1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
What  Others  Say. 
( Continued .) 
and  thrived  with  scarcely  any  percept¬ 
ible  difference.  ”  It  was  left  for  The 
R.  N.-Y.  to  show  in  1882  (about)  that 
weevil-eaten  peas  are  substantially 
worthless . 
The  above  catalogue  states  that  the 
firm  (J.  1?.  Russell)  “  always  keeps  on 
hand  a  variety  of  hardy  grapes,  as  the 
Isabella,  Catawba,  Schuylkill,  Bland’s 
and  Scuppernong” . 
The  tomato  is  mentioned  as  the  tomato 
merely,  no  varieties  being  given . 
Of  18  kinds  of  peas  there  is  not  one 
sold  to-day  under  a  similar  name . 
Nott’s  Excelsior  Pea  was  planted  this 
season  April  5.  The  first  picking  was 
made  June  11.  The  first  bloom  May  26. 
The  vines  average  18  inches  high.  In 
every  way  this  variety  is  as  good  as 
McLean’s  Little  Gem  or  American  Won¬ 
der  and  more  prolific  than  either.  This 
is  our  third  year’s  report . 
Hydrangea  yestita  bears  flowers  just 
like  those  of  the  Climbing  Hydrangea  ex¬ 
cept  that  the  cymes  of  the  former  are  but 
half  the  size  and  the  sterile  marginal 
flowers  of  a  creamy- white  color  instead 
of  white.  It  is  a  shrub  of  no  great  beauty 
in  any  way.  The  Climbing  Hydrangea 
is  a  real  acquisition.  It  blooms  profusely 
even  in  the  densest  shade.  Its  leaves  are 
glossy  and  clothe  the  branches  amply, 
while  it  will  cling  to  old  trees,  arbors  or 
stones  just  the  same  as  does  the  “Boston” 
Ivy,  Ampelopsis  Veitchii . 
The  Ohio  Farmer  has  taken  unto  itself 
an  experiment  farm,  and  Dr.  W.  I.  Cham¬ 
berlain,  one  of  the  editors,  is  the  owner 
and  director — a  man  peculiarly  well  fitted 
by  early  education,  by  a  long  farm  expe¬ 
rience,  by  his  connection  with  an  agri¬ 
cultural  college  as  its  president  and, 
best  of  all.  by  nature ,  to  serve  his  jour¬ 
nal  and,  through  it,  the  public,  in  a  tell¬ 
ing  way  as  the  outcome  of  his  experiment 
work . 
The  R.  N.-Y.  believes  that  the  prosper¬ 
ous  political,  religious,  medical  or  scien¬ 
tific  paper  must  necessarily  be  conducted 
by  those  who  have  made  politics,  medi¬ 
cine  or  science  a  careful  study.  And  the 
successful  farm  paper  of  the  future  must 
equally  be  edited  by  educated,  practical 
farmers.  It  would  seem  that  this  is  a 
self-evident  fact,  but  it  is  not  a  fact  as 
applied  to  the  past . 
That  we  now  have  an  experiment  sta¬ 
tion  in  every  State  will  not  relieve  the 
farm  editor  of  this  responsibility.  He 
must  know  what  is  wheat  and  what  is 
chaff  ;  what  to  praise  and  what  to  criti¬ 
cize  in  the  station’s  work  ;  what  to  quote 
and  what  to  ignore  in  the  station  bulle¬ 
tins.  The  station  is  rather  to  look  to  the 
farm  paper  for  guidance  than  the  reverse, 
and  this  necessitates  on  the  part  of  farm 
editors  a  familiarity  with  horticulture, 
pomology,  botany  and  chemistry,  as  well 
as  with  the  ordinary  processes  of  farm 
life.  The  experiment  farm  has  therefore 
become  the  first  necessity  to  those  farm 
journals  that  aim  to  make  their  influence 
widely  and  keenly  felt  in  the  true  inter¬ 
ests  of  agriculture,  using  the  word  in  its 
broad  sense.  The  disguised  trade  and 
gift  enterprise  abominations  that  sail 
under  the  name  of  farm  papers  have  had 
their  day.' . 
Magnolia  hypoleuca  is  a  Japan  spe¬ 
cies  of  comparatively  late  introduction. 
In  general  it  resembles  the  Umbrella  or 
Tripetala  Magnolia  in  the  size  and  shape 
of  the  leaf,  but  it  often  has  a  brownish 
tint  spreading  over  parts  of  the  leaf;  the 
veins  are  more  distinct  and  the  petioles 
of  a  brownish  or  reddish  color.  The 
petals  are  a  creamy  white,  elliptical, 
four  inches  long  and  usually  nine  in 
number  in  whorls  of  three.  The  calyx 
is  greenish-white  and  reflexed.  The  cat¬ 
alogues  tell  us  that  the  flowers  are  “  de¬ 
lightfully  fragrant.”  In  the  bud  and 
newly  opened  flower  the  odor  is  pro¬ 
nounced  and  disagreeable  like  that  of  the 
arum.  Later,  however,  as  the  petals 
fall  and  the  cone-like  fruit  develops,  a 
pineapple  odor  prevails  similar  to  that 
of  the  sweet-scented  shrub,  Calycanthus 
floridus.  The  nurseryman’s  price  is  from 
$2  to  $3  per  plant.  It  blooms  in  early 
June.. . . 
Prof.  W.  F.  Massey,  of  the  Noith  Car¬ 
olina  Station,  says,  in  the  Practical 
Farmer,  that  Crimson  Clover  is  purely 
an  annual  and  must  be  sown  every  year. 
It  makes  no  second  growth  unless  cut 
prematurely.  It  is  not  adapted  to  severe 
climates,  and  will  be  of  little  value  north 
of  southern  Pennsylvania.  It  will  make 
a  fair  growth  on  land  which  is  too  poor 
and  sandy  to  grow  Red  Clover  at  all,  and 
will  make  an  enormous  growth  on  good 
land.  It  is  very  valuable  as  a  green  ma¬ 
nure  crop,  because  it  can  be  grown  dur¬ 
ing  the  winter  and  turned  under  in  spring 
in  time  to  plant  corn.  It  should  never 
be  sown  in  spring,  because  it  is  essen¬ 
tially  a  cold- weather  plant,  and  it  would 
fail  to  make  its  best  development  before 
hot  weather  if  sown  in  spring . 
If  grown  for  hay,  Crimson  Clover  must 
be  cut  as  soon  as  fairly  in  bloom,  for  it 
soon  gets  woody  and  worthless  for  this 
purpose.  In  North  Carolina  the  seed  is 
sown  at  any  time  in  September,  but  in 
the  northern  limit  of  its  culture,  July  and 
August  will  probably  be  better . 
The  plant  makes  a  great  quantity  of 
seed,  and  a  small  piece  kept  for  seed  will 
supply  enough  for  a  large  area.  It  cannot 
well  be  cleaned  from  the  hulls  without  a 
regular  machine  for  the  purpose,  yet  for 
home  sowing,  it  does  just  as  well  in  the 
chaff.  Fifteen  pounds  of  seed  is  the 
usual  quantity  per  acre.  It  would  make 
a  fine  soiling  crop  on  account  of  its  earli¬ 
ness,  but  would  keep  in  use  but  a  short 
time.  For  winter  pasture  in  the  .South 
and  for  plowing  under  in  spring,  it  is 
very  valuable.  Its  early  maturity  pre¬ 
cludes  sowing  it  with  a  grain  crop,  for  it 
is  dead  before  small  grain  is  ripe . 
It  is,  however,  a  good  practice  to  sow 
it  on  winter  oats,  and  cut  the  whole  for 
hay  as  soon  as  the  clover  is  ready.  It  will 
probably  make  as  much  hay  per  acre  as 
Red  Clover  will  at  one  cutting  on  the 
same  land,  and  on  poor  land,  more . 
Miss  E.  L.  Taplin  (American  Florist) 
says  that  Ampelopsis  Veitchii  leads  all 
hardy  vines  in  New  York  and  vicinity, 
and  its  sales  this  year  are  larger  than 
ever  before..  Its  deciduous  habit  is  very 
greatly  in  its  favor,  many  objecting  to 
the  true  ivies  on  the  ground  that  they 
make  a  house  damp  in  the  winter.  Of  its 
beauty,  both  in  summer  and  autumn, 
little  need  be  said;  it  certainly  excels  all 
other  rooted  climbers  in  our  climate.  A 
common  error  is  in  selecting  the  larger 
plants  of  ampelopsis;  the  best  results  are 
obtained  by  using  small  ones,  as  they 
always  begin  to  take  hold  from  the  bot¬ 
tom.  They  often  seem  to  make  very 
little  headway  for  a  season  or  two,  but 
as  soon  as  they  do  start  they  go  with  a 
rush . 
Here  is  an  item  from  the  New  England 
Homestead  without  any  credit  to  The  R. 
N.-Y: 
Tomatoes  bagged  just  after  the  frnlt  bas  set,  It  is 
said,  will  ripen  10  days  earlier  than  those  not  so 
treated.  They  are  improved  as  much  in  appearance 
as  are  grapes  and  ripen  perfectly  about  the  stem. 
Why  it  is  that  grapes  are  retarded  by  bagging  and 
tomatoes  forced  ahead  has  not  been  explained,  but 
the  fact  Is  more  valuable  than  the  theory.  If  it  will 
come  out  in  practice,  as  It  is  said  to,  it  is  a  very  val¬ 
uable  point  to  gardeners  that  they  may  get  their 
crop  on  the  market  earlier.  It  is  also  probable  that 
it  will  largely  prevent  the  rot  as  it  does  on  grapes. 
Our  respected  friend,  B.  F.  Johnson, 
has  been  studying  Crimson  Clover.  He 
says,  in  the  Country  Gentleman,  that  com¬ 
pared  with  Alfalfa  which  is  perennial, 
and  with  Red  Clover  which  may  be  made 
nearly  so  by  judicious  management, 
Crimson  Clover  is  an  annual,  and  a  rather 
delicate  one  at  that ;  compared  in  yield 
it  is  not  a  fourth  of  either,  and  compared 
in  nutritious  value  when  horses  and  cattle 
are  allowed  to  be  the  judges,  it  is  as  in. 
ferior  as  Bermuda  Grass  is  to  Timothy 
and  Blue  Grass.  Where  Red  Clover, 
Alfalfa,  Timothy  and  Blue  Grass  grow 
naturally  and  luxuriantly,  there  is  no 
call  and  no  place  for  inferior  clovers  and 
grasses,  but  when  the  former  are  rebell¬ 
ious  on  account  of  soil  or  climate,  Crimson 
Clover  may  be  preferable  to  them,  as  in 
Delaware  and  Maryland,  or  Red  Top  and 
Couch  Grass  in  New  England,  and  Japan 
Clover  and  Bermuda  on  the  worn,  sandy 
lands  of  the  thrown  out  cotton  fields . 
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and  more  about  biscuits,  the  average 
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us  that  the  physical  conditions  of  children 
in  the  highest  and  lowest  classes  in  large 
cities  are  often  curiously  alike,  and  from 
similar  causes — improper  food,  sleeping 
in  dark  rooms,  and  parental  neglect.” 
- Cor.  Country  Gentleman:  “  I  find 
more  profit  from  a  garden  of  less  than 
three  acres  than  from  a  farm  of  over 
200.” 
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