1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
367 
about them. The double pink-flowered 
variety of Calystegia sepium is now being 
sold as “California Rose.” This is a pretty 
plant of the Morning Glory family, but 
those who plant it in their gardens will 
soon wish it in California, for every 
particle of its perennial roots that gets cut 
off will make a new plant and the thing will 
soon be a weed that no perseverance can 
get rid of. The old Brugmansia (near of 
kin to the Jimson Weed) is now the 
Ghost Plant. It is really a showy 
plant to set on a lawn in sum¬ 
mer; but why not give its true name? 
“Hardy Moon Flower” is another new 
name for Ipomcei pandurata. Like its near 
kin, calystegia, it will become a very trou 
blesome weed, and when once established, 
it is a puzzle to find how deep the root is 
in the earth if one wants to dig it up, and 
that is what most people will want to do. 
I have been looking for some one to take 
up our common May Pop—Passiflora in- 
carnata,—and christen it. It Is a really 
finer thing than any of the hardy convol 
vulus tribe, but, like them, becomes a trou¬ 
blesome weed. Perhaps it may not be 
hardy at the North. If so, it might be made 
safely a useful summer climber, and many 
a North Carolina farmer would dig the 
roots very cheaply to get them out of his 
way. But there is entirely too much of 
this illustrated advertising of beautiful 
weeds with names invented by the venders, 
but no warning as to their nature. I 
thank The R. N. Y. for “ sitting down ” 
on it. [Ts not the California Rose Caly¬ 
stegia pubescens flore pleno ?— Eds.] 
Some Sulphurous Nonsense. 
H. E. P., New York,- About four or 
five years ago, my father who was a sub¬ 
scriber to The R. N.-Y., read in It some¬ 
thing about boring into the trunk of fruit 
trees and filling the hole with powdered 
sulphnr. The why and wherefore I do not 
know, as he has been dead over three years; 
but I remember his having tried it on a 
peach tree that was of no account, he said, 
and the next season the tree was so loaded 
with fine fruit that it had to be propped 
up. He told a neighbor of his experiment 
and the latter tried it on a cherry tree, the 
fruit of which always dropped before it 
ripened, and since then the tree has borne 
excellent fruit which hangs on well. I want 
to try it on a pear tree. The fruit is not 
fair and cracks open. Now, can The Rural 
tell me when the sulphur ought to be ap¬ 
plied—now as the tree is just leafing out or 
later when the fruit is setting? 
R. N.-Y.—The time to apply the sulphur 
is not at all. Sand will have as good an 
effect and cost less. 
The High Cranberry. 
S. A. Little, Seneca County - , N. Y.— 
On page 325 The R. N.Y.- says that it has 
no knowledge of the Tree Cranberry. The 
querist no doubt refers to a shrub which is 
common in the swamps in Seneca County— 
where it is known as High Bush Cran¬ 
berry-Viburnum opulus. It is a hand¬ 
some shrub, growing to the height of 12 
feet or perhaps more, branching considera¬ 
bly from the root. The flowers are borne 
In cymes and are quite pretty. They are 
followed by bright red, very acid fruits 
which are not unlike the common cran¬ 
berry in flavor, though smaller. The fruit 
when cooked is mueh liked by some, but 
does not grow in quantity sufficient to 
make it profitable for cultivation. It clings 
to the tree until spring. I saw a bush bear¬ 
ing several clusters late in April. The High 
Cranberry is closely related to the old- 
fashioned Guelder Robb or Snowball— V. 
roseum—which, with the lilac, was always 
found in the gardens of our grandmothers, 
and it deserves a place on the lawn. It 
submits to cultivation gracefully and re¬ 
pays the care bestowed upon it with beau¬ 
tiful foliage and flowers, aside from its 
charming fruit, which alone, might recom¬ 
mend it as an ornamental shrub. 
Whole Ensilage Is All Right. 
R. S. Beede, St. Lawrence Couniy, N. 
Y.—Five years ago I began putting whole 
corn In a silo, and until this year mine was 
the only one in the town. Last fall another 
farmer not far distant made a large one 
with good results. As for me, I would not 
try to farm in this country without the 
silo. Mine is 13x20 feet and 17 feet deep. 
I always put my corn in whole until 
this year, when about a third of it was put 
in cut in the bottom of the pit, but it did 
not keep any better than the whole ensi¬ 
lage, and I do not think that my cattle rel¬ 
ished it as well. My cattle were never more 
anxious for their rations of grain than they 
are for their foddering of whole ensilage. 
I would never cut ensilage ; to do so is only 
to throw away money and time. 
SHORT AND SHARP. 
The following wheats were received from 
the Department of Agriculture and planted 
(one kernel a foot apart each way) on Sep¬ 
tember 19, 1890: New Mexico Mediter¬ 
ranean, which has been raised in Las 
Cruces, (N. M.) for 20 years under the name 
of Mediterranean ; Sonora, also from Las 
Cruces, originally taken there from Sonora, 
Mexico. The weight per bushel was 43 
pounds, and the yield 43 bushels to the acre; 
Naples, from France ; Dattel from France. 
The above wheats, though mulched, have 
all been more or less seriously injured dur¬ 
ing the winter. 
Syringa oblata Is the first of the lilacs 
to bloom at the Rural Grounds this year— 
April 24. What a joy a well selected assort¬ 
ment of lilacs is. They have been greatly 
improved of late years. 
First cutting of asparagus, April 24. 
There seems to be little difference as to 
earliness between the many varieties we 
are cultivating. 
London-purple is in most cases just as 
effective as Paris green, but it needs to be 
used with more caution. 
When London purple was first an¬ 
nounced as a potato beetle insecticide the 
introducers sent a quantity to The R. N. -Y. 
—the first, they said, that had been sent out 
for trial in this country. We tried it, 
incautiously, upon a large patch of pota¬ 
toes. Nearly every leaf was destroyed. In 
smaller quantities it proved just as effec¬ 
tive as Paris green, while the cost was 
much less and it was (and is) easier to pro¬ 
cure an unadulterated article. 
Again, if properly treated, it is easier to 
prepare for application. Being much 
lighter than Paris-green, the water needs 
less stirring and a more even distribution 
is easily effected.. j . 
M. H. Beckwith thinks that the kero¬ 
sene emulsion if applied every day during 
their visitation will subdue the Rose Bug.. 
The Kentucky Experiment Station’s last 
bulletin (32) is about strawberries and vege¬ 
tables. Such mistakes of name as “Gand>’s 
Pride," and “Triumph de Grande”should 
not occur in such publications. 
Plants of the new “Everbearing” Straw¬ 
berry have been sent to the Rural Grounds 
by the introducer, Seth Winquist, of Rus¬ 
sellville, Oregon. The claims made for it are 
that the variety is “the most constant pro¬ 
ducer ever grown. It has a continuous pro¬ 
duction from May until frost.” It is an 
excellent shipper; it bears the largest 
berries and it stands the heat and drought 
“ better than any berry owing to its im¬ 
mense masses of roots.” It is a chance 
seedling originating with Remillard & Nor- 
mandin, in 1882 . 
J. H. Hale says that the main thing to 
be considered In raising berries for market 
is that people buy by their eyes ; siza goes 
ahead of flavor every time. For home use 
flavor should be considered and every large 
well regulated family should eat a bushel 
a day. 
The New England Farmer selects the 
following timely hints from our new book 
“ The New Potato Culture :” 
“Broadcast manuring is better than 
manuring in ihe hill, for the reason that it 
is the fibrous roots that need the food. 
“ If farmers were to understand that 
chemical fertilizers are merely concen¬ 
trated farm manure they would not be bo 
prone to regard a tufficient understanding 
of the action of these fertilizers as some¬ 
thing beyond their comprehension. 
“It will pay faimers to place their seed 
pieces (if sound that is, not sprouted) in 
light, sunny places ten days before plant¬ 
ing time. 
“The most economical way to apply 
Paris-green is to thoroughly mix it with 
plaster rather than with water. 
“On no other crops have I had such telling 
results from the use of chemical fertilizers, 
as compared with farm manure, as upon 
potatoes, and this has been the case during 
the past 12 years without any exception.... 
“In a trench it is as if there were three or 
four tiers or planes for the growth of pota¬ 
toes, a virtual extension of the area planted, 
the same as a ten-story house may occupy 
the same area of ground as a one-story 
house. 
“Use large-sized pieces containing two or 
three strong eyes.. 
“Hilling up on well drained land never 
increases the crop. The fibrous roots ex¬ 
tend from hill to hill, from row to row, and 
the soil should never be taken from them 
to heap it up about the stems where it is 
not needed.”. 
Again we say, do not spray fruit trees 
with poisoned water until the blossoms 
have fallen. 
The R N.-Y. has done its very best for 
many years to please its patrons. But this 
year,with an increase of circulation of 50 per 
cent it finds itself in a “state of exhilara¬ 
tion” not experienced during every preced¬ 
ing year of its life. To do one’s duty is 
pleasanter on some occasions than on 
others. 
We are curious to know how our 
esteemed contemporaries will regard, from 
a moral point of view, the suit which Mr. 
Childs has brought against The R. N.-Y. 
We should be pleased to know whether 
they approve or disapprove of it. It is re¬ 
spectfully submitted that it is their duty 
to take sides and to talk plainly as well.... 
DIRECT. 
- Agriculture: “It seems hardly con¬ 
sonant with the fitness of things, when 
half starved cattle are seen searching a 
brown hillside, in times of drought, for 
some scanty blades of grass, while ample 
supplies of water are close at hand, that 
might readily be applied to make the hill¬ 
side fertile.” 
-North Carolina Experiment Sta¬ 
tion : “ Rural New-Yorker, No. 2, while 
later than some others in perfect ripeness, 
had tubers ready for market as early as 
any, and was very productive. We regard 
this variety, Henderson’s Puritan, Pearl of 
Savoy, Vanguard and Clarke’s No. 1 as at 
present the most promising sorts for the 
early market.” 
[The No. 2 we have always regarded as a 
late potato, and it is a surprise to us that 
the North Carolina Experiment Station 
classes it among the earltes.— Eds ] 
-New York Times: “Mainly through 
the efforts of the editor of The R. N.-Y., 
and their results, the cultivation of the 
potato has acquired new interest.” 
-Life : “ He: Misfortune has its recom¬ 
penses. 
She: Why? 
He: The homely girl can eat onions.” 
-Husbandman: “One of the greatest 
abases of this day and generation is in 
official salaries. Thousands of offices which 
pay $1,500 to $5,000 annually, could be well 
filled for half the price.” 
-New York Tribune: “More money 
was spent last year in this country for the 
boy-destroying cigarette than for foreign 
missions—which proves the need of home 
missions.” 
-Prof. Storer: “If it can be said of 
any one item of good practice in agricul¬ 
ture more than of another, that it is shame¬ 
fully neglected in the Atlantic States, it 
will assuredly be said of irrigation. In 
spite of all that has been done of late years 
in California and the adjacent regions, it 
is still probably true that no other subject 
relating to agriculture so much needs to be 
attended to by the American people as this 
matter of watering the land.” 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural. 
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Pricos. Largest Stock and Assortment of Old and Now 
Tariotios. Sond for Prico List. 
BOSH & SON 4 MZISSNZB, Bnskkorg, Mo. 
Six days earliei than 
any variety tested at the 
Agrleu't’l Ex. Grounds 
at Gf tteva, N. Y. Color 
greenish white : pulp 
tender, sweet and de¬ 
licious. The only grape 
that ranks tirst both In 
earllness and quality. 
Each vine sealed with 
our registered trade¬ 
mark label. Send for 
circulars giving lurin' r Information. Agents wanted 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS. New Canaan. Ct 
ALFALFA CLOVER SEED 
By the car-load or In any quantity. 
Write to W. A. HAWS. 
Las Animas. Bent County, Colorado. U. 8. A. 
*Su£E2 
Package makes 6 gallons. 
Delicious, sparkling, and 
appetizing. Sold by all 
dealers. FREE a beautiful 
Picture Book and cards 
sent to any one addressing 
C. E. HIRES <fc CO., 
Philadelphia. 
nnrOTrt inn braided, barbless 
PRESTON S FENCE WIRE 
stock impossible. 
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Used by leading breeders. 
No. 13 spring-steel wire galvanized. Will not sag or break. 
Nearly double tlio Ntrenirtli of any other. Easily 
and quickly put up. lit - Write for sample and prico. 
Hollow Cable Mfg. Co., Hornellsville, N. Y. 
A Graveyard for 
a Lawn is not desirable, but how can you 
prevent dogs burjing bones in your yard 
unless you use a “ Hartman” Steel 
Picket Fence which beautifies without 
CONCEALING. 
We sell more Lawn Fencing than all 
other manufacturers combined because it 
Is the handsomest and best fence made, 
and CHEAPER THAN WOOD. 
Our “Steel Picket” Gates, Tree and 
Flower Guards, and Flexible Steel Wire 
Door Mats are unequaled. A 40 page 
Illustrated catalogue of “Hartman Spe¬ 
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HARTMAN M’F’G CO., 
WORKS: BEAVER FALLS, PA. 
BRANCHES501 State Street, Chicago; Hlfi West 
Eleventh Street, Kansas City ; 103 Chambers Street, 
New York; 71S. Forsyth Street, Atlanta. 
CLARKS 
CUTAWAY 
PLOW 
REVOLVING 
A Complete Revolution in Plowing 
Requires Less than Half the Power 
of any other Gang Plow. 
' Strong and Durable. Makes a Perfect Seed Bed. 
SEND FOR SPECIAL CIRCULAR. 
HIGGANUM MFG.C0RP0RATI0N«.nSL„ 
HIGGANUWI, CONN., on 183 Water Street, NEW YORK. 
GOOD Fertilizers we make bring 
BIG returns by producing increased 
CROPS of all kinds. 
Send for Circular, descriptive of our OLD RELIABLE Super phosphates and special Fertilizers. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER COMPANY, No 15 Wick Block, Cleveland, Ohio. 
SPRAY YOUR FRUIT TREES AND VINES. 
Wormy Fruit and Leaf Blight of Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plum Cur- 
culia prevented by spraying with the EXCELSIOR SPRAY 
PUMP, GRAPE and POTATO ROT prevented by using EXCELSIOR 
KNAPSACK SPRAYER; also injurious insects which infest 
Currants Gooseberries, Raspberries and Strawberries. PERFECT 
FRUIT ALWAYS SELLS AT GOOD PRICES. 
Catalogue showing all injurious insects to fruits mailed free. Large 
stock of Fruit Trees, Vines and Berry Plants at Bottom Prices. 
Address, WM. STAHL, Quincy, Illinois 
