787 
1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Sweet Corn in England.— It Is laugh¬ 
able, to say the least, to read of what our 
English friends have to say of sweet corn, 
how to eat it, etc. A writer in the London 
Garden gives an account of his success in 
growing early kinds during the past sea¬ 
son : “The question,” says he, “naturally 
arises, is sweet corn ever likely to become 
popular in this country ? Personally I am 
of opinion it will not, but yet fail to see 
why it should not be generally grown as an 
autumn vegetable. Nobody, not even ex¬ 
cepting the most enthusiastic or patriotic 
American, would think of preferring sweet 
corn to a good dish, say, of Ne Pms Ultra 
Peas, but then these are not always 
forthcoming, especially after a dry, hot 
summer. The latter suits sweet corn ad¬ 
mirably, but proves too much for peas, 
unless the latter are grown under condi¬ 
tions not open to the majority of gardeners 
to adopt. Nothing can well be more simple 
than the cultivation of sweet corn. The 
seed germinates readily if sown early in 
May in the open ground where the plants 
are to grow, though a fortnight may be 
gained by raising the plants in gentle heat 
and planting out where they are to grow 
late in May. Single plants, or a row of 
them at tne back of a mixed flower border, 
present quite an imposing appearance, but 
they would have a better chance of doing 
well if planted out in a good opan quarter. 
Once well established they take care of 
themselves, and it must be a very strong 
wind that will blow them down. Tne 
flowering period is particularly interesting, 
the sheaths pushed out from the axils of 
the leaves being surmounted by plumes of 
what 1 suppose may ba termed much length¬ 
ened styles, and these are to be fertilized 
(not artificially) with the pollen from the 
central branching spike of barren or male 
flowers, or otherwise the grains fail to 
swell. Some of the silky tassels or plumes 
are of a reddish tinge, others a greenish 
white, and when the styles are*ffresh they 
are covered with glistening drops of moist¬ 
ure, which viewed through a lens are par¬ 
ticularly beautiful. 
“ How should the sweet corn be eaten T 
The ordinary American, and all who do not 
study appearances, merely roll the ear in 
melted butter and season with salt, after 
which it is taken in the hand, and it seldom 
leaves the mouth till nothing but the cob is 
left. It is possible, however, to avoid this 
unctuous method, the plan of dexterously 
shaving off the grains from the cobs, and 
then eating the former much the same as 
peas, being more in keeping with British 
Ideas. Most probably it is this difficulty in 
the serving of sweet corn that has prevent¬ 
ed its being generally grown in this coun¬ 
try, as it is very certain comparatively old 
grains are to be preferred to old and mealy 
peas, while those caught at the right time 
ought to prove a very welcome dish, espec¬ 
ially, as before hinted, during the autumn 
following upon a dry summer.” 
SHORT AND SHARP. 
In last week’s issue of The Rural New- 
Yorker it was stated that 48 Paragon 
Chestnuts weighed one pound, and that 208 
natives, gathered here and there, weighed 
one pound, or less than a quarter as much 
as the Paragons. We have since received 
a little box of selected natives sent by John 
R. Swett, of Orange, N. J., which average 
as large as any natives we have seen. It was 
found that 80 weighed one pound, or nearly 
half as much as the Paragon. Such splen¬ 
did American chestnuts should be propa¬ 
gated by grafting. 
called “The Steele Bros. Co.’s Thoroughbred 
White Flint, a New Ensilage or Fodder 
Corn.” The description states: “Always 
on the lookout for any reliable seeds that 
will advance the interest of the farming 
community, we are pleased to state that In 
the above new variety of corn, will be found 
one that we are confident has come to stay, 
and that will increase the yield per acre 
over other varieties of Ensilage Corns. Of 
spreading habit, not more than one kernel 
should be grown in the hill. Its great 
suckering habit, breadth of blade, and 
smallness of stock recommend it as a Fod¬ 
der Plant, while for Ensilage purposes it is 
most valuable.” The name “Thoroughbred 
White Flint ” and the words which we have 
italicized led us to infer it might be the 
Rural Thoroughbred Flint. We therefore 
requested the Steele Bros. Co. to send us a 
sample of the kernels, a request with which 
they promptly complied. Our surmise was 
correct. The kernels were those of the 
Rural Thoroughbred Flint which has been 
grown in the Rural family for upwards of 
50 years and was introduced by The R. N.- 
Y. eight or ten years ago. 
We dare say that the Toronto seedsmen 
offer this corn without a knowledge of its 
history and that the Arm will in the future 
give it its true name and The R N.-Y. due 
credit for its introduction. 
Prof. Wm. Saunders of the Central 
Experiment Farm. Ottawa, Canada, speaks 
of it, as printed in the above catalogue, as 
follows: 
,Messrs. Steele Bros Co. 
In reply to your letter of November 18, 
asking my opinion of a variety of Indian 
corn, known as Thoroughbred White Flint, 
I would say that this variety of corn has 
been grown on the Central Experimental 
Farm for the last three years, and compared 
with a large number of other sorts, and 
I consider this to be the most promising of 
all that have been tested here. It stools 
very freely, Is very leafy from bottom to 
top, and matures earlier than the large 
growing dent varieties tested here; it has 
also averaged with us a greater weight of 
fodder; one acre grown la-t season, cut 
green for ensilage, was found to weigh over 
30 tons. 
The average selling price per ton of all 
the brands of fertilizers analyzed by the 
New Jersey Experiment Station as shown 
by bulletin No. 83, is 134 23; the average 
station’s valuation is $25 31, a difference of 
$8 92, or a selling price of 35 per cent greater 
than the station’s valuation. The question 
which the farmer who buys mixed fertiliz¬ 
ers should decide, is not whether this aver¬ 
age difference, representing manufacturers’ 
and middlemen’s expenses and profits, is 
too great, but whether he should be an 
average buyer. That there is an opportun¬ 
ity for saving to the farmer who is a select 
buyer Is shown when the differences be¬ 
tween cost aDd valuation are examined 
more in detail. In two brands the selling 
price is less than the station’s valuation; 
in 65, or 31 per cent of the whole number, 
the selling price is from 26 cents to $6 great¬ 
er than the station’s valuation; in 63, or 30 
per cent it is from $6 to $10 greater; in 65, 
or 31 per cent, it is from $10 to $15 greater ; 
in 14, or six per cent, it is from $15 to $20 
greater; and in two it is more than $20 
per ton greater. 
The above are important figures and all 
progressive farmers should study them.... 
The R. N.-Y., has never wearied of im¬ 
pressing upon its readers the advantages of 
buying high grade fertilizers. The New 
Jersey Station quite in accord with our 
teachings says that a high-grade fertilizer, 
in the best sense, is one which contains 
large amounts of the best forms of nitro¬ 
gen, phosphoric acid and potash; a low- 
grade fertilizer is one which contains small 
amounts, though not necessarily the poor¬ 
est forms, of plant food. Of two brands 
identical in kind and proportion of plant 
food, but differing in the amounts contain¬ 
ed, the high-grade brand would be the 
box of Diamond Grapes. The R. N.-Y. is 
favorably Impressed with this new white 
grape which it has had on trial since the 
spring of 1887. We regard it as, to say the 
least, among the best of the many white 
varieties of recent introduction, such, for 
examples, as Hayes, Empire State, Colerain 
and Niagara. The berry is of medium s’ze, 
nearly as large as Concord, the skin is thin, 
but as firm as that of either of the 
above mentioned grapes. The pulp is with¬ 
out any toughness. It is so tender and 
juicy in fact that seeds (from two to three 
of small size) separate so readily that their 
rej ction requires little if any effort. It is 
sprightly and sweet throughout Diamond 
is one of Jacob Moore’s seedlings, a pure 
native from Concord and Iona. The vines, 
though not as rank-growing as many 
others, are yet healthy and prolific. The 
bunches are of good size, the berries set as 
closely together as desirable and clinging 
well to the stem. They are rarely should¬ 
ered at the Rural Grounds, or rather the 
shoulders are not decided, the bunch being 
symmetrically broad at the base, tapering 
downwards. The R. N.-Y. desires to com¬ 
mend a trial of the Diamond to all its 
grape-growing readers. 
About three years ago, when it was first 
introduced in this country, the Storrs & 
Harrison Co., of Painesville, O , sent us a 
plant of the Japan grass called Eulalia gra- 
ciliima univittata, which is now offered by 
all florists. It may well be considered the 
queen of hardy grasses, as it is unapproached 
in elegance and gracefulness of habit. The 
slender, curving leaves are only a trifle over 
a quarter of an inch in width and three to 
four feet long, borne on culms about eight 
feet high, each terminated with panicles of 
feathery flowers resembling those of Eula¬ 
lia Japonica. The stool is already a foot in 
diameter, and the culms are well fur¬ 
nished with leaves from the ground up, so 
that there is nothing leggy about the plant. 
A trial of this airy, beautiful grass is com¬ 
mended to every reader. 
We learn that Henderson & Co. sold 
45,000 packets of the “ 400” Tomatoes. Of 
this number about 25 per cent sent in 
names. The names are now in the hands 
of the judges, who are required to choose 
a permanent name—which will entitle the 
one who sent the name to $250. 
DIRECT. 
-R. N.-Y : “ Last ytar there di<d 60,000 
persons whose deaths were due to alcoholic 
liquors What did the government do f 
In consideration of a payment of so many 
dollars it licensed men to manufacture 
and sell more alcoholic liquors.” 
“INTOXICATING liquors consumed 
in 1886. 741,000,000,000 gallons. Intoxi¬ 
cating liquors consumed in 1890 973,000,- 
000,(00 gallons A stunning evidence of 
the progress of civilization!” 
-New Nation: “ Middlemen and loafers 
of all ranks are burdens for the workers to 
carry.” 
-National Baptist “ Life is full of Il¬ 
lustrations of the fact that we may save by 
giving, and lose by saving.” 
-Journal of Commerce: “ It reliable 
statistics could be gathered showing how 
many there are among us who are earning 
but little and are living beyond their means, 
or are really doing no useful work and yet 
fare sumptuously every day, the record 
would be app tiling.” 
“ No man capable of earning his own liv¬ 
ing has any right to that on which he lives 
unless he earns it.” 
“The man who fattens on what he has 
not earned, whether he buys it by the pro 
ceeds of till tapping or forgery or a breach 
of trust, or by the less dangerous method 
of running in debt for it without any reas¬ 
onable expec ation of discharging the obli- 
^UiisreUancouiei gUvntteittfl. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural. 
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Colts. Prevents hitching, 
forging and interfering 
Send for Catalogue and Testi¬ 
monial. Agents wanted. 
Kalamazoo Wagon Co., 
Kalamazoo, S'.ich. 
Also Manufacturer-sof Surreys 
Buggies and Road Wagons. 
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IDEAL FEED MILL 
WILL SAVE 
rOUR CRAIN 
and Power Combined 
1-3 PER CENT. 
Remember It grinds EAR CORN and all kinds of 
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Poultry, Eggs and Game. Apples. Potatoes and 
Onions in car lots. ^‘Correspondence Solicited. 
Just Published. 
HOW TO RID 
Buildings and Farms 
OF 
Try a tree of the Frederick Clapp Pear. 
It Is large and handsome. 
Try the new Eulalia graciliima. 
Try a Diamond Grape vine. 
Dr Collier says that the Van Deman 
Strawberry (P.) is the best extra early 
variety ever tested on the New York Sta¬ 
tion grounds. The first picking of three 
quarts of any one variety were picked from 
this, and it continued in bearing for 21 
days, ripening the bulk of its fruits, how¬ 
ever, in 10 days. The vigor of plants is 
good, growtn stocky, and fruit hid beneath 
the dars. foliage; berries a showy, glossy 
scarlet with jellow seeds, firm and tart. 
The station is of the opinion that this 
variety has a great future. 
Some time ago a catalogue was received 
fTom The Steele Bros. Co. of Toronto, Can¬ 
ada, in which a page is given to what is 
cheaper, for while the actual cost of the 
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash to the 
manufacturer would be the same, the ex¬ 
pense of manufacture, freightage, cartage, 
commission, and also of handling by the 
farmer, would be increased in direct pro¬ 
portion to the decrease in grade. In addi¬ 
tion to this, a study of the analyses shows 
that, as a rule, the materials from which 
low-grade fertilizers are made are not all of 
the best quality. 
The advantages to be derived from the 
use of high-grade fertilizers are, first, a 
direct saving in cost per pound of the 
actual)ertilizi'igingredients, and, second , 
a reasonable certainty that the quality of 
the ingredients is such as to produce their 
full agricultural effect . 
We have received from The Diamond 
White Grape Co., of Rochester, N. Y., a 
gatioD, has in either case broken the sixth 
commandment as squarely as If he was a 
pickpocket. And the speculator who gam¬ 
bles for a livelihood is no better.” 
“ How to make all men earn their own 
living is the problem of far more Importance 
than any of those to which most of the the¬ 
orists give their undivided attention.” 
-Farmers’ Review : “ If a farmer can¬ 
not afford to keep his soil up when It is in 
good condition, he certainly will be too 
poor to restore it after it is run down.” 
-Long Island Signal: “Our friend 
Samuel A. Hlgbie, of West Islip, has on ex¬ 
hibition at Wood & Co.’s office, in this vil¬ 
lage, a sample of the potatoes grown by 
him on his well cultivated farm They are 
beauties. They are of the variety known 
as Rural New Yorker No. 2, and three of 
them weigh four pounds.” 
RATS, 
Mice, Gophers, Ground Squirrels, 
Prairie Dogs, Rabbits, Moles, 
Minks, Weasels and other Pests 
quickly and safely. How to snare 
Hawks and Owls. 
Valuable Hints to Housekeep¬ 
ers, Farmers and Poulth if 
Keepers. 
By “ PICKETT.” 
PRICE, 20 CENTS. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, New York. 
