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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 22 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Brr; Rosr Fiu’tts. —The Oriental hardy 
I’ose. R. rugosa, is distinct in many 
ways, but one of its most attractive fea¬ 
tures is the profusion of large and bril¬ 
liant fruits or hips coming to maturity 
in midsummer. They hang all over the 
hushes like highly colored crab apples. 
The color is vivid scarlet in the hi])s 
borne by the red-flowering Rugosas and 
orange for the white-blooming kinds. 
The latter are usually smaller and less 
numerous, the white varieties, as a rule, 
being le.ss vigorous. Fig. 223. first page, 
shows a cluster of these conspicuous 
fruits about average si/.e. Individual 
specimens may approach two inches in 
diameter. There is much pulp in the 
thick fleshy walls, having a rather 
agreeable acid taste. Botanists are care¬ 
ful to describe rose hips as hollow urn- 
shaped receptacles, not true fruits, the 
real fruits being the naked bony akenes 
that we call seeds. The hips or berries, 
however, in gardening parlance are al¬ 
ways likely to remain fruits, and the 
akenes to be referred to a-: seeds. The 
glory of Rugosa fruits does not long en¬ 
dure, as they soften and shrivel by the 
end of August, though a few late ones, 
the product of secondary blooms, occa¬ 
sionally color up in late Fall. The dou¬ 
ble-flowering and hybrid Rugosas are 
quite sterile, with tlie exception of Sou¬ 
venir de Pierre T^eperdrieux, also called 
Souvenir de Yeddo. This fine dwarf va¬ 
riety freely bears fruits little inferior to 
those of the single forms, and is very 
beautiful in bloom and foliage. 
Want Them to Last Loxoki?. —With 
the hope of prolonging the ornamental 
life of Rugosa-like hips we intercrossed 
four years ago selected plants of Rugosa 
and Rosa nitida, one of the showiest 
of our eastern wild roses. The hybrids 
are very much alike, whether Rugosa or 
Nitida was used for the seed parent. 
They are handsome, vigorous plants of 
very upright growth, each shoot being 
covered in June with rosy purple flow¬ 
ers, three inches across, followed by in¬ 
tensely bright orange-scarlet fruits av¬ 
eraging an inch in diameter. They at¬ 
tain their full coloring in early August 
hut endure well toward freezing weath¬ 
er. They are not as permanent as the 
berries of Nitida and other native roses 
that last throughout the Winter, but 
preserve their decorative value many 
weeks longer than those of the Rugosas. 
Other hybrids are being attempted be¬ 
tween especially large-fruited hardy 
roses and the Rugosas, as a variety car¬ 
rying hips through the Winter anything 
like in size and brilliancy those of the 
Nitida crosses would have distinctive 
value for permanent plantings. 
Otiiku SnowY-FuriTEii Rosiw.—The 
common Rosa lucida carries its bright 
hips a year, but the color fades out to¬ 
wards Spring. R. Carolina, the tall east¬ 
ern swamp rose, bears great clusters of 
showy coral-tinted berries remaining 
plump far into Winter. It is a wild 
grower, and suckers rather too freely 
for garden culture, while R. lucida is 
less troubled with this objectionable 
habit. Most of the western wild roses 
bear hand-some fruits, R. setigera, the 
Prairie rose, and R. Fendleri being quite 
notable in this respect. The largest- 
fruited of the Pacific coast roses is R. 
Nutkana, which has also flowers nearly 
three inches across, of the usual pink 
shade, borne in a solitary manner. R. 
Sayi is quite similar, with large flat 
blooms and round cherry-like fruits. 
The European species having the most 
showy fruits are the Sweet brier, R. ru- 
biginosa; the Dog rose. R. canina, and 
the Purple-leaved rose, R. ferruginea. 
All are fine and quite lasting. Those of 
SwocIbrier arc long and very briglit oi'- 
ange running into scarlet. The Dog rose 
liroduces immense clusters of the saint 
coloring, while those of the Purple- 
leaved species have a tinting of dirk red. 
All the above fleshy rose berries may, 
at the proper stage of riiieness. be usee 
for preserves. Sweetbrier and Dog rose 
hips are freely used in Europe for such 
confections, which are quite attractive 
in appearance, though aiipealing to few 
palates. It is necessary in the prejiara- 
tion of the hips to get rid. hy careful 
scraping, of the stiff and irritating lit¬ 
tle hairs lining the inside about the at¬ 
tachment of the akenes or seeds. The 
preserving process is otherwi.se. similai 
to that of other small fruits. 
Ax Ixi'T.i X or MoiJ>;.—One of the 
compensations of really dry weather 1.‘ 
the relative freedom of annoyance fron 
moles. As the soil surface dries am 
hardens earthworms descend to the 
lower levels of cultivation and the moles 
in pursuit of their natural and almost 
exclusive jirey. burrow so deep that 
vegetation above is little disturbed. 
Soaking Summer rains, however, brinf: 
both the worms and moles to the sur 
face with a rush, and the gardener, afte 
weeks of immunity from destructive up 
heavals, finds his grass iilots and choic 
plantings jilowed up with astonishin; 
rapidity. The only practical remedy i 
in the form of traps—plenty of them— 
and due diligence in using them. Thii 
advice, so frequently offered, seems irri 
tating to many, who nevertheless loud 
ly proclaim their annoyance at tin 
mole’s depredations. Some intelligence 
must be used in locating the more per 
manent runs and in setting the trap s: 
that the trigger pan does not press S( 
closely on the packed soil that the tra. 
springs before the mole gets fairly un 
der the prongs. The Hale, Olmsted am 
Reddick traps are equally good if use< 
with discretion. This has been sai< 
many times, but will bear repetiiion. W 
cannot exterminate moles within the 
Rural Grounds, as they continually conn 
in from adjoining fields, but a promp 
use of traps on all new runs has alway. 
forestalled serious damage. During the 
Spring drought there was no surface evi¬ 
dence of moles, but the rainy weathei 
of June and again of the present montl 
brought in an unusual number of half 
grown individuals that began to plow u, 
our loosely-tilled soil with great en 
ergy. They were quickly intercepted b\ 
the traps and we are again measurablj 
free from their attentions. Twenty-sij 
moles were caught within three weeks 
making a substantial reduction in thoS' 
neighborhood nuisances. w. v. k. 
Lime on a Lawn. 
.1. O'. /(.. Cnif /V/.—On one part of m>' 
lawn I Ihul it very clifticiilt to get a heav\ 
sod. On examining the ground closely, 1 
lind that it i.s cov'ered with a very fim 
inos.s; sorrel also appears freiiuently. Pron 
these indications J think that the ground 
i.s sour and requires lime. Am I correct, 
and if so, how much should be aiiplicd 
per acre? 
Axs.—The soil is evidently sour and 
in need of lime. We should use at the 
rate of 1,200 pounds per acre of air- 
slaked lime. 
A STUAWBjiaiRY Note.—T he Clyde is 
.s:itisfactiir,\' if on the right soil. Give it 
a rich sand or gravelly loam, and it is fine. 
My soil is too heavy for it. I have grown 
the strawberry for commercial purposes 
for 20 years, and my experience is that 
where the markets do not discriminate 
between a light and dark berry. I would 
l)lant Haverland and Beder Wood, and if 
a dark berry Warfield and Senator Dun¬ 
lap or Warfield and Parsons Beauty; in 
fact, I have found nothing better for pro¬ 
ductiveness yet. The new seedlings, Lyon 
and Niagara, we are looking for with 
hopes of something better; al.so Kitty Bit 
although with over 50 varieties of the 
latest new sorts none fills the bill as well 
as the old sorts named above. I shall 
set heavily of M’arfield and Parson's 
Beauty next sea.son; they are about as 
early, and we picked Warfield this year 
after Gandy and Hunn were all gone. 
Indiana. a. k. 
ARMBTRONO * McKELVT 
Pittsburgh. 
BE7MER-BA0MAN 
Pittsburgh. 
DAVIB-CHAMBERS 
Pittsburgh. 
FAHNESTOCK 
Pittsburgh. 
ANCHOR ) 
V Cincinnati. 
ECKSTEIN i 
New York. 
I Cht 
ATLANTIC 
BRADLEY 
BROOKLYN 
JEWETT 
ULSTER 
UNION 
SOUTHERN 
SHIPMAN 
COLLIER 
MISSOURI 
RED SEAL 
SOUTHERN 
JOHN T. LEWIS & BROS CO 
Fiiiladelphia. 
MORLE7 
Cleveland. 
SALEM 
Salem, Mass. 
CORNELL 
Buffalo. 
KENTUCKY 
Louisville. 
Chicago. 
) St. Louis. 
SE Pure IF kite Pead and 
Pure Pinseed Oil and you 
will know exactly what you 
are getting—absolutely the best 
and most economical paint in 
existence. Employ' a responsi¬ 
ble, practical painter to apply it 
and the result will be satis¬ 
factory. 
If interested in paint or painting, address 
National Lead Co., lOO William Street, New York. 
While your cows are out ou pa.-.ture tiiere i.s 
nothing- better than a ration balanced with 
GLOBE 
GLUTEN FEED 
Your supply of milk will he increased, whicli 
means more money from the milk pail. 
It will keep your cattle in excellent con¬ 
dition as well during the hot weather. 
While oats are high, try Globe Gluten Feed 
mixed with bran for your horses. 
If your dealer does not have GLOBE 
GLUTEN FEED, write to us and send his name. 
IMEVy YORK GLUCOSE CO., 
26 Broadway, New York, 
Best for Water 
WRITE 
FOR 
PRICES 
QYRRgSS 
WRITE 
FOR 
PRICES 
RALPH B. CARTER CO. 
26 Cortlandt St„ New York, N. Y. 
RUBiRblb 
(TRADE-MARK REGISTERED)'. 
ROOFING 
For residences, barns, poultry- 
houses and silos. Positively the 
most durable and economical' 
roofing oh the market. Anyone 
can apply it. Water-proof. Conj.r 
tains no tar. Will not melt. Lasts?.; 
indefinitely. . A 
SEND FOR BOOKLET K. 1 • 
THE STANDARD PAINT COit 
100 William St., New York. ... 
READY 
ROOFING 
Buy of us Direct ani 
Save Money. 
Best goods. Our prices 
surprise. Write ns. 
S. K. McDonough & co 
Dept. C., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
ARROW BRAND 
can be V e r 
udvantageou 
ly applied o 
SILOS, Fan 
Buildings c 
Sheds by an 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. S'C« 
83 Fine .St., New York. samples. 
BLIZZARD 
Safe, Strong and Efficient. 
s and Shreds 
all xinds of Dry 
and tilreen Fodder 
and eKivates It to any de¬ 
sired height through a 
PNEUMATIC TUBE. 
No sprockef, no link belt, no 
elevator nm-kets.web, slats,etc. 
Saves power, breakage end 
annoyance. It cuts various 
lengrhiqan) capacity you want. 
Call at your dealer’s and ex¬ 
amine it or write us tor circu- 
^ M.l AO .evtn#- A VA vn n f.flOt* Jtf O. 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
And other Insects can be Controlled by Using 
Cood’s Caustic Potash Whale- 
Oil Soap No. 3. 
It also prevents Cn-l 1 eaf. Endorsed by Kntomolo- 
g-sts This Soap is a Fertilizer as well as Insecticide. 
50-lb. Kegs, $2.50; 100-lb. Kegs, $4.60; Half-Barrel, 
270 lbs., 3Jic. per lb.; Barrel, 425 lbs., 3Mc. Large 
quantities. Special Rates. Send for Circulars. 
JAMES GOOD. 939 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa 
WELL 
DRILLING 
MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
CLARK’S ffii SI! CROPS 
Clark’s Reversible Bush 
Plow and Harrow. 
Cuts a track 5 ft. wide. 1 
ft. deep. Death to bushes 
witch grass. Kills any 
bush, grass, rose or plant 
that grows. Can plow a 
newly cut forest, stump or 
bog land, leaves the laud 
true and clemi for grain or any crop. 
Clark’s Dbl. Action 
Cutaway Harrow. 
Moves 15,(XX) tons of earth a 
day. 
Clark’s 8 ft. Smoothing 
Harrow, «■ 
Wli: smooth an acre as true as a 
mill pond in 2U minutes. 
Clark’s Cider Mills, 
for horse, hand or steam power. 
From live gallons to eight barrels; 
Perfect Grinders. Will grind m 
bushels per hour easily. Send for 
circulars. 
CUTAWAY HARROW CO, 
Hlgganiim, Conn., U. S. A. 
