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THE RURAL N'EW-YORKER 
July 2o 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
New Rathulek Roses. —As one ad¬ 
mires the magnificent banks of Crimson 
Rambler blooms repacking high on pillar, 
tiellis or wall of cottage and villa alike 
it is easy to overlook the comparatively 
recent introduction of this extremely 
popular rose. Seven or eight years ago 
it was scarce and costly. Now it is cheap 
but still sells better than any other va¬ 
riety, and is seen on every side. A great 
demand has been created for hardy and 
reliable roses of similar character, and 
new kinds are coming forward to claim 
attention. Many of the new comers are 
direct seedlings or hybrids of Crimson 
Rambler, as the general desire of origi¬ 
nators is to keep as near the type as pos¬ 
sible and yet sesure improvement or de¬ 
sirable variation. Another somewhat 
divergent group comes from Rosa Wich- 
uraiana, the trailing or Memorial Japan 
rose. These last are very beautiful in 
bloom and foliage but do not generally 
possess the vigorous upright growth of 
Ramblers of the R. multiflora type as 
represented by Crimson Rambler itself. 
Helene was probably the first of the 
new Ramblers to be disseminated in this 
country. It is of German origin and is 
especially valued as an almost thornless 
variety. The habit, foliage and general 
appearance is similar to its parent, but 
there are so few prickles that it may be 
comfortably planted in situations where 
ordinary climbing roses are objection¬ 
able. The flowers are larger than those 
of Crimson Rambler, very freely pro¬ 
duced, but of a neutral violet crimson 
shade. It is entirely hardy on the Rural 
Grounds. 
Psyche has a yellow Tea rose for one 
. parent. The blooms are white shaded 
with salmon and pink, while the petals 
all have a yellow base. The climbing 
habit is well marked, making it a fine 
companion to the deep-colored sorts. 
Dorothy Perkins has Rosa Wichurai- 
ana for its seed parent with pollen from 
the beautiful Hardy Perpetual, Mme. 
Gabrielle Luizet. The foliage is glossy 
and the blooms produced in great clus¬ 
ters. They are very double, and of an 
attractive shell pink color. The buds are 
gracefully pointed, adding greatly to the 
appearance of the developing trusses. It 
is of home origin. 
Leuchster.n and Rubin are introduc¬ 
tions of the year, though they have pre¬ 
viously won much praise abroad. Both 
are reported as seedlings of Crimson 
Rambler, and have the same character¬ 
istics of growth. Leuchstern produces 
large conical clusters of single flowers, 
bright pink with a conspicuous white 
eye, like Cineraria blooms. Rubin is 
said to have large deep-red flowers of 
the usual Rambler type. 
Philadelphia was first disseminated 
last year and the plants are therefore 
generally too small to display their true 
character. The cluster shown in Fig. 
197, first page, is from one of these lit¬ 
tle plants growing on the Rural Grounds 
where the variety originated some years 
ago as a cross between Crimson Rambler 
and Victor Hugo, probably the finest of 
all deep-colored hardy roses. Philadel¬ 
phia blooms are really of same shade as 
the parent Rambler, but are finely fin¬ 
ished and double to the center. The in¬ 
creased number of petals gives an ef¬ 
fect of great depth and richness of 
color, which holds out without change 
throughout the life of each flower. 
Philadelphia begins to open blooms 
about 10 days before Crimson Rambler, 
and is in perfection just as the latter 
favorite comes on, thus doubling the sea¬ 
son for these showy roses. In vigor of 
growth and endurance of foliage it 
seems rather better than the type. When 
thoroughly known we may expect to see 
Philadelphia freely planted with Crim¬ 
son Rambler, as there is absolutely no 
conflict of character to lengthen the sea¬ 
son of bloom as well as for its own in¬ 
trinsic beauty. 
The Yellow and White Ramblers, 
Aglaia and Thalia respectively, are well 
worthy of consideration, though the lat¬ 
ter is likely to be replaced by some 
of the double white Wichuraiana 
hybrids. The Yellow Rambler does not 
bloom well until thoroughly establish¬ 
ed but is particularly free when it has 
gained the needed strength. The buds 
are bright and pleasing yellow, but the 
open flower is almost white. Many hy 
brids of this fine climber have been 
grown on the Rural Grounds. One of 
the promising ones has buds of a bright 
nasturtium red or iteme color opening 
into straw yellow blooms. Others ap 
pear smothered under masses of pink 
and salmon flowers both single and dou¬ 
ble. The much desired deep yellov. 
hardy climbing rose has not yet appear¬ 
ed, but the Aglaia type has a beauty o 
its own. w. V. F. 
STRAWBERRIES IN ORANGE 
COUNTY, N. Y. 
The following varieties of strawberries 
which have been carefully tested, were 
grown mostly in hedge rows, one plant 
wide, and plants about six inches apart, 
with the exception of a few runners, that 
rooted after we had ceased cutting 
runners. The ground is a heavy sandy 
loam, which has been well manured for 
several years previous to setting plants 
The Excelsior is a very early variety com¬ 
ing in with Michel. The fruit will average 
much larger than that variety. It is neces¬ 
sary to keep plants very thin in order to 
bring fruit to its highest perfection. War- 
field does not do well with us. Crescent 
is a first-class berry, but the size of the 
fruit does not comply with the demand 
these days. It is a good shipper. Ten¬ 
nessee Prolific is quite early, with berries 
of medium size. The plants make long 
roots, which enable it to withstand the dry 
weather well. It is a good pollenizer for 
early varieties. Kansas has fruit of large 
size and very bright color. Berries ripen 
from medium to very late. It acts like a 
good one. It is pistillate. Enormous Is 
another promising berry, with perfect bios 
soms. It is of enormous size and very pro¬ 
ductive. It is too dark colored for our 
market, but will prove a great acquisition 
where a dark berry is demanded. Green¬ 
ville is similar to the Bubach, not quite 
so large; a pistillate. Glen Mary is one 
of the best on our farm this year. Our 
only regret is that we did not plant more 
largely of it in the fruiting field. Berries 
average very large, blood red in color, and 
a great favorite in the market. Berries 
hold their size to the end, and continue to 
bear very late. It is bisexual despite the 
fact that some growers claim it is pistillate. 
Hero was allowed to mat so thickly that 
it did not receive a fair chance. Pistillate, 
and, I think, a good one. Nick Ohmer 
throws a mass of blossoms but does not 
produce much fruit with us. What fruit 
there is on it is very large and bright. 
Pistillate; a healthy grower. 
Never have we seen anything set so much 
fruit as Senator Dunlap. We looked for 
great things from it, but when the fruit 
began ripening we were sadly disappointed. 
The berries seemed to shrivel up and very 
few reached maturity. We intend giving 
it another trial. Foliage very healthy; 
bisexual in flower. Sample is the variety 
which has done so well for us during the 
last few years. It surpasses in productive¬ 
ness anything we have ever had (with the 
possible exception of Glen Mary). It with¬ 
stood the drought better than any other 
kind. The wet weather which followed 
seemed to have no effect on it. Scarcely 
a berry rotted. The fruit is of the largest 
size, very bright in color. I never saw a 
berry look any better In the basket than 
this grand variety. It is a pistillate sort, 
and needs to be pollenized. You will not 
be sorry if you give it a trial. Seaford is 
another good one. Berries dark colored, 
very large; pistillate. We were greatly 
disappointed in Rough Rider. It was laud¬ 
ed so loudly, we expected great things 
from it. Our hopes were not realized, How¬ 
ever. Perfect blossoms; berries all shapes 
and sizes. Maximus rotted badly; Parker 
Earle was no good; Michigan a failure; 
Marshall no good for profit; Brandywine 
too dark colored; Bismarck a good one; 
Dornan looks like the Maximus. New York 
was a very healthy grower; berries very 
large. j_ 
Port Jervis, N. Y 
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