1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
327 
RURAL ISMS — Con tinued. 
to the trunks of two plum trees and two 
pear trees—the plums being the Abund¬ 
ance and the Burbank, the pears, two 
varieties not yet introduced. The sub¬ 
stance remained sticky during the 
greater part of the summer, though less 
so during the latter portion. The trees 
showed no evidence of injury during 
the season. This spring, however, we 
find that the Abundance and Burbank 
are dead. The pear trees seem alive, 
but whether they have sustained any 
injury or not, it is yet somewhat too 
early to determine. The Dendrolene is 
yet soft, though covered with a skin 
that would not interfere with the pas¬ 
sage of insects. 
Several, Yellow Rambler roses were 
received from Jackson & Perkins, of 
Newark, N. Y., and planted August 6. 
It was known that this would be a 
splendid companion to the Crimson 
Rambler, if the plants proved to be as 
hardy. We find that the vines were 
killed to within a couple of inches of the 
soil. Perhaps older and larger speci¬ 
mens planted in the spring instead of in 
August would prove hardier. 
Crimson Rambler is one of the hardi¬ 
est roses in our collection. Sime of the 
vines are, at least, eight feet in length, 
trained to an arbor and fully exposed. 
Not even the terminal buds have sus¬ 
tained any injury. This rose is, cer¬ 
tainly, a grand acquisition. All that 
can be said against it is that the beauti¬ 
ful little roses have no perfume. In 
this respect, Yellow Rambler has the 
advantage, though the advantage will 
be of little avail if the plants are not 
hardy. 
Mr P. H. Chesebro, of South Haven, 
Mich., noting our failure to give any in¬ 
formation regarding the London Market 
currant, writes us that it was brought 
to South Haven by an Englishman many 
years ago. Although its merits were 
not appreciated by the fruit growers 
until the last few years, Pres. T. T. 
Lyon, he says, thinks that it is the same 
as the London Red. It is a much 
stronger grower than the Victoria, 
which, previously, was the Michigan 
favorite, and will yield more of slightly 
larger berries upon longer racemes. 
Thousands of plants have been, and are 
being set out in the country about South 
Haven, and the prices are the same as 
Victoria. . 
A correspondent, D. M. Williams, of 
Smithton, Westmoreland County, Pa., 
writes that, for the past three years, the 
Japan plums Ogon, Abundance and Sat- 
suma are full of blossoms long before 
the native and European varieties. As 
a consequence, the blossoms are blighted 
by frost, and the trees bear no fruit. 
He regards the Japs as of no value for 
his region. 
Notes and Points. 
F. B., East Carver, Mass. —May 
flowers (Arbutus) have been very abund¬ 
ant this spring. Some are very dark 
pink. Many people add to their in¬ 
comes by gathering these flowers and 
sending to cities. 
The cold wave has not, apparently, 
injured fruit buds to a serious extent. 
The White pine is very pretty, but it 
is quite a nuisance in old pastures and 
other land not often plowed, it seeds so 
abundantly. 
Blackberry plants have been injured 
seriously by the winter, all but the 
small hardy sorts. Shaffer raspberry 
is apparently all dead. 
What does any one want of a better 
gooseberry than Downing ? It seems 
to be perfect here. 
What we need is a strawberry with as 
good a blossom as Chas. Downing, and 
as good a plant-maker as Haverland, 
with a berry equal to Bubach No. 5. Is 
there such a berry ?—[? Eds J 
Are there any Japan plums that will 
ripen here by or before August 15, and 
that are hardy here—latitude about 43 
degrees north, and plenty of New Eng¬ 
land storms that are death to all tender 
trees?—[Willard. Eds.] 
Why should farmers ask for “ free 
delivery ” ? Why not, rather, advocate 
the abolition of all “ free delivery ” in 
cities ? Why should a merchant making 
profits of thousands of dollars per year, 
not be obliged to pay for getting his 
letter as well as the farmers ? Let the 
farmers unite on this, abolish free de¬ 
livery, and teach the business man that 
he cannot run the government. 
Is it honest for a nurseryman to sub¬ 
stitute another variety for the one 
ordered ? Suppose he were to order a 
barrel of flour, and received a barrel of 
plaster, would he feel satisfied ? Why 
not stop trading with all nurserymen 
and seedsmen that do not distinctly say 
in their catalogues that they will return 
your money if they have not what is 
ordered ? Is it honest for a nursery¬ 
man to dig trees when he has leisure 
and put them in “ The largest frost¬ 
proof cellars,” and leave them to dry 
and die through the winter, and then to 
ship to some unsuspecting man who 
relies on his honor ? Trees should be 
dug and shipped at once. Another 
point on which we can hardly be so 
emphatic is — they (the nurserymen) 
should not substitute larger sizes. If 
we order a five foot tree, we don’t want 
one eight feet. |And further yet, tree 
agents are not the only people who 
mislabel trees and plants. We have 
received them from some of the largest 
nurseries in the country with wrong 
labels. 
It is an error for any farmer or com¬ 
munity to rely on one product alone. 
This was shown in this vicinity in 1890. 
Everybody about here grows cran¬ 
berries, and last year they were very 
low, and consequently everybody is 
poor. 
Is there any blackberry as hardy as 
the Snyder ? We have failed to find 
any. A sort as hardy as Snyder, as 
large as Erie, as good as Agawam, is 
what we want. 
Would seeds of melons be earlier (of 
the same year) if grown in the north ? 
If we buy melon seeds of seedsmen, of 
early sorts, we can rarely get them to 
ripen before frost, but if we save our 
own seeds, we find them all right. 
How much fertilizer will it pay to put 
on a crop ? We once, by mistake, put on 
at the rate of 60 bags (three tons) Cum¬ 
berland Potato Fertilizer per acre, and 
the strawberries were great. And we 
put on nearly one quart per plant of 
ground bone to a few Brandywine, and 
they made lots of plants. 
Poor 
Blood 
When a horse is poor in flesh, 
a new harness won't give him 
strength. If a house is cold 
new furniture won't warm it. 
If your strength is easily ex¬ 
hausted; work a burden; 
nerves weak; digestion poor; 
muscles soft; if you are pale 
and worn out, the trouble is 
with the blood. It is not so 
much IMPURE blood as 
POOR blood. Pills won't 
make this blood rich; nor will 
bitters, nor iron tonics, any 
more than a new harness will 
give strength to the horse, or 
new furniture will make a 
house warm. For poor blood 
you want something that will 
make rich blood. 
SCOTT'S EMULSION of 
Cod-liver Oil with Hypophos- 
phites is the best remedy in the 
world for enriching the blood. 
"We have prepared a book telling you 
more about the subject. Sent Free. 
For sale by all druggists at 50c. & $1.00. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. 
WHO’S SHELLABERGER ? 
He’s the Wire Fence Man, of Atlanta, Ga., and sell 
the best and cheapest fencing in existence for all pur 
poses. Freight paid. Catalogue free. Write for it. 
K. Li. SHEUABEKCEK, 75 F St., Atlanta, Ga, 
ARMSTRONG & McKELVY* 
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UNION 
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MISSOURI 
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Philadelphia. 
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MORLEY 
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CORNELL 
KENTUCKY 
Cleveland. 
Salem, Mass. 
Buffalo. 
Louisville. 
VOU will find that painting 
properly done with Pure 
White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil 
is a good investment—more than 
the cost will be added to the at¬ 
tractiveness and value of your 
property. Make sure that the 
brand is right. (See list of brands 
which are genuine.) Avoid the 
“ just-as-good, ” “ sold-for-lcss- 
money ” sorts. 
rnnr By using National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Col- 
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By using National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Col¬ 
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valuable information and card showing samples of colors free; 
also cards showing pictures of twelve houses of different designs painted in 
various styles or combinations of shades forwarded upon application. 
National Lead Co., / Broadway , New York. 
It’s 
W ork 
I making the garden ready if you have the right-shaped, properly 
made tools. Gardener never used a better 
shaped or finer made tool than the 
W. & C. Bow Rake Patented ^‘s^nT i 
no Pi eqliuu Won’t break—forged from one jj l II II 
' piece of steel. The teeth are curved. 
L All of the VV. & C. Farm and Garden Tools are unequalled in strength, con- 
^ venienee, effectiveness. Ask the dealer for them. Write for the W. & C. 
Book—free. It will post you on rakes, hoes, forks, tool handles, wheelbarrows, etc. 
WITHINGTOK <to COOLEY IIFG. CO., JACKSON, MICH. 
STEEL 
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Steel Wheels 
Staggered Oval Spokes. 
BUY A SET TO FIT YOUR NEW OR OLD WACON 
CHEAPEST AND BEST 
way to get a low wagon. Any size 
wheel, any width tire. (fatal. fkkb. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Quincy. III. 
HARTMAN’S 
STEEL PICKET FENCE. 
HANDSOME 
ENDURING 
STRONGER THAN IRON. 
CHEAPER THAN WOOD. 
HANDSOMER THAN EITHER. 
Made from the best steel wire and woven into a hand¬ 
some fence,which when constructed with ourornamen- 
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flower garden or the cemetery lot. The ideal fence for 
enclosing Public Grounds, Church Yards, Court Yards, 
School Grounds, etc. Catalougue and Circulars Kkkk. 
HARTMAN MFG. CO., ELLW00D CITY, PA., or 
Manhattan 15Ulg., Chicago. 227 Broadway, N.Y. 
STEE 
LP 
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GKET LAWN FENCE, 
steel gates, steel postsand rail, also Field and 
Hog Fence Wire, singleand double farm gates. 
For further information, write to the 
UNION FENCE CO., De Kalb, III. 
UOWtN 
CABLE STAY FENCE CO , 
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Co 
$10 
For a machine to build 
the cheapest strongest 
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No royalties, no farm rights, 
machine easily and quickly 
operated by any farmer. 
Send for large circulars 
NORWALK.O. 
LOW 
Metal Wheels 
with Wide Tire*. Any iiii and 
width of tire wanted. Huba te fit 
any axle. Saras labor. No resetting 
tires. Catalogue free. Address 
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TRUE FENCE ECONOMY. 
consists in building a fence that will last; one 
that cannot be blown down; one that cannot 
burn up, ami which will turn all kinds of 
stock, from the smallest pig to the largest bull 
or horse. Such a fence is the KKYSTONK 
FENCE. More about it in our kkkk book on 
fence building 
KEYSTONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 
No. l!) Rush St.. Peoria. III. 
Luck or Merit ? 
Our competitors say it's Luck that enables us to 
getulltbe best Kai I road trailed behest farm trade,and 
all the Parks and Game preserves. Our customers 
buy the fence on its merits, we sell on its merits, 
and no one objects to the good luck that goes with it. 
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I WOVEN .ML FENCE 
Best on Earth. Itorse-hlgh, Bull- 
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our IHFI.KX At TOM AH C Machine I 
you can make (JO rods a day for X 
12 to 20 cts. a Rod. 1 
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