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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 13 
We have the best reasons for believing 
that the worthless Japan Ilubus palma- 
tus (or, it may be Incisus) has been sold 
for Burbank’s Japan Mayberry, which is 
a cross between the wild Japan raspberry 
and the Cuthbert. We have not positive 
information as to just what firms have 
done this, but we have positive informa¬ 
tion that it has been done. Not only is 
this a mean fraud upon the purchasers 
of the wild Japan plants, but it will ex¬ 
pose Mr. Burbank, the originator of the 
true Japan Mayberry, to criticisms as 
harsh as they certainly will be unjust. . 
While speaking of the Mayberry, we 
may print a note from Mr. A. Blanc, the 
well-known Philadelphia artist and hor¬ 
ticulturist, which criticises our criticism 
of his illustration of this promising fruit: 
In The R. N.-Y. for March 10, under Ruralisins, 
I saw an article criticising- the engraving of 
Japanese Mayberry, which was printed in The 
R. N.-Y. of February 23. 1. In answer to this, I 
would say that in 1894, I made an engraving for 
Mr. Childs from material which he furnished me, 
and this was not exaggerated in the least. What 
is more, Mr. Childs was the original purchaser of 
Mr. Burbank’s stock, and I have every reason to 
believe that the material he furnished me came 
from the original source. 2. I beg your critic to 
compare your illustration with that made for Mr. 
Childs, which appeared in his 1894 catalogue, and 
he will be convinced that my latest engraving is 
not an exaggeration. 3. If the fruits are not so 
large as in the engraving, and do not grow in 
clusters, but .singly, then Mr. Childs’s material 
was not correct. 4. To my knowledge, Mr. Bur¬ 
bank has never produced an illustration of this 
berry, neither has it yet fruited in the East. 5. 
While on this subject of exaggeration, let me say 
that the critics should not And fault with the 
engravers. We are obliged to make what our cus¬ 
tomers order, and if they request us to make an 
engraving of a raspberry or strawberry as big as 
a house, we have no reasonable excuse for not 
doing so. 6. Why do they not, instead, find fault 
with those who publish these things ? For in¬ 
stance, I inclose an illustration made out West, of 
the Buffalo berry. This is a tree with a man 
standing alongside of it on a ladder. Does this 
plant grow tall enough to prevent buffaloes from 
reaching the berries ? Here is another illustra¬ 
tion of a Tree cranberry. It seems to be at least 
15 feet high. Also an illustration of Whinliam’s 
Tree gooseberry, which certainly has fruit as 
large as plums. 7. While on this subject, permit me 
to call your attention to the illustration of the Lo¬ 
gan raspberry-blackberry shown in The R. N.-Y. 
of February 23. This does not represent the Logan 
berry, and is not intended as such by Mr. Green, 
who does not advertise or sell the Logan berry, 
but a berry which he calls the “ The New Logan,” 
and which is not Judge Logan’s berry at all, but 
is, we understand, a seedling of it. 
Yours respectfully, a. blanc. 
1. We do not—did not—intimate that Mr. 
Blanc had knowingly overdrawn or mis¬ 
represented the fruit. We do say that 
the berries are far too large, and that 
they do not grow in clusteis as shown in 
the alleged portrait. 2. We compare our 
illustration—borrowed from the J. T. 
Lovett Co.—with that in Mr. Blanc’s own 
interesting “ Catalogue of Novelties and 
Specialties ” for 1895. This comparison 
shows the berries of the Lovett picture, 
executed by Mr. Blanc, to be at least 
one-sixteentli smaller than the picture, 
executed also by Mr. Blanc, which ap¬ 
pears in his catalogue above alluded to. 
Now our Western friend who, we are 
confident, spoke from a personal knowl¬ 
edge of the plant and fruit, considers 
our (the Lovett) illustration, as an ex¬ 
aggeration. Surely, then, Mr. Blanc’s 
picture in his own catalogue is a grosser 
exaggeration. 3. Unquestionably, it was 
not. The berries do not grow in clusters, 
but singly. Of this, we speak authorita¬ 
tively. 4. Certain it is that Mr. Bur¬ 
bank did not furnish the material for 
Mr. Childs’s illustration. Since, at that 
time, it had not fruited elsewhere, it is 
hard to guess where the “material” 
came from. 5. We do not find fault with 
the engraver except as he knowingly 
uses exaggerated cuts in his own cata¬ 
logue of “ New and Rai’e Plants.” We 
agree with Mr. Blanc that the artist has 
merely to follow instructions. If the 
instructions are false, that is the fault 
of the one who orders the engravings. 6 . 
The only palliation for such monstrosi¬ 
ties is that they are so monstrous that no 
sane individual will be deceived by them 
—a feeble palliation to be sure. 7. We 
assumed them to be the same. Mr. Green, 
however, gives the name as the “ Logan 
Raspberry-Blackberry.” “ New ” is pre¬ 
fixed simply to present it as a novelty. 
Should the above remarks regarding 
the Japan Mayberry meet the eye of 
Mr. Burbank, the originator, we hope 
that he will advise us whether our esti¬ 
mate or Mr. Blanc’s as to the size of the 
berry, and whether it is borne in clusters 
or singly, is correct. His statement will 
settle the question. 
Experiments in corn culture made at 
the experiment station of Urbana, Ill., 
during seven years past, indicate that 
medium maturing kinds give larger yields 
than either the early or late. White 
varieties have given larger yields than 
the yellow. The largest average yields 
came from the plots planted from May 11 
to 18. Planting the kernels one inch 
deep has given better results than plant¬ 
ing at any other depth. There seems to 
have been no difference between plant¬ 
ing in hills and drills, except that hills 
give a chance for better cultivation. 
Shallow cultivation has given better 
results than deep, the average yield for 
five years being nearly six bushels per 
acre greater. Root pruning has always 
reduced the yield. Removing the tassels 
does not pay. 
“ What is the value of saghalin, so 
much praised in the seed catalogues ?” 
was asked at theRiverhead (L. I.) Farm¬ 
ers’ Institute. 
C. L. Allen, an experienced horticul¬ 
turist replied: “ I see only one value 
to it, and that is to keep men at work 
getting it out. It is one of the most 
villainous plants I know of, once it gets 
a foothold. Be very cautious about 
adopting it, and let somebody else do the 
experimenting.”. 
Had we been told a few years ago that 
the little Currant tomato could, by cross¬ 
breeding, be brought to the size of the 
best of our popular varieties, we would 
not have believed it. Three years of 
crossing have proved beyond a doubt 
that it is a fact. We have always used 
the Currant, or Currant progeny, as the 
female plant, so that we could be abso¬ 
lutely sure that the progress was real; 
that is, due to a change in the progeny 
of the Currant—the evolution from the 
smaller to the larger. We dare say that 
had we begun with the Acme, Long 
Keeper, Champion. Ignotum, or any of 
the popular sorts, as the mother plants, 
using pollen of the little Currant, the 
size of the progeny would have been re¬ 
duced from year to year, until possibly it 
would have reached the size, or nearly 
so, of the original Currant. It would 
have been a most interesting experiment 
to breed both ways, and we regret that 
it did not occur to us to make it. Thus 
far, we think there is a chance for im¬ 
provement through these Currant crosses. 
The Currant ripens as soon and as per¬ 
fectly about the stern as in any other 
part. It ripens very early, too, and the 
vines are immensely productive. Then, 
too, the racemes are longer, bearing as 
many do from 9 to 13 fruits. 
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