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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Ruralisms 
APPLE NOTES. 
Livland Raspberry Apple. — I have 
seen this apple once or twice at either 
county or State fair, and specimens have 
quite often been water-cored; quality 
better than Duchess. I have not seen 
them upon the tree, and so could not 
compare them with Duchess as a market 
apple. The Duchess is well known and 
a dependable producer of well-colored, 
well-shaped fruit of good cooking qual¬ 
ity, and has an established reputation 
upon the market. Livland Raspberry is 
practically unknown in the markets. 
The Star Apple was recently noted 
when visiting the orchards of L. L. 
Morrell, Kinderhook, N. Y. This va¬ 
riety has proved a profitable Summer 
one in some sections of New Jersey, 
and promises to be profitable with Mr. 
Morrell. It is a greenish white apple 
with dull red cheek, roundish oblate in 
form, of excellent eating and cooking 
quality, and picked this year at Kinder¬ 
hook about August 20. It is worth test¬ 
ing in New York State, where an apple 
of that season and quality is wanted. 
Jonathan seems to be unsuited to 
large portions of New York State, and 
we come far short of the same variety 
growing in Colorado. If grown in the 
Hudson Valley we find it slightly larger 
than in western New York, and I have 
repeatedly seen Jonathan from West¬ 
chester County, Nr Y., barred from com¬ 
petition at New York State Fair because 
they were too large and therefore 
wrongly named. This was early in 
August, when they were not well col¬ 
ored. Last year I saw them growing 
in southern Pennsylvania, and seven or 
eight-year-old trees loaded down with 
fruit which would have made a Colora¬ 
do Jonathan grower wonder if he was 
not going to have some red-hot compe¬ 
tition. __ b. D. v. B. 
VARIATIONS OF THE SHASTA DAISY. 
Figure 465, page 825, shows some of 
the results of my work with that 
prodigy of the “creator,” Burbank, the 
Shasta daisy. Three years ago I com¬ 
menced with a variation of this orna¬ 
mental plant, and the picture shows 
types I call quilled, etc., the rays being 
rolled at base; another fimbriated or 
laciniated deeply, and fast approaching 
a double form; beautiful it is. Another 
with three rows of rays, each one shorter 
as the disk is approached, and a tinge 
of yellow suffusing the ray florets. The 
other in the picture is of purest white, 
the petal deeply cut. This one grows 
3 8 to 22 inches high, the other shorter. 
A new one of this season grows only 
8 or 9 inches tall. A very interesting 
lot of plants at least. Grown from 
cuttings or divisions, and not al'.owed to 
bloom until Winter, they furnish many 
flowers. 
The fringed daisy, as shown in 
the picture is about four inches in lateral 
diameter, its vertical dimensions about 
two inches. This hanging or drooping 
character of raj^s adds greatly to the 
beauty of the flower, and until I saw the 
picture and compared with the flowers, 
I did not see that the true character of 
it was but half shown. 
GEORGE J. STREATOR. 
Santa Cruz Co., Cal. 
GARDEN NOTES. 
Every possible effort should be made to 
conserve moisture in the vegetable garden. 
Tillage is the usual moans, but the de¬ 
struction of plants as soon as they have 
produced their crop will also save moisture 
for immature plants or for crops that are 
to follow. For example, at the Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College cabbage plants are 
pulled or cut off with hoes as soon as 
possible after the heads have been cut and 
sold. The work may be done very quickly, 
and has additional advantages that make 
it well worth while. By the time the 
last heads are marketed most of the stubs 
and leaves have dried, so they will not 
interfere with .disking or plowing. The 
ravages of insects and diseases are also 
checked by destroying the old plants. 
The cabbage aphis or plant louse is ex¬ 
tremely troublesome in Pennsylvania this 
year on liotb early and late plants. This 
pest multiplies with marvelous rapidity, 
and it is important to begin the fight 
against the enemy before it has gained a 
strong hold. The insects feed upon the 
under as well as upper side of leaves, and 
their presence is easily detected by the 
crinkled and curly appearance of the 
leaves. Kerosene emulsion is the standard 
spray for these sucking insects, and it can 
be applied most thoroughly with knapsack 
sprayers. One application made very care¬ 
fully the latter part of August should be 
sufficient for the season. 
People who were tardy in making garden 
last Spring have not as a rule had satis¬ 
factory crops because of the dry Summer 
in most sections of the East. The soil 
in the early Spring is' always well supplied 
with moisture. Plowing early and harrow¬ 
ing promptly and thoroughly conserves this 
moisture, and vegetables planted early get 
the full benefit. Early planting nearly al¬ 
ways results in the largest yields and the 
best prices. 
Most market gardeners and many farm¬ 
ers who go to market several time a week 
could easily increase their profits by using 
cold frames more largely in the Fall 
months. Radishes and lettuce may be 
grown with the greatest ease in the frames 
until the weather becomes quite severe. By 
the use of rye straw mats or double glass 
sash these crops could be grown until 
Christmas in all parts of the North, and 
all Winter in the Middle South. 
Double glass sash are manufactured at 
Louisville. Ivy., and they are exceedingly 
valuable in the forcing of vegetables or 
starting early plants in frames. It is 
thought that the extra glass is worth as 
much in protecting plants from cold as 
mats. The two greatest objections to the 
use of double glass sash are their cost 
(about $3 each, while single glass sash may 
be bought for .$2), and increased weight. 
Double sash are especially desirable for 
home gardens where the daily care and 
handling of mats becomes rather monoton¬ 
ous. 
The old fruiting wood in raspberry and 
blackberry plantations should be removed 
and burned just as soon as the last berry 
lias been picked. It is the best means 
of destroying some 1 of the worst insect and 
fungous posts and the work may be done 
with greater ease before the wood becomes 
dry and hard. 
Cumberland raspberry’ Is a favorite black¬ 
cap variety in many sections, but the 
Gregg is much the better variety on the 
DeKalb gravel of Clearfield Co., Pa. The 
plants are weaker in growth and the ber¬ 
ries smaller. Eureka and Monger are also 
inferior to Gregg. 
In making commercial plantations of 
small fruits it is very important to set 
about a dozen plants each of promising va¬ 
rieties- in addition to the sorts which make 
up the main planting. These should lie 
carefully staked, labeled and mapped, so 
there can be no possibility of losing the 
names. This simple experiment may be 
worth hundreds of dollars in determining 
the most profitable varieties for future 
plantations. 
The Globe tomato is a winner in some 
sections. The vines are vigorous (although 
foliage is somewhat scant), and they pro¬ 
duce enormous crops of remarkably 
smooth, well formed fruits. The pink to¬ 
matoes' find ready sale on all markets and 
the variety is a favorite with growers who 
train to stakes. It has some objectionable 
features, however, as failure to color well 
at the stem end and tendency to crack 
early in the season. 
Chalk’s .Towel is one of our best second 
early red tomatoes. In fact. I do not know 
of any variety equal to it as a money 
maker to follow Earliana. The fruits are 
exceedingly uniform in shape, and the 
bright red color will attract attention on 
any market. The tomatoes are solid and 
excellent shippers. R. L. watts. 
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