THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
I 27 
891 
[SPICE. 
The veteran nurseryman S. B. Parsons, 
suggests, in our valued contemporary, the 
American Florist, that a chart of colors, 
such as would go on an octavo page or less, 
would be of great interest to lovers of 
plants and of great value to florists. A 
number being attached to each shade, the 
color of a flower could be described by a 
number. These charts could be furnished 
very cheaply for binding up with cata¬ 
logues, if chromoed by the 100,000. The idea 
strikes The R. N.-Y. very favorably. One 
of the most perplexing things is to accu¬ 
rately describe in words the colors of flowers 
when they differ slightly or considerably 
from what may be called standard colors.. 
Prof. Goff, in the Farmers’ Review, 
mentions two Wisconsin apples of decided 
value. They are McMahon’s White and 
the Orange Winter. Both have endured 
the severest Wisconsin winters. 
In appearance the McMahon White is 
strikingly attractive, being of large size, of 
a half transparent whitish green on the 
shaded side and a beautiful golden green, 
often with a somewhat pronounced blush, 
on the side exposed to the sun. The flesh 
is pure white, fine-grained, moderately 
juicy, with a decidedly acid, but pleasant 
and refreshing flavor. Its season is No¬ 
vember. 
The fruit of the Orange Winter is of 
medium size, somewhat oblate in form, 
nearly lemon yellow in color when fully 
ripe, with a faint blush on the sunny side, 
and the whole surface is densely sprinkled 
with rather conspicuous green or brownish 
dots, which appear as slight ridges through 
the half transparent skin. The flesh is 
white, tender and fine-grained, with a 
rather pronounced and very pleasant sub- 
acid flavor. Its quality, either for dessert 
or cooking, would rank as “very good.” Its 
season is early winter. 
The American Florist speaks of a sport 
of La France with variegated flowers, and 
the variegation is very marked. In form 
and fragrance they are the same as La 
France. 
The above enterprising journal presents 
its readers with a beautiful colored picture 
of the Rose Waban. It is a sport of the 
popular Catherine Mermet, and is dis¬ 
tinctly darker in color, being a bright pink. 
Benjamin M. Smith, of Beverly, Mass., 
who was awarded last year by the Massa- 
cnusetts Horticultural Society its silver 
medal for the best seedling strawberry 
the Beverly, on January 3 was again 
awarded its highest prize of $30, for the 
best amateur strawberry garden in the 
State. Mr. Smith sowed seed from Miner’s 
Prolific in July 1887. The Beverely pro¬ 
duced its first fruit in June 1888. In the 
summer of 1890 he picked eight bushels 24 
quarts, starting from one plant in 1888. 
Dwarf trees that have been maintained 
under proper cultivation, and that have 
been properly pruned, may be seen pro¬ 
ducing excellent crops of fine fruit after 
half a century of existence, says George 
Ellwanger, in Popular Gardening. Most 
of the dwarf pear orchards throughout 
western New York are neglected in most, 
if not in all the above requirements, and 
therefore their lease of life Is short and un¬ 
satisfactory. 
Mr. Ellwanger regards Winter Nelis as 
one of the finest of winter pears. As to 
size, color and quality it has no superior... 
Beaurre Clairgeau is the largest and 
most attractive early winter pear in culti¬ 
vation, and always commands the highest 
price. The fruit is very large, pyriform, 
yellow and red, with its red cheek usually 
very highly colored, nearly melting, and 
keeps till January, the tree being a good 
grower and an abundant bearer. 
It is difficult, in Mr. Ellwanger’s estima¬ 
tion, to name any finer winter pears for the 
table than Clairgeau, Anjou, Winter Nelis 
and Josephine de Malines. 
Mr. Greiner’s little book, which tells, 
in a pleasing, story-like way, “ How to 
Grow 2,00^ bushels of fine onions on one 
acre ” should be read by all who are inter¬ 
ested in the cultivation of this Important 
crop. Every detail is made very plain, so 
that, as Mr. Greiner puts it, even the begin¬ 
ner can go to work at once with a prospect 
of growing not less than 1,000 bushels on 
an acre in a poor season, but twice that 
amount in a good one. The seed is sown in 
cold-frames of finely pulverized soil in 
drills about three inches apart. He esti¬ 
mates that 130,000 plants are required to 
the acre and a frame of about 15 sashes is 
required to raise them. The quantity of 
seed required for this purpose Is about 1 % 
pound. The old method requires about 
six or eight pounds to the acre. 
The plants may be transplanted to the 
acre at almost any stage of growth, as 
found about three weeks after sowing the 
seed. Mr. Greiner for his climate (Buffalo) 
begins to sow about March 1 and at inter¬ 
vals until March 15. He prefers the Prize- 
taker, which he considers the finest, hand¬ 
somest, and largest onion in cultivation. 
Next to this he prefers Spanish King. We 
find that Johnson & Stokes offer them 
as identical. 
The book goes on to describe how the 
plants are set in the open ground, explains 
the advantage of transplanting and, in 
short, tells the whole story in a plain way, 
and to this story we must refer our readers 
who desire further information as to this 
new method of onion culture. The book 
may be had at this office—price 50 cents. 
A vert pretty effect is produced by plant¬ 
ing in small, round beds, say four feet in 
diameter, an assortment of Foliage Beets, 
as they are called. They are grown exclu¬ 
sively for their handsome foliage. 
Have you ever raised the best varieties 
of the antirrhinum or snapdragon? They 
are odd and beautiful perennials that bloom 
abundantly the first season. 
The Molucca Balm or Shell Flower, pop¬ 
ularized by The R. N.-Y. years ago, is a 
singularly interesting plant when well 
grown. It is an annual growing from two 
to three feet high. It blooms early and each 
flower is surrounded by a shell-like calyx 
over an inch in diameter. 
Old methods of raising potatoes are not 
touched upon in “The New Potato Cul¬ 
ture.” It is written for those who raise 
small patches in the garden or even in city 
lots, as well as for those who cultivate 
acres. It will help you to raise 10 bushels 
where but three were raised before.... 
Do you raise potatoes—no matter whether 
upon a garden plot or upon acres? If so, 
you will be interested in “ The New Potato 
Culture.” It will help you to double if not 
treble the yield without proportionately 
increasing the cost of production. It is the 
result of The R. N.-Y.’s experience during 
the past 15 years. Bound in paper it will 
cost but 40 cents. We should be glad to 
have it in the hands of every reader. 
How far north is the pecan hardy ? Are 
there not varieties that will endure the 
climate of New York and Chicago ? Who 
knows ? It is a delicious nut. 
Order a plant of the Weeping Dogwood ; 
also one of Teas Weeping Mulberry. 
Is thero to day a finer hardy white rose 
than Madame Piantier ?. 
Take the time and order a judicious 
selection of gladioli. Make a “mem.” to 
cross the flowers next summer. 
It is always safer to grow Into a specialty 
than to go into it. 
Mr. T. Greiner is not an admirer of the 
jack-of-all-trades. He grants that he is a 
clever sort of person and handy to have 
around as a “general utility ” man. But 
he never rises above the level of medio¬ 
crity in anything ; is never able to do great 
things or command big pay. He illustrates 
the position of the old fable of the fox and 
the cat. The cat knew one trick ; the fox 
knew a bagful. The hunters and hounds 
came. The cat climbed to the top of a tree. 
The fox played one trick after another but 
was finally overtaken and killed. 
DIRECT. 
“A hint to fathers. 
How pure and good ’twould make the world, 
The millennium we soon would see, 
If fathers would but be themselves 
As good as they think their sons should be.” 
—New York Llerald. 
-G. W. Cable: “That darkest of all 
political curses—an established party.” 
-J. Harrison: “No farm should be 
without its grove of nut-bearing trees.” 
-“Eulalia gracilis univittata.—T he 
most beautiful and useful of all the 
eulalias. Narrow, green leaves with a 
silvery white mid-rib. This plant is of 
most graceful habit and is very useful for 
decorative purposes and the center of vases 
as well as making an attractive lawn plant. 
Perfectly hardy, standing our most severe 
winters without protection.” 
-Western Rural : A man who squirts 
tobacco juice right and left ought to be 
muzzled with a water-tight muzzle.” 
“ If love were never feigned, it would 
appear to be scarce.” 
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