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THE BUBAL I4EW-Y0BKEB. 
SEPT 20 
Oiogra|.i|)icnl. 
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. 
PATRICK BARRY. 
Patrick Harry (Fig. 365) is not only a 
prominent citizen of Rochester, N. Y., but at 
the same time One of the most eminent Amer¬ 
ican representative# of the horticultural and 
pomological interests of the world. It is al¬ 
most a generation since he established his place 
among the authorities upon those important 
interests, by the publication of a work then 
and now exceedingly popular and still stand¬ 
ard in the art, notwithstanding the lapse of 
time. This was the Fruit Garden. The first 
edition appeared iu 1 *52, and becoming ex¬ 
hausted before two years had passed, was fol¬ 
lowed, in 1*55, by a larger edition. It was 
again thoroughly revised and brought down to 
tbe needs of the times In 1*88. It has always 
been regarded as one of the most practical 
guides and hand-books for the professional 
and amateur fruit grower. 
In those years Mr. Barry likewise wielded 
his pen in behalf of fruit, flower and tree cul 
ture, becoming t he editor of the Hort iculturist, 
which he ably conducted for a number of 
years In this capacity he brought t> bear 
upon the work, not only a theoretical knowl 
edge of the topics discussed, but most varied 
uud thorough practical experience, acquired 
by constant study and close attention to de¬ 
tails. 
In 1*40, twelve.years before he distinguished 
himself as a writer on horticultural subjects, 
he had become associated with George Ell 
wauger in the nursery business. Their first 
venture was upon seven acres of land on the 
outskirtsof Rochester, N. Y., and although 
fortune did not smile upon their early efforts, 
indomitable energy und strict attention to 
business enabled them to overcome all obsta¬ 
cles und attain great success. The seven acres 
gradually increased us the years passed on, 
until at the present writing, the Mount. Hope 
Nurseries, the largest general establishment 
of the kind iu the world, include nearly 700 
acres under the highestcultivation. tbe treat¬ 
er portion of which is witbiu the city limits, 
A* Rochester grew rapidly, this relatively 
large amount of territory, annually more aud 
more beautified by rare aud costly specimens 
of trees and sbi ubs from all part*of the globe, 
became too valuable for nursery purposes, 
Accordingly streets were laid out, handsome 
cottages erected and a waul long felt supplied, 
viz , healthy, beautiful homes, near at hand 
and on reasonable terms, for their numerous 
employes. It is conceded that, the firm of 
Ell wanger & Barry has effected more im¬ 
provements within the municipal limits thau 
any other industrial concern there repre¬ 
sented. 
These extensive landed iM^rests brought 
Mr. Barry very frequently in contact with 
the city government, and eie long he was 
elected a member of the Common C mncil on 
various occasions, aud has also taken part in 
the county legislation as supervisor for his 
ward. Not until he and his firm took hold of 
the R. C. & B. Bt. R. Road system was order 
wrought in chaos, and the system itselt placed 
upon a paying basis and public serving posi¬ 
tion. New routes were projected in direc¬ 
tions where past enterprise had hesitated to 
venture, and the public were accommodated 
wj h rapid, safe, and punctual transit to and 
from every point, ot the compass in Rochester 
Rut Mr. Barry’s energy and activity did not 
expend themselves exclusively here. Besides 
devoting much time to the colossal nursery and 
very extensive railway system under his man 
agbinent, h© has been a member, and not infre 
quentlv chairman, of every important citizens’ 
committee that has been appointed upon popu¬ 
lar call m Rochester for the past quarter of a 
century, und although the labors thus exacted 
from him were very great,, aud all without 
remuneration, they have uhvuys been cheer¬ 
fully rendered. All these time-absorbing 
duties aud occupations did not prevent him 
from mukmg his mark among the city’s fiuau 
ciers. The study of banking was always to 
him one of peculiar interest, and his nursery 
uud lauded interests frequently brought him 
iu contact with the mauagers of various sav¬ 
ing and discount institutions which grew up 
and began to flourish in Rochester. Amoug 
these his rare faculties of combination and 
quick penetration were soon recognized For 
a number of years ho was president of the 
Mechanics’ Savings Bank, and for two years 
occupied a similar position in the Flour City 
Nulioual Bank, botn solid institutions He is 
also president of the Flour City Hotel Com¬ 
pany and the Rochester Gas Light Compauy T 
Born of Irish farmer parentage, near the 
great linen mart of Belfast, Patrick Barry 
reached America a youth of 20, empty-handed, 
and with nothing before him but the wide, 
wide world. To-day, he ranks among the 
solid financial powers of the Empire State. 
The most extensive of Mr. Barry’s literary 
achievement* in connection with his activity 
as a nurseryman, is the catalogue of the Amer¬ 
ican Pomological Society. For more than 20 
years he has been tbe President of the \\ extern 
New York Horticultural Society. 
tlnral (Topics. 
(f’.xijfrimcnt (Grounds of the SUrat 
other. 
A Blue Great-pa violed Hydrangea. 
We take the following note from our notes of 
August 20; 
•‘As 1 was walking in neighbor Uncle John's 
lawn. I saw that, the flowers of Hydrangea 
panieulatagrandiflora were all of them striped 
and blotched with light blue. ‘Here is proof 
that tbe flowers of this, as well as those of 
hydrangeasof the Hortensia kind, are changed 
by tbe soil in which they grow,’I said, as 1 
plucked a panicle to take home. It turned 
out, however, that tbe flowers had been dipped 
in blueing water.” Try it, if you would have 
blue hydrangeas. 
NEW POTATO TEBTS. 
KOI I,, CULTURE. ETC. 
Tbk soil Is a moist, mellow loam, inclinlmi a little 
to clay, and this is ibe fourth consecutive year Iu 
which potaloes have been raised on It. It has re¬ 
ceived liberal quantities of potato concentrated fer¬ 
tilizers aud occasional dressing* of salr. kainiqbone. 
etc . perhnim at the rate of L2W pound* to the acre 
altogether. Trenches two spades wide, five Inches 
deep and three feet apart, as in past seasons, were 
(Ins. The soli In the bottom was raked mellow, tbe 
pieces itwo eyes each), placed one foot apart upon 
this, and then cover d with an Inch of soil. The 
fertilizers were then evenly strewn, and the tretieli 
tilled to the surface. The cultivation Is done be¬ 
tween the rows entirely with wheel cultivators, and 
bet ween the plants with the hoe. Very little boelnu 
is require l. since the plants meet before the weeds 
start. The soil Is netx’i' Itlll*d*vp about the plants, 
but kept at the same level over lln: entire plot. In 
testing new potatoes here, our object Is to ascertain 
their quality, growth of vine, time of mat urity and 
the greatest yield of which they are capable In a 
rich soil specially prepared for thorn. 
Dakota RKD.-Tbis is highly valued by 
many. Last year it yielded here at the rate of 
314 60 bushels to the acre. The quality was 
not dry, though nutty, and there wore dark 
places In the flesh here and there. We were 
requested by the originator to try it again 
the past, season. Here is the result: they were 
dug September 1, and the yield was at the 
rate of 275 bushels to the aero Among tbe 
best, five weighed a pound and three quarters. 
The average was six to a bill, of which 45 per 
cent, in number were marketable. We esti¬ 
mate the marketable potatoes by number 
not by bushels. The number to the hill as 
compared with the yield, will give a tairly 
correct idea of the size. 
Corliss’s Matchless —This, it may be re¬ 
membered. gave the greatest yield last year 
of auy of the many kinds then tested. It was 
then mulched with straw, and the yield was 
at the rate of 1,140.83 bushels to the acre. 
Those not mulched yielded at the rate of 
363 bushels to the acre. 
This year they were planted April la, and 
dug August 23. The yield was 1,104.10 bush¬ 
els to the acre, raised in the usual way and not 
mulched. Among the largest, five weighed 
four pounds fourteen ounces. They averaged 
10% to a hill, of which 70 per cent, iu number 
were of marketable size. The flowers are white, 
the tops large, the stalks thick. The flesh is 
white and dry, the skin pink, the shape irregu¬ 
lar. though not so prongy this year as last. A 
good illustration of this potato will be found 
on page *03 of last year’s R. N.-Y. 
Variegated-Leaf Potato. —Fig. 8tW. 
From W, P. Andrus, of Rochester, N. Y. 
The illustration accurately shows tbe varie¬ 
gation, wnich is of a bright golden color, the 
stems being yellowish white. It. was planted 
May 15. aud dug September 1. The yield was 
at trie rate of 3*7 bushels per acre. Among 
the best tubers, five weighed three pounds six 
ounces. The average was 6 1-10 to a hill, of 
which (in numbers, not in bushels) 70 per cent 
were marketable. Each plant threw up an 
uuvariegated shoot which grew one third 
taller t iian the others, aud alone bore flowers. 
The tubers seem to be the same as Early 
Rose, 
Special. Asparagus Culture.—I n early 
July, before the tops have been permitted to 
grow and when they have stopped cutting, 
some of our best asparagus cultivators harrow 
tb* ground both ways. As early in Spring us 
the laud can he worked, they plow through 
the asparagus a single furrow cutting the old 
stalks away. Then a furrow is plowed on 
each side towards the center or the plants, and 
with hand rakes the soil is ridged up still 
higher, somewhat exposing the roots between 
the ridges, which are four feet apart. 1 hat 
lasts until they are through cutting, viz., un¬ 
til the last of June or first of July. They 
then spreao bone or manure or both, between 
the rows, and harrow all down level, which 
does not disturb the manure, whether the bar¬ 
rowing be done lengthwise or crosswise 
White turnips are then sown to come off early, 
and the crop pays for the manure or fertilizer. 
A New Cabbage.— Among the cabbages 
tried this season we are pleased with the Early 
Deep Head, the seeds of which were sent to us 
bv Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, 
Mass. It is very early—as early as the Fottler 
_while the heads are deeper, and tbe outer 
leaves, instead of spreading apart, are more in¬ 
clined to wrap about and form the head. 
much smaller pods of other sorts—the pods of 
Telephone being “bladdery.” 
NOTES ON BACK NUMBERS. 
T. H. HOSKINS, M D. 
Rural, Aug. 16 —Apropos of the Rural’s 
remarks upon tne Clydesdale horse (p. 525) and 
the fine cut of “Pallinsburn,” I may say that 
the best farm horses we have iu Northern 
Vermont are the Clydesdale crosses from the 
l’roviuce of Quebec. They cost u* here, duty 
paid. *200 and upwards; but are much better 
worth tbe money for farm use than any horses 
bred in Vermont. They weigh 1,200 to 1,300 
pounds. Tbe cross would seem a violent one 
on the small Canadian horses (though the 
smallest mares are not used for this purpose', 
but the horses we get are well formed, and 
really better thau pure Clydes for us, as they 
are quicker-motioned and handier, and some 
are pretty good roadsters. 
Early Genesee Corn, noted by Dr. Sturte- 
vant (p. 527), is neither early, nor second early, 
with me, but t he latest of five varieties I have 
grown this season—Early Montana, received 
from Maine and said to have originated there; 
Early Dean, a variety I have grown for nearly 
20 years; Early Marblehead; and Pearl Sugar 
Corn, a remarkable sport from Early Dean, 
which 1 have made permanent. I have also 
succeeded in fixing a White Cob Marblehead, 
which has cotoe entirely true this year. The 
Red Cob Marblehead is so objectionable at out- 
summer hotels that they will uot.have it. They 
say it “cooks dirty,” aud the guests won’t 
touch it. Tliis White Cob is also white-seeded, 
but in every other respect the exact duplicate 
of the Murblehoud. (No seed for sale—this is 
not an “ad.” iu disguise ) 
Prof. Cook speaks (p. 528) about the remedy 
for apple tree bark lice being “ prevention. 
1 know of no practical way to prevent them, 
if you buy any trees. My orchards are set 
maiuly with trees of my own growing, and 1 
uevei saw bark lice in them until after I had 
bought a dozen trees of the McIntosh Red 
Apple from Canada, 10 years ago. 1 burned up 
four of the dozen, they were so badly in¬ 
fested, and looked the other eight over with u 
magnifier, removing every scale I could liud. 
(All Canadian orchards and nurseries that I 
have visited, are badly infested with this in- 
soet.) Not withstanding ibis care and constant 
washing with soap, the bark lice have spread 
from these trees us a center over several 
acres of my orchard. Parasites are multiplying 
amoug them, and they are plainly grow ing 
less numerous, but other preventives are of 
no account, as it is impossible to wash the ex 
treinoties of the branches, eveu on young 
trees, at the season (June) when the young 
lice are vulnerable. Washing the trunks and 
larger limbs amounts to nothiog, as the living 
scales are nearly all on the one and two-year 
old wood. 
Referring to A. O. B.’s aiticle on pistillate 
strawberries (527), I am fully satisfied that 
bees bring pollen from the wild blossoms 
to the cultivated beds iu quite sufllcieut 
quantity to fertilize all the blooms on Man¬ 
chester tiud Crescent—that is. here iu Northern 
Vermont, where the wild strawberries redden 
the road sides in mauy places, aud all the 
fields and pastures abound with them. There 
are late as well us early varieties among the 
wi.d kinds, suflicieut to fertilize the last 
blooms of the cultivated plants. 
Mr. Falconer’s notes on lettuce (p 544) are 
interesting; also those on peas. The latter 
agree with my own experience. In lettuce, 
we are so far north here that several summer 
lettuces—Hanson is tbe best—do not send up 
seed stalks before tbe middle of August, even 
when planted early. Witb me, Hanson makes 
large aud firm heads, like Little Pixie Cab¬ 
bages. In regard to tbe Telephone Pea, Mr. 
F.’s report of it as a poor cropper was antici¬ 
pated in these “Notes” two years ago. There 
is rarely more thau one pod to a stem, aud the 
peas are only a trifle larger than those in the 
I agree with Prof. Cook (p. 545) that it is 
not the wire-worm that makes potatoes scab¬ 
by. I thiuk it must be a fungus derived from 
stable manure. I once suspected that, it was 
due to the nibbling of earth worms, but as I 
get smooth potatoes with chemical fertilizers 
on land full of earth-worms, I guess I was 
wrong. _ 
The portrait of the originator of the Con¬ 
cord Grape (p. 549) is most acceptable. And 
now let us have one of the originator of the 
Rogers’s Hybrids. Massachusetts has done 
much for American fruit growing. (Mr. Ro¬ 
gers declines our pressing solicitation.—E ds.] 
“L. D.’s” Prize Essay on the agricultural 
education of children (p 549) is most interest¬ 
ing, and ought to stimulate us all to encour¬ 
age the boys. 
I believe in “Charity Sweetheart's” reality 
yet, and like her letter on page 551. She is 
right in demanding that girls should be taught 
some self-supporting, independent occupa¬ 
tion. My own daughter, of her own accord, 
has learned a trade, and though but 19, is al ¬ 
ready regarded as indispensable in tbe coun¬ 
try printing-office where she works—not as a 
“tvpe-sticker’' only, but as one generally use¬ 
ful. Bhe has an inherited taste that way, four 
generations of us having daubed their lingers 
with printer’s ink and pencil dust. But I 
would rather she had preferred horticulture 
_which is a good woman’s trade—in some of 
its many brunches. 
Rural, Aug. 30.—The Fair Number is a 
“stunner.” Wbat a world of work goes to 
to the making of such an issue, and what good 
work it is! The reports from the Experiment 
Grounds are deeply interesting. With so many 
irons in the fire, ft is wonderful how you keep 
them from burning. 1 uni agricultural and 
horticultural experimenter enough myself to 
appreciate the immense care, labor and 
thought that go to the work you are doing, 
and that field aloue is more than enough for 
one muu. I know you have help “that the 
world knows not of” (I um not speaking relig¬ 
iously), and so may give credit where others 
cannot; yet, with your cures halved and your 
joys doubled, as they are by tnat gentle help, 
it is still a wonder that so much is accom¬ 
plished for the world in the Rural home. 
God save all there 1 
Prof. Sheldon’s article on “ Demoralizing 
the Dairy,” is good reading. I yield to no one 
in the strength or my demand that imitation 
food products of all sorts shall be sold for just 
what they are. But 1 do say mat, the unlau 
ways in which they have been attacked, are, 
in a great degree, the cause of their being sold 
under false names. It is folly on the face of 
it to say that factitious butter, sweet aud 
palatable enough to deceive good judges, can 
be made out Of soap fat or Of the fat of ani¬ 
mals dying of disease. And i do say, too, 
that it is (or might be) a great boon to the 
poorer laboring classes to give them a good 
and cheap oleo cheese, sold .is such. But 
after having pre-occupied the public ear with 
the lies—no other word IPs the case—about 
the unwholesoniness of boof suet or lard iu 
butter or cheese, when they are constantly 
being used iu a great variety of other food- 
having made everybody beliove that they are 
poisonous, or disease infecting, with what 
face cau we complain that their makers sell 
them for something else? is it not absurd 
to say to them: “Bell these things only by 
their right names,” and, iu the same breath, 
talsely tell their natural customers that they 
risk their lives in eating (hem! Who honestly 
believes, who knows, that the factitious buttei 
and cheese are really more unwholesome than 
thousands of tons of genuine butter and cheese 
freely sold iu all our marketer I do not oe- 
lieve there ever was an ounce of either imita¬ 
tion made that was as harmful to health as 
much of the filthy genuine goods is. At any 
rate, 1 would take my chances with the bogus 
article first. Fiat juvtitia, ruat cerium. 
THE VALUE OF FRUIT REPORTS. 
No one questions the desirability of really 
practical notes of experience in fruit growing, 
yet it is questionable,, how much weight these 
notes should have as a guide to the grower in 
other portions of the country, as to what he 
shall select, or reject iu adding to his stra <v- 
berry bed, or in setting out many other fruits 
as well. Manchester under one treatment 
may make a poor showing; while five miles, 
or less, away, on different sod and with dif¬ 
ferent care, it may prove the best grown. It 
is to be regretted that writers are not more 
