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POPULAR GARDENING. 



August, 



has Riven many other less deserving varieties a 

 short period of popularity. 



LONOFELLOw. This needs further trial on our 

 grounds. 



Lower. A rank grower and moderate bearer; 

 berries medium to very large; moderately flrra; 

 holding their size well to end of season. Foliage 

 inclined to rust. 

 Monarch of the West. Badly winter-killed. 

 Monmouth. Perhaps the dwarfest grower in 

 the lot, but setting fruit freely. Berry, medium 

 in size, and comes early. 



Mav Kino. We could not recognize in this 

 the same variety we have seen in New Jersey, 

 where the fruit is early and borne well up among 

 the foliage. A dwarf grower; fruit soft, of 

 medium size. Productive. 



Manchester. Foliage not extra thrifty, but 

 holds out well. Fruit medium sized; soft to very 

 soft. Productive, but probably not wanted for 

 market here. 



New Dominion. Mod- 

 erately productive; me- 

 dium to late in season; 

 rather soft and sour; 

 plants rather dwarf; not 

 of much promise. 



NiCANOR. Foliage 



dwarfish and badly spot- 

 ted;_fruit small, firm, of 

 high quality, but not 

 much of it in (luantity. 



Parry. A shy bearer, 

 of soft light colored fruit. 

 Not of great promise for 

 this locality. 



Pearl. Badly winter- 

 killed. Fruit somewhat 

 soft. 



Pineapple. A strong 

 plant, but a shy bearer. 

 Fruit of good (luality. 



Piper. This has the 

 flavor and appearance 

 and growth of an en- 

 larged wild berry, but is 

 a shy bearer. People who 

 are longing for the old 

 wild Strawberry may 

 have it in the Piper. 



Phelps (Old Ironclad). 

 Foliage rusty ; not much 

 fruit; early. 



Summit. Badly winter- 

 killed. 



Seneca Queen. Badly 

 winter-killed. 



Triumph de Gand. 

 Plants badly winter- 

 killed, and not giving a 

 fair show. 



ViCK. Foliage healthy; 

 fruit firm as an Apple : 

 otherwise the less said 

 about it the better for it. 

 Warfield (No. 3.) 

 A wonderfully strong 

 grower, and free pro- 

 ducer of plants. Enor- 

 mously productive; fruit 

 medium to large in 



size, holding out well to end of season. Seems 

 to exceed Wilson in firmness. Quality approach- 

 ing Wilson, leas seedy, of rich dark color. Hard- 

 ly a blemish found on the specimens, regular in 

 size and shape. This seems to be our most 

 promising berry for long distance shipment. 



Woodruff. A shy producer of irregular 

 berries. Not promising. 



Windsor (Chief). Has remarkably healthy 

 foliage, and produces runners freely. Fruit 

 fairly abundant, of medium size, fair quality, 

 inclined to tart. 



Wilson. This, though last, is by no means the 

 least in the list, and if we leave the decision with 

 the cook we are apt to hear the reply, " give us 

 the Wilson." The fact is that this variety is yet 

 one of the most reliable for market, and perhaps 

 the most popular, without exception, with buy- 

 ers. The growers in this vicinity plant Wilson 

 almost exclusively, and whether the introduction 

 of more recent varieties will work a revolution 

 in this respect, remains yet to be seen. The 

 Wilson when in its prime and well-grown is a 

 firm, well-colored, well-shaped berry, but it has 

 serious objections, foremost among them, the 

 inclination to run out after the first picking. It 

 sets more fruit in proportion to its foliage 

 than any other variety we know of, but only a 

 small part of this reaches a respectable size. It 



soon dwindles down both in fruit and foliage. 

 The latter here is usually inclined to rust, and 

 gives out early. The berry is decidedly seedy, 

 and has a characteristic tartness of its own. 



COMMENTS BY READERS 



A flrpartuu'nt to which all are invited to seyttl notes 

 of experience and observation concerning topics that 

 recently have been treated on in this Journal, many 

 such contributions monthly are welcome. 



Fruit Prospects in Illinois. Our Grape 

 crop shows up very favorably. Moore's Dia- 

 mond has stood unprotected, yet wintered well, 

 even on wet soil. It is my best grower, and a 

 profuse bearer. The fruit last year kept six 

 weeks in nice condition on ray tables in office. 

 I have 500 bearing vines of Diamond, and wish 

 my 30,000 bearing vines were all "Diamonds." 

 Cherry crop is immense. We are picking now 

 Early Richmonds. I have 3,000 trees of them in 



CLUSTER OF BUB*CH (No. 5) STRAWBERRY AS SKETCHED ON OUR GROUNDS. 



bearing. Kieffer Pear and Meech Quince well 

 set. Apples small crop. Industry Gooseberry, 

 Lucretia Dewberry and all sorts ftf Currants are 

 bearing immensely. Strawberries only % crop. 

 I have over 10,000 Roses now in full bloom, and 

 .lust as many Peonies.— />r. H Schroedcr,McLean 

 ('(>. Tllirw'ti. 



The Fruit Report. The Apple, Pear, Peach, 

 Plum and Cherry crops prove to be an entire 

 failure this year. We had a full crop of Straw- 

 berries. Hlackberries, and Grapes also full crop. 

 Currants and Gooseberries only one quarter 

 crop. I have lately traveled 40 miles from here, 

 and never saw a Pestchor Apple.— J.Luther B(nv- 

 ers, Fairfax Co., Va . 



Planting Evergreens in August. Mr. 

 Hoopes, good authority, is more firmly convinced 

 than ever that for transplanting Evergreens 

 August is really the better season than spring. 

 We should hear in mind, however, he says, that 

 removal during the heat of summer is conducive 

 to rapid evaporation, and caution must be ob- 

 served to provide an abundance of moisture, 

 not only over the roots, but over the entire top. 

 For this reason choose a dull, cloudy day for the 

 work, and if a light, drizzling rain be falling all 

 the better. A great point gained in summer 

 transplanting is the formation of new roots in I 

 the fresh soil, thus enabling the tree to endure 



the winter. The Piue family, as a rule, are 

 among the most diflScult subjects to transplant 

 properly and the next, perhaps is the Fir. This is 

 owing mainly to the character of the roots, 

 which in the former at least generally have few 

 fibres. On the other hand, the Arbor-vitje and 

 Yew are removed quite readily on account of 

 the numerous small roots. 



No Peaches in Delaware. The Peach crop 

 was destroyed by the frosts of March and April. 

 The same frosts destroyed nearly all the Apples 

 and Pears. So far as I have seen there are few 

 Cherries. While the Strawberry crop was less than 

 an average, it has been more profitable than 

 some years when there was a much larger crop. 

 The Rose beetle has been destructive to Grapes 

 for three years past, in some parts of this penin- 

 sula, by eating the blossoms or very young fruit. 

 No effective remedy has yet been found. But 

 black rot has destroyed the Grapes where the 

 Rose beetle has not. The Bordeaux mixture has 

 proved only a partial and 

 very unsatisfactory rem- 

 edy. It sticks to the fruit, 

 making it unsalable but 

 can be removed by water 

 acidulated with vinegar. 

 The Peach yellows is 

 making some progress, 

 and growei-s are not yet 

 fully alive to the neces- 

 sity of digging out the 

 trees as soon as they are 

 affected. This seems the 

 only way to prevent it 

 from spreading. There 

 is as yet no cure known 

 here, and no preventive, 

 except it be digging out 

 the diseased trees. Pear 

 leaf-blight has been more 

 injurious of late years 

 than Pear blight. Last 

 year it defoliated many 

 orchards and prevented 

 the proper maturing of 

 the wood. The Bordeaux 

 mixture is a satisfactory 

 remedy.— Wesley Webh, 

 Kent Co., Del. 



Condition of Frdit 

 Crop in Mo. Apples 

 around here a half crop. 

 Pears not ten per cent, 

 of a crop. Peaches very 

 few and they 'are drop- 

 ping prematurely. Rasp- 

 berries, a full crop. 

 Blackberries also extra 

 fine. Plums none except 

 the Golden Beauty which 

 has a fair crop on sound 

 trees. Should the weather 

 continue ten days longer 

 a.s (ivy and hot as it has 

 been the last two weeks 

 (and it looks gloomy) the 

 Strawberrybcds will bum 

 up, and the Apples will 

 dry on the trees. A hard 

 .season on the fruit growers around here — 

 .S. Miller, Mimtgnmery Co., Mn. 



Amaryllis Johnsonii. The small bulb which 

 grows with each blossom stalk will bloom the 

 second or third year after removal. If desired 

 for summer blooming, put in autumn in a light 

 cellar until spring, then bring it up to light>ind 

 heat, and water profusely. The best soil for 

 summer blooming is rich loam and peat, or 

 swamp-muck— they revel in this. .Still ani>ther 

 way is to keep them growing all summer; they 

 are left in the pots and set on the ground in a 

 somewhat shady place ; repot once in five years, 

 but each spring and fall dig out some of the 

 earth and put in fresh soil; black velvety, swamp 

 muck is the best if you can get it. For this 

 method of treatment from four to five or six 

 bulbs can be planted in one large pot, and each 

 plant will give about four blossoms each sea- 

 son.— Horterwe Share. 



Managing the Cucumber Beetle. "Pickle 

 Eater" says he will plant away out in the fields 

 where the beetles will not find the plants. The 

 best way is to plant near the house, and watch 

 the vines closely. Last season I raised 13.') dozen 

 large pickles on a plot 3() feet scpiare, which had 

 been planted in Cucumbers for the last 30 years. 

 The beetles were plenty. I put a pint of kerosene 

 into a vessel and stirred about three tablespoon- 



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