1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
823 
RURALISMS— Continued. 
size of the Concord, of a beautiful rosy- 
pink color. They are both sweeter and 
more sprightly than the Concord. The 
skin is very thick, and many place it 
first as a winter grape. 
Pocklington, which has always borne 
well at the Rural Grounds, does not 
usually ripen well. It needs a longer 
season. 
During May of 1884 we received from 
Theophile Huber, of Illinois City, Ill., the 
following varieties: Henry, Braendly, 
Alphonse, Albert, Dr. John A. Warder, 
Edward, Ursula, Mary Louise, Emma, 
Babara and F. H. Huber. None of 
these, as grown at the Rural Grounds, 
has seemed worthy of extended cultiva¬ 
tion. 
Woodruff Rsd was planted at the Rural 
Grounds in April of 1885. This origin¬ 
ated with C H. Woodruff, of Ann Arbor, 
Mich., in 1875 or thereabouts, and has 
since, in many places, attracted much 
attention on account of its large, showy 
reddish berries, The vine is very hardy 
and prolific, the bunches showy in the 
extreme, but the quality is but little 
better than that of a wild Labrusca. 
Barckmans, named for P. J. Berck- 
mans, by Dr. A. P. Wylie, of Chester, S. 
C., the originator, was sent to the Rural 
Grounds in the spring of 1885. It is a cross 
between Clinton and Delaware. The foli¬ 
age is like Clinton, the bunches and ber¬ 
ries like Delaware — perhaps a little 
larger. The vine is vigorous and produc¬ 
tive at the Rural Grounds. We rarely get 
any fruit, however, because both the 
leaves as well as the blossoms are the 
special favorites of the Rose chafer. The 
Berckmans is well worthy of trial. 
Eaton is a wonderfully vigorous vine, 
hardy and healthy. The big berries and 
showy bunches are beautiful to look 
upon. The quality is not high but re¬ 
freshing, the berries being full of juice 
and a tender pulp from which the seeds 
are readily separated. It is nearly free 
of the native odor or taste. The color is 
black with a blue bloom. This orig¬ 
inated with Calvin Eaton, of Concord, 
Mass., and is a pure Concord seedling. 
Roenbeck, Empire State, Geneva, 
Cayuga, F. B. Hayes, Jessica, Irving, 
Amber Q teen, Early Dawn, Oheron, El¬ 
vira, Centennial, Florence, Newburgh, 
Duchess, Qaassaic, Rochester, Martha, 
Barry, Early Victor, Grein’s Golden, 
have all been found wanting for one 
reason or another at the Rural Grounds. 
The Niagara must be accepted as an 
improvement in some respects upon all 
other white grapes. It originated with 
Hoag & Clark, of Lockport, N. Y., about 
1872. The R. N.-Y. was favored with 
the first vines sent out for trial. Tnis 
must have been nearly 20 years ago. On 
account of the symmetry of bunch, and 
luscious appearance and quality of the 
berry, as well as because of the master¬ 
ful method of its introduction, the 
variety jumped at once into an almost 
unprecedented popularity. Probably, 
during its season, more Niagara grapes 
are sold than those of any other white 
variety. The vine at the Rural Grounds 
is not quite hardy without protection. 
Before its introduction, The R N.-Y. 
sent seeds of the Niagara to all appli¬ 
cant subscribers. In this way, 100 pounds 
or more, as we now recall, were sent 
out and, presumably, planted. We have 
not heard that any of the seedlings 
equaled the parent. 
Nectar originated with A. J. Cay wood, 
of Marlboro, N. Y., in 1883. He at first 
called it Black Delaware, a very appro¬ 
priate name. Vines were planted in the 
Rural Grounds during May of 1888. We 
commend a trial of this splendid, early 
black grape to all of our readers. It is 
a little larger than Delaware, and of 
the finest, purest quality. The vine is 
hardy, healthy and productive. It is a 
cross between Concord and Delaware. 
Early Ohio is a very early black grape 
of inferior quality. It ripens a few days 
earlier than any other grape we have 
tried. But earliness is the most that 
may be said in its favor. However, we 
prefer it to Champion. It ripens a week 
earlier than Moore’s Early, but it can¬ 
not compare with it in size of berry or 
quality. Perhaps the vines are fully as 
prolific and hardy. It is a chance seed¬ 
ling, raised by R. A. Hunt, of Euclid, O., 
in 1882. Vines were sent to the Rural 
Grounds by the C S Curtice Co., of Port¬ 
land, N. Y., during May of 1892. 
The Green Mountain (Winchell by 
priority) was introduced by Stephen 
Hoyt’s Sons. Vines were sent to the 
Rural Grounds daring D 2 cember of 1889 
It is, perhaps, the earliest, and for the 
earliest, the best of hardy white grapes 
The berries are of medium size, pure in 
flavor, tender pulp and small seeds. The 
vine is hardy and prolific It is a chance 
seedling discovered in Vermont, and is 
supposed to be of Labrusca origin. 
Colerain, first introduced to the public 
by The R. N.-Y , is a white Concord 
seedling, which originated with the late 
David Bundy, of Colerain, 0., who sent 
trial vines to the Rural Grounds during 
May of 1885. The vine is very hardy, 
healthy and productive. Bunches and 
berries of medium size, sweet, almost 
seedless, and ripening fully 10 days be¬ 
fore Concord. It is well worthy of trial. 
We have so recently spoken of Camp¬ 
bell’s Early that we need now only add 
that, as grown in the grounds of Geo. 
W. Campbell, Delaware, O ,at Fredonia, 
N. Y. (Geo. S Josselyn the introducer), 
and the Rural Grounds, it is, in all ways, 
equal to the Concord, much earlier, of 
finer, purer flavor, without acidity about 
the seeds. Still Cimpbell’a Eirlyison 
probation. 
These notes, a brief resum6 of most 
of the kinds of grapes tried at the Rural 
Grounds, are addressed, for the most 
part, to amateurs, and we trust that our 
readers who may have occasion to select 
grapes for spriDg planting, may find in 
them a bit of information here and there 
that may serve the better to guide them 
in their selections. 
The Pomegranate in Texas. 
Jas. V. Bergen, Texas.— After sev¬ 
eral years’reading of The R N.-Y., I 
am well aware that its editors are de¬ 
sirous of corrections of misstatements, 
so take the liberty to call your attention 
to the following : In The R. N -Y., page 
777, appears the statement, “ The pome¬ 
granate is distinctively a hot-climate 
fruit, even more so than the orange 
though it is often grown in the green¬ 
house.” You are mistaken in regard to 
the hardiness of this fruit. It thrives 
and bears well, without protection, in 
southern Texas, and even north of the 
city of Austin, where no citrus tree will 
endure the winter. Occasionally, the 
bushes are frozen to the ground, but 
shoot up in the spring, and bear the 
second year, and with protection, the 
pomegranate will live and fruit as far 
north as the fig, while the bushes are 
more easily protected, being limber and 
tough. Tnis fruit which, apparently, 
has not been improved since tne times 
of the Arabian N ghts, could, by careful 
selection, be made a source of profit in 
the Gulf States, for the fruit will stand 
long shipment, and is not by any means 
to be despised as a table delicacy, sup 
plying as it would, both in appearance 
and taste, an absence of all fresh ber¬ 
ries during the cold season. 
How a person can gain a 
pound a day by taking an 
ounce of Scott’s Emulsiom 
is hard to explain, but it 
certainly happens. 
It seems to start the diges¬ 
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properly. You obtain a 
greater benefit from your 
food. 
The oil being predigested, 
and combined with the hy- 
pophosphites, makes a food 
tonic of wonderful flesh¬ 
forming power. 
All physicians know this 
to to be a fact. 
All druggists; 50 c. and $ 1 . 00 . 
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