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remains dormant awaiting the return of 
conditions favorable to its growth. 
So little is really known of the life his- 
tory of this Taphrina that not much can be 
said relative to preventing its attacks. Re- 
moving and destroying all the leaves and 
young shoots as soon as ever they show 
any signs of the malady and. at the proper 
season, cutting well back the branches 
whereon the disease existed, is the most 
rational course to follow that suggests it- 
self. Such treatment ought certainly to 
mitigate the evil. As an experiment, we 
would suggest also that the trees be washed 
or sprayed in March or before the buds be- 
gin to swell, with a strong (80 or 40 per 
cent.) solution of sulphate of iron. 
Our Book: Table. 
Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 
1888. An exceedingly interesting and valuable report 
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The reports of the various departments are Illustrated 
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of careful study. It may be procured by application to 
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Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion. Bulletin IV. Atreatise giving much valuable 
information regarding Injurious Insects, their Identi- 
fication aud extermination by M. H. BECKWITH, Ento- 
mologist. 
University of I llinois. Agricultural Experiment 
Station. Bulletin No. 5. Grasses and Clovers: Effect 
of Ripeness onYield and Composition. Thos. F. Hunt, 
Ass’f Agriculturist. Champaign, 111. 
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 
No. 5. I. Sorghum; II. Important Injurious Insects. 
R. P. Speer, Director, Ames, Iowa. 
A. B. C. in Cheese-making. A short manual for 
Farm Cheese-makers in Cheddar, French Cream, Cheese, 
Neufchatel and Skim-milk Cheese. By J. H. Mourad, 
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report of experiments in wood seasoning by the Chi- 
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and 
other notes. B. E. Fernow, Chief of Forestry Divi- 
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Catarrh Cured. 
A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loath- 
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The Berry Patch. 
(Continued from Page 139.) 
Burt. — The true Burt promises well. The 
plant is of strongest growth and the fruit is 
good for the season. Unfortunately a party 
in Western New York, who has been “boom- 
ing” it, has sent out the old Capt. Jack 
for it, thus giving it a bad name in many 
places. 
Bubach No. 5 sustains its reputation for 
large size and great yield. At the Straw- 
berry Exhibition of Moorestown there were 
few so attractive. It is decidedly soft how- 
ever; almost as much so as the old Col. 
Cheney. 
Bomba did well. As I saw it in Ohio it 
was a decided success. It has proved the 
most robust in plant of all of Mr. Parry’s 
seedlings thus far introduced. Its firmness 
is exceptional for a variety of its season. 
Jessie I fear is inclined to be aristocratic 
— to smile on a few and to frown upon the 
masses. I hear conflicting reports of it 
from all directions. In Maryland as a rule 
it was not a favorite — among the Baltimore 
Belles at all events. She has I am pleased 
to state behaved quite graciously at Mon- 
mouth, but at that Eden of strawberry 
culture — Irvington, N. J. — I saw two plots 
devoted to her, separated only by a few 
rods, one as complete a failure as the most 
bitter rival could wish to see — the other 
with as abundant a crop of large perfect 
beautiful and delicious berries as could 
well be imagined. 
First Season or Gandy proves all that 
any reasonable person can ask as a late var- 
iety. Not only large — very large, beautiful, 
very firm and excellent, it is so late that it 
does not begin to get ripe until almost all 
others are done. We made our last picking 
of other sorts and the first picking of it the 
same day and they were so fine that a dealer 
gave us fifteen cents per quart for the entire 
crop and come to the grounds for them. 
As all other varieties sold for half or less 
than half this price, a statement of this sale 
perhaps tells more of the berry than I can 
in any other way so briefly. From present 
indications it will continue to give fruit 
until the middle of July, nearly a month 
after all others had disappeared. 
Haverland is a success on heavy land, 
but on light soil it is not. In Ohio it was 
prolific, handsome and good; in New Jersey, 
except on deep heavy soil, the fruit was 
abundant but soft, small and unattractive. 
Gold does not amount to much so far as 
indications go. Iv ot specially note worthy 
in any way. 
Pearl bids fair to fulfil its promise as a 
good early profitable berry . It is perhaps 
excelled only by 
Monmouth which heads the list as a large, 
firm and handsome early sort both for the 
home garden and for market. 
Logan is a pleasant sui prise, having been 
overlooked in following up others of less 
merit. Especially in Ohio was it large, 
handsome and excellent, the plant quite 
productive and the perfection of growth. 
Cloud is certainly early and just as cer- 
tainly small. It is an improvement, in size 
however, upon Crystal City with which it 
ripens and the plant resembles and equals 
in vigor the Crescent; apparently unproduc- 
tive, but this may be a characteristic of it 
the first season, as with the Crystal City. 
Daisy and Miami both promise much, but 
I did not see enough of either to enable me 
to learn their character, except that so far 
as the plant is concerned either is all right. 
TICKLERS, 
Seems to me to be an appropriate term 
for the new varieties not yet announced as 
they keep their possessors in a state of un- 
easiness — not exactly pain. Among them 
are two held by Charles B. Horner, Mt. 
Holly. N. J., both of much promise. One, 
produced by Silas Walton, and called, I 
think, Hartford, is certainly handsome, 
though not large, and productive. Mr. 
Horner’s exhibit of it at Moorestown Fair 
was very attractive. The other produced 
by Mr. Horner himself is a large and excep- 
tionally attractive berry. It resembles to a 
degree the Sharpless, hut is distinct and I 
think has a future. 
A seedling belonging to F. Chairs & Bro., 
Anne Arundel Co., Md., I went to see at its 
home and found it a marvel of productive- 
ness the most prolific of any variety with a 
perfect hlossom that I have yet seen. It is 
also of good size, quality and color, and is a 
variety that will doubtless make a noise in 
the world, in the near future. 
A collection of seedlings produced by 
John Little, of Canada, which I saw in 
bearing on the grounds of E. W. Reid, 
Bridgeport, Ohio, give much promise, com- 
bining — as several of them do — vigorous 
growth, large size and enormous yield. The 
quality, how ever, did not seem of the best 
so far as I tested them. 
E. P. Beebe, Elizabeth, N. J., has also 
two seedlings of undoubted merit. His 
No. 1 has nearly the size of the Sharpless, is 
of good bright color and ripens well to the 
tip. On his grounds the plant is all that 
can be desired and is prolific for a berry so 
large. The other, No. 2, is unrivaled in 
firmness and of very high quality. Should 
it prove productive it will be a seven days 
wonder. 
One of the most remarkable, if not the 
most remarkable collection of seedling 
strawberries it bas ever been my pleasure 
to examine is that of H. H. Alley, of Essex 
County, N. J. He has dozens, scores of va- 
rieties, which, on his grounds, excel any- 
thing at present in general cultivation. Un- 
less I am greatly mistaken they will soon 
be heard from with no uncertain sound, 
but in a way that wall cause tnousands and 
tens of thousands to bless the name of 
“Alley.” — J. T. Lovett. 
First Season or Gandy. 
The Gandy surpasses anything ever seen 
or heard of in this section. For vigor of 
growth, productiveness, and size it surpasses 
every other kind grown here, and its flavor 
is splendid. It will certainly prove to be 
the very berry wanted in North Western 
Mo. — Chas. Pipkin, M. D., Davies Co., Mo. 
