in the new catalogues was tried at the Rural 
Grounds several years ago. We found it, as 
our report states, an early, shapely potato of 
excellent quality, yielding well. 
The Persian Rose Muscalette Tobacco is 
said to be one of the earliest varieties, of 
vigorous growth, attaining a hight of about 
five feet. The leaves are said to be very large, 
finely ribbed and when well cured very elas¬ 
tic, of light brown color and mild flavor. 
Sweet Peas (plant them as early as possible), 
striped zinnias, Spiraea Van Houttei, striped 
single dahlias are amoDg the interesting new 
and old seeds and plants now offered. 
We may now plant dahlia and chrysanthe¬ 
mum seeds in boxes or pots, placing them in 
sunny windows. They will bloom next Fall. 
Burpee’s White Zulu Pole Bean is so named 
“on account of the mammoth size of its 
white pods and the jet blackness of its dry 
beans.” “It produces,” so says the catalogue, 
“pods ready for the table in seven weeks from 
the date of planting. The pods are stringless 
and of excellent quality.”. 
Many so-called new varieties of musk and 
watermelons find a conspicuous place in the 
1888 catalogues. We have spent much time 
during a few years past in trying all the new 
kinds of melons, but are not prepared to give 
any preference of the new over the old. It is 
well to try these varieties in a small way if 
one has the inclination and the time. 
The Emerald Gem,however, is an exception. 
We have never eaten muskmelons of a higher 
quality. 
The 3 ellow-flesh watermelon, offered under 
several different names, is, as we have said, 
worthy of trial. The white flesh or “rind” 
is thin, the seeds very small, the quality fair 
and the variety early to ripen. 
The new Celestial Pepper (a queer name 
for a high-spiced fruit) is announced in many 
catalogues. We have not tried it. 
Innumerable new peas are announced in 
the 1888 catalogues. In so far as earliness is 
concerned, it is very doubtful if the older 
varieties will be beaten, Still there is room 
for improvement in peas. Peter Henderson’s 
Blue Beauty is announced as distinct and es¬ 
pecially meritorious in several ways, viz., a 
singularly “level, regular habit of growth” 
resembling an 18-inch hedge. It is nearly as 
early as the American Wonder and of the best 
quality. 
Yorkshire Gem, remarkable for not being 
subject to mildew; Bander’s Marrow, nota¬ 
ble for retaining its green color when cooked, 
and Payne’s Conqueror, noted for being the 
best in quality, are among other peas of spec¬ 
ial merit . 
The Mikado or Turner is still praised as 
among the best of tomatoes; best for size, ear¬ 
liness and quality. There is some foundation 
for these claims; but we prefer smoother va¬ 
rieties. By the way, there is, or will be, a 
very smooth tomato announced,which has the 
same distinctive, potato-leaf appearance. 
New and beautiful chrysanthemums still ap¬ 
pear. The growing appreciation of this sturdy 
plant is to be encouraged . 
Mr. Henderson claims to have sold nearly 
50,000 plants of the “Moon Flower” last year. 
According to the best information we could 
glean, this is the old Ipomoea bona nox. But 
Mr. Henderson says Bona nox is an inferior 
plant, “blooming but sparingly.” We sub¬ 
mitted the question to the late Asa Gray, who 
decided that it is Bona nox. Nevertheless, 
it may still be a variety of that species, and 
-we are at present inclined to believe it is. In 
that case it should still be called Ipomoea bona, 
nox with the addition of a varietal name. 
but that will not hurt it for chopped feed. 
The cattle like the fodder very well. He 
thrashed 183 bushels for a neighbor who was 
very well pleased with the work. Many of 
the farmers say they will have their corn 
thrashed next year. 
WORD FOR WORD. 
Husbandman: “A man who is full of 
snarls in his own house, and overflowing with 
smiles elsewhere, is a despicable creature, to 
say the least, but he is a specimen of a class 
altogether too common.”-“The man who 
keeps a snarling cur that goes out in the high¬ 
way to annoy passers gives evidence of brutish 
instincts and deserves penalties that the law 
provides for the most offensive trespass upon 
persona] rights.”-N. E. Farmer: “Do not 
let butter stand to get hard in cold weather 
between the first and final working aud print¬ 
ing or packing for market. An hour is long 
enough for the salt to dissolve, and long 
enough to wait between the workings.”- 
Minneapolis Tribune: “ ‘You can live within 
your income if you try,’ said the wise man. 
Yes, but how to live without an income is the 
puzzle that bothers a great many good men 
just now.”-Beecher: “It is not work, 
but worry, that kills.”-Times: “But 
it is not easy to take things easy.”- 
F. D. Curtis: “No one should live better than 
the farmer.”-Prof. Bailey told the fol¬ 
lowing anecdote at a farmers’institute, which 
may be applied to farm matters in more 
ways than one: “An Irishman had for 
neighbors, one on either side of him, a 
Dutchman and a Frenchman. One day the 
Dutchman was taken ill, and, no doctor 
being at hand, Pat was called in. He 
administered a pinch of rhubarb and 
the Dutchman got well. Next day the French¬ 
man was taken sick, and, as before, Pat was 
called in, when he administered the same 
remedy, a pinch of rhubarb. The French¬ 
man died. Pat went home and wrote on 
the fly-leaf of his Bible: ‘What will cure a 
Dutchman will kill a Frenchman.’”- 
National Educator: “A true remedy devel¬ 
ops the energies of the vital system. Exer¬ 
cise does this, healthful food and rest may do 
it, but medicine, alcohol, and other stim¬ 
ulants never/’-“Every neighborhood 
has examples of medicine wrecks—persons 
who are ever taking medicine. Hold 
these up to the young, as crows and 
hawks are nailed against trees when shot, 
as a warning to others. Activity and 
work are the only proper medicines.” 
-The Advance: “Our first parents bad 
their home of innocence aud bliss in ‘Para¬ 
dise,’ in a garden on a farm ; the first mur¬ 
derer, Cain, went out and builded a city.”- 
William Falconer: “The spruces we ofteu see 
in avenues, stripped of their lower branches, 
incite a feeling of horror rather than of de¬ 
light.”-Western Rural: “If we could 
have our way we would tax rum a 'thous¬ 
and dollars a drop and tobacco a mill¬ 
ion dollars a chew.”-Science News: 
“No medicine which claims to be a 
specific cure for any serious disease, aud is 
offered for indiscriminate popular use, is 
worthy of any confidence whatever.”- 
PijswUitnmtsi ^duerttising 
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New strains of pansies continue to command 
the “best positions” in the catalogues of 1888. 
The R. N.-Y. has said about all it could say in 
favor of this charming flower. Only give 
these fine strains a suitable place and good 
care and one is delighted with the many¬ 
faced blooms until frosts and often in mid¬ 
winter . 
Roses, new and old, galore. The Rural 
will speak of these later. The catalogues 
must be examined. There are few among 
new roses,that are equal to the best of the old. 
Verbenas have been greatly improved of 
late. The flowers are larger, the colors more 
varied and intense. There are few plants 
more satisfactory as bedders. They bloom 
from early in the season continuously until 
long after frost. If to be grown from seeds, 
it is well to sow now . 
In this column it is our intention this season 
as in past years, to look through the new cata 
logues carefully and call attention to all that 
seems to be noteworthy, whether to praise or 
condemn. 
A writer in the Farmers’ Review thrashed 
715 bushels of porn with an ordinary tlirash- 
ing-iuaejujip. Tfip ppril wag cracked some, 
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to and from a carriage almost 
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No Fertilizer Selling at the Same Price Shows 
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CONTAINS ALL THE PLANT FOOD NEC¬ 
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POTATOES. 
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giving valuable hints for cultivation of crops by suc¬ 
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Write for illustrated circular. Mention this paper , 
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“The Aspinwall Potato Planter works ivith almost human ingenuity. It is as indispens¬ 
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We can gladly recommend it as a first-class implement. Potato growing in the future pro¬ 
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themselves of improved implements will fall behind .”— Rural New-Yorker, April 2, 1887. 
’ Af!MF’ Pulverizing Harrow, Clod 
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Don’t be deceived by worthless imitations. 
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to any responsible 
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