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April 13 
Catalogues for 1901. 
[CONTINUED.] 
S. Y. Haines & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 
Catalogue of flower seeds; 18 pages. De¬ 
voted exclusively to choice flower seeds and 
plants. 
Ridge Nursery, Tobinsport, Ind. Cata¬ 
logue of strawberry and fruit plants, eight 
pages. Standard varieties exclusively are 
offered. 
W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, Ill. Cat¬ 
alogue of seeds; 106 pages. A very complete 
collection of standard and rare seeds and 
various garden essentials. 
D. M. Andrews, Boulder, Colo. Cata¬ 
logue of rare native and exotic hardy 
plants. Always an interesting publication, 
offering many rare and beautiful native 
plants and a fine collection of hardy cacti. 
S. G. Harris, Tarrytown, N. Y. Cata¬ 
logue of bulbs, plants and seeds; 36 pages. 
A handsome catalogue mainly devoted to 
ornamental seeds and plants. Many new 
and beautiful photographic '‘lustrations are 
included. 
F. Barteldes, Lawrence, Kan. Cata¬ 
logue of Kansas Seed House; 82 pages. An 
extensive general list of seeds for garden 
and farm use. Chiefly standard kinds are 
quoted, but there is no lack of tested 
novelties. 
Edward Gidlktt, Southwick, Mass. Cat¬ 
alogue of hardy ferns and flowering plants; 
33 pages. One of the choicest collections 
of native and exotic hardy plants is of¬ 
fered in the pages of this neat and modest 
catalogue. 
Frank S. Newcomb, Vineland, N. J. Cir¬ 
cular and price list of sweet potato plants. 
No less than 11 very distinct varieties are 
offered. A specialty Is made of the new 
Vineland Bush variety, which is gaining 
many friends. 
Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 111. 
Price list of nursery stock and bedding 
plants; 26 pages. The new hybrid geranium, 
H. Trego, Is offered as the best double 
scarlet In existence. One of its parents is 
P. Crozy, a hybrid ivy-leaf geranium. 
Rakestraw & Pyle, Willowdale, Pa. 
Catalogue of fruit trees and nursery stock; 
50 pages. This neat and well Illustrated 
nursery catalogue lists an extensive but 
conservative and practical collection of 
fruit and ornamental trees and plants. 
Jno. W. Hall, Marion Station, Md. Cata¬ 
logue of second-crop seed potatoes and 
berry plants; 30 pages. The collection of 
varieties is conservative and reliable. Mr. 
Hall is an earnest advocate of the superi¬ 
ority of second-crop southern-grown pota¬ 
toes for seed purposes. 
The W. H. Moon Co., Morrisvllle, Pa. 
Catalogue of Glen wood Nurseries; 48 pages. 
This is one of the handsomest trade publi¬ 
cations that has come to our hands this 
season. The illustrations are very beauti¬ 
ful and the varieties of trees, shrubs and 
plants offered are of the most worthy 
character. 
The Elm City Nurseries, New Haven, 
Conn. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental 
trees and plants; 24 pages. A beautifully 
printed and Illustrated nursery catalogue, 
listing many choice and rare things. The 
Meeker cherry and Worden Seckel pear 
are made prominent features and, in ad¬ 
dition, most of the late promising novelties 
are offered. 
The Munson Nurseries, Denison, Texas. 
Catalogue of nursery stock, new hybrid 
grapes, etc., 32 pages. One of the most 
interesting catalogues received. In addi¬ 
tion to a well-chosen selection of fruits and 
ornamentals, extended descriptions are 
given of Prof. Munson’s new hybrid grapes, 
some of which are proving of exceptional 
value. Several new plums, mostly combin¬ 
ing native and Japanese blood, are offered 
as real acquisitions. 
J. Boi.giano & Son, Baltimore, Md. Cat¬ 
alogue of farm and garden seeds; 60 pages. 
A full list, particularly strong in market 
vegetables. Many specialties are offered, 
some of which are selected strains de¬ 
veloped during the 83 years this house has 
been in the trade. Bolgiano’s New Green 
Mountain Triple parsley is considered a 
gem of beauty and utility, being exception¬ 
ally easy to grow. Bolgiano’s new Pros¬ 
perity potato and New Century tomato are 
also of extraordinary local excellence. The 
description of Bolgiano’s new Glory tomato 
is limited to the statement that “Nothing 
has ever been produced in the world to 
equal it,’’ and only 100 packets of seeds are 
offered at 25 cents a packet. 
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, 
Wis. Catalogue of farm and garden seeds; 
130 pages, colored cover and plates. A large 
catalogue, full of the most astonishing pic¬ 
tures and statements that can be imagined. 
Salzer’s Million Dollar potato, the astound¬ 
ing feature of last year’s issue, gracefully 
retires to make way for the stupendous 
claims of Salzer’s Billion Dollar grass, a 
Japanese form of the common Barnyard 
millet, long naturalized in this country. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
This grass, Panlcum crus-galli, will grow 
very large In rich moist soil, but is not at 
all adapted to general planting. Other 
wonderful plants, all attached to the name 
of Salzer, are offered throughout the book. 
Aside from this unpardonable exaggeration, 
Salzer’s catalogue is crowded with the best 
staple varieties, and customers who are in 
a position to make allowance for this use¬ 
less emphasis will doubtless be well served. 
Causes for Knotty Quinces. 
F. S. 8., Rocky Hill, Conn.—What is the 
cause of knotty quinces, and remedy, if 
any? The orchard has been well cared 
for, and for the first few years bore fine 
fruit; then it degenerated and has done 
nothing since. The trees have been pruned 
and have been sprayed with Bordeaux 
Mixture, one year five times, to no good. 
Ans.— It is probable that the cause of 
the quinces being knotty is the work of 
the Quince curculio. This is smaller 
than the Plum curculio, and does its 
work mainly while the fruit is quite 
small. Spraying will not kill them, nor 
prevent them from laying their eggs in 
the fruit in any considerable degree. 
Jarring is thought to be the only prac¬ 
tical remedy, and this is tedious and not 
very satisfactory. However, some who 
have jarred their quince trees faithfully 
have found it quite successful. A 
catcher like an inverted umbrella is put 
under the trees, and the jarring is done 
by pounding with a mallet on the stump 
of a branch that has been sawed off. 
This causes the bugs that are on the 
tree and some of the badly stung fruit 
to fall off, and be caught in a pocket in 
the center of the machine. In some cases 
there are other causes for the knots, 
such as we know little or nothing about, 
but they are often supposed to be fun¬ 
goid in their nature. If such is the case 
I believe spraying with Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture at the right time would be a help. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
DEERING RT PAR IS IN 1900 
The famous Chicago Harve.stei’ 
Company Received More and 
Greater Honor.s than Were Ever 
Before Accorded an American 
Exhil)itor in the Hi.story of E.\- 
l>ositions. 
America may well feel proud of the 
interest which her citizens took in the 
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex¬ 
hibits which were prepared with con¬ 
summate skill and displayed in a man¬ 
ner not excelled by any other country. 
Those of Harvesting Machinery in par¬ 
ticular were most complete and inter¬ 
esting. The Deering Harvester Com¬ 
pany, of Chicago, America’s foremost 
manufacturer of this line of goods, was 
accorded the position of honor, having 
contributed more to the advancement of 
the art of harvesting than any other 
manufacturer, living or dead, and with 
a greater array of important inventions 
to its credit than any other company in 
the world. 
Visitors to the Exposition were 
prompt to accord the Deering exhibits 
supreme honors, and it only remained 
for official mandate to ratify the popular 
verdict, which was done in a manner as 
substantial as it was well-merited. Each 
one of the seven Deering exhibits se¬ 
cured the highest award in its class. 
In addition to four high decorations, 
the Deering Harvester Company receiv¬ 
ed 25 awards, or 29 in all, as follows: 
Decoration of Officer of the Legion of 
Honor, Decoration of Chevalier of the 
Legion of Honor, two decorations of 
Officer of Merite Agricole, a Special Cer¬ 
tificate of Honor, the Grand Prize, Six 
Gold Medals, Six Silver Medals and 
Eleven Bronze Medals, including Deer¬ 
ing Collaborator Medals. 
The Decoration of the Legion of 
Honor was instituted by Napoleon Bona¬ 
parte when First Consul in 1802, and is 
only conferred in recognition of dis¬ 
tinguished military or civil achieve¬ 
ments. It is the highest distinction in 
the gift of the French Republic. 
The Decoration of Merite Agricole is 
an honor of but slightly less importance 
which is conferred upon those who have 
contributed greatly to the advancement 
of agriculture. 
An Official Certificate of Honor was 
accorded the Deering Retrospective Ex¬ 
hibit, which showed the improvements 
in harvesting machinery during the past 
century, and excited the highest praise 
of the French Government officials who 
had entrusted to the Deering Harvester 
Company the preparation of this most 
important exhibit. By .special request 
this exhibit has been presented to the 
National Museum of Arts and Sciences 
at Paris, where it has become a perma¬ 
nent feature of that world-famed insti¬ 
tution. 
The Deering Twine Exhibit and Corn 
Harvester Exhibit, both of which receiv¬ 
ed the highest awards, have by request 
of the French Government been present¬ 
ed to the National Agricultural College 
of France. 
There was no field trial, feither official 
or otherwise, in connection with the 
Paris Exposition, but the most import¬ 
ant foreign contest the past season was 
held under the auspices of the Russian 
Expert Commission at the Governmental 
Farm of Tomsk, Siberia, August 14th to 
18th. All the leading American and Eu¬ 
ropean machines participated and were 
subjected to the most difficult tests by 
the Government Agriculturist. The Ex¬ 
pert Commission awarded the Deering 
Harvester Company the Grand Silver 
Medal of the Minister of Agriculture and 
Domain, which was the highest award. 
The Deering Harvester Works are the 
largest of their kind in the world, cov¬ 
ering 85 acres and employing 9,000 peo¬ 
ple. They are equipped with modern 
automatic machines, many of which per¬ 
form the labor of from five to fifteen 
hands. 
This company is also the largest 
manufacturer of binder twine in the 
world, having been first to produce sin¬ 
gle-strand binder twine, such as is in 
general use to-day, making over a third 
ot the product of the entire world. The 
output of its factory for a single day 
would tie a band around the earth at the 
equator, with several thousand miles to 
spare. The annual production would fill 
a freight train 20 miles long. Made into 
a mat two feet wide, it would reach 
across the American continent from 
ocean to ocean. 
Deering machines are known as 
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting of 
Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Har¬ 
vesters, Shredders and Rakes. 
This company exhibited at the Paris 
Exposition an Automobile Mower, which 
attracted much attention, and exhibi¬ 
tions were given with one of these ma¬ 
chines in the vicinity of uaris through¬ 
out the season. * 
CUTHBEKT UA8PBEKRY 
PLANTS. 30 cents per hundred. 
' G. L. A. QUINN, Clean, N. Y. 
of choice A No. 1 
Plants C. C. NASH, 
Three Klvers, Mich. 
Catalogues for live yoars to come, free. 
Thirty-four varieties 
RASPBERRY 
ni IIITC —strawberry, cabbage, tomato, pep- 
I LHIl I Ol per, sweet potato, cauliflower, celery 
and egg plant. Asparagus roots. Catalogue free. 
CALEB BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. 
The Minute Man Strawberry. 
Best Northern-grown Strawberry Plants and Aspar¬ 
agus Boots. All sorts of Small Fruit Plants and 
Nursery Stock, grown and for sale by 
GEOUGK M. WHEELEB, Concord, Mass. 
■pEACH TBKK8, KlefTer Pears, and Japan 
^ Plums. B. 8. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
FINE NURSERY STOCE' 
-Fruit Trees, Berry 
Plants and Asparagus 
Boots. Special prices on one-year-old KlelTer. 
DovKR NURSERY, B. U. Atklnson, Prop., Dover, Del. 
TREES, PLANTS and SEEDS. 
Catalogue Free. 
T. C. FDBNA8 & CO.. Sheridan, Ind. 
OUR FRUIT TREES 6R0W. 
We have thousands of all the best varieties of 
TREES and PLANTS. APPLES 8c., PEARS 9c., 
PEACHES 4c., etc. We can save you money. Hand¬ 
some Illustrated catalogue FREE. Send for It to-day. 
Highland Nursery Co.. Dept. D, Rochester, N. Y. 
450,000 trees 
^^^^^^^^^^B 0 6rapee,8maUFnilt«,eto. Best root¬ 
ed stock. Genuine, cheap, n sample currants mailed for 
lOe. Desc. price-list free. LKWIS ROKSCII. Fredonls, N. T 
Pam Clover Seed @ $6 to 17 per 
■ Vi wflIO bu.; 300 bn. Crimson Clover Seed @ 
16 per bu.: 2,000 bu. Cow Peas @ 11.26 to 11.76 per bu. 
J. B. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
'C'OR SALE—200 lbs. of Giant Argenteull Asparagus 
^ Seed. This variety of asparagus Is the earliest, 
largest and most prolific asparagus grown on the 
American continent. Price. $1 per ib. Address 
WM. C. GBBATY, Youngs Island, S. C. 
Packard’s Ensilage Seed Corn 
write to-day for circular and sample. My seed 
com Alway'8 Grows. If yon own a silo, you need 
my Early Mastodon corn. Makes one-third heavier 
crop than Learning. Other varieties. 
PACKARD, Seed Grower, Dover, Del. 
Cabbage Plants. 
Large transplanted plants, well hard¬ 
ened ; will stand freezing weather. Early 
Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield 
and Henderson’s Ea. Summer, ready now. 
Price, per 100, 40c.; 1,000, $3. Write for 
catalog of transplanted vegetable plants. 
J. E. HUTTON & SON, Conyngliam, Pa. 
Carman No. 3 
Seed Potatoes 
First-class, large sl/e, 48c, 
per bu. A. L. MAXSON. 
Little Genesee, N. Y. 
CARMAN No. 3 $3.00 
sir Walter Raleigh and Early Bovee $4.00 per bbl. 
allbbls. 4bu. Dewey, the great cropper. Wholesale 
list free. GEO. A. BONNELL. Waterloo, N. Y. 
BEAUTIFY YOUR GARDEN 
and Ground, by our praoticid help and ad¬ 
vice in Garden Flam. Your, for the aik- 
I ing. Large.t, most complete and varied 
, itock of every known hardy tree, ■Arti6,and 
hardy plant. Lowest Rates. Highe.t 
quality. We strive to keep in much 
with all garden lovers, and help them. 
sSend for our catalogue and then 
write us about your needs. 
102 Stats St., BOSTON, MASS. 
NORTHERN BROWN SEED POTATOES 
Sir Walter Raleigh and Carman No. 3; bu. 80 cents; 
bbl., $2.26; 5 bbls., $10. Buy direct from grower of 16 
years experience and get seed true to name. 
J. H. ARBOQAST, Coral, Montcalm Co.. Mich 
Imes* 
Blight - Proof 
Seed Potatoes 
1901 Catalogue, Free, 
gives particulars. 
The hest field and garden seeds 
at Wholesale Prices. The best 
90-day CORN KNOWN. Seed Po¬ 
tatoes that are unequaled. 
The W. B. Imes Seed Co., 
Smith, Mich. 
SEED POTATOES 
Bovee, S. W. Raleigh, Carman’s and other standard 
varieties at very reasonable prices. Price-list. F. U. 
THOMSON, FalrvlewFarm, Holland Patent. N. Y. 
Grass Seed 
CHOICE RE-CLEANED SEED FDR ALL PURPOSES 
Dreer’s Permanent Pasture Mixture cannot be excelled 
for producing abundant hay crops, and luxurious after- 
math. Full line of all Grasses and Clovers, also special 
mixtures for Lawns, Golf Links, etc. Circular and mlces 
on application HENRY A. DKEER, Fhlla., Us, 
THE LIGHTNING COM¬ 
PRESSED AIR 8 PRAYER. 
Patented 1900. 
Holds four gallons. Pump 
iH a little air with the 
pnmp which Is attached to 
the reservoir. No more 
labor required. Will kill all 
kinds of insects. Will spray 
two rows of potatoes at one 
time and as fast as the 
operator can walk. Big 
money for Agents. 
D. B. SMITH & CO., 
Utica, N. Y., U. S A. 
BERRY BASKETS. 
Hre-stapled Berry Baskets 
the best in the market, 
ng uniform In size and un- 
aled in strength. 
RICE, FOR 6 M. 
WEBSTER BASKET CO., 
Monroe Co. (Lock Box 43). WBBSTEB, N. V- 
DO YOU CULTIVATE 
Corii) potiiioeiK, beuns tobacco, i^ardcu truck—anything that is planted 
in rows, hills, drills or checks! Then you will need this 
KKAUS CULTIVATOR- 
Easiest to operate, lightest draft, strongest, most durable and does the best 
work. Regulated entirely with the feet. Sensitive—the slightest 
moves the whole machine to rightor left or holds It stationary. Stands right 
up to the row on steepest hillsides. Siireadiug lever adjusts gangs to suit 
wide or narrow rows. Pin or spring hoe or spring tooth. Can’t give all its 
good points here. Write for full description. We also make the Carp® 
Walking Cultivator. Catalog free. 
TKe Akron C\iItiva..tor Co.» Dept. P» AtooH* O. 
