1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
7i5 
The Shrubby verbena is still blooming 
generously after many light ana several 
freezing frosts. There are few flowers 
at the Rural Grounds now (October 10). 
There are a few “ last roses of summer ” 
and the big, coarse, no-color panicles of 
the Great panicled hydrangea. The new 
spiraea, Anthony Waterer, is still in 
bloom. 
To the credit of the Pendulous Rus¬ 
sian mulberry, be it said that it holds 
its leaves green and fresh as long as 
any other deciduous tree. 
The tornado left enough tomato plants 
to enable us to get 28 crosses the past 
season. The Currant tomato hybrids 
were nearly the size of ordinary toma¬ 
toes—at least many were. Those from 
the Peach tomato are losing every ves¬ 
tige of the Peach, which was the origi¬ 
nal mother, and the progeny has been 
made the mother every year since the 
first cross. We have used as the male 
parent the best of the popular varieties.. 
Last Days at tue Rural Grounds.— 
The tornado made the work of our last 
days at the Rural Grounds for the sea¬ 
son of 1895 very different from that of 
any preceding year. In fact, half of the 
summer has been spent as have the “last 
days,” in removing shrubs and trees that 
were blown over or so twisted and 
broken as to be ornamental no longer. 
Most of these shrubs and trees were 
planted many years ago. Some of them 
were too close together, so that, while 
beautiful as a whole, the removal of one 
necessitated the removal of all. Had we 
known 23 years ago what we know now, 
we would have done one of two things, 
viz., planted permanent trees and shrubs 
so far apart that they would never have 
interfered, if judicious and timely prun¬ 
ing were given; or we would have re¬ 
moved the less desirable shrubs or trees 
the very season that the one interfered 
with the other. The removal of these 
plants necessitated a deal of grading, 
and three weeks were spent in carting 
soil for this purpose. These new 
stretches of lawn were seeded not until 
October 5, the seed being Red-top and 
Blue grass—half and half—and a little 
White clover. Not less than at the rate 
of five bushels to the acre was used of 
this mixed seed. The seed was sown 
first one way, then crosswise, the soil 
being raked after each sowing. We 
have had no experience with sowing 
lawn seed so late. It seems doubtful if 
the grass will have a chance to become 
strong enough to stand the winter. 
Still, we preferred to take the chance 
of failure, a failure that can be remedied 
by sowing again next spring. We would 
be glad to hear from our friends who 
have sown lawn seed so late in a climate 
similar to that of the Rural Grounds, 
whether they met with success or failure. 
On October 8, we received two bunches 
of the Mills grape from Ellwanger & 
Barry, Rochester, N. Y. They are a sur¬ 
prise and a revelation to us. During all 
our years of grape cultivation with never 
less than 50 different varieties, we have 
never raised a bunch of grapes so large 
and perfect as either of these. The note 
accompanying the grapes merely says : 
“ You will be interested to see how well 
the Mills grape has done with us this 
year.” The two bunches are on one cane 
a foot long and somewhat less than half 
an inch in diameter. The bunches are 
nearly the same in size. Both are heav¬ 
ily shouldered. They weighed just two 
pounds and 10 ounces. The berries are 
of the size of the largest Concords, black 
with a dark blue bloom, round, adhering 
firmly to the stem. Not one berry 
dropped from the bunches as we took 
them from the box or while or after 
they were placed in the scales. The 
berry is solid and firm. They are 
crowded in the bunch, either of which 
is just eight inches long. The skin is 
very thin, though it appears to be thick 
from the adherence of the flesh ; but it 
is very firm and we doubt not, as is 
claimed, that the Mills is a long keeper. 
In quality, Mills is as much a surprise 
to us as is the size of the bunches. The 
flesh is so firm and meaty—there is no 
pulp (so-called)—that the berry is neces¬ 
sarily firm and solid. The skin does not 
part from the fieshas with theLabrusca, 
but adheres to it as with the Vinifera 
class—Tokays, Malagas, Muscats, etc. 
The flesh is sweet and sprightly without 
a trace of foxiness, and resembles far 
more the Hamburgh than the Creveling. 
There is no acidity about the seeds, 
which part readily from the flesh. Some 
years ago Ellwanger & Barry sent us a 
vine of the Mills—our record is not at 
hand. What happened to it we cannot 
say ; the vine is not in our collection 
now. The Mills was raised by William 
H. Mills of Hamilton, Ont., and is a 
cross between Muscat Hamburgh and 
Creveling. It ripens about with the 
Concord or “a little later.” Could we 
raise this grape successfully, we would 
prefer it to any other of the hundreds 
of varieties that during the past 20 years 
have fruited at the Rural Grounds. 
Again Mr. Ward D. Gunn, of Clinton- 
dale, Ulster County, N. Y., sends us a 
box of his Alice grape. The Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society, it seems, 
more than supports the opinion which 
The R. N.-Y. has expressed at various 
times during the past six or seven years 
regarding the Alice, by awarding it a 
first-class certificate of merit. Vines are 
now for the first offered for sale, and 
those who prize a red grape of excellent 
quality that will keep probably as long 
as any other hardy variety, should give 
it a trial. 
Were we asked by inexperienced 
friends what nine varieties of pears to 
select, not being familiar with the soil, 
the lay of the land, or the special varie¬ 
ties that thrive best for either market or 
home use, we would reply : Wilder 
Early, Clapp’s Favorite, Bose, Doyenn6 
d’Et6, Anjou, Seckel, Dana’s Hovey, 
Sheldon, and Boussock. 
For dwarfs (quince stock) we would 
choose Bartlett, Angoul6me, Tyson, An¬ 
jou, Diel, Louise Bonne, Seckel, Howell, 
Winkfield and Josephine de Malines .... 
For summer apples, we would select 
Red Astrachan, Primate, Early Straw¬ 
berry. For fall, Duchess of Oldenburgh, 
Gravenstein, Fall Pippin, Jefferis, and 
Porter. For winter, Baldwin, Esopus 
Spitzenburgh, Hubbardston, Nonsuch, 
King of Tompkins County, Mother, 
Northern Spy, and Wagener. For dwarfs 
(on Paradise stock) Gravenstein, Alex¬ 
ander, Red Astrachan, Northern Spy, 
and Duchess of Oldenburgh. 
Crosses between the Loudon and 
Columbian raspberries made the past 
season gave us fruits. The crosses were 
made both ways, that is, each was made 
the mother plant receiving pollen from 
the other. 
These seeds were sown in a small box 
of mellow soil, and the box sunk in the 
garden so that the top of the box was 
level with the surrounding soil. It was 
then covered with wire netting to pro¬ 
vide against accidents, and when the 
soil becomes frozen, a thin covering of 
straw will be placed over the wire net¬ 
ting, the object being to prevent the 
“ heaving ” of the soil from freezing and 
thawing during the winter. The box 
will be removed to the house in Feb¬ 
ruary. The seeds will probably sprout 
during March, and the seedlings will be 
large enough to transplant to three- 
inch pots during- April. During the 
.atter part of May we shall plant them 
in the garden, where they are to remain. 
By that time the roots will hold the soil 
of the pots together, and the plants will 
receive little or no check from the 
change . 
We received ripe heads of Russian mil¬ 
let from Mr. N. W. Brockett, Randolph, 
O., September 20, the seeds of which were 
sown 62 days previously. There are 
many varieties of this Russian millet 
(Panicum miliaceum), Broom Corn millet 
being the familiar name by which the 
spee’es is best known in this country. 
Other specific names are German. Com¬ 
mon, French, Manitoba, Hog, Indian, 
Sorghum, and Brown Millet. The varie¬ 
tal names are Japanese, Black, Gray, 
Red, White, and White Round. 
Bulletin No. 117 of the Michigan Agri¬ 
cultural College, by A. A. Crozier, gives 
the results of a careful study of millets 
in general, as well as an account of the 
best soil, amount of seed to sow per 
acre, curing millet hay, millet as a soil¬ 
ing crop and for pasture ; diseases and 
enemies. 
It seems to the writer that it must be 
about 20 years ago that Mr. Henry Hales 
of Ridgewood, N. J., showed us hickory 
nuts larger than any we had seen and 
with thinner shells. He discovered the 
tree in a nearby woods as we remember. 
It was thought that hickories could not 
be grafted at that time, so that Mr. 
Hales was for a time unable advantage¬ 
ously to avail himself of the discovery. 
At length Mr. Trumpy of Parsons Nur¬ 
series heard of the variety and at once 
began grafting it with success. All this 
was stated at the time in these columns. 
We now find further interesting details 
of this splendid variety in Gardening. 
One tree of the lot grafted was sent to 
Mr. C. A. Dana, 16 years ago. It bears 
this year for the first. A tree of the 
same propagation bore last year. Mr. 
Trumpy says that the nuts are so thin 
shelled that a person with ordinarily 
strong hands can take two of these nuts 
and press them together, breaking them 
in the hand, something almost impossible 
in the case of a common shellbark nut.. 
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