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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 15 
Fob the first time in the experience of 
the Rural Grounds’ people there are no 
cabbage worms. We do not remember 
to have seen a cabbage butterfly this 
season. 
Of the 58 kinds of potatoes on trial 
this season, Salzer’s Earliest (John A. 
Salzer, LaCrosse, Wis.,) proved to be the 
earliest. At any rate, the vines were 
the first to die—July 1. The yield was 
at the rate of 464 bushels to the acre, 
mostly of unmarketable size. The potato 
resembles Bliss’s Triumph, being round 
and of a reddish color like the early 
Bermuda potatoes. The flesh is white 
and the quality very good. The next 
vines to die were those of Pride of the 
South from Johnson & Stokes, Philadel¬ 
phia. The vines were dead July 8. The 
yield was at the rate of 161 bushels to 
the acre, a large proportion too small 
for market. It is a round tuber, buff 
skin, pink eyes. 
On July 24, we received from S. D. 
Willard, the veteran fruit grower of 
Geneva, N. Y., a little box of the Dike- 
man cherry which originated in Michi¬ 
gan, we don’t know just when. It is, as 
we judge from these specimens, the best 
late cherry we have seen. These cherries 
were picked in Michigan about July 20, 
shipped to Mr. Willard who shipped 
them to the office and from the office 
they were sent to the writer July 28, 
and received in perfect order. They are 
all about the same size—three-fourths 
of an inch either way—as black as jet, 
firm, rich, sweet and juicy. There is, as 
Mr. Willard remarks, a great demand for 
a late sweet cherry, lie has never seen 
a variety so late as this. Most late sorts 
rot badly. The grower writes Mr. Wil¬ 
lard that the “ tree is so overloaded this 
year that the cherries are much less 
than the average size.” Four years ago, 
Mr. Willard ate cherries from this tree 
August 10. 
On May 5, we sowed a plot of Mortgage 
Lifter oats which have given Edward F. 
Dibble (who sent us the seed) and others 
immense yields. The plot was mowed 
July 27. We estimate what would have 
been the yield, had the oats not lodged, 
at the rate of 75 bushels to the acre. 
The lodging was not necessarily due to 
a weak straw. The season has been one 
of more frequent rains than any we can 
recall in 20 years or more. The straws 
grew to the height of 4 % feet. The 
panicles of grain average 10 inches long ; 
they are open and spreading, with from 
75 to 90 spikelets of two oats each. They 
resemble the American Banner oats 
more nearly than any other among our 
collection of seeds. Further north, it is 
claimed that they weigh over 40 pounds 
to the bushel. 
We have had Lovett’s Best blackberry 
since April of 1890. The canes at the 
Rural Grounds are exceptionally hardy, 
but they have never borne many berries. 
The Minnewaski blackberry was, on 
the grounds of the originator (the late 
A. J. Cay wood), one of the most prolific 
varieties we have ever seen. With us, 
it has never borne a crop that would 
pay for its home and culture. We would 
gladly hear from our friends regarding 
Lovett’s Best and Minnewaski respect¬ 
ing their hardiness and fruitfulness. 
The second-crop berries of the new 
Gault Everbearing blackcap (July 26) 
are larger and of better quality than the 
first crop. 
July 28, one cane of the Crimson Ram¬ 
bler rose was seven feet high. 
Again we would say that, on account 
of the “mealiness” of the berry, the 
Royal Church red raspberry is of little 
value at the Rural Grounds. 
first picking July 4. The vines were two 
feet high, vigorous and productive. The 
pods were of medium size and a lively 
darkish-green color. The pods were well 
filled, averaging about seven seeds, me¬ 
dium to large in size. Juno was more 
prolific than the old favorite, Stratagem, 
though the pods are somewhat smaller. 
The seeds are tender, though not so 
sweet as some. Abundance came in with 
Juno, and was, July 4, the most prolific 
of any of our trial kinds, and decidedly 
so. The vines were two feet high, bear¬ 
ing as many as 20 pods to a vine. The 
pods were of medium size, two or three 
inches, uniformly well filled with from 
six to eight seeds. This variety, as we 
have said, was introduced by B. K. Bliss 
& Sons, in 1884, and were then tried at 
the Rural Grounds. We tried it again 
the past season that comparison might 
be made with newer kinds. Abundance 
resembles the old Yorkshire Hero. The 
seeds are larger, not the largest, sweet, 
and of good quality, though not the best, 
owing to a tougher skin. We know of 
no variety that will give a larger quan¬ 
tity of seeds to a given quantity of pods. 
But it is for home use. The pods are too 
small for market...... 
New Life Pea. —Seeds came to us 
from Jos. Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass., 
and J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 
The most productive pea and, all things 
considered, the most valuable pea for 
home or for market of Its season, that 
we have ever tried. That’s saying a 
good deal, for we have tried nearly every 
kind of pea, old and new, from year to 
year, for 20 years. July 6, the vines were 
two feet high. Pods three to four inches 
long, straight, well filled with from five 
to eight seeds of the largest size. The 
vines were of great vigor and of uniform 
height. The pods were often in pairs, 
and of a bright green color. New Life 
matures a day or so before Stratagem, 
or just before the excellent Heroine. 
We hope that all our readers who raise 
their own peas, or who raise them for 
market, will try New Life. 
New Giant-podded Markow, from 
Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa., 
gave the first “mess ” July 8. The vines 
were two feet high, thrifty and branch¬ 
ing. The pods were about four inches 
long, straight and broad. There were 
six to nine seeds to the pod, of medium 
size, and of a deep green color. This 
variety is prolific, though less so than 
New Life. 
Queen pea, from Thorburn and Hen¬ 
derson. July 8. A new main-crop pea ma¬ 
turing with Stratagem. Vines two feet 
and over high. Pods straight, broad and 
of medium size ; about seven seeds of 
medium size to the pod. The quality is 
excellent. We prefer New Life. 
Up to the present time, we have rarely 
had a more favorable season for all farm 
crops—with the exception of large 
fruits—melons, squashes, Lima beans, 
peas, sweet corn, rye and grass—and 
these are the crops raised here, for the 
most part, by the market gardeners. Yet, 
we have never known these farmers to 
be so thoroughly discouraged, because 
of glutted markets and low prices. 
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