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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March ay 
GARDEN AND SMALL FRUIT NOTES. 
The early peaches are more inclined to 
rot than later ones; there is no comparison 
between Sneed and Elberta in this respect. 
The Connett is far more free from rot 
than the Sneed, and is a quite valuable 
early variety, but not to be compared in 
value to the Greensboro, which is much 
larger and better in every way. A few 
days later come the Hiley and Waddell, 
which are almost as free from rot as the 
later varieties, and worthy of liberal plant¬ 
ing everywhere J. h. hale. 
Currant Notes.— I doubt whether Wilder 
or Perfection have been fruited in this 
vie nity. I have fruited Prince Albert, Fay, 
Cherry and Red Cross. All things consid¬ 
ered, the latter stands at the head, though 
Prince Albert is a wonderful yielder, and 
hangs long on the bushes. The Red Cross 
is a strong grower, with particularly 
healthy foilage, not a vestige of leaf-curl, 
though close by others that had consider¬ 
able of it; neither did the worms work it— 
berries 9-16 inch in diameter by calliper. 
Grafton, Mass. r>. L. P. 
Ozark Ben Davis.— The Practical Fruit 
Grower says: “It is the Ozark Ben Davis 
The P. F. G. champions. It will never go 
out of fashion. It is a splendid, good apple 
in February and March. It ships well, 
looks well, cooks well, eats well. For an 
all-around apple we would about as soon 
take a barrel of Ozark Ben Davis as a 
barrel of any other variety. To maintain 
the popularity of the Ben Davis growers 
and packers should be particular to put up 
only choice apples, none less than three 
inches in diameter, for this is a variety 
that must have size in order to have flavor. 
Bet the apples stay on the tree until they 
are red all over, 'frees that are overloaded 
should be thinned. Give the Ben Davis 
all necessary attention and make the critics 
praise it.” 
Connett Peach.— My advice would be to 
go slow on Connett peach. While quite 
showy, being large and of a creamy white 
color, it certainly will rot badly except 
under the most favorable weather con¬ 
ditions. While not so susceptible as Alex¬ 
ander it is bad enough. It is not as free 
from rot as Sneed or Elberta. Sneed and 
Triumph are the best early peaches, and 
as neither rots more than some later va¬ 
rieties and less than many, it is best to 
stick to them for the present. It should 
be remembered, in testing new peaches, 
that very few show any indication of rot 
the first year the tree bears, but after that, 
look out. Every indication here now is for 
a good peach crop, especially among us 
“Stringfellow” growers, h. l. douglass. 
Tennessee. 
Cultural Suggestions. 
We are often asked the question: “Can 
I grow anything with raspberries and 
blackberries for the first year or two?” 
We have always grown beans, peas, corn 
and potatoes, the first, and, many times, 
the second year. We have also grown 
strawberries half way between the rows 
and got two crops, and then plowed the 
strawberries under, but, of course, in such 
double cropping fertilizers must be used 
freely. The past Spring we plowed among 
some old raspberry and blackberry bushes, 
throwing furrows against the rows of 
plants and plowing ground between rows. 
We are safe in saying that the yield was 
fully double what we got from like rows 
not so plowed. If you want a big yield 
of big berries of raspberries and black¬ 
berries mulch under bushes heavily with 
hay, straw or coarse barnyard manure, 
having bushes well pruned. 
If you have a very foul or soddy piece 
of ground you wish to subdue the best 
way to succeed is to sow it thickly with 
buckwheat the last of June or first of July, 
and when in full blossom put a chain on 
the plow and plow it under, or let it ripen 
and cut and clear the ground, and plow 
under. Save double the work of finger 
picking in weeding beets, onions, rad¬ 
ishes, lettuce, turnips, etc., by running 
over the rows just as they begin to prick 
through with a light small-tooth iron rake. 
If you want a big crop of raspberries or 
blackberries set the plants so that they 
may be cultivated both ways, say 3% to 
four feet, in rows, and 6 % to seven feet 
apart. Cultivate well and mulch heavily 
in the Fall under the bushes with any 
coarse material, leaves or barnyard man¬ 
ure. In the Spring of 1901 we set out a 
plantation of blackberries and red rasp¬ 
berries 31£x7 feet, growing red navy beans 
half way between each row, and shall 
grow a crop of the same next season. We 
are now sorry we did not set strawberries 
half way between each row in place of 
beans, and grow them in matted hills for 
two years’ cropping, when the black¬ 
berries and raspberries should have the 
ground. 
We have a large copper sap pan, 4x5 feet, 
and six! inches deep. In this we'.put an inch 
or so of water, and under it one of the 
smallest kerosene stoves, costing $1. At 
one end of our hotbed we put the pan on 
a single brick wall, and the rest of the 
hotbed made up as usual with fresh 
manure, well tramped down and covered 
with two or three inches of earth for 
transplanting from pots in the pan. We 
cover all with glass. In the water in 
pan we set small pots filled with earth, or 
take old cans or tin pans with small holes 
in the bottom. We then start our kero¬ 
sene stove under the pan, and when the 
water begins to warm sow seed of lettuce, 
cabbage, tomatoes, etc.. In pots or pans, 
keeping pan covered with glass, and if 
very cold put matting or blanket over the 
seed. When one or two inches high trans¬ 
plant in hotbeds over the manure and keep 
sufficiently watered. a. m. purdy. 
Catalogues for 1902. 
John Fay Kennell, Rochester, N. Y.— 
Circular of new seedling Gladiolus No. 
1900. This is a very showy brilliant red 
and white variety, now first offered. 
F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.— 
Catalogue of seeds and plants; 56 pages, 
elegantly illustrated. This is a very large 
and attractive catalogue covering the 
whole field of garden planting. A great 
specially is made of fine ornamental 
plants. 
Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York.—Cat¬ 
alogue of seeds; 64 pages, handsome col¬ 
ored plate of “Star” Petunias and new 
pinks. A large and very complete cata¬ 
logue. The Petunias and the weather 
plant, Abrus precatorius, a tropical vine 
bearing very beautiful seeds, are the great 
specialties, though almost everything else 
is offered. 
H. F. Burt, Taunton, Mass.—Price list 
of Dahlias; eight pages. This little cat¬ 
alogue offers the most extensive collec¬ 
tion of rare Dahlias grown on the con¬ 
tinent. Mr. Burt grows 1,200 varieties, and 
has received an amazing number, of med¬ 
als and awards at various exhibitions. A 
special offer of 20 fine varieties for $1 
should be very popular. 
“I’ve fruited Gano five years and 
Black Ben Davis three, and how the two 
varieties can be confounded is more than 
I can understand. I’m glad Maj. Hol- 
singer found a difference in the test he 
made. I have the two varieties growing 
under identical conditions, in the same 
orchard. I find Black Ben Davis and 
Gano different in habits of growth, foli¬ 
age, color shade of bloom, setting of the 
fruit, size, color at maturity, and most 
of all in Keeping Quality. While they 
are similar apples and both have the 
general characteristics of the Ben Davis 
family, the wood growth is stronger and 
more thrifty in Black Ben Davis; the 
foliage is larger and has a brighter 
green; the bloom has more red in its 
color shade; the fruit is not so inclined 
to set in clusters at the end of the twig. 
Black Ben Davis is more inclined to be¬ 
come spreading in its growth as it gets 
age; the fruit is fully a Third Larger 
and has a more glossy shade of red; the 
flesh is More Solid and Juicy and Retains 
its Character to the last, while Gano Be¬ 
comes Spongy and Tasteless much 
earlier in the season. I have seven or 
eight different apples of the Ben Davis 
family; they are all good, but Black Ben 
Davis is so Far Ahead of the rest that if 
I did not know the possibility of a 
greater improvement I would call it the 
Masterpiece of Nature’s Bounty.”— 
Frank Femmons. 
St'irlc Brothers, Louisiana. Mo., Adv 
SPRAY OIL ANO WATER SIMULTANEOUSLY 
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ANY STRENGTH ALSO GREEN ANO WATER . < 
A OR OTHER PRISONS. *32% V 
9 LECfiETT 5BROTHER MArir&fts. 
30/P£Af LSTREET NEW YORK \ yamtco 
COLD MEDAL GLADIOLI 
Groff’s Hybrid Gladioli received the Gold Medal and 
Thirteen First Awards at the I’an- 
Amerlcan Exposition. 
I have the Latest and only Complete Collection of 
GROFF’S HYBRIDS 
in the United States, and Control over Seventy-five 
per cent, of all Stock Grown and Introduced by Mr. 
Groff. Write for Catalogue. 
ARTHUR COWEE, Gladiolus Specialist, 
Meadowvale Farm. Berlin, N. Y. 
If it’s trees you want, write for free fruit and 
plant catalogue to Martin Wahl, Rochester, N. Y. 
Dl MIITC — Strawberry, Cabbage, Tomato. Pep- 
■ LHIl I O per, Sweet Potato, Cauliflower, Celery 
and Egg Plant. Asparagus Roots. Catalogue free. 
CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. 
raise berries for the money I can get 
w I cUlTS out of them. 1 raise nothing but the 
Rough Rider Strawberrv. Plants from the origin¬ 
ator’s new beds, $5 perM; $2 per 100: 5c. per dozen. 
CHARLES LEARNED, Pulaski, N. Y. 
Plants and Trees Lady Garrison Straw¬ 
berry. 18,000 quarts to the acre. Cumberland Rasp¬ 
berry Plants at $2 per 100; Kansas Blackcap, *6 per 
1,000; Strawberry Plants as low as $1.25 per 1,000 and 
up. My stock is fine. Catalogue free. 
D. W. MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
FINE NURSERY STOCK 
’—Grown in the 
famous Delaware 
Fruit Land. Free from disease, true to name. We 
have a choioe lot of different varieties of Peach 
Trees, Two-Year-Old Kleffer Pear Trees, and As¬ 
paragus Roots. Write for prices Dover Nurseries. 
E. H. ATKINSON. Dover, Del. 
II . -I» U.offer at reduced prices 
M8QII13 Nurseries H. P. Roses, Crimson 
Rambler, two years old. Prunus Pissardi. G to 7 feet. 
Ilorse Chestnut, Carolina Poplars, 8 to 14 feet high. 
Duchess d’Anjou and Beurre d’Angouleme Dwarf 
Dears. Also general assortment of Nursery Stock. 
All free from any insects, and fumigated before 
leaving nursery. DEWANE BOGUE, Nurseryman 
and Fruit Grower, Medina, N. Y. 
Business Plants for 
Business Farmers 
Write for Catalog of transplanted Cabbage, 
Tomato, Celery, Pepper and Egg Plants, etc. 
We raise first-class plants for the convenience of 
the man who plants for profit. Express .charges 
prepaid. 
J. E. HUTTON & SON, Conyngham, Pa. 
GRAPES 
Dog, Sheep or Goat Power. 
New- Model. Strong. Durable. Light Tun¬ 
ning. Easily governed. Separator Agents say 
this is the ideal power for running Cream Sep¬ 
arators. We build the most complete and exten¬ 
sive line of Tread Powers on the market. 
Send for Free Catalogue. 
ST. ALBANS FOUNDRY AND IMPLEMENT CO., 
ST. ALBANS, VT. 
horse. 
The Eureka Corn Planter 
Always Gives the Best of Satisfaction. 
Plants corn, beans, peas 
and beet sped, and drops in 
hillsordrills, any quantity, 
distance apart or depth de¬ 
sired. Fertilizer does not come 
in contact with the seed. The 
ent shows our No. 3, a great fa¬ 
vorite here and abroad. Ourtwo- 
row planter iseasy draftfoirone 
Send for descriptive circular. 
EUREKA MOWER CO., Utica, N. Y. 
Southern Cow Peas. 
For Fodder or a Fertilizer. 
The up-to-date farmer does not overlook this 
very important crop. The Southern Black-Eye 
is the best and most productive variety to sow. 
Price, $2.25 per bushel, or in 10-busliel lots at 
$2 15. Bags included. 
ROBERT BUIST COMPANY, 
Seed Growers: Stores No 4 & 6 South Front St 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
ISCM CnDflUIIU most wonderful fodcipr 
UCIII vUnUnUn for Horses,Cows and all 
stock. Produces several times the quantity of any 
fodder known: is nourishing—saves hay and grain. 
Sow at corn-planting time; grows in any climate, 
wet or dry season. Order at once. Seed, $i per 
bushel. Send for Circular. BETLE MEAD FARM 
Belle Mead. N. J„ or WM. HENDRICKSON, 
52 Broadway, New York. 
S eed Oats.— White Scottish Chief, one of the larg¬ 
est producers known. Order at once. Satisfaction 
guaranteed $1,10 bu. J. K. Davidson, Kipton, Ohio. 
GRAVES 
New Early Yellow IlClflll 
FREESTONE rCAIlH 
Prloe list free. W. J. GRAVES, Originator, Perry, 0. 
Fruit and Ornamental TREES, 
Grape Vines, Seeds. Bulbs and Roses. Catalogue 
free WILLIAM O 8 NYI ER, Minersville, Pa. 
>—For $1 will mail postpaid five vines 
each Niagara. Brighton and Worden, 
or 20 Concords, and your choice, “ Grape Culture” 
or 12 Gladiolus Bulbs, mixed colors, Free. 
J. H. TRYON, Willoughby, Ohio. 
TDaspberry Plants $5 per 1.000, Eggs $1 per 15; Buff 
AX and Barred Rocks; Buff and Golden Wyandottes; 
R. C. Brown, S. C. White Leghorns. Circular free, 
j A. B. KATKAMIEIi, Macedon, N. Y. 
URAPE VINES 
center of the famous Fredonia Grape 
Belt, produce the finest grapevines in the 
world. Prices as low as those of any reputable 
grower.— STARK BRO'S, Louisiana, Mo., Portland, N. Y 
Mill Dllll ~ New strawberry, the flower of 
uum iHUL the world; 6 berries filled a quart 
box last June. Listjree. T. C. Kevitt, Athenla, N. J. 
CTD AUfDCDDV PLANTS. Best new and 
O 1 ilH wf U kit ft I Standard kinds. 
Asparag-us Roots. —One and two years 
old. Choice Stook from French 8 eed. 
MATHIS & CARTER, Blaokville, 8 . C. 
Catalogue free. B. KING, Tewksbury, MaBs. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, A K”C e ",r 
Leading market varieties. XAstfree. Try us and save 
money. A. W. ROOT & BRO., East Petersburg, Pa 
TNJ ATIVE EVERGREENS—Balsam Fir, Arbor Vitw, 
American Spruce, 6 to 12 In.$4 per 1,000; White 
Pine and Hemlock, $5 per 1,000. Transplanted Ever¬ 
greens, lowest prices. Write for Price List. 
MRS. JAMES A. ROOT, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
^traiuhorrioC~ For earllest an(1 bestplant Lady 
Oil dnUHI1 luO Norwood. For best plant Success. 
I also grow for sale Nick Ohmer, Gandy, Sample and 
Excelsior. All pianta from 11)01 beds. 
E. W. JENKINS, Dover, Del. 
Paragon Chestnut Trees. 
Large stock. Special inducements 
to large buyers. Address 
H. M. ENGLE & SON, Marietta, Pa. 
“Strawberry Plants that Crow” 
Standard Sorts, $1.76 to $3.25 per M. Catalogue, 
with Cultural Instructions. Free. (’. W. WHITTEN, 
Strawberry Specialist, Bridgman, Mich. 
NURSERYSTOCK 
Thoroughly Fumigated, with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. 
We have a full line and make a specialty of selling direct to the planter. We therefore study his 
wants. We advise young, thrifty stock and 1-year old trees to plant is our hobby. Try some of 
them and be convinced. Send for our free descriptive catalogtie of all sizes and kinds of nursery stock. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
T\ • Two Hundred Acres devoted to the propagating of Fruit 
I O and Ornamental Trees and Plants. Landscape Hardening 
M-J tv j WJL A- F and the Beautifying of the Home Grounds our leading 
Specialty. Write now for our 72-page Descriptive and Illu- 
^ • strated Catalogue. We send it postpaid free on application. 
C Ask for any information you are in need of on horticulture. 
T j DWY er so/v, 
ESTABLISHED 1884. Orange County Nurseries, Jiox 1, Cornwall, N.Y. 
PLAIN TREES 
STAND TDK 
TIC ST. 
OUJt 
CLAIMS 
FOJt 
They appeal to seuse and sound reasoning. You want the best results, and they are not embodied 
in trees that are not PLAIN TREKS. lO.iXKl each Ben Davis and York Imperial in two grades. 
Stand by Ben and York, gentlemen, they are tlie best payers by 20 per cent. 35,000 PEACH, 
best planters’size: 10,000 Japan Plum, all grades, and 4,000 nicest Cherry we ever saw. 
Woodltriow Nurseries, Box lOO, Uriah, Pa. 
Rogers Trees are Safe Trees. 
THE TREE BREEDERS. 
DANSVILLE, N. Y. 
TREES 
M DCB inn APPLK > PEAR, PLUM and PEACH, healthy, {rue to name 
■ Cn lUU* and Fumigated. All kinds of trees and plants at low whole¬ 
sale prices. Don’t buy until you get our catalogue, whioh is free, or sendllstof wants 
for special price. Address, RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 1, Geneva, New York. 
The High-Pressure Double-Cylinder Sprayer. 
The Best in the World. Four Gallons Carried Easily. Made of heavy galvanized iron, 
strongly braced and reinforced in every part. Heads swelled and double seamed. Strong, two-inch 
force-pump with heavy rods. The most perfect working sprayer ever invented. It is also made of 
20 ounce copper, which will last a lifetime. Adapted for all classes of spraying. This sprayer, 
when filled and charged, which takes half a minute, will spray continuously for 15 minutes, and will 
throw a stream 30feet high. It is especially fine for large work in potato fields, vineyards, tobacco 
plantations, fruit tree spraying, whitewashing, chicken-house spraying aud greenhouse work. Also 
for applying disinfectants in barn, etc. Write for descriptive circular,_showing five styles of Spray¬ 
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ers and prices. Agents Wanted. 
NORTH JERSEY NURSERIE8. Springfield, N, J. 
