Vol. XLII. No. 1757. 
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 29, 1883. 
PRICE FIVE CENTS 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by the Rural New-Yorker In the office of the Librarian of’ Congress at Washington.] 
EARLY VICTOR AND BURR’S EARLY. 
E rcceived”on Nov. 22. 
1 1882, from Mr. John 
Burr, of Leavenworth, 
Kansas, one each of the 
following vines: Early 
Victor, No. 1, a dark 
grape; No. 2.dark: No. 
.3, black; No. 4, white; 
No. 7, white, and No. 9, 
the color of Delaware. 
On the 19th of August 
we received several 
bunches each of 
Early Victor and No. 1, 
now named Burr’s 
Early, from the originator, from which our 
engravings (Pig’s. 948, 944 and 945.) have been 
made. We have not, of course, had time to 
test those grapes at the Rural Grounds so that 
Mr. Burr’s description is given. 
Under date of August 27,last bewi'itesus:— 
“The Early Victor originated from a lot of 
mixed seed planted in 1899, and it has been in 
bearing since 1873. Vi no very vigorous, perfect¬ 
ly hardy and healthy and uncommonly produc¬ 
tive. Leaves medium to large, of the Labrusca 
type, deeply lobed.thi jk aud firm, remaining ou 
the vine bright and green throughout the sea- 
sou without showing the least sigu of mildew 
or burning. Bunch and berry medium, black, 
with tine blue bloom, very compact and hand¬ 
some. In quality sprightly, rich, sweet and 
pleasant; skin thin but tough ; seeds small. 
The fruit does not rot or crack or fall from the 
cluster. Ripens here quite two weeks before 
Concord and one before Moore’s Early. 
No. 1 originated from seed of the Delaware 
planted in 1375; fruited in 1879; has proved 
to be an uncommonly vigorous, hardy and 
healthy vine; leaves deeply lobed, larger and 
thicker aud a much strouger grower than 
its parent. Bunch aud berry medium, com- 
puct, nearly black with light bJooui. Quality 
sweet, rich, sprightly aud pleasant, something 
like Delaware, quite as sweet. Skin firm; 
seeds small; berries adhere strongly to the 
bunch; ripens one week before Early Victor. 
The original Vine of No. 1 (and of 3 and 7) 
had to be removed and the fruit sent from No. 
I was from a young vine, aud was no criterion 
whatever of the size of the cluster the vine will 
produce.” 
Bio Bob (from the same). Feeble growth 
foliage badly burnt. 
Mrs. Garfield (from G. H. & J. H Hale, 
So. Glastonbury, Ct., April 22, 1888). This 
originated with Matthew’ Crawford, of Ohio, 
triple Crown (from E. P. Roe, Cornwall-on- 
Hudson, N. Y.) Small leaves, many blossoms 
and sets—few mature. Victory, fruit, broadly 
ovate, often round; bright red, firm, poor 
quality, productive. From Hunt’s Seedling 
peuuucie, au or good 
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STRAWBERRY TESTS OF THE PAST 
YEAR. 
James Vick (from C. A. Green, Rochester, 
N. Y., August 24, 1882). Pair quality; quite 
firm; medium to large in the early season, 
small kyuedium later; ovate or round-conical; 
color crimson. Very prolific. Juno 19 we 
picked from four plants 59 medium-sized ber¬ 
ries: June 18—12 berries; June 20—58 berries, 
of full medium size; June 28—94 berries, from 
small to medium; June 24—29, mostly small; 
June 29—40, small. The foliage continued 
healthy until late in Summer, since which 
time It has burnt considerably. 
Arnold's Pride (from T. T. Lyon, South 
Haven, Mich.). Ovate-conical, bright red, 
quite firm, of excellent quality. Largest ber¬ 
ries (Juno 12) 51., inches in circumference; not 
very productive; large leaves. 
NKin’s Superb (from J. W. Nigh, Piqua, 
O., April 18). Foliage healthy. 
Early Victor Grape.—From Nature.—Fig. 643. 
It is a seedling of the Crescent. A single 
plant ripened two berries which were firm, 
medium size, bright ml, and of good quality. 
Iron-clad (from A. M. Purdy, of Palmyra, N. 
Y.), and Walter (from the Hales) will require 
another season before we can report. 
Maggie, small and medium. Early, soft, 
fair quality, bright red. Viues low-growing. 
we picked some fine, large berries. Another 
season required. Seneca Queen, prolific, 
hardy; berries always irregular—sometimes 
very large. Huddleston’s Favorite gave some 
large berries, nearly round, bright red, quite 
firm, medium quality. Mount Vernon, or 
Kirkwood, yielded some of our finest berriesof 
regular shape, quite firm, bright red, with 
Early Victor Grape.—From specimen sent by Mr. Burr.—Fig. 944. 
hardy, not productive. Alpha,* early, quite 
prolific, dull red, conical. Vines not very 
vigorous. King of the Earlies, low’ quality, 
viues very vigorous, early. It fruits through 
a long season. Cetewayo, ofteu coxeombed, 
sour. Plants quite hardy and productive. 
small seeds, of good quality. Plants healthy 
aud productive. They began to ripen with us 
early and continued bite. 
Hathaway No. 9 (?); berries of medium size, 
bright red, soft, generally ovate, large, gold¬ 
en seeds. Ofteu eight to ten berries on a 
Sharpless and Boydeu 30, Hathaway No. 3 (?) 
of medium size, conical ovate, light red, with 
golden seeds and weak peduncle. Hathaway 
No. 12(/); leaves tall and rank-growing. Few 
berries, bright red, soft, very variable in form, 
often wedge-shaped, broader at the “tip” than 
about the calyx. Sprightly and good. 
Our notes respecting Hathaway’s new seed¬ 
lings are necessarily imperfect for the reasons 
already given—the labels on the canes sent us 
got mixed on the route. The foliage of all is 
vigorous and exceptionally healthy. 
Pea Tests Continued.— ‘ Latest of All” 
is a new pea sent us by the Reading (England) 
firm, Sutton & Sons. Vines grew to the highb 
of feet, often branching near the root, 
sending up two or three leading stems. Upon 
such plants 40 peas were not uncommon. It 
is well named, for. compared with our other 
tests of the season, it was several days later 
than any other. Though the pods were of 
medium size, they were crowded with large, 
wrinkled peas. They were borne in pairs. 
They were planted April 9th. On July 18, 
100 pods weighed 26 ounces and contained 560 
seeds, which weighed 15 ounces. This 
variety is extremely prolific. President 
Garfield, a large, wrinkled, main crop pea, 
sent out by the same firm, failed with us, as 
but few of the seeds germinated. The vines 
grew to the hight of 2.5 a feet. 
Horsford’s Racket Pea was sent to us by 
Mr. F. H. Horsford, who is also the originator 
of the Market Garden Pea, to be sent out in 
our next Free Seed Distribution. This is said 
to be a cross between Alpha and the American 
V ouder. It is a wrinkled pea of medium size. 
The vines grew to a hight of nearly five feet, 
bearing the pods often in pairs: of medium 
size, well filled. 1 he first pickin g [was made 
June 20, while the upper vines were still in 
bloom. One hundred pods weighed 19 ounces 
—549 seeds which weighed eight ounces. The 
first picking from Ferry’s First and Best and 
Henderson’s First of All, planted at the same 
time, it may be remembered, was made June 
12. The quality of this pea is excellent, the 
only objection being that the vines grow five 
feet in hight. Carter’s Challenger Pea (James 
Carter & Co.. London, England) grew to the 
hight of 2}-j feet. The pods are of medium 
size iu pairs. The peas are large marrows 
of a dull green color and the vines are very 
prolific. The first picking was made July 1st. 
The seeds did not germinate well, and we are 
thus unable to give the weight of pods and 
seeds. Cleveland’s Improved Marrow, planted 
May 6, grew to the hight of six feet. All 
ripened about July 15, The pods aud seeds 
were of medium size. 
Wall’s Orange Potato.— This, it may be 
remembered, was sold for three or four dollars 
a pound last year. We reserved noue of our 
stock of last year for seed, but saved a fine 
potato weighing 1 lb. 7-16 oz. kindly sent to 
us by the originator, Mr. Lyman Wall, of 
Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., for seed. T his 
was cut to ten pieces, two eyes to a piece. The 
laud was highly manured with potato chemi¬ 
cal fertilizer. The yield was 326.70 bushels to 
the acre. Best five weighed but one pound 14 
ounces. There were, large and small, rejecting 
all smaller than one inch and a quarter in dia¬ 
meter, 143,748 potatoes to the acre, or an aver 
age of ten to the liill. They sti’aggled eonsider- 
ably, It will be seen that they were all small. 
We are greatly disappointed in this potato this 
season, as last year's yield was very good. 
Seed End vs. Stem End.— The seed end of 
Early Rose yielded 710.82 bushels to the acre. 
Largest five weighed two pounds 91a ounces. 
Large and small, 214,179 to the acre, or 14^ to 
the hill. The shoots appeared before those of 
stem-end seed aud the tops were twice as 
large, 
The stem end of Early Rose yielded at the 
rate of 630.10 bushels to the acre. Best five 
