1892 
TBit  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
227 
Garden  Gossip. 
( Continual .) 
beads,  with  their  mammoth  jiods,  are  al¬ 
ways  a  prominent  feature  in  our  garden, 
and  we  have  nothing  that  is  more  highly 
valued.  They  are  tender,  succulent  and 
delicate  and  come  about  the  time  of  green 
corn,  so  that  they  can  enter  the  succot¬ 
ash  as  a  pronlinent  coUstituent.  We 
have  found  a  variety  with  a  mottled  seed 
better  thaii  either  the  black  or  red- 
sieeded  sorts.  The  French  Dwarf  Fla¬ 
geolet  beans  are  deserving  of  more  at¬ 
tention  than  they  have  generally  re¬ 
ceived.  As  shell  beans,  we  think  them 
fully  equal,  if  not  superior  to  the  Lima. 
One  can  hardly  go  astray  in  planting 
beans,  the  lists  contain  such  a  multi¬ 
plicity  of  really  valuable  sorts. 
There  is  cabbage  and  cabbage.  If  you 
are  growing  for  market  and  the  demand 
calls  for  the  large  sorts,  why  plant  them 
and  sell  them,  but  don’t  afflict  your  wife 
and  children  with  these  poor,  coarse 
sorts.  For  your  own  table,  grow  the 
Savoy  cabbages,  both  early  and  late. 
The  Drumhead  Savoy  grows  heads  of 
good  size,  is  just  as  easily  grown  as  any 
other  and  is  as  delicate  as  cauliflower — 
infinitely  better  than  Flat  Dutch  or  that 
great  big  family  of  which  the  Dutchman 
is  so  coitspicuous  a  member. 
All  that  we  have  said  of  beans,  so  far 
<ts  a  continuous  supply  is  concerned,  will 
Apply  with  equal  force  to  corn.  With  a 
little  care,  the  home  garden  may  yield  a 
continuous  supply  from  the  little  Cory  to 
the  Evergreen.  We  always  like  a  little 
of  the  Black  Mexican  for  our  private 
table.  Its  color  renders  it  unsalable, 
but  he  who  has  once  eaten  it  in  its  per¬ 
fection,  has  eaten  as  good  as  any,  if  not 
the  best  flavored  and  sweetest  of  all.  A 
succession  is  easily  arranged  for  in  this 
line,  and  there  is  nothing  of  greater 
value  or  that  is  more  thoroughly  appre¬ 
ciated  on  the  home  table.  Let  us  sug¬ 
gest  the  following  for  a  list.  Plant,  first, 
as  early  as  it  is  safe,  Cory,  Minnesota, 
Concord  and  Crosby  A  little  later,  plant 
Stowell’s  Evergreen  and  Black  Mexican, 
and,  still  later,  one  more  lot  of  Ever¬ 
green  to  be  ready  for  pulling  about  the 
time  of  frost.  There  are  scores  of  other 
sorts,  but  these  are  as  good  as  any.  g. 
Two  Poultry  Questions. 
Incubators  Versus  Fire  Insurance. 
I  have  sent  my  order  for  an  incubator 
and  was  expecting  great  pleasure  from 
the  new  method  of  raising  chickens  when 
one  of  the  family  remarked,  “  Have  you 
notified  the  insurance  company  ?  ”  and 
I  failed  for  a  minute  to  see  the  connec¬ 
tion.  Then  he  told  of  a  friend  whose 
poultry  house  had  been  burned  down  by 
the  careless  management  of  his  incuba¬ 
tors,  and  mentioned  the  fact  that  at  the 
poultry  show  in  Montreal  the  insurance 
company  refused  to  allow  a  working  in¬ 
cubator  in  the  building;  though  the  agent 
was  prepared  to  attend  to  it  and  had 
chickens  just  coming  out  in  it.  I  argue 
that  I  do  not  see  any  difference  between 
the  use  of  kerosene  in  a  lamp  at  the  in¬ 
cubator  and  one  standing  on  the  sitting- 
room  table,  and  that  a  coal  oil-stove  is 
fully  as  dangerous  used  to  cook  one’s 
dinner.  But  there  are  ways  and  ways  of 
looking  at  things,  and  I  should  be  glad 
if  the  poultry  men  would  come  forward 
and  give  their  experience  in  the  matter. 
The  question  is,  is  it  necessary  to  take 
out  an  extra  fire  insurance  policy  if  the 
incubator  is  kept  in  the  house,  or  to  add 
anything  to  what  has  already  been  paid 
on  the  poultry  house,  if  it  is  kept  there  ? 
Disappointment  in  the  Brooder. 
The  facility  with  which  chickens  are 
hatched  by  the  various  incubators  is  an 
established  fact,  but  poultry  raisers 
agree  that  the  loss  in  the  brooder  is 
often  large.  Will  some  of  the  best  men 
in  the  business  tell  us  how  best  to  man¬ 
age  the  mothering  of  the  chicks  to  pre¬ 
vent  their  dying  off  at  all  ages,  with  full 
crops,  but  spindling  legs  ?  In  the  case  in 
mind  every  care  was  taken  with  regard 
to  food,  water,  cleanliness  and  such  1  ike 
attentiohs.  Saiid  was  given  fresh  daily 
and  the  brooder  was  kept  at  a  uniform 
heat.  In  spite  of  this  the  loss  was  great, 
the  chicks  drooping  and  dying  in  all 
stages  of  growth.  This  disadvantage  is  a 
great  drawback  to  the  progress  of  arti¬ 
ficial  incubation,  and  I  ask  for  more  light 
on  the  subject.  What  food  is  best,  and  is 
too  much  heat  worse  than  an  extra  share 
of  cold,  in  the  brooder  ?  annie  L;  jack. 
Postscripts. 
A  friend  in  Providence  sends  us  an 
account  of  a  skunk  farm  in  Rhode  Island. 
The  skunks  are  kept  in  an  orchard.  Every 
now  and  then  a  squad  of  them  will  break 
out  and  make  for  the  woods.  At  one  time 
some  contagious  disease  broke  out  and 
killed  hundreds. 
An  Iowa  friend  writes :  “I  trapped  five 
skunks  under  my  hen  house  this  winter  ; 
all  of  the  small  species.  They  and  the 
larger  striped  variety  arc  about  equally 
distributed  through  the  country  ;  and 
they  do  indeed  abound.  Those  who  deal 
in  their  pelts  here,  distinguish  between 
the  two  ;  the  smaller  they  call  civet  cats. 
I  believe  the  two  varieties  are  distinct.” 
Rubus  Phienicolasius. — This  has  been 
in  my  collection  for  some  years,  having 
been  raised  from  seeds  sent  me  by  a 
botanical  friend,  and,  in  regard  to  its 
hardiness,  I  would  say  that  it  has  never 
been  injured  here,  in  Germantown,  Pa., 
in  any  way.  We  may  be  more  favored 
than  your  Ohio  correspondent  in  being  a 
trifle  further  South,  but  the  mercury  here 
runs  down  to  10  degrees  occasionally. 
Magnolias. — Mr.  Hicks  pays  a  just 
tribute  to  the  excellence  of  magnolias  in 
The  Rural  of  March  19,  page  184.  I 
agree  with  him  that  Soulangeana  is  the 
best  of  the  large  shrub  sorts,  though, 
strangely  enough,  our  Philadelphians 
prefer  the  Chinese  one,  Conspicua.  Its 
pure  white  blossoms  please  them  more 
than  the  pinkish  ones  of  the  Soulangeana. 
Mr.  Hicks  praises  Acuminata  for  its  bril¬ 
liant  scarlet  fruit.  The  praise  is  deserved, 
but  may  I  add  to  his  list  the  Tripetala,  a 
species  with  even  more  claim  to  admira¬ 
tion  in  the  same  way  ?  When  full  of  its 
ripe  fruit  in  August,  I  think  it  one  of  the 
prettiest  trees  there  is.  Joseph  meehan. 
As  to  the  Keeping  of  Grapes,  most 
sorts  will  keep  till  the  holidays  or  even 
till  late  spring,  if  completely  perfect  and 
ripe  and  laid  gently  in  the  basket  in  the 
bags  that  had  protected  the  bunches 
and  then  placed  in  a  cool,  dry  room, 
closed  so  that  the  air  may  be  still.  Thus 
with  the  least  possible  trouble  a  family 
may  have  beautiful  and  enjoyable 
bunches  for  Christmas  display  and  des¬ 
sert.  But  there  is  another  consideration: 
Some  sorts  keep  their  form  and  sweet¬ 
ness  and  freshness  of  appearance,  but 
the  delicacy  of  their  flavor  escapes.  The 
Brighton  is  an  example  of  this,  and  the 
Worden  and  Concord  in  a  less  degree. 
Salem  and  others  of  Rogers’s  sorts  retain 
flavor,  but  scarcely  pay  the  growers,  w. 
T.  J.  Dwyer,  speaking  in  a  late  Rural, 
is  right  in  his  appreciation  of  the  Shaffer 
Raspberry.  I  am  not  sure  that  it  bears 
more  than  the  Cuthbert.  It  has  the 
habit  of  a  short  term  of  maturing,  so 
that  it  makes  a  grand  spread  all  at  once. 
This  is  inherited  from  its  blackcap 
parent,  as  is  also  its  non-suckering,  its 
length  of  canes,  and  its  rooting  from  the 
tips.  Its  other  parent — red — makes  less 
show  of  fruit  at  one  time,  but  continues 
longer,  ripening  gradually.  G. 
Killing  the  Pea-Weevil.— Prof.  J.  A. 
Lintner  sends  the  following  note  :  ‘  •  As 
to  the  degree  of  heat  necessary  for 
killing  the  pea-weevil— Bruchus  pisi— I 
quote  from  my  7th  report— in  type,  but 
not  yet  received  from  the  printer.  ‘  Mr. 
Weed,  of  the  Ohio  Agricultural  Experi¬ 
ment  Station,  reports  that  exposure  to  a 
temperature  of  145  degrees  Fahrenheit 
continued  for  one  hour,  killed  the  grubs 
of  the  pea- weevil  contained  in  newly 
ripened  peas,  about  the  middle  of  July, 
at  which  time  the  insect  was  about  half 
grown.  In  the  experiment  a  gasoline 
stove-oven,  heated  by  a  kerosene  lamp 
placed  underneath,  was  Used.’  It  is  said 
that  infested  leaves  will  bear  immersion 
in  hot  water  at  the  boiling  point  for  one 
minute,  without  injury  to  the  germ;  bilt 
for  this  statement  I  cannot  vouch.  I 
regard  the  vapor  of  bisulphide  of  carbon 
as  the  very  best  agent  for  killing  the 
bean  and  pea-weevils  without  interfer¬ 
ing  with  the  subsequent  vegetation  of 
the  treated  seeds.” 
Let  Justice  be  Done  to  Jones* 
I  note  that  in  all  of  the  catalogues, 
offering  “  The  .Tones”  Melon,  excepting 
that  of  J.  C.  Vaughan  of  Chicago,  Mr. 
Philip  IS.  Jones,  of  Herndon,  is  given  the 
credit  for  “The  Jones”  Melon.  This 
melon  really  originated  with  Mr.  Reuben 
Jones,  of  Newton,  Ga.  It  was  an  acci¬ 
dental  hybrid  in  1878,  and  it  required 
several  years  of  careful  selection  of  seed 
to  establish  the  variety.  My  impression 
is  that  Mr.  Primus  .Jones,  “  the  first  bale 
man,”  grew  and  shipped  this  melon 
more  extensively  than  his  brother  Reu¬ 
ben.  He  shipped  large  quantities  of  ex¬ 
tra  large  melons,  and  l  believe  that  it 
was  his  car-load  which  is  referred  to  in 
the  “ads”  which  credit  Mr.  Philip  S. 
.Jones  with  the  origination  of  this  truly 
superior  melon.  I  am  informed  that  Mr. 
Philip  S.  Jones  never  had  “The  Jones” 
Melon  from  original  stock  seed  until  he 
bought  seed,  about  a  year  ago,  from 
Mr.  Reuben  Jones.  About  three  years 
since  I  suggested  this  melon  to  Mr.  Atlee 
Burpee,  who  was  on  a  visit  to  me,  as  one 
desirable  for  him  to  take  hold  of,  as  I 
had  grown  the  variety  about  five  years 
previously  from  seed  secured  from  a 
melon  of  about  70  pounds  sent  here,  to 
Sumter  Co.,  Ga.,  by  E.  C.  Jones,  another 
brother  of  Mr.  Reuben  Jones.  I  gather 
that  “  Jones’s  Jumbo  ”  put  on  the  market 
by  J.  C.  Vaughan,  of  Chicago,  is  the  only 
melon  which  can  justly  claim  to  be  “The 
Jones”  (as  we  know  it  here)  secured 
directly  from  the  originator,  Mr.  Reuben 
Jones.  I  write  this  without  any  knowl¬ 
edge  of  Mr.  Reuben  Jones  or  of  J.  C. 
Vaughan,  and  with  no  disposition  to  in¬ 
jure  Mr.  I*.  S.  Jones,  or  those  selling  his 
seed,  in  order  that  justice  may  be  done 
the  originator  of  one  of  our  finest  local 
melons.”  A.  w.  smith. 
Ix  writing  to  advertisers  please  always  mentloi 
Tub  Uuhal. 
My  1892  Catalogue, 
With  colored  plate  of 
E.  P.  Roe  Strawberry. 
50  other  Illustrations. 
Complete  List  of  all 
the  good  fruits  and  or¬ 
namentals  mailed  free. 
Address 
T.  J.  DWYER, 
Cornwall,  N.  Y. 
E.  P.  ROE. 
GIVEN  AWAY! 
This  is  the  most,  benu- 
tiful  new  ROSE  of 
the  year  which  we  give 
ENTIRELY  FREF 
to  our  customers  of  1892.  If  you  are  interestci: 
in  FLOWERS  send  for.our  CATALOGUE 
of  the  grandest-  novelties  and  specialties  ever 
effered.  IT  WILL  PAY  YOU,  writ©  now- 
ROST.  SCOTT  St  SON,  Philadelphia,”  Pa. 
SI 
Invested  M  o  Irnc  In  8  months 
#1000  IflaKcS  #5000 
FARMERS  wanted  to  raise  Nursery  Stock. 
Send  stamp  for  details  and  directions. 
J.  Jenkins,  Nurseryman,  Winona,  O. 
Gbwiuing  Homes 
Deserve 
GbwiDiog  Grounds. 
We  can  help  you  to  have  the  latter  if  ' 
you  write  us.  we  give  our  time  to  advise 
what  and  how  to  plant  successfully  and 
witK  economy,  as  hundreds  throughout 
the  country  can  testify.  We  are  one  of 
the  largest  growers  in  the  country  of 
R&rg  Treest  5frrubs,  Fruit, 
Hardy  Plants,  Azaleas, 
Rhododendrons, 
Roses,  Qgrnatis  and  all 
Hardy  Novelties 
not  to  he  found  elsewhere. 
SHADY  HILL  NURSERY  GO., 
CAIVIBKIDGK,  MASS. 
GRAPE  VINES 
Flaati  of  Best  Quality.  Warranted  trno  to  name.  Lowest 
Prices.  Largest  Stock  and  Assortment  of  Old  and  Hew 
Variotios.  Bond  for  Price  Lift. 
B~SH  k  BON  h  MSI3SNEB,  Bnshtorg,  Mo. 
S GRAPE  VINES 
IOO  V«rleti«*.Ai»8m»lP  PrwiSe,  T^**u^Ap-  *•* 
roofed  jfeoV  GHnnbio,  m  tumvl*  rh\M  mulix  to 
*»ftpavs  yrt*.  A*  ft**.  LEWIS  SO 1. 1. 
THE  COLERAIN 
Is  the  best  early  grape,  and  is  very  hardy,  a  good 
grower,  and  a  prolific  bearer.  The  Fruit  hangs  well 
to  the  vine  almost  seedless.  It  has  taken  first  pre¬ 
miums  at  State  and  County  Fairs  wherever  exhibited. 
Write  for  terms  and  testimonials  to 
CO  I,  Kit  A  IN  GRAPE  CO.. 
All  vines  sold  under  seal.  Colernin,  Ohio. 
Beverly  Stawberry  (New). 
Awarded  four  prizes  In  thirteen  months  by  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Horticultural  Society.  Send  to  the  originator 
for  circulars. 
BENJAMIN  M.  SMITH,  Beverly,  Mass. 
f<J KATES  and 
BASKETS. 
Indorsed  by  :ill 
fielding  berry 
'  growers  ns  The  •■■s 
BEST.  Also  (lift 
-n - _  _  _  _  —  .  _  ^  Package*,  (Irapo, 
Peach  and  other  ilmnkrts.  Prices  low.  Illus.  Catalogue  Free. 
DISBROW  MFG.CO..ROCHESTER.N.Y. 
imaxi 
OKI'. I)  POTATOES, — Rural  New-Yorker  No.  2, 
O  "Thorburn”  stock.  Brice:  Beck,  iiO  cents; 
bushel,  $1;  barrel,  $2.75,  f.  o.  b. 
J.  C.  GROSSMAN,  Wolcottville,  Ind. 
OLDS’  SEED  POTATOES. 
Don’t  plant  old,  run-out  varieties.  New,  vigorous 
seed  Increases  yield  50  to  100  per  cent.  Wo  have  over 
50  of  the  Best  Kinds  Grown,  mostly  new,  and  our  stock 
never  was  so  fine.  Write  for  Catalog  with  Method  of 
Cultivation.  L.  L.  OLDS,  Clinton,  Wls. 
SEED  POTATOES. 
Did  It  ever  occur  to  vou  that  Aroostook  County. 
Maine,  Seed  Potatoes  are  THE  REST.  Wo  do 
not  mean  by  this  that  they  are  as  good  as  any,  but 
that  they  are  absolutely  the  I5KST  Krown  anywhere 
The  roasons  for  this  opinion  are  set  forth  In  our  Cat¬ 
alogue  for  181)2.  Mailed  free  upon  request. 
WM.  S.  SWEET  &  SON,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Seed  Potatoes. 
Choice  selected  Iloulton,  Aroostook  County,  Maine 
Early  Rose,  Beauty  of  Hebron,  and  all  other  well-’ 
known  varieties.  Eor  sale  by 
W.  K.  PUHYEA'S  SONS, 
Brodnce  Commission  Merchants, 
11!)  Warren  Street  New  York. 
_ 1  _  ■*  '  to  see  my  Catalogue  o 
SEED  POT ATOES VScTT 
a  new  departure  In  Its  line.  Write  for  it  to-day. 
A.  F.  WHITItlGHT,  Nova,  Ohio. 
- - -  No.  3  POTATOES.  Mer 
chantahle  size,  75  cents  per  bushel,  f.  o.  b. 
.1.  M.  MEREDITH,  Calcium,  Ba. 
Ministers,  Polaris,  Triumph,  Noi 
Queen,  $1  per  bushel.  Many  otho 
kinds.  Brlce-list  Free. 
GEO.  A.  HONNKLL,  Waterloo,  N.  Y 
350,000  Fine  Peach  Trees, 
grown  from  pure  natural  seed,  for  sale  at  a  sacrifice7 
or  will  exchange  in  large  lots  for  good  real  estate 
well  located,  or  good  personal  property.  For  descrip¬ 
tive  catalogue  address 
K.  K.  COCHRAN  &  CO., 
Middletown  Nursery  and  Fruit  Farm. 
Middletown,  Del. 
ofcfc.2.<Jc,;  6 Dahlias, 50c.;  10  Gladiolus,  3Uc.  A 
Half  50c.  II.  F.  Hurt,  Taunton,  Masi 
GENERAL  ADVERTISING  RATES 
—  OF  — 
The  Rural  New-Yorker. 
Standing  at  the  head  of  the  Agricultural  Press,  goes 
to  every  Inhabited  section  of  North  America,  and  Its 
readers  are  the  leading  men  In  their  communities. 
BT  They  are  Buyers. 
ADVERTISING  RATES. 
Ordinary  Advertisements,  per  agate  line  (14 
lines  to  the  Inch) . .  cents 
One  thousand  lines  or  more  within  one  year 
from  date  of  first  Insertion,  per  agate  line,  25  “ 
Yearly  orders,  occupying  10  or  more  lines, 
per  agate  line . . 
Reading  Notices,  ending  with  “Adv.,”  per 
line  leaded . .  •< 
Ha  Advertisement  received  for  less  than  Si  00 
for  each  insertion.  Cash  must  accompany 
all  orders  for  transient  advertisements 
rar  ABSOLUTELY  ONE  PRICE  ONLY.  _«J 
Terms  of  Subscription. 
The  subscription  price  of  the  Rubal  Nkw-Yobkku 
Single  copy,  per  year . $;j.U0 
Great  Britain,  Ireland,  Australia  and 
Germany,  per  year,  post-paid . $3,04  (12s.  6d  ) 
France .  3.O4  <um  tr  ) 
French  Colonies .  4.08(29^fr.) 
Entered  at  the  Bost-Offlce  at  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  as 
second-class  mall  matter.  '  ’ 
THIS  RURAL.  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 
Times  Building,  New  York. 
A 
