SEPT 24. 



MOO&E'S RUKAL HEW-YG&KER. 



iflTJCULTtiBAL: 



fruits toe names. 



Pbahs.— Tfae pes™ " nl nB b J s ' SniKUAX, of 

 Medina, N. V-, were small specimens of SU%mf 

 €tn*t#. B* Nboelst 4 Co., Pittsburgh, Bufum. 



Applek— From Jossm Macoudcr, MscedoD, N. 

 Y. No. 1, not cultivated here, and not wor 

 cnJhtaticQ, while we have bo many good 

 ripening at the same lime. N< 

 known; a poor apple. No. 3, Early Strawberry. 

 No. 4, 1/^rter Setting, a very fair apple, but 

 early sweet apples are not as valuable as those 

 that will keep well IhrougU the winter for bnkiog, 

 when olber fruit is scarce. No, t>, Primate, and is, 

 as our correspondent suggests, the same as sent 

 us by Mr. Warren, as we have since ascertained. 



Prom D. B. Waitb, of Springwater, N. Y., »l* 

 Tarieties of apples. No, 1, Ifowlcy. No, 2, n va- 

 riety grown in a fen orchards here, and called 

 Oranberry Pippin. No. 3, a sweet apple, 

 ripe and dry; name, if it has aoy, unkuowo 

 4, a poor apple; name unknown. No. 5, '1 

 Ovtuk. No. 0, natural fruit. 



From Jaubs Clark, Greece, N, Y., due 

 mens of the llawt></. 



*ks beyond the ordinary tim 



time. As it 



- the - 





n of setting 



trawberries. 



I would say 







there is In 



le danger of 





i Wgb 



r„ 



the Wil*on 



while other 



varieties in 





ri* 



nee. will hardly bear it. 



Code* Lawn 



fc ' 





i. 



Lea WlXUB. 





THE 

 In wc 



CUCUMBER. 



people bare 



We bare o 





red why tbe 



been io loi ^ 



■DBtenl 



«. 



b the poor, 



ittle misera- 



ble eaeambe 





a 



re grown al 





salty in Ibis < 



nntrj 



FO 



far sa we bar 



eseen. The 



A HEW HEDGE PLANT. 



, before 



UHSU, Ens.: — Although I hi 

 taken the privilege of addressing juu on tL 

 that partake of public utility, ] prill now ma 

 . ■■ Mjftwrf. I have in my posse: 

 ion 1 consider very latuabte — 

 ■ l uie by a Mr. (Jeoiigl Scarbijro 

 a gentleman and traveler, lie put these seeds 

 iota my bauds last June, to the city of Owenshoro, 

 Kentucky. This geDilemnn, 



lover Syria, Egypt, I 1 

 Pfltnc, found ibis seed growing on a bedge on the 

 mouulains of Sjna, near Zebediiny, Syria. 1 will 

 give you Ins own words concerning it : 



"Syrian HEnac. — The seeds of this hedge, or 

 thorn-bush, were collected by me on the r.:d of 

 . near Zebednuy, Syria, about half way 

 between Damascus and Duatbeck, qt Heliopulis, ut 

 ao altitude of 4,000 feet above the sea level,— lut. 

 38J<*N., Ion. 30" E. from Qrcenw 

 a /nWy sArufl, and I should think 

 admirably goud in the Northern Slates for a hedge. 

 At the time 1 collected the seed, the snows were 

 lying upoD the mountains on both sideB of the 

 valley, in which also the shrub was growing, and 

 yet, though ho early in the season, in tbat Alpine 

 region, the new leaves were pretty well grown. 

 Tlw last year's need were still lingering upon tbei 



I think 

 preferable lu the Osage Orange, inasmuch as 

 requires less labor with Ibe shears or pruoii 

 t grows much thicker, and mak 







As I think a great deal of 

 lund of the Ancients, 1 would like to know the best 

 wuy of propagating it from the seed. The seeds 

 are inclosed in n soft, pithy substance, looking like 

 and about the elzc of vest buttons covered with 

 buW ttoth or muslin. These little buttons when 

 open, contain from three to live seeds, which have 

 about the appearance and density of Locust seeds. 

 Mr. BCABOOKODOB had but a very few of the seeds, 

 and was very anxious I should give them a fair 

 chance, and if successful, they may 

 beet hedge plant for the North that has cv, 

 W. n. Wn 



. l.m 



••■pi.. 



BniABEi.— We would plant a few of these seeds 

 in a nicely prepared bed this fall, ond keep the 

 balance until spring, when they would doubtless 

 germinate better for being soaked 

 Pour on them water a little hotter than the hand 

 con bear, and then let them soak for twenty-four 



winter would probably produi 

 and in the spring they would be ready to 

 note. You might give a few seed to some nursery- 

 man who has a propagatinghouse. By taking this 

 course, if there is any vitality in the seeds you 

 would bo certain to obtain plants. 



CULTURE OP STRAWBERRIES. 



Messrs. Ens,:— Not wishing to occupy too much 

 Space in your paper, to the exclusion of more val- 

 uable matter, I send you this 

 some reluctance, but I would like to give to my 

 brother strawberry growers a little of my experi- 

 ence, which has been of considerable advantngeto 

 me the present season, iu extending the time of 



rthe 



fpl« 



quently it was very 



dared to put on even for a c 

 that down to none at all. *j 

 cover the piece and being 

 obliged to plant it as it wai 

 manure was applied the i 

 nothing but u mass of vines 

 The present season when t 

 tare, that part of the plat w 

 Dure commenced ripening I 

 picking from this bed the 

 Early Scarlets from the ot 



nly done. Some places 

 aore than 1 should have 

 i crop of corn, and from 

 HotuartngBoffiofeotto 



but 





and I commenced 

 i doy I did of the 

 beds. The bed I 

 planted with Willsou's Albany 

 other strawberry 



Seedling, M d T hiTe f ot]nd 



that would bear high manuring but that 

 propon.on a, t be maou re was spread 

 ripened \hnnfr the season, and that portion of. 

 manure was applied 

 magnificent crop of 



the piece 

 the lost; but 



1 S*^!S Cr0p of b ""«. "d 'hat of 



s extended the time of picking 



seed dealers lub*l their paper bags -Long Ore* 

 and '• L'arly Frame," but the fruit produced fro 

 each will be of all sizes and forms. A look in 

 the London rD&ritts, or ev^n 

 of any provin- 

 cial town in England would 

 astooitb our gardcnerB and 



inging from one ti 



i length, and from tin 

 i four inches in diameter, 



ness aud flavor tbey are for 

 superior to anything we 

 grow. Oor climate, we are 

 sotifcucd, is far more favoin- 

 ble to the growth and per- 

 fection *f tbe cucumber than 

 tbat of England, and yet 

 while tbat country is every 

 year growi 



getable, 

 are sati-Ced with the 

 poor mongrel 



grown thirty years ogo. In- 

 deed, there icems a great 

 prejudice against a change, 

 disposed 



worthies*. Some few yci 

 happened to be 



Horticultural Society's Ex- 

 hibition, and was rejoiced to 



hers, grown from imported 



find the majority of 

 determined to 

 award the first premium to 

 tbe old sort, declaring this 

 largo over-grown things to 

 be worthless, a kind of a 

 gourtt. We prevailed upon 

 them to waive their decision 

 until we had time to pre- /■ 

 pare a plate or each tit for 

 way that they could 



presented tbe mi 

 All agreed that the* large 

 the others in all qualities of a good cucumber. 

 Charlton, gardener to Joseph Hall, of thi 

 has presented us this season with several 



of Lord Kenyan's Favorite, a popular English 



below. Of one of tbe specii 

 ving. It is two feet in length, and three 

 all respects a beauti- 

 ful specimen. 



Editors Rdral:— I have seat you a variety o! 

 cucumbers grown by me this 

 air, the kind being Lord Awii 

 a specimen of the White Spit 

 ter kind for tbe table, I believe does not 

 Cucumbers, like every other plant, will gr 



degree of vigor 

 provided they be supplied with a sufficiency 



It is often a matter of surprise to me, to see he 

 readily tbe inhabitants of this and other cities w 

 buy the poor kinds of cucumbers that 

 for sale. Now, I will assure your readers that if 

 they procured seed of this variety, and that having 

 once tasted it, tbey will never be induced to pur- 

 chase the hard, seedy, flavorless kind with which 

 they are at present content, and which is only fit 

 for pickles, and for that purpose should never be 

 allowed to grow longer than from two three 

 inebes io length. 



The seed of this spec: 

 June, and it has proved 

 common kinds, besides being the beet forcer that 

 I know of. The criterion or a good cucumber is 

 ivitha fiuebloom.as in the plum, 

 ill retaining the flower on the end of 

 SecdB of tbia variety cau bo procured 



CULTIVATION OF THE BLACKBERRY. 



bluckberr 



mark the plants needed, webs i 



sure you get the best sorts." 



blackberry cane bas/Vu 



established before too e 

 While referring to tfc 



year's observation has decided i 

 cultivation of No. 1, »here described. Il 8 brier- 

 less form and txxteding rithnue, weald make il 

 truly valuable garden finit, if | 

 ally if it l 



ten I have bope. Tne plants 

 found a plat far away 

 from any other briers, in the "Oak Openings'' of 

 Calhoun Co., Michigan. Two yean ego I found a 

 loaded with the best of berries in the 

 middle of the great Sodus blackberry plains. All 

 the rest that I know of are scattered a few in a 

 place along some fences. I would be willing to 

 send a few of the plants to those vi 

 to try them, but the first mad would overwhelm 

 me with applications. Let any one in seeking 

 these plants discriminate carefully, between tbfae 

 described as faUe, and i 

 see if a can find a larger snpply ; ant 

 so, will let tbe public know through the udvertis 

 ig columns of tbe Rural. H. H. Doolittle. 

 Oaks Corner*, N. T., 1869. '" 





DWAEF PEARS, 





Eoa Ro 



ul:- Daring the late controversy 





s of the Ri'iul on the cul 





Dwarf Pea 



r, being a novice in the 





chose to look on silently rather than t 





tbe discuss 



on, and try to profil by the 



nperien 



or others. 



Tbe conflict bemg over, 

 ared away, and all being a 



OWq'Tet 



propose to 

 ness and 



give my little experience i 

 ts results. I purchased th 



a Ihebu 

 B farm 



which I a 



dw reside, in 1853. There w 



ere on % 



r superior 1 



rtcty, and a 



Did. The name of the other is unkno 

 but it is a great bearer, fruit of medium 

 email size, of a pale green color, turning slightly 

 jellow, when ripe, lute in autumu. 

 Thomas' Fruit CuUu. 



avelly loam, deep and warm ; have 

 me with barnyard manure freely 

 . Tbe treeB have been very pro- 

 Ond had the fruit been marketed at ruling 

 y tbe barrel, would have paid annually the 

 interest of $20 or $25 per tree. In the spring o 

 185S, I purchased of Mr. T. Q. Ybouaks twenty -liv. 

 beaul-ful trees, and set them. All lived and did 

 remarkably well the GrBl year. Last sprjnj 

 ( ItartUtU.) separated from the stock ; one of the 

 ariety is somewhat affected 

 i remainder are all right. Sc 

 BartU 

 lead. I am so well satisfied with the 

 am preparing ground for the addit 

 twenty or thirty to my stock 



t blossomed 



has nine pearfi, (Barllelte,) of large 

 weeks later ij blossomed again, and 

 crop, about the 

 of a butternut. They are now thrifty, but 

 doubtless fail to mature before autumn froBts 

 you or any of your numerous readers have 

 nessed anything of the kind I should like to 

 from them. J. W. Coluss. 



