THE BUBAL HEW-YOBKEB 
458 
THE 
|teiv ^ubUration^ 
everybody. Farmers have already been 
through their corn twice, and are now busy 
with the hoes. If this letter should meet the 
eye of any persons who would like to write me 
a letter descriptive of their homes, I will re- 
spond. HELEN LEIKEN. 
McHenry, Ill. 
[The fruit of a grape-vine appears on new 
canes of the current season’s growth. These 
canes push out from the wood of the previous 
year; laterals are the shoots from the eyes of 
growing canes, which appear in tie axil of 
each leaf; these will produce fruit the follow¬ 
ing season, but this is not desirable; the later¬ 
als are therefore cut back, leaving only one 
leaf, and when a branch starts from this eye, 
it is again cut back to one leaf; if it were cut 
back to the hearing cane, the fruit bud at the 
base of the lateral which is to bear fruit the 
next year would start and grow in the Fall, 
whereas, to be a fruitful cane, it should not 
start until spring. In the Spring these late¬ 
rals should be entirely removed, the fruit bud 
will then develop, forming the bearing cane 
for that season. The seedling grapes and rasp¬ 
berries may be put in the ground and care¬ 
fully protected, or they enn 06 kept in sand in 
the cellar until the second season; they should 
then be able to end lire the Winter. The straw¬ 
berries should bo put out the first season. 
Those you kept in the house died because they 
needed rest through the Winter, and exhausted 
their strength by growing too long. 
You speak of picking clover blossoms. Wbat 
is done with them? uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark;— Having seen illus¬ 
trations of potatoes and other vegetables of 
peculiar shape, 1 thought, 1 would send you a 
drawing of an odd-shaped potato, which grew 
in my father’s garden. 
Your affectionate nephew, A. J. buxton. 
[The potato is very well drawn indeed. 
What did you think it resembled most' It 
reminds me of a turtle. 1 will put it in the 
Horticultural Club Record Book. You are 
liarvesting facts, I see, as they are ready for 
UNCLE MARK.] 
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BERRIES FOR MARKET 
genuine. Cuthbert nna Caroline are uutu 
strong growers, and have loaded themselves 
with fruit. In selling the last two varieties in 
our village last year, my customers, when 
purchasing the second time, would invariably 
ask for the Caroline, although the Cuthbert 
was large, sweet, and beautiful. The Tyler 
and Souhegan have set an immense amount 
of fruit, which is beginning to turn from red 
to black. Tyler seems a little stronger aud 
more productive. Mammoth Cluster and 
Gregg are well set with large berries. 
The nurseryman of whom I purchase my 
K'ittatinuy Blackberry plants, evidently had 
a rusty plantation, as I had to destroy a con¬ 
siderable portion as soon as they had grown 
sufficiently to show rust, so I shull not enjoy 
a blackberry feast this your. The Wilson’s 
Early, as we buy It, is bard and sour, and the 
growers tell me it is nearly worthless, owing 
to double blossoms and other weaknesses. I 
have been watching the collection of a friend, 
so that 1 might the better judge what variety 
would suit me. What I want is a large, sweet 
and productive sort. The Btaymnn’s Early 
during the whole of last year resembled the 
trailing dewberry in habit of growth, and 
rooted at the tips. This year it has shot up 
some erect canes, but they have rusted badly, 
and this- sort will probably be worthless in this 
pestiferous region, where every roadside is 
lined with the. rusty dewberry. The berries 
upon the Early Harvest and Rrunton's Early 
are very imperfect; about u dozen grains 
thoroughly fertilized being scattered over the 
I eau see no difference 
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surface of the berry, 
in the habit, leaf or growth of the two, and 
it may be they are both Brunton, which somo 
claim to bo pistillate. Still even were this 
so, they were planted near enough to other sorts 
to bo fertilized. Waehussott’s Thornless sets 
too little fruit. My attention was called to a 
double blossom upon a Wilson. Jr., plant set 
this Spring. The finest thing I have ever seen 
is a row of Lawton vines running parallel with 
and under a row of small fruit trees; they are 
literally loaded with fine, large berries. 
RUFUS W. SMITH. 
gathering, 
Dear Uncle Mark:— I am 14 years old, 
and I live on a farm. We have taken the 
Rural for many years, and do not think we 
could get along without it. Wo send many 
thanks for the valuable seeds you have sent us. 
1 did not get uny flower seeds this your. I have 
a little garden, where I am going to raise 
some vegetables. 1 have planted onions, cab¬ 
bages and tomatoes. 1 have a little water¬ 
melon patch and a strawberry patch. 1 set 
the strawberries out this Spring: they are all 
wild; they are growing very nicely now. 1 
also planted somo pop-corn. We now use 
White Elephant Potatoes altogether J Pa has 
given a great many away for seed this Spring. 
We have about two barrels yet, after plant¬ 
ing. Pa has a nice littlo patch of the Blush 
Potato: we like these very much. loo. We 
have 10 little calves that 1 feed every day, aud 
I have a Newfoundland dog that weighs 150 
pounds; his name is Major. Yours truly. 
Portage Co., (). ANNIE A. DAVIS. 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Pi.orcUanroujs Advertising 
me again (with your i*erunssioni, i wise up 
my jien in the interests of the Rural. 1 often 
think of the many members w ho joined, but, 
like myself, have fallen from the ranks. The 
Rural writers are not forgotten, but each 
week their contributions are read by appreci¬ 
ative readers. We wore glad to hear from 
"Uncle Klin” again, for we, too, are interest¬ 
ed in the great wurk of producing mure und 
better kinds of fruits; but as yet we are only 
beginners. We are all pleased with the Rural 
seeds, and always try to give them a lair trial; 
but, like many others, we lose many of them. 
(Jur flower garden is now iu its glory; the 
roses are all in bloom. The climbing rose, 
Quoen of the Prairie, is a beauty. My brother 
bought grape-vines this Spring, and all are 
alive aud doing nicely. There is promise of 
an abundance of fruit, if the worms do not 
take it before Fall. Potatoes are likely to be 
scarce next Fall, as many of them rotted in 
the ground alter planting. Nice weather for 
corn. 
There has been much said and written on 
grape culture, and yet we are not aide to 
comprehend all the rules that ore laid down. 
I think such amateurs as we, should have pri¬ 
mary instructions. Are we to understand that 
laterals are the new shoots which come out 
from the base of the leaves, aud like the 
sprouts of potatoes when stripped off, grow out 
again and again? Should these laterals be 
kept off? If these laterals were allowed to re¬ 
main, would they be the bearing canes for 
another year; or should the bearing caues 
make their growth iu the Spring? We have 
seedling grapes, raspberries, aud strawber¬ 
ries; how old must they be before it is safe to 
leave them out iu the ground over Winter? 
Or is it best to leave them out altogether, when 
the strong ones will surely assert themselves. 
Our seedling strawberries, taken in last Win¬ 
ter, all died; why should they have done so? 
We have had many heavy showers during the 
past month, but the roads are very dusty 
again. The thermometer ranges from 80 to 
90 degrees iu the shade. Picking clover blos¬ 
soms is the present occupation of almost 
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