THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
February 17 
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Items of interest, criticisms, or corres¬ 
pondence of any kind intended for, or sug¬ 
gested by, this column, should be addressed 
to Ruralisms. 
It is over six years ago that we ref- 
ceived a vine of the Alice grape from 
Ward D. Gunn, of Clintondale, N. Y. It 
fruited the next year, and we found the 
berry to be superior to the Catawba, with 
a thicker skin and less astringency about 
the skin. It seems to be a most promis¬ 
ing new red grape. What has become of 
it, Mr. Gunn ? 
There are at least three Alice grapes, 
all of them pronounced “promising” 
some years ago, and yet not one has been 
introduced. 
It is with something of a melancholy 
interest that we look over the grapes 
tried at the Rural Grounds during the 
past decade. Many of them when sent 
made us feel, if we confided at all in the 
originators’ statements and hopes, that 
we were entering an era of perfect grapes; 
that the Cjncord, Delaware, Catawba, 
etc., would soon be of the past—forgot¬ 
ten and despised. But we have them still, 
alas, and are likely to bear them in mem¬ 
ory for years to come. As we recall 
tbem, aided by a few records at hand, 
the following are among the most promi¬ 
nent failures: Florence. Eldorado, (Rick¬ 
etts), Lidy Washingtan (Rieketis), Car- 
lotta, Rockingham, Augusta, Lexington 
(Miner), Highland, Newburgh, Qaassaic 
(R cketts). Telegraph or Christine, Early 
Victor, Grein’sGolden, Elvira (Rommel), 
Downing iRicketts), Reliance (Ricketts 
240), Poughkeepsie Red (Caywcod), Am¬ 
ber, Faith, Pearl, Transparent (Rommel), 
Dempsey, Owasso, Jessica, Oberon, Em¬ 
pire State, Early Dawn, Henry, Braendly, 
Alphonso, Albert, Dr. John A. Warder, 
Edward, Bertha, Ursula, Marie Louise, 
Emma, Barbara, F. H. Huber, Catharina, 
several seedlings of Eumelan, Woodruff 
Red, Cayuga, Roenbeck. 
No doubt that a careful going over our 
records and the vines still allowed to re¬ 
main at the Rural Grounds, 25 other fail¬ 
ures might be added. Such records show 
that where one election occurs among 
new grape candidates, at least 100 will 
be defeated. 
Mr. T. J. Dwyer in his new straw¬ 
berry catalogue mentions the Beverly 
as the same as Miner’s Prolific of which 
it is a seedling according to the origin¬ 
ator, Mr. B. F. Smith, of Beverly, Mass. 
Mr. Smith writes that Mr. Dwyer is 
wrong. A committee of the Massachu- 
set ;s Horticultural Society saw both the 
Miner and Beverly grown side by side 
and they were carefully compared and 
the decision arrived at that they were 
different. Later the Beverly was awarded 
the silver medal as the best new seed¬ 
ling. J. H. Hale, Matthew Crawford and 
other experts pronounce them different. 
Plants of the Beverly were sent to the 
Rural Grounds in September of 1891. 
Our notes, the only ones we can find, J une 
10,1892, say: “Berries average large, dark 
crimson, excellent quality, rose flesh, 
somewhat irregular in shape.” That we 
have no further notes indicates that the 
Beverly was not at home at the Rural 
Grounds. We have not grown the Miner 
in years, so that no comparison could be 
made. 
In most of the catalogues of this year 
we find an illustration and description 
of “ the new hibiscus Crimson Eye.” It 
is our belief that this is merely the 
Swamp Rose Mallow conspicuous every 
summer in our braek’sh swamps—Hibis¬ 
cus moscheutos. This ought to be stated. 
Possibly we are off the track, but we do 
not believe it. It is an excellent plant, 
and deserves a place in every garden, 
but not as a novelty without a botanical 
name. 
Our prolific and thoughtful friend, F. 
K. Phoenix, propounds several inquiries 
though, we beg to submit, several of 
them have already been discussed in our 
columns. Here they are : 
1. Does The R. N.-Y. say enough about 
liming land ? 
2 . What colored gooseberry sells best? 
3. Do hairy gooseberries sell as well as 
smooth ? 
4. Does it pay to grow beans or pota¬ 
toes in nursery row gaps ? 
5. Are melons profitably planted and 
grown on strawberry beds after fruit¬ 
ing? 
6 Why not cultivate more anti-shying 
sense into horses and their get ? 
7. How many criminals, tramps, pau¬ 
pers, idlers, sots and bums is a good, 
sober worker worth as a customer and 
consumer? In our search for better 
markets and prices for farm and factory 
produce, is not the above query most 
pitifully overlooked by our farm papers 
and institutes ? 
If there is no other way to get the last 
question (No. 7) before your readers, 
please put it in your advertising columns 
in most prominent place and head it: 
TO IMPROVE HOME MARKETS 
and send me the bill therefor. 
Many thanks to Mr. Phoenix. We 
shall never tire of propounding and dis¬ 
cussing such questions. 
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Shooting Pains 
All over my body and 
swelling of my limbs have 
caused me great sullerlni;. 
In the spring I was com¬ 
pletely worn out and ate 
hardly enough to keep me 
\ alive. 1 have been taking 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and 
the swelling has sub¬ 
sided, the shooting palxu 
are gone, I have good ap¬ 
petite,' am better every 
‘ way." Mas. A. Q. Okax. 
4 Hewaaa St, So. Boston. Hood’s Cures 
Hood’s Fills eore Slok HeadMha. ss* 
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Strongest and simplest Lever Arrangement 
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A Ruddy Glow 
on cheek 
and brow 
is evidence 
that the 
body is 
getting proper nourishment. 
When this glow of health is 
absent assimilation is wrong, 
and health is letting down. 
Scott's Emulsion 
taken immediately arrests 
waste, regardless of the 
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waste and builds flesh anew. 
Almost as palatable as milk. 
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It Is stronger, better and cheaper than any Iron 
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Fa.'it Fine. No more of horpo 
Kii.-itching, cart steering, and tniin 
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day. lialfthe lata.r. Any boy can 
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New Potato Cutters, Harrows, Diggers, CFerlUlzer 
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Railroad, Farm, Gardeia, Cemetery, Lawn 
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catalogue and terms. Address 
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AM) THE MONEY COMKS. 
They are the Host because north¬ 
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Currants, Gooseberry, 
Asparagus, Grapis. 
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Walnut. Send 
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J. S. COLLINS’ SON, Moorestown, X. J. 
GRAPE VINES ISL 
Old and New Varieties Wsrran'ed extra strong. 
NUNE CUKAPEIl Send for CaiHl giie 
EUGENE WILLETT, Norm Co llns, N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY 
f’lants a sceclalty. 
ImuiOrse stock of 
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A COMPLETE GARDEN 
for 60 cent**. 12 pkt of seed of 12 distinct varieties 
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FREE 
six new Strawberry Plants, and our 1894 
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Latest Noveitv for 1894. 
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POTATOES 
AGENTS CoTnI 
Money selling Beveridge’s Au¬ 
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