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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 26, 
Ruralisms 
Mortgage-lifting Vegetables.— The 
following selection of money-earning 
vegetables as grown by the successful 
truckers of Monmouth County, N. J., is 
furnished by a close observer of the 
local markets of this locality. Many 
other varieties are grown by specialists, 
but those named have most generally 
proved their worth by extended use. 
They are the kinds that, taken one sea¬ 
son with another, can be depended on 
to yield tolerable returns for their cul¬ 
ture; as they are best adapted to local 
climatic and soil conditions and to the 
city and seashore vegetable trades. Are 
there any better varieties known for 
general culture in temperate climates? 
Peas, Nott’s Excelsior, Gradus; pepper, 
Ruby King; parsley, Moss Curled; pars¬ 
nip, Hollow Horn; radish, Scarlet 
Globe, French Breakfast; spinach, Viro- 
flay; squash, Summer Crookneck, Early 
White Scalloped Bush; tomato, Stone, 
Paragon; turnip, Early White Snow¬ 
ball ; ruta baga, Long Island Improved; 
asparagus, Palmetto, Argenteuil; beans, 
string, Refugee; wax, Wardwell’s Kid¬ 
ney; Lima, Large White, Jersey Pole, 
Burpee’s Bush; beets, Crosby’s Egyp¬ 
tian, Eclipse; cauliflower, Early Snow¬ 
ball; cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield, 
Succession, Late Flat Dutch; carrots, 
Chantenay; celery, Golden Self Blanch¬ 
ing ; corn, sweet, Cory, Stowell’s Ever¬ 
green, Country Gentleman; cucumber, 
Improved White Spine; eggplant, Im¬ 
proved New York Spineless; kohl rabi, 
Early White Vienna; leek. Large Flag; 
lettuce, May King, Salamander; musk- 
melon, Early Hackensack; watermelon, 
Sweetheart; onion, Large White Globe; 
okra, Improved Long Green. 
The Queen Peach.— A tree of the 
“Queen” peach, propagated six years 
ago from buds sent for trial by J. W. 
Stubenrauch, Mexia, Texas, has borne 
three fair crops on the Rural Grounds. 
One of the fruits, not by any means the 
largest, is shown in natural size in Fig. 
351, page 747. It is of the Elberta type, 
but does not have the usual pointed 
apex as grown here. The tree is a 
healthy and compact, but not a rapid 
grower. The fruits average larger than 
any of the many peach varieties on trial 
under the same conditions of modified 
sod culture. They are not very plen¬ 
tifully produced, but are so showy as to 
attract immediate attention. The color 
is very deep yellow, with crimson flush 
and a few orange mottlings. The pit is 
quite small for so large a peach, flesh 
yellow, firm and of richer flavor than 
any Elberta we have ever grown. It is 
a freestone under climatic conditions 
that favor the production of clinging 
flesh. If the variety gains in produc¬ 
tiveness with age it would appear to be 
desirable for market and home use. The 
season here is late August. A Texas 
grown specimen of the Queen peach, 
larger in size and with pointed apex t 
was figured in The R. N.-Y. for Au¬ 
gust 16, 1902. 
Mr. Black’s Strawberries.— Nearly 
10 years ago several varieties of straw¬ 
berries raised by Mr. E. S. Black, now 
president of the New Jersey State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, were carefully tested 
on our trial grounds, and in the main 
proved highly meritorious. The vigor 
of the plants had previously been noted 
in reports of Mr. Carman’s Bergen 
County trials. The varieties that ap¬ 
peared of most promise were Joe, large, 
highly colored, well finished and of 
good quality; Nettie, very late, unus¬ 
ually large, heavy cropper, but not firm 
and of moderate quality; Mrs. Fisher, 
midseason, prolific, large, well-flavored, 
and several others. These varieties 
were fairly well disseminated but 
apparently did not meet with im¬ 
mediate public favor. They are now 
being heard from in various straw¬ 
berry-growing localities, the first two 
mentioned showing points of positive 
commercial merit. Mr. L. R. Johnson 
in the Missouri “Fruit Grower” writes 
concerning Joe: 
First, considering all points of excel¬ 
lence, I must rank the Joe, of which I had 
something to say last year. This year it sur¬ 
passed all previous records here; there was 
simply nothing to compare with it in its 
season, which is mid-season to late. It is 
not only the largest, but the most beautiful 
of all the many kinds that I am testing 
here, and I have no doubt that as it is 
given more thorough tests throughout the 
country, it will steadily rise in estimation. 
Here is its general description: “Large, 
short conical, sometimes slightly ribbed, but 
frequently almost spherical; usually very 
smooth and regular; color rich bright crim¬ 
son. Flesh red throughout, quite iirm and 
of good quality. Plants clean, vigorous and 
strong. Flowers perfect.” It will be no¬ 
ticed that, after all, this description in¬ 
cludes nearly every good point that could 
be desired in a strawberry. It is large, 
uniform in size, smooth, brilliant color, 
firm, red flesh, good quality, perfect blos¬ 
som, vigorous growth. What else could be 
added? One word I should change—large 
into largest size, and add the important 
adjective, prolific. I repeat, there was none 
among the many kinds here that equalled 
the Joe in all points. It is one of the 
most beautiful berries I ever saw, brilliant, 
glistening, and studded with golden seeds. 
This hue is not a freak quality. Mr. Black 
pays it was inherited from the Xfiddlefield, 
now extinct, a variety of no merit and re¬ 
markable alone for its varnish-like bril¬ 
liancy of color. This is true, for, many 
years' ago, I grew the Middlefield one sea¬ 
son and distinctly remember it for its color. 
Coming to size, it excelled all without ex¬ 
ception. The President did not rank with 
it at all, nor such kinds as the Gandy or 
Uncle Jim. Its king berries, that is the 
first to ripen, would average close to an 
ounce and sixteen one-ounce berries will 
fill a box. The largest berry we found 
weighed two ounces and a quarter, and 
was the largest berry I ever grew or ever 
saw. 
This is a high testimonial and has 
the ring of perfect sincerity, w. v. F. 
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