MARCH 47 
xflason with another, we must look to those 
kinds which yield the most fruit. So long as 
this fruit is eatable, it is marketable, provided 
d presents a fair appearance. There are few 
fruits, if any. that combine beauty, quality 
and productiveness, as other fruits excel in one 
or two of those qualities.. The best days of 
the Baldwin may he over, but we don’t know 
as yet the name of its successor.—Rns.l 
erinary Surgeon, has appeared in this country 
The author makes the remarkable statement, 
that quite half if not more than half of the 
well known strains of pure-bred cattle of all 
kinds are tainted by the leprosy of scrofula. 
“ Ijeprmn °J Sero/ufg is a curious term and 
if the whole statement is no better based than 
this disfigured figure of speech, which might 
just as well be rend backwards as forward and 
would mean as much either way—the gentle¬ 
man is “ a little off." to use a popular term. He 
writes, however, about English cattle and as 
he does’nt know anything about American live 
stock, what he sa vs need not hurt its. 
Russian White, 
\ New Zealand. 
■ ” White Australian, 
PURE SEED. 
IS: 30bush., $15; 100 hush., STD. Bags fret 
C. C. DORMAN, Batavia, N. V 
THE RURAL 
Premium Corn. 
Thoroughbred Flint, 
and Rural Dent. 
Price of each. 25 cents per packet: HO cents 
per pint: $1.00 per quart, by mail, post-paid. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS. 34 Barclay St., N. Y. 
Quince on Thorn. 
For more than 40 years there has been grow¬ 
ing, not far from my farm, near a fence by the 
road side, without culture, a quince lmslt graft¬ 
ed upon a common thorn. It has annually 
borne a good crop ever since 1 moved here— 40 
years ago—and upon inquiry I find that it had 
done so for many years previous to my coming. 
With me the quince upon its own root is 
short-liverl and uncertain, and the above facts 
may he of interest, and perhaps profit, to some 
of the many readers of the Rural, and of 
great advantage to quince growers. 
Yates Co., N. Y. J. T. Miller. 
Kissena Nurseries 
Trees and Plants. 
Parsons & Sons Co 
On receipt of One Dollar I will send free by mail— 
1 lb. of Wall’s Ornlitre Potato (worth #1); 1 
packet liivhitrston's Favorite Tomato 
(worth it cents): Carden Talks fort year 120c.) 
Sample Copy uudtPrlce List of Seeds, Reed Potatoes* 
Plants, etc.. 1'r<*c. Address TtTISCO GREINER, 
The Berkshire pig has its detractors. Every 
meritorious thing has, and in many eases de¬ 
traction may be taken as a negative sort of proof 
of merit. Dr. EzraSteteou, of Illinois, who took 
a part in the recent Agricultural Convention 
at Washington, said there a good deal that is 
not true about the Berkshire pig. He charged 
it with a tendency to reversion, apparent, to 
all persons except “ those who breed it for 
Sinister purposes." This is worse on the breed¬ 
ers than on the pigs. It is a new idea to me. 
I ha ve bred Berkshire® for bacon and pork and 
to sell the pigs to other breeders. Are these 
sinister purposes? In this sense, the word 
means some purpose not only wrong and dis¬ 
honest but deceptive and treacherous, and I 
never yet knew any person to breed pigs for 
other purposes thah those l have mentioned. 
But if this charge is true, the pig cannot tie 
blamed for that. The breeders themselves 
must look out for it. 
LIMITED. 
My Annual Priced Catalogue now ready and mailed 
free to all applicants. It contains all the leading ami 
most popular sorts of 
V'egjetable, Field, 
AND 
Flower Seeds* 
Besides al) the desirable novelties of last season. and 
nearly everything else Lit mv line of business. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN. 
37 East 19tlt Street, NEW YORK CITY. 
GROWN AND IMPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR 
MARKET GARDENERS 
Wholesale Price List sent free to all engaged in 
growing vegetable* for market, 
A. D.COWAN & CO.. 1 U Chambers St,. New York 
OUR ANIMAL PORTRAITS. 
ANGUS-ABERDEEN HEIFERS—MAY 
DEW AND GEM 
|For Illustration see page 104.7 
The heifer "Maydew," 6085, is of the famous 
“ Mayflower” family. Calved 20th January. 
1881; bred by .Tames Scott, Easter Tullocii; 
sire "Rab," 1584: dam Margaret." 4th. (5084; 
sire “ Bluebeard," 3d, 094; grand-dam, “ Mar¬ 
garet." 2d, (50X8; sire “Porty,”i549; great gran- 
dam ‘'Margaret,” 3501; sire "Prince of Wales.” 
2d. 394: great-great grandam “Barnba.” 
1290; sire "Duke of Wellington," 219; dam 
“ Bengie,” 276; sire “Starry of Portlcthew," 
14; dam " Young Duchess” 2nd, 32: sire " For¬ 
ty,” 60: dam •* Old Maggie.” 081. This heifer 
was served the 10th of August, 1882, by "Mon 
arch,” 11*2, of whom mention is made above. 
The heifer '' Gem” was calved on July 15, 
1881; bred by Thomas Smith, of Powuie, 
Scotland: sire Monarch, 1182; dam “Sally” 
11th, 0091, by “ Keillor,’’ 1870; grandain 
“Sally” 3d. 4911, by “Porty,” 649; great gran¬ 
dam “Sally," 1721; sire “Tamerlane,” 392. 
Both May dew and Gem are the proj>erty of 
Francis H. Relph. of this city. 
For the purpose of promoting pro 
gresslve agriculture, we desire to pro¬ 
cure stocks of Seed of nil new ami im- 
_cure stocks of Seed of nil new anil im¬ 
proved varieties,especially Pure J*ee«t Corn and oth 
er grains. New varieties should have their characteris¬ 
tics fixed by a course of flveyears or more of careful 
selection and breeding. Any person having such will 
please send sample, with his own address plainly 
marked upon the package, and write careful descrip 
tlon.wirh history, to 
Illlt.UI SIBLEY & CO., Seedsmen, 
Rochester, \. \ and Chicago, 111. 
Bi t Dr. Stetson gives it to the Berkshire 
itself, for he says: “ It will lu^e no hair and 
no wool unless carefully bred ami fed.” Wo'1. 
I believe, is uot expected from Berkshire pigs 
or any other, and every cue who has expe¬ 
rience iu this line has an abomination for a 
woolly pig. The Berkshire sometimes has too 
thin hair and too slaty-colored a skin, derived 
from too much Neapolitan in it. But the 
breed owes its best points to the Neapolitan— 
its fineness of hone and its meaty quality. And 
what pig or other animal is there that will not 
go back on its owner, and properly so. as a just 
retribution, if it is not carefully bred mid fed. 
" ill he maned free to afl applicants, and u> cus¬ 
tomers of last year wltboutcriji-riiig it. Itoontaina 
about 175 | cures, dm illustrstloua, prices, accurate 
descriptions and ysluafc*-/ dtnrcnons for planting 
1600 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, 
Blunts, 1'rtilt Tr>s».etc. Invaluable to all, espec¬ 
ially to Market Gardeners. Send for it ! 
D m ferry &. CO. Detroit M'ch. 
Raspberry, the best. Every one should 
have it. All Small Fruit. Send for Cata¬ 
logue tree. 
J. IKVIN" JOHNSON. 
palmyra, wa.vue to., n. y. 
B3T* RAKE AM) CII NAP ! 
EGYPTIAN corn. A great curiosity. Combines the 
properties of c *n. buckwli- stand wheat. Sued 25c. per 
packet. KVArl A.C(>,Box44I,Ni;wllavcn,c'oau. 
Bid well, Manchester, James Vick, Sharpless 
and over one hundred other 
STRAWBERRIES 
for sale iu large or small quantities. Also afull assort¬ 
ment of Knsplie. ries t urrants, l«ut>*ebeiT'ie». 
iiliit-kberries. and tirupes, true to name and care 
fully handled and packed. New and promising varie 
ties a specialty. Price list free to alt applicants. 
T. T. 1,YON, South Haven, Mich. 
0®" IF YOU LOVE 
The Poland-China is a grand hog; there is 
no doubt of that: it. is the packers’and lard- 
tnakerx’ hog, while the Berkshire is the bacon, 
ham and family pig. But how much does the 
Poland-China owe to the Berkshire. I,oofe on 
this picture 
It\KK FLOW HRS. send lOo.for packet f Hibis¬ 
cus Cocci ae.ua seed, our specialty t> r 1 -so. one of the 
choices! new plants grown. Blooms fi -t summer from 
seed. 12packets seed*I. Piantsileach. PINullEE * 
KINGSLEY, Seedsmen. Box -MS. New Haven. Conn. 
If you love RARE FLOWERS, choicest 
ont\f, address ELLIS BROTHERS 
It will astonish and please FREE. 
Keeue, N. H. 
30 Choice Collections 
of SMALL FRUITS, GRAPE VINES. FLOWERING 
SHRUBS and ORNAMENTAL CLIMBERS. Offered at 
greatly reduced rates. By express nv mnU. Also a 
full line of NURSERY' STOCK Send for our De¬ 
scriptive Illustrated Catalogueaud Guide to the Fruit 
and Ornamental planter. Sent free to all applicants. 
\VM H. MOON* Morrisvillr. Bucks t o.. Pa. 
NOTES BY A STOCKMAN 
I t, i iiil> raspberry plants for sale. 
OUjlMI" The Gregg and Improved Doolittle, 
two of the best Black Cap varieties known to the 
trade. For terms address A. W. V OGLE SON, 
Columbiana. Ohio. 
Barxum's woolly horse is outdone by n woolly 
bull in Clinton Co. Ill., of which a story is cur¬ 
rent among credulous persons. It is to the 
effect that this woolly bull is a cross of a Cots- 
wold ram on a heifer; it. is now two years old 
and has been used to cross on several heifers 
which are expected to produce woolly calves. 
This is a great improvement and as t he saying 
goes, “ is important if true.” For a dairy cow 
that will yield a fleece of fine wool two inches 
long, give a good mess of milk and reproduce 
her kind once a year, will lie a very profitable 
animal, with a fleece of about HMi pounds of 
wool, a butter record of 700 or 800 po un ds of 
butter, and in time a good itedigree, such au 
animal should sell, judging by the prices of 
the Jerseys, at 825, IRK l! 
RELIABLE SEEDS 
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EL PASO” POTATO 
Propagated ami for sale by J. M. STONEBRAKER, 
Panola, 111., and 41" W. Baltimore St.. Baltimore, YId. 
Circulars giving price, history, and much other infer 
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SIBLEY’S PRIDE r°J E NORTH 
Ninety -day yellow dent, the earliest Dent Corn 
grown. US-rowt\l. Originated in Northern Iowa. 
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standard varieties (tub IO edits. 
Mhlt (/’• /tirmer*' .ti- .... w th v n inutile essays 
on special crops, 10 eeats. 
A usual Ai'ul.y/Vr am/ /Vo- L> of Flower. Vege¬ 
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HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. Seedsmen, 
KixhvPKr, X. Y. mill CVitcuiEo, III. 
The tlrsi is a representation of a Polaud- 
Chitm as offered by Messrs. 'Monro A Sons, 
of Canton, Ill., who are noted breeders of this 
excellent classof hogs, and is a fair illu.stration 
of the uni mol, excepting that it might have 
more white patches on it. 
The second represents the very same breed 
as offered by tin equally noted breeder, and 
one who claims to lie the originator of it, v iz., 
Magee & Co,, of Oxford, Ohio. But in every 
respect this pig is a Berkshire, excepting in a 
very slight change of the position of the ears. 
Now if Mr. Magee's Poland-China* are Poland 
Chinas aud good ones, they must owe their 
goodness to the Berkshire in them And it is 
a fact that the Berkshire blood can be seen 
so much in the Poland-Chinas as to make a 
judge doubt which is the ascendant influence 
in the breed. Dr. Stetson must know this if 
he knows anything about the subject, and he 
cannot, justly go back ou the Berkshire when 
it has helped to make the Poland-China what 
he truly says it is, “ a breed which makes the 
greatest possible number of pounds of ]>ork to 
the bushel of corn.” 
Tine dressed beef trade is increasing very 
rapidly and promises to put an end to the ship 
mentof live cattle from distant points. Already 
dressed carcasses of beef and mutton are ship¬ 
ped from Miles City, in Montana, where large 
slaughter-houses are building. And Miles City 
has only just been reached bv the Northern 
Pacific R. R. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, M'S: 
loading varieties, l)Oth now and old, at reasonable 
rate*. New Illustrated Catalogue free, Address 
IRVING ALLEN. Springfield, Mass. 
a AGR1 IMPLEMENTS 
FERTILIZERS 
IX GRKAT Y A RUTTY FOR THK 
FARM and G A RDJEN 
tB'* Send for catalogue. Address 
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(Established 1S4A) 
■!'!.'-planter, they eater 
to the | raoboal eotismiier who 
Wishes value forth: money ctj -ondeiL 
llreer’s Garden Calendar for I88R, ottering 
everything for the Ganleu and Farm, mailed free* 
UCIJDV A nDCCR suKHtaiowEU. 
ntrinl Ai UnCCn PHILADELPHIA. 
Delivered on oars tree at following prices: Bell. SS.i'> 
per barrel; White Star. *4; Queen or the Valley, $3.50; 
White Fltephant, $3.19; I Ate Hebron. $3.25; Mammoth 
Pearl. $3.35; Clark's No. 1, <3.75. Address 
WM. oouDRICH. West Troy, N. Y'. 
( iheitse seed Potatoes for sale:alt of my rovn growing, 
true to name: New Conquest.Early Sunrise, Rocky 
Mountain Rose,Rose's Sow Seedling, F'.xtnnus, Early 
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F'.lephant, Brownell's Best, all great ylelders, best of 
keepersand snper-excelleot for the table. Prices low. 
Circulars free. Address Alfred Rose, Penn Y’an, N. Y. 
“ Believe not all words that aro spoken,” or 
planted. Quo hears many wonderful stories 
about live stock Here is one nuent sheep and 
gouts: "The Navajo Indians have 900,000 
sheep and 300,000 goats, the result of an invest 
meut of *30,000 made for them by the Govern¬ 
ment three or four years ago.” Here is another 
about cattle: " A man went to Wyoming four 
years ago with one steer and a branding-iron, 
He has now 800 cattle all the produce of that 
steer—and the branding-iron.” Both of these 
stories may be equally true; but if so the in¬ 
crease must be due to the same process of rnis- 
ing stock in either ease. 
DINGEE & CONARD CO S 
BEAl'T 1 FUL EVER- BLOOMING 
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'the only PctahUshmeut making r. SPECIAL 
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oltioe. 5 spleiulld varieties, your ohoioo, UU Ubclcd, 
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Rose Grower*, West Grove, Cheiter Co„ Pa. 
■■■■■ NORTHERN GROM 
sent by mail to any part of the United States duty paid 
ATALQGUE for 1883!^^^', 
WM RENNIE, Seedsman, Toronto. Canada. 
Ed. Garden Talks, Naples, N. Y. 
Flushing, 
N. Y. 
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