THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Delavan, Wis. We have studied this 
question as occasion has permitted for 
many years, and we have good evidence 
that some trees are, and some are not, 
self-fertilizing. We have in mind an 
immense old tree that stands alone at 
the intersection of four fields, each of 
five acres area. It usually bears immense 
crop.s. We have seen and heard of other 
isolated trees that rarely bear at all, 
and never large crops. We have ob¬ 
served that the female blo.ssom is later 
to mature than the catkins above it on 
the same twig, so that each female flower 
must be fertilized by other catkins than 
those nearest to it. We would gladly 
hear from our readers upon this subject. 
Tiik (ioi.DEX-i.KAVPn) ll<)i> Tkke.—A 
Chicago correspondent of our always 
interesting contemporary, Meehans’ 
Monthly, notes that the golden-leaved 
hop tree, Ptelea trifoliata, is one of the 
most beautiful of all the golden-leaved 
.shrubs that have been tried so far, in 
that region. It is claimed that this tree 
retains its golden color during the sum¬ 
mer. We received a plant from Ell- 
wanger & Harry last spring. Its leaves 
were brightly golden in the early season, 
but changed to a bright green later, and 
so remained until frost. Possibly with 
more age the golden color will become 
more lasting. 
Tiip; Ponderosa tomato is an improve¬ 
ment upon all other sorts in several re¬ 
spects, viz., solidity of flesh, size, and 
fewness and smallness of seeds. Hut it is 
far from satisfactory in several other 
respects. It does not ripen about tlie 
stem portion, and it is too late. When 
this variety was first offered, we crossed 
it with crossbreeds of our own which 
originated fro.m the Peacli as a mother, 
and other crossbreeds as the male parent. 
The result was two plants which bore 
very large, solid fruits of the Ponderosa 
type, which that season ripened as fully 
about the stem portion as most other 
kinds. The one plant bore fruit of the 
Acme color ; the other more of the Igno- 
tum color. Seeds of both plants were 
given to Thorburn & Co., with the re¬ 
quest that, if they cared so to do, they 
would try them and, if there seemed rea¬ 
son for it, propagate, select and inti-o- 
duce them. 
They will be offered in their ISyi) cata¬ 
logue under the names of Autocrat and 
Democrat. The former is described as 
“ very large, of fine, regular shape, very 
solid, and with few seeds. It ripens 
about the stem, and is a good producer. 
The vines are strong-growing with little 
foliage. In color, the fruit resembles 
the Acme. It is a good shipper.” 
“The Democrat resembles the Auto¬ 
crat in form, solidity, fewness of seeds 
and ripening about the stem. It is also 
<of large size and very prolific. In color 
it is a fine dark purplish red. It is me¬ 
dium early and a good shipper.”. 
Last season we tried Henderson’s 
Crimson Cushion, as well as the variety 
could be tried with but four plants. It 
is an improved Ponderosa in that the 
fruits are somewhat more regular in 
shape, more inclined to be round—less 
flattened—ripening rather better about 
the stem. The flesh is very solid with 
few seeds. The vines are not of the Po¬ 
tato type as are those of the Ponderosa.... 
It is reported to us that the Missouri 
Mammoth quince is grown by the origi¬ 
nator (Marion County, Ind.) in single¬ 
stem tree form, and that it is the hardiest 
and most productive quince there known. 
See Ruralisms of December 1. 
Mk. Geo. W. Tkowbkiuge, Crestvue, 
O., writes as follows : 
I bought of H. M. Engle & Son in 1889, two Para¬ 
gon chestnut trees. Unfortunately, one of them 
failed to grow. My object in purcha.sing two was 
that they might benefit each other in the way of 
fertilizing, knowing that there was some uncer¬ 
tainty in that line among the chestnut family. 
The surviving • tree has now borne four crops; 
last year there were 50 burrs on it, and this year 
about 20. I have so far failed to find a single nut 
w'ith a kernel matured. I presume the only plan 
is to have several trees in a group. 
This IS instructive as tending to show 
that a given variety of chestnut may be 
self-fertile in some localities or seasons, 
and infertile in other localities and sea¬ 
sons. It is the second report we have 
had that the Paragon is not self-fertiliz¬ 
ing ; there seems to be proof, on the 
other hand, that it is self-fertilizing. 
The first specimen planted in the Rural 
Grounds, has borne abundantly for four 
years, though the tree is at least 350 feet 
from any other chestnut trees. It is, of 
course, important to ascertain the fact 
in the case so that intending planters 
may know what varieties to select, how 
many and how far apart they should be 
set. 
The R. N.-Y., which reported from its 
own trial two years ago, that the Colum¬ 
bus was the largest gooseberry in culti¬ 
vation not materially affected with mil¬ 
dew, has been watching for other reports 
in confirmation or contradiction of its 
estimate. We find in a late number of 
our sprightly contemporary. Farm and 
Fireside, a report from our friend, Mr. 
T. Greiner, which, in so far as it goes, 
quite supports all the go(Kl things we 
have said of the Coluuibiis : 
This year I fruited the Columbus for the first 
time. The plant is a vigorous grower, and the 
foliage apparently healthy to a more than ordi¬ 
nary degree. The fruit is the largest I have ever 
been able to grow in this country, and I think 
equal in size and flavor to any Engli.sh variety. 
Indeed, if it is not an English or half-English va¬ 
riety (as I believe), the Columbus is probably the 
best, by far, of any of our American sorts, and 
makes all experimenting with the true English 
sorts practically superfluous. 
We are always timid about praising any 
new sort of fruit that we have taken pains 
to secure and try as soon as possible,as the 
best of its kind. Truly, indeed, the op¬ 
portunity hits seldom enough occurred 
among the hundreds of novelties tried 
each year for nearly 20 years. Well, the 
Columbus was one of the novelties that 
proved the rule-breaker. We may say 
to Mr. Greiner, that it is a seedling of 
the foreign gooseberry, i-aised in this 
country, by the originator of the Colum- 
bifin raspberry, Mr. J. T. Thompson, 
Oneida, N. Y. It is the only variety of 
foreign gooseberry thus far introduced 
and tried at the Rural Grounds, that 
does not mildew, either as to leaf or berry. 
The berry is as large as the average of 
foreign varieties—as large as desirable, 
it seems to u.s—and the plant is as pro¬ 
ductive as it is desirable it should be.... 
WORD FOR WORD. 
-Fak.m Journal : “A bank account 
is a great promoter of self respect. To 
save part of one’s earnings and have an 
account vs ith a bank, wins esteem from 
all good people. It is a distinction that 
also acts upon the posse.ssor. The man 
with a bank account leads a better life 
than if he did not have it. Let the gov¬ 
ernment, therefore, establish postal sav¬ 
ings banks and jfiace them within reach 
of all the people.” 
-Farm, Stock and IIo-me : “ If you 
mast sign a note for a stranger, remem¬ 
ber that ‘not negotiable’ is easily changed 
to ‘note negotiable.’ Fill out the sen¬ 
tence and make it : ‘ This note is not 
negotiable.” 
- Henry Stewart : “A great deal of 
sensational fuss has been made about 
the so-called Russian thistle, the prickly 
weed whose name is Salsola kali. The 
foolish attempt to make a Congressional 
appropriation of .151,000,000—especially in 
the present poverty-stricken condition 
of the United States Treasury, was for¬ 
tunately defeated,for there has never 
been any necessity for it.” 
“ Catti.e foods, it is claimed, are both 
nutritious and medicinal. As to the 
former quality, that is all right, so long 
as the price of the article is not exces¬ 
sive, but as to the latter, it is a general rule 
tliat the less medicine an animal has, 
the better for it and its owner. A mix¬ 
ture of linseed meal, 100 pounds ; the 
same of bran, crushed wheat, and pea 
meal, with 50 pounds of common mo¬ 
lasses, will make as good a mixture for 
feeding young animals, and an appetizer 
for older ones, as may be procured at 
four or five times the cost of it from the 
dealers in these ‘cattle foods.’ If it is 
thought too moist, and the molasses is in 
excess, the bran may be doubled in 
quantity. This mixture will cost less 
than l Yi cent a pound, which will be 
only one-third of the average cost of the 
mixtures on the market.” 
-Gov. Hoard : “ No man is better off 
because his neighbor is poor, or is any 
man poorer because his neighbor is hon¬ 
estly rich.” 
-J. H. Van: “I started Cosmos in a 
hotbed, and had it in bloom July 2. 
The plants did not bloom very freely, 
however, until September.” 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. Nkw Vobk. 
