THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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author of the article in this case was Mr. F. 
S. Grundy, of Illinois.] 
and fit to cut as soon as it has passed the dough 
state. This is a rule. At this stage the straw 
will make letter fodder than if cut at any 
time afterwards, because the juices and gums 
or, in other words, nutritive properties of the 
straw, are then present in their full strength. 
\\ hen grain is “ dead ripe ” such is not the 
case, and stock will not eat such straw unless 
starred, and if they do eat it, it does them 
very little good. The same principle applies 
to nil forage plants. Whether a farmer can, 
or should, cut his grain so as to have the straw 
in the best, possible condition for provender, 
depends upon several circumstances. With 
me it pays, and with all farmers who do not 
raise a large amount of grain, and who keep 
stock, it will always pay. Farmers who do 
not keep a large amount f stock and whu do 
raise a large amount t,f grain, can increase 
their stock, just in proportion as thev have 
eter, tapering, 12 to Hi-rowed, ear-stalk small 
to medium. Kernels deep, broad, with straight 
sides, and flat, or sometimes slightly rounded 
summit, crimped and slightly wrinkled, 
sbruuken so as not to be in close contact, of 
whitish amber color. Plant bill growing and 
vigorous, prolific, bearing its ears rather high. 
Evidently a variety of recent origin, and not 
yet closely established to type. Average 
weight of 100 kernels. 1152 grains; the ex¬ 
tremes in eleven samples, 349 and 428 grains. 
(Described ears, from seven different seeds 
men, in eleven collections, and Station crop.) 
23. a. Landreth. Fig. 359. Introduced 
tapering, rounded at butt and tip, ear-stalk 
medium. Kernels broad, deep, crinkled and 
wrinkled, not in contact, the sides straight, 
the summit fluttish, of whitish-amber color. 
The samples examined were larger than St o- 
well's Evergreen, the kernels less shriveled 
and broader in proportion. The largest vari¬ 
ety I know of. Weight of 100 kernels from 
one ear, 4OS grains. (Described ears, from 
Hovey & Co., crop of 1888.) 
WHEN AND HOW TO CUT GRAIN. 
E. D. It., Ituthland, Pa. —I. A short time 
ago Col. F. D Curtis made some remarks in 
the Rural, with regard to the best time for 
cutting grain so that the straw would be in 
the best condition for feed. Can there be any 
less nutriment in the straw and grain of oats 
if cut when dead-ripe than if cut as he recom¬ 
mends in the Rural? 2. Would he notreoom- 
rnend every farmer to allow a patch of wheat, 
barley, rye and oats to get dead-ripe for seed. 
THE “SPLENDID” STRAWDEllRY. 
This was received from Mr. J. T. Lovett, of 
New Jersey, on March 28th of this year, and 
planted beside Jewell and Amateur, of which 
we have given an account. The 
plants huvo made a healthy hut 
somewhat less vigorous growth 
than the others. The earliest 
r r M Tl) dowers wore pistillate, the rest 
bisexual. The color of the berry 
is a bright, glossy rod; the seeds 
L.'"jW °f tl darker color. The shape seems 
I 1,0 Ovate-conical, as shown in 
V 1 * Fig. 801, which presents the loaf, 
th «-' average-sized berry and a half 
section showing the flesh. The 
* berries are very firm und of about 
the quality of Manchester. A 
peculiarity of the splendid is that 
the plants are now again (Aug. 1) 
blooming quite freely and borries 
are forming. This characteristic, 
however, Aug, 30th, does not amount to 
much. The other portrait, Fig. 303, is from 
a berry raised by Mr. Lovett. The Splendid 
originated with Oscar F. Felton, who thinks 
it is a cross between Jueunda and Seth Hoyden. 
THE WINDSOR CHERRY 
Landreth. Fig. 359. 
about 1884. Ears OW,' to 7 inches long, about 
1% inch Jin diameter, tapering, 10-rowod, the 
ear-stalk rather largish. Kernels deep, with 
straight sides, and flatfish or slightly rounded 
summit, crimped and somewhat wrinkled,not 
in close contact, of whitish-amber color, 
rounds strongly over butt and tip. .Said by 
Landreth to ripen nfter Moore’s Early Con¬ 
cord or Asylum, and to be remarkably pro¬ 
lific. Average weight of 100 kernels, 330 
Clark’s Old Colony. Fig. 357. 
instead of sowing seed cut as be recommends? 
Now, as there is a reason for all things, here 
is my reason for asking these questions: I am 
lazy and hate to do with my muscles what a 
horse or horse machinery can do for me. I 
have looked at a reaper and a twine-binder, 
ami noted the difference in price as well as 
the difference in the results of the work of the 
two. I have said to myself: “ It will be bet¬ 
ter for you to buy the twine-binder and let 
your grain get ripe enough so as to bind it 
without rotting the straw, rather than buy 
the cheaper reaper; cut your grain when 
green, cure it in the gavel, and hire help 
to bind it.” Taking an average acre 
At Fig. 304 we give an illustration of the 
Windsor Cherry, a box of which was sent us 
by Ellwanger & Harry. The variety origin¬ 
ated with Juntos Dougall, of Windsor, Can¬ 
ada, and was sent to Ellwanger & Harry six 
or seven years ago for trial, H. has now borne 
fruit three or four years. The tree is vigorous, 
hardy and an early and good bourer, and is a 
variety of high promise The specimens meas¬ 
ured seven-eighths of an inch iu diameter; 
some of thorn nearly an inch; they are obtuse 
heart-shaped, dark purple or nearly hlaek, the 
llesh being quite firm, fine in texture, and rich 
in flavor. The Windsor ripens late, or a few 
ilHys after Elkborn or Tradescant, and is firm¬ 
er and better in quality. 
TIIK CRIMSON BEAUTY RASPBERRY. 
My attention is called to a correspondent 
of the Rural who 
says the Crimson 
Beauty crumbles 
complaint of the 
P kind, I have seen 
or heard. Out of 
scores of red sorts 
1 have and am grow¬ 
ing, it Is the most 
perfect of any, and 
shows no sign of 
crumbling, except a 
little on young 
spring set plants, 
which Is very com¬ 
mon with every red 
sort I have yet 
grown. The Marl- 
Egyptian 
SWEET CORN (Zea saccharata) 
of oats, with the price of help in his 
vicinity, and the cost of reaper and twine- 
biadcr, will the Colonel tell me the gain or 
loss iu money to the farmer in following the 
different methods here presented? If the 
feeding value of the straw, when cat as he 
recommends, is not sufficient to counterbal¬ 
ance the increase of work, etc., it won’t pay 
to cut the oats before maturity: and if the 
work of the twine-binder causes an actual 
loss, it will not pay to invest in one? 
REMARKS BY COL. F. D. CURTIS. 
It is almost impossible to make, for the var¬ 
ious methods of agriculture, rules which can 
be followed without exceptions. I have in¬ 
sisted in the Rural that straw of all kinds is 
much more valuable for fodder when cut be¬ 
fore the grain is over-ripe. Grain is ripe 
ITS HISTORY AND VARIETAL DIFFERENCES 
ILLUSTRATED. —No. VI LI. 
E. LEWIS STURTEVANT, M. D. 
varieties (continued). 
22. a. Ci. ark’s Old Colony, Fig. 357. 
Introduced about 1884. Ears seven to eight 
inches long, by about 1% inch in diameter, 
strougly tapering, 14 to 16-rowed, ear-stalk 
medium, cob large. Kernels crimped and 
somewhat wrinkled, not in contact, wedge- 
shaped, flattisb on summit, rounded well over 
butt, but not filling at tip. Weight of 100 
kernels, 330 grains. (Described ears, < direct 
from originator,’’ through Jos. Breck & Hons.) 
22. Egyptian, Fig. 858, syn., Washington 
Market. Introduced about 1878. Ears six to 
seven inches long, mid about 1% inch in diara- 
COMHINED GRANARY AND CORN CRIB. 
The whole building, shown at Fig. 303, is 30 
feet in length by 40 in width, and 24 in hight. 
The roof is quarter pitch. The granary is 16 
by 30 feet, and 10 feet from the top of the sill 
to the plate. The second floor is eight feet 
above the first. The corn-crib is four feet by 
thirty. The sides of the crib arc of four-inch 
fencing outside of the studding. The studding 
is two by four inches, the studs being sixteen 
inches apart, except on the sides of the cribs 
where they are four by four inches and thirty- 
two inches apart. The drive-ways, shown in 
the cut, are eight by thirty feet, with a gravel 
floor and sliding doors. One of them contains 
Burr’s Improved. Fig. 360. 
grains; the extremes on three ears, 227 and 
235giains. (Described ears, from Landreth, 
iu one collection.) 
23. b. Burk’s Improved. Fig. 860. A 
variety, apparently this one, and of the same 
name mentioned in the United States Latent 
Office Report of 1855, and it is named as re¬ 
ceiving premiums in I860. Burr says, iu 1863, 
“an improved form of the Twelve-rowed 
Sweet;” and the Twelve-rowed Sweet is per¬ 
haps the variety named obscurely by Bordley 
in 1801. Ears eight to ten inches long, and 
■2% inches in diameter, or more, slightly 
