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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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FINE JAPAN PLUM SEEDLINGS. 
We have received the following- notes 
from C. G. Bushnell, of Centerbrook, 
Conn., dated August 6. 
I send you a little box of seedling plums from 
Abundance pits. The tree from •which the pits 
were taken was surrounded by as many as 20 dif¬ 
ferent kinds—European, American and Japan. 
Standing nearest it was an Ogon, and as most of 
the seedlings show either red or yellow, it would 
seem .as though they might be crossed with that 
variety. The exception to this is the No. 2 sent 
you. All are earlier than Abundance, No. 3 being 
the earliest of those sent. The trees are five 
rears old next Spring, and have borne the last 
three years. Even this year when there is very 
little fruit, they are loaded. I send them to you, 
not because they are the best plums that there 
are, but to show what we may hope for by cross¬ 
ing the Japan plums, not only with themselves, 
but with native and European varieties. 
The plums were received in perfect con¬ 
dition. Most of them tvere as good in 
quality as the best Japan plums with 
which we are familiar, and all of them 
superior to stick varieties as Ogon and 
Willard. No. 1 averages as large as Sat- 
suma. It is nearly round with a distinct 
suture. The color is crimson upon a yel¬ 
low ground ; skin firm, flesh yellowish, 
very juicy, pits small and nearly free. 
In quality, it is fully as good as, if not 
better than, the Abundance. No. 2 is 
longer than broad. Suture obscure. The 
color of the skin is a dark purple, flesh 
purple, growing yellowish towards the 
free pit. The flesh is exceedingly juicy, 
tender and rich. No. 3 is round with an 
obscure suture, not quite so large as No. 
2 and about 1 % inch in diameter. Color 
yellow, sprinkled with crimson dots. 
Flesh yellow, exceedingly juicy and 
somewhat sweeter than the Abundance. 
No. 4 seems much like No. 3. 
We are glad to have received these 
splendid plums, showing, as they do, 
what we may hope for from raising seed¬ 
lings of our best varieties of Japan 
plums or from crosses with native and 
foreign kinds. 
The Butler & Jewell Co., of Crom¬ 
well, Conn., sent us a little box of the 
Kerr Japan plum, the first that we have 
seen of this variety. They were about 
the size of the Ogon, or about IK inch 
in diameter, and of a yellow color with 
pointed tip. The Company “considers 
it of quite indifferent quality and not 
worthy of general dissemination. It 
ripens in Cromwell with or a little be¬ 
fore Abundance.” .Judging by these 
specimens of the Kerr, we fully agree 
with the Company that the variety is not 
vv orthy of dissemination. 
Mr. S. D. Willard, of Geneva, N. Y., 
alluding to what we said on page 546 
about the Bagnard blackberry, writes : 
“ I have been growing it for years with 
great satisfaction, and regard it as one 
of the best I have ever tested. It seems 
as hardy as Snyder, far superior in qual¬ 
ity, and I believe it should be more gen- 
er illy grown.”. 
The Fobdhook Fancy Tomato. —Mr. 
E. C. Green, of Medina, Ohio, finds this 
new 7 variety among the earliest of toma¬ 
toes and remarkable in several respects. 
The leaf is different from that of any 
other tomato he has raised, being of a 
deep green color, sharply pointed and 
cleft. This is very well shown in the il¬ 
lustration, Fig. 291. The tomatoes are 
alw r ays smooth and handsome, usually 
borne in clusters, solid and of a bright 
red color. The plants are so strong and 
erect in growth as to need very little 
support. This variety w r as introduced 
by W. A. Burpee & Co. the present sea¬ 
son. Mr. A. I. Root, in his “ Bee Glean¬ 
ings,” says that it is “ the handsomest 
tomato plant the w 7 orld ever saw.” 
We ought not to judge this or any 
other newcomer tomato as grown at the 
Rural Grounds this cold, wet, humid sea¬ 
son. As compared with other kinds on 
trial, it is not particularly early. The 
plants are bushes rather than vines, re¬ 
sembling the Tomato de laye, two to 
three feet high. The leaves are exces¬ 
sively crinkled—blistered, so to say, and 
of a very dark green color. The fruit is 
borne low, so that it helps to hold the 
plants upright. It is of medium size 
only, nearly round, smooth and solid. 
The color is a medium red. The toma¬ 
toes do not thus far (August 15) crack. 
Owing to the dwarf habit of the Ford- 
hook Fancy, its thick stems and short 
laterals, the plants may be set nearer to 
one another, by one-half, than those of 
ordinary varieties. 
A single plant of anew canna, named 
Pandora, was sent to us by Luther Bur¬ 
bank, of Santa Rosa, Cal., with whom it 
originated. It is of the so-called or¬ 
chid class and, in so far as the w r riter is 
informed, it has no equal. The outer 
petals are very broad and large, meas¬ 
uring over three inches long, and tw r o 
inches in width. The color of the petals 
is different from any other canna we 
have seen, being of a rich golden orange, 
mingled with lines of crimson, the 
innermost petal being partly yellow. 
The fully open flower measures fully 
five inches. The plant is at this time 
less than three feet high, having been 
dwarfed, probably, by the uncongenial 
weather of the season. The leaves are of 
a dark purple color, narrow, and of me¬ 
dium length. We find this canna men¬ 
tioned among the novelties in Henry A. 
Dreer’s catalogue (Philadelphia, Pa.) It 
is there said that this variety grows to 
the height of six feet. 
We are sorry to report that the leaves 
of our .Japan Chestnut trees are being 
blighted by mildew ; just what the fun¬ 
gus is, we do not at present know. At 
a little distance, they have the appear¬ 
ance of having been scorched. The dis¬ 
ease is, thus far, confined to grafted 
Japans. The seedlings, of which we 
have 25 or more, are not as yet affected. 
The Paragon trees are bearing, as usual, 
an immense crop of nuts. 
Under date of August 17, Ellwanger & 
Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., write us as 
follows: 
The Agnes Emily Carman rose was excellent 
this year; if it does as well in other places as it 
does here, there will be a demand for it in the 
future. It flowers abundantly and continues in 
bloom a long time. The color is good. 
We think Aglaia (Yellow Rambler) and Thalia 
are going to be valuable. The former is yellow 
only in bud and when half open; afterwards it is 
white, but it is flue, nevertheless, vigorous and 
tloriferous; the latter has daisy-like flowers and 
is very ornamental. 
Last July, we stated in this column 
that, though the flowers of the Crimson 
Rambler rose were without odor, bees 
were especially fond of them. The an¬ 
thers were unusually large, and it was 
their pollen that the bees sought. 
Mr. Gravelton, of Wayne County, Mo., 
writes that he budded the Crimson 
Rambler upon Manetti stock, and that 
the flowers were “ exquisitely perfumed, 
the odor being that of the wild rose.” If 
the buds he inserted in Manetti stock 
were true Crimson Ramblers, the “ex¬ 
quisite perfume ” must have been caused 
by the Manetti. Certain it is that flow¬ 
ers of the Crimson Rambler when on its 
own roots are odorless or nearly so. 
A SUBSCRIBER living in Wheeling, Va., 
writes us under date of August 18, as 
follows ; 
I have 14 plants of the Mexican June corn 
planted later than yours. The tallest measured 
13 feet 9 inches to-day. 
The adventitious, or aerial, roots of 
the monster stalks of this corn are most 
interesting. We shall later endeavor to 
illustrate the sturdy support thus given 
to the monster stalks. Most tall-grow¬ 
ing varieties send out aerial roots, but 
we have seen none so strong and numer¬ 
ous as those of the Mexican June. 
There has been so much wet weather 
that corn lodges, or partially so, from 
the effects of light winds that, in an or¬ 
dinary dry season, would not lodge it at 
all. A city farmer near us whose field 
of five acres of corn, planted too close, 
was lodged more than the corn of other 
fields, asked one of the Rural hands if it 
would not be a good idea to “ cut off the 
tops.” The corn being a late variety, 
was not yet in silk. 
We should be pleased to hear from any 
of our readers who are trying the new 
tomato, Livingston’s Honor Bright. To 
the writer it seems one of the most dis¬ 
tinct and valuable varieties ever tried in 
the Rural Grounds. We shall tell about 
it later. We fancy that Honor Bright 
has come to stay, and that it will not 
disgrace its excellent name. 
The New Wichuraiana-Tea Hybrids. 
—The R. N.-Y. is in receipt of a letter 
from a nursery firm, inquiring, in a con- 
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Pimples 
Are the danger signals of impure blood. 
They show that the stream of life is in 
bad condition, that health is in danger 
of wreck. Clear the track by taking 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and the blood will 
be made pure, complexion fair and 
healthy, and life’s journey pleasant and 
successful. Remember 
Hood’S S pari?la 
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $0 
Hood’s Pills cure indigestion, biliousness. 
For the best in the nursery line, both in 
FRUITS AND ORNAMENTALS 
and at prices to suit the times, consult 
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Strawberry Plants 
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Potash 
is as necessary to plants as 
bread is to man. Some crops 
need more Potash than others, 
but none can do without it. 
The character of soils must 
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Materials supplied for “Home Mixing .” 
I Want Clover 
Must be second 
crop — bright, 
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C. E. WHITE, Station V, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Primonn PI ftunr —1 >(XJ0 bu. home-grown Crimson 
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Jones Wheats. 
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Light Amber Longberry has a record of 54!4 bushels. 
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Mdsof Delaware Peach 
#25. per 1000. Trees and plants of new and old 
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Yields 60 bushels per acre. Price, $1.25 per bushel. 
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Danish Ball Cabbage “SSTSailS'pT, 
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DflTTCn STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Price-List 
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TREES 
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I Ilf 11 I make low prices on Bismarck Apple 
TV ILL Trees (genuine); Iceberg Blackberry 
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