1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
665 
For Only 25 Cents. 
The Rural New-Yorker will now be sent to any address for 
the remainder of this year for 25 cents. During this month probably 
no less than a thousand old subscribers have sent the names of one 
or two neighbors for these trial orders. It seems like a good many 
and yet no doubt there are three persons who expected to do so, and 
afterwards neglected it, to the one who has actually done it. Our 
purpose now is to request every one who can do so to send the name 
of a neighbor or friend to get the paper for the remainder of this 
year. It will cost you something for postage, etc., and we will allow 
you 10 cents out of the 25 to cover this expense. If you send a club 
of 10, $1 will pay for them. When you are talking with your 
neighbor, he will probably want the paper for a year. If he does, 
$1 will pay for his subscription until January 1,1902. Tell him so : 
Twenty cents of this will be for you. Besides you may come in for 
one of those 
TWO DOLLAR DAILY PRIZES. 
Here are the reports for last week. Surely you can do as well 
as that: 
September 17. Ronson German, Michigan. Three Yearlies; 18 Trials. 
September 18. T. E. Longley, Connecticut. One Yearly. 
September 19. C. E. Brookhart, Tennessee. 11 Trials. 
September 20. Ronson German, Michigan. 26 Trials. 
September 21. C. S. Nesbitt, Pennsylvanuia. 10 Trials. 
September 22. Jos. Lamb, Ontario..... Two Yearlies; two trials. 
We will send you samples if you want them. Others are getting 
this money. Do you not want some of it ? 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
WINDFALL PEACHES.—In one commis¬ 
sion house I saw 40 or 50 baskets of late 
peaches which the storm had picked. They 
were all small; many were green; and some 
looked as though they had gone through a 
thrashing machine. It Is doubtful whether 
the shipper gets enough out of the lot to 
pay for the trouble of picking them up and 
carting to the railroad. 
ONIONS.—There Is a surplus just now, 
and prices are low. A feature of the mar¬ 
ket is the large quantity of Spanish onions 
offered. Two vessels which recently ar¬ 
rived from that country brought 18,000 and 
20,000 bushels respectively. These onions 
are of large size, and not nearly so strong 
as the Orange County and Connecticut 
product. Yet many people prefer the latter, 
which are finer-grained and not so watery. 
WHAT ABOUT “PONY” BARRELS?—A 
day or two ago a commercial paper in this 
city stated that no “short” apple barrels 
are coming to this market at present. This 
is certainly a mistake, as plenty of them 
may be seen by anyone who takes a short 
walk through the market districts. A com¬ 
mission man with whom I talked about 
this matter said: “So far as I can see 
there are just as many small barrels this 
season as ever. They are hard to sell, too. 
Whether marked short or not, buyers can 
pick them out without any trouble.” The 
apparent difference in size between these 
and the regular flour barrel is more than 
the real difference. It would be a good 
thing if barrel men would quit making the 
"pony” package. Shippers who use them 
are almost certain to have their apples dis¬ 
counted more than they really deserve. A 
uniform package promotes confidence. 
Flour manufacturers and others understand 
the value of this confidence. When a man 
buys a barrel of flour he has no fear of 
getting scant measure. The same ought to 
be true of apples or any other fruit. 
APPLES.—The recent heavy winds have 
done great damage to orchards in New 
York and neighboring States. Earlier in 
the season storms do comparatively little 
harm, but when apples are just ready to 
pick, a moderate wind will knock off large 
numbers. The evaporators are being 
worked to their fullest capacity to handl# 
this fruit, but quite a little finds its way 
to the New York market from sections 
where there are no driers. Many shippers 
•vidently think that, because these apples 
are windfalls there is no use in taking any 
pains with them, so little and big, different 
varieties, some that are not bruised at all, 
and others more or less damaged, are 
thrown into the barrels together. It would 
pay better to sort out all that have the 
skin broken or are badly bruised, and feed 
to the hogs or let them rot on the ground. 
The worthless stuff spoils the sale of the 
better. Windfalls will bring a fair price if 
reasonable care is taken in sorting them. 
Of course, it makes a great difference 
what shape the ground under the trees is 
in. Apples falling on plowed ground or a 
thick sod are not much hurt, but where 
the top ground is covered with small stones 
it is different. It will pay to clear away 
the stones from under the trees at least, 
Half a day’s work in an ordinary orchard 
would give the falling apples a much better 
chance. 
N. Y. State Crop and Weather Notes. 
In all sections of the State great damage 
is reported to fruit by hign winds. Half 
the apples are blown off in many places. 
Peaches and grapes also suffered, and 
standing corn is lodged badly, In Sullivan 
County the storm was accompanied by 
hail, some of the stones being large enough 
to break windows. The northern counties 
of the State have had some rain, and pas¬ 
ture is much improved, but in othev sec¬ 
tions the drought continues; feed in the 
milk-producing districts is short; and in 
Yates and neighboring counties Catawba 
grapes need rain to ripen up properly. 
Seeding in the wheat-growing districts is 
well advanced, and some of the early-sown 
is up. Potatoes generally are turning out 
lighter than was anticipated. Buckwheat 
is generally good, although some is badly 
lodged by the storm. Light frost is report¬ 
ed in Oswego County. Tobacco leaves in 
Onondaga County are badly whipjA-d by 
the wind. Silos are mostly filled, but in 
some parts of the central and southwestern 
section forage crops are not worth cut¬ 
ting. _ 
Notes on Michigan Fruit Growing. 
On a recent trip through the Northwest 
we saw the famous orchards of Mr. Ro¬ 
land Morrill, who is a recognized authority 
on peach culture. This orchard is along 
the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, about 
five miles inland. He plants his trees 20 
feet each way. In one five-year-old or¬ 
chard of 10 acres, the trees (Lewis variety), 
had their branches overlapping from four 
to six feet. The diameter of the trunk was 
in many cases 12 inches, the orchard was 
clean, and not a blade of grass could be 
found. We estimated the crop in this or¬ 
chard at 10 bushels to the tree. The fruit 
had been systematically thinned early in 
the season, so that the peaches were from 
two to four inches apart. Mr. Morrill said 
that considerably more fruit was taken off 
than was left on, and one man thinned 
only five trees a day. Here we saw some 
perfect fruit, and the size, color and flavor 
were ideal. Three thousand baskets had 
been picked the day previous to our visit, 
August 17, and the trees were still bend¬ 
ing to the ground. Mr. Morrill believes in 
an open center. The trees are open, so that 
the sunshine and air have free circulation. 
As a result, he has highly and uniformly- 
colored fruit. He uses on his orchards 500 
pounds of bone and 100 bushels of hard¬ 
wood ashes per acre every other year. 
Late in the season, after the crop is picked, 
he sows oats throughout the orchard. He 
trims off one-fourth to one-half of each 
year’s growth of the trees early in the 
Spring before it starts to growing again. 
In 1899, he netted the remarkable sum of 
$1,600 per acre from peaches In part of his 
orchard. This season it will certainly yield 
a fair profit. His best grade of peaches 
is wrapped in paper, packed in carriers. 
At South Haven, we found a most re¬ 
markable collection of fruits at the Hor¬ 
ticultural Experiment Station, under the 
management of Mr. S. H. Fulton. We saw 
450 varieties of apples, 250 of peach, 125 of 
plum, 125 of pear, 115 of cherry, 150 of 
grape, 11 of quince, 30 of blackberry, 50 of 
raspberry, 25 of currants and 22 of goose¬ 
berry. Of the apples, one of German 
origin, called the Rosenhager, attracted 
my attention. It is very large and has a 
slight blush. Another apple of Russian 
origin, called the Zolotoreff, is especially 
promising. We visited the great celery 
fields about Kalamazoo, Mich. The area 
in and about the city adapted to celery is 
very limited, and in all there are about 250 
growers, mostly Hollanders, owning, on 
the average, about three acres each. The 
land was formerly swamp or marsh land. 
It has been ditched or drained by the 
sturdy truckers who own it until every 
available inch has been taken up. The 
land sells from $300 to $900 per acre, this 
latter price having been paid not long 
since. Three crops are taken off each sea¬ 
son, making in all about 2,000 dozen per 
acre. This industry was begun about 29 
years ago by L. De Bruyn, who is yet ac¬ 
tively engaged in the celery business, al¬ 
though he is 82 years old. When I visited 
him he was bunching celery, and said that 
he hoped he could work 20 years more at 
the celery business. 
[PROF.] W. Q. JOHNSON. 
Orange County (N. Y.) Fair. 
The sixtieth annual exhibition of the 
Orange County Agricultural Society was 
held on the fair grounds at Middletown, 
September 11 to 14. The exhibit was about 
as usual, notwithstanding the protracted 
drought, which has done so much damage 
in this county. The fruit exhibit was 
rather better than last year, being especi¬ 
ally strong in peaches, grapes and plums. 
It is evident that Orange County will soon 
be as famous for its fruit products as It 
is for its milk. A small cyclone damaged 
the tents and disarranged the exhibit con¬ 
siderably on September 11. The high wind 
and dust kept many farmers away, on 
what is usually one of the best days of the 
fair. The windstorm blew off thousands of 
baskets of peaches in the county, and 
doubtless kept many farmers away from 
the fair the following day. Some good 
cattle was exhibited, but as a whole the 
dairy exhibit was not what one would ex¬ 
pect in a milk district like Orange County. 
Vegetables were not up to the average 
owing to the drought. j. h. g. 
Middlesex South (Mass.) Fair.— It is a 
fortunate thing that a successful fair does 
not always depend either upon the number 
of visitors or the quantity of goods exhibit¬ 
ed. Articles of merit, well displayed and 
examined by appreciative spectators, make 
a creditable show, no matter how small the 
grounds or limited the attendance. The 
Middlesex Fair at South Framingham, 
illustrates this truth. It is only a small 
show, but It is a good one, and by no 
means the least creditable thing about it 
is the snug little balance which the Society 
has in the bank. The exhibits were limited 
to the products of Middlesex County. A 
feature of the show was the fine display of 
squashes. Apples and pears were not up 
to the average owing to the severe wind¬ 
storm last week. The display of cattle was 
limited to those owned in the immediate 
vicinity of the Fair. The attendance was 
very small until September 19, when the 
grounds were well filled. j. H. G. 
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WATCHES 
(Full Jeweled). 
WALTHAM AND ELGIN ONLY. 
High-Grade Watches at Low Prices. 
Some of our people will want watches 
this Fall. Our people are used to good 
things, and will want good watches. We 
have selected some of the most suitable 
made by the great American Waltham 
and Elgin factories. None other so good 
are made any place in the world. Every 
watch is warranted, and may be returned 
at our expense, if you do not want it 
when you see it. No jeweler can afford 
to sell them at these prices. They are 
all stem wind and set. We sell at these 
prices to subscribers’ families only. 
No. 1. Men’s Solid Gold Watcli. 
FULL JEWELED. NICKEL WORKS. 
No. 1 Is a Men’s size, solid 14k. gold watch, with 
either Waltham or Elgin works as ordered. The 
works contain 15 jewels, compensation expansion 
balance, safety pinion, and all Improvements. The 
case Is either open face or hunting as ordered. At 
retail such watches sell from $50 to $75 each. We will 
deliver one to any of our readers In good running 
order for only $35. 
No. 2. American Special. 
MEN’S 1 4 K . GOLD-FILLED WATCH. 
Full Jeweled, Nickel Works. 
No. 2 Is a genuine Waltham or Elgin watch, with 
full jeweled nickel works. It contains all the Im¬ 
provements mentioned in No. 1. The case is made of 
solid 14k. gold, In two thick plates, stiffened between 
with a sheet of fine composition metal. It is 
guaranteed to wear like solid gold for twenty-five 
years or more. With proper care it will last a life¬ 
time. Price, delivered in good running order, $17.50. 
No. 3 is just like No. 2, but open face, screw back 
and front. Price, delivered In good running order, 
$14.40. 
No. 4. Sterling Silver Watch. 
MEN’S WALTHAM OR ELGIN. 
Full Jeweled, Nickel Works. 
No. 4 is a genuine Waltham or Elgin watch with 
works just like those in No. 2 and No. 3. The case Is 
made of solid sterling silver, and It weighs three 
ounces. We have tried two-ounce and four-ounce 
cases, but we find that the three-ounce case is just 
the right weight. It Is heavy enough to protect the 
works perfectly and at the same time it is extremely 
handsome. It is hunting or open face as ordered 
Price, delivered in good running order, $12. 
No. 5. Waltham or Elgin Watch. 
FOR MEN AND BOYS. 
Full Jeweled, Nickel Works. 
No. 5 is a very serviceable watch for men and boys. 
The works are just the same as those In No. 3. The 
case is made of nickel silver, screw back and front, 
thereby making it dust proof. Nickel silver Is a com¬ 
position metal that looks and wears like solid silver. 
Price, delivered in good running order, $7.75. 
No. 6. Ladies’ Solid Gold Watch. 
FULL JEWELED, NICKEL WORKS. 
No. 6 Is a genuine Waltham or Elgin watch for 
ladies' wear. The works contain all the improve¬ 
ments mentioned in offer No. 1. The case, hunting 
only. Is solid 14k. gold, with plain or fancy engraving 
as ordered. This is not a cheap watch. It ordinarily 
sells at from $40 to $60. We will deliver one In good 
running order to any reader for only $30. 
No. 7. Ladies’ Waltham or Elgin 
Watch. 
1 4 K. GOLD FILLED CASE. 
Full Jeweled, Nickel Works. 
No. 7 is a ladies’ hunting case watch of high merit 
The works are just like those in No. 6. The case is 
made of solid gold In two thick plates stiffened 
between with a sheet of fine composition metal. It 
Is guaranteed to wear like solid gold for twenty-five 
years or more, and with careful use It will last a life¬ 
time. Price, delivered in good running order, only 
*14.50. 
The_Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
