March 12 
1 84 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
Catalogue Review Overflow. 
(continued.) 
O. H. White & Son, Miller Corners, N. 
Y.—Wholesale catalogue of potatoes, 
comprising the best varieties known to¬ 
day, with Carman Nos. 1 and 11, White 
Beauty, Parker’s Market, Sir Walter 
Raleigh and Olds’s World’s Fair as spe¬ 
cialties. 
Stone & Wellington, Fonthill, Ont.— 
A large-sized catalogue (125 pages) of 
large and small fruits, ornamental trees, 
etc., covering over 700 acres. The new 
Ontario is described as a hardy Canadian 
Winter apple that “crops annually and 
at an early age. it is a cross between 
Northern Spy and King. It is especially 
valuable as a late keeper.” Among the 
many specialties, we call particular at¬ 
tention to the Dempsey pear, introduced 
by this firm. It is a cross between the 
Bartlett and Angouleme. “ As a dessert 
or market pear, it is of the highest merit. 
It will stand transportation to the most 
distant markets. Season October to 
November.” The Empress of China 
seems to be another grand acquisition to 
hardy climbing roses. It is a continuous 
bloomer, and has stood 16 degrees below 
zero. The flowers are small, waxy, dark 
red,and the perfume ‘ ‘ is hardly surpassed 
by that of any other rose.” See what is 
said of new lilacs. 
Geo. A. Sweet NuiiseryCo., Dansville, 
N. Y.—A catalogue of large and small 
fruits, nut trees, ornamental trees, shrubs 
and vines. It gives this good advice: 
“ Always buy from the nurseryman who 
grows his own stock—not from a jobber. 
It takes years to build up a National 
reputation and when once established, 
it becomes a guarantee to every pur¬ 
chaser. of honorable treatment.” The 
Sweet Company regard the following ap¬ 
ples as of great promise: Baxter, Bis¬ 
marck, Clark’s Orange, Jonathan, Mam¬ 
moth Black Twig, Sutton Beauty and 
Walter Pease. Small-sized trees, four to 
five feet, are offered 10 for Si.25. Of the 
Japan plums, Wickson is placed at the 
head. “ It ripens just after Burbank. 
From the time it is half grown until a 
few days before ripening, it is of a pearly 
white color, but all at once, soft pink 
shadings creep over it, and in a few days, 
it is changed to a glowing carmine with 
a heavy white bloom. It can be picked 
when hard and white, and will color and 
ripen almost as well as if left on the tree.” 
It is, perhaps, 15 years ago that the 
then new plum, Prunus Simoni, fruited 
at the Rural Grounds. The fruit was 
small, dark, dull red, of a peculiar peach- 
pit flavor not agreeable to most persons. 
The tree was accordingly destroyed. 
Luther Burbank, in his latest announce¬ 
ment of “ New Creations,” tells us that, 
after 12 years of experimenting, he 
has produced a cross between this Chi¬ 
nese plum and the Burbank. The new¬ 
comer is named Chaleo, and it is regarded 
as the forerunner of a hardy race of 
plums that may prove of great value. 
The Chaleo is described as being a first- 
class shipper, as it ripens well when 
picked green, and keeps about a month. 
It ripens just before the Burbank, “is 
large, flat like a tomato, of a deep red¬ 
dish purple, with very sweet, exceedingly 
fragrant yellow flesh and small seeds. 
Like Simon’s plum, it is almost as stem- 
less as a peach, and completely sur¬ 
rounds the older branches as thick as it 
can stick, like kernels on a huge ear of 
corn.” Stark Brothers pronounce the 
Chaleo better in quality than Burbank. 
S. D. Willard says, “quality fine, rich 
and fragrant.”. 
Another apparent success is the Amer¬ 
ica, a cross between Robinson and Botan. 
The fruit is many times larger than the 
popular American kinds such as Miner, 
Wild Goose, Wayland, etc. ; it is of a 
“ coral red color not surpassed in beauty 
by any plum ; the flesh is light yellow, 
moderately firm, and very delicious. It 
ripens in Santa Rosa fully five weeks 
before Gold, and two to three weeks be¬ 
fore Robinson or Burbank.”. 
That a potato fails in one locality is 
but a bit of evidence that it will not suc¬ 
ceed in another. The Uncle Sam was 
not a success at the Rural Grounds, as 
tried a couple of years ago. Mr. H. L. 
Luce, of Inavale, Neb., tells another 
story. He bought one pound. The seed 
pieces (he does not say how many or how 
far apart they were placed) were planted 
April 29. The yield was at the rate of 
1,680 bushels per acre. He also planted 
a four-ounce Sir Walter Raleigh potato 
(it is not stated into how many pieces it 
was cut) and the yield was at the rate of 
1,536 bushels per acre, “ in both cases by 
just ordinary good field culture.” Such 
yields go to show just one thing, that 
there is a possibility of greatly increasing 
the yield of potatoes by careful experi¬ 
ment and selection. We once raised in 
a few hills at the Rural Grounds, some¬ 
thing like at the rate of 1,800 bushels to 
the acre. The best tubers were saved 
for planting the next season, but the 
yield was but an ordinary one. Why ? 
We once raised at the Rural Farm over 
130 bushels per acre of shelled corn on 
five acres. We have never been able to 
do it since. Why ? What has been done 
may be done again. But how to do it is 
the question that agricultural science 
may one day solve. 
Evidently the Japan plums do not 
give satisfaction everywhere. The fruit 
that does give universal satisfaction is 
yet to come. A friend from I ndependence, 
Mo., says that, two years ago, he sprayed 
his trees three times with Paris-green, 
commencing as scon as the blossoms 
dropped, and sprayed at intervals of two 
(Continued on next page.) 
Lost flesh lately? 
Does your brain tire? 
Losing control over your 
nerves ? 
Are your muscles becom¬ 
ing exhausted? 
You certainly know the 
remedy. It is nothing new; 
just the same remedy that 
has been curing these cases 
of thinness and paleness for 
twenty-five years. Scott’s 
Emulsion. The cod-liver 
oil in it is the food that 
makes the flesh, and the hy- 
pophosphites give tone to 
the nerves. 
50 c. and $ 1 . 00 , all druggists. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. New York. 
Choice Canada Peas $1 per bushel, f. o. b. 
C. C. La FUENAY, Hammond, St. Law. Co., N. Y. 
ONION SEED 
|—Southport Globk seed only. 
HAND WHEEL HOES and 
SEED DRILLS. Mkkker’s Smoothing Harrow. 
Send for Catalogue. C. O. Jelliff & Co., Southport, Ct. 
LIVINGSTON’S 
Celery Book. 
A NEW ROOK written expressly for us by the most 
extensive grower in the United States. Twenty years 
experience in Canada, Michigan, Ohio and Florida. 
Up-to-Date on all essential points. Paper cover, 
50 cents; cloth, 75c., postpaid.' 
A. W. LIVINGSTON’S SONS, Columbus. Ohio. 
(Our Seed Annual sent free on request.) 
AAAAMWWWWWSAM 
Remember this 
sign 
whereby it 
Conquers Pain, 
vwwwwwwwwnfH^N 
St Jacobs Oil 
Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia; 
Sciatica, Lumbago, Sprains, 
Bruises, 8oreness, Stiffness, 
and Burns. 
DIBBLE’S SEED POTATOES. 
Northern-Grown, Pure and Absolutely Free from Blight or Rot. All the new and standard kinds and 
enough of them on hand at this writing to plant 5,000 acres, at the lowest possible .price consistent with 
highest quality of stock. Wholesale Catalogue on application 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Wholesale Seed Grower, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Potato 
_ Points 
We shall introduce this year for 
the first time the wonderful new 
Mortgage , Utter Potato 
and propose to pay you for trying 
it, by giving cash prizes for the 
best six tubers grown in 1898. 
$300. for Six Potatoes 
grown from a single tuber. Tested 
for four years. Pronounced by ex¬ 
perts the earliest potato grown. 
White In color, regular in shape, 
superb quality and enormous 
ylelder. Grow it this season and 
next year you will have seed to sell 
to your neighbors. One single po¬ 
tato with instructions, 50 Cts, 
Wo send by Mall 
One Potato and 1 Pkt. each of 
First in the Market Cabbage. Sure- 
head Cabbage, Climbing Cucum¬ 
ber, Six Week’s Turnip, and the 
earliest tomato In the world, 
together with our book, “SEEDS 
THAT GROW” For 25 Cents. 
Instructions for prize contest in each order 
FAIRVIEW SEED FARM, 
Box 79 Hose Hill, N. Y. 
SEED OATS. 
We have a choice lot of American Banner, 
Lincoln and other varieties—all thoroughly 
recleaned. Also, all the leading varieties of 
Seed Corn. Send for our Free Catalogue 
and prices before you buy. 
0. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
1 
CLOVER SEED 
Largest growers of Grass and Clover Seeds 
in America. 6000 acres. Our Grass Mixtures last 
a lifetime. Meadows sown in April will give a 
rousing crop in July. Prices dirt cheap. Mam¬ 
moth catalogue and 11 pkgs. Grans ana Grains 
fr.e for but 10 c. postage. Catalogne alone 6 c. 
JOHN A. 8ALZCR SEED CO.. La Creiu, Wis. 
WE’LL BUY OR SELL^^ f— fV 
G rass,Clover orTlmothy ha ha I ■ 
We clean them by special^^^ has m^r 
methods a machinery, and take out every kind of weed 
seed. Ordinary seeds contain weeds—over-run the farm 
—exhaust It —a reduce quantity a quality of crop. Our 
seeds are clean. Write today for free booklet, Seed Sense 
The WHITNEY-NOYES SEED CO*® 1 ' 
Grow'“Big Crops” 
by planting our Skkd 
Potatoes— Bovee, Sir 
Walter Raleigh and 14 
other varieties. Darke 
County Early Mam¬ 
moth held corn. Mort¬ 
gage Lifter and 
Michigan Wonder 
Oats. Garden Seeds. 
Catalogue Free. 
GEO. W. MACE, 
Box C. Greenville, O. 
FARLEY’S SEED POTATOES. 
Are raised especially for seed on the hnest potato 
land in western New York. Free from scab and rot 
and true to name. Carman No. 8, Livingston’s 
Banner, Chas. Downing, and several others. The 
Robert Morris, one of my seedlings, that 1 offer for 
the first, time, and alsoentire lotsof seedlings. Price 
list free. Address E. D. FARLEY. Le Roy, N. Y. 
Q Bovee and Sir Walter Raleigh Seed 
I 0 T 3 T 0 CS Potatoes (from Henderson seed), 1)4 
bushels from the bushel, 325 bushels to the acre. Quick 
orders take this hue stock for $5 per barrel of 
four bushels; Carman No. 1 and 3, $3 per barrel 
of four bushels. Large size, smooth, healthy, vig¬ 
orous stock. 
GREAT NORTHERN SEED OATS, early, 10 bush¬ 
els, 40 cents per bushel, new bags, free. Address 
NORMAN NELSON, Laney, Shawano Co., Wis. 
^ #r Garfield Knapsack 
Perfect agitators—no scorching of foliage 
—no leather valves. 14 styles spray pumps. 
Catalogue free. Agents wanted. 
FIELD FORCE PIMP CO., 13Market St.Lotkport. S.Y. 
WITH THE 
EMPIRE KING 
Years of Prosperity 
are surely coming, so 
wake up. Buy an 
ECLIPSE 
SPRAY PUMP, 
and save your fruit crop. “ It Is 
better to be safe than sorry” 
In fruit growing as well as in any 
other business. 
Send for our 1898 catalogue. 
MORRILL & M0RLEY, 
Benton Harbor, Mich. 
n, nGenuine stock, $2 per 
B 0 VGG rOtatOGS Dll.; $5 per bbl. Great 
Divide, Sir William, Wise, Carman No. 3 and Maggie 
Murphy, at farmers’ prices. Maple Syrup. Send for 
free price list. J. M. FLUKE, Box 32, Nankin. O. 
b sIed Potatoes 
Grown for seed. Warranted free from disease. Prices 
lowest. Catalogue of 70 varieties mailed FREE. 
A. G. ALDRIDGE, Fishers, Out. Co., N. Y. 
with our new 
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KEROSENE Sprayers 
is simple. Kerosene Kmulsion made 
while pumping. Send for photo, of 
ourNuw PEERLESS ORCHARD 
SPRAYER, with BORDEAUX 
NOZZLE, the WORLD’S BEST. 
THE DEMINQ CO. SALEM, 0. 
West’n Ag’ts, Heniondt Hubhell,Chicago. 
IS (Chapman’s Orphan Potato) iK. 
The Best of Horse Shoe Farm. 
This fine, smooth, long, late variety is simply ele¬ 
gant baked. (The It. N.-Y. praised the quality). Free 
from scab even on scabby ground. Foliage keeps 
green till fall rains in spite of drouth or blight, when 
it can finish growing a wonderful lot of tubers. 
Send forCatalog Potatoes, Poultry, Plants. Cheshire 
Swine. C. E. CHAPMAN. Peruville. Tomp. Co.,N.Y. 
Choice Seed Potatoes 
by the bushel, barrel or car-load, including the best 
new and standard varieties; prices right. Write for 
catalogue. THE C. C. BRAWLEY SEED AND 
IMPLEMENT CO., New Madison, Ohio. 
Cnorl Pntatnoc -1 wiU 0lIer 10 lny 
wGCU r U III LUvo patrons pure stock, 
best quality. No disease. Yield, 250 bushels per 
acre. Circular free. D. M. TEETER, Bellville, Ohio. 
P OTATO FARM, SMITH’S, Manchester, N. Y., grows 
seed potatoes catalogued by best seedsmen. Cir¬ 
cular. Saves $ $ experimenting (with poor ones) 
C arman No. 3, Rural New-Yorker No. 2 potatoes, 
$1 per bushel. Three large Yorkshire Sows; also 
Pigs in season. LATIMER BROS., Arkport, N. Y. 
Dakota Grown.—Carman No. 1, R. N.-Y. No. 2, 
Burpee’s Ex. Early. Early Six Weeks, World’s Fair, 
75c. bu.; Bovee, $1.25 bu. Golden Wonder Millet, 50c. 
Farms for Sale. W. H. HEALD, Letcher, S. D. 
Agents 
Wanted. 
A Twelve- 
year-old Boy 
can do more ancTbette. work with 
this Hand Cultivator than three men can do 
with common hoes. If you can't get the 
Hand Cultivator 
of your dealer, send 70 cents for sample, 
Farmers’ Handy Tool Circular mailed free. 
ULRICH MFC. CO., 20 River St., Iloek Falls, III. 
LIGHTNING BUG EXTERMINATOR. 
The simplest and best liquid 
ii sect destroyer on the market. 
Unequaled for spraying potatoes, 
and just the thing for florists, 
gardeners and the household. 
$1.26 by express prepaid. Write for terms to agents. 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
Is simple, strong aud durable, 
sows all kinds of seeds per¬ 
fectly even, saves % labor, Hi 
of seed. 30 years experience 
(sold cheap), price and circu¬ 
lars free. Address Champion 
Seeder Co., Urbana, Ind. 
The Profitable -‘iV'-T 1 ' 
m well cultl- 
#2 #1 A ft v “t <;d, weed free gar- 
%Jt SMaLMGTt den. The best)wav to 
secure tliut kind i« 
by using the Mathews and New Universal Model 
Seeding & Cultivating Implements. 
They are made In a dozen different styles to lit any 
method of culture aud a— , 
any kind of plants. ‘jffff 
ONLY COMBINATION 1 AND 2 WHEELER MADE. 
he single wheel for seeding insures perfect work. 
Write for circulars and address of nearest supply house. j 
AMES PLOW CO. Sole Makers, j 
Boston and New York. t 
