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the Pomological Division is giving such 
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LITTLE SILVER. N. J., DEC.. 1891. 
CONTEXTS. 
Apple Familes 202 
Apples. Russian 2021 
Apples, 'ome Southern. 203 
Bessemlanka Pear, The.203 
Catalogues Received. . .205 
Children, The 211 
Christmas Candies... .211 
Christmas Gifts 210 
Chrysanthemums after 
Blooming 202 
Clubbing List 205 
Ferns in the House 201 
Fiowets in December . 201 
Fruit Notes from Mo. . .207 
Grape Notes, A Few ..207 
Harlequin Cabbage Bug 209 
Japan Golden Russet 
Pear 206 
Jerusalem Cherry, The. 202 
Jucunda Improved 
Strawberry 207 
Marketing, Rules for. . .211 
Nursing as a Profession. 210 
Palmer Raspberry, The.207 
Premiums 198,199,200 
Plum Culture, Native. .206 
Pruning 206 
Report of Dept, of Agri- 
culture 204 
Roses, Some Mention of .202 
Strawberries in N. C 207 
Suggestions for Winter. 209 
C nseasonable Fruits & . . 
Flowers 204 
Vegetables. Season's Ex- 
perience with, 208 
Women at the World’s.. 
Fair 211 
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The Department of Agriculture Report. 
Secretary Rusk has presented to the 
President his third annual report as Secre- 
tary of Agriculture. We can spare space 
here only to refer to that portion relating 
to the pomological division which will be of 
most interest to our readers. He reports that 
the fruit crop has been unusually large. 
All the orchards fruits have borne abund- 
antly in almost e.very section; the plum 
crop is reported as being the largest 
ever known; and small fruits and grapes 
have been very prolific. The text and the 
plates of the wild grape monograph are 
completed and ready for the printer; but 
the expense of publishing the plates is so 
great that he is not yet justified in ordering 
their publication from the regular printing 
fund. The monograph is really of such 
value that it is hoped that the means may 
be provided for this publication. 
A bulletin on the nuts of America, with 
illustrations, is now in press. Some new 
fruits have been imported and are being 
tested; among them, persimmons from 
Japan, reputed to be hardy enough for the 
Northern States; and some date palms from 
Arabia for the semi-tropical regions. Some 
new native fruits have been distributed, 
and more could be done in this line if the 
means were afforded. 
One of the problems in pomological cir- 
cles is how to secure a class of apples for 
the northwestern states that can endure 
their northern climate. It is claimed that, 
while much good has been accomplished by 
cultivating the Russian apples, it is found 
that they do not prove as successful as was 
hoped. Fruit-growers, therefore, have an 
ticipated a possibility of securing a stock 
sufficiently hardy for the northern climate, 
and of good quality, from the propagation 
of wild fruit and native seedlings and by 
experimenting therewith, selecting and 
sifting continually the best, until really val- 
uable ones may he obtained. It is claimed 
that the most valuable apples they have to- 
day in the Northwest are not Russians, but 
have been developed on their own soil in 
| the way above indicated. For this reason 
Unseasonable Fruits and Flowers. 
Ripe Strawberries and Raspberries picked 
at various times up to the twenty second of 
October in some of the New England states, 
and doubtless elsewhere, were pleasant re- 
minders of the remarkable autumn of the 
year just closing. We do not mean two or 
three berries, bui quantities of them. We 
have good reason to know that some of 
these were not small, tough, and acid, but 
of nearly average size and plumpness. Ap- 
ples, Pears, Cherries, several kinds of 
shrubs, etc., blooming out of season, were 
also more or less common. Many people 
wondered to see fruit and blossoms on the 
same tree, though it has happened before. 
These things are worthy of being noted. 
How widely these conditions prevailed we 
can only conjecture; but some person suf- 
ficiently curious in such matters could, by 
extending his labors over the whole coun- 
try, bring together a large mass of very in- 
teresting statistics. We should like to see 
it done. 
New York Chrysanthemum Show. 
The great Chrysanthemum Show, as an- 
nounced took placed in Madison Square 
Garden, November 2 to 8, and it is gratify- 
ing to record was a grand success both as to 
the display and also from a financial aspect. 
The display of cut blooms in vases was ex- 
ceptionably fine and was the most gorgeous 
feature of the show. The exhibit of seed- 
lings was grand and exceeded six hundred 
in number. The general public do not 
always understand that at such exhibitions 
the flowers are arranged for convenience in 
judging, and without any regard to their 
general effect. It often happens therefore 
that they are viewed en masse as a display 
with disappointment and sometimes com- 
pared unfavorably with eGiibiuons of 
flowers arranged altogether with a view to 
their general effect as a show. This cannot 
be done where judgment is to be rendered 
and prizes awarded. The cut flowers at the 
recent exhibition in New York were grand, 
and it is doubtful if such a collection of 
Chrysanthemum seedlings as was there 
shown has ever been seen before. 
