THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 9 
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ity. Jumbo failed. Dixie (Ferry) ripened 
September 6. Darkish green, mottled in 
places with lighter green. Medium 
specimens weighed 1G pounds—17 inches 
long and 25 in short circumference. 
Sweetheart is a fat, oblong watermelon, 
half round, of uniform shape. The color 
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The mlllcnlum is approaching! Fine, luxuri¬ 
ant pasture*, rieh meadows, produeln tre¬ 
mendous heavy yields, are r w made possible 
on every soil and in every .lme by sowing 
Salzer’s Eurly Grass Mixtures. Grasse* and 
Clover have long been our hobby, and to-duy 
werej^.eeiu having the largest 
FARM SEED TRADE IN THE WORLD. 
In addition to this we are the only seedsmen 
growing Grasses and Clovers for seed In 
America, Already a dozen seedsmen are imi¬ 
tating our illustrations, our descriptions, our 
grass and clover seed mixtures. To get the 
genuine, fresh, full of life and vigor, buy of 
8alzer. You won’t need to wait a lifetime for a 
good stand of grass, for we have grasses and 
clovers, which, if sown in April, return bounti¬ 
ful yields in .1 uly; others yielding well the first, 
but better the second and third ycnr*. Cata¬ 
logue tells all about it. Salzer’s Giant Spurry 
and Giant Incarnate Clover are two of the most 
wonderful plants of the century! Tremendously 
luxurlantund profitable for the farmer to grow. 
Pamphlet on Grass Culture, Sc. 
8300 FOR A NEW NAME! 
Thnt Is the sum we offer for a new name for n 
new oat which 600 farmers tested in 1894, and 
report yields of 200 bushels per acre. This is 
so astonishing that we want you to name it. 
BARLEY, CORN, WHEAT AND 
POTATOES 
Tremendous stock of choice pedigree seeds of 
above. Yields on barley of 40 to 60 bushels; 
wheat, 42 bushels; corn, 60 to 110 bushels; po¬ 
tatoes—the editor of the “Rural New-Yorker” 
tested one of our early sorts, and gives it a yield 
of 742 bu . per acre, and we have heavier cropping 
sorts too. 
CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
A splendid stock of fine vegetables. Our 86 
pkgs. Earliest Vegetable Novelties, for $1, 
postpaid, will give you rare vegetables ten to 
twenty days ahead of your neighbors. If you 
garden for market, send 2 cents for W holesale 
Market Gardener’s List. 
OUR MAMMOTH SEED BOOK, 144 
pages. Is sent free upon receipt of 6 ets. postage, 
or Catalog, and Pkg. Grass Mixture only Te. 
postage. Try the Great Giant Spurry! 
The Conrath Raspberry. —This new 
blackcap raspberry is now advertised in 
several farm papers. It is said to be a 
seedling of the Gregg, tvhich up to the 
time of its introduction, was the largest 
cap berry known. The R. N.-Y. was 
among the first to try it and to report as 
to its value. We found it comparatively 
tender. This tenderness was stoutly 
denied by some at the time ; but it is 
now generally admitted. The Conrath, 
or Conrath’s Early as it came to us, is a 
decided improvement upon the Gregg. 
It has stood a temperature at the Rural 
Grounds of 20 degrees below zero. The 
berries average as large as those of the 
Gregg, and that is large enough. They 
ripen only a few days after the earliest 
varieties. The berries are not, as claimed, 
jet black ; they have some bloom. The 
quality is better than that of Gregg 
though the seeds, like it, are too large. 
The canes are strong with few spines... 
It is 20 years ago that we began try¬ 
ing the old and new sorts of musk and 
watermelons. The most that we have 
found out seems to be that melons have 
not been greatly improved in any way. 
We know of no better varieties than the 
old Black Spanish, Phinney and Boss, 
among watermelons, or than the Nut¬ 
meg, Hackensack, Christiana, among 
muskmelons. Perhaps the later strains 
—we would call them strains rather than 
varieties—have been improved in some 
ways by selection or natural crossing. 
But the improvements are not such that 
we may confidently say that any of the 
novelties are decidedly better than the 
old kinds. 
Last season we tried eight kinds of 
musk and six of watermelons. The 
Anne Arundel musk (Landreth & Sons) 
is oblong, elliptical, strongly netted, 
flesh green and yellow, quality of the 
Hackensack. They averaged 10 to 12 
inches long, eight inches through. The 
flesh is green and yellow, quality fair. 
The Cosmopolitan musk (D. M. Ferry 
& Co.,) is of medium size, seven inches 
diameter, nearly round, densely netted 
(every one densely netted) in every part 
—a whitish-gray netting on light green 
skin. Lobes obscure. Flesh green, yel¬ 
lowish surface. Quality of the best. It 
is about like the Melrose. 
The Large Black Paris musk (Land¬ 
reth) is notable, as we have said, for its 
gigantic size, some of the melons weigh¬ 
ing 14 pounds. Tne quality is very good 
for such large melons. The Long Island 
Beauty is valuable for its earliness. The 
quality is about the same as that of 
Hackensack. 
Irondequoit (W. A. Burpee & Co.) aver¬ 
ages the size of the Hackensack, rather 
more round—less flattened. The netting 
is not dense. The flesh is yellow almost 
to the rind. We have never seen a melon 
with deeper edible flesh. It is as good 
as the Hackensack at its best. 
Bay View musk (D. M. Ferry & Co.) 
averages 10 to 12 inches long—well netted. 
Lobes broad, but not deep. Flesh green, 
growing yellowish towards the surface. 
Average weight about seven to eight 
pounds, elliptical, medium g’reen skin, 
quality very good, often excellent. 
Beck’s Columbus (Burpee) failed. 
Melrose (Burpee), second year of trial, 
was nearly round, rather scantily netted, 
medium green, about six to seven inches 
diameter either way. Flesh thick, green 
to yellowish, very tender, and of the 
highest quality. 
Jordan’s Gray Monarch watermelon 
(J. M. Thorburn & Co.) was the first to 
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ripen—September 4. The best specimen 
weighed 21X pounds—26 inches in cir- i 
cumference and 20 inches in length. [ 
Some were more nearly round, 31 inches ] 
short circumference and 35 the long; 8 
weighing 1G pounds. White seeds (al- 1 
ways an objection), pink flesh, fair qual- 
!ttisrclhuu0u;& gUmtisinfl. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Thk Rural New-Yorker 
March 
April, May are the best months In which to purify 
your blood. During the long cold winter the blood 
becomes thin and impure, the body weak and tired, 
the appetite may be lost, and just now the system 
craves a reliable medicine like 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
That scrofulous taint which has been in your blood 
for years, and has caused you more or less suffering, 
will be thoroughly expelled by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, 
because It makes 
Pure Blood 
Hood’s Pills 
act harmoniously with Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla. 25c. 
Northern grown potatoes best to plant. 
Get Carman No. 3, Irish Daisy, Irish Cob¬ 
bler, etc., of G. B. PICKERING & CO.. 
Growers and Dealers in Potatoes for 
Seed. Fishers. Ontario Co., N. Y. 
Northern-grown Seed from natural potato soil; no 
blight, no rot. 500 bushels White Star, choice selected 
stock, at $2 per 180 pounds, in sacks, f. o. b. here. 
100 bushels good seconds, at $1.50 per 180 pounds. 
W. E. MANDEV1LLK, Rrookton, Tompkins Co.. N.Y 
S make early kinds earlier still and 
)■ more productive — all marketable. 
( Varieties grown by us for seed pur- 
( poses only: Early Hebron. New 
( Queen. Early Puritan, Thorburn. 
( Crop lot prices. Send for free pain¬ 
ts phlet. Also Seed Sweets and Onion 
/ Sets. JNO. C. PEARCE & CO., 
/ 404 West Main St., Louisville, Ky. 
Plants 
Com, 
Beans, 
Ensilage. 
Distributes 
Fertilizer. 
6 to 8 Acres 
Planted 
Per Day, and 
in one Operation. 
Absolutely 
Guaranteed. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD 
to pass us by, if you are looking for Reliable 
SEED POTATOES 
We also make Potato Cutters, Paris Green 
Sprinklers, Potato Diggers, Potato Sorters, &c. 
Every machine warranted. 
Send for free illustrated catalogue. 
ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO., Street. Jackson, Mich., U. S. A. 
We handle Aroostook County (Me.) stock, and guaran¬ 
tee our Seed to be pure and true to name. Send for 
catalogue; mailed free. 
WM. S. SWEET & SON, Providence, R. I. 
TDF 9 BIG 
JL/ 1 7 * And lots of them 
' Ky planting our Famous Northern 
Grown Seed. Earliest in the world. 
You can’t afford to plant old played out 
sorts this season. Catalogue free. Local 
agent wanted. 
L. L. MAY & CO., Seedsmen, 
POTATO DEPT. t»t. Paul, Minn. 
f Home 
fGrown 
! Seed. 
Our farmer friends, you know you greatly lessen your risks 9 
when you buy Seed ilirectly from the grower. We raiseSeedsof 9 
the earliest Sweet Corn, the earliest and best Pole and Bush Beans. 9 
the best earliest and best late market Beets, the best Cucumbers, 9 
the best of the earliest and latest Drumhead Cabbage, the earliest 9 
of all the Wrinkled Peas, the best Dwarf and decidedly the best W 
of the Marrowfats, the best early and late Squashes, the best mar- 9 
ket Carrot, the earliest Red and the very best of all the Yellow 0 
Onions. We offer these and numerous other varieties, including • 
several valuable new Vegetables, In our Vegetable and Flower 2 
Seed Catalogue for 1895. Sent free. X 
J. J. H. GREGORY At SON, Marblehead, Mass, a 
i uina uho a Bbi. 
Largest growers of POTATOES for Seed In 
America. The "Kural New Y’orker” gives oneol 
our early sorts a yield of 742 bushels per acre 
Prices dirt cheap. Our great Seed Book, 144 
pages, and sample 14-l>ay ltudish for 6c uostaire 
JOHN A. SALZKK SEED CO., Eat’rosse, Wig. 
JERRARD’S SEED POTATOES 
are always THE BEST. Grown from pedigree seed in the 
new lands of the cold North-East, they yield Earliest and 
largest crops in every climate. 
JEBRABD’S NORTHERN SEEDS ✓ 
produce earlier vegetables than any other on earth. 
OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MAILED FREE. Address 
WHERE NOTHING ELSE WILL GROW, PLANT CA^AS I flv s C" 
THE NEW FORAGE PLANT OMUMLIIML 
Produces, When .Established, 90 TO 180 TONS OF FODDER PER ACRE IN ONE YEAR 
PERFECT1.Y 11AUDY .sen in Siberia. EXDCRES SEVEREST DROUGHT WITH IMPUNITY. Grows on poorest wnsle 
lands or wettest places. Requires no plowing before planting. TIIRIVE8 where no other plant will CROW. ONCE PI-iNTEI) 
POSITIVELY ST A MIS FOREVER. MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN CLOVER OR LUCERNE. STEMS AND LEAVES, CRERN OR 
DRY, KACERLY EATEN BY ALL CATTLE. Cives 4 to 5 cuttings a year; can be cured for Winter. CREW 14 FEET 11 Kill BY 
JUNK, AT AMES, IOWA. Excellent solUenricher. Easily eradicated. Affords shade to cattle in Summer. CATTLE CANNOT 
TRAMPLE IT OUT. Seed has sold at $1,000 a poand; Roots at $2 50 eaeh. Endorsed by highest authorities and 25 journals. 
STRONG ROOTS, WARRANTED, 25e.; $2.50 PER 12, MAILED. Seed, 10c. per pkt.; $2.50 per o*. Send for Sacaline book with 
A DI A Bk I particulars and testimonials. Beware of spurious seed. 
■ ULAIMO O L OO.j Original Introducers, 314*316 N. 11th St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
.LU TUIHIULO that can win the race. 
Are for sale by G. W. MACE. 
Sir William, and World's Fair, new, 
Carman No. 1 and Kural New-Yorker No. 2; 
Then Freeman, which created such a flurry, 
Irish Cobbler, and Vick’s Pride early. 
American Wonder and Irish Daisy late. 
Everitt’s Colossal and his Heavy Weight. 
Lastly, the “ Maggie Murphy ” he quotes; 
And the wonderful, new. Lincoln Oats. 
As the above is somewhat in the mist, 
Send for free Descriptive Catalogue and Price 
List. GEO. XV. MACK, Greenville, 0. 
CRIMSON CLOVER , 6 "T 
grown Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, 
is JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber, Mil¬ 
ford, Del. Write for priees. 
1 have a new Potato that I originated. It Is the 
leader to-day. Also, BERRY PLANTS for sale. Send 
for catalogue; it is free. 
WM. GOODSITE, Bogart, Erie Co., Ohio. 
60 cents per pound, $5 per peck, $40 per barrel; Carman 
No. 1, $1.25 per peck, $5 per bushel, $13 per barrel; Free 
man, Early Sunrise, Early Rose, Early Puritan, New 
Queen, $3.25 per barrel; Green Mountain, Rural New- 
Yorker No. 2, Monroe Seedling. White Star and the 
Maggie Murphy, I will put in this list for 30 days at 
$2.50 per barrel; any other variety you may want 
write and I will 6end you prices on them that will 
surprise you. Drop me a card for new Price List. 
C. E. KELLEY. Newark, N. Y. 
