899 
1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Farmers’ Club Discussion. 
{Continued.) 
not grow thriftily, nor are they desirable 
except for amateurs who want a large va¬ 
riety without regard to their value or 
thriftiness of growth. 
Some Canadian Onions. 
obovate. The flesh is the color of 
Angouleme or a dull white, and of a tex¬ 
ture not so fine as that of the Bartlett— 
not so coarse as that of Angouleme, and 
in quality between the two. It is less 
buttery and tender than the Bartlett, not 
so sweet as the Angouleme, and more 
vinous and rich than either, The tree 
in part at any rate—to the salutary effects 
of its own work. The R. N.-Y. is ready 
enough to grant it. But we would like to 
have the Committee look upon the “aggra¬ 
vated cases,” few as they may be, as 
“criminal practices” and deal with them 
in the way so forcibly suggested by Mr. 
Menand. 
Greiner rightly assumes to start on, that 
a farmer does not need to be a chemist 
yet there are certain cardinal principles 
that he ought to understand, and the 
book explains them in the simplest man¬ 
ner and at the same time in a way to 
create a desire for further study and in¬ 
vestigation. There is nothing new in 
B. A., Montreal, Can. —I tried a 
a few varieties of the Italian and Spanish 
onions last season and find the Spanish 
King and the large white Italian the 
best. I sowed the seed in hot-beds in 
March and set them out in May. I have 
followed this plan for a number of years 
in a small way, but only with the foreign 
onions. It would be very tedious to set 
out from 5 to 20 acres. With transplant¬ 
ing there are no small ones. Every onion 
grower knows what a slow process sort¬ 
ing small onions from the dry peelings is. 
I use a fanning mill for this purpose, 
having first removed the sieves. My 
brother and I, when boys, were going to 
have a day’s hunting; but father first 
gave us the task of sorting a heap of 
refuse small onions and peelings. Our 
fingers were cold (it being the beginning 
of November) ; my brother spied the 
fanning mill in the corner, while I tried 
to plod through the task. lie put his 
brains to work, and in half an hour our 
task was completed in a better manner 
than we could do it by hand. It pays 
best to work with the head as well as the 
hands. Farming won’t pay when carried 
on by brute force and ignorance. 
is a strong grower and succeeds well in 
from 22 to 25 States or, as may fairly be 
said, everywhere. Marshall P. Wilder, a 
year before his death, said to the writer 
of this note: “ I consider the Anjou, all 
in all, the best pear that grows.” Mr. P. 
Barry estimated it as “ one of the most 
valuable pears grown.” J. J. 'Thomas 
says: “ The hardiness, uniformity, relia¬ 
bility, excellence and long-keeping qual¬ 
ities of the Anjou render it one of the 
most valuable of all pears.” Dr Hogg, of 
England, describes it as having white 
flesh, very tender, buttery and melting, 
very juicy, vinous and with a “ delicate 
rose-water perfume. A very superior 
pear.” Mr. Blaeltmore says “it should be 
largely grown.” Charles Downing says 
of it: “ flesh whitish, not very fine, melt¬ 
ing, juicy, with a brisk, vinous flavor 
pleasantly perfumed.” The tree is of 
French origin. 
The advice which we have for years 
proffered our readers—to select the An¬ 
jou as a part of the pear orchard—may be 
repeated again and again. 
The Proceedings of the Seventh An¬ 
nual Convention of the Society of Ameri¬ 
can Florists, through the courtesy of its 
Dr. Hoskins, as we learn from Orchard 
& Garden, has fully 50 Russian varieties 
as hardy in tree as the Duchess, as free 
in bearing, as large and handsome in 
fruit, superior in quality, with all degrees 
of acidity from very sweet to the acidity 
of the Duchess, and for all seasons from 
July to the succeeding February. Yet, 
strangely enough, men will repeat parrot¬ 
like, the story that “ the Duchess is our 
best contribution from Russia ! ”. 
Mr. Craig of Quebec, Canada, says of 
the Bessemianka Pear that it is small and 
irregular in shape but rich in flavor 
though a trifle coarse and woody. It de¬ 
cays prematurely from within while still 
on the tree. The tree is, however, very 
hardy and thrifty, free from rust and will 
make a good stock for top-grafting less 
hardy but better flavored varieties. His 
trees were imported by the late Charles 
Gibb from Dr. Regal of St. Petersburg, in 
1885. 
Prof. W. W. Tracy of D. M. Ferry & 
Co., informs us that he last year found a 
pod of American Wonder with nine peas 
in it. He once found a pod of Telephone 
with 12 peas and has since looked in vain 
to find another... 
this book; nothing is claimed—as to facts. 
But the way in which the facts are pre¬ 
sented will impress the reader that the 
utmost simplicity of language may well 
be employed to explain scientific truths. 
The author has so condensed the more im¬ 
portant matter that, with the aid of a 
comprehensive index most of the ques¬ 
tions regarding fertilizers and manures 
and their economic use which arise in the 
farmer’s mind from day to day may be 
readily referred to and answered. 
Abstracts. 
-New York Herald : “ Strange Fact. 
—Most men make the mistake of fighting 
the devil on Sundays only, which is his 
least busy day.” 
-Green’s Fruit Grower : “ Don’t for¬ 
get that a bond is the principal debt, and 
the mortgage the mere security. 
‘ ‘ Don’t write a letter unless you ex¬ 
pect to see it again some day.” 
-Life : “ And, Be it remembered, that, 
although charity begins at home, it 
should by no means be confined there, 
and least of all times in the year, at 
Christmas time.” 
-T. H. Hoskins: “Europe has been 
Barefooted Horses. 
H. A. W., Chicago, III.—The article of 
J. Talcott on shod or unshod horses, in a 
recent Rural, is very sensible ; but, as a 
rule, taking the country at large, and es¬ 
pecially in cities, I know that the shod 
horse is the only one that can be used 
with safety to his soundness for any 
length of time or economy to his owner. 
I am not so certain but that, as a rule, 
the horse in the country would be far bet¬ 
ter off unshod than shod, if proper care 
were taken with the hoofs from colthood 
to maturity. True, there are a few days 
in winter when slippery roads may be 
some hindrance to the successful use of 
unshod horses; but to offset this, how 
many shiftless farmers pay little atten¬ 
tion to their horses being well shod in 
such perilous times. I have known farm¬ 
ers who owned fine horses, who allowed 
their shoes to remain on so long that 
they were almost embedded in the hoofs, 
and one man actually boasted that his 
horses are shod only four times a year. I 
pitied the poor blacksmith, but much 
more the poor horses. Let such a slack 
farmer try the same experiment with one 
horse and shoe the other every 30 days, 
and at the end of the year let him com¬ 
pare the two and see what each horse 
would bring if put upon the market. Shoe 
often, and never have the work done by 
any but an expert who has studied the 
anatomy of the foot. We have by far too 
many ignorant horse shoers. Intelli¬ 
gence is required in shoeing a horse as 
well as in fitting a person with a comfort¬ 
able shoe. 
Saunterings. 
secretary, William J. Stewart, of Boston, 
Mass., is before us. The R. N.-Y r . is, first 
of all, interested in the Report of the 
Committee on Nomenclature. As bearing 
more or less intimately upon the discus¬ 
sion which lately occurred between the 
chairman of that committee, the Ameri¬ 
can Florist and The R. N.-Y., we present 
our readers with a few abstracts. 
“ Exaggeration is bad enough, but 
when it comes to absolute falsification 
of the description of a plant as an incen¬ 
tive to the people to buy the plant, the 
motive is simply detestable, and the per¬ 
petrator deserving of the utmost condem- 
nation by this society.'” So says the Com¬ 
mittee. So say all right-minded people.. 
Mr. C. L. Allen in a letter to the Com¬ 
mittee, expresses the same sentiment in 
this wise (Italics ours ) : 
“ The changing of a mime Is a crime, and 
he who practices it a criminal, because he 
takes for himself that which belongs to an¬ 
other. When he sells a plant generally 
known as John Doe for a new variety as 
Richard Doe, he deceives his customers.” 
Again we quote from the committee’s 
report: “ Should a florist be unscrupu¬ 
lously inclined, he certainly would not 
make this evident in his catalogue; in 
fact, we have found the worst cases of 
misrepresentation and falsification under 
the Judas-cloak of religious hypocrisy.” 
The Committee quotes Mr. Louis Me¬ 
nand, of Albany, N. Y., that grand old flor¬ 
ist, now in his 84th year, as follows: “I am 
as much opposed to deceit and humbug as 
any one of you, and have the deepest con¬ 
tempt for charlatans of all sorts, and more 
especially for horticultural charlatans, 
and I sincerely trust you will succeed in 
purifying our ranks ; but the task is her¬ 
culean. You have two, it would seem, 
invincible foes to contend with ; they are 
the god Mammon in our own ranks, and 
the simplicity and credulity of a large 
There is no chance for tricksters in 
dealing with Nature’s powers, says Gov. 
Hoard. The farmer deals face to face 
with God’s laws, and to succeed he must 
love knowledge and truth; he must be 
modest and ready to learn, remembering 
our Lord’s words ; “ Except ye be con¬ 
verted and become as little children ye 
can in no wise enter the kingdom of 
heaven.” And always remember that 
He has nromised us, “ The truth shall 
make you free.”. 
Those men who are careful experi¬ 
menters, conscientious writers and who 
write from a long experience are rare 
enough. Mr. E. Williams, of Montclair, 
N. J., is just that kind of a man. Writ¬ 
ing of grapes, in Orchard and Garden, he 
says that among the newer kinds the best 
by all odds, was Munson’s Brilliant as it 
behaved last season. This has fruited 
two or three times with him, but last sea¬ 
son it exceeded all past experience. The 
vine is of vigorous growth and apparent¬ 
ly hardy ; the foliage has mildewed some¬ 
what in bad seasons, but this year it was 
perfectly healthy ; cluster and berries 
about the size of those of Lindley or Con¬ 
cord, red and of excellent quality. Such 
grapes it is a pleasure to raise even if 
they require extra care. If it should con¬ 
tinue to do as well in the future, it will 
put to shame a number of recent intro¬ 
ductions that have been praised for more 
than they are worth, The Brilliant, Mr. 
Munson claims to have raised in 1883 
from Lindley and Delaware. It resembles 
its mother most strongly, has more char¬ 
acter than Delaware and with Mr. Wil¬ 
liams is later in ripening, hangs well and 
is the last he gathered ; in October it 
seemed to be the best. It certainly is a 
grand acquisition wherever it will suc¬ 
ceed... 
Moyer, Mr. Williams says, is a feeble 
grower, producing small clusters of small, 
red berries, not promising. Berckmans 
feeding a large population for many cen¬ 
turies, and yet her farmers are growing, 
on those long-tilled farms much larger 
crops of all sorts than we Americans 
grow on our virgin soils. All this goes 
strongly to confirm the aphorism of Em¬ 
erson, that ‘ every man is as lazy as he 
dares to be.’ ”. 
-Gov. Hoard.—“I nbreeding is like a 
razor; it will cut your beard or your 
throat according to the skill and care 
with which you use it.” 
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On December 9th we received a box of 
Anjou Pears from Ellwanger & Barry of 
Rochester, N. Y. The box held 43 pears 
which weighed 27% pounds, or an average 
of over 10 ounces each. They were all of 
nearly perfect shape, in j>erfect condition 
and perfectly ripened. The average size 
was four inches from the stem insertion 
to the calyx, and 3% inches in the largest 
diameter of the body. The color of the 
skin varied from bright to greenish-yel¬ 
low, in parts netted or clouded with a 
buff russet. In shape the An j ou is usually 
described as blunt pyriform or obovate. 
But in fact it varies from pyriform to 
portion of the public. Before you can 
render ineffectual the fraudulent representa¬ 
tions of the fraudulent florist, you have got 
to stand, like a flaming sword, between him 
and the people, and warn and educate the 
people.”. 
“If you will compare the catalogues of 
to-day with those of five years ago, you 
will find strong evidence of carefulness 
in the nomenclature now used ; in fact, 
the general tenor of our catalogues now 
is more towards plain facts and less to¬ 
wards sensation, notwithstanding a few 
aggravated cases to the contrary.” The 
Committee attributes this improvement— 
resembles Delaware in berry, cluster and 
quality; the vine is a more vigorous 
grower, healthy and hardy. Mills is too 
deficient in vigor to promise well. Green 
Mountain gives excellent promise to reach 
the position of the best early white grape, 
and to supersede Lady and Martha. The 
vine is vigorous, cluster large, shoul¬ 
dered ; berry medium. 
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