be farther apart than thirty feet. At this rate an acre would What are called Hermaphrodites yield, counting thirty-two quarts will answer the same purpose as to the bushel, over 360 bushels of the staminates, and Wilson's Al- fruit, which even at the low price bany being of this class, will im- of 10 cents per quart would amount pregnate all the finer varieties of to $1,152. Say however your acre pistillates. One of the most no- would yield only half that quanted varieties for size, flavor and productiveness is the Jucunda."Its flowers are perfect and fruitful to an enormous extent. I, last year, counted trusses that had ninety per cent of perfect fruit upon them in proportion to the flowers. A most remarkable point of value in this variety is the Fruit Grower's Club (New Jergreat number of extra large ber- sey) Mr. W. S. Jackson stated ries. I saw great quantities, ten that when he was selling the Wilto twelve berries of which filled a son in New York at 25 or 30 cts pint. These, you must remem per quart, the Triomphe de Gand ber, were not merely a few select- realized 75 cents per quart. The ed ones for the exhibition tables, Wilson, however, will bear transbut there were bushels of them portation better than the Triomsold every day in market, which phe. Mr. J. also stated that his brought one dollar per quart.- ordinary yield was 75 to 80 bushThis is equal to four or five cents els to the acre, (a greatly inferior each and may be considered rath- product to that of the editor er profitable." quoted above) and that ashes was his best fertilizer. He covered his beds with pine "needles" (leaves) in spring before blooming,

tity, you would still count on $576 which is a very handsome return. 'Hovey's seedling is a pistillate. Triomphe de Gand is one of the most valuable varieties, a staminate or Hermaphrodite. At a meeting of the Ocean county

GEORGE M. BEELER, Sec'y. Indiana Hort. So'y. These high prices for extra fine fruit cannot be expected, however, but this necessary work would be except in the large cities, where a much better done in fall or winwealthy class of bon vivants pay ter. The Superintendent of the almost any price for luxuries. - Experimental garden in WashingStill strawberries are a very profit- ton city makes a short but valuable crop, wherever a market is able report on strawberries (1864) found. "A well managed plot of and their culture. He classsifies ten by twenty feet ought to yield them, according to their flavor and from thirty to fifty quarts of ber- productiveness, making the No. 6 ries. We have raised in a plot the standard of excellence. fourteen by nineteen, seventy will be seen that of the whole

eight quarts of Hovey's seedling, one of our oldest, yet one of our best and most productive kinds."Ed. Ger. Telegraph.

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number mentioned, the Jucunda and Wilson's Albany are the most productive. The Triomphe de Gand is also shown to be very valuable, being only one number River's Seedling Eliza, but the from the highest, both in quality two former are both poor proand quantity. The three finest in ducers, while the latter is very flavor, it will be noticed are the productive, being rated 5, which Carolina Superb, the Oscar and is equal to the Triomphe de Gand.

The following notes have been taken of those that have fruited here in sufficient quantities and under conditions to warrant an opinion. Taking the figure 6 as a standard of excellence, we place them relatively thus:

"In comparing these results, it crop is matured. In some soils, be kept in view that no fruit varies if properly prepared previous to so materially, both in flavor and planting, nothing will be required, productiveness in different soils in the way of cultivation, except and climates, as the strawberry. keeping clear of weeds for two or Even in the same soil and locality three years. Soils that are somethe yearly result will not always what tenacious, frequently bebe the same. The quantity will come consolidated if trampled on be influenced by the state of the while wet during the gathering of weather when the plants are in the crop. In this case, it should flower, and the flavor of the fruit be loosened up with fork or cultiis almost as sensitive to wet as a vator as soon as possible after the barometer. In all cases, the crop fruit is past, and kept clean and friable during the season. The roots that support the flower buds are formed during the end of summer and fall, and any injury

will be increased by slight covering during winter, thus saving the earliest-formed buds, which otherwise are liable to be destroyed by frosts.

"Again: injury often results they receive will correspondingly from disturbing the roots at im- injure the crop. It is now well proper periods. It is particularly known that good crops of fruit hurtful to dig or plough between cannot be had if the runners are the plants in spring before the not removed during summer."

"C. L. Hoag said one of the best strawberry cultivators grew his fruit upon very poor land and with perfect success."

I do not entirely agree with the two last gentlemen-I think strawberries require good soil, at least it must be deep and mellow, and instead of removing the runners every third or fourth year, as suggested by Mr. Barry, I would never allow a single runner to strike root in the bearing beds,

be allowed to grow, and probably, for field culture, Mr. Hooker's plan is a good one.

"H. E. Hooker would plant two and a half by three feet for but keep them all cut off with a an amateur, in very rich deep light, sharp hoe. For propagatsoil, and keep off the runners. ing, of course, the runners must He finds it difficult to get an extra price for extra large berries in the Rochester market. For marketing, he would plant four or five feet apart and cultivate with a cultivator, let the rows grow in mass about one foot wide. This he thought was the cheapest way to produce them.

The Prairie Farmer describes the mode of cultivation Northwest to be, to plant the rows four feet apart and let the runners all strike root, and after the picking season is over, to run a plow between the rows, cut down the weeds

"C. L. Hoag, said Dr. Ward, of Newark, thought that the poorer with a scythe and mulch. In this the ground the better the fruit. way the produce is said to be He had a bed on poor ground enormous, realizing in some inwhich produced admirably-some stances, over $1,500 per acre. which he planted near an old hot- An excellent compost for the bed did not yield well. He spades strawberry is said to be 60 bushels under all the present year's crop, of leaf mould from the woods, 20 using this year's runners for the bushels leached ashes, 5 bushels next year's crop. of lime and 3 or 4 quarts of salt, for an acre.

"Doolittle, of Oaks Corners, Ontario county, said the best berAny one, who wishes to acries which he ever saw raised were quaint himself with the different grown on ground which had been varieties of strawberries, with scraped off a foot deep. The part their staminate and pistillate scraped had been carried a few character, should procure a strawrods and the whole planted with berry catalogue from Wm. R. strawberries. The part which Prince, Flushing, New York. had two surface soils produced Plants can be obtained of any very inferior fruit, while the part nursery, North or South.

scraped yielded abundantly.

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF EMINENT MEN- EXTRACTS FROM

MY DIARY, 1834.

WASHINGTON CITY,

MAY, 1834.

likeness should be transmitted to posterity.

While in the Senate chamber it Mr. Van Buren, with his bald occurred to me what a fine sub- head and everlasting smile would ject for a picture it would make. be conspicuous in the Speaker's The Chamber is itself beautiful, chair.

MR. CALHOUN.

and the arrangement, and different groups of members striking. MAY 9TH.-Last night Mr. CalThe likenesses of some of the houn was giving us some details prominent men should be careful- of his early life and onward course, ly preserved. which, as they bring us to a nearer Mr. Calhoun's face and angular acquaintance with a great man, figure bringing to mind those are curious and interesting. stern Cameronians who were so We were speaking of the little ready to die for their principles- pet of our mess, when he said the his eyes blazing with genius, and smartness of children was no sign as if his soul looked out of them. of what they would be in after His colleague, Mr. Preston, life- "I believe," said he, "that the with his high-born look, and his temper of a person's mind undercountenance not SO dark and goes a great change after twelve" stern-but filled with a richer and ' -" I was an extremely silent and softer expression of genius, though grave child, so that I acquired at the same time, looking as if he the nick-name of Judge-I was too would grapple with death for not as quick in learning as one or his principles-from generous imtwo of my brothers-my temper pulse and noble pride-Mr. Calwithout being very quick, was houn would die for nullification very strong when excited. My con amore. head being unusually large, one of the epithets to vex me was, you swell-head. When I was about twelve, my brother-in-law,

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Then Mr. Webster's dark and, at times, ferocious face-his fore head like a tower above the lower part of his face, which is singular- Dr. Waddle, a teacher in Abbe

ly weak, compared with the upper; his mouth expressing want of courage, which is said to be the

fault of his character.

Mr. Clay is assuredly not handsome-but there is a certain reckless, good-natured look about his face, that, in some degree redeems it. As one of our great men, his

ville, took me to his house, and after the death of my sister, kept me with him. Of course, I was much alone, and for the want of something to do, fell to reading. There happened to be a circulating library hard by-my eyes fell upon the names of Alexander and Socrates. I was attracted to

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them, because one of my school- found I had to teach him. mates who had a reading mother, therefore did not attempt arithhad told me most miraculous tales metic with him, but went into the about them. Once got to work, I country to review it by myself, all almost killed myself reading. In I knew about it was from an Irish the course of six weeks, I read teacher, when I was 13. Rollin (12 volumes,) Charles 12th, "On the day appointed for exCharles 5th. Locke on the Human amining me, I joined a tolerably Understanding, having somewhere large class. Some problem in heard of some one having read it trigonometry was given us, and at 15, I resolved to do the same at upon my getting the result I 13-and several other works. - turned to the professor and told My eyes became so sore, I could him so, he asked me how, and not bear the light-yet, by darken- said all was right. As I was a ing the room, persisted in read- stranger, this accident excited ating. My mother hearing of my tention. For my own part, I felt lamentable condition, that I was nothing but surprise for I was a skeleton, that my ears, like the sure any fellow in the class was poor starved sand-hill tackies, my superior in knowledge, so were bloodless, and might be seen scanty did I think mine. The through, sent for me and put me next day the same thing occurred to the plough. From that time and the next a problem was given till I was eighteen, I never thought of that kind, where each reof a book-regained my health and, contrary to the habits of my childhood, turned with avidity to all sorts of sports. About that time, a friend who was going out squirrel hunting with me, said, give you the principle by which it my relatives were very much dis- can be obtained, as thus and so satisfied with my course, that I on, by approximation. The stuought to get an education, and dents thought I must be perfectly prepare myself for something in acquainted with mathematics, and the world. At first, I disregarded that approximation was some prowhat he said but by the time I found word. From that period reached home, I began to think till thirty, I read more than I have better of it. ever done since."

sult but adduces another. I went on getting three or four-by this time my ambition was fired to get out 'first.' I therefore said, 'I have not got the result, but I can

I asked him if he had ever read novels. "No. When I was thirteen, dipping so deeply in

"After consultation with my mother, I set off next day to-(I have forgotten the place.) On reaching there I was advised, by the circulating library, I had with way of preparation, to take les- all the novels picked out the hissons in some of the branches from torical parts, and skipped the a private tutor. He was an mere narrative, neither was I amazing good creature, and gave fond of poetry, as I advanced in me a great reputation. The truth years, I liked it better, and talked was, he knew but little, and I soon enthusiastically about Homer."