THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
587 
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Acknowledging our order for plants 
of the White Imperial and President 
Wilder currants, Mr. S. D. Willard, the 
well-known fruit grower of Geneva, N. 
Y., writes : “ I claim that the former is 
the best table currant we have ever 
used, while the latter excels all other 
red currants I have fruited, in productive¬ 
ness. quality , color, and all essentials for 
an excellent market currant, and one for 
home use combined.”. 
James Vicks’ Sons sent us, August 2, 
several specimens of the new Rathbun 
blackberry. They were about one inch 
long and nearly as wide. The drupelets 
were rather large, seeds small, the ber¬ 
ries very sweet. There was no acid. It 
is claimed that in quality it surpasses 
all other varieties. The canes, it appears, 
fall over, rooting at the tips the same as 
blackcaps do. It makes but few suckers, 
and is a bountiful bearer. It origi¬ 
nated with Mr. Rathbun, of Silver Creek, 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Last winter, it 
seems, was the most severe one experi¬ 
enced in that region for many years. 
The temperature fell to 20 degrees below 
zero, and remained near that point for 
several days. The Rathbun blackberry 
was not uninjured, but suffered less than 
most other varieties. After other vege¬ 
tation was well advanced, came the May 
freeze, which destroyed the prospects of 
many vineyards in Chautauqua County 
and westward. Unlike any other black¬ 
berry, it sent up strong, vigorous shoots 
from the lower joints of the canes that, 
late in July, reached a height of two to 
three feet full of fruit buds, and several 
of these from each bore berries of the 
largest size. 
Mr. J. C. Vaughan sends us, under 
date of August 1, a fruiting branch of a 
new white currant which he is propagat¬ 
ing for introduction. We judge it to be 
a very distinct variety. The racemes, as 
judged by this specimen, are longer than 
those of any other currant we have 
seen ; the berries, nearly as large as 
those of Fay, are of a milky, translucent 
whiteness. The berries at the end of the 
racemes are nearly as large as those near 
the main stem. It is evidently a very 
late variety, and valuable for this rea¬ 
son. We may not fairly speak of the 
quality, since many of the berries had 
been crushed in transit, and fermentation 
had begun. 
Mr. J. W. Kerr, of Denton, Md., sent 
us, July 31, a little box of the Bounty 
apple, so named by the United States 
Pomologist. lie says that the tree is a 
model of beauty, and as to health and 
vigor, none of his collection surpasses it. 
lie regards it as preeminently an “old 
person’s ’ apple, as its flesh is tender— 
notably so, as compared with Astrachans 
and others of their season. The Bounty 
is nearly round, half of it a deep crim¬ 
son, the other half a yellow brown 
striped with crimson. The calyx cavity 
and stem basin are nearly flush with the 
surface. The flesh is nearly white, ten¬ 
der, sprightly and slightly aromatic. 
They average a trifle over 2 % inches in 
diameter. 
William Barry, of Parry, N. J., again 
sends us a specimen of the Starr apple, 
it was received August 1. August 14, 
the apple was in perfect preservation, 
though kept in a warm, dry room. It 
measures 12 inches in circumference, 
oblate in form with rather deep cavities. 
The skin is perfectly smooth and green, 
without any shading of other color. To 
those who like an acid apple, the Starr 
will please them to eat out of hand. As 
a cooking apple, we cannot mention its 
equal among those ripening at the same 
time. The flesh is white, perfectly ten¬ 
der, sprightly and acid. The skin is 
very firm ; no doubt it is an excellent 
shipper. 
We are intending to sow about Sep¬ 
tember 1, a small plot each of R. N.-Y. 
Winter oats, of Crimson clover and of 
R. N.-Y. Winter oats and Crimson clover. 
We would not suppose that the winter 
oats and the Crimson clover would do 
well together ; or rather, we would sup¬ 
pose that the oats would smother the 
Crimson clover, because of their thriftier 
growth. 
On August 5, Campbell Bros., of West 
Park, Ulster County, N. Y., sent us a 
few bunches of White Plume celery. 
We had never before seen such splendid 
bunches so early in the season, though 
we have tried all sorts of varieties and 
many different methods; we have plant¬ 
ed in deep trenches and shallow trenches, 
and have set the plants upon the surface 
of the soil; we have used stable manure, 
fertilizers and both, but we have never 
succeeded in raising such celery as that 
about which we are now writing. The 
average height of the stalks was 29 
inches, perfectly blanched up to the very 
leaves. We were not aware that White 
Plume celery could be made to grow so 
tall. Now will Campbell Bros, kindly 
tell the readers of The R. N.-Y. just 
how the celery was raised ?. 
The Rural New-Yorker Winter 
Oats. —We have told our readers all we 
know of this variety. It is for them to 
say whether, judging therefrom, it is, or 
is not, worth a trial. Fortunately, a 
trial of an acre or so will not cost much. 
Should it fail, spring oats may be sown 
next spring in their stead. We would 
not advise any reader, from our report, 
to sow them largely. Because they 
stood the past trying winter at the Rural 
Grounds is not positive proof that they 
will stand another winter even though 
less trying, because there may have been 
conditions we know not of, during the 
past winter, that were really favorable 
to this particular variety, which may 
not occur next winter. We would add 
to our report that at no time during last 
winter were the leaves browned at all. 
They remained perfectly green—as green 
as either wheat or rye. We are in hopes 
that all of our friends who raise oats 
will give them a trial, no matter how 
limited the trial may be, and do us the 
favor to report the results. In this way, 
we may know by next spring just how 
hardy they are, and, a little later, just 
how they compare with spring oats in 
yield, stiffness of straw and weight of 
grain. 
Mr. David Wakefield, of Redstone, 
Fayette County, Pa., sends us (August 7), 
specimens of two seedling pears which 
are well worthy of consideration. Wake¬ 
field’s Early he raised from seed of the 
Seckel. Tne other is named Chas. Down¬ 
ing, being a seedling which he found in 
a bunch of pear trees some 40 years ago. 
Wakefield’s Early is just the shape of 
Seckel, the color green with a deep crim¬ 
son cheek. The size, judging from the 
specimens, averages rather smaller than 
the Seckel, but the quality is superb; 
we would not ask for a finer quality. 
It is as good as the Seckel in every way, 
and there is no pear to compare with it 
just at this season. The Chas. Downing 
is also much the shape of the Seckel, 
averaging larger than well grown Seck- 
els. The stem is over an inch long, in¬ 
serted somewhat obliquely ; the calyx 
basin quite shallow. The color of the 
skin just as it begins to ripen, is medium 
green without any trace of red. When 
dead ripe, the skin is yellow, still with¬ 
out any trace of red. In quality it is 
excellent and peculiarly so ; the flesh is 
as tender and buttery and almost as 
juicy as a Bartlett pear. It cannot be 
called a pear of high flavor, being mild, 
rich and quite reminding one of a 
banana. It is our opinion that both of 
these pears are fully worthy of introduc¬ 
tion, because of their fine quality and 
earliness... 
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