THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
April  2 
2l8 
In  the  March  number  of  Green’s  Fruit 
Grower  is  a  very  interesting1  talk  between 
Mr.  (ireen  and  United  States  Pomologist 
Van  Deman.  We  gave  as  much  of  the 
interview  as  our  space  will  permit : 
NUT  CULTURE. 
“  Is  nut  culture  receiving  the  attention 
it  should  ?  ” 
“Not  by  any  means ;  but  the  people 
are  waking  up  about  it.” 
“  What  percentage  of  the  nuts  offered 
on  our  fruit  stands  is  grown  at  home  and 
what  imported  ?  ” 
“  Not  more  than  one-eighth  or  perhaps 
one-tenth  of  the  nuts  offered  on  the  mar¬ 
ket  is  grown  in  the  United  States.” 
“  Do  you  know  the  amount  of  money 
paid  for  the  imported  nuts  ?  ” 
“  No,  that  is  not  known  ;  I  have  tried 
to  find  out  from  the  reports.” 
“  What  nuts  of  home  growth  are  found 
on  the  fruit  stands  ?  ” 
“The  pecan,  the  shell-bark  hickory, 
the  black  walnut ;  and  from  California, 
some  Persian  walnuts  and  almonds  are 
sent  to  the  Eastern  markets,  but  the  great 
bulk  of  nuts  come  from  foreign  countries. 
Everj'  pound  of  filberts  offered  for  sale 
now  in  the  United  States  has  come  from 
England  or  some  of  other  European  coun¬ 
try,  and  they  can  all  be  grown  in  this 
country.  The  filbert  will  do  remarkably 
well  in  the  Puget  Sound  region,  and  per¬ 
haps  in  some  of  the  more  eastern  parts 
of  this  country,  especially  in  the  North  ; 
but  it  will  not  do  well  in  the  South.” 
“  Would  a  fruit  orchard  or  a  nut  or¬ 
chard  be  the  more  profitable  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  time  ?  ” 
“  It  will  take  about  10  to  12  or  15  years 
to  get  a  nut  orchard  into  successful, 
profitable  bearing,  except  the  chestnut, 
and  that  will  come  into  bearing  in  from 
five  to  six  years,  if  the  improved  varieties 
are  planted.  Perhaps  there  will  be  as 
much  money  in  that  in  the  regions  where 
it  will  succeed,  as  in  any  other  kind  of 
nut  or  any  kind  of  fruit.” 
Speaking  of  pecans,  Mr.  Van  Deman 
said:  “  There  are  now  improved  varie¬ 
ties  of  the  pecan  that  are  more  than  four 
times  as  large  as  the  common  varieties 
seen  on  the  market  and  they  are  also 
much  thinner-shelled  than  any  you  can 
buy  in  the  stores.” 
“  I  have  eaten  those  nuts  and  it  seems 
to  me  that  they  are  of  better  quality 
than  the  Persian  walnut,”  said  Mr. 
Green. 
“  They  certainly  are.  Pecan  culture  is 
already  exciting  a  great  deal  of  attention 
in  the  South,  and  I  think  it  is  one  of  the 
coming  profitable  industries.  Tn  times  to 
come  we  shall  export  to  England  and 
other  foreign  countries  large  quantities  of 
pecans.” 
“  lias  nut  culture  in  California  proved 
profitable  ?  ” 
“  Yes,  almond  culture  especially.  I 
know  now  of  one  man  who  has  over  1,000 
acres  in  almonds,  and  there  are  many 
others  who  have  large  orchards,  and  we 
are  already  beginning  to  find  these  nuts 
on  the  markets.  If  the  planters  go  oh 
as  they  seem  now  to  be  doing,  we  shall 
soon  be  able  to  drive  out  the  foreign 
almond,  and  the  same  is  practically  true 
of  the  Persian  walnut  (which  is  often 
erroneously  called  English  walnut). 
There  are  a  great  many  large  orchards  of 
this  nut  in  California,  and  the  nuts  are 
being  shipped  east  every  year.  The 
planting  is  going  on  with  increased  in¬ 
terest.  ” 
“  Is  the  chinquepin  of  Virginia  valu¬ 
able  ?  ” 
“  Yes,  it  is  a  very  nice  wild  nut.  It 
comes  very  early,  some  three  or  four 
weeks  before  the  chestnut,  and  is  of  about 
the  same  flavor.  It  is  very  closely  re¬ 
lated  to  the  chestnut  but  makes  only  a 
bush,  while  the  chestnut  is  a  tree.” 
“  Is  it  very  productive  ?” 
“  The  nut  its  small  and  the  bush  bears 
abundantly.  There  are  some  varieties 
much  larger  than  others  and  a  few  of 
these  have  been  lately  brought  into  cul¬ 
tivation  in  a  very  limited  way.” 
“Are  the  choicer  varieties  of  the  native 
hickory  nut  valuable  ?  ” 
“  Yes,  there  are  a  great  many  that  are 
well  worthy  of  propagation,  by  grafting, 
and  this  is  the  only  safe  way  to  propa¬ 
gate.  When  seedlings  are  grown,  one  is 
by  no  means  certain  what  variety  he  is 
going  to  get;  they  do  not  come  true  from 
seed.” 
“  What  use  are  these  hickory  nuts  put 
to?” 
“  They  are  largely  used  in  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  nut  candies.  One  firm  in 
York,  Pennsylvania,  shipped  over  50  bar¬ 
rels  of  solid  hickory  nut  kernels  to  New 
York  this  last  year;  another  firm  in  the 
same  town  sent  over  25  barrels  to  market, 
so  you  see  that  the  hickory  nut  is  quite  a 
large  article  of  commerce  even  now,  when 
we  have  to  depend  on  what  few  have 
been  gathered  in  a  wild  state.” 
“  Does  the  hickory  nut  succeed  well  all 
over  the  country  ?” 
“  Yes,  it  succeeds  well  from  New  York 
to  Kansas.” 
“  What  is  your  opinion  of  the  Elberta 
Peach?” 
“  It  is  certainly  one  of  the  best  peaches 
that  I  have  ever  seen  tested  in  an  orchard; 
it  is  large  in  size,  oval  in  shape,  a  beau¬ 
tiful  yellow  with  a  red  cheek  and  of  very 
high  quality.  It  bears  well  and  the  tree 
is  sufficiently  hardy,  and  the  fruit  car¬ 
ries  to  market  in  first-class  order.” 
“  What  is  the  date  of  ripening?  ” 
“  It  is  not  quite  the  earliest ;  just  after 
Mountain  Rose.” 
Finally. 
Last  summer  about  100  crosses  between 
tomatoes  were  effected  at  the  Rural 
Grounds.  A  few  seeds  of  each  fruit  were 
planted  last  week  (in  boxes  two  feet  by 
eight  inches)  and  numbered  from  one 
upwards.  Corresponding  numbers  in  a 
book  gave  the  parentage.  Each  stake, 
when  the  plants  are  set  out  in  the  field, 
will  be  numbered  accordingly,  the 
memorandum  book  supplying  all  the 
known  data  regarding  them . 
Among  the  seeds  of  new  varies  sent  to 
us  are  the  following  :  Carter’s  Blenheim 
Orange  or  Apricot  Tomato.  This  is  said  to 
be  a  cross  between  Carter’s  Green  Gage 
and  Carter’s  Dedham  Favorite.  It  is  de¬ 
scribed  as  one  of  the  most  distinct  varie¬ 
ties  of  modern  introduction.  Its  “  unique 
color  suggested  to  the  Committee  of  the 
Royal  Agrticultur.il  Society  the  name  of 
Apricot  Tomato,  the  ripe  fruit  showing  a 
pleasing  blending  of  yellow  and  crimson 
flakes.”  It  is  said  to  be  a  “shy  seeder, 
with  solid  and  juicy  flesh  and  a  piquant 
flavor.” . 
The  Twilight  Tomato  from  A.  K.  Cole¬ 
man,  of  Kentucky,  is  described  as  “  early, 
enormously  prolific,  perfectly  smooth ; 
quality  unequaled  by  any  tomato  in 
cultivation — the  most  beautiful  of  all.”. . 
Advance  is  from  Frank  Ford  &  Son, 
who  claim  that  it  will  ripen  inside  of  100 
days  after  sowing  the  seed.  Specimens 
kept  two  weeks  after  ripe.  The  seeds 
are  small . 
Nichol’s  No.  5  (not  yet  named)  is  said 
to  be  purple  in  color,  with  potato  foliage. 
Size  large  and  uniform,  shape  like  the 
Stone,  its  parent.  A.  M.  Nichols,  of 
Granville,  O.,  is  the  originator  of  both. . . 
Mr.  Frank  Ford  writes  that  one  sea¬ 
son  he  grew  his  stock  of  the  Advance 
Tomato  from  a  single  seed  planted  in,  an 
isolated  place,  and  yet  variations  oc¬ 
curred  . 
In  the  “general  catalogue”  of  Ell- 
wanger  &  Barry  just  received,  there  are 
several  novelties  of  promise.  The  Colum¬ 
bus  Gooseberry  (offered  for  the  first)  is 
an  American  seedling  of  the  English 
type.  The  berry  is  large,  oval,  skin 
greenish-yellow  and  smooth.  Quality 
fine.  The  plant  is  a  strong  grower  with 
large  thorns.  It  has  never  shown  a  trace 
of  mildew . . 
The  Superlative  Raspberry  is  regarded 
by  this  conservative  firm  as  “  a  great 
advance  on  all  existing  sorts.”  The  berry 
is  long  and  conical — in  fact  it  is  cone- 
shaped.  The  drupes  are  small  and  uni¬ 
formly  so,  of  a  dull  red  color  ;  flavor  of 
the  best.  Six  good  berries  weigh  an 
ounce.  The  canes  are  stout,  supporting 
themselves  and  bear  heavily.  They  are 
hardy  in  Rochester,  N.  Y . 
The  Leader  is  said  to  be  the  earliest 
large  strawberry  in  cultivation . 
The  Colerain,  which  has  been  on  trial 
at  the  Rural  Grounds  for  seven  years  or 
more,  is  regarded  by  E.  &  B.  as  ripening 
early,  hanging  well  on  the  bunch,  size 
medium,  color  light  green,  skin  thin  and 
tender,  flesh  juicy  and  remarkably  sweet. 
It  will  be  seen  that  this  is  substantially 
the  report  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  made  five 
years  ago — except  that  we  pronounced  it 
among  the  hardiest  of  varieties . 
Among  pears  of  recent  introduction  are 
several  of  the  productions  of  Mr.  B.  S. 
Fox  of  California.  P.  Barry  is  described 
as  large,  pyriform,  skin  orange-yellow 
with  russet  dots  and  blotches ;  flesh 
juicy,  buttery,  fine-grained  ;  flavor  rich, 
sprightly  and  excellent.  “  The  best  late 
winter  pear.”  They  have  been  kept  in 
good  condition  until  late  May.  The  tree 
being  a  poor  grower,  must  be  top-grafted. 
Col.  Wilder  is  a  delicious  pear  keeping 
until  March.  Full  of  juice  and  sweet. 
Large,  pyriform,  oblong,  inclining  to 
oval . 
The  Grand  Duke  Plum  is  a  valuable 
addition  to  late  plums.  It  is  as  large  as 
the  Bradshaw,  of  same  color  ripening  in 
late  September.  Entirely  free  from  rot. 
One  of  the  best  for  market . 
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rest  because  of  coughing.  1  took  medicine  from  phy¬ 
sicians  here  but  did  not  get  any  relief.  Ilavlng  heard 
of  Hood's  Sarsaparilla  I  took  it  and  it  helped  me  so 
much  1  could  soon  attend  to  my  business.  I  have 
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and  have  a  splendid  appetite.  Before  taking 
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A  Steel  Windmill  and  Steel 
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tTT  These  figures  tell  the 
story  of  the  ever-growing, 
ever -going,  everlasting 
Steel  Aermotor.  Where 
one  goes  others  follow, 
and  we  “take  the  country.” 
Though  sold,  we  were  unable  to  make  all  of 
the  20,049  Aermotors  in  ’91.  Orders  often 
waited  8  weeks  to  be  filled,  but  now  we  have 
vastly  increased  our  plant  and  are  pre¬ 
pared  promptly  to  plant  our  increase  in 
every  habitable  portion  of  the  globe. 
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Z  sowing  thick,  and  then  his  time  in  thinning,  when  he  might  save  both  Z 
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immense  variety  of  seed,  with  such  new  kinds  added 
as  have  proved  to  be  real  acquisitions.  Raising  many 
of  these  varieties  myself,  on  my  four  seed  farms, 
and  testing  others,  I  am  able  to  warrant  their  fresh¬ 
ness  and  purity,  under  such  reasonable  conditions  as  are  con¬ 
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