1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
459 
clover—except in little places where there 
are few weeds—is about a foot high, 
but is fast growing weak and yellowish. 
The weeds of the “ complete” fertilizer 
plots are not as thrifty as those of the 
nitrogen plot, but still very thrifty. 
The weeds of the other three plots— 
no-manure, potash and phosphate, re¬ 
spectively—are from 12 to 18 inches tall 
and all about alike—slender and starved 
looking. The clover on these three plots 
is from 8 to 10 inches tall and doing quite 
well. As during the past five years we 
have spread liberal quantities of com¬ 
plete (potato) fertilizer on these plots, it 
may be assumed that enough available 
potash and phosphoric acid exists in the 
soil to supply all the weeds need, while 
the nitrogen has disappeared. Hence it 
is that the plot which received nitrate of 
soda alone in liberal quantity gives the 
rankest growth of weeds. Hence it is, 
too, that the plots which received either 
phosphate or potash and nothing else, 
give a comparatively feeble growth of 
weeds. 
It seems to follow that on this par¬ 
ticular soil, filled with weed seeds as it is, 
(1) it will not pay to use either nitrate of 
soda or a complete fertilizer, since the 
immense growth of weeds induced there¬ 
by must surely smother the clover; that 
(2) potash alone has no effect to increase 
the clover growth ; that (3) phosphate 
alone has no effect to increase the clover 
growth; that (4) the clover promises to 
do as well on the plot which received no 
fertilizer as upon any other plot. Let us 
see how the end of the season will sup¬ 
port this view. 
Tubbk seems little to be said that has 
not already been said respecting goose¬ 
berries at the Rural Grounds. Columbus 
is this season all that it was last. We 
have three bushes all laden—overladen— 
with large, smooth berries, as large as 
the average foreign kinds. There is not 
a trace of mildew upon either fruit or 
foliage, and the Columbus seems to us 
this year as last the best variety in the 
market for those with whom the foreign 
kinds do not thrive. 
Last week we tried the effect of pure 
borax upon Rose bugs and potato grubs. 
It had no more effect than so much wheat 
flour would have had. 
We have already explained to our read¬ 
ers that Fungiroid is a dry Bordeaux 
which is applied dry the same as helle¬ 
bore or Buhach. Its efficacy as a fungi¬ 
cide as compared with the Bordeaux so¬ 
lution is not yet known. We have dusted 
potato vines and gooseberry bushes with 
it, but as no mildew has yet appeared 
upon any of the gooseberries, or blight 
upon the potato vines, we cannot tell 
whether it would prove efficacious or not. 
Fungirene is a concentrated preparation 
of carbonate of copper and ammonia for 
the prevention of leaf blight, pear and 
apple scab, grape rot and other diseases 
due to fungous growths. It comes in tin 
cans, is of the brilliant color of copper sul¬ 
phate, and is part liquid and part paste. A 
half pint suffices for .50 gallons of water, 
which should at once be sprayed upon 
affected plants, since exposure causes a 
loss of ammonia and .separation of the 
carbonate of copper. This Fungirene 
readily dissolves in water, and the solu¬ 
tion is quite free of any sediment. Thus 
far we have tried it only to ascertain if it 
will prevent or check plum rot. 
The double flowering purple Japan 
wistaria is a variety rarely seen, and 
still more rarely seen in bloom. We 
have a plant 10 years old from the nur¬ 
sery that has not yet bloomed. 
Duchess and Eldorado are the best 
white grapes, as to quality, that have 
been tried at the Rural Grounds. But 
we would not recommend them for cul¬ 
ture in a general way. They will suc¬ 
ceed well only here and there. Eldorado 
is sweet, sprightly, tender and jtiicy, 
but it has an imperfect flower and the 
bunches are usually imperfect. It is 
also liable to rot. Duchess is more like 
a so-called white Malaga; that is, the 
flesh is meaty, but not high flavored. 
Our friend, Mr. F. K. Phoenix, asks 
this good question: “ Why is not ground 
celery seed better than black pepper for 
most kinds of seasoning ? ” 
Mr Phoenix hopes that every lover of 
mush will try rye mush. He asks if the 
use of aloes water as a protection for 
fruit trees against rabbits is not cheap, 
safe and effective. ■ 
The Kansas Agricultural College (Man¬ 
hattan) alludes to Burt’s Extra Early 
Rust-proof oats as probably the earliest 
variety in existence. Would Prof. George- 
son kindly tell The R. N.-Y. something 
of their origin ? 
Prof. Maynard, of Amherst, Mass., 
finds “the Japanese wineberry, so called, 
not hardy, and if it were, would be of 
no value here.” 
On the last day of June we received 
specimens of a new peach from the 
Steubenrauch Fruit Co., Mexia, Texas. 
The average size was one way—from 
stem portion to apex—8K inches, the 
other IH inches in circumference. They 
were perfectly ripe and also perfectly 
sound. They remained sound for a day 
alter they were received. The color is a 
delicate yellow, mottled feebly with 
crimson. The delightful odor indicated 
Chinese blood. The flesh was very juicy, 
tender, melting and excellent for so 
early a peach—better than that of any 
known to us in the New York market at 
that time. It originated with the com¬ 
pany mentioned three years ago, who 
remark that “it carried safely last year 
in a wet spell at time of ripening to 
Kansas City, Mo.” It is a clingstone. 
Direct. 
- The Century: “A child, a boy, a 
man and a giant went into the water. 
The child having gone as far as he could 
go, the boy went farther, and said, ‘ I 
stand upon the bottom.’ But the child 
would not believe it. The man went 
still farther and said, ‘ I stand upon the 
bottom.’ But the boy would not believe 
it. Then the giant went farther yet, 
and said, ‘ 1 stand upon the bottom.’ 
But the man would not believe it. Just 
beyond our own depth lies the incon¬ 
ceivable.” 
- Meehan’s Monthi.y : “Certainly the 
proportion of large and high-flavored 
strawberries seen in our markets, is far 
less than it has been in former times. 
One could go into a garden and gather 
fruit, eating it with a relish directly 
from the vines; in these times one would 
scarcely think of eating them unless 
heavily smothered in sugar and cream.” 
- Louisiana Station : “ For potatoes 
of good quality and size combined, we 
know of no better variety than the Rural 
New-Yorker No. 2.” 
-A. S. Fuller in Agriculturist : 
“The shellbark hickory and pecan nut 
should have long since been extensively 
planted as roadside trees in place of the 
hundreds of worthless varieties and spe¬ 
cies to be seen in such positions in all 
the thickly settled parts of our country. 
Of course where the European or Asiatic 
walnut will thrive, and the larger varie¬ 
ties of the foreign chestnut, we would 
give them a prominent position—not be¬ 
cause they are more ornamental than 
the native kinds, but their nuts com¬ 
mand a better price.” 
“ If our farmers and others who were 
planting shade trees 2.5 and 50 years ago, 
had thought of this and put the idea to a 
practical test, the roadside trees alone 
would, to-day, yield many millions of 
dollars’ worth of nuts, which we are 
compelled to obtain elsewhere.” 
kind of grain. In addition to this there 
is no annual plowing and seeding to be 
done for each ensuing crop, for when a 
nut tree is once established it is good for 
100 years or more, increasing in value 
and productiveness with age, and when, 
finally, its usefulness ends as a producer 
of food, its wood is worth as much as 
that of any of our purely ornamental 
trees.” 
-The Outlook : “The mere living in 
town confers no virtue that entitles city 
folks to look down on the people in the 
country, or to put on airs of any kind.” 
-Dr. Parkhurst : “Would woman 
suffrage clear the political atmosphere 
in America ? ” “ Hang woman suffrage ! 
It would make the situation worse. The 
better class of men won’t vote ; neither 
would the better class of women. All | 
the saloon element, bad men and ward 
heelers, would make their wives vote. 
As a result an organization like Tam¬ 
many would have bigger majorities than 
ever.” 
-Farm .Journal : “If I am going 
along the road in a carriage and meet a 
woman driving I promptly turn out, and 
keep pretty well over, too; and if the 
driver is a bold and breezy one, I give 
her the entire road. It is not only the 
polite thing to do, but safety requires it.” 
“The Lord must have loved the com¬ 
mon people,” said Abraham Lincoln, “ he 
made so many of them.” 
In wrltlnK to adyertlaers, please always mention 
Thi Rural Nbw-yobkbb. 
m YORK m FAIR. 
Syracuse, September (i-13. 
Buildings Enlarged, 
Grounds Improved. 
Railroad Facilities Increased. 
i>aily dairy institutes. 
(iKBAT ATTRACTIONS. 
1*125,000 I'romiuins. 
**1,000 l’’rcinluinH in Dairy Department. 
**2,000 Preinluins in Kriiit Dep.*rtmeiit. 
**7,000 I’lirsoH. 
For I’rlr.e List anil other Information uddress 
,JAS. H. DOOlIAllTY, Sec’y, AlOaiiy, N. Y. 
THE BEST ARTICLE 
IS THE CHEAPEST. 
BUHACH 
Is the Best, Purest anil Most Ell’<*ctive In¬ 
sect Powder upon the Market. 
T>Y ITS INTELLIGENT USE HOTELS, 
L' Uestaurants, Saloons, Stores, Otllces, as well as 
Field. Drchuril, Garden and Conservatory may 
be kept free from all troublesome Insects, it Is now 
reitarded as a necessity In most 
of the principal hotels In the 
Unite d States and wherever it has 
been Introduced It has Klven com¬ 
plete satisfaction. OwInK to an 
Increased production of I’yre- 
thrum dowers, from which this 
valuahfe article is made, and 
their Improved facilities for re¬ 
ducing them to powder, the man¬ 
ufacturers have this season made a material reduc¬ 
tion In their prices. To protect their customers each 
packaKO shows the trade-mark of the sole manufac¬ 
turers, BUHACH PRODUCING AND MFG. CO., 
Stockton, Cal. For Sale by all 
GKDCKKS. SEEDSMEN and DRUGGISTS. 
R. H.-Y. Wheats for Sale. 
Forty bushels each Wlllets, .lohnson and Beal, 
surplus from 1893, pure and clean of weed seeds. 
Price, SI.OO per bushel; sample free. 
ADaM RUSSELL, Malvern, Ont., Canada. 
A Full Crop of Strawberries 
NEXT SEASON, 
FROM OUU 
Pot=Qrown Plants. 
2,000,000 Colciry Plants. 
1,000,000 Cabbage Plants 
Plants and vines of every descrip¬ 
tion and variety. All Krown under 
my own supervision. 
Send for handsome new descriptive summer list, 
now ready, mailed tree. 
T. J. DWYER, CORNWALL, N. Y. 
CELERY PLANTS. 
Staailard Varieties, **2.00 per 1,000. 
Low rates on larfcer lots Write for our quotations 
ou quantity and varieties desired. Address 
.JOSEPH UAHUIS CO., 
Moreton Farm, (P. O.) Monroe Co., N. Y. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED, 
1894 crop. Those IntendlnK to sow should enKaKO 
reliable Delaware-krown seed at once. Write fur 
prices, statliiK quantity desired. 
GKO. H. MURRAY, Viola, Kent Co., Del. 
CRIMSON GLOVER. 
—300 bushels for 
sale. Seed Kuar- 
anteed pure. Price. {4.00 per hushel, sackeil. 
WYNKOOP BROS., Milford, Del. 
Crimson Clover Seed. 
Tub R N.-Y. has described my farm and methods. 
For clean, Ainerlcan-ffrown .Socil, address 
E. H. BANCROFT, Camden, Del. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED 
PURE JERSEY RED PICS. 
Send for CatalOKue. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. .1. 
pri rnV ni lyTO— Extra tine Plants of best 
ULLLnl rLOlilu varieties. 4*0 packed In 
basket, {1; 1,000, ¥2; .'i.OOO and over, at $1 .50 per M. 
Tillti.Khasi Bros., La Plume, Lackawanna Co . Pa. 
POTATO DIGGER 
HOOVER, PROUT & CO., Avery, O. 
(I 
GREAT SUCCESS” JR 
Potato Digger 
Is Uallock’s Latest Im¬ 
proved, and sells to farm¬ 
ers already ownlnK *90 
and $I25dlKKers. Why? 
Because of its Greater 
Efllclency and Sim¬ 
plicity. Don’t fall to 
have one of our NON- 
CLOGABI.E 
WEEDEKS 
Saves more 
labor than any 
other farm 
tool. andKives 
sreaterseuiirl- 
ty to the plant 
than any,other 
Weeder. Write. Glvef. u. i.outiy a nd Slate. 
D, Y. HALI.OGK & SDN, YOUK, PA. 
KINB OF THE POTATO FIELD. 
Every Field Contest 
In ’91 and ’92. 
SIMPLE in Construction. 
PERFECT in Operation. 
High Grade. Low Price. 
GUARANTEED 
THE BEST DIGGER ON EARTH, 
HKGAKDLESS OF CO.ST. 
Write for 
Descriptive 
CatalOKue and 
Testimonials. 
H. W. 
DOUCHTEN, 
Sole Manufacturer, 
Moorestown, Burlington Co., N.Y. 
ESTABLISHED 1852. 
“ It may take a little more time to se¬ 
cure a crop of nuts than of the ordinary 
kind of farm crops, but a nut tree, when 
large enough to yield from 35 to 810 
worth of nuts annually, will not occupy 
any more land than is required to pro¬ 
duce a dollar’s worth of wheat, or other 
Qu iNNiPiAC Manures 
MAKE MORE TTtT’TTTT" AK AT L ESS COST ^ 
than any other fertilizers. Warranted pure. Will drill perfectly. Manufactured by 
THE QUINNIPIAC COMPANY, No. 81 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. 
Branch Ottlce: U0CIIK8TER, N. Y. 
