►St. John from same. A small yield—late. 
Six pieces yielded four pounds—30 potatoes, 
12 only marketable. 
Trot from same. Intermediate. Four 
pieces yielded eiglit-and-one-half pounds, or at 
the rate of 514.25 bushels to the acre. There 
were 37 tubers, 20 marketable. Best five 
weighed two pounds. Shape oblong, trunca¬ 
ted, flattened, smooth, shapely, few eyes. A 
handsome potato. Eaten October. 25. Mealy, 
white flesh, of the Early Rose kind. See Fig. 
138. 
Fort Monroe from same. Three hills were 
planted, and produced but 10 potatoes, six of 
which were of marketable size. Late. 
Early Pearl, from J. A. Everett & Co., 
Watson town, Pa., who sjieak of it in their cat¬ 
alogue in the highest, not to say extravagant 
terms Eight pieces were planted April 22, 
and dug August 31, yielding 17 pounds, 44 
tubers, of which 40 were marketable, a high 
proportion certainly. Shape cylindrical, med¬ 
ium long, not much flattened. Skin buff 
white, Eyes medium in number and prom¬ 
inence. Best five weighed three pounds and 
14 ounces. A substautial-looking potato. 
Eaton October 24, mealy, white flesh of good 
quality. The above yield would be at the rate 
of 514.25 bushels to the acre. Fig. lot), shows 
the typical form as nearly as it could he deter¬ 
mined. 
Junkis from L. Putnam, Cambridge, Ver- 
moufc, who wrote at the time of semling the 
seed: “Be very choice of these tremendous 
yielders ; quality unexcelled." Four pieces 
yielded seven pounds, 30 tubers, 21 market¬ 
able. Best five weighed two pounds two 
ounces. Shape rather long, flattened, general¬ 
ly tapering at one end, sometimes to a neck, 
which is an undesirable shape. Yield per acre 
at the rate of 423.50 bushels. Eaten Decem¬ 
ber 28th. Quality very good, flesh white. 
Late. 
CORRECTION. 
In our account of Rose’s New Puple Blush, 
the yield per acre was stated as 530.25 bush¬ 
els. It should have been 393.25. 
On page 104 my old friend Hovey has a very 
pronounced article on “Old Fruits under New 
Names.” I wish to assure him that I am in 
hearty sympathy with him on this subject. 
This changing of old names is all wrong, and 
the reasoning on which it is based is entirely 
fallacious. Instead of simplifying nomen¬ 
clature, it is making it a Babel. Briefly, 
neither the American Pomological Society nor 
any other society has the least shadow of 
right to alter these names. To concede such 
right to the society is to set at nought the 
hitherto universally acknowledged right of 
every introducer of a new fruit to give it 
whatever name he pleases: a right so just and 
proper in itself that it has come to have all the 
force of common law in the world of pomol¬ 
ogy, to say nothing of the sciences. If this 
right be given to one society, it will be claimed 
by others, and anybody can see where this 
will lead. The Poiuologieal Society may 
very properly request, as President Wilder 
has done, that hereafter short, unobjection¬ 
able and expressive names be giveu to new 
fruits by those who introduce them. If, how¬ 
ever, a long name will accomplish the pur¬ 
pose better, then 1 should favor the long name. 
I believe iu taking time to do things well, 
which, as a people, we do not do in some very 
important matters. 
* * * 
The printer (p. 133) makes me say Thuja 
Canadensis. I wrote Tsuga. On the same 
page he makes me say Friesa refracta alba, 
whereas I was particular to write Freesia 
quite plainly, as I always try to do Frieda 
belongs to quite another family. Freesia, I 
may add, is a proper name and should have a 
capital F. 
* * * 
What in the name of goodness does L. E. S. 
(p. 139) want to pniut his cedar posts for? If 
he'will paint them, let him paint them with 
oil. Better save the money, however, and 
buy a few more go<>d grape-vines. 
* * * 
A subscriber is recommended to put bis 
kerosene barrel in a brook or a pond to clean 
it. I would add to this the caution that, if the 
brook or the pond should contain fish, the oil 
would be pretty sure to kill them. Bo, too, 
it would be unsafe for cattle to drink from 
either. Hot lye or washing soda will remove 
the oil. 
* * * 
I am glad to see the editor so earnestly re¬ 
commending the planting of the Japan Chest¬ 
nut. Besides growing this chestnut, I have 
seen a good deal of it in different places, and 
heartily indorse all the editors say of it. 
Trees grown from the nut vary more or less, 
and the variation is striking enough wheu the 
Spanish Chestnut is substituted for the Japan¬ 
ese, which is sometimes done. Instead of 
raising seedlings, it would generally be tetter 
to buy budded trees from some reliable and 
careful nurseryman who has a good strain. 
I would by no means use the Spanish or 
American for stock to bud on, but Japanese 
seedlings. 
* * * 
The time is coming for cabbage, cauli¬ 
flower, etc*. The maggot is veiy destructive 
to these plants, and many remedies have been 
suggested, some good, but many worthless. 
I make a puddle of shell lime, leaf mold or 
light earth, and. when at hand, a little soot. 
I add water euough to make the puddle of 
the consistency of thin mortar. The roots 
are dipiped iu this puddle at the time of plant¬ 
ing. This is one the best remedies I have 
used, and it has the merit of being simple 
and within reach. 
* * * 
Wheu the Egyptian beet was first intro¬ 
duced the Bassano was disparaged and pushed 
aside. Next came the Eclipse, and the Egyp¬ 
tian was said to be a poor kind. Notwith¬ 
standing, the Bassano is still, for all eating 
purposes, one of the best early beets we have. 
When putting the Eclipse on its first, trial. I 
could not help thinking, ‘ Well, you may be 
everything that is lovely just now but wait 
a little while, and you too will be relegated 
to a back seat.” Is it really necessary' to dis¬ 
parage and utterly condemn a good old vege¬ 
table of any kind for the purpose of intro¬ 
ducing a new one f I think there is a lietter 
way. If one should sow at the same time a 
row of the Eclipse, the Egyptian, and the 
Bassano, he would have a succession of really 
good beets. 
* * * 
I am a little disappointed in the William 
Bennett Rose. It is large, of handsome color, 
and beautiful in the bud: but uot being a full 
double rose, there is not substance enough in 
the petals to keep up its character when fully 
expanded, though this may be owing some¬ 
what to forcing. There can be no doubt, how¬ 
ever, about its being a very fine and valuable 
rose for the use of the florist. 
* * * 
I think I have grown all of the large-leaved 
variegated abutilous, and 1 like Prince of 
Heilbron best, I once supposed, like most 
others, that it required the temperature of a 
hot-house to develop and maintain its hand¬ 
some variegation: but grown in a cool green¬ 
house this Winter, it has maintained its mark¬ 
ings remarkably well, though, of course, it has 
grown slower than it would with more heat. 
Its large and handsome flowers are produced 
freely. It is an easily grown plant worthy of 
a place in any collection. 
♦ * * 
Of the smnlldeaved ahutilons. the variega¬ 
ted form of A verillarium is much to be pre¬ 
ferred. Grown to a single long stem, or graft¬ 
ed four or five feet high, it makes a charming 
pendulous plaut. It blooms very freely aud 
the handsomely colored calyx adds much to 
its beauty. It needs only a moderately rich 
soil to make it everybody’s plant, and has the 
additional merit of being one of the best of 
room plants. 
drbovmtliimxl. 
THE JAPAN CHESTNUT—THE OTHER 
SIDE. 
After seeing the Rural s oft-repeated con¬ 
demnation of the Kieffer Pear on account of 
its poor quality, I tun surprised at its praises 
of the Japan Chestnut, which occupies among 
chestnuts the same position held by the Kief¬ 
fer among pears, or the Champion among 
grapes; that is, it is hardy, vigorous, protlue- 
tive, bears early' and is very profitable for 
market; but it is uot tit to eat. Nino out of 
teu of the seedlings, on an average, will not he 
as good eating as aeorus, while the test is 
inferior to the Spanish w hich is poor enough. 
Besides this, the kernel is surrounded by a 
skin fully as bitter as that of the Horse-chest¬ 
nut, with the additional disadvantage of 
being astringent, like a persimmon. Yet the 
trees are very productive, there teing from 
three to seven large nuts in each burr, and 
they sold readily at 40 cents per quart the 
past Fall. Their large size will sell them re 
gardless of quality, and this fact, combined 
with their large yield, makes the Japan Chest¬ 
nut one of the most profitable nut trees that 
ean be planted. w. w ilson. 
Burlington Co , N. J. 
[Mr. W. Wilson’s opinion as regards the 
quality of the Japan Chestnut is very differ¬ 
ent from that of many others. It is certainly 
(Continued on page 220.) 
and goultty. 
TOULOT SE GEESE per trio, 910 . Eggs$2for6 
or S3 per dozen. K. C. White Leghorn and sTc. Brown 
Leghorn chickens, $1 each: eggs, m.50 for 15. For -ale 
by ..... THEM. DAEIII, 
Box I'll. Great Bend, Kansas. 
BLOOD "WI IjTi TELIi. 
Have bred flue Poultry for fifteen vear. and am sell 
lug a superior stock of Potilrrv and Eggs of the follow 
ing varieties: 
Plymouth Rocks,American Dominiques,W vandottes, 
single Cornh White snd Brown Leghorns, silver spun 
gled Hamburg*, and lVkln Ducks. ,\.n breeding from 
high scoring birds that have won the highest honors in 
the show room, iTice of Eggs: Wyandotte. 83.50 for 13; 
96.H0 lor 4o. .1)1 other varieties for IS; 51.50 each for 
two or more settings. Eggs packed in new bnskets to 
go safely any distance. Send for circular. Address 
„ „ „ „ JONES WILCOX. 
P. O. Box 10. East Chatham, X. Y. 
High Class Plymouth Hocks and Wyandotte*. 
All high scoring birds. None better, and full satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Eggs for setting of 1«. carefullv 
paeked In baskets. Plymouth Rocks, *1;Wyandottes,* 2 . 
W. L, LUNDY. METbCHKK, New Jersey. 
NAPKNOLIA.-J 
PROGRESSIVE POULTRY COOPS FOR 
HENS AND CHICKS, 
WITH BROODERS AND INCLOSED RUNS. 
1 he favorite Excelsior Poultry Coop and Nest combined 
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and Bronze Medals were awarded at the Oreat 
Show of New A ork handers’ Club, February is-<6 
Have you nnywhere ebse in the world seen Chicken 
Brooders and Inclosed Runs that may at pleasure he 
either attached to or detachable from the coop ' 
f not any such coop- or broodere, send a 
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NAPKNOLL POULTRY COOP CO., 
liOsHEN, ORANGE CO., N. Y. 
___ Agents: 
NEVCELL& TAYLOR. IW State street, Boston, Mass. 
L. N. CLARK & SOX, 38 Dey Street, New York. 
At the Great N. Y, Poultry Show, 
the silver cup. 
value 350.n0. offered by Reed & Bartou for the largest 
percentage of chickens hatched was awarded to 
THE STANDARD INCUBATOR, 
Manufactured by L. N. CLARK & SON, Healers in all 
the leading Incubators. Poultry Supplies, etc. 
38 DEY STREET, NEW YORK. 
Mention this papier. 
Game*: Wyandottes: Houdans. 
B E s ^|idi“S rstt, fe,,S“¥r t SIS 
Kin, for 
Y. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
I lrst Premiums this season. 
S’i per 13. pai-Ked for shipping. 
A. C. KILMER, Coble-skill, N. Y. 
ENTERPRJSE POULTR V YARDS 
mouth Rocks n Specialty. 
’“"J 1 ' '■nude-, 'S5hatch, cheap. Eggs, 
iw - D * Stamp for replv. 
" 8- to 'VORRELL. Fort Washington. Pa. 
.Haitiraoth Bronze Tnrkeys and Pekin Ducks. 
1 1 Ize Langshans, W yaudottee, P, Rock-. Houdans. Blk 
to'khorns, Polish, etc. Eggs for hatching a spe- 
clalty—From Ducks and Chickens, *2 for U. Fancv 
Pigeons. r. VANDEItHOVEX. Rahway, NJ ' 
PORTABLE POULTRY HOUSES, 
Afoc'S^rs. .^AMEKICAt^ 
PALkWrAfiLEr* 
' [ u ft WUrSEMfi.C^ 
I L—J j' !a| CORONARY 
Furnished all complete ready fur accupancy. These 
houses are Just what poultry breeders want, as they are 
AV/it, Practical ana Cheap. 
All kinds of portable houses suitable for all climates: 
rainy wind aud u ater proof. Sent to any part of 
the world, and no carpenter required to put them to¬ 
gether. 
Htnd for our Circular before you order a 
puuttri/ house, 
AMERICAN PATENT PORTABLE 
HOUSE MANUFACTURING CO., 
Corona, Queens Co., N. Y. 
WYANDOTTES. 
Won Special on Highest Score and Third Premium 
onjiair of Chicks at the New York Fanciers’ Show in 
Won First and Second on Fowls and First, on Chicks 
at Middletown, N. V., In 159*. 
Won First on Breeding-pen of KowLs and First on 
BreedIng-peii of Chicks, and First on pair of Fowls a 
Newburgh. September, 13FS. 
FOWLS .AND CHICKS FOR SALE. 
Etuis, Sg per 13; 8.* per 36. 
„ dr. E. W. DEAD, 
Box 103, MONTGOMERY. Ouasge Co., N. Y. 
DARK BRAHMAS. 
Won first on Breeding Pen of Fowls, flr-t on Breeding 
Pen of chicks, first on Pair of Chicks and second on 
Pair Fowls, at 
NEWBURGH, September, lsgs. 
Fowls or Eggs in Season. 
EGGS, 32.00 per 13; 83.50 per 26. 
Dr. €. Ross Elliott, 
P. O. Box 267. MONTGOMERY, Orange Co.. N. Y. 
Pure Broun Leghorn*. 
I will furnish Eggs from pure stoekTuieely packed In 
baskets, for $12jl) for IS; *2.56 for 26. 
H. W. BRINK, Midheetows, n. Y. Box 161. 
EGG-1 FROM CHOICE **TOCK.-81.50 tw 
13; Hawkins Plyuaoutn Hocks. Single Comb Brown 
Leghorns, Light Brahmas. Wyandottes, Houdans, 
Langshans, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, White Buff and 
Partridge cochins. 
_8A >IL. L. CLARK, HUDSON, O. 
f xcs'sior, P. Rock, L. Brahmas, & Wyandottes. 
A SPECIALTY’ OF FOWLS FUR FARMERS. 
We exhibited a pen uf Five Plymouth Rooks, aver¬ 
aging ten pounds each, at X. T. Fanciers’ Club Show, 
where we won First Prize on P. Rock Breeding Pen. 
Birds for sale at all times. Eggs, 95 for 13. 
SCTDDER dk TOWNSEND, 
Glen Head. N. Y. 
PM 
T. L, ATT1 N, 
Originator and Breeder of 
BLACK AND MOTTLED JAVA FOWLS, 
GAINES. ORLEANS CO., X. Y. 
Fowls. *\Q0 each. Eggs, gUX) per 15: S5.ll) per 30. 
LA XG8IIAX*». all high scoring. One pen headed 
by Cockered scoring '36. Eggs. S3 per 13: 85 per 26. Dark 
Brahmas, headed by imported Cockerel. White Dor¬ 
kings, Black Javas. Andalusians, and White Leghorns 
All Premium Strains. Eggs, 82 per 13. or 5...50 per 26. 
Ayle-bury Ducks—Imported and as One os thisv is in 
the country. Eggs, 83 per 11: or 95 per 22. Fowls for 
Sale. Correspondence solicited. 
E. P. A- W. J. KIRBY. 
EAST CHATHAM. N. Y. 
K I SCO MOUNTAIN Strain of line Wvandotts 
Send for descriptive Catalogue and price li-t before 
purchasing either eggs or fowls. Address 
KISCO MOUNTAIN POULTRY YARDS’ 
Mount Kiseo, New York. 
Extra Wyandotte Effsrg. 
Fresh laid from first class birds. Packed innice bas¬ 
kets at 82 for LI; 311 for 85. 
VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF 
IR1SH8ETTEH I>OG8*. 
yard broke, fine blood. Price iriven on aim lie, 
E. T. BAILY, MOUNT KISCO. NEW TO 
ORK. 
E6GS! EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! 
P. Rocks aud W. Leghorns, two yards, each 81: and 
91.50 per 13. Wyandortes, two yards. $i_3P; and SO per 
l.i. Now ready for shipment. 
5-aybrook YaUey Poultry Yards, Oak Hut , n.y. 
Ducks. Pekin*. Rouen*. 81.50 for 11 Eggs. 
W yandottes, sir*) for 13 Eggs. P. it<„ k* and 
W Hite Leghorns. 81.50. vie have a very large 
stock rai-ed artillcial for practical us*-, the W-t Brood¬ 
er kuown for 93.1D. C. .1. DCIX B Y, 
White Plains. N. Y. 
CfJfJC From Prize Wyandottes, P. Rock, Langshans 
L. U u U auj Lt. Brahmas, at 82 and 93 per 13. Few 
Fowls for sale. W. R. TEETER. Pitr-fon, Pa. 
PALISADE POULTRY YARDS. 
C. S. COOPER, 
Schrnalenburgh, N. J., 
Breeder of Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks. Four 
grand pens of each variety. Eggs from pens one and 
two. *3.00 for 13; 95 .W for 26. Eggs from pens three 
and four, of each variety. *2 j 00 for 13; *8.0. for 26. 
P. ROCK8 AND WYANDOTTES. Pure, 
large, flne and well bred. Eggs and stock, for sale 
cheap. Get mv prices before buying. 
E L. BR1NSE1L, Middletown. Pa. 
POULTRY ANNUAL 
Send two-oent scamp for it. 
G. M. P. JOHNSON, Bkohamtos, N. Y. 
SUCCESS HATCHER. 
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INCUBATOR. 
Send for circular. SUCCESS HATCHER CO., 
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H A /'N LI Thi- t'«-iw Folding Xn- 
M IV- M cuhator and Brooder 
" » I I I .combined' will hatch 
from l,2u) to t.500 chicks per year, worth as 
broilers from to per dozen. No cost or ex¬ 
perience to operate. Holds !«• eggs. Price $12.00 
s^CHICKS BY« 
lamps to explode. Ten hens will p ay $ 2» profit I 
per year. Send 4c for ueiv >-pp. r 
nook on poultry, incubators, etc.: 
F. D. CRaIg, North Evanston. Ul J 
Half-Way Brook Kennels and Poultry Yards. 
LOCK BOX 450, CLKNS FALLS, X. Y. 
OL R !sl ECIALTIES.—St. Bernards. Eng. Mastiffs and Eng. Beagle Hounds. Imported Dogs In the Stud. Fees 
reasonable. Can furnish dogs of any of the popular breed-, at low tlgures. for quality of stock. 
in POULTRY.—y\e breed the best and most popular varieties of land and water fowls, stock for sale at 
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MILL BROOK 
AND 
li E 1 ST 1 ST B 
selected W^andotteSjLauia>hauA. W. and Br.^Leghorus. P. Rocks, 
Lt. Brahmas, R. C. W 
Duck eggs. *2 for 11, $3 for 22. Nine 
Leghorns. B. B. R. Games, Pekln’Ducks. Eggs. *3 for IS, $5 for JC M (or 39. 
hens and one male to each pen. I guarantee a good fuit.-h. JVw au . 
Ciiampioui Bernard Dogs, rhumpton scotch Collie Dogs. Y wr.ig stock for sale at reasonable prices. Cham 
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PRESTONS WYANDOTTES! 
15 GRAXD BREEDING PENS FOR 1886. 
IR^.u™! 1 .! I'' 0 bf First Premium Stock, headed by "Earl and Truston," at $5.00 per 13: $10.0u per 39. Eggs 
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