1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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O. & E. Baldwin, Bridgman, Mich.—A neat cata¬ 
logue of small fruits, giving a list of 51 different 
kinds of strawberries which the firm make a specialty. 
The firm have 20 acres set to strawberries, and of the 
51 varieties, Parker Earle, Warfield and Lovett, in the 
order named, paid best. Judge Biggie, in his berry 
book, asked 30 strawberry experts in different parts 
of the country, to name the five most profitable varie¬ 
ties for market. Forty kinds were named, the favor¬ 
ites being in the following order : Bubach, Warfield, 
Ilaverland, Lovett, Parker Earle, Crescent, Green¬ 
ville and Beder Wood. The Baldwins are prepared to 
supply any number of these varieties. 
L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn.—A general cata¬ 
logue of seeds, forage plants, potatoes, grain, fruits, 
etc. The Algoma potato was received from this firm, 
and three pieces were planted April 19. One hill was 
dug July 17, which yielded 24 potatoes. The vines 
were dying. The rest—two hills—were dug August 
1, yielding 20 large and 21 small tubers, weighing two 
pounds, four ounces. This is at the rate of 272.25 
bushels to the acre, a fair yield for a had season. The 
skin is huff-white ; the shape oblong cylindrical, flat¬ 
tened a little. The shape is all right, the eyes not 
prominent. The quality is of the best. We would 
prefer it to the Freeman, and believe it to be one of 
the best of the earliest varieties. 
Green’s Nursery Company, Rochester, N. Y.— 
Green’s Fi-uit Instructor. Ninety pages, 9x6 inches 
with colored pages of Japan plums, Wilder pear, 
North Star currant, Chautauqua gooseberry and 
Loudon red raspberry. Of the last, we have said so 
much that it is only necessary to add that at the Rural 
Grounds it is distinctly the best raspberry ever tried 
—superior to the Cuthbert in all essential respects. 
Mr. Green is just enough to say that “ The R. N.-Y. 
was the first to announce its great value.” Mr. Green 
amazes us when he describes the new “ Logan rasp¬ 
berry-blackberry” as li the greatest novelty ever 
offered.” lie says that it ripens with strawberries ; 
that the fruit is larger than that of the Kittatinny 
blackberry, which ripens a month later, valuable for 
table or market. The color of the berry is a bright 
crimson. The cane and leaf resemble the raspberry ; 
the canes being covered with “fuzzy thorns notsharp 
enough to be objectionable.” The plant and berry are 
shown at Fig. 40. We regret that this novelty has 
hitherto escaped us, and that we cannot speak of it 
from actual trial. The lists are of small fruits of all 
kinds, large fruits and ornamental shrubs and trees. 
There are many original and interesting cuts. 
Johnson & Stokes, 219 Market Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa.—A beautiful catalogue of 125 pages, with colored 
covers and conservative photo-illustrations through¬ 
out—25 pages of specialties. It is claimed for the new 
Waite Maine oat, that on the farm of Mr. Dibble, it 
yielded 91% bushels per acre on 13 acres. The new 
tomato, Liberty Bell, it is claimed, is the 
earliest, most productive and smoothest 
tomato ever introduced to the American 
public. Clark’s None Such sweet corn is 
commended by the originator as the best of 
80 sorts which he has tried. He offers $100 
for its equal in quality. It matures, accord¬ 
ing to the originator, somewhat after Moore’s 
Concord. We tried this variety last summer 
at the Rural Grounds, and found that it 
matured about with Perry’s Hybrid, the 
plants growing #ne foot taller. The leaves 
and husk were perfectly green, while those of 
Perry were purple. The ears, 10 to 12 rows, 
were larger and thicker, the kernels larger ; 
the quality was excellent. 
The Good & Reese Company, Springfield, 
Ohio.—Those who love roses first, and those 
who care for chrysanthemums next, will take 
the most pleasure in looking over this cata¬ 
logue of 104 pages, 7x10 inches, with six 
colored pages of new roses, carnations, sweet 
peas, peaches, apples, strawberries, grapes 
and blackberries. The specialties fill eight pages. 
Much space is given to fuchsias, geraniums, begonias, 
palms, cannas, and, finally, to flower seeds. If all that 
is claimed for the new rose, Gen. Robert E. Lee, is 
true, it is indeed a “ wonderful rose.” 
Wm. S. Sweet & Son, 95 Canal Street, Providence, 
R. I.—A selected list of seed potatoes grown at Houl- 
ton, Aroostook County, Maine, and carefully selected 
for the above firm. The season of 1894, furnished a 
striking illustration of the merits of the Aroostook 
County seed potatoes. In every other part of the 
Union, the potato crop was a partial or complete fail¬ 
ure, while in the state of Maine the crop was more 
than 100 per cent of a full crop. The firm make the 
following statement: “ You can depend upon it that 
you will find no variety of potato mentioned in this 
circular except such as have stood the test of practical 
every-day farming for a series of years. You will 
find mentioned in it none of those so called fancy 
varieties of which it can be truly said that they have 
no valuable attribute except the price. Every potato 
in the list is a ‘money getter’ for the farmer, and they 
are on the list because we are looking for the trade of 
those farmers who are in the business for money.” 
Among the varieties mentioned are Iloulton Early 
Rose, King of the Earlies, New Queen, Clark No. 1, 
Thorburn, Early Norther, Early Maine, Triumph 
(Stray Beauty), Early Sunrise, Pearl of Savoy, Dakota 
Red, Burbank, White Star and Green Mountain. 
G. II. & J. II. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.— 
“ Dollars, Fun and Comfort in Fruit Growing” is the 
leading caption of this catalogue. The Hales have 
found all three from their “worn-out acres,” for from 
them they have pleasurably got more dollars than 
their ancestors, from toilsome general farming, 
obtained cents. Ten years ago, the firm leased 22 
acres of land. The net profits on the sales of fruit 
from this tract have thus far been 42 times the total 
value of the land. A farm adjoining was bought last 
LONG ISLAND BEAUTY MUSKMELON. Fig. 39. 
November. Next spring it will be planted to Japan 
plums. The firm have faith in them. A page is given 
to “ The Biggest Strawberry on Earth.” Not only 
this, but it is claimed to be a “ great yielder and of 
fine quality.” It is not yet named, and $50 are offered 
to the one who shall send in the name to be accepted 
by a mentioned committee of three editors. This 
spring the sales will be limited to 100 dozen plants. 
Giant is now offered for the first. “One quart con¬ 
tained but 20 berries,” the originator says, and weighed 
18 ounces. The berries are smooth, regular in form, 
and of excellent quality. That is fine if the origin¬ 
ator tells the truth. The new Older blackcap rasp¬ 
berry is described as being the “most vigorous, pro¬ 
ductive and largest jet-black raspberry known.” The 
firm praise the new red currant, North Star. It is 
claimed for the new Columbian that it is the “largest 
grape ever placed on the market.” The Hales’ peach 
trees, “it is claimed,” are absolutely free from taint 
of yellows. The Hales have purchased the “J” Japan 
plum which originated with Luther Burbank, fully 
described in these columns—page 554. 1894. The price 
paid for the one tree was $500. It will be introduced 
as the Hale. We have a trial tree at the Rural 
Grounds. 
Coe & Converse, Fort Atkinson, Wis.—A catalogue 
of small fruits, large fruits, ornamental trees, roses, 
shrubs and vines. The firm consider the Columbian 
and Loudon raspberries and the Triumph gooseberry 
as specially worthy of mention. 
F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, N. Y.—A garden manual of 
seeds of all kinds, 12x9 inches. There are a great 
many special offers made in this catalogue which can 
only be understood by examining it. Those of our 
readers who purpose to make trials of new potatoes 
next year, will do well to examine the claims which 
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Mr Mills makes for the Early Fortune and Mills’ 
Prize. This firm sends out boxes of potatoes by mail 
or by express, of two pounds each of four or five lead¬ 
ing varieties for $1. 
Flemer & Felmly, Roselle Nurseries. Roselle, Union 
County, N. J.—A catalogue (45 pages) of large fruits, 
small fruits, nut trees, grapes, deciduous and ever¬ 
green shrubs and trees—all of standard varieties. 
A. R. Ames, Madison, Wis.—A descriptive catalogue 
of vegetable, field and flower seeds. Only the more 
stable varieties are listed. Ames’s German Giant 
pansies, it is claimed, are the largest and finest in the 
world. 
Alneer Bros., Rockford, Ill.—An illustrated cata¬ 
logue of everything for the flower and vegetable 
garden, with colored covers showing- Alneer’s Extra 
Early Columbia sweet corn, the Japan Climbing 
cucumber, Alneer’s Red Wethersfield onion, Eclipse 
nasturtiums and pansies. 
Henry Lutts, Youngstown, N. Y.—A valuable cir¬ 
cular as a “ Guide to Plum Culture,” and price list of 
all the more important plums. It tells about plum 
culture, planting, cultivation, insects, pruning and 
grafting. Then it names the best varieties in the 
order of ripening. Another circular tells all about 
peaches. 
James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N. Y.—Vick’s Floral 
Guide is a general catalogue (8x10 inches), with 
colored covers and many colored illustrations. We 
note as the most striking novelties offered, Vick’s 
New Branching Aster, New Perpetual blooming 
hibiscus, Sunset, the Gold flower (Hypericum Moser- 
ianum), Vick’s Improved Danish Ballhead cabbage, 
the Columbian raspberry. 
Miss C. H. Lippincott, Minneapolis, Minn.—This 
neat catalogue is one of flowers alone, or, rather, 
flower seeds, arranged by a young woman in a way 
that is intended to inspire a love for flower culture. 
There is no semblance of exaggeration or violent over¬ 
praise, and we have reason to believe that Miss Lip¬ 
pincott is meeting with the success that fair-dealing 
and prompt business methods should command. 
Ricker National Nursery Company, Elgin, Kane 
County, Ill.—A wholesale price list of evergreens, 
deciduous shrubs and trees, vines and creepers, large 
and small fruits, ending with “ How to Grow Ever¬ 
greens for Protection from Winds and Blizzards on 
the Western Prairies.” No one need be without ever¬ 
green trees. This firm offer, for example, 50 seedlings 
of the Norway spruce, four to six inches high, for 50 
cents; the Blue spruce, 10 little plants for 20 cents, etc. 
Eugene Willett, North Collins, N. Y.—A descrip¬ 
tive price list of grape vines and small fruit plants. 
The following grapes, so often alluded to in these 
columns, are made specialties : The Nectar or Black 
Delaware, which originated with the late A. J. Cay- 
wood, was first announced in The R. N.-Y. 
It is an early black grape of fine quality. 
The Colerain was also introduced by The 
R. N.-Y. There is no better early white 
grape, except, it may be, the Diamond. The 
Green Mountain or Winchell is probably the 
earliest of white grapes. The Early Ohio, 
which is praised by this catalogue, after a 
sufficient trial, is not valued at the Rural 
Grounds. 
Jos. H. Black, Son & Co., Hightstown, 
N. J.—An illustrated catalogue of small 
fruits, large fruits, nut trees, hardy ever¬ 
green and deciduous trees and shrubs. It 
offers the improved dwarf Juneberry, the 
Kansas Blackcap, the Royal Church Red, 
Thompson’s Early Prolific among raspberries 
—the Erie, Eldorado, Thompson’s Early Mam¬ 
moth and Ohmer among blackberries as spe¬ 
cialties. It offers cranberries for $2.50 per 
1,000 plants. The catalogue does only justice 
to that beautiful shrub, Pyrus Malus Park- 
manii. The Lincoln Coreless pear is given 
a conspicuous place. The catalogue regards the 
Mercer as the hardiest of all cherries. We are glad to 
see the Papaw or Custard apple CAsimina triloba), 
which is no doubt capable of great improvement by 
seedling cultivation and selection, offered at the rea¬ 
sonable price of 25 cents each. For the past 18 
years, a tree which we dug up in the field has yielded 
abundant crops at the Rural Grounds. 
F. Barteldes, Lawrence, Kan.—A general seed and 
plant catalogue of 98 pages with colored covers and 
one colored page. After growing the Early Six 
Weeks potato for three years, this firm find it the 
“ earliest potato in existence and the most valuable 
for market gardening.” It gives strong words of 
praise to Sacaline (Saghalin), Sandevitch, the Flat pea, 
Spurry and Hungarian Brome grass. It offers a col¬ 
lection of “ 30 well-filled packages of different vege¬ 
table seeds for $1 and a special collection of 12 packets 
of named varieties of sweet peas for 50 cents.” 
