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January  30 
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OUR  NEW  GRAPE. 
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The  new  Grape,  Carman,  originated  and 
being  propagated  by  T.  V.  Munson,  has 
been  tested  by  the  well-known  grape 
grower  and  expert,  George  W.  Campbell 
of  Ohio,  who  says  : 
“  Mr.  Munson  is  doing  more  and  better 
work  in  the  way  of  improving  our  native 
varieties  of  grapes  by  hybridizing  and 
crossing  than  any  or  all  who  have  pre¬ 
ceded  him.”  Of  the  Carman  he  says  it  is 
“  better  in  quality  than  the  popular  Con¬ 
cord  and  I  think  it  will  keep  longer  and 
ship  better.”  Describing  the  grape,  he 
speaks  of  it  as  “bearing  beautiful  conical 
clusters  six  inches  long,  compact  and 
symmetrical,  slightly  shouldered.  The 
berries  are  medium  large,  round,  shin¬ 
ing  black  with  light  purple  bloom, 
adhering  very  firmly  to  the  stems 
after  long  shipment  and  much  handling. 
Skin  thin,  but  tenacious,  pulp  a  little 
tough,  but  parting  freely  from  the  seeds, 
which  are  medium  large,  two  to  four  to 
the  berry.  Flavor  pure,  rich,  sprightly 
and  sound  to  the  center.  A  grape  of  high 
character  and  sure  to  be  popular  wherever 
it  can  be  successfully  grown.” 
We  believe  it  to  be  fully  as  valuable  as 
any  of  the  sorts  that  have  been  sold,  on 
introduction,  at  Five  Dollars  a  vine.  But 
we  propose  to  give  a  vine  to  each  regular 
subscriber  to  The  Rural  New-Yorker 
who  applies  for  it  in  season.  Please  do 
not  send  for  it  now,  as  the  vines  are  not 
ready  for  distribution,  but  they  are  being 
propag'ated  in  great  numbers  solely  for 
this  purpose.  When  ready  to  be  sent 
out,  we  will  give  full  particulars  in  this 
column. 
Another  TOMATO,  originated  at  the 
Rural  Grounds,  which  promises  to  be  un¬ 
equaled  ;  a  new  EARLY  POTATO,  to 
equal  our  famous  late  No.  2,  and  a  new 
BEAN  will  be  ready  in  the  near  future. 
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IN  THE  NEAR  FUTURE. 
Farmers'  Institute,  Waterville,  N.  Y . Jan.  22, 
Geneva,  N.  Y . Jan. 
Canandaigua,  N.  Y . Jan. 
Oneida,  N.  Y . Jan.  27, 
Auburn,  N.  Y . Jan.  29, 
Groton,  N.  Y . Feb.  1 
Penn  Yan,  N.  Y . Feb 
Watkins,  N.  Y . Feb 
Bath,  N.  Y . Feb.  5, 
Andover,  N.  Y . Feb.  8 
Hornellsville,  N.  Y . Feb. 
liorsebeads,  N.  Y . Feb. 
Riehford,  N.  Y . Feb. 
Nichols,  N.  Y.... . „ . ...Feb. 
Greene,  N.  Y . Feb. 
Dutch  Belted  Cattle  Association,  Cosmopoli¬ 
tan  Hotel,  New  York . Feb. 
New  Jersey  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Tren¬ 
ton,  N.  J . Jan.  19, 
Western  N.  Y.  Horticultural,  Rochester . Jan.  27, 
National  Butter  and  Cheese  Makers,  Madi¬ 
son,  Wls . Feb.  1(1, 
Pennsylvania  Dairymen,  Meadvllle . Feb.  10. 
Agricultural  news. 
There  is  but  little  danger,  for  years  to  come,  of  an 
over-supply  of  llrst-class  celery,  and  there  need  be 
but  little  danger  In  growing  It  that  the  crop  will 
not  command  fair  prices. 
The  butter  market  Is  in  a  fairly  satisfactory  condi¬ 
tion.  The  supply  Is  ample,  but  fine  grades  still  rule 
above  30  cents,  and  good  dairy  butter  sells  at  prices 
running  from  20  to  25  cents. 
Potatoes  rule  low  yet  with  an  ample  supply.  The 
continued  warm  weather  has  made  shipments  easy 
and  practical,  and  this  has  tended  to  depress  the 
price.  Some  prolonged  cold  weather  would  tend  to 
stiffen  prices  by  shutting  off  shipments. 
The  following  sales  have  been  recently  made  from 
the  famous  Old  Brick  Guernsey  herd  of  Mrs.  S.  P. 
Taber  Willetts,  of  Roslyn,  Long  Island:  a  heifer  and 
a  young  bull  to  A.  L.  Blalsdell,  Me.— a  fine  young  bull 
to  Connecticut,  another  to  Michigan,  and  orders  are 
in  for  animals,  from  the  South  and  West. 
Mr.  G.  8.  Palmer,  a  well-known  and  honorable  com¬ 
mission  merchant  and  fruit  dealer  of  166  Reade 
Street,  this  city,  died  early  this  month.  The  business 
of  the  lirm  will  be  continued  by  Palmer,  ltlvenburg 
&  Co.  Mr.  E.  C.  Palmer  Is  a  brother  of  the  deceased, 
and,  with  Mr.  Rlvenburg,  has  been  In  this  establish¬ 
ment  for  many  years. 
Mr.  John  W.  Akin,  of  Scipio,  N.  Y.,  writes:  “  Sales 
of  my  imported  and  home-bred  Percheron  stock  have 
been  very  brisk  of  late.  The  five-year-old  Percheron 
stallion,  Halifax,  goes  to  the  Chapin  Hill  Horse  Com¬ 
pany.  Mr.  E.  R.  Dennis,  of  Elllcot  City,  Md.,  takes 
two  black  mares,  Ultra  and  Lena,  Harold,  a  black 
three-year-old,  goes  to  E.  Harrington,  Osceola,  Pa., 
and  to  I.  Fraln,  Aldra,  Pa.,  go  three  black  weanling 
colts.  F.  Rockafeller,  Cleveland,  O.,  vice-president 
of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  takes  six  mares,  stall¬ 
ions  and  colts.  The  season  of  1892  shows  an  Increased 
interest  in  the  finer  classes  of  Percheron  and  French 
Coach  horses  throughout  the  country,  and  a  corres¬ 
ponding  decrease  both  In  values  and  Interest  In  com¬ 
mon  and  scrub  stock.” 
Condensed  Correspondence. 
New  Hampshire,  Dover,  Strafford  County, 
January  If.— It  has  been  very  dry  here  and  farmers 
have  had  to  haul  water  and  drive  their  stock  quite  a 
long  distance  to  water.  Many  wells  are  dry.  We 
have  had  no  sleighing  yet.  w.  k.  r. 
Nebraska,  Greeley  County,  January  17.— 
The  past  has  been  the  best  season  this  county  has 
known  during  the  last  eight  years.  The  yields  of 
small  grains  were  unusually  large  and  prices  good- 
oats,  20  cents;  wheat,  in  the  fall,  brought  75  cents, 
now  it  is  only  04.  The  corn  crop  was  Immense,  and 
much  of  It  has  been  contracted  for  at  25  cents;  hay 
brings  but  $2.50  per  ton;  fat  hogs,  $3.25;  cattle  are 
cheap.  Eggs  have  been  20  cents  during  the  entire  fall 
and  winter;  butter  is  20  cents.  The  winter  has  been 
pleasant  so  far.  w.  R.  W. 
Ohio,  Scioto  County,  January'  16.— During  the 
last  three  days  this  part  of  the  country  has  changed 
from  a  bleak,  barren  scene  into  a  perfect  fairyland. 
Two  days'  rain  with  the  water  freezing  as  fast  as  it 
fell  has  thickly  coated  all  the  trees  with  Ice.  The 
grape  vines  are  hung  with  lovely  pendants  and  every 
weed  or  blade  of  grass  holds  up  a  monstrous  head  of 
Ice,  to  be  stepped  upon  and  snapped  asunder  like 
glass.  While  we  admire  this  scene,  we  can  but  sigh  at 
the  destruction  going  on.  Crash!  crash!  go  the  limbs 
from  our  favorite  shade  trees,  and  the  noise  made  is 
like  the  falling  of  huge  trees  before  the  woodman’s 
axe.  Trees  standing  on  hill-sides  have  become  so  top- 
heavy  with  their  Icy  coating  that  they  have  become 
uprooted.  Upright  peach  trees  are  touching  the 
ground.  Trees  by  the  roadside  are  bent  until  the  nar¬ 
row  road  is  obstructed.  Some  apple  trees  are  stripped 
bare  of  branches.  One  man  engaged  In  tlipber  specu¬ 
lations  estimates  his  loss  at  $1,000  on  a  small  contract. 
1  never  saw  a  scene  like  the  present  before,  except  in 
pictures.  F.  G. 
New  Jersey,  Salem,  Salem  County,  January, 
14.— There  has  been  a  change  of  40  degrees  in  the 
temperature  here  within  24  hours.  It  was  just  getting 
the  right  temperature  to  Insure  a  crop  of  ice.  when, 
lo!  the  wind  shifted,  the  rains  descended  and  the 
floods  almost  came.  With  our  large  dairy  Interests,  a 
crop  of  ice  is  an  important  Item,  usually  making  a 
difference  of  50  per  cent  in  the  cost  of  this  useful 
dairy  article.  Wheat  is  looking  well  and  growing  all 
the  time.  No  freezing  and  thawing  of  any  account 
yet  to  Injure  It.  Acreage  fully  up  to  the  average,  but 
ahead  of  last  year’s.  Horse  breeding  Is  claiming  a 
goodly  share  of  attention  and  we  are  beginning  to 
turn  out  some  line  stock.  Standard-bred  horses  are 
the  favorites,  as  combining  the  best  qualities  of  use¬ 
fulness  and  beauty.  Prices  areas  follows:  Wheat.  $1, 
corn,  47  cents  and  50  cents;  hay,  $12;  potatoes,  30 
cents;  bran,  $21;  pork,  5  cents;  chickens,  16  to  18 cents; 
turkeys,  18  cents;  geese.  12  cents. 
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This  excellent  variety  is  distinguished  from  all 
others  by  its  large  stiff  stalks,  as  shown  in  the  engrav¬ 
ing,  standing  up  like  a  tree  without  support  of  any  kind. 
It  bears  very  abundantly  of  large,  bright  red  to¬ 
matoes,  very  smooth,  and  of  fine  flavor;  it  is  ex¬ 
tremely  early  and  entirely  free  from  rot;  the  leaves 
are  very  curly  and  of  a  very  dark  green,  almost  black, 
I  making  the  plant  very  ornamental  as  well  as  useful. 
FINCH’S  EVERGREEN  CUCUMBER 
A  very  handsome  variety  of  superior  quality,  firm 
and  crisp,  of  a  dark  green  color,  growing  from  1 0  to  1 2 
inches  in  length,  and  . . .  productive. 
FINCH’S  SURE  HEAD  CABBAGE 
Is  all  head  and  sure  to  head.  Very  uniform  in 
I  size,  firm  and  fine  in  texture,  excellent  in  quality,  and 
a  jfoori  keeper,  Alfred  Rose,  of  Penn  Yau,  I*.  Y., 
grew  a  head  which  weighed  pounds, 
Z  fT I  will  send  a  Packet  each  of  Tomato.  Cucumber 
and  Cabbage,  with  ray  Illustrated  Catalogue,  for  only 
2o  cents  in  Silver  or  28  cents  in  Stump*. 
FIVE  CINNAMON  VINES  FREE 
,  This  rapid  growing  Vine,  with  its  beautiful  heart - 
'  shaped  leaves,  glossy  green  peculiar  foliage,  and  deli- 
i  cate  white  blossoms,  emitting  a  delicious  cinnamon 
<’RIiK,  and  postpaid,  to  every  person  sending  me 
2a  cents  for  the  above  Tree  Tomato  Collection, 
the  bulbs  will  produce  5  Beautiful  Vines  exactly 
the  same  in  every  respect  as  I  have  been  selling  for 
One  Dollar.  Address  plainly 
FRANK  FINCH, (Box  R) CLYDE,  N.Y. 
J  t*t”Every  person  sending  SI  LVF.H  for  this  collec- 
}  tion  will  receive  extra  a  packet  of  the  Mansfield 
Tomato  (also  known  as  the  Prize)  which  has  been 
grown  over  nine  feet  in  heighth,  bearing  fruit  of  good 
quality,  weighing  from  one  to  two  pounds  each. 
imsfiMULIomaI 
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NORTHERN  GROWN -SEEDS 
No  more  hard  times  if  you  plant  Sulzer’s  Seeds.  Why?  Because  they  are  vigor, 
ous  and  prolitlc.  You  have  often  seen  seed  come  up  sickly  and  weak,  with  not 
lenough  life  to  produce  a  crop.  That  wasn’t  Salzer’s  Seeds.  They  don’t  act  that 
way.  They  aro  full  of  life  and  vigor.  When  you  sow  you  expect  to  reap.  That’s 
eternally  right.  If  you  wish  to  reap  big  crops,  good 
seed  must  be  sown.  That’s  why  I  want  you  to  send  for 
my  catalog.  I  am  the  Only  seedsman  making  Furui 
Seeds  a  specialty.  Use  5,000 acres.  New  Wheat,  Bur¬ 
ley,  Outs,  Corn,  etc.  Largest  grower  of  Seed 
POTATOES  in  the  world. 
samples  Farm  Seeds  for  Sc  postage! 
FOR 12  cts. 
to  introduce  my  Northern  Grown  Seeds  ev¬ 
erywhere,  1  offer  postpaid: — 
1  i’kg.  Melon,  5 
1  Pkg.  Kudish,  J  Pkgs.  listed  In 
1  Pkg.  Lettuce,  (  jy  no  Catalog  in 
1  I’kg.  Tomato,  [  w  America  under 
5  Pkgs.  Elegant  I  50o. 
Flower  Seed,  I 
Elegant  Seed  Catalog  6c,with  !>  pltgs  17c. 
JOHN  A.SALZER~  la-grosse.wis. 
