1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
667 
Rnrallsms— Continued. 
Josselyn, of Fredonia, N. Y., for propa¬ 
gation and introduction so soon as a 
suffijient stock can be grown for that 
purpose. A fine photo portrait of Camp¬ 
bell’s Early was placed before our read¬ 
ers December 16, 1893. 
Thk Early Cluster blackberry was sent 
to us by J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, N. 
J., in 1883. After trying it for several 
years we reported that it was not extra 
early; the berries were small to medium, 
and not of superior quality. Later it 
was said—we have forgotton by whom— 
that two varieties were sent out under 
the one name, one of which, the spurious, 
was worthless, the other, the true, as 
early as Early Harvest, better in quality, 
and far more hardy. Assuming that we 
had the true sort, no further trials were 
made. We note that Early Harvest is no 
longer offered by Mr. Lovett. Now 
comes the following interesting note 
from Fred W. Card, from the University 
of Nebraska: 
“ The report of the behavior of the 
Early Cluster blackberry at the Rural 
Grounds furnishes a striking example of 
how varieties may differ in different 
localities. This variety in particular 
does not seem to enjoy a veiy good rep¬ 
utation over the country at large; yet on 
the grounds of the Cornell Experiment 
Station, it has proved one of the most 
desirable sorts ever grown. While the 
berries may not be considered very large, 
they are of good and uniform size, aver¬ 
aging but little, if any, below the stand¬ 
ard varieties in this respect. The Ruua.l, 
Nkw-Yobkei{ reports it as inferior in 
quality, also, while there it has always 
seemed to be one of the best in this re¬ 
spect, being peculiarly free from the hard 
core so often found in blackberries, and 
very sweet and melting. The fruit 
ripens rapidly and is soon gone, so that 
it scarcely interferes with the general 
crop. The Early Harvest may ripen a 
few berries sooner, but it has always 
proved so far inferior in hardiness and 
productiveness, as scarcely to merit com¬ 
parison. It has never proved harly, 
while the Early Cluster has withstood 
the winters perfectly at Ithaca. The 
foliage is dark, vigorous and quite dis¬ 
tinct in appearance, and the plants seem 
to succeed well with severe pruning. Is 
it possible that more than one thing has 
been sent out as the Early Cluster ?” 
Fob at least 10 years we have been try¬ 
ing to get a seedling of the Rural Blush 
that would retain its unexcelled quality, 
yield more and be of better shape. Pre¬ 
vious to last year, all of these seedlings 
were inferior to the parent in most ways 
Last year one of the seedlings, from 
seeds sown the year before, gave some 
promise of rewarding our perseverance. 
Seven hills were planted April 19, in uhe 
garden by the trench system, using at 
the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre of 
Bradley’s potato fertilizer. The yield 
for the seven hills was 24 pounds, or at 
the rate of 829.69 bushels to the acre. 
There were 111 tubers, most of them of 
marketable size. Now with the same 
make and amount of fertilizer, the Blush 
potatoes in our experiment field will not 
yield over 150 bushels to the acre, judg¬ 
ing by about 50 hills which have already 
been dug. The fault of this seedling, as 
of its parent, is that the tuuers do not 
set close enough to the plant, involving 
considerably more trouble in harvesting. 
The quality is, in so far as could be 
judged by eating one large tuber, pre¬ 
cisely that of the Rural Blush. We are 
so well pleased with it that we feel well 
rewarded for our 10 years of failure. 
A YIELD of the rate of 829 bushels 
of potatoes to the acre during this sea¬ 
son of exceptional drought and potato 
failure, will seem to many of our later 
readers a sensational story ; a statement 
—in a gentler word, a lie—intended to 
feather our nest—the credulous public 
to supply the feathers. But our more 
recent friends, as do our older, should 
know that The R. N.-Y. has never sold 
a seed or plant to its subscribers, and 
that any exaggeration of the merits of 
new things which originate at the Rural 
Grounds would simply weaken the repu¬ 
tation for good faith and integrity which 
the impartial reports of its experiments, 
during the past 17 years, have estab¬ 
lished. We would not, at this late day, 
sell that reputation for love or money. 
We have little or no doubt that with 
The R. N.-Y.’s potato reputation, we 
could propagate and sell this latest seed¬ 
ling, disguising the fact—an easy thing 
to do—that we were the distributing 
agent, at prices that would insure us a 
profit of 510,000. But a disguised trade 
paper is to us just about the meanest 
abomination on the face of the earth. 
And that is precisely what The R. N.-Y. 
would become were it to use its many 
means of praising, or overpraising, any 
new variety of seed or plant, the staple 
product of every farm and garden, while 
disguising the fact that we were using 
its columns, professedly devoted to dis¬ 
interested information, to advance our 
own pecuniary interests. 
Lawn mowebs will ultimately destroy 
the finest lawns. They cut too close. 
The best lawn grasses—Red-top and 
Blue grass—will stand cutting for years; 
better, we dare say, than any other lawn 
grasses. But they become weakened 
after years of this close shaving, and 
coarser grasses and weeds gradually 
crowd them out. The main lawn at the 
Rural Grounds was prepared and planted 
22 years ago. Though it looks green and 
fairly well at a little distance, a closer 
examination shows that there is more of 
dock, sorrel, dandelion, plantain, etc., 
than of Red-top and Blue grass, the seed 
originally sown. Many of our readers 
have had the same or similar experience. 
The crying need is for a lawn mower 
that will leave a taller stubble, while 
cutting the grass evenly. We are told 
that a mower cannot be constructed that 
will do this. Grass is tender and gives 
away before the revolving blade if set 
high, and the nearer the soil these blades 
are brought the smoother the mower 
will work. It has not seemed to us that 
this difficulty is in8upe»'able, and we 
have been making inquiries and purchas¬ 
ing different makes in the hope that one 
or another could be regulated not to cut 
so close, and thus give the lawn a longer 
life of beauty. Before another spring, 
we hope to give the results of our investi¬ 
gations. Meanwhile, we would gladly 
hear from our friends who, valuing per¬ 
fect lawns—the most beautiful portion 
of home grounds—have suffered from 
the same cause. 
* Kindly recall that last summer we 
attempted to cross no less than 100 
fiowersof the Alkekengi (the strawberry 
tomato or ground cherry) with the ordin¬ 
ary tomato. Two small fruits formed, 
the seeds from which gave us 20 plants 
which are now in fruit. They are true 
Alkekengis, pure and simple ; really and 
truly. Efforts this summer again to 
make this cross failed. 
Db. T. H. Hoskins picked half a bushel 
of Red Jacket gooseberries from one 
plant. 
We have now tried every kind of mole- 
trap known to us and we propose, in due 
time, to tell our readers all about these 
traps, so that they may know which to 
buy and which not to buy. There is but 
one practical way—pardon us for speak¬ 
ing positively on this point—to rid one’s 
premises of these pests, and that is by 
the use of traps. 
Direct. 
-B. G. Nobthkup: “No sane man 
who truly loves nature, is ever perplexed 
by the question, so common of late, ‘ Is 
life worth living ?’ ’’ 
- Fabm Joubnal : “ Hard work will 
wear out hard times.” 
“ I APPBOVE of setting out apple or¬ 
chards, for I am persuaded that the 
apple crop of the future is going to be a 
profitable one, as the population in¬ 
creases faster than the apple trees, and 
many of the orchards now standing are 
growing old and going into decay.” 
-Experiment Station Record: “As 
a matter of fact, we find from the study 
of actual cases where buildings have been 
struck, that lightning often disregards 
entirely metallic surfaces and points.” 
“One interesting point which appears 
to be shown by statistical studies of 
lightning stroke is the decreased liability 
-to accident in thickly settled communi¬ 
ties.” 
“It may be said, in general, that the 
risk in the country is five times greater 
than in the city.” 
-Minnesota Station: “ Cross fer¬ 
tilization of grapes. To test the self¬ 
fertility of grapes, bunches of Moore’s 
Early, Lady, Agawam, Ives Seedling, 
Lindley, and Brighton were inclosed in 
bags during the blossoming period. Lind¬ 
ley and Brighton were found completely 
incapable of fertilizing themselves, not a 
single berry setting, but the others all 
produced full bunches of grapes.” 
Ilf you name Tub Bubal Nbw-Yokkbb to our 
advertlBerg, you may be pretty sure of prompt 
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we have a baby 20 months old who was 
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that no one thought she could live; Mellin’s 
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Wilmington. Del. 
I have been u.sing your Mellln’s Food for 
my boy, nearly two years old, for the last 
month or so, and It has Improved him won¬ 
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Illness and could not digest milk at all before 
using the Food. Mrs. Wm. J. Quinn. 
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EGYPTIAH OR WINTER ONION SETS. 
For fall planting. Sold at Wholesale prices, tl per 
bushel. G. E. KBPHAUT, Carey, Ohio. 
Seed Potatoes-New Queen. 
We offer WX) barrels of above variety Smooth 
stock, and true to name. Shipped In round-hooped 
truck barrels, holding three bushels, with burlap 
cover. Stock above medium In size. per barrel. 
M. GARRAHAN, Kington, Pa. 
POTATO BUYERUTTENTION! 
Carman No. 1, $12 per barrel; Maggie Murphy, 
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Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Green Mountain, Monroe 
Seedling, Early Puritan, $2.2{>. ',j5,UUO bushels 
Above prices for October. Cash must accompany 
all orders. References: irst National Bank. Nesrara, 
N. Y. K. H. Burnette, Professor of Horticulture 
State University, Baton Rouge, La. 
C. E. KELLEY, Newark, N Y. 
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Crop. 
i Second Drop Seed Potatoes 
( —Earliest, strongest, most productive. 
' Ready for fall delivery October 15 ai. d 
/ thereafter. Cao be cut any time. 
i Varieties: New Queen, Early Hebron, 
Early Puritan, Thorburn, Early Hose, 
Early Nuritier, and Freeman, all true 
to name. Crop lot prices. Send lor 
free pamphlet. 
JOHN C PEARCE & CO., 
404 West Main Street, Louisville, Ky. 
SEED POTATOES. 
I can ship good stock Rural New-Yorker No. 2 and 
American Wonder at $2.25 par barrel; Chapman’s 
Orphan and World's Fair, $.'1.00. 
PARKER BRISTOL, Wynantsklll, N. Y. 
DOT New-Yorker No. 2 Potatoes 
rUIAIULO for sale. Good stock. Write for 
price, stating quantity wanted. 
G. A. PARCELL, Wllawana, Pa. 
The Paragon GhesInui 
Is highly recommended by the leading horticultur¬ 
ists of the country. Fine young trees for sale this 
fall. Address 
H. M. ENGLE & SON. Marietta. Pa. 
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In large or small quantity, send for our list. We have 
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