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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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S0JI7£ /V£^ HYBRID FRUITS. 
A friend in Aromas, Cal., asks the fol¬ 
lowing questions: 
Have you tried the new "Loganberry; also 
Luther Burbank's new hybrids, Primus, 
Phenomena!, and Golden Japanese May¬ 
berry? If so, do you find them equal to 
the description given in some of the New 
York catalogues? Ho you consider Elaeag- 
nus longipes a good fruit for the home 
garden? How is it propogated? 
The reports of the Loganberry trial at 
the Rural Grounds in Bergen County, N. 
J., make a very unsatisfactory showing. 
The plants were so badly injured every 
Winter that they never fruited. Here in 
Monmouth County, N. J., the Logan¬ 
berry is little harmed by cold, and fruits 
regularly, but is not sufficiently produc¬ 
tive to be worth growing commercially. 
Generally speaking, it is not gaining in 
favor, except near its place of origin in 
middle California. The berries are 
large, handsome and of fine, but acid 
flavor, excellent for table use. 
We have not tested Phenomenal and 
Primus in this locality. They grow well 
in Long Island, but prove rather shy 
bearers. Both varieties were planted by 
me in the Spring of 1898 in middle Ten¬ 
nessee. They had excellent care, but 
made a weak growth, and were killed to 
the root by the intense cold of last Win¬ 
ter, 20 degrees below zero. They would 
probably succeed well in most parts of 
California. The Golden Mayberry has 
proved a failure almost everywhere out¬ 
side of the originator’s grounds, in 
southern California. The canes are very 
easily injured oy even moderate frosts, 
and as the berries are produced only on 
old wood, the chances are much against 
getting any fruit except in very mild 
climates. We would consider all the 
above hybrid berries worthy of trial in 
a small way in any locality where the 
temperature is not likely to descend 
much below the freezing point during 
Winter. 
Elaeagnus longipes is at all times a 
pleasing shrub. The habit is good, and 
the dark olive-green leaves, with their 
silvery under surface, present an attrac¬ 
tive appearance throughout the Summer. 
It is apparently not troubled by any of 
our native insects. When the fruit is 
ripening it is exceedingly ornamental. 
We would strongly recommend it for the 
home grounds. The quality of the fruit 
is quite another matter. For some time 
after the berries color, they are sour 
and very astringent; not much better 
than a common Choke cherry, but after 
hanging a week or two they gain in 
sweetness until uiey finally become as 
sugary as a raisin, though the peculiar 
astringency remains. One finds it a 
flavor that can be cultivated, and the 
last fruits of the season, eaten August 1, 
were the most highly appreciated. An 
oddly flavored, but to most people, high¬ 
ly palatable preserve, for Winter use, 
can be made in the usual manner. The 
Elaeagnus is propagated by seeds, and 
with limited success from cuttings of 
wood just maturing. 
Hardy Peaches. —Very few peach 
buds survived the cold of the past Win¬ 
ter in northern New Jersey. Here and 
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there a few trees are bearing partial 
crops of fruit. In a small trial orchard 
set with a number of new varieties for 
propagating purposes, the following only 
blossomed fairly well, and have ripened 
or are carrying some peaches. Bokhara 
No. 3, Crosby, Triumph and Yenshi. 
The buds on practically all the stand¬ 
ard varieties were killed. This would 
seem to warrant the claims that the 
above-named peaches are hardier than 
the older varieties. The lowest range of 
the thermometer was 6 degrees below 
zero, which is unusual here. The trees 
were little harmed in this locality. At 
10 to 35 degrees below zero, the tempera¬ 
tures generally reported throughout the 
northern peach sections, slight differ¬ 
ences in hardiness do not cut much 
figure, but during milder Winters, it 
may mean a fair crop or no peaches at 
all. 
New Hyrrid Canna. —J. A. Kemp, of 
Dickson County, Tenn., writes that he 
has at last succeeded in blooming a hy¬ 
brid between the Orchid-flowering or 
Italian type of Cannas, and a dwarf 
Canna of the ordinary French or bed¬ 
ding type. The Italian Cannas are sup¬ 
posed to be direct hybrids of Canna 
fiaccida, our native southern species, 
while the French varieties have de¬ 
scended from Canna Indica and other 
tropical forms. A horticultural firm in 
Italy has produced and disseminated all 
the Cannas of the Orchid-flowering type 
now in commerce, except the yellow 
variety, Burbank, which was grown by 
Luther Burbank, of California. 
A number of fine varieties, varying in 
color of foliage and bloom, all produc¬ 
ing flowers of really enormous size, are 
now becoming familiar in this country, 
and countless have been the efforts to 
hybridize these fine sorts with the com¬ 
mon bedding Cannas, in order to secure 
greater substance of petal, and increas¬ 
ed profusion of uioom; but up to this 
time, the hybrids of Fiaccida have 
proved sterile, both as pollen and seed 
parents. Mr. Kemp says that his pet 
is a cross between Parthenope, an Ital¬ 
ian variety bearing very large, reddish- 
salmon flowers, and Duke of Marlbor¬ 
ough, the darkest crimson uedding va¬ 
riety, the latter being the seed parent. 
He says that the resulting flowers are of 
the most gorgeous crimson coloring, but 
not of much better substance than the 
best of the Italian type. He is glad to 
show that our southern climates are 
favorable to work of this character, and 
to demonstrate the possibility of a cross 
that has heretofore failed in many ex¬ 
pert hands. 
Paul Rose-Petoskey is. the unfor¬ 
tunately hyphenated name of the most 
satisfactory muskmelon I have ever 
grown. The explanation is that the 
melon in question was marketed in Chi¬ 
cago under the name of Petoskey, a sea¬ 
son or two before its introduction by J. 
C. Vaughan, who gave it the name of 
the originator, Paul Rose, a successful 
melon grower. It was thought best to 
combine the two names to avoid confu¬ 
sion. I grew it last year in heavy clay 
soil, in Tennessee, together with a half 
dozen of the best standard varieties. 
The season proved unfavorable, owing 
to excessive rains and heat, and the 
fruits of all the other sorts were over¬ 
grown, insipid and worthless in quality; 
but the Paul Rose ripened a full crop 
of the finest flavored and most uniform 
melons it has been my fortune to test. 
They were thick-fleshed, with a small 
triangular seed cavity, and averaged five 
to six inches in diameter. I have al¬ 
ways regarded a good muskmelon as 
pretty near the acme of horticultural 
excellence, but never before produced so 
high a per cent of fine-quality fruits. 
Planted here in New Jersey, this fa¬ 
vorable opinion is confirmed the pres¬ 
ent season, as melons ripening now 
(Aug. 12) have the same appearance and 
high quality. The Paul Rose is said to 
be a cross between the Osage and Netted 
Gem. The flesh is deep orange, very 
similar to Emerald Gem, but it has 
proved superior to that familiar variety, 
in that it is larger, much more uniform 
in size and quality, and seldom cracks 
when ripening. w. v. f. 
Stuartia Pentagyna. —The Camellia 
or Tea family, in addition to its eco¬ 
nomic importance, includes a number of 
handsome shrubs or small trees, suitable 
for garden use. The true Camellias, or 
Japonicas, as they are popularly called, 
are to be seen only in the greenhouse in 
our northern States, but we have a gar¬ 
den substitute for them in their near re¬ 
lation, our native Stuartia. This shrub, 
named for John Stuart, the Lord Bute, 
of Revolutionary times, is native in two 
varieties, S. Virginica and S. pentagyna. 
Of these Pentagyna is the handsomer. 
It is a native of the mountains from 
Virginia southward. The flowers are a 
lustrous creamy white, the edges of the 
petals having a crapy, crinkled texture; 
sometimes the exterior is shaded with 
rosy purple. The appearance, as shown 
in Fig. 230, page 606, is suggestive of its 
relatives, the single-flowered Camellias 
of China. The round little flower bud 
and the leaf, whicn is larger and thinner 
than that of the Camellia, are shown in 
Fig. 231. 
It may be asked whether this southern 
shrub is reliably hardy in the North. 
Of the Middle West, we may not speak, 
but the specimen at the Rural Grounds 
has flourished for more than 20 years, 
and there are some fine Stuartias on 
Long Island. The shrub whose flower 
and leaf are figured, was brought from 
the southern woous by the late A. S. 
Fuller, and is remarkably showy when 
bearing its profuse display of deli¬ 
cately handsome flowers. In Autumn, 
the color of its foliage is not remark¬ 
able, wherein it differs from a Japan 
variety, Stuartia Pseudo-camellia, whose 
leaves become deep crimson. It is said 
that, at Boston, the Japan Stuartia is 
hardier than the American variety. The 
American Stuartia may be raised from 
seed, or transplanted from its native 
home; it may, doubtless, be obtained 
from most nurserymen at moderate cost, 
and deserves hign rank among worthy 
native shrubs. 
A New Rose. —The rose Gruss an 
Teplitz, referred to recently in Rural- 
isms, is not yet disseminated, but will 
be sent out by Conard & Jones, in 1900. 
In response to an inquiry concerning it, 
we are told that it is not really a dim > 
ing rose, but is a Hybrid Tea of strong 
growth, fine foliage, large flowers, fairly 
full, and cup-shaped; color bright, scar¬ 
let crimson. It is one of the brightest 
colored roses; it has been sent out as 
an improvement over William Francis 
Bennett, which it does not equal in 
depth of petals, but in fragrance it is su¬ 
perior; in growth, it is strong, and per¬ 
haps might be termed a semi-climber, 
but we would not class it among the 
climbers. 
Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., says 
that Gruss an Teplitz is intermediate 
between Agrippina and Meteor in color 
and form, very brilliant indeed, and 
promises a better size. It is going to be 
very free in bloom, a strong grower 
with long canes, but not a climber. Mr. 
Hill thinks that it is going to prove a 
leading red bedding rose. 
Vitis Coignetiae, a Japanese orna¬ 
mental grape vine introduced to Europe 
in 1890, was especially praised for the 
gorgeous Autumn tints of its foliage. 
In England, it appears to have been 
very satisfactory, but in America, tfle 
brilliant color expected is not reported. 
This is quite opposite to experience 
with most shrubs, trees or vines, for or¬ 
dinarily, we excel other climates in the 
brilliant Autumn-leaf effects. Concern¬ 
ing this Vitis, Mr. Egan thus gives his 
experience in Cook County, Ill.: 
“I grew Vitis Coignetiae three years. 
It proved hardy under ordinary protec¬ 
tion, grew rampantly, but would not 
color in the Fan. t wants the moist 
climate of its habitat, or of some 
parts of Scotland and England, where 
the humidity of the atmosphere seems 
favorable to the production of its vivid 
colors. I investigated this question of 
coloring some time ago, and could hear 
of no instance in America where it col¬ 
ored. Prof. Sargent told me, at the 
Arnold Arboretum, that their plant had 
not colored. It is, however, a hand¬ 
some vine, large-leaved.” 
Shrurs or Trees with variegated 
foliage are often unsatisfactory in the 
Middle West, varieties which give fine 
results in New Jersey being hopeless 
there. Referring to this point, our 
friend, W. C. Egan, who has made ex¬ 
tended trials with all classes of outdoor 
ornamental plants in the vicinity of 
Chicago, says: 
“Few variegated-leaved shrubs or 
trees do well here, on account of our 
hot sun, the .eaves burning. This ap¬ 
plies to the golden forms, also, except 
in evergreens. The nearest approach 
to perfection is the variegated Siberian 
dogwood and Spaeth’s dogwood. The 
former stood the unusually severe test 
of last Winter. The Golden elder stands 
the sun well, and stood through eight 
Winters with me here, but winterkill¬ 
ed the last one. Prunus Pissardi im¬ 
proves in- the purplish tone of its leaves 
as the season advances, getting darker. 
It is the best thing of its color we have, 
where it stands the Winter. I have car¬ 
ried it along for eight years, unto. last 
Winter. Most specimens in this vicinity 
winterkilled last Winter. In some sit¬ 
uations, young plants survived.” 
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