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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 10, 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Pan - American Strawberry.— 
Autumn-fruiting strawberries are not 
especially uncommon. Many European 
varieties have this propensity strongly de¬ 
veloped and are regularly grown for the 
purpose where they succeed. The French 
kinds known as Saint Joseph and St. 
Antoine de Padoue appear m6st success¬ 
ful, and are widely cultivated abroad, but 
repeated trials in this country have shown 
them unable to endure our hot sunlight. 
Occasionally a native commercial variety, 
under special climatic conditions, will pro¬ 
duce a creditable late crop, but as a rule 
no dependance can be placed on its re¬ 
peating the operation. In the Pan-Ameri¬ 
can. however, we appear to possess a na¬ 
tive with the late-bearing tendency sq 
developed that it has actually achieved 
commercial success. A mid-September 
plant, with a very creditable crop of rip¬ 
ening berries, grown by T. C. Kevitt, 
Athenia, N. J., is shown in Fig. 382, page 
70>7. It is a field-grown specimen, pro¬ 
duced by ordinary culture and placed in 
a four-inch pot for photographic purposes, 
so that the reduction in size of fruit may 
readily be estimated. Pan-American is 
supposed to be a bud-sport of Bismarck, a 
successful southwestern market variety, 
as it was discovered growing in a field of 
the latter. It rarely makes runners, pro¬ 
pagation being rather slowly effected by 
division of the multiple crowns, and in 
consequence plants are still scarce, 
though it has been before the public sev¬ 
eral years. As a Spring bearer it is early, 
like its reputed parent; the berries are 
deep red in color, fairly firm and of good 
quality. They are of medium size, and 
are produced in no great quantity from 
the main crown. After a short rest well 
established plants begin to build up sub¬ 
sidiary crowns that soon produce flower 
stems, the fruit ripening during Septem¬ 
ber and early October. These late berries 
are full-flavored, and generally of ac¬ 
ceptable market size, selling for higher 
prices than could be expected in proper 
season. They have been marketed at a 
profit in several cities, and appear espe¬ 
cially popular in Buffalo, N. Y. As with 
other double cropping varieties,_ better 
Fall crops may be had by pinching out 
the Spring blooms and thus conserving 
the plant’s energy for its later efforts 
Whether the markets will accept at profit¬ 
able prices any large quantities of Autumn 
strawberries is uncertain, in view. of the 
great variety of high-flavored fruits then 
in season. Certain growers are enthusi¬ 
astic about the possibilities of the Pan- 
American type of strawberry, and are 
using every effort to get up large stocks 
of plants; others are sceptical and _ can 
see only limited value in any late-fruiting 
kind. It may be well to mention that 
Pan American requires liberal feeding and 
high culture to make an acceptable show¬ 
ing, and is not unduly prolific even under 
the best conditions. Its habit of form¬ 
ing clumps without runners makes it espe¬ 
cially suitable for cleanly “hill’’ culture, 
and it is certainly a tempting variety for 
amateurs fond of out-of-season fruits. 
Tts runnerless habit while conducive to its 
late-cropping propensity, is regarded as 
a grave defect by propagators, and efforts 
have been made by the originator to 
produce a runner-making variety with 
similar characteristics by crossing Pan- 
American with many foreign and native 
commercial kinds, its own self-pollinated 
seedlings, though raised in great numbers, 
having proved worthless. Success is said 
to have crowned the breeder’s efforts and 
we are in time promised a practical late- 
fruiting variety of sufficiently rapid pro¬ 
pagation to please all growers. 
Lemoine’s Pink-spotted Mock Orange. 
—The valued mock oranges of our 
gardens are all white-flowered, but 
in the noted plant nursery of Lemoine, 
Nancy, France, there has been raised as 
the result of crossing Philadelphus Coul- 
teri, a somewhat tender Mexican species 
with one of their new dwarf mock 
oranges, a distinct variety bearing neat 
medium-sized blooms, with a rosy-crim¬ 
son spot at the base of each of the white 
petals. The appearance of the flower 
clusters is something like that of light 
colored Phloxes. Like most of the small¬ 
er-flowered mock oranges, the blooms are 
without perfume. The plant is a fair 
grower on the Rural Grounds, and shows 
a good, rounded habit. As it was in¬ 
jured by the cold of last Winter, it per¬ 
haps cannot be counted among the re¬ 
liably hardy kinds. There are many 
fine species and varieties of Philadelphus, 
but none more desirable than P. corona- 
rius, the common mock orange of South¬ 
eastern Europe. The flowers arc not as 
large as those of P. grandiflorus and 
other native kinds, nor the habit as good, 
but the rich fragrance of the blooms 
makes it universally acceptable. 
Gladiolus Under Glass.—I am very fond 
of the Gladiolus, and grow many line varieties 
in my garden in Summer. I notice good 
blooms occasionally in the florists’ windows 
in Winter and would like to know how they 
are grown to flower at that season? 
Baltimore. Md. w. G. A. 
Cultivated Gladiolus varieties are divided 
in two great classes—the Summer and 
Winter bloomers. Practically all are 
hybrids between species having these na¬ 
tural characteristics. The Winter bloom¬ 
ing kinds are generally dwarfer and more 
slender in growth. Bulbs may be had at 
this season from all dealers. They are 
usually planted four to six bulbs in a 
six-inch pot of light well-drained soil, as 
soon as received, and kept in warm well- 
lighted rooms or greenhouses. They need 
little attention, and usually produce fine 
spikes in late Winter. The best varieties 
probably are G. cardinalis; Blushing 
Bride, ivory white, with rosy crimson 
flakes; Rosy Gem, rose pink, and Salmon 
Queen, pale salmon; G. Colvillei; The 
Bride, pure white; Colvillei rosea, bright 
pink, and G. florilnindus, white, feathered 
rose and violet. Ne Plus Ultra, crimson 
and white, and Queen Victoria, salmon 
and white, are very fine but later m 
bloom. The bulbs are large, and not 
more than two should be grown in a six- 
inch pot. 
The Summer-blooming kinds arc not 
considered easy to force, as it is some¬ 
times difficult to get them ripened off in 
time to make vigorous Winter growth. 
The light colored kinds, such as Augusta 
May or Shakespeare, however, if dug in 
August, soon after blooming and thor¬ 
oughly dried in shade for several weeks 
bloom fairly well under glass in Winter. 
They may be planted in October, eight 
inches apart in the greenhouse bench, or 
three in a seven-inch pot, using fertile 
sandy soil but no manure. Florists often 
set the bulbs in vacancies in carnation 
benches with good results, as the tem¬ 
perature and general conditions of success¬ 
ful carnation houses suit the Gladiolus 
very well. The large blooms of garden 
Gladiolus are highly prized in Winter, 
but they are not sufficiently reliable, even 
under the best conditions, to be regarded 
as profitable forcing stock. The red and 
dark-colored kinds, though extremely de¬ 
sirable, are particularly difficult to bloom 
well. Bulbs that have successfully been 
bloomed under glass are likely to flower 
even better the following Winter on ac- 
r.mnt of the early ripening and long rest 
before replanting. w. v. F. 
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DESTROY 
SAN JOSE 
SCALE 
before it destroysl your trees. The 
one absolutely sure way to eradicate 
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The original 
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Caldwell Tanks 
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THE ECLIPSE 
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TO INSURE KILLING THE 
SAN JOSE SCALE 
PREPARE YOUR OWN 
LIME SULPHUR WASH 
AND BE SURE TO USE 
FLOWERS 
OF SULPHUR 
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HUBBARD’S ,„? r £r!.n 
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For FALL 
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