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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 11, 
Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Why Not Force the Loganberry?— 
Several references have been made to the 
increasing popularity of the Loganberry 
abroad. It is a general failure here ex¬ 
cept in the Pacific States, but continues to 
gain high favor in England and France. 
The plants appear to be carefully grown 
on walls and trellises, and produce abund¬ 
ant crops of fine berries that are well 
liked. Other raspberry-blackberry hy¬ 
brids are appearing in Europe, some of 
which are well received. The latest is 
Queen of England, a cross between the 
European red raspberry and the creeping 
blackberry, Rubus laciniatus. The fruits 
are said to be large, golden yellow, borne 
in clusters and late ripening. The foliage 
is intermediate, not being so finely cut or 
skeletonized as in the blackberry parent. 
Rubus laciniatus is quite commonly grown 
in Oregon and other Pacific coast States, 
where it is known as the Parsley or Cut¬ 
leaved dewberry. It is freq rently brought 
forward as a novelty, valuable for orna¬ 
ment and fruit, but does not amount to 
much elsewhere in this country. Judge 
Logan’s hybrid berries, now known as the 
Loganberry, and the California Mammoth 
blackberry, are both seedlings of the Pa¬ 
cific Vine-leaved dewberry, Rubus viti- 
folius, the first probably hybridized with 
the red raspberry and the latter with a 
southern blackberry grown in the garden 
at the same time. Rubus vitifolius, like 
the Cut-leaved bramble, is not adapted to 
outdoor conditions in the Atlantic States, 
and its hybrids here lack hardiness and are 
seldom productive. When propagated 
under glass, however, the Loganberry is 
astonishingly vigorous, cuttings of ripe 
wood not only rooting well, but blooming 
freely and ripening excellent berries from 
their developed fruit buds after being pot¬ 
ted off. The berries borne on these little 
newly-rooted plants are of fine color and 
flavor, but rather smaller than those pro¬ 
duced on established canes outside. A 
block of 1,000 or more plants, scarcely six time under our observation. 
deemed to be of almost ironclad hardiness 
are at times killed or severely injured, 
while others supposed to be far less de¬ 
pendable may come through with trifling 
harm. These results are evident on the 
Rural Grounds, but the bulk of injury, as 
might be expected, is among subjects of 
known doubtful hardiness. A Mercer 
cherry is killed outright and a Paragon 
chestnut seedling cut to its lower branches. 
Both were trees over eight years old, but 
large and thrifty for their age. The cherry 
was probably budded on a somewhat ten¬ 
der stock, but there seems no excuse for 
the chestnut, as it is on its own roots and 
the only one of scores to be visibly in¬ 
jured. A Delaware plum was killed to 
the roots, Chaleo, Bartlett and Combination 
plums cut back to large branches. Most 
Japan plums show minor injury, but have 
bloomed well and are setting abundant 
fruits. About 50 per cent of the peach 
buds were frozen, and others injured. The 
crop of necessity will be light. There is 
little winterkilling of peach trees except 
where affected with Pernicious scale. 
Scale-crusted trees and branches are more 
severely injured by cold than we have ever 
before seen them. The combination of 
scale and minus-zero was too much for 
trees that might have weathered either 
strain singly. Pears and apples were little 
affected, and promise good crops. Straw¬ 
berries suffered greatly where not well 
.covered. There was much mortality 
among old plants, but the blooming season 
is favorable, and well-cared-for plantings 
promise fine yields. 
The Bramble Fruits. —Never in our 
experience has there been so much Winter 
damage to the Rubus or Bramble fruits. 
Taylor, Snyder and the new Ward black¬ 
berries came through best. Rathbun and 
Robison were killed to the ground, Mer- 
sereau crippled and Erie badly hurt. 
Lucretia and Mayes dewberry canes killed 
where not constantly covered with snow. 
All the black and red raspberries show 
winterkilling; Kansas blackcap is in fair 
condition; Cuthbert, Miller and King 
show up best among the red varieties. Of 
the purple-cane varieties Cardinal and 
Haymaker appear best at this writing. 
Wineberry canes are crippled for the first 
Pecan trees 
A BULL S EYE EVERY TIME 
inches high, in three-inch pots, presents 
an odd appearance when in full bloom or 
fruit, but this has occurred in the green¬ 
houses of more than one propagator. In 
one instance lately brought to our atten¬ 
tion berries were picked by the pint in 
February and March from a small block 
occupying a very few feet of bench space. 
It seems likely that a fruit so responsive 
to glass protection and so capable of de¬ 
veloping dormant fruit buds under the 
adverse conditions of cutting propagation 
could be successfully forced to midwinter 
fruiting in the manner of strawberries, 
grapes and many other fruits. It prob¬ 
ably would be necessary to establish 
strong, healthy plants in the benches or in 
large pots, and grow them under about 
the same conditions of moisture, light and 
temperature as succeed in glasshouse 
strawberry culture. Good forced straw¬ 
berries readily sell in midwinter for $1 a 
quart. The glass-grown Loganberry is 
unique, attractive and palatable, and if it 
could be induced to bear well would 
doubtless be welcomed by those who can 
afford unseasonable fruits. The exper¬ 
iment is well worth trying, and we regret 
our greenhouse space is too limited to 
attempt it. 
Jack Frost’s Work. —The season is 
sufficiently advanced to reveal the more 
obvious effects of the unusual cold, which 
was so severe and sustained in this local¬ 
ity as to make the past Winter a record 
one in its effects on vegetation. We did 
not get much lower temperature than 12 
degrees below zero, but the cold was so 
continuous that frost penetrated the soil 
deeper than for the last 30 years. In reck¬ 
oning up the effects of cold after a severe 
Winter it is not unusual to find many 
contradictory features. Trees and plants 
and persimmons of southern origin are 
sharply cut back, but are breaking from 
the lower branches. The Japan walnuts 
were not harmed. Grapes have wintered 
better than might have been expected, as 
the previous growing season did not ap¬ 
pear favorable for ripening late growths. 
The damage among ornamental trees and 
shrubs is far greater than among fruit 
plants. w. v. f. 
Striped Melon Beetles.— on page 413 
Joseph Barton refers to Striped melon bee¬ 
tles. I plant melons, and in a couple of days 
go through and plant Hubbard squash, about 
one hill to 10 hills of melon. The bugs pre¬ 
fer the squash to melons, and if there are 
squashes enough the melons will not be dis¬ 
turbed. Any squash not destroyed should be 
pulled out before blossom time. 
GEO. B. NELLIS. 
Vetch or Rye.— Have any of your readers 
had experience with Vicia villosa or Hairy 
vetch as a cover crop with rye to plow under 
in Spring, having been sown the previous 
Fall? I note the retail price is $8 per 
bushel of GO pounds. If so is there any ad¬ 
vantage over clear rye? 'the rye in this 
northern clime is an excellent cover crop to 
plow under. f. 
New York. 
Don’t fool with 
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Shaving Soap. 
Sold everywhere. Free trial sample 
for z-cent stamp to pay poitage. 
Write for booklet “ How to Shave.’* 
TheJ. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Ct. 
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Our Free Book 
tells all about 
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also articles on hunting, fishing, camping, 
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For 4 cents in stamps we will mail a clever 
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J. STEVENS ARMS ANI> TOOL CO. 
775 Main Street Chicopee Fulls, Muss, 
The cne roofing 
cn the market 
which has steadily maintained its 
individuality. Standard for thirteen 
years. Avoid inferior imitations. 
Look for the registered trade mark 
“ RUBEROID,” 
stamped on the under side of our 
Roofing every four feet. The most 
J durable on the market. 
Send for Booklet “K.” 
THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY, 
Sole Manufacturers, 
TOO WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK 
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For 20 Years and Over 
We have beea making Swan’s Standard 2 and 
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Extra Heavy Felt Roofing 
I Belling to consumers direct. Millions of square feet are now I 
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I Low Price! Durable! Fire-Proof! It you are going tol 
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' circulars and prices. 
THE A. F. SWAN COMPANY, 
13 Battery Place, Now York, N.Y. 
STEEL 
WHEELS 
with wide tires double the use¬ 
fulness of the farm wagon. 
We furnish them any size to 
fit any axle. Cheaper than re¬ 
pairing old wheels. Catalogue/ree. 
EMPIRE MFG. CO.. Box 123 E Quincy. III. 
You can 
cover 80 to 40 acres 
per day with 
"Bhe Watson 
Four Row Potato Spraysr 
Straddles 2rows,sprays 
4 at a time. Wheels ad- 
justfor different widths. 
_ s to any fineness and gearing of pump to wheel of 
cart gives any pressure desired. Automatic agitator and 
suction strainer cleaner. It never spoils foliageor clogs. 
Pre« instruction and formula book shows tho famous Garfield, Em¬ 
pire King, Orchard Monarch and other sprayers. Write for 1 1 , 
Field Force Pump Co., 2 11th St.,Elmira, N.Y. 
Brown’s 
No. 3 
Potato 
Sprayer 
[ sprays 4 to 6 rows, any width, with finest mist or 
fog at one passage. Constant high power supplied 
from both wheels, no lost motion. Mechanical 
agitator. A new era in rapid thorough spraying of 
potatoes, vegetables, small fruits and vines. Write 
[ today for free book of all sprayers. 
E. C. Brown & Co., 268 State St., Rochester,N.Y. 
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WIFT’S Ar Ton!i° oi 
FOR SPRAYING 
Is the best insecticide known for potato bugs and 
all leaf eating insects. It kills quickly, and unlike 
Paris Green, there is absolutely no danger of burn¬ 
ing or scorching the leaves. It adheres to the 
foliage for a longtime, thus doing away with re¬ 
peated sprayings. It Is highly recommended by 
all the leading entomologists. Made only by the 
MERRIMAC CHEMICAL CO., 
75-77 Broad St., Boston, Mass. 
-FOR SALE BY - 
Benton, Myers & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Daniel Stewart Co., 
Indianapolis, Ind. Morrison Plummer Co., Chicago, Ill. 
Yahr & Lange Drug Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Noyes Bros. & 
Cutler, St. Paul, Minn. E. B. Bruce & Co., Omaha, Neb. 
W. A. Hover & Co., Denver, Colo. J. S. Merrill Drug Co., 
St. Louis, Mo. Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co., Memphis, 
Tenn. L. V. Elder Co., Galveston, Texas. 1. L. Lyons 
&Co., New Orleans, La. Langley & Michaels Co., San 
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BLIGHT. BOXAL kills both. 
Dust on or spray on. Book free. 
BOWKER INSECTICIDE CO., 
N. Y., Boston & Cincinnati. 
SAN JOSE SCALE 
and other INSECTS killed by 
GOOD’S 
Caustic Potash Whale-Oil Soap No. 3 
Endorsed by U. S. Dept, of Agri. and State Experiment 
Stations. Tbls soap is a Fertilizer as well as an Insecti- 
cirte. 5(Hb. kegs, $2.60; 100-lb. kegs, $4.50; half barrel, 
270 lb., deeper lb; barrel,4251b..3^e. Send for booklet. 
JAMES GOOD, Original Maker, 
939-41 N. Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
WHALE-OIL SOAP 
Compressed-Air Spraying Ap¬ 
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W. H. OWEN, Port Clinton, Ohio. 
SPRAYING SPAR 
FRUIT GRADERS 
Interest you. 
Fruit 
Decays Less 
when shipped in our ventilated 
Bhipping boxen. Circulation of 
air keeps them sound. Don’t risk 
loss in shipment and in sales when our 
SHIPPING BOXES 
cost so little and save so much. Mer¬ 
chant and consumer buy quicker 
— when they see the fruit. Ship- 
- ping Boxes cost «e each. 
“ Ask for freoillustra¬ 
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Geneva Cooperage 
Company 
Geneva 
Ohio __ . 
s S3Sf§ Steam Engines, 
Agricultural and Porta ble. Special 
for farmers. Burn any kind fuel. 
Easy to handle, little cost to run. 
8sizes, 6 to 12 h. p. Ask for free 
fFarm Engine Circular. 
HARDER MFC. COMPANY. 
Coblesklll, N.Y. 
WE’LL PAY THE FREIGHT 
and send 4 Buggy Wheels, Steel Tire on, . 1(17.125 
With Rubber Tires, $116.00. I mfg. wheels to4 in. 
tread. Top Buggies, $28.7 5 ; Harness, $3 60. Write for 
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CUTAWAY 
TOOLS 
For Large Hay Crops 
Clark’s Reversible 
Bush and Bog Plow 
Cuts a track 4 ft. wide, 1 ft. 
deep.Will plow a new-cut forest. 
His Double - Action Cutaway 
Harrow keeps the land true, 
moves 18,000 tons of earth and 
cuts 30 acreB per day. His Re¬ 
versible Disk Blow cuts a fur¬ 
row 6 to 10 in. deep, 14 In. wide. 
All of these machines will kill 
witcli-graH8,wild mustard, char¬ 
lock, hardhack, eunllower, milk¬ 
weed, thistle or any foul plant. 
Send for circulars. 
Cutaway Harrow Co. 
Hlgganum, Conn.,U.S.A. 
