1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
781 
Ruralisms 
A Few Good Climbing Roses. 
Where the rose garden only includes 
one or two varieties of climbers the sea¬ 
son of bloom is usually short, whereas 
a wider selection will give one at least 
six weeks of bloom. Our earliest va¬ 
riety in bloom this year was the Multi¬ 
flora Tausendschon, which produces its 
flowers in large loose clusters, bright 
pink at first, gradually fading to white 
when full blown. The flowers remain 
in perfection a long time, and the dense 
masses of shaded flowers well deserve 
the name of “thousand beauties.” It is 
a strong grower, and only lost a little 
tip wood during the late severe Winter. 
Next in bloom came’Ruby Queen and 
Blush Rambler, both pink, but very dis¬ 
tinct in color and style. The first named, 
with bright cerise flowers shading 
lighter at the base, is quite well, known 
to R. N.-Y. readers, having been sent 
out as a premium several years ago. It 
is the most obstreperously rampant rose 
we have, forming an irregular cataract 
of bloom that refuses to be tied up 
neatly to its trellis. For this reason 
we think the best effect is obtained when 
it is allowed to sprawl over a large 
stump or a wall; there is too much 
growth for a porch trellis. The flow- 
THE BELL SEEDLING 
We have been looking for a good yel¬ 
low climber, as the so-called Yellow 
Rambler (Aglaia), while very pretty 
and desirable, is not yellow enough. We 
hear that a wonderful new yellow will 
be disseminated later by the introducers 
of Dorothy Perkins, but we have not 
yet seen it. We are trying Goldfinch 
and Electra, both yellow Multifloras of 
foreign origin, but are not yet able to 
give an opinion on them. Gardenia, a 
Wichuraiana, is yellow in bud, creamy 
when open, and very double. 
In white climbers, the White Rambler 
(Thalia) is hardy and attractive, but 
we like White Dorothy Perkins better. 
Silver Moon, a milk-white flower, large 
and semi-double, has inherited very 
showy yellow stamens from the Chero¬ 
kee rose which was one of its parents, 
but our specimens are still small; it is 
very striking in bloom, and proved its 
hardiness last Winter. We have under 
trial an unnamed white seedling which 
produces profuse wreaths of double 
white flowers rather suggestive of the 
old Madame Plantier, with a free 
rambling habit of growth, and this 
seems very promising. There are hosts 
of other climbing roses with many 
friends and much promise; we have 
merely touched upon a few coming un¬ 
der personal observation in northern 
New Jersey. e. t. r. 
The Bell Seedling Strawberry. 
Fig. 316 shows a new strawberry 
originated by Levi Bell, Rockland Co., 
N. Y. The picture is about natural size, 
and gives a good idea of size and shape. 
Fig. 316. 
varieties in infested localities in New Jer¬ 
sey. _ It is always best to plant straw¬ 
berries, as far as possible, in the open fields 
away from woods, hedgerows, fences, etc. 
The weevils pass the Winter hidden away 
beneath rubbih in the foregoing situations, 
and strawberries situated near woods, 
hedgerows, etc., are always worse affected. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
The Krauser Apple. 
The Krauser apple, about which a recent 
correspondent, S. L. A., enquires, originated 
in Berks Co., Pa., and was brought to pub¬ 
lic notice, I think, by Chris. Shearer. The 
tree is a very strong, upright grower, and 
very hardy with us. It is an excellent 
bearer, the fruit setting close to the 
branches like “ropes of onions,” and not 
likely to blow off easily; in shape some¬ 
what oblong, striped with light red on 
green ground, flesh white with a flavor 
peculiarly its own, but rather pleasant to 
most tastes, an excellent keeper and good 
seller. It has a rather tough skin, which 
we think an advantage. While it does well 
here in Pennsylvania, it may not suit the 
climate of New York, as New York favor¬ 
ites do not suit our locality. Only a test 
can determine the adaptability of an apple 
to a locality. Many that have great repu¬ 
tations in other States do no good with us, 
as Baldwin, Greening. Northern Spy and 
lots of other kinds. Stayman's Winesap is 
just now undergoing the ordeal with strong 
hopes for its success. 
Chester Co., Pa. wm. t. smedley. 
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Beginners* Guide to Fruit Growing, by 
F. A. Waugh. This useful little book is 
intended for the novice, giving the plain 
facts of fruit culture simply, yet distinctly. 
It contains much valuable detail, and will 
be found helpful and instructive by grow¬ 
ers long past the novice stage. The advice 
about feeding and spraying is especially 
concise and instructive. Freely illustrated, 
120 pages; published by the Orange Judd 
Company, New York ; price 75 cents net. 
Fertilizers and Crops, by Dr. Lucius 
L. Van Slyke. The science of plant nutri- 
tiqn is constantly progressive, and the 
wisdom of one season or one decade must 
be constantly amplified by the increasing 
knowledge. Dr. Van Sl.vke’s book is very 
timely in giving us much of the newer 
knowledge, as well as the broader prin¬ 
ciples of soil treatment and renovation. Its 
35 chapters are divided into four parts: 
“Factors of Soil Fertility.” “Sources and 
Composition of Material Used as Fertiliz¬ 
ers," “Factors in the Selection of Fertiliz¬ 
ing Materials,” and “Practical Use of Fer¬ 
tilizers in the Growing of Individual Crops. ’ 
In addition to the discussion of field and 
garden crops, there is a chapter devoted 
to greenhouse, nursery and ornamental 
plants. The discussion of home-mixed fer¬ 
tilizers is most interesting, also the facts 
about nitrogen and legumes. The book js 
freely illustrated and copiously indexed 
734 pages. Published by the Orange Judd 
Company, New York; price .$2.50 net. 
American Pillar rose, which will, wo 
hope, beautify the homes of many who re¬ 
ceived it as an It. N.-Y. premium this year, 
was prominent in many displays at the In¬ 
ternational exhibition recently held in Lon¬ 
don. It appeared in the first prize display 
of single roses, first prize display of six 
climbing roses, and first prize for nine 
standards, weeping varieties, while it was 
also used in a number of cases Where roses 
were grouped for effect. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
ers are much larger than the rambler 
type, and very showy; the plant thor¬ 
oughly hardy. Blush Rambler has clus¬ 
ters of small flowers of the regular 
rambler type, pale pink in color; the 
bloom is most profuse, and very grace¬ 
ful. It grows as strongly as the orig¬ 
inal Crimson Rambler, which, however, 
we would discard for Philadelphia. The 
latter is about 10 days later in bloom¬ 
ing than the type, but is brighter in 
color, the flowers are better finished, 
and with us the plant seems less sus¬ 
ceptible to mildew. Crimson Rambler 
should always be planted in an open 
place with good air drainage; this ma¬ 
terially lessens mildew attacks. 
Dorothy Perkins and Evangeline fol¬ 
low those named above in bloom. We 
can only reiterate what has been said 
many times as regards Dorothy Perkins; 
it is hardy, vigorous, free blooming and 
most beautiful, and is emphatically the 
one climbing rose every garden should 
possess. Evangeline, paler in color, is 
single, showy golden stamens, of the 
dog-rose type, but it has a delicate 
beauty all its own, and is so hardy, free 
and vigorous that it should not be over¬ 
looked. 
Dr. W. Van Fleet begins to bloom be¬ 
fore Dorothy Perkins, and still holds 
pre-eminence as the most beautiful 
climbing rose we have yet grown. Its 
shell-pink blooms are the true Tea shape, 
elegant in finish, the foliage glossy dark 
green. We had this under trial for sev¬ 
eral years before it was disseminated, 
and the past severe season was the first 
it suffered any Winter injury; it is ex¬ 
tremely vigorous in growth. 
A bright red rose that impresses us 
very favorably is Rubin, a climbing Mul¬ 
tiflora, that has proved very satisfactory 
abroad; its flowers are larger than the 
ramblers, and it is strong in growth, 
but we have not yet tested it in a New 
Jersey Winter. We have under obser¬ 
vation an unnamed seedling of similar 
type and color that has so far proved 
very hardy. 
The berry is a bright scarlet and very 
showy; while it does not form a long 
“neck,” it slopes away at the “shoulder” 
in a manner that permits hulling readily. 
Its flavor is mild but sprightly, sweet 
and pleasant. It is tremendously vig¬ 
orous in growl the plants attaining a 
height of 19 inches. The brilliant color 
would certainly attract attention in 
market. 
Lime and the Strawberry Weevil. 
W hat effect will limeoid have upon the 
strawberry weevil, and at what time should 
it be used on the plants? Can you give 
me name of some other destroyer? Last 
season they bit off the little berry just as 
it was formed, leaving about third of a 
crop. G. P. H. 
Millville, N. .T. 
I do not believe that limeoid will have 
any effect in repelling or destroying the 
strawberry weevil, although I cannot point 
to any definite experiments with this ma¬ 
terial. I can say, however, that lime, 
ashes, dissolved bone, kerosene and plaster, 
tobacco dust and lime, have been used and 
found wanting. None of those has proved 
successful in protecting the plants from this 
insect. Since the mother weevil deposits 
her egg inside of the bud and the little 
grub lives all its life inside of the bud 
we cannot very well poison it or kill it 
with an insecticide, because wo cannot 
reach it. Also, since the mother weevil eats 
so v°ry little, it would seem as though 
we could not well poison her. Neverthe¬ 
less. success in fighting the weevil has been 
reported from spraying strawberries with 
arsenate of lead at the rate of two pounds 
to 50 gallons of water. The plants should 
be sprayed a day or two before blooming, 
again two or three days after the first 
bloom appears and a third time five or six 
days after that. There is no danger in 
spraying strawbei'ry plants at the time in¬ 
dicated, and certain growers claim to have 
protected their plants by this means. It 
is certainly worth a careful thorough trial 
where these weevils are abundant. 
Again, from a study of the habits of the 
mother weevil we find that she deposits her 
eggs in the buds of only those varieties 
that have stamina-te or male flowers. This 
is because the grubs feed only on pollen. 
Therefore, if one could find a good pistillate 
variety of strawberry that would do well 
in the locality it would be advantageous 
to plant only this kind, with just enough 
staminate plants of another variety to 
cross-fertilize them. The late Dr. j B 
Smith of New Jersey said that the Gandv 
and Fail-dale Giant answer fairly well as 
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No Medicine so Beneficial to Brain and Nerves. 
Lying awake nights makes it hard to 
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To take “tonics and stimulants” under 
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The right kind of food promotes re¬ 
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individual during the day. 
A lady changed from her old way of 
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“For about three years I had been a 
great sufferer from indigestion. After 
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“My mother was very much bothered 
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Since using Grape-Nuts food she is 
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“It is a great brain restorer and nerve 
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Nuts as in the old days when I could 
not realize what they meant by a ‘bad 
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