1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Farmers’  Club  Discussion. 
( Continued .) 
ings  there  is  need  of  boys  as  well  as  of 
men  who  were  raised  on  the  farm.  There 
are  also  many  sons  of  farmers  who  have 
no  desire  or  inclination  to  follow  their 
fathers’  vocation  for  a  livelihood.  Why 
should  they  be  urged  or  compelled  to  do 
so  ?  One  son  may  have  a  natural  turn 
for  mechanics,  and  would  succeed  by  fol¬ 
lowing  that  occupation,  while  he  would 
fail  as  a  farmer.  Another  would  succeed 
as  a  merchant  or  in  some  of  the  profess¬ 
ions  and  would  fail  on  the  farm.  I  have 
seen  farmers’  sons  who  have  risen  to 
eminence  as  judges  of  our  courts,  as  min¬ 
isters  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  as  physi¬ 
cians,  civil  engineers,  etc.;  in  fact,  all  the 
callings  to  which  man  may  aspire  have 
been  filled  by  farmers’  sons,  and  will 
continue  to  be  so  filled  to  the  end  of  time 
no  doubt  This  being  the  case,  why 
fetter  the  sons  of  farmers  to  their  fathers’ 
calling  ?  Better  educate  all,  both  sons 
and  daughters,  to  the  best  of  the  parent's 
ability,  then  let  each  choose  the  calling 
in  which  he  or  she  appears  likely  to  suc¬ 
ceed  best  and  bid  all  Godspeed,  whether 
in  the  tilling  of  the  soil  or  some  other 
vocation. 
Early  Tomatoes. 
Joseph  Harris,  Monroe  County,  N.  Y. 
— We  had  our  first  tomatoes  this  year 
August  1.  They  were  Early  Ruby.  The 
next  day  the  Dwarf  Champion  gave  us  a 
few  very  fine,  large,  solid  tomatoes.  The 
chief  value  of  the  Early  Ruby  consists  in 
the  fact  that  it  not  only  gives  us  the  first 
tomatoes,  but  a  large  portion  of  the  crop 
ripens  early.  The  Dwarf  Champion  gives 
us  a  few  very  early  tomatoes  of  the  high¬ 
est  quality,  but  for  the  first  two  weeks 
will  not  produce  half  as  many  ripe  toma¬ 
toes  per  vine  as  the  Early  Ruby.  The 
Dwarf  Champion  is  far  smoother  than 
the  Early  Ruby.  To-day,  August  18,  we 
sold  in  the  Rochester  market  Dwarf 
Champion  for  §1  per  bushel  and  Early 
Ruby  for  90  cents.  For  our  own  eating 
we  would  make  a  greater  difference  in 
the  price.  For  a  family  tomato  there 
is  nothing  better  than  a  well  bred  Dwarf 
Champion.  There  is  a  great  difference 
in  different  strains  of  Dwarf  Champion, 
but  when  grown  from  seed  saved  from 
selected  tomatoes  gathered  from  vines 
that  produced  the  smoothest  and  best 
fruit,  there  is  no  better  tomato  for  family 
use.  The  vines  produce  a  few  very  early 
tomatoes  and,  if  you  have  enough  plants, 
you  can  get  a  daily  supply  of  smooth, 
very  solid  tomatoes  till  the  vines  are  cut 
down  by  frost. 
Our  National  Entomologist  has  appar¬ 
ently  nothing  to  say  in  reply  to  the  evi¬ 
dence  given  some  weeks  ago  in  these 
columns  that  The  R.  N.-Y.  is  entitled  to 
the  credit  of  being  the  first  to  prove  that 
weevil-eaten  peas  are  substantially 
worthless  for  seed.  But  he  ought  to 
have  something  to  say.  He  ought  frank¬ 
ly  to  acknowledge  his  error  in  giving 
the  credit  of  the  discovery  to  another, 
or  he  ought  to  take  pains  to  show  that 
The  R.  N.-Y.  is  in  error.  Silence  will 
not  answer.  A  dignified  silence  is  fine 
enough  when  one,  in  the  face  of  a  grave 
charge,  is  in  the  right ;  but  it  is  not  ef¬ 
fective  when  one  is  in  the  wrong.  In 
the  one  case  he  can  afford  to  wait,  for 
there  is  no  mortgage  upon  his  integrity. 
In  the  other  case  he  will  have  compound 
interest  to  pay.  Our  charges  against 
United  States  Entomologist  Riley  are,  1, 
that  he  knew  The  R.  N.-Y.  proved  that 
weevil-eaten  peas  were  essentially  worth¬ 
less  for  seed,  13  years  ago.  That,  2,  he 
stated  at  the  time  that  our  proof  was 
faulty  and  that  weevil-eaten  peas  were 
as  good  for  seed  as  peas  not  weevil-eaten. 
That,  3,  he  promised  to  show  wherein 
our  experiments  were  faulty — a  promise 
never  fulfilled.  That,  4,  h§  now  gives  in 
a  government  publication  (Insect  Life) 
the  credit  of  first  proving  that  weeyil- 
eaten  peas  are  worthless  for  seed,  to  one 
of  the  officers  of  an  experiment  station, 
as  the  result  of  experiments  recently 
conducted.  We  call  upon  Prof.  Riley  to 
explain . 
August  10,  a  large  box  of  the  Carman 
grape  was  received  from  its  originator 
Prof.  T.  V.  Munson  of  Denison,  Texas. 
The  bunches  were  long,  the  berries 
closely  set  and  perfectly  ripened.  The 
skin  is  tough  and  the  berry  must  prove  a 
fine  shipper  and  keeper.  The  flesh  is 
firm  and  meaty,  juicy,  sweet,  sprightly, 
and  altogether  of  high  quality.  Mr. 
Munson  writes:  “  The  Carman  grape  has 
proved  immense  this  year,  bearing  an 
average  of  over  21  pounds  of  magnificent 
fruit  on  all  the  four-year  vines.  I  believe 
the  variety  will  prove  perfectly  hardy  in 
40  degrees  or  more  latitude,  as  plants  be¬ 
ing  tested  by  H.  Jaeger  in  Missouri  en¬ 
dured  27  degrees  below  zero  perfectly 
last  winter  and  are  now  full  of  fruit.”. .  . 
A  specimen  of  the  Green  Mountain 
grape  was  sent  to  the  Rural  Grounds  in 
November  of  1889,  by  S.  Hoyt's  Sons  of 
New  Canaan,  Connecticut.  It  is  now  our 
opinion  that  it  is  the  earliest  white  grape 
in  cultivation  that  is  otherwise  valuable. 
The  berries  are  about  the  size  of  the 
Berckmans  or  a  little  larger  than  those 
of  Delaware,  green  in  color  without  much 
bloom.  It  is  juicy,  sprightly,  and  of  a 
pleasant,  refreshing  quality  without 
being  sweet.  It  is  free  of  foxiness,  the 
seeds,  which  are  small,  part  readily  from 
the  pulp,  which  is  itself  tender.  We 
commend  a  trial  of  the  Green  Mountain 
to  our  readers . . . 
Another  grape  which  we  fancy  has 
come  to  reside  among  us  for  many  years, 
if  not  permanently,  is  the  Geneva.  It 
was  sent  to  the  Rural  Grounds  as  No. 
300, in  April  of  1886,  by  R.  G.  Chase  &  Co., 
of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  The  berry  is  rather 
large  and  inclined  to  be  oblong  or  even 
obovate  in  shape,  though  nearly  round. 
It  ripens  early — say  a  week  after  the 
Green  Mountain — is  of  a  green  color 
with  little  bloom,  adheres  firmly  to  the 
stem.  The  skin  is  firm,  though  not 
thick,  the  pulp  is  for  the  most  part 
meaty  and  parts  freely  from  the  seeds 
which,  though  rather  large,  are  gener¬ 
ally  but  two  in  number,  and  often  but 
one.  It  is  pure  in  flavor,  sprightly  and 
excellent.  Grapes  of  the  Geneva  that 
have  grown  in  bags  are  exceptionally 
beautiful,  being  so  transparent  that  one 
may  almost  count  the  seeds  ;  while  in 
the  sun  the  skin  reflects,  though  feebly 
of  course,  different  colors . 
The  New  England  Homestead,  of 
Springfield,  Mass.,  the  owners  of  which 
also  publish  the  American  Agriculturist, 
which  ostensibly  is  published  in  New 
York  city,  gives  nearly  a  half  page  to  an 
advertisement  of  the  “  Connecticut  State 
Fair  and  Races.”  “  Fine  Racing  every 
day,”  “Friday  Speed  Day,”  “Trial  each 
day  to  beat  the  half-mile  record  of  the 
State  for  a  Purse  of  $500,”  etc.,  etc. 
And  all  this  is  indorsed  editorially  as  fol¬ 
lows:  “An  interesting  program  of 
amusements  consists  of  racing,  balloon 
ascention  and  parachute  leap.”  “  This 
fair  is  the  farmers’  fair.  It  is  for  them 
and  by  them  and  it  is  the  duty  of  every 
farmer  in  the  State  to  support  it !!”... . 
Direct. 
- Edward  Bellamy  in  N.  Y.  Herald  : 
“The  Homestead  and  Buffalo  troubles  in¬ 
dicate  beyond  question  that  the  contro¬ 
versy  between  labor  and  capital  is  enter¬ 
ing  on  a  phase  of  unprecedented  inten¬ 
sity,  and  that  we  have  before  us  a  period 
of  confusion  and  bloodshed  not  likely  to 
end  save  in  some  radical  readjustment  of 
industry.” 
- Danied  Webster  :  “  The  freest  gov¬ 
ernment  cannot  long  endure  where  the 
tendency  of  the  laws  is  to  create  a  rapid 
accumulation  of  property  in  the  hands 
of  the  few,  and  to  render  the  masses  of 
.the  people  poor  and  dependent.” 
- Master  Workman  Henry  A.  Hicks  : 
“  What  will  be  the  result  of  these  out¬ 
breaks  on  the  labor  movement  ?  It  will 
take  a  lesson  from  its  past  history  and 
centralize,  and  thereby  be  prepared  in 
future  for  any  emergency.  The  result, 
politically,  will  be  disastrous  to  the  Re¬ 
publican  and  Democratic  parties,  for  in 
their  hands  has  been  the  remedy,  and 
they  have  surrendered  the  rights  of  labor 
in  their  greed  for  ill-gotten  wealth  to 
monopolies  and  trusts,  and  hence  the 
strength  of  the  People’s  party. 
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woman,  created  a  home,  built  a  house, 
planted  a  garden  and  ate  the  fruit  of  it.” 
“  ‘  The  nation  comes  from  the  nursery  ’ 
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