779 
1884 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Fig. 475. 
Dougall’s Bust. 
the Rural asking information about fatten¬ 
ing cattle upon them. On reflection, however, 
I concluded to experiment. 1 have been feed¬ 
ing them for two mouths or more, and find 
cattle gain faster than when fed on corn. 
Milch cows are doing fiuely, making nearly 
double the quantity of butter they did before 
we commenced feeding the apples. A bushel 
and a half is all a cow will eat per day, on an 
average, keeping it up day after day. I have 
always fed apples to hogs and horses, but 
never tried cattle uutil this season. My orch¬ 
ard of 800 trees is about -lOj'enrs old. and was 
originally nearly all sweet. One half the 
trees have been top grafted to winter fruit, 
ami the trees ure quite productive; but I am 
not sure but tne sweet part will pay rue as 
well, taking one year with another, as the 
grafted part. For several years when we had 
a dry Fall, my horses, sheep and hogs would 
have lost flesh had it not been for sweet apples. 
Whiteside Co., Ill. f. l. wrichit. 
^orlicultiiral. 
THE MARLBORO RASPBERRY. 
I WAS greatly surprised to see the statement 
in the Rural from Mr, Charles Downing, that 
the Brandywine Raspberry, among others, 
was better in quality than the Marlboro; for 
if this is really the case, it is, in my view, 
nothing short of an imposition to offer the 
Marlboro as a new variety worthy of intro¬ 
duction. A raspberry which is not a great 
doal better than the Braudy wine, will certain¬ 
ly prove a disappointment to the many persons 
who have invested in this new candidate for 
public favor at very high prices. I hope there 
may be some mistake about this; for of all the 
trated. About the first of September we re¬ 
ceived a box containing a number of fine 
plums, from which we had accurate drawiugs 
made, which we have the pleasure of present¬ 
ing to our readers this week. For a history 
of fheir origin, and also a description of 
Fig. 478. 
tree and fruit, we copy from Mr. Dougall’s 
letter: 
“Owing to the prolonged and intense 
drought which withered everything up, the 
specimens sent are not much 
more than half the size of the 
fruit in previous years; nor are 
they nearly so rich and juicy, 
while the skins are thick and 
tough. Some years ago, in 
Spring, quite a number of pits 
of plums and cherries vegetat¬ 
It is oblong, tapering to the stalk, with a very 
distinct suture; color clear yellow, getting a 
beautiful carmine cheek as it begins to ripen; 
it adheres to the stone till fully ripe, when it 
is partially free. The tree is a strong grower, 
with rather slender shoots. 
Fig. 475, seedling; is a very strong, up¬ 
right growing tree, rather late in corning into 
bearing. Fruit nearly as large as Washing¬ 
ton; round; dull, greenish-yellow; very rich 
in flavor, equal to the Green Gage; free-stone; 
of first quality; ripens in August. 
Fig 47(5, seedling; is by far the strongest- 
growing plum I have, with very large leaves, 
which cause it to be tardy in coming into bear¬ 
ing. Fruits like Fig. 473, but larger; dull 
greenish-yellow; free from the stone; of first 
quality; ripens in August. 
Fig. 477, seedling; very like Fig. 473; but 
the tree has a different growth, color of fruit 
darker yellow, with more red ou the cheek 
where exposed; adheres to the stone; ripens 
in September. 
Fig. 478. seedling (bronzed); quite large; 
round, slightly oval when not full-grown; pur¬ 
ple with numerous dark grayish dote, and broad 
splashes towards the stalk, which give it a 
peculiar bronzed appearance, with a slight 
bloom; of first, quality; parts freely from the 
stone: ripens in September. 
Fig. 479, seedling (Late Lombard), larger 
than the Lombard; purple, with a slight 
bloom: oblong, juicy, very tender, and excel¬ 
lent; freestone; of first quality; ripens in 
September. 
early as it was claimed—no earlier than Hart¬ 
ford. Early Victor. Telegraph, Janesville, 
Seneca and several others, and not as early 
as Talman, Wyoming Red, Draeut Amber, 
Coe, etc., and not being as strong as some of 
the above, it is not so profitable for market, 
and not half as productive. 
What has become of E. P. Roe’s “Storm 
Fig. 477. 
King” of which we expected so much ? [We 
do not know.—E ds.) 
I would like to hear from those who have 
fruited the Early Victor beside the Telegraph. 
Here they are so nearly alike in vine, fruit, 
time of ripening, etc., that I can see no use in 
propagatiug them as separate varieties. 
Mine were from Burr, the originator, and are 
probably true Early Victors. 
Fig. 478. 
ed in my gardeu from stones thrown out after 
the fruit had been eaten. The little plants 
were taken up, and there being no other 
vacant ground at the time, were set out in 
two rows a footapart and quite thickly iu the 
row, across the vacant end of a tulip bed four 
feet broad, where they remained till one of 
the cherries, the “ Windsor.” fruited, wbenall 
except it, were planted out All the seedling 
plums now sent you. were from the same lot, 
and I think it will be hard to find so many 
chance seedlings of first quality from the same 
batch of seeds.” 
Fig. 473: seedling (Dougall’s Best) is the 
greatest annual bearer I have, being covered 
every year with fruit, one-half of which 
should be thmned out, to insure that the rest 
should be of fair size. The specimens sent 
(Fig. 474) were from a small branch that had 
25 plums in the space of 15 inches. The fruit 
ripens about the same time as the White Mag¬ 
num Bonum or a little later, and when well- 
grown ia nearly as large as Coe's Golden Drop. 
< Fig.480, seedling; pale yellow; medium to 
small; free stone; good. 
Fig. 481, seedling; true a very strong, up¬ 
right grower, and a great b«arer of large 
clusters. Fruit small; purple red; of fair 
quality; free-stone. 
AH these plums have proved perfectly hardy 
with me.” 
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FRUIT NOTES, ETC. 
The commendation of Moore’s Early Grape 
by the Rural, struck a responsive chord, 
judging by the letters in recent issues. With 
me. as with D. S. Marvin, the growth of 
Fig. 479. 
Moore’s Early and Lady has never been satis¬ 
factory, though the vines have had the best 
of soil and cultivation. Grown in the same 
rows with Brighton, Worden, etc., they pre¬ 
sent the same appearance that a dwarf pear 
tree does compared with a healthy standard, 
both in growth and quantity of fruit. Here 
the bunch is very small—very much below 
the size of the one figured in the Rural. The 
berry is large, but it does not ripen as 
1 think friend Hubbard was very unfortu¬ 
nate in being the introducer of the Prentiss 
Grape It does not succeed hero as well as 
the Rebecca,ttnd is not as good a grape. While 
at the Stoekbridge, Micb., Fair, I talked with 
many from different parts of the State,and all 
reported it a failure with them. 
When the White Ann Arbor was intro¬ 
duced l believed it to be a worthy grape, and 
plunted largely of it. It has proved to be a 
poor grower and bearer, rather acid, and 
drops its fruit as soon as ripe. 
Ann Arbor parties who claim to be dlsin- 
Fig. 480, 
terested, inform me that two more Concord 
seedlings originating iu that city, are to be in¬ 
troduced soon, and state that in their opinion 
they will cause a commotion among grape 
growers. 
Apples are plentiful; so much so that the 
best only are salable at $ 1 per barrel. In my 
orchard I have many sweet apples that I can 
not sell at any price. I thought of writing 
raspberries I have ever grown, I think the 
Brandywine the poorest in quality. 
Delaware, Ohio. G. w. Campbell. 
Wo forwarded the above letter to Mr. 
Charles Downing, and received the following 
reply: 
Editors ok tiie Rural New-Yorker:— 
What I did say was, that it “was not equal to 
the common native red Brandywine, Turner 
and Cutbhert, and was unpleasant and want¬ 
ing iu character ” Tastos differ, and Mr. 
Campbell has given his opinion of It. If he 
bad turned to my description of the Marlboro 
Raspberry in the Rural of Aug. 30, p. 558, 
and read what I said at the conclusion, he 
might have judged differently: “This is what 
I now believe; but my practical experience 
with the fruit has not been Rutfloient to war¬ 
rant my giving a more decided opinion.” I 
might have added “of all its merits, especially 
as to flavor and quality.” 
The article referred to by Mr. Downing 
in the R. N.-Y. August 30, p. 558, is as follows: 
“Your correspondent, A. B. C.(why not give 
his real name?), in the Rural New-Yorker 
of July 19. page 403, states that he saw ‘the 
Marlboro Raspberry In all its glory, or at 
least all the glory it will ever attain In New 
Jersey. It was on the best of soil and given 
the beat possible treatment, but the canes were 
faltering, and would not bring out their first 
crop, 1 etc., etc., ‘and my firm conviction is,’ 
continues this anonymous assailant, 4 from 
what I have seen of the Marlboro, it will not 
do for New Jersey and localities southward. I 
can see nothing in it but Idmus blood.’ 
Having examined the Marlboro Raspberry 
carefully, I think otherwise, and doubt if it 
has very much, if any, Idieus or foreign blood 
in it (except In its mature leaves) ; but be¬ 
lieve it to be an improved seedling of the 
American red (Rubus strigosus), or it may be 
the result of a succession of improvements or 
crosses, etc. The growth, and habit of threw- 
