1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
359 
Wagener Apple in Vermont. 
E. C. B., Wilmington, Vt. —I was 
surprised to read what D K. G. wrote 
about the Wagener apple, page 317. 
I should hardly think that his can be 
true to name. I have it in bearing, and 
like it so well that I have top-grafted it 
into several trees this spring, hoping 
that it will grow better so than on its 
own roots. The trees are slow growers, 
and have rather a stunted appearance, 
but bear full nearly every year. 
Mil W. T. Macoun, me assistant 
director of the Central Experiment Farm 
of Ottawa, Can., which is 45 degrees 
north latitude, alluding to our answer 
as to the hardiness of certain trees, says 
that they have upwards of 2,500 trees in 
their arboretum which have been grow¬ 
ing there for from seven to nine years, 
the temperature meanwhile going as 
low as 28 degrees below zero. He writes 
that some specimens of Teas’s Catalpa 
are quite hardy, and bloom profusely. 
So, too, a few specimens of Catalpa 
speciosa have proved hardy, most of 
them proving but half hardy. The 
Ginkgo is so hardy that even the tips 
are rarely killed. Cladrastis tinctoria is 
perfectly hardy. Magnolia acuminata 
is but half hardy. This is the Cucumber 
magnolia, upon which most of the for¬ 
eign varieties are worked. We shall be 
glad to hear further from Mr. Macoun 
as to the hardiness of other trees. 
Again we may refer to that beautiful 
shrub still comparatively new, Hall’s 
apple. To call it an apple is misleading, 
since the fruit is hardly larger than the 
head of a good-sized pin. It was first 
introduced as Malus Halleana, and we 
have called it Hall’s apple ever since. 
It has since been reintroduced as Pyrus 
malus Parkmanni, Parkman being sub¬ 
stituted for Hall. In our opinion, there 
is not a more beautiful flowering shrub 
in existence among the early-blooming 
shrubs or little trees. It is satisfactory 
in every way. Of dwarf habit and a 
compact grower, the foliage is a dark, 
rich green, and it is retained until late 
in the fall. The flowers are so borne as 
to suggest the name, as a very appro¬ 
priate one, of the Hardy Fuchsia tree, 
though, of course, there is far from any 
botanical relationship. The reason for 
this resemblance, as seen from a little 
distance, is that the peduncles are so 
long and slender, that the weight of the 
flower causes them to droop much as do 
those of the Fuchsia. The flowers them¬ 
selves are about two inches in diameter, 
of a delicate pink and white color. We 
have had our plants about 15 years, and 
they have never been harmed by the 
cold of winter or the heat of summer... 
We have received specimens of the 
new winter pear, Dorset, from Ell- 
wanger & Barry. We have alluded to 
this variety before. It is a seedling 
raised by the late Lemuel Clapp. It is 
described as very handsome and showy, 
of large size, of a golden yellow ground 
with bright red on the sunny side. The 
flesh is sweet, melting and of good 
quality. It ripens in February, but 
keeps in perfection until May. Fine 
specimens were exhibited at the World’s 
Fair in May. 
Among the deepest mysteries of the 
inscrutable notions of city people is that 
asparagus, as offered in the city mar¬ 
kets, is one of the most desirable of 
spring vegetable delicacies. When one 
looks at a bunch of asparagus about 10 
inches long and containing from 60 to 
75 stalks, according to thickness, 25 cents 
does not seem exorbitant for a bunch. 
The price ranges from 75 cents for the 
earliest asparagus to about 12 cents for 
the latest, this being offered late in the 
season—about the middle of June. The 
price of asparagus to-day (May 12) in the 
up-town markets of New York, is 25 
cents, the bunches averaging 65 stalks 
of about 10 inches in length. A careful 
examination shows that the average 
edible part of the stalks is not over 1M 
inch, the rest (whiter portion) being 
quite worthless. Thus the price is 25 
cents for about nine stalks if all parts 
were as edible as the tips. In the early 
season, the same sized bunches would 
cost nearly one cent per inch of edible 
stalk. Upon careful inquiry, we find 
that there is little preference shown for 
green stalks. Size is alone considered.. 
Among bush honeysuckles—those that 
bloom after the leaves unfold—there is 
not one more desirable variety than the 
old Tartarian. Blooming in early May, 
it is nearly all that could be desired as 
to leaves, form and flowers. 
Rhodotypus Kebbioidks or the Japan 
White Kerria is a very hardy shrub be¬ 
longing to the rose family, with leaves 
like the old Japan Kerria, being strongly 
plicate. The flowers are borne singly, 
pure white in color, about 1% inch in 
diameter, followed by four black, shin¬ 
ing nutlets which persist until the fol¬ 
lowing spring. The shrub grows to 
about the height of six feet, and it is 
well worthy a place in all collections, 
large or small. 
The North Carolina (Raleigh) Experi¬ 
ment Station finds the Broad-leaved 
Japan clover much superior to the com¬ 
mon well-known variety. It is an annual, 
reseeding itself every year. Saghalin 
has no value in North Carolina “ The 
stems are woody, and the broad, heart- 
shaped leaves diseased by a rust fungus. 
Canaigre requires three to five years to 
mature a crop of roots. It is a feeble 
grower, appearing above ground not 
until Novemberand growing until May.” 
Db. Southwick has been the ento¬ 
mologist of Central Park for 14 years. 
He says that he knows of no more effec¬ 
tive plants than the Knotweeds, Polygo¬ 
num cuspidatum (Sieboldii) or Sagha¬ 
lin (P. Saghalinense) to hold precipitous 
banks together ; to bind sandy soils and 
prevent washing. It is our experience 
that this old P. cuspidatum is just as 
effective for such purposes as the newer 
Saghalin. It seems to have absolutely 
no choice as to soils. Thousands of 
plants grow thriftily out of clefts of 
rocks, in wet and poorly drained soil as 
well as upon the driest of knolls. 
Broken I 
Chain 
The family circle 
is never so happy 
after the chain is 
broken and a link 
taken. Some family 
chains are strong, 
others weak. Have 
you a good family 
history? Or is 
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throat or bronchial troubles, 
weak lungs? Has a brother, 9 
sister, parent or near relative [ 
had consumption? Then your I 
family chain is weak. |j 
Strengthen it. Take SCOTT’S || 
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil I 
with Hypophosphites. It I 
makes rich blood, gives strength ■ 
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run-down constitutions. With I 
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acute coughs and colds. It pre- I 
vents the chain from breaking. I 
Shall we send you a book about this, I 
free? 
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j from the fact that Pure 
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which arc genuine ) and Pure Lin¬ 
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Properly applied, it will not 
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with Wide Tire*. Any sirs and 
width of tire wanted. Haba ta IS2 
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tires. Ostalogne free. Address 
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Flood Sufferers—Attention. 
Those who are so fortunate as to have Page 
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waters subside. If the posts are washed out it will 
need re-stretching. 1 nd you should notify us at 
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