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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 30 
Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Pink Doc wood. —The common 
white-flowered dogwood, Cornus florida, 
is everywhere one of the handsomest of 
pur native flowering trees. It is widely 
distributed over the eastern United 
States and portions of Mexico, and is so 
plentiful in most localities that its use 
as a dooryard tree is much neglected, 
but nothing that can be transplanted 
from the woods is likely to give more 
satisfaction. When in bloom a well¬ 
shaped dogwood is as showy as the fin¬ 
est Magnolias. Young seedlings an inch 
or less in diameter, especially if taken 
from cle.arings where well exposed to the 
sun, are quite likely to live if the trans¬ 
fer is made without undue loss of roots, 
though transplanted dogwoods at times 
have a trying habit of getting through 
the first Summer with scarcely a show 
of foliage. If the bark keeps green and 
plump iJie tree is still safe, even if only 
a str^ leaf or so is put out, and may be 
expected to start off well the coming 
year. The foliage colors up about equal 
to the famed Scarlet oak, while the bril¬ 
liant red berries are retained until early 
Winter. Botanists term the showy parts 
of dogwood blooms the involucre, as the 
true flowers are in a small compact 
greenish cluster in the center, but for 
decorative purposes the pearly bracts, 
spreading three or four inches in diam¬ 
eter in good specimens, will always be 
considered as the flowers. There is a 
weeping variety having branches that 
droop gracefully, but it is very sparingly 
planted, being somewhat less hardy and 
free in bloom than the type. A really 
superb companion for the snowy billows 
of the common dogwood blooms is the 
pink or red-flowered variety introduced 
several years ago, and now growing into 
blooming size in many localities. The 
color is deep and rich when seen in 
mass, and has been particularly satis¬ 
factory this season. The red dogwood 
has not been considered as free in bloom 
as the white, but we have noted little 
difference for several past years in the 
plantings in this vicinity. The red and 
weeping varieties are propagated by 
budding on common stocks, and are 
therefore more expensive. In group 
plantings we notice the best effects are 
had when about one-third of the trees 
have pink flowers. The weeping one is 
best used as a specimen, planted alone, 
as it does not greatly resemble the 
other varieties. 
Local Fruit Pkospects. —The weath¬ 
er continues quite abnormal, no rain 
having fallen for more than four weeks, 
while steady winds have rapidly extract¬ 
ed the moisture from the soil, cemented 
closely by the last downpour, which con¬ 
tinued three days without cessation. 
Grass and shallow-rooted plants are at 
a standstill, as the bright daily sunshine 
cannot make up for chill breezes and 
lack of moisture. Strawberries and the 
later orchard fruits had clear weather 
through their blooming period, though 
the days were often too cool to encour¬ 
age bees and insects to work among the 
blossoms. It is now plain that much 
harm was done by the two-day freeze in 
early April following the unusually 
warm days of March. The first straw¬ 
berry blooms had nearly all blackened 
centers, but the later ones set fruits in 
a satisfactory manner. Moderate rains 
would doubtless ensure a fair crop if not 
too long delayed. Currants and goose¬ 
berries promise well, while peaches and 
Japan plums are little more than fail¬ 
ures. The rain washed away the pollen 
of most blooms that escaped the frost, 
but native and European plums make a 
much better showing. Japans and their 
direct hybrids show much weakness, 
many branches dying off when partly 
leafed out, and even well-established 
trees have a discouraged look. Evidence 
is accumulating that the Japan plums 
are generally too precocious and sensi¬ 
tive to early Spring warmth for our cli¬ 
mate, though there is room for hope con¬ 
cerning future dilute hybrids in this in¬ 
teresting section. Pear blossoms were 
abundant, but so deformed as regards 
the stigmas and pollen-bearing organs 
that fertilization is very scanty. Kieffers 
will generally be scarce and even the 
heretofore reliable but worthless Golden 
Russet opened in an imperfect manner. 
From present appearances European 
pears promise a better crop than the 
orientals. 
Apples and Juneijekhies bloomed in 
great profusion, and trees of the latter 
are loaded with berries, while apples are 
not sufficiently advanced to base a con¬ 
clusion. It was easy to see great num¬ 
bers of the apple blooms were imperfect 
and in consideration of the heavy crop 
of fair fruits last year a large yield can¬ 
not be reasonably expected. As for the 
Juneberries, they are worth the space 
they occupy for their clouds of bloom 
alone, as the robins may be depended 
upon to harvest the fruits in advance of 
their complete ripening. 
Cherries Will re Scarce. —Cherry 
blooms were numerous, but came out so 
gradually that they made but little show. 
Many were imperfect, and the set of 
fruits seems very sparse. Rubus fruits 
are swelling their buds in a normal 
manner, and the canes show little in¬ 
jury from cold. 
Good Timu to Kill Weeds. —One of 
the compensations of the dry weather 
is the opportunity to kill out per-innial 
weeds that creep with such annoying 
persistence in all permanent plantings. 
The use of the hoe in the hard dried-oui 
soil is a great weariness, but we feel that 
the carrots, plantains and grasses if 
chopped out well below the growing 
points, will “stay dead” a long time un¬ 
der such arid conditions. As for the 
annual weeds it is too cool and dry for 
them to make even a start. w. v. f. 
A Family Fruit Garden for Ohio. 
W. n. B., Stockport, O.—Will you give us 
what you consider a model or ideal home 
garden of small fruits for a family of six 
for the latitude of central Ohio? Name 
varieties and quantities of each, keeping 
in mind quality and beauty first, then size, 
productiveness, etc. 
Ans. —In planting a small fruit gar¬ 
den of berries for family use there are 
many things to consider, but quality is 
surely a matter of prime importance. A 
succession is another of the points to be 
considered. In the following list these 
matters will have proper allowance. 
The varieties will serve for many othei 
sections besides central Ohio. The 
strawberry is first in season, and the va¬ 
rieties will be named in order of ripen¬ 
ing in it and in the others as well, for 
the convenience of planters. They are 
as follows: Michel, Lady Thompson, Bu- 
bach. Splendid, Carrie,Wm. Belt, Brandy¬ 
wine and Gandy. If 50 plants of each 
are set they should make a patch in one 
season about large enough for “a family 
of six,” but 100 would ue more to my 
notion, for plenty of berries and some to 
spare should always be provided. Of 
raspberries. King, Palmer, Cardinal, Eu¬ 
reka, Loudon, Cumberland and Kansas 
will be found good. A dozen plants of 
each will yield a fair supply, but twice 
that number is better. Of the blackber¬ 
ries, Early King, Early Harvest, Eldor¬ 
ado, Agawam, Minnewaska and Erie are 
among the best. Mayes and Lucretia 
dewberries, which are trailing varieties 
of the blackberry family, that ripen very 
early, are well worth planting. The 
same number of plants are required as 
of raspberries. A dozen plants each of 
the following varieties of the gooseberry 
will be about right: Champion, Down¬ 
ing, Triumph and Columbus. The same 
number of currant bushes of the follow¬ 
ing kinds will be sufficient: Holland, 
Wilder, Red Cross and White Imperial. 
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