absent, however, they will
languish for the need of it.
The material to be used are various.
but the following are cheapest and
most efficacious.
Decaying leaves, is the very best of
all mulches, as it is not only a protec
tion, but contains the highest kind of
fertilizing malerial, to be absorbed
quickly by the plant.
Aawdmt. ery many live where
they can obtain an abundance of this.
It mav splash some on the plants du
ring the heavy rains, but it is better to
apply it than nothing at all. It has
the merit of cleanliness, and mav be
Incorporated in the soil as a fertilizer
or ameliorator.
Tan bark is also excellent. I have
used it with excellent success. Apply
ing it one inch deep to strawberries, it
formed a handsome path up and down
between the rows, perfectly clean and
free from weeds forming a nice bed
for the fruit to rest upon when ripe,
and easily heaped over the hill at com
mencement of winter. The tannic ac
id it is said to contain, be it little or
much, is assuredly quite a benefit. If
used around evergreens it should be
applied two inches deep.
Even stones and boards have their
use. I have seen trees growing up
from stone-heaps, and I could not help
but notice and admire the size, vigor
and luxuriance of their stalks, and yet
I was too young to understand the
cause. Also, I have observed other
trees growing by the side of a heap of
boards loosely thrown about, or out of
a lot of rubbish, or heaps of brush
wood, that were far more thrifty than
those In rich ground but more exposed.
The use of mulch is a great saving
in labor. If the ground iswell mulch
ed, no labor is necessary to till it.
Straw, which some farmers waste
far too freely, is also one of cleanest
and best ; but like old hay it is liable
to the objection of concealing the seeds
of weeds, which, in course of time,
will grow and take possession of the
soil.
The bet time for arrlication. in mv
judgment, is just at the beginning of
summer, but it often happens that the
material for mulch Is scarce at that
time, and there is no resource but to
wait till a later date, September usu
ally finds an abundance in every di
rection, and a very convenient time.
Method of aj,pHcation. For straw
berries apply between the rows, cover
ing the ground completely ; on the
approach of frost, take a fork and cov
er the plants well. In the spring un
cover, and allow the mulch to cover
the ground again, It is well, once in
May and once in September, to push
the mulch aside and pass up and down
with the cultivator. It has the effect
of stirring tho soil and increasing its
power of absorption; and also pre
vents it from becoming hard and stag
nant. Grapes at Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Chronicle gives an
account of a visit of several prominent
horticulturists to the "Hillside Vine
yard" of E. A. Thompson, Esq., near
that place; Mr. T. has CO acres plan
ted with grapevines. The writer say:
The following are some of Mr.
Thompson's favorite varieties, with
his descriptions asd opinions :
Norton's Virginia Seedling. Hardy
and prolific ; berry small and bunch
es large; color, purple; fine wine
grape. Wine resembles Port and Bur
gundy. Astringent, and therefore val
uable for its medical qualities. Highly
recommended by phj-sicians on ac
count of its purity. Of this variety
Mr. Thompson has thirteen acres.
Ires Seedling. Bunches large ; very
prolific, yielding from 500 to 71K pal
ions per acre ; perfectly hardy and free
from all diseased; ripens early in Sep
tember, and is in consequence never
injured by early frosts. Tho most
profitable grape in cultivation. Of
this grape Mr. Thompson has from 16
to 20 acres.
Concord. Of this variety the Hill
side vineyards contain ten acres four
in bearing. The- concord is hardy, a
good bearer, and will yield from 8 to
10 hundred gallons to the acre. Ber
ries large and purple, and bunches
large.
Delaware. -V cry hardy and free
from diseases. Very excellent table
and wine grape, filled with Beeefca
rine matter, and makes white, high
priced wine; berries small and trans
lucent, with a pink tinge. Bunches
small and compact. Yield from 300 to
400 gallons per acre.
Crcvcling. This grapo is a pot of
Mr. Thompson. Many grape-growers
have abandoned its culture on account
of its tendency to straggle and make
loose bunches. This, Mr. T. has dis
covered, is altogether owing to its be
ing deficient in inflorescence. This
he remedied by planting it in alter
nate rows with the Concord and Hart
ford Prolific, from which varieties it Is
fertilized by impregnation. This is
destined to take the place of the Ca
tawba as a table grape. It is also an
excellent bearer and a good wine grape.
JTarbcmont. Very prolific; bunches
large and berries small; color, dark
purple. It is a late bearer, but always
ripens in this latitude : makes a fair
table grape, but is chiefly valuable for
its wine, which always commands
a high price; subject to some extent
to the rot, but always has enough loft
for a good crop.
Hartford Prolific. This grape, as Its
name indicates, is a very large bearer.
There are vines in the Hillside Vine
yard, only three years old, from which
a peck of grapes have been picked this
year. Valuable as a table grape, be
cause of its early ripening ripens on
the Hillside as early as the 5th of Au
imst. Mr. Thompson thinks bv shin-
ping it to northern markets, where it
sells readily, two thousand dollars per
acre can be realized from It. Uerry
medium sized, and purple in color.
Iona. Of this variety, Mr. Thomp
son has but a email vineyard. Very
superior as a table and wine grape, but
rots badly. JLarge purple berry, very
pleasant in flavor.
Catav-ba. Of these Mr. T. has three
acres, all of which he intends to root
out next spring the variety being, in
his opinion, completely played out.
Exports of tho World.
France exports wines, brandies, silks,
fancy articles, jewelry, clocks, watches
paper, perfumery and fancy goods
general! j'.
Italy exports corn, oil, flax, wines,
essences, ayesuins, urugs, line marble,
sonps, paintings, engravings, mosaics,
and salts.
Trussia exports linen, woolens, zinc,
articles of iron, copper and brass, in
digo, wax, hams, musical instruments,
tobacco, wines, and porcelian.
Germany exports wool, woolen goods
linens, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead,
flax, hemp, wines, wax, tallow and
cattle.
Austria exports minerals, raw and
manufactured, silk thread, glass, grain
tar, nutgall, wines, honey, and math
ematical Instruments.
England exports woolens, glass,
hardware, earthenware, cutlery, iron,
metalic wares, salt, coal, watches, tin,
Silas and linens.
Russia exports tallow, flax, hemp,
wax duck, cordage, bristles, fur, pot
ash, and tar.
Spain -exports wine, brandy, oil,
fresh and dried fruits. Quicksilver.
sulphur, salt, cork, saffron, anchovies,
silk and woolens.
China exports tea, rhubarb, musk,
ginger, zinc, borax, 6ilks, cassia, fila
gree work, ivory-ware, lacquered ware,
and procelian.
Turkey exports coffee, opium, silks,
drugs, gems, dried fruits, tobacco,
wines, camel's hair, carpets, camlets,
shawls and morocco.
Hindostan exports silks, shawls, car
pets, opium, saltpeter, peppr. guni,
indigo, cinnamon, cochineal, dia
monds, pearls and drugs.
Mexico exports, gold and silver,
cochineal, indigo, sarsaparilla, jatap,
fustic, campeachy wood, pimento,
drugs and dyestutfs.
Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar,
rice, hides, dried meats, tallow, gold'
diamonds and other precious stones,
gums, mahogany and India-rubber.
East Indies exports cloves, nutmegs,
mace, pepper, rice, indigo, gold dust,
camphor, benzine, sulphur, ivory, rat
tans, sandal wood, zinc and nuts.
Switzerland export cattle, cheese.
butter, tallow, dried fruits, limes,
silksf velvet laces, jewelry, paper and
gun-powder.
Japan exports tea, leather silks,
lacquer ware, gold, silver and fancy
ware.
West Indias exports sugar, molasses,-mm,
tobacco, eigars, mahogany,
dye wood, coffee-, pimento, fresh
fruits and preserves, rubber, ginger
and other spices.
United States exports principally
agricultural produce, cotton, tobacco,
flour, provisions of ail kinds, lumberr
turpentine, the precious metals, whale
oil, fish, wearing apparel, machinery,
and many other great manufactures-.
Clippings and Jottings Agricultural.
The tomatoe is supposed to be a
modern mm, if it is a iruit, but it Is
mentioned in a book printed in Lon
don in 1000 as having been long
known.
Ten years ago California exported"
10,500 barrels of flour; this year she
has 42J,0xj to spare, the most of which
was produced within one hundred
miles of San Francisco.
The Poor-Houses of Massachusetts
keep over Winter more than 20,000 va
grants, mostly foreijrners. who travel
and beg among the farmers during
bummer.
It is confessed that in Virginia to
Imceo culture is no longer profitable,
and that it mast be abandoned. Still,
it is proposed to grow a little of the su
perior kind for refined gentlemen.
The more the nature of horses is
studied the more are they found like
men. The best horses are nervous
and require the treatment proper for
women and poets.
Many trials with the Early Rose
potatoe proved that it is unequaled
for earliness and productiveness, but
it' has the slight drawback of not be
ing first-rate for the table.
Tho Early Rose sprang from seeds
in a potato ball. From the seeds of
that one ball seven kinds of potatoes
have been raised ; and, what is stran
ger than all, each of the seven varie
ties is excellent in its way.
The Indian tribes of the Six Na
tions, having 25,000 acres of land, held
a Fair in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.,
showing all kinds of stock, grain, veg
etables, and needle-work. Tbs- wo
men werehondsome and finely dress
ed, and only white people were drunk.
Now that farmers begin to have car
penter tools, the next step is to have
good ones. Let there be first-class
saws, chisels, bits, and planes, and a
good grind-stone on friction rollers.
The best use for poor tools is to lend
them.
It is recently announced that im-
mense numbers of small Insects live
In raw brown sugar ; that when they
come in- contact with the flesh they
breed the itch ; but they drown in a
liquid liko molasses, and die in colfeej
and tea.
A ship-load of waste from a Ger
man salt miie has been brought to
is ew York to be sold as manure. 1 his
is becauso the soil of Germany is al
ready rich, or because we know more
about manure than the Germans, or
because they think we know less.
Some young men In Central New
York having learnetl exactly how to
raise potatoes, have run in debt for
high-priced farms, and they keep in
advance of the payments. Therefore,
potatoe knowledge is as profitable as
classical knowledge indeed, Sir, it is
worth $1,000 a year.
Notwithstanding that the soil of
England is growing richer, clover is
so uncertain that it is sown only
once in twelve years. This is because
the roots have extracted the clover el
ement from the soil, and the attempt
of the agricultural chemists to supply
it has failed.
His hens roost in trees through
the storms of Winter, and he com
plains that they lay no eggs ; his cows
shiver by the side of the fence, and
he complains that the children eat too
much butter ; he goes to the grocery
with a jug in one end of the sack and
a stone in the other, and he wipes his
nose with his coat sleeve.
That the Southern people are con
quered is proved, by their becoming
as inventive as their conquerors. One
man has patented a process for raising
cotton plants under glass, which are
to produce five bales to the acre. An
other five bales by garden culture, and
a plenty of manure. A half a bale an
acre has been the average.
A G niCULTTJUAXi.
EDGAR SANDERS,
FLORJST.
ESTABLISHED IN 1857.
Bogs leave to inform liis friend rpnerollv that k.
"1'""" iimu r cr i'j lurnisn all k. nl nf
or to furnish riowprs for the. 6 "summer,
GREENHOUSE,
WINDOWS or
T r- Ttriwt, .
In winter. Devoting ten larsre Orenbou.e to ht
VERBENAS,
OE HA MUMS,
DA II AS,
PINKS.
HELIOTROPES.
EUCHIAS,
HARDY FLA NTS,
GLADIOLI'S
CI man ncnivio!lv fX tV?nt:n i . . . .
Htoc-K. II ik twelve yrirs experience in the wont
trivcHi linrivallcMl nnrk.i-rnnif sv l. .
western nennla wnut nml imw tn onH ft tv.-t .
" " " t it kUCiU, A
CATALOGUE.
w
Descriptive, with prices, is Issued annnMly, about
the first of Fehruary, which will be Kent to all my
on aimliration. Address
TCIXJ ATI SANDKHS,
13-3m " s- Clark St reet, 1i :chro, IH
GItAPE VINES !
GRAF EV INESII
GKAPE"VINES!
250,000 of theChoicest GrapeVines
OF ALL VARIETIES.
1,000,000 GRAPE VIXE CUTTINGS.
AUo a larjje stock of
Currant Plants and Cuttings,
GOOSEBERRIES, ROSES,
Raspberries, Blackberries,
STRAWBERRIES,
Shcnbarb, Etc.,
FOR SALE CHEAP.
Send KtamD for Price List and Ewtnvs on Oraie
.uuure, to
vr. li. MiMiKUDiia.i,
Bloomlngton, III.'
TUNER PLUIL
The onljrllardjr, Productive and Stfs-
lactory flam In the Xorthweat.
This extremelv hardv anil vnlnnhlo Pinm hMa 1a-
nunce lo I'urculto. cola winters and otlicrunhHlttiv
-ClilcfPoints of Yaluc:
1. It Is perfoctlr hardv.
2. It is not liable to injure from late Spring frobU.
i, j i pws ntjnuiy wiine young.
4. It w free from every disease.
6. It fruits very early.
. It bears a crop every year.
7. The fruit keerei well and will bear traiMDorta-
tion.
8. The fruit Is of excellent flavor.
9. The ladies prefer it for preervlnK.
Itt. It is never injured bv the Curetilio.
11. The fruit ripens about the hist of September.
wuuu lut-ie is uo inner pium to oe nau.
PRICES:
Fine well prown trees, five feet hich and upwards,
each ?i; per Qoz. $io; per hundred, ?,.
JOEL BARBER,
Laneiwter, Wis.
l.V.tnr
"Warranted Garden Scads.
OCR XEW
DMrriBtive Price fatalonif.
Containing descriptions of all the CHOICEST
V KG KT ABLEH, including the most deslrablr
iVUIf"1, BUflf,rWfcUnn ITKHHII tUUUIC, VfcA., "
now being issued, and will be duly mailed, to our
customers, FKKK ; to others on receipt of 10 cents.
' SEEDS BY MAIL.
Te furnish Garden Seeds in packages, postage
FRkk, to any post oflice in the United States, when
ordered, at our regulrr prices, to uny amount of f 1 or
more.
ED. J. EVAS9 A CO.,
Kl'KSEBTMtiM AXP SEEDSMEN',
York, Penn.
13-3m
PEOPLE'S NURSERIES.
fe have a larpe stock of the following articles,
with manv others, which we offer VEKY lowtocasb
biivnrs. Ynrrnnted true to name, and GOOD IN
EVKKY KKSPJiCT.
Applen Pears, Cherries. Penclica, l'lnnis,
. Quitted, GrniN), it nspberriew,
Htrawbcrries, lMuckberries, FJverreenn,
Ornamental Tree. Shrubs,
Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, &e.
We want a good reliable man, who can come well
recommended, to act as sgimt for us. In every county
In Nebraska, Kansas, Hiivoart an Iowa, toy sell ott
Commission or Salary.
IW I EOBB A CO.,
H-4m-tf . Bloorainston, 111.
Grape Tines Tor Sale.
A few thousand Norton's) Virginia and Con
cord Layers, raised- in .My Vineyard, from ripe,
bearing wood.
Norton's Seedling -S100 per 10OOv
Concord SCO per 1000.
Also, a few thousand two-year old Plants of these
Varieties.
12,000 Gallons Norton, Concord and Catawba Wines.
TTIEO. ENGELMANN,
Mascoutah P. O., St. Clair County.
ll-4m Illinois.
RIVERSIDE NURSERY
Davenport, Iowa.,
If you want a good article of Kurst ry Stock,
such as
Grape Vtnea, Currant, Goosberrtes,
Raspberries, Blackberries,
Strawberries, Cherry Trees, Peach
Trees, KTergreens, and
Discidaous Trees,
Send your orders to
J. "VY. rEAKMAN,
Davenoort. Iowa.
or R. W. FURNAS, Brownville.
Catalogue free. 13-9-y
SUELLEHBERGEil BRO S
- No. 74,
SlcPh ergon's Block,
Sole Agents
In Southern Nebraska, Atchisoa and Holt
County, Ho., for the
REAPER AND MOWER.
THE BEST IH THE WORLD ! !
Camtqh C Plows
THE BEST PLOWXOW MADE!
AGFvICmLTTJrAX.
THE SAIX3I.
First Tremiura awarded by the
Lake Share Crape Orewer Association
for "the Best Six "clusters of Fruit, Quality to Rule,"
TTsrinp Thirty Acres of the RALEiT In vineyard,
we consider it 'for hardiness, enrhness, abundant
rmmiae in bearing, frwdom from ai, utJOf
titter? and bipn ibtvien quality of fruit, the best
aad most proliuible out-door Grupe in America.
We offer vlcorom vines, prown from the original
stocic of Mr. i- S. Kogers, as follows:
1 Kach. Per doz. Per ino. Per 1W.
e-venrold -?1.S0 !U . f".W $.')
1-year old 1,00 6,00 35.00 3JO.00
T. L. IIAItniS, Palem on Frie.
Erocton P. O., Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
11-4M
FRUIT HILL
FARM NURSERIES!
QUINCY, ILLINOIS.
D. C. BEATOT, Proprietor.
Established la 1S36.
All the most desirable varieties
GKArES AND .SMALL FRUIT PLANTS
CONSTANTLY ON HAND,
Of sunerior dualities, warranted true to name, at
price ax low, if not lower, than plant of same qual
ity can be purchased elsewhere. Also
Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
which my extensive acquaintance with all the lead
ing nurserymen enables me to furnish to my cus
tomers on the most favorable terms.
During an experience of TWELVE YEA Its, In
STOCKING LARGE FRUIT FARMS,
I harve tested mam- varieties, NEW AND OLD,
NATIVE AX J FOREI(Jr. and also learned to a
great extent which nurxerymen are reliable, a well
as thone who are not. Therefore our customers can
rely on receiving all articles genuine, and avoid the
vexation attendant In thepurcbase of inferior stock.
ILLUSTRATED AXD PKICED CATALOGUES,
with brief bnt comprehensive tnsf ructions for Culti
vation, mailed free to all applicants.
Address
D. a BEXTON,
" Quincy, IlL
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NORTHWESTERN NURSERIES,
Rockford, Illinois.
Do a lanre wholesale business in ROOT GRAFTS
and SMALL TREES, and stock generally, for
ZVURSERY3IE3T and
FLAXTERS.
All the Hardv Fruits and Crab Apple Trees are
made a specialty. Send stamp for Catalogue, and
ay information repaired, to
J. 8. SHEARMAN,
Rockford, I1L
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ERIE
COMMERCIAL NURSERIES.
ERIE, ERIE CO PENN.
I. A. Piatt man 5s Spragruo,
Proprietors.
1,000,000 IVatlve Grape Tines
TVr ! nf tho twxtt learflnc kinds, snars n teed
true to name, as good as can be found in the United
Stales, of one and two year old. Samples sent by
mau at iuo rates.
Per ino Per 1,000
,000.000 Concord. 1-vear, No. 1
f.00
;.no
70,00
90,0(1
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70,00
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., Concord. 3-vear. No. 1, strong
10,fO Hartford Proline, l-yer.'o. I...
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.Ju.oo
, 8,'0
. M.00
2hjo Hartford Prolific, 2-year, No. 1,
lo.oio Delaware. 1-vear, No. 1
3'.(0 Diana. 1-vear, No. 1
J).f0 Ive s Heedlin?, 1-year, No. 1
,11 T . X
3.000 Ismella
16,00
flnnin Tntwuii riiuu'h. and flintftn. 2
ana s-year, strong - ,w j,w
Also a laree lot of 3-rear olds. f all the above
klnrts. totrn hr with a lanre lot of Adirondac.
Crevellng Alien's Hybrid, Roger's Hybrids, LnJon
Village, Rebecca, haJeni, Norton's Virginia, and
others.
300.000 Btrawberrv Plants strong, of all the best sorts.
sn,t0 Raspberries and Black berries.
10.(X Currants and Noostwrries.
20,000 Fine 2-year old Apple Trees, best leading
kinds, at $12 per loo. f i per 1.0U0.
10.000 Dwarf Pears. 1-vfar. S-J) ner HW.
S,0irt Stand Pear. 1-vtiir t nr liin.
10.WJU Cherry Trees,l-year old, at fS per 1,000.
ALSO 1PEACH TREKS. PT.TV TREES. APRI
COTS AND VILINCE BUSHES.
Together with a large stock of
Apple PeedlinCT; Pare, Plnmand Cherry Peedllngs;
r Vw., er rees prime; uraue
Cuttings, with Apple O rafts, furnished
to order.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Parties nrtforfnv .. . . , . .
mh .V - rvij on navingmeir
.Tr7rVLQptly' and receiving tirst class stock
St&alZ.Pa5'1 it wiU arrive
atir n..v. ' "urseives to mmisn as
E2Kii,lKT tKeiraKe'M be bonght from any
reliable establishment la the United States.
baLnceoVueu7ery7orcr6?rD?rn
rrirn -xta r.i. . ...
5tlT in tnuT Tfd give place, county and
State in run. irade libt sent on application.
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ACUXCUXtTTJIlAXj.
FRUIT A3kX OIirJAirEXTAL
Grapd Vines, etc., for Sprir.sof IS S3.
Wholesale and Xlciall
We offer for Spring planOn a stock of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Grape Vlnea, &-. wbicta for ex
tent, variety, vigor and beauty of growtfl baa never
been surpassed.
Full particulars given In the following Catalogues
Jut iisued, sent prepaid on receipt or 10 cents earn
fnr Xna. 1. 2 t 3-No. 4 free. I"o. 1, Dt-scriptive Cat
alogue of Fruits. Xo. 2, Ornam ntal Trees. So. 3,
Green House Plants. Xo. 4, boles e
ELLWANGEK Jt IJAKItY,
' jit. Hope Nurseries,
jjgm Rochester; N. Y.
HOWS NURSERY
OF
Peacli Firee;
AND
SMALL FRUITS.
IIEIS'ItY I. HOW,
pnoPRiETon.
Near New Brnnswlck, Ncr Jersey.
One 31ilc from Voorhee's Station, Millstone Railroad
TWEXTY-FITE TMO US ASD
PEACH TREES,
One Year Old frou the Bud.
First Size, thrifty stocky trees, 3hi to 5 feet high,
$10 per 100; $70 per 1000.
Second Size, thrifty stocky trees, 2 to 34' feet high,
$r per 100 ; $26 per 1000.
List f Varieties Na-vr on Hand.
Karly kinds ripening here in August are Hale's
Karly, Troth's Early Red, Large Early York or
Honest John, Cooledge's Favorite, Early TUlotson,
George the Fourth, Yellow Rareripe, Royal George,
Crawford's Early Melocoton, and Moore's Favorite.
The kinds ripening from the beginning to the end
of September, are Old Mixon free, Mary's Choice,
Morris "White, Bergen's Yellow, Reeve's Favorite,
Susquehanna, Crawford's Late Melocoton, Druid
Hill, Old Mixon Cling, Prince's Red Rareripe and
Orange Cling.
Late varieties ripening in the end of September
and beginning of October, are Stump the World,
President, Late Admirable, Ward's Late Free, Free
stone Heath, Smock's Late Free, Crocket's Late
White Free, Carpenter's AYhite aud Late Heath
Cling.
23,000 Lawton Blackberry Plants
$15 per Thousand.
20,000 Wilson's Albany Strawberry nants
$3 per Thousand.
10 000 Russell's Prolific Strawberry Plants
$-5 per Thousand.
HENRY K. HOW,
New Brunswick, N. J.
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T. C. MAXWTH.Ii & BROm
OLD CASTLE HURSERIES
GENEVA, ONTARIO CO N. Y.
Invite the attention of
Western nrcrynicn,
Dealers and Planters,
to their extensive and reliable assortment of
CHOICE nUflSEilY STOCK
AT
WHOLESALE,
including
Fralt Trees Standard and Dwarf;
Ornamental Tree" and Shrubs Deciduous
and Evergreen;
Small FralW Grapevines All varieties;
Roses, Green House and Beddlac
Plants, Bulbs, Sec.
rartieswishtngSELECT NURSERY STOCIC,
either for their own planting or to sell again, are re
quested to give us a call or write for particulars,
enclosing stamps for catalogues as follows :
Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits three red stamps.
Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamentals three red
stamps.
Wholesale Trade List one red stamp.
Address,
T. C. MAXWELL Jk BROS,
Geneva, Ontario, Co., N. Y.
11-y
ITC'S SEEDLING
G It APE HOOTS.
The best Grape for general cultivation la this
country.
As so decided by a committee cf Ave of the most
noted Grape Growers and Wine Makers is the
United States.
Price so low that all who will may plant them.
We are now selling them at
$30 per 1000; $7 per 100.
One dozen seat my mail, securely packed, post
age paid, for S 1,50.
Address,
McCXXLOUGn, DRAKE & CO.,
H3m box a7, snarp-ours, vino.
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SULKY AND WALKING CULTIVATORS!
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Sweepstakes of the "World!
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And see If I cannot nit yen in poos aji 1 rniCTT.S ! I l uy my M.iclilnery by the car load
thus saving freight. A fa supply of a!l kinds of I'urta Machinery In thtir season.
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Cuts Six Feet!
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and HIDE ALL THE V7HILE
all tlic 31aclilna Sell!
F. A. Tisdel & Co..
Cor. 1st A Atlantic S!? Enjwnviil.
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