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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 14, 
I GUARANTEE 
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I have been breed- 
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T every customer guaranteed. 
I specialize on Evergreens and 
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If you want the best trees grown, send for 
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ALLEN L. WOOD, Rochester, N.Y. 
New Canaan Nurseries. 
APPLE and PEACH TREES in large quan¬ 
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STEPHEN nOYT’S SONS CO. 
NEW CANAAN, CONN. 
Plants an J Trees 
Every reader should see my 1908 catalog: 
get my prices; read about my splendid 
new fruits; many customers net 
$300.00 Per Acre Annually 
No rink to run. 800-ocra form and nursery. Free 
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W. H. Bc&rfi, New Carlisle, O. 
MILLIONS OF TREES, 
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Agents wanted. I. E. ILGENFRITZ SONS CO., 
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FOR S4I F “ Dewberry, Blackberry, and 
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I AM HEADQUARTERS for the Cumberland 
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Success. Lots of other Strawberry Plants for 
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MARTIN WAHL, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. V. 
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& SMALL FRUITS 
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C. S. PRATT 
j Reading - • Mass. 
110 VARIETIES 
STRAWBERRIES I 
If you want Strawberry Plants 
the best, strongest, most vigor¬ 
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grown in a good, favored 
strawberry climate, I am sell¬ 
ing that kind at reasonable 
prices. Millions of them packed 
to carry any where. Also other 
small fruit plants and special 
seeds. My Free Catalogue tells 
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Address 
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51 Market SL Salisbury, Md. 
SEED TESTING. 
What simple method can I try in the 
house at this season to determine if vege¬ 
table seeds (especially lettuce) have the 
life in them to grow this year? h. m. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
A simple and satisfactory germinating 
apparatus for testing seeds consists of two 
soup plates, one used as a cover, and two 
layers of cloth to hold the seeds. Place 
one piece of cloth in the lower plate, lay the 
seeds on this, cover with the other cloth, 
and then invert the other plate over it. 
Keep the cloth moist but not wet. From 
10 to 14 days will be sufficient to germinate 
most viable seeds, except Bermuda grass, 
rye grass and Timothy, which will take 28 
days. Count the seeds before experiment 
begins, that the percentage germinating 
may be known. 
Fruit Notes. 
Lawson Pear.— In answer to G. E. K., 
Dayton, Ohio, I will say that the Lawson 
pear is good in quality. It is not quite as 
highly flavored as Bartlett but when ripe 
is mellow and juicy. The fruit is larger 
and more attractive than the Bartlett It 
must be used soon after ripening, as it 
soon gets soft and rotten. It is there¬ 
fore not good for shipping. The tree is 
vigorous and a fairly good bearer. Trees 
bear regularly, but the number of pears is 
less than those of the Keiffer, which is 
compensated for by the larger size of the 
fruit. We consider it one of our best 
varieties. w. g. b. 
Catawissa, Pa. 
Barren Plum Trees.— Noticing an in¬ 
quiry as to barren plum trees, I would say 
that I am quite sure unfavorable weather 
has been responsible for lack of fruit in 
my own case. In 1904 I had a large crop; 
the two succeeding years with those trees 
and more growing, scarcely any. Last 
Summer I had a good many, though some 
trees then bore scarcely any. x. 
Connecticut. 
Excelsior Strawberry. —In Hope Farm 
Notes I am glad to see you give Excelsior 
strawberry at least a little praise, but not 
enough. With me it is a money-maker, 
always being the first in the market, at 
least a week or 10 days ahead of any other 
variety, and if you leave them on the vines 
long enough they are very good for table 
use. c. H. K. 
Holland, Ohio. 
California Fruits. 
Do you know anything about the Super¬ 
lative red raspberry or the Orange, a yel¬ 
low raspberry? A Superlative red rasp¬ 
berry is advertised on this coast as a new 
variety and at prohibitive prices. This Is 
probably the same Superlative listed in 
Ellwanger & Barry’s catalogue two years 
ago, but which proved too tender for their 
location. From their description I think 
that the above varieties, which I understand 
are imported from England, might prove 
valuable in this climate and also in the 
South. 
The Himalaya Berry.—Plants of this va¬ 
riety were boomed on this coast last season 
at high prices, three for $1, etc. I planted 
a few for trial, but have since found that 
It is a worthless berry. The plant is a 
rampant grower and full of wicked thorns 
that hook backward, making it dangerous 
to hands and clothing when picking. The 
berries are black, small, seedy and sour. 
The Seedless Blackberry.—I have also 
tested this much-advertised new variety, 
some firms advertising them at 50 cents 
each. I have fruited this berry two sea¬ 
sons, and find it a good grower and bearer 
of good-sized firm berries that pick easily 
and market well. They are a fine berry 
for family use, but have as many seeds 
as any berry, although they are quite small. 
While on the face of it the advertising of 
this berry as “seedless” is a fraud, still it 
is a good berry, which takes off some of the 
raw edge of the disappointment in finding 
is not as seedless as advertised. 
The Primus Berry.—This is an early, 
sweet, fine-flavored blackberry, one of Bur¬ 
bank’s. It is a good grower and bearer, 
but is hard to pick and too soft for market. ! 
A few for family use are very desirable. | 
Caliornia. h. g. iceesling. 
N.-Y.—The Superlative is an old variety j 
of European red raspberry, largely grown 
abroad, and is offered by Ellwanger & 
Barry. It proved tender, unproductive and 
subject to disease when grown on the Rural 
Grounds in New Jersey. The Orange rasp¬ 
berry originated in Philadelphia as long 
ago as 1845, from seeds of a European 
variety. It Is of fine quality, but only 
thrives in very rich soil in cool, moist lo¬ 
calities. It needs Winter protection in 
severe climates. 
Cost of SI’acadamized Roads. —Who can 
tell us anything of the building and main¬ 
taining of macadamized roads? Have they 
proved a success? nave they increased 
the taxes in counties where they have been 
built? x,. h. s. 
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