Vol. XLIII. No. 179 
NEW YORK, JULY 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 18S4, by the Rural New-Yorke 
9 office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
firm and of fair quality, medium to late. 
The usual shape is given at Fig. 208, and a 
transverse section (Fig. 2001 shows the flesh, 
which in the center is often hollow. 
Other reports of new berries will follow 
next week 
the pt • t> much larger, and on the average 
therf m> more peas to the pod, and, what is 
stir, wo in its favor, all of the pods reach 
U >A v *t the same time, and where garden 
limited this is a decided advantage, 
as iues can bo removed auda second crop 
planted as soou ns the peas are gathered. 
Until this season Carter’s First Crop has proved 
the earliest with me; but this seasou my seed 
NEW STRAWBERRIES. 
HAY-MAKING, 
THE HENDERSON STRAWBERRY. 
♦ etkr Henderson & Co., of 
this city, sent us, on Juue 19, 
small box of a now straw¬ 
berry which has been named 
Mhe Henderson. The ^lustra¬ 
tions (Fig. 205) will show, re¬ 
spectively, the characteristic 
size and form of the siugle 
berry (tipper left-hand) and 
the general habit of the fruit¬ 
ing stems, both of which 
were selected and drawn 
from the specimens sent. 
The color is bright, glossy 
scarlet; the neck is always 
conspicuous, the quality 
excellent, and if wo con¬ 
sider its size, this is not ex¬ 
celled by any other berry 
we have seen. The seeds, 
of a golden color, are 
large, and so set upon the 
surface as to protect the 
flesh from any injury from 
slight pressure. The berry 
sometimes assumes the typ¬ 
ical shape of the Sharp- 
less, being alxait as broad 
at the tip as at the 
stem, asshown by the half¬ 
section. The interior flesh 
is pink and solid. 
The Henderson origin¬ 
ated with Geo. Seymour, 
of South Norwalk, Coun., 
about five years ago, and 
he says it is a cross between 
Sterling and Boyden 8 U, a 
parentage from which lit¬ 
tle was to have been hoped. 
Therflower is ‘ ‘perfect, r the . 
plants are said to be very 
prolific, hardy, and as vig- - ~ 
orous as the Sharpless. 
Several of the berries sent .. 
to us measured fully live 
inches in circumference. , 
They were carefully select 
ed, no doubt; but, even if 
it were taken for granted ' 
that they were the best of 
Mr. Seymour's patch, we 
should still desire to give ' YoJl 
the Henderson a trial. Pot- 
ted plants have been or- 
tiered, and readers may 
count upon an impartial 
account of their behavior 
at the Rural Grounds, next 
June. 
CRAWFORD NO. I. 
Plants of this were re¬ 
ceived August 24, of last 
year, from Matthew Craw¬ 
ford, Cuyahoga, Ohio. The 
foliage is strong and 
healthy. The peduncles 
are short, the berries bright 
red, quite Arm, conical, of 
medium size, early, not abundant nor of very 
goodquality. The first flowers were “perfect,” 
those that came afterwards nearly pistillate. 
The two illustrations will show the general 
shape, size and flesh; Fig. 207, p. 481. 
Tiik value of the hay crop of this country is 
Immense, being exceeded only by that of com 
und wheat, and the increase or diminution of 
half a dollar in the value of each ton made, 
would amount to a difference of over $18,000- 
000 for or against the farmers, and this differ 
ence is easily made by the difference in the 
time of cutting and the manner of curing 
Though I am a firm believer In clover and 
clover hay, yet I realize that on many soils 
clover does not thrive, and that i„ much of 
the country, permanent meadows are a ueces- 
I 8 arY pai't of fanning, and 
Ui that under such conditions 
fj|\ / the grasses must be used. 
/*"^f Tlho hay from them is not 
Bdd> quite as easily ruined by 
\$i gj&\ the mode of curing; but it 
tow!. m*~ is as much dependent for 
it* highost quality upon 
the time of cutting. Very 
• ' ■ Vv% much of the Timothy hay 
liw'iv,- i'jJTS, made is for sale in the city 
'■ markets, aud I have seen 
< tons sold for the highest 
. V P r * ce > 60 ripe that uu cut- 
tiu g the bales open the 
'V* 8ee ‘J very free- 
iWrk V ly * an( f the color showed 
0. m that it had got by far too 
jfc. ‘ . 9 ripo before cutting, while 
W by its side was other Tim- 
' othy selling as second or 
third quality, which was 
green and nice and worth 
for feeding purposes sover- 
t al dollars per ton more 
than the other, and I won- 
jdore«l thatcity people knew 
so littleof the real value of 
'. \ hay cut at different times. 
» Though Prof. Sanborn, in 
what besaid in the Rural 
of May 24, may be right as 
to the value of bay cut at 
the different stages of ma¬ 
turity, yet I am quite s ur 
that in practice teu times 
more injury results to hay 
by too late than by too ear¬ 
ly cutting. Thu time from 
|j£ the point indicated by the 
Professor (after bloom) to 
full ripening is ho very 
short, and ripe Timothy 
’ rSn ff i straw is so very little bet- 
ter than any other straw, 
that I don’t think it safe to 
SsBaSsBaBy advise farmers to wait for 
this period to arrive be¬ 
fore cutting. In case of 
Orchard Grass, it is much 
worse, for though it makes 
a fair substitute for good 
hay, if cut just as it is pass 
mg out of bloom, it be¬ 
comes only a poor substi¬ 
tute for good straw, if left 
till nearly or quite ripe. 
My father was a firm 
diever in the theory of allowing Tim- 
by to pass from the milk to the dough 
ito before cutting, arguing that he 
MR. PARNELL’S TEST OF TUE R. N.-Y. PEA. 
I planted Cleveland’s Rural New-Yorker and 
Horsford's Market Garden Peas March 29, and 
at the same time Carter’s First Crop and 
Dan’l. O’Rourke Improved. They were all 
given a light, sandy soil, aud were manured 
in the drill, well decomposed stable manure 
being used. No stakes were applied, aud 
ordinary cultivation was given. The earliest 
flowers were produced on the Daniel O’Rourke 
m2* 
HENDERSON STRAWBERRY, 
three days earlier than those on the R. N.-Y. 
On June 5 almost all of the pods on the R. N. -Y. 
contained peas of a size suitable for use, while 
at that time it was necessary to go over some 
120 feet of row of Daniel O’Rourke to obtain a 
supply for a moderate sized family. I am 
much pleased with this new pea, and cousider 
it a decidedly valuable acquisition. From my 
experience with it this season I should say 
that it is as early as Daniel O’Rourke, while 
shall turn out as early and as good in other 
sections as it has here, it will be a very valu¬ 
able addition to our list of peas, and the Rural 
will have deserved well of the country for 
having introduced it. It has already added 
not a little to the wealth of the country by the 
introduction of valuable new varieties of 
other farm products, and this pea is likely to 
be au addition to its benefactions. 
Queens, L. I. c . E P 
