1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
6o3 
Our respected friend, Mr. S. Miller, of 
Bluff ton. Mo., thinks that we have not 
the true Regina strawberry. His plants 
are from the originator, and bear a larger 
berry than Crescent. It is, too, one of 
the largest varieties. 
Mr. Miller says that “the Timbrell 
came up to the former account of it in 
Thb Rural, and I look upon it as one 
of the very best of all the new ones.” 
The two acres fitted for Crimson clover 
remain unsown (September 3.) Unless 
we have a rain to moisten the soil within 
a week, it will not be wise to sow it this 
fall. 
Wk have received from the Worcester 
Wire Co., of Worcester, Mass., a dozen 
“Plant and Shrub Supports” which 
strike us as being just what we may need 
for the purpose indicated by the name. 
Their chief value, as it seems to us, con¬ 
sists in giving a firm support to any plant 
that needs it in a way that does not show 
conspicuously that they are supported, 
as would be the case if made of more 
cumbrous material. The cut (Fig. 158) 
will show the ingenious device and how 
readily it may be put in position. The 
two prongs of each of the three uprights 
are easily pressed into the soil up to the 
little rings, which are intended to pre¬ 
vent them from sinking further. If neces¬ 
sary, the large ring support at the top can 
be opened to place around a plant which is 
already too large to allow of “ slipping 
the support over the top of it.” This 
support may be adjusted to different 
heights. The whole device is made of 
galvanized wire. It is self-closing when 
not in use, and a large number require 
but a moderate space for winter storing. 
The price is 37.50 for half a gross. It 
would not be economical to buy many of 
them if they lasted only a season or so ; 
but for aught we can see, they will last 
a lifetime, and the first cost is the only 
cost. 
We placed several about as many to¬ 
mato plants early in the season. The 
branches have been firmly supported and 
the fruit held from the soil, where it is 
liable to rot or be destroyed by insects, 
turtles and the like. For use in a garden 
in which tidiness is considered, these 
supports are precisely what is needed. 
Wk have received the following letter 
fromChas. E. Pennock, Fort Collins, Col., 
the man who has led in the matter of 
the introduction of the Dwarf Rocky 
Mountain cherry : 
“ From many letters received, I am 
led to believe that the Dwarf Rocky 
Mountain cherries on the Rural Grounds 
were picked before fully ripe. Yours 
were picked July 20—ours August 20. 
While there is, perhaps, a difference in 
seasons here and in New York, we do 
not think there can be as much as a 
month. Here, too, the raspberries are 
all gone before the cherry is ripe. It 
ripens with the late blackberries—the 
Taylor. It is characteristic of the cherry 
DO YOU KNOW^ 
that the lowest rates to all points West 
are obtained via the Nickel Plate Road ? 
The shortest line between Buffalo and 
Chicago. Palace Buffet sleeping cars. 
Fast trains. Inquire of nearest Ticket 
Agent, or address F. J. Moore, Gen’l Agt., 
23 Exchange Street, Buffalo, N. Y.— Adv. 
to color before ripe. Under proper con¬ 
ditions of ripening, it sustains everything 
that has been claimed for it, and I think 
another year’s trial will alter your con¬ 
clusions as to the cherry.” 
Ellw ANGER & Barry, who have for 
many years made a specialty of lilacs, 
regard Frau Dammann the best white, 
and Ludwig Spoeth the best red (“ dark 
purplish red ”) in their entire collection. 
Native Persimmons. —An esteemed 
correspondent, James L. Myers of Win¬ 
ters ville, Decatur County, Ind., writes as 
follows under date of September 3 : 
“ I send you a box of persimmons, 
wrapped in paper and packed in saw¬ 
dust. The bottom layer is of fruit picked 
from the tree. The upper layer is picked 
from the ground. The bottom layer is 
not ripe enough to be at its best. Per¬ 
simmons are quite common in this sec¬ 
tion, but I know of nothing that will 
equal these in earliness, productiveness, 
freedom from seeds and freedom from 
‘ pucker.’ The first ripe fruit was eaten 
August 28. Not a sign of frost yet. 
Would there likely be<ar.ything in propa¬ 
gating it ?” 
We are very glad to get these Ameri¬ 
can persimmons, which in quality are 
far superior to any of the native or even 
Japan persimmons we have eaten. They 
average about inch in diameter, are 
nearly seedless and in quality compare 
favorably with plums. In fact, except 
that they may be too sweet for the taste 
of many, they are richer than many 
kinds of plums that are grown every¬ 
where. The writer is not persimmon- 
wise, but he had assumed that all Amer- 
can persimmons were more or less 
astringent and puckery before frost. 
These specimens were absolutely free 
of those qualities. We presume that the 
male and female flowers are borne on 
different plants (dioecious). We would 
be glad if our friend would favor the 
Rural Grounds with a male and female 
plant, unless the variety happens to be 
monoecious. It is one of those native 
fruits that little, if any, attention has 
been given to and these specimens give 
ample evidence that if this particular 
variety is not worth propagating for sale 
from a profit point of view, it may at 
least prove a progenitor from which 
profitable market varieties may be pro¬ 
duced from seedling cultivation. 
Direct. 
-Report of the Chief of the Seed 
Division of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture: “ The cost of the distribution 
for the fiscal year 1892-93 amounted, in 
round numbers, to 3160,000. 
“Three Hundred and Eighty-seven 
varieties of seed were used in the distri¬ 
bution, many of them so old and well- 
known as hardly to require the formality 
of printing the name on the package. A 
study of the history of this division for 
many years past reveals the fact that the 
‘ new and valuable’ seeds distributed 
were known and catalogued by nearly 
every prominent seedsman of this coun¬ 
try and Europe for at least two years be¬ 
fore'their purchase by the Department. 
“In view of these facts, does it not 
appear that the Seed Division has out¬ 
lived its usefulness, and that its further 
continuance is an infringement of the 
rights of citizens engaged in legitimate 
trade pursuits, in which they have in¬ 
vested their capital and upon which the 
maintenance of their families and their 
employees depends ? Instead of recom¬ 
mending an increase in the capacity of 
the building now occupied by this divis¬ 
ion, as is customary in the annual re¬ 
port, it would seem to me more proper to 
urge the retirement of the Department 
from the seed business, and that the 
building now occupied for that purpose 
be devoted to some useful pursuit, more 
in keeping with the spirit of our institu¬ 
tions.” 
- Century Magazine : “ A man often 
seems to think that, when he has won a 
woman’s love, he is absolved from all 
obligations to attempt to keep it by any 
of the means by which he originally 
gained it.” 
“ Love is an insanity of the heart, and 
inspires a divine faith in the impossible.” 
“ A WOMAN may be disappointed again 
and again in her lover ; but she always 
retains her faith in love.” 
“ The woman (says Marcia in Addison’s 
“ Cato”) who deliberates is lost. But the 
woman who deliberates not is lost also.” 
“ Many a woman is so uniformly good 
and self-sacrificing that those to whom 
she is good, and for whom she makes 
sacrifices, come to regard all her gener¬ 
osity as a mere duty.” 
“ It is very hard to obey the Scriptural 
injunction, and love our enemies, when 
many of us fail to like wholly even our 
best friends.” 
-Farm Journal : “ What an ocean of 
trouble can come out of a gallon jug.” 
THE BEST ARTICLE 
IS THE CHEAPEST. 
BUHACH 
Is the Best, Purest and Most EffActlve In 
sect Powder upon the Market. 
B y its INTELLIGENT USE HOTELS, 
Restaurants, Saloons, Stores, Ottloes, as well as 
Pleld, Orchard, Garden andConservatory may 
be kept free from all troublesome Insects. It Is now 
regarded as a necessity In most 
Of the principal hotels In the 
United States and wherever it has 
been Introduced It has given com¬ 
plete satisfaction. Owing to an 
Increased production of Pyre- 
thrum flowers, from which this 
valuable 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 
package shows the trade-mark of the sole manufac¬ 
turers, BUHACH PRODUCING AND MFG. CO. 
Stockton, Cal. For Sale by all 
GKOCEKS, SEEDSMEN and DRUGGISTS. 
If you name Thb Rural Nbw-Yorkbb to our 
advertisers, you may be pretty sure of prompt 
replies and right treatment 
INFANT S NVALIDS. 
FOOD 
THE ONLY PERFECT 
Substitute for Mother's MUk. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
GentlemenI commenced the u.se of Mel- 
lln’s Food some three weeks ago, and find It 
better than all others I have used; my baby 
is thriving wonderfully upon It. I shall 
recommend Its use to all my friends. 
Mrs. JAsrKK L. Brown. 
- Tyler. Tex. 
Gentlemen:—I am using your Mellln’s 
Food for babies. I find It better than any¬ 
thing else. Rev. C. C. Williams. 
SEND for our book, “The Care and 
FeedinR of Infaiits,” mailed 
Free to any address. 
Doliber-Goodale Go., Boston, Mass. 
POTASH 
" FOR 
FERTILIZERS 
\\I l_I p* A T' Fertilizers containing 
VV nC,/A.I JIIQU percentages 
OF POTASH, largely 
Increase yield. 
RYE 
Information and Pamphlets Free. Address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau Street, New York City. 
SEED WANTED Ei; 
Every quality. Will pay full value. 
The Whitney-Noyes Seed Co I, SpecliiIiNtN III 
Seed CleuuluK. BINGHAMTON,N. Y. 
PEASE Potato Sorter. 
Sorts faster than 10 men 
and better. Price, 120. 
Liberal discount to agents 
Circulars and testimo¬ 
nials free. 
Manufactured by 
1 KDWAUD F. DIBBLE 
' SEED CO., 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Potato Growers, Attention! 
If you have any desire to change your seed or wish 
new, watch for what C E. Kellev, of Newark, N. V.. 
will have to offer In new and old varieties after 
October 1. References: Northern—.• irsi National 
Bank, Newark, N. Y. Southern—F. H. Burnette, 
Professor of Horticulture, State University, Baton 
Rouge, La. 
Strawberry Plants 
By the dozen or million 1 Fine, healthy, pure stock. 
G. 8. BUTLER, Cromwell, Conn. 
I " ADY THOMPSON Strawberry, Miller Red 
A Raspberry, Maxwell’s Ea. Blackberry, the 
three great market berries for the future. Full line 
of nursery stock. MVEK in SON, Brldgevllle, Del 
CURRANT AND DERRY PLANTS 
Cherry and Versailles Currants, Cuthbert Rasp 
berry, Taylor’s Prollflc and Snyder Blackberries 
Our plants are entirely free from any disease. Prices 
as low as consistent for No. 1 plants. 
W. E. MANDBVILLB, 
Brookton, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
IF YOU 
WANJ 
STANDARD PEARS, 
JAPAN PLUMS, 
PEACH TREES, 
In large or small quantity, send for our list. We have 
extra tine blocks of these kinds, and offer low prices. 
WHITING NURSERY 
1^ Q |_ L ^1^ BULBS " *FLOWERING. 
Catalogue 
Hyaointbs.TuHps, Crocus, Narcissus, &c., direct from 
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We Grow?/rM?hionof Roses Annually 
BULBS. 
Many other things as largely. Are headquarters for the choicest 
Fruitand OrnamentalTrees,Shrubs,Vines, Roses, Plants, 
No finer assortment of Large or Small Fruits, Stirubs ot 
Eoses In America. With more acres of Ornamentals than 
any other Nursery can show. Planters as well as Nur¬ 
serymen, Florists and Dealers are cordially Invited to call and insiicct our 
stock. FALli price: L.IST ANU Uiri.it catalogue: ETtE:E:. 
41st year. 1,000 ACRES. 29 GREENHOUSES. 
STORRS & HARRISON CO., Box 2, Painesville, Ohio. 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS. 
IMPORTERS OF 
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AND 
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HYACINTHS, TULIPS, DAFFODILS, LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS, 
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