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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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wiry. Sakhalin made no attempt to bloom, and 
grew several feet high from small, late-set plants 
during a season of prolonged drought. Cuspida- 
tum grew about 18 inches high, and bloomed pro¬ 
fusely on every branch. It did not perfect seed. 
Mr. N. Hallock, on page 37, advises the planting 
of corn instead of Saghalin for feed. This advice 
i3 sound enough where good crops of corn can be 
grown in average seasons; but it is well to remem¬ 
ber that in this broad country, there are millions 
of acres of land not up to the corn standard, and 
immense areas of territory where the climatic 
conditions are such that a profitable corn crop 
cannot be grown one season out of three. In these 
places, Saghalin may prove a boon indeed. I 
have tested the young shoots of Saghalin cooked 
like asparagus, and came to the conclusion that 
the latter esculent must be very poor indeed in 
Russia if compared in palatability to Saghalin. 
Tae flavor was anything but agreeable. 
Ix a recent bulletin issued by the New 
Jersey Station (New Brunswick), an 
analysis is given of Glaser’s Union County 
Fertilizer, put up by Theodore Glaser, 
Elizabeth. N. J., the price being $25 per 
ton. It was found by the Station to be 
worth only $3.t>8 per ton. Marl formed 
the basis of the mixture. 
Sixty per cent, the bulletin tells us, of 
the price of the average fertilizer is now 
paid for nitrogen. The necessity for 
purchased nitrogen, particularly in gen¬ 
eral farmingand fruit growing, may be 
greatly decreased by sowing larger areas 
of leguminous crops, which gather nitro¬ 
gen from the air. “ Crimson clover, which 
does not interfere with regular rotations, 
and which may be sown under a wide 
variety of conditions, is a valuable crop 
for this purpose.’’. 
IT. N. Smith, a seedsman of South 
Sudbury. Mass., says : 
The Catalogue Number of Tub R. N.-Y. is a 
grand idea. If Tje R. N.-Y. could get at the facts 
ia regard th the array of novelties presented in 
tie seedsmen’s and florists’ catalogues, and pub¬ 
lish them for the benefit of the seed buying pub¬ 
lic, it would prove of inestimable value. Tnere 
are many t.lings offered t.iat are liable to become 
dangerous pests of the vilest 
most interesting account of his fertilizer 
experiments, and among them one to de¬ 
termine whether blood or nitrate of soda 
would give him the heavier yield of pota¬ 
toes. In his trial plots, those without 
fertilizer yielded an average of 104 
bushels to the acre, lie used upon the 
other plots 1,000 pounds of a fertilizer 
that analyzed three per cent nitrogen, 
seven per cent phosphoric acid and eight 
percent potash, the only difference be¬ 
ing that two of the plots had the nitro¬ 
gen in the form of nitrate of soda, the 
other two in the form of dried blood. 
Here is the result: The blood fertilizer 
yielded an average of 159 bushels to the 
acre; the nitrate of soda iertilizer yielded 
an average of 131 bushels, being again 
for the blood of 28 bushels per acre. He 
also found, as The R. N.-Y. has found, 
that it matters little to the yield whether 
we use muriate or sulphate of potash. In 
some of his experiments he increased the 
potash to 10 per cent. The yield was in¬ 
creased to 193 bushels per acre. 
Direct. 
-“ Your religion may make you very 
charitable, or it may make you very 
cruel.” 
-Landscape Architect : “A fault in 
the planting of home grounds, is the 
feeling that shrubs are desirable in pro¬ 
portion as they have beautiful flowers. 
Hut flowers are temporary at best, while 
the bush itself should be a source of pleas¬ 
ure throughout the 12 months. Roses, 
especially, are likely tabe used too freely 
in conspicuous places. There are few 
roses which make attractive bushes, and 
the foliage is greatly subject to attacks 
cf insects and fungi. While I would not 
discourage the planting of roses, I al¬ 
ways call attention to the fact that their 
efforts are of short duration, and that, 
therefoi’e, the plants should be con¬ 
sidered a part of the flower garden, 
rather than a part of a lawn or landscape 
garden. Plant them well at the rear or 
at one side, and where the hushes them¬ 
selves, when flowers are passed, shall not 
be too conspicuous.” 
“Mr neighbor has a front lawn 40 feet 
deep and 100 feet wide. It contains 
about 30 bushes and trees scattered equi- 
distantly over the entire area. The re¬ 
sult is that people admire the individual 
bushes, but never the yard as a whole. 
There is no pleasing or continuous effect 
of the place as a whole, no one bit of sward 
larger or finer than another, no variety, 
no feeling of seclusion, no picture. Yet 
these same bushes, if grouped about the 
sides of the lawn, would have furnished 
the place with perennial attractions.” 
-E. Tully, Trumbull County, O., in 
Ohio Farmer : “ Prizetaker, Vaughn’s 
Early, Early Ohio, and Early Yorker, 
planted the first week in May, were all 
injured by the heat in July and ripened 
prematurely, but Carman No. 1 went 
right along as though the weather just 
suited it, and every stalk ripened up 
naturally. Freeman and Early Rose, 
planted the second week in May, and 
American Wonder and Vick’s Champion, 
planted the third week, and Irish Daisy, 
planted May 30, all succumbed to the 
heat, but Sir William, planted May 28, 
showed only slight effects of it. While 
the Sir William and Carman might not 
stand a drought occurring during mod¬ 
erately warm weather any better than 
some of the other kinds. Iam satisfied 
that they will stand a long period of 
her better than any of the 
entioned. The Sir William 
; potato, and stays in bloom 
)f any variety I have ever 
Carman No. 1 is really a 
ith me, as judged by the 
is fairly early, judged by 
they attain large size as 
e early varieties, and the 
before the vines are dead, 
irager. having the best root 
potato 1 know of, which 
dly assist it greatly in with- 
ght.” 
Ider kinds, Monroe Seedling 
has given the best satisfaction here, 
closaiy followed by Rural New-Yorker 
No. 2, Green Mountain, and Empire 
State. Although the Carman No. 1 potato 
was introduced last spring, many will 
plant it for the first time next season, 
and to all those I would say : Huy no 
seed that you know has been grown from 
sprouts or cuttings. Better to have only 
a pound of field-grown seed than a bushel 
of hothouse trash. The Carman has but 
few eyes, but nearly every feye can be 
safely split, and those on the body of the 
tuber are nearly all good for four pieces. 
Such pieces will have to be set by hand, 
in very fine soil, and care should be taken 
that the eye is in close contact with the 
soil, so that the little hairlike roots will 
find food as soon as they start to grow.” 
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