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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 27 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS. 
Strawberry Report 1901 
The following strawberries were 
planted, as received, from April to June, 
1900, on a sloping plot of sandy loam of 
very moderate fertility, with a low hu¬ 
mus content, as it had been cultivated 
for many years without manure or soil¬ 
ing crops. Very good sweet corn was 
grown the preceding year by the aid of 
raw fish applied at the rate of two tons 
to the acre. Good cultivation was given 
the strawberry plants during the sea¬ 
son, and the runners were layered in a 
triple row during August, keeping off all 
that were not wanted. An application 
of high-grade chemical fertilizer at the 
estimated rate of 600 pounds to the acre 
was made soon after the layers rooted, 
and worked in about the plants. A close 
mulch of salt hay and Gladiolus stems 
was put on after the first sharp freeze 
in December, and parted sufficiently to 
allow the new growth to come through 
in early April. The fruiting season, 
with its record of excessive moisture 
during the blooming period, and burn¬ 
ing heat at the latter part of the fruit¬ 
ing, is too recent to need further com¬ 
ment than to say that the later berries 
were in nearly every instance cooked on 
the plants. The first 19 varieties were 
received from Joseph H. Black, Son & 
Co., Hightstovvn, N. J. Several have 
been tried in previous years, and were 
favorably reported by The R. N.-Y., and 
it is noteworthy that another season’s 
test confirms our previous estimate of 
their good qualities. Staminate or per¬ 
fect fiowering varieties are marked (S), 
and those with imperfect blooms (P): 
Jim (P).—Very vigorous in growth, 
broad, dark-green foliage, berries large, 
heart-shaped, deep scarlet; firm, rather 
acid, borne on long stiff peduncles. 
Darly and pi’oductive. The dense foli¬ 
age shades the berries so that they ripen 
up well. 
Leon (P).—^Strong stocky plants. 
Early and fairly productive; light green 
foliage. Berries large, light scarlet, 
roundish; flesh white, colors well all 
over, pleasant acid flavor. 
Pkof. Fisher (S). —Late, coming in 
with Gandy. Vigorous plants, tall, 
broad foliage; berries large, sometimes 
cockscombed, smooth and firm, bright 
scarlet; quality fair. A great producer 
of fine showy market berries. 
Reba (P).—Late, vigorous, with large 
healthy foliage. Greatly resembles 
Prof. Fisher as grown here, but three or 
four days later. A very satisfactory 
berry. 
Robbie (S).—^Late. Strong stocky 
plant with broad dark foliage. Very 
productive of large, conical, brightly- 
colored berries. Quality very good, less 
acid than most late kinds. The berries 
hold up well in size throughout the sea¬ 
son. A worthy late variety, exceeding 
Gandy in value as grown here. 
Cearence (S).—Plant of moderate 
vigor, foliage good, and resists rust 
well. First berries very large, but fall 
off later. Immensely productive. Firm, 
not very sweet, but of good flavor; 
bright red in color. Midseason. 
Hazel (P).—.Strong plants with 
heavy dark foliage like Jim; less pro¬ 
ductive than that variety. Berries 
large, firm and brightly colored, good 
table quality. Midseason. 
Carrie Silvers (P).—Large plant 
with rather light green foliage. Berries 
bright scarlet, round shape, carried on 
a short, stiff peduncle. Quality agree¬ 
able. A productive and worthy variety. 
Midseason. 
Mina (S).—Poor grower as compared 
with others. Foliage inclined to rust. 
Berries round, well colored and of good 
quality, borne on short stiff stems. Mid¬ 
season. 
Ham (S).—Vigorous, with broad, very 
dark foliage. Productive in a high de¬ 
gree of large, long berries, very dark in 
color, smooth and solid. Flesh deep red. 
Excellent quality. Appearance and 
quality better than Marshall as grown 
here, and much more productive. Early, 
but keeps up well throughout entire 
season. An excellent table and home 
berry. 
Alman (P).—Late, vigorous and fair¬ 
ly productive; berries large and bright 
red color, but of indifferent flavor. 
Irene (P).—Midseason. Heavy green 
foliage. Appears productive at first, but 
does not fill out later berries; rather 
sour and watery. 
Olive (S).—Vigorous, with thick dark 
foliage. Long peduncles; berries good 
size, dark scarlet; colors well and of fair 
flavor, but is irregular in ripening. 
Howard (S).—Late, strong, produc¬ 
tive plant; berries carried on thick pe¬ 
duncles. Foliage tough and resistant. 
Very large berries, often cockscombed, 
firm and well colored. Quality fair, bet¬ 
ter than Gaudy. A very promising mar¬ 
ket sort, shown in Fig. 220, page 514. 
Mrs. Fisher (P).—Late, vigorous; a 
good plant-maker and bearer of fine ber¬ 
ries. Fruit held up well on long pe¬ 
duncles, bright scarlet in color; fairly 
firm and acceptable quality. Seems to 
be adapted for near markets. 
Joe (S).—Late. A large rugged plant, 
immensely productive of enormous ber¬ 
ries which have been illustrated in pre¬ 
vious issues of The R. N.-Y. Firm; deep 
red in color, often cockscombed. Qual¬ 
ity good for so large a berry. Evidently 
a valuable market variety. Ripens just 
before Gandy, but holds up well. 
Nettie (P).—Very late; comes after 
Gandy. Tremendous cropper in com¬ 
parison with most standard varieties. 
Berries large and somewhat irregular 
in form; rather soft and sour. Color 
pale scarlet. Most of our berries were 
scalded by the great heat. Fig. 217, on 
first page, fairly represents a cluster of 
this distinct berry. Needs a better flavor 
and more firmness to render it valuable. 
Success (S).—Early, vigorous and a 
profuse cropper,light in color but firm 
and handsome. Holds size well. A 
valuable market variety. 
Gladstone (P).—Late. Large plant 
with tall light foliage. Set many large 
berries, which did not come to perfec¬ 
tion. Greatly resembles Sharpless, and 
is no improvement under our condi¬ 
tions. Quality sweet, but rather insipid. 
New York (S).—W. F. Allen, Salis¬ 
bury, Md. Strong grower, makes many 
plants. Good dark foliage. Large dark 
red conical berries of excellent quality; 
productive. Did not hold up as well as 
some, but undoubtedly a fine berry. 
Kansas (P).—W. F. Allen. Vigorous; 
makes many runners. Bears a large 
crop of moderately large, bright red, 
conical berries on short peduncles; firm 
and sour in taste. Good for shipping; 
late midseason. 
Seedling iNo. 4.— A. B. Howard, Bel- 
chertown. Mass. Very late. Fine vigor¬ 
ous plant, resistant foliage. Large ber¬ 
ries, first in cluster, often cockscombed. 
Firm and bright in color. Quality very 
good. Productive, holding out to the 
last picking in size. See Pig. 218, page 
614. . 
Seedling No. 103.—A. B. Howard. 
Vigorous low-giX)Wing plant, not in¬ 
clined to make runners. Profuse crops 
of medium round, bright scarlet berries. 
They are bright and attractive, but too 
sour to be agreeable. Would make a 
neat variety for hill culture for home 
use. 
Seedling (iS).—Rhea Stayton, Bowl¬ 
ing Green, Ky. Early. A low-growing 
prod native plant. Berries smooth and 
well colored, but of poor quality and 
(juite soft. 
Standard and new varieties such as 
Greenville, Tennessee, Gandy, Marshall 
and William Belt bore fair crops of 
good berries under similar conditions. 
W. V. E. 
Twig Blight and Peach Budding. 
S., Woodlawn, Va., speaks of the ends 
of the limbs or twigs dying on apple 
trees. 1 think this is due to the Twig 
blight and not canker worms as Mr. 
Van Deman suggests. It often attacks 
the young twigs or ends of the limbs 
and kills them back a few inches out¬ 
right. If they die with full foliage this 
is the cause, and while it injures the 
trees somewhat it is not serious on the 
apple. It attacks certain varieties more 
than others. York Imperial, Smith 
Cider, Pall Pippin and a few others are 
very liable to the attacks of Twig blight. 
In regard to budding, I have had a very 
large experience with it in the past 40 
years, especially with the peach. New 
Jersey grows large quantities of peach 
trees and has many experienced and ex¬ 
pert budders. We have many men who 
can bud from 3,000 to 5,000 peach trees 
in a day of 10 hours. The work is near¬ 
ly all done by the 1,000 by those who do 
this work alone, and the present price 
is from |1 to $1.25 per 1,000, according 
to quantity and condition of stock. We 
think a man who cannot set over 1,500 
to 2,000 peach buds is not expert enough 
to do it well. CHAS. black. 
Hightstown, N. J. 
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The “Clark” Grass.— “All who have 
tried Mr. Clark’s method of grass culture, 
please stand up and report.”—R. N.-Y., 
July 6. 
I tried Mr. Clark’s method to the letter, 
with two exceptions. I did not sow mixed 
seed and I did not use any fertilizer; but 
sowed pure Timothy on land that would 
grow 80 bushels of shelled corn per acre. 
We have had a very fine season for grass, 
and that grass will not make over a ton 
per acre. It did not freeze out and is ex¬ 
tremely thick, yet it is very poor. Why? 
I believe had I sown a peck to the acre 
it would have made four tons per acre; 
judging from other fields. l. s. s. 
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