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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 14 
THE FARMERS’ CLUB. 
(continued.) 
Winter Pears and Strawberries. 
D. W., Short Creek, 0. — 1 . What are two of 
your favorite winter pears ? What about Winter 
Nells ? 2. What can you tell about some of the 
new strawberries The R. N.-Y. fruited last sum¬ 
mer? I have seen no report of them. Can you 
recommend Clyde, Glen Mary, Tennessee Prolific, 
Splendid, Woolverton, Isabella Fountain ? I re¬ 
fer only to fertilizing sorts, as that is what I am 
in need of. 
Ans. —1. Among- early winter pears, 
Anjou, Lawrence and Winter Nelis. The 
Winter Nelis should be top-grafted. 
Josephine de Malines and Easter Beurre 
are the best winter pears; the latter suc¬ 
ceeds best on quince. 2. Our strawberry 
report will be found in the issue of July 
20, 1895, pages 485 and 490. Glen Mary 
is one of the most promising of the new 
kinds tried last season. We do not think 
much of the others mentioned. 
Some New Fodder Plants. 
T. M. It., Merchant , Ont. —1. In what latitude 
doesTeosinte grow best ? Of what country is it a 
native? How far north has it been known to 
grow successfully ? 2. Your paper is credited 
with having given a valuable testimony to 
Branching doura. In what year and in what 
latitude and longitude was it growing when it 
merited your indorsement ? Would it be likely to 
grow on warm limestone soil in eastern Ontario ? 
3. Have you any knowledge of the success of 
Saglialin ? Has it been grown in New York or 
any of the northern States ? 
Ans. —1. Teosinte (Euchlgena or Reana 
luxurians) is a native of Mexico. We 
raised plants some 15 years ago, and 
again last season. It never bears seeds 
in the north, but makes a most luxuri¬ 
ant growth—more so than corn. There 
is more leaf surface to the stalk, and as 
many as 25 stalks often grow from one 
seed. If the plants be cut back, the 
stems will at once make a second growth. 
2. The R. N.-Y. introduced the Rural 
Branching sorghum or doura many years 
ago. It makes an immense growth of 
leaves and stalks which may be cut back 
at any time. A second growth will start 
at once. It does not produce seed re¬ 
liably north of South Carolina. Some 
seedsmen afterwards gave it the name 
of Millo Maize. It will flourish any¬ 
where that corn will, and endure more 
drought. 3. We have given our opinion, 
in so far as an opinion can be formed, 
of Saghalin many times. The plants 
will thrive anywhere, in wet or dry 
land, and spread from year to year. 
We doubt whether it will be prized 
where corn will thrive. 
The Use of Plaster in Manure. 
J. E. It., Moundsville, W. Va .—Is laud plaster 
good to rot stable manure ? How should it be ap¬ 
plied ? What is the price ? Will it lose its 
strength with age ? I have plenty of stable 
manure in which is a great deal of straw. I have 
been troubled in getting it to rot without fanging, 
and have been told that land plaster will rot it. 
Ans.— Plaster will not ferment or 
Among the new and rare things de¬ 
scribed in the spring catalogue of The 
Storrs & Harrison Company, Painesville, 
Ohio, is the “ Logan Berry.” A Rasp¬ 
berry Blackberry, which originated with 
Judge Logan of Santa Cruz, California. 
This is a most remarkable berry, a cross 
between the Red Antwerp Raspberry 
and the Aughinbaugh Blackberry. The 
plant itself is quite a curiosity, unlike 
either of its parents, and the fruit is a 
decided novelty, with the form of the 
Blackberry of large size, and the color 
and flavor of the Red Raspberry. It will 
be appreciated by berry eaters, who find 
the seeds of both blackberries and rasp¬ 
berries annoying, as in the Logan they 
are very small and soft and not abundant. 
It ripens earlier than either the Rasp¬ 
berry or Blackberry and brings a better 
price in the California markets. Its 
hardiness appears fully attested in Ohio, 
as fully exposed on the grounds of the 
above-named company it did not suffer 
in the least during the cold winter of 
1894-5, and to their surprise fruited the 
past spring on one year plants. As you 
will see by their advertisement in our 
columns, they offer a large valuable cat¬ 
alogue free which contains a life-size 
cut and full description of this novelty. 
— Adv. 
“ rot” manure. What it does is to bring 
about a chemical change so that the 
valuable ammonia contained in the 
manure is put in such form that it will not 
escape. Your manure, probably," fire- 
fangs” because it is too dry, and be¬ 
cause the pile is left too open and 
loose. To prevent this, tramp the pile 
down hard as fit is made up and then 
keep it moist. It is a good plan to mix 
horse and cow manure together, as the 
latter is moister and colder than the 
former. If the liquid drainings from 
the stable can be run on to the pile, 
there will be no danger from fire-fang- 
ing. The place to use plaster is in the 
stable from day to day, in the stalls and 
back of the horses. 
gutetiising, 
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To Fruit Growers and Shippers! 
Have you had a 
copy of our new 1896 
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List of Berry Boxes 
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ESTABLISHED 1822. 
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Makes its debut this spring. 
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