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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May. 1 
Dr. Hoskins, under date of April 10, 
writes us as follows : “ I am deeply in¬ 
terested in studying the Russian tree 
fruits, of which Prof. Budd has supplied 
me with a full line. Even the Russian 
Baldwin apple unquestionably came to 
me from him, although he has not been 
able to find it in his vast collection. 
The first 2,000 trees will be planted in 
my own orchard, and after that, the 
more widely they are spread through 
the cold North the better I shall be 
pleased.”.. 
Some years ago, attention was called 
to Canaigre as a valuable plant because 
of the large amount of tannic acid in 
the roots, which was found to be just as 
effective for tanning hides as the tannic 
acid of bark. According to a bulletin 
of the Texas Station, issued last year by 
Prof. Harrington, the culture of Can¬ 
aigre is a decided success. So, too, it is 
a success in Arizona, where a large com¬ 
pany has been formed to promote this 
industry. As has been stated in these 
columns before several times, the man¬ 
ner of growth of Canaigre is much like 
that of sweet potatoes, and the yield is 
said to be something like 10 tons per 
acre. The tanning qualities have been 
thoroughly tested in Scotland, and this 
country is now receiving orders not only 
from Scotland, but from all portions of 
Europe. James Nimon, of Denison, 
Texas, the originator of the Parker 
Earle strawberry, sends us a number of 
the roots of Canaigre. They resemble 
those of carrots as to shape and color of 
flesh, the odor being that of tannic acid, 
and they are astringent in taste. Mr. 
Nimon writes that he believes that it 
will stand the winters at the Rural 
Grounds, though it may not grow much 
during the winter, as it does in Texas 
and farther south. It grows and blooms 
at a very low temperature. He has 
plants in his garden that, in early 
March, had made a remarkable growth 
of top. The tops were partially killed 
once or twice during the winter, when 
the mercury fell as low as six degrees 
above zero. It seems that growth 
entirely ceases during hot, dry weather, 
and the tops die down until fall. The 
seasons of most rapid growth in Texas 
are during March, April, October and 
November. Mr. Nimon says that, pos¬ 
sibly, it will grow with us during the 
entire summer and produce as large a 
crop as it does in the South. Bulletin 
No. 38 of the Texas Experiment Station 
will furnish further particulars to those 
who may feel some interest in the cul¬ 
ture of Canaigre. 
We have alluded to the new Vineless 
sweet potato several times, and now we 
have occasion to allude to it again. It is 
claimed that this yam grows to market¬ 
able size in from 60 to 100 days, yielding 
over 400 bushels per acre. We are told 
further that the vines are like those of 
the white potato—even more bushy; that 
the flesh is dark yellow, dry and sweet, 
and said to contain 20 per cent more 
sugar than the ordinary kinds. “ They 
are easy to keep, to cultivate and to 
harvest, and will grow on any soil.” 
One grower says : “ They will be the 
main crop potato as soon as their merits 
are known ; as easily grown as the Irish 
potato, and more productive.” 
Another says: “They are unexcelled 
in size, quality, productiveness and ear¬ 
liness.” 
Kindly responsive to our request, a 
quantity of these sweet potatoes was 
sent to us by Johnson & Stokes, of Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. Some of them were boiled 
in the usual way, and they were found 
to be dry and as sweet as any sweet 
potatoes we have ever eaten. 
Our respected Dr. T. H. Hoskins, of 
Newport, Vt., during his 30 years of 
active pomological studies and work, 
has introduced a number of valuable 
apples — Scott’s Winter and Yellow 
Transparent, for instance. But popular 
as they have become, they are not, in 
his judgment, likely to be so great a 
boon to the public as the Russian Bald¬ 
win. It is, he says, as near perfection 
in all points as he has ever known any 
fruit to be, both commercially and as 
regards widespread usefulness to grow¬ 
ers and consumers. Mark the prediction 
of one who rarely counts without his 
host. 
It must be close upon 45 years ago 
that the writer of these notes first heard 
of the half-sweet-half-sour apple. From 
time to time, we have heard of it since, 
but have never seen one that we are 
aware of, certainly never eaten one. 
Prof. H. E. Van Deman, ex-United 
States Pomologist, writes us that it is a 
mistake to keep on spelling Minnewaski 
blackberry with a terminal i, instead of 
a terminal a. He says that this mistake 
was made years ago. He wrote to the 
originator and introducer, the late A. J. 
Cay wood, regarding the correct spell¬ 
ing. and he replied that it should end 
with an a. Mr. Cay wood’s answer is on 
file at Washington. Mr. Van Deman adds 
that it is an Indian name, and the In¬ 
dians never use Russian terminals. 
“Perhaps Mr. Carman may have it on 
record wrong.” According to our records, 
our plants were received in 1886 labeled 
Minnewaski. Somewhat later, the ques¬ 
tion arose whether the word should end 
with an i or an a. We wrote to the firm 
of A. J. Caywood & Son regarding it, 
and were told in reply, as we now re¬ 
call it, that they preferred to call it Min¬ 
newaski. We have since printed it ac¬ 
cordingly. While we regard Mr. Van 
Deman as an authority second to none 
in pomological nomenclature, we would 
call his attention to the fact that the 
American Pomological Society, Ell- 
wanger & Barry, New York Experiment 
Station, President P. J. Berckmans, T. 
T. Lyon, Michigan Experiment Station, 
Georgia Experiment Station, et al , pre¬ 
fer to spell it Minnewaski. 
Could we have but one hardy shrub, 
we are fully half inclined to the opinion 
that that one shrub would be Magnolia 
stellata. One single specimen was 
bought from the old Parsons nurseries 
about 15 years ago, or when it was first 
introduced. It was proposed to name 
it Thurberi after the late Dr. Thurber. 
Then it was named Hall’s Magnolia 
after Dr. Hall, who introduced it from 
Japan. At length the specific name 
“ stellata ” was given to it. 
During the 15 years we have had this 
beauty, it has not once been injured by 
cold, having stood 23 degrees below 
zero, and has failed to bloom but twice, 
as we recall, during that period. It is 
the very first of the magnolias to bloom 
This spring its first buds opened April 
8. It blooms before the leaves appear, 
so that the bushes are one mass of rosy 
white, sweetly aromatic, double-petaled 
flowers. The petals are two inches 
long and only half an inch wide, and 
there are about 20 to a flower. The 
leaves are of a glossy wax-like green, 
obovate to elliptic in shape, and from 
three to five inches long. The foliage is 
ample, the bushes round and symmetri¬ 
cal in form. Now is just the safest time 
to transplant this magnolia if selected 
from Northern nurseries. 
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