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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 5 
I Ruralisms [ 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
TnK IxmA Raspbehhy. —Inquiries 
continue to come in about the “India” 
raspberry marketed in Boston this year 
and exhibited at the late meeting of th(; 
American Bornological Society in that 
city. The plants and fruits shown were 
simply well-grown specimens of Rubus 
rossefolius, an Asiatic raspberry known 
to botanists since 1790, but widely cata¬ 
logued in this country seven or eight 
vears ago under the sensational name of 
strawberry-raspberry. This species is 
native of the Himalayan Mountains 
southward to Java, so that the name of 
India raspberry is far more appropriate 
than the absurd term under which it is, 
usual|ly known. There is absolutely 
nothing of strawberry appearance about 
it except in the size and brilliant color 
of the balloon-shaped berries. They are 
so handsome and striking that they in¬ 
variably attract attention, and are re- 
I)orted to have met with a ready sale in 
Boston at ])rices approaching 40 cents a 
quart. As picked from the plant the 
quality is dry, rather sweet and insipid, 
often slightly bitter. Served at table, 
with sugar and lemon or currant juice 
for an acid they become quite tolerable; 
When cooked in sugar in the ordinary 
manner of preserved fruits a very palat¬ 
able raspberry flavor is developed, 
though considerable astringency re¬ 
mains. The berries are so decorative 
that it is easy to imagine a demand for 
them regardless of the indifferent qual¬ 
ity. The India raspberry is entirely her¬ 
baceous, the stems dying to the ground 
during Winter, and has i)roved hardy 
wherever planted. When established in 
heavy soil it is quite productive, begin¬ 
ning to fruit in June and continuing un¬ 
til near freezing weather, but does noj; 
usually bear wey on light uplands. It 
spreads rapidly by underground root¬ 
stocks. gaining six to eight feet in every 
direction yearly, and may become a 
serious nuisance in sandy ground, but is 
not difficult to control by clean cultiva¬ 
tion when in a suitable location. It is 
attractive in bloom and foliage as well 
as fruit, and is worth planting in out-of- 
the-way places for ornament if care is 
taken to keep it within bounds. It can 
hold its own in good soil against most 
weeds and needs but trifling attention. 
We have found it an efficient soil-binder 
in ditches and gullies to prevent wash¬ 
ing. and imagine it could be made very 
useful for this purpose, especially in the 
South. 
Hope foi: I.mphovemkxt. —A corre¬ 
spondent declares the “India” raspber¬ 
ries shown in Boston were much super¬ 
ior in quality to the strawberry-rasp¬ 
berry as usually grown. We did not 
And them belter than the usualj fruits 
borne on thrifty plants. Starved berries 
are dry, seedy and positively disagree¬ 
able, while those grown on vigorous 
])lants in a congenial situation have a 
greater or less degree of palatablljty. 
Seedlings vary considerably in the flavor 
of their fruits, and there is every prob¬ 
ability that the quality may be greatly 
imitroved by careful, and continuous se¬ 
lection. This is work especially com¬ 
mended to our experiment stations, as it 
offers little pecuniary inducement for 
the individual plant breeder. A consid¬ 
erable area would be needed, and many 
thousands of seedlings should be grown 
to afford a fair chance for selection. 
Seeds germinate readily, and the plants 
usually fruit in two years. Something 
might probably be done at the same time 
to reduce the suckering habit and to 
eliminate the strong hooked prickles 
now so prominent as to constitute ob¬ 
jections to its culture. 
Does Not Hybridize Well. —Repeat¬ 
ed trials extending over eight years have 
shown us Rubus rosmfolius does not hy¬ 
bridize well with many occidental spe¬ 
cies. Crosses have been effected with 
many varieties of raspberries and black¬ 
berries, but so far all hybrids are sterile, 
most of the plants dying when they 
come into blpom. The net result so far 
is to get hybric s with perennial canes, 
oddly cut foliage and weak constilu- 
1 ions. Doubtless there are related orien¬ 
tal species with which it may be hybri¬ 
dized with advantage, but the Rubus 
family is far from easy to improve hor- 
ticulturally by cross-breeding. It is 
likely selection will prove the most po¬ 
tent means of useful modiflcation in the 
future as in the past. The India rasp¬ 
berry has been naturalized in some of 
the West Indian Islands, and the showy 
berries sometimes appear in the mar¬ 
kets. It may be expected to gain favor 
in a limited w'ay as it becomes better 
known, but no one should buy plants 
with the idea he is getting a valuable 
ncvelty. 
The “Bridal Rose.”—A double-flow¬ 
ering variety of Rubus rosaefol,ius was 
introduced about 25 years ago, and is 
still under cultivation as the “Bridal 
Rose.” Most people regard it as an ac¬ 
tual rose, though the leaves have the 
characteristic bramble form. It is easily 
grown in the window garden and makes 
a neat bushy plant covered most of the 
Winter with large double, pure white^ 
rose-shaped flowers, having a faint but 
agreeable perfume. It is entirely sterile 
as regdrds fruit production, but the 
canes and foliage are very persistent 
under window or greenhouse culture. 
Plants may be had from a few mail 
houses at 10 cents each. 
A White Dwarf N.^sturtium. —Greai 
advances have lately been made in flow¬ 
ering Tropaeolums. or nasturtiums, as 
they are usually known in gardens. Col¬ 
ors very diverse from the original scar¬ 
let and yellow have been developed, 
while the habit and floriferousness of the 
various types have been gi’eatly im¬ 
proved. A dwarf white-flowering va¬ 
riety, supplied by Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
Chicagc/ and New York, made a novel 
and effective show on the Rural Grounds 
this season. The plants formed compact 
globular masses less than a foot across, 
the small, delicately formed leaves be¬ 
ing very evenly disposed. They came 
into bloom in August and continued un¬ 
til frost. The flowers are held well 
above the foliage and never seem very 
numerous, though constantly produced. 
The color is cream white ranging to 
jiale primrose. Late in the season they 
approach ivory w'hiteness. The whole 
effect is very neat and pretty. This va¬ 
riety is of German origin and has un¬ 
doubtedly cost much care in the way of 
long continued selection. It will prob¬ 
ably be offered the coming year. 
hi v ERBLOOMiNG HOLLYHOCKS.—Peter 
Henderson & Co., New York, introduced 
this year under the above name a strain 
of quick-blooming hollyhocks said to be 
of hybrid origin. Seeds sown under 
glass in March produced plants that 
came in bloom in July and continued in 
increasing vigor until cold weather. 
They are more vigorous at all stages 
than the usual type, sending out branch¬ 
es and developing buds at an increasing 
rate as the season advances, and so far 
have been entirely resistant to the very 
prevalent bacterial hollyhock disease. 
The flowers are double, semi-double and 
single, and the colors cover about the 
whole range of the species. There is 
not quite the same finish as among the 
best standard strains, but the gain in 
vigor, earliness and continuity of bloom 
is so considerable that the new type is 
certain to meet great favor. The in¬ 
troducers claim it to be very hardy and 
long-lived. w. v. f. 
TWENTY OLD HENS. 
I feci Howker’s Animal Meal lo twenty 
old hens not laying, and in less than one 
week they were laying live eggs per day, and 
1 have ciecided lo use it for iny poultry in 
place of green hone, us I think it innch 
cheaper; besides, I have had a great deal of 
trouble with crop-hound hens feeding grecm 
hone. M. 10. IMielps.—Adv. 
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