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THE RURAIi NEW -YORKER 
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Ruralisms 
New Blackberries. 
If we estimate the progress of the 
blackberry by the number of new A’arie- 
ties that are being introduced we must 
admit that the prospects of its improve¬ 
ment are very bright. In this respect 
there is no comparison between it and 
the black raspberry although the ease 
with which the latter is raised from the 
seed should bring forward many new 
claimants. Among the now blackberries 
put out in quite recent times are the 
Himalaya, Robinson, Nanticoke, Watts, 
.Toy, Star, Black Diamond a-d McDonald, 
while the Mersereau, Ward, Blowers and 
Eldorado are but little older than some 
of these. These make up an even dozen 
in number and the chances are certainly 
in favor of some of them possessing su¬ 
perior qualities. 
Commenting on this list, I have already 
described the Himalaya. Since then I 
have received a letter from W. F. Bel- 
lairs, Missouri, in which he protests 
against my depreciation of that variety, 
lie calls it the best berry ever grown and 
is planting several acres of it. Neverthe¬ 
less a careful perusual of his letter fails 
to discover any definite statement of 
what the plant has really done for him 
that entitles it to recognition. I fear he 
is depending too much on printed state¬ 
ments by interested parties. The Rob¬ 
inson is a standard commercial sort in 
Texas, and will not stand a temperature 
much below zero. I had great hopes of 
it, for the berries are large and fine and 
it is said to be very drought-resisting, 
but last year when my vines had every¬ 
thing in their favor, they failed to set 
a good half crop, and condemned them¬ 
selves forever as shy bearers. A Texas 
friend writes that the Robinson is also 
shy with him. and that he finds it un¬ 
profitable. Therefore exit Robinson. 
Other Texas sorts, the Dallas and Sors- 
by, will prove themselves here this Sum¬ 
mer. Of the McDonald I have already 
written. This season should be a con¬ 
clusive test of it here, for I have it in 
quantity and adjoining varieties with 
which it succeeds in Texas. 
The Nanticoke was introduced in 1912 
as the latest of all varieties, and there¬ 
fore a profitable market sort. It has 
never shown rust, is quite hardy (said 
to have come from Norway) is a fine 
table berry, but is too tender for a long 
distance shipper. The Nanticoke has not 
yet borne for me. The Watts, I have 
found to be a truly magnificent berry, 
possessing every desirable quality, great 
vigor, productiveness, luscious fruit of 
the largest size, but alas, the rust has 
doomed it for its victim and it seems lit¬ 
tle more resistant than the Kittatinny. 
My trial plants of Joy and Star (Ewing’s 
Wonder) have just been set. The Star 
is planted six feet apart in row and tied 
up to eight foot stakes, which would lead 
one to think that it had a cross of 
strange blood in it, but we are told that 
it is quite distinct from the Himalaya 
which is a “light yielder of small ber¬ 
ries.” Then comes the Black Diamond 
with characteristics something like the 
Star. I have the benefit of the evidence 
of a fruit grower with no financial in¬ 
terest in this variety who writes me from 
New Jersey, where it also originated, 
that he finds it the most profitable sort 
in his community where berry growing is 
the chief industry. Its berry is large, 
glossy black and a good shipper and 
ripens after main season is over. He 
advises that plants be set six feet apart 
and rows eight feet, llis soil is rather 
thin and sandy. 
Of the older class of varieties Eldorado 
has an established reputation as a fine 
market berry. It is hardy even in the 
Northern States, and I have never had a 
cane to rust. Occasionally it has been 
charged with being shy in fruiting, but 
I do not find it so; on the contrary, it 
is one of the most productive. The 
Blowers does not seem to show qualities 
of any great value. It has not impressed 
me as a superior sort. The Mersereau 
fully sustained every claim made for it 
and might head the list were it not so 
subject to rust as greatly to impair its 
value. Every year I have to dig out a 
large proportion of its vines, and it acts 
as a propagator of the disease among 
more resistant kinds. I shall never plant 
more of it although it is a noble variety 
in all other respects. The last on the 
list is the Ward, and here we come to 
one of really sterling worth. It resembles 
the Mersereau in shape of berry but I 
do not find it quite so large and so sweet, 
neither is it quite so vigorous in growth 
so far as I have tested it but as regards 
the crucial test, resistance to rust, I 
is a good covering of soil over it and the 
bean has plenty of vitality this sprout 
will start up and then bend over and go 
down. The top will appear four or five 
days or a week behind those planted “eye 
down.” Through a misunderstanding we 
had, one time, about half an acre of 
Limas planted “eyes up.” That experi¬ 
ence was so very unsatisfactory that we 
THE WARD BLACKBERRY. 
find it one of the best. Ward, there¬ 
fore, is one of the newer varieties that 
I should choose to set largely of if I 
were making a new planting. It is pic- 
tured herewith. l. r. johnson. 
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. 
Snapdragons. 
Do snapdragons come up second year 
from crowns where they were first set 
out, or do they start up any and every¬ 
where seed has dropped? Will they 
thrive in sunny location? Do they need 
protection in Winter? m. m. a. 
Closter, N. J. 
The common garden snapdragon is a 
perennial, but is largely grown merely 
for the first crop of flowers. Most va¬ 
rieties are hardy here if covered with a 
mulch during Winter. Seeds are sown 
early in the Spring in frames or hot¬ 
beds, and transplanted later in the open 
ground. For early blooming they are 
sown in August or September, and car¬ 
ried over Winter in a cold frame or 
under a mulch. They like a sunny loca¬ 
tion, but will also thrive with partial 
shade, especially the dwarf sorts. Like 
most perennials, they will self-sow to 
some extent if allowed to ripen seed, 
though not as freely as some other plants 
do. 
cannot emphasize too strongly the im¬ 
portance of planting Lima beans “eye 
down.” TRUCKER, JR. 
Birds and Spray Poison. 
The article on spraying and bird kill¬ 
ing. page GOT, is of interest to me because 
1 have birds galore, but no cherries. 
There are several cherry orchards near 
here. My son and I spent several days 
trying to find out why they had bushels 
of cherries and we none at harvest. We 
spent two days during the cherry harvest 
in one orchard, and never saw a bird or 
heard one while there. We have done the 
same in other orchards near here and 
there were no birds there. They all 
sprayed their trees. I believe it is money 
in their pockets to spray their cherry- 
trees with poisons, for if they do they 
will have cherries to eat and sell. With 
more than 20 large bearing cherry trees 
I have to buy or use them half grown. I 
am crank enough to believe what I see. 
I have never seen Alfalfa white with 
spray but I have seen cherry trees green 
with paris green. s. E. H. 
Illinois. 
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“I was born there, but I didn’t see any 
life till I came to town.”—Chicago 
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Planting Beans “ Eye Down.” 
I read your article on “Writing for the 
Press,” and here is my contribution. 
Anyone who will notice how a bean 
sprouts and grows will question the ad¬ 
vantage to be gained by planting a Lima 
bean with the “eye” down. w. P. 
Greenfield, Mich. 
I cannot tell you as a botanist could 
just what changes take place when a 
beau begins to grow. But as I have ob¬ 
served it the bean first of all sends a 
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