1912. 
THE HURAI> NEW-YORKER 
re© 
Ruralisms 
SMALL FRUITS IN MISSOURI. 
Cherries. —The crop of Early Rich¬ 
mond and Montmorency lasted just two 
weeks and a half. Two boys did most 
of the picking, averaging about 15 gal¬ 
lons per day. They picked in gallon 
buckets strapped around their necks and 
picked from step ladders and from the 
limbs. In this way they managed to 
get the trees quite clean. One boy was 
paid a dollar, the younger one 75 cents 
per day, both boarding themselves. A 
third of the fruit was picked from the 
ground as the trees were headed low. 
and all the lower limbs left on to 
shade the ground and prevent sunscald 
This is the first good crop these trees 
have borne since they were set out 10 
years ago, but possibly the soil was too 
rich for them, for small fruits were 
grown between the cherry rows and 
heavily fertilized with stable manure. 
By the time the crop was half picked 
the cherry or cedar birds had all gone— 
migrated to other climes. Their stay 
here seems definitely limited. 
Mulberries. —Mulberries lasted all 
through the cherry crop, and a large 
tree of the so-called everbearing kind 
to the boomers of the Himalaya to 
bring forward some authoritative evi¬ 
dence that the Giant Himalaya is of 
any value whatever in the Northern and 
Central States east of the Rockies. It 
is well to get these facts before the 
public, for I have received letters show¬ 
ing that a number of fruit growers have 
been captivated by the fairy-like stories 
of promoters and are disposed to 
“plunge” on the Himalaya to the ex¬ 
tent of an acre or so. To all such I 
should say “Don’t.” 
McDonald Blackberry.— Now here is 
a new berry that I really think has great 
possibilities but I advise nothing more 
than a trial of a plant or so. It has 
endured the past Winter of 16 below 
zero, and again matures some berries as 
large as the largest dewberries, but as it 
is a pistillate with no pollenizer near at 
hand, I am unable to say what its full 
capabilities are here. Texas growers 
state that it is exceedingly productive 
there, and profitable. Here it ripens 
with the very earliest dewberries and 
with the Early Harvest. If it only 
proves itself productive here, it will dis¬ 
place everything else among the earlies. 
This Spring I set 200 in rows next to 
the Early Harvest, Sorsby’s May and 
Dallas, which latter pollenize it in 
Texas. 
Flowers. — Hydrangea arborescens 
grandiflora is certainly a decided acqui¬ 
sition. It is a profuse bloomer, begin¬ 
ning here the first of June and con¬ 
tinuing on throughout the season, and 
FRUIT OF EL2EAGNUS LONGIPES. 
is still full of ripe and green fruit. 
This tree, listed as the Downing, stands 
near the house, and from morning till 
night there is a procession to it of birds 
of all kinds, while underneath it several 
hens with broods of youngsters are 
wont to resort and, like the birds, gorge 
themselves on this universally popular 
fruit. It was surprising to see how 
small a chick could swallow a mulberry 
after a little preliminary pecking. The 
experience of this year has made me 
an advocate of the mulberry. The tree 
grows readily in any soil, is handsome 
and makes dense shade. One tree of 
the everbearing species will produce 
bushels, and every berry will be eaten 
by birds and poultry, if given a chance. 
El^eagnus Longipes. — This orna¬ 
mental shrub with leaves of double 
shade, green above and silvery below, 
is again filled with a full crop of its 
crimson tartish berries. I notice a hen 
jumping high to get these berries and 
I marked a mocking bird ily straight to 
his home a quarter of a mile away after 
satisfying his hunger with them. In 
former notes I have referred to this 
fruit as making a good grade of jelly 
and preserves as well as possessing a 
piquant refreshing flavor when eaten out 
of hand. It seems to me that it should 
have commercial possibilities. A fruit¬ 
ing spray is shown in the picture. The 
tree is perfectly hardy and has never 
missed a crop since coming into bear- 
in. 
Himalaya Blackberry.— Last month 
I referred to an article whose writer 
designated the variety known as the 
Giant as the only hardy kind. The 
plant was referred to eulogistically, and 
Prof. Eustace of the Michigan Agri¬ 
cultural College named as one making 
a close study of its characteristics and 
having confidence in its commercial pos¬ 
sibilities. I therefore wrote Prof. Eus¬ 
tace, whose reply makes a rather serious 
puncture in the Himalaya tire. He 
states that the plant appears to be 
hardy but adds that “when I saw the 
fruit last July I was disappointed in it. 
None of it was much more than nub¬ 
bins and I could not see that it had any 
commercial value at all.” It is now up 
in this respect is superior to the Pani- 
culata. It is easily grown from cuttings. 
Those put out a year ago are now all 
bearing the grandest masses of blooms, 
averaging from six to eight inches 
across. It is worthy of a place in every 
collection. l, r. Johnson. 
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