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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 7, 1896 
The First and Only DWARF SWEET PEA,-Burpee’s “CUPID” 
GROWS ONLY FIVE INCHES HIGH! It carpets the ground from May until November with a MASS OF WHITE! 
Grown in a pot ,— 
engrareil Jrom a 
Photograph, 
A SINGLE PLANT OF 
CUPID. 
“ CUPID ” is pronounced the Floral Wonder of the Age. Just think of it, 
—a Sweet Pea only live inches high ! Sweet Peas for bedding,— 'or a pot of 
Sweet Peas for table decoration. Such things were never even dreamed of before ! 
TpirA” —the greatest novelty ever known in flowers—has won the highest 
k/Ur 1U honors possible in Europe. We lmd plants grown in pots exhibited 
at the meeiingof The Royal Horticultural Society, in London, England, where, by unani¬ 
mous vote of the Committer, it received an Award ot Merit— tlie highest honor that can be 
conferred upon a new variety. We exhibited also in Paris, France, on July 11, 1895, at the 
Societe National d’Horticulture, where it received a First-class Certificate. 
■tfiyNever before has any AMERICAN Novelty received such high endorsement. “551 
a r* \ rni pv yj excites wonder wherever seen,—such a Sweet Pea, yet in habit 
vUr lU so unlike a Sweet Pea! It has all the fragrance of the most 
favored Eckfords. The flowers are of full size, but with more substance in the petals 
of both wings and standards than any other Sweet Pea. It hears two and three blos¬ 
soms on the end of each stem,—all opening about the same time. 
CUPID grown in a twelve-inch pot just tills the top ; with 
its blooms of glistening whiteness and foliage of deep, emerald 
green , it is wonderfully attractive in the house or the conservatory. 
In the garden it will be used chiefly as a border plant, for it will 
hear trimming to just the proper shape, and appears not unlike a 
very dwarf hedge covered with snow. 
Seed of CUPID, in our original sealed packets,—each bearing 
our registered Trade=Mark Monogram,— can he bought at 
any seed store, or ordered direct from us, by mail, at the following prices:— 
Per packet of twenty seeds, 25 cts.; 5 pkts. for $1.00, or $2.00 per dozen packets, 
postpaid, by mail to any address in the world. Half size packets, each containing ten 
seeds, per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts., or 10 pkts. for $1.00, postpaid, to any address. 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, March 7, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Interest at Farmers' Institutes.154, 155 
Some Connecticut Farm Talk.155 
Where they Farm at Wholesale.155, 156 
Corn vs. Potatoes. 156 
A Stone Silo. 156 
Will a Silo Pay? . 156 
Peat Moss as a Fertilizer.,.156 
Crops to Suit the Manure.I. 156 
Which Fertilizer for Potatoes?. 156 
How to Sow Peas and Oats. 157 
Will Potash Benefit Grass?. 157 
Bad Water in a Well. 157 
Grasses for a Dairy Farm. 157 
New Forage Plants for Oregon. 158 
Are Soaked Potatoes Injured ?.170 
Tarring Seed Corn. 170 
A Kansas Man on Alfalfa.170, 171 
A “ Mortgage Lifter” aud Five-cent Potatoes. 171 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Famous Holstein-Friesian Cattle. 153 
The Daughter and the Poultry. 155 
Cut Bone for Hogs. 156 
Ailing Animals. 156 
Value of Different Cuts of Pork.156, 157 
Various Foods for Stock. 157 
What to Feed With Brewers’ Grains. 157 
Rooting Hogs on a Clay Soil.157 
Dogs Worm Their Weight in Silver. 163 
Feeding a Hen, Part IX.168, 169 
Ayrshire Cattle.169 
How are Eggs Withheld?. 169 
What One Cow Has Done.169 
A Poultry Record. 169 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Will Manure Increase Peach Yellows ?. 154 
Transplanting Tools. . 154 
Tree and Bud Notes. 155 
Killing May Beetles. 155 
Sowing Small Seeds.155 
Blanch Celery in Tile. 156 
How to Start Early Melons.157 
The Snowy Tree Cricket on Rasjtberries. 157 
Suitable Varieties of Fruit.158 
Fertilizers for Strawberries ; Shavings Ma¬ 
nure.158 
Celery Blight Cured.170 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials.164 
Our Relations to Our Children.164 
A Good Cleanser.164 
A Dainty Book Cover. 164 
That is Best Which Ends Well. 164 
Learning By Experience.165 
Expressing Affection.165 
For the School Lunch.165 
Kitchen Refuse in Winter. 165 
No New- Woman.165 
Crumbs from Different Tables. 165 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Manilla Roofing.156 
Catalogue Reviews.158, 159, 160 
Ruralisms.161 
Editorials .162 
Brevities.162 
Business Bits .163 
As We Go to Press. 166 
Crop and Market Notes.167 
Markets.167 
