1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
/ 
RURAUSMS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
weeks. Not one plum matured upon 50 
trees of Abundance and Burbank, which 
were loaded with small plums. Last 
year, he commenced to jar the trees soon 
after the blossoms dropped, and he kept 
it up every day until strawberries ripened 
freely. Nearly all dropped. He did not 
harvest a peck of sound, ripe plums. 
From his Wild Goose and Arkansaw 
Lombard, he harvested “ lots, plenty of 
plums. These trees were not jarred one- 
half as much as the Japans”. Then he 
adds: “The indications are that the 
Abundance and Burbank are worthless 
on my place. It is hard to believe all 
the favorable reports we hear about the 
Japan plums. Many people want to go 
the way the majority go, right or wrong.” 
The R. N.-Y. was the very first paper 
to bring the Japs into prominence. The 
first was the Abundance, bought of 
Luther Burbank and introduced by J. T. 
Lovett. More than 20 years ago, we 
tried many kinds of native plums at the 
Rural Grounds, including the Newman, 
Weaver and Wild Goose. The plums were 
destroyed by the curculio, though neither 
spraying nor jarring was resorted to. 
The Abundance was the first variety of 
plum that gave us a full crop, and this it 
did nearly every year until our tree—we 
had but one—was killed by the use of 
Dendrolene. Other Japan plums have 
borne heavy crops since. The Japan 
plums, some of them, have similarly re¬ 
sisted the curculio in many other parts of 
the country. Nearly every fruit shows 
the crescent mark at one stage or an¬ 
other, at the Rural Grounds, but the 
larvae do not seem to find food to their 
liking, or a congenial home. 
There can be no question that the 
Japan plums are great acquisitions where 
they thrive. We have now to find out 
where they do and where they do not 
thrive. 
The following note needs no comment: 
Iu Ruralisms, you credit me with saying on 
page 71 that “ several of my Carman No. 1 pota¬ 
toes weighed four pounds 11 ounces.” What I 
did say was that three of them weighed fou/r pounds 
11 ounces, meaning that they weighed one pound 
nine ounces each. These were three I saw near 
together, as I was starting to my dinner the day 
I dug them, and took them with me to weigh. I 
think I could have found larger iu the field. 
South Dakota. W. h. hkald. 
Modiola belongs to the order of Mal¬ 
vaceae, as does the common hollyhock, 
Rose of Sharon, Abutilon, cotton plant, 
etc. Those who may care to try it may, we 
dare say, procure seeds from the Berke¬ 
ley Station, or possibly, from Mr. Rice, 
who favors us with the following note : 
The Modiola which I mentioned is the Modiola 
decumbens, a native of Chili. How the plant 
was introduced into this country is unknown. Iu 
the Winter of 1894-5, Mr. A. B. Leckeuby, of 
Bakersfield, Cal., sent specimens to the Experi¬ 
ment Station at Berkeley, Cal., for identification, 
with the statement that it grew on alkali laud 
without irrigation ; that sheep ate it closely; 
that it seemed as well fitted for horse feed as 
Alfalfa; that cows ate it in preference to Alfalfa, 
and improved in milk. In the Winter of 1895-6, 
the experiment station distributed seed for trial 
with a warning that the plant must be introduced 
with caution, because it has a habit of rooting 
from its prostrate stems. I received some of the 
seed in April, 1896, and have had it growing ever 
since. Horses, cattle, hogs and all kinds of poul¬ 
try are very fond of it. When the plant is a few 
inches high, it begins to send out runners or pros¬ 
trate stems in every direction, usually to a dis¬ 
tance of five or six feet the first season. During 
the Winter and Spring, while the ground is wet, 
these prostrate stems send out roots on the under 
side wherever they come iu contact with the 
ground. The ends of these stems form new cen¬ 
ters, iu fact new centers are liable to form any¬ 
where along the stem that there is room to 
spread, until the ground is covered, then the new 
stems from the center grow ireet or nearly so to 
the height of two or three feet. This plant might 
easily become a pest, because of its rooting 
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habit, in a climate subject to summer rains, but 
here, where we have practically no rain from 
May to November, it is easily kept within bounds. 
Although Modiola does not yield quite as heavy 
a crop as Salt-bush, it can be pastured all the 
year ’round, and keeps right on growing, while 
Salt-bush, if fed down late in the Fall or Winter, 
do,es not begin to grow again until hot weather 
comes. I think the Modiola will also stand more 
drought than Salt-bush. I inclose a small branch 
of Modiola. I did not think of it in time, so it is 
rather green; if it do not wither too much, it 
will give you some idea of what it is like. Will, 
also, send a few seeds. I send you the analysis 
of Modiola and Salt-bush copied from last year’s 
report of the Berkeley Experiment Station. 
Alameda County, Cal. t. e. rice. 
In floriculture, there is no advance 
more marked or acceptable than that 
made in climbing 1 roses. Up to 1895, the 
Prairie roses, Baltimore Belle and Queen 
of the Prairies, were the best of the 
hardy climbers. Then came the Crim¬ 
son Rambler, and soon followed the 
Yellow and White, all far more beautiful 
than the Prairies, although we may not 
as yet speak positively of the hardiness 
of the Yellow and White. That the 
Crimson Rambler is hardy, we know from 
Rural Grounds’ experience. The latest 
of the hardy climbing advances stem to 
have been made by Dingee & Conard 
of West Grove, Pa. One is named May 
Queen. This is said to be a hybrid be¬ 
tween the beauty, Mrs. Degraw, a Tea, 
with the charming trailer Wichuraiana. 
The seedling resembles both parents in 
some ways, and is yet strikingly different. 
Its habit is erect, the plants making a 
growth of 10 feet or more during the 
season. The flowers are said to be three 
inches in diameter, perfectly double, 
sweet scented, and borne in clusters of 
from five to seven. The color is “ clear 
coral pink ”. We are assured that the 
plant is perfectly hardy. Ruby Queen is 
a cross between Queen’s Scarlet and 
Wichuraiana. The flowers are moder¬ 
ately double, three inches across, and in 
color, a brilliant carmine, the base of 
the petals being white. The blooms are 
in clusters of about five. This, too, is 
said to be perfectly hardy. 
Praises the Crosby Peach. 
F. W. S., IIammonton, N. J.—Much 
has been said about the Crosby peach 
being worthless. I have 10 .1 une-budded 
trees, planted in 1893, which have borne 
three good crops in three years. Last 
Fall, I was offered 75 cents per half¬ 
bushel basket, on my place, for them, 
they were such beauties ; some of them 
measured 8 3-16 inches around, and were 
of the best flavor I ever tasted. Now 
they are loaded with buds again, all 
alive. They have received no fertilizers 
except the second year, when they were 
given a mulch of coal ashes two inches 
thick, but I prune them well every 
Spring 1 . 
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“I have found in my 
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years in melon growing, 
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tite large cities of the 
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