DREER’S 
\GAROEN SEEDS 
FOR SA LE. *200 barrels 
4Y-1 plants, BULBS. 
■^r ID ret* r-V Garden Cnlen- 
[fJ/.'/tlur for lHS7, offering 
*»•/ everything for (he Garden 
JJ'Jfi Farm -wr-t forve. in stamps, 
^/•"red Catalogue FREE. ; 
X1IEMITA DRKI.li.Sei'ilsmaa I 
714 Chestnut SL Philadelphia. 
Cfl Varieties of Kvergreous aud Forest Trees and 
UU i> vee Seetls. 1 will not be undersold. Special 
prices on lame trees by the carload. Lists free. 
CiEO. PUTNEY, Evergreen, Wis. 
A NEW CHERRY. 
Brandywine firm, tree medium size, strong grow¬ 
er. very productive, ripens about 1st July, color red, 
fair size, rot free, slightly acid. Superior for preserv- 
nig and canning. A very profitable market cherry. 
Trees 81 each, BIO tier doz. packed. Send for circu¬ 
lar. A good stock of Peach, Apple Trees, etc. 
*• C. Biiidlk, Brandywine Nurseries, Chadds Ford. Pa. 
FLO W FR 9 Packets best An 1 Of* 
* u * v -' ¥> l-riO imois in the world onlv 1 L 
First, quality seed Last season growth. Perfection 
Aster, Phlox, Chinese Pink, Petunia. Pansy, Mixed 
colors In each package. To Introduce will send tills 
choice collection for inq. silver. One Dollar’s worth of 
choice seed given to my customers. Price list free. 
^ C. L. BFRRi Springfield, Mass. 
ST R A WB EERY PEA NTS. 
All the leading varieties, true to name, at half the 
usual rates. Send for special prices stating Quantity 
wanted. Address JOHN S. BARNHART. 
Wu.mjxoton, del. 
q 50,000 Apples, Pears and Peaches. 
■ » \T A fl A TJ A and all the best Grapes— E3 
A i 1 A 40,000 Marlboro and I* 
*? f’nthheri Raspberries. Fay’s Cnr- 
P rant and small fruits. 
E Send for Catalogue of full line of Nursery 
Stock and Vegetable Seeds. EL 
C DUTCHEHS NFRSERiea O 
w Poughkeepsie, N. Y. W 
PI A NTQ RY MAIL a q iteiaUv. 
iLAIl 10 Niagara, and a full 
. Stock of other (Ira pcs. Large stock 
Strawberries ana Raspberries, 
1 Krie and other Blackberries, .Ak- 
-- pttrag ii. Roots, etc. Den Catalogue 
Frees contains I. S*2 Jt SR collec’ns A instractiotiB 
for planting. JOEL HORNER A SON, MarchautvUle, N J. 
SStfKUINKtlS 
— v Vines, Plants, etc. 
Apple, Pear. Peach.Cherry. Plum, 
Quince. Strawberry, Raspberry, 
Blackberry. Currants, (drapes. 
Gooseberries,.to. Send for Catalogue 
J. S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J, 
WM. FI. MOON'S NEW CATALOGUE 
Of FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES, Shrubs. SmaU 
Fruit, Grape Vines, etc., Free to all. 
Address MORRISVILLE, PA. 
iu f s f m ^ u uni. eiruitK, yveo-growu 
• " I »» *4 O »» Plants. Vines, etc, of all 
the Best Fruits at reasonable prices, can be had of 
K. & .1. C. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N.J. 
The NEW BLACK CRAPE 
“BATON,” 
HARDY, VIGOROUS. AND PRODUCTIVE. 
BUNCHES FROM ONE POUND TO THIRTY OUNCES. 
Awarded Two First-class Certificates of Merit 
John B. Moore & Son, 
CONCORD. MASS. 
S.Y.HAINES & CO.PHILADELPHIA.PA, 
BATCHELOR’S ESSAYS 
On GRASSES. MEADOWS, PASTURES and LAWNS, 
Mailed to any address on receipt of a two-eent stamp. 
Mr. Geo. F.Uwanger. of Mount Hope Nurseries, 
writes: “Your Essay Is the most practical and instruct¬ 
ive on Lawns and Grasses that I know of," 
DANIEL BATCHELOR, Utica, N. Y. 
CCCnC Send 3c. to pay postage, ami 1 will send a 
OLbUO free packet new kind Tomato Seed, choice 
Catalogue free. B.F.MILLS. Seedsman, Thorn Hill. N.Y. 
It.i.i .-r rated Catalogue; Free. 
A. D.COWAN & CO. 
Ill chamhersSStrect, New York. 
ferr-^sn Best »nJ most pradixble LATE WHITE 
peach: Ch. ir» Choice Ik'sL 
'f P cach - 1 »••• ' Peach . 
f ,ur »H •rotimis. WUlljwu', Early Ked, 
’ { FD RD Stourlv apple- Gi<iUsl.»-a A p pie Trees, 
; i > nJs. Real », 
14. . ,_y:s cherry, Oul.iei- at-.l all fruit ircc- aud 
W\ L A RCf fruit Ite»rini5 plants. .*110 UX) t-yi*,r-«,M A 
^I N f paragu* root*- Large stock of Shade and 
'-•a. I'roamcu-n*. Send for Caialoeuc. N. K 
ROGERS * SON. ML Holly, N. J. 
toes. .1 . A. KDIHNjsON, Belcher, N Y. 
FOR SALE.-[have a line lot of the celebrated 
Empire Mate Potatoes, which I offer at$1.00 per bush¬ 
el, V3.5" per bbl„ f. o, b. here. 
E. D. COPP, Clifton Springs, N. Y. 
HIGH CLASS HARDEN SEEDS. 
Special Oiler. 1*2following 
x: choicest new varieties by mail 
for 7*5 cents. Golden Self- 
Blanching Celery, All Seasons 
Cabbage, Perplgnam Lettuce, 
Hedlatul Giam Musk Melon. 
jif ryfi Shakers Sugar Corn, King of the 
/ 7 U| i tj-3® Garden I.limte. Alaska Fea, Scar- 
Kffi e ^ A .AW l . W.ixtmsh Bean, Golden Clus- 
” A ter Pole Bean, Mammoth salsify. 
Beauty Tomato and Chartin’s 
Radish. Catalogin’ mailed on receipt of $ i ts in stam 
MAPLEWOOD OATS. 
The most productive variety known Entirely new. 
Sample and f trUpartieulars sent on application to 
MAPLEWOOD STOCK FARM, 
ATTICA. NEW YORK. 
or K W ELL STR. A WBBHH.Y, 
Best and most prodcctive. Full description, etc., free. 
Beautiful colored plate for a two cent siamp. Also 
other new varieties. Address originators. P. M. 
AUGUR & SONS, Nurserymen. Mlddlefleld. Conn. 
POTATOES. EMPIRE STATE pure, over 100 
Bushels raised from one. Order at once at SO cents 
per bushel. C P. COWLES, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
CHAS. D. MERWIN, 
SEED GROWER, 
TIII.FORD, COIV?i. 
Established IsN : grows the Best Onion Seed In 
America- White Globe per pound, $3: Red Globe, t'i; 
Large Red Wethersfield. $2; Yellow 6lobe Danvers, 
$3.30; Yellow Danvers, <2. 
gtti.sccUattcou.s §Uvmi,$iufl. 
A SQUASH WORTH SIOO. 
I offer Si W0 for heaviest SQUASH. S50 for 
next. S25 tor next. S’20 for next, and S5 each for 
next 31 heaviest. 
You can grow big Squash. GET A PREMIUM, re¬ 
ceive FREE fresh garden or do-ver s-x-ds with each 
order lor IMPROVED MA>l>IOTH CHILI 
SQUASH SEED. MONEY RE Pi N’DED. or 
new s.ioplv of atsd if not •»ti*lVi*lury. Refer to Chi¬ 
cago biisme-s meniand advertising agencies. 
< »-ciull» Culttvittc at i you itnav wm the 1st or 
*2tl I’rem ume ami State or i cninty Fair Pr inmins. 
Price per package, Apm-ii seed. | 7.5 cents, with 
10 packages ol Prash ' huili > or Flower seeds 
FREE , or J iiackugvs S J .75, with .TO packa$e$Freah 
Gaik u or Flower Bee* la FREE Remit money order, 
registered letter, or po-tal notes; 1 and 2-ceid stamps 
taken. My exh:bit,Kui of big squash in Chicago. Novem¬ 
ber nexi, should interr-sr every farmer. All seeds fum- 
lsiral »ti i gmeanti\d by a well known firm. After pre¬ 
mium' .. " awarded. w:K. at nty e>;reuse, send for squash 
.1 propose toexhib t, l)t;>n*t nuns the opportunity. 
1'ho rirsr *2-5 customer* ordering seeds GET EX¬ 
TRA PAt'KAGK FREE. Send certified woighta 
of Sipiash I before Nov. 1. 1887. Address H. A, HUlr 
BURD, 161 and b>3 Randolph St„ Chicago, IU, 
TJIE BJJBAL MEW-Y0BK1B. 
mers here had to feed hay early, which is get¬ 
ting very scarce in this neighborhood. No 
hogs for sale here. Fat cattle low, corn scarce 
on account of so much being in the field. A 
few have corn to sell and they can got 30 cents 
a bushel—almost. Chicago prices. The farmers 
in this northwestern country are the slaves of 
the East. Coal, $5 per ton, aud we have to 
pay a rate of ‘22 cents per 100 pounds to the 
railroads for wheat, corn, oats, barley. Thirty 
cents per 101) for Timothy and flaxseed by car¬ 
load, while small lots by local freight must pay 
G2 cents per 100, and we eanuot get a double¬ 
deck car on this side of the Mississippi River 
and have to pay as much for a sheep car as 
for any other stock car and a man cannot get 
a pass unless he has two cars of stock. So you 
see, they have the farmers by the nose any 
way. H. B. 
Dicw York. 
Utica, Oneida Co., March 2d.—The offer¬ 
ings of butter are small, and mostly of in¬ 
ferior grade. Prices are steady at 22 to 25 
cents for fresh dairy, aud IS to 20 cents for 
rolls. First-class butter is much needed; 
will bring extra prices. As it is drawing 
near the time for new butter the receipts will 
probably not be much larger. One or two 
prominent buyers made no purchases last 
week. Cheese is quiet at 13 to 14 cents for 
full-cream, chiefly at IS, 13 1 o and 12 cents for 
skims. The factories will open later again 
this season. There is some indignation here 
at the reported sales of " filled cheese.” 
Transactions in hops have been made quietly, 
aud it is not known here that anything was 
done. Rut a dealer informed your eorrespoud- 
ent to-day that he had just bought 25 bales of 
Oneida County hops at 12 to 15 cents, of 
course being inferior hops. The best grades 
of State will easily bring 25 to 30 cents. 
Germans are being pushed, aud some sales 
made; but the market here for them is dull, 
mainly at 15 to 18 cents. Eggs have riseu to 
20 cents, and may go higher iu a day or two, 
being scarce here. Low prices cut down the 
offerings. r. s. 
Commusicltio.ns Received fok the Week Ending; 
March 5,1S87. 
R. J. D.—E. L. T.—S.W.—L. C., answer as soon as pos¬ 
sible.—T. W L.—H. F. L.—C. D. P.—M L. W.—W. P. P. 
—L. H. B., Jr.-A. L. H.—B. F. A.-T. J. S.—A. R.—O. TV. 
R.-TV. T.—S E. T„ thanks—>1. W.-C. E. T..—thanks 
—H. C. H.-C. M, D„ thanks.—J. T. S5.-E. P.—M. & E — 
E. M.—J. L. B—A. M.-H.C.—TV. B. M„ thanks.—G. J. 
G.-James Dixon, thanks.—M. K.-E. H. M —F. D. C.— 
T. H. H —James Nlinon, seeds ree d. -C. H. H--M. B. 
P.-J. L. e.-J. E. M.—J. A. TV.—A. H.-T. T. L.-TV. K. 
II H.—A.W.-J.J. L.-A. C.-C. M..H*—1«- J.—TV. F. B. 
—F. E. S.. thanks.-TV. H. B.-T. T. L.-H. S.—A. L. J- 
TV. F B.-J. H.-T. E. H.-E. G. B -S. E. K.-A. L. J.- 
G. L.-A. B. A.-E. L. TV—P. J. B.-D. X. S—R. T.-J. 
L B.-J. C—D. C. C.-J H. C—S, W. H—J. E T.-J. E. 
F -J. B.-D. TV. C., Jr.-A. V. B—n. C. M. -F. G—D. 
H. ft—H, F. L—J. F. C.-H. A. H—A. L—T. G.-H. 
Bros.—C. G.—O. H. S.—J. T. S—F. B. G.- C. K. T.-H. C. 
H—A. B. H—E. M.-P. M. A.-E. B. B.-4. P.-J. S. D— 
J. H.—M. L. U.—D. L. McG.—L. I, —G. K E.. thanks.— 
II. H—E. F P.-J. H. S.—,T. TV.—N. H. J.-F.. B.-Mre. 
A. TV. R.-P. TV. L—J. J. P—C. TV. S—L. D. A—TV. B. 
M—T. G.-F. D. C.-H. M. J—T. J. S—F. B—H. S—L. 
D. A—G. E. M—TV. M. L—J. Wilder, thanks—M. A. 
G.-M. H. H.. thanks—C. E. P.—E. R. B.-M. L. S—J. 
A. B—J. E. R., thanks. 
orrn potatoes 
\Ll U AND SEEDS 
^^From the Famous AROOSTOOK. 
The (treat superiori¬ 
ty of true Aroostook 
grown potatoes for 
| Seed is Well known. 
Wherever planted, 
lI they j ieid large crops 
JJof handsome tubers, 
■ notably free fromdis- 
H ease. And the short, 
S quick season of this 
3 far north-east land 
H makes all our seeds 
W hardy, productive, 
B and early. 
■ MV iu.CSTR.VTED 
LCATAi.or.rK will be 
■ sent FKts to all 
Write X i it 
GEORGE W. P. JERRARD. Caribou, Maine 
inPA 100 fiesc Kinds! 30th 
■ ■ U fl year. 1 atulouues tree. 
■ _nUr Lll Concords. ^’2 per tip; 
lllini #1*2 per 1,1M.1. 1 Etupt.e 
■ State and 1 Niagara for S1 post paid. Brich- 
■M ton, Dolawure. Ives, Elvira. Ijtdy. Catawba, 
Martha, Moore’s Early. Worden, PockUngton, 
Diamond. Vergenues, Ac., at lowest rates. Raspber¬ 
ries, Gooseberries. Jessie Strawberry, l.ncretia liew- 
borry , Ac. CEO. W. CAMPBELL, Oelawirc. Ohio. 
EVERGREENS 
ami European Larches: all 
sizes. All Nursery grown at 
prices never before offered. 
Norwav Spruce. Scotch. Ans- 
trian. White and Mountain 
Pines, Balsam >51% Northern 
Red Cedar, and Arbar Vltea 
from S3, per 1,180 up Shipped 
with safety to alt parts or the 
U.S. l rtcc [1st free. D.HILL, 
K«;nrrr«a Spi-ciklb,!, Diuxlrv. IU. 
pricks them out into thumb pots, just the same 
as we have advised our readers to treat toma¬ 
toes aud seedling potatoes. 
In regard to sweet peas, Mr, Faxon thought 
all would agree with him that they are the 
most desirable annuals in cultivation. Their 
delicate fragrance, beautiful form and variety 
of coloring make them a favorite with the flor¬ 
ist, while their easy culture aud loxrg continu¬ 
ance of blooming should secure their cultiva¬ 
tion in every (lower garden. . 
SOW the seeds as early as the ground can be 
worked in drills ....... . 
Here is some good advice: The only labor¬ 
ious task iu the cultivation of sweet peas is 
bushing them, and bushed they must be al¬ 
most ns soon as they are well up. Mr. Faxon 
uses birch brush, the same as for tall-growing 
eatable varieties. ire hen netting makes an 
excellent support aud is very neat. What¬ 
ever they are trained on must be firmly 
secured in position, as the vines when fully 
grown will surely be blown down unless strong¬ 
ly supported, Whatever supports are used, it 
will be found au excellent plan to place them 
in position before the peas are planted; then 
sow a row of seed on each side of the support, 
which, when the vines are grown will be en¬ 
tirely hidden from view, and a beautiful wall 
of flowers will ba the result. 
Let our readers examine the catalogues for 
the bast varieties. Don’t select “mixed” seeds. 
They will usually give too large a proportion 
of whites. 
Among the best annuals, or those which may 
be treated as such, are the dwarf antirrhinum, 
the dwarf sweet alyssum. verbenas, petunias, 
the dwarf sweet Phlox Drummoudii, schizan- 
thus, dwarf scabios, ten-weeks stock, salpi- 
glossis. Most of these have been greutly im¬ 
proved of late years. One can not grow every- 
thiug, aud it is best to grow a few things well. 
A writer in the Albany Cultivator men¬ 
tions, as au instance of the durability of black- 
walnut, that rails iu a fence were found in 
good preservation which were split til) years 
previously..... . . . 
There is a belief amoug farmers that po¬ 
tatoes gro w considerably after the vines begin 
to die. Mr. E. S. Goff, of the N. Y. Ex. Sta¬ 
tion infers from careful investigations no ap¬ 
preciable growth takes place iu tk> tubers 
that are of merchantable size, but that the 
youngest tubers may continue to increase 
slightly until the complete death of the foli¬ 
age. . 
ESTABLISHED 1831 . 
ALL VARIETIES OF 
Flower, Vegetable and Fitld Seed. 
Illustrated I'ntnlosuesentFR EE ou application. 
SPECIAL RATES* m Market Gardeners and 
Trucker*,ami pi isousbuying tularge <1 uantities. 
SIMONS PLUM: 
One of tho most novel fruits ever introduced. A 
leading authority says: “Crowd this as fast a» you 
can. It will be the King fruit; better than any apricot. 
In France it Is placed at the head of the plums. 
Hardy even hero (Cl parallel'." TVe still nave unsold 
u few hundred trees. I’rice and full description to 
lie had by addressing 
mo EX IX .t- EM ER SOX', 
\nrverymeD, Bloomlugtou, Ill. 
Illinois. 
Anna, Union Co., Feb. 24.— The weather of 
midwinter was unusually severe. The mud of 
closing winter excessive. Wheat is carpeting 
good ground with green. Price of wheat has 
ranged from 67 to 75 cents. Fattened eattle, 
at tho usual season for marketing, had to be 
sold and delivered at 2 to 8>* cents. Hog car¬ 
casses would hardly sell at all. Small fruits and 
apples and pears, also sweet potatoes, all sta¬ 
ple products here, last season were so low that 
the net receipts did not meet expenses. Clover 
seed brings but $4.25. Whence will relief 
comv < J.M.K. 
Iowa. 
Sutherland,O’B rien Co., Feb. 21.—Allfar- 
Purify the Blood. 
TVo do not claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla is the 
only medicine deserving public confidence, but 
wo believe that lo purify the Mood, to restore and 
renovate tho whole system, it is absolutely 
unequalled. The influence of the blood upon 
the health cannot be over-eUim.ited. If it be¬ 
comes contaminated, the train of consequences 
by which tho health is undermined is lmmeastir* 
►Me. Loss of Appetite. Low Spirits, Headache. 
Dyspepsia, Debility. Nervousness and other 
**little (?) ailments" are the premonitions of 
more serious nud often fatal results. Try 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made 
only by C. L HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
FAIKVIUW \ I ltSFRIES 
Established in iss*.—Oi.ukst in thv state 
10,000 Globe Peach; TTi.iOi Pencil, loading kind-.; 10.UX1 
Lawson iCmiiet'i Pear: Wilson Jr 11. B., Raueocos K, R., 
May King and other Strawberries; Kay’s and other 
Currants; Millions ,.r Fruit Trees atul Small Fruit 
Plants Catalogues free. 
G. II. PERKIKS Mooreetown, X J. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Extra heav v, 1 y r.Conover’s Callosal Asparagus roots, 
§1 for'.fn, for ■ 0»i. bv mall, prepaid, orSJ se per 1,110, 
*>S for .vmi, hy Express or Freight. Address 
Tun Oakland Ncrsekv Co , I'orgy P. <>., Clark Co , O. 
XKW Catalogue of Select Fruits, Ornamental Trees, 
V’ Flowerltl ; Shrubs, Vines etc., Now ready. 
New Brunswick NrusniuKs, N.J. EDWIN ALLEN, 
8BED POTATOES. 
Forty New varieties, over 100 in cultivation. Prices 
low. Sen for circular lo 
>1. I*’. I’l KKSON, Heuceii Utislle, N. 5. 
3.086 Bushels 
VV WMVMUIU of 0 r Me | MiN HiOB 
a Utile Pus than t'.’ acres, using almost exclusively the 
Stoekbrhlge Potato Manure, which lie tiuds keeps the 
soli ill good condition. BOWK Eli FERTILIZER CO., 
Boston. 
\OKTiIEH N GROWN Seed Potatoes aud Spring 
Wheat. Price List Free. Send for it, Address 
8. FROG NEK, UERXAS, MINN. 
600 ACRES. 
13 CREENHOUSES. 
TREESandPLANTS 
We offer for the Spring trade a 'large and fine stock 
of every description of FKUIT and Ornamental 
TREIis, Shrubs, Hoses, Vines, -SMALL 
FKl’ITS, Hedge Plants, Fruit Tree Seed¬ 
lings and Forest Tree Seedlings. Priced Cata¬ 
logue, Spring of !*>?, muled free. E-ntf>’ishcd 1853. 
BLOOMINGTON PHdNIX NURSERY 
81U.NEV TITTLE is 10. PraprieWra BLOOlUStiTO.V, ILL 
> and fine st<ick 
ALBANYSEEDSTORE 
In orrler to finil out if potatoes grow more 
regular in form when only well-formed tubers 
are used for seed, ho planted three rows with 
eyes cut from tbe worst shaped tubers obtain- 
able.aud three rows with eyes from the smooth¬ 
est—the variety being iu both cases the White 
Star. But the two crops were much the same 
iu shape, sbowiug very little improvemeut 
from selection. . 
Tub pressure of the soil, of stones, whether 
the soil is inclined to clay or sand, have much 
to do with the shape of the potatoes raised. 
A few -years ago we raised potatoes in half¬ 
barrels filled with sand aud fed with water, 
to which fertilizers had been added. The 
shape of the potatoes so grown was simply 
perfect—that is, they were perfect specimens 
of the variety grown... .... . 
Mu. Doff planted in separate rows, seed 
cut to siugle eyes, two eyes, three eyes aud whole 
tubers. The result gave !)l pounds per 100 
plants from whole potatoes, and 78 pounds 
from the cuttings, scarcely ouough to pay for 
the difference in the cost of “seed.”... 
In the Rural’s tests, repeated three seasons, 
large pieces, of two or three eyes, gave the 
largest marketable yields... 
In Mr. Goff’s report the value of certain 
tables, involving an immense amount of work, 
giving the date of maturity, yield, etc., of a 
long list of potatoes, is seriously impaired by 
crowding. It is a difficult task to trace the 
lines. The tables should be allowed at 
least twice as much space... 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
^ ONLY THE 
Q 
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Ui 
^ 0.1 BULBS & GARDEN TOOLS .'<0 
NEW FRUITS 
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST 
New Plum. NewBerries 
Lending varieties all other fruits. 
INTRODUCERS SHIPPER'S PRIDE PLUM 
CATALOGUE FREE. WILEY* CO.. CAYUGA, N. Y. 
PBICE&KHICKEBBOCKEB 
LMPORTERS. GROWERS AND DEALERS IN 
SEEDS! 
