NEW YORK, JULY 11, 1885 
PRICE FIVE CENTS 
12.00 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1335, by the Rural New-Yorfcer In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
were planted April 20. All are of the same 
bight—about three feet—except Breek’s Ex¬ 
celsior, which is four or tive inches the tallest. 
All have the same habit, foliage, color and 
size of stems. The Rural New-Yorker bears 
more peas by perhaps one-twentieth to a 
given number of plants than the others. In 
quality there is no difference whatever at this 
time. Fifty pods of Breck’s Excelsior weigh¬ 
ed eight ounces 13 drams, contained 312 seeds 
which weighed three ounces, four drams. 
Of Carter’s First Crop or Ringleader, 50 
pods weighed eight ounces thirteen drams; 
contained 31ti seeds, which weighed three 
ounces tive drams. 
Of Cleveland’s R. N.-Y., 50 pods weighed 
they are neither so large, nor do they contain 
as many seeds, though they are longer, as will 
be seen by comparison. The pods are more 
of a seimiter shape and are generally borne 
in pairs. Fifty pods weigh eight ounces, con¬ 
tain 293 peas, which weigh 3V£ ounces. Mr. 
H. N. Smith, of South Sudbury, Mass., says 
that this pea is “a sport of Alpha selected 
carefully for several years.” To know whether 
it is really a sport or not, one must be familial* 
with every variety of pea. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
We naturally compare the Jewell and 
Amateur together because they were sent to 
us at the same time (April 12 and 20, 1884); 
the vines seem capable of ripening a larger 
number. Amateur is, however, very prolific. 
The berries drop from the peduncles rather 
too easily. The color is about like that of Cum¬ 
berland Triumph, alight red, the flesh whitish, 
or rose colored. They are regular in shape 
roundish-conical, and the quality is somewhat 
better than that of the Jewell. 
Bonanza is well named as to a wealth of 
foliage. Few kinds bear such large leaves, 
which are always healthy; but the plants 
bear few berries. These are of many shapes 
though all have long necks. The engraving 
Fig. 288, will show their irregularities. The 
berries grow from large to largest. The quali¬ 
ty is better than that of Sharpless. 
Daniel Boone ri pens about 
with Jewell, Berries medium- 
conical, often widened at the 
apex. Quality fair, rather 
* acid, quite firm. The plants 
are prolific and vigorous. It 
is a pistillate. 
Now the flowers of the three 
varieties, Daniel Boone, 
Jewell, and Amateur, as the 
_ plants grow amoDg 50 dif¬ 
ferent varieties should re- 
_ ceive pollen from the flowers 
of many different kinds, and, 
according to the belief of 
many that the berries are by 
the polleniferons influence 
—=- » greatly changed, they should 
vary in color, shape, and qua¬ 
lity. But we can detect no 
_— other modifications than those 
which occur in the berries of 
plants which bear perfect or 
bisexual flowers. 
Hathaway No. 5 began to 
' (s>!v ripen June 17 ’ CoIor > bril ’ 
•v ,* liant crimson; shape, narrow - 
-j, ly-conical; quality, excellent. 
C? Plants are vigorous and quite 
' fruitful. Pistillate. 
Hathaway No. 9 also 
-xU" , * ripens its first berries June 
... Round-conical, shapely, 
red in color with golden seeds 
and rather sour. Plants very 
vigorous. 
, Parry gave us our earliest 
and finest berries this year. 
AN ATTRACTIVE RESIDENCE. 
By permission, we have reproduced from 
the Manufacturer and Builder the illustrations 
showo at Figs. 285, 236, and 237. Mr. Augus¬ 
tus Howe, of New York, is the architect, and 
he has succeeded in planning a house com¬ 
bining comfort aud elegance in comparatively 
small space. Some of the best features of 
the plans are the pleasant entrauce hall, with 
its open fire-place aud broad staircase; the 
places for open fires in all the first floor rooms; 
the complete separation of the kitchen from 
the dining-room by the inter¬ 
position of the pantry; tho 
situation of the back stairs, 
and of the bath-room; not to 
mention the generous supply 
of closets. 
The rooms are all large aud 
well lighted, and, in addition 
to the smaller windows in the — 
entrance hall, a large double rr— 
window on the landing be¬ 
tween the first and second 
stories, throws light into both 
upper and lower halls. 
The cost of building such a 
house will be about $4,000. 
The exterior is very attrac¬ 
tive . The lowo r story should 
be elapbonrded, the upper 
story covered with slates, or 
shingled in imitation of slate, 
and the extreme gable with 
braced work. If the location 
is such as to make it desir- ■ 
able, the porch cau be extend- . ^ 
ed along the end so as to pass _ V ) ^ ! 
the bay window, taking in 
the back porch. This would ^ r* * & i 
add but little to the expense, rf 
but very much to the good 
looks and comfort of the 
house. With vines climbing - - ~ " J; 
the pillars of the porch and 
trees shading the yard, a more 
attractive home need not be 
desired. Such a house to ' 
show at its best, should be . ' ’•7 Tv- : V" 
far enough from the street to 
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AN ATTRACTIVE RESIDENCE. 
Fig. 285. 
The foliage is scanty and does 
and flowers. 
not serve to ripen the fruit 
fturnl fogies. 
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EARLIEST PEAS. 
For the eighth year we have continued ex¬ 
periments to determine which Is the earliest 
pea, and which is the best among the earliest. 
They have settled one point at least, viz., that 
the earliest of one year may not be tho earliest 
of the next. They have also showu that 
among the best strains of earliest peas, there 
is so little difference that the farmer or gar¬ 
dener may just about as well plant one as the 
other. 
Tho varieties at present under trial are 
Breck’s Excelsior, Carter’s First Crop or Ring¬ 
leader, Cleveland’s Rural New-Yorker, Alex¬ 
ander’s Pearl and a number of others which 
are not ready to be picked from at this date, 
June 17. 
The Rural New-Yorker having proved the 
earliest—and for the earliest the most pro¬ 
lific in past years, it was planted as a stand¬ 
ard with which to compare the others. All 
eight ounces thirteen drams, contained 328 
seeds which weighed three ounces two drams, 
Of Pearl, 50 pods weighed eight ounces fif¬ 
teen drams, containing 336 seeds weighing 
three ounces two drams. 
It should be remarked that 50 of the largest 
pods were carefully selected from each. 
LATER NEW PEAS. 
Juue 25. These were not selected. 
Alexander’s Cable is claimed to be a cross 
betweeu McLean's Advancer aud Gem. The 
vines are 18 inches high, branching, short- 
jointed and strong-growing, ueediug no sup¬ 
port. Pods are often in pairs, and as many as 
a dozeu are borne ou some stems. Seeds are 
large, though not uniformly so. wrinkled and 
of fine quality. Fifty pods weigh eight ounces 
six drams, containing 260 seeds weighing 
four ounces. 
Alexander’s Prolific is not quite so tall as 
the Cable, though varying more in bight. In 
other respects it is the same as Cable. Fifty 
pods weigh ounces, containiug 26S seeds 
weighiug four ounces. 
Smith’s Extra Early. First piekiug June 
26. The plants are nearly one foot taller than 
Cleveland’s R. N.-Y., and the foliage is a 
darker green. It bears more pods also, but 
because both are pistiHates; both new claim¬ 
ants for favor; both vigorous and healthy. 
Jewell begins to ripen first (Juue 17). This 
date would give profitable pickings upon plots 
as small as one-fortieth of an acre. The ber¬ 
ries are roundish, or broadly-conical, some¬ 
times widened at the apex. The color is a 
bright red, the largest berries measuring four 
inches in circumference. The quality is me¬ 
dium only, the berries about as firm as those 
of the Sharpless. The foliage is not so tall- 
growing as that of Amateur, in which the 
fruit at this time is entirely concealed. A 
few berries are coloring. 
June 21. Jewel is now in the bight of 
ripening. The peduncles are strong and bear 
from five to 14 berries. Some plants have 
four or five peduncles, so that such plants 
may be said to be laden with fruit. The 
color is vermillion-red, growing darker, of 
course, as the berries become ripe and over¬ 
ripe. The flesh is of the same color. They 
are rarely irregular in form. Of all the 
varieties raised here not one other has ever 
given us more fruit to a given length of row; 
no other is provided with more healthy foli¬ 
age; none Is hardier. Amateur is not yet 
ripening freely. 
J une 25. The berries of Jewell at this time 
average larger than those of Amateur, while 
later in the season. A light, 
bright crimson iu color; the quality is not so 
good as that of Prince of Berries. 
A SEEDLING from J. E. Flook, WestviUe. 
O., gave us muuy berries of fine quality and 
among the earliest to ripen, it resembles the 
Crescent in form. Flowers are perfect. Ber¬ 
ries quite firm. 
Henderson. Plants of this new straw¬ 
berry were received and planted July 30, 
1SS4. Another year’s trial may enable us to 
present a favorable report. From this year’ s 
trial, we are disappointed except as to the 
quality of the fruit, which is of the best. 
THE RURALS’ TRENCH-MULCH 
SYSTEM. 
Oor potatoes growing upon the half acre of 
poor soil, under the Rural’s trench-mulch sys¬ 
tem, are looking splendid. The color is a 
deep green; the vines are vigorous, the stems 
thick. We have two reasons of regret. One 
is that as the seasou was exceptionally late; 
the laud, in onr hurry, was plowed too early 
iu the Spring. The other is that one barrel 
of the seed of Hodgmau’s Seedling was so 
touched with frost that the staud of that 
variety, to which most of the half-acre is 
planted, is very imperfect. The other varie¬ 
ties are Green Mountain, Montreal, Bonanza, 
