1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
189 
Ruralisms— Continued. 
and bearing until July 14. The pods are 
of medium size, often in pairs, the peas 
large, tender and sweet. Very produc¬ 
tive. The peas, when cooked, are of a 
lively green color. 
We have had occasion to praise Heroine 
as it has been grown at the Rural Grounds 
during the past two seasons. We have 
praised it as better than Stratagem in 
that it is more prolific. But our market 
gardeners prefer Stratagem for the rea¬ 
son that the pods are of a greener color 
and less liable “ to burn.” The vines, 
too. in field culture do not grow over two 
feet in height and are far less liable to be 
injured by pickers. 
The splendid catalogue of Henry A. 
Dreer, of Philadelphia, Pa., was not re¬ 
ceived in time for notice in the catalogue 
edition of The R. N.-Y. It is one, how¬ 
ever, that is well worthy of a notice all 
to itself, being of the largest size (160 
large pages) and of the first excellence 
in every way. There are 16 pages of 
novelties and specialties and the rest 
is fairly proportioned between flower, 
vegetable and farm seeds and the best 
plants for the garden and greenhouse. 
Orchids, water lilies, ferns, palms, hardy 
perennials, lilies, hardy shrubs are all 
offered in the choicest collections. 
Years ago The R. N.-Y. distributed 
seeds of what for a better name we called 
Rural Branching Sorghum, a variety of 
Sorghum vulgare with but a local reputa¬ 
tion and that as we remember was con¬ 
fined to parts of South Carolina. It does 
not seed reliably in the North, but it is a 
marvel of luxurious growth and will 
stand any amount of drought. If cut in 
midseason, the stumps will at once start 
a vigorous growth and give a second 
crop before frosts. Two or three years 
after Millo Maize was introduced with a 
great flourish of trumpets and all the 
seedsmen accepted it as worthy of a 
place among the “novelties.” It was 
soon found to be the Rural Branching 
Sorghum. Most catalogues still retain 
the name of Millo Maize. Mr. Dreer is 
one of those who catalogue it under its 
rightful name, see page 39 . 
Our readers will remember that we 
guarded them, or tried to do so, against 
the Mansfield Tree tomato. A contribu¬ 
tor to our respected contemporary, the 
Country Gentleman, pronounces it “one 
of the most wonderful humbugs of this 
wonderful age.” 
We have known for many years that 
the hickory could be grafted, but we 
have always assumed that there would 
be, even with every care, many failures. 
1 rof. Meehan says that all the different 
species of hickory, including the pecan, 
\shich is one of that family, can be very 
readily grafted by taking a plant one or 
two years old and grafting at the collar, 
just as fruit growers do with their 
apples and pears in the winter time. 
Among the hickories, shellbaiks and 
pecans there are often some trees with 
larger fruits than others, or with thinner 
shells, qualities very desirable in this 
class of nuts and it is desirable to pre¬ 
serve them and increase the number of 
trees by grafting in the winter. 
Sexuality m plants was discovered, 
as Popular Science states, 200 years ago 
by Rudolf Jakob Camerarius. It was 
ia the year 1691, December 28, that 
his report was ^published in the Ephe- 
merides of the Leopoldine Academy. 
The R. N.-Y. is impressed that it can 
do its readers no better service than by 
calling attention repeatedly and emphat¬ 
ically to those new fruits or plants of 
any kind which it knows or is fairly con¬ 
fident are worthy of extended trial. 
As our readers are aware, Norman J. 
Colman was our first Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture. In his excellent Rural World 
he has this to say of J. Sterling Morton : 
“ He is admirably qualified and equipped 
for the position. He is thoroughly famil¬ 
iar with the sciences on which agricul¬ 
ture is based, possesses great force of 
character and fine executive abilities, is 
a man of undoubted honesty and purity 
of character, and will fill the position 
which has been tendered him with credit 
to himself and the Administration with 
which he is identified. We doubt if a 
better man for the position could have 
been found in the United States, and we 
congratulate the agricultural classes on 
the excellent selection that has been 
made.” 
Dr. T. n. Hoskins, who has well 
earned a position among America’s first 
pomologists, says in Garden and Forest, 
that he knows of no apple that is not 
better ripened on the tree. With pears 
the rule is almost, if not quite absolutely, 
the reverse, although there are a number 
of summer and fall pears that do not rot 
at the core before their maturity for eat 
ing. Persons not informed of the pecu¬ 
liarities of pears in this particular are 
apt at once to condemn a sort which does 
not ripen well on the tree, retaining its 
soundness and flavor. For many years 
Clapp’s Favorite was thus condemned, 
as it almost invariably rots at the core 
if left to ripen on the tree. 
Dr. Hoskins alludes to the standing 
rule that as soon as a pear will part 
readily from the tree, when lifted to a 
right angle with its natural position, or 
a little farther, it should be gathered ; 
and, if it is not then eatable, it should 
then be ripened in the house. But there 
are not a few pears which will wither 
and become useless, without ripening, if 
this rule is followed as most would fol¬ 
low it, by putting the fruit in a drawer, 
basket or box, in a room of varying tem¬ 
perature. The fruit must be kept cool, 
dark and protected from currents of air, 
to mature it acceptably. 
Do not neglect, readers of The R. N.- 
Y., to try the Horticultural'Lima bean. 
It is a novelty first offered last year. It 
has been raised by experienced bean 
growers >and all pronounce it a first-rate 
acquisition. As we have stated, it is 
said to be a cross between Dreer’s Lima 
and the Dwarf Horticultural, and comes 
quite true from seed. It is hardier than 
the Lima and seems to combine the excel 
lencies of both parents. We want our 
readers to try it. 
A correspondent of the New York 
Tribune finds it difficult to say too much 
in favor of the Fordhook squash (intro¬ 
duced by W. Atlee Burpee of Philadel¬ 
phia.) He regards it as the choicest 
“meat” he ever tasted. It weighs about 
three pounds when mature, has very 
small seed cavity, very small stem and 
very thin, hard, borer-proof lind. It 
is in season from January 1 to Decem¬ 
ber 31; when just set on the vine, or 
when from 12 to 16 months from the 
vine. Sliced green and fried, it is - 
good enough for anybody. Prepared 
in any of the various ways it is as good as 
any. It is so sweet that it requires for 
pies, puddings, etc., only half the usual 
sugar. 
Eckford s splendid strains of sweet 
peas are well known arid th< y have don< 
much toward* bringing about the present 
sweet pea craze. It is not well known 
however, that this same Henry E.kford 
is the originator of the Heroine and 
Shropshire peas. 
T. J. Dwyer, the nurseryman of 
Cornwall, N. V., has this to say of our 
Catalogue Review Number : “ I am sr 
much pleased with the la-t edition oi 
The Rural New-Yorker, that I cmnot 
refrain from writing you a personal r ote 
of congratulaten I have reference of 
course, to the review of the catalogues 
for spring of 1893. This is a move in the 
right direction, instructing your reade 1 s, * 
(asit were), what to plant, and what not \ 
to plant, particularly in the way of nov- 
e’ties. The reader of The Rural who 
will read your remarks about the differ¬ 
ent new fruits, vegetables, etc. and can¬ 
not make out a desirable and reliable 
list for planting, is lacking in observa¬ 
tion and in need of sympathy. Your 
judgment is all the more valuable from 
the fact that in the main it is derived 
from a personal acquaintance with these 
fruits and vegetables, and recorded with¬ 
out fear or favor.” 
Prize Quality Always . 
The Reason Why so many prize crops are 
grown on the Stockbridge Manures is that 
these celebrated fertilizers furnish to each crop 
or class of crops, in the right form, proportion, 
and quantity, and at the right time, all the plant 
food it requires for perfect maturity; and perfect 
maturity means prize quality. The 
STOCKBRIDGE MANURES also contain on the 
average twice as much plant food as any ordinary fer¬ 
tilizer, so that one ton of Stockbridge will go further 
and cost less than two tons of other kinds. 
Send to-day for our 1893 illustrated catalogue. 
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1838. 
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300 ACRES. 
NUT TREES AND NEW PEARS. 
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