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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 1 
CATALOGUES FOR 1899. 
M. H. Ridgeway, Wabash, Ind.—A neat cata¬ 
logue of strawberries and raspberries. The 
Ridgeway strawberry is given the place of hon¬ 
or. Most of the varieties are offered as low as 
25 cents per dozen. 
Chester A. Hyatt, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.— A 
descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental 
trees of the Mt. Airy Nurseries. This is a cata¬ 
logue of well-tried fruits; It is opposed to all 
chromos and untried novelties. 
D. M. Andrews, Boulder, Colorado.—A cata¬ 
logue of hardy cacti, Colorado wild flowers, 
novelties in plants and seeds. Those who care 
for hardy cacti should look over this list. These 
interesting plants are offered at about $1 a dozen. 
Louis P. Butler, 103 Winchester Street, Keene, 
N. H.—“A glimpse into the flowery realm,” be¬ 
ing a descriptive catalogue of the latest Cannas, 
Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Oeraniums, Fuch¬ 
sias, Petunias, Lantanas, Irises, Abutilons, sweet 
peas, etc. 
The William H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa.— 
A general catalogue of fruits, shrubs and trees. 
Attention is called to the lifelike illustrations of 
the Weeping mulberry, the Weeping dogwood, 
Geo. Peabody arborvitte, hedge of California 
privet and Viburnum pllcatum. 
C. E. Chapman, Peruville, N. Y.—A catalogue 
of seeds, plants, potatoes, Cheshire hogs and 
Leghorn fowls. For the Dutton potato, it is 
claimed that It will outyield any other variety 
known on very poor land. Crane’s June Eating 
was the most satisfactory variety of potato 
grown by Mr. Chapman during the past year. 
Chapman’s Orphan, it is said, will outyield the 
R. N.-Y. No. 2 by one-third. 
The Page Seed Company, Greene, Chenango 
County, N. Y.—A catalogue of vegetable and 
Hower seeds, plants, roses, and bulbs. In order 
to gain new customers, this firm has resorted to 
the novel expedient of mailing three packages of 
flower seeds, viz., pansy, dwarf mixed nastur¬ 
tiums and choice mixed sweet peas for five cents 
in stamps. The object is that applicants may 
have the opportunity of seeing the quantity and 
quality of seeds sent out. 
T. V. Munson & Son, Denison, Tex.—A catalogue 
of the Munson Nurseries. Mr. Munson’s new 
creations, American grapes, are fully described. 
They are 86 in number. The descriptions are 
concise, and should interest all who cultivate 
grapes. Ilis latest departure in hybridizing 
grapes results in three remarkable varieties, all 
decided improvements upon the Scuppernong. A 
picture of the San Jacinto is given, the clusters 
of which are three times the size of the Scupper¬ 
nong, and the quality better. 
Chautauqua Nursery Company, Geneva, N. Y. 
—This firm was established in 1865, and it has 
300 acres under cultivation. The catalogue offers 
all sorts of fruits, and many kinds of ornamental 
trees, shrubs and roses. A valuable part of this 
catalogue is the Spray Calendar, which tells us 
when to spray and with what to spray to prevent 
or to kill all sorts of fungoid diseases and insects 
which Injure all kinds of large and small fruits. 
It tells us, too, when insecticides and fungicides 
may often be profitably combined. 
L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y.—This is a cata¬ 
logue of small fruits. Mr. Farmer has had much 
experience with small fruits, especially straw¬ 
berries. He received the highest award for straw¬ 
berries at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. He 
gives full descriptions of the varieties offered 
and, when he cannot speak from experience, he 
quotes the introducer's description. Mr. Farmer 
offers the leading varieties of hardy grapes for 
10 cents each, with the exception of Campbell’s 
Early, which is $1, and Green Mountain, 35 cents. 
J. A. Everitt, Indianapolis, Ind.—Flower, veg¬ 
etable and farm seeds. One of the specialties of 
this catalogue is “ the wonderful Kuttawa Dwarf 
Tree Tomato.” Our friends wil) be interested to 
note on pages 48 and 49 what is said of “ The 
great Prehistoric corn, discovered after being 
buried about 3,000 years—most wonderful corn 
on earth.” This will give us a grand opportunity 
to ascertain whether or not we have improved 
varieties of corn since, or whether our supposed 
improved varieties of to-day are retrogrades. 
Mr. Everitt has always been a potato specialist. 
We quote: “The White Mountain potato sur¬ 
passes in yield such well-known varieties as 
Green Mountain, R. N.-Y. No. 2, Carman Nos. 1 
and 8, etc , while the quality equals our famous 
Green Mountain.” 
G. C. Stone, Dansville, N. Y.—Descriptive cata¬ 
logue (80 pages) of fruit and ornamental trees, 
shrubs, roses, vines, and plants in general. The 
business was established 25 years ago, and the 
specimen orchard contains 3,000 trees. There is 
a colored frontispiece of the Eaton grape at its 
very best. This grape has always been a favor¬ 
ite at the Rural Grounds; not for its high qual¬ 
ity, but for its juiciness and tenderness of pulp. 
Among Summer apples Mr. Stone’s choice is Red 
Astrachan and Tetofsky; among Autumn, Haas, 
Pumpkin 8weet and Oldenburg; among Winter, 
Fameuse, Pewaukee, Rhode Island Greening, 
Roxbury Russet and Swaar. Longfleld and 
Wealthy are placed among varieties of special 
merit. The prices of pear trees, peaches, cherries 
and small fruits are very reasonable. 
Geo. W. Mace, Greenville, O.—A catalogue of 
seed potatoes. The growing of seed potatoes is 
Mr. Mace’s specialty. He packs his potatoes in 
standard produce barrels that hold three bushels. 
He makes no charge for barrels, bags or cartage. 
Special prices will be quoted on large quantities. 
Should the customer desire two varieties in a 
barrel, he will pack them that way without extra 
charge. Of the Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Mace 
says: “ I have grown all of the Carman potatoes, 
and have no hesitancy in saying that it is the 
best yielder and finest potato in every way of any 
variety I have ever grown.” The Bovee, Burr’s 
Early, Irish Cobbler, Early Thoroughbred, Michi¬ 
gan Peachblow, Early Michigan, Early Acme, Six- 
Weeks Market, are among the leading varieties 
offered. The prices are exceedingly reasonable. 
S. J. Smith, Manchester, N. Y —Annual circu¬ 
lar of seed potatoes, wheat, corn and oa(9. The 
list of potatoes is a long one. Mr. Smith says 
that his stock is not grown on low or mucky 
land, so that the tubers are bright, and so will 
not blight or rot as easily as if they were. 
Among novelties are Good News, New Seedling 
No. 9, Stump the World, Smith’s New 1899 Seed¬ 
ling, and Joseph. Joseph Is described by the 
originator as “ the smoothest, nicest, late pirk 
potato ” he ever grew. The 1899 Seedling is from 
seed of the R. N.-Y. No. 2. Mr. Smith says that 
this is the best of 75 kinds, and is certainly a 
full brother to the Sir Walter Raleigh. Stump 
the World, it is claimed, “ outyields them all, 
closely resembling Carman No. 1 in vine and 
blossom.” The new seedling No. 9 is said to be 
a rapid grower, ripening early and yielding im¬ 
mensely. Good News is a seedling from the 
White Star. “ In three years’ trial of 85 heavy 
ylelders, Good News yielded most by one-third.” 
Shady Hill Nursery Company, 102 State Street, 
Boston, Mass.—This is a very complete catalogue 
of trees, shrubs, evergreens, large and small 
fruits and herbaceous plants— 170 pages well 
illustrated. It is claimed that it is the largest 
and moBt complete nursery in New England—the 
main nursery comprising 800 acres of land. 
Among the more important.illustrations we would 
note the Cut-leaved Purple Japan maple, the 
Japan Rose-flowered cherry, the Weeping Beech, 
Teaa’s Weeping mulberry, the Weeping Sophora, 
Abies concolor, a beautiful fir, selected speci¬ 
mens of which are fully as blue as the Blue 
spruce. The catalogue places this last as the 
finest of all evergreen trees. At the Rural Grounds 
it is perfectly hardy; Nordmann’s Silver fir, the 
Japan Umbrella pine and Ehuagnus longipes. 
The list of roses and herbaceous plants is long 
and well selected. The catalogue speaks of 
Actinidia as A. polygama or arguta; they are, 
however, we believe, quite distinct. The A. ar¬ 
guta Is the most rapid growing vine that we know 
of. Its flowers are pretty, but imperfect, so that 
no fruit is borne; A. polygama bears fruit in 
abundance which is prized for jams. 
HOPE FARM NOTES. 
Boston Apples —I went to Boston, Mass., for 
two days recently, and was interested in looking 
through some of the markets. We have been told 
many times how Boston people prefer brown 
eggs. Down near Cape Cod where I lived when a 
boy, you rarely see a Leghorn hen. Farmers 
keep Light Brahmas largely, because the dark 
brown eggs are popular. Much the same is true 
of apples. In New York, red or yellow apples 
are popular this Winter. The street stands are 
well covered with Ben Davis, with fewer Bald¬ 
wins, and this Winter, many beautiful Bellflowers 
from California are offered for sale. In Boston, 
I found the stands brown instead of red. A 
majority of the apples offered seemed to be Rus¬ 
sets. Ben Davis doesn’t seem to suit the Boston 
taste, and very few are sold there apparently. 
This Ben Davis business is all well enough for 
the folks who can’t raise anything better. I’ll 
guarantee those western growers would, if they 
could, grow better varieties for their own eating, 
like the men who sell Holstein milk and keep a 
Jersey for the family milk supply. 
Advertising Apples.—We have an eye on the 
apple business at Hope Farm. We want to get 
hold of a piece of land back on the hills, and 
plant good apples for a permanent investment. 
The children have it all planned for the future. 
The Bud is to do the work indoors, the Graft and 
the Scion are to take care of the trees, and the 
Madame and I will, probably, be so old that we 
can sit on the front porch in the sun and get 
acquainted with each other! There is more in 
that than a mere childish dream, I can tell you. 
A first-class apple orchard is a good Investment. 
We need a better market for fine apples, though, 
and I mean to do my share to encourage it. At 
hotels and restaurants, I always make it a point 
to call for apples in some form. If there are no 
raw or baked apples on the bill of fare, I always 
ask why not, and give the proprietor to under, 
stand that he is a little behind the times. I find 
so many places where good apples are never 
served that it occurs to me that apple growers 
ought to organize an Apple Eaters’ League. Let’s 
pledge ourselves to call for apples in some form 
whenever we eat a meal at a public table. Or¬ 
ganize your friends, and see if we can’t get mil¬ 
lions of people to keep calling for apples! De¬ 
mand them either raw, baked, or in sauce, pud¬ 
ding or pie. If the proprietor doesn’t serve them, 
tell him he is a back number—“ or words to that 
effect.” Make the heaviest run on raw apples, 
for that will encourage the use of the best varie¬ 
ties. Just make yourself an agent for the ad¬ 
vancement of American apples. 
Boston Food.—Quite a common sight in Bos¬ 
ton, of a Saturday night, is a child lugging a 
bean pot to the baker’s shop. About 99.5 per 
cent of the people in Boston seem to eat baked 
beans for breakfast Sunday morning. Many 
families put the beans and pork in their stone 
pot, and send it to the baker, -who puts it in his 
oven and cooks it overnight for six cents. In 
the morning, the children come and carry the 
pot home. The bakers also sell baked beans by 
the quart. There are stores where one can buy 
almost anything in the way of food. I found one 
store where whole roasted fowls were sold along 
with cooked meats of all sorts. At the New Eng¬ 
land Kitchens, one can buy soups by the quart, 
as well as other forms of food. I wanted to sur¬ 
prise two friends who are living in pretty close 
quarters, with a supper. We bought a roasted 
fowl—I called it a Leghorn hen—cooked to a turn 
and well stuffed, for 60 cents. A dozen fresh 
eggs, a quart of milk, loaf of good bread, a 
pound of butter and an apple pie cost, with the 
hen, 81.38. My friends claimed that this food was 
good for five meals, but the way they started in 
on the hen made me a little doubtful. 
Cost of Food.—One or two things about that 
food are worth thinking over. Take that hen. 
The commission man, the butcher and the baker 
all had to take their profits and expenses out 
of the 60 cents that I finally paid. What could 
have been left for the farmer ? What proportion 
of the 60 cents did he get ? The milk cost eight 
cents, and I know that the farmer got about 2% 
cents of it. Much the same was true of the 
bread, butter and pie. The handler and manipu¬ 
lator got far more than the producer. The pro¬ 
ducer could have sold them direct to the con¬ 
sumer at a lower price, yet obtained a good deal 
more himself. Here is another side of it: These 
things cost me 81.38, but the same things at 
Hope Farm would have meant much less outlay. 
Why, we use about seven quarts of milk every 
day and, probably, a daily average of 15 eggs. 
When we want a fowl, we go and get one of the 
robbers that won’t lay. We don’t care much for 
pies, but It is a curious day when we don’t empty 
a jar of fruit. If we were to pay city prices for 
all these things, where in the world would we be 
at the end of the year? No, thank you ! The 
farm is good enough for us ! n. w. c. 
NUTandTprrQ 
FRUIT Intto 
300 ACRES—61 YEARS 
Superior stock of all desirable 
varieties of Chestnuts, Walnuts, 
Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums: 
shade and ornamental trees ;small 
fruit plants, etc. Catalogue free. 
PABBTS’ POMONA NURSERIES 
Parry, New Jersey. 
Trees Live 
If bought of us. because they are so often 
Transplanted, to make roots thrifty 
RARE Evergreens our specialty. 
HENRY E. BURR, 
Ward Place, South Orange, N. J. 
Telephone 2064 Orange. 
450,000 
•y4 varieties. Also «rape*,8mnll Fruits, etc. Rest root¬ 
ed stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample currants mailod for 
lOe. Desc. price-list free. LEWIS KOESCU, FredonU, N. Y. 
TREES. 
BISMARCK Apple, October Cherry and Japan 
Plums very cheap. Catalogue free. 
C. F. MacNair & Co., Dansville, N. Y. 
The New Frost-Proof PEACH 
IRON MOUNTAIN,,^,’!,’.,,. 
PEACH, PEAR, PLUM, APPLE Trees. New Fruits 
and Berries—Specialties. Lowest prices. Catalogue 
free. J. H. LINDSLKY, White House, N. J. 
BIG EARLY PEACHES 
are Waddell and Carman. Free catalogue. List of 
big sweet chestnuts, Japanese plums, nig berries, 
asparagus roots, etc., cheap. 
J. H. HALE, South Glastonbury, Conn. 
DC I Oil TRFF^ 4 10 6 ft. at 8«o.; 3 to 4 ft. at 
I* LAuII 1 f * tt ^254c.;alllyr.frombud,healthy 
and thrifty: no scale. Official certificate 
accompanies each shipment. Sample by express If 
wanted. Can ship any time. Trees kept dormant 
till May 10. R. S. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stoekley, Del. 
TREES. 
If you want fine Peach Trees, Pear Trees (Including 
Kieffer), Apple. Cherry, Plum, or anything else In the 
way of fruit trees: small fruits. Shade Trees, Ever¬ 
greens, 8brabbery, or Hedge Plants, write to THE 
W1LLOWDALE NURSERIES for prices. We are 
well prepared to All orders for first-class stock, free 
from all injurious insects or diseases, and at low 
prices. Send us list of what von want. 
RAKE8TBAW & PYLE. Willowdale, Chester Co..Pa. 
have a 74-YR. Record. Fruit Book Free 
IKKViPAY FREIGHT 
IADAN Dl IIMQ barge stock. Best varieties. 
rLwmO ibices low. Free catalog. Tne 
Geo. A. Sweet Nursery Co., Box 1,695, Dansville, N Y. 
J* prti—Apple, Pear, Plum and Peach, 
nr r A First-class; from 5 to9c. ea. Cat.free. 
■ c. A. Hyatt,Croton-on-Uudson, N.Y. 
Best Fruits for Profit! Best Fruits for Pleasure! 
We have a large and choice stock of both classes. Our Illustrated and 
Descriptive Catalogue names the varieties This Book we will mail free 
at your request. When writing for it, advise us of your wants and pur¬ 
poses ; you will receive the Catalogue and Information by return mail. 
sl vSr ntl ‘ T, J, DWYER & SON, Orange Go, Nurseries, Box I, Cornwall,N.Y. 
and especially Fruit Trees, should be grown with a 
view to Long Life and Fruitfulness, such are made 
Constitutionally Strong by guarding the Parentage 
in Propagation. Men of thought know this to be 
FACT, not theory. If you want proof, write us. Many 
of our customers after trial increase their orders. A trial order will make a lifetime customer ef 
you . We promise only best values. Among the new but well-tested FRUITS we are offering the 
We also offer a whole Peach Orchard 
for 85, and many other things that will 
Cash Premiums with Choice Seed Potatoes. 
MERSEREAU BLACKBERRY. 
Interest you. Free catalogue If this paper Is named. 
ESTABLISHED 184 7. 
WILEY & CO., Cayuga, N.Y. 
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Business Trees "t Best Trees 
ROGERS TREES are {BUSINESS .TREES. Remember the name and the 
place to buy. THE.ROGERS NURSERIES, Dansville, New York. 
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Bigger Fruit Q"ops 
and better fruit will repay the grower who plants Black’s trees. Every 
tree we sell Is selected from the very healthiest, most vigorous stock, 
and Is free from scale. Certificate or inspection sent with each order. 
The finest stock of Peach Trees it is possible to grow—the Mercer 
Cherry, the Japan Chestnut, and Japnn Walnut, are all de¬ 
scribed in our handsome, illustrated, 1S99 Catalog. Everyone who 
raises fruit, nuts or berries should write for a copy— mailed erkk. 
JOS. H. BLACK., SON «fc CO., HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
Every tree, plant or vine bought at Reid’s is well, 
rooted, vigorous, and true to name. Every cars la 4 
taken in growing to Insure absolute certainty to ths' 
buyer. I»r« one-half on anything you need In the 
nursery line, by buying at Reid’s. 
We’ll help you to choose by sending complete eakalec, M 
mates, or any Information yon may aak for. free. 
REID’S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHl«. 
The Popular CAROLINA POPLAR. 
Just the tree for city planting—Thrive, where other, fall—Re.l.t. 
■moke and ea. a, the aalamunder doe, fire. 75,000 of them, beautiful tree. 
6 to 8, 8 to 10, lu to 12 and 12 to 15 feet. Immense stock of all other Shade Trees, Shrubs and 
Roses. Hundred, of thousand, of Fruit Trees, Small Fruit., Grape Tinea, 
Plant., Seeds. Valuable Catalogue free. Correspondence solicited. Write ns >oor 
wants if you would procure the best at bottom prices. 
45th YEAR. 44 CREENHOUSES. f,OOO ACRES. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Box543 PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 
that will blossom this year; all the best varie¬ 
ties, 25c. each, $2 per 10, $15 per 100. Crimson 
and Yellow Rambler and Memorial Roses, 20c. 
each, 3 for 50c. Japanese Ivy (Veitchii), 20c; 
Japanese Clematis (Paniculata), 20c. Catalog free. 
ELLWANCER & BARRY, Rochester, N 0 Y. 
Mount Hope Nurseries. Fifty-ninth Year. 
