GLKANINGvS IN BEH CULTURE. 



7M 



was not quite a barrel, but pretty iiearl>-. I 

 at once wrote to Maule, askinij the j>ncc of a 

 sinjjle tuber ; but he told nie there would I)e 

 none for sale until the year ISitO. The season 

 of ISitS •.vill be devoted to iiicreasiu"^ the stock; 

 but I finally did ^et a tuber to experiment 

 with in the s^reenhouse, with the understaiul- 

 iuj; that the stock belonijs entirely to Wni. 

 Henry Maule. I am i^oinj^ to work with this 

 one tuber at once, and increase it by means of 

 the jadoo fiber and !.^reenhouse all I possi!)ly 

 can until time to plant potatoes next sprin^j. 

 Oct. 1, 18'.)8, IMaule is to pay nie a reasonable 

 price per bushel for as many potatoes as I suc- 

 ceed in growing in just one year. This par- 

 ticular new potato seems to possess earliness 

 and vitality ; but we can not just now tell 

 whether it is Terry's skill or the remarkable 

 productiveness of the potato — perhaps both. 



Now, then, friends, has anybody ever tried 

 the experiment of seeing how far one potato 

 could be made to increase in just one year by 

 propagating it during winter as florists grow 

 geraniums, colei, and other similar plants? I 

 will try to report progress to you as we go 

 along. The worst trouble I anticipate is in 

 getting the potato to sprout and grow so soon 

 after it has been dug. 



A REFRESHING CONTRAST IN THE WAY OF 

 TREE AND PLANT CATALOGS. 

 In Lovett's pamphlet for autumn of 1S97 

 we found the following in regard to two of 

 our new friends: 



OOLDEX M.^YBERRV. 



This unique fruit may be all that is claimed fyr 

 it, but caudor compels \is to state that we are growing 

 impatient to see for ourselves what it is actually like. 

 We have now had it for three years; and, although 

 the bushes grow well, they have as yet failed to pro- 

 duce any fruit, and we hesitate to longer publish the 

 descriptions of the originator and disseminator until 

 we kno7c positively it is what it is claimed to be. 



STR.WVBERRV-RASPBERRY. 



From an intimate acquaintance with this berrj' we 

 are convinced it is not a hybrid of the strawberry and 

 the rasprerrA', as claimed, "but it is a true raspberry of 

 hert>aceous hat^it ( the top dying down and the root 

 sur^'iving as with the pa^oiiia and many cultivated 

 species of flowering plants), and has no .strawberry 

 blood in it whatever. It has proved to be a wonderful 

 gr. wer, always clean and vigorous, with a mass of 

 deep-green foliage; and although it suckers immoder- 

 ately it is e.xtremely hardy, and is prolific in bearing 

 for a period of some ten or twelve weeks — from early 

 in Julv until frost. The berries are of enormous size, 

 of the richest .shade of bright crim.son imaginable, 

 and are in very truth the most exquisitelj- l)eautiful 

 of any berry we ever looked upon ; but, alas ! it is 

 sadly 'deficient in flavor. Some have compared it to 

 drieS apples, others to a sweet orange sucked dry. 

 Seriously, it is decidedly insipid as a dessert fruit, but, 

 .strange as it may seem, when cooked it is rich, sweet, 

 and good. 

 ' The above really rejoices my heart. The 

 Lovett people have finally tested these things 

 on their own ground, and have come out 

 square and honest about it. Their experience 

 is exactly like my own. The Logan berry, 

 however, promises to be something of real 

 value. On our grounds it has not as yet 

 borne fruit enough, but it will, perhaps, when 

 it gets older. 



GARDENING FOR THE LATTER PART OF 



OCTOBER. 

 In addition to what was said in our last is- 

 sue, I would again remark that ttow is the 



time to commence gardening under glass. If 

 you have valuable varieties of strawberries, 

 you can keep them putting out runners, and 

 increasing, clear on till Christmas, by the use 

 of a few sash. Rut let me suggest where you 

 are in danger of making a mistake. vShelter 

 your ])lants with the sashes whenever there is 

 a hard freeze. Even cjuite a frost will not in- 

 jure strawberries at all. When the ground 

 begins to freeze, however, .so as to be hard, 

 then put on the .sash. But do not cover the 

 plants up during a snowstorm. Strawberries 

 seem to rejoice in being covered with snow. I 

 have actually seen harm done by leaving the 

 .sashes on .so as to keep o^the snow during a 

 severe freeze. Strawberries and other hardy 

 plants are better off with a covering of snow 

 than with sashes ; and the same will apply to 

 lettuce where it is sufjficiently hardened — say 

 cold-frame lettuce-plants. Whenever there is 

 severe freezing, however, without an\- snow, 

 then have yotir sashes on. Keeping this in 

 mind will not only save you labor in handling 

 sashes, but it will really save your plants. 

 The snow is nature's covering and protection. 

 Permit me to saj^ right here that we have put 

 in some new and expensive machinery for 

 making an improved article of hot-bed sash, 

 and I believe otir prices are considerably be- 

 low those of good substantial sash anywhere 

 else. See prices in Special Notices. 



Our fall catalog — that is, our usual catalog 

 with prices changed according to the present 

 date (so far as we can fix prices at this time), 

 will be ready to mail to applicants soon after 

 this reaches von. 



OtTR BRIEF VISIT TO T. GREINER, LA SALLE, 

 NIAGARA CO., N. V. 



Friend Root: — I have just been reading what you 

 say about 3'our visit here page TLS). It seems to me 

 you have " pi:t it on a little thick." In fact. I knew 

 that, in the hurry of summer's work, and in conse- 

 quence of my being bvisy otherwise, the place had a 

 neglected appearance ; but had I V:ieen fortunate 

 enough to be at home when you came, I could have 

 shown you many things of interest that the unguided 

 visitor could not possibly have found or discovered. 

 The best sights you miglit have seen are nearly half 

 a mile away froin the home place. 



In regard to that new onion which your printer 

 named "Garganus," let me state that it is Burpee's 

 <".ibraltar, a most excellent variety for fancy trade, 

 equal to the imported Spanish, nearly as large, as 

 mild, and of a light straw color ; must be sold prompt- 

 ly, as it does not seem to be a gjod keeper, especially 

 ill a wet sea.son like this. I hope that next year we 

 shall be able to procure seed, at least by the ounce ; 

 for the past three years we could get it only by the 

 packet, at rather high prices. As to the coal-ash bed, 

 I believe a good layer of manure iindef the coal ashes 

 was responsible for the great thrift of tlie plants more 

 than anv thing else. T. Grkiner. 



La .Salle. N. Y., Oct. S. 



Friend G., I know how it is from my own 

 experience. Sometimes vi.sitors whom I very 

 much wanted to see have gone over our 

 grounds antl entirely overlooked the most 

 important things because I was not there to 

 give particulars. Many thanks for correcting 

 me about that onion. Since you mention it, I 

 rememVjer now that friend Weckesser did call 

 it Gibraltar instead of Garganus ; and, by the 

 way, we will try to have some of the Gibraltar 

 for sale, at least in packets, another season. 



