1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
423 
The following information comes to 
us from Mr. J. H. Van, Hudson, Mich. : 
In Ruralisms, you speak of the Siberian almond 
and say that you do not know where it may be 
had. The veteran P. K. Phoenix, of Delavan, 
Wis., catalogues It. His objection to it is its 
sprouting habit. He also catalogues .another 
novelty worthy of extended introduction, the 
Double-flowered native crab. 
Richards’s Transplanter. —We have 
several times alluded to this serviceable 
device for transplanting strawberry and 
other small plants. Last August, we 
transplanted about 50 strawberry seed¬ 
lings. Those plants are now among the 
most vigorous in our entire collection, 
and are bearing as heavily as any others. 
This is not usual, even with potted 
strawberries transplanted during the 
previous August. For soil such as that 
at the Rural Grounds, it is a simple mat¬ 
ter to have a fresh supply of full-bear¬ 
ing plants nine months after removal. 
The device would not work satisfac¬ 
torily in stony land, but for ordinary 
loam—inclining either to clay or sand— 
it is invaluable. 
Most of our readers who know any¬ 
thing about trees are familiar with the 
Honey locust or Three-thorned acacia, 
the first name on account of the sweetish 
pulp of the long seed pods. It is a beau¬ 
tiful tree when well grown, but objec¬ 
tionable on lawns because of the for¬ 
midable sharp and hard thorns which 
grow on all parts of the tree—especially 
the larger branches. These fail off, and 
are liable to wound the feet of both 
people and animals. There is a Chinese 
species known as Gleditschia Sinensis 
inermis, or Unarmed locust, that, as the 
varietal name indicates, is free of thorns, 
or nearly so. There is one specimen of 
this tree in the Rural Grounds, and there 
is no other tree more highly prized. It 
was planted 23 years ago, and is now 
about 35 feet in height, though it has 
been cut back twice because of the too 
close proximity of other trees. Just at 
this time (June 10), it is especially beau¬ 
tiful, light and feathery. The new 
growth is of a light green. The leaves 
have from 12 to 16 leaflets of a narrowly 
ovate shape, the latest growth being of 
lighter green, and so drooping as to 
give the tree a gracefully pendulous 
form. 
It is well to cut back the Unarmed 
locust. It changes the habit so that the 
branches are quite concealed. It is per¬ 
fectly hardy, and is not a favorite of any 
sort of insects that we have discovered. 
The flowers are not conspicuous. 
There is a pendulous variety of the 
Three-thorned Gleditschia called Bujot’s, 
an elegant tree, but less hardy than the 
species . 
Mr. N. T. Pulsifee, of Manchester, 
Conn., writes us that he is just (June 8) 
turning under nearly three acres of Crim¬ 
son clover that “stands at least 30 inches 
high.” The seed was sown upon an old 
piece of mowing, that had practically 
run out, last August, and it stood the 
winter finely, dying out only in a few 
spots, probably not 100 square feet in 
the whole three acres. The year be¬ 
fore, Crimson clover failed with him. 
His more recent experience shows that 
a single failure with Crimson clover 
should not wholly discourage farmers 
from trying it again. 
Gregory’s Surprise pea is the earliest 
wrinkled pea we have ever tried. The 
vines grow about two feet high. It is a. 
prolific variety, too. We make this note 
for the benefit of our northern friends- 
who have still ample time to plant it 
and get a full crop. The Surprise gives 
peas of edible maturity in about 50 days 
after planting. Mr. Hosford, of Ver¬ 
mont, is the originator, and J. J. H. 
Gregory the introducer. Try a package 
of the Surprise pea, and favor The R. 
N.-Y. with your report. We shall have 
more to say of it in a few weeks. 
The P. D Q Insecticide. —Here is our 
final report regarding the P. D. Q. in¬ 
secticide, the letters being the initials of 
the words, Powder Drives Quickly. A 
number of Rose bugs were carefully 
gathered from the flowers of Magnolia 
hypoleuca and placed in a box with sev¬ 
eral of the petals of the Magnolia. The 
P. D. Q, was dusted liberally in the box. 
This was 3:30 p. m. on Monday, June 7. 
They were not only alive, but very lively, 
48 hours afterwards, and so we concluded 
that the Rose chafers were in no wise 
harmed by the P. D. Q. Our trials seem 
to show that this insecticide cannot 
economically be used to kill the Potato 
beetle ; that it is less effective than hel¬ 
lebore to kill the Currant worm ; that it 
will not kill the Rose bug. 
“ Fleas and lice will drop dead before 
your eyes, after using the P. D Q ” 
“It is the best destroyer and pre¬ 
ventive of moths and carpet bugs in car¬ 
pets, furs, robes and furniture.” 
“It is the best disinfectant in stables, 
kennels, henhouses and outhouses. It 
cures mange on dogs.” 
These claims may be well founded. 
We do not know. The claim that it will 
kill Potato beetles and Rose bugs is not 
well founded. 
The past winter was a hard one upon 
blackberries at the Rural Grounds. The 
following varieties will not bear a berry: 
Kittatinny, Bonanza, Erie, Wilson Jr , 
Taylor, Bangor, Minnewaski. 
The following will bear a few berries : 
Childs’s Everbearing Tree (Topsey). 
Thornless, Early Cluster, and Bagnard 
Eldorado has sustained less injury than 
any other in the collection, and will bear 
at least half a crop. The plants were 
from E. W. Reid and J. T. Lovett, April, 
1896. Two plants, unnamed, from J. 
W. Mersereau, Cayuga, N. Y., were but 
little injured, and are making a fine 
growth, the old canes bearing a few 
flowers. 
June 9. Strawberries are now in full 
bearing, and despite the cold nights and 
too much rain, the crop is heavy and 
promises so to continue until the end of 
the season. Naturally, the berries are 
less firm than usual and greatly inferior. 
Our present opinion (and one unlikely 
to change) of the new Strawberry-rasp¬ 
berry is that it is a troublesome weed 
that spreads as rapidly as any other we 
know of, and that whatever of beauty 
there is in the flowers or value in the 
fruit will not compensate for the care 
required to keep it within desired 
bounds. It might prove valuable for 
poor soils, wild gardens or steep banks 
where choicer plants will not grow. 
Dwarf Rocky Mountain Cherry.— 
We have had enough of this novelty, and 
our last plants were destroyed last week. 
As a bush, it is sprawling and the foliage 
subject to blight, so that half of the 
branches are dead. The cherries are, 
in our opinion, quite worthless. 
Light for 
Street and 
Driveway. 
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co’s 
Tubular Globe Street Lamp 
is equal to the best gas light. 
Will not blow out, smoke, or 
freeze. Can be set by wick regu¬ 
lator to burn from four to sixteen 
hours. Is cheap, yet perfect. 
Burns four hours for one cent. 
Buy it of your dealer. He has it, or can 
get it if you insist. Send for our complete 
lamp catalogue. Mention this paper. 
STEAM GAUGE & LANTERN COMPANY, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
: WOVEN JVM. FENCE 
-T Best on Karth. Horse-high, Bull- , 
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' our DUPLKX AUTOMATIC Machine I 
you can make 60 rods a day for . 
12 to 20 cts. a Rod., 
Over 50 style*. Catalogue Free. 
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ARMSTRONG & McKELVY 
Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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COLLIER 
MISSOURI 
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Philadelphia. 
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Cleveland. 
SALEM 
Salem, Mass. 
CORNELL 
Buffalo. 
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Lraisville. 
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St. Louis. 
INHERE is a right way to paint 
and a wrong way. The right 
way is to have the best paint— 
Pure White Lead (see list of gen¬ 
uine brands) and Linseed Oil — 
applied by a practical painter. The 
wrong way is to get some mixture 
about which you know nothing 
and apply it yourself or have 
some inexperienced, irresponsi¬ 
ble person do it. 
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 Coi Broadway , New York. 
’Try a New Shuffle 
^ Try the W. & C. “Lightning," the new Slinfflc Hoe. A 
to 'long way ahead of the old style hoes; the V shaped blade cuts 
to easier, quicker; the turned-up tips are guards that allow 
© working closer to plants. §SSS?kM fS.°fc«&S5lZ It is typical Sc , n(1 
® of the whole line of W. & C. Farm and Gar- ~ r r , 
® den Tools. Every one of them is the * ’VT 
© best for its purpose; all have the new- ai V cai ! 1 . :i ou t, 
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Sold by implement dealer. 1 ? everywhere. IOCS, I'd 'CS, lOrKS, 
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Jackson, Michigan. ^r^p^That it is possible to make. It’u FREEi 
LOW 
Metal Wheels 
with Wld® ¥dsr®So Any six. ant 
width of tir. wmt®< 5 . fflialbo Hu 118 
ftay nxlti&o 3av®c lsbox. Mi 
tissa. Ostftloxn® lTir«i®o A<Sldk®ss 
EMPIRE MF0. CO., Qwtisey, HI. 
Steel Wheels 
Staggered Oval Spokes. 
BUY SET TO FIT YOUR NEW OR OLD WACO'i 
CHEAPEST AND BEST 
way to get a low wagon. Any size 
wheel, any width tire. Catal. fbkk. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Quincy, III. 
The Whirligig of Time. 
Ten years ago the Page Company was proclaim¬ 
ing the advantages of elastic fences, while other 
manufacturers insisted that they must be rigid. 
Later they claimed those •'rigid fences’ were full 
Of elasticity. Some of them are now trying to 
"appropriate'' the Page principle and want you to 
believe that Adam used the same device Until 
settled by the Courts, it is safest to buy of the 
owners. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 
9 begins with good fencing. The Keystone _ 
e Fence will increaso the valuo of your farm. ^ 
9 No damago to crops from stock depredation. 9 
w No loss of crops from smothering under snow _ 
9 drifts. Can’t blow down. Can’t burn up. All 
m about it in our FREE book on fence building. m 
l KEYSTONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Z 
• No. 19 Rush Street, Peoria, Ill. • 
5, t e e b el picket lawn fence. 
FOR LAWNS AND CEMETERIES ALSO. 
Steel Posts, Steel Rails and Steel Gates: Steel Tree, 
Flower and Tomato Guards; Cabled Field and llog. 
Fence, 24 to 58 in. high; Poultry, Garden and Rabbit 
Fence; Steel Wire Fence Board, etc. Catalogue free. ■ 
DeKALB FENCE CO., 315 High St., DeKalb, III. 
BOWEN 
CABLE STAY FENCE CO 
<T I n For a machine to build 
4 ) I (J the cheapest strongest 
and best fence made of wire. 
No royalties, no farm rights, 
machine easily and quickly 
operated by any farmer. 
Bend for large circulars 
NORWALK.O. 
THAT 
WILL 
stock and 
peace be- 
HAVE A FENCE 
W. A A A A "/return all kinds of 
\/\/\/\/\/ \ That will keep 
r V A TT 7\/\ tween you & your neigh- 
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ bors. One that will keep 
r \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ your stock in and your 
\ / \ / \/ \ / \/ \ neigh bor’sout. Its name is 
Stockade 
\ / \ / \ / V It is constructed of the 
' / S s / , .X best steel wire,is so woven 
-/7JS /'v / , that, it takes up its own 
expansion *contrac- 
uC tlon and is economical. 
It meets every requirement of the farm at a cost within 
the easy reach of all. Cannot blow down or burn 
up. Catalogue and price list upon application. Address 
HARTMAN MFG. GO. Ellwood City, Pa. 
Manhattan Building, ) 
Chicago, III. S 
OB 
i 
277 Broadway, 
Nkw York. 
WHO’S SHELLABERGER ? 
He’s the Wire Fence Man, of Atlanta, Ga., and sells 
the best and cheapest fencing In existence for all pur- 
oose8. Freight paid. Catalogue free. Write for It. 
K. L- SHELEABERGER, 75 F St., Atlanta, Ga. 
