1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
679 
It is now high time thatnwe heard 
from those who have tried it, whether 
the claims made for Sacaline (Saghalin) 
by those who advertised it some four 
years ago are true or without any real 
foundation in fact. Our own reports 
from year to year are before our 
readers, but our readers, many of 
whom it is safe to assume have tried 
it, have not thought°it worth while to 
speak any words either of praise or con¬ 
demnation. We should not allow a 
grapes, Mr. Josselyn tells U3, are from 
one-year-old vines planted in 1895, this 
being their first year of bearing. 
Fame is a new and seemingly valuable 
pear, a few specimens of which were sent 
to us by Stark Bros., of Louisiana, Mo. 
They were picked about August 23, and 
received by us September 10. The seed¬ 
ling tree grew near the old camping 
ground used by the men in building the 
tunnel under Boston, Mt. Washington 
County, Ark. A German by the name of 
Grube dug it up when one year old, and 
transplanted it in his orchard. Seven 
years ago, it was moved to a new 
home which he had built. In 1895, it 
bloomed heavily and continued to bloom 
through May and June, so that many 
widely advertised novelty to pass quietly 
out of sight in this way. If it is all or 
a part of what the introducers claimed, 
let them have all due credit. If it is 
worthless, let that be known so that the 
public may regard with becoming dis¬ 
trust the next wonderful novelty offered 
by the same parties. 
We have this to report regarding 
Saghalin, viz., that it is of no more value 
than the old Knotweed, Polygonum cus- 
pidatum, well known in this country for 
many years—30 at any rate—and gener¬ 
ously employed in parks and gardens 
as an ornamental plant of the foliage 
section. The introduction of its close 
relative, Saghalin, led The R. N.-Y. to 
compare the two species, with the re¬ 
sult that the one is, in all respects, as 
valuable as the other, and might just as 
well have been celebrated by special 
advertising. Cattle and horses are 
equally fond of each. The one will 
grow where the other will grow—any¬ 
where ; in low places or in high places, 
in sandy or clayey soils, in rock crevices, 
and almost upon the rocks themselves. 
Few plants will, by their stoloniferous 
roots, spread more rapidly. In a few 
years—10—a single plant will take pos¬ 
session of an area, we should say, of not 
less than 400 square feet. By some botan¬ 
ists, the name of Polygonum Sieboldii is 
preferred. 
A few weeks ago the writer saw a 
splendid specimen in Hackensack, N. J., 
growing in a tub. It was, probably, 10 
feet high and about six feet in diameter. 
It had, evidently, been given excellent 
care. The leaves were large and the 
entire plant as thrifty as a plant could 
be. We dare say that the owner was 
not aware that it is quite hardy in this 
latitude and, we fancy, much farther 
second-crop pears matured. While ex¬ 
amining this tree in October of the same 
year, Mr. Stark discovered one pear still 
hanging near the top which Mr. Grube 
said was of the third crop. Mr. Stark 
found it of delicious quality and with¬ 
out a trace of seed or core, and Mr. Grube 
said that most of the pears, except those 
of the first crop, were seedless. Many 
of the first-crop pears weighed a pound 
or more each. This tree was thought to 
be a seedling of a variety of local celeb¬ 
rity called the Two-Crop pear. The Fame 
ripens its first crop, which, of course, is 
the main one, just ahead of Flemish 
Beauty. The pears sent to us were very 
juicy, melting, sweet and rich, the char¬ 
acteristic flavor being a pure, delicious 
sweetness. In shape, they were between 
a Bartlett and Souvenir du Congres. The 
size of the pear, shown in Fig. 284, was 
just 16 inches in its long circumference. 
In reply to our inquiry as to clover 
plants bearing unusual numbers of leaf¬ 
lets, Mr. George C. Jones, of Medford, 
Mass., writes that, several years ago, he 
made a collection of clover plants bear¬ 
ing leaflets all the way from two to 
eight. These were genuine leaflets, he 
writes us. In his collection, five-leaved 
clovers were very common. There were 
two specimens each of six, seven and 
eight leaflets. The two-leaved clover 
was perfect, having sustained no injury, 
as shown by examination under a micro¬ 
scope. 
On September 7, we received from J. 
and E. C. Williams, of Montclair, N. J., 
a basket of Chabot and Satsuma, the 
first of the former that we had ever seen 
or eaten. The size was that of the Abund¬ 
ance or larger ; conical, some with and 
some without a pointed apex. Color, dark 
crimson upon a golden ground which 
shows, however, only in minute yellow 
dots. Suture obscure ; flesh yellowish, 
juicy, sweet, and about the quality of 
Abundance. Pit clings and is larger than 
that of Satsuma, which, for the size of 
the plum, has the smallest pit of any of 
the Japan plums that we have examined. 
Skin rather acid, size 5% inches in cir¬ 
cumference. 
North 
On October 2, we received a box of the 
Alice grapes from Ward D. Gunn, Clin- 
tondale, N. Y. This was first brought 
to public notice by The R. N.-Y. about 
five years ago. The clusters were of 
medium size, the berries about the size 
of Catawbas, skin amber-purple and so 
thick that they must be perfect shippers 
as well as long keepers. The berry is 
so transparent that the seeds may 
readily be seen when held up to the 
light. The quality is vinous and pure. 
Mr. Gunn, who controls the stock, 
writes, “ The vines are now loaded with 
an exceptionally large crop of solid 
clusters, almost free of rot although not 
sprayed, while vines of other varieties 
near it are almost ruined by rot.”. 
If your children are well but 
not robust, they need Scott’s 
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil. 
We are constantly in receipt 
of reports from parents who 
give their children the emulsion 
every fall for a month or two. 
It keeps them well and strong 
all winter. It prevents their 
taking cold. 
Your doctor will confirm this. 
A box of Campbell’s Early grapes was 
sent to us September 23 by George S. 
Josselyn, the introducer. Some of the 
bunches measured six to seven inches in 
length. Many of the berries measured 
seven-eighths inch in diameter. All of 
them clung well to the stems. These 
The oil combined with the 
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