THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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shape was variable, the eyes medium as 
to number and prominence. The seed 
was sent by R. D. Burr, 23 E. State 
Street, Gloversville, N. Y., who said that 
it was a “ sport of the White Elephant.” 
It is a late variety; the flesh is white and 
quality excellent. In 1892, it yielded at 
the rate of 726 bushels to the acre. 
Mr. Esau Russell, of Ida Grove, 
Iowa, kindly writes us that the Kansas 
(blackcap) is the best raspberry he has 
ever tried. Without protection, it en¬ 
dured 25 degrees below zero, unharmed. 
He believes that the Columbian will 
quickly take the place of the Shaffer, as 
the latter is tender, killing nearly to 
the ground every winter. We are glad 
to hear it. The Columbian is in every 
way as good as the Shaffer. Now, if it 
is so much hardier, that settles it that 
the Columbian is the best berry of its 
color. 
A CORRESPONDENT of Gardening says 
that the “ Thorburn Lemon Blush to¬ 
mato has been more productive than 
several red kinds the past dry season, 
on a very heavy soil.” To this the 
editor, William Falconer, replies : “Had 
it a bright red skin instead of a lemon- 
blush one, this variety, as it behaved 
with us this summer on enriched sandy 
land, would be a triumph among toma¬ 
toes ; the fruits were so full, so juicy 
and so good.” 
The Lemon Blush, which originated 
at the Rural Grounds, is certainly the 
best of the yellow tomatoes as it grows 
there. It averages smoother, larger, 
earlier and more prolific. The blush of 
pink about the apex upon a clear lemon 
ground, gives the fruit a luscious ap¬ 
pearance. 
The Worden-Seckel pear will soon be 
introduced by Smiths & Powell of Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y. Samples have been sent to 
us for several years, and readers have 
doubtless noted •our estimate of its 
quality. 
It ripens about with Dana’s Hovey 
which, as we recall, ripens about with 
Sheldon, both ripening about two weeks 
later than Seckel. It is claimed that the 
Worden-Seckel is much larger and more 
highly colored than is Dana’s Hovey, two 
very important characteristics. Ripe 
specimens have been sent to 60 or 70 ex¬ 
perts. The quality is pronounced to be 
superb, approaching closely to perfect¬ 
ion. If such estimates are correct, it is 
seen that we have a higher colored, 
larger pear than the Seckel, of as good 
qual y, ripening at least two weeks 
later. 
A CIRCULAR comes to us from the Nor¬ 
walk Elm Tree Inoculation Co., of South 
Norwalk, Conn., which claims that it 
has originated a compound which, when 
a tree has been “ inoculated” will 
“mingle with the sap when running in 
the spring, thus being diffused through 
all the branches and leaves, rendering 
the tree safe from the attacks of the 
Elm-leaf beetle.” It is not claimed that 
the preparation will kill the beetle, but 
that it will so alter the “taste of the 
leaf, that the insect will no longer live 
or feed upon it.” The treatment, the 
circular states, is “indorsed by our most 
respectable people here in town for 
whom we have treated hundreds of 
trees,” seven names being given. 
Here we have an immense, an invalu¬ 
able discovery, if the claims made for it 
are true. If this “compound” renders 
the leaves of elms distasteful to that 
terrible pest, the Elm-leaf beetle, we 
may hope to discover other compounds 
that will render the leaves of all other 
insect-infested plants distasteful to in¬ 
sects. Notwithstanding the treatment 
is indorsed by “ our most prominent 
people,” we must be permitted to fear 
that this wonderful discovery is too 
wonderful to be true. 
Some inquiries have recently been 
made regarding the Chas. Downing po¬ 
tato. We tried it in 1887 when it was 
first introduced. O. H. Alexander, the 
originator, says that, like the Freeman, 
“ it throws out a great many small 
tubers, but there is nothing better as to 
quality.” That was essentially The R. 
N.-Y.’s report. It matures with the 
Pearl of Savoy or Early Sunrise. 
The Rural Blush has a bad shape, and its eyes 
are too deep, but it is a blessing when other 
kinds rot. I like the R. N.-Y. No. 2 much better. 
Belmont, N. Y. j. w. windus. 
Yes, we have always said that, and fur¬ 
ther, that the tubers form too far from 
the parent plant, making it harder work 
to harvest them. But it resists drought 
as well as any variety we know ; it is a 
fine keeper, and the quality is unex¬ 
celled. Now, we would rather raise, for 
home use, a potato of fine quality and a 
bad shape, than a potato of perfect 
shape and inferior quality, all else being 
equal. 
Here we have an interesting experi¬ 
ence in preserving a prized potato dur¬ 
ing the winter, from Mr. A. K. Smith, 
of Ashville, Ohio : 
One year ago the present month, I received 
half of a Carman No. 1 potato, weighing le.ssthan 
two ounces. I wrapped it in tissue paper, then 
put it into the paper bo.v in which I received it, 
put that into a tin can, the tin can into a wooden 
box and buried it. March 7, I took up the box 
and found the half potato in the exact condition 
(as near as the eye could tell) that it was when I 
received it. March 9, I planted it, and in five 
weeks the sprouts showed themselves above 
ground. I took the potato uij and separated the 
five sprouts which had started, and planted them 
in good garden soil, to which I added some com- 
merciai fertilizer. I watered them thoroughly 
twice a week. The vines kept green until Sep¬ 
tember 20. I dug the potatoes the first week in 
October, and weighed them ; they weighed just 
seven pounds. One curious thing about them 
was that they grew mostly in pairs, each pair 
being connected by a stem one to two inches long. 
Is this a peculiarity of the Carman, or is it owing 
to some peculiar conditions under which they 
grew ? 
We have never noticed that the tubers 
form in pairs, as our friend states. Have 
others noticed it ?. 
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