£/V7-RY hOJ2S 
MEW YORK, JULY 17, 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 Congees at Washington. 
and healthy. The fruit lasts until Sharpless 
ripens. We can not see that the Parker Earle, 
all things considered, is any more desirable 
than many other new varieties which we are 
testing this year. 
Lida (pistillate) was received from W. Parry, 
Parry P. O., N. J., March 20 of this year. It 
is a seedling of King Cluster (now changed to 
Early Cluster, and to be introduced this Fall 
by Mr. Henderson). Judging from these 
spring-set plants, Lida is a vigorous grower 
and very productive. The berries are of good¬ 
ly size, as shown in the illustration from na¬ 
ture (Fig. 282, page 4U2), and firm enough for 
a near market. As to quality, some of the 
earlier ripening berries were rich and good— 
the later ones were watery und rather soft. 
The shape is ovate-conical, sometimes ovate; 
the color, when ripe, dark crimson; the flesh 
colored through; seeds dark, slightly imbed¬ 
ded. 
Bomba, also from Mr. Parry, is also a seed- 
ling of King Cluster. It is a strong grower 
apparently. The fruit averages large, dark in 
color; flesh red and fail- in quality. First ripe 
berry May 31. The shape is generally regular 
and quite firm; seeds yellowish. It is some¬ 
times Boyden 30-shape and green at tip; some¬ 
times Crescent-shape. As to productiveness 
and quality, Lida is preferred. (Shown at 
Fig. 283. page 462.) 
Headers will kindly note that we give the 
above as mere impressions formed from the 
behaviour of Spring-set plants of the present 
year. 
<* 2 peruncnt 6round,a' of the gtural 
Utu>- Worker. 
NEW STRAWBERRIES. 
• HE HILTON. Plants of this 
were received from H. H. Al¬ 
ley, ^Hilton, N. J., in August 
of last year. (Shown at Fig. 
280.) We have in this a re¬ 
markable berry—remarkable 
as to size of berry, and vigor 
and health of the plants. The 
floweriis pistillate or nearly so. The plants 
here arc fully as vigorous as Sharpless, the 
leaves quite as large. The habit of the plant 
is, in fact, like that of Sharpless. Mr. Alley 
raised it five years ago 
from, os ho says, Great 
American, Sh&rpless 
aud Champion; but we 
doubt not Sharpless is the 
father. He claims that 
it is very prolific, that the 
quality is good, and that - 
it “cun be grown with less 
fertilizing thou any other a 
large berry.” As to the n 
last statement, we have " 
nothing to say. Our / i 
plants grow in an ordiu- i 
ary garden soil, where 
nearly all strawberries 
thrive fairly well. It is 
certainly more prolific >4^ 
than the Sharpless; the l 
berries average as large 
and of better shujKi. From /■ 
one of the plants t ho larg- ; \r 4 ?: £fi 
est berry of the season 'i W&tyfiw-v 
was picked, being 9% in- <C T* c 
ches in circumference. **®**!^'i tirOc 
Some are ovate in shape, S jipL 
the largest often fan- 
shaped, sometimes cover- 17JU u 
ing the larger part of a • s'C 
semicircle. The pc dun- jr^jKg 
ties are very large and 1 • - 
strong, holding up six or 
seven berries of large size. 
Upon one peduncle, June A ■■JS, ’ 
1G, there were 20 berries, W J J fipw i ^ 
all green, six of which t k * \> 1 ■> >'■ 
were large, one the larg- • v< ? * j ^ 
esc of the season, as above AliU * 'V V*/ 
stated, the rest as shown 
in our engraving, which ^ 
is quite true to nature. 
This berry begins to •• 
ripen when Sharpless is / 
at its best, this year about V 
June 10. The color is 
much like that of Shai-p- 
less, though not quite so 
bright. It is fully as tinu. ifS 
The flesh is red through- 
out; the quality, we re- f i 
grot to say, is not of the 
best. It is not quite so 
good as Sharpless. For 
a market berry of the 
largest size to follow- 
Sharpless it may prove » ’ 
very valuable. 
In these times, when 
scores of new berries are 
being offered every year, 
there seems to be little 
excuse for introducing 
those of inferior quality, 
unless they supply some 
need which is not supplied 
RASPBERRY NOTES. 
Antwerp is our best berry. They are so large 
and juicy that one scarcely knows whether 
they have seeds or not. Contrary to our ex¬ 
pectations, it passed the -winter sustaining no 
more injury than most 
other kinds. The Marl¬ 
boro disappoints us great¬ 
ly. The bushes show a 
decided lack of vigor, the 
berries are no larger than 
those of Turner or even 
HanselL We are glad to 
“ - Know that in other places 
^ it is highly prized. 
i J a We now have the Grim¬ 
ly son Beauty from three 
different parties. They 
411 866111 to be the same, 
g-iA*- and are w ithout any par- 
^ ' ticulor merit of any kind 
^ j except it may be earli- 
ness. The berries are of 
j *•*' medium size, good qua- 
i lity, often imperfect. 
'M I Beebe’s Golden is a sweet 
yellow-cap berry, small 
Spring field is a black- 
. cap received from H. S. 
Anderson, of Union 
Springs, N. Y., Dec. 1st, 
QmiS- ‘Vi 1884. It ripens with Doo- 
little, or a little before. 
The berries are black, 
fcvjEv without bloom, of good 
quality, but not quite so 
firm as those of Doolittle. 
The canes are thornless 
and hardy. 
Belle is a blackcap, 
received from L. C. Car- 
low, of Batavia. Ill., in 
May of 1885. It is one of 
the most hardy, vigorous, 
and productive caps we 
have ever raised. It is 
also among the earliest to 
ripen. The berries, which 
are borne in clusters of 
from eight to ten, turn 
first red on oue side, yel¬ 
low ou the other, and 
then black with some 
bloom. They average as 
large as those of Gregg, 
aud are firm, but as grown 
here are as nearly taste¬ 
less as a berry well can be. 
Mr. Carlow says that the 
quality is better than 
Gregg. It may be so with 
him, and may prove so 
w-ith others.' We must 
speak of the fruit of plants 
sent us as we find it, 
though it is often with 
great reluctance that,with 
many good qualities, we 
are obliged to point out 
a failing which renders a 
new variety unworthy of 
introduction. 
THE HILTON STRAWBERRY 
From Nature 
