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NEW YORK, JULY 31. 1886 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
Entered ,coortl„ Ac. C. TO !n tt. 13*. by .h. Hur., In Ut. o«ee «f the Ubrnrt.n o, Congr* W^lnpon. 
Madame de Watte ville is a new Tea 
Rose, from Storrs, Harrisou & Co., of Paines- 
ville, Ohio. It is of exquisite beauty. The col¬ 
oring is hard to describe. The petals are 
yellowish-white, inclining to piuk about the 
edges as they unfold, aud of a deeper purplish 
pink about the petals of the yet unfolded bud, 
giving the flower a rich, distinctive beauty. 
The plant is vigorous and blooms freely. It is a 
pity such delicate coloring is not to be found 
among the hybrid perpetuals or Remontants. 
CHESTER CO. MAMMOTH CORN. 
It is within the easy memory of our older 
readers that about six years ago the largest 
crop of corn on record, produced under similar 
conditions, was raised at the Rural Farm, 
There were five acres of Chester Co. Mam¬ 
moth, which yielded by measurement 112 
H. S. Anderson, Union Springs, N. Y., the 
latter from EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y., have not as yet fruited 
Orange is from H. M. Engle, of Marietta, 
Pa. ‘‘It is, ’ he writes, ‘‘probably a seedling 
of the Houghton.” This berry is with us of 
real value. It is one of the earliest to ripen, 
if not the earliest. It is of medium size, sweet 
and tender. The color is a dull yellow. Plant 
thrifty. See Fig. 304. 
Imported Variety from H. Sumner, Polo, 
Ill. He imported it 10 years ago from Eng¬ 
land. The berries average of fair size. Some 
mildew and some do not. A longer trial is 
needed. 
Dougal No. 10, mildews badly. 
Doc gad No. 3, berries from medium to 
large—scarcely any mildew. Green when 
ripe. Ripens with Porter. Quality medium. 
Docgal's No. 2. Fruit of medium size and 
high quality, hairy. Color light green shaded 
with purple. See Fig. 305 (p. 404). 
Experiment <6round,o' of the gturnl 
Ucro-'ilorker. 
have ever seen so early in the season. 
Chester Co. Mammoth Corn is peculiar in 
several ways. It is late to start, but makes a 
rapid aud stupendous growth afterwards. 
The stalks, which are very large, will average 
10 feet high in a good season, bearing general¬ 
ly one—sometimes two—immense ears. The 
kernels are yellow, dented and large—the 
cobs as large as those of any kind we know. 
It seems peculiarly adapted to this part of the 
couutry, as well as to Pennsylvania, where it 
originated. The better ears vary from 14 to 
32 rows, about a foot in length and 1,000 ker¬ 
nels to an ear are not uncommon. We hope 
we shall be able to report to our readers as 
A QUESTION SUBMITTED TO OUR 
READERS. 
In February of last year half of a three-acre 
lot belonging to an esteemed neighbor was 
given 11 loads of city stable manure. It was 
spread evenly over the surface where it re¬ 
mained thus exposed until the following April. 
The same quantity of manure was placed in a 
heap ou the other half where it. remained also 
until April, having been turned often enough 
iu the interval to prevent burning. It was 
then spread und the entire field (three acres) 
w r as plowed. The plowman noticed that the 
soil underneath the half upon which the man¬ 
ure was spread iu February- was mellow, yield¬ 
ing readily to the plow-—while the other half 
upon which the manure had not been spread 
until April, was so much harder that it was 
easy to tell whenever the plow passed from 
oue lu the other*. The manure pile had so 
shrunk duriug the Winter and covered the 
acre and a half so sparingly that Mr*. Bogert, 
the owner, concluded to give it au additioual 
spread of three bags of high-grade complete 
chemical fertilizer, that is, at the rate of 400 
pounds to the acre. The entire field w-as then 
harrowed and planted to potatoes. The vines 
of the acre and a half which had received the 
stable manure alone, spread in February, were 
thriftier during the season than those on the 
other part, and the yield of potatoes was one- 
quarter more. The entire field was then fitted 
for rye aud seeded to Timothy last Fall, and 
to clover last Spring. The rye ou the half 
where the stable manure had beeu spread in 
February and which had received no chemical 
fertilizer, was appreciably heavier than that 
on the other half, and when the rye was cut as 
uow, the clover was so much thicker us to 
mark the boundary distinctly. Previous to 
1SS5, the field had been treated in every w-ay 
the same for many years, and so far as had 
beeu noticed the yield on the two halves was 
SMALL FRUIT NOTES FROM PRES, 
WILDER. 
The season has been quite favorable for the 
strawberry. The Horticultural Exhibition 
w as the best for 5U year's. Among strawberries 
the Belmont carried off the Silver Clip, al¬ 
though it had powerful competitor’s in the 
Sharpless and Jewell. The Prince ipf Berries) 
took the first prize for a new variety, and the 
Parry the second, but there was a silver medal 
also giveu to the Gold, which is larger, higher- 
fiavoied aud handsome. It was raised by 
P. it. Augur ik Sons. Among the new varie¬ 
ties was the Dorchester, which, although 
exhibited iu a general collection, attracted 
special notice for its size and beauty, and as 
a very late, handsome kind the Omega re¬ 
ceived a first-class certificate of merit. Jewell 
fully justifies the high commendation it has 
received, and Sharpless is more popular than 
any other kind. Ellwanger & Barrv con¬ 
ferred a great blessing on the world when 
they introduced it. 
In regard to raspberries, the Carman is the 
earliest cap variety I possess. It is sweet and 
i-rry good , a valuable acquisition. The Ohio 
comes iu next, and is hardy and productive. 
The Marlboro is early and prolific, ripening 
its crop gradually, and when fully ripe, of 
good quality, good size, and firm euough for 
traveling to distant market; but to obtain 
these advantages the suckers must be con¬ 
stantly kept down. It is the most vigorous 
and robust of all raspberries. My favorite is 
the Souchetti, which l introduced 30 years 
ago, 1 his aud the Franconia lead in the prize 
taking. Cuthbert is good but no improve¬ 
ment over the Franconia. The Crystal of 
I ay wood, a new white, is vigorous and pro¬ 
lific, handsome and firm, promises well for 
market. marshat.t. p mnwn 
ORANGE GOOSEBERRY 
(From Nature.) Fig. 304 
bushels of shelled corn per acre—the best acn 
yielding over 130 bushels of shelled corn, 
Another acre of Tennessee Prolific, or, as >t is 
now- called, Blount’s Prolific, yielded ISO bush 
els of shelled 
and the crop estimated and 
J. Dodge, L. E. Benedict, E 
large a yield as is now fairly promised. We 
can not recommend this corn for other parts 
of the country, but the splendid yield it gives 
us shows that farmers everywhere should not 
take for granted that they already have the 
best corn; but experiment in a small way year 
after year with every good variety they can 
hear of unt il a kind is found that suits their 
soil aud climate as well as the Chester Co. suits 
this farm. Had w-e beeu coutent with the 
coru generally raises 1 hereabouts, this would 
never have transpired. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
Triumph was received from George Ache- 
lis, of Westchester, Chester Co., Pa. It is a 
large berry certainly; but it so mildews this 
season that a longer trial is necessary to make 
a report in other particulars. 
Cayuga and Industry, the former from 
corn. The ground was measured 
certified to by R. 
Williams, C. V. 
Mapen, l>r. Habirshaw aud othera. 
We have now a field of 4.66 acres of the 
Chester Co. Mammoth which promises to equal, 
if not to excel, that yield. It had been in 
Timothy and clover for four years without 
any manure or surface dressing of any kind. 
It was plowed early in December last, aud 
this Spring 20 tons of farm-yard manure 
(mostly cow) were spread and harrowed in 
with a spring-tooth sulky harrow, aud once 
with an inelined-tooth harrow. Then six bags 
of complete fertilizer ($45 per ton) were sown 
i ttAvz laiseu tne former in connection 
with many other kinds for four years, and 
every year I find more aud more reasons to 
like it. It is a tine, healthy plant, bearing 
bright scarlet fruit, which ttftns somewhat 
darker when very ripe, Aid though slightly 
ucid, is of a rich, sparkling flavor and very re¬ 
freshing to the taste. The plant bears abun¬ 
dantly, aud is oue of the very latest I have 
tried. Longfellow, though holding out as 
weU, gets ill-shapeu aud stunted at the last, 
while it has a habit of laying its fruit on the 
ground so that one side of its magnificent 
berries is often imperfectly ripened. Ken- 
