1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
55 
RURAUSMS — Continued. 
T. H. Race, Ex-President Ontario Fruit 
Growers’ Association says : “ Its chief 
characteristic is in the gilt-edge quality 
of the texture ; so fine, so rich and free 
from fiber. The rich, melting character 
of its flesh certainly places it first among 
dessert apples.” 
We are favored with several other 
high recommendations from excellent 
authorities. 
Wiiat is the best method of preserv¬ 
ing fruit ? From interesting experi¬ 
ments made in France, it would appear 
that pears, apples, etc., if first carefully 
wrapped in tissue paper and then placed 
in sand, will keep longer than if treated 
in any other way. Among the other 
protecting materials were fine shavings, 
long and narrow, barley straw, sawdust, 
fine wheat straw, and dry leaves. 
Wiiat do our readers know about 
Pin us Ayacahuite ? It is a Mexican 
species resembling the White pine in 
many respects, but, perhaps, morePinus 
excelsa (Bhotan pine), in that its leaves 
are longer than those of Pinus Strobus, 
the Weymouth pine. The leaves of 
Ayacahuite are very long and pendulous 
and, we would suppose where it thrives, 
a large specimen would be a gracefully 
distinct tree. Our only specimen was 
planted in the Rural Grounds some 15 
years ago. It manages to live from year 
to year, though that is the most we may 
say. It is now only six feet high. 
We would much like our friends of 
the experiment stations, and our readers 
experimentally disposed, to consider 
these questions : 1. Do varieties of 
potatoes having purple or purplish stems 
ever bear white blossoms ? 2, Do varie¬ 
ties of potatoes having light green or 
medium green stems and foliage ever 
bear purple blossoms ? 3. What relation 
is there between different colored tubers 
and the color of foliage ? 4. Has the 
color of the tuber and stems and foliage 
anything to do with the disease-resist- 
ing qualities of the varieties? 5. Is 
there any co-relation between the color 
of the skin of the potatoes, the eyes and 
the vines and yield of tubers ? 6. To 
what extent, if at all, is there any fixed 
relation between upright, tall, spread¬ 
ing vines and dwarf vines ? 7. What re¬ 
lation as to yield is there between varie¬ 
ties which give us yellow-fleshed tubers 
and wliite-fleshed tubers ? 
We have asked several of these ques¬ 
tions before, but have secured no ans¬ 
wers. It will be remembered by our 
older readers that, for two seasons, we 
estimated the vine growth in connection 
with the yield of tubers. The result 
was that, in a large majority of cases, 
the largest, most vigorous vines gave the 
largest yield of tubers. But it is not 
always so ? Why isn’t it always so ?... 
Another Dissenter. —“ The R. N.-Y. 
No. 2 is, with me, neither a first-class 
yielder, nor first-class in quality. Car¬ 
man No. 3 is not equal to half a dozen 
other kinds, and Carman No. 1, after 
two years’ trial, I have discarded, al¬ 
though it is much better in quality than 
the others.” So writes Mr. E. D. Gibson, 
of Ashburnham, Mass. 
Crimson Clover Fair. 
G. M. B., Kent, O.—Last spring, I 
sent you a report of my partial success 
with Crimson clover. I do not think 
that there is any chance of success next 
year. In July, I visited our local seeds¬ 
man, Frank Ford, with the intention of 
gettiDg a bushel of seed ; but Mr. Ford 
talked so against it, calling it a fraud, 
etc., that I took only one-half bushel. 
Send us your neighbor’s subscrip¬ 
tion to The R. N.-Y. with his dollar 
and we will send him the paper 
one year, and send you your 
choice of these books: 
First Lessons in Agriculture, 
American Grape Training, 
The Business Hen, 
The Nursery Book, 
The New Potato Culture. 
All | 
for | 
$ 1 . 00 .| 
I spread it over too much ground, and it 
did not germinate well. It has made no 
growth at all this fall. 
I sowed one-half pound of turnip seed 
with the clover ; the turnips amounted 
to nothing at all. I thought that the 
conditions were all right, as some rye 
sowed at the same time, in standing 
corn, as was the clover, germinated 
well even when not covered with earth, 
and made an excellent fall growth. 
Common Red clover did slightly better 
than the Crimson. It was necessary to 
get right on the plot to see the one or 
the other. 
Last year’s clover was on heavy clay 
ground, while this year’s is on a sand 
and gravel hillside. Perhaps some pot¬ 
ash and phosphoric acid would have 
changed the result, as the hillside 
undoubtedly lacks in fertility. That is 
the reason I put the clover there, be¬ 
cause it needs it. 
R. N.-Y.—We would like to have some 
of those who call this clover a fraud 
look at a 15-acre field on the New Jersey 
College farm. One of our neighbors has 
grown this clover for several years. He 
says that this year’s crop as it stands 
to-day will produce more corn than 15 
loads of stable manure per acre. We 
think it likely that a dressing of lime or 
wood ashes would start the clover. In¬ 
stead of using Crimson clover on the 
lightest land, we have found it good 
policy to feed the clover and thus get 
the largest possible growth. 
Broken 
Chain 
The family circle 
is never so happy 
after the chain is 
broken and a link 
taken. Some family 
chains are strong, 
others weak. Have 
you a good family 
history? Or is 
there a tendency to coughs, 
threat or bronchial troubles, 
weak lungs? Has a brother, 
sister, parent or near relative 
had consumption? Then your 
family chain is weak. 
Strengthen it. Take SCOTT’S 
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil 
with Hypophosphites. It 
makes rich blood, gives strength 
and vigor to weak lungs and 
run-down constitutions. With 
its aid the system throws off 
acute coughs and colds. It pre¬ 
vents the chain from breaking. 
Shall we send you a book about this, 
free? 
For sale by all druggists at 50c. and $1.00 
SCOTT & BOWNF, New York. 
Farmers, Attention! 
Try our Golden Gem Seed Wheat. A No. 1 hard 
variety of the Red River Valiev, produced by careful 
cultivation and study. Produces a Hour unexcelled 
by any known variety. We believe that this wheat 
can be successfully grown throughout the wheat¬ 
growing States, and retain its line milling and great 
yielding qualities. Yields of 25 to 40 bushels per 
acre have been repeatedly secured. This grain stands 
up better on account of Its stiong growth than most 
other varieties. We have a limited quantity of 
Golden Gem to place on the market this season, at 
the following prices at purchaser's expense: Seven 
pounds. $1; 15 pounds, $2; 30 pounds, S3. Remit by 
express, money or postal order. When ordering, give 
name of nearest express ollice, post otlice and name 
in full. ENGLISH & CO., Fertile, Polk Co., Minn. 
Oawbmam 11a Q—From Thorburn’s stock 
uaimall HO. 0 $2 50 per barrel. 
GEO. K. HIGB1E & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Finest stock, best varieties, grown and stored In cold 
Northwest. Low prices. Small lots delivered 
free. Write for Illustrated Catalogue. 
E. W. ALLEN, Wolverton, Wilkin CO., Minn. 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS. 
Our Ninety-sixth ANNUAL CATALOGUE is now ready, and will be 
mailed FREE on application. It contains the largest 
Collection in the World of 
Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds, 
• Including the new WHITE PEACHBLOW POTATO, orders for which should 
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m- We Mail it FREE. “®tl 
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BURPEE SEEDS 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL 
Leading American Seed Catalog, 
mailed FREE to any address. 
W. ATL.EE IHJKPEE & CO., 
Philadelphia. 
Rural Folks! 
ATTENTION ! Good Seeds are the first 
-essential for a good gar¬ 
den. MAULERS SEEDS are considered by more 
than 300,000 successful gardeners to lead all other 
brands. This year Rural folks can buy them 
in $5.00 clubs at one-half price. If you want to 
know how it is done, send your address at once for 
my new catalogue. It contains everything good, 
old or new, in Vegetable, Field and Flower Seeds, 
Flowering Plants, Bulbs, etc. It is mailed FREE 
TO ALL who propose to make a garden in 
1897. My old customers will receive it as usual 
without writing for it. Others should write TO¬ 
DAY; mention Rural New Yorker and address 
WM. HENRY MAULE, 
1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
^ 
Maule’s Seeds 
Lead All. 
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are always THE BEST. ^Grown from pedigree seed in the I 
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JE RRARD’S NORTHERN SEEDS ✓ 
j producefearlier vegetables than any other on earth. I 
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wherever planted—North, Kant, South, Went. We wlxbS 
.to gain 1 00,000 new customers thin year; with thin In* 
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10 NOVELTIES FOR 14c_WORTH $1.00. 
.1 pkg. ItIxinarck Cucumber, 150.J 1 pkg. Kcd Itall licet, 
lOe.; I pkg. Earliest Aluxkmelon, I Oe.; I pkg. Earliest 
Carrot, 10c.; 1 pkg. Emp. Wilhelm Lettuce, lac.; 1 pkg. 
kGiuut Onion, 15o.; 1 pkg. 14 hay Radish, 1 Oe., mid 8 
JpkgH. Brilliant Flowers, 15c.—total #1.00—sulUclent for 
arurc vegetables and exquisite flowers all summer long! 
I Mammoth farm, vegetable and plant catalogue, 5 cents 
.postage, or mulled free to Intending buyers. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wisconsin. 
BATTLES' TESTED SEEDS. 
Market Gardeners, Farmers and all Seed Buyers, GET MY Fit I CIS8 BEFORE 
YOU BUY. Write for 1807 Seed Annual and Special Wholesale Price J.ist. Send for 
samples of any seeds yon wish to test. Salesmen wanted everywhere. Write now. 
Grower of Farm and 
Garden Seeds, 
FRANK H. BATTLES, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
^'There has never been a time when grow¬ 
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care. There has never been a time when 
Ferry' s Seeds were more essential. They are 
i always the best. For sale by leading 
dealers everywhere. Insist on having them. 
FERRY’S SEED ANNUAL 
is full of information for gardeners and 
planters. There will never bo a better time 
k than now to send forthe 1897 edition. Free. 
D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. 
5EEDS! SEEDS! 
73d Annual Priced Catalogue of 
Vegetable, Farm and Flower Seeds 
is now ready, and mailed free to all applicants. 
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37 East 19th St., New York City. 
IF YOU 
BUY 
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,Send for Finest FREE CATALOGUE 
BEST SEEDS. LOWEST I*KICKS in 
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We Grow Seeds. 
Our Specialties are: 
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Potatoes and Improved Farm Seeds. 
Prices low. Please ask for Catalogue. 
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Moreton Farm (P. O.), Monroe Co., N. Yi 
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(Ftn DnTATnCC“ Northern Wisconsin 
OLCU rUIAIUCO grown. Direct frou 
grower. No. 1 stock at low prices. Circular free. 
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