1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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It is claimed that this is the earliest tomato known. 
The illustration shows the tomato to be perfectly 
round without apparent lobes. Four colored pages 
show in brilliant colors some of this firm’s novelties. 
George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y.—This is a 
special as well as a general catalogue, special in that 
it celebrates the introduction of Campbell’s Early 
grape, of whose seeming merits, The R. N.-Y. was the 
first to tell in print. The catalogue quotes freely of 
all that we have said of the grape, and we have only 
now to add that we have no occasion to regret what 
we have said, but still further urge upon our readers 
that they try, at least, one vine. On the last page, is 
an artistic picture of one of the leaves and an ordin¬ 
ary bunch. The list of grapes in general is as well 
selected as any which we know. Mr. Josselyn still 
MILLER RED RASPBERRY. Fig. 63. See First Page. 
regards Red Jacket as standing at the head of goose¬ 
berries. The plants have not, in any case, been 
known to mildew. He has a good word to say of the 
North Star currant. Ohmer blackberry he describes 
“as large as the largest, hardy, best quality, sweet 
even before ripe, very productive, strong grower, late.” 
He says that the Agawam has no superior for home 
use. The plant is healthy, hardy and productive. 
T. J. Dwyer, Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y.—An 
illustrated catalogue of small fruits, large fruits, 
vegetable plants, ornamental trees and shrubs. 
Special SI lists are made up of strawberries, black¬ 
berries, raspberries, currants and grapes. So, too, 
plum, peach, apple and pear lists are offered at S3, 
and the lists are well selected. Among strawberries, 
the best of the novelties, as well as the best of the 
standards, are offered, and the descriptions of them 
are explicit. If Mr. Dwyer has not fruited a variety 
THE LOGAN BERRY. Fig. 64. See First Page. 
which he offers, he merely quotes the originator’s or 
introducer’s description. Mr. Dwyer well remarks 
that the Miller Red, which is earning for itself so 
good a reputation, and the popular Loudon, the 
one ripening so much earlier than the other, 
would make good mates. The catalogue speaks 
a good word for the old Caroline, a pinkish-yel¬ 
low variety, which, at the Rural Grounds, has 
proved itself as hardy and productive as any 
variety ever tried. Berry crates, baskets, etc., 
are offered at exceedingly low rates. 
H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, Ill.—Seed and Plant 
Guide of 112 large pages. Among the novelties, 
Buckbee’s New Golden Lima bean seems to be 
most prominent. It is pronounced the “finest 
Lima bean on earth ” and its sale, at present, is 
controlled by Mr. Buckbee. The quality is said 
to excel all others. The pods are described as 
being of medium size, containing four to six 
seeds. The seeds, even when dried, are of a 
golden color, and are thus a great curiosity. It 
is claimed that this Golden Lima is not only the 
ten derest and richest of Limas, but that the vines are 
of the hardiest and most productive. The variety is, 
also, among the earliest. Among the varieties of field 
corn offered, we would advise our readers to choose 
the White Cap Yellow dent, as the result of our trials 
during thejpast season. 
Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa.—Garden and 
Farm Manual of 100 pages. This firm has done as 
much as any other to bring about a higher apprecia¬ 
tion of accuracy in plant illustrations. Shotwell’s 
Improved Thick Lima is regarded as a decided im¬ 
provement upon Dreer’s Improved or any other variety 
of its class in earliness, productiveness and fine 
quality. As already stated, the New Eskimoso 
E 
VINELESS SWEET POTATO. Fig. 65. 
cucumber was found, last season, at the Rural 
Grounds, as shown by the illustration, page five of 
the novelties, to be of distinct form, while the skin is 
strongly netted. We found it, also, to be the earliest 
of the varieties on trial. Fig. 65 shows a photographic 
picture of the Hardy Bush or Vineless sweet potato. 
It is claimed that this is as easily grown as white 
potatoes, attaining marketable size in 60 days, yield¬ 
ing from 400 to 600 bushels to the acre. 
Peter Henderson & Co., New York.—We have be¬ 
fore us the jubilee edition of the Manual of Every¬ 
thing for the Garden, the firm having been established 
50 years ago. It is, to our way of thinking, one of 
the most attractive catalogues that we have ever 
looked through, as it is unquestionably one of the 
most costly. One of the six full-page colored plates 
shows two new potatoes which we predict will earn a 
speedy popularity. The first is the Sir Walter 
Raleigh, Mr. Carman’s latest production, and, as the 
firm aptly puts it, “ The only seedling of the well- 
known Rural New-Yorker No. 2 that is better than its 
parent.” The second is the Bovee, Fig. 66. During 
the season of 1894, we made a trial which was intended 
to show whether any of the new potatoes were 
really earlier than the Early Ohio. In this trial, 
the Bovee vines died 12 days before the Early 
Ohio. The hills of the Early Ohio yielded an 
average of 12 tubers each, which weighed but 
an average of 12 ounces. The season was exceed¬ 
ingly dry. Hills of the Bovee seedling yielded 
13 each, weighing 15% ounces. Later (July 17), two 
hills of the Early Ohio yielded 14 tubers, weighing 
1 pound 8 ounces. Two hills of the Bovee dug the 
same day, yielded 1 pound and 12 ounces. From this 
little trial, w6 would estimate that the Bovee is, at 
least, 10 days earlier than the Ohio, while its shape is 
nearly perfect and the quality excellent. Among 
many novelties, a new pea is offered—claimed to be 
the earliest wrinkled pea in existence—“ enormous 
peas, enormous pods, enormous yielder.” A colored 
illustration shows 10 large peas to a pod. The vines 
grow 2% feet high. The firm offers $200 for a name 
for this newcomer. The Jubilee rose, of which a 
beautiful full-page illustration is given, we shall 
allude to here¬ 
after. 
Edward F. 
Dibble, Hon- 
eoye Falls, N. 
Y.—A carefully 
selected list of 
seed potatoes, 
corn, oats, 
beans, small 
fruits, etc. 
Potatoes are a 
specialty, and 
only the latest 
favorites are 
offered. All of 
them have been 
tried at the 
Rural Grounds, 
to the reports 
of which our 
readers’ atten¬ 
tion is called. 
Mr. Dibble re- 
gards the 
Money Maker 
as the “ most 
productive po¬ 
tato in Amer¬ 
ica.” Especial 
attention is 
called to Dib¬ 
ble’s Mammoth 
Eight- rowed 
Yellow flint 
corn and also to 
the New York 
State Ninety- 
day dent, which 
is described as 
the “best corn 
for the East.” 
We have before 
described the 
Mortgage Lift¬ 
er oats tried at 
the Rural 
Grounds and 
approved. Fig. 
67 shows a 
panicle. 
Myer & Son, 
Bridgeville,Del 
—A catalogue 
of 50 pages of large fruits, small fruits and nuts of the 
Bridgeville Nurseries. This firm regards the Miller 
Red raspberry as the firmest and best shipping berry 
in existence. Here are the claims made : Ripens 
with the very earliest, productiveness equal to 
any, has no equal as a shipper, perfectly hardy, 
quality unsurpassed. The lists of strawberries 
and grapes are comprehensive. The New Hale 
(Japan) plum is a specialty. 
Frank Ford & Son, Ravenna, O.—Seventeenth 
Annual Catalogue of Seeds, Potatoes, Plants, etc. 
Among the seemingly worthy novelties, we 
would call attention to the Crimson Beauty 
bean, which is described as the “ largest bush 
bean in cultivation and as early as the earliest. 
The pods are from six to eight inches long, the 
seeds being an inch or more in length when 
green, and of the very best quality. In produc¬ 
tiveness, the variety is marvellous.” The Lincoln 
potato was tested at the Rural Grounds last sea¬ 
son as No. 47. It yielded, according to our re¬ 
port already published, at the rate of 685 bushels 
to the acre. Columbus yielded at the rate of 746 bush¬ 
els per acre. Among other novelties, we may mention 
the Prize blackberry, Brittle apple, White Beauty 
sunflower and Clark’s strawberry. 
Harrison’s Nurseries, Berlin, Md.—The growth of 
this nursery firm, as we learn from the catalogue, has 
MORTGAGE LIFTER OATS. Fig. 67. 
