It was the only variety that did not materially 
suffer from the drought and it yielded more 
than any two others put together. We are 
now raising it in quantity beside the White 
Elephant and Beauty of Hebron, and it prom¬ 
ises to outyield either. It seems tu be remark¬ 
ably adapted to « dry season. 
The tubers are of medium siae and singu¬ 
larly uniform— never growing very large and 
yielding very few small ones. The portrait 
shows the characteristic shape. The vines 
bear small leaves and the stems are notable 
for their branching habit and clenderaMfc 
They seldom bloom profusely and in field cul¬ 
ture occupy less space than most other hinds* 
The potato is of the very first quality. The 
skin is w bite except at the seed end where it 
assumes a rosy color from which the name of 
Blush was suggested to the originator. Tie 
Bubal New-Yorker has disseminated the 
Beauty of Hebron for early ; the W hite Ble- 
phant for late and now offers tue Blush for 
an intermediate to complete the set. This 
will, we believe, be found to possess distinct 
qualities that will in some respects render it 
more valuable than either of its associates. 
The Rural New-Yorker does not claim to 
be the originator of the Blush potato, but 
merely in this case the introducer. Due 
credit will be given to the originator, a Rural, 
subscriber, another year. 
“Inter-Ocean," “Detroit Free Press,” and 
“New York World,” orotber papers clubbing 
with the Bubal. Nkw-Yorkkb, are not re¬ 
quired either to send any postage or to make 
any application, as tbts baa hsna provided for 
them merely to say: “send seeds. Those 
two words will convey all the instructions 
we need. 
All questions appertaining thereto should 1 e 
written on separate slips of paper, otherwise 
OF INTEREST TO ALL, 
I We would respectfully state to those who 
read the present number of the Rural New- 
Yorker who are not subscribers, that we 
would be pleased to send them specimens of 
our other numbers free upon application. 
Those who are familiar with this journal will, 
as we believe, support us in the following 
claims: 1, The Rural New-Yorker is 
filled with original reading matter from be 
ginning to end by the best writers of America 
and England, 2, It is printed upon fine, 
natural-colored paper. 3, It contains year¬ 
ly not less than 500 engravings, mostly origi¬ 
nal, by our own artists. 4, It is conducted 
by practical farmers, whose first aim it is, ir¬ 
respective of advertisers and all merely pecu 
niary or personal interests, to tell the whole 
truth. 5, The Rural is the first newspaper 
to have established Experimental Grounds in 
connection with journalism. They comprise 
82 acres. All new farm and garden imple¬ 
ments, seeds and plants are there tested and 
the results arc impartially reported upon in 
its columns, 6. The Rural New-Yorker is 
conscientious, progressive, aggressive, spark¬ 
ling and original. It admits no ambiguous or 
fraudulent advertisements. It is pure in tone; 
it is a farm, garden, religious, news and lit¬ 
erary paper all in one, and is, in short, the 
complete family rural journal of Amer¬ 
ica. It is national in every department 
and tolerates no sectional interests. It con¬ 
tains 16 pageB weekly and four-page supple¬ 
ments are issued whenever advertising would 
otherwise trench upon its reading matter. 
8, The value of its 
free seed distributions 
is now well and widely known. Only seeds 
or plants which have originated at the Bu¬ 
bal’s Experiment Grounds, or which are 
new, or the best of their kinds, are distribu¬ 
ted. 0, We have introduced or disseminated 
during the past five years not less than 100 
different species or varieties among our sub¬ 
scribers without cost to them. Among the 
most popular may be mentioned the Beauty 
of Ilebron and White Elephant potatoes; 
Blount’s White Prolific corn, the Rural 
Branching Sorghum, the Cuthbert Raspberrj, 
Clawson, Fultzo-Clawson, Shumaker and Sur¬ 
prise wheats, Mold’s Ennobled oats, the Rural 
Thoroughbred and Heavy Dent com, the Tel¬ 
ephone pea, with garden and flower seeds in¬ 
numerable. Upon our Regular Free Seed 
D'stribution of 1SS1-2, $3,000 worth of gifts 
were offered for the best yields. The prize, 
takers for corn will be announced during No¬ 
vember: prizes amount to $000. Attention is 
respectfully called to the announcement of our 
Free Seed Distribution for 18 *2-3 on another 
page. 10, Truth, progress; the real interests 
of the land and those who cultivate it, the dis¬ 
semination of improved seeds and plants and 
of the knowledge how best to cultivate them; 
so to conduct tho journal that it may have a 
just claim upon oil who love nature are 
among the aims of the Rural New-Yorker. 
Among its more important departments 
are entile, horsee, sheep, poultry, swine, 
arboriculture, dairy, domesticeconomy, farm 
economy, field crops, garden crops, floricul¬ 
ture, pomology—especially grapes and all 
snmll fruits, farm implements, landscape 
gardening, veterinary, crop reports from all 
parts of the country, industrial societies, 
agricultural science, chemical fertilizers, 
news from all parts of the world, farm stories, 
rural architecture, a department for women. 
All of these departments are fairly illustrated 
by first class artists from original drawings. 
The Rural Experiment Grounds, conducted 
as they are, purely in the interests of readers, 
offer rare facilities for making the paper val¬ 
uable. Ail new aud high-priced seeds are 
tested at once, and reported upon according 
to their wojth, so that subscribers have be¬ 
fore them a trustworthy guide as to what 
novelties are worthy of trial. The present 
season, for example, we have tested, or are 
testing 50 different kinds of new potatoes, 15 
different kinds of corn, 80 different kinds of 
wheat, 20 of beets and mangels, 27 of beans, 
29 of cabbages, 21 of lettuce, 12 of onions, 60 
of grapes, 160 of strawberries, all of the dif¬ 
ferent kiudB of raspberries, blackberries, cur¬ 
rants, besides a rare collection of the most 
hardy shrubs, trees and herbaceous plants. 
We ask all progressive farmers and horti¬ 
culturists to examine the Rural New- 
Yorker before subscribing for any family 
journal another year. For this purpose, as 
we have said, specimen copies will be cheer¬ 
fully sent to any address. We wish to make 
the truth appear and to show that those who 
would meet with success in laud-culture can 
not afford to do without the journal, and that 
it should be subscribed for its a measure of 
economy. 
The price is $2 per year, and there is no 
club or beeond price. Those who would aid 
in getting up clubs should send for our Pre¬ 
mium Lists and posters, which will he prompt¬ 
ly forwarded. A postal card addressed to 
the Rural New Yorker, 34 Park Row, re¬ 
questing specimen copies, Premium Lists or 
outfits, is r.Ii that is rtquired. 
For the Ladles—Rural Mixed 
Garden '-treasure*. 
This collection has been made up for the 
most part of the seeds of the most desirable 
plants growing at the Rural Grounds. The 
rest have been purchased to make up the de¬ 
sired quantity. We can assure our lady read¬ 
ers that, mindful of having neglected them 
in our last regular seed distribution, we shall 
endeavor to make amends in this. Among 
the kinds are the following: 
The Persian Insecticide Plant— Pyre- 
thrum roseum—from plants growing in the 
Rural Grounds. The colors range from bright 
crimson to rose and white, blooming from 
May until July. One of the most l>eautiful of 
hardy herbaceous perennials. 
Imperial Poppy— immense flame-colored 
flowera jet black at the bottom. Hardy. 
Geranium Sanguineum. A true geranium 
—perfectly hardy. Flowers rosy-purple and 
borne in great numbers from May until Sep¬ 
tember. 
Erianthus Ravennse and Eulalia Japonica, 
the handsomest of the hardy ornamental 
grasses; Yucca fllamentosa, the finest of 
broad leaved hardy evergreens; Double flower¬ 
ing Hibiscus; the finest of the improved 
annual and perennial Phlox; Asters, Nolana, 
Salpiglossis, Sanvitalia, etc., etc., etc. 
One packet of these mixed seeds will be 
sent to eaeb applicant, so that all may have a 
oed of mixed flowers. It is best that these 
seeds should all be sown in a cold-frame or 
glass-covered box, and that ample space be 
given so that every one may be transplanted 
without interfering with its neighbors, since 
the seeds of so varied a collection cannot be 
expect(d to germinate at the Bame time. We 
are taking great pains to gather this collection 
of seeds and we hope that our lady readers 
will give them the care of which they will be 
found to be fully deserving. 
Golden Grains.—From Nath**.—Fw. 275. 
Black-bearded Centennial Wheat.— From Nature.—Fig. r,o. 
there is a cbance of their being entirely over¬ 
looked, or, at least, of not being promptly 
answered, and upon each separate slip the name 
and address of the writer should be given. 
Finally, in order to provide against the 
possibility of mistakes, disappointment or any 
dissatisfaction, we agree to duplicate all 
in the clubbing price with the publishers of 
those journals. 
Special Notice To New Subscribers. 
Onlv yearly subscribers are entitled to apply 
for this Distribution. 
Two three cent stamps must be inclosed in 
Remarks which all should Read. 
The Rural New-Yorker has never in any 
case sold seeds or plants to subscribers. This 
being well-known,our reports of the results of 
our tests are fully accepted as trustworthy, 
and the true value of hundreds of new and 
high-priced seeds and plants is made known. 
When, by such tests, we find that a given 
plant is more valuable than others of its kind 
which have been generally cultivated, we, at 
once,if practicable, place it in our next Distri¬ 
bution, and send it without charge to all of 
our subscribers who apply. These distribu¬ 
tions are 
ABSOLUTELY FREE, 
and their primary object has always been, 
and is, to promote the interests of agriculture 
and horticulture. 
POSTAGE. 
As all our readers know, we have hereto¬ 
fore borne a part of even the postal expenses 
of the seeds and plants we have sentout. Our 
object in not charging the entire postage to 
those who apply is to prevent the possibility 
of a suspicion that we receive in any form 
the slightest compensation for our labor or 
for the heavy cost of these distributions. Be¬ 
sides, as these offerings are not premiums, as 
they are sometimes made without requiring 
either an application or any payment of 
postage, we hold the right to continue them 
or to discontinue litem as ive may determine. 
The postal cost of our present distribution 
will be about (we can not determine it posL 
tivelyat this date) EIGHT CENTS PER COL¬ 
LECTION. Of th is we shall charge those 
who apply sue cents only, as heretofore. Those 
who subscribe through us, however, for the 
The New Intermediate Potato— Br.usu. From Nature 
the letter of application, or we cannot agree orders that from t 
to fill the order except as above specified. to reach their des 
It will save us trouble, and it will save our Distribution. Th* 
subscribers trouble and eu-pcnsc if they will struction as to th 
make their application fur the seeds and which we shall b 
plants in the same letter in which they renew the New Year— 
their subscriptions . We would also tHa-lr numbers cf the R 
