t 
1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
57i 
Our report this year, as previously, is 
this : “ Loudon is hardier than Cuthbert. 
The berry is firmer. It will stand 
droujrht and resist anthracnose better. 
The quality is at least as good.” Mr. J. 
H. Hale, who carefully compared the 
two, said that “Loudon is sweeter;” and 
then he added, “ firmer.” 
Again we must condemn Royal Church 
as not very productive and for the fur¬ 
ther reason th^t the berries “crumble.” 
During May of 1893, we received sev¬ 
eral blackcaps from Jis. M. Waters, of 
Fernhill P 0 , Ontario, Canada. He calls 
it his No. 2. It is very promising. The 
canes are vigorous, ripening their ber¬ 
ries, which are as large as those of Gregg, 
June 28 They are better in quality, the 
seeds are smaller, and the canes hardier. 
During May of 1893 we received from 
J E Meadows, of Dresden, Ontario, Can¬ 
ada, several plants of a yellowcap which 
is the best variety of its kind we have 
ever tried. On July 1, the canes were 
6K feet hiyh, tlie berries in clusters of 
from 10 to 15, as large as those of Ilil- 
born or_Kinsas, very sweet, quite firm— 
small seeds. Extremely prolific. July 
24, some of the 7ieu) canes, fi'^e feet high, 
bore large clusters—as many as 70 ber¬ 
ries—green, ripening and ripe. These 
second-crop berries were very firm and 
large. The seeds are larger, however. 
This is a remarkable yellowcap and well 
worthy of further attention. 
The much-talked of Eirly Ohio grape 
disappoints us—but we would rather give 
our reasons later. 
If you cut a tomato through the mid¬ 
dle at right angles to the stt m and “blos¬ 
som end,” which half would you prefer 
to select seed from ? 
Abundance —“ I send you a sample of 
Abundance plums as grown here. Being 
somewhat farther north, I wanted you 
to see how the plum ripe ns here, and also 
the quality. This fruit was grown on 
two-year trees that were as fine a sight 
as I ever saw. Let them ripen, and the 
quality will be good The first picking 
was a third larger.” henry lutts. 
Niagara County, N. Y. 
These plums were about the size of 
those grown at the Rural Grounds, but 
more highly colored. That is, they were 
nearly all crimson. The quality was the 
same. It is a grand shipper, and ripens 
perfectly if picked just before maturity. 
The R N -Y, has been raising pota¬ 
toes in an experimental way for 22 years 
at the Rural Grounds. August 23, we 
dug a dozen kinds sent us for trial, some 
early, some intermediate, some late. 
The yield of all kinds was very small, 
the smallest of any yield, indeed, during 
our entire experience ; the nearest to a 
total failure. 
A CORRESPONDENT sent US a number of 
tubers with short shoots and green 
leaves growing out of the “seed” end, 
inquiring the cause. Our reply was 
that we could not account for it unless 
by excessive drought. Quite a number 
of the potatoes dug on the 23d ult. 
were in just that condition. The drought 
has been so long-continued that the soil 
has been quite parched for weeks; the 
vines stopped growth and the tubers, 
despairing of self preservation, were 
making a premature effort—a final strug¬ 
gle—not to perish without successors. 
But this unprecedented drought is not 
without its lessons. Some kinds yield 
more than others. What kinds are they? 
is a question the answer to which may 
prove of value to our readers. 
We may now make a preliminary re- 
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Agent, or address F. J. Moore, Gen’l Agt , 
23 Exchange Street, Buffalo, N. Y.— Adv. 
port regarding a new ornamental tree— 
a report of progress as it were. A single 
specimen of the Pendulous or “Weeping” 
(an absurd descriptive name) Russian 
mulberry was received from Ellwanger 
& Barry in May of this year. The cata¬ 
logue description is that it “forms a per¬ 
fect umbrella shaped head, with long, 
slender branches drooping to the ground, 
parallel to the stem—very hardy. A 
beautiful new weeper destined to become 
very popular wherever known.” This 
variety (our specimen) is grafted on a 
stock four feet high, the entire plant be¬ 
ing five feet high. The new growth of 
large, every-shaped leaves contrasts cur¬ 
iously with the smaller, darker green of 
the leaves from the old wood. The 
head is round and, thus far, “ umbrella¬ 
shaped.” It is 23^ feet in diameter. But 
after curving as an umbrella curves, the 
slender branches fall in a straight line 
to the soil, the new growth not only 
having reached it, but also spread out 
upon the soil several inches. It would 
seem that higher grafting would be de¬ 
sirable. Many people do not care much 
for pendulous trees. They see something 
unnatural about them, as if Nature had 
been distorted or, perhaps, degraded. 
Some regard them as suitable only for 
cemeteries, or in harmony with sad sur¬ 
roundings. We do not so regard them 
at all. They are as much Nature’s own 
productions as are hybrids. Nature gives 
us a vast amount of material with which 
to still further increase her bounteous 
diversity, and man may avail himself of 
it in producing endless combinations of 
which we are only beginning to learn 
the possibilities. The Pendulous mul¬ 
berry impresses us (thus early judged) 
as being one of the most promising 
drooping trees known—far more desira¬ 
ble than the Camperdown elm, the Weep¬ 
ing ash, the Weeping dogwood or Kil¬ 
marnock willow. The fruit is small. 
Another trial of the Black pole Lima 
convinces us that, though it has peculiar 
merits, the best strains of the green 
Lima are to be preferred either for home 
use or market. 
We have been told that the easiest 
way to catch moles is to press down the 
soil, raised by their passage to and fro, 
and then wait for them “at sunrise, 
noon and before sunset.” Quietly wait 
until the mole again raises the trodden- 
down soil and then throw him out with 
a spade or mattock. The writer of this 
note has had a little experience in this 
“easy, effective work.” His guess-con¬ 
clusion is that one mole every two days 
would be an excellent outcome during 
those periods when they do the most 
damage, while some times for weeks 
together, not a mole could be seen work¬ 
ing. 
It appears that others who have the 
very best of opportunity of comparing 
the Shaffer with the Columbian rasp¬ 
berry, do not agree with The R. N.-Y. 
in its conclusion that the one is as de¬ 
sirable as the other. Mr. Chas. Mills, of 
Onondaga County, N. Y., writes as fol¬ 
lows : 
“ I noticed The R N.-Y.’s report on 
the Columbian raspberry in comparison 
with the Shaffer. It hardly agrees with 
my experience in fruiting it for the past 
two years. Difference in soil and loca¬ 
tion may make a marked difference in 
comparison. I have both varieties grow¬ 
ing side by side. The Columbian is more 
hardy and productive, and stands up bet¬ 
ter. The fruit hangs to the bush better 
and is firmer. The Shaffer, when pruned 
to a single cane, is more liable to fall to 
the ground, while the Columbian, having 
such a strong cane, will branch out and 
stand up, and fill the space better than 
the Shaffer. I have visited Mr. Thomp¬ 
son’s grounds at different times, and 
could not but be surprised to see the 
wonderful growth and productiveness 
of his berries. I had formed the opinion 
that it would not be a good market 
berry on account of its purple color, but 
I find that Mr. Thompson has sold a large 
crop this year without drying or can¬ 
ning, as he did last year. He has not 
been able to fill the orders that he has 
had, although he has sold 1,000 quarts a 
day during most of the season. I am 
not interested in any way in the sale of 
plants, and I have none to sell.” 
Abstracts. 
-Canadian Horticulturist: “By 
common consent, the Wilder is counted 
one of the most showy of American out¬ 
door black grapes for exhibition pur¬ 
poses, and one of the best for dessert 
pui poses.” 
-Garden and Forest: “Men essen¬ 
tially boorish can never understand what 
every refined mind knows by intuition.” 
If you name Thb Rural Nbw-Yobkbb to our 
adTertlsers, you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replleb and rlKht treatment 
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