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THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER 
July 12 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Varieties of Blackberries. 
F. 8. N., Waterford Works, N. J.—I wish 
to plant blackberries, and as the Wilson 
here is getting to be a failure, I thought 
of trying the Rathbun and Mersereau. Do 
you consider these varieties equal in berry 
to the Wilson? 
A ns. —We feel very much like recom¬ 
mending the Rathbun blackberry in 
place of the Wilson, where the latter 
does not succeed. As we have grown it, 
it is extra fine both for home use and 
market, hardy and productive; but it 
does not succeed everywhere in New 
Jersey, true stock is not plentiful, and 
the possibility of getting wrong varie¬ 
ties may explain many failures. The 
Mersereau is large, hardy and product¬ 
ive, but the berries are a little soft. It 
is excellent, however, for nearby mar¬ 
kets. We would advise you to try the 
above varieties. 
Vegetable Questions. 
A. N., Monroeville, N. J.—l. Will you give 
a list of vegetables that will mix if planted 
side by side? 2. How much asparagus seed 
will it take to make plants enough for an 
acre? How thick should they be allowed 
to stand in the row, and what depth 
should seed be covered? 
Ans.— 1. Vegetables only “mix” by the 
transference of pollen from one variety 
to another, and the result is seen in the 
next generation raised from seed grown 
in this manner. Most garden vegetables 
are self-pollenizing and practically do 
not mix even in this way. Varieties of 
corn and the vine products such as cu¬ 
cumbers, squashes, melons and pump¬ 
kins will mix if grown close together, as 
the male and female blooms are borne 
separately and pollen is carried by the 
wind and by Insects. Different kinds of 
onions, parsnips, carrots, turnips, etc., 
should not be grown very close 
together if wanted for seed, as some 
crossing may occur if they bloom at the 
same time. The mixing effect does not 
affect the quality of vegetables at the 
time it takes place, as the influence is 
only felt in the seedlings. 2. Asparagus 
seed is usually sown at the rate of one 
ounce to 50 feet of drill, and covered 
about an inch deep. About 5,000 plants 
are needed for an acre, and it would be 
safe to sow about half a pound of seed. 
Squash Vine-Borer. 
I. G. IP., Mass.—I should like to know the. 
life history of the Squash vine-borer and 
the best treatment to prevent its destruct¬ 
ive work. 
Ans. —This pest is the larva of a 
small insect of the Sesiidse family, re¬ 
sembling the wasp in form, with yellow 
stripes about its body. Its wings are 
dark green, and its hind legs large, with 
tufts of orange and black. During 
Spring and early Summer it is found 
hovering about the squash vines during 
the day, at night resting upon the ex¬ 
posed leaves. The eggs are usually laid 
on the vine near the ground, although 
sometimes found on leaf or stalk. They 
are disk-shaped and of a brownish color. 
When hatched the larvae are nearly 
white, and at once bore into the stalk. 
They suck the juices of the plant, but 
eat very little of the tissues. When full 
grown they go a short distance into the 
ground, and form tough cocoons in 
which they rest until the following year. 
In Spring they emerge as moths. The 
best remedy seems to be to trap them 
something after the plan adopted by 
wheat growers who sow a decoy strip 
early to catch the eggs of the Hessian 
fly. Summer squashes planted early 
will attract the moths, and when the 
vines wilt, showing that the borers are 
at work, they may be pulled up and 
burned. Some vines may be saved by 
cutting out the borers. When the vines 
show signs of wilting, look carefully 
until the place where the borer is at 
work is seen. Then by making a small 
lengthwise cut the worm may be re¬ 
moved without much injury to the vine. 
It is an excellent plan to cover the vine 
at the joints to encourage extra rooting 
and thus give additional strength. 
Horses Spread the Manure. 
On a farm producing manure enough 
to justify its use I cannot imagine a bet¬ 
ter tool than the Kemp manure spread¬ 
er. I have used one—I think the largest 
size—for the past five years. Manure is 
never better than on the day it is made; 
then why not spread it at once and get 
its full value, to say naught of saving 
the labor of handling it again? When the 
ground is wet or the snow deep this can¬ 
not be done, but those conditions hold 
only during the shorter part of the year. 
My plan is to spread the manure as 
made. The heap that accumulates dur¬ 
ing bad weather 1 handle by means of 
extra teams that haul from the heap to 
the spreader, which remains in the field. 
By this manner I have hauled and 
spread, actually, 75 loads in a day— 
heavy loads in 12-foot wagon beds—and 
‘this with one pair of good strong Mis¬ 
souri mules in the spreader. By reason 
of its wide tires the machine, when not 
at work, is considerably lighter in draft 
than the ordinary wagon with narrow 
tread. When the discharging gear is 
thrown into play it immediately requires 
extra effort on the part of the team; but 
it is momentary, and from the point of 
extreme effort rapidly runs to nothing, 
because the entire act of discharging 
lasts but three or four minutes. It is 
like springing a team up a sharp incline 
—a short effort followed by a long 
breathing spell. From the standpoint of 
a tool designed to perform a specified 
work, I place it beside the binder and 
the mower. Further, while grain can be 
harvested and grass mown by hand, ma¬ 
nure cannot be spread by hand as it is 
done by this machine. Handling several 
hundred loads a year has been changed 
from the most laborious and expensive 
job on the farm to one of the easiest and 
cheapest. The tool is invaluable. 
Clarksville, Mo. falicon. 
STRAWBERRIES TESTED. 
The following notes are sent by T. C. 
Kevitt, Passaic Co., N. J. Mr. Kevitt’s 
soil Is a clay loam: 
W. J. Bryan.—Very prolific, berries small 
and lack color; poor flavor, a fair grower; 
not profitable. 
Lyons.—A weak grower, berries small; 
not prolific: not profitable. 
Dunlap.—A very promising berry; very 
prolific; berries good size and color; plants 
are vigorous. It has a future as a profit¬ 
able market sort. 
Pennell.—Very prolific, good size, healthy 
foliage; fruit resembles Sharpless; worth 
further trial. 
Uncle Jim.—Very promising; very prolific, 
good healthy foliage; one of the best; 
thrifty grower on our ground. Berries very 
large, somewhat resembles New York in 
fruit and foliage; a good one. 
Springdale.—Good early kind. Very pro¬ 
lific; berries very small; not profitable. 
T. D. Gand.—Worthless, very weak grow¬ 
er; unproductive. 
Twilight.—Very prolific; good healthy 
grower, foliage resembles Bederwood; ber¬ 
ries very small, no flavor; poor, not pro¬ 
fitable. 
Shepherd.—Good healthy grower, foliage 
dark green; not very prolific; berries me¬ 
dium-size, light red; not profitable. 
Emperor.—Short foliage, good healthy 
grower; berries large, not prolific; not pro¬ 
fitable. 
Maximus.—Good grower; very thrifty and 
prolific; early, good size, not profitable. 
Hero.—Good healthy grower, berries fine 
color and shape; not prolific; not profitable. 
Porto Rico.—Worthless, very weak grow¬ 
er; of no value. 
Howell.—Very thrifty and healthy foliage 
to protect fruit from sunscald; prolific; 
fruit grows on strong stems showing from 
12 to 14 large irregular berries, showing 
fruit in shape and size much like Sharp¬ 
less; and not a very profitable one to grow. 
Cobden.—Good healthy grower; berries 
medium size, not very prolific; not profit¬ 
able. 
McKinley.—Good healthy grower; foliage 
very short; berries medium size, not pro¬ 
lific; not profitable. 
Star.—Good healthy, vigorous grower; 
berries very large; irregular shape, flat; 
not prolific; not profitable. 
Gen. Botha.—Weak grower; seedlings of 
Bubach No. 5. Very prolific, bright-colored 
berry; not profitable. 
Excelsior.—Very early and profitable as 
a commercial berry to grow for profit on 
the farm. 
Duff.—Medium early; a very finely-shaped 
berry, prolific; not a very strong grower 
in foliage. A very good early sort, profit¬ 
able to grow. 
New York.—Very prolific large ribbed 
sort, rather soft for distant shipment, 
but for nearby market it is a very pro¬ 
fitable one to grow. Yields an immense 
crop of choice large berries; not a very 
strong grower in foliage. Worth further 
trial. 
Gen. De Wet.—Very prolific, large size, 
same as Bubach No. 5. It is six times as 
prolific, and it has a stronger foliage to 
protect the fruit. It is a cross, Bubach 
and Parker Earle. A very late sort. One 
of our best late sorts. To-day, June 25, Gen. 
De Wet is showing a. fine crop of choice 
berries. 
Johnson Early.—Medium early, a very 
strong grower in matted rows. It is a very 
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poor bearer; berries soft and light color; 
not prolific; not profitable. 
Bush Cluster.—Light colored berry; 
grows very open, showing the entire ripe 
fruit above the foliage, which has a ten¬ 
dency to scald the fruit; not prolific; not 
profitable. 
Kansas.—One of our best flavored berries. 
A very healthy grower, good foliage to pro¬ 
tect fruit, berries good color. Very pro¬ 
lific, medium-^sized fruit, not profitable to 
grow for market. Too small as it grows in 
the matted rows. Single plants set out 
August 27 gave a fine crop of very choice 
large berries. It yields like Crescent in 
matted rows. 
Oom Paul.—The most prolific and largest 
berry we have ever fruited. Single stems 
this season showed six to eight very large 
berries. A very thrifty and healthy grow¬ 
er; color of berry when ripe is dark, some¬ 
what like Marshall; flavor one of the best. 
The Universal Bean Harvester. 
The profit derived from the growing 
of beans depends largely upon quick 
and efficient methods of harvesting 
them. When beansare ripe, just right, 
and the weather favorable, harvesting 
should be done in a hurry. Thequality— 
the bright and salable condition of the 
beans, depends upon that. All hand 
labor should be displaced with im¬ 
proved machinery. 
This Machine 
Harvests Beans 
in the most rapid and approved 
manner. The tempered steel 
blades cut off the stems of two 
rows of beans at one passage 
and the steel rod cleaners sepa¬ 
rate all dirt, etc., and deliver 
the two rows of beans into one 
long continuous windrow. 
The IlnrvcKter in made of »>est, 
material throughout, well painted nnd varnished and will last indefinitely. Pole hi.s a special sldf'llng 
lever which enables the machine to work on hillsides ns well ns on the level. A long evenerand peek 
yoke are furnished with ouch machine. IV e Guarantee the Harvester in every respect. Ask your local 
dealer for the l iilversul Henn Harvester. If not found there, w rite us direct and wc will see that you 
ai e supplied. Write at once tor catalogue and prices, ami be informed on the subject. 
WIARO PLOW COMPANY, BATAVIA, N. Y. 
jPVWYER’S Summer and Au- 
tumn Catalogue (now ready) 
of Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants, 
Celery, Cabbage, etc. Pot-Grown 
Clematis, Honeysuckle, Ivy, etc. 
A full lina of Fruit and Ornamen¬ 
tal Trees Vines and Plants. 
This Catalogue, with beautiful colored plates, 
mailed free—write for It. T. J. DWYER & SON, 
Orange County Nurseries, Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
Mammoth White Winter Seed Rye. 
Will mail circular with picture of Rye shown at 
l’an-Amerlcan Exposition on receipt, of postal. 
K. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli. N. Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
WHFAT~ Naine and yieid af 10 varieties with 
II11 LH 1 sample mailed early to those sending ad¬ 
dress. Smith Wheat Farm, Box A Manchester, N Y 
C7 ~ 1 ^—600 bushels Early Black Cow 
r Ul Wdlv! Peas, $2 bu.; 100 hushelsEarly 
Black-eyed Peas. $2 bushel ; 600 bushels Delaware- 
grown Crimson Clover Seed. $3.f>0 bushel 
J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
QRDERK booked now for new crop Crimson Clover 
^ seed ready June 15. Popular prices. Seed guar¬ 
anteed. Write JOHN J. ROSA. Milford, Del. 
THE PRESIDENT 
STRAWBERRY 
The Rural New-Yorker calls it “ the most 
promising new variety of the year." 
It has been carefully tested for four years, and 
not offered for sale until fully matured. It has 
been grown in lie.ld culture, and marketed in 
large quantities by the Bide of other leading 
varieties leading them all in the qualities de¬ 
manded in big berries for a critical market. 
Large, Firm, High Colored, Well Flavored. 
POTTED PLANTS FOR SALE ! 
Per dozen, 183. Per 50, *10. 
Per 100, *18. 
Stock all in originator’s hands. Buyers protected 
THOMAS H. HURT, Lamberlvillt, N.J 
Bend for Circular. Mention this Paper. 
PARRARE ftl ANYC shipped safely any- 
uADDAUb rLAll 1 d where All varieties, 
$1 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000. Circular free. 
A. B. KATKAMIKR, Macedon, N. Y. 
r»nn finn Celery and Pot-grown Strawberry 
UUUiUUU Plants. See our Catalogue. 
" Caleb Boggs & Son, Cheswold, Del. 
PCI CRY Dl AIITC~ not ’ spindling ones 
Wlblabltl I LAH 1 W and not raised by irri ¬ 
gation method—$1.50 per thousand, CLOVER SEED 
—Choice, clean Crimson or Scarlet of my own raising. 
$4 perbu.; sacks free. J. C. ELLIS. Millsboro, Del. 
PIplV Plants, G. 8. B.. $1 per 1,000; 
V* CibiCrk I 70 cents500; $4.60, 5,000; W P.. 
$1 20 per 1,000 ; 80 cents 500: $6.60, 5 000; G. Pascal,$1 40 
ner 1,000; 90 cents 600; $6.50, 5,000. Less than 500, 
20c. per 100. Stout, btocky plants. The seed is sown 
thin In rich beds, and the plants are kept In steady, 
eveB growth by irrigation. They are sheared back 
severul times during the season to develop a stocky 
crown and large root system. They are taken up by 
expert help that a large mass of roots may be pre¬ 
served to each plant. The greatest care Is taken in 
every detail that they may reach the customer in 
perfect order. I ship in ventilated boxes with roots 
in damp moss. 1 ship promptly, and give personal 
care to each order. 1 ship from Maine to Iowa. 1 
raise a million and a half plants. Circular free. 
F. W. ROCHELLE. Drawer 1, Chester, N. J- 
Potted Strawberry Plants, July 1. 
T. C. KHVITT, Athenta, N. i. 
Peach, Apple and 
Pear Buds. 
Bend list of wants to be priced Can farotak In 
karge or small quantities. 
0. G. HARRISON & SONS. Berlin. M*. 
(*|||££|L|(*— Grows anywhere. Plants and seed 
UMdCIlU farsaie. Circular price-list Free, 
and prices right. EMPIRE STATE GINSENG CO., 
Marcellus, N. Y. 
Missouri man refused $40,000 for less than an acre; 
greatest meney-makor on earth; 12 IRC Cilia 
square rod enough for 1,000 plants; UUlwLHU 
16-page book cultural directions, 10c. Will grow 
anywhere. T. K- KENNEDY, Hackensack, N. J. 
Vegetab 1 e Plants nrCS 
Cabbaiae—Danish Railhead, from Danish-grown 
seed, $1 per 1,000. Celery—White Plume and Giant 
Pascal transplanted, $2 per 1.000; iteld-grown, strong 
plants, $1.20 per 1,000. LUDWIG M08BA:K,85th St-, 
near South Chicago Ave.. Chicago, 111. 
Glenwood Nurseries 
Most complete assortment of choice 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines. 
Send for Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue. 
TEH WM. H. MOON CO., MORRIS V1LLK, PA. 
60 miles from New York; 30 miles from Philadelphia. 
. m m ■ ftk ■ *%***»** In sowing this valuable clover it is important 
JFlfc ■ IBjB BJ ■■ ^1 ■■ 1 HP M au U that American seed is used. We supply gen* 
■ ® R 1 Kfil All IS BB * U W Illl iiiue Delaware seed only. Our special circular 
1 mBwJ W describing uses of Crimson Clover is mailed 
W free HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
IW Strongest Guarantee under the Sun. See Rogers 5 to 
Tree Breeders. ROGERS ON THE HILL, DansvUle, N. Y. 
