5i4 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 23 
CURRANTS. 
Pomona. —From the Storrs & Harrison 
Co., March, 1893.—The bush is a strong, 
upright grower, and in this respect, is 
superior to Fay. Fully ripe July 5. It 
is as fruitful as need be desired. Cur¬ 
rants are medium size, bright red color. 
Racemes often long, bearing over 20 ber¬ 
ries. 
Wilder. —From S. 1). Willard, October, 
1895.—The bushes are strong, upright 
growers. They are more vigorous than 
the Pomona, and highly productive. 
Perries average larger, racemes about 
the same length. They are not so sour, 
but the Pomona having more acidity 
and a higher flavor, would make better 
Klly- 
White Imperial. —FrornS. D. Willard, 
October, 1895.—Bush a strong, upright 
grower. Berry the size of Wilder, 
racemes the same. Color translucent, 
yellowish white, and of fine quality, 
better than that of either Wilder or of the 
Storrs & Harrison Co.'s. One of the best 
whites. 
Filler Currant. —From J. H. Hale, 
April, 1895.—Bush an upright, strong 
grower, with extra large leaves. Berries 
not quite as large as Wilder, and slightly 
darker red. Rather more acid than 
Wilder. 
Moore’s Ruby. — From Ellwanger & 
Barry, April, 1883.—Currants the size 
and color of the Storrs*& Harrison Co.’s. 
Racemes longer, high quality. Bush an 
upright, strong grower, without any of 
the sprawling habit of the Fay. 
Fay. —The berries of this variety are 
larger than those of any of the foregoing. 
The plants are more injured by the cur¬ 
rant borer, and the habit is more sprawl¬ 
ing. 
North Star. —April, 1894.—This vari¬ 
ety is very prolific, but the currants are 
no larger than those of the old Red 
Dutch ; not recommended. 
Red Cross. —From C. A. Green, Oc¬ 
tober, 1895.—Strong, upright plants. 
Berries about the size and color of 
Wilder, though less acid ; racemes no 
longer. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
Dominion. —From E. C. Pierson, Water¬ 
loo, N. Y., April, 1897.—Berries from 
medium to large, scalded ; bush vigorous 
and free from mildew. 
Carman. —July 6, 1898. Berries fully 
ripe, free from rot, scald and mildew. 
We have had this bush since November, 
1891. It has never shown any weakness 
of any kind. We are unable to say as 
yet when it will be introduced. 
Gracilla. —From L. H. Hoysradt, Pine 
Plains, N. Y., 1896.—Berries of nearly 
the largest size. At this time, most of 
the berries are scalded, though free from 
mildew and rot. The berries are some¬ 
what longer than broad; light-green 
color, with conspicuous veins of lighter 
green. 
An English Gooseberry. —From Chas. 
C. Hess, Philipsburg, Pa., Spring of 
1895.—This is the first season that this 
gooseberry has developed weakness. It 
is owing, we presume, to the alternations 
of excessive heat and showers. During 
the past week, the thermometer has 
touched 95 degrees on several occasions. 
Nearly every berry is scalded. 
Triumph. —We do not find that there 
is any difference between this variety 
and the later-introduced Columbus ; 
however, many correspondents to whom 
we wrote last year, differ as to this. It 
is about 10 days later than the Carman. 
There is no mildew on either berry or 
leaf, but about one-third of the berries 
are scalded. All things considered, and 
judged from year to year, there are few 
better varieties. 
Stein. —From W. B. Fulton, Kirkwood, 
0., November, 1894.—Berries of medium 
size; about half scalded; free from 
mildew. 
Pearl. —From Prof Wm. Saunders, of 
Canada, December, 1889.—The bushes 
are healthy and prolific, berries of 
medium size, most of them scalded. 
Hale’s Golden, April,-1887.—It is a 
semi-dwarf variety — very prolific of 
berries of medium size, free from mil¬ 
dew—only a small proportion scalded. 
Keepsake, April, 1894.—Of all varieties 
of gooseberries of foreign blood, these 
are the largest, and they are as free 
from disease as any of the native kinds. 
The quality, too, is fine. There is no 
trace of mildew upon either the berries 
or the leaves, and the berries are not 
scalded. That seems to us to be a pretty 
good record. Mr. E. W. Reid, of Bridge¬ 
port, Ohio, was the introducer of this 
English variety. 
The English Spineless Gooseberries 
have not, as yet, developed much vigor, 
though not planted until April, 1897, 
when we received four plants of these 
novelties from C. II. Joosten, 193 Green¬ 
wich Street, N. Y r . The names are 
Souvenir de Villard, Edouard Leport 
and Belle de Meaux. All the plants are 
virtually thornless, but they have not as 
yet made a vigorous growth. Edouard 
Leport is bearing a few berries which 
will ripen late. The fruit is decidedly 
obovate, that is, the shape of a pear or an 
inverted top. 
A spineless strain of gooseberries is 
greatly to be desired if we could secure 
also the desirable characteristics of the 
most popular varieties of to-day. 
It will be seen that we have little 
to say regarding gooseberries or currants 
that has not been said in previous 
reports. According to our trials, there 
is little new to be said. We know of 
no real advances that have been made in 
either, except that certain English kinds 
notable for their size have been found to 
be as free from mildew and scald as our 
best American kinds or hybrids. 
Several years ago we made crosses be¬ 
tween the Dougal No. 2 (nearly spineless) 
and Columbus. Last year, a dozen or more 
fruited, but there was little or no im¬ 
provement over either parent. All of 
the plants were as full of spines as the 
Columbus, while the size of berry was 
inferior to that of the Dougal. This 
year, the rest are fruiting, but all are 
inferior to their parents. 
CARMAN PEACH, PROF. MUNSON'S 
GRAPES, BARB-WIRE TRELUS, ETC. 
The following letter from J. W. Stu- 
benrauch, of Texas, will not fail to in¬ 
terest many of our readers : 
Your namesake, the Carman peach, is now de¬ 
lighting every one seeing and eating it. I shall 
always feel grateful to The R. N.-Y. for bringing 
this grand peach to public notice. About March 
25, we had quite a serious cold spell lasting about 
10 days, off and on. Many varieties of peaches here 
were entirely killed, some escaped with half of a 
full crop; the Carman and one of its sisters. 
Family Favorite, alone came out practically unin¬ 
jured. In thinning, two-thirds,fully, of the Carman 
were removed, and now that they are ripening, 
I find That thctrees are yet much too full. It looks 
as though it is a very hard matter to get fruit 
thinned just right. We had experienced quite a 
serious drought up to three weeks ago. Peaches 
were quite wilted on the trees, and some com¬ 
menced to ripen only half grown. Good rains 
have fallen since, everything revived, and fruit 
that looked doomed before the rain, is coming 
out all right, though what is ripening now is not 
of the size it would have been under more favor¬ 
able conditions. 
To-morrow (June 28), I shall take the pleasure 
of expressing to you a little box of the Carman 
peaches. Our customers here at home, getting 
the fruit ripe from the trees, say that they are the 
finest peaches they ever saw thus early in the 
season. Good words may, also, be said of your 
other Texas namesake, the Carman grape. Prof. 
Munson has certainly rendered the world a great 
service in giving us this, as well as quite a good 
number of other new hybrid and seedling grapes. 
It was a lucky hit on his part to strike upon the 
Vitis Lincecumii race of grapes for a basis of his 
new productions. Judging from the way nearly 
all of Prof. Munson’s new varieties, especially 
of Lincecumii blood, perform with the writer, 
there can be no question as to their adaptability 
to our section of country and climate. Munson’s 
name wilt be cherished by coming generations, 
{Continued on next page.) 
Eat in Haste 
And suffer at leisure. When your abused 
stomach can no longer cheerfully and 
properly perform its duties, a few doses 
of 11 ood’s Sarsaparilla are like fresh water 
to a withered plant. This medicine tones 
the stomach, restores digestive strength, 
creates an appetite, and with a little care 
in diet, the patient is soon again in per¬ 
fect health. Try it and you'll believe in it. 
HOOCI’S S parma 
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. 
Hood’s Pills cure constipation. 25 cents. 
-i—v 1 * * v —\ sure cure for Chinch, Squash. 
I I— < /A I 1 Harlequin Bug. Pamphlet free 
I X I L A J— Fred Reinleiu, Mt.Vernon, 111. 
Peach Baskets. 
Sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, io, 12, 14 and i6qts. 
Peach Covers. 
Wood, Burlap and Cotton. 
Grape Baskets. 
Sizes, 3 hjt S, 8 , 10 and 15 lbs. 
Berry Baskets. 
Quarts, Shorts, Pints,Thirds, 
etc. 
BERRY, PEACH AND GRAPE CRATES. 
Crate stock and box sliooks in all sizes, direct 
from the manufacturers. Special prices to deal¬ 
ers and carload buyers. Write for catalogue. 
A. H. MONTAGUS & SON, 
Manufacturers and Agents, 
iao Warren St., New York City. 
T HE NEED of Potash to 
make a successful fer¬ 
tilizer is well known. 
Phosphoric acid 
and nitrogen ^ ^ ^ 
without 
or 
Potash 
^without them, 
is not economy. 
Most fertilizers do not 
contain sufficient Potash. 
The amount required varies. 
See our hook. 
TTPp’JT _Our books contain the results of 
v actual experiments on various 
crops and soils in different sections of the 
United States. They have helped thousands 
of farmers to make comparatively barren fields 
yield profitable crops. Free to all farmers. 
Write for them. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., N. Y. 
i 
Profits 
of Farming 
Gardening and Fruit Culture 
depend upon Good Crops and 
they in turn upon Good Fer¬ 
tilizers. The uniformly best 
fertilizer for all Crops and all 
soils is made by 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER CO., 
CLEVELAND, O. 
Materials supplied for "Home Mixing." 
you want a Big Crop of 
WHEAT? 
ODORLESS PHOSPHATE 
Is the Purest and Richest. Every 
pound of it is Available. 
Address JACOB REESE, 
400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,l*a 
$20 Phosphate for Wheat and Grass 
Sold to farmers direct. We have no agents. Send for 
Circular. Low prices for car-load lots. 
YOBK CHEMICAL WORK8, YORK. PA. 
Fall Seeds and Bulbs^'uvVfu a 
SPECIALTY. Do you want any of the above? If so, 
write for my i 1 I’d circular describing them, and giv¬ 
ing reasons why every fanner and trucker should 
plant Crimson Clover. I am headquarters for home¬ 
grown seeds, and am prepared to quote low-down 
prices for ail these Seeds and Bulbs in quantities. 
Circulars mailed free on application. 
HARRY L. HOLMES. Harrisburg. Pa. 
UnTTCn STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Price-List 
lU I I LU free. T. C. KEVITT, Atbenia, N. J. 
Sample Strawberry 
PLANTS. 
Pot Grown, delivered express paid to any point 
east of the Mississippi River reached by the 
American Express Company. Price, 15 for $2; 100 
for $10. Finest berry ever put on the market. 
C. S. PRATT, Reading, Mass. 
R|f| Fill IIQC—Twelve successive Crops of 
dU lAlbUllEi Crimson Clover. Again 1 oiler 
for sale the strain of seed thatdidit; free from other 
seeds. Fresh, bright and clean. 
SAM. H. DERBY, Woodside, Del. 
Crimson Clover & Essex Dwarf Rape Seeds. 
Thomas McElroy, European Seed Commission Mer¬ 
chant, 0 Harrison Street, New York, offers a few lots 
of Crimson Clover and Essex Dwarf Rape Seeds 
Samples and prices on application; dealers only. 
S CRIMSON CLOVER SEED^r. r« 
price address CHAS. BARKER. Milford, Del. 
1,000,000 
Peach Trees 
grown on the bank of Lake 
Erie, two miles from any 
peach orchards and guar¬ 
anteed free from Scale, 
Borers, Yellows, etc. Large 
stock of Pear, Plum, 
Cherry, Quince and immense supply of Small 
Fruit plants. Headquarters for Ornamental 
Trees and Shrubs. A quarter of a million of 
low down budded roses. 
32 Greenhouses filled with Roses, Palms, 
Araucarias, Ficus, Dracenas, Pandanus, etc. 
Will have immense stocks of best Holland Bulbs 
for fall. 45th year. 1000acres. Correspondence 
and personal inspection solicited. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., 
CLOVER SEED JK 
Wholesale and retail. Prices on 
application. K. S. Johnston, Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
OwImitAH DIhiiaw —I have a fine lot of pure 
unmson UlOVGl seed that is acclimated 
for sale at $3 per bu. Just the thing for fruit 01 c hards; 
also for sowing at last cultivation of corn. Sow from 
July 20 to August 15. Cash with order. 
ALBER T WOOD. Carlton Station, N. Y. 
Celery Plents '^cTellis, Mmsboro, Dei. 
C elery Plants, best var. from March sowing $1.25 
1,000; $0 $ 10,000. Wm. Herzog, Morris Plains, N.J 
We PAY 
CASH each WEEK the year round, if 
you sell Stark Trees. Outfit free. 
Box 8, 
Painesvilie, Ohio. 
STARK NURSERY, LOUISIANA, MO., Stark. Mo., Rockport, 111., Dansville, N. Y 
REMEMBER 
FOR 
DANTSVIXjTjE, iKTZE'W YORK. 
BLACK DEATH 
The best and cheapest Insecticide on the market. Instant death to potato 
bugs, and will not injure the vines. A fine dry powder ready for immediate 
■ use. Recommended oy Edward F. Dibble, the largest grower of Seed Potatoes 
in the United States. To introduce, special price, 100-pound keg, $1. AGENTS WANTED. Address for 
full particulars O-AT-KA CHEMICAL CO., Le Roy, N. Y. 
