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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 22 
The Strawbkbry-raspbkrby —We are 
now enabled to write about this new 
fruit from two seasons of experience. 
Our first plant was sent to the Rural 
Grounds by A. Blanc during April of 
last year. The roots (it is an herbaceous 
plant), passed the winter in safety. It 
began to bloom June 10 . The buds are 
nearly round, a little flattened and three- 
eighths inch in diameter, resembling 
those of the blackberry. The petals are 
white and the size of those of blackberry 
blossoms ; in fact, the flowers are hardly 
distinguishable, the one from the other, 
as to size, petals, stamens and pistils. 
It seems to the writer to be simply an 
herbaceous blackberry, having no re¬ 
semblance to a strawberry in any respect 
whatever. The leaflets are from five to 
seven, two to three inches long, narrow, 
plicate, the edges being serrate, as 
shown in the engraving, Fig. 177. The 
main leaf-stem is from six to eight 
inches long, with short, curved, sharp 
spines directed downwards. The plant 
is now (August 4), about 2% feet high 
by three feet wide, forming a somewhat 
round-headed bush, rather ornamental 
than otherwise. But one berry has 
formed, and this was imperfect. The 
flowers are, from some cause, sterile. 
The fruit, as we have said, grows to 
the size, and about the shape, of black¬ 
berries, the drupelets being much 
smaller. They are insipid in flavor, as 
we judge from the several specimens 
sent to us. Even though all the flowers 
that have bloomed had set fruit (the 
plant is still in bloom), the yield would 
have been very light and bothersome to 
gather on account of the sharp spines. 
As judged by our present experience, 
one plant of the strawberry-raspberry 
satisfies us fully, and were we obliged 
to give this one plant up, it would be 
without deep regret. It suckers like the 
blackberry and raspberry. 
Plants of the tomato, Vick’s Early 
Leader (seed from James Vick’s Sons), 
were set in the field June 10 . They gave 
us our first ripe tomatoes—first among 
over 200 different kinds. They are of 
medium, or a little below medium size. 
Many ; are fairly smooth, many very 
irregular—about half and half we would 
say. 
Up to July 29, a single vine of the 
Evergreen Oregon blackberry has grown 
15 feet. 
This is the second season that we have 
been using Fungiroid upon potatoes. 
This is the dry Bordeaux, a gray powder 
resembling burnt bones. We reported 
last year, with some little hesitation, 
that potato vines dusted with this pow¬ 
der were less injured by the flea beetle 
than vines not dusted. It has been, as 
we have previously remarked, a very 
rainy season, and it has been necessary 
to apply the powder every few days, as 
it washes off readily. But the vines of 
the plot to which it has been applied, 
have been almost free from the flea 
beetle, while many of the vines to which 
the Fungiroid has not been applied, have 
been killed by the beetle. Instead of its 
being difficult to find a leaf that isn’t 
punctured by the fleas, it is difficult to 
find one that is. The reverse is the fact 
with the plants not powdered. The vines 
of the powdered plot, at this time, 
August 3, are green, vigorous and 
healthy. Not one of the 60 varieties we 
are trying without the Fungiroid has 
escaped injury. We now feel almost 
confident that Fungiroid repels this de¬ 
structive pest. 
It is some 10 years ago that we first 
announced that powdered sulphur dis¬ 
tributed just above the potato seed, 
seemed to prevent rot and scab. Subse¬ 
quent experiments have confirmed this 
first impression. This year, we are giv¬ 
ing it a more thorough trial than ever 
before. Potato rot among the farmers 
about the Rural Grounds, is prevalent, 
probably, on account of the rainy sea¬ 
son. We have, up to this time, dug about 
12 of our earliest varieties treated to 
sulphur. We have not found a single 
tuber that was affected, either by scab 
or rot. 
We would again call the attention of 
our more recent friends to the beauty of 
the blue Rose of Sharon. Could we have 
but one Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syria- 
cus), we would choose this blue variety. 
It is a true blue. 
Up to July 30, the sweetest and tender- 
est of the many kinds of sweet corn we 
are trying, was the New Melrose. The 
claim was made bv Thorburn & Co., from 
whom we received the seed, that it was 
earlier than Cory, and that the ears were 
twice as large. We find the ears larger 
and the corn of better quality, though 
two or three days later. We shall allude 
to this valuable variety again. 
A Great Disappointment. —We have 
several times spoken of one of our seed¬ 
ling potatoes which the intending intro¬ 
ducers purposed to place upon the mar¬ 
ket next fall, having propagated it in 
vast quantities for that purpose. It was 
a seedling of the Rural Blush. The 
shape was no better than that of its 
parent, but the tubers were covered 
with a dense, corky growth, as they 
grew with us, and the quality was 
sweeter—more nutty—than that of any 
other variety we have ever raised. The 
yield, too, was immense as grown at the 
Rural Grounds, and the keeping quali¬ 
ties seemed to be perfect. We were glad 
to have it named Carman’s Peachblow. 
Now comes the disappointment. As 
grown in other soil, last year, the tubers 
have lost the corky growth ; lost their 
nutty quality, and nearly every tuber 
was hollow-hearted. Unfortunately, 
the farmer who was engaged to propa¬ 
gate the crop for 1896, was away from 
home at planting time, and the remark¬ 
able changes that we have stated were 
not made known to him until an im¬ 
mense area had been planted, and were 
in full growth. 
Our readers may recall that one of our 
potato seedlings, the first year from seed, 
yielded in one hill, 157 little tubers, the 
largest of which was, perhaps, an inch 
in diameter. We selected a few of the 
largest tubers, and planted them last 
year. Again, we selected a dozen of the 
largest tubers, from the hills yielding 
the most, and planted them the past 
spring. At this time, the main vines 
have reached the astounding length oi 
about six feet, and being a late variety, 
they have yet, at least, two months to 
grow. 
Of our 57 trial varieties this season, 
the vines of Salzer’s Early died first. We 
dug one hill, and we estimated the yield 
to be large. The potatoes resemble 
Bliss’s Triumph, introduced about 15 
years ago, and since re-introduced under 
several different names. The tubers are 
less than medium size, roundish in shape, 
and red in color, resembling those which 
are the first to reach our market from 
Bermuda in the spring. 
The London Garden of May 30 gives 
an excellent illustration of the fruit of 
the Superfin (Beurr 6 Superfin) pear, and 
one writer praises it as “one of the best, 
most beautiful and fertile of all pears. 
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