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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 24 
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uralisms 
YELLOW-WOOD DISAPPOINTMENT. 
AVhile planting 1 the Rural Grounds 27 
years ago, we sought the advice of those 
who, from experience, might well be sup¬ 
posed to know what they were giving 
advice about. Among our earliest ac¬ 
quaintances was the late Andrew S. 
Fuller, then an associate editor of 
Moore’s Ruisal Nhw-Yokkkr. To him, 
more than to any other person, we are 
indebted for sound advice which, in the 
main, guided us admirably in the selec¬ 
tion of trees and shrubs adapted to our 
grounds. His beautiful place was scarce¬ 
ly two miles away. Thither we went 
on all occasions when we wanted instruc¬ 
tion or guidance. The central tree on 
his rather spacious lawn was a Yellow- 
wood—Cladrastis tinctoria—the Virgilia 
lutea of Michaux. It was a perfect 
specimen, perfect in all ways, with a 
beautiful round head and clean, grayish 
bark. We decided to make the Yellow- 
wood the central tree of our front lawn 
and, for 20 years, we had no occasion to 
regret it. It finally grew to be rather 
large, however, for the extent of the 
lawn, so that it was twice necessary to 
cut it back with some severity. The tree 
is now dying, and will be removed this 
Fall. Our readers may well imagine 
that we regret this necessity, since the 
surrounding trees, shrubs and beds were 
planted and laid out with a view to re¬ 
taining this as the central figure. 
We have no idea what injury the tree 
has sustained, except that it could not 
bear cutting back. The Fuller tree no 
longer exists. In the earlier days, this 
tree was so fascinatingly beautiful that 
we could not write enough in its favor. 
Perhaps there are now many of our read¬ 
ers who were induced to plant it; if so, 
we should be glad to hear from them as 
to how Ihe trees still thrive. 
The Yellow-wood belongs to the pea 
family. There are from 7 to 11 leaflets, 
each about three inches long, ovate in 
shape, and of a bright green color. The 
individual flowers are nearly an inch in 
length, borne during the Spring in pen¬ 
dulous racemes, not unlike those of the 
Wistaria. The wood is of a light yellow 
color, hard and firm; Mr. Fuller says: 
“ It makes excellent fuel, and is desir¬ 
able for all kinds of mechanical purposes 
where a fine, hard wood is required. The 
roots are almost as tough and strong as 
a hempen rope, and it requires a sharp 
spade to cut them in transplanting”. It 
is a native of Kentucky and Tennessee, 
but it is nowhere abundant. It is prop¬ 
agated very readily from seeds, which 
may be purchased for 50 cents an ounce. 
NEW TOMATOES. 
The season has heen so unusual—so 
cold and late during the early part and 
so excessively hot and humid since—that 
our reports should not be regarded as 
conclusive or final. 
Burbank Preserving. —This is a pro¬ 
duction of Luther Burbank, introduced 
by W. Atlee Burpee & Co , of Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. No remarkable claims are 
made for this newcomer. The catalogue 
states: “The fruits are borne abund¬ 
antly in clusters, they are of the bright¬ 
est scarlet color, and no other small 
tomato is of such rich, sweet flavor.” We 
find the vines very dwarf, leaves dark 
green, crinkled and blistered. The to¬ 
matoes, which are nearly one inch in 
diameter, are borne in little clusters of 
about half a dozen. The variety may 
have some value for preserving, as has 
the so-called strawberry tomato. 
Dwarf Golden Champion. —This is 
what is claimed for it by Mr. Burpee: 
“In dwarf, compact habit of growth, 
the plant is an exact counterpart of the 
favorite Dwarf Champion, but the hand¬ 
some fruits are of a beautiful lemon 
color, very solid and of unusually fine 
flavor.” At the Rural Grounds, the vines 
are dwarf, the tomatoes regular, of 
medium size and of a yellow color. We 
do not kno v of any yellow tomatoes that 
are popular, either for home use or for 
the market. Of all the varieties we have 
tried, we should, at this time, prefer the 
Lemon Blush. 
Fordhook Fancy (Burpee).—It is 
claimed that “ the plant is so compact 
and erect in growth that it requires no 
stake, hence it is that more plants can 
be set to a given area than of any other 
variety, making it easily the most pro¬ 
ductive good tomato in cultivation.” We 
find the vines dwarf, leaves much crink¬ 
led, tomatoes of only medium size, ripen¬ 
ing midseason. 
Freedom, from Peter Henderson & Co. 
The claim is made that its value “ lies 
not only in the actual time of ripening 
its first fruit, but that such enormous 
quantities of fruit can be gathered while 
all other so-called ‘ Earliest ’ are ripen¬ 
ing only a few.” We find the tomatoes 
of medium size, very smooth, orange red. 
The vines are prolific, the tomatoes ripen 
well around the stem, flesh solid with 
comparatively few seeds. We may not 
speak definitely as to its season of ripen- 
ing. 
New Combination. —Seeds of this new 
variety were sent out by Mr. Burpee for 
advance trial. It lias not yet been of¬ 
fered for sale. No claims are made for 
it. As grown at the Rural Grounds dur¬ 
ing the present season, we have failed to 
notice anything remarkable about it. 
Miesse’s Grand New, from W. H. 
Maule, Philadelphia, Pa. — Tomatoes 
smooth, medium size, orange red color, 
medium quality ; ripens midseason. 
Never before, in our experience of up¬ 
wards of 30 years, have the Hackensack 
melons grown to so large a size as dur¬ 
ing the present season. Some of them 
are nearly a foot in diameter, thickly 
netted, and looking as though they were 
of the first quality ; they are, however, 
of very poor quality. A melon grower 
near the Rural Grounds said to the 
writer a few daj's ago, “ We cannot sell 
them at any price.” This is an encour¬ 
aging sign. The demand for little melons 
of the Emerald Gem type is rapidly 
growing, the quality of which is always 
first-rate. It takes a long time to edu¬ 
cate the market, but it appears that it is 
possible to do so. The market is grow¬ 
ing tired of California peaches and of 
Kieffer pears, and now we are glad to 
see that it is preferring the little musk- 
melons of exquisite quality to the larger 
ones of inferior quality. 
On the 2nd instant, we received from 
Thomas Bowman & Son, Rochester Star 
Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., a pear 
borne by a seedling of Clapp’s Favorite. 
It is eight years ago this Fall that the 
seed was planted, and the seedling tree 
has been in bearing for the past four 
years. The originator says: “ The 
thermometer has been as low as 35 de¬ 
grees, and often 30 degrees F. below 
zero. The tree is without a blemish. 
As for the pear, 1 think it is more profit¬ 
able than the Flemish Beauty, as the 
Flemish Beauty is worthless three years 
out of five here (Ontario), and this seed¬ 
ling pear has done well every year since 
it commenced bearing.” 
The pear received is distinctly pyri¬ 
form, 3}£ inches from the stem to the 
calyx, of light green color, closely 
sprinkled with dots of a darker green. 
The flesh is white, very juicy, buttery, 
sub-acid, better in quality than Clapp's 
Favorite, and without seeds. It cer¬ 
tainly seems worthy of introduction.... 
According to Mr. W. J. Graves, of 
Perry, O., it would seem that, whether 
the pit of different varieties of peaches 
cling more or less to the flesh depends, 
in a measure, upon the weather. He 
finds that the pits of his seedling peach 
cling somewhat, while in 'previous sea- 
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