MOV 20 
THIRTEENTH REGULAR 
Sin DIST1I1ITI01 
OF THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The collectionwillbesent 
to every subscriber who 
applies, without any 
charge or conditions 
whatever. The appli¬ 
cation, “Send Seeds,” 
is all that is required. 
Let it be understood t lint the object of these 
«listributions of (feed!, or Plants is (I) to in¬ 
troduce new varieties of merit, and (ti' to 
euable readers to test them in a small way 
without expense. If larger quantities be 
desired, our readers must purchase the 
seeds of those w ho sell them, or wait until 
they are ottered for sale. The proprietor of 
the R. N.-V.wishesittobe known by nil the 
patrons ot the paper that we uever sell 
seeds, plants, or anything whatever, ex¬ 
cept subscriptions to the R. itself. 
THE POND CORN. 
AS EARLY AS ANY FIELD CORN IN 
CULTIVATION. 
It glazed at the Rural Grounds in 85 
days. Plants six feet high, ears born low. 
Red, yellow, and variegated grain from 
one seed. From eight to twelve rows. 
Large kernels, small cobs. Never offered 
for sale. 
Extra Early Orange Squash. 
Much earlier than the Boston Marrow, 
and equally valuable as a Summer or win¬ 
ter squash. Very prolific. 
Northern Pedigree Sweet Corn. 
The earliest and best sweet corn known. 
Selections of seed made for 25 years. The 
dwarfest plants. Ears perfect in form and 
of exquisite quality. A first-rate acquisi¬ 
tion. 
Cleveland’s Improved Valentine Bean. 
“The Earliest String Bean grown—two 
week’s earlier than the Round-pod Valen¬ 
tine and much more prolific. Unequaled 
in uniformity of ripening. Nearly the 
whole crop can be taken at one picking. 
The Rural’s Garden Treasures. 
These flower and shrub seeds are col¬ 
lected at the Rural Grounds and bought of 
seedsmen. There will be ut least 150 dif¬ 
ferent varieties. All are thoroughly mix¬ 
ed before being put up iu the packets sent 
to subscribers. 
The Pond Corn. 
This was not planted at the Rural Grounds 
until the 5th of June. The grain began to 
glaze August 25th, and was ready to harvest 
in 85 days. It is a remarkable variety of flint 
corn in. several respects. Some of the ears 
bear only yellow kernels, some variegated, 
some red, and all may sometimes be found on 
a single plant. The kernels average as large 
as any flint corn we have tried; the cobs are 
as small as it is desirable they should be. The 
rows vary from eight to 12. The plants are 
of medium hight, or about six feet. They 
sucker very little. The ears are borne low. 
It is our belief that this coni will ripen any¬ 
where that any field corn will mature. It 
originated with Mr. Emmons Pond, of Jewett 
Heights, Green Co., N. Y., who writes as fol¬ 
lows in regard to it: “I have seen red, white, 
yellow and streaked on one ear, but usually 
the red ears are distinct. I have also seen red 
and yellow ears ou the same stalk; also eight, 
10 and 12 rows on one stalk. I think a yellow 
ear would produce all colors. I think it will 
ripen with you in 90 days. It is colder here 
and takes a little longer. The ears grow low 
on the stalk, about one foot from the ground. 
With ordinary cultivation it grows six feet 
high, but I have seen it 10 feet high. 
The best ears are 12 to 13 inches long. 
Many ears are 12 rowed with a wonderfully 
small cob, as you may know from the size of 
the keruel. I never saw a corn that can run 
so large a stream from the sheller. The cobs 
are not much larger than a man's finger. The 
corn from which this has been bred was given 
to my uncle. I at once commenced crossing 
it with kiuds having long ears, always saving 
the ears showing the best characteristics of 
the parents on both sides, and I now think it 
will produce more shelled corn to the acre 
thau any I ever saw raised in the North. I 
never thought of distributing it until you sent 
me the Angel of Midnight Corn, which is in¬ 
ferior in the size of the keruel, ripening much 
later aucl having a larger cob, I am no seeds¬ 
man, though I take great pleasure in experi¬ 
mental farming. I did uot send the corn to 
you with any idea of making money out of it, 
but merely with a view of benefiting your 
readers, should you think well to introduce it. 
Had the season proved favorable, I think ,1 
could have shown you ears equal to the West¬ 
ern dent corn with the advantage of early 
ripening,” 
At Fig. 425 is shown an ear of this corn sent 
us by Mr. Pond. This drawing is the exact 
size of the original ear. The kernels are varie¬ 
gated, heing dark red streaked with yellow. 
At Fig. 42tl is shown a section of an ear grown 
at the Rural Grounds. Here the keruel is a 
solid red. At Fig. 427 is shown a crass section 
of Fig. 42G reduced. 
NORTHERN PEDIGREE SWEET 
CORN. 
We raised a small plot of this new variety 
the post season iu the same field with 20 other 
kinds. It was the earliest of all and as sweet 
aud tender as any of the later kinds. The 
ears are small, though the kernels are large 
and set closely together in straight rows. In 
the poor soil of our experiment field the plants 
were scarcely more than knee high. The or¬ 
iginator writes as follows; 
“I can give uo history of the Northern 
Pedigree Sweet Corn, except that for many 
years it has been a favorite early variety iu 
my family. 1 do not know where it first came 
from, as the time is beyond my remembrance. 
For at leas. 25 years the earliest aud best 
formed ears have been saved for stock. This 
has resulted in securing the sweetest and most 
perfectly formed cars of any early sugar corn 
known. I have tested itside by side at different 
times with all the early varieties 1 could hear 
of, and with the single exception of the Cory 
it has always proved to bo from six to 10 days 
earlier than the earliest This season it was 
fit for the table but two or three days before 
the Cory. But in all those qualities that go 
to make up a first-class sweet corn it was 
more than "head and shoulders” above the 
Cory. All who tested their comparative 
merits decided that the Northern Pedigree 
was the sweetest, richest, most tender, earliest, 
and had by far the most compact and best 
formed ears. The Northern Pedigree is more 
even and uniform in size and shape, being but 
a trifle larger at the butt end tlian at. the tip. 
The Cory, like its twin brother the Marble¬ 
head, has a large, heavy-butted cob on which 
the kernels are loosely and awkwardly placed. 
The growth of stalk is dwarfish, allowing 
close planting. Nearly every stalk gives two 
of these handsomely formed ears.” 
We have only to add that the seed corn of 
Fig. 125. 
our experiment plot was given to us by J. M. 
Thorburn & Co., of New York, and that it 
is through that firm that wo have been en¬ 
abled to purchase seed euough for this distri¬ 
bution. (See Fig. 428, exact size.) 
CLEVELAND’S IMPROVED VALEN¬ 
TINE BEAN. 
This originated with A. B. Cleveland A Co., 
of Cape Vincent, N. Y., who writes us: 
"In reply to your favor we would say that 
we believe this bean to be the earliest string 
bean grown. Its habits are similar to the 
regular Round Pod Valentine, but it is two 
weeks earlier and much more prolific. The 
pods are unusually thick and fleshy and of 
7? Ai~Y 
Pig. 428. 
the finest quality, and unequaled in uniform¬ 
ity of ripening. Nearly the whole crop can 
be taken at one picking.” 
THE RURAL’S G/ARDEN TREASURES. 
We call these “Garden Treasures” for want 
of a more appropriate name. Let it be under- 
Fig. 427. 
stood that the bulk of these flower seeds is 
made up merely of the good old popular varie¬ 
ties, which all seedsmen offer. To these are 
added small quantities of such choicer varieties 
as we are enabled to gather at the Rural 
Grounds and elsewhere through friends and 
Fig. 428. 
subscribers. It would well pay our readers 
for their pains if they would spread out the 
seeds of the envelope sent them on a smooth 
piece of paper and separate into as many 
little lots those which seem to be the same. 
Iu this way each might bo sown separately, if 
so desired, and the shrub or tree seeds be 
1 given the different care they require. The 
