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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 8 
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; Ruralisms 
All communications intended for Rural- 
isms from now until May 1, should he ad¬ 
dressed to E. S. Carman, No. 5 West 82nd 
Street, New York City. We shall he glad 
to hear from any of our friends . 
The Last of the Jadoo Fibre Trials. 
—On June 8, we planted three lots of the 
Brazilian Flour corn in one row ; later, 
after the plants had grown to the height 
of a foot, each lot was thinned out to 
10 plants ; later, some of them suckered 
more, and some not at all. The first 
lot was treated to Jadoo Liquid every 
week, adding 48 parts of water to one 
part of liquid, as directed by the Ameri¬ 
can Jadoo Co. The second lot received 
water only. The third lot received 
neither water nor Jadoo Liquid. It 
should be borne in mind that the season 
has been exceedingly wet. 
No. 1.—There were 17 stalks, 9 to 10 
feet in height. The weight of stalks 
and ears was 35 pounds. There were 
16 ears which weighed 11 pounds. The 
ears averaged 10 inches in length, about 
12 rows, and about 52 kernels to the row. 
No. 2.—There were 10 stalks. Plants 
averaged from 8 to 10 feet high. The 
weight of stalks and ears was 28% 
pounds. There were 10 ears which 
weighed 10 pounds. 
No. 3.—There were 14 stalks, 8 to 10 feet 
in height. The weight of stalks and 
ears was 35 pounds. There were 19 
ears, which weighed 12J£ pounds. It 
will be seen, therefore, that the plot 
that received no water or Liquid Jadoo 
yielded one-fourth pound more total 
weight than the Jadoo Liquid plot, and 
1 pound more of ears ; and that the plot 
that received rain water yielded in total 
weight 6 % pounds less than the Jadoo 
Liquid plot and one pound less of ears.. 
The chemical composition of Jadoo 
fibre is as follows : Nitrogen, 0.6 ; total 
phosphoric acid, 0.45 ; potash, 0.13. Jadoo 
Liquid is as follows: Nitrogen, 0.1; 
trace of phosphoric acid ; potash, 0.33... 
The Japan Pendulous Rose-flowered 
Cherry. —Cerasus Japonica rosea pen- 
dula. Our only specimen was planted 
during April of 1890. It is grafted on 
a stock five feet high. Many of the 
branches nearly reach the ground, 
thickly clothed with leaves as shown in 
Fig. 317. The tree itself is now seven 
feet high, but this is owing to the fact 
that the topmost branches have been per¬ 
mitted to grow from the stock instead of 
from the pendulous scion. It is regarded 
by many as one of the most beautiful 
pendulous trees in cultivation for small 
places—far more desirable than the 
coarse Kilmarnock weeping willow. It 
blooms during the early part of May, 
and the branches are then fairly well 
clothed with rosy white flowers. The 
buds are especially pretty. 
On September 16, we received from the 
Jackson & Perkins Co., of Newark, 
Wayne County, N. Y., several seedling 
peaches. They were of medium size, 
nearly white skin, with a crimson cheek. 
The flesh is nearly white, and of the first 
quality. The pit is small and free. The 
company writes : “ Its distinctive quality 
is the extreme hardiness of the tree, it 
having stood a temperature 22 to 25 de¬ 
grees F. below zero, several Winters ago, 
and yet produced a good crop.”. 
The editor of the Canadian Horticul¬ 
turist asked one of the largest firms of 
Liverpool whether it would pay to ship 
Canadian tomatoes to England. The 
reply was as follows : 
I think it will pay. They are being grown in 
hothouses, and also being imported quite freely; 
the English taste is being rapidly educated to de¬ 
mand them, and they pay from three to six cents 
per pound for them in Covent Garden. Surely 
that would pay, when you see them in Canada at 
25 cents a bushel. They should be wrapped in 
thin, white or very light-colored tissue, showing 
the red through it. 
If we were going to ship tomatoes to 
England, we would select Livingston's 
new variety, Honor Bright, and we 
would pick the tomatoes while they were 
white, so that they might be offered for 
sale in England while still in perfect 
condition and of the bright orange color 
to which they finally change. They then 
resemble, as we have said before, oranges 
more than they do tomatoes, or perhaps 
we would better compare them to huge 
Japan persimmons. 
Mr. C. J. Fox, of South London, On¬ 
tario, Can., speaks of the Honor Bright 
tomato very much as we described it in 
these columns a week or so ago. He 
says : “ Its growth is very different from 
that of any other tomato. The leaves 
are of a pale green color, approaching 
yellow. The tomatoes assume three dif¬ 
ferent colors, and they are very even in 
shape and size—in fact, the shape is per¬ 
fect. It is a great yielder, and when 
ripe, the bright red color is found .all 
through the tomato, making it a grand 
one for slicing. The flavor is exquisite. 
All Honor to the Bright, good old man 
Livingston for giving us another example 
of what brains and industry can accom¬ 
plish.” 
Mr. II. A. Terry, of Crescent, la., a 
member of the Iowa State Horticultural 
Society, has this to say regarding the 
Honor Bright : “ I find it a peculiar to¬ 
mato. It is very prolific, of fair and even 
shape, quite large enough for use, and 
of unusually fine flavor. It has the 
peculiarity of turning white when fully 
grown, leading one to suppose that it 
will be yellow when ripe. Such is not 
the case, however, as it changes to a 
beautiful scarlet when fully ripe. I con¬ 
sider it one of the best.” Mr Terry is 
also much pleased with the R. N.-Y. 
Lemon Blush. 
Monster Cucumbers. —The following 
note from Mr. Daniel Graves, of Palmer, 
Mass., needs no comment: 
Reading in The R. N.-Y. of September 17, of the 
large cucumber raised by Mr. A. J. Silberstein, 
of Framingham, Mass., I write to say that I have 
picked from my vines a cucumber weighing b% 
pounds, measuring 20 inches in length, 12 inches 
in largest circumference, 11 inches in smallest. 
I have picked cucumbers from the same vines 
that measured 26 inches in length. The flesh is 
of excellent quality, and they weie grown with 
ordinary culture from seeds sent out by the John 
A. Salzer Seed Company. No doubt if they had 
been forced, they would easily have attained a 
length of three feet. 
Allemannia is another of Burbank’s 
splendid Cannas. The style and size of 
the flowers are very much like those of 
Burbank’s Pandora described a few 
weeks ago. The root sends up more 
stems, and the leaves are broader and of 
a bright green color. The flowers seem 
to be close upon perfection. They are 
fully four inches in diameter, and so 
fully imbricated that all the petals over¬ 
lap each other by an inch or more. The 
broadest petals measure 2^ inches across 
and 3% inches in length. The margins 
are a brilliant yellow, the rest of the 
petal a light, bronzy red. The plants 
grow to the height of about five feet. 
Roots were sent to us by Henry A. Dreer, 
of Philadelphia, Pa., who rightly, we 
think, regards it as the best of its class. 
We hope that our readers will make a 
note to procure roots or plants of this 
magnificent variety next Spring. 
We do not know of any vine that en¬ 
dures drought and shade better than 
the Climbing Hydrangea. It, also, makes 
a luxuriant growth in the poorest soil.. 
Fall Medicine 
Is Fully as Important and Beneficial 
as Spring Medicine. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is just the medicine 
to keep the blood rich and pure, create an 
appetite, give good digestion and tone 
and strengthen the great vital organs. 
It wards off malaria, fevers and other 
forms of illness which so readily over¬ 
come a weak and debilitated system. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. 
Hood’s Pills cure indigestion. 25 cents. 
BRIDGEMAN’S 
CATALOGUE OF 
Potash 
Bulbs and Seeds 
FOR FALL PLANTING, 
mailed free to all applicants. 
37 East 19th Street, New York. 
ESTABLISHED 1824. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS 
$3 and up per 1.000. Strawberry Plants cheap; other 
Berry 1’iants. Turkeys, % Bronze, % Wild. List free. 
WM CARSON & 80N, Rutland, Ohio. 
I ADAM Dl IIMC PEARS and QUINCES, 15 *100. 
JAiAPl rLUmo peaches & currants, $ 3 . 
Cat. Free. RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 10, Geneva, N.Y. 
Our Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue 
of Fruit Bearing Fruit Trees and Plants mailed 
FREE. w. M. PETERS’ SONS, Wesley. Md. 
Prices low. Fall catalogue free. 
Established 1869. 150 acres. 
The Geo. a. Sweet NurskryCo 
Box 1605, Dansvllle. N. Y. 
BISMARCK 
apple we believe to be the most valuable apple for 
market or garden that has ever been introduced. 
Hundreds of trees, two years old. full of fruit. 
C. F. MacNAIR & CO.. Dansville. N. Y. 
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REES AND PLANTS 
New and choice varieties, Black berries, St raw- 
berries, Miller and Loudon Raspberries, the great 
_ market reds, Delaware Peach, Vvickson Plum. We 
mvn too mnnfT. CntMoir free. Mvpr ft 's/in RrMopvlllp. HpI. 
PRESIDENT WILDER. 
The Prize Currant. 
PLANTTHE MONEY-MAKER. 
Plant in Autumn. 
Prices given on application. 
S. I). WILLARD, Geneva, N. Y 
PEACH 
APPLE 
PEAR 
Trees — also small 
fruits — our specialties. 
Order early for fall 
shipment and get 
special low prices. 
JOS. H.BLACK, S0N&C0., 
Yllage Nurseries, 
IIIQIITSTOWN. N. J. 
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 
also be considered, some soils 
being more deficient in plant 
: food (Potash, phosphoric acid 
and nitrogen) than others. 
Every farmer should read 
our pamphlets containing full 
particulars of the large number 
of experiments made by Experi¬ 
ment Stations with fertilizers on 
different soils and crops. 
These pamphlets can be had free on application. 
GERHAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Northern Wisconsin grown. Bovee, Ohio Jr., Sir Wal¬ 
ter Kaleigh, Carmans and Ktirals. Prices low. 
Write NOHMAN NELSON, Laney, Wis. 
I nnn PI CM M ADV strawberry Pits for $2 50 . 
IjUUU uLtll lYIAn I T.C.Kevitt.Athenla.N.J 
I m|| | make low prices on Bismarck Apple 
■I ILL Trees (genuine); Iceberg Blackberry 
(tine plants): Imp’d Filbert Nut (new),and a general 
line of nursery stock. C. L. YATES, Rochester, N.Y 
THE NEW FROST-PROOF REACH, 
IRON MOUNTAIN EVERYWHERE 
PEACH. PEAR, PLUM. APPLE Tices. New Fruits 
suid Berries—Snecialties. Lowest nrices. Catalogue 
Special Sale. 
Call’s Nurseries, Perry, Ohio, are making a 
Special Fall Sale of FRUIT TREES, at greatly 
reduced jirices. To those of our readers who are 
wishing to set fruit trees of any kind, this is the 
“ Chance of a Lifetime ” to secure the best qual¬ 
ity of strictly first-class trees at bottom prices. 
No finer trees were ever offered for sale, and all 
trees are warranted free from scale or disease of 
any kind. Write them for price-list, stating the 
number of trees wanted. 
Finest lot of PEACH TREES in tho country, free from borers, scale, yellows, 
etc. Largo stocks of Pear, Plum, Apple, Cherry, Apricot, Quince. Immense 
supply of Small Fruits. Headquarters for 
Ornamental Trees, Roses, Shrubs. 
Extra fine lot of Teas Weeping Mulberry, Kilmarnock, New American and 
Wisconsin Weeping Willows, Camperdown Elm and Cut Leaved Weeping 
—— Birch. 44 greenhouses filled with Roses, Palms, Ficus, Geraniums, etc. 
Correspondence and personal inspection solicited. Catalogue and price list free. 45th year. 
44 greenhouses. 1000 acres. 
T-MP rtorrs He HARRISON CO.. Box 42 . Painesville. O. 
DWYER’S TREES , RLAIMTS 
and all NURSERY STOCK that can be planted with safety during the Fall 
months, are now ready for shipment. CATALOGUE of first-class stock mailed 
free to all who write for It. 
T. J. DWYER & SON, CORNWALL, N. Y. 
There is money in growing berries if you produce the right varieties in 
proper quantity. Sturt CYTDA CiftIC Dl AtlTC of tlle leading 
right by planting our EA I fill lINE t LA II I O standard sorts of 
Raspberries, Gooseberries, Strawberries, Blackberries, Currants, Grapes, 
etc. All stock disease free, under certificate of State Entomoloigst. 
Largest grower in tile world. Best selection. Dont buy until you get my 
free catalogue and prices. ALLEN L. WOOD, ROCHESTER, N. T. 
MAKE 
MONEY 
in life does not necessarily mean great riches. It’s success 
in these times to " lay by a hundred a year,” or even make 
both ends meet. We cannot all expect great things. 
Successwanl helps in fruit-growing will be found in our 
_catalogue for Fall. It does not tell you how to get rich 
quick, nor is everything praised merely to sell the trees, but assisted by H. K. Van Deman, Geo. T. l’owell 
and ol hers, our effort has been to tell the truth about varieties, and make it of value and assistance to cus¬ 
tomers. You can’t help but see the difference between our catalogue and any others. Both the commercial 
and the home orchard are helps toward making life on the farm a success. Then why not plan now to plant 
an orchard this Fal I ? Drop us a line, and we will be glad to talk it over witli you. 
mmrnyiKRMH. THE ROGERS NURSERIES, Dansville, N. Y, 
SHRUBS, FLOWERS AND FRUITS. 
Most complete General Collection in America. Three thousand 
varieties described in a 200-page (free) Catalogue. “THE 
LEADING NEW ENGLAND NURSERY.” 
JACOB W. MANNING, Reading, Mass. 
BULBS SEEDS PLANTS 
is the time to plant bulbs for winter and spring flowering. Now is the time to 
Mil MV seed down for pasturage, hay or lawn. Now is the time to procure plants for 
■■ home adornment. The best in each class is fully described in our magnifleen* 
AUTUMN CATALOGUE mailed FREE on application. 
714 CHESTNUT STREET, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
POTATOES^ 
TRUCK 
CORN 1 
OATS j 
High-Grade BONE FERTILIZERS are best, most per¬ 
manent and cheapest. Our goods are especially adapted to 
spring crops. Special brands for potatoes, corn and oats, 
supplying plant food available for immediate use, and leaving 
something for future grass crops. None better or cheaper. 
1 . P. THOMAS & SOH CO ■ i 2 PHHlAI?ELPHIA° PA®*’ 
