1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i 
half has settled that Ignotum and Long Keeper suit 
her tastes and wants and she has issued an edict to 
the effect that no others shall then be grown As her 
decision is based on a careful trial, and as her taste 
has not been perverted by tobacco or worse, I accept it 
without a murmur. What say Rural readers of her 
judgment ? 
From what I have learned from reliible growers, 
some of the Japanese plums are coming to the front. 
I believe none of them is equal in quality to the best 
of our established varieties, but they are rapid grow¬ 
ers, come into bearing early and are productive. F. 
trition. Animals with small bones usually fatten much 
more readily than those with coarse ones, and the 
farmer is constantly selecting this sort of sows on the 
one hand, while he may be choosing coarse-boned 
sires on the other. [prof.] w. a. henry. 
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. 
HORTICULTURAL GOSSIP. 
Bulletin No. 88 of the Michigan Experiment 
Station, contains the report of Mr. T. T. Lyon and is 
interesting reading for the horticulturist who aims to 
keep abreast of the times. The report covers his 
observations on 150 varieties of strawberries, and in his 
summing up he makes the following recommenda¬ 
tions : For a family plantation : Alpha, Beder Wood, 
Cumberland, Parker Earle and Gandy. For market; 
Crescent, Enhance, Bubach, Parker Earle and War- 
field. Parker Earle seems to be the most productive, 
while Sharpless lacks in this direction. May King and 
Phelps (Old Iron Clad) are rated as good pollenizers, 
which accords with my experience. The Jessie “ fails 
to meet expectations,” while Woolverton, Townsend 
No. 19, Stayman No. 2, Stayman No. 1, Miami, Louise, 
Great Pacific, Gem, Engle No. 1 and Barton Eclipse 
are rated as “ promising.” It is strange that Crescent 
still gets honorable mention. Its fruit is always small 
and always poor, but it is productive and hardy. 
Despite these latter qualifications, we doubt if it is a 
profitable berry to grow because it cannot bring good 
prices in the markets. 
Among raspberries (Rubus strigosus) Cuthbert, 
Golden Queen and Marlboro are rated at the head of 
the list for productiveness, with Brandywine and 
Hansell second and Reder and Turner third. For a 
family plot of black-caps, he recommends Palmer, 
Hilborn with Earhart for an autumn crop and Shaffer 
or Muskingum for canning. In reds and yellows for 
the family he recommends Hansell, Herstine, Cuth¬ 
bert and Golden Queen. For market in reds he names 
Marlboro and Cuthbert and in blacks, Palmer, Gregg 
and Shaffer for canning. 
Mr. Lyon’s notes on grapes and other fruits are of 
special interest, and readers should secure the bulletin 
if possible. Of asparagus he says. “ Of the six 
varieties of asparagus planted in the spring of 1890, 
the Palmetto has steadily maintained its superior size 
and productiveness. The plant being dioecious, and 
therefore every seed a cross, the necessary inference 
would seem to be that the variety may have acquired 
its apparent fixity, through the process of selection. 
Be this as it may, its obvious superiority in size, ren¬ 
ders it worthy of a leading position as a profitable 
variety.” 
I tried, a short time ago, to find some fine pears in 
the city market and failed utterly. There is a lesson 
in this for growers of fruit. Try to imagine what fine 
Lawrence. Duchess, Winter Nelis or Josephine de 
THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 
[HDITOUIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] 
The Columbian Exposition which is to dazzle the 
world the coming season, is the all-engrossing topic in 
the West; and in Chicago, that city of magnificent in¬ 
tervals, it colors everything. The entire population 
seem intensely interested in it, and it now looks as if 
their almost superhuman efforts were going to be 
crowned by the fullest success. The grounds are yet 
in a helter-skelter condition, but the buildings are 
well in hand. In this brief article, no effort will be 
made to describe them—it is far too early for any such 
work. We can only premise that they are very 
numerous—immense in size and gorgeous in concep¬ 
tion. It is no exaggeration to say that it would re¬ 
quire a two days’ walk just to fairly scrutinize their 
outsides. A very small part of those who visit the 
Exposition will even enter all of them, to say nothing 
about seeing all the exhibits. 
In the matter of accommodations, great efforts are 
being made to supply a sufficiency. Several very large 
hotels are nearly finished, close to the grounds, and 
there are very many small ones and lodging-houses 
nearing completion. Rooms will be obtainable at 
per night, or as much more as one may feel able to 
pay. The meals will not be quite as reasonable as 
the rooms, and we fear not quite so easy to obtain, 
and it is perfectly safe to say that the poorest place in 
the world to get them will be inside the grounds. 
Upon one point The Rural desires to advise its 
readers. The trunk lines leading into Chicago have 
announced that they will make no reductions on 
their fast trains. That means about $35 for a round 
trip from New York to Chicago, and corresponding 
rates from other points. The Rural hopes none of 
its readers will patronize the Fair until they can buy 
a round trip from New York for $20 or less, and it has 
no doubt that rate will be reached before mid-summer. 
If this advice should be generally heeded, the price 
would come down by the 1st of J une. Don’t be be¬ 
guiled into paying the rates which prevail to-day, no 
matter what the railway companies say. They can¬ 
not keep up the rates through the season. 
Large numbers of visitors go to the grounds every 
day, paying half a dollar admission. I believe the re¬ 
venue from this source alone has already exceeded half 
It would easily pay a grower of them a million dollars. The grounds are patrolled by uni¬ 
fid storage in this city, if he has no formed attaches, who preserve order and prohibit 
smoking, once inside the gates. 
Later we shall tell our readers how and when to 
is shall we grow this season ? After a procure rooms in advance, with other matters of in- 
1893, 
55 YEARS. 300 ACRES. 
NUT TREES AND NEW PEARS 
1838. 
Parry’s Giant, Pedigree Japan Mammoth, Paragon and other Chestnuts. Japan" 
Perslan, French and English Walnuts. Pecans, Almonds and Filberts. Lincoln Corel 
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Bartletts. Japan Golden Russet, Vermont Beauty and Idaho, In collections a 
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Novelties Shade Trees, for Lawn or Street; Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, &c. Grape 
Vine s, small fruit plants. Immense Stock Maples and Poplars for street planting. 
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