Word  for  Word. 
- New  York  Herald  :  “  ‘  Gee  Whizz  !  ’ 
Said  the  Farmer. — He  had  just  punched 
a  man  who  tried  to  bunco  him.  A  man, 
evidently  a  countryman,  dashed  up  Park 
Row  in  pursuit  of  a  street  car  yesterday. 
He  reached  it,  jumped  on  to  the  front 
platform  and  struck  a  well-dressed  young1 
man  twice  in  the  face.  The  latter  fell 
into  the  street,  and  the  countryman  fol¬ 
lowed  him,  striking  him  as  he  rose. 
“The  young  man  succeeded  in  jumping 
on  the  rear  platform  of  the  car,  and  got 
behind  the  conductor,  who  held  the  ag¬ 
gressor  when  he  tried  to  get  the  pas¬ 
senger.  The  farmer  only  gave  up  the 
attempt  when  the  conductors  on  two 
other  cars  insisted  on  holding  him  also. 
“The  passenger  jumped  off  and  started 
on  a  dead  run  up  Park  Row. 
“Then  between  his  gasps  the  farmer 
gave  the  reason  for  his  conduct. 
“  Gee  whizz  !  ”  he  gasped,  “  that’s  one 
of  them  bunco  steerers.  Well,  he  comes 
up  to  me  and  says,  ‘  Why,  Mister  ’ — I  for¬ 
get  what  ’twas  he  called  me — ‘  how  de 
do  ?  ’  He  see’d  ’twan’t  no  use  and  lights 
after  this  car  and  me  after  him.  That’s 
all  there  is  to  it.  Guess  when  he  gets 
tired  runnin’  and  gets  time  to  think  he’ll 
reckon  he  made  a  mistake  for  once  in  his 
life.” 
The  farmer  pulled  himself  together, 
adjusted  his  hat  and  tried  to  lose  himself 
in  the  crowd. 
“  Sermonette  ox  the  Devil. — When 
the  devil  sees  a  man  whose  business  only 
warrants  the  employment  of  one  small 
office  boy  hiring  a  young  typewriter  with 
yellow  hair  and  blue  eyes,  he  shakes 
hands  with  himself  and  dances  a  jig  of 
joy.” 
“  Picking  for  the  Lamrs. — The  gentle 
‘  lambs  of  the  flock  ’  always  seek  the 
young  green  ‘  pastor.’  ” 
What  Others  Say. 
(Continued.) 
President  Lyon  says  that  the  Paragon  ‘ 
Chestnut,  planted  in  1888,  has  produced  ! 
fruit  for  two  successive  seasons,  which  ' 
in  both  cases  proved  abortive,  probably, 
he  thinks,  because  the  pollen  falls  before 
the  pistils  become  receptive,  there  having 
been  no  other  fruiting  tree  in  the  vicinity. 
The  Paragon  at  the  Rural  Grounds,  which 
fruited  so  heavily  last  season,  was  not 
less  than  300  feet  from  any  other  chest¬ 
nut . 
President  Lyon  speaks  encouragingly 
(though  from  a  short  experience)  of  the 
pecan  and  English  and  Japan  walnuts  . . 
The  Michigan  report  of  the  Enhance 
Strawberry  is  strikingly  favorable. 
Under  hill  culture,  it  produced  over  300 
ounces  of  fruit  from  a  dozen  plants. 
Though  of  only  medium  quality,  “its 
size,  beauty  and  productiveness,  as  well 
as  vigor  and  healthfulness,  render  it  one 
of  the  most  promising  market  varieties.”.. 
Readers  must  not  forget  The  R. 
N.-Y.’s  reports  of  the  Enhance,  made 
years  ago.  We  have  never  seen  its  equal 
as  regards  productivess,  size  of  berry, 
irregularity  of  berry  and  hardiness  of 
plant.  The  quality  is  inferior.  Try  a 
few  plants  of  Enhance . 
It  is  a  good  time  to  sow  unleached 
w  ood  ashes  and  raw  bone  flour  upon  the 
strawberry  patch — 50  bushels  of  ashes  to 
750  to  1,000  pounds  of  bone  to  the  acre 
will  serve  for  at  least  two  years . 
Pi.  ant  a  vine  or  so  of  Moore’s  Diamond 
Grape . 
Nearly  all  reports  of  the  Parker  Earle, 
from  whatever  part  of  the  country,  sus¬ 
tain  The  R.  N.-Y.’s  estimate  of  the  value 
of  this  fine  strawberry . 
Col.  Pearson  and  Mr.  Black  of  the 
New  Jersey  Horticultural  Society  believe 
the  Erie  and  Lawton  or  Rochelle  the 
same  blackberry . 
Prof.  Hailey  has  a  good  word  for  the 
new  vegetable  Stachys  Sieboldtii  (affinis, 
tuberifera,  etc.,  of  the  catalogues).  The 
thickened  underground  stems — tubers — 
though  small,  are  produced  in  such  quan¬ 
tities  that  the  plants  yield  heavily  The 
tubers  can  be  prepared  in  a  great  variety 
of  ways,  fried,  roasted,  baked,  pickled, 
preserved,  stewed  in  cream  or  eaten  raw. 
They  may  be  dug  as  wanted  during  the 
winter  and  enough  roots  may  be  left  in 
the  ground  to  insure  a  supply  the  next 
year . 
Prof.  W.  F.  Massey,  of  the  North 
Carolina  Experiment  Station,  speaking 
of  novelties,  in  Orchard  and  Garden,  re¬ 
gards  the  new  vegetable  Stachys  tuberi¬ 
fera  (Sieboldtii,  properly)  as  a  good 
thing.  It  is  wonderfully  productive  of 
curious-looking  tubers  which  make  admir¬ 
able  pickles,  and  are  very  pleasant  to  his 
taste  eaten  raw  with  salt  like  radishes. 
Being  perfectly  hardy,  the  tubers  can  be 
planted  at  any  time.  They  take  the 
whole  season  to  grow  and  can  be  dug 
when  the  tops  are  killed  by  frost . 
The  above  quoted  journal  says  that  the 
Kansas  Raspberry  is  a  good  grower, 
making  a  vigorous  growth  throughout 
the  entire  season  ;  its  canes  and  branches 
are  covered  with  a  thick  blue  bloom. 
The  berries  are  quite  as  large  as  Gregg, 
but  clear  jet  black  and  without  the  down 
or  bloom  that  is  peculiar  to  the  latter 
berry.  In  productiveness  it  is  superior 
to  Gregg.  The  present  indications  are 
that  this  new  berry  will  prove  of  con¬ 
siderable  value  and  become  one  of  our 
leading  sorts . 
Dr.  Ward  and  Ex-Secretary  Williams 
of  the  New  Jersey  Horticultural  Society, 
last  season  visited  the  Messrs.  Hoyt,  of 
New  Canaan,  Conn.,  to  see  their  vineyard 
of  Green  Mountain  Grapes.  The  vines 
were  vigorous,  healthy  and  abundantly 
productive ;  bunches  large,  shouldered, 
berries  medium  as  to  size,  good  and  very 
early . 
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