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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 30 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS. 
Long-Bearing Tomatoes. —Our green¬ 
house tomatoes, which we expected to 
retire from active duty about May 1, are 
still ripening excellent fruits here in the 
middle of June, and hid fair to hold out 
until the first outdoor specimens ripen. 
We picked the first ripe tomato on these 
plants, started last 'September, on New 
Year’s Day, and there has scarcely been 
an interval, up to the present time, when 
an abundance of perfectly-ripened fruits 
for salads and slicing could not be 
found. While an accurate record was 
not kept, the average of over 10 pounds 
for each plant has certainly 'been ex¬ 
ceeded, as over 700 tomatoes have been 
picked to date, and they average six to 
the pound. It is rather amusing to note 
the promptness with which the terminal 
fruit in a cluster of five to seven will 
enlarge as soon as its companions ripen 
and have been removed. It may have 
remained a mere little green button 
while its greedy sisters were absorbing 
its share of nourishment, but it awakes 
its dormant cells promptly at the first 
chance, and quickly develops into a 
plump and palatable tomato, even 
though only a few seeds have been fer¬ 
tilized. The modern tomato is certainly 
a plant of great possibilities whenever 
its natural requirements can be met. 
Diervilla Eva Rathke. —A plant of 
this new carmine-flowered Diervilla 
(Weigelia) was received from the Henry 
A. Dreer Co., Philadelphia, Pa., in March, 
and transferred to the shrub border as 
soon as freezing weather ceased. Though 
cut back to a foot in height, it has been 
blooming for several weeks, and we re¬ 
gard it as far the best dark Weigelia 
that has over come under our observa¬ 
tion. The color is a bright carmine pur¬ 
ple, clear and pleasing, and the blooms 
open more widely than most varieties. 
Of course, nothing can take the place 
of the familiar Weigelia rosea found in 
so many door yards, for freshness of ap¬ 
pearance and riotous freedom of bloom, 
but Eva Rathke makes a worthy com¬ 
panion where deep coloring is wanted. 
A Year Off— The two Newtown Pip¬ 
pin apple trees have always given us a 
good crop heretofore, out one of them is 
taking a vacation this season. They 
were top-grafted on strong volunteer 
seedlings many years ago, and stand 
east and west, with their heads inter¬ 
locked. Last September, when loaded 
with fruit, a severe gale nearly stripped 
the eastern tree bare of apples, but had 
little effect on the sheltered branches of 
the other which carried its crop to ma¬ 
turity. This season the western tree 
produced few blossoms, and set no ap¬ 
ples, while the eastern one is again well 
covered, as the fruit spurs, relieved of the 
growing apples, were enabled to perfect 
their flower buds for the coming year, 
while the limited number of half-grown 
fruits left by the storm were greatly 'in¬ 
creased in size by the excess of nourish¬ 
ment at their disposal. This little in¬ 
stance of natural fruit thinning well 
shows the importance of removing sur¬ 
plus fruits, as well to increase quality, 
as to give the tree a chance to produce 
yearly crops, though one would scarcely 
go at the job in such a wholesale way. 
Strawberries Tested at the Rural 
Grounds.— We will have no comparative 
variety test this season, though many 
new kinds have been planted for next 
year’s report. The crop is very satisfac¬ 
tory in the neighborhood, abundant 
rains having enabled the berries to reach 
a fine development. Many varieties are 
grown for market, 'Smith Seedling, Bu- 
bach and Gandy being the favorites for 
early, medium and late, respectively, and 
are included in nearly all plantings. 
Gandy probably nets the grower more 
than any other single variety, for no 
matter how low the local price may sag 
under the pressure of the great number 
of small berries gathered at the last 
pickings of the earlier varieties, it stiff¬ 
ens at once when the large, shapely, and 
handsome Gandys make their appear¬ 
ance, and the demand for this reliable 
late variety continues as long as they 
are sent to market. Among the newer 
berries of distinct promise Gladstone, 
Sample and Hunn may be noted. Glad¬ 
stone has proved a fine cropper this sea¬ 
son, and its quality is very good, a 
little more acid than Wm. Belt, but far 
ahead of all the standard market ber¬ 
ries. It is of large size, good, bright 
color, and firm enough to carry well. It 
is also very early. Sample is a great 
grower, and makes immense plants, 
which in turn bear very large and fair 
berries. It will be watched with great 
interest another season. Hunn is claim¬ 
ed to be a very late strawberry, but it is 
ripened right with Gandy. The large, 
dark berries, with their conspicuous 
brownish seeds, are attractive, and ought 
to find a ready sale. The quality is not 
high, and it will take a more trying sea¬ 
son to form an opinion on its productive¬ 
ness and resisting qualities; neverthe¬ 
less, it promises well. Marshall is gain¬ 
ing many friends as a home berry, but 
is not sufficiently prolific in this locality. 
The fruits are handsome and high- 
flavored. 
York Imperial Apple. —S. B. Heiges, 
of Pennsylvania, says that the York Im¬ 
perial apple originated near York, Penn., 
and was introduced by Jonathan Jessup, 
early in the nineteenth century. The 
tree was a chance seedling from the 
rarm of a Mr. Johnson. The fruit was 
unattractive in appearance, and was not 
gathered. Mr. Johnson, being an in¬ 
valid, spent some time in sitting at a 
window watching the country people as 
they passed along the road. He noticed 
that the school-boys at York went to 
this apple tree in the Spring, Saw them 
kick away the leaves, and fill their pock¬ 
ets with apples. This led him to send 
a farm hand to get some of this fruit, 
and to his surprise he found them of a 
bright red color, and of good quality, 
when other late-keeping varieties in the 
orchard were wilted and dried out. Mr. 
Jessup was a nurseryman, and he was 
called in to help propagate the apple. 
He called it Johnson’s Fine Winter and 
Mr. Jessup propagated many trees for 
Which he could find no sale. When they 
became too large for nursery stock, he 
pulled tnem up ana threw them into a 
ravine near the turnpike road. Farmers 
who attended the York market saw these 
trees along their way home, filled their 
wagons with them, and planted them on 
their own farms. When Mr. Jessup was 
told of this, he said, “Well, if they will 
not buy trees to plant, I am glad that 
they will take them for nothing.” And 
thus it was that the York Imperial was 
started. J. J. Downing, after sampling 
the apple, said, “It is the imperial of 
late keepers, and as it originated near 
York, I would suggest York Imperial as 
an appropriate name.” Mr. Heiges says 
that in 1863, after a long search, he lo¬ 
cated the stump of the original tree in 
the corner of a wormy fence, all the 
trees of an adjacent field having been 
cut down and the stumps removed. 
The Newman Plum. —This native red 
plum deserves more attention than it 
has received. Its merits, briefly told, 
are: Ironclad hardiness, having stood 29 
degrees below zero and produced a full 
crop; almost cureulio proof; nearly ex¬ 
empt from rot, while the Robinson, in 
next row, scarcely ripened a specimen; 
almost a freestone; a strong grower, and 
can be grafted. One nurseryman recom¬ 
mends it as a stock on which to top- 
work slow-growing sorts. Begins to 
ripen soon after the Marianna, and con¬ 
tinues for over four weeks, which is a 
grand characteristic for a plum for home 
use, as the fruit may be allowed to ma¬ 
ture and drop when fully ripe. As a 
market plum it may be picked when 
showing the slightest tinge of color, and 
will color up beautifully and keep well 
a long time after being gathered. The 
fruit is greatly improved in size and the 
tree in thrift by constant cultivation till 
after midsummer. As a market plum it 
does not bring very big prices, only 65 
cents per drawer of 16 quarts; five cents 
per quart retail. However, it sells at 
same prices of other red plums except 
the Wild Goose, which is usually 50 per 
cent higher in price, as it is much ear¬ 
lier, and does not have to compete with 
so many other kinds of fruit. 
Ohio. F. F. WOODSIDE. 
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BITS OF TALK. 
Potato Points.— I note what is said of 
the potatoes. I plant Carman No. 1 
wholly since the stock was tirst introduced; 
started with eight small tubers, and have 
always used my own seed. This year 1 
bought two barrels from Caribou, Me. Our 
own seed, soaked in formaldehyde, and 
Maine seed rolled in sulphur, nearly put 
my eyes out. e. l. s. 
Cape Cod. 
Rose Talk.—I planted my rose in a two- 
inch pot, and it has now made a growth 
of over one inch, and in a few days I shall 
put it in a four-inch pot. My garden will 
be gay with roses in a few days. Dun¬ 
lop’s Dorothea is full of buds from a plant 
wintered out of doors, protected during 
the Winter with earth and tobacco stems. 
First green peas to-day. Sown April 9. 
Canada. c. j. f. 
Preserving Fruits.— The preservation of 
fruits of any kind in such a manner as to 
look natural in all respects, and especially 
in colors, is a very difficult, if not an impos¬ 
sible thing. Berries are especially difficult. 
Formaldehyde in water in various propor¬ 
tions seems to be the best thing known. It 
is a clear liquid. For grapes and berries 98 
parts of perfectly clear rainwater and two 
parts formaldehyde is about right. For 
apples, pears, peaches and plums there may 
be live parts of formaldehyde to 95 parts 
water. In all cases the water must be 
pure, and not from wells or springs, which 
are almost sure to have in them some kind 
of minerals in solution. A very little might 
change the character of the mixture very 
much, and cause discoloration. The reten¬ 
tion of the natural colors of the fruit for a 
long time is the most difficult part of the 
work. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Apples in Georgia.— On page 245, S. J. 
T., Grand Rapids, Mich., wished to know 
whether Winter apples could be grown in 
northwestern Georgia. I am located in 
what is considered the best part of the 
State for Winter apples, seven miles north¬ 
west of Ellijay, Gilman Co., Ga. Your 
answer is all right, so far as it goes, as to 
the Shockley, Ben Davis and Limbertwig. 
You omitted to mention the Yates, a small 
but well-formed Georgia apple. Our latest 
keeping apples, except the above, are na¬ 
tive seedlings of this northern Georgia 
country, of which I have no doubt but 
there are at least 50 different varieties. 1 
am propagating eight of them in a small 
way. Assistant Pomologist Wm. A. Tay¬ 
lor has named two of them Penland and 
Gilmer, which he pronounced from speci¬ 
mens sent him to possess special merit; 
in fact, all apples that have been intro¬ 
duced here do well with but few excep¬ 
tions. It is true that nearly all of your 
fine Winter apples, when brought south, 
have to be marketed in November and De¬ 
cember, but our people are about to con¬ 
clude that our best money is in Summer 
and Fall apples, as we are in the lap of 
the southern market within 20 miles of the 
cotton planter with no competition from 
the North or West. z. t. c. 
Ratcliff, Ga. 
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instances.— G. W. LORD, Silver Lake, Maine, Oc¬ 
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