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THE RURAL NEW-YORtCER. 
Catalogues for 1898. 
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Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O.—A cata¬ 
logue of fruit trees, strawberries, grapes 
and oilier small fruits, ornamental 
shrubs and trees, evergreens, roses, vines, 
etc. He has an extra heavy stock of 
four-year-old fruit trees, the pears and 
plums being from seven to eight feet 
high. 
John Bauscheb Jr., Freeport, Ill.— 
This is a large-sized poultry catalogue. 
All of the leading breeds are well illus¬ 
trated, and the descriptions are conserv¬ 
ative and helpful. An interesting por¬ 
tion of the catalogue is the answers to 
questions, covering three pages. Besides 
his central farm, of which excellent 
photo-illustrations are presented, Mr. 
Bauscher has 28 branch farms, only one 
variety of poultry being bred on each. 
It is claimed that this is the largest 
poultry plant in America. It is, cer¬ 
tainly, an interesting book from begin¬ 
ning to end. 
W. M. Peters’s Sons, Wesley Station, 
Md.—A catalogue of peaches, apples, 
plums, including the Japans, apricots, 
and small fruits. Peaches are a specialty. 
The following varieties are placed under 
“Our Special Six”: Triumph, Moun¬ 
tain Rose, Reeves Favorite, Elberta, 
Crosby, and Chair Choice. The farms 
of this firm include over 1,200 acres of 
land. First-class peach trees are offered 
for 80 cents for 10 ; $5 per 100. It is 
claimed that not a trace of disease or of 
insects of any kind has thus far appeared 
in the stock of this firm. 
10 to 14. They are nearly the size of 
those of the Gregg. We would be glad 
to have our readers try a few plants of 
the Cumberland. 
W. N. Scarff, Carlisle, O.—A cata¬ 
logue of small fruits, apples, pears, 
plums, peaches, hedge plants, garden 
roots, roses and seed potatoes. 
Currie Bros., Milwaukee, Wis. — A 
large-sized Horticultural Guide for Gar¬ 
den and Farm. The Milwaukee potato 
is considered the best early potato the 
firm has ever seen. It comes into use 
fully as early as Early Sunrise, yielding 
a much larger crop, with the additional 
merit of being a first-class keeper. 
Slaymaker & Son, Dover, Del.—A cat¬ 
alogue of strawberry, raspberry and 
blackberry plants, grape vines, etc. Here 
is a sample of one of the firm’s special 
strawberry offers—the plants prepaid : 
No. 1 Sample Collection, three dozen 
plants of three good varieties, 25 cents. 
No. 2 Collection for Home Use, 300 plants 
of three good varieties, early, midseason 
and late, $1. 
Geo. W. P. Jerrard Company, Caribou, 
Maine.—Seventeenth annual price-list of 
seed potatoes. Mr. Jerrard has intro¬ 
duced many varieties of potatoes which 
rank among the most popular of those in 
cultivation. Caribou is a cold, snow¬ 
bound country. It knows nothing of 
January thaws, so that, in his snow-bank 
cellars, his seed tubers are thoroughly 
preserved from November until May. 
The Early Norther, the Early Harvest, 
New Queen, Somerset and Minister are 
among his most notable productions. His 
latest novelty is the Gem of Aroostook, 
a medium early potato which, it is 
claimed, will prove more valuable for the 
main crop than any other introduction 
for the last 15 years. One hundred dol¬ 
lars are offered for the largest tuber of 
this variety grown during the present 
year. 
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IIeman Glass, Rochester, N. Y. —A 
general catalogue of plants and seeds. 
During the past four years, the annual 
cash sales from Mr. Glass’s farm of 75 
acres, have averaged 554,761. And he 
hopes to do better during the next four 
years. Glass’s Main-crop tomato resem¬ 
bles the Stone in size and solidity, but is 
much earlier. For the convenience of 
customers, he puts up seed potatoes in 
cloth bags of four quarts each, one vari¬ 
ety only in each bag. He will have ready 
to deliver after June 10, 500,000 plants— 
qabbage, cauliflower, and celery. Tomato 
plants will be ready May 15, and pepper 
plants June 1. 
Wiley & Co., Cayuga, N. Y.—A cata¬ 
logue of the Cayuga Nurseries. The 
firm’s specialty is “constitutional hardi¬ 
ness, perfect root development, freedom 
from disease.” The following fruits con¬ 
stitute the firm’s “ Big Four ” ; Dikeman 
cherry, Wickson plum, Cumberland rasp¬ 
berry, Rathbun blackberry. In start¬ 
ing trees and plants, the use of com¬ 
mercial fertilizers is objected to. The 
direct result is, according to the long ex¬ 
perience of this firm, to produce soft 
wood in the early life of the plant, so 
that Winter rigors will reduce its vital¬ 
ity; a weakened constitution is the result, 
from which it never recovers. This firm 
lays great stress upon the importance of 
the nurseryman’s looking to the hardi¬ 
ness and longevity of the tree. For ex¬ 
ample, their cherries are budded upon 
Mazzard stock. Examples, the catalogue 
says, are not wanting of Mazzard stock 
cherry trees, still vigorous and fruitful 
at 40 years of age, while others grown on 
the Mahaleb stock will not thrive beyond 
10 years. This firm describes the splen¬ 
did Cumberland blackcap as ripening 
just before Gregg, but we find it, at the 
Rural Grounds, much earlier. As stated 
in these columns last year, the berries 
are large and of a jet black color, with 
scarcely any bloom. The drupelets are 
small, and the quality of the berry ex¬ 
cellent. The canes are very prolific, and 
the berries are borne in clusters of from 
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MY NEW CATALOGUE FOR ’98 
contains everything good, old or new, 
in Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, 
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Pronounced by all, the Brightest and 
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Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds, 
Including every Standard Variety and every 
Novelty of Established Merit. 
For Nearly a Century the Leading Seed House of America. 
J.M.THORBURN & Co. 15 JOHN ST.NewYork 
SEEDS TO BURN 
Fora period of seventeen years the purchasers of LANDRETH’S SEEDS have been 
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GARDEN < FARM MANUAL 
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by mail for 25 cts., and to each purchaser FREE our GARDEN CALENDAR for 1898, the 
handsomest Catalogue of the year; to others we will send It on receipt of 6c. In stamps. 
HENRV A. DREER, 7*4 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
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Wl|D. M. FERRY & CO. 
Detroit, Mich. 
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SO CENTS* WORTH OF FREE SEEDS. 
HEM AN GLASS, Seed Grower, Rochester, N.Y. 
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7*. Saber’s Seeds are Warranted to Produce. 
"r E. Walter, LcKaysville. Pa., astonished the world 
by growing 250 bushel* Salzer’s corn; J. llreider, 
1 Mlihicott, Wis., 173 bush, barley, and P. Sinuot, 
Randalia, Iowa, bv (trowing !!«i bush. Salzer's oats 
per acre. If you doubt, write them. We wish to gain 
150,000 new customers, hence will send on trial 
10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c. 
. 11 pkgs of rare farm seeds, Hog Pea, Sand Vetch, , 
•40c. Wheat,' Sheep Rape, Jerusalem Corn, etc.. In¬ 
cluding our mammoth Seed Catalogue, telling all 
about the $400 gold prizes for best name for our J 
new marvelous corn and oats, ‘‘Prodigies, ’ M 
also sample of same, all mailed you upon 
receipt of but 10c. postage, positively 
worth $10, to get a start. 100,000 bbls. 
Seed Potatoes at$1.50abbl. a 
35 pkgs. earliest vegetable 
seeds, $1.00. 
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Yourname on a postai card gets my Free 
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HARRY N. HAMMOND. 
Seedsman, Box 12 
Oocatur, Mich. 
Seeds! Seeds! 
74th Annual Priced Catalogue of 
VEGETABLE, FARM AND FLOWER SEEDS, 
is now ready and mailed FREE to all applicants. 
BRIDGEMAN’S SEED WAREHOUSE, 
37 East 19th Street, New York City. 
FREE 
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* everywhere we will send for 
10c in stamps or silver to pay 
postage aud packing.anyone of 
_ _ | the following collections of 7 
full pics, of seeds: 7 pks. Choice Sweet Feus, all different 7 pks. 
Choice Flower Seeds, Asters, Poppy, Poppy, Pansy. Verbena, etc ; 
or 7 pks. Choice Vegetable Seeds, Cucumber, Lettuce, Beet, etc : 
A ll three collections, 21 pks. of seeds , for 26c. The seeds are prac¬ 
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packing. Our hand¬ 
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PAGE SEED CO. 
BoxM Greene, N.Y. 
Chenango County. 
COLE’S EARLY MELON 
and other standard varieties, and the Latest NOVEL¬ 
TIES in Garden and Flower Seeds, you will find in 
our handsome GABI)KN ANNUAL, FitKE, to all who 
want good tested seeds at the lowest prices. Address 
COLE’S SEED STOKE, Fella, Iowa. 
“Old Virginia” Ensilage Corn. 
PRODUCES«™MILK 
yields more tonsper acre than Other varieties. 
Makes the BEST ENSILAGE. It is 
A BOON TO DAIRYMEN. 
Our catalogue tells all about it, and all kinds 
of Field. Garden and Flower Seeds. 
FRANK FORD & SON, RAVENNA, OHIO. 
Shaw's System of 
Pasturing Sheep 
(Written for us by I'rof. Slut tv) 
CBET to out* customers 
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NORTHRUP, KING A CO. 
Seedsmen, Minneapolis, Minn. 
