1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
87 
Weeds, Bran and Mustard Seed. 
R. G., Cambridge, Pa.— The R. N.-Y., 
page 24, says, “Weedicide is the latest 
name for Crimson clover.” Correct 
you are ! I have sowed some for sev¬ 
eral seasons, always getting the seed 
from a “reliable (?) seedsman”, and 
have found as high as 14 different kinds 
of foreigners. 
I will send you a sample of my clover 
which was sown about July 1. I will 
send average stalks ; these show what 
it will do in this locality. You can then 
judge for yourself whether it will pay 
to run the risk of the weeds for the 
value of the clover. I will inclose a 
sample of bran with the clover; ex¬ 
amine it and tell whether you think that 
it will pay to sell grain and buy bran, 
and then light mustard for the next five 
or ten years. 
R. N.-Y.—This was the weediest speci¬ 
men of bran we ever saw. 
Tip Propagated Blackberries. 
W. M. S., New Carlisle, 0.—In The 
R. N.-Y. of January 9, F. C. C. asks 
whether there is a variety of blackberry 
that can be propagated by tips instead 
of suckers. Agawam is readily propa¬ 
gated in this manner, when the bushes 
are one and two years old, as this 
variety, when young, has a tendency to 
creep on the ground like the dewberry. 
After two years old, the plants are per¬ 
fectly upright in growth. However, the 
most satisfactory manner of propagating 
any variety of blackberries is from root 
cuttings ; by this means, one gets a 
much finer plant than can be obtained 
by any other method. My selection of 
varieties to plant as far north as Bath, 
would be Stone’s Hardy, Eldorado and 
Ancient Briton. 
Sulphur and Potato Scab. 
M. M., Medway, Mass. —When plant¬ 
ing potatoes last spring, I treated about 
half the seed with corrosive sublimate. 
These were planted, and next to them 
untreated potatoes were planted, and a 
little further away, more untreated po¬ 
tatoes were planted in furrows that had 
been dressed lightly with flowers of sul¬ 
phur. At digging time, I found scabby 
potatoes on the drier, gravelly spots in 
all parts of the field. The yield from 
the treated seed was no smoother than 
from the untreated. I thought that the 
rows treated with sulphur were some 
better than the rest of the field, but 
there were some scabby potatoes there. 
A part of the field grew potatoes last 
year, and part cabbage, but neither part 
had smoother potatoes than the other. 
The previous year’s crop was quite 
smooth. My experience this year indi¬ 
cates that our station workers have ad¬ 
vocated a cure for scab, before thor¬ 
oughly testing it. That would be a very 
bad practice, for failure brings the 
teachings of station workers into disre¬ 
pute. I have valued very highly the 
recommendations from our stations, and 
shall be glad if some explanation of my 
experience this year can be given which 
will leave my faith in station teachings 
unshaken. 
I used about two pounds of sulphur on 
six rows 40 rods long. I used the dry 
powder gun, and dusted the open fur¬ 
rows. The dressing seems light. Was it? 
A few weeks since, there was some ref¬ 
erence in The R. N.-Y. to experiments 
at the New Jersey Station with sulphur; 
have they been followed far enough to 
justify recommending any particular 
practice ? 1 wish to learn how to grow 
potatoes free from scab, which is now 
the greatest drawback in growing the 
crop. 
Little Men 
and Women 
We call them little men and 
little women, but they are 
neither. They have ideas and 
ways all their own. Fortu¬ 
nately they soon become fond 
of cod-liver oil, when it is 
o;iven to them in the form of 
SCOTTS EMULSION. This 
is the most valuable remedy in 
existence for all the wasting 
diseases of early life. The 
poorly nourished, scrofulous 
child; the thin, weak, fretting 
child; the young child who 
does not grow; ail take Scott's 
Emulsion without force or 
bribe. It seems as if they knew 
that this meant nourishment 
and growth for bones, muscles 
and nerves. 
Book telling more about it, free. 
It won't pay to try a substitute for | 
Scott's Emulsion with the children. 
They will relish the real thing. 
For sale at 50c. and $1.00, by all 
druggists. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. 
Proud 
Garden 
Our varieties of 1 
both Vegetable and 
Flower SEEDS are 
strictly' up-to-date. ’ 
Our beautiful Gar¬ 
den and Farm Man¬ 
ual for 1897 will 
help your selec¬ 
tions. 
We will send it together 
with a packet each of our 
beautiful New Branching 
Asters and our New > Sen¬ 
sation Lettuce , on receipt 
of only 
10 Cts. 
Our regular catalogue 
price of each of these ex¬ 
quisite novelties being 10 
cents per packet. 
Semi at Once. 
Johnson & Stokes, 'SillS*X& 
MWNAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAi 
GREGORY’S! 
HOME 
GROWN 
SEEDS 
are known the country over to be excep¬ 
tionally reliable. They have a reputation of 
forty years back of them. They are sold 
under three warrants. It would not be 
wise to plant without consult- 
ingGregory’sVegetable and^-r; ... ... . 
Flower Seed Cataloguefor J-yZ0 
it describes with engrav-y^vA / 
Inga several new vege- ( 
tables of great merit 
to be found in no 
other. Catalogue 
sent free to anyone 
anywhere. 
J. J. H. GREGORY 
& SON, 
MARBLEHEAD, 
MASS. 
DIBBLE’S SEED DATS. 
SPECIAL OFFER—Ten bushels “ MORTGAGE-LIFTER OATS” (new) the earliest and heaviest 
variety grown, bags Included, 8*6. 24 small fruits or 12 hardy Roses. FREE, with each order. 
Catalogue and samples on application. Write to-day. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE. Seedsman, HONEOYE FALLS. N. Y. 
“Worth $1.00 to any Farmer or Gardener.” 
“A most satisfactory Business Document ” 
Is what customers say about our Descriptive Catalogue of 
Wood’s High -Grade Seeds. 
Wood’s Catalogue for 1897, contains “Honthly Opera¬ 
tions for the Farm and Garden.” Gives descriptions, and 
tells the best ways of Planting and Cultivating all Crops. Gives 
most valuable information about Grasses and Clovers, with 
recommendations as to best Mixtures for Meadows and 
Pastures, and contains, altogether, the most complete and re¬ 
liable information about Garden and Farm Crops. Mailed free 
$ on application to any one intending to purchase seeds. Write for it. 
$ 
t T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. 
$ 
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JEBBARD’S SEED POTATOES 
are always THE BEST. Grown from pedigree seed in the 
new lands of the cold North-East, they yield Earliest and 
largest crops In every climate. 
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0UR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MAILED FREE. Address 
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Produce the fluent vegetable* and choicest flowers 
wherever planted—North, East, South, Went. We wish 
to icain 100,000 new customers this year; with this In 
view we offer $1.00 for 14 cents, postpaid, 
IO NOVELTIES FOR 14c_WORTH $1.00. 
1 pk*. Bismarck Cucumber, 15c«; 1 pkg. Bed Ball Beet, 
10c.; 1 pkjj. Earliest Mtiskmclon, 10c.; 1 pkjr. Earliest 
Carrot, 10c.; 1 pUg. Emp. Wilhelm Lettuce, 15c.; 1 pkgr. 
Giant Onion, 15c.; 1 pkir* 14 Bay ltudlsh, 10c., and 15 
pkes. Brilliant Flowers, 15c.—total $1.00—sufficient for 
rare vegetables and exquisite flowers all summer long! 
Mammoth farm, vegetable and plant catalogue, 5 cents 
postage, or mailed free to Intending buyers. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wisconsin 
Jobes’ “Mortgage Liftt 
Mr. Frank Jobes developed this heaviest, best yielding and most profitable variety 
of Oats. Named it “ Mortgage Lifter” because it would seem impossible for a mort¬ 
gage to stay on the farm where it is grown. 
Not many for sale—a trial bushel, fi.25; 10 bushels, $7.50. Order early to secure 
some—at least write me about them and your seed potatoes. 
FRANK P. JOBES, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
BATTLES’ TESTED SEEDS. 
Market Gardeners, Farmers and all Seed lingers, GET MY Fit ICES BEFORE 
YOTJ BUY. Write for 1897 Seed Annual and Special Wholesale Brice TAst. Send for 
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FRANK H. BATTLES, Garden Seeds “ d ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Grass, Field, Garden, Tree and Flower Seeds, all especially grown and 
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KANSAS 
SEED HOUSE 
j F. Barteldeg Sc Co. 
1 LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 
We Grow Seeds. 
Our Specialties are: 
Cabbage, Celery,Onions,Tomatoes, 
Potatoes and Improved Farm Seeds. 
Prices low. Please ask for Catalogue. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., 
Moreton Farm (P. O.), Monroe Co., N. Y, 
Prices and Quality Tell 
Ten full size 5c. pkts of tested Garden Seeds— 
your own selection—Free by mail 25c. Globe or 
Flat Danvers Onion Seed (Bnest strain) by mall), 1 lb. 
80c.; }■i lb., 45c.; M lb., 25c. Finest Mix Sweet Peas 
(none better) 1 lb . Sac.. % lb., 20c , \i lb.. 12c. Cat. free. 
Order at once. J. W. RAMSEY & SON, Auburn, N. Y 
IF YOU 
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SEEDS 
,Send for Finest FREE CATALOGUE 
REST SEEDS. LOWEST PRICES in 
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For 
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ana save 
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“FORD’S ted SEEDS 
FRANK FORD & SON, Ravenna, Ohio. 
LOUANBERRY 
Primus Hybridberry. Straw¬ 
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Transplanting Machine sets all kinds of Plants that 
require Transplanting. Waters every plant. Price- 
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X Right Prices 
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4- —-NEW SEED AND PLANT BOOK FOR '97, said to be the best published, will 
«§> be mailed free to all gardeners who mention this paper. Address 
4- WM. HENRY MAULE/17H Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
It contains everything good, 
OLD or NEW, in Vegetable, 
Field and Flower Seeds, Flow¬ 
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Y0U NEED IT. 
