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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 6, 1886 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1886 , by the Rural New-Yorker In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 
climate as mauy Eastern people seem to think; 
for the mercury often goes from 20 to 30 de¬ 
grees below zero during the Winter, and again 
it will be very warm for a week or so, and 
that is what kills our berries throughout the 
whole of Eastern Oregon. If the Evergreen 
Blackberry stands the weather here (and it 
does), it will do so in Colorado or any of the 
Eastern States. Then again, it is an abund¬ 
ant bearer and a little later thau other vari¬ 
eties—say two or three weeks—and the berries 
are about like those of the Lawtou in size, 
color and flavor—some say a bit sweeter and 
others about the same. I am not interested in 
the sale of the Evergreens, only I like to see 
justice done to all parties, and if our men from 
this Territory are selling the genuine Ever- 
Evergreeu will give their preference to the 
latter. A man who had canned both 25 miles 
in a carriage, told me that while the Lawtons 
were all jam when he reached home, the Ever¬ 
greens were in good shape. Still, no one 
should pay too high a price for them. The 
variety is worthy of a trial. 
Forest Grove, Oregon. 
From 0. Dickinson. 
I have sent the Evergreen Blackberry to 
nearly every State in the Union, and I shall 
hear next Summer how it stood the pres¬ 
ent severe Winter, and also of its growth last 
Summer. To the present time, I have not 
heard of a single loss on account of the cold. 
Salem, Oregon. 
hardy and the most prolific in bearing of any 
of the berry family. 
Seattle, W. T. 
From Phillip Ritz. 
I brought to this new Northwest 29 years 
ago, from Long Island, what was known as 
the Parsley-leaved Blackberry. It proves to 
be an evergreen here, and is now known as 
such. The vine is trailing and bears a nice, 
sweet berry, not quite so large as the Kitta- 
tinny. 
Walla Walla, W. T. 
THE EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY, 
f r~*. rZ\ . t, E show'this week faith- 
So ^ drawings of the 
\ r 'V // Evergreen Blackberry 
C a * 5 ° u t which some dia_ 
uCv llfi yi[{ Ul I mission was held in the 
Pi) aP >Y S* is Rural a few mouths 
Ilf fj| | since. These ifiusfcra- 
tYv° aV! tions were made from 
/L . a vine sent us bv Mr. 
Y/P W. J. Seare, of Walla 
Walla, W. T. This 
vine was one year old 
® J and measured 14 feet 
6 V in length. Mr. Sears 
CY states that owing to 
the dry season of last year the berries shown 
are smaller than usual. Fig. 30 show's the 
shape and size of the berries, and Figs. 51 aud 
52 (pages 86 and 87) show' the leaf and vine 
growth. The following notes explain them¬ 
selves. 
From Charles A. Green. 
About five years ago a friend in Oregon 
seut. me a few plants of tins variety, stating 
that it was discovered by a sailor on an island 
in the Pacific Ocean. The plant succeeded 
well aud bore a moderate quantity of fruit the 
third year. It has a trailing habit of growth, 
spreading a long distance over the ground, and 
propagating from tips. The foliage is unlike 
that of any blackberry I have ever seen. It is 
cut into fantastic forms, and remains green 
with us throughout the Fall and Winter, prob¬ 
ably for the reason that It does not seem to be 
affected by the late frosts, and, lying so close 
to the ground, it is partially protected. Where 
the canes extend upward for two or three feet 
the leaves turn reddish, but are retained—do 
not drop off. It did not bear fruit in sufficient 
quantities to indicate that it. could bo culti¬ 
vated with profit, and the berries were too acid 
for my taste, therefore, I did not continue to 
propagate it. It 1ms been grow'iug on our 
place every year since. It possesses great vig¬ 
or and seems to be hardy and enduring. I con¬ 
sider it. of more value as an ornamental than 
as a frnit-bcuring plant. 
Recently, parties have been offering the Ever¬ 
green Blackberry, and advertising it through 
the press. It is claimed by the parties wdio 
are introducing it that it is of excellent flavor, 
enormously productive, exceedingly hardy, 
etc. In passing over the fields the past season, 
I found several branches bearing fruit, which 
was of fair size, and quality. I have never 
yet seen a bush bearing u crop that would pay 
to pick. As an ornamental plant it is attrac¬ 
tive, and very many would bo pleased to have 
it growing on their grounds as an ornament, 
but for fruit I do not consider it of much value. 
IV Idle the foliage generally remains green all 
Winter, a portion of the bush that is most ex¬ 
posed will become beautifully tinted as Au¬ 
tumn approaches and the bush is certainly a 
thing of beauty. 
Clifton. N. Y. 
From W. J. Sears. 
As some appear to think there is no such 
thing as an evergreen blackberry, since we 
have the genuine Evergreen here, I deem it no 
more than justice to our Territory that the 
merits of the plants bo shown. They are 
nothing like the Cut-Leaf Blackberry. These 
were brought on this coast from the South Sea 
Islands a few years ago, and have proved 
themselves very hurdv where other kinds kill 
<£*pmmcnt Ground's of the gturai 
Urn-porker. 
SPRAYING bellows. 
In the way of labor-saving contrivances 
there is nothing that has given us greater sat¬ 
isfaction than the Woodason spraying bellows 
which are now sold by most seed men. There 
may be other spraying apparatus that will 
serve better, bat not having seen or tried 
them, we speak only of that which we can 
commend from experience. A single minute 
is long enough to spray every part of a hen 
house 10 feet square, perches, roof and all. 
Kerosene is used and answers every purpose 
of whitewashing, which requires much time 
and labor. For spraying small patches of 
cabbages with Buhnch or Pyrethmm powder 
mixed with water, to rid them of the cabbage 
worm; or currant bushes with hellebore, to 
rid them of the currant worm, there is noth¬ 
ing more efficacious. It is tiresome, however, 
to blow' the bellows, so that where a large 
number of plants or bushes are to be sprayed, 
spraying pumps may be preferred. There 
are other bellows made for the distribution of 
dry Buhnch or hellebore powder. It may, of 
course, be extended with flour or plaster as 
desired. 
The Rural began the use of these bellow's 
years ago, and through its commendation 
they are now used and greatly valued by 
many. There is little about them to get out 
of order and their durability may be estimat¬ 
ed by the fact that a single pair of bellow's 
has served us for five years and is now as good 
as ever. 
BUHACH. 
This is the powder made in California from 
the flower petals of the Pyrethmm cinerarse- 
folium. When first offered for sale, the man¬ 
ufacturers sent a box of it for trial to the 
Rural Grounds. It was claimed that it w'ould 
kill every form of insect life—a claim which 
we found to be but partly true. Nevertheless, 
iu many cases it seems to us the most desir¬ 
able insecticide at present known. We tried 
it upon flies, mosquitos, plant lice, caterpillars 
of various kinds, beetles, cabbage worms, 
squash bugs, potato beetles and their larva*, 
tomato worms, currant worms, and finally 
upon the rose bug. Our reports have ap¬ 
peared before Rubai, readers from year to 
year, showing that, with the single exception 
of the potato beetle, it has proven more or 
less effectual with all. 
If use'll dry, it may lie mixed with several 
times its bulk of flour. But we prefer to mix 
it with water iu this way: Take, for instance, 
an ouuee of Buhach; t vet this with alcohol 
and starring it until it becomes muddy, add 
two quarts of water. This may then be 
poured into the reservoir of the bellows as 
needed aud thus sprayed upou the infested 
plants, or if poured into a pail, any of the 
several kinds of force-spraying pumps may be 
used. The bellows, however, will be found 
much haudier where but small quantities are 
required. It is said that a pound of Buhach 
EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY. From Nature. Fig. 50 
greens aud deliveriug them gemiiue there, it 
is no swindle. 
Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. 
From 8. 8. Walker. 
I believe that the Lawtou and Kittatinny 
Blackberries are considered standards for 
quality aud productiveness where they eau be 
grown to perfection; but two-thirds of those 
who have either of these growing beside the 
From W. Ashworth & Co. 
The Evergreen Blackberry is nothing like the 
old“Cut-leof." There arc millions of them grow¬ 
ing wild hereabouts all through the woods, and 
instead of the Evergreen being the Rubus fruti- 
OOSUS— as the Rural called it—it is the Rubus 
fructuosus—(( Ens.) We can get plenty of 
testimonials from different parts of the Terri¬ 
tory that they are genuine Evergreens, very 
