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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TRUE INWARDNESS. 
Taylor’s Prolific is this season the most 
prolific blackberry that has ever frnited at 
the Rural Grounds. So good a judge of 
such fruits as Mr. W. C. Barry, while look¬ 
ing over the different varieties, remarked 
that he had never seen anything like it. 
The R. N.-Y. hybrid wheats have done 
well this year. Two more kinds will be in¬ 
troduced soon with many more to follow. 
And it is our belief that the later kinds will 
prove more and more valuable. The prize 
lots are being received in liberal quantities 
and among them are magnificent specimens. 
One head, Beal, sent by H. T. French, of 
the Agricultural College of Oregon, is the 
largest and heaviest we have ever seen. 
There is an average of five kernels to a 
breast while some breasts have seven. 
The prize taking heads will be drawn, en¬ 
graved and presented to our readers, if pos¬ 
sible before the 1st of September. 
The Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) grows 
upon one as the little tree grows older. The 
large, obovate leaves grow close together 
near the ends of the branches in clusters of 
a dozen or more and droop, giving the plant 
a distinctive and graceful appearance. We 
would not be without one specimen at 
least of the Pawpaw though it requires 
about five or six years to reach the fruiting 
age. 
It Is worthy of note that though for 
three seasons we failed to cross the black 
currant upon the gooseberry, we have suc¬ 
ceeded in crossing the gooseberry (Dougal 
No. 2) upon the European “ Champion” 
Black Currant. Six hybrid berries were 
the result, though the seeds may prove im¬ 
perfect. 
As during last year, we bagged grapes 
the past season during three periods, (1) 
before the buds had opened ; (2) when in 
bloom, and (3) when the berries were the 
size of No. 7 shot. Many of the racemes of 
the first and second periods failed to set 
fruit. There is nothing surprising about 
it further than it gives additional proof— 
if proof were needed—that the flowers of 
many popular varieties of grapes are not 
self-fertilizing. 
Potted strawberry plants can not be 
sent by mail, and the cost is excessive to 
send them by express. The advantage of 
well-grown pot-plants is that if set out in 
August they will yield a fair crop the 
next season. 
Ellwanger & Barry describe Pink 
Rover, a hy brid Tea sent out last year by 
W. Paul & Son, as bearing flowers of a pale- 
pink color, deeper in the center, large, full 
and expanded; exceedingly sweet; buds 
long, clean and handsome. It is thoroughly 
perpetual in habit, every shoot being 
crowned with a flower bud. It Is of semi- 
climbing habit. 
Prof. Meehan says in his Monthly, the 
second number of which is gladly wel¬ 
comed, that no one who reads an intelli¬ 
gent journal will be caught by a fraud, and 
the very fact that frauds abound shows 
that the good papers have no readers, or 
that the readers of such papers do not get 
the intelligent guidance they should have. 
The last two lines of the above paragraph 
tell the whole story. The frauds are not 
exposed. Large remunerative advertise¬ 
ments stand in the way. 
If any one has worked more assiduously 
than another to find a substance that will 
kill the rose bug without injuring the foli¬ 
age, it is John B. Smith, the Entomologist 
of the New Jersey Experiment Station. 
His work and its results are set forth in 
Bu letin 82 and cover 40 pages. To state 
the results in a few words, he fails to find 
an effective remedy where the rose chafer 
exists in great quantities. He corroborates 
all The R. N.-Y. has said as to the hot 
water remedy, save that he fixes the limit 
of effectiveness at 125 degrees—not a very 
wide variance. To reach this point he started 
with boiling water, and, having supplied 
himself with a large stock of beetles, dipped 
handfuls of them, for the briefest possible 
time, at short intervals, noting the tem¬ 
perature at each lot dipped. Down to 125 
degrees every thing was killed instantly. At 
123 degrees some recovered, and he assumed 
125 degrees as the lowest point at which it 
was certainly effective. He has no doubt 
that water at 122 degrees will kill all beetles 
entirely submerged in or thoroughly soused 
with it. 
“ The difficulty here lies,” continues Mr. 
Smith, “ in getting the water on the insects 
at a sufficiently high temperature. It is 
one thing to attain a satisfactory result 
on a small scale, by directing a spray at 
close quarters, directly upon a great mass 
of beetles in a flower like the magnolia or 
a large rose, where they cannot get out of 
the way readily ; quite another to get at 
an equal number scattered on the upper 
and under surfaces of the leaves of the vine 
and hanging to clusters so sheltered by 
leaves that only drippings can reach them.” 
Mr. E. T. Ingram, of Marshallton, Pa , 
writes as follows : “ We cut the tops off 
of old Gandy Strawberry plants the latter 
part of July, 1890. The old plants gave us 
the finest lot of berries I ever saw, 24 of 
them weighing 21 ounces.”. 
The question is being discussed whether 
vines on houses or walla increase the damp¬ 
ness. A writer in Meehan’s Monthly says 
that vines which attach themselves lessen 
the moisture, as the little rootlets are great 
devourers of moisture. He concludes that, 
from any point of view, vines on the walls 
of houses are an advantage to health rather 
than an injury. 
Of all the grape vines tried at the Rural 
Grounds during the past 18 years, the Eaton 
makes the strongest growth. Its leaves 
are immense and the growth of cane re¬ 
markable. 
Lemoine’s latest hybrid gladioli are 
some of them beautiful for their very large 
flowers, others for their strange markings. 
Among these we may mention several in 
bloom at this time at the Rural Grounds. 
Count Horace de Choiseul (sent to us by 
Peter Henderson & Co.) bears very large 
spreading flowers of a salmon color, the 
lower petals being tongued, lined and 
splashed with crimson and yellow, 15 flow¬ 
ers to the spike, stalk three feet high. Henry 
Veitch (Henderson) bears the largest dark 
colored flower we have seen. The colors are 
dark crimson with the lower petals speckled 
with white or a feeble yellow. Stalk three 
feet—12 flowers to the spike. Mask deFer 
(Thorburn & Co.) bears small tubular 
flowers In a close spike of 16. The petals 
are of a rosy-purplish color, the lower 
ones of a dark velvety maroon contrasting 
sharply and abruptly with the rest. Upon 
each of these dark petals is a little tongue 
of orange. They are queer, orchid looking 
flowers. C. Heinemann has a tubular 
flower also of a purplish rose, the lower 
petals half yellow, half maroon. 
The prices of these newcomers range from 
one to three dollars each at present. These 
flowers are both crosses with the old Gan- 
davensis cross, the tubular variety being 
with G. Psittacinus and the very large 
flowered with G. Saundersii. 
The R. N.-Y. for many years has had a 
thornless blackberry. The canes are hardy 
and practically without thorns. The ber¬ 
ries are of good quality and range from 
small to medium in size. The plants are 
not very productive. The perfect black¬ 
berry may never come. But Improvement 
in the way of breeding off the thorns is 
worth working for. 
The R. N.-Y. has several pecan seedlings 
two and three years old, all growing 
thriftily. 
“ So near and yet so far,” Imploringly 
cries the plant that is hungry for nitrogen 
to the air about it. 
WORD FOR WORD. 
-Ra.m’8 Horn : “ One reason why some 
people are not so wicked as others is be¬ 
cause they haven’t had so good a chance.” 
‘‘When a lazy man looks toward heaven 
the angels close the windows.” 
“ God never made a man to whom He did 
not give the power to excel all others at 
something ” 
“ Nothing will dry up the soul any quick¬ 
er than to look at anything from a money 
standpoint.” 
“ The devil doesn’t know what to do with 
a man who will behave himself when he 
isn’t watched.” 
-Weekly Witness : “ The risk of loss is 
not the strongest reason why farmers 
should not join the Farmers’ Alliance 
wheat trust. The scheme should be reject¬ 
ed as immoral, because it is a combination 
to advance the price of one of the necessa¬ 
ries of life. Every farmer can see the im¬ 
morality of such action when he is the suf¬ 
ferer by it and the Farmers’ Alliance as a 
body has repeatedly condemned trusts and 
monopolies. Yet here they are planning to 
do the very thing that they condemn when 
done by others. Why should it be wrong 
for the sugar refiners and the petroleum re¬ 
finers and the cattle shippers and school¬ 
book publishers and the railroad and ex¬ 
press companies to form trusts and com¬ 
bines if it is right for the farmers to do the 
very same thing?” 
-Dr T. H. Hoskins: “ It would be the 
highest wisdom for our farmers to live in 
log cabins, and nourish their bodies on por¬ 
ridge, rather than not to give their children 
the best possible educational training. 
Only a single generation would have to 
endure such hardships. The next succeed¬ 
ing one would rule America—and we 
should never more hear of the power of 
rings, trusts, or of the “ higher classes,” 
for there would be none such.” 
- Puck : “ For, be it known, there is great 
art in advertising. The foolish and inex¬ 
perienced advertiser buys so much space in 
a newspaper, and fills it to the very edge 
with extravagant puffs of his wares, writ¬ 
ten in superlatives, and printed in almost 
microscopic type. Few read his advertise¬ 
ment, and nobody believes it, and so no¬ 
body buys his goods. Then he is angry, 
and cries out in his blind wrath that adver¬ 
tising does not pay, or other idiocy to that 
effect. But the wise and experienced ad¬ 
vertiser, buying the same amount of space, 
devotes the larger portion of it to a neat 
and liberal display of white paper, and 
gives as little as he can get along with 
to a clearly-written, modest and rea¬ 
sonable statement of the merits of his 
goods—such a statement as he is willing to 
stand by. For that mau, adverti-ing pays.” 
“ The proof of the pudding is not in the 
eating, but in the digesting.” 
"On the subject of Lord Tennyson’s 
dairy, J. Ashby-Sterry has written the fol¬ 
lowing : 
I'm grieved to hear—to bear ’ tls hard— 
It puts me In aflutter, man — 
Lord Tennyson, our matchless bard, 
Has Just become a butter man ! 
No longer he’s content to glide 
Along poetic, silky way ; 
But turns his Pegasus aside, 
To gallop In the milky way ! 
-London Live Stock Journal: ‘‘It 
may interest your readers to know, as 
showing the value of such a cross for dairy 
purposes, that I have a heifer got by a Jer¬ 
sey bull out of a pure Kerry cow, which 
calved one year ago, (June 6, 1890).and has 
yielded, up to the present time, 593 gal¬ 
lons of milk. The milk is of extraordi¬ 
nary richness, and for several weeks after 
she made, on grass alone, and without any 
extra feeding whatever, upwards of 11 
pounds of butter, of a beautiful color, per 
week. She is still giving over six quarts of 
milk a day. She is a very small animai, 
remarkably like a purebred Jersey in color, 
except that In places she is slightly brin¬ 
dled, while she has the compact and square 
build of the Kerry.” 
-Christian Union : “ We agree with 
our agricultural readers that there is not 
money enough in the country for its busi¬ 
ness ; we agree with them that the private 
credit system is too extended ; but it is cer¬ 
tain that our increase of currency should 
be so made as to give us, not several kinds 
of money, but one kind, and every dollar 
of equal value with every other dollar. 
This is perfectly feasible, and this will not 
be secured by unlimited silver coinage.” 
“ A man misses the place for which he 
had worked, and feels bitter disappoint¬ 
ment in consequence; but discovers, years 
aftervvard, that in missing that place he 
was only holding himself open for some¬ 
thing better and altogether higher. It is 
the greatest of all mistakes to pass jadg- 
men upon our lives from day to day, or 
upon life itself from year to year.” 
Prof. Sanborn : “ Shallow tillage and 
even no tillage were more effective than deep 
tillage for potatoes.” 
-P. H. Jacobs in Weekly Press :— 
“The Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes 
have yellow legs and skin, are of fair size 
and perhaps possess as many good points 
as any of the breeds, yet they are not equal 
to some as layers, nor are they the best table 
fowls. But they are hardy, well adapted to 
all sections, their combs are not very large, 
and they have clean legs. The Leghorns 
have but two strong faults—large combs 
and small size. The Leghorn is hardy, 
seems to thrive well in all sections, and 
though not considered a market fowl really 
has more breast meat than the Brahmas, 
Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes. Ic is 
really a better table fowl than many an¬ 
other breed of larger size. It lays as many 
eggs as any breed, rivaling the Hamburg, 
and but for the liability of its large comb 
to freeze the Leghorn would hold the posi¬ 
tion of ‘ king of the breeds.’ It perhaps has 
more friends, even with the drawbacks men¬ 
tioned, than any other breed.” 
PitfrcUancousi 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural. 
Members of the 
Alliance, Grange, League 
and other organizations will make a mistake 
if they buy a 
BUGGY, VEHICLE or HARNESS 
of an; kind before 
seeing our tree, 
l»ig ealnlosiie, 
just out, show¬ 
ing over 1(X) dif¬ 
ferent styles of 
Carriages and 
Harness. 
No cash in advance required Ire 
Cincinnati is 
the largest car¬ 
riage market in 
the world, and 
we are ahead of 
the procession. 
Reference: Second National Bank, Cincinnati. 
Get our prices 
and compare 
them with your 
local dealer’s 
prices. Goods 
are hand made 
and warranted 
for 2 years. 
HEADQUARTERS FOR ANYTHING ON WHEELS 
We will send a 
beautiful Alli¬ 
ance badge to 
any one who 
will send us the ) 
addresses of 
ten prospective 
buyers. 
ALLIANCE carriage CO. Cincinnati, 0- 
AADT6 buggies, 
U A n I O ROAD WAGONS, 
A Wholesale Trices where we have no Agents. 
£^“Send lor Catalogue to GAY <fc SON, Ottawa, Ill. 
THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO WITH 
RAPID 
HARNESS MENDERS. 
THEY WILL MEND ANY STRAP 
OR 
HARNESS. 
BETTER THAN IE SEWED, TWICE AS 
QUICK, AND COSTS BESS TUAN HALE A 
CENT. 
THIS CUT SHOWS THE WAY IT IS DONE. 
They are put up in nice tin boxes contain¬ 
ing three sizes one gross in each package. 
If you break down any where you can easily 
and quickly repair your HARNESS yourself. 
COST ONLY 25c TER BOX. FOR SALE 
BY GROCERS AND HARDWARE DEAL¬ 
ERS OR SEND TO THE MANUFAC¬ 
TURERS. 
NO TOOLS 
REQUIRED. 
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Grain Threshers, Horse Powers & Engines 
For full particulars address 
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