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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Rar allsms—Co7itinii€d. 
nearly five weeks. In another trial, 
tomatoes picked before fully ripe, in 
order to save them from an early frost, 
and put in lime on October 22 were j^ood 
till January 15. Pears, of a variety that 
he had been unable to keep beyond 
December in any other way, kept well in 
lime till the middle of April. The most 
interesting results, and it seems to Dr. 
Caldwell the most striking, were obtain¬ 
ed with grapes. Three varieties were 
packed in lime on September 13; the first 
examination of them was made December 
22, when all were in good condition ; 
April 15 two bunches of one variety were 
taken oit, one of which was fairly well 
preserved, the other very well; all of 
one of the other varieties were in a bad 
condition and were removed. On May 2 
the box was emptied, and all of those 
still remaining were in excellent condi¬ 
tion. In another trial made in the pre¬ 
ceding year, the last bunch of grapes in 
the box was taken out July 1, when half 
of the berries were well preserved and 
had an exquisite flavor. 
Bui.i.ktin No G2 (L H. Bailey, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, N. Y.) gives us some 
highly valuable information about the 
Japan plums. All who may have occa¬ 
sion to study plums or to plant them this 
spring should not fail to secure this valu¬ 
able treatise. The kinds which may be 
most confidently recommended at this 
time are Abundance, Burbank, Willard, 
Kerr, Berckmans, Marie, Red Nagate, 
Chabot, Satsuma, and perhaps Ogon. 
Kelsey is tender in the North, but is 
recommended for the South. 
Altogether, as I’rof. Bailey remarks, 
the Japan plums constitute the most im¬ 
portant type of fruit introduced into 
North America during the last 25 years, 
and they should be tried in all parts of 
the country. 
The following note from C. W. King, 
of East Taunton, Mass., will interest 
many of our readers : 
Last fall I picked five barrels of handsome, fair¬ 
sized Baldwin apples from one tree, which was set 
out jujt (10 years aKO. It has had no manure, no care 
except root prunlnK once a year with a one-horse 
pliw; has never been sprayed. The soil Is sandy 
loam. This tree has been a reaular bearer of moder¬ 
ate crops. 1 also had a good yield of Red Astrachans 
from trees standing In sod. not having been encour¬ 
aged In any way, A Northern Spy, standing In poor 
soli, and unmanured or sprayed, was literally loaded 
with Une fruit, on which 1 took a premium at the 
Bristol County Agricultural Fair. Fact! 
For 100 feet of row one quart of the round varieties 
of peas Is, I think a plenty; In good soli, well ma¬ 
nured. the same quantity of wrinkled peas would be 
too much. The best row of peas I ever saw was 
grown by planting the seed six Inches apart In dou¬ 
ble rows: the variety was Bliss’s Everbearing. 
Bcople who have never raised peas in 
rich soil planted six inches apart have 
little idea to what extent the plants 
branch and grow bushy, or how much 
the yield may be increased, as well as the 
siz 3 of the pods and peas. 
The double-row system for garden cul¬ 
tivation is excellent, simple and inex¬ 
pensive. 
Looking over our raspberry notes of 
last season, we find this about the Royal 
Church, the new red now offered by sev¬ 
eral nurserymen : “ Plants set out in 
April of 1893, Canes quite vigorous. 
Berry almost round, drupes large and 
almost round. The berry does not hold 
to the peduncle well; the drupes do not 
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cling to one another sufficiently. That 
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good shipper. The color is nearly that of 
Shaffer. The berries average large, but 
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and excellent when fully ripe.” 
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Pomona.— From Mr. Parry, of Parry, 
N. J., is a red raspberry received in 1887. 
Qiality fair, medium size, roundish, 
slightly conical. Ripens with Cuthbert, 
We do not see anything remarkable 
about it. 
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