THE RURAL. HEW-YORKER 
OCT 43 
674 
the three varieties being all mixed together 
and in matted rows. This is for main crop, 
and I like the plan, as the berries seem to hold 
out better in size. The best early red rasp¬ 
berry is the Turner. It is as hardy as an oak, 
and holds the same place among raspberries 
that the Bartlett does among pears,or the Con¬ 
cord among grapes. I give it no protection 
whatever,and it stands the coldest Winter un¬ 
harmed, though the mercury often goes from 
25 to 30 degrees below zero. I keep them 
pinched back, using no stakes, and the finest 
rove of fruit 1 have on my place is a row of 
the TurnerRaspberry. The best late red rasp¬ 
berry is Shaffer’s Colossal. It is also perfect¬ 
ly hardy, and a great bearer of fine.large ber¬ 
ries. The Cuthbert was killed back pretty 
badly last Winter for the first time, which is 
all the fault I can find with it as a first-class 
ate red raspberry. The Herstine is here ut¬ 
terly worthless, while the Clarke, though a 
well-flavored fruit, is too tender. For the best 
early black raspberry, I am trying Tyler and 
Souhegan, but they have not fruited yet. The 
best late black raspberry is the Mammoth 
Cluster. The Gregg is later; but it is inclined 
to be a little tender. a. s. 
Harrisburg, Dauphin Co.—Charles Down¬ 
ing and Kentucky are the most satisfactory 
strawberries here for market; Bidwell is good 
for near market, and Cumberland Triumph 
only fair. The Cuthbert Raspberry is grand, 
large, handsome and good. Souhegan is sat¬ 
isfactory as an early black-cap Hansell, etc., 
have notyet fruited. Herstine fair only.j.Mcr. 
Tyrone, Blair Co.—For home use I think 
Cumberland Triumph is preferred here. 
Capt. Jack, Crescent and Col. Cheney have 
been equally prolific and flue sortsfor market. 
Miner’s Prolific is equal to any, but dull in 
color: endures heat and drought wonderfully 
well. Manchester has done wonders in tbe 
first season of trial, and Indiana (salmon- 
colored all over and all through) is equally 
vigorous and seems equally productive of very 
beautiful berries. As to raspberries, we 
don’t value earliness. Earliness comes from 
the East and South through grocers. Our 
sales are freest when the early supply has de¬ 
clined or ceased. Gregg is our stand-by, with 
a few Antwerps (mostly Clarke and a local 
seedling) for those who desire their fragrance 
and excellence for raspberry jam, using cur¬ 
rant juice to tone up in acidity. Doolittle has 
been the best and earliest. w. G. w. 
West Chester, Chester Co.—We consider 
the Sharpless and Cumberland Triumph 
sufficient for any family in our county; so 
much for strawberries. For a red Raspberry, 
we prefer the Reliance; for a black, tbe 
Gregg. J> H - 
North Carolina. 
Henderson, Tance Co.—Strawberries:— 
Crescent and Bidwell, for early; Sharpless 
and Wilson, for medium; and Kentucky and 
Glendale, for late. M - B - p - 
Williambboro, Vance Co.—After fou r 
years’ trial of about 30 varieties of straw¬ 
berries, my household prefer Cumberland 
Triumph and Sharpless to any others that we 
have tested. Of Raspberries, Cuthbert and 
Philadelphia are preferred. A. B. e. 
Rhode Island. 
Asha way, Washington Co.—Strawberries: 
—early, New' Jersey Scarlet and Crescent: 
medium. Wilson’s Albany and Sharpie®; late, 
Manchester and Kentucky. Raspberries: 
Mammoth Cluster and Cuthbert. P. w. B. 
Woonsocket, Providence Co.—Best straw¬ 
berries for family and market:—Sharpless, 
Charles Downing, Cumberland Triumph, 
Miner’s Prolific, Mount Vernon and Jersey 
Queen. Best raspberries:—Brinckle’s Orange 
and Superb for family use; Cuthbert for mar¬ 
ket. F - E> u 
South Carolina. 
Aiken, Aiken Co.—Strawberries: V il- 
son’s Albany and Manchester; for home use 
add Monarch of the West. Raspberries do 
poorly here. Cuthbert Las proved as desira 
ble as any. s - s - 
Vermont. 
Newport, Orleans Co.—Strawberries: 
early, Crescent, Wilson; medium, Manches 
ter; late, Kentucky and Windsor Chief 
Raspberries, red, Turner and Clarke, black¬ 
cap, Doolittle. T. h. h. 
Virginia. 
Newbern, Pulaski Co.—Two best straw¬ 
berries, early, Wilson’s Albany and Mon¬ 
arch of tbe West; medium, Cumberland 
Triumph and Sbarplcss; late, Glendale and 
Kentucky. RaspberriesPhiladelphia and 
Gregg. H - L - w 
Walkerton, King and Queens Co., 
Strawberries for market; Charles Downing, 
Miner’* Prolific. For home use, i! restricted 
to two kinds, after a trial of 40 sorts, 1 would 
select Cgyst^ Pity because here it is the 
earliest of all and fairly productive; and 
Sbarplcss, because it possesses the greatest 
number of desirable qualities. Among tbe late 
berries Jersey Queen would be equally de- 
sirable.if it was as productive as Sharpless. J.G. 
W isconsin. 
Beaver Dam, Dodge Co.—Strawberries for 
market and profit:—YV ilson’s Albany, first, 
last and every time; for family use, Duchess 
and Green Prolific. Raspberries for market: 
Philadelphia and Mammoth Cluster; for table 
use Turner is best of all. Cuthbert comes 
next, and then Manchester and Finch. Sharp- 
less is worthless on our soil. c. P. 
Merbimack. Sauk Co.—After 35 years’ex¬ 
perience in cultivating strawberries, I would 
choose, for early, Green Prolific: Wilson’s Al¬ 
bany for market, and Kentucky for late fami¬ 
ly use. For eamiing I prefer a local seedling 
named Merrimack. H. m. j. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Canada. 
Stratford, Out., Sept. 33.—This is the 
worst year Canada has known for a long 
time, if not the wost in her history. The long, 
wet season prevented much growth and 
ruined the Fall wheat, most of w hich is about 
fit for chicken feed and very little of that. 
Potatoes were almost ruined by tbe rot, 
though Ontario, Peerless, Chili, White Star 
and Blush escaped almost altogether. I no¬ 
ticed that the darker the color of the tuber 
the less it suffers as a rule. The flat, round 
potatoes, such, for instance, as Dunmore, 
Snowflake and others, were a long way the 
w orst, there being liurdly enough good tubers 
to show what they were like. The long white, 
kidney-shaped kinds, such as V hito Star, 
were but little affected. The Blush w'as al¬ 
most free from rot. In my tests, which in¬ 
cluded some 30 varieties, Chicago Market gave 
the highest yield—at the rate of 423 bushels 
per acre, with ordinary garden culture. Land 
very stiff clay. This seems to be a very desi¬ 
rable kind, as the quality is fine and the yield 
was also greater than any last year. Tbe 
tubers are of good size with but few small 
ones. C. m. Y. 
Colorado. 
Mancor, La Plata Co., Sept. 23.—All kinds 
of crops have done remarkably well in our 
little valley this season. Wheat will average 
25 and oate 40 bushels, per acre. We do not 
raise corn as a crop, the altitude (6,000 foet) 
being too great. Grain sells here at 2% cents 
per pound. We like tbe Rural very much. 
Thanks for seed sent. Had the first hard frost 
on the night of September 20th. b. k. w. 
Idaho. 
Idaho City, Boise Co., Sept. 12.—Fanners 
are now in the midst of thrashing; the yield is 
about medium; wheat, 25; barley, from 30 to 
40, and oats from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. 
Small fruits were abundant except black¬ 
berries, which were an entire failure. Apples, 
pears, plums and cherries, light crops; 
peaches a total failure, trees being badly in¬ 
jured the past Winter. I rented my farm 
and hence am not able to report results as to 
seeds sent, except potatoes; will report as to 
them. M - B - M - 
Indiana. 
Alma, Whitley Co., Sept 26.—We have 
had a very unfavorable season for most crops. 
Wheat was about % of an average crop. Corn 
light at best, w-as badly injured by frost on 
the mornings of the 9, 10 and 11 of this month. 
Oats and potatoes good Hay ditto. Apples 
about half a crop. Peaches none. Pears and 
small fruits good. Seeding about all done. 
A. B. G. 
Indian Territory. 
Cherokee, August 22.—Com is selling for 
35 cents per bushel; peaches, $3 to $4. Crops 
of all kinds good, B - M - J - 
Kaunas. 
Chanute Neosho Co., Sept 12.—For three 
or four days it has been very cold and dry; 
some threats of rain. Vegetation all dried 
up; pastures short and will have to feed 
a month earlier than for years past. Com 
good, but not so good as last year. 
Some fields poor aud weedy, owing to a wet 
June and very dry August and September. 
Flax, light. Castor Beans, very light. Broom 
corn, mostly good. Early potatoes very good; 
late crops will bo very short owing to the late 
dry weather, Apples not very plenty. Poaches 
ditto. A good quantity of bay put up. Cattle 
doing well, and are hold high. The wet 
weather of June destroyed most of the 
Rural seeds. From one small Blush Potato 
of eight eyes, 1 received 12 pouuds of lino oues. 
after having been tramped down by cattle 
and the little girls hoed up every one of them. 
V. P. c. 
Irving, Marshall Co.-Crops above the aver¬ 
age. In a lew cases Winter wheat went 50 
bushels per acre. One piece of Spring wheat 
reported to have yielded 35 bushels Oats 
averaged 40 bushels. Com will mature this 
month; about an average crop. No frost 
yet. Our county is justly noted for its Broom 
Cora. In this'township there were shipped 
last Fall about 500 tons, aud the crop of ‘88 
will exceed the above about 100 tons. Prices 
are as follows: Wheat, 65 and 70 cents; corn 
35 cents; oats, 18 cents; rye, 28 cents; hogs, 
$4.10; cattle from $2 50 to $4 00. e. n. c. 
lawn. 
Decatur, Decatur Co., Sept. 20.—Crops 
are better than they promised to be at one 
time. Cora will need a week or ten days of 
good weather. Old com worth 00 cents; oats, 
20 cents; butter, 15 cents; bay, a very large 
crop and very' little demand. Potatoes 25 
cents and good; hogs, flat; cattle, auy price a 
man has tbe conscience to ask; steers for feod- 
iug, $3.50 per 100 lbs.; spring calves. $8 to $15; 
milch cows $35 away up; colts ready to wean, 
from $30 to $60 and over. I think wo enjoyed 
last week’s paper better than any one we have 
seen. w - Ci 
New York. 
Glenville, Schenectady Co., Oct. 1.—1 
read the Rural New-Yorker with much in¬ 
terest, and especially that department which 
is contributed by persons from various parts 
of the Union, stating the condition, price, etc., 
of general crops; but there seems to be one 
product which is not spoken of, viz, Broom 
Com. 1 think we can benefit each other by 
reporting through the medium of the Rural 
the condition, quantity and quality of this 
crop. For this section, it is very light and in¬ 
ferior-brush short and rough and much of it 
injured by frost, perhaps 30 [per cent. It is 
not very extensively’ grown here. Along tho 
Mohawk the average area would be about 25 
acres per grower. The price talked of as yet 
for the new crop is unsettled; wo expect to 
get about eight cents for the best, and much 
less for tho inferior sort. The crop is about 
half gat hered at this time. The shortage of 
crops is owing, first, to drought, aud second, 
to cold weather. The com has not matured 
or “ ran out” as the old farmers say. I think 
if a man has a fine, smooth lot he can get 12 
cents per pound, i. e., if the yield elsewhere is 
no better than here. Now who will please 
write on this subject. Hay is a good crop f 
but there is more clover all through than 
usual; best hay $12; clover $0. Oats fair;45 
cents. Rye good; 78 cents per bushel. Corn 
injured about three per cent, by frost. Rota- 
toes $1 per barrel. “ mohawk.” 
Ohio. 
North Bass.— On tbe islands of Lake Erie 
the Catawba and Delaware Grapes have been 
the standards. This season the Catawba is a 
failure; some vineyards will not average 100 
pounds to the acre. Delaware leaves have 
badly mildewed; there has not been foliage 
enough to ripen the grapes. c. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
Miller’s Station, Crawford Co., Sept 26. 
—Hay, oats and potatoes in this section are 
good crops. Wheat, buckwheat about half 
crops. Cora almost a failure, caused by late 
planting last Spring and early frost this 
Fall. _ J - B - B - 
RURAL SEED REPORTS. 
Colorado. 
Mangos, La Plata Co., Sept. 28.— The 
Blush Potato sent mo was frozen; mail train 
got blockaded in crossing the Conojoes range 
of mountains. The Black-bearded Centennial 
grew nicely and yielded well; w ill get several 
pounds of seed from the two papers sown. 
Think it will be very productive. Only two 
of the Niagara Grape seeds grew ;.were planted 
in open air aud are now only four inches 
high. B - F. w. 
Illinois. 
Pontiac, Livingstone Co., Sept. 22.—I dug 
my potatoes to-day; had 14 pounds of fair 
ones. Planted the one you sent; cut it into 
six pieces; late frosts cut them down, and 
Killed the corn nearly to the ground. Have 
22 ears of fair size; some stalks grew very tall 
und large, without growing uu ear. G. Y. 
Rock Falls, Whitesides Co., Aug. 31.— 
Planted my nine eyes of Blush Potatoes April 
20 on good land without manure; dug them 
August 30, all ripe and nice; 72 potatoes, 16 
pounds. My Wysor Cora is just splendid, 
beginning to form dent now; hud 50 kernels, 
all grew but one. c> L - H * 
liauaas. 
Irving, Marshall Co., Sept, 23-— r I'ho yield 
of my Blush Potatoes was 98 potatoes, 53 | 
large ones and 46 small ones; weight of large, 
32 pounds; small ones, 11?$ lbs; total, 48)i lbs. 
I had for seed two small potatoes, which 
made nine hills, one eye to each hill. Planted 
May 5 in black loam on creek bottom, culti¬ 
vated flat with hoe. E - M - c - 
Michigan. 
Eau Claire, Berrien Co, Sept. 10.—I 
sowed my Fultzo-Clawson Wheat on sandy 
soil in four rows 30 feet long and 10 inches in 
width, Sept 17, Cut the wheat July 14; 
weight of wheat 23 pounds. I counted 
40 heads from one kernel the handsomest 
wheat I ever saw. I sowed prize wheat the 
same time. 1 counted five heads that had 5.», 
51, 48 and 40 kernels respectively. Tbe wheat, 
stood four feet high. E B - 
Midland, Midland Co., Sept. 22.—My Blush 
Potatoes had 13 eyes; cut to single eyes, 
planted in drill one foot apart in sandy soil; 
hoed them twice; dug September 19th, 238 
weighing 89 pounds; 152 fair eating size. I 
planted my White Elephant Potatoes, single 
eyes, and dug 32 pounds. I planted them 
again and dug 25 bushels,even, though 40 hills 
were drowned out. Crops in this section are 
almost an entire failure, except hay. Pota¬ 
toes, 80c.; wheat, $1; corn, 70c.; oats, 50c.; 
butter, 20c.; eggs, 18c. J - B - J* 
Missouri. 
Austin, Cass Co., Aug., 30.—My two 
Blush Potatoes weighed about 1 }£ ounce each. 
I planted them April 10 and dug August 29 
one-half bushel of as nice potatoes as I ever 
saw. Tho four largest weighed three pounds 
five ounces. 1 am very proud of them. My 
watermelons were small but very sweet and 
of good flavor. Tbe wheat did not head. The 
flower seeds did not come up. Seven of the 
grapes came up but I did not save them. 
c. H. w. 
New Y ork. 
Coopekstown, Otsego Co., Sept. 24.—The 
“Blush” Potato was planted sometime iu 
May, in my garden without any fertilizer, in 
nice hills, one eye in each, and I have just 
dug 32 pounds of fine potatoes; 12 of the 
largest weighed 11% pounds, 30% pounds were 
large enough to cat. The potato planted* 
weighed less than throe ounces, making 170% 
bushels from one. m. d. e. 
Geneva, Ontario Co., Sept. 25.—'The flow 
ers did nicely; w ere admired by all. Fourteen 
grapes were raised from the seeds sent. One 
of them made tw r o feet aud nine inches 
grow th, and several more made over two feet. 
The Blush Potatoes also grew to good size and 
weighed when dug—the 15th of the month— 
30 pounds. w - p - R - 
Troupsbuug, Steuben Co., Sept. 10.— 
Planted my Blush Potato May 7 in common 
garden soil, cutting it into 11 pieces, one eye 
to a piece in a hill. Six hills only grew. 
Yield, 30 pounds; all of good size. Some tops 
were four feet long. My late Rose planted 
by the side of the Blusli yielded, with same 
culture, three-and-a-hal f pounds to a hill, but 
rotted badly, while the Blushes were sound 
aud hard. Shoe-peg Cora vigorous hut too 
late for us. R< B * 
Ohio. 
Chardon. Geauga Co., Sept. 25.—We 
planted the Blush Potato cut to one eye to u 
piece. May 12, dug them September 12; got 42 
tubers of good size. Only five were smaller 
than the one planted. Got nine Niagara 
Grape vines from the seeds sent; they look 
well. The Shoe-peg Cora is green yet; it will 
not succeed here. a. t. 
Pennsylvania. 
Miller’s Station, Crawford Co., Sept. 26, 
—1 cut my Blush Potato into 10 pieces, one 
eye to each piece; planted them April 20 in 
dry, gravelly ground, formerly used for hog 
yard: did not manure them at all; dug them 
Sept. 21; had 105 potatoes, weighing 20 pounds; 
largest, eight ounces; 80 medium size; 25 small 
ones. Planted Shoe-peg Corn May 12; put a 
tablespoonful of Buffalo phosphate in each 
hill; corn grew about 10 feet high, but did not 
make good roasting ears. Cut it up Sept, 22 
after frost had killed it. I have seven Niagara 
Grape vines. B< B - 
Y'irginia. 
Junction P. O., Hanover Co., Sept. 4.—I 
think the Surprise Wheat aud the Shumaker 
may suit this region. The Fultzo-Clawson 
produced immense heads seveu or ight inches 
loug aud uear the ground, but too late for this 
climate; straw rusts badly. The Black- 
bearded Centennial came loo late for sowing 
last Fall. c - W- D- 
Wisconsin- 
Plover, Portage Co., Sept. 25.—1 received 
two small Blush Potatoes with eight eyes in 
them; planted in eight hills, with uo.mauure 
in uiy garden; yield 30 pounds, nearly all 
good potatoes. Tho Wysor Corn all failed 
severe frost September 7, 8 and 9 ruined 
most of our corn. Perfection VVutermelou 
