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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
GROSBEY PUGH TREES 
GRAPE VINES 
Mt OrsdlnK. Nraall Priiite. Introdacer of nnrivaric 
nsw Ked Jacket Gooeeberry A Fay Curran 
and sweet corn, so that we propose to 
do so the coming season. 
The following is a partial list of the 
later kinds of strawberries that have 
been tried at the Rural Grounds and 
found wanting, or, at any rate, inferior 
to older varieties : Princess, Leviathan, 
Gillespie, Auburn, E. P. Roe, Van De¬ 
man, Wentzell, Yankee Doodle, Clark’s 
Early, Beverly, Arkansas Traveler, 
Swindle, Street, Princeton Chief, Mary, 
Everbearing, Farnsworth, Edgar .Queen, 
Lady Rusk, Michel’s Early, Louise, 
Standard, Mineola, Pearl, Belmont, Eure¬ 
ka, Wabash, Viola, Ilaverland, Enhance 
(quality and shape condemned—it is an 
immense yieflder of large berries), Lida, 
Ontario, Clara, Crawford, Hampden, 
Gale, Kearns, Henderson, Davis, Parry. 
Prince, Indiana, Anna, Pineapple, Mon¬ 
mouth, Summit, Garretson, Vineland, 
Connecticut Queen, Elisdale, Mammot- 
Beauty, Dewey, Gold, Excelsior, Bomba,< 
Cohansey, Iroquois, Jessie, Logan, Ohio, 
and perhaps 100 others tried under num 
hers. 
We are fully aware that several of the 
above named varieties are—according to 
catalogue and newspaper reports—highly 
prized in other places. 
Many of our readers will be interested 
to know that the Crimson clover (Trifo 
lium incarnatum) sown upon rich soil at 
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10,000 Crosbey Peach Trees. 
40,000 Timbrell Strawberry Plants, 
from Held 8 stuck. 
We are lleadquaiters for 
Raising potatoes from seeds has been ^ 
one of The R. N'.-Y.’s hobbies for many ^ 
years, as older friends do not need to be ^ 
told. ^ 
One—the chief—serious difficulty en- * 
countered was how to protect the young ’ 
plants from the potato beetle for several 
weeks after they were set in the open 
ground. The stems and leaves are at first 
so tender that any applicition of Paris- 
green strong enough to kill the beetles 
will also kill the tender plants. Square 
boxes covered with mosquito netting, 
oval frames made of barrel hoops, and 
sundry other devices were tried from 
season to season which gave the desired 
protection, but not in an economical way. 
Fig. 62 shows the contrivance which 
we have used for five years past. The 
arched pieces are each half of a barrel 
hoop stuck into the soil an inch or so. 
These are held in place by the strip 
nailed on top lengthwise. Mosquito net¬ 
ting is then stretched over the frame and 
held in place either by stones or the soil. 
The same netting can be used but one sea¬ 
son, as contact with the soil soon rots 
it; but it lasts until the plants fill the 
entire space underneath and are as hardy 
as other plants, and will stand Paris- 
green and plaster just as well. 
We may remind our readers that it is 
not too late to plant potato seeds in pots 
or boxes of rich soil. They sprout as 
readily as do tomato seeds, and may be 
transplanted to thumb pots as soon as 
the third set of leaves have formed. 
These will by the first of June fill the 
pots with their roots, and may then be 
thumped out without breaking the soil. 
Mk. G. Cowing of Muncie, Ind., the 
originator of Brunette and Blonde straw¬ 
berries (not yet offered for sale) writes 
as follows : 
Your estimate of varieties almost Invariably aRrees 
with mine. Ilaverland Is the only exception Ire- 
member, It not being satisfactory with you while It 
Is almost perfect with me—much better than War- 
field. 
The elevation, climate and soil of the 
Rural Experiment Grounds is such that 
any new small fruit (including grapes) 
which thrives well there is fairly sure to 
succeed over a wide extent of country. 
On the other hand we know of few of the 
later fruits which failed there that have 
become notably popular. 
Fhom time to time we have called at¬ 
tention to the fact that foreign grapes 
have been grown, here in the East, with 
success against houses or walls or with 
only partial protection from glass. The 
vines have proved hardy, productive and 
healthy. Mr. Sam. H. James of Mound, 
La., offers further testimony in the 
matter. “ I have a favorable report to 
make,” he says, “ on those Vinifera 
grapes grown against the side of the 
house. Some of the vines grew over 20 
feet in one year and the wood is healthy 
and sound.” 
Readers of Ruralisms are urged to buy 
and plant a packet (15 cents) of the new 
Japan Variegated hop. It is a wonderful 
grower and will cover in one season a 
space 100 feet square easily. Few vines are 
more vigorous, few bear prettier leaves. 
The variegation, as wehave told our read¬ 
ers, is yellowish white upon green. Some 
leaves are solid green, others variegated 
slightly, some splashed and marbled in 
endless variety. No two leaves are alike 
in this respect. 
Up to this time The R. N.-Y. has held 
that the Early Ohio is the earliest potato 
in existence. In the 1894 catalogues, 
there are at least half a dozen specific, 
unqualified claims made that the varie¬ 
ties offered are earlier than Early Ohio. 
It is claimed for one that it is 10 days 
earlier. So, too, there are several new 
varieties of sweet corn now for the first 
time placed before the public which are 
said to be earlier than Cory. It is some 
years since we have made comparative 
trials of the earliest varieties of potatoes 
GRAPE VINES iE,. 
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