1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
375 
Late Planted Potatoes. 
W. C., New Glasgow, N. S.— I was 
somewhat startled to read in a recent 
R. N.-Y. that it was time Sir Walter 
Raleigh was under the sod, as it will be 
some time yet before we can plant pota¬ 
toes here. I notice by The R. N.-Y. 
that there is some dissatisfaction with 
corrosive sublimate as a preventive of 
scab. About three years ago, I tried it 
on an extremely scabby lot of potatoes 
(Freeman); they could hardly have been 
worse. The crop was first-class, and 
could not have been smoother or cleaner, 
but the most of them might very well be 
much larger. 
R. N.-Y.—A large proportion of the 
potato crop is not planted until late in 
June. 
How Many Bubach Strawberries ? 
Ciias. Wright, Delaware — Oa page 
341, J. W. H. inquires how many Bubach 
strawberries there are. I grew at one 
time Nos. 5, 132 and 164, and think there 
is another, 124. All of these were im¬ 
perfect flowered. The No. 5 is the only 
one retained, and is generally called 
Bubach. There are, no doubt, several 
strains of this, as the so-called Western 
Union sold here is only Bubach, but a 
better plant-maker than the old strain. 
This may have come from continued se¬ 
lection for propagating purposes, or it 
might have been a seedling. Mr. Bubach 
grew any number of seedlings and sent 
them out, but No. 5 was always the 
best. 
A Remarkable Vine. —In some re¬ 
spects, there is no other hardy vine, 
known to the writer, that can take the 
place of Actinidia polygama or A. arguta, 
as we believe it should be called. Our 
single plant was sent to us by Ellwanger 
& Barry, about seven years ago. It is as 
yet comparatively little known, and we 
rarely see any allusion to it in print, 
two surprising facts when its many gen¬ 
eral and several special merits are known. 
No familiar name has as yet been sug¬ 
gested. The generic name comes from 
a Greek word meaning a ray. Throttle 
vine seems to be an appropriate familiar 
name, suggested from the fact that it 
chokes any branch that it coils about. 
Of all the vines grown at the Rural 
Grounds, the growth of the Actinidia is 
the most rapid. During the second year, 
as we now recall, the vine made a growth 
of not less than 30 feet. It was planted 
among other vines (Akebia quinata, 
Dutchman’s pipe and various Clematis) 
at the base of an octagon arbor, about 
10 feet high. After growing to the top 
of this arbor, it reached out to a Mag¬ 
nolia about 20 feet high, and very soon 
the vines were wandering about, so to 
say, for further support. The rubber¬ 
like stems wind about whatever they 
come in contact with, and the hold seems 
to tighten until, in the case of soft-wood 
branches, they are soon strangled and 
killed. At the end of the season, when 
the foliage of the vines had fallen suffi¬ 
ciently to show the arbor, it was found 
that the Actinidia had pulled the arbor 
towards the magnolia 10 or 15 degrees. 
The vines were cut off three feet above 
the soil, and the plant removed to a place 
where we needed just such a vine, and 
where it would have space to grow in 
any direction without restraint. This 
place was one of the two piers of our 
lakelet. It was needed there to “ plant 
out” objects on an adjacent farm not 
wholly pleasing to look upon. The ob¬ 
jection to this particular place was that 
there was little soil upon the pier, 
and that little soil was placed over 
cement beneath with stones and rubbish 
used to fill in. The old plant nearly 
died the next year, but survived suffi¬ 
ciently to make a fine growth the next 
season. "Wires were placed across the 
dam and, we fancy that the objection¬ 
able view will be curtained the present 
season. It will appear from the forego¬ 
ing that the Actinidia will thrive in any 
soil—no matter how poor. It will fur¬ 
ther appear that it is absolutely hardy 
at the Rural Grounds. We know of no 
hardier vine or plant of any kind. As a 
rapid, rampant grower, we do not know 
of its equal. 
The flowers are borne in ordinary 
corymbs, are white, with a purple cen¬ 
ter, about an inch in diameter, and fra¬ 
grant, blooming, as we recall, in mid¬ 
summer. The fruit is roundish, and 
makes a fine jam. We do not think that 
any of our friends will go far astray if 
they try a plant of the Actinidia arguta 
or Actinidia polygama, as it is printed 
in Ellwanger & Barry’s catalogue. 
Our vine has never fruited. We think 
it is dioecious or, at any rate, polyga¬ 
mous. The fruit alluded to was sent to 
us by a friend—we have forgotten whom. 
The leaves are broadly heart-shaped, the 
petioles are red, hairy and about an inch 
in length. These leaves are borne so 
closely together that they seem to be in 
clusters of about six. 
From Foster & Pirtle, of Fruit, Smith 
County, Texas, we received May 15, a 
new peach which, it is claimed, is the 
earliest variety in existence. The Sneed 
ripens eight days before the Alexander, 
and this new variety, it is clai med, ripens 
10 days before the Sneed. The specimen 
when it reached us was over-ripe, so that 
we could not judge of its quality. In 
the same box, were several Alexanders 
not over half grown. These, the firm 
tell us, were the largest they could 
gather, picking over several trees. The 
first peaches ripened May 9, the entire 
crop being ripe May 13. 
The Carman Peach.— Mr. J. W. Stu- 
benrauch of Mexia, Texas, writes us 
that, while the peach crop generally in 
his part of the country is very short, all 
the trees in the Carman orchard are 
bearing a full crop. “ This,” he says, 
“ makes the sixth regular crop for the 
original tree in as many years, a record 
not a single variety out of many on the 
place, has thus far made. It evidently 
proves that the Carman is the hardiest 
in bud of any tried, and practically 
proof against rot, it has certainly come 
to stay ”. 
For 20 seasons or more, we have used 
firm paper to wrap around tomato and 
similar plants to protect them from in¬ 
jury by the cut-worm. It is perfectly 
effective, and the work adds little to the 
time and cost of setting the plants. The 
paper is readily held in place by the soil 
being heaped up about the bottom of the 
coil. This paper will stand both rain 
and wind, until the stems are so tough 
that the cut-worm doesn’t attack them. 
We dare say that most farmers and 
gardeners who raise tomatoes know 
about this. We were surprised, how¬ 
ever, to receive a communication from a 
well-known horticulturist recommend¬ 
ing tin cans for the same purpose. 
L. H. Ketohum, Union Center, N. Y., 
writes us that unleached ashes will kill 
the Currant worm if sifted on the leaves 
when they are wet, and is as good as 
hellebore, and much cheaper. This is 
valuable information, if true. 
Can’t Sleep, 
Because the nerves are weak 
and easily excited, and the 
body is in a feverish and un¬ 
healthy condition. Nerves are fed and nourished 
by pure, rich blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla gives 
sweet, refreshing sleep, because it purifies and 
enriches the blood, and builds up the system. 
HOOCI’S S parMl"a 
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. 
All druggists. $1, six for $5. Get only Hood’s. 
HrtrtH’c Pi lie cure liver 1118 > eas y to 
1 *buU mis take, easy to operate. 25c. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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Philadelphia. 
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Cleveland. 
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Salem, Mass. 
CORNELL 
Buffalo. 
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Louisville. 
^ON’T be penny wise and 
pound foolish by buying 
the “just-as-good mixtures,” “ so 
called White Lead,” or other 
substitutes for Pure White Lead. 
In painting, the cost ol labor 
so far exceeds the cost of mate¬ 
rial that the best only should be 
used. The best is Pure White 
Lead (see list of brands which are 
genuine) and Pure Linseed Oil. 
By using National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Col¬ 
ors, any desired shade is readily obtained. Pamphlet giving 
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., i Broadway, New York. 
The Farmers HANDY WAGON 
Company, 
SAGINAW, Mich, 
are makers of 
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Wide-Tire 
F ARM 
TRUCKS. 80 
METAL 
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Old Farm Wagons, and 
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Circulars Frse. 
our HANDY TRUCKS. 
Did you read what The 
R N.-Y. had to say last 
f week about, our Wagon 
and Sprayer? That is only 
one of a thousand uses for 
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bcntnflL AUtfllS 
wanted to superintend sub¬ 
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others. Self locking; always 
secure; sells at sight; exclus¬ 
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, CORMANY MFC. CO. 
iiu D.arbnra Street, Chicago, 
16 TO I AGAIN. 
An Illinois farmer writes for an agency for our 
fence. Has had some in use several years and his 
next neighbor has a regular object lesson, having no 
less than sixteen different styles of wire fence 
on his farm. After testing and comparing for years, 
he declares the Page leads them all. 
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KEYSTONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 
No. 10 Kush St- Peoria, Ill. 
Mi 
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He’s the Wire Fence Man, of Atlanta, 6a., and sells 
the best and cheapest fencing In existence for all pur¬ 
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THE 
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Catalogue free. 
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THE FENCE MAN 
Makes Woven Wire 
Fence that “Stands 
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Get his new catalogue. It; 
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Also Steel Lawn and Cemetery Fences. 
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Accidents and Emergencies. 
G. G. Groff, M. D. What to Do In—Home 
Treatment of—What to Do ’till the Doctor 
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cuts, bites of mad dogs, insects, snakes, etc., 
freezing, bruises, burns, choking, colic, 
drowning, exhaustion, explosion, suffocation 
by gases; what to do in storms, being stunned. 
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The ltural New-Yorker, New York. 
