Vol. XXXIX. No. 32, 
Whole No. 1593. 
Price Five Cents, 
$2.00 Per Year. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by the Rural New-Yorker, in the office of the Librarian of Consrross at Washington.] 
The Taylor hears a berry not. quite so large 
as the Kittatiuuy, lipening at the same time. 
Bat it is sweeter and very prolific. 
Honeywell Peach. 
Two trees of this were sent to ns by the 
Messrs. Hance, three years ago, to be tested. 
They bear the present season abundantly, 
ripening the first fruit July 12. They are 
small, adhere to the stone, juicy, but nearly 
tasteless. Of 
Raspberries, 
Cuthbert holds out the best, and is still 
ripening its firm, large, high-flavored berries. 
Pride of the Hudson has ripened a few 
berries upon canes of this season’s growth, the 
biennial cane being quite too tender to endure 
the winter. 
lortitnllural 
berry, medium season ; color, light scarlet, 
handsome. I have grown this berry at tbe rate 
of 130 bushels per acre. Valuable for home use 
or near market. 
Great American, a large conical berry of 
medium season ; color dark scarlet; vino not 
very strong. I have grown this, too, at the 
rate of 130 bushels per acre on a small patch. 
Belle— Perhaps tbiB is the finest berry that 
I have grown. It is a thrifty grower, pro¬ 
ductive of large, conical berries, that ripen 
nearly all at once ; color bright scarlet, very 
solid flesh without core; rather late. 
The season has been a very poor one for 
berries, owing to Ihe extremely dry weather. 
During May less than one inch of rain fell, and 
during some of tbe time high and very dry'mg 
winds prevailed. Plants set in April are estab¬ 
lished, and are doing well considering the dry¬ 
ness of the soil. Wo have plants that look 
well where the ground is so dry that buBh 
beanB are dryiug out, the rows being about 
three feet apart between the strawberry 
plants and beans. We generally plaut in the 
Spring, and for garden culture and limited 
room the plants can be started iu the same bed 
or rows with the onions, as these are ripe be¬ 
fore the strawberry plants make much growth. 
The soil should be deep and very rich to get 
the best results. I don’t think it possible to 
make land for strawberries too rich with stable 
manure. I use old manure if convenient, but 
put on coarse, if I do not have better at hand. 
I plant in rows about 13 inches between the 
plants and the rows five feet apart, tending 
them with hoe and plow if the garden is of 
sufficient size; if not, then I cultivate with hoe 
and spade. Always keep a strawberry patch 
clean, if you expect fruit. “A stitch in time 
saves nine,” says the old proverb, and hoeing 
in lime is the easy way to keep the garden 
clean. I let the runners grow, keeping them 
well together so as to cover all the ground with 
plants. I think they do best when pretty thick- 
This is the lazy man’s way to raise a good sup¬ 
ply of berries. Large' berries can be raised 
by the hill system, yet I do not care to grow 
them in that way—it is too much work. Corn¬ 
stalk butts make a good winter covering, and 
so do evergreen boughs, or any brush that will 
ward off the wind ; rye straw is best, but it 
costs pretty high at present. Varieties are 
numerous, and so many are good to best that 
I should not wish to be compelled to choose 
oue or two sorts to the exclusion of the rest. 
Those with perfect flowers cause so much less 
trouble than the rest, that it does not seem to 
be worth while to raise any others. If we do 
we must plant every other row with a variety 
that has perfect flowers. 
Crescent Seedling was the earliest berry 
that ripened with me this year—a pistillate 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Sirnwlicrry Notes. 
Gen. Sherman. —This was sent to ns on trial 
in April of the present year by Mr. E. P. Roe. 
The plants have made a healthy growth. The 
berry is bright red, of medium size and good 
quality. 
STRAWBERRY “PRIMO” (SMITH) 
The new strawberry Primo CFig. 248.) was 
raised by Mr. Daniel Smith of Newburgh. As 
it has not yet been sent out, and is now de¬ 
scribed for the first time, a somewhat minute 
description is given, to serve the purpose of 
future identification. Our plants were re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Smith last September, and 
from these our description is taken, beginning 
with the berry. 
The torm of Primo is broadly conical, with 
a small neck, the larger berries becoming en¬ 
larged at the base, and more or less ribbed. 
The seeds are brown, and slightly sunken. 
The flesh is white, tender, sweet, moderately 
juicy, with an aromatic flavor like the wild 
berry. The color is a dark scarlet. So far as 
one season’s trial may be relied on, its quality 
may be said to be excellent. The first berries 
were ripe on the 5th of June, or about the time 
of the Duchess, growing about twelve feet 
from it. 
The flowers are staminate, of medium size 
with mostly six petals, but sometimes eight, 
and then overlapping; otherwise simply full. 
Calyx of medium size. The fruit stalk is stout, 
and stands well up. The leaf stalks are stout, 
and rather long. The leaflets arc large, nearly 
round, deeply veined or ribbed, and of a dark 
green, with moderately large serratures on the 
edge. The plant is a robust grower. 
GEN. SHERMAN— FIG. 252 GLENDALE— FIG. 253 
Sharpless, large berry of all shapes that a 
strawberry can well take: flavor good; size 
from medium to largest; productive; not 
solid enough for long transportation; one of 
the best for home use or near market. 
Centennial Favorite, a light-colored, late 
berry, of medium to large size, of roundish 
shape, productive ; vine a very good grower; 
fruit not very solid. 
Kentucky, a large conical berry, generally 
having a light tip on the end. Tbe fruit is 
borne well up from the foliage ; tolerably firm, 
productive. Late, all had gone by June 18th ; 
an old kind that, I think yet, as good as the 
best. 
Triompue de Gand, a large, firm berry that 
every one knows; grows fairly here where the 
soil is rich, and is productive of high-flavored 
berries. 
Wilson's Albany is as 'productive as the 
best; flavor good when ripe, should not be 
picked until fully mature. This is the best ship¬ 
ping berry that we have, and good for home 
use, when allowed to get fully ripe. 
Charles Downing, old and well known; 
good in every respect. 
Botden’s 80. old and well known, and still 
keeps its place. 
Monarch of the West, a very nice berry, 
has appeared to be rather unproductive. 
Wilder, ]uality best, growth poor. I have 
not petted this perhaps so much as the quality 
of the fmit would warrant. 
wen uavurea. rne color is a dark crimson 
when ripe. The flowers are pistillate, small, 
with five or six petals, but mostly six, with au 
open space between each. The fruit stalk is 
stout. The leaf stalks are of medium size, and 
somewhat long. The leaflets are large and 
somewhat oval, dark green, with coarse serra- 
ftires on the edge. The Windsor is exceedingly 
productive, and should not be picked tUl it 
reaches the last stage of ripening, which seems 
to be necessary to develop its quality. This 
stage may be known by tbe berry becoming a 
very dark crimson. 
Cinderella. —From all we can learn of 
this berry it varies in different situations, being 
strong and prolific iu some, weakly and un¬ 
fruitful in others. Ours were ripe June ?th, 
the past season. The plants are fairly strong, 
quite prolific and the quality good. 
Glendale. — Very vigorous plants, large 
leaves, color bright red, quality sour. Late 
SHARPLESS—FRONT VIEW, 
SIDE VIEW—FIG. 251 
The Primo is both early and late, the first 
berries ripening with the Duchess and the last 
with the Sharpless. It has, consequently, a 
long season; but it must be remembered that 
the past season has presented many anomalies 
in tbe ripening of fruit. It is productive, and 
the berries are of good size, running, during 
the past dry season, from four to five inches in 
circnmference, with few small ones. The ac¬ 
companying portrait is from a berry of aver¬ 
age size. 
The past season has not been a favorable one 
for forming an opinion of a strawberry ; but, 
judging from its performance this season, we 
should not hesitate to place the Primo on the 
list of very promising new kinds. 
variety, conical in shape, dark red in color, of 
medium size, very productive, ripened from 
May 20th to June 10th. I would not plant this 
kind, however. 
Forest Rose colored bv May 15th, and 
ripened about25th—a good-sized, well- flavored, 
rather roundish, light-colored berry that birds 
had a good taste for. They were all ripe by 
June 1st—plant a good but not strong grower. 
Durand Bbacty came next; large, conical 
berries that soften before they color up fairly ; 
quality fair; all ripened within ten days. Fair 
to look upon, pleasant to the taste, produc¬ 
tive ; vine thrifty ; promising for home use; 
but of no value for market. 
Cumberland Triumph, a large cone-shaped 
WINDSOR CniEF. CINDERELLA. 
PIG 349. FIG. 250. 
Siiarpless —We presented engravings of 
this berry two years ago. This year, more 
than heretofore, we find the shape more as in 
fig. 251, a profile of which is also shown. 
have praised this berry from the first, and 
extended tests have proven that tin? praise was 
well merited. 
UlacUherries. 
fihis has been a remarkable season for wild 
fruit, which has nearly eoualed the cultivated 
SENECA yUEEN—FIG. 254. 
There are several old berries that are good, 
but the above are best with me, so far as I have 
experimented with them. 
Titusville, N. J. Ira J. Blackwell. 
STRAWBERRIES 
l. Gen. Sherman with me a feeble-grow¬ 
ing plant, hence not productive. Berry of 
