March 17 
l7d 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Notes froi the Rural Grounds. 
TWELFTH ANWUAL REPORT OF TRIALS OF 
NEW POTATOES. 
Last season was in this part of the 
country unfavorable to potato culture. 
The early part was cold and wet, the 
later part extremely dry. But this re¬ 
port may prove as serviceable to our 
readers as any of its predecessors as 
showing how the varieties under trial be¬ 
haved under unusually unfavorable con¬ 
ditions as raised by The Rural trench 
system, familiar to all our readers. 
Planted April 21. 
Variegated Silver-Leaf potato. — From 
Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N. J. This Is, we think, 
a sport of Early Rose. The vines coaid not endure 
the drought, and yielded only a few poor tubers. It 
Is of little value except as a curiosity and. In a 
droughty season. Is of no value even as a curiosity. 
Superb, or Seedling No. 76.—From F. B. Van Or¬ 
man. Lewis, la. Four pieces yielded 32 marketable, 
16 small; weight, 10J4 pounds, or at the rate of 636 26 
bushels to the acre. Twice as long as broad, cylin¬ 
drical, buff skin, eyes medium. Vines vigorous and 
spreading. Vines dead August 16. An Intermediate. 
Eaten September 18. Nearly white flesh, not as dry 
or mealy as some, but the flavor Is nutt} and pro¬ 
nounced. See Fig. 66 
early Harvest.— From Geo. W. P. Jerrard, Cari¬ 
bou, Me. Twelve pieces yielded 70 large, 32 small, 
weighing 22 pounds, equal to 433.66 bushels to the 
acre. Shape variable In this dry season, buff skin. 
Eyes medium. Vigorous, spreading vines, light 
green. Vines began to die July 20. Eaten Septem¬ 
ber 18. Of superior quality, line grain, floury out¬ 
side without breaking to pieces. Unusually white 
flesh. See Fig. 57. 
Variety.— From W. T. Clucas, Albion, Ind.-Slx 
pieces yielded 44 large, 19 small, weighing 17M 
pounds, or 716.91 bushels to the acre. Resemble Late 
Beaut? of Hebron or White Elephant. 
Red Mike. —From A. W. Batchelder, Thomaston, 
Me. F,.ur pieces yielded 24 large, 18 small, weighing 
10 pounds, or 605 bushels to the acre. Color reddish 
purple. Shape varies so that there seems no typical 
shape In this dry season. Eyes medium as to num¬ 
ber and prominence. Medium green foliage, stems 
slightly tinted purple, vigorous. It Is Intermediate 
as to time of maturity. Eaten September 20. Medium 
white flesh, mealy; falls to pieces; a pronounced 
potato flavor, fair quality. 
No. 1.—From R. D. Burr. Gloversvllle, N. Y. Three 
pieces yielded 23 large, 11 small, weighing seven 
pounds, or 664.66 bushels to the acre. Llgnt buff skin, 
nearly Beauty of Hebron shape. Ill shapen from 
drought. July 16, some vines dying, some not. 
Bdrr No. 2.—Three pieces yielded 13 large, 3 
small, or 3^ pounds—283.33 per acre. Intermediate. 
Light buff skin, roundish, slightly flattened, eyes not 
prominent. A fair potato In appearance. Upright 
vines, not spreading. Parentage Charter Oak fertil¬ 
ized with Hebron. 
Bcrr No. 3 —Same parentage as above. Three 
pieces yielded 15 large, 12 small, weighing 31^ pounds 
or 282 bushels per acre. Like Burr'No. 2 In form, but 
smaller. Vines began to die July 25. 
No Name.— From Issachar Currier, West Hopkln- 
ton, N. H. Three pieces yielded 19 large. 3 small, or 
7^ pounds—606 bushels to acre. Purple-red color, 
average large size. Very Irregular In shape—no two 
alike. Eyes deep. Vines darkish green, purple 
stems, not very spreading, but vigorous. Late. Dry, 
mealy, of a slight potato flavor. Nearly white flesh. 
Great West.— From Frank Ford & Son, Ravenna, 
Ohio. Three pieces yielded 7 large, 9 small, weigh¬ 
ing two pounds, or 161.33 to the acre. Light buff 
skin, long, cylindrical. Small vines, fairly vigorous. 
Began to die July 25. 
COLCMBUS.— Frank Ford & Son.—Three pieces 
yielded 30 large, 6 small, or 12 pounds, 968 bushels to 
the acre. Average very large, 111 shape In this dry 
season. About three times as long as broad, cylin¬ 
drical; buff skin, eyes deep. Vigorous vines, spread¬ 
ing. Late Intermediate. Eaten Septembei 26. White, 
flaky flesh. Does not fall to pieces. As good as 
Eariy Rose. 
Timpe's No. 4.—From Frank Ford & Son. Tnree 
piece* yielded 18 large, 3 small, or 6>i pounds equal¬ 
ing 624.33 bushels to the acre. Buff skin, some I 
russet, cylindrical, rather long. Eyes medium. 
Vines of medium green color, vigorous. It Is a late 
Intermediate. 
Wisconsin Snowflake.— From M. S. Harrington, 
Delavan, Wls. Three pieces yielded 23 large, 8 
small, or 8 pounds, which Is at the rate of 645 33 
bushels to the acre. Shape oval-oblong, somewhat 
flattened. Eyes medium, buff skin. Vines medium 
green, fairly vigorous. Late. 
Russet Pbachblow.—F rom M. S. Harrington as 
above. Three pieces yielded 9 large, 10 small, or 2)^ 
pounds, which Is at the rate of 201.66 bushels per 
acre. It Is a seedling of the old Eureka. Eyes too 
deep. Vines not vigorous, purple flowers. Vines 
began to die June 26. 
The following were planted not until 
May 12, because the seed was not received 
until about that time : 
Woodbury No. 89.—Three pieces yielded 19 large 
and 16 small, or bushels—at the rate of 514.50 
bushels to the acre. A solid tuber of irregular 
shape this dry season. Byes medium, buff skin, 
some russet. Vigorous vines. Eaten September 27. 
White flesh, floury, breaks to pieces. 
Woodbury No. 18.—Yielded 8 marketable, but 
rather small, and 26 small—8 pounds, or 363 bushels 
to the acre. 
Bract No. l.—From B. M. Bracy, Ogdensburg, N. 
Y. Three pieces yielded 13 large, 6 small, or 4 pounds 
—322.66 bushels to the acre. Buff skin, some russet. 
Roundish. Eyes medium. 
Bracy No. 2.—Three pieces yielded 9 large, 3 
small, or 2^ pounds—201 66 bushels to the acre. 
Moderate vigor. 
His Nos. 3 and 5 were also tried, but 
our report is imperfect. 
At the rate of 20 tons of horse manure 
was spread upon this plot in the fall of 
1892 and spaded under. Last spring, at 
the rate of 1,200 pounds to the acre of 
potato fertilizer was spread in the 
trenches after the seed had been covered 
with an inch of soil. The difference in 
yield is remarkable. A few kinds, as 
may be seen, were quite shapely in spite 
of the drought. 
We must request those of our friends 
who may desire us to try their new va¬ 
rieties of potatoes next season to send 
the seed (with the name and history for 
our record) not later than April 10. 
Mr. Lorenzo Osborne writes us in re¬ 
gard to the keeping qualities of some of 
the R. N.-Y. crossbred tomatoes. He 
picked several ripe fruits on October 15. 
Many of them were sound January 15. 
There are others that began to decay not 
until February 22. When picked, they 
were put in his barn and there kept until 
cold weather, when they were removed 
to the cellar. 
Some 10 years ago, The R. N.-Y. began 
using sulphur to find if it would prevent 
potato scab. Off and on we have since 
used it, always with the results that the 
scab seemed to be prevented or lessened. 
No exact comparative trials were made, 
however, so that while we have often 
told our readers that sulphur had some 
effect to prevent scab, we are not posi¬ 
tive as to the scope of that effect. Prof. 
E. S. Goff, of the Wisconsin Station, finds 
as a result of his own experiments that 
“the sulphur proved in some degree ben¬ 
eficial in reducing the amount of scab, 
but that it was far from being a com¬ 
plete remedy.” 
The effect of removing the seed end of 
seed potatoes coincides wdth our own 
tests, viz., to reduce the yield as com¬ 
pared with that from entire seed. The 
average difference of four years’ experi¬ 
ments was 43^ per cent in favor of the 
whole seed. 
A. W. Livingston’s Sons, of Colum¬ 
bus, O., offer a “ New White Cob Ever¬ 
green sweet corn ” that they have been 
working upon for 15 years. It differs 
from the old Livingston’s Early in hav¬ 
ing a white cob. The claim is made that 
it is the earliest evergreen in existence. 
We hope that not one of our readers 
will buy any of the Jay Gould straw¬ 
berry, however promising the variety 
may be, until its name shall be changed. 
The new pansies, seed of which are 
offered by Peter Henderson & Co., are 
In writing to advertisers please always mention 
The Bubal. 
Distress in the Stomach 
Reartbnm, Sick Head¬ 
ache, and other symp- 
tOBit of Dyspepaia 
kvablad mo for lereral 
jaara. Slnoe Ihavabeea 
taking HOOD’S SAB. 
OAPABI£,I,A all thU 
U changed. Dyspe p • 1 a 
tronhle no longer bothers 
me. I do not have heart- 
bnm and 1 am free from 
headache. I have gained 
In flesh and feel better In 
everyway.” Mrs. J.H . CiooK, Marttorvme, DL 
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable. 26o. 
Farmers YOUB Produce 
To F. I. SAOB & SON, 188 Besde 8t., N. Y., 
Receivers of ^1 kinds of Country Produce, In¬ 
cluding Game, Live and Dressed Poultry and Dressed 
Calves. Specialties —Berries, Grapes, Apples, Pears, 
Honey, Onions, Potatoes and Butter. Corresponif^ 
ence and consignments solicited. Stencils furnished. 
Reference: Dun’s or Bradstreet's Commercial Re¬ 
ports, to be found at any bank. 
said to be the result of hybridizing Al¬ 
pine violets with the pansy. They are 
said to combine the odor of the violet 
with the size, form and brilliancy of col 
oring of the pansy. Still more interest¬ 
ing is the statement that “ the plants 
possess the hardy, tufted, spreading habit 
of the wild violet, and continue to grow 
and bloom for years in increasing abund 
ance.” For 10 years, it may be, occa¬ 
sional strains of tufted pansies have pos¬ 
sessed the delicate fragrance of violets. 
But it is only of late years that the fra¬ 
grance has been cultivated—so to speak 
—by careful selection. Tufted pansies, 
we believe, originated with John Clark, 
of Scotland, 10 years ago. 
We have been “ testing ” the fruit of 
the Columbian red raspberry, both 
canned and made into jam. The f i uit in 
glass jars was put up and sent to us by 
Mr. J. T. Thompson, of Oneida, N. Y. 
We have certainly never seen raspberries 
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