1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
473 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
THE VEGETABLE TRADE is rather de¬ 
moralized. The hot weather has caused 
growers to rush large quantities, some out 
of condition and much recklessly packed. 
Southern cucumbers and cabbages are 
mostly inferior, and have to be sold at a 
sacrifice. Some will scarcely pay trans¬ 
portation charges. A few Jersey tomatoes 
and peppers are coming in. Arrivals of 
green peas are light, and this is fortunate, 
as the demand seems to be less than usual. 
One authority thinks this is on account of 
the widespread reports of the work of the 
Green Pea-louse. He says that consumers, 
as a rule, are afraid of produce which they 
have read is infested with some vermin of 
this sort. There may possibly be some¬ 
thing in this theory, but it is more likely 
that the lack of demand is merely one of 
those freaks of the fruit and produce trade 
which are hard to account for. 
A CHEAP DINNER.—The low-priced 
restaurant keepers try to outdo each other 
in the matter of cut rates. The latest I 
have seen is a man who offers a square 
meal for five cents. He calls nis place the 
“People’s Restaurant,” and you can have 
either of the following “spreads” with 
bread and coffee for five cents: Pork and 
beans; oatmeal and milk; meat stew, or a 
whole pie. Of course, there are cheaper 
places than this run by charity, for in¬ 
stance, St. Andrew’s coffee stands and va¬ 
rious soup houses in the poorer parts ot 
the city, where a tramp can get enough 
to keep from starving for one cent; but 
this five-cent man proposes to make money, 
and he can do it and still furnish whole¬ 
some food, as the portions are small, and 
he does away with waiters, tables and 
napkins, the eaters standing up around 
a counter behind which one man can keep 
a dozen busy. 
A WEEK’S SHIPMENTS.—The total 
value of all exports, exclusive of specie, 
from New York, for the week ending June 
26, was $11,259,860. These goods were sent 
to 184 ports in all parts of the world. Lon¬ 
don, England, stood at the head of the list 
with 242 different products, valued at $1,178,- 
744. The largest single item was 2,240,000 
pounds of oil cake. There were 1,- 
474,495 pounds of cheese, and 124,129 pounds 
of butter for London, Liverpool and Glas¬ 
gow; and 2,764,001 pounds of bacon for vari¬ 
ous ports of England and Scotland. Lard 
was quite an item, 1,107,562 pounds being 
shipped. Cuba took 379,629 pounds of this; 
there were 311,732 for Porto Rico, and Liver¬ 
pool was third, with 245,926 pounds. The 
remainder went chiefly to South and Cen¬ 
tral America and Mexico. The week’s ex¬ 
ports to Newfoundland comprised $56,723 
worth of provisions, machinery, drugs, 
wearing apparel and household goods. 
FRUITS.—Cherries from nearby points 
are plenty, and prices are lower. There 
are some southern green apples and pears, 
but the quality is inferior, and they do not 
sell readily. Each one looks as though it 
might contain a full-grown stomachache. 
Many of the strawberries offered are in 
miserable condition. Some have been left on 
the plants too long, and the shaking up and 
hot weather have just about turned them 
into jelly. A good many currants are on 
the market now. They have the advantage 
of keeping well but for some reason or 
other do not have the sale that they de¬ 
serve. Probably most people think they 
are too sour; but sugar is cheap, and prop¬ 
erly prepared, raw currants are almost 
equal to strawberries, particularly in hot 
weather, when there is a craving for acid. 
Currant juice water, as an occasional sub¬ 
stitute for lemonade, is worth a trial. 
There is not much new in the peach situ¬ 
ation, receipts being still light and prices 
high. Some extra fine plums are seen, 
chiefly southern Wild Goose, Robinson and 
Botan. There are plenty of watermelons 
now, and prices have declined. 
THE CRAZE FOR EASiT THINGS.— 
“Shorthand at a Glance. A Child Can 
Learn It. No Teacher Needed. Price 25 
cents.” This sign appears in the window 
of a New York book store. Those who 
have given the matter careful attention 
state that there are less than 25 really 
first-class shorthand writers in the world— 
that is, people who can take and transcribe 
correctly matter of all sorts as rapidly as 
a speaker gives it. The bulk of those who 
call themselves stenographers have only a 
fragmentary knowledge, a vocabulary large 
or small in some one line of business. 
Many who would like to become expert at 
something, are not willing to give the 
time and labor necessary. There is no 
way to have a good garden but to work 
for it, fight the bugs, and keep the earth 
so stirred up that the weeds will conclude 
that you mean business. If one wishes to 
learn higher mathematics he must wrestle 
with the figures and signs and dig out the 
facts. While it is all right to look for the 
easiest methods, there are some things 
that do not come by inspiration and have 
no easy way. They are always done 
“without, much ease.” 
ODD NAMES OF TRADESMEN.—In 
this city Chas. Oxx is a grocer; Ed. Un¬ 
sold keeps a saloon; Mr. Milkman is a mil¬ 
liner; and Chas. Coffy appropriately sells 
coffee. Then there are Billy’s, Joe’s, Ike’s, 
and Beefsteak John's restaurants. A 
down-town saloon is called the Oasis. Be¬ 
ing the only rumshop within a radius ot 
150 feet, something strange in a section of 
the city where one is found on each corner 
and three or four along the block, it is 
really in a dry place, and its patrons doubt¬ 
less think that they find temporary re¬ 
freshment there. 
NOTES ON SUNDRY PRODUCTS.—The 
rice market is quiet. No revival of busi¬ 
ness is expected until about September 1. 
Louisiana sales of cleaned rice this year 
are reported 68,000 barrels in excess of last 
season. About 700 tons of tapioca will 
reach this port from Singapore in a few 
weeks. ... It is said that the sponge 
catch off the Florida coast this season is 
unusually large, and will bring about $250,- 
000. . . . The State of Minnesota has re¬ 
cently enacted laws in reference to adul¬ 
terated paints. For some time large users 
have complained that the paints peeled off 
frame houses in hot weather. The State 
investigated the matter and found that the 
paints were made largely from barytes in¬ 
stead of carbonate of lead. The new law 
imposes a fine of $25 to $100 for offering or 
selling any white lead paint or compound 
marked “pure,” which contains any ingred¬ 
ient other than carbonate of lead and pure 
linseed oil. Other preparations may be 
sold if properly labeled. As white lead is 
worth about five times as much as barytes, 
the makers and dealers in this adulterated 
stuff have had about as big a bonanza as 
the bogus butter people. . . . The de¬ 
mand for rough hemlock lumber is dull, but 
dealers are holding the price up to $17 per 
1,000 for joist, and dressed stuff in propor¬ 
tion. Spruce runs about the same. 
Northern pine of good quality is always 
high, good one to two inch uppers bringing 
$61, and 2% to four inch, $70 to $75 per 1,000. 
Yellow pine flooring is quite firm at $22. 
Extra pine shingles bring $4.50; six inch 
clear butts, $3.50. The best quality of 
shaved cypress, 6x20 inches, sells for $11. 
The call for lime is more active, and the 
price for cargo rates ranges from 60 to 90 
cents per barrel. w. w. H. 
FRUIT IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY 
Comparison of Small Fruits. 
PART II. 
Currants are exceedingly promising in 
ibis section. Mr. Cornell is the largest 
currant grower in the Hudson River Val¬ 
ley section. He grows mostly the old 
standards. He has quite as much confi¬ 
dence in the use of the cultivator as Mr. 
Dwyer. His currant fields, of which he 
has about 10 acres, are almost like an ash 
heap. He has an excellent promise of a 
large currant crop this year. He showed 
us some Wilders, which he thinks shells 
worse than other varieties, and is more 
troubled by the aphis. Mr. Dwyer’s cur¬ 
rants showed some effect of the frost on 
the outside, but the bushes are literally 
loaded with fruit, where they were protect¬ 
ed, and he is going to have an immense 
crop of Fay’s Prolific, and also of the 
Cherry. He tells me that he has not had 
a sign of the Currant worm this year. 
Early in the season, just as the buds began 
to swell, he gave every bush on the place a 
thorough spraying of Bordeaux Mixture 
and Paris-green. The protection may or 
may not be due to this spraying; he is, 
however, going to give spraying the benefit 
of the doubt, and his bushes will be gone 
over every year for the future, at the same 
time. Filler is a new currant which orig¬ 
inated in the Hudson River Valley near 
Marlboro. It is an upright grower, and a 
good currant. 
The sight of Japan plums is something 
wonderful on Mr. Dwyer’s ground. It is 
often asked how soon can we expect fruit 
from these plums. Three-year-old trees 
standing in the nursery rows were literally 
loaded down with Abundance and Bur¬ 
banks. On one stem of not to exceed two 
feet in length, I counted nearly 100 plums. 
Of course there are altogether too many 
set, and they will have to be thinned. Mr. 
Dwyer is a severe thinner. 
“They will all have to be thinned out,” 
he said. “I want only the best fruit that 
can be grown.” The Willard was not 
showing very much promise of fruit. This 
is possibly due to the fact that they had 
been severely cut back. Abundance was 
not bearing on Mr. Cornell’s ground, but 
the Burbank was heavily loaded. It is in¬ 
teresting to note the pronounced anu dis¬ 
tinct characteristic of bearing of these two 
trees. The fruit on the Abundance is well 
distributed through the tops, and little or 
none on the lower part of the trees, while 
Burbank fruits all over the tree, and even 
on the trunk, and in same places down to 
within a few inches of the ground. 
Cherries at both Mr. Dwyer’s and Mr. 
Cornell's were showing some effect of the 
drought in being a little under size. At 
the same time they were well covered with 
fruit, and will bear a good crop of fair¬ 
sized cherries. The May Duke was already 
beginning to ripen. This is an ornamental 
tree in itself, as well as one that bears an 
excellent quality of fruit. The Early 
Richmonds were also colored up nicely, and 
I would recommend that every person with 
a rood of ground, should have some trees 
of these two cherries. The Morello and 
Montmorency, which of course, are later 
varieties, are well covered with fruit, and 
if the season remains at all favorable, they 
will yield heavily. One tree of English 
Morello at Mr. Dwyer’s bore 37 quarts of 
cherries last year, and will probably yield 
80 to 100 pounds of cherries this year. The 
stem of this tree is not over four feet 
high, and probably the Highest point would 
not exceed 10 feet from the ground. It is 
out four years, and was a two-year tree 
when set, so that its age would be exactly 
six years. The Black Tartarian at Mr. 
Cornell's has a good setting of fruit now 
ripe, but like the others, just a little under 
size. 
Pears are a most promising crop in this 
section. Mr. Cornell is one of the largest 
and most successful growers, especially 
of the Bartlett and Seckel. Seckels are 
heavily set, and so much so, that perhaps 
two out of every three will need to be 
picked off, as Mr. Cornell, like Mr. lawyer, 
insists upon growing only the best fruit 
that his tree and grounds will produce. 
Anjou is also well set. Mr. Cornell is not 
a friend of the Kieffer. He thinks it has 
been overdone, and expects that this year 
will demonstrate his prophecy to this ef¬ 
fect. Even the canners, he says, are not 
able to command the price for this fruit. 
Mr. Dwyer is having an exceptionally fine 
stand of pears. Among peaches his El- 
bertas are especially promising. Stevens 
Rareripe is also well loaded and regarded 
as the best white peach in that section. 
The trees both at Mr. Dwyer’s and Mr. 
Cornell’s need thinning, which the* are 
sure to get by both these growers. The 
blackberries, raspberries, and blackcaps 
are doing well at Mr. Dwyer’s ground. The 
Eldorado he puts down as the best of all 
blackberries, and It never winterkills with 
him. The Erie is, of course, a later berry, 
but promises well. The Wilson, and Wil¬ 
son Junior, are also doing well. The Wil¬ 
son is rather a tender cane, not safe for 
northern culture. The Wilson Junior is a 
hardy variety, and a good flavor. Tt is 
propagated from tips. The Cumberland 
raspberry looked well, and was heavily load¬ 
ed. The Ohio blacKcap has a fine promise 
of fruit. The Kansas Mr. Dwyer puts 
down as the finest fruit in existence, to his 
taste, of course. The Cumberland, he says, 
is the coming berry. It is the largest of 
the blackcaps. Plants about this time have 
a nice promise now of fruit for this season. 
The Gregg is looking well. T had an op¬ 
portunity at Mr. Dwyer’s to see the much- 
discussed Japanese wlneberry. Tt is a suc¬ 
cess at his grounds, and. has quite a prom¬ 
ise of fruit at the present time. Tt >s 
hardy, not being at all injured by the Win¬ 
ter, besides the fruit is of some value, but 
it is largely an ornamental plant. The 
green leaves, which show a white alum¬ 
inum undersurface when disturbed by light 
winds, with plush blossoms inclosing the 
fruit, give it considerable value as an or¬ 
namental plant. While the fruit is not un¬ 
palatable, it has no commercial value. It 
is simply a novelty suitable for private 
grounds. 
Mr. Dwyer has a large setting of young 
trees of the apples, pears, plums and 
peaches, which are doing remarkably well 
under his fertility and culture. He also 
has a much larger stock of ornamentals 
than ever before, including many very rare 
and valuable trees and shrubs. Among the 
latter is a Japanese flowering quince, which 
bears a dazzling pink flower early in the 
Spring. It grows seven or eight feet high, 
and is said to make a valuable hedge. It 
is also bearing quite a large green fruit at 
the present time, but I was not able to 
learn that they have any value for edible 
purposes. _ j. J. t>. 
Notes from Canada. 
There will be a considerable acreage of 
tobacco here this year, the establishment 
of two local factories (Kingsville and 
Leamington) having given a considerable 
stimulus to the growers. Broom corn has 
also received a good deal of attention, and 
there are many small plots sown up to 
about four or five acres. Rape has been 
wonderfully popular this Spring, and it is 
to be seen all through the southern town¬ 
ships. Underdraining (another evidence of 
progression) is being practised very con¬ 
siderably in Malden and Colchester South 
townships. There are few farms where 
there was not a pile of tiles in the barn¬ 
yard or field in the Spring; many of these 
tiles are underground doing their duty. It 
is getting common about here to call in an 
expert drainer and give him the contract to 
supply tiles and lay them, the farmer pro¬ 
viding more or less labor as may be agreed 
upon. One thing is very certain: the far¬ 
mers are fully seized of the fact (as the 
lawyers would say) that underdraining 
pays and pays well. We had a splendid 
rain on the night of June 22, which has 
helped all the growing crops wonderfully. 
Cherries will be a short crop this year. 
Strawberries are nearly over and have 
y.'elded fairly well. Peaches, pears, plums 
and apples promise a splendid crop. 
Harrow, Canada. h. t. t. 
C. S. R., page 416, can sow the rye when 
he sows the buckwheat, and plow it under 
next Spring. I have done that way here, 
and it was all right. H. A. B. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
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