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Vol. XLV. No. 1910. 
NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 4, 1886. 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
82.00 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. 
THE GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. 
IN the Summer of 188:2 Mr. Ezra Stokes, of 
Berlin, Camden County, N. J., while having 
his crop of Cutbert Raspberries picked for 
market, had his attention called to a cane 
found growing in this patch, producing a 
light-colored berry. 1 From this beginning 
came what is known as the Golden Queen 
Raspberry. During the strawberry season of 
1884. after inspecting Mr. Parry’s new seedling 
strawberry, having heard of Mr. Stoke’s inten¬ 
tion to put this raspberry on the market, I 
visited the Golden Queen in its home. It was 
The past Bpring, the canes were alive to the 
extreme tips in both the Queen and Cuthbert, 
and the former proved quite as hardy as the 
latter, which for years has been perfectly 
hardy. 
I cut back both varieties the same day, and 
to a length as nearly alike as possible. The 
budsof the Golden Queen burstseveral days be¬ 
fore those of the Cuthbert, Rancocas or Marl¬ 
boro. The Golden Queen and Cuthbert blos¬ 
somed at the same time, and ripened the first 
berries together. 
On July 12, 1885,1 visited the Golden Queen 
on the grounds of Mr. Lovett, and there saw 
nearly half an acre in bearing. Except in the 
color and ilavor of the berries, the Golden 
Queen resembles the Cuthbert in all respects, 
Lovett, who also sent us plants last year. 
Several of them died, and the others started 
late, and have not therefore made a vigorous 
growth. We have entire faith that the Golden 
Queen will be found well worthy of intro¬ 
duction.— Eds.] 
NITRATE OF SODA FOR STRAW¬ 
BERRIES, ETC. 
In the Rural of August 21, Chas. A. Green 
gives his experience in the use of nitrate of 
soda on strawberry plants, but does not give 
the exact amount he uses, or tell on how much 
of a row or surface he applied it; and I sup¬ 
pose it was applied in the dry powdered state. 
Now, my experience in the use of nitrate has 
been very satisfactory, and was not followed 
saw the rows that were treated to the nitrate, 
and those next to them which received none, 
would inquire as to the reason for the differ¬ 
ence in their appearance, and, as far as I can 
observe, there has not been the least sign of 
burn or spotting of the foliage from its use. 
The effect was to quickly start the vines into 
a vigorous growth, giving them a deep green, 
clean and glossy appearance,and in the fruiting 
season the results .were yet more plainly ap¬ 
parent. I kept account of the best picking, 
and on two rows alongside of each other made 
the comparison. The one which received the 
nitrate gave sixty-three quarts, and the other 
twenty-seven quarts—less than half. [ sba]l 
treat the rows again this season, and will also 
apply on different rows bone-meed and a com- 
A FREE SKETCH, TRUE TO NATURE, OF THE GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. Fig. 344. 
too early in the season for the fruit to bo ripe. 
The canes, however, were well loaded with im¬ 
mature berries, and presented a vigorous 
growth, closely resembling in appearance the 
Cuthbert. In the Spring of 1885. Mr. Stokes 
sent me a dozen of the plants for trial. I se¬ 
lected a dozen Cuthbert plants ol’ equal vigor 
from my grounds, and set them in rows side 
by side. I also put out, the same day, a dozeu 
each of Rancocas and Marlboro. That year 
the Goldeu Queen bore a few berries—just 
sufficient to give the flavor. In vigor of 
growth it was liko the Cuthbert, by its side. 
both iu plant and fruit. In flavor it is more 
sprightly than the Cuthbert, and equal to it 
in firmness. The Rancocas with me is a poor 
grower,and the berry is of small size. On my 
grounds the growth of the Marlboro is like 
that of the same variety on the Rural Grounds. 
The plants made u good, vigorous growth last 
year, but the Winter killed all of the more 
vigorous, leaving all the small canes. They 
have made u sickly growth and have borne 
but little fruit. j. b. rogrrs. 
LOur engraving, Fig. 344, is made from a 
specimen sent to this office by Mr. J. T. 
by any ill results. I measure out one pint of 
nitrate and put it iu ten gallons of rain water 
—well water will answer. I then stir it until 
it is completely dissolved. Thou I take an 
ordinary watering-can, which holds about two 
gallons, and iu the evening, before sundown, 
l apply it by sprinkling on the rows, which 
are about 200 feet long and a foot wide, 
making two gallons water the full 200 feet of 
the row. In ten or twelve days 1 repeat the 
application. I speak now of the Fall only. 
I have never yet used it in Spring. The re¬ 
sults were so marked that every person who 
bination of bone-meal and ammoniated bone. 
As a mulch for Winter I find well-rotted 
stable manure applied uniformly to a depth 
of l> j iuch as nearly as possible, the most 
satisfactory of all that I have used yet, and 
believe it contains more elements beneficial 
to the growth of the berry than any of the 
other mulches generally used, such as straw, 
corn fodder, tobacco stems, etc. 
Montgomery Co., Ohio. w. barringer. 
WHO INTRODUCED THE SHARPLESS 1 
TV rile no one will wish to deprive Mr. J. 
