1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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; Rural isms ; 
All communications intended for Ru/ral- 
isms from now until May 1, should be ad¬ 
dressed to E. S. Carman, No. 5 West 82nd 
Street, New York City. We shall be glad 
to hear from any of our f riends . 
The Cumberland Blackcap. —In The 
R. N.-Y. of December 11, 1897, we had the 
following to say of this variety : “ The 
plants were received from Jackson & 
Perkins, of Newark, N. Y., during the 
Pall of 1896. July 1, 1897 : Bei-ries large, 
black, with scarcely any bloom, drupe¬ 
lets small, quality excellent, about the 
size of Gregg ; firm and of far better 
quality. We do not know of a blackcap 
of better quality. Among the earliest 
to ripen ; beautiful, glossy black berries. 
Plants very prolific, from 10 to 14 berries 
to a cluster. Highly promising. The 
plants stood the Winter without injury. 
The Cumberland originated with David 
Miller, of Camp Hill, Pa ” Its portrait 
was given on page 802. During the past 
season, our blackcaps were so affected by 
anthracnose that we made no report. 
Now comes a letter from B. P. Poster, 
of Newark, N. Y. : “I want to say a 
few words in favor of the new blackcap 
raspberry Cumberland, which The R. 
N.-Y. was among the first to describe and 
illustrate. I had about five acres of it in 
fruiting the past Summer, and I am de¬ 
lighted with it. I had Ohio, Black Dia¬ 
mond and several other varieties grow¬ 
ing side by side with it and under exactly 
the same conditions. The Cumberland 
fully doubled the yield of Early Ohio, 
and is far ahead of all other varieties on 
my grounds. The fruit is so large and 
so abundant that it can easily be picked 
for one-third less than other sorts, and 
it is of such a fine appearance as to com¬ 
mand considerably above the market 
price of other varieties. I cannot too 
strongly commend this new berry.”. 
One of our potato vines, raised from 
true seed this season, measures at this 
time not less than seven feet in diame¬ 
ter, i. e., a circle of 21 feet is densely 
covei'ed with vines, and they are still, 
October 15, beautifully green and thrifty. 
Death of the Yellow - wood. —We 
have recently told our readers that por¬ 
tions of the Yellow-wood on the Rural 
Grounds died one after another until the 
tree became unsightly, and we deter¬ 
mined to dig it up. Several years ago, 
it will be remembered, a terrible tornado 
visited this part of the country. The 
Rural Grounds barely escaped ; the trunk 
of the Yellow-wood was cracked from 
the soil to the lowermost branches. In 
a season or so, the bark so grew over this 
crack that we had forgotten that the 
trunk was ever injured. When the tree 
was sawea in two, the crack was found 
to extend entirely through the trunk, 
and the bark had not thoroughly united, 
as seemed to be the case superficially. 
We dare say that this was the cause of 
the branches dying, one after another. 
As has been said, this tree was the cen¬ 
tral figure of the main lawn, and its loss 
so changes the appearance of that por¬ 
tion of the Rural Grounds, that we find 
it hard to become reconciled to its ab¬ 
sence. 
Mr. M. G. Kains, of Washington, D. C., 
writes us that all the Yellow-woods that 
he has seen are remarkably beautiful. 
The most beautiful specimen that he has 
seen is upon the grounds of the Michi¬ 
gan Agricultural College. It is about 15 
years old, and has never been trimmed. 
This tree is perfectly symmetrical and 
all that could be desired. 
Correction. —The following is from 
Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Cal. : 
“I notice that, in a late R. N.-Y., you 
give me the credit of originating the 
Pandora Canna. It is one of the late 
Italian Cannas, and I so stated in the 
note accompanying the root. I thought 
that you would like to see it, as I regard 
it as very fine.”. 
Grand Companions. — As has been 
stated in this department several times, 
a Purple beech (Fagus sylvatica pur¬ 
purea, of the catalogues) and a Golden 
oak (Quercus Robur pedunculata Con¬ 
cordia) were planted in the Rural Grounds 
side by side about 26 years ago. More 
charming companions, a finer contrast, 
we have never seen. Both trees are of 
the same size, about 25 feet in height. 
As the Golden oak grows about three 
times as fast as the Purple beech, it has 
been necessary to cut it back several 
times, in order to keep both trees about 
the same size ; but this has made a beauty 
of the Golden oak. It stands cutting 
back well. The tree is now so clothed 
in foliage, that few of the branches can 
be seen. Our readers should know that 
the habit of most oaks is spreading ; the 
branches reach out in every direction, 
and the branches are so far apart that 
considerable portions of the main trunk 
and of the secondary branches may be 
seen at a distance. In the early season, 
the leaves of the Golden oak are of a soft 
lemon color; those of the Purple beech 
are of a dark claret, changing to almost 
black ; later in the season, they become 
a dark green. The leaves of the Golden 
oak finally change to an ordinary green, 
but, in the early Pall, a new growth is 
made, and this new growth is of the same 
color as the first Spring growth, so that, 
at a little distance, the tree, especially 
the top, seems studded with bunches of 
yellow flowers. 
TnE Puller Quince. —This new va¬ 
riety was received from J. T. Lovett, dur¬ 
ing March of 1891. The trees began to 
bear during the season of 1896. In our 
issue of September 19 of that year, we 
made this comment: “They are, at this 
date (September 1), so small that there 
can be little chance of their ripening. 
We would not recommend the variety 
even for trial.” American Gardening 
replied to this comment as follows : “ It 
is undoubtedly one of the finest quinces 
we have. Its very delicate flavor and 
curiously weak odor are noticeable feat¬ 
ures.” 
We may say that, this year, the Fuller 
quince is bearing finer fruit than any 
other quince we have ever tried. The 
quinces are of large size, fair, lemon- 
colored skin, and of good flavor. The 
quinces were ripe, at least one week be¬ 
fore Alaska, Rea’s Mammoth or Orange. 
It was introduced by J. T. Lovett, of 
Little Silver, N. J., in the Spring of 
1891. It originated in the grounds of 
the late Mr. England, then the publisher 
of the New York Sun. Mr. England 
gave Mr. Puller a plant or so, and after 
his death, Mr. Fuller sold the stock he 
had accumulated to Mr. Lovett. 
Two trees of the Alaska quince were 
sent to us by Mr. C. A. Green, of 
Rochester, N. Y., during April of 1891. 
The quinces show no signs of ripening 
at this date, September 23. In previous 
years, they have not ripened until early 
October, when, curious to say, the Fuller 
quince was not yet ripe. Mr. Parry, of 
Parry, N. J., says that the Fuller is “the 
most reliable variety yet found, not hav¬ 
ing failed to produce a crop of the larg¬ 
est, handsomest and finest fruit in over 
20 years.” 
Elgin Watches 
vary in size but not in time telling—accuracy 
is an attribute of all Elgin Watches— 
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An Elgin W atch always has the word “Elgin” 
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