OCT. 42 
THE RURAL WEW-YORK 
Miscellaneous. 
His firm raised and marketed this year at Po¬ 
mona Nursery, of 
Raspberries. 34,308 quarts. 
Strawberries. 26,509 “ 
Blackberries. 11,016 " 
Total.70,825 “ 
Of Black-Caps, Doolittle’s Improved and 
Mammoth Officer have given good satisfaction, 
but are now likely to be superseded by the 
Q-regg, a new Rispberry, lately introduced, and 
a decided acquisition, being the largest, best 
and most productive black Raspberry known, 
fully fifty par cent, larger than the Mammoth 
Cluster, and one of the most valuable to plant 
wherever black Rispberries are desired. 
Yellow Raspberries have not been popular, 
owing to the fact that hardy varieties have not 
bo n of good quality, and those of good quality, 
like Brinokle’s Orange and Col- Wilder, were not 
hardy. 
Caroline, claimed to be a cross between 
Briuckte’s Orange and the Catawissa, is a large, 
luscious berry, of orange color, good quality, 
and it appears so far to be perfectly hardy, prop¬ 
agates both from suckers and tips, though spar¬ 
ingly from either. It promises to be the most 
valuable Raspberry of a light orange color yet 
introduced. 
Red Raspberries are more desirable for the 
section about Oiuuaminsoa. N J., and the most 
prominent among theui since the old Purple- 
Cane of fifty years ago, are the Philadelphia, an 
accidental seedling found growiug in Pennsyl¬ 
vania about the year 1810, aud seelliugs grown 
from it, such as Herstine, Early Prolific and 
Reliance, all berries of merit. The Pearl, Tur¬ 
ner, Bristol and Brandywine have been and still 
are largely grown. The above-named 
varieties nave probaoly produced more 
red raspberries for market in bis sec¬ 
tion than all others. The Pride of the 
Hudson, Henrietta and Norwalk Seedling 
are all very large handsome fruits in 
their native so Is where they oiigiuated, 
in New York and Connecticut, but it does not 
follow that they will stand the hot, dry sum¬ 
mers of New Jersey. As many other varieties 
that did well at the North would not succeed 
further South, the success of these there can 
only be determined by further trial. 
BLACKBERRIES 
commence soon after raspberries and give con¬ 
tinued employment for the same pickers, crates 
and baskets that were required for strawberries 
and raspberries, so that all three may properly 
be grown on the same farm, aud thus divide the 
cost of crates, baskets and other fixtures among 
them. 
At the average price at which blackberries 
have been sold iu market for twelve years past, 
a field with ordinary treatment will yield from 
$200 to $300 per acre annually. Double those 
figures have been realized some years. He has 
known 150 bushels of blackberries to bo growu 
acre, which, sold at an average of 12% cts. 
per quart, yielded $600 per 
acre. One of his neighbors 
planted 75 acres of Blackber¬ 
ries, which yielded, one year, 
6,500 bushelB of fruit and sold 
for $22 000. The blackberry 
crop of Vineland, N J., this 
year, as reported by the rail¬ 
road officials who carried the 
fruit to market, was about 
500,000 quartB, equal to i5,- 
625 bushels, aud at 1% cts. 
per quart for picking, the 
laborers who gathered tho fruit received $7 500. 
Ho has growu more than fifty varieiies of 
Blackberries, aud those that have proven most 
profitable are the Luvton, Dorchester, Kitta- 
tinny aud Wilson's Early. Recently several new 
oues have been planted which promise well, Buch 
us the Snyder, Taylor and Wallace. 
Gbindelia Sqctaurosa. —The Farmers’ Home 
Journal (Louisville, Ky.,) says : “ Dr. Zibriskie, 
a well kuown physician of Westwood, Bergen 
county, N. J-, tells us that he has used with 
much success tho fluid extract of Grindelia 
squarrosa for malarial fevers, iu doses of twenty 
drops, administered every two hours duriug the 
intermission of the fever. As a preventive, 
twenty drops, taken three times a day, have 
proved effectual.” 
[We ask the editor of the Home Journal if Dr. 
Zabrtskie did toll him that ? He told it to us, 
and the Rural New-Yorker published it. It is 
one of the strangest coiucideuces we ever heard 
of that he should have told it to the Home 
Journal in precisely our language. It must be 
considered, too, that Dr. Zabriskie was not 
aware that that excellent journal or its enter¬ 
prising editor had any existence. Besides the 
febrifugal properties of the roots of Grindelia 
squarrosa. the plant bears a very pretty flower, 
for both of which reasons we are tryiug to save 
seeds enough from a small plot in the Rural 
Grounds to make it one of the dozen or more 
varieties of seeds to be offered in the Rural’s 
free seed distribution.— Eds ] 
Turner Raspberry. —Mr. S. Miller, of Mis¬ 
souri, says of the Turner : “ It is this day worth 
more than all the rest put together. It just fills 
the bill—large size, brilliant color, immensely 
0Ljlf Querist. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Owing to the considerable space given tc the 
Raspberry, we ask the indulgence of those who 
have asked questions not yet answered.— Eds.] 
Queries about Flowers. 
John J. Watson, Newport Co., M. I., asks, 
1. Whether Hydrangeas, mailed by florists this 
fall, will be better and larger plants next season, 
if kept with houBe-plants during the winter, than 
if put in tubs placed in the cellar, the same 
as largo plants. 2. Will Abutilon B >ule de 
Neige live through the winter in a cellar. He 
baB some noble specimens, too large for house- 
plans. 3. Should Clematis plants, received 
by mail, be planted in the open ground, put in a 
cellar, or kept with house-plants until spring. 
4. Should Camellia .Japonicas that are budded, be 
exposed to the full rays of the sun. He has re¬ 
ceived the plants from two florists who advertise 
in the Rural, and as they are new to him he 
asks for information. 
Ans.— (1.) If Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 
flora or any of our native sorts, like H. querci- 
folia, they may be planted out now. If of the 
Hortensia sorts, they will do as well if kept in 
tubs. (2.) Yes, if the cellar is frost-proof ; but 
it is as well to cut them hack when as large as 
you intimate. (3 ) Some ClematiBOB are per¬ 
fectly hardy; others not. Name the varieties 
or species and we can reply. (4 ) Precisely the 
same as if they were not bndded. 
A Novel Strawberry Bed 
Mrs. Robert C. Kerr, 
Cobb Co. , Ga , says that 
the yard to her town 
bouse is not large 
enough for cultivating 
fruits and flowers, so 
that the lot is set out 
with the latter; but as 
Bhe is anxious to enjoy 
home - raised strawber¬ 
ries, she asks the Ru¬ 
ral's advice about rais¬ 
ing them in the follow¬ 
ing way : she is thinking 
of getting two or more 
barrels, filling them with 
good rich soil, boriDg 
holes all around the 
Hides, and planting 
strawberry roots in 
these boles as well as on 
the top of the earth in 
the barrels, which would 
then be placed in her 
greenhouse. She asks 
whether this plan would 
be likely to be success¬ 
ful ; what kind of roots 
would be the best; how 
many would be required 
for eaoh barrel, and 
what would be the best 
time for planting them. 
Ans. —We do not think 
the plan would work. 
More berries could be 
raised in pots or in an 
earth bed of the green¬ 
house in the same space 
which the barrel would 
occupy. 
MONTCLAIR RASPBERRY .—(See 1st page.) 
1. Hornet; 2. Herstine ; 3. Philadelphia ; 4. 
Brandywine. The Herstine has proved itself to 
stand in the front rank among Raspberries iu 
quality and productiveness, but r-tjuLres winter 
protection. In other respects it is not to be pre¬ 
ferred to the Hornet, which is larger and the 
quality quite &b good, with the additional ad¬ 
vantage of keeping iu beariug nearly three limes 
as long as the Herstine. The Brandywiue, as a 
market fruit, is coming into much notice. 
Blackberries. —The following is his list of 
Blackberries: 
1. Naw-Roohelle; 2. Missouri Cluster; 3. 
Wilson's Early. The Snjder, a new Western 
Blackberry, is highly spoken of at distant 
keep the bushes snug aud compact and to obvi¬ 
ate staking. 
4. As the canes grow in one season and bear 
the next, out the hearing canes away as soon as 
they drop their leaves, or uever defer the work 
later than early tho succeeding spnug. 
5. Suckering sorts, to bear well, must have the 
suckers hoed away when they first appear above 
the grouud or be treated like weeds. 
6. Increase the crop by cleau mellow culture, 
and, if practicable, by mulching for winter as 
well as for summer. 
Relative Importance of Some of the 
Small Fruits :—1st, Strawberries ; 2nd, Rasp¬ 
berries ; 3rd, Currants ; 4th, Blackberries ; 5th, 
Gooseberries. 
M B. P., Henderson. N. O., asks, What has 
the Rural to say of applying chip manure to a 
vineyard on light, sandy soil; and, if advisable, 
how should it be done—broadcast or as a mulch 
about the vines ? 
Ans. —We should not use chips either as ma¬ 
nure or uiuloh for vines or any other plants, un¬ 
less thoroughly rotted. 
Communications received for the wkke. l j 
Saturday, Octbkr 5th : 
W. B. D — T. H. H.—A. D.—R. W. D.—W. H. W. 
—W. F.—G. W. P.—D. II. C„ Jr.—R. C. K.—R. T.— 
J. B. D —W. C. B — H. F. S.—W. B.—T. H. H.— 
Esu M. S., thanks—J. J. W —M. A. K —E. R. C. 
-W. B. D.-W. F.-R. H. K.-J. T. L -T. S. H.- 
C. C.—V. F. K.-l> B. E.—W. A. II.—W. H. Y. 
—L. A. R.—K. M. M.—A. U. W.—S. D.—M. W.— 
N. E. F.—M. M. R —E. B. S.—J. T.—F. D. S.— 
T. H. H.—L. A. R.-D. S. M.—Al. O.—W. C. G 
—J. J. D.—J. H. S.—W. B. 
An old Subscriber, 
Onondaga Co , N. Y., 
asks : (1.) How can he 
exterminate angle- 
worms from the lawn 
in front of his house — north side—and par¬ 
tially shaded by two chestnut trees. He has 
used lime and salt, sodded and seeded, and still 
the little pests throw up their earth-works and 
the grass grows as thin as ever. (2 )Two Horse- 
chestnuts were cut down two years ago, and he 
inquires whether their decaying roots favor the 
propagation of this insect nuisance. 
Ans —(1.) Probably the Horse-chestnuts have 
more to do with c&nsiug slender grass than the 
worms. (2. We should say not. 
productive, firm as any, with a sweet spicy 
flavor, unequaled by any other we know of, and 
perfectly hardy.” 
We endorse all of it. Why pay from $1 to 
$1.50 for one plant of new, untried kinds, when 
you can get all you wish in the Turner at a 
reasoDable rate ? We think it will be the stand¬ 
ard red variety for the 8juth and West. The 
fruit brought this year 20 cents a quart, average, 
while Black-caps only averaged five cents.— 
Farmers' Home Journal. 
Raspberries.— Thus speaks the experienced 
Col. Freas, of the Germantown Telegraph : 
points, but we prefer to wait another year 
before recommending it. 
The distinguished pomologi3t, J. J. Thomas, 
gives the following rules for the culture of 
Rispberries: 
1. Any good strong soil that will raise good 
corn, and which has been deeply pulverized, will 
raise good Raspberries. 
2. Set the plants in rows that will admit of 
free cultivating, say five or six feet one way 
and two or three feet the other. 
3 For Black-caps, pinch back early or when 
the young canes are about two feet high, to 
