1895 
RURALISMS — Continued. 
seedling apples, not produced by arti¬ 
ficial crossing, we have never seen. No. 
1 is so oblate as to resemble a Peen-to 
peach in form, with a wide, deep basin. 
The color is a rich lemon yellow with a 
delicate carmine blush in two opposite 
parts. The flesh is white, tender, and 
reminds one of the Snow or Fameuse in 
quality. It is certainly as good as the 
Snow at its best. The apple is just 234 
inches in diameter one way, and but 134 
through the stem to the calyx. No. 2 is 
as round as a ball, two inches in diame¬ 
ter either way. The flesh is white, and 
the quality about that of Ben Davis. It 
looks as though it might be a fine keeper. 
No. 3 is nearly round, a trifle conical 
with a deep stem basin, white flesh, 
tender, sub-acid, and has a peculiar flavor 
all its own. The color is bright yellow, 
crimson around the stem. We would call 
it an excellent dessert apple. No. 4 is 
much the same size and shape, which is 
perfect. The color is a pale yellow with 
a cannine cheek. Flesh white, juicy, 
firm, scarcely sub-acid, good. No. 5 is a 
curiosity—the one that grows in clusters. 
It is of the same size and form about the 
stem as about the calyx, being long and 
narrow — cylindrical — 234 inches from 
calyx to stem and but 1 % inch crosswise. 
Flesh yellowish white, tender, sub-acid, 
and as good as the Lady, though not so 
firm. The stem is a full inch long, wiry, 
but very slender. We would gladly hear 
from any of our pomological friends who 
have raised seedlings from the little Lady 
that brings such prices about the holi¬ 
days, whether they found the seedlings 
so remarkably variable and beautiful as 
to color and excellent as to quality. 
Dr. J. R. Garlick of Ashland, Va., an 
old friend of The R. N.-Y., says : 
Acting on Tub R. N.-Y.’s advice, I last year 
planted part of my Irish potato patch with fertil¬ 
izer, no stable manure ; part with both, part with 
stable manure alone, fertilizer alone (a brand 
made in Richmond) did best. Stable manure 
alone, freely used, did worst. I learned some¬ 
thing. Thank you. 
Here is another unfavorable report 
for several of the Japan plums from Mr. 
Henry Willson, Clinton, Ill. : 
Your Japan plums have done much better than 
mine. I have had Ogon, Abundance and Botan 
(the last two seem to be the same) for several 
years, and have quite good sized trees, but have 
never had more than a few specimens. Ogon 
generally blooms, but nearly all fall off. Abund¬ 
ance, or Botan, seems to winterkill very easily, 
especially after a warm spell, as the buds swell 
before any other plum I have. I have tried many 
kinds of plums, and the best one 1 have found is 
De Sota as I have it. It is of better quality than 
any other native I have yet tested, very hardy in 
tree and bud, and bears when all others fail. It 
is the best to can of the natives. 
We have been following Mr. Hale in 
spelling the Crosby peach, so noted for 
its hardiness. Until now he has spelled 
it with an e—Crosbey. 
Speaking of artichokes being the 
worst kind of weeds—or worse than 
weeds, that is a valuable bit of informa¬ 
tion given by Prof. Tracy in The R. N.- 
Y.—page 38. Winter plowing will not 
kill them, he says, but summer plowing 
(July or August), after the old tubers 
have been exhausted and before the new 
ones have formed, is sure death to every 
plant. That is the way we have found 
it easy to exterminate Quack grass, Tri- 
ticum (Agropyrum) repens, i. e., fre¬ 
quent cultivation during hot, dry 
weather. 
Word for Word. 
- Garden and Forest: “Every one 
who has once tasted the real delights of 
gardening, returns to it with zest. Tran¬ 
quilly pursued, it gives a certain rich¬ 
ness to life and thought, a wholesome 
basis for intellectual labor. It is a com¬ 
mon bond between the wise and the ig¬ 
norant, a pursuit wherein men of differ¬ 
ent station can interchange roles and 
mutually impart knowledge. Rivalry 
here is of the friendliest: the cottager’s 
rose may surpass that of a duke, and the 
interest of one in his specimen be as 
keen as that of the other.” 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
io7 
! • ■_ 
-J. H. Hade : “ It may not be ex¬ 
plainable, but we doubt not there is a 
spiritual connection between living, soul¬ 
ful human beings, and living plants, 
fruits and flowers, the choicest products 
of Mother Nature, and with the right 
feeling existing between the two, there 
comes a better growth and fruitfulness 
than where there is no such feeling,” 
“Above all things, we believe that 
while with certain soils and conditions, 
enormous profits can be made in fruit 
culture, no one should go into the busi¬ 
ness commercially who has not a real 
love of nature in his or her heart, and 
can get a real pleasure in the develop¬ 
ment of plants.” 
“A strawberry bed for market 
should be set in the spring, as early as 
the ground is in good condition to work. 
The month of April is the best month of 
the year in which to transplant straw¬ 
berry plants, especially for beginners. 
Early spring, every time. Every day’s 
delay means a loss in vigor of plant 
growth. Spring will always be found 
most satisfactory.” 
“ Four hundred strawberry plants for 
a family plot will cost, perhaps, $3, or 
seven cents a day for all the strawberries 
a family can consume each day for six 
weeks.” 
-Justice Miller : “ To lay with one 
hand, the power of the government on 
the property of the citizen, and with the 
other to bestow it upon favored indi¬ 
viduals, to aid private enterprises and 
build up private fortunes, is none the 
less a robbery because it is done under 
the forms of law, and is called taxation.” 
-Gardening : “ It is rather a long¬ 
eared trait to ridicule or condemn novel¬ 
ties we know nothing about. It is per¬ 
fectly natural that the dealer should 
portray his flowers and plants in the 
most attractive way, just as the dry 
goods man does his wares, and select the 
finest and most perfect samples for illus 
tration, the same as the cattle raiser and 
farmer show us pictures of model animals, 
and never of scrub stock, except for 
comparison’s sake, to give us a chance 
to see the difference between perfection 
and inferiority. But did we ever see a 
tomato so perfect, an apple so big, a 
plant so loaded with flowers, a field so 
full of melons, or so many potatoes to a 
drill as some catalogues show? Well, 
exaggeration creeps into some lists, but 
others again are strictly true, and if we 
should be deceived by preposterous state¬ 
ments and outrageous pictures, our com¬ 
mon sense must be at a discount.” 
Our New 1895 Catalogue 
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This Catalogue is really a book of 160 pages, 
9x11 inches, containing over 500 engravings 
and 8 colored plates of Seeds and Plants. And 
as all are drawn from nature, we show, as in a 
looking-glass, the best of the old and the 
latest of the new. 
To trace advertising, and give our Catalogue 
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-E. P. Powell : “ The B. S. Fox pears 
are the most valuable of the new large 
fruits. What we have wanted has been 
more winter pears of a high quality. 
The Lawrence and Anjou will not be 
beaten for December, but apart from 
Josephine, we had no very excellent late- 
keeping pears until Mr. Fox sent out the 
Colonel Wilder and Patrick Barry. These 
extend the pear season to April. But at 
the same time comes from France the 
Directeur Alphande, a very superior sort 
that ripens in February and March.” 
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