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THE RURAL NEW-YDRKER 
March ( 5 , 
FANCY SEED OATS 
SELECT SWEDISH (weighs 40 lbs. to meas¬ 
ured bu,) Outyields all others. Bu. $1.75, 
sack (3 bu.) $1.50. 
STORM KINO— very fine. Same price nr 
above. 
TARTAR KING— very heavy—stout straw. 
Bu. $1.50, sack (8 bus.) $4.00. 
PEDIGREE BRED SEED CORN 
COLLIER'S WHITE EXCELSIOR—A mag¬ 
nificent white corn. Reek 85c., bu. $3.50. 
AUSTIN’S CO LOSS A I#— For strong land. Im¬ 
mense yielder. Peck fiOe., bu. $2.00. 
100 DAY BRISTOL— High in protein—early. 
Peck 80c., bu. $2.00. 
GOLD STANDARD BEAMING— A thor¬ 
oughbred variety—line. Peck G5c., bu. $2.25. 
SPELTZ, VETCH. COW PEAS, AND ALL 
SOILING CROPS. 
Catalogue Free. 
Stokes Seed Store, s pu55m&£!7 
— I hoso who plant onr seed 
r arc sure °‘ K°ea crops, because all 'll 
the seed we Bell is thoroughly tested and ' 
warranted to be fresh, pure and reliable ^ 
yearracfal" Reedsarp ^nter this ’ 
year. bpeualcaBh discounts are offered in oar 
New Seed Book—free 
*i t° anyone who writes for 
a copy. Every one in¬ 
terested in planting 
should have a copy, 
£• J. H. GREGORY A SOX 
■•rMeheiO, Mass. 
■M 
COR e Al C— Medium Clover Seed, $5.50 to $7.50 
I Ull OnLL bu.; Crimson Clover Seed, $3.50 to 
$4.50 bu.; Onion Sets, $2.50 bu.; Cow Peas, $1.75 bu. 
JOSEPH K. HOLLAND, Milford Delaware. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
AND FLOWERS. Send for Price List of Trans¬ 
planted, Well-Hardened Plants. 
THE J. K. HUTTON CO., Conyngham, Pa. 
SEED CORN FOR SALE. 
Grown on my farm at HUNTINGTON, L. I. Large 
yield and of choice variety. Prompt shipments 
guaranteed. Apply CHARLES D. SMITH. Fair¬ 
ground, L. I. Office, 23 Borden Are., L. I. City, N.Y. 
Native Evergreens, Balsam Fir. Arbor Vitse, 
American Spruce, White Pine and Hemlock, 6 to 32 
Inches, at $5.00 per 1000 ; 6000 for $20. Also trans¬ 
planted Evergreens. Write for price list. THE 
JAMES A. ROOT NURSERIES, Skaneateles, N.Y. 
California Privet. 
Fine, bushy, 1,1J^, 2, 3 and 4 feet. Cuttings of same. 
Lombardy and Carolina Poplars, nice, young, 8 , 9 
and 10 feet. A few thousand Peach Trees, clean, 
thriftv growth. Asparagus Roots, Berry Plants, 
etc. Shade and Evergreen Trees, etc. 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
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The engraving Is from an Instan¬ 
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the rungs, and 
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ing his loss; in fact, he is restored 
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With the old method of complicated 
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by sending measurements on our 
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governments. A Manual of 432 pages and measuring 
sheet SENT FREE. 
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701 Broadway, New York City. 
The FARMERS’ GARDEN 
A Seed Drill and Wheel Hoe is in¬ 
dispensable—not only in a village 
garden but on largest farms. 
Farmers should grow all manner 
Of vegetables and “live on the fat of 
the land.” Should provide succu¬ 
lent roots forCattle, 8 wine, Poultry, 
and save high priced feed 
stuff. Great labor-sav¬ 
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Iron Ago 
BATEMAN MEG. CO.. Box 102-G. GRENLOCH. N. J. 
Cornstalk Tree Protector. 
The picture shown at Fig. 92 was given 
us by F. H. Ballou, of Ohio. It shows 
“the evil and the remedy.” The little 
girl holds the rabbits which would grow 
up to ruin the tree if the latter were not 
protected. Mr. Ballou says: 
We went out to the orchard to put on 
several different forms of protectors for 
photographing and we found the rabbit’s 
nest within live feet of the first tree we 
came to. It was indeed a question of “Shall 
the enemy be killed or the tree protected?” 
The picture is the answer; the tree was 
protected—so was the enemy! You ask 
how I like the cornstalk protectors. I will 
say that T have always used them with 
very excellent satisfaction, in combination 
with a small, compact mound of soil about 
the base of the tree to protect from mice. 
“ NOVELTIES AND FAKES.” 
Another Seedless Apple. —When the 
Spencer Seedless apple people were try¬ 
ing to “boom” their fruit several nursery¬ 
men became inoculated with the “seedless” 
virus They thought they saw possibilities 
in it, and quietly started to propagate such 
an apple. There were plenty of them. We 
had over a dozen different ones sent us. 
Most of them were found growing in fence 
corners, and several were decidedly better 
than the Spencer. When that balloon ex¬ 
ploded the “seedless” nurserymen rather 
lost heart, but we have been looking for them 
to appear again. The first one is “Vaughn’s 
Seedless Apple,” from a Nebraska nursery. 
It Is said that the tree was found growing 
in Indiana. The fruit is described as the 
same shape and size as Winesap. flesh like 
Russet, flavor like Rambo—a long keeper. 
Time has toned down the word pictures 
which went with the original seedless to 
the following statement : 
“Now we do not claim that this is the 
largest apple known, for there are many 
varieties just as large, nor is it the best 
flavored apple, for there are others just as 
good, but there is none so sure to bear a 
.crop each year, and few that will keep as 
well, and upon the strength of the above 
statement we recommend it to our custom¬ 
ers. Why is it that an apple tree will 
hear a heavy crop of fruit one year, and 
then bear few or no apples, for one to 
three years afterwards? You have all 
noticed this; you will say that the tree 
in producing and maturing the heavy crop 
of fruit, robbed itself of so much vitality 
that it was not able to produce fruit the 
second or third year; that it had to have 
time to recuperate, and grow new wood and 
fruit buds lx>fore it could produce again; 
this we will admit is the correct theory; 
but did you ever stop to consider what 
portion of the apple took the vitality from 
the tree? Is it the skin or flesh? No, for 
they are composed mostly of water and the 
tree can produce them as easily as it can 
leaves, without loss of strength. It’s the 
seed of the apple and nothing else, that 
robs the tree of its strength and causes it 
to produce only two years out of five. In 
Vaughn’s Seedless apple, we have got rid 
of the element that produces barrenness, 
and by planting this variety we can raise 
apples every year.” 
We print this as a curiosity—a reminder 
of an old friend. We keep right on with 
the standard seeded varieties. 
Spineless Oacths. —We sincerely hope 
we have helped head off the spineless cactus 
—for northern consumption. The plan evi¬ 
dently was to get pictures and descriptions 
of this “wonderful forage plant” in the 
northern papers and then work up a trade. 
North of Southern California you. might 
just as well plant bananas. Even in Cali¬ 
fornia they understand the game as we see 
from the following note: 
“I would thank you for your stand 
against frauds of every description. The 
piece about Burbank’s cactus was copied by 
local papers, hut was already a little too 
late, as the representative of the company 
had been here already, item $12 per leaf 
and no end of claims ; 200 tons per acre of 
green feed and feed value 75 per cent of 
Alfalfa. Our local nurseryman says that 
cactus is of very slow growth; that if a 
man fences in a quarter section or so and 
does not let stock in in about 10 years, 
if there happens to be a dry year, he can 
turn his cattle in and keep them alive till 
more rains come. This is a far cry from 
200 tons a year per acre.” H. 
California. 
“Everbearing Strawberry.” —This time 
it is F\ B. Mills who offers this “novelty." 
He offers to send seeds of the berry for 
10 cents. In Ills letter he says: 
“I know you will be more than pleased 
with the strawberry, for I picked ripe 
strawberries in my own garden, as late as 
October .31, from seed sown in April, and 
the plants have been producing continually 
since July.” 
The facts about this fruit are here 
given : 
“The Alpine or Perpetual strawberry 
of Europe, Fragaria vesca, has been spar¬ 
ingly cultivated abroad since the dawn of 
civilization, and is naturalized in portions 
of North America. It is rarely productive, 
and the berries are too small to have com¬ 
mercial value, but it grows quickly from 
seeds, and fruits over a long season. Seeds 
are imported from Europe every few years 
and sold under high-sounding names as a 
great, everbearing novelty. Purchasers 
rarely have any success and seldom bother 
with it again. There are white and red 
fruited varieties, hut the species is not at 
all adapted to our hot dry Summers. Let 
it alone." 
As for Mr. Mills the following letter 
from a New Jersey reader Is a good sam¬ 
ple : 
“Seriously I have hoen wondering how so 
groat a fraud can continue to exist in¬ 
definitely. It is probably more than 15 
years ago when T saw this' man advertising. 
I then sent him a small sum of money for 
some pansy plants. After waiting a reason¬ 
able time and getting no reply I wrote 
again, ns no reply was received to that 
letter either, I wrote direct to ‘The Post¬ 
master. Rose Hill. N. Y.’, asking for in¬ 
formation concerning Mr. Mills. Still no 
reply came, and I then wrote to the Gov¬ 
ernment at Washington asking who the 
postmaster was at Rose Hill. N. Y. You 
can imagine my feelings when the reply 
came hack, ‘F. B. Mills.’ ” 
That is too hard a conundrum for us. 
Give us an easier one or offer a prize for 
the answer! 
^ROOFING 
T HERE was a time when every¬ 
body bought roofings that re¬ 
quired painting. It was the 
regular thing to do. In fact there 
was nothing else to do, for all roof¬ 
ings were “smooth surfaced” and re¬ 
quired painting regularly to keep them 
from deteriorating. 
Now there is Amatite, an improve¬ 
ment over painted roofings, having a 
real mineral surface imbedded in pitch 
—making a kind of flexible concrete. 
This mineral surface needs no paint¬ 
ing. The waterproofing material, 
Coal Tar Pitch, is the greatest enemy 
to water known. It is the base of 
many waterproof paints. Only in a 
paint the pitch is diluted and made 
into a thin film, whereas the Amatite 
waterproofing is solid Pure Pitch — 
two layers of it. It would take some¬ 
thing like a dozen coats of pitch 
paint to equal in thickness that upper 
sheet of pitch in which the Amatite 
mineral surface is buried. And under 
that heavy sheet of pitch is a layer 
of wool felt and under that another 
sheet of pitch, just as thick as the 
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"THIS IS 
THE HOOFING 
_ THAT NEEDS 
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is another layer of strong felt. That 
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If the storms wore away the mineral 
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if the weather then removed the next 
sheet of pitch, you would still have 
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the rain very nicely if painted every 
year or two. 
But as a matter of 
fact, the weather 
never gets past that 
mineral surface se¬ 
curely gripped in its 
matrix of pitch. 
The mineral sur¬ 
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No p a i n t i n g—no 
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kinds. 
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