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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
639 
Farmers’  Club  Discussion. 
(Continued.) 
A  “  Mob”  Candidate. 
W.  F.  Massey,  North  Carolina  Ex¬ 
periment  Station. — The  Rural  is  badly 
in  error  in  saying  that  Gov.  Tillman,  in 
South  Carolina,  won  because  he  was  the 
candidate  of  the  farmers  against  towns¬ 
men.  He  won  simply  as  the  candidate 
of  the  mob  against  decent  men  in  all  oc¬ 
cupations.  I  was  for  some  time  the  guest 
of  one  of  the  most  energetic  and  success¬ 
ful  farmers  in  South  Carolina  this  sum¬ 
mer,  and  met  and  addressed  a  meeting  of 
farmers  of  more  than  average  intelligence 
on  farm  topics,  and  in  the  whole  crowd  I 
was  assured  that  there  were  but  two  men 
who  favored  Tillman.  Tillman  is  purely 
the  candidate  of  the  mob,  and  it  is  a  dis¬ 
grace  to  the  farmers  of  South  Carolina  to 
say  that  he  won  for  them. 
R.  N.-Y. — We  can  only  say  that  it  looks 
from  this  distance  as  though  the  “  mob” 
was  in  a  big  majority  in  South  Carolina. 
This  is  not  very  complimentary  to  the 
farmers  of  that  State  in  view  of  the 
figures  given  of  the  vote  by  which  Gov. 
Tillman  was  reelected,  especially,  per¬ 
haps,  as  it  was  cast  wholly  by  “  white  ” 
voters. 
vigor  and  hardiness  of  Rugosa  with  the  an  enterprise  has  failed  because  at  the 
best  roses  of  the  present  day .  critical  moment,  when  courage  was  the 
Madame  Caroline  Testout  is  pro¬ 
nounced  by  Mr.  W.  W.  Coles,  in  the 
American  Florist,  the  best  hybrid  tea 
the  French  have  ever  sent  out.  It  is  some¬ 
what  in  the  style  of  La  France,  but  a 
much  more  pleasing  and  cheerful  pink  ; 
it  has  not  the  dull,  washy  tint  so  often 
seen  on  the  outside  petals  of  La  France, 
but  retains  the  clear,  bright  color  from 
center  to  outside.  The  flowers  will  aver¬ 
age  much  larger  than  La  France’s;  it  is  a 
stronger  grower  and  freer  bloomer.  It  is 
predicted  that,  within  a  few  years,  there 
will  be  a  thousand  Testouts  grown  for 
every  hundred  of  La  France,  and  that  is 
saying  a  great  deal . 
The  Triumph  Aster — seed  from  W. 
Atlee  Burpee  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia — is 
a  real  triumph  in  its  way.  The  plants 
grow  from  a  foot  to  15  inches  tall.  The 
flowers  are  as  double  as  can  be  with 
the  petals  all  incurved.  They  are  about 
two  inches  in  diameter  and  of  a  bright, 
intense  crimson,  the  brightest  shade  we 
have  seen . 
Early  Victor  is,  among  grapes  of  any 
value,  our  earliest  black  to  ripen.  The 
berries  and  bunches  are  of  medium  size 
and  fair  quality.  The  berries  do  not  ad¬ 
here  to  the  stem  well,  and  it  will  never 
G.  W.  Pettite  gives  the  following  bits 
of  advice  to  our  readers  :  “  Don’t  scold 
your  wife.  Don’t  ill-treat  your  help. 
Don’t  abuse  your  horses.  Don’t  loaf 
around  town.  Don’t  quarrel  with  your 
neighbor.  Keep  the  weeds,  briers  and 
thistles  from  the  farm.  Keep  up  your 
line  fences.  Pick  up  the  rubbish.  Be 
temperate.  Be  honest.  Be  kind.  Serve 
God.  Take  The  Rural  New-Yorker, 
read  it  carefully,  use  judgment  with  its 
advice  and  be  happy.” . 
The  Indiana  Experiment  Station  finds 
that  mowing  wheat  in  spring  to  check 
rankness  of  growth  shortened  the  stems, 
retarded  the  ripening,  and  considerably 
reduced  the  yields  of  both  grain  and 
straw . 
The  editor-in-chief  of  the  New  York 
Weekly  Tribune  evidently  considers  that 
agriculture  during  the  present  Presiden¬ 
tial  campaign  is  of  less  importance  than 
politics.  He  has  reduced  its  agricultural 
space  from  two  pages  to  less  than  one. 
The  R.  N.-Y.  regards  the  agricultural  de¬ 
partment  as  by  far  the  best  part  of  the 
paper . 
“  U.  C.  the  top,  U.  C.  all,”  is  a  quaint 
device  that  might  guard  the  contents  of 
the  heart  as  well  as  the  peach  basket. . . . 
The  Royal  Church  Raspberry  is  a  native 
seedling  which  hails  from  Ohio.  Accord¬ 
ing  to  the  New  York  Experiment  Station, 
the  quality  of  the  fruit  is  equal  to  that  of 
Brinckle’s  Orange.  Little  more  could  be 
said  in  its  favor.  It  is  larger  than  Cuth- 
bert,  ripens  early  and  continues  to  ripen 
through  a  long  season.  The  shape  of  the 
berry  is  round  and  the  color  a  deeper 
crimson  than  that  of  Cuthbert,  without 
inclining  to  purple.  The  plants  are 
essential  thing,  counsel  was  taken  with 
fear  and  the  flag  was  struck  which  might 
have  been  successfully  carried  forward 
and  planted  on  the  citadel.  The  inspir¬ 
ations  of  life,  those  sudden  revelations 
of  things  we  may  attain,  are  the  children 
of  hope ;  depressions  never  yet  gave 
birth  to  an  inspiring  thought  or  purpose. 
We  only  really  live  when  we  hope,  and 
when  hope  leads  us  forward  by  its  divine 
impulsion.” 
- Life:  ‘‘How  would  you  like  to  be 
thrashed  as  I  am  ?  ”  complained  the 
wheat  to  the  corn.  “I  would  a  good 
deal  rather  be  thrashed  than  have  my 
ears  pulled,”  answered  the  corn. 
- Garden  and  Forest  ;  “It  takes 
many  years,  and  often  many  generations, 
to  develop  a  fruit  or  vegetable  with  the 
best  edible  qualities  from  its  original 
wild  state.  It  was  the  opinion  of  Dr. 
Gray  that  if  modern  civilization  had  be¬ 
gun  in  America  our  Ground  Nut  (Apios 
tuberosa)  would  have  been  the  earliest 
developed  esculent  tuber,  and  would 
probably  have  held  its  place  among  the 
first,  along  with  potatoes  and  sweet 
potatoes.” 
- George  William  Curtis  :  “  The  test 
of  civilization  is  the  estimate  of  women.” 
“  Progress  begins  with  the  minority. 
It  is  completed  by  persuading  the  major¬ 
ity.” 
- Prof.  L.  II.  Bailey  in  Garden  and 
Forest:  “How  well  I  remember  my 
early  days  in  the  woods  of  Michigan  ! 
Cutting  and  clearing  and  burning  !  These 
were  the  three  merits  of  the  pioneer, 
and  it  is  little  wonder  that  he  came  to 
look  upon  eyery  bush  and  tree  as  a  per- 
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thought  to  be  quite  hardy .  sonal  enemy.  There  was  no  quarter  ; 
A  minimum  of  lemon  and  sugar  will 
make  an  insipid  lemonade.  Too  much 
sugar  will  make  it  distastefully  sweet ; 
too  much  lemon  distastefully  sour — it 
will  set  one’s  “  teeth  on  edge.”  A  suffi¬ 
cient  quantity  of  both  lemon  and  sugar 
will  make  a  lemonade  that  is  “just  right” 
— a  lemonade  that  if  we  were  speaking  of 
strawberries,  grapes,  apples  or  pears 
would  be  classed  as  “best.”  If  the  juice 
were  merely  sour,  vinegar  would  serve 
just  as  well  as  a  lemon.  Lemonade, 
therefore,  of  the  best  quality,  is  some¬ 
thing  more  than  certain  proportions  of 
lemon  juice,  pulverized  sugar  and  pure 
water.  It  has  a  characteristic  flavor — that 
of  the  lemon — a  flavor  which  vinegar  has 
not.  Few  relish  a  blackberry,  a  raspberry 
or  even  a  gooseberry  that  is  simply  sour. 
The  acidity  must  be  mingled  with  sweet¬ 
ness — and  not  only  that,  but  it  must  be 
possessed  of  the  characteristic  flavor  of 
the  raspberry,  blackberry  and  goose- 
prove  a  valuable  market  variety .  berry.  Insipid  fruits  of  all  kinds  are 
Among  the  dwarf  Limas — Henderson’s, 
Burpee's,  Thorburn’s  and  Dreer’s — we 
give  a  decided  preference  this  season  to 
Burpee’s.  The  plants  are  a  couple  of 
feet  in  diameter,  not  over  15  inches  tall, 
all  of  the  true  bush  form — that  is,  with¬ 
out  any  inclination  to  run  to  vine,  as  has 
been  the  case  with  occasional  plants  in 
preceding  years.  We  counted  on  one 
plant  35  pods,  the  pods  averaging  nearly 
three  seeds  each  of  the  largest  size. 
Thorburn’s  Kumerle  strain  and  Dreer’s 
Bush  are  the  same,  or  so  nearly  so  that 
the  one  will  answer  for  the  other . 
Henderson’s  little  Sieva  is  valuable  for 
its  earliness.  That  is  the  most  that  can 
common  enough.  So,  too,  are  fruits  that 
agreeably  mingle  the  sweet  and  the  sour. 
But  the  fruits  that  we  rate  as  best  are 
not  only  the  perfect  combination  of 
sweet  and  sour,  each  must  have  an  in¬ 
tensely  characteristic  flavor . 
There  is  an  excellent  rule  prevailing 
at  Harvard  University  concerning  ath¬ 
letics,  says  Harper's  Weekly.  It  is  that 
no  student  shall  participate  in  inter-col¬ 
legiate  sports  unless  he  maintain  a  cer¬ 
tain  standing  in  his  studies.  He  must 
prove  by  his  college  work  that  he  is  in¬ 
tellectually  industrious  or  he  cannot  be¬ 
come,  or  remain,  one  of  the  physical 
champions  and  heroes  of  the  University. 
everything  must  be  swept  from  the  land 
— every  bush  on  the  roadside,  every  tree 
in  the  fields.  And  long  after  the  farms 
had  been  cleared  and  the  roads  had  be¬ 
come  settled  and  worn  this  passion  re¬ 
mained.  But  it  is  gradually  burning 
out,  and  the  next  generation  will  have 
forgotten  it  and  will  look  with  satisfac¬ 
tion  upon  the  clumps  of  trees  and  bushes 
that  here  and  there  spring  up  in  the 
waste  places.” 
- Erastus  Wiman:  “I  undertake  to 
say  that  about  nine-tenths  of  the  coal 
lands  east  of  the  Allegheny  Mountains 
are  controlled  by  about  half  a  dozen 
men.  That  half-dozen  men  could  starve 
New  York  next  winter  if  they  chose. 
They  have  struck  a  blow  at  every  indus¬ 
try  that  makes  wealth.  *  *  *  By  con¬ 
trolling  the  fuel  necessary  to  make  steam 
they  control  everything  requiring  steam. 
Who  will  say  that  these  are  not  the 
strikers  most  to  be  feared  ?  ” 
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The  Pocklington  Grape  improves  with 
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An  article  in  the  London  Garden,  al¬ 
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Rugosa  hybrids  that  shall  combine  the 
of  the  athletic  fame  of  their  college,  hut 
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