ground, so that he had very, little fruit of 
that variety. Yet he thought that variety 
very valuable, usually passing through our 
winters without much injury, and bearing 
good crops of fruit. The berries are of 
good size and flavor, find sufficiently firm to 
bear transportation to market. Has known 
them to have been sent by rail from Lock- 
port to New York city, arrive there in good 
order, selling readily for twenty-five cents 
per quart. The Yellow Antwerp is often 
much injured by our winters, and the berry 
quite too soft for market, use. 
The Philadelphia is the most hardy of all 
the red or yellow raspberries; it passed 
through the past trying season without in¬ 
jury, and is hearing an immense crop; is the 
most productive of them all. 
The berry is not of tlie largest size, but is 
above medium, and sufficiently firm for a 
near market. The flavor is not the highest, 
hut is sufficiently good to make the berry 
quite acceptable to buyers. Davison’s 
Thornless Is n decided acquisition; the 
fruit is of fair size, ripens early, and of good 
flavor, while the canes are without thorns , 
and bear an abundant crop of fruit. The 
McCormick is late in ripening, very pro¬ 
ductive, fruit of large size and good flavor. 
Js valuable by reason of its extending the 
season of raspberries. Brinekle’s Orange is 
a very fine variety for family use, of excel¬ 
lent quality, and continuing to ripen over a 
period of six weeks. It is tolerably hardy, 
usually passing through our winters without 
suffering very much. 
A vote was now taken in order-to ascer¬ 
tain the position which the different varieties 
held in the estimation of those present. 
For Market. 
The Philadelphia had the highest number 
of votes. 
Doolittle’s Black-Cap received only one 
vote less than the Philadelphia. 
McCormick had three-fourths of the num¬ 
ber cast for the Philadelphia. 
Davison’s Thornless had nearly half as 
many. 
For Home Use. 
Brincklc’s Orange had the highest num¬ 
ber of votes. 
Franconia had half tlie number cast for 
Brinckle’s Orange, and so had Orange King, 
Mr. Arnold’s seedling. 
Fastolf and Yellow Antwerp had each 
one less than Franconia. 
Jr., who there speak9 of it as a 4 large berry 
of good quality.' He further says that 
4 tlie plant is much more robust and hardy 
than the Wilson, while its productiveness is 
fully one-third more, thus placing it at the 
head of the list for market berries. It lias 
been planted and tested side by side with 
Wilson for sonic years, and lias fully borne 
out these statements. To the enormous 
'productiveness I can bear testimony, having 
been an astonished witness thereof.’ Mr. 
the only one who might make a similar re¬ 
mark. 
If a vine is weak or puny, then give it a 
few doses of Fuller, until the root has ob¬ 
tained sap enough to throw out strong canes; 
then let Fuller alone, and go to raising fruit. 
We arc having a remarkable season here, 
and the amount, of splendid Isabella grapes 
is almost beyond conception; and at least 
two weeks earlier than it lias ever been 
known to be heretofore. 
The severe drouth in May affected quite 
seriously the Concord, and the crop is light. 
The Delawares are well fruited; but vines 
generally of this kind arc yet too young to 
produce monster crops like the Isabella. 
We think grapes will be sent to market be¬ 
fore the close of this month. The frequent 
showers, and the extremely hot weather after 
them, is said to he causing the Catawba to 
rot somewhat.—J. S., August , 1870. 
GRAPE REPORTS, 
FRUITS RECEIVED 
From Cleveland, Ohio. 
At present, July 30tli, the show of grapes 
on the vineyards in my neighborhood is 
highly gratifying. Most vines are sufficient¬ 
ly loaded and many far too heavily. No 
The Utnli Cherry. 
Some time in 1809 the Rural New- 
Yohker contained a figure and description 
of the Utah cherry, drawn from the letter 
of .J. E. Johnson of St. George, Utah ; and 
now, this 15th July, 1870, I have specimens 
of the fruit, leaves, and branches sent me 
from Duncan’s Falls, Ohio. For the pur¬ 
pose of illustrating to those who were not, 
in 1869, subscribers to the Rural, I hope 
Ihe cut then used will be re produced, ns it 
is a pretty fair representation of the cherry, 
although in size of fruit it is one-half above 
tlie samples of fruit as grown and sent me 
from Duncan’s Falls. The fruit is black, 
or nearly so, in color, round, tender, with a 
sprightly acid, but at the same time acrid 
flesh, not rich, or especially pleasant, and 
cannot be of value beyond its show as a 
shrub, or a curiosity in the amateur’s 
grounds. 
Duncuti'x Full* Blackberry. 
Ok this blackberry 1 can say that one 
plant in my grounds has exhibited as great 
productiveness as the Kittalinny or any other 
sort; that its fruit is as large as any of the 
best sorts, and that it Inks ripened side by 
side in the same soil and with Uie same care 
earlier than any except Mason’s Mountain, 
which by-the-by, with me has nothing but 
its curliness to commend it. One cane of 
Duncan’s Fall had eleven lateralsaveraging 
five sub-laterals each, and on each of the sub- 
laterals nine perfect berries—making nearly 
five hundred berries on one stem. 
From Fretlontn, Clinntnnqnn. Co., N. Y. 
Catawba and Concord, where pruned 
close, set only perhaps two-thirds a full crop, 
as in most vineyards there seem to lie but 
one and two (generally two) clusters to a 
shoot. Those pruned longer, have about the 
right amount of fruit, requiring very little 
thinning or rubbing out. Isabella, Clintons 
and Hartfords arc bearing a heavy crop, and 
look exceedingly fine. Concords, at time of 
setting of fruit, looked rather thin, but have 
since improved so that, they now present as 
good an appearance as could be desired. 
But the Catawba looks the finest of any, 
with large, showy clusters, and should it es¬ 
cape the rot, will, 1 think, fully demonstrate 
that it is still aim, notwithstanding it was 
last year so effectually “ buried ” by certain 
persons. An acre of Dianas In one vineyard 
is bearing a heavy crop of line fruit. Dela¬ 
ware and Iona not half a crop, on account 
of poor condition of the vine, caused Ivy the 
cold and wet of last year. Most varieties 
showed first blossoms first week in June— 
twenty to twenty-two days earlier than last 
year. June and July have been very grow¬ 
ing months; grapes have pushed forward 
rapidly, ami will probably color a month 
earlier than last year. I Judge there will he. 
a thousand tons of grapes in this county, if 
all mature. Foliage on all kinds perfectly 
healthy. The grapes have attained their 
full size, and will soon begin 10 show color. 
Will notour brother grape growers from the 
leading grape districts report? I have seen 
very little thus far regarding the condition 
of this crop. t. s. ir. 
RASPBERRY DISCUSSION: 
Hr tlie Fruit GrowciV A tsMiciuiiou of 
Ontario. 
Which varieties of raspberry are best and 
most hardy? was the question discussed, 
and the following is the discussion as we 
find it reported in the Toronto Globe: 
Chas. Arnold of Paris named the Phila¬ 
delphia, Mammoth Cluster (McCormick) and 
General Negley. The latter is of the Black- 
Cap family, being equal to t he McCormick 
in size and flavor, but he thought it on the 
whole to be more productive, it. being a per¬ 
petual bearer. The McCormick ripens later 
than the Doolittle. The Philadelphia is an 
immense hearer, medium in flavor. All 
t hese are perfectly hardy. He spoke also of 
the Orange King, a seedling raised by him¬ 
self, which is perfectly hardy and of supe¬ 
rior flavor, quite thornless, not as large a 
berry as Brinckle’s Orange. Has grown it 
for seven years ; has about an eighth of an 
acre; the fruit is too soft to ship to distant 
market. 
Mr. Holton of Hamilton named for mar¬ 
ket use the Doolittle, Davison’s Thornless 
and Miami, and for home use the Brinckle’s 
Orange. 
Mr. .1 amks Douo all of Windsor, said that 
his soil is rather heavy, and with him the 
Black-Cap varieties do best, lie named the 
Doolittle and the Philadelphia as being very 
prolific, while for flavor lie esteemed tlie 
While and Red Antwerp. 
Mr. Saunders of Loudon, was much 
pleased with the great productiveness of the 
Philadelphia. The McCormick Is also very 
productive; ripens later than the Doolittle. 
Dr. Francis of Delaware, had found the 
An twerps all too lender. The Philadel¬ 
phia is an immense bearer, but too soft to 
be sent away to market. Doolittle is hardy, 
and the berry quite firm. 
Sir. McOoll of Stratford, had thought 
that it did not pay to raise raspberries for 
market in Canada, there was so much com¬ 
petition from Hu; wild raspberries, and the 
common red cherries. 
Mr. A. M. Smith of Grimsby, was 
pleased with the Davison’s Thornless; it 
ripens two or three days earlier than the 
Doolittle; though it is not quite so produc¬ 
tive, but that is more than overbalanced by 
the ease with which the fruit can be gath¬ 
ered, because the plants have no thorns. 
The Clarke raspberry promises well. 
Mr. Trannel of Cayuga, spoke of the 
White Antwerp which, when not too highly 
cultivated, bore abundantly; but if it was 
largely manured, produced leaves, but not 
fruit. The Brinkle’s Orange had failed with 
him. 
Mr. A. Leslie of London, said that the 
Philadelphia was the hardiest red raspberry 
lie had grown. The Black-Caps are hardy, 
and do well. • 
Air. Charles Ridout, Clinton, said that 
the Red An twerps did not require any pro¬ 
tection in the county of Huron; the snow 
giving the plants all the protection they re¬ 
quired, so t hat any and all varieties could 
be grown there, 
Mr. Beadle of St. Catharines, said that 
he had found the past season very severe 
upon the raspberry canes. The Franconia 
canes bad been nearly all killed to the 
P0M0L0GICAL GOSSIP 
THE HYBRID CIIERRY 
Leslie saw it on the grounds of Mr. John rot of 
Cross, at Oakville, in the summer of 1809, heard 
and wc hope that Mr. Cross will tell us Roger 
whether, after the trial of it this season, he low. A 1 
thinks it worthy of general dissemination.” lions i 
- localii 
Strawberries n« Large Apples. well 
The London Gardener’s Chronicle says :— men ^ 
“ Some enormous strawberries, as large as „ row j 
apples, have appeared in the windows of llie 0 
certain shops and restaurants in Paris, and ones ( 
the following is the method stated in a Paris mc n 
paper to bo employed in producing them:— year’s 
Take a decanter or white glass bottle, and j eave 
half-fill it with mould, water the mould, so unde 
as to consolidate it, then with a stick make m . 
a hole in the mould, and drop into it six ( i ro(o 
strawberry seeds, cover them with moi C , its in 
earth, add more water, close the month of t -. iV(>] . 
the bottle hermetically, and leave the latter 
in a warm place. In fifteen days’ time, you 
will see the young plant appear, and a month ex 
afterwards you will have a strawberry care ( 
(plant?) which will fill the bottle.” Belvh 
Tlie Pennock Apple in Iowa. finely 
It having been stated that the Pennock lnuL 
apple is tlie most successful bearer in Van line > 
Buren Co., Iowa, Ira Philips of Keosau- ^unct 
qua, Iowa, writes the Western Pomologist: 
44 The Pennock has probably borne more 
apples here than any other variety, because A c 
the trees are old and have been a good while the n 
in bearing; but there are many others of to the 
the newer varieties that will 4 beat it to tern c 
death’ at the same age. The Pennock, too, devot 
has been a profitable market apple here, lor plan i 
the very reason that the majority of those practi 
who buy Bruit, look almost exclusively to It 
the size and color, regarding the flavor as of think 
secondary consideration.” —tha 
- the v 
Bale'll Early Peach in North Cnroliua 
A correspondent at Greensboro, N. C., ' 
writes of this peach:—“ It is a decided sue- ^ ^ 
cess for this section. It may he relied on to 
ripen In June every year. This year it ^ 
ripened the very last of June, but the season ^ 
was late. In quantity and quality tlie fruit ^ 
compares very favorably. It is three weeks ( t 
ahead of the Tillottson, which is a tested ~ ‘ 
and established variety here. Have found 
no indications of the tendency to rot which .j. 
lias been complained of by others.” 
A Pink Blackberry. install 
Tite Model Farmer tells of a pink black- I h 
berry grown by P. A. Andrews, Cornitli, that i 
Mo. It says:—“The berries are of good those 
size, a clear pink color, and have a most had £ 
delightful flavor; in tact, we think them down 
equal to the raspberry; there is none of the tainly 
bitter taste about them.” more 
RnxvberricM In Missouri. 
IIow much or how little is a man in one 
locality to depend on the fruits that succeed 
best in another ? Not very much, I should 
say, until they have tried for themselves, or 
known from the experience of others in 
their neighborhood. While the Clarke is 
pronounced hardy in the north, it, has been 
winter-killed to a great extent here the two 
past winters; so much so, that if 1 keep it 
any longer, it must receive protection, and 
they are hardly worth that trouble when w e 
have so many better ones. 
Then W.u. Parry, in New .Jersey, plows 
down Davison’s Thornless as worthless, 
when hero it is all that we could ask in an 
early black-cap; besides its productiveness, 
size and good quality, the absence of thorns 
is a great recommendation. 
I can assure you, it does not improve Ihe 
pleasure of picking to get a severe linok, oc¬ 
casionally, as one is sure to do when pick¬ 
ing Doolittle, McCormick, Seneca, Ac., par¬ 
ticularly when the thermometer ranges 103° 
in the shade. 
Although we are, so to say, in the wilder¬ 
ness, and hero but a few years, this season 
we picked no less than twenty bushels. A 
little ftccount of the varieties may interest 
you. 
Ellisdalc is so much like the old Purple 
Cane that I see no improvement. Arnold’s 
Red is A No. 1 in all respects. Yellow Can¬ 
ada first-rate, hut too soft for distant ship¬ 
ping- Orange King equal to Brinckle’s 
Orange in quality, hut cannot tell how pro¬ 
ductive it may be until further trial. Sur¬ 
prise one of the very best of the black-cap 
family, and often double, Seneca is my 
choice for home use among the black-caps. 
McCormick is all that has been claimed for 
it. Philadelphia, the most productive red, 
and when properly trained, of good quality. 
A Philadelphia raspberry, well grown, is 
belter than a crowded and shaded Clarke. 
I will state here that 1 know of quite a 
number of persons whose Clarkes were 
killed last winter, but who, for fear perhaps 
of not being able to sell plants, keep quiet 
about it. This 1 do not consider altogether 
true horticultural courtesy. The scythe in 
August and the grubbiug-hoe in spring w ill 
correct this matter in my grounds.—S. M., 
Bluffton, Mo., July, 1870. 
FLORAL NOTES 
Poppy Fnlturo in Cnlilornln. 
We sec it stated in the Scientific Press, 
that a Frenchman, M, Guilardon, at Lower 
Lake, Cal , has thirteen acres of land planted 
with the poppy—which is cultivated both 
for its oil and the opium. 
Tlit* of Flower* in New York. 
Under the above bend the London Field 
says:—“In the report given by Air. Ford, 
our Secretary of Legation at Washington, on 
the condition of the industrial classes in the 
United Slates, he notes the fact that in the 
State of New York tlie number of florists 
does not full fur short of the number of 
bakers. The trade of a florist, he says, is a 
very remunerative one In the United States, 
the Americans being particularly fond of 
flowers. It would i>e no exaggeration to 
sUtte that more bouquets are made up in a 
single monlli in the city of New York than 
in t he course of a whole year in the city of 
London.” 
lludbuo-kia lliritt. 
J. A. B., Windham, Ohio, sends us a 
flower which he Bays is getting into the 
meadows thereabouts quite extensively, and 
is there 44 a new thing, called by some tlie 
‘prairie flower’ by some the 1 ox-eye daisy.’ 
Through fear of what they may prove to lie, 
some pull them up; some moiv early to get 
rid of them; some of the easy going ones act 
out the ‘ Shoo-fly don’t bodaer me.’ Please 
give us the true name, the way to destroy it 
and the consequences if not destroyed.” 
The name of this plant is Rudbeckia TUrta 
—a native growing in the mountains from 
Virginia to Florida, and also, we believe, in 
the Rocky Mountains. It appears to be 
spreading through, Ihe cultivated sections of 
the country and may become a troublesome 
weed in fields and should therefore he eradi¬ 
cated wherever it makes its appearance. Not 
many years ago it was not found east of 
Buffalo, but is now to be found as far as the 
middle of Long Island. Whether the speci¬ 
mens found in Ohio have emigrated eastward 
or westward it is hard to tell, but in all 
probability they have come from the west. 
It is quite distinct from tlie Ox-eye Daisy 
(.Leuamthanun mlgare) which has flowers 
with a yellow flat disk and while rays or 
petals, whilst the Uudbeekiu J fir to lias a dark 
brown and conical disk and yellow rays. 
There is also another species, ill. fulgida) 
which has also started on its travels; this 
lias a deep purple disk and deep orange 
colored rays and is not so hairy as the pro¬ 
ceeding species. Both species are perennial 
nlants. and we nreaume no other means will 
The Lour John Strawberry. 
Quoting from our remarks upon this fruit 
in a recent, number, the Horticultural Ed¬ 
itor of the Toronto Globe says:— 14 We pre¬ 
sume this to be the strawberry mentioned on 
page 34 of tlie Report of the Fruit Growers’ 
Association for 1868 , by Mr. Geo. Leslie, 
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