1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
24i 
RURAUSMS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
roundish and only slightly pyriform. 
The flesh is of a rosy color, melting, 
juicy and very sweet. 
P. Barry. —We have had no experi¬ 
ence with this pear. It is described as 
from “medium to larg3 size; shape ob¬ 
tuse pyriform, skin orange yellow, cov¬ 
ered with russet dots and blotches; the 
flesh very juicy, buttery, fine-grained, 
with a sprightly, rich and excellent fla¬ 
vor. It is considered the very best late 
Winter pear, or more correctly, a Spring 
pear, as its season of ripening is usually 
in April. It has been kept in good con¬ 
dition as late as the last of May.” 
The texture of the flesh is much like 
that of Anjou. The tree is a poor grow¬ 
er, and requires to be top-grafted. Its 
form is shown at Fig. 96, first page. 
Price of a Set of 12.—The following 
set of 12 of the best varieties of pears 
ripening in succession, from August 
until April, may be purchased for 83 or 
less : Giffard, Margaret, Bartlett, Louise 
Bonne, Seckel, Sheldon, Angoulgme, 
Lawrence, Anjou, Winter Nelis, Jose¬ 
phine de Malines and P. Barry. The 
Wilder and the Angell may be bought 
for 20 cents each, less, of course, in larger 
quantities. The price of the Worden- 
Seckel, the pear being new, is from 60 
cents to 75 cents each. 
These doz»n trees, in a few years, will 
yield enough pears to supply the needs 
of a moderate family for the greater 
part of the year, though the late pears 
will require painstaking care to ripen 
them as they should ripen. The pleasure 
derived from a choice little orchard of 
this sort, should be considered. A pear 
tree is beautiful in itself, beautiful in 
form and foliage, blossom and fruit. It is 
a singular fact and a suggestiveone that 
the majority of farmers and of the peo¬ 
ple of country towns are without fruit, 
except it may be from aged, inferior 
trees and neglected berry patches so over¬ 
run with weeds that the fruit is not 
worth gathering. The R. N.-Y. urges 
those of its readers who have no choice 
fruit, even though they have but a quar¬ 
ter of an acre of land, to begin by plant¬ 
ing the dozen varieties of pears men¬ 
tioned. There are ne’er-do-well, im¬ 
provident, weary people who would not 
care for the trees if they were presented 
to and carefully planted for them. But 
to those who love their homes and would 
render them more attractive to them¬ 
selves while influencing the children 
towards a more refined, useful life, the 
dozen pear trees we ask them to plant 
may prove an effective object lesson to 
influence for the better their entire lives. 
A subscriber, F. G. Pontius, of Grove- 
port, O., writes us that he greatly en¬ 
joys farming, but that he would enjoy it 
better if prices were better. He makes 
a specialty of wheat raising. Last season 
20 acres of wheat yielded at the rate of 
37 K bushels to the acre, while 10 acres 
yielded 40 bushels to the acre. Mr. Pon¬ 
tius adds: “ When the farmer can raise 
a good crop of anything, he is ahead. If 
he can raise but 10 or 15 bushels of wheat 
to the acre, he would better sell out ”... 
We have had several interesting al¬ 
lusions to the queer results of the out¬ 
come of the Flower-pot potato experi¬ 
ment, though but one explanation which, 
as will be seen, does not at all explain : 
I can tell just exactly why Carman failed In 
this Flower-pot experiment. I am surprised that 
any agriculturist should make such a blunder. 
This same plot will not yield next year with out¬ 
side land, and will not excel other land the third 
year. He violated one of the great laws of nature, 
and such work would cause him to starve to death 
on a farm. 
The Dewey Strawberry. —The pleas¬ 
ant little controversy which has been 
going on between Mr. Nimon and Mr. 
Pennell as to which of the two varieties 
that they produced is entitled to the 
name Dewey, is no ;v happily ended. Mr. 
Pennell now gives up the name of Dew¬ 
ey, and gives to his variety the name of 
his own family, Pennell. This name 
was suggested by Prof. Waugh. 
Mr. D. S. Passavant, of Pittsburg, 
Pa., asks for symposium information re¬ 
garding the Japan plums. He says: 
“ The reports of growers are so conflict¬ 
ing and contradictory as to the desira¬ 
bility of the Japs, that I think you would 
render your readers a real service if you 
would get up a symposium of short re¬ 
ports from growers in various parts of 
the country. One peculiarity of the 
Japan plums is that, in colder latitudes, 
where the blossoming period is retarded, 
they seem to bear yearly crops, and 
much farther south of this latitude, 
they also do well; but through the 
middle Atlantic States, they have been 
invariably caught by the late frosts of 
March and April. A. A. Halladay, of 
Vermont, reports good crops yearly, 
while Messrs. Kerr and Antony, of Mary¬ 
land, report only an occasional crop in a 
series of years. I have lost the fruit of 
30 Japs—10 varieties—successively for 
four years by frosts in southwestern 
Pennsylvania.” 
Yes, we think we may serve our plum- 
loving readers well by collecting the de¬ 
sired facts as to where the Japs succeed 
well, and where they fail. 
The Use of Nitrate of Soda 
E. II. , Sarnia (no State). —Which is the best way 
to use nitrate of soda on cabbage and tomatoes ? 
What quantity ? Is it good for lettuce in a green¬ 
house ? 
Ans.—N itrate of soda is a one-sided 
fertilizer, containing nitrogen only, 
hence should be used with a full supply 
of the minerals, potash and phosphoric 
acid, either already in the soil as a re¬ 
sult of previous heavy manuring, or ap¬ 
plied and worked into the soil before 
setting the plants ; 200 to 300 pounds 
may be safely applied, spreading one- 
half of it evenly over the row at the 
time of setting the plants, and the re¬ 
mainder in like manner three to five 
weeks later. Instead of broadcasting it, 
the nitrate may be strewed along the 
row, covering about one-half the space, 
but just as good results will be obtained 
by spreading broadcast. Care should be 
exercised in applying to the cabbages, 
since more or less of the fertilizer will 
Grape Vines 
_ Ww price*. DpierlpUr* Hat ft-ea. 
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Extra fine stock CUR 
Small 
Fruits 
'Old ud lUw 
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CAMPBELL'S 
Warranted true. T 8 . 
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’RANTS, Gooseberries, 
Y Grape. Quality extra. 
1 C 11 AHD CO., Fred on I*, N.r, 
1 A D A N PLUMS, PEAR and QUINCE, per 100. 
JMlMIl Peach, 3c. All kinds of stock CHEAP. 
Cat. free. Reliance Nursery, Box 10, Geneva, N.Y. 
A BA-RG-iLUNT 
75 Excelsior Strawberry Plants, sent by mall, pre¬ 
paid, for $1. Earliest large, firm, productive berry. 
Cat. free. ENOS W. DUNHAM, Stevensville, Mich. 
Lakeview Farm Berry Plants. 
1,000,000 Plants and V mos. Prices reduced. Loudon 
$8 per M. Agent Eclipse Spray Pump. Send for 
catalogue. WALTER F. TABER, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
QEDIGREE STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
“ of the best varieties. None better offered. $1.25 per 
1,000 and up. WM. PERRY. Cool Spring, Del. 
in Gold paid to name a valuable NEW 
X VII STRAWBERRY. Catalogue and particu- 
** lars free. PETER SPEER, Passaic, N. J. 
nine IIIV III -Parker Karle Junior Straw- 
mrc llllll III berry. Six plants by mail 
for 25c. T. C. KKVITT, Athenia, N. J. 
QTUAWBERRY Plants and Asparagus Roots. The 
O oheapest and best plants In Now England. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. PEIRCE, Dighton, Mass. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS,BEST SST 
Circular free, send for It. B. King, Tewksbury, Mass 
peppy PI ANT^ fre0 from bUght ’ Miller Red 
DCnnl iLMll 1 0 raspberry and Lucretia dew¬ 
berry $3.50 per 1,000. Strawberry plants $1.26 per 1,000 
up. Catalogue free. D. W. MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
FIVE Strawberries. 
Fifteen Leading Varieties. Prices 
APDCC right. E. CHURCH, Drtnkwater Farm, 
HUnCO West llanover, Mass. 
inn Strawberry Plants, by mall,your selection, $1. 
IUU Clvdo, Carrie, Darling, Margaret. Belt, Man- 
well, Seaford, Glen Mary, Louis Gauth er, Hall’s 
Favorite. P. SUTTON, Exeter, Pa. 
FAYS’ PROLIFIC RED CURRANTS 
are the most productive. Write for cut-rate prices. 
FRED. H. BURDETT, Clifton, N. Y. 
Mil 1 F D Kod Ras -> 50: Lucretia Dewberry, $3.75; 
mlLLCn Kansas B Kas.,$5 Strawberries, $1.16 per 
1.000 and up. Maulo s KlondykeCorn.$1 bu. Cow Peas. 
Soja Beans, otc. 1,1st free. E. G. Packard, Dover, Del 
n I APFQEDQI C C—Ancient Briton, the hardiest 
OLMuNDCnniCO of all, 85 cents per 100. and$5 
per 1 000. Marlboro Raspberry the same prices. 
SPARTA NURSERIES, Sparta, Wls. 
C OLOR and flavor of fruits, 
size, quality and ap¬ 
pearance of vegetables, 
weight and plumpness of grain, 
are all produced by Potash,* 
Potash, 
properly combined with Phos¬ 
phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and 
liberally applied, will improve 
every soil and increase yield 
and quality of any crop. 
Write and get Free our pamphlets, which 
tell how to buy and use fertilizers with 
greatest economy and profit. 
OERDAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York. 
Exhausted Land. 
The first element to become ex¬ 
hausted in land is nitrogen. The ap¬ 
plication of 100 pounds of 
Nitrate of Soda 
per acre will supply this and produce 
astonishing results. It is the cheap¬ 
est and most available source of nitro¬ 
gen. More about it—use and results, 
in our book, “Food for Plants;” 
mailed free. Write John A. Myers, 
12—O John St., New York. Nitrate 
for sale by 
BALFOUR, WILLIAMSON & CO. 
27 William St., New York. 
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Profits of Farming 
GARDENING AND FRUIT CULTURE. 
depend upon Good Crops and they in 
turn upon Good Fertilizers. The 
uniformly best fertilizer for all Crops 
and all soils Is made by 
The Cleveland Dryer Co., Cleveland, O. 
Materials Supplied for “Home Mixing.'' 
Raspberry Plants Cheap.—A ll the 
money-makers. Write for prices. O. W. BUNDY, 
White Rose Fruit Farm, Colerain, Ohio. 
lodge in the axils of the leaves, and is 
liable to cause injury. Spreading just 
before a rain will avoid any trouble. I 
cannot advise the use of nitrate of soda 
for forcing lettuce. The soils, as gen 
erally prepared for the forcinghouse, are 
so thoroughly enriched with stable ma¬ 
nure, that the addition of nitrate it 
without result, in fact a reduction in 
the growth may take place through de¬ 
nitrification. A T J. 
Dr. Mitchell says in diffi¬ 
cult cases of Anemia, he adds 
cod-liver oil half an hour 
after each meal and he likes 
to use it in an emulsion; that 
he has watched with grow¬ 
ing surprise some listless, 
feeble, creature gathering 
flesh, color and wholesome¬ 
ness of mind and body from 
this treatment. 
“Scott’s Emulsion” is cod- 
liver oil combined with hy- 
pophosphites. It regenerates 
tissue, invigorates the nerves 
and brain, enriches the blood 
and adds fat and strength. 
50c. and $1.00, all druggists. 
SCOTT & liOWNE, Chemists, New York. 
B ERRY PLANTS, that grow vigorous,guaranteed 
true to Dame, all the new & Standard sorts. None 
liner; cheap. By the dozen or 100,000. Catalogue 
free. J. W. HALL, Marion Station, Md. 
EW STRAWBERRIES! 
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■ S Hoit complete list of popular varieties in MleU- 
■ ■ gan. Strong, healthy plaints FRESH DUB and 
GUARANTEED y> all parts U^ i ana Canada. W« 
also make a Specialty of Choice Michigan Grows 
SEED POTATOES.“;,l¥lliS;r,'£' 0 FREE 
and note what our customers In many states say about 
our eareftilly growmand gradedistock. 
FEANSBURGB & PIERSON, Leslie, Alich. 
BLACK 
DEW 
W THAT BEAR FRUIT (TRUE TO NAME) 
All have been inspected; no heeled-ln stock. Beder 
Wood, Crescent, Lovett, Michel’s Early, Wartleld, 
$1.25 per M. Barton’s Brandywine, Bismarck, Gandy, 
Uaverland, Tennessee Prolific, $1.75 Bubach, Clyde, 
Parker Earle, Maytlower, Jessie, Wilson, $2. Cumber¬ 
land, Wm. Belt, Glen Mary, Marshall, Sharpless, 
Woolverton, Windsor Chief, $2.50. Mary, Manwell, 
Excelsior, Nick Ohmer, Seaford, etc- Cuthbert, Man¬ 
sell, Brandywine, Turner, Thompson, $3. Lucretia 
Dewberry, $5. 100 varieties. Name pour wants. 
WM. C. BABCOCK, Bridgman, Mich. 
PLANT S 
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The Market Gardener’s Profit 
bles. That means the use of perfect garden implements. A drill that will plant any 
seed, opening, dropping, covering and rolling at one operation. Cultivators with a variety 
of attachments for every purpose; to kill all weeds acd grass and break up the top crust without pruning 
theroots. We have iu the Matthews New Universal Hceders uml Cultivators combined 
or separate tools that will do all these things perfectly. Our Horse Hoe with I beam frame and 
Boring steel standards can’t be beat. Book deaenbing a score of styles mailed free. 
AMES PLOW COMPANY, Boston and Mew Yoeh. 
SAVE MONEY! BUY YOUR FERTILIZERS DIRECT. 
You get the benefitof salesman’s expenses and agent’s profit. Our entire production 
goes from factory to farm. Write for free samples and book. 
WALKER, STRATMAN & CO., Herr’s Island, Pittsburg, Pa. 
JADOO FIBRE*™ 
JADOO LIQUID 
ARE INVALUABLE TO THE GROWERS OF 
Vegetables, Fruit, Plants or Flowers 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES. 
For Sale by all prominent Seedsmen, and by 
THE AMERICAN JADOO COMPANY, 
815 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
