1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
543 
Farmers’ Club Discussion. 
Continued. 
practice has been to sow the rye broad¬ 
cast without any preparation of the land 
as soon as the corn was off in the fall, 
but last year I changed a little, and put 
on the rye at the last working of the 
corn. Late in July I broadcasted on about 
two bushels of seed to the acre, more 
than enough; but quite a percent, owiDg 
to the corn blades, never reached the 
ground. Then I took a light one-horse 
cultivator, fastened on a cross-bar be¬ 
hind and to the shovels so that it could 
not run any more than lK-inch deep, 
and as wide as possible, and cultivated it 
in. It quickly came up and covered the 
ground, but did not make much upward 
growth until the corn was cut, when it 
soon covered the soil like a mat, and dur¬ 
ing the winter in spite of our heavy, 
washing rains, there did not seem to be 
any wash of the soil, and a nice even 
stand of corn tells me that the results 
will not fall far below the corn on the 
heavy manured clover sod over the fence. 
With us, two bushels of rye are worth 90 
cents, and in my opinion I get many 
times 90 cents out of it, besides some 
nice late fall feed. 
Preferred Strawberries. 
W., Blair County, Pa. —Of strawber¬ 
ries I still prefer, on the whole, the Cum¬ 
berland, now an old sort, for home use 
or near market. The still older Charles 
Downing is my preference for flavor and 
color, and it is excelled by none in yield 
or length of season. But its slender 
stems give way and the leaves and fruit 
lie sprawling in every direction. Haver- 
land and Parker Earle are fine berries, 
but have the same weakness. The Tri¬ 
umph, the Indiana (of E. Y. Teas) and 
Captain Jack carry their fruit well up, 
unless the plants are weakened by crowd¬ 
ing, so as to be liable to prostration by 
heavy storms. The latter two are firm 
berries and excellent bearers and very 
vigorous. 
J. H., Hamilton County, Ohio. —The 
following, in the order in which they are 
named, are the best strawberries with 
me : Bubach, Parker, Gandy, Warfield 
and Cumberland; the rest are of no 
account. 
W. A. B., Sherwood, N. Y.—Until this 
season I had a settled belief that a seven- 
foot pole was long enough for an ord - 
nary bush bean, but the Black bush 
Limas The Rural sent me have reached 
the tops of high poles, and are now reach¬ 
ing our, into space. I positively refuse 
to splice the poles. The R. N.-Y.’s con¬ 
tents are always substantial. 
mation, however, take the place of the root. Its development to the extent we 
old, but beautiful variegated Vitis or find it in modern gardens is extremely 
Ampe!opsis or Cissus heterophylla which remarkable.” 
Will Crimson clover (Trifolium incar- 
natum) catch and grow in soil too poor 
for common Red clover ? In a general 
way the answer has been given that it 
will. But who knows ? The Crimson 
clover question is one that is made up 
of interesting parts, which need to be 
treated separately and answered by care¬ 
ful comparative experiments. 
July 25.—The drought is terrible at 
the Rural Grounds. The grass is fairly 
burnt up. Early potatoes are small and 
ugly in shape while late ones will prob¬ 
ably fail. Corn curls not only during 
the day but, though less, during the 
night. Beets, beans—especially bush 
beans—cmons, late peas are all suffering, 
while celery could not live without daily 
watering. 
The Variegated Japan Hop Vine is a 
novelty offered in the 1893 seedsmen’s 
catalogues for the first. The leaves are 
of two colors, a deep green variously and 
not at all uniformly marked with yellow 
or yellowish white. The seeds germinate 
freely and the vines grow thriftily. It 
has a certain value in that it will stand 
heat well and thrive in almost any soil 
or situation. It could never in our esti- 
in the shape of the leaf and variegation 
it somewhat resembles. The berries of 
the latter, too, are beautiful in the fall, 
when the color becomes delicate shades t 
of blue and pink. The roots are hardy 
and the vine makes a rapid growth. 
The new strain of double yellow phlox 
is an improvement upon that which we 
tried a year or so ago. Seeds were sent 
to us by Pitcher & Manda. The color is 
not fully yellow, but rather a feeble 
straw-colored yellow, and the petals 
average about 10 in number. The flowers 
are more durable than the single Drum¬ 
mond’s Phlox and a large proportion of 
the seeds give double flowers. Double 
flowers in the brighter colors may now 
be looked for. 
Under date of July 7 , BeDj. Buckman, 
of Farmingdale, Ills., writes as follows: 
There have been several notlcesjately In The R. 
N.-Y. of the dwarf Rocky Mountain cherry. I am 
not a botanist, but I do not see why It should not be 
classed with the ordinary Sand cherry. The growth, 
stem and leaf, are the same; they blight alike; the 
fruit Is of the same character, except that it Is less 
oblong, has a sma ler pit and Is better In quality. 
However, I am disappointed In the latter. No doubt 
It may be valuable In some places. I inclose a twig 
of each—separate them If you can, Mr. Botanist, 
The fruit ripens here with the Sand cherry, or about 
the middle of July. 
The twigs and leaves were the same as 
those of the several plants growing at 
the Rural Grounds. 
Here is The Rural’s list of straw¬ 
berries for home use: Cumberland, 
Charles Downing, Timbrell, Brandy¬ 
wine, Iowa Beauty, Rio, Jucunda Im¬ 
proved and Gen. Putnam. 
Some of the above are shy bearers. 
Iowa Beauty and Jucunda Improved are 
among them. But the quality is superb. 
Rio is about the best early berry we know 
of as to quality, and it yields well also, 
'imbrell and Brandywine are late, pro¬ 
fit;, and of fine quality. Cumberland 
nd Chas. Downing need no comment. 
Mr. Fletcher, of the Toronto (Can- 
da) Experiment Farm, knowing that 
peas are just as good for seed the second 
as the first year, suggests that, as the 
pea weevil in its several forms, lives 
but one year, we have only to keep our 
seed peas for two years to be rid of the 
pest. 
A few plants of the variegated-leaved 
Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) 
were received from Ellwanger & Barry 
in early spring. The leaves are light- 
green, bordered with buff yellow, and 
the variegation is constant—that is, all 
the leaves have the yellow border an inch 
or more in width. The plants are now 
(July 26) about two feet high. They 
bloomed in June. The flowers which are 
lighter colored than those of Symphy¬ 
tum asperrimum, are of little account. 
But the plants thrive in almost any soil 
or situation. They endure any amount 
of 'heat or drought. Though a coarse 
plant, it is certainly of value in any col¬ 
lection of hardy plants that will thrive 
whether they receive much or little care. 
“The writer of this paragraph has 
known a whole half acre of Canada this¬ 
tles entirely eradicated by having a boy 
cut them beneath the ground with a 
knife early in spring. Very few shot up 
leaves the second time, but these were 
again cut as soon as perceived, and the 
result was to evidently destroy every 
plant. It did not cost $10 to do it.” 
M. CRAWFORD’S STRAWBERRY REPORT. 
From the annual report of that veteran , 
grower, M. Crawford, we make these ex¬ 
tracts : 
Timbrell.—This is a variety of great 
merit. I have watched it carefully, and 
am glad to report that it has not a single 
weak point. The plant is a luxuriant 
grower and enormously productive. The 
fruit is very large, nearly always of reg¬ 
ular, conical form, crimson color, firm, 
and of very excellent quality, and one of 
the latest to ripen. 
Beverly.—This is a fine berry and very 
satisfactory to both producer and con¬ 
sumer. The plant is healthy and pro¬ 
ductive, and the fruit is large, fine-look¬ 
ing and of good quality. It is rather late 
in ripening and bears a long time. 
Muskingum.—Another year’s experi¬ 
ence with this berry strengthens my good 
opinion of it. It is large and productive 
and destined to be a good berry for mar¬ 
ket. 
Leader.—The plants and fruit were 
among the finest on my place. It is early, 
large, has a good color and excellent 
quality. I have heard no unfavorable 
reports from any quarter, and I think 
the Leader is destined to become one of 
the standard varieties. 
E. P. Roe.—With me this is as worth¬ 
less a variety as was ever sent out. It 
fruited here this season for the first and 
last time. 
Princess.—It has sustained its reputa¬ 
tion for great size and productiveness, in 
which it is hardly surpassed. It is not, 
however, dark enough nor firm enough. 
Dayton.—This was a great surprise to 
me. The absence of late frosts probably 
saved it. It was one of the earliest, large 
and of fine appearance ind good quality. 
The crop was fair. 
Gov. Hoard.—It did not fruit with me, 
but a very careful grower near here, Mr. 
J. B. Flagle, reports that it was the finest 
thing on his place. Its only fault is that 
the blossoms are very likely to be killed 
by late frosts. 
Gillespie.—It is very satisfactory here, 
and most excellent reports come from 
others. It was John F. Beaver’s largest. 
He had one berry 3% inches in diameter 
(not circumference ) It is rather early, 
of good quality, fine appearance, and is 
a good thing in every way. 
Parker Earle.—It is one of the most 
valuable berries ever sent out. The only 
thing ever urged against it is that it does 
not always ripen all the berries. With 
me this year it proved very fine. 
Staples.—This variety was received 
from Dayton, O. It will be introduced 
next spring. It is a seedling of the War- 
field, has a large, strong plant, perfect 
blossom, and is of very excellent quality. 
Greenville. — This fruited with me 
under favorable circumstances and dis¬ 
appointed me somewhat. Too many of 
the berries were small and knotty. 
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sorts of European strawberries as they 
come out. They have found that the 
Noble is an exception to most of them, 
because it has proved to be a good 
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