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Decetiber 19 
New Rose Philadelphia. 
A Beautiful Dooryard Decoration. 
IVlien the ever-popular Crimson 
Kambler rose was introduced to general 
cultivation it seemed so perfect in its 
\\ay that it was freely predicted it never 
would be excelled. Scores of growers 
have since then been raising seedlings 
and making crosses with other desirable 
roses. Many fine new varieties, differ¬ 
ing in color, leafage or habit from the 
parent, have been produced, but it re¬ 
mained for the Rural Grounds workers 
so to combine Gie magnificent, fiery 
crimson. Hybrid Perpetual Victor Hugo 
with Crimson Rambler as to preserve 
every important feature of the latter^ 
while gaining greater vigor of growth, 
resistance to disease and increased size 
and perfection of bloom. The flowers 
are jiroduced with the same freedom, but 
are double to the center, of perfect form, 
and finish and, best of all, open 10 days 
earlier, thus greatly prolonging the 
blooming season. They run larger than 
those of Crimson Rambler, and though 
the petals are about the same shade of 
glowing crimson, their great duplication 
gives a lasting impression of velvety 
richness not seen in the parent. The 
new'comer is named Philadelphia. A 
color plate of it appears as a supplement 
with this issue. It has been thoroughly 
tested by six years’ culture under all 
conditions, in widely diverse localities. 
It appears iron-clad in hardiness, and 
may be planted in any situation 
where it c.an have a free run. The fo¬ 
liage is more substantial than Crimson 
Rambler, and therefore much less sub¬ 
ject to mildew, but both varieties thrive 
best where freely exposed to .sunlight. 
All eastern or southern exposure is al¬ 
ways most satisfactory. Philadelphia 
and Crimson Rambler may well be 
planted together, as there is no conflict 
of character, but w^here there is only 
room for one the choice if a comparison 
can be made, is always in favor of 
Philadelphia. 
By the use of this superb hardy rose 
any cottage may be as beautifully dec¬ 
orated as the most extravagant man¬ 
sion. Some care in planting is, of 
course, needed to get the best results 
from any rose. Scarcely one rose plant 
in 10,000 is given the best available con¬ 
ditions, and therefore to some extent 
falls short of its possibilities. Climbing 
or pillar roses are usually planted about 
porches or near the walls of dwellings, 
where the soil may be very poor as the 
result of grading up with material ex¬ 
cavated from the cellars. Rank growth 
cannot be expected under ruch condi¬ 
tions, especially if moisture is lacking. 
When the little nursery-grown plants of 
Ruby Queen and Philadelp.hia are re¬ 
ceived it is often best to plant them tem¬ 
porarily in pots or boxes of good earth 
until a suitable place can be prepared in 
about the following manner: Dig a hole 
at least three feet in diameter and two 
feet deep, starting it well out from the 
drip of the eaves. If the soil is particu¬ 
larly poor the excavation should bo 
made larger. Fill in with six inches of 
small stones or coarse gravel, and all 
the old bones that may bo conveniently 
collected, then a foot of fine old manure 
mixed with top soil. The rose may now 
be planted and filled about with Ihe best 
garden soil procurable, in which a few 
ounces of bone dust and wood ashes 
have been mixed. It should be well 
firmed and watered until established. 
Treated thus it should become a revela¬ 
tion of beauty and luxuriance. Philadel¬ 
phia will succeed beautifully with far 
less preparation, but it is well wmrth 
careful effort. 
As old readers know, the Rural Ex¬ 
periment Grounds are run for the benefit 
of subscribers, and w^hen any novelty of 
especial value has been originated there 
it is distributed to subscribers. Follow¬ 
ing this custom plants of the new Crim¬ 
son Rambler “Philadelphia” will be dis¬ 
tributed to subscribers for 1904. The 
THE RUKAL NEW-YORKER. 
color plate this week gives a very good 
illustration of it, and is worthy of fram¬ 
ing for a wall picture. We hope to see 
the dwellings of the great majority of 
R. N.-Y. readers embowered in this mag¬ 
nificent new rose within the next few 
years. __ 
Spiders in Rose House. 
M. A. A'., Murray Hill N. J.—l have in one 
of my greenhouse.s, which is 200 feet Ion j 
and used for the growing of roses, a pest 
in the form of n little black spider a litt’e 
larger than a green fly, which is continu- 
aily making webs from plant to plant. T 
have fumigated with tobacco dust and 
s'.cms, Aphis Punk, Nicoticide, and red pep¬ 
per, but it does not kill them. Ju.st as soon 
•as the smoke reaches them they fall to 
the benches and disappear in tlie dirt. The 
only way, I think, to kill them is to treat 
the soil with some kind of acid that will 
not harm rose plants. Will you advise me 
in the matter? 
Axs,—If the insects in question are 
true spiders they are more likely to be 
beneficial than to be injurious to the 
roses, from the fact that no true spider 
is a vegetarian, but on the contrary is 
entirely carnivorous in habit. Several 
of the smaller spiders live upon the 
aphides, of which the green fly so fre¬ 
quently found in rose houses is a mem¬ 
ber, and it seems quite probable that 
this may have been the attraction that 
brought the spiders into your green¬ 
house. The webs may be somewhat of a 
nuisance, but will do no actual harm, 
and may be dislodged by vigorous 
syringing. I certainly would not experi¬ 
ment with acid applications on the soil, 
for the results are almost sure to be dis¬ 
astrous to the roses. w, ii. taplix. 
Apples for Ontario. 
R. R. II., Dundan, Out .—We have too many 
early varieties of apples and will have to 
top-graft. We have most of the old stanu- 
ards. Greening, Spy,' Baldwin, Mann, Pe- 
waukee. Wealthy and Ben Davis, but there 
is no local demand for them. Some years 
since a. western nursery advertised a Win¬ 
ter Duchess of Oldenburg, but nursery 
stock was prohibited then and I have lost 
the address and never saw it advertised 
since. Do you know anything about it? 
We do not know your York Imperial. Is 
It an annual bearer, healthy and hardy 
tree and a long keeper? If we had some¬ 
thing like Ben Davis, only better quality, 
we would be satisfied. 
Axs.—It is evident that this is a case 
in which good Winter apples are needed 
that tvill be profitable for market. So 
far as I know, there is no such variety 
be provided with furnace and piping, 
and proper facilities for watering. Soil 
will be needed for renewing the beds and 
replanting annually, and this calls for 
reliable help. When planted and in run- 
jiing order the labor is not great, though 
it calls for plenty of intelligence. In 
single violets popular cut flower varie¬ 
ties are Luxonne, Princess of Wales and 
California; double, Marie Louise and 
Lady Hume Campbell. Marie Louise is 
the stand-by with most violet growers. 
Violet Culture, by B. T. Galloway, is an 
instructive manual on this subject; 
price $1.50 from this office. 
Tillage for Cherry Trees. 
R. If. O'., Mussachuscttu—l have read that 
stone fruit, i. e., plums, cherries, etc., 
.should not be planted near apples, pear.s, 
etc., I have also read that plum trees should , 
be given continuous cultivation, while on j 
the contrary cherries should be grown in 
sod. I wish to plant a row composed of 
both plum and cherry trees alongside of 
and parallel to my pear orchard, which 
row will be distant say 18 feet from the 
outer row of pear trees. Will the close 
j)roximity of the stone fruit to the pears 
result unsatisfactorily and why? I culti¬ 
vate the pear orchard and intend '.o culti¬ 
vate the plum trees when set out; ; hall I 
leave a strip of sod along that portion of 
the row composed of the cherry trees? 
Does the statement that cherries should 
be uncultivated apply during the entire 
life of the trees or can they be safely cul¬ 
tivated while they are young, the cultiva¬ 
tion to be discontinued when they mature 
and begin to bear? 
Axs.—In my opinion, cherry trees are 
in no wise injured by good tillage, 
neither while they are young nor aft-ar 
they reach bearing age. WTiere they are 
well cultivated the trees grow better 
than when in sod, and the fruit is larger 
and of better quality. I have an orchard 
in mind now that I was examining the 
past Fall, where the best cherries grew 
that w'ere shown from any of the East¬ 
ern States at the Pan-American Exposi¬ 
tion, and it was in a high state of tillage. 
A crop of Canada peas was growing in 
it then for a Winter covering and to add 
humus and nitrogen to the soil. In Sum¬ 
mer the tillage had been frequent and 
thorough. In the case inquired about I 
would plant the cherry trees as sug¬ 
gested and give them as good culture as 
the plum trees, and that should be very 
good. E. V. n. 
FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS 
as a “Winter Oldenburg,” but there may 
be one. York Imperial is not likely to 
reach its proper development in Canada, 
but yet it may in some sections. There 
have been few' tests of it there so far. I 
saw some samples from Nova Scotia but 
they w'ere small. There is no doubt of 
it keeping well there, and it seems to me 
that it would develop as well as Ben 
Davis. Its quality is decidedly better. 
Sutton is one variety that I would surely 
use in grafting over the unprofitable 
trees. It is one of the well-tested varie¬ 
ties for the North, and will excel the 
Baldwin in almost every respect. On¬ 
tario is another good variety for that 
region. b- e. v. n. 
Violet Growing. 
Ji. X.. Xurthport, N. Y.—Is there any 
money made raising violets for the city 
market, and is there a ready market for 
them? Plow' much are they worth per 
hundred? Are they too diihcult for a be¬ 
ginner to raise with the proper surround¬ 
ings? What is the best selling violet? 
FROM ASIA MINOR. 
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for letter answer Inclose five cents. Seedsmen are 
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Answer.—Because it is a good-sized 
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is so hardy that it produces a full crop 
when all other varieties fail. They can 
he bought of Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O. 
Call has also a large stock of the 
Graves Peaches. This is said to be the 
finest. Early Yellow Freestone Peach 
grown. No orchard is complete without 
both of these New Varieties. 
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Axs.—The fact that many are earning 
a living by growing violets for the city 
market is proof that there is money in 
them. We think, however, that harm 
has been done by wild newspaper stories 
of extravagant profits. The price varies; 
last season they ranged all the way from | 
25 cents to $2 per 100, the latter being a 
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holiday figure. In the Spring prices on 
violets fell very low, as the natural re¬ 
sult of warm weather and abundant sun¬ 
shine. The R. N.-Y. described the sys¬ 
tem of growing violets in the Rhinebeck 
region, now a large source of supply for 
this market, on pages 452 and 465 of the 
current volume. A 150-foot violet house 
means an outlay of about $1,QU0; it must 
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