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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Loganberbt at Home and 
Abboad. —It is never possible to predict 
the ultimate value of a fruit novelty be¬ 
fore dissemination. The great majority 
of new kinds fall by the wayside with¬ 
out making any definite impression; 
others slowly win their way to quite 
general recognition, and a limited num¬ 
ber find high appreciation in unexpected 
localities, and fail miserably where it 
might appear they would well succeed. 
The California Loganberry seems to be 
an example of the latter class. At first 
highly successful in its native State, it 
is now reported as so unprofitable on 
account of the low prices received for 
the fruits during the height of the sea¬ 
son that growers are considering the 
advisability of taking up their vines. 
East of the Rocky Mountains it is gener¬ 
ally a failure, bearing only a light crop 
and dying out, in most localities, in 
three or four years. The canes winter- 
kill considerably in northern latitudes, 
but could be protected from reasonable 
frost if the variety produced well 
enough. This novel hybrid between the 
raspberry and blackberry is, however, 
constantly gaining favor in England. Re¬ 
ports of its good qualities under similar 
conditions are constantly being publish¬ 
ed in the gardening journals. The Royal 
Horticultural Society recently awarded 
it their highest honor, a first-class cer¬ 
tificate, and the proposal is made that 
a medal be forwarded to the originator. 
Judge J. H. Logan, Santa Cruz, Cal., as 
an appreciation of his contribution to 
new fruits. Thus the Judge will not lack 
honor abroad even if his berry ultimate¬ 
ly fails at home. 
The Robison Blackbebry. —Plants 
received March 11, 1901, from T. V. Mun¬ 
son & Son, Denison, Texas. A strong 
growing, upright variety with stocky 
green canes, much branched and moder¬ 
ately thorny. Seems quite hardy here, 
showing even less winterkilling than 
Snyder. This was not expected, as it 
originated in Texas. Blooms profusely 
in short clusters. The fruits are uni¬ 
formly large, round and firm. Color in¬ 
tense black when ripe, quality equal to 
the best, sweet and well-flavored. The 
drupes are of good size and closely set. 
Season here is rather late, most of the 
berries ripening after Snyder and Rath- 
bun. Very fine fruits were picked Sep¬ 
tember 12, but this late cropping was 
observed with Mersereau, Wilson’s Early 
and other varieties, probably on account 
of the excessively wet Summer stimulat¬ 
ing late blooms. Our Robison plants 
have a moderate crop this year, but the 
question of its productiveness here re¬ 
mains to be decided in coming seasons. 
Rathbun blackberry plants showed 
greater weakness this Summer than 
ever, having suffered severely from ice 
storms and violent changes of tempera¬ 
ture the past Winter. The canes were 
not generally winterkilled, and blossom¬ 
ed profusely, setting many berries which 
failed to come to perfection. There is 
a fair new growth which may bear well 
another season, but this interesting va¬ 
riety, like all dewberry hybrids of our 
acquaintance, seems likely to prove 
short-lived as a useful fruiting plant. 
Blackberry-dewberry hybrids, almost 
every close observer can testify, are 
fairly abundant in nature, and often 
produce excellent crops of berries for a 
few seasons, after which they disappear. 
When propagated by tip or root cut¬ 
tings for commercial planting they hold 
their characteristics for variable per¬ 
iods and gradually deteriorate. Wil¬ 
son’s Early has been the most popular 
of this class, having been cultivated 
since 1S54, but it is probable that few 
plants resembling the original type are 
now in existence. While asexual propa¬ 
gation may thus carry dewberry hy¬ 
brids over a considerabl period of time, 
the individual plants are generally 
short-lived. 
Puenxy oe Late Stbawbekiues.— 
Everbearing or Autumn-fruiting straw¬ 
berries have been introduced from time 
to time, but find little favor with Ameri¬ 
can growers. Our normally hot and 
droughty Summers are not conducive to 
perfection in late or secondary straw 
berry fruits, but a cool and dripping sea¬ 
son, like the one just closing, greatly 
favors the development of blooms an.l 
berries on vigorously growing plants 
that failed to produce a full Spring crop. 
Most varieties derived in whole or part 
from European strawberry species if 
not allowed to overbear In Spring, will 
continue to crown up and fruit during 
Summer and Autumn when well fed and 
plentifully supplied with moisture, but 
cease promptly when starved or dry. 
St. Joseph and St. Antoine de Padoue. 
recent introductions from France, have 
this propensity highly developed. We 
grew a number of hybrids between 
Greenville, a highly productive native 
sort, and St. Joseph four years ago, and 
have been selecting the best types from 
this batch of seedlings ever since. They 
are a lusty lot of plants with glossy 
dark foliage and low vigorous growth, 
bearing in Spring fair crops of conical, 
medium-sized, bright red berries of mild 
and pleasant flavor. In late August and 
September a scanty setting of berries 
was ripened last year, but this Summer 
they were covered with blooms in July 
which has continued in greater or less 
degree, and fine fruits have been coming 
on for the last three weeks. This would 
be a particularly gratifying feature if a 
number of new and standard native 
kinds had not been absurd enough to 
behave in the same manner. President 
is maturing numbers of large and shape¬ 
ly berries; William Belt, Success and 
Mrs. Fisher also have fruits coloring up, 
while Granville has already given us a 
small picking. Many others show 
blooms and immature fruits. 
The Season, Not the Variety. —This 
common tendency toward secondary 
fiuiting plainly shows the season has 
more to do with it than the variety. In 
average coolness, rain precipitation and 
cloudiness this season had much simi¬ 
larity to the Summers of northern Eu¬ 
rope, where outdoor grapes do not thrive 
and tomatoes, corn and melons can sel¬ 
dom be induced to mature in the gar¬ 
dens. None of our Autumn-fruiting hy¬ 
brids are likely to have any special 
value, and other kinds, such as the new 
Pan-American, exhibited at the Buffalo 
Exposition and at the recent National 
Pomological Society’s meeting at Bos¬ 
ton, having strongly marked tendencies 
toward late fruiting will scarcely find a 
place in commercial plantings, though 
they may eventually be much liked by 
amateurs who are so situated as to give 
them the necessary shade, fertilizer and 
moisture in dry hot weather. 
Do We Like Late Strawberries?— 
The writer remembers searching with 
great gusto for September berries of the 
old Lennig’s White, which, by the way, 
had a flavor as delicate as ever vouch¬ 
safed a strawberry. The berries were 
highly appreciated as picked from the 
plants, but when served at table with 
the usual accompaniments they seemed 
flat and out of place, in comparison with 
peaches, pears and gjapes. This is about 
the experience of those who are testing 
late strawberries at the present time. 
The berries look well enough, no fruit 
could be handsomer, and have much of 
the Springtime quality, but they do not 
seem greatly to be needed. A dish of 
Autumn blackberries comes nearer the 
mark, but the berry season is past, only 
to be renewed when the characteristic 
flavor acquires poignancy through 
months of abstinence. Forced or glass¬ 
house strawberries, as well as early ones 
from the South, taste well enough, if in 
good condition, as our palates have long 
been rested from the berry flavor when 
they come on. The normaJ strawberry 
season is a strenuous time for the grow¬ 
er, and few would care to duplicate it 
in late Summer. 
Late Blooms Not Beneficial.— 
Strav/berry growers do not like to see 
the plants dissipate their energy in sec¬ 
ondary blooms, as they think there will 
be fewer fruits next year. They are 
helpless in this regard the present sea¬ 
son, but it is possible a late Fall may 
yet enable the plants to mature vigor¬ 
ous crowns, so that the loss may not be 
perceptible. w. v. f. 
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