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I'HE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 14 
Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS. 
An iNTJSRESTlNCi CATALOGUE. —The 
Fall catalogue of the Eastern Shore Nur¬ 
series, Denton, Md., is of unusual inter¬ 
est to plum growers and lovers of stone 
fruits. J. W. Kerr, the proprietor, has 
long been known as an enthusiastic 
“plum crank,” and he has here systema¬ 
tized his vast information and experi¬ 
ence in a valuable way. The varieties 
offered ai-e grouped together according 
to their botanical affiliations, and the 
descriptions are very concise and guard¬ 
ed. The Wild Goose group is regarded 
as preeminent for commercial planting 
among native plums, and the Wayland 
varieties for domestic and culinary uses, 
though the Americanas are conceded to 
have the best flavor. The list of recom¬ 
mended Japans is brought down to 
three. Abundance, Berckmans and Cha- 
bot, though more are offered for trial. 
Where a high degree of atmospheric 
moisture usually prevails during the 
ripening season, the brown rot is so de¬ 
structive as to preclude all hopes of 
profit. Burbank is worthless on that ac¬ 
count on the Chesapeake and Delaware 
Peninsula, though often satisfactory at 
the North, and the same may be said of 
Satsuma, Hale and many others. All 
the Japans rot some, but all the fruit on 
a given tree of the three recommended 
varieties does not rot as a usual thing, 
and fair crops often result. As may be 
expected the hybrid plums, of which 
there is now a rather formidable list, 
are given much prominence. The acme 
of plum excellence, both from a com¬ 
mercial and amateur standpoint, is here 
presented. Gonzales, a large, red and 
very productive variety from Texas, is 
regarded as most valuable for market. 
It originated in the Texas town of that 
name, but the parentage is not given. 
A new Chabot-Wayland hybrid, origi¬ 
nating with Mr. Kerr, is offered with 
much confidence. It is named Waugh, 
after the talented author of “Piums and 
Plum Culture,” and is described as a 
large, dark purple in color, with rich, 
high-flavored yellow flesh. It colors up 
10 days before it ripens, and is profuse¬ 
ly borne on a vigorous upright tree with 
tough, resistant foliage. Mr. Kerr is 
hopefui of the future of the Beach plum. 
Primus maritima, and has hybrids be¬ 
tween it and many Japan and native va¬ 
rieties as well as cherries and peaches. 
As his Beach plum trees are completely 
self-sterile, there is no uncertainty about 
the work of cross-breeding, and the re¬ 
sults already attained are gratifying, 
but the new combinations are not yet 
ready for dissemination. In addition 
several interesting hybrids between 
plums, cherries and the Sand cherry, 
Primus Besseyi, are offered, as well as 
some pedigree hybrid peaches of much 
promise. Incidentally there is a good 
assortment of standard and new fruit 
trees and plants. The work of such hor¬ 
ticultural “cranks” as Mr. Kerr is cer¬ 
tain to be of great and permanent value, 
and they should be heartily encouraged. 
A Handsome New Sirnun.—Seeds of 
Buddleia variabilis, a beautiful flower¬ 
ing shrub newly introduced from China, 
were offered probably for the first time 
in America, in the Spring catalogue of 
Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., 
with the statement that they might be 
expected to prtffiuce flowering plants in 
Can You 
do a little pleasant and profitable work 
for us in your own town? No eaperience 
necessary. We will explain just what 
you have to do. The work will be light, 
and we will arrange for the time you 
shall be able to give to it. We can give 
you work for all your time or just for 
your spare time. Write for full par¬ 
ticulars. THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Nkw York 
four months. A packet was procured for 
trial, and germinated well, but the 
plants did not bloom until October, six 
months after sowing, though more stim¬ 
ulating treatment of the seedlings might 
have shortened the period. Fig. 375, first 
page, shows a bloom spike somewhat 
reduced in size. The blossoms are rosy 
lilac with an orange-yellow “eye,” and 
are quite fragrant. They are produced 
with great freedom at the termination 
of the numerous slender arching 
branches. Our plants grew about 18 
inches high, and were covered with 
bloom when the first November freeze 
checked further development. The fo¬ 
liage is bright green above and velvety 
white below, clothing the plant in an at¬ 
tractive manner. This species of Bud¬ 
dleia grows from three to eight feet 
high, but is variable both in habit and 
bloom, a peculiarity which is indicated 
by its name. Although called hardy, 
and able to withstand much frost, it has 
been killed to the ground in the latitude 
of Boston, but freely pushes young 
shoots again, which mostly flower the 
same season. Buddleia is quite an exten¬ 
sive genus, comprising about 70 species 
growing in warm and temperate regions 
of America, Asia and South Africa. Only 
four or five species are cultivated for 
ornament, and of these B. variabilis 
seems freest in bloom. B. Japonica has 
lilac blooms, B. Lindleyana is purple 
violet in color, and comes from China, 
while the former is a native of Japan. 
B. intermedia is a garden Hybrid be¬ 
tween the above, and has quite an erect 
habit, and produces many long racemes 
of violet flowers. Other species with 
yellow or purplish crimson flowers are 
very handsome, but only adapted i 
places free from sharp frosts. B. Col- 
villei, with flowers almost crimson, is 
thought to be the best, but is tender, and 
only strong old plants bloom freely. 
Unseasonabi.e Fruit Blossoms. —For 
many weeks the local papers have con¬ 
tained accounts of the belated blooming 
of fruit trees, chiefly apple and pear, 
though instances of similar behavior of 
cherry and plum were reported. So nu¬ 
merous and conspicuous were these un¬ 
usual Autumn blooms that much com¬ 
ment has been excited, but a considera¬ 
tion of the abnormal character of the 
growing season, with the early destruc¬ 
tion of foliage from excessive rain and 
accompanying fungus troubles, and the 
prolonged hot weather in the early Fall, 
it is not really surprising that occa¬ 
sional branches, or in some cases whole 
trees, should be stimulated into an un¬ 
timely growth. The result can only be 
a weakening of the parts concerned to a 
certain degree, though a good growing 
season will doubtless restore the wasted 
vitality. On the Rural Grounds several 
currant bushes that had dropped their 
leaves in August bloomed profusely in 
October, and set fruits, while a Simoni 
plum developed two plums to nearly 
half size before freezing stopped their 
growth. A number of ornamental 
shrubs, such as Japan quinces and 
Spiraeas, produced a scattering bloom, 
and one lilac pushed a flower truss al¬ 
most to the point of opening the buds. 
w. V. F. 
Opinions of Apples. 
On page 788 I notice that Mr. Van 
Deman has something to say about the 
Ontario, Salome and Scott apples. His 
remarks suggest to me that the quality 
and commercial value of a variety may 
largely be a matter of personal opinion. 
For instance, he says that Ontario is not 
as good as Spy, nor is it as late a keep¬ 
er. If this statement refers solely to the 
fruit, I might be inclined to agree; but 
if it refers in general terms to the value 
of the two varieties, tree as well as fruit 
being considered, I cannot concur. The 
Ontario bears much younger and is gen¬ 
erally more productive than the Spy. I 
am not sure that it is inferior in quality, 
and I am fairly certain that the tree is 
hardier. I do not quite think that Sa¬ 
lome had full justice done it in the 
statement that it is “neither large nor 
high in quality.” It is of medium size, 
large enough—as large as Jonathan. 
The tree is productive, the fruit is hand¬ 
some, smooth, a long keeper, and of 
very fair quality, and the tree is fairly 
hardy. Again, Scott (commonly known 
as Scott’s Winter) should have its full 
measure of usefulness outlined. This 
for certain parts of Vermont, northern 
New York and Canada, I believe is an 
exceedingly valuable sort. It is a regu¬ 
lar annual bearer. The tree is very 
hardy and the fruit keeps through Win¬ 
ter without any difficulty. As a late 
cooking apple, it is unexceled by any I 
know. The principal fault of the va¬ 
riety is its small size, and in the early 
season its sharp acidity. But in late 
Winter, when apples are scarce, it is cer¬ 
tain to be appreciated. These points are 
not made in a spirit of criticism, but 
merely to suggest that it is difficult in 
a few words to do justice to the merits 
of varieties of apples. joiin craio. 
An Unusual Pe.\k. —From Ellwanger 
& Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., I secured 
a pear tree, no name, but numbered 
1,405. This year the ti’ee fruited for 
the first time, and had about 125 pears. 
The pears had the shape of a well 
formed Bartlett, about the same size, 
short stem, hanging well to the tree, 
and ripening the middle of September; 
color, intense yellow with a dark red 
blush nearly covei’ing five-eighths of the 
fruit. Flesh, juicy, mellow and rich, 
vinous. Tree, an upright grower, re¬ 
sembling Seckel, and thus far free of 
blight. F. j. 
Hollidaysburg, Pa. 
R. N.-Y.—Ellwanger & Barry write 
us as follows. “We have referred to the 
order in question, and find that the 
buyer had a number of varieties of pears 
from us in 1887, among which was a 
Chinese pear, called De la Chine 1,405. 
We have not cultivated this variety for 
some years. We had at that time sev¬ 
eral varieties of Chinese pears under 
numbers, but they are not now propa¬ 
gated.” 
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