1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
87 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
That Garden. —January 1, we be¬ 
lieve, is the usual time for making good 
resolutions, to be broken further on with 
more or less regularity. We are sorry 
that the “breaking” time comes, but I 
guess most of us have to plead guilty. 
If any of us have come short on our gar¬ 
den resolutions, it is an admirable time 
just now to rectify the omission. In or¬ 
der to start right it is time to begin the 
garden in our minds at least, and see 
just how we may operate the work part 
to the very best advantage. Think now, 
and work when the ground thaws out, 
for hours of clearly defined planning 
will save days of labor when work time 
comes. The seed catalogues are being 
sent out now; some of them are mar¬ 
vels of beauty, and will help us in our 
plans. They will set some of us to 
thinking; that is, if we will only read 
them. I recently visited a relative whose 
farm measures 400 broad acres. There 
is room for nearly everything but a gar¬ 
den, but the farm seems to be too small 
for that; so year after year the garden 
goes by default. In contrast to the 
above, I received a letter the other day 
from a woman in one of the large cities. 
She has hut a few feet of available space 
yet she wrote that vegetables mean so 
much to her that she wishes to use it to 
the best possible advantage. What she. 
wanted was to keep the ground busy all 
Summer, and asked me if I would tell 
her how to do it I wrote her to send 
me a list of the vegetables she liked 
best, with a full description of the 
ground, and then I would try to assist 
her. Later on I hope to tell our readers 
what she has been able to do on a very 
small plot of ground. 
Possibilities. —There is a wide-open 
opportunity for the boys and girls to 
find out the possibilities of the flower 
and vegetable garden. I receive a great 
many letters of inquiry as to some 
means of earning pin money; some also 
as to earning a part or the whole of a 
living. I have usually answered that I 
knew of no more promising field than 
the flower or vegetable garden, or the 
small fruit plot. I would rather my 
girls would take their chances there 
than to finger the keys of the typewriter 
or measure tape behind the counter. 
They might get tanned somewhat, may¬ 
be they would wear less fine clothes, but 
1 would take far more than even chances 
of healthy bodies and clean consciences. 
When I was a boy I subscribed for The 
R. N.-Y. It cost $1.50 a year then, but I 
would not take a good many times the 
amount for some things I learned from 
it then. Now I have been thinking that 
it would take but a few garden seeds 
and a small plot of ground to pay for a 
life membership in Tile R. N.-Y. fam¬ 
ily. I guess, however, there are ho life 
memberships offered, but I certainly be¬ 
lieve that any boy or girl who would 
earn enough extra money each year to 
subscribe for it and have it for their 
own, would find a very profitable invest¬ 
ment. These are only a few hints as to 
the possibilities; but if we can only get 
started right and in good time there will 
be plenty more that will open up before 
the season is over. 
An Object Lesson. —I have talked a 
good deal about saving garden seeds and 
their improvement right in our own gar¬ 
den. I got an object lesson the other 
day along this line. I met a gardener at 
a farmers’ institute where we were dis¬ 
cussing these matters. He showed me 
some onions that he grew last year, 
from supposedly yellow Globe Danvers 
seed, at least, that was what he called 
for when he purchased the seed. He 
had no fault to find with the yield, as 
that was good; but the onions were so 
badly mixed as to varieties that they 
had to be all sorted before he sold them. 
He bought It for “bred-up” seed, but 
there were several different types of the 
one variety, and there were Red Weth¬ 
ersfield, and white varieties also. He 
was pretty certain that in the future he 
would select desirable types of the va¬ 
rieties he wished to grow, and save his 
own seed. I was of the same opinion. 
Markets. —At the same meeting the 
market problem was also discussed, and 
the question as to private or open mar¬ 
ket was aired to some extent. The ar¬ 
guments were chiefly along the lines of 
better methods in sorting and putting 
up, better organization among the grow¬ 
ers, and closer relations between pro¬ 
ducers and consumers. It was pretty 
strongly urged that this last condition 
would be gained chiefly through the me¬ 
dium of the private market, and while 
it would to a great extent do away with 
the commission men and jobbers, it 
would result in ultimate good to both 
producers and consumers. I have re¬ 
cently seen very striking proof of this 
argument Late in the Fall a friend 
went out about 30 miles into the country 
and bought his Winter supply of apples. 
The very finest of fruit cost him, laid 
down at his door, $1.35 per barrel. The 
market quotations at that time were 
$1.50 for fancy fruit. I took a stroll 
among the commission men and found 
that I could buy at $2.75 laid down at 
my door. This showed that there was 
a big profit somewhere between the 
grower and the consumer. In other 
words, the commission men were get¬ 
ting more for simply handling the 
apples than the growers were getting 
for all their years of labor between the 
planting and bearing time of the or¬ 
chard. Fighting the bugs and insects 
was not reckoned in either. The com¬ 
mission men were not asking exorbi¬ 
tant prices, for good or fancy apples are 
worth that to the consumer, but where 
were the growers? It seemed to me 
that they could have made pretty good 
wages by delivering direct to customers. 
I find the same conditions true as to the 
vegetable market, and the sooner the 
growers and consumers get together, the 
sooner the millenium for the market 
gardener will dawn. J. e. morse. 
Michigan. 
Three Apples for St. Louis. 
J. W. U., De Soto, ifo.—Will you name 
three kinds of apples that would be good 
for commerce, and all good keepers? St. 
Louls would be my market, as our local 
consumption is easily glutted. One early 
kind, good to eat out of hand, would sell 
In our local market. 
Ans. —Jonathan would be my first 
choice of a market apple for Missouri if 
it were not for the fact that it will not 
keep long enough. As It is it is one of 
the very good market apples there, and 
none brings so high an average price in 
St. Louis. The Ben Davis tribe beyond 
doubt leads the market in that region, 
and it will do so for some years to come, 
although the parent variety and all its 
progeny are as poor in quality as they 
are attractive in appearance. If I had 
to choose from this lot it would be the 
much contested Black Ben Davis, and 
next to It Gano. York Imperial should 
be one of a list so small as to consist 
of only three kinds. It has been well 
tested for Missouri and neighboring 
States, and has but few faults, of which 
poor quality is not one. It is irregular 
In size and shape and is somewhat more 
subject to barrel-scald than it should be. 
A good early variety for local market 
would be Summer Rose, but it is quite 
small. Fanny comes later and is larger. 
Jefferis is of high quality and very 
handsome but It does not ripen in Mis¬ 
souri until the last of August. 
H. I. T. D. 
RRAPF RfinTQ Wholesale, direct from the 
UnMlL nUU 10 Grape Country. Per lOO,2 year: 
Concord, No. 1, $5; Niagara. W.,No. 1, $6; Diamond, 
\V.,No. i, W.j$6; Moore’s Early, B.. No. 1,16; Worden, 
B., No. 1, $6. No. ‘2 or Vineyard Grade, 25 per cent less. 
Freight paid when half cash accompanies order. 
C. E. PERSONS, Wt sttteld. Chant. Co., N. T. 
Strawberry Plants for Sale —Nicely cleaned, bunched 
and packed, |2 1,000. T. H. Kverngam, Concord,Md. 
nuninc CTD A\A/DCDDV Plams.I have them. 
UnUluL OlnAWDunni Lucas, the berry for 
which I was awarded a medal at Pan-Amer. Exp., and 
50 other kinds, described In free catalogue. Send 
for It. W. 8. TODD, Greenwood, Del. 
For valuable information 
showing best varieties, write 
HUSTEO Co., Lowell, Mich. 
TPpC0 ~^ne dollar's worth up at wholesale prices; 
• IILLO secure variety now, Spring payment; 80- 
page catalogue. Q. C. STONE, Wholesale Nurseries, 
Dansvllle, N. V. Established 85 years. 
GIANT ARGENTEUIL ASPARAGUS 
Fine plants. G. E. PACKARD, Dover, Del. 
^ Early Jersey Wakefield and 
■ or Large Charleston Wakefield 
Cabbage Plants and Virginia Second-crop Potato Seed. 
Address J. B. SAVAGE, Nassawadox, Va. 
At Tree Agents Prices? 
Why not save Imlf your money by buying direct 
of us, the growers of trees, plants and vines? w e sell 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Bulbs 
and Small Fruit plants, at one-half agents’ prices. 
Correspondence solicited. Illustrated catalogue free. 
Established 25 years. 800 acres. 750,000 Apple, 
Peach and Cherry Trees for sale. Secrets of 
Frolt Growing, 160 photos, mailed for 10 cents. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Fruit and Ornamental. 
Shrubs 
Roses 
Hardy Plants 
All the Best and Hardiest Vari- 
eties. Largest Collections in 
America. Illu.strated Descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue FREE on Request. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
Nurserymen—Horticulturists. 
MOUNTHOPE NURSERIES, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Established 1840. Mention this paper. 
GLADIOLI 
Our Motto: Quality First. We have, 
however, a sufficient quantity to supply 
all demands. Send for Catalogue. 
ARTHUR COWEE, 
“Meadowvalo Farm.” Berlin, N. Y. 
United States Grower and Representative 
of GROFF’S HYBRIDS. 
TREES SUCCEED WHERE 
’LargeBtTur.ery. OTHERS FAIL 
'Fruit Book Free. Result of 78 years’ experience 
^STARK BROS, Louisiana, Mo.; Dansvllle, N. Y.; Etc 
100% Investment. 
A few dollars invested in Ornamental 
Trees, Vines, Plants and Flowei’s to 
decorate your home and yard, will add 
double the cost to its appearance or sell¬ 
ing value. Our catalogue shows our fine 
stock of large Maple and other Forest 
Trees. Beautiful Hydrangeas and all 
kinds of Shrubs and Vines. Also a full 
line of Fruit Trees and Plants. Send your 
address for catalogue. 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, 
New Canaan, Co. n. 
Strawberry Culture. 
By M. Crawtord. Over 40 years’ experience. 
A 60-page Book—not a catalogue. Send 10 cents 
for a copy, read it, then return It and get your 
money back if you want to. 
M. CBAWFOKD COMPANY, 
Box 1005. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
A NEW STRAWBERRY. 
Estimated yield 700 bu. per acre. 
Netted S400.00 per acreforus. Beau- 
tlfui, round as an orange, large, 
ABHRavIfiElM good quality. 76 other varieties, 
fl MAD IP H&any new Kaspberrles, Blackber- 
and other fruits, especially 
Bj! NAnBEfnilLJ D some new apples. Our new Cata- 
log;ue tells all about it. Sent free. 
W. N. SCARFF, 
New Certlele, Ohio. 
OOM PAUL 
STRAWBERRIES 
sold at the rate of $820 per 
32-quart crate; JIO was paid for 
one quart box of six berries at 
our field meeting. List Free. 
KEVITT’S PLANT FARM, 
Athenia, N. J. 
The President 
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FRUIT 
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THE TREE OF LIFE -V 
is one l)U(lded upon a branched root .seedling, buds 
taken from bearing trees, grown upon tlie famous 
Micliigau fruit Jaiid, dug by our root protecting 
tree digger and handled in ovir mammoth storage 
cellars. Small fruits and everything in nursei-y 
and greenhouse lines true to name at wholesale 
prices. CST We guarantee safe delivery. 
Catalogue FRER. Write today. 
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NURSERY, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
MtchigaWaMammotkNurneriea 
TREES BRED FOR BEARING 
Direct from the Nursery to the Grower. 
Weftt Mlchli^an Trees are ‘*bred for 
bearlniTi” every bud cut from the best fruited 
bearing trees. Insures stock true to name and 
variety. Over three million Apple, Peach, Plum* 
Pear and Quince Trees. Also ornamental trees 
and shrubs. Send for beautifully illustrated 
catalogue. We mall It free. 
•WEST MICHIGAN NTIRSEKIES, 
Box 54, Benton linrbor. Rich. 
The finest new strawberry now on the 
market. Largest size and brightest color. 
Send for circular. Price, $10 per hundred, 
$3 per dozen, by mail. 
THOMAS R. HUNT, 
Originator. Lambertville, N. J. 
Premo 
Dewberry 
The earliest and most productive 
Blackberry variety. Very large, jet 
black, firm and solid. Crop ripens rap¬ 
idly. This is the berry to plant for 
prodt. Write &t once for price, and particulsra. 
Myer A: Son, BrldgevlIIe Nurseries, 
Brldgevllle, Del. 
TREES 
$8 per 100 aud Fumigated. All kinds of trees and plants at low wholesale 
prices. Don’t buy until you get our catalogue, which is free, or send list of wants for 
special price. Address RELIANCK NURSERY, Box 1, Geneva, New York, 
ROGERS TREES are DIFFEREHT from OTHERS 
The TEEK BREEDER tells you why. We send It free, for one year, If you menttoit Thb B. N.-Y. 
THE TREE BREEDERS. ROGERS ON THE HILL, DANSVILLE, N. Y. 
FRUIT CATALOG 
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM and 
combined showing 20 or more of the most 
practical, conservative, distinguished large 
orchardists in this and other States who plant my Trees, who have extensive Fruiting 
Orchards of them. I promise best care and best values in Fruit Trees of all kinds; will 
convince you if you will let me. Get catalogue now, it is free, together with a 
treatise (13 pages) on Pcac/i Cu/fure. H. S. WILEY, Cayuga, N. Y. 
CLIMAX, 
DELAWARE PLANT FARMS 
.strawberry Plants that grow large uniform berries is our 
specialty. We have control of the wonderful new strawberry, 
CLIMAX, the greatest ylelder, most uniform, largest early berry 
known. For full description and origination of this wonderful 
berry, send postal for our large illustrated catalogue of all 
standard varieties as well as the new ones. 
COROREY BROS,, Laurel, Sussex Co,, Del, 
DWYER’S 1903 SPRIHG CATALOGUE 
Two Hundred Acres of Hardy Fruits and Ornamentals. 
Reliable descriptions; perfect illustrations and beautiful colored plates. T. J. Dwyer’s Book on 
Hardy Trees, Plants and Vines 50 cents. This work will be sent postpaid, free, lor all Spring 
oi-ders. The Catalogue is free. Write lor It to-day. 
T. J. DWYER & SON, Orange County Nurseries, Cornwall, N. Y. 
np A AII Grand lot of trees, grown on the bank of Lake Erie, more 
HIjH stocky and hardy than trees grown in the interior- Two miles 
■ ** from auy peach orchards and free from borers and all other 
. diseases. Large stock of fruit trees and small fruits of all kiuds. Headquarters for 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, BULBS, SEEDS. 
>40 Acres Hardy Roue*. 44 Greenhouses filled with Palms. Ficus, Ferns, 
j Pandanus, Roses, Etc. Seeds, Plants, Etc., by mail a specialty. Valuable 
Jcatalogue free, send for it. Get the best direct from the growers aud save 
money. Correspondence .solicited. 
THE 8TORRS HARRISON CO., Box 20lf Painesville, Ohio. 
