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THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
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have raised, and remained in bearing a long 
time. I noticed tbe vine among a row of 
Carter’s First Crop and saved tbe seed. The 
tomatoes were very large and nice. I have 
saved some of the seeds. From 2a hills of 
Rural Union Corn I have three pecks of ears. 
It is later than the eight-rowed yellow corn 
we raise here. I sowed the wheat and rye; 
the dry weather has put them back so they do 
not look as well as I wish they did. Borne of 
tbe flowers were kinds we had never raised 
before. I tried to raise some squashes this 
last season, but the bugs were too much for 
me. The year before 1 kept them off but this 
year they were too plenty. Are there any 
kinds of squashes that they will not trouble 
as badly us others? I expect to send the Rural 
a few specimens of sweet apples that origi¬ 
nated on our place. It is the best sweet apple 
I know of. Yours Truly, 
Litchfield Co., Conn. Charles b. gibbon. 
[The Little Gem Squash is said to be less 
injured by bugs than other kinds. Wlien you 
send the apples, write us at the same time all 
you know of their history, how the variety 
originated, etc. We will be pleased to receive 
them if the variety is new. If your pea is 
one of the old kinds you can perhaps identify 
it from the descriptions of peas in seed cata¬ 
logues. UNCLE MARK.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I was very glad to 
see my first letter in print, and it encourages 
me to w rite again. The crops were very good 
around here this year, l’apa has about 200 
bushels of the Beauty of Hebron potatoes. 
There was a man here got one bushel last 
year, and planted them, and he said lie never 
T?aw bet ter yielding potatoes. From the two 
Blush potatoes that papa got from the Rural, 
he had 17 pounds, and he planted them this 
year, and had nine bushels and four pounds. 
Last year there was a maD told papa he was 
coming to our place to get a few of the 
Beauty of Hebron potatoes to plant, and papa 
told him to come and get all be wanted to eat 
and all bis pockets full of boiled ones. 
We had about 700 bushels of Mangels and a 
great many carrots this year. We had a 
snow storm last night; it is very cold now. I 
would like to join the Club as all the other 
boys and girls are doing so. We have two 
violins.aud six of US play on them; we got them 
four years ago, and papa was the only one that 
could play,ami then he taught, the boys to play, 
then betw een papa and tbe boys I learned. I 
can play 50 or 60 tunes, and my brothers can 
play more. We are going to go to another 
section of country; it is a dairying country, 
and when we get there I w t :11 write to Uncle 
Mark, if he likes, and tell all about how 
things are done there. 
Ontario. maria l. cowan. 
[We will be glad to hear from you again, 
whether you write before or after you move. 
Did you read Aunt Carrie’s letter about 
‘•Cheese Making?” 1 would like to bear your 
violins, you and your brothers must be apt 
scholars, and your father a good teacher. 
UNCLE MARK.] 
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Dear Uncle:— It gives me much pleasure 
to present you my report of another season’s 
labors and results, aud although it may not 
seem to you anything mol'© than ordinary, yet 
I assure you that I have been well satisfied 
with the fruit of my work, ou comparing the 
harvest with other years. I do not have much 
laud to operate upon, so that things are apt to 
be somewhat crowded; and when vegetation 
is at its bight, the garden is just running 
over, and there is scarce room to get about. 
However, when one is obliged to work at his 
business through the day, he does not feel like 
putting in a great deal of extra work evenings 
and mornings. 
It is very pleasant, to be sure, this nipping 
the inrant cabbage-worin in the bud, and 
catching the eurly potato bug, when ho strolls 
out at break o' day to sharpen up his appetite; 
but there are still some drawbacks, 1 romineut 
among them being the mosquito, which, as 
we had no drought the past season, has fairly 
swarmed in tliis locality, and at a bounty of 
one cent a hundred, l might easily have be¬ 
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My potatoes, which were all of Rural seed, 
tamed out, well, the Hebron and Elephant 
coming in ahead of the Blush, hut the Sum¬ 
mer was far too cold lor things generally to 
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Dear Uncle Mark:— I am a reader of the 
Rural. Like it very much. I notice that 
your circle of relatives consists of uncle, aunt, 
and cousins only. No mention is made of 
grandma. I always supposed no family was 
complete without one. So for this once I will 
offer myself to supply this seeming want. 
1 will say to the Cousins that my days of 
girlhood (72 years ago) were alternated by 
spinning wool, llax, aud tow, and goiug to 
school. 1 knew but little of the fancy work 
of the prescut time (which, by the way, 1 ad¬ 
mire). When 1 became older 1 found other 
employments better suited my tastes, parti¬ 
cularly the cultivation of flowers, in which I 
have been somewhat successful, and have now 
choice shrubs, perennials, bulbs, etc. Of 
tulips we have made a specialty, having pro¬ 
bably more than 1U0 varieties. Before reset¬ 
ting this Fall I thought of sending some to 
the Rural, but feared they might not be 
acceptable. 
Tbauks for “Garden Treasures.” I sowed 
one package in an obscure corner not expect¬ 
ing anything new, and gave them little care. 
I gave the other package to a less fortunate 
neighbor, who cared for them, and in Sum¬ 
mer she had a fine show of annuals. I said to 
her, “Where did you get your seeds?” “Why, 
you gave thim to me.” I was glad of her 
success, but ashamed of myself. 
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Uncle Mark:— I have several Niagara 
Grape seedlings that were started out-doors, 
1 lost all that were started in the house. The 
Rural New-Yorker 1’eas were fit for eating at 
the same time as the Alpha aud as productive- 
llorsford’s Market mildewed the worst of any 
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