RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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RURALISMS 
Cross Fertilizing and Quality 
There is a widespread belief that the 
pollen passing from one fruit variety to 
another will affect the (piality of the 
fruit. Many peojde still believe that if 
melons are planted near sipiash or cucum¬ 
bers the ‘‘crossing” Avill make the melons 
tasteless. The scientific men seem to have 
demonstrated that while this crossing will 
affect the seed, the flesh of the melon has 
nothing to do with it. Now a pear gi-ower 
wants to know if the pollen of Kieffer 
Iiear will affect the quality of Bartlett if 
the two kinds grow side by side. He 
finds on some of his trees an unusually 
huge Bartlett with rather coar.se grained 
flesh and not a delicate flavor. Prof. I*f. 
A. Blake, in commenting on this, says; 
‘‘I do not think that the isdleu fi'om 
Kieffer pears would affect the quality of 
the P.artlett. I think it is largely a ques¬ 
tion of growth. AVe often observe that 
some pears are more woody than others, 
and have hard portions in the flesh. This 
is nearly always true of Kieffer when al¬ 
lowed to grow too late upon the tree's. If 
tliey are picked at the proper time and 
ripened in storage, we do not find as much 
of this hard material in the flesh. The 
Kieffer i)ear commonly blooms a little 
before the Bartlett, and it is also a (pies- 
tion as to whether the Bartletts .arc pol¬ 
linated by the Kieffer. That, of co\irso, 
would need to be tested out to make cer¬ 
tain. I think it would be perfectly lu'oper 
for this man to jiropagate from his strain 
of big Bartletts. The fact that his Bart¬ 
letts are particularly large may also ac¬ 
count for the coarseness of the flesh. I 
would suggest that he experiment a little 
next year by picking off .some of the Bart¬ 
letts rather early and ripen them in stor¬ 
age and note whether this has any influ¬ 
ence whatever upon the coarseness of the 
flesh. I believe it is a case of the grow¬ 
ing conditions in his particular orchard.” 
Blueberry Plants as Ornamental Shrubs 
We are learning some iutcre.sting things 
iibout blueberry culture. It appears that 
.si>ecimens of blueberry plants liave been 
used for some yeai-s for ornamental pur¬ 
poses; in fact there is quite a large de¬ 
mand for these plants, as their foliage 
and bloom are very beautiful. We saw in 
Miss Elizabeth White’s collection several 
plants which though of very ordinary 
quality as regards their fruit, possessed 
great beauty in foliage and bloom. They 
would probably prove very u.seful as orna¬ 
mental shrubs. Of course, such plants as 
have been used for tins purj)Ose in the 
past are unselected for fruit, and prob¬ 
ably most of them would have little value 
.aside from the beauty of theli' foliage. 
Here comes another opportunity in the 
future for plants carrying superior fruit. 
Many of the larger estates are beautifully 
.arranged, and the owners are prepared to 
go to aluio.st any reasonable expense in 
order to obtain a great collection of rare 
idanfs. They would undoubtedly be glad 
to obtain blueberry plants with good 
foliage and at the .same time giving supe¬ 
rior fruit. Of course, the study in such 
cases is to prepaia; a patch of acid soil so 
that the plants would feel at home and 
thrive. Until Brof. C'oville worked Oiit 
the habits of the plant and showed that 
it reipiired acid conditions, nff>st people 
sujiposed that the blueberry would thrive 
in any good garden soil. We think it likely 
that many plants of this sort were weak¬ 
ened or destroyed by the ajiplication of 
lime and manure—killed by kindness as it 
were. The future of the industry seems 
secure now that the habits of the jilants 
are understood and superior varieties can 
be obtained. 
The Ontakio Apple. —This apple has 
proved an early and abundant bearer with 
me. Although not of high quality, yet 
its large size and handsome apiiearance 
when well grown has made it a iirofitable 
apple in a limited way. It might be used 
as a liller or semi-filler where such varie¬ 
ties as Baldwin are grown. It sells well 
in the Fall as a pie apple and will keep 
well into the Winter. To the grower who 
ns(>s barrels and ships via freight it ought 
to lu-ove valuable in some locations; 
hangs well to the tree for so large an 
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