THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 1 
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Catalogue Reviews 
J. M. Thokbubn & Co., 15 John Street, 
New York.—The ninety-third annual 
catalogue issued by this firm, represent¬ 
ing, probably, one of the largest collec¬ 
tions of seeds in the world. This firm 
are the introducers of the potatoes Car¬ 
man No. 1 and Carman No. 3, which they 
claim are respectively the best second- 
early and the best late variety ever 
grown, and we have no reason for dis¬ 
puting the claims. They are now offered 
at popular prices, and The R. N.-Y. 
hopes that every one of its readers that 
raises potatoes, will at least plant a 
trial quantity and report to us the re¬ 
sult whether favox-able or unfavorable 
to the high claims made. 
The new muskmelon, Long Island 
Beauty, of the old Hackensack type, is, 
we believe from our trials of it, the very 
best of its class. We may also recom¬ 
mend the three recent novelties among 
peas, Duke of York, Queen and Station. 
Among new tomatoes, are the “ Thor- 
burn New York,” Waldorf, Autocrat and 
Democrat, the last two of which origin¬ 
ated at the Rural Grounds. The new 
radish, Round Scarlet China, matures, it 
is said, in from six to eight weeks, valu¬ 
able as a winter as well as a summer 
variety. 
Among other varieties, we would call 
especial attention to the Walker Im¬ 
proved Exhibition onion, the Thorburn 
Valentine Wax bean, Marvel of Paris 
bean, Black Queen beet, Melrose sweet 
corn, as eax-ly as the Cory with much 
larger ears, seven different new Chinese 
vegetables ; the Golden Queen Datura. 
This firm offers the largest collection 
of seeds for hardy ti’ees and shrubs and 
vines of any firm in America. They 
offer the incomparable Reddick Mole- 
trap, thoroughly tried at the Rux-al 
Grounds, for $1 each. 
Rosa multiflora nana, see Fig. 27, 
seems to be a novelty of curious and 
special merit. The plant blooms the 
first season from seed sown in the open 
ground. If started in frames or in boxes 
indoors, and transplanted as we would 
asters, the plants, we ai'e told, will be 
in full bloom in July, continuing to 
bloom in great profusion until late fall. 
The flowers ai’e of perfect form and pro- 
duced in every color of other roses. The 
plants grow only about 15 inches high. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 
Pa.—Some of our readers may remember 
our reference to a remarkable dwarf 
sweet pea made in these columns neai’ly 
two years ago. It is now offered by this 
firm. It is considered the floral wonder 
of the age. The plants grow but five 
inches high. The flowers are pu,re white 
in color, and as fragrant as any other 
pea. It will be prized either as a pot 
plant for the house, or a border plant in 
the garden, as it will stand trimming to 
the desired shape and compactness. 
Cupid received the highest honor given 
by the Royal Horticultural Society of 
London, in 1895, and a first-class certifi- 
cate as a distinct novelty of surpassing 
mei*it, by the National Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of Paris, last July. It appears that 
Cupid was discovered by Mr. C. C. Morse, 
in 1893, and Burpee & Co. now control 
the entire stock. It is said to come abso¬ 
lutely true from seed which are offei'ed 
for the reasonable price of 25 cents per 
packet. Our cut—Fig. 28—was drawn 
from nature. This catalogue of nearly 
JONAH’S GOURD GREW FAST. 
In one night 20 feet long! That was a miracle! 
But Salzer’s Sand Vetch, the coming hay plant, 
grew 10 inches in seven days on fine, dry soil, 
without a drop of moisture. That’s something for 
drought tried soil; so is Giant Spurry, Teosinte 
and lots of things you’ll find in our catalogue. 
If you will cut this out and send it with 
10 cents postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., 
La Crosse, Wis., you will receive their mammoth 
catalogue and 10 packages grasses and grains, 
including Sand Vetch, free.— Adv. 
200 pages, is divided in this way: Over 50 
pages to novelties and specialties ; 63 to 
vegetables, potatoes, etc.; 10 to corn, 
oats, grasses, clovers, fertilizers, thor¬ 
oughbred poultry, and the rest to flower 
seeds, bulbs, roses, etc. Mr. Burpee 
offers seeds of the true Saghalin at 10 
cents per packet, but condemns it now, 
as last year, as comparatively worthless 
as a forage plant. 
George W. P. Jerrard Co., Caribou, 
Maine.—A catalogue (52 pages) which, 
while making potatoes a main specialty, 
offers sub-specialties in the way of select 
kinds of oats, peas, sweet corn, beans, 
beets, onions, squashes, pumpkins, 
cucumbers, cabbages, muskmelons, etc. 
The two leading new potatoes are the 
Somerset and Country Gentleman. The 
latter resembles the Beauty of Hebron 
except that the coloring is more marked, 
giving the skin a mottling of buff and 
rose. It is rather late as to maturing, 
the eyes are shallow. It is said to be a 
large yielder. It is claimed that the 
Somerset is not only a great yielder, but 
the tubers “grow to a very large size” 
(Continued on next page.) 
IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rubai, New-Yorker. 
Don’t 
The BEST SEEDS 
that GROW are 
from Philadelphia— 
BURPEE’S 
A handsome New BOOK of 184 pages (price 10 cents) mailed FREE to planters who intend to purchase. 
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Reid's Choice Fruits 
Buy your Fruit Trees, Small Fruits,Vines, Roses! 
and Ornamental Shrubs at headquarters. One-| 
'half saved. All leading varieties—new and old.' 
Originators of choice fruits. Crates and Baskets 
Handsome illustrated and descriptive catalogue free. 
REID’S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
Eldorado] 
BLACKBERRY* 
Our New 1896 Catalogue 
of FRUIT TREES, PLANTS and VINES ; COMPLETE LIST OF 
ORNAMENTAL STOCK—all hardy and reliable—mailed free. 
T. J. DWYER, Orange County Nurseries, CORNWALL, N. Y. 
Your Name address 
Plainly written on a postal card and addressed to 
W. F. ALLEN, JR., SALISBURY, MD., 
will bring you free of charge his 32-page Illustrated 
Strawberry Catalogue, containing several original 
wood engravings, and honest descriptions of over 60 
varieties (largestandbest Strawberry Catalogue pub¬ 
lished); also sample copy of TTie Strawberry CultwrisU 
QCKin Nfl\A/1 you grow strawberries, you 
OCillU llUll! can’t afford to be without it. 
’ SEND FOR MY 
,00 BRANUvwiN e j^^^ 
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Atm enia 
Allow your blood to get impure and your system 
all run down, because in such a condition you 
will be in danger of pneumonia and grip. Take 
Hood’s 
PEACH, PEAR, PLUM, leading and new varieties. 
" "■■■wbbj ■ “"■■J ■ ™ideal, Oriole, Lady Thompson are the coming market 
Strawberries, fully tested. Raspberries—Miller, Loudon, Columbian. Blackberries—Maxwell, 
Eldorado, Leader. 13T EVERYTHING CHOICE FOB THE FRUIT GROWER AT FIRST 
COST. Our catalogue sent free will save you money. MYER & SON, Brldgeville, Del. 
Sarsaparilla 
The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, $1. 
Wnnrl’c Pi 11 c cure Liver Ills l eas y t0 
take, easy to operate. 25c. 
450.000T PEES 
800 varieties. Also Grapes,fMnnllEruU*,et«n5est root¬ 
ed stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample currants mailed for 
10c. Dose, price list free. LEWIS ltOESCll, Kredonla, Ji. X. 
Choice Peach Trees S?or*K«»°; 
for prices. R. S. JOHNSTON. Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
GREENVILLE. 
I1Y THE 
MILLION. 
5 DOZEN PLANTS BY MAIL (assorted), 811.00. 
Berlin (New), 81.00 Doz.; 83.00 per 100; 810.00 per 1000. 
500,000 Asparagus Roots. 20,000 Apple Trees. 
20,000 Peaches, Champion and Crosby. 
By mail, 2 for 25 cts.; 5 for 50 cts.; 12 for 81.00 ; 100 for 86.00. 
Send postal for 20-page catalogue. Free at once. 
BERLIN NURSERIES, Berlin, Md. 
CROSBY. 
\Jkl ■ T U I RJ OF ALL are the prices on ROGERS’ FRESH-DUG DANSVILLElTRKES. It's easy 
W I I ■■ I 111 to see the reason why. Orders filled direct from the nursery row. trees not heeled in 
over winter. No loss of stock; no loss to customers. How few nurserymen can say 
O ET LJ||thls; yet how much better ’tis, you know. Our little book for business buyers (free) 
TV wmm I I tells about, our trees, and how we know they are true to name. Our “Bargain Counter” 
is 40 miles from Rochester, at ROGERS’ NURSERIES, Dansville, N. Y. 
STRAWRERRY PLANTS THAT GROW. 
1 have a large stock for spring of 1896. including the 
standard sorts; also many of the later introduc¬ 
tions. such as Brandywine. Bisel, Eleanor, Clyde. 
Splendid. Satisfaction, Wm. Belt, etc. My prices are 
right. Send for list. 
C. E. WHITTEN’S NURSERY, Bridgman, Mich. 
We offer many new and valuable Trees and 
Small Fruits for Spring planting, among them 
The Alice Grape, hardiest, keeps all winter. Wal¬ 
ter Pease Apple, finest desert Apple. Bourgeat 
Quince and others. Our catalogue of Hardy North¬ 
ern grown stock sent free; or with color plate and 
FRED. E. YOUNG, NURSERYMAN, Rochester, N. Y. 
- STRAWBERRY CATALOG 
CD CC of interest to progressive growers and 
1 11 I —• L careful buyers. SIXTY VARIETIES. 
C. N. FLANSBURGH, Leslie, Mich. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Introducer of Satisfaction Strawberry, has Clyde, 
Wm. Belt, Marshall, Bisel, Brandywine, Eleanor, 
Mary, Staples, Brunette. Over 40 other best varieties. 
Large stock very fine plants. Descriptive Catalogue 
free. ENOS W. DUNHAM, StevensvlUe, Mich. 
Plant the Best Currants 
WHITE IMPERIAL excels all others In quality 
for a fine table currant. 
PRESIDENT WILDER combines qualities that 
make it the most valuable market and table Red 
Currant that has been put upon the market. For 
prices apply to 
S. D. WILLARD, Geneva, N. Y. 
Pear, Apple, Plum 
Cherry and Peach Trees 
We have a large block growing on rented land. The 
lease expires this spring. The stock must he sold 
without regard to cost of raising. Have fixed the 
lowest prices ever quoted. THE TREES ARE FINE. 
This is, no doubt, the best opportunity offered plant¬ 
ers during the past 25 years. WHITING NURSERY 
CO., Roxbury, Mass. Nurseries at Geneva, N. Y. 
: NEW PLUMS 
TATGE 
; The Best. 
MILTON 
) The Earliest. 
! Chas. Downing 
) Most Beautiful. 
) Send for 
S Catalogue. 
Silas Wilson Co. 
Atlantic, la. 
Headquarters 
for Sweet Peas Half pound 25 cents. 
• • - THE) 03STL.Y Quarter pound 15 cents. 
NEW DOUBLE SWEET PEA, Bride of Niagara, 
True to name. Price—Packet 25 cents, half packet 15 cents. 
The Wonderful CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE, only 15 cents. 
VICK’S FLORAL GUIDE, 1S96. TRIED AND TRUE NOVELTIES 
The Pioneer Seed Catalogue. Fuchsias, Roses, Blackberry, The Pearl 
Lithographs of Double Sweet Pea, Roses, Fuchsias, Gooseberry, Potatoes, Earliest Tomato 
Blackberries, Raspberries, New Leader Tomato, known, etc... 
Vegetaoles. Filled with good tilings, old and new. Presswork on Novelty Pages, entirely new idea—a 
real work of art. Full list of Flowers, Vegetables, Small Fruits, etc., with description and prices. 
Mailed on receipt of Jc., which may he deducted from first order—really free,—or free with an order 
for any of the above. 
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. 
L»JAMES VICK’S SONS.* 
250,000 Peach Trees 
100,000 Plum, best European and Japan. 
150,000 Pear, Standard and Dwarf. 
75,000 Cherry, Morellos, Hearts, etc. 
150,000 Apple, tluinee. Apricot. 
100,000 Nut Beariug Trees, 
2,000,000 Small Fruits and Grapes. 
750,000 Roses, Everblooiuing and Hardy. 
1,000 Car Loads Ornamentals. 
Full supply Flower and Vegetable Seed*, Plant*. 
-Bulb*, etc. Elegant 168 page catalogue frfee. Send for 
it before buying. Everything mail size postpaid. Larger by ex¬ 
press or freight. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. We 
occupy 1)4 miles on the bank of Lake Erie. No hardier, healthier 
trees are grown on the continent. Why not procure the X>e*t 
direct from the grower and avoid all commissions. It 
will save you money. 
42nd YEAR. 1000 ACRES. 29 GREENHOUSES. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0. Box 216 
