November 1 
738 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Asparagus Rust Not So Bad. —The 
following note from Edwin Beekman, 
the successful asparagus grower of Mid¬ 
dletown, N. J., is of much interest, as 
showing how intelligent intensive culti¬ 
vation and favorable meteorological con¬ 
ditions enable plants to resist destruc¬ 
tive diseases. It is to be hoped that Mr. 
Beekman’s conclusion that the Aspara¬ 
gus rust itself is disappearing will be 
borne out by later experience, but we 
fear it is only to be conquered by never- 
ceasing consideration for the needs of 
the asparagus plant, together with a 
careful search for the most resistant 
varieties: 
The Asparagus rust developed about Sep¬ 
tember 15, and is at this date quite appar¬ 
ent, although a few beds show no indica¬ 
tions, and none is badly affqcted. Last 
season it appeared later than before, this 
year somewhat later than the preceding, 
and the impression is that it is disappear¬ 
ing, for this season when it appeared the 
growing time was about over. 
Mr. Beekman pins his faith on the 
rust-resisting powers of the Argenteuil 
or French asparagus, though he finds 
Palmetto much less affected than other 
kinds. He has grown and advocated the 
Argenteuil variety for 17 years, and finds 
it healthier and a better cropper of large 
or prime sprouts than any other, though 
not as productive of the smaller sizes 
nor aggregate bulk as the Conover. A 
few hundred Argenteuil two-year roots 
planted on the Rural Grounds last 
Spring have made a most satisfactory 
growth, and show no injury from rust, 
although a few patches of the fungus 
may be found on the stems. When the 
Argenteuil or Palmetto is attacked the 
rust colonies seem confined to a portion 
of the circumference of the stems, and 
do not often spread around it like a col¬ 
lar, cutting off the circulation and kill¬ 
ing the stalk, as it is always likely to do 
with less resistant kinds. If Asparagus 
rust lessens its destructiveness either 
from natural causes or from better care 
of the plants, it will be a matter of much 
rejoicing among growers and consumers. 
Ax Autumn Beauty, Rudbeckia Tri¬ 
loba.— Fig. 299, first page, is reproduced 
from a reduced photograph of blooms of 
the beautiful Autumn cone-flower, Rud¬ 
beckia triloba, kindly furnished by 
Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., 
but wholly fails to indicate its glorious 
profusion of bloom when in full develop¬ 
ment. This is a rather well-distributed 
species, being found wild from Michigan 
to Louisiana. It is a biennial, flowering 
the first season from seed but reaching 
its maximum growth the second year. In 
the garden it easily perpetuates itself 
from self-sown seeds. The plant is 
twiggy and forms a dense broad bush, 
about three feet high, covered with in¬ 
numerable clean, neat, bright yellow 
flowers of the form shown in the figure. 
The rays are deep yellow with a black 
purple base and the cone-like center is 
also dark purple. The lower leaves are 
cut into lobes, while the upper ones are 
uniformly lanciform in shape. It is very 
attractive from its vigor and compact¬ 
ness of growth, and the cleanness of 
color of the innumerable blooms, which 
entirely cover the plant in August ana 
September. Other good Rudbeckias are 
the ever-popular Golden Glow, a very 
double form of R. laciniata, R. hirta, the 
common Black-eyed Susan or yellow 
daisy of the West, where it is not too 
common in the wild state; R. nitida and 
R. maxima for late blooming, as well as 
the annual R. bicolor and its improved 
form Superba. R. maxima grows eight 
to nine feet high, and is an imposing 
but rather coarse plant when in bloom. 
The “Purple Rudbeckia” advertised 
some years ago by a few plantsmen is 
Echinacea purpurea, an allied species, 
having purple or rose rays. The Echin¬ 
aceas are very desirable hardy plants, 
differing little from Rudbeckias except 
in the color of the flowers. They are 
very useful for the garden and for cut¬ 
ting. 
Good New Vegetables. —Rogers’ Car¬ 
mine-podded Horticultural bean: A few 
of these beans were received in early 
June from Rogers Bros., Chaumont, N. 
Y., and immediately planted in fair soil 
in the usual manner about cedar poles. 
The vines are vigorous and very pro¬ 
lific. The thick pods are handsomely 
marked and hang in great clusters over 
the whole length of the vines. Taken at 
almost any stage up to absolute ripeness 
the pods are stringless and quickly cook 
to an almost jelly-like consistency. The 
quality is excellent, preferable to our 
taste to most of the dwarf “snap” or 
butter beans. The beans themselves are 
very good when taken young or at ma¬ 
turity. We have not cared to grow pole 
beans for some years past, but this use¬ 
ful variety is quite certain to find a place 
in future gardening operations. The 
Messrs. Rogers do not give its origin. 
All-Season Radish. —The seed was 
obtained from Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
Chicago and New York. It is a most dis¬ 
tinct variety, and is so deliberate a 
grower that one is likely to think it will 
take “all season” to get a crop, but this 
tardiness in development is a good fea¬ 
ture, as the radishes are acceptable for 
the table from the size of a marble until 
full grown, and there is so little ten¬ 
dency to bolt or run to seed that they 
remain firm and brittle for many weeks. 
It may be sown from early Spring to 
Autumn, and the late plantings are in 
such fine condition that they will be 
likely to keep well in Winter storage. 
The radishes have large leafy tops and 
somewhat turnip-shaped, bright scarlet 
roots. The texture is rather dense, and 
the flavor pungent but very agreeable. 
It is the best Summer radish we have 
yet grown, and seems to merit its com¬ 
prehensive title. 
Early Cyclone Cucumber.— Cucum¬ 
bers were not a brilliant success on the 
the Plural Grounds this year. Several 
varieties were planted, but the vines of 
all died of blight and insect attacks after 
a more or less transient career, though 
all bore some fruits. We gave them 
pretty good care, but the season and con¬ 
ditions were against us. The Cyclone 
seemed desirous of living up to its agi¬ 
tated designation, so quick was its pass¬ 
ing. It was the first to bloom, fruit and 
die. It is undoubtedly the earliest cu¬ 
cumber grown. The little roundish 
fruits grow in clusters of three and four, 
and are freely produced while the vine 
lasts. They are deep green in color, 
with few spines, and are most excellent 
in quality both in the fresh and pickled 
state. We will try the Cyclone again, 
and hope to have a better season. 
A Fake Seed Novelty. —A sensation¬ 
al new form of Dahlia appeared in Ger¬ 
many a season or two ago and has since 
been much talked about. It was of the 
single or partially double class, having 
broad guard petals or ray florets of some 
dark rich shade, small central florets of 
white or contrasting light tint and the 
usual golden yellow disk. A named va¬ 
riety, President Viger, is regarded as the 
best representative of the new section, 
and is much admired wherever shown. 
The colors in President Viger are deep 
crimson in the broad ray florets, and 
clear white in the small center florets. 
The name “Collarette Dahlia” was ap¬ 
propriately given the new type, and 
propagated plants from the best speci¬ 
mens appear to give good satisfaction, 
but a quantity of seeds, purporting to 
have been raised from the best “Collar¬ 
ette” specimens and to produce a very 
large per cent of this sensational 
novelty, was put on the market and of¬ 
fered by most of our leading seedsmen 
without, however, any recommendation 
save the introducer’s description. We 
procured some of these seeds, which 
were held at a high introductory price, 
and find they produced nothing better 
than coarse common single olooms. We 
find this experience is almost universal, 
and have not heard of anyone getting a 
Collarette Dahlia from these seeds. It is 
poor business judgment to send out seeds 
of a new strain of a variable plant like 
the cultivated Dahlia until sufficiently 
fixed to reproduce at least an occasional 
specimen of the character desired. 
W. V. F. 
Giant Grafting.-^ 1 grafted a piece from 
an apple tree, five feet six inches long, 
upon a Paradise stock last April; also some 
pieces of pear trees two feet six inches long 
upon quinces; they proved a perfect suc¬ 
cess and, of course, bring me fully two 
years further ahead than I would be by 
budding. henry r. wirth. 
Rhode Island. 
BOTTLE BABIES 
Bottle babies are so likely 
to get thin. What can be 
done ? More milk, condensed 
milk, watered milk, household 
mixtures—try them all. Then 
try a little Scott’"' Emulsion in 
the bottle. 
Will You 
Write a Postal 
To Get Well? 
i 
Send me no money—simply a postal 
card, stating the book you need. 
Or tell me a friend who needs one. 
I will then mail an order—good at any 
drug store—for six bottles Dr. Shoop s 
Restorative. You may test it a month 
to prove what it can do. If it succeeds, 
the cost is $5.50. If it fails, I will pay 
the druggist myself. 
I will leave the decision to you. 
I risk those six bottles on the faith 
that my Restorative will cure. I have 
risked them in hundreds of thousands 
of cases, and 39 out of each 40 have paid 
because they got well. 
Otherwise not a penny is wanted. 
After a lifetime of effort I have learn¬ 
ed how to strengthen the inside nerves. 
My Restorative brings back that power 
which alone makes every vital organ 
act. There is no other way to cure 
chronic diseases; no other way to make 
weak organs well. 
Won’t you ask about a remedy that 
stands a test like that? 
Simply state which 
book you want, and ad¬ 
dress Dr. Shoop, Box 
570, Racine, Wls. 
Book No. 1 on Dyspepsia, 
Book No.: on the Heart, 
Book No. 3 on the Kidneys, 
Book No. 4 for Women, 
Book No. 5 for men (seated), 
Book No. 6 on Rheumatism. 
Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured by one or 
two bottles. At aU druggists. 
n 0fHP of plank save timber and cash. Best, cheap- 
DdlFlo est, strongest. 6.009 in 44 States. Book for 
stamp. Shawver Brothers. Bellefontaine, Ohio. 
Wagon World Awheel. 
Half a million of these steel 
wheels have been sent out on 
our own wagons and to fit other 
wagons. It is the wheel that 
determines the life of any 
wagon, and this is the longest 
lived wheel made. Do you want 
a low down Handy Wagon to 
use about the place? We will fit 
out your old wagon with Elec¬ 
tric Wheels of any size and 
any shape tire, straight or stag¬ 
gered spokes. No cracked hubs, no 
loose spokes, no rotten felloes, no resetting. Write for 
tho big new catalogue, ltis free. 
Electric Wheel Co., Box 88* Quincy, Ilia. 
# WE’LL PAY THE FREICHT 
and send 4 buggy Wheel., Steel Tire on, . $7.25 
With Rubber Tire., $15.00. I mfg. wheels to 4 in. 
tread. Top Buggies, $28.75; Harness, $3.60. Write for 
catalogue. i.carn bow to buy vehicles and parts direct. 
Wagon Umbrei.a FREE. W. K. BOOB, Cincinnati, O. 
It does for babies what it 
does for old folks—gives new, 
firm flesh and strong life. 
You’ll be pleased with the re¬ 
sult It takes only a little in 
milk to make baby fat. 
We'l 1 send you a little to try, i i you like. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS 1IROS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
RUBBER GOODS 
repaired at home. Save Coats, Boots and Rubbers. 
Rubber Boot Soles and Heels. Repair Outfit, 25c. 
Agents Wanted. Conn. Rubber Co., Hartford, Conn. 
2-H. P. GASOLINE ENGINE 
FOR SSQ.Q® 
We offer you a strictly modern, absolutely new and 
perfect, fully guaranteed gas or gasoline engine, complete 
with pumping jack and all fixtures and fittings. 
Price for the 2-H. P. $90.oo 
For efficiency, quality, simplicity, mechanical con¬ 
struction and economy, the engine is unsurpassed. 
We have all kinds of Motive Power, both new and 
second hand. Write for our catalogue No. 57 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING GO. 
Hf, 35th and Iron Sts., CHICAGO 
Montana Brffalo Robes 
Buffalo and Astrakhan Coats 
GUARANTEED THE BEST ON EARTH 
Our Diamond Guarantee on every Robe. Take 
no other. If your dealer does not handle 
them write us for illustrated booklet giving 
full information and prices. 
Western Robe Co. 
1622 Orleans St. DETROIT, MICH. 
is the first expression of surprise by a new user of Dietz Lanterns. He 
never believed that it was possible for a lantern to make such a clear, 
white, brilliant and penetrating light. This is a “Dietz” characteristic. 
_ A quality possessed by all ‘‘Dietz” La.mps o. nd Lanterns. Another dis¬ 
tinctive feature is that aTT“Dietz” Lanterns are non-explosive and perfectly saie. Isn’t that a pretty good and cheap kind of fire insurance 
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