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December 30 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
; Ruralisms ; 
A Promising Apple. —On November 
11 J. W. Adams, of Springfield, Mass., 
sent us a specimen of the apple shown 
at Fig. 333. Mr. Adams wrote: 
A prominent fruit grower in central 
Massachusetts brought to our office a 
couple of apples (one of which we sent to 
jou), to see whether it was entitled to a 
name and dissemination. It seemed to be 
worthy of more than a passing notice, on 
account of its season, beauty, shape, color 
and flavor. The possessor was enthusi¬ 
astic from the offer, made by a Boston 
fruit merchant, of $500 for 100 barrels, its 
great beauty being its salable feature. 
He claims, also, productiveness, which 
ought to give it standing among fruits 
which promise well. 
The picture is somewhat larger than 
the apple, but otherwise gives .a true 
likeness. The flavor is fine; spicy, mod¬ 
erately acid, with a strong and agreeable 
odor. It will easily rank as a dessert 
apple. 
Lingering Flow t ers. —On December 6 
open blooms of Spiraea Thunbergii and 
the scarlet Cydonia, or Japan quince, 
were noticed on the Rural Grounds, the 
result of the mild November weather, of 
course. The bloom buas of these early- 
flowering shrubs are quickly excited by 
warm weather in early Spring, but it is 
lus), is a low-growing, densely-branch¬ 
ing herb, with numerous small leaves, 
closely allied to the wormwood. The 
young shoots are used, and impart a 
peculiar aromatic flavor, free from bit¬ 
terness, to vinegar or any dish in which 
it is placed. The plants are easily 
grown in any garden soil, but are not 
hardy enough to endure the average 
northern Winter. It seldom seeds, but 
is propagated by cuttings and division of 
clump. The plants have hitherto been 
held at a rather mgh price by seedsmen, 
but lately have been offered in the 
Spring as low as 10 cents each by some 
of the more enterprising houses doing a 
mail-order business. A single well- 
grown plant will furnish branches 
enough in a season to flavor several gal¬ 
lons of vinegar, which can be kept in¬ 
definitely, if bottled. It is orly neces¬ 
sary to place a few fresh sprigs, accord¬ 
ing to the strength required, in the vine¬ 
gar, and it will be ready for use in a 
week. It is one of the little-known 
plants that may easily be grown in any 
garden. It is not difficult to Winter 
over a plant or division in a pot or box 
in the window garden. 
Cherokee Rose. —A small plant of the 
Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata), which is 
really a native of China, was planted 
four years ago in the little greenhouse 
on the Rural Grounds. It was planted in 
the earthen floor of the house, and had 
a hard time creeping up into the light 
A DESIRABLE NEW APPLE. Fig. 333. 
rather unusual to find shoots in bloom at 
this season. Fruit buds do not appear 
to have been affected so far by the long 
continuance of abnormal warmth and 
sunshine. 
Hypericum Moserianum. —This new 
large-flowered St. Johns-wort proves 
even more hardy than at first claimed. 
The sharp cold of last Winter cut it to 
the ground, but it started vigorously on 
the Rural Grounds, and has been in con¬ 
stant bloom from June until December. 
It is nearly herbaceous in character, the 
greater part of the canes perishing each 
Winter, but a little protection should 
carry the roots through Winter in al¬ 
most any locality. The long succession 
of large golden blossoms, with their 
plush-like centers, makes a very attrac¬ 
tive feature of the border. It is of hy¬ 
brid origin, and does not perfect seed 
with us, but we have hybridized it with 
H. aureum, the fine shrubby species from 
Tennessee, and have secured a few seeds, 
which have germinated sparingly. 
Why Not Grow Tarragon? —Tarra¬ 
gon vinegar, much used m the cities for 
flavoring salads and cold-meat dishes, is 
almost unknown in the country, al¬ 
though it is available to almost every 
farmer. A few sprigs of tarragon will 
convert a quart of good cider vinegar 
into as finely flavored an article as can 
be bought in any fancy grocery for 50 
cents. The desirability of the tarragon 
flavor is, of course, a matter of taste, but 
most people soon learn to appreciate it 
highly. Tarragon (Artemisia dracuncu- 
from under the gloom of the benches, 
but is now a lusty plant with thick canes 
that wander for many feet along the 
rafters. The foliage is evergreen, thick 
and glossy, and has never been affected 
with mildew or insects of any kind, 
while all other roses grown beneath, on 
the benches, require unremitting atten¬ 
tion to keep in health. The blooms are 
produced with great freedom throughout 
most of the Winter, and are as large as 
a hollyhock, single and pure white, with 
a forest of conspicuous golden yellow 
stamens. We have hybridized it with a 
variety of hardy roses, including the 
Rugosas and R. Wichuraiana, and it is 
now serving as a stock to bud and graft 
a variety of desirable indoor roses upon. 
During the severe weather of the early 
months of 1899, no fires were kept in 
this conservatory, being temporarily un¬ 
used, and everything was solidly frozen, 
but the Cherokee rose did not show any 
ill effects, even to the dropping of a 
leaf, except that an additional period of 
bloom developed in May. The Cherokee 
rose has long been naturalized in many 
of the Southern States, where it is often 
seen clambering through the hedges, 
forming with its strong, hooked thorns, 
an impenetrable barrier to man and 
beast, while its glossy foliage and large, 
snowy blooms, with their pungent odor, 
make a most noticeable feature. It is 
likely to winterkill north of the Caro- 
linas. There is, of course, little certain¬ 
ty of securing useful outdoor roses for 
the North by hybridizing the Cherokee 
rose, but it seems worthy of trial. Only 
one has bloomed so far, Cherokee x Co¬ 
quette de Lyon. It has endured the last 
three Winters without protection, and 
produces handsome double, white, tea- 
scented roses, but is not a profuse 
bloomer. _ 
Denver is a variety of lettuce specially 
recommended for cold frames. Some of 
our Philadelphia friends praise it very 
highly for this purpose. 
A. J. Pieters, Washington, D. C., cor¬ 
rects our pronunciation of Van Houtte, 
given on page 818. He says that it may 
be rendered by Van How-tu, the a in Van 
sounding like the a in father and the u in 
tu as in hut. We are glad to acknowledge 
this correction. 
Bougainvillea Sanderiana is a most 
pleasing plant for window and greenhouse. 
It is covered with a profusion of rosy 
crimson flower bracts nearly all the time; 
even small plants in little pots bloom 
freely. They are very odd and distinct in 
form, and last a long time. It was tried 
as a bedding plant on the grounds of J. L. 
Childs at Floral Park, L. I., last Summer, 
and proved admirably adapted for the pur¬ 
pose. 
Persimmons in Rhode Island.— From 
Chas. D. Flagg, Morris Plains, N. Y., we 
learn that a number of native persimmon 
trees are growing in northern Rhode Isl¬ 
and, some fully 40 feet high. As usual, 
the seedlings growing near the large trees 
bear fruit of the same general character. 
We think that this must be near the north¬ 
ern limit of the natural growth of this in¬ 
teresting fruit. 
Try Lime.— I. F. W., Ridgewood, N. J., 
asks in your issue of November 18, "what 
ails the squash?” I have asked the same 
question for the same reason for years. 
Last Summer we had a prolific bush and 
bloom, and the blooms began to fall as 
usual. My wife tried putting lime on the 
bushes and on the ground around the 
stems, and we had a most prolific and 
abundant fruitage until frost. We have 
been troubled the same way with tomatoes, 
and will try lime on them next year. 
Old Franklin, Mo. s. w. r. 
Native Plums.—The R. N.-Y. seems to 
circulate quite extensively. I have re¬ 
ceived inquiries regarding the Aitkin and 
Surprise plums from east, west, north and 
south, since my communication appeared 
in the issue of November 18. For our own 
defense, and for the convenience of the 
public, I desire to say that neither the Wis¬ 
consin Experiment Station nor the under¬ 
signed has either scions or trees for sale, 
of any plum or other fruit. The Surprise 
plum was introduced by Martin Penning, 
of Sleepy Eye, Minn., and it is probable 
that he has stock for sale. The Aitkin is 
controlled by the Jewell Nursery Company, 
Lake City, Minn. 
Wis. Exp. Sta. FREDERIC CRANEFIELD. 
Dr. Bidaman’s Pilules cure biliousness and clear 
the complexion. Price 25c. Samples free. P. O. 
Box 3022, New York.— Adv. 
when fed with the things eggs 
are made of. Eggs are mostly 
albumen, produced by the hens 
i from the protein they absorb 
* from their food. 
Bowker’s Animal Meal 
gives a hen the maximum of 
protein and other egg making 
material. Always sold in 
yellow bags and packages. 
The Bowker Co., 
43 Chatham St., Boston. 
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Sheridan’s 
CONDITION 
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It helps the older hens, makes 
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