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The Wheats 2,200 Feet Above The 
Sea. 
H. H. G., Grainger County, Tenn.—I 
sowed the six kinds of Rural New-Yorker 
Wheat on October 9, 1890, and it was ripe 
July 15—one month later than the Fultz 
and Fulcaster sowed two rods away, for 
these ripened June 15, 1891. The R. N.-Y. 
wheat should have been planted six inches 
Instead of 12 inches apart; it was so thin 
that the rabbits ate all except the Beal and 
Johnson as soon as it was in the milk. The 
two last—barring their lateness—will prove 
good, as they threw up 10 stalks from one 
grain. Height of straw three feet; yield of 
grain, pounds. Number of Beal grains 
planted 227, and of Johnson grains 324. I 
send a head of wheat that came up among 
the R. N.-Y. wheats; what is it ? 
Ans.—N epaul Barley. 
A Strawberry Selection. 
A. S. A., Pittsford, III.—I have taken 
a good deal of interest in the strawberry 
reports, as I expect to set 2% acres next 
spring. I have on trial 18 or 20 different 
kinds and have selected as follows : Parker 
Earle (par excellence ); Bubach No. 5, a good 
seller that is all; Warfield,the best for flavor; 
Miner, a good fertilizer and seller; Logan, 
for home use. 
Crandall Currant Not a Fixed Va¬ 
riety. 
Prof. L R. Taft, Agricultural Col¬ 
lege, diCH. —I have noticed that the Cran¬ 
dall Currants at the Rural Grounds have 
the evil report (no doubt deserved) of be¬ 
ing unproductive. I send The Rural by 
this mail a branch from one of our plants. 
They were set in 1888, and bore well in 
1890. It was noted in 1889 that consider¬ 
able variation was shown, and while some 
set little or no fruit, others were well laden; 
tne size of the fruit, also, was far from 
uniform, about half of the plants bearing 
fruit the size of Dutch Currants, while on 
two or three plants the fruits were some¬ 
times as large as a Morello Cherry, al¬ 
though it was seldom that more than two 
or three on a bunch attained that size. 
The great fault with our best plants is 
that the berries ripen unevenly, necessi¬ 
tating the picking of the fruits singly, but 
with the large sorts the task is not hard. 
The Crandall plants seem to be nothing 
moi e than seedlings from a selected plant 
of Buffalo Currant, and the fruits are free 
from the strong taste and odor of the com¬ 
mon black currant—Ribes nigrum. By 
propagation from selected plants, it may 
be possible to obtain several valuable va¬ 
rieties. 
I am somewhat surprised that the 
Michel Strawberry succeeds so well in the 
Rural Grounds. Our entire crop from 50 
plants (including 22 Osceola) set in the 
spring of 1890, was less than a quart. They 
were grown half in hills and half in narrow 
matted rows, and made as good a growth 
as any variety we had; but the fruit was 
deficient in size, quantity and appearance 
and only fair in quality. In general ap¬ 
pearance and behavior it reminds me of 
the Crystal City; but it seems even more 
worthless. 
Our show berry this year was Lida. It 
sometimes set more fruit than it can ripen; 
but the past season was very favorable for 
it, and it gave us a large crop of berries ; 
although only slightly above medium in 
size. They were even in size, regular 
in form and handsome in appear¬ 
ance. This variety cannot be recom¬ 
mended for general cultivation; but 
with a rich, moist soil and hill culture it 
will be difficult to find a better sort. [It 
was tried at the Rural Grounds about five 
years ago and did not succeed well. Eds.] 
Of the new sorts we would recommend 
for cultivation, Haverland, Bubach, Pearl, 
Eureka and Warfield No. 2, their value with 
us being in in the above order. [We are re¬ 
ceiving many first-rate reports of the Haver¬ 
land. Eds.] Lovett’s Early and D and D, 
seem to be very promising early sorts, as are 
Glendale and Crescent from Bradford, 
Vermont. 
The last frosts severely injured several 
kinds, and it is hardly fair to condemn them 
on one year’s trial. 
[There seems no longer any doubt that 
the so called Crandall Currant has been 
grown from more than one seed and that, 
consequently, it is not a fixed variety. The 
thing now to be done is to propagate it by 
cuttings from the best of the so-called Cran¬ 
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dall and introduce the stock under a new 
name. Eds.] 
“ Fruits Until You Can’t Rest.” 
C. C. W., Grand Bay, Ala.—‘‘A quart 
of strawberries at each meal for 66 meals,” 
i. e., 33 days (R. N.-Y., page 542.) Well my 
family have had as much as they wanted 
or had the time or disposition to pick, com¬ 
mencing before we could get quite enough 
for shipment (first shipment—16 quarts— 
April 4th, to Mobile; last shipment—12 
quarts—July 16th, to Mobile.) The Nunan 
was our berry first, last and all the time— 
quality first, quantity next and size med¬ 
ium and solid. Hoffman is much like the 
Nunan, but more acid. Most of the big ber¬ 
ries that I have tried, like the Bubach, lack 
quality, and are too soft and insipid. Now 
we are having plenty of grapes—Moore’s 
Early, Concord, Niagara, etc. There’s no 
blight, mildew or bagging to bother us, 
and about the time they are gone we will 
begin to have the Scuppernong. I wish 
Terry could stand under an arbor of these, 
and “ fill up” a tew times day after day for 
about a month ; he would then have some¬ 
thing new to talk about. The LeConte 
Pears are now on top. They last from eight 
to ten weeks. We pick them green and 
pack them in bran, as they soon begin to 
ripen in this way. Close on the LeConte 
comes the Kieffer, a splendid pear here; it 
reminds me more of the old B irtlett, as I 
remember it years ago, in appearance and 
quality, being rich and juicy. It is beyond 
doubt that the oriental plums will revolu¬ 
tionize plum culture in the South and it is 
simply a question of time when all sorts of 
oriental fruits and berries and seedlings of 
the same, will find a congenial home in the 
South, this section being on the same iso¬ 
thermal lines. 
The R. N.-Y. No. 2 Potato” Bleeds 
Easily.” 
J. A. S. Fisher, Scoharie County, N. 
Y.—I sold for seed quite a quantity of R. 
N.-Y. No. 2 Potatoes this spring, and I find 
that about half of my customers complain 
that the seed did not germinate well and 
what vines did come up were very slow in 
doing so. The other half found no trouble 
with the seed and their crops are promising 
fine results at present. I find that all 
those who complain about the seed not 
coming up, planted early, while all those 
who planted late when the seed was well 
sprouted, got an early start and rapid 
growth. My own experience was the same. 
I planted some before a sprout could be 
seen on the potato. These were so slow In 
coming that they could hardly be found 
among the weeds, while some planted three 
weeks later came out ahead. One of my 
neighbors to whom I sold some of the seed, 
planted early and got a bad start. He is 
an old potato raiser and full of valuable 
ideas. He says the potato is very juicy and 
bleeds freely, and if such potatoes are cut 
and planted in cold ground they will bleed, 
and not come up well and often decay in 
the ground. When they get older they are 
not so juicy and the danger is past. He 
says such potatoes should be cut and dried 
well when planted early. If planted late, it 
will make no difference If they are planted 
immediately after they have been cut. 
“The Man In the Moon” and the 
Weather. 
J. M. D., Rollingstone, Minn.— I have 
just read with some interest W. C.’s aiti¬ 
de on “ A Science of the Weather,” page 
546. He says that the weather duplicates 
itself every seven and fourteen days ; and 
that “ the same day of the week brings us 
generally the same weather; ” but he adds 
the all important fact that “ other influ¬ 
ences operate to produce some variations.” 
Ah ! those other influences 1 If we could 
only do away with those other influences 1 
He also says : “ The telegraphic signals 
will be, however, of less importance when¬ 
ever the true science of meteorology is 
fully understood, and a compendious alma¬ 
nac will lie upon the table of every intel¬ 
ligent farmer and every mariner.” I am 
sorely afraid the almanac would lie, 
whether on the table or in the hands of the 
intelligent farmer. The weather does not 
duplicate itself in southern Minnesota every 
seve i or fourteen days. So far as I can 
learn, the moon has nothing to do with the 
weather on this planet. I know many men 
who predict weather by the moon, but 
scarcely any two will predict the same 
state of weather at the same time. Perhaps 
they have not found the “true source of 
meteorology.” And these weather prophets 
persist in forgetting all about their utter 
failures to give true predictions, and go 
on, month after month, telling their 
neighbors what the weather is going to be. 
For telling what the weather is going to 
be for a few hours in advance, I would give 
more for a telegraph or telephone line ex¬ 
tending forty miles west or southwest from 
here, (the directions from which almost all 
our storms come) than for all the barome¬ 
ters and all the almanacs—no matter how 
compendious—in the world, or for all the 
Signal Service of the United States. 
[Weather Bureau now, friend. Hasn’t it 
come under the charge of the Department 
of Agriculture ? Eds.] The Signal Service 
may be of great value to science. Much 
good may possibly result from studying 
the weather as it is now being studied, wnd 
by giving warning of approaching cold 
waves; but as to the benefit which the 
farmers actually derive from the weather 
predictions, where is it ? 
I have heard that in some pirts of the 
country, flags are displayed so that all who 
are fortunate enough to live in sight of 
them can see what the Signal Service offi¬ 
cers think the weather will probably be 
like during the next 24 h urs. In this 
State not one farmer in 10,000 has any 
means of knowing what the Signal Service 
predictions are, and it is extremely doubt¬ 
ful if he would be benefited much if he 
had. I don’t suppose any farmer in Min¬ 
nesota would be light headed enough to 
stop m iwing grass because the Signal Ser¬ 
vice flags indicate^ rain. No one wishes 
more sincerely than I that some means 
could be provided for forecasting the 
weather; but I have no faith in any of the 
existing methods or signs. Will W. C. 
and others who think that the moon gov¬ 
erns the weather, please tell me how it hap¬ 
pens that we often have heavy storms 
when at places 50 or 100 miles north or 
south of here they have fair weather ? 
Are not both places blessed with the same 
changes of the moon ? 
How Much Paris-green? 
O. O S.. Vineland, N. J.—In the answer 
to E. P. B., Gallupville, N. Y., in a late 
Rural anent Paris-green for potato bugs, 
we are told that a “ dessertspoonful would 
be ample ” to two gallons of water. It 
seems to me it would be sufficient to burn 
the foliage. If E. P. B. will use a teaspoon¬ 
ful, slightly rounded, to a two-gallon pail 
of water and stir well occasionally, he will 
find it efficac ous, or his beetles are differ¬ 
ent from any that ever bothered me. The 
same amount answers in case of the cod¬ 
ling worm. I used London-purple one 
year, but with great dissatisfaction, and 
hence returned to Paris green, which has 
never failed to do the work. 
R. N.-Y.—What we at first stated was a 
dessertspoon even full to a patent pail full 
of water. A teaspoonful, unless heaping 
full, is not enough in The R. N.-Y.’s ex¬ 
perience. 
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