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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 25 
All communications intended for E. S. 
Carman, should be mailed to River Edge, 
Bergen County, N. J., from now until 
October 1. 
The Golden California Privet is 
worthy of ranking among the best of 
variegated shrubs, because of its hardi¬ 
ness, and because of the brightness of 
the color of its leaves, which are about 
half green and half yellow—the margins 
being yellow. It forms a compact bush, 
and seems to stand the Winters nearly 
as well as the species. Like most other 
variegated “ sports,” it is not so strong 
a grower as the “ parent,” if the plant 
from which a sport originates may be so 
called. Now and again, a branch grows 
every leaf of which is solid green 
of Waukegan. Ill., by mail. It was 
purely an experiment. The order was 
given in the late Winter to be filled in 
early Spring. Put the order was over¬ 
looked by Mr. Douglas until Fall. Then 
he mailed our order. They were at once 
planted, and nearly every tree survived 
the Winter, and made a thrifty growth 
the next Spring. Here was a bit of val¬ 
uable experience to upset our theory 
that evergreens should be transplanted 
in the early Spring. On June 8, these 
little plants—about a foot high—had 
made about half of their annual Spring 
and Summer growth. It occurred to us 
whether they might not then be safely 
transplanted. Accordingly, a dozen of 
them (Blue firs, Douglas and Blue 
spruces and White pines) were carefully 
spaded up, placed in a wheelbarrow and 
carried a quarter of a mile. The holes 
for them had been previously dug. The 
little trees were planted and well wa¬ 
tered. Really, they have thus far shown 
no ill effects from the transplantation.. 
During April, of 1897, about one dozen 
strawberry plants marked, “ The best 
strawberry in the world,” were received 
at the Rural Grounds. The name and 
address of the sender have become ob¬ 
scure. Should this note meet his eye, 
we ask him to furnish the needed in¬ 
formation... 
It must be upw r ards of 20 years ago 
that we planted Pissard’s plum, then a 
rare novelty. In the course of years, the 
trunk so overgrew the stock upon which 
it was grafted that the tree died. During 
the early Spring of last year, we planted 
another. It is now eight feet high, and 
is bearing about 50 plums. Prunus Pis- 
sardii is valuable for one reason more 
than for any other, viz., retaining the 
purple color of its leaves during the en¬ 
tire Summer. 
We are always thankful to those of 
our readers who, in response to our re¬ 
quest, tell us of their experience with 
the plants which we inquire about. C. 
B. Axline, of West Carlisle, Coshocton 
County, O., tells us how the Giant 
Mexican June corn behaves with him. 
In the Spring of 1896, he sent for a 
packet of the seed. That Fall, he had 
stalks 20 feet high. It was the talk of 
the section. In the Spring of 1897, he 
again planted more of it. The stalks 
did not grow so tall, 16 feet ; but the 
kernels ripened. These he saved, and 
June 1 he had corn 18 inches high from 
home-grown seed. Even the tiniest grain 
grew. He has it planted so that Lima 
beans will twine about it, that is, the 
corn is utilized for poles. His farm is 
about 75 miles north of the 40th parallel. 
Mr. J. H. Hale tells Mr. Chas. A. 
Green that, among recent fruit introduc¬ 
tions, nothing interests him so much as 
the Japan plums. He thinks there is 
much profit in them. They are vigorous, 
healthy, hearty, coming into bearing at 
an early age, have a thick skin, and will 
ship well. “ Some are so poor that you 
w’ould not give them to your mother-in- 
law, and some of them are so good that 
3 ’ou would think them good enough for 
your best girl, and some of them are 
good enough for the market.”. 
One plant of the new hybrid Rugosa, 
named Belle Poitevine, was sent to the 
Rural Grounds, at our request, during 
April, of 1897, by the Storrs & Harrison 
Company, of Painesville, Ohio. It began 
to bloom June 5. The flowers are large, 
semi-double, and of a light pink color, 
with the delicate fragrance of the Ru- 
gosas. There are nine leaflets to a leaf 
smaller than those of the parent Rugosa, 
but as crinkled and thick. Except that 
one cares for a full collection of hardy 
roses, we should not care for Belle 
Poitevine. The Agnes Emily Carman is 
superior to it in every way. So, too, is 
the Rugosa-Tea hybrid, Mad. Georges 
Bruant. 
When is the best time to transplant 
evergreens ? That is a question The 
R. N.-Y. has had in mind for many years 
unanswered. We have always said, 
Spring, and early Spring. But that de¬ 
pends. Transplanting young trees, if 
carefully and properly attended to, may 
be done at any time except, indeed, 
when the ground is frozen. That is, at 
present, our opinion, and we are writing 
from our own experience alone. Two 
years ago, we ordered about 200 little 
seedling evergreens from Robert Douglas, 
This year, we are trying the Mexican 
June corn as an ornamental plant, as we 
told our readers we intended to do. A 
few grains were planted in the middle of 
a round flower bed, about 10 feet in 
diameter. Cannas are planted outside. 
The kernels were planted May 15, but 
the weather has been so wet and cold 
that the little plants are now (June 5) 
only two inches high. We shall give 
them all the fertilizer they can stand, 
and water them through the season as 
water may be necessary. The bed is 
close to the house, and the exposure is to 
the east, south, and partly to the west, 
so that the plants will not suffer for sun¬ 
light. We want to find out just how tall 
they wdllgrow if cared for in this way, 
and how they will be regarded as orna¬ 
mentals. 
Again, Dr. C. E. Hogeboom, Talucah, 
Morgan Co., Ala , in reply to our request, 
kindly enlightens us in regard to the 
Brazilian Flour corn. He values it very 
highly. It yields fairly well, and ripens 
in from 110 to 120 days. He has had 
plants from single kernels that made 
seven stalks, and produced 10 good ears. 
It takes less power to grind, and makes 
fine white meal, which he prefers to any 
other corn, and to oatmeal for the morn¬ 
ing mush to be eaten with cream and 
sugar. It makes fine griddle cakes and 
gems. He has not had it bolted like 
flour. 
Mr. Hogeboom kindly sends us an ear 
of the Brazilian Flour corn, which we 
at once recognize as the same as that we 
raised years ago, except that the ear is 
larger, being nine inches in length, six 
inches in circumference, 14 rows, 54 
kernels in the row. The rows are per¬ 
fectly regular, the kernels closely set 
and of a creamy-white color, we might 
say milk-white. 
We have many times found that the 
suckering propensity of a given variety 
of corn varies greatly with the season 
and location. Mr. Hogeboom says that 
as many as seven stalks of the Flour 
corn grow T from one kernel. In the poor 
soil of our experiment plot, it did not 
sucker at all. So, too, the Rural 
Thoroughbred Flint varies greatly ac¬ 
cording to soil and climate. 
Gladstone Strawberry. —A remark¬ 
able lot of straw’berries reached us on 
June 8, shipped June 6, by F. F. Mer- 
ceron, of Catawissa, Pa., with whom the 
variety originated. He says that the 
berries ripen with Michel’s Early, and 
that the berries sent to us were from 
plants (not potted) set not until last 
September. We quote : 
They are acknowledged by all who have seen 
them to be the most wonderful production among 
strawberries ever seen. 
They are, indeed, a surprise to us. The 
berries average as large as those of Bu- 
bach, some of them measuring 2M 
inches in diameter, though wing-shaped. 
The color is a medium red, flesh red and 
of rich, high, spicy quality. We can 
hardly comment upon their shipping 
qualities, since the lot was first sent to 
The R. N.-Y. office, and then to the Rural 
Grounds. We know not when we have 
been so favorably impressed with a new 
variety of strawberry. If, as appears, it 
is as early as Michel, as large as Bubach, 
and of high quality, its popularity is 
already assured, if it prove to be produc¬ 
tive away from its home. 
Social Changes. —A California reader 
says that labor-saving machinery has 
enabled farmers to produce more and 
larger crops. The hours of labor, how¬ 
ever, have not decreased, while social 
enjoyments have. When the farms were 
peopled with men and women, boys and 
girls, instead of machinery, nothing 
could prevent a social time on the farm. 
The human hands needed to produce the 
crop in those days made fun and social 
enjoyment possible. Now, this has gone. 
The farmer is surrounded by machinery 
instead of humans, and the labor re¬ 
mains. This man says that it makes him 
sad to see so many honest, hard-w’orking 
people, bent with work and age, poor, 
and bound to stay poor, while in the 
cities, one sees so many idle, well-built 
and well-dressed young men. who should 
be doing the work of these old folks, the 
very ones who clothe and feed them so 
generously. 
SURE DEATH TO BUGS, 
(SAFE TO USE—NO ARSENIC.) 
Pat. March 16and Nov.9,1897. 
Pat in Canada Nov. 2,1897. 
Kills Potato, Squash and 
Cucumber Bugs. Currant. 
Tomato Worms, etc. 
PREVENTS BLIGHT 
or Potato Rust. Use freely 
on Vegetables and House 
Plants. More freely used, 
better plant will thrive. 
Applied dry; no water to 
carry; will not blow or 
wash off. 
Apply to local dealer for 
free sample package. 
1-lb. package, 15c.: 3-lb. 
package. 35c.: 5-lb. package, 
50c.: 12>^-lb. package, $1. 
Perfection Shakers, 50c.; 
Rubber Atomizers, 75c. 
For sale by all local dealers 
DANFORTH CHEMICAL CO 
35 Spruce Street, 
■ I Leominster, Mass. 
chloro-NAPTNOLEUM 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
Inthe First Round. 
Microbes are responsible for 
lotsof misery. They cause tho 
HOC CHOLERA. 
CHICKEN ROUP, 
SHEEP SCAB and 
FOOT ROT. 
CDloroRaptbokum 
PUTS MICROBES TO SLEEP 
so they will never wake up. Will heal sores and bruises 
quickly. We have direct branches in the principal cities 
of tho U. S. from whence goods are shipped. We will 
send you a sample gallon, freight prepaid. $ 1 . 30 . 
Agency is worth having. Write for full particulars. 
WEST DISINFECTING CO.. 212 E. 57th St., New York. 
FRANK B, BARKLEY MFG. C0„ S23 
Bldg., Chicago. 111., will sell you a Spray Pump, Gas 
Engine, or Cider Press, direct from factory. 
Potted Strawberry Plants 
100 Ridgeway for 75c. 
T. C. KEVITT, Athenia, N. J. 
CELERY PLANTS FOR SALE. 
Leading varieties, carefully packed in baskets, and 
delivered here at Express Offices; 250 plants for 00c.; 
500 for 90c.; 1,000 for $1.50. 8pecial price on quantities 
over 0,000. Cash with order. 
WOODLAND FARM, Canastota, Madison Co., N.Y 
CELERY PLANTS. 
Very strong plants now ready, cheap. Write for 
prices, stating about quantity and varieties desired. 
.JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY, 
P. O. address, Moreton Farm, N. Y. 
Choice Seed Potatoes 
by the bushel, barrel or car-load, including the best 
new and standard varieties; prices right. Write for 
catalogue. THE C. C. BRAWLKY SEED AND 
IMPLEMENT CO.. New Madison. Ohio. 
Cabbage Plants 
10 varieties. $1 per thousand. 
Geo.Tillinghast, La Plume,Pa 
YYtS r/\l you sell Stark Trees. Outfit free. 
SIAKK NURSERY. LOUISIANA, M0„ Stark, Mo.. Rockport, III., Daosvillt. N. \ 
\A# A SLj TP Employment by Scientific 
W * ITI I Im \J Fruit Grower or Poultry 
Raiser. Address P. O. Box 292, Philmont, N. Y. 
Kills Prairie Dogs, Woodchucks, Gophers, and Grain 
Insects. 
“Fuma” Carbon Bi-Sulphide Did It. 
“I treated 500 inhabited (prairie dog) holes two weeks 
ago. and not a hole opened up.’ - — Richard Kksuch. 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet. It is beautiful, 
interesting, readable, and will save you money. 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR. Cleveland. Ohio. 
Good Day’s Work 
Nervousness and Kidney Difficulty 
Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 
“My father had been troubled with nervous¬ 
ness and a kidney difficulty, and was not able to 
do a day’s work for several months. He made 
up his mind to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla and be 
took four bottles. He was soon able to work and 
his health has been greatly improved.” Josephine 
Harmon, Levant, N. Y. Remember 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5. 
Hood’s Pills cure biliousness, indigestion. 
Berry Baskets. 
Quarts, Shorts, Pints, Thirds, etc. 
Peach Baskets. 
Sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 
16 quarts 
Grape Baskets. 
Sizes, 314, 5, 8, 10 and 15 lbs. 
Peach Covers. 
Wood, burlap and cotton. 
Berry, Peach and Grape Crates. 
Crate stock and box shooks in all sizes, direct from 
the manufacturers. Special prices to dealers and 
car-load buyers. Write for catalogue. 
A. H. MONTAGUE & SON, 
Manufacturers and Agents, 
120 Warren Street, New York City. 
The South Side Fruit Carriers 
For Straw’berries, Hucks, Peaches, Plums, etc., with all the latest ideas 
in shipping- packages. Send for illustrated Inkling and prices. 
SOUTH SIDE MFC. CO., PETERSBURG, VA. 
REMEMBER 
DANTSVITiTjE, 3XTEW YOI1K. 
BLACK DEATH 
The best and cheapest Insecticide on the market. Instant death to potato 
bugs, and will not injure the vines. A fine dry powder ready for immediate 
use. Recommended oy Edward F. Dibble, the largest grower of Seed Potatoes 
inthe United States. To introduce, special price, 100-pound keg. $1. AGENTS WANTED, 
lull particulars 
Address for 
O-AT-KA CHEMICAL CO., Le Rov, N.Y. 
