THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 17 
188 
CATALOGUES FOR 1900. 
Phoebe J. Marshall, Hibernia, N. Y.— 
Catalogue of flower seeds and flowering 
plants by mail; 64 pages. 
S. E. Hall, Cherry Valley, Ill.—Cata¬ 
logue of nursery stock, fruit and orna¬ 
mental plants; 24 pages. A modest cata¬ 
logue, but a really extensive list of trees 
and plants, covering the needs of most 
planters. Bearing currant plants grown in 
tree form are offered at a low price. The 
general selection of varieties is most ex¬ 
cellent. 
Henry Field' Shenandoah, Iowa.—Cata¬ 
logue of tested seeds, seed potatoes, and 
small fruits; 16 pages and cover. A choice, 
careful selection. The reproduction of 
photograph of a wagonload of cabbage 
containing 100 heads, weighing 2,040 pounds 
net, on page 3, is a speaking testimony to 
the skill of the grower. The Early Michi¬ 
gan potato is said to be earlier and one- 
half more productive than Early Ohio. 
W. W. Wiiiton, Wakeman, O.—Circular 
of seed corn and Whiton’s White Mam¬ 
moth potato. A very handsomely gotten- 
up booklet. By reports from the Ohio Ex¬ 
periment Station at Wooster this potato 
outyielded nearly all of the best kinds now 
before the public. We have not grown 
this variety, but have seen and eaten some 
specimens. We do not see how it could 
be improved in beauty and table quality. 
The W. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa.— 
Catalogue of Glenwood Nurseries; 40 pages. 
A large and handsome catalogue devoted 
to the finest grade of nursery stock in 
great variety, including trees, shrubs, her¬ 
baceous perennials, fruits, etc. Very finely 
illustrated, many of the views reproduced 
being gems in their way. The Japan 
Blood-leaved maples are given a promi¬ 
nence that is well justified by their beauty 
and value. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill.— Catalogue of ever¬ 
greens, hardy trees and plants; 26 pages. 
Mr. Hill has Long been known as one of the 
largest growers of evergreens in the world. 
His offers of seedling trees by mail are 
very enticing. Much valuable information 
regarding the care and culture of ever¬ 
greens and young deciduous trees is con¬ 
tained in the catalogue. A good selection 
of ornamental trees, shrubs and small 
fruits is also offered. 
Josiah Livingston, Des Moines, Iowa.— 
Catalogue of “sure to grow” seeds; 66 
pages; lithographed cover. Mr. Livingston 
thinks his new Blue Bloom cabbage cannot 
be improved for main-crop purposes. If 
planted late in the Fall it keeps all Winter, 
and has other very meritorious qualities. 
Livingston’s Bon Ton lettuce and Emerald 
cucumber possess characteristics making 
them extremely valuable for market gar¬ 
deners. Quite a number of specialties are 
offered. 
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.—Cata¬ 
logue of seeds and nursery stock; 74 pages, 
lithographed cover. The Mersereau black¬ 
berry is made the leading specialty. The 
claims are great size, hardiness of cane 
and productiveness, and the fact that the 
berries do not easily turn red or change 
color after picking. A good fruiting test 
of this promising variety will be made the 
coming Summer. The Gladstone and Sam¬ 
ple strawberries and some new Cannas are 
given prominence. 
John W. Hall, Marion Station, Md.— 
Catalogue of second-crop seed potatoes, 
berry plants, etc.; 24 pages. Mr. Hall is 
one of the pioneer growers of second-crop 
seed potatoes and has built up a substantial 
trade during the last 10 years. His argu¬ 
ment is that the late ripening of the second 
successive crop in the same season has a 
tendency to preserve the vitality of the 
tubers intact until planting time next year. 
He considers the Crown Jewel the earliest 
of all potatoes of really new blood. All 
the good strawberries are catalogued. 
Rogers Bros., Dansville, N. Y.— Or¬ 
chard improvement for 1900, with supple¬ 
ment, 100 pages in all. An unusually well- 
written and conservative catalogue of or¬ 
chard fruits. The descriptions and recom¬ 
mendations of all varieties are careful and 
reliable. They aim to offer only the cream 
of useful varieties, and leave the skim-milk 
to others. A number of the Japan plums 
are listed, and Burbank is placed at the 
head of all for real value. As grown 
near the Rural Grounds, Abundance seems 
the better plum in every way, but we are 
coming to learn that these exotic plums 
are exceedingly variable in their character¬ 
istics in different localities. A vast 
amount of useful information on the plant¬ 
ing, culture and management of fruit trees 
is given in this valuable catalogue, which 
should find a place on every fruit-grower’s 
desk. The pages devoted to apples for 
special districts will be found generally 
helpful. A rather novel proposition, in 
view of the advance in price of plum trees, 
is the offer to furnish Lombards by the 
hundred at a very reasonable price, and 
the succeeding year to furnish an average 
of three buds per tree of such varieties as 
may be selected for top-working the estab¬ 
lished Lombards. By this means a fine 
block of scarce varieties can quickly be 
had at a moderate cost. About 16 pages 
are devoted to an account of efforts at the 
pedigree breeding of fruit trees. As ad¬ 
vised by careful investigators, the Rogers 
Bros, now select buds and scions from bear¬ 
ing trees of known excellence, and thus 
avoid the danger of propagating from weak 
and unproductive specimens, which would 
be likely to transmit their defects. This is 
a phase of nursery management that has 
never received the attention its importance 
demands. No poultry or cattle-breeder 
would think for a moment of using scrubs 
for parents, but many tree propagators 
have been very careless in this respect in 
the past. A selection of small fruits and 
hardy shrubs is offered in addition to tree 
fruits. 
A POTATO TALK. 
Mr. J. P. Davenport, of Illinois, sends 
Hie following interesting questions: * 
1. I had a patch of late potatoes. An 
early frost killed the vines, when the 
tubers were but half grown. Will they do 
as well for seed as those that ripened be¬ 
fore the frost killed the vines, and if not, 
would the difference be much? 2. Two 
years ago I selected about five bushels of 
seed potatoes (Carmen No. 3) out of a lot 
of over 100 bushels, taking the very 
choicest potatoes, those that were large, 
smooth, and of a typical shape. I planted 
these by themselves, and when I came to 
dig them in the Fall, they were of various 
shapes, and about one-quarter of them 
were joined together. They seemed to be 
two perfect tubers just grown into each 
other. What is the cause of it, and should 
I plant some of these deformed potatoes, 
would I likely get more of the same kind 
another year? 3. On what kind of soil can 
the highest grade of potatoes be raised? 
4. Would potatoes raised on an old peat 
bed that has been thoroughly under¬ 
drained, be of as good quality and appear¬ 
ance as those raised on a sandy soil? 5. Is 
the Sir Walter Raleigh still considered su¬ 
perior in yield and flavor to the R. N.-Y. 
No. 2? 
1. Potatoes which have been so decid¬ 
edly checked in development cannot be 
expected to retain a very high degree of 
vitality. It would not be safe to say 
just how great the difference would be 
without a sprouting test, which could 
easily be carried out near a warm stove. 
2. Carman No. 3 makes a very shapely 
tuber under normal conditions. Double 
and prongy potatoes are usually pro¬ 
duced when growth has been checked 
by dry weather, and started later by 
heavy rains. We would not expect the 
deformed potatoes to reproduce them 
selves in a favorable season, neverthe 
less they would not be nrst choice for 
planting. 3. A light, warm, loamy soil, 
containing a good percentage of kumuc 
or decomposing plant fiber, is the ideal 
soil for potatoes. The less they have 
been grown previously in it the 
better. 4. Neither potatoes nor an> 
other root crop grown in peat or muck 
will be likely to have as fine quality 
as when grown in rich, sandy upland, 
though both crop and quality will be 
vastly improved by underdraining. Peat 
soils generally are best adapted for leaf 
or forage crops. 5. We are under the 
impression that the Sir Walter Raleigh 
is not holding its claim for productive¬ 
ness over the Rural No. 2, but there 
can be no question concerning its supe¬ 
rior quality. 
When to Sow Tobacco Seed. 
F. L. C., East Elmira, N. Y.—When is it 
time to sow tobacco seed in the house, to 
sprout it, and how long does it have to 
sprout before sow’ing in the tobacco bed? 
Ans. —Tobacco seed does not germin¬ 
ate very rapidly, even under the best 
conditions. It may safely be moistened 
a week or 10 days before the beds are 
ready for outdoor sowing. If provision 
is made for protecting the beds from 
frost, the seeds may be sown as soon as 
the ground is dry enough to work. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth .—Adv 
The Wonderful FROST-PROOF PEACH 
IRON MOUNTAIN Everywhere. 
Fine PEACH TREES a specialty. Everything 
for the Fruit Grower. Catalogue (in colors) 
free. oLINDSLEY’S NURSERIES, Whltehouse, N.J. 
^GRAPEVINES 
100 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, Ac. Best root¬ 
ed stock.Genuine, cheap. 8 sample vines mailed for lor. 
Descrinti ve price-list free. LEWIS liOKSCH, Fredonla, N. Y. 
Trees. Trees. Trees. 
Every tree a pedigree tree, every tree hears loads of 
highest quality of fruit when properly cared for. 
Our orchards prove it. We have the Pedigree York 
Imperials of the country. A11 fruits. Carloads of Peach 
and low price. 33 years’ experience. Name size, num¬ 
ber wanted and variety. 
Woodview Nurseries, Box 100, Uriah, Pa. 
10 
Peach Trees 
10 Apple, Plum or Pear 
80c.; 10 Dwarf Pear 60c, 
10 Quince 75c.; 10 Grape, 
Gooseberry or Currant 
50c. Write Quickly. C. NURSERY AND ORCHARD 
CO., Charleston, W. Va. 
50c. 
SEED CORN Selected. 
80-day Flints, Ey. Huron Dent, Ey. Golden Dent, 
II; Pride of North. Cuban Giant Ensilage, Gold 
Mine, 90c.; White Cap. Learning, Ey. Mastodon, 80c. 
New Bags, 15c. each. Track, Erie. 
SIEGEL, The Seedsman. Erie, Pa. 
Have Hundreds 
of Carloads 
of Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, Roses, 
Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 
Choicest new and old. Mall 
size postpaid, safe arrival and 
satisfaction guaranteed, larger 
by express or freight. The 
best are cheapest, try us. Elegant Catalog free. 46th 
year. 1000 acres. 44 greenhouses. 
THE STORES & HARRISON CO., 
BOX792, PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 
T WO hundred bushels 
of Potatoes remove 
eighty pounds of “actual ’ Pot¬ 
ash from the soil. One thou¬ 
sand pounds of a fertilizer con¬ 
taining 8 % “actual” Potash 
will supply just the amount 
needed. If there is a de¬ 
ficiency of Potash, there will be 
a falling-off in the crop. 
We have some valuable 
books telling about composi¬ 
tion, use and value of fertilizers 
for various crops. They are 
sent free. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York. 
Seed Potatoes —Commercial, Wonder¬ 
ful. Bovee, Peachblow, Cobbler, Trumbull, Raleigh 
and others. Sample tuber, 6 cents. 
J. W. HARTMAN, Sligo, Pa. 
Northern-Grown Seed Potatoes.— 
Hammond’s Wonderful, Enormous, Bovee, and 20 
others. Corn and Oats. Grapevines. P. Rock and 
White Wyandotte Eggs. Circular free. 
IRA P. WATSON, Fredonla, Chaut. Co., N. Y. 
Quick Fertiiizer 
There is nothing in the American 
market today that acts so quickly and 
surely as a fertilizer as 
Nitrate of Soda • 
Maine Seed Potatoes;';S",'™,“%«“, r , 
HENRY ELWELL & CO., 310 Washington Street, 
New York. Mention this paper 
SIR WALTER RALEIGH Warranted pure 
stock. One bushel, $1: 10 bushels, 18. 
J. M. MEREDITH, Calcium, Berks Co., Pa. 
CHOICE SEED POTATOES. 
Guaranteed True to Name. 
Henderson's Early Bovee, Maule’s Early Thorough¬ 
bred, Maule’s Commercial, Sir Walter Raleigh, Car¬ 
man Nos. 1 and 3. High-grade Seed. Sure to please 
you. Write for prices. F. H. THOMSON, Fairview 
Farm, Holland Patent, N. Y 
The Admiral Dewey Potato. 
Still at the head with a yield rate of 977 bushels 
to the acre in 1898, with from 60 to 90 pounds from a 
pound of seed planted in 1899. It resembles the 
Rose in color of the skin, but the flesh Is whiter and 
the quality Is unquestionably the best of its type, 
and should supersede all others for main crop. 
Price, 75c. pound; 3 pounds, 12. post or express paid. 
SeDd for circulars and testimonials to C. M. ROBIN 
SON. Manorville L. I., or JOHN DURYEA & CO 
27, 29 and 31 Gansevoort Street, New York City 
0LMES’ SEEDS. 
II_,_ 
Illustrated Catalogue free 1 Send postal 
TO-DAY. If you are a Market Gardener. 
Send for my Wholesale List. 
HENRY L, HOLMES, Harrisburg, Pa. 
1 
BEST in the world from 1 
cent per packet up. Cele 
brated for strong and 
rapid growth. Postage paid. 
Large lot of extra packages Free 
in every order. Oldest reliable 
seedsman in the west. Send yours 
and neighbor’s address for pret¬ 
tiest large catalog ever printed. 
R.H.SHUM WAY.Rockford.Ill 
ROCKY MT. EYERGREENS-S^laTn^ 
CEMETERY. Four Blue Spruce, 15 Inches, for $1.60; 
four 20-tnch for $2.50; ten two-year old, for 25 cents In 
postage. 100 two-year old for $2, all delivered EX¬ 
PRESS PREPAID. Catalogue of HARDY NURSERY 
STOCK, with colored and photo-plates FREE. Our 
stock all upon HARDY ROOTS; none Injured by 
Winter of ’98 and ’99. GARDNER & SON, Osage 
Nurseries, 117 Seventh Street, Osage, la 
HAMMOND’S 
Michigan Northern-Grown Onion Seed. 
I sold56.000 lbs. of this seed in 1899. My 
customers report yields of 450 to 1,265 
bushels of onions per acre from this 
seed. Some of them intimate that this 
seed Is worth $5 to $10 perlb. more 
than the California grown seed sold by 
anybody. I guarantee this seed to be 
new and freshly grown. We have seed 
of all the leading and standard varie¬ 
ties. We make special prices on large 
lots. Onion sets of all varieties. Buy 
direct from the grower. Catalogue— 
extended and illustrated—free. 
Harry N. Hammond, Seedsman, 
ltox 42, FIFIELD, MICH. 
1’ 
Apply to the surface in the spring. 
A small quantity does the work. Watch 
the crops closely and when they look 
sick or make slow growth apply the 
remedy promptly. Book, “Food for 
Plants ,” tells all about it. John A. 
My ers, 12 O John St., New York, will 
send you free copy on request. Nitrate 
for sale by fertilizer dealers everywhere. 
Writs at once for List of Dealers. 
IRKS 
Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, 
including grapes. Ornamen¬ 
tal Trees, Evergreens and 
Shrubs for public and pri¬ 
vate grounds. Shade Trees 
for streets. Hardy Roses, 
Hardy Plants,Climbers, etc. 
Onr new catalogue, carefully re¬ 
vised, beautitully Illustrated with 
hall-tone engravings, with cover of 
exquisite design, contains accurate 
and trustworthy descriptions of the 
most valuable varieties in cultiva¬ 
tion, and is replete with practical 
hints indispensable to planters. Al¬ 
though prepared at great expense, 
it will be sent free to our regular cus¬ 
tomers; to others, on receiptof lOcts. 
ELLWANGER& BARRY 
Mt. Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
Established 60 Years. 
Japanese Maples 
IN LARGE SIZES. 
HENRY E. BURR, Ward Place, So.Orange.N.J. 
Telephone 2064. 
■LECTRIC BUG 
EXTERMINATOR. 
The only sprayer of the kind which throws 
upray,upward. As good f or hen-houaea as for ^ . 
potatoes. Frio©, only 60 cento; 25c mors delwmd m I 
your express office. Send for catalogue. Agents wanted. * I 
J. A. Everltt, Seedsman, Dept.'825Tndlanapollg, Ind. | 
BUY DIRECT FROM THE GROWER 
AND GET FRESH, HEALTHY STOCK AT LOW PRICES. 
Harrison’s goods are grown in Harrison’s Nurseries. 
THE VICTOR PEACH, earliest, very hardy, fine 
large fruit, good shipper. THE KIEFER PEAR— 
great money maker, vigorous, productive, handsome fruit; 
ripens late, keeps long. Get particulars of these and other 
fruits, strawberries, asparagus, Ac. NEW CATALOLLE FREE. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Box 29, Berlin, Md. 
