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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 13 
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Mexican June Corn. —We have told 
our readers that we are trying the Mexi¬ 
can June corn as an ornamental plant, 
feeding it with all sorts of food that 
may induce it to grow, as it has else¬ 
where, 20 feet. This unusual season 
which, being cold and wet during its 
early part, is not, however, favorable to 
a great growth if we consider height 
alone. Seed of the Cuban Giant corn 
was planted beside the Mexican June 
last year. It was from the Huntington 
Seed Company, Indianapolis, Ind. The 
sialks grew to the height of 11 feet, 
bearing one ear each, rarely two. They 
were about a foot long, 12 rows, the 
kernels large, broad, deep, oval and 
crowded. Many ears were over three 
inches in diameter, the cob unusually 
small. It is a white dent variety. 
The Mexican June bore no ears. It is 
too late for this climate. It bore the 
broadest and longest leaves of any va¬ 
riety we have ever tried, and the stalks 
were the thickest. While other kinds 
lodged by high winds, this kind remained 
upright and firm in the soil. Most of 
the plants grew to a height of 13 feet— 
and this in poor soil. There was not an 
appearance of tassel or silk when growth 
was stopped by frost. We asked our 
readers to try this corn as an ornamental 
plant. The seed came from J. J. II. 
Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass. 
An Ogon plum tree, from the Storrs & 
Harrison Co., Painesville, O., was planted 
October, 1894. It is now 10 feet high 
and widely spreading. It bore a full 
crop last year, and was so laden this 
year, that only about one plum in four 
was allowed to remain. The plums be¬ 
gan to ripen about July 20, and will con¬ 
tinue to ripen until about August 5. 
The Ogon plum, when fully ripe, meas¬ 
ures 1% inch in diameter either way, 
being nearly round. The skin is of a 
bright yellow color, and so is the flesh. 
The flesh is thick, moderately juicy, 
tender, but acid, so that one does not 
relish it raw. The pit is small and en¬ 
tirely free. We do not think that the 
Ogon will ever prove of special value 
except for canning, for which purpose it 
is certainly excellent. 
Our Five-Leaved Clover Plant.— 
Some of our readers may remember that 
we found a clover plant along the way- 
side, some of the stems of which bore 
five leaflets and many of them four. 
The plant was removed to the back gar¬ 
den, where it is now thriving. A pecu- 
liaritj 7 of this plant which we have never 
seen before in any clover is, that many 
of the leaflets have, growing out of the 
midrib on the back, another leaflet, so 
that some of the stems have six leaflets. 
It seems to us that variations of this 
sort should be carefully cultivated. 
Awnless Brome Grass. —We have been 
cutting some of this nearly every day 
since about June 1. The grass first cut 
is now fully two feet high, and the later 
cuttings are growing vigorously. 
Pink Cupid Sweet Pea. —The plants 
are now dying. They were more vigor¬ 
ous than those of the White Cupid ; still 
it is not a success at the Rural Grounds. 
Eldorado Blackberry. —Our plants 
were sent to us.by J. T. Lovett and E. 
W. Reid, the same month, April, 1894. 
We think that we may now fairly pass 
a judgment upon them. The plants are 
vigorous and hardy. The berries are of 
medium size and of fair quality only. 
The plants are not productive. This 
does not at all accord with the praises 
that the catalogues give this variety, 
except as to hardiness. 
The Minnewaski. —We have had plants 
of this variety since May, 1888. In the 
grounds of its originator, the late A. J. 
Caywood, we have never seen more 
productive canes or more beautiful ber¬ 
ries. At the Rural Grounds, the plants 
arehardjq but not very productive. We 
should be glad if our readers would tell 
us how it thrives with them. 
We have had Lovett’s Best blackberry 
on trial since April, 1890. The plants are 
hardy and thrifty, the berry of medium 
size and fair quality, but, as we have 
said of the Minnewaski and Eldorado, 
the plants are not so productive as are 
those of Erie, Kittatinny, Snyder, Taylor 
and Early Cluster. 
We are trying Jadoo fibre and Jadoo 
liquid with corn and tomatoes; eight 
tomato plants were set in the garden 
June 1, each root placed upon the fibre 
“ as much as you can hold in the palm of 
your hand” as instructed. Under the 
roots of eight other plants, no fibre was 
used. On July 25, it became necessary 
to remove both lots of plants, and no 
difference could be distinguished be¬ 
tween them as to size or vigor of the 
vines. The result of field experiments 
with the Jadoo fibre will be given later, 
as will, also, the effect of the Jadoo 
liquid upon corn plants. One lot of corn 
receives the liquid (48 parts water to one 
part liquid) every week. A second lot is 
watered with rain water alone as needed. 
The third lot receives no liquid and is 
not watered. 
All know of and value the Chinese Wis¬ 
taria, but we rarely hear of the American 
variety, which is perfectly hardy at the 
Rural Grounds, while the Chinese is not. 
Besides, the Chinese Wistaria blooms in 
May and June, and Frutcscens blooms 
from July until frost. The flowers are 
exceedingly sweet, of a delicate lilac 
color borne in racemes of more than six 
inches in length. The old Trumpet 
Creeper (Tecoma radicans) and the Amer¬ 
ican Wistaria make a fine combination, 
as they both bloom at the same time.... 
Correction. —On page 498, under straw¬ 
berry notes, we described Baker’s Seed¬ 
ling No. 1. It should have been Buker’s 
Seedling, having originated with F. M. 
Bulrer, of Rome City, Noble County, Ind. 
With him, the berry averages large, 
some weighing two ounces. The vines 
are very productive. 
Our old friend, the New York Farmer, 
doesn’t at all agree to our report as to 
the behavior of the Wm. Belt strawberry. 
It says: 
We have been quite favorably impressed with 
a row of the Belt in our garden. They did not 
flourish very well last season, but this season 
they have done much better. Contrary to the 
experience of The R. N.-Y., we And the fruit very 
regular in shape—not one berry in 50 diverging 
from the regular type, round and somewhat 
elongated. The foliage seems very healthy. 
The Wm. Belt, as we stated, has many 
friends ; but it does not seem to thrive 
in the Rural Grounds. 
HOW TO USE A WEEDER. 
MR. BREED, THE INVENTOR, TALKS. 
I see by The R. N.-Y. and other agri¬ 
cultural papers, that the question of 
how to use the weeder is often up for 
discussion. I began years ago with the 
one that has been alluded to in TnE R. 
N.-Y., made of springy sticks stuck into 
a 4x4 hemlock joist. With me, that has 
developed into the Zephaniah Breed 
weeder. Last Spring, I decided to make a 
test of different 'kinds of crops on the 
same piece of land,and use them just alike 
as to fertilizing and cultivation. It was 
old ground, planted the year before to 
corn. Because of press of other matters, 
coupled with a little carelessness, the 
Fall plowing was not done. Conse¬ 
quently, owing to frequent rains in the 
Spring, the plow did not find it, till 
quite a sod of weeds and sorrel had been 
formed. It was hastily and rather 
poorly plowed, but the harrow did good 
work, and left it for the weeder to 
finish. Twice over with it, gathered the 
stubble into rows. This was carted off, 
and the planting was done. 
I put in corn, beans, peas, squashes 
pumpkins, cucumbers, and turnips. In 
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