1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
285 
R UR A LIS MS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
As we have said, small plants of any 
of the grasses above described may be 
bought for from 25 to 30 cents each, but 
they are all readily propagated from 
seed, which germinates readily ; liberal 
packets are offered by seedsmen for from 
10 to 15 cents each, and from the packets, 
may be grown hundreds of seedlings. 
The seeds should be sown in pots or flats 
in good soil, and the plants pricked out 
and planted in the open garden, when 
they have attained the height of a couple 
of inches. 
Possibly a Giant Among Ornamental 
Grasses. —Here is a suggestion to our 
readers, and one which The R. N.-Y. is 
going to act upon. During the season 
of 1896. J. J. H. Gregory & Son, of Marble¬ 
head, Mass., kindly sent us a few kernels 
of what they called Mexican June corn. 
We found it to be a curiosity, indeed. 
They wrote it up as a “ Giant among 
corn, growing from 16 to 18 feet in 
height”. They regarded it as a grand 
variety for grain in the South, and for 
the silo in the North, and a grand 
curiosity for every section. 
We quote from our notes of Septem¬ 
ber, 1896: “The writer of these notes 
thought that he had tried all sorts of 
corn, but this is, indeed, a curiosity quite 
startlingly new. The kernels were 
planted in poor soil enriched with ferti¬ 
lizer, at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the 
acre, May 23. August 31: This variety 
is quite distinct from all varieties we 
have tried. It bears the longest and 
broadest leaves, and the lowest leaves are 
just about as green as those above. The 
stalks average three inches in diameter. 
The leaves are from four to five feet long, 
and about five inches wide in the widest 
part. The joints are, as compared with 
other field or silo kinds, close together, 
so that the amount of leaves, it may be 
conjectured, per given area is something 
beyond the amount borne by any other 
forage plant whatever. There is no 
chance of its maturing grain in the 
climate of the Rural Grounds, since, at 
this date, there isn't a sign of set, silk or 
tassel. The plants do not sucker.” Mr. 
Gregory says: “ On the Massachusetts 
seacoast, the plants reached a height 
of 16% feet, and, a 10-foot pole barely 
reached the lowest ear.” 
September 15, the tallest plants of the 
Mexican June corn were 14% feet high 
and still in vigorous growth. There is 
neither silk nor tassel yet in sight. On 
one of the largest plants, the writer 
counted 20 leaves averaging from three 
to four feet long and four inches wide. 
These plants grew in a field with 20 
other kinds of sweet and field corn. 
Many of the plants of the latter have 
been lodged by high winds, but there is 
not a plant of the Mexican June that is 
not erect. One would suppose that the 
plants would be the first to lodge, be¬ 
cause they offer a much greater resist¬ 
ance to high winds. 
One of our subscribers, Mr. W. W. 
Willson, of Mt. Sterling, Ivy., planted 
the Mexican June about May 5. He 
wrote us that it began to develop silk 
and tassels about the middle of August. 
On some of the plants, well-filled ears 
matured, but most plants did not bear 
any ears. Some of his plants grew to 
the height of 16 feet, the lowest ears be¬ 
ing 10% feet above the soil. Some stalks 
measure 3% inches in diameter. Mr. 
Willson alludes to adventitious roots 
growing out of joints five feet from the 
ground. Now we want our readers to 
join us in trying this Giant corn as an 
ornamental grass. Mr. Gregory, accord¬ 
ing to his catalogue, will furnish packets 
of kernels for 10 cents each. We want 
our readers to plant a dozen of these 
kernels in a circle of about 18 inches in 
diameter, with plenty of manure and 
fertilizer. After the plants have grown 
to about six inches in height, thin them 
out so that there will be about six plants 
in the circle. It strikes us that this may 
prove to be a very interesting experi¬ 
ment in the culture of Giant annual 
grasses. How many of our friends will 
join us in the trial ?. 
“ You say : ‘ Oh, for a potato that will 
get up earlier in the morning than the 
Early Ohio ! ’ According to the Michi¬ 
gan Experiment Station reports, the 
Early Andes matured in 89 days, the 
Early Ohio in 108 days, New Queen in 
101 days.”. 
F. W. Vail, of Milton, N. Y., has oc¬ 
casion to reproach Stone & Wellington, 
of Ontario, for selling through his sec¬ 
tion of country so-called Hungarian 
prune and plum trees for 60 cents each. 
Mr. Vail calls our attention to the fact 
that so good an authority as S. D. Wil¬ 
lard pronounces the Hungarian prune as 
identical with Pond’s Seedling. 
Potatoes in Iowa. 
W. H. C., Sumner, Iowa. —The Sir WiD 
liam stands first for great yield and fine 
table quality. Next comes California 
Burbank, equal to Sir William, then Car¬ 
man No. 3, which is equal in yield of 
marketable stock to the above, and will 
outsell in market or for seed any potato 
I have, and I have all the leading varie¬ 
ties. White Wonder and Columbus are 
fair here, medium early. Gov. Rusk and 
Carman No. 1 are good ones. The Rusk 
is pretty early. For early, Burpee’s and 
Excelsior are best, better than Maule’s 
Thoroughbred in a dry season. Those 
are my best varieties. I have a good 
word for Sir Walter Raleigh, and think 
he’ll get there. 
Boiken Apple. 
J. C., Ithaca, N. Y.—I am interested 
in the note by n. C. S., on the Boiken 
apple, page 244. This German apple has 
been in cultivation in the United States 
and Canada since 1884. It was imported 
by Prof. Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural 
College, in 1883, although it may have 
been introduced by nurserymen previous 
to that date. It has not done well in 
Canada as a root-grafted tree. The 
growth has been meager, gnarled, and 
decidedly dwarfish. The fruit is of 
medium size, flat and moderately at¬ 
tractive, a good keeper. As a top graft 
upon a strong stock, however, it has 
done much better, the fruit being large, 
well colored and of good quality. I have 
always thought it an apple worth culti¬ 
vating in a special manner—that is, by 
top-grafting on a vigorous stock. 
Fruit Trees in Wheat. 
II. C. B., Indiana County, Pa. —Some 
writers in The R. N.-Y. advise strongly 
against planting fruit trees in wheat; 
the theory sounds well, but theory must 
take a back seat when it conflicts with 
fact. In the Spring of 1894, I planted 
several hundred peach, pear and plum 
trees in a wheat field. At planting, a little 
fertilizer was dusted about the roots. 
The trees all made a fine growth from 
the first, and last year, the Japan plums 
bloomed profusely, and the Burbanks 
bore a fair crop. This year, the entire 
orchard is putting out a bloom that 
promises a fine crop. A finer orchard of 
its age I never saw. This Spring, I shall 
repeat the experiment, by planting sev¬ 
eral hundred trees in wheat, with do 
fear of failure. The only drawback is 
in harvesting the wheat. It has to be 
cut with the old-fashioned grain cradle, 
as the binder cannot be used. 
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