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without any resemblance to the potato. 
We found shortly after doing this work 
that the fruit was different from the 
Physalis Alkekengi in that the pods 
covering the little berries became, when 
mature, of a bright red color. We re¬ 
member during the season that Mr. W. 
A. Burpee saw the large red pods, asked 
what they were, and requested seeds, 
which we gave him. This has since been 
introduced as a novelty under the name 
of Physalis Francheti. It differs, how¬ 
ever, from the old Physalis Alkekengi 
in that the berry and inflated calyx are 
larger, the latter being of a brighter 
red color. The berries are excellent as 
preserves, having a decided flavor of 
strawberries... 
□ The Bismarck apple is still praised by 
many nurserymen as having made a 
wonderful record for high quality, hardi¬ 
ness and earliness of fruiting ; two-year 
trees, it is said, seldom fail to produce 
fruit. One firm makes the claim that 
eight apples matured on a one-year 
graft. The tree is said to be hardy, pro¬ 
ductive and to succeed in hot climates.. 
We think that the Glen Mary straw¬ 
berry, from our own trials, is well 
worthy of a trial by others. 
When one can buy 100 evergreen seed¬ 
lings for $1, why not try them ?. 
You who are interested in peaches, do 
you know about the Sneed, Bokara, Tri¬ 
umph, and Greensboro?. 
Bur Zig-zag sweet corn instead of Ne 
Plus Ultra or Country Gentleman (they 
are the same) for the latest. We prefer 
Zig-zag to Stowell’s for home use. The 
Zig-zag and Country Gentleman resem¬ 
ble each other in the irregularity of the 
rows, depth of kernel and size and shape 
of ear. Hence it is, as we have reason 
to suspect, the latter has been sent to 
fill orders for the former. 
Mb. A. N. Jones, of Newark, Wayne 
County, N. Y., is one of the very few 
who have made the crossing of wheats 
a specialty, and he has been very suc¬ 
cessful. Among over 1,000 crosses, some 
eight or ten varieties have been well 
tested, as, for example, Bearded Winter 
Fife, Early Red Clawson, Jones’s Winter 
Fife, White Golden Cross. He has now 
about 300 acres of winter wheat. 
Planer Shavings for Mulch. 
C. L. M., Camden, Ark. —In recent 
numbers of The R. N.-Y., I have noticed 
the discussion about sawdust as a mulch 
for strawberries. In 1895, I mulched 
half my plants with planer chips, and 
the yield was doubled by the mulch. 
The fruit was much larger ; the season 
of fruiting was prolonged from one to 
two weeks, and five plants were sum- 
merkilled on the unmulched portion 
where one died on the mulched. Michel’s 
Early, Parker Earle and Crescent were 
the varieties grown. The chips were 
put on to a depth of five inches around, 
and not on the plant, the whole bed be¬ 
ing covered to that depth except imme¬ 
diately around the plants. Spinach is 
now growing where the strawberries 
grew, with neither good nor bad effects 
from the mulch. The soil is light and 
sandy, and the chips were from pine 
lumber. 
More Power to a Crank. 
P. W. J., Pontiac, Mich.— Some time 
ago, Mr. Grundy inquired whether any 
one had discovered any way to take the 
backache and monotony out of the ordi¬ 
nary grindstone. Last winter, my boy, 
although only 12 years old, suggested, 
as we had two very dull axes to grind, a 
plan that he thought—agreeing pretty 
well with Mr. Grundy’s views—would 
take off part of the terrors, at least, of 
this most hated of all hated necessities. 
He thought of how the engine turns the 
crank of all machinery, so in one end of 
a piece of board about four feet long 
and as many inches wide, we bored a 
hole just large enough to slip on to the 
wood of the handle, and shaved off the 
rest of it for a handle to take hold of. 
Then we put on wooden washers about 
three inches thick to throw this handle 
out near the end of the grindstone crank, 
to obviate the danger of striking the 
end of the shaft, and, probably, avert¬ 
ing an accident. Then we' put on this 
pitman, and another inch washer, and 
tacked this last one on. Then, when all 
was ready, and water in the trough, 
Master Mark took hold of the new 
machine, gave the signal, started the 
stone, and, presto, what an improve¬ 
ment over the old way ! Try this plan ! 
Your 
Vitality? 
The essence of life is force. 
Every breathyou breathe,every 
heart beat, every motion of 
your hand, takes force. The 
measu e of force we call vital¬ 
ity. If this is lacking, there is 
loss of flesh, lack of resistive 
power, a tendency to catch di¬ 
sease easily, especially a tend¬ 
ency to Consumption. For low 
vitality nothing is better than 
Scott's Emulsion. It supplies 
force by furnishing the nourish¬ 
ing, strengthening elements of 
food in an easily digested form; 
enriches the blood, and builds 
up the system. When ordinary 
food is of no avail, Scott's 
Emulsion will supply the body 
with all the vital elements of life. 
Two sizes, 50 cts. and $1.00. All 
druggists. 
If you will ask for it we will send 
you a book telling you all about Scott's 
Emulsion. Free. 
IF YOU 
BUY 
SEEDS 
Send for FI neat FREE CATALOGUE 
REST SEEDS. LOWEST PRICES in 
America. Valuable EXTRAS FREE with orders, 
fcev If Market Gardener nay Wholesale Catalogue. 
ALKEEIt KliOH., No. 30 Day St,, KO€KFOKl>, III. 
We are Anxious for a Name 
'of* this SUPERB NEW PEA («18Q7 W ) 
And will 
Pay for it 
in Cash 
$ 200 ®? 
Because we are certain that the “ 1897 ” will attain, among garden Peas, the highest possible rank, 
we have decided to offer a prize of $ 200.00 for the name sent in this year that we shall consider 
the most appropriate for the variety. Purchasers of the Pea who intend to suggest a name should read 
CONDITIONS OP COMPETITION. Every package of “ 1897” Pea contains a coupon with 
blank space for name suggested, also for competitor's name and address, so that all purchasers of tiie 
Pea are entitled to fill out just as many coupons as their order calls for packages. Coupons may be 
returned to us any time throughout the season, but not later than October i, 1897 . The prize money 
to be remitted by us during December, 1897 . 
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DESCRIPTION OF HENDERSON’S NEW “1897” PEA | 
The ideal garden Pea should combine extreme earliness, quantity and quality. We have !ong 
had many varieties that possessed one, and often two, of these most essential characteristics, but 
until the advent of our “ 1897 ” none that possessed all three, and, what is more wonderful still, that 
it should have all these features in the superlative decree. We have grown it in our Trial Grounds 
for the last two seasons, and find in earliness and yield it leaves nothing to be desired, while its 
delicious flavor is such that that epicure would indeed be hard to please whom it failed to satisfy. 
Our Catalogue, offered below, describes it in more extended detail. 
Henderson's " 1897 " Pea will be delivered free to any Post-Office in the United States, at 
following prices ( when more convenient buyers may remit in stamps), 20 cents per package ; 3 pack¬ 
ages for 50 cents; 7 packages for $1.00. (Every package containing a coupon as stated above.) 
NOW THEN *£? “JUBILEE” CATALOGUE will send FREE 
With every order from this advertisement. Every copy of our “Jubilee” Catalogue of “Every¬ 
thing for the Garden ” costs 25 cents to produce, but witli every order from this advertisement for 
“ 1897 ” Pea we will send a copy without charge. Prepared to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary 
of our business, scores among the thousands who have already seen it have told us that it is the 
most beautiful and interesting Seed and Plant Catalogue ever issued. It is a magnificent work of 
170 pages, on which are displayed over 500 illustrations of theprincipal products of our Gardens and 
Greenhouses. Also 6 full-sized colored plates, which in artistic beauty have probably never been 
equaled, certainly piNJAl I V — we l> r ‘ n gfi'‘ s most liberal of offers to a close when we promise 
never surpassed. rllx/ALL, 1 senc j 0 ur “jubilee Surprise Souvenir" without charge to all 
who, in ordering from this advertisement, will state they saw it in this publication. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
35 and 37 Cortlandt 'street, NEW YORK 
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Prices and Quality Tell 
Ten full size 5c. pkts of tested Garden Seeds— 
your own selection—Fret) by mail 25c. Globe or 
Flat Danvers Onion Seed (finest strain) by mail), 1 lb. 
80c.; % lb., 45c.; 'A lb.,25c. Finest Mix Sweet Peas 
(none better) 1 lb . 35c.. J41b.,20c., If lb.. 12c. Cat. free. 
Order at once. J. W. RAMSEY & SON, Auburn, N. Y 
Danish Ballhead Cabbage. 
IMPORTED RELIABLE SEED. 
Prices on application. Catalogue Free. 
Frank H. Battles, Seed Grower, Rochester, N. Y. 
WE'LL BUY OH 5ELL#j«* 
Grass.Clover 01 Timothy P" ■■ I ■ 
We clean them by special^^^ kai mmm 
methods & machinery, and takeout every kind of weed 
seed. Ordinary seeds contain weeds—over-run the farm 
—exhaust It—& reduce quantity & quality of crop. Our 
seeds are clean.Write today for free booklet, Seed Sense 
The WHITNEY-NOYES SEED CO.’WVSJk 0 .' 1 
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., IM. Y. 
SSjP*’ IF YOU 
- PLANT RIGHT SEEOS. 
My New Seed Book tells all about the 
best varieties of Radish and every¬ 
thing of interest in Seeds; how to 
grow them for profit, etc. 
Write p p Mention 
To-day §" K fr* B ^this paper 
and will send you a sample of Buck" 
bee’s Rapid Forcing Radish, 
theEarliest on earth together 
with beautiful and instru.tive Seed 
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L H. W. BUCKBEE, iJB 
JBux 545 Rockford Seed Farms,^^ j 
Rockford, Ills. 
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 
be sent in early, as the supply is limited. 
Beautifully Illustrated with Hundreds of Cuts 
We Mail it FREE. “ 
J.M.THORBURN & Co. 15 JOHN ST.NewYork 
Iowa Silver Mine Com 
in Scott County, Iowa, 215 BUSHELS PER ACRE! 
The largest and most wonderful crop ever grown. It is a grand new varie¬ 
ty, the best and most productive corn in the world. Kars large, kernals 
deep, small cob. matures in 95 to 100 days. Yielded in Arkansas 188 bushels; 
in Neb., 135 bu.; in Ohio, 135 bu.; in Texas 128 bu.; in Mich.. 97 bu. Average 
corn crop of the U. S. Is only 28 bu. Just think of it! Our prize acre was 
equal to seven acres of ordinary corn. See proof of above in our catalogue. 
There Is money in farming if youonly know how. Don’t be a Suail! Be 
progressive. Adopt new methods. Use good seed. Instructions for growing 
200 bushels corn per acre sent to all who order Iowa Silver Mine Seed Corn 
from us. It will pay you to plant your entire corn field with this variety. 
Seed costs only 30 cts. per acre. You can pay off your mortgage and it will bo 
equal to a silver mine on the farm. Get your neighbors to order with you. 
We refer to editor of this paper as to our responsibility. Price—Per peck 
75c, bush. $2.00, 2 bush, or more @ $1.85, 10 bush. $17.50. 
'tRflfi fill IN pp17PC Offered for largest yield in 1897. Competition open 
ipjUUiUU in r niLLO to all. Somebody's going to get it. Is it you? Send 
for particulars and our large illustrated catalogue of best novelties and 
standard sorts of Farm. Garden and Flower Seeds. Also Special Bargain 
List mailed free if you mention this paper. *■ 
IOWA SEED CO. (Established 1871), Des Moines, Iowa, 
NORTHERN-GROWN SEEDS 
'W/IJ - . ||i/\ 'S. Tlntefex Produce the fineat vegetable* and choicest flowers. 
? f Av ‘ m JVXfiffMfzs wherever planted—North, Kant, South, West. We winb{ 
vto train 100,000 new customers this year; with this Inf 
/view we offer ifc 1.00 for 14 cents, postpaid, 
10 NOVELTIES FOIi 14c.—WORTH $1.00. 
>1 pkg. HUinarek Cucumber, 15c.; 1 pkg. Ked Hall Heet, 
10c.; 1 pkg. Earliest Musk melon, 10c.; 1 pkg. Earliest 
Carrot* lOe.; 1 pkg. Enip. Wilhelm Lettuce, 15c.; 1 pktr. 
kGlant Onion, 15c.; 1 pktr* 14 I>uy KudUli, 1 Oe., and »> 
|pkg*. Hrilliant Flowers, 15c.—total >#i 1 .OO—Miittlclent for 
■ rare vegetables and exquisite flowers all summer lontr! 
[Mammoth farm, vegetable anil plant catalogue, 5 cents 
/ postage, or mailed free to intending buyers. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wisconsin. 
BUY FRESH KANSAS 
Grass, Field, Garden, Tree and Flower Seeds, all especially grown and 
selected for Western soli and climate. Alfalfa, KafHreorn * 
other forage plants for dry climate a specialty. Our elegant 1897 cata¬ 
logue Is ready & will be mailed kkek on application. Send for onk now. 
KANSAS j F. Barteldes & Co. 
SEED HOUSE t Lawrence, Kansas. 
