1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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It may not be generally known to ad¬ 
mixing grown-ups that good little boys 
and girls, one and all, have their fail¬ 
ings, and that these failings are seldom 
hidden from children of their own age. 
For instance, there is the grievous de¬ 
fect of being a humbug. “ What was 
little Jennie M. crying about at her 
mother’s party last night ? ” asked a 
young lady of her little girl sister, who 
had also been one of the guests. 
“ She said it was because she had heard 
that morning that the measles had 
broken out in her brother’s boarding- 
school, and she was afraid he would 
catch them,” was the reply, there being 
an ominous emphasis on the word 
“ said.” 
“Oh, what an affectionate child she 
is! ” gushed the young lady, and the 
sentiment was echoed by one of her 
contemporaries. The little girl, who 
knew that Jennie M. had cried because, 
up to that time, she had not been invited 
to dance, said no more, knowing she 
would only be snubbed ; but she had her 
thoughts, and they were not compli¬ 
mentary to the sabe of those two grown¬ 
ups. 
It is safe to say that children will be 
found much more useful as models of 
how not to behave, than for the opposite 
purpose. We are all of us, old and young, 
inclined to be Pharisees at heart, and it 
seems strange that those who have the 
bringing up of children do not oftener 
take advantage of this very human 
weakness. The naughty little boy or 
girl, whose behavior is not on any ac¬ 
count to be imitated by a child who has 
any self-respect, would be found of far 
more service in this respect, than the 
most wonderful child whose good ex¬ 
ample was ever dinned into sullen little 
ears ; and the preacher who can con¬ 
vince mothers of this will deserve to 
have a monument erected to him by that 
host of children who are 
Not too bright and good 
For human nature’s daily food. 
On the Wing. 
GLASS GARDENING IN THE BAY ST A TE 
THE HOME OF THE MARSHALL STRAW¬ 
BERRY ; WHERE THE CUCUM¬ 
BERS COME FROM. 
[EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] 
Fitchburg and Its Environs. —Indian 
Summer in Massachusetts, with straight 
junipers on the rocky hillsides and flam¬ 
ing-leaved oaks below, gave a very kind 
welcome to one who had never seen the 
Bay State before. When I first saw the 
rolling hills with great masses of rock 
sticking through like weatherworn ribs, 
I felt an additional respect for those 
Pilgrims who determined to hew a home 
from such material; but the results ob¬ 
tained by skill and work show that there 
is plenty of fertility under a rugged ex¬ 
terior. I noticed the fruity fragrance 
of late-gathered apples in the vicinity 
of the comfortable farmhouses, and 
there was an ample display of orchards 
and small fruits on the slopes that look 
so unpromising when not under culti¬ 
vation. 
Mr. George Cruikshanks, the presi¬ 
dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society, whose home is near Fitchburg, 
gave much praise to the locality as a 
fruit-growing district, his own well- 
cared-for orchards giving ample grounds 
for his opinion. The cradle of the Mar¬ 
shall strawberry is in this district, the 
originator, A. A. Marshall, being much 
interested in this fruit. 
Vegetables Under Glass. —This lo¬ 
cality merits a fuller reference to the 
outdoor gardening, both in fruit and 
vegetables ; but I went there to learn 
how they do things under glass. A vast 
amount of the forced vegetables sent to 
New York during the Winter comes from 
bleak New England. “ Boston lettuce” 
is a standing quotation in the market 
reports—though it doesn’t all come from 
Boston—and cucumbers are sent in great 
quantities from Leominster. I wanted 
to learn something about tomatoes under 
glass, too, but these are grown to a 
small degree compared with lettuce and 
cucumbers. Lettuce, of course, stands 
at the head, as far as quantity is con¬ 
cerned. 
One thing I must lay stress upon; 
every man I visited does things in his 
own way, often a way totally distinct 
from that of his competitors. Conse¬ 
quently, there is quite a difference in 
practice, which would be puzzling to a 
new beginner ; it is a case where doctors 
disagree. The results are the same, but 
reached by different ways. 
Sub-Irrigated Tomatoes. —Dr. Jabez 
Fisher had a house of tomatoes which 
proved very interesting, because the 
style of cultivation was quite opposed to 
our ordinary ideas. The tomatoes were 
growing with their feet in water ! Dr. 
Fisher has been studying the question 
of watering, with a good deal of care, 
for this seems a most difficult point in 
all glasshouse culture. Tomatoes seem 
to suffer a good deal from carelessness 
in applying water. The system of sub¬ 
irrigation by means of pipes and tiles, 
which has been described in The It. N.-Y., 
as practiced at some of the experiment 
stations, did not altogether meet his 
views; so a new scheme was devised. 
The tomatoes are planted in boxes, which 
stand either in trays of galvanized iron, 
or in the cement beds formerly filled 
with soil, which have watertight slate 
bottoms. The trays are filled with water 
to the depth of about one inch in the 
morning, which is usually absorbed by 
the time the day is over. That this 
water is not repugnant to the tomatoes 
is shown by the fact that the roots reach 
out through the cracks of the boxes, and 
spread around in the outside tray, like 
aquatics. 
The Soil and Treatment. —The soil 
in which these tomatoes are planted is 
about four inches deep. Last Winter, 
Dr. Fisher used double this depth of 
earth, but the results were not so good ; 
the vines grew too rank, running to 
leaf rather than fruit. The material 
used is sod loam, which has been stacked 
in a compost heap with one-third to one- 
half its bulk of stable manure, being left 
to decay together for six months. This 
heap is chopped down and thoroughly 
mixed, just as the florists prepare soil 
for roses. The seed of the tomatoes 
setting fruit the first week in November 
had been sown August 24. This was an 
intermediate crop. Seed would be sown 
for the earliest crop about July 1, and for 
the latest crop, in December or January; 
but Dr. Fisher finds this intermediate 
crop the most remunerative. 
Other growers told me that they did 
not grow tomatoes under glass, because 
the competition is now so great from the 
South. The southern fruit is inferior to 
that grown under glass, but most people 
are satisfied with it. It would appear 
that hothouse tomatoes can be grown 
only where there is a fastidious trade 
that will be satisfied with the very best 
only, irrespective of cost. Unless a 
grower is sure that he can reach this 
trade, it would not appear wise to go 
largely into tomatoes. 
Varieties and Qualifications. —Two 
varieties of tomatoes are being grown 
by Dr. Fisher, the American Lorillard, 
which is always mentioned for this use, 
and the English variety, Sutton’s Best 
of All. Most English tomatoes being 
grown under glass, varieties in that coun¬ 
try are naturally selected with that ob¬ 
ject in view, and Dr. Fisher regards Best 
of All with much esteem. Lorillard has 
long been our standard in forcing toma¬ 
toes ; it is solid, smooth and round in 
shape (we don’t want an irregular tomato 
for forcing), and the color is very bright. 
Best of All seems to equal Lorillard in 
these particulars and, as seen at Dr. 
Fisher’s, was setting a far heavier crop 
of fruit. Dwarf Champion has been 
tested, but though an excellent tomato, 
in all its qualities, it appeared deficient 
in color, hence was discarded. A pale, 
pinkish tomato is no good for this pur- 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
pose ; it cannot compete with the bril¬ 
liant red of Lorillard and Best of All. 
Thinning and Training. —The tomato 
plants have all the lateral shoots pinched 
out as they appear ; they are staked out 
from the center beds, and then trained 
up towards the roof, the plants at the 
sides being brought up to the roof, also, 
like vines. The houses were originally 
built for grapes, and are double-glazed, 
so that there is no danger of the leaves 
being frosted through contact with the 
glass. The plants give a long crop and, 
before they are removed, grow as thick¬ 
ly as grape vines over the roof. They 
are ti-ained about 16 inches apart. 
Artificial Fertilization. —The to¬ 
mato flowers must all be fertilized by 
hand, or they will not set fruit. I found 
Dr. Fisher at work with his camel’s-hair 
brush, going over all the open flowers. 
In the cucumber houses, which I shall 
talk about later, bees aid the gardeners 
in this work ; but these insects are use¬ 
less among the tomatoes. I asked Dr. 
Fisher whether he thought that the of¬ 
fensive odor of the tomatoes is disagree¬ 
able to the bees, but it was his opinion 
that the flowers are unattractive be¬ 
cause deficient in honey. As the flowers 
are ti’eated with the brush every day, all 
that are open, it naturally follows that 
most of them receive more than one ap¬ 
plication of pollen, thus assuring the 
setting of fruit. Of course, a flower 
which is beginning to wither, thus show¬ 
ing that impregnation is accomplished, 
is not again treated. e. t. r. 
(To be continued.) 
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