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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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J, T. Lotett Compact, Little SUver. Monmouth 
County, N. J.—Small fruits, lar^^e fruits, and or¬ 
namental shrubs and trees. We do not know of any 
other firm that has been more diligent in trying and 
introducing new fruits than Mr. Lovett has been. Few 
other nurserymen have sent more varieties to the 
Rural grounds for trial ani report. Files of 
The E, N.-Y. for the past 15 years will show 
this. One of the colored plates in the present 
catalogue will give a good idea o? four new¬ 
comers, viz., Dayton, Mary, Henry Ward 
Beecher and Iowa Beauty strawberries. The 
last (Iowa Beauty) is indeed a beauty. The 
form is perfect An ill-shapen berry is never 
found on the vines. Its size averages large. 
It is firm enough for market and the quality 
is superb. 11 is a variety that we may all grow 
for home use. It may not be suftijiently 
productive for market. Mary has been ce- 
Bcribed in past seasons, and is also elsewhere 
alluded to in this issue. Henry Ward Bjecher 
and Dayton were planted not until August of 
last year, so that we can not make any report 
as to their behavior that would wisely guide 
our friends. Among orchard fruits, we would 
call attention to the Seneca, Lincoln Coreless 
and Vermont Beauty pears. Among plums, to 
the Lincoln, Brunswick, Saratoga, Grand 
Duke, Abundance and Spaulding. Among 
quinces, to the Fuller. Mr. Lovett also makes 
a specialty of nut trees of various kinds. An 
interesting write-up of the old Rumson nurs¬ 
eries, with excellent portraits of Mr. and Mrs. 
Lovett, is a pleasing supplement to the cat¬ 
alogue. Also a manual of ornamental trees, 
shrubs and plants. This is really an instruc¬ 
tive manual as well as a catalogue. The 
best of the ornamental trees and shrubs are 
described in large print at considerable 
length, the illustrations are good, and it is 
what any one needs as a guide to what he 
may best select when planting his grounds. 
There are sever a 1 double page colored pictures 
of such trees, as the White and Red Flower¬ 
ing Cornell; Weeping dogwood. Golden-leaved 
Syringa, Purple-leaved Berberry, Variegated 
Euonymus, Sanguinea rose, Spirmi Bumalda, 
several Weigelas, etc. We commend this 
manual to our readers as one of real and 
permanent value, and well worthy of carefu. perusal. 
Chas. E. Pennock, Fort Collins, Colo.— A price list 
of nursery stock. Mr. Pennock makes a specialty just 
at present of “the Improved Dwarf Rocky Mountain 
cherry’’ which has been pretty well discussed in these 
columns. Several bushes received from him will, no 
doubt, fruit at the Rural Grounds next summer, when 
we may speak of its value from experience. It has 
withstood a temperature of 40 degrees below zero, and 
is the most productive fruit of which Mr. Pennock has 
any knowledge. “T have,” he says, “picked 15 quarts 
from a bush but three years old.” Giber Rocky Moun¬ 
tain fruits and shrubs are described. 
R. Douoi.AS & Sons, Waukegan Nurseries. Wauke¬ 
gan, Ill—This splendid old firm makes a specialty of 
hardy evergreens for home grounds, parks, etc. The 
list is, by choice, not a long one, as the fi'm propa¬ 
gates only the kinds that years of experience have 
taught it are the most hardy and valuable. Among 
those most prized the Blue spruce of Colorado, the 
Douglas spruce and the White spruce are deemed the 
most ornamental and most hardy of all the spruces. 
These are shipped with perfect safety all over the 
world, either in boxes or by mail. Little seedlings of 
the Blue and Douglas spruces and Abies concolor—a 
tree we greatly prize for its color and hardiness—will 
be forwarded for from $1 to $4 per 100, and these little 
things, as we know from our own experience, will 
grow.just as surely and as rapidly as larger plants for 
10 times the price. 
Green's Nursery Company, Rochester, N. Y.—This 
nursery catalogue favors us with colored pictures o f 
the North Star currant, the Lancashire Lid goose¬ 
berry, American Blush apple. Royal Church raspberry 
and Wilder Early pear. Mr. Green makes a specialty 
of the Blush because he thinks there is no other variety 
that will make his patrons better returns as a winter 
fruit. It is described as of medium size, beautiful 
crimson on yellow ground, of superlative quality, 
hardy and productive. The North Star currant, it is 
claimed, is the “hardiest, the best grower, the most 
prolific bearer, the sweetest and best currant grown.” 
The Alaska quince and Royal Church raspberry, other 
introductions of Mr. Green, are excellent in many 
ways. Both are under trial at the Rural Grounds. 
F. Barteldes & Co , 804 Massachusetts Street, Law¬ 
rence, Kan.—A descriptive catalogue (96 pages) of 
seeds of all kinds. Colored covers and a colored page 
of vegetables. In this catalogue as in others may be 
found Wild rice—Zizania aquatica— a relative of the 
common commercial rice. The value of this rice for 
certain purposes is not appreciated. The plant 
abounds in the small lakes of the Northwest, and is 
often gathered by the Indians for food. It is a favorite 
food, also, for wild birds. In artificial lakes and the 
little ponds of farms and parks, it would no doubt have 
New Hardy Variegated Rose, Roger Lambelin. Fig 50. (Page 135.) 
a purifying effect upon water and afford some protec¬ 
tion to fish. But the seeds will not grow exeept upon 
muddy bottoms. The culms grow from 5 to 10 feet 
high. Cattle are fond of the grass, and the only rea¬ 
son why itis not cultivated is the readiness of the 
Ohmer Blackberry. Fig. 51. (See page 134.) 
seed, which is about half an inch long, cylindrical 
and slender, to fall out. 
The Jewell Nursery Company, Lake City, Wabasha 
County, Minn.—A descriptive catalogue of fruits, etc. 
Those who desire the hardiest varieties of apples, 
pears, cherries, apricots, peaches, etc., should study 
this catalogue. It is probably the furthest north of 
any nursery in America or Canada. A collection of 
seedling apples—supposed to be hybrids between 
Siberian crab and standard sorts—is characterized by 
Prof. J. L Budd as “the most remarkable lot of seed¬ 
ling apples e'^er grown in one orchard ” The company 
also deals in hardy ornamental shrubs and trees. A 
chapter of “ Suggestions as to the Location, 
Planting and Care of Fruit Trees” and the 
composition and application of insecticides 
and fungicides, is instructive. 
.John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, 
Wis—A catalogue of the largest size (130 
pages) of seeds and plants—fruit and orna¬ 
mental—with numerous colored pictures and 
innumerable engravings. 
Cleveland Nursery Company, Rio Vista, 
Va.—A very long list of strawberries and 
other small fruits. The new strawberry Rio 
has been tried at the Rural Grounds and 
found to be one of the very best of the first 
early varieties—large, good quality, produc¬ 
tive and firm enough for market. 
F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, N. Y.—A catalogue 
of vegetable, field and flower seeds. A large 
amount of cash is offered to customers who 
may choose to assist in introducing Mr. 
Mills’s seed The “ Earliest Tomato in the 
World” has produced perfectly ripe tomatoes 
in 26 days according to the evidence of four 
persons and the evidence is sworn to before a 
notary. The seed was sown in fi ^e different 
hills in a garden in Massac County, Ill , the 
2l5t day of last June in the presence of the 
witnesses. On the 17th day of July there 
were four thoroughly ripe tomatoes. 
The Henry Philipps Skhd and Implement 
Company. —A catalogue (80 pages) of garden, 
field and flower seeds. We would call special 
attention to page 57, which illustrates and 
describes a new hand broadcast seed sower 
called “the Little Giant.” It is claimed to be 
the “greatest labor-saving invention of the 
age.” “It saves one-fourth of the seed and 
two thirds of the labor. It weighs but three 
pounds, and a man or boy can sow on hilly, 
stumpy, stony or rough land as well as on 
clean land.” The device will sow any quantity 
of seed of clover, millet, wheat, oats, peas, 
corn, grass, and even ashes or fertilizers. 
D. Hill, Dundee, K^ne County, Ill.—A catalogue of 
evergreens, European larch, etc. Mr. Hill does not 
sell wild or imported evergreens. His trees are all 
nursery grown. Though evergreens are his specialty 
he sells forest trees and hardy ornamental shrubs and 
trees as well. Two photo-illustrations show forcibly 
ihe difference in the roots of an evergreen tree that 
has been properly treated (not cultivated) and one 
that has not. The prices quoted are very low—is low, 
we fancy, as good stock can be profitably sold for. 
Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N. Y. — A catalogue of 
grape vines and general nursery stock Mr. Roesch, 
after fruiting the E irly Oiio grape for five years, is 
convinced that it possesses several points of decided 
merit not possessed by any other variety. Tuese are 
“extreme earliness, hardiness, and productiveness, 
and a better quality than most early grapes.” It is 
the best early grape he had yet seen or tasted. It is of 
better quality than Moore’s Early, and at least one 
week earlier. A colored picture of the Early Ohio is 
presented. 
Eugene Willett, North Collins, N. Y.—This is a 
first-rate list of small fruits, and those only. Grapes, 
strawberries, raspberries, blackberrieu, gooseberries 
and currants, and there is no important omission in 
the lists among novelties or standard sorts. Taking 
the new grapes for example, we have Green Mountain, 
Early O'lio, Colerain, Rockwood, Esther, Geneva, 
Moore’s Diamond, Nectar and Eaton. Among goose¬ 
berries we find the Red Jacket and Columbus; among 
strawberries the Van Dcman, Shuckless, Timbrell, 
Leviathan and Parker Earle. 
A. R Ames, 16 East Mifflin Street, Madison, Wis.— 
A catalogue of seeds for the “garden, farm and fifid.” 
In this we find the old White Suhoenen oats which in 
spite of the claims made for later introductions, we 
believe, all things considered, to be as reliable and as 
desirable as any oats in cultivation. Price 60 cents 
per bushel. 
I. & J. L. Leonard, Iona, N. J.—A circular of 
asparagus roots, of sweet potato plants, 40 cents per 
100 ; tomato plants, 40 cents per 100; cabbage plants 
$1.25 per 1,000; celery, rhubarb, strawberry, etc. 
They also make specialties of 'the Lincoln, Abundance 
and Spaulding plums worked on Marianna stock. 
D. B. Garvin & Son, Wheeling, W. Va.—Catalogue 
and price list of small fruits, trees, plants and vines. On 
the last cover page of this list, collections of small 
fruits (grape vines included) are offered at $l each. 
