1894 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKER. 
539 
aging in size 1% inch around the middle, 
and almost the same measured the other 
way. The pits measured a fraction over 
half an inch long. In quality, we would 
compare the fruit to our Wild cherry 
(Prunus serotina), being a trifle bitter, 
just a little astringent, but still some¬ 
what agreeable. Speaking for ourselves, 
and judging the fruit from its first season 
of ripening, we would never cultivate 
this Rocky Mountain cherry for its fruit 
alone. We would never care to eat it 
were we permitted to choose as between 
the cherry and an abundance of rasp¬ 
berries and blackberries ripening at the 
same time; and those who ate the cherry 
—six or seven persons—fully agree with 
this conclusion. 
Mr. a. S, Fuller who, as the writer 
of this note well knows, has had a long 
experience in trying to find out the best 
way of killing moles, confirms The E. 
N.-Y. in its exposure of several fallacies 
which, for many years, have been going 
the rounds of the rural press. The com¬ 
mon mole—that is, the one that does the 
most barm to lawns and flower beds— 
lives upon the harmless earthworm. If 
confined and starved, it will eat sparingly 
of the cut worms and grubs which are 
harmful to vegetation, but not other¬ 
wise. He finds, as we found many years 
ago, that castor-oil plants or their beans, 
are not in the least objectionable to 
moles. The use of poisons of any kind 
has no practical value. 
About 20 years ago, Mr. Fuller adver¬ 
tised for a good, effective mole-trap. 
From among the many that were sent to 
him, he selected one—price $4—and has 
since used it, because it proved to be 
effective. He has since caught about 600 
moles on his five acres. 
Mr. Fuller was kind enough to loan us 
this trap, and we had one made just like 
it. Its portrait appeared in The R. N,-Y. 
of March 20, 1880. It was effective 
certainly, but was hard to set and a 
big, clumsy affair altogether. There are 
several others far more effective now, 
cheaper, more easily set. Until recently, 
we had used the Hales, price, 82. This 
is easily set; it is durable and a mole 
can not pass under it, if properly set, 
and escape. Within a few weeks, a new 
mole trap has been sent us for trial. We 
are not quite ready to report. But it 
seems to combine the best parts of all 
other mole traps and in several impor¬ 
tant respects is better than any other. 
The price is but 75 cents. 
We shall give it a thorough trial for a 
week or so longer in order to find out its 
weak parts if it has any, and then we 
shall tell our friends all about it. Mr. 
Fuller’s article appeared in American 
Gardening of July 28. 
The first report of the Brandywine 
strawberry that we have seen besides 
our own—we have had it since 1891, and 
were the first to call attention to it— 
comes from the Delaware Station, in 
Bulletin 24. It is as follows : “A vigor¬ 
ous grower, with abundant, healthy 
foliage, slightly blighted late in the sea¬ 
son. The berries were large, broadly 
conical in shape, deep scarlet color; 
flesh deep pink, very firm; quality ex¬ 
cellent. The berries have a very large 
calyx. Very productive and promises 
well with us.” 
The Delaware Station finds the Rio 
“ a very promising variety, retaining its 
size well and ripening its fruit late— 
firm and of good quality.” We find it 
one of the earliest varieties we have 
tried. 
A Cautior. —There will certainly be a 
demand greater than the supply for the 
Carman No. 1 potato. Anticipating this, 
there are many that have been propa¬ 
gating it under glass by the “sprouting” 
method. It is our belief that this will 
so weaken the variety that those who 
raise crops from such “ seed” will have 
ample reason for disappointment. Some 
years ago, a most promising new potato 
was bought by a certain seedsman. The 
quantity was so small that it was de¬ 
cided to increase the stock by the “sprout¬ 
ing” method under glass. This was done 
with fine success. But this “seed” so 
rotted before spring that the variety was 
lost. We would caution our readers not 
to buy the Carman No. 1 without being 
positive that the “ seed ” was field grown 
in the usual way. 
The plums of our Abundance tree were 
fully ripe and gathered August 8 The 
color is about half and half of a dull 
yellow and a brilliant crimson. The 
size averages, in circumference, either 
way, six inches. In quality, it is exceed¬ 
ingly juicy; flesh yellow and rather 
coarse; flavor mild, rather sweet, with 
a peculiarly agreeable aroma quite its 
own. One friend likened it to that of a 
first-rate muskmelon. The skin is firm 
and rather hard, so that it readily sepa 
rates from the flesh as one eats it. The 
pit is small, three-fourths inch long, and 
clings but feebly to the flesh. 
Word tor Word. 
- The Grape Culturist (published in 
1868) : “ Thousands of vines are annually 
produced from green cuttings, but it is 
questionable whether the country would 
not be better off, on the whole, without 
such vines than with them. . . . The 
great majority of grape vines produced 
in this way are worthless. The facility 
with which vines may be multiplied .n 
this way is a great inducement to those 
who are disseminating the new and rare 
varieties, to use it.” 
“ The practice of girdling the grape 
vine for the purpose of enlarging the 
fruit is supposed to have been invented 
about 1745, by Col. Buchatt, of Metz, 
France. For this he was awarded a pre¬ 
mium by the Agricultural Society of 
France. It was claimed that the inven¬ 
tion would be of great value in hasten¬ 
ing the maturity of the grape, as well as 
improving the quality; but it is doubt¬ 
ful if either of these results has been ob¬ 
tained by the practice.” 
- Farm Journal: “ He that seeks to 
embitter the rich against the poor, or 
the poor against the rich, commits an 
unpardonable sin.” 
“ The hotter Europe becomes for 
anarchists, the more of them we will 
have here. They ought to be kept out, 
or if in, they should be fired out. ” 
“ Let no man or woman think to quit 
work because he or she is getting old. 
Rust is worse than wear, ten times.” 
Harper’s Weekly : “ If the Sugar 
Trust is to rule this country, the people 
must abdicate.” 
“In the long history of vile govern¬ 
ments and vile public men, there is noth¬ 
ing worse in its essential nature than 
this story of the domination of the Sugar 
Trust.” 
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