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July 6, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER^ 
Ruralisms ; 
VTTTy 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Forsythia Blooms. —Early blooming 
shrubs have been exceedingly attractive 
this season. Cool and cloudy weather 
favors gradual development and deliber¬ 
ate opening of blooms, allowing them to 
gain greater size and better coloring than 
if hurried by dry heat. Forsythia blooms 
—Golden bells as they are often termed 
—were noticeably larger and more per¬ 
fect than for many years. They were 
most freely produced and lasted long, 
making a brilliant and cheerful effect at 
a particularly trying season. Fig. 257 is 
a good example of the freedom of bloom 
of Fortune’s variety of Forsythia sus- 
FORSYT111A BLOOMS. NATURAL SIZE 
Fig. 257. 
pensa, but utterly fails to indicate the 
lightness and grace with which the bells 
are carried on the swaying branches. The 
two most cultivated species, Forsythia 
suspensa and F. viridissima, are very 
graceful in habit, the former often droop¬ 
ing over and rooting at the tips of the 
twigs. Viridissima is most upright in 
growth, and more abundantly floriferous, 
but the blooms are smaller and the yel¬ 
low coloring rather less pure than in the 
other species. Both are highly desirable 
hardy shrubs, easily grown under the 
most ordinary conditions and practically 
free from disease and insect pests. The 
home yard without its Golden bell shrub 
lacks its chief early Spring ornament. 
The flowers come in May, and are fol¬ 
lowed by clean, handsome, bright green 
fcjiage that lasts unchanged until late 
Fall. Fortune’s variety is probably the 
best, if only a single specimen is wanted. 
It may be had at low cost from any 
nursery. 
Don’t Prune Too Much. —Few shrubs 
are so frequently pruned to hideousness 
as the bright and graceful Forsythias. 
When the tree butcher makes his annual 
rounds, whether in public or private em¬ 
ploy, it is on them he is certain to wreak 
his utmost ill taste. These pliant shrubs, 
with their arching branches and pendu¬ 
lous twigs, on which the flowers are 
borne, are chopped back into stiff broom¬ 
like shapes, the flowering wood being 
usually nearly cut away in the process. 
The result is so forbidding as to injure 
this lovely plant in public estimation. 
Forsythias thrive best and look best when 
allowed to grow at will. The occasional 
removal of old and weak branches is all 
that is needed. We know a clump almost 
20 feet in diameter that has been spread¬ 
ing for many years in low rich soil by 
the tips of the loaded branches rolling 
over in the sward and rooting. It is a 
glorious mass of color in Spring. So 
much space is not needed for good effect, 
but care should be taken in planting to 
find situations that are not likely to be 
disturbed for years. The best places for 
Forsythias are near buildings, trellises 
and pergolas where their free growth can 
find suitable background and partial sup¬ 
port. - v 
Wiiat Will the Harvest Be? —We 
are now far enough along in the fruit 
season to appreciate crop prospects. Of 
all the orchard fruits peaches appear lo¬ 
cally the most promising. The blooming 
period was so unusually cold and incle¬ 
ment that hopes of a fair set were faint 
indeed. There were few dangerous 
frosts, but the skies were so chill and 
I loomy that bees and winged insects 
scarcely made their appearance about the 
blooms. The result shows that the peach 
blossom is practically independent of in¬ 
sect visitors for pollination. The set of 
most commercial varieties is excellent, 
and in vigorous young trees or cut back 
older ones rather too heavy. There is 
little tendency to drop up to the end of 
June. There is some leaf curl, especially 
in Elberta and Chinese varieties, where 
oil insecticides were used for spraying, 
but practically none where lime-sulphur 
was applied. Spraying for scale is 
spoken of as a matter of course, as no 
one expects peaches unless his trees are 
cleared of the dangerous pest. Taken all 
together peaches appear about as promis¬ 
ing in central New Jersey as in any lo¬ 
cality from which reports have come. 
Plum blossoms, however, were far less 
able to withstand buffeting from the chill 
winds, and the crop is likely to be light 
and scattering. A better showing among 
Japan varieties on high ground would in¬ 
dicate positive injury by frost on low 
lands. Native kinds are near to complete 
failure. They are hardy enough, but the 
flimsy blooms need fair weather and in¬ 
sect he’p to insure pollination. Pears do 
not promise well. The set is poor and 
dropping continues. Kieffer had an enor¬ 
mous bloom, but it is known to be nearly 
self-sterile, and so little help was had 
from insects jn transferring pollen from 
other kinds that the crop is sure to be 
light, though it may turn out of good 
size and quality. Bartlett trees, where 
healthy and free from scale, are fairly 
well covered. Apples generally were fa¬ 
vored with better chances at blooming 
time, though there are reports of injury 
to hud and young fruits by frosts. There 
should be fractional yields, especially 
among early varieties, where the trees did 
not overbear last year. Quinces will gen¬ 
erally fail and commercial, cherry varieties 
do not hold much promise, though late 
blooming individuals of the Mazzard class 
show occasional well-filled branches. 
Small Fruits are distinctly more 
premising. Strawberries are now with 
us—nearly three weeks late, it is true, but 
in fair quantity and good quality. Though 
regarded as a cool-weather plant, the 
strawberry got too much of a good thing 
this Spring, and has undoubtedly been 
harmed by the long-continued low tem¬ 
perature. Many plantings have set enor¬ 
mous crops, but may not be able to carry 
them through, as runners are already be¬ 
ing sent out by varieties that normally 
do not begin to propagate until the ber¬ 
ries have ripened. This division of en¬ 
ergy is unusual, and the result will be of 
interest. From present indications straw¬ 
berry pickings that ordinarily end at the 
beginning of July will extend far into 
the month. Gooseberries are well loaded 
and appear in best condition. Currant 
blooms were injured by untimely freezes 
the first time in many years, and the 
yield will be light. Rubus fruits are 
showing fine bloom, and the outlook is 
hopeful. Some Cuthbert raspberry blocks 
that appeared to have been severely in¬ 
jured by February freezes, have broken 
out better than anticipated, and may give 
fair returns. Blackberries and dewberries 
have apparently benefited by the cool 
Spring, and are loaded with bloom. 
Grapes promise better than for the last 
three years. Blooms have not opened, 
June 22, but the bud clusters are full and 
abundant. Much depends on the abund¬ 
ance and behavior of the Rose chafers 
that have just made their appearance. If 
the abnormal season has appreciably re¬ 
duced this scourge it will occasion sincere 
gratitude. A minor but appreciated fruit 
is the Juneberry, which promised a good 
crop again this year. The Success va¬ 
riety is especially well-filled. w. v. f. 
When you write advertisers mention Tun 
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ami decay-proof. 
Thousands sold to 
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Wind Mills, Pumps, Gab Engines. 
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QUTAWAY HARROW CO.. 39 Main St.. Hfgganum. Conn. 
Eli 
Hay Press. 
HORSE and BELT 
POWER. 
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For many years the stand- , 
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BALES'Volt HAY 
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Cornell St. 
KINGSTON, N. Y. 
GET THE BEST 
A Good Spray Pump earns big 
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THE ECLIPSE 
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we were using common 
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f Save Your Trees ^ 
Kill San Joso Scale and other destructive 
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Sure death to insects. No sulphur, salt, mineral 
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To one gallon add 49 gallons of water 
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Auburn, N. Y. 
We 
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Freight 
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We’d rather get twenty small orders 
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The Weston Gate slides and swings, does not bind, sag nor 
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Digs every row. WARRANTED. 
Thousands in use. Write for 
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Built by us for more than 30 years and sold in evory country in the world. Exclu¬ 
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