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<P«  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
March  3,  1923 
25th  Anniversary  of  Forrest’s  Seeds 
Confidence  SEEDS  Promise 
There  is  no  other  commodity  in  the  world  other  than  seeds 
that  is  bought  and  sold  strictly  on  confidence  and  a  promise. 
Let  us  have  your  confidence  and  we  give  you  a  promise  that 
Forrest’s  Seeds  will  produce  just  such  a  crop  as  you  have  in  mind 
;it  the  time  of  purchase. 
BERMUDA  ONION  PLANTS 
We  are  offering  this  year  for  the 
first  Bermuda  Onion  Plants,  grown  in 
Texas  from  genuine  Bermuda  seed, 
which  will  produce  the  linest  green  or 
dry  onions  ever  grown. 
The  sale  on  these  plants  is  already 
well  established  in  the  South  and 
Southwest  and  is  growing  by  leaps  and 
hounds' every  year. 
They  have  proven  an  absolute  suc¬ 
cess  when  planted  in  the  Northern 
States  and  are  rapidly  taking  the  place 
of  the  onion  sets  where  they  have  been 
introduced.  They  are  much  earlier 
than  the  onion  sets  that  wre  usually 
grow.  Mild  as  an  apple  and  mature 
very  early.  In  fact,  these  sets  planted 
in  the  early  Spring  will  furnish  you 
green  onions  in  a  few  weeks  of  the 
genuine  Bermuda  Onion.  They  are 
packed  in  bundles  of  100  like  the  photo. 
We  all  know  how  appetizing  the 
Bermuda  Onions  are,  and  think  of  get¬ 
ting  them  so  early  out  of  your  own 
garden.  They  are  just  as  safe  to  transplant  as  cabbage,  tomato,  or  any 
other  plants.  Price  Sue  per  hundred,  postpaid.  Five  hundred  and  over  75c 
per  hundred. 
We  list  below  a  few  prices  taken  from  our  catalogue : 
PEAS.  '  Blue  Bantam,  Laxtonians,  Gradus,  Thomas  Laxton, 
Telephone,  Surprise  or  Little  Marvels,  etc.,  each —  Pkt., 
$.10;  i/2  lb.,  $.15;  1  lb.,  $.25;  2  lb.,  $.45;  pk.,  $2.25; 
bu.,  $8.00. 
BEANS.  Improved  Golden  Wax.  Brittle  Wax,  Black  Wax,  Davis 
White  Kidney  Wax,  Bed  Valentine,  Stringless  Green 
Pod,  Bountiful,  etc.,  each — Pkt.,  $.10;  %  lb.,  $.20;  1  lb., 
$.30;  2  lb.,  $.50;  pk.,  $2.25;  bu.,  $8,00. 
Golden  Bantam  or  Bantam  Evergreen,  each — Pkt.,  $.08; 
y2  lb.,  $.15;  1  lb.,  $.20;  2  lb.,  $.35;  pk.,  $1.05;  bu.,  $6.00. 
Extra  Early  Egyptian,  Crosby's  Egyptian,  or  Eclipse, 
etc.,  each— Pkt.,  $.05 ;  oz.,  $.10 ;  %  lb.,  $.25 ;  %  lb.,  $.40 ; 
1  lb.,  $.75. 
Detroit  Dark  Red — Pkt.,  $.05  ;  oz.,  $.10 ;  %  lb.,  $.25  ;  % 
lb.,  $.50 ;  1  lb.,  $.85. 
Hollow  Crown— Pkt.,  $.05;  oz.,  $.10;  1  lb.,  $1.00. 
MANGEL  WVRZEL.  Mammoth  Long  Red— Pkt.,  $.05;  oz.,  $.08;  %  lb.,  $.15; 
1/2  lb.,  $.25 ;  1  lb.,  $.45. 
Golden  Tankard— Pkt,  $.05;  oz.,  $.08;  %  lb.,  $.15; 
y2  lb.,  $.25 ;  1  lb.,  $.40. 
Copenhagen  Market.  Glory  of  Enkhuizen,  or  Danish 
Ball  Head,  each— Pkt.,  $.05;  oz.,  $.30;  V4  lb.,  $.85; 
1/2  lb.,  $1.50 ;  1  lb..  $3.00. 
Extra  Early  Jersey  Wakefield,  Early  Winuingstadt,  All 
Head  Early,  Early  and  Late  Flat  Dutch,  etc.,  each— 
Pkt,  $.05;  oz.,  $.20 ;  U  lb.,  $.70;  y2  lb.,  $1.15;  1  lb.,  $2.25. 
.  And  so  we  might  go  on  through  the  list,  but  for  more  complete  informa¬ 
tion,  drop  a  postal  card  for  our  25th  Anniversary  Catalog  with  full  descrip- 
SWEET  CORN. 
BEETS. 
PARSNIPS. 
CABBAGE. 
tions  and  prices. 
That  you  may  see  the  size  of  our 
honest  packets,  we  will  send  you  the 
following  JO  packets,. postpaid,  for  25<\ 
1  Pkt.  Beets,  Early  Blood  Turnip 
1  Pkt.  Radish,  Early  Scarlet  Turnip 
1  Pkt.  Radish,  Icicle 
1  Pkt.  Lettuce,  Prizehead 
1  Pkt.  Carrots,  Danvers  Half-long 
1  Pkt.  Onions,  Yellow  Globe 
1  Pkt.  Spinach,  Long  Standing 
1  Pkt.  Turnip,  White  Globe 
1  Pkt.  Nasturtium,  Tall,  Mixed 
1  Pkt.  Sweet  Peas,  Finest  Mixed 
NEW  SPINACH 
ASPARAGUS  ROOTS 
If  by  Parcel  Post,  postage  must  be 
added  as  follows:  Do*.,  5c;  100,  35c. 
Strong  2-year-old  Hoots 
1  )oz. 
too 
1000 
Diant  Argenteuil . 
$0.25 
$1 .50 
$9.50 
Barr’s  Mammoth  . .  .  . 
Columbia  Mammoth 
.25 
J  .50 
9.50 
White  . 
.25 
1.50 
9.50 
Palmetto  . 
.25 
1.50 
9.50 
Conover’s  Colossal.  . . 
.25 
1.50 
9.50 
Heavy  3-year-old  Roots 
Giant  Argenteuil . 
$0.35 
$1.75 
$13.00 
Barr’s  Mammoth . 
Columbia  Mammoth 
.35 
1.75 
13.00 
White  . 
1.75 
13.00 
Palmetto  . 
.35 
1.75 
1 3.00 
Conover's  Colossal... 
.35 
1.75 
13.00 
(King  of  Denmark) 
This  now  variety  is  undoubtedly  the 
most  valuable  introduction  of  spinach 
in  recent  years.  Although  the  plants 
are  ready  for  use  almost  as  soon  as 
the  medium  early  sorts,  they  remain 
in  good  condition  from  a  week  to  two 
weeks  after  all  other  varieties  have 
gone  to  seed. 
The  plants  are  of  rapid  growth,  re¬ 
semble  the  Long  Season  in  type,  hut 
leaves  are  more  crumpled  or  blistered 
and  are  of  a  darker  green  color.  The 
leaves  are  thick,  stand  well  after  cut¬ 
ting.  and  are  of  good  quality. 
The  photograph  reproduced  on  this 
page  shows  a  view  of  a  spinach  trial 
and  show’s  its  long  standing  character¬ 
istic;  the  rows  alongside  of  it  show 
plants  of  other  varieties  which  have 
gone  to  seed. 
Pkt..  $.10;  oz..  $.15;  %  lb.,  $.20;  1  lb., 
$.60;  10  lbs.,  $5.50;  25  lbs.,  $12.50. 
Big  illustrated  catalog  free  for  the  asking. 
THE  FORREST  SEED  CO.,  Inc. 
Box  32  Cortland,  N.  Y. 
Making  Garden  Opportunities 
There  is  no  one  thing  more  important 
in  a  successful  life  than  to  improve  every 
opportunity  chat  we  have.  Many  of  us 
have  heard  this  saying  reiterated  time  and 
time  again,  but  pay  no  more  heed  to  it 
than  if  eve  had  never  heard  it,  then  look 
at  those  who  have  heeded  the  saying  and 
say:  “What  a  lucky  fellow  that  man  is.” 
When  a  man  has  reached  the  age  of  three¬ 
score  years,  he  realizes  the  great  impor¬ 
tance  of  embracing  every  opportunity 
more  than  a  man  of  half  that  age,  and  if 
this  article  shall  be  an  incentive  to  some 
who  read  it  to  have  this  object  in  view, 
the  writer  will  feel  repaid  for  his  effort. 
Four  years  ago  I  planted  a  packet  of 
pansy  seed,  set  tho  young  plants  under 
a  sash  in  my  cold  frame,  and  in  the 
Spring,  When  I  transplanted  them  into 
the  open  ground,  they  were  admired  so 
much  by  my  customers  who  came  for  veg¬ 
etable  plants  that  I  gave  away  all  I  could 
spare.  Then  the  idea  occurred  to  me, 
why  not  grow  some  for  sale  the  next 
year?  So  in  September  I  sowed  one  sash 
of  pansy  seed,  transplanted  them  in  Oc¬ 
tober-  in  cold  frame,  and  the  next  Spring 
I  sold  50  dozen  at  50  cents  per  dozen,  and 
did  not  have  nearly  enough  to  meet  the 
demand  f  had  for  them.  The  next  Sep- 
to  dispose  of  them  at  any  price.  When 
that  is  the  case  oue  must  find  some  plan 
a  little  different  from  the  general  run  to 
attract  the  attention  of  the  purchaser  to 
his  product.  This  was  the  case  with  me 
a  few  years  ago,  when  I  grew  strawber¬ 
ries  extensively.  Strawberries  were  a  glut 
on  the  market,  down  to  $1.50  per  crate 
of  32  boxes,  and  I  realized  that  I  must 
do  something  out  of  the  ordinary  to  sell 
my  berries  at  a  profit.  So  I  had  fiats 
made,  holding  15  quart  baskets,  with  the 
sides  of  fiat  %  in.  higher  than  top  of 
quart  basket,  so  that  when  one  flat  was 
placed  in  a  skeleton  frame  it  would  not 
touch  the  tops  of  the  berries  in  the  fiat 
below.  Then  I  got  a  large  roll  of  wax- 
paper  and  cutter,  the  same  as  you  see 
in  every  grocery  store,  and  as  the  berries 
were  brought  in  from  the  patch  and  sorted 
each  box  was  wrapped  separately  ami 
placed  in  the  fiats  and  four  flats  in  each 
frame.  Then  I  put  a  little  advertisement 
in  the  local  paper:  “No  flies  on  Perkins’ 
berries;  they  can’t  get  there;  the  wax 
paper  keeps  them  off.”  Say,  if  you  could 
have  seen  my  friends  grin  when  they  met 
me,  and  heard  them  say :  "Any  flies  on 
your  berries  today,  Billy?”  you  would 
have  known  “it  took.”  Some  of  the  mer- 
Cotfon  in  New  Jersey 
Since  reading  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  about 
cotton  I  have  hunted  for  the  negative  of 
some  cotton  raised  by  my  husband,  A.  S. 
Lupton,  Shiloh,  N.  J„  a  few  years  ago. 
A  friend  from  tho  South  sent  us  some 
seed.  We  planted  it  for  pleasure.  It 
grew  beautifully,  and  the  pink  and  yel¬ 
low  blossoms  were  very  pretty.  We  did 
not  try  to  get  it  out  as  early  as  we 
might  have,  but  here  in  Cumberland 
County  some  of  the  bolls  matured  so 
that  the  hunches  of  cotton  burst  out,  but 
oh,  the  green  bolls  were  more  numerous 
than  we  could  count!  There  seemed  to 
be  uo  end  to  them. 
The  following  Winter  we  read  an  ar¬ 
ticle  in  the  Outlook  which  told  of  some 
one  getting  an  increase  from  just  a  few 
bolls  to  double  the  number,  and  then  we 
realized  what  a  very  great  increase  in 
bolls  we  had  had.  As  we  have  only  a 
half  acre  for  our  garden,  we  cannot  go 
into  cotton  raising,  but  we  know  from 
experience  how  luxuriantly  it  grew.  We 
love  your  paper  and  all  the  homey  things 
we  see  in  it,  especially  Hope  Farm 
Notes.  We  do  not  spend  any  more  time 
anticipating  heaven  (for  I  believe  it  is 
here  and  now)  than  we  do  to  motoring 
to  Hope  Farm  some  time  and  camping 
over  night.  Hope  Farm  Notes  have 
brought  you  nearer  than  our  blood  refla¬ 
tions. 
New  Jersey.  c.  J.  x.. 
teiuber  I  sowed  an  ounce  of  seed,  and  sold 
100  dozen  at  50  cents  a  dozen.  Last  year 
1  sold  100  dozen  at  60  cents  per  dozen. 
I  have  never  been  abje  to  meet  the  orders 
I  have  had,  and  as  I  set  14  dozen  under 
each  sash  (10  rows,  17  in  a  row),  that 
makes  $7  a  sash.  I  have  now  11  sash  <  Fig. 
117,  p.  319)  for  my  Spring  trade.  There 
is  very  little  care  attached  to  this  kind  of 
work,  not  nearly  as  much  as  starting  hot 
beds  and  growing  vegetable  plants,  and 
the  remuneration  is  much  better.  I  sow 
the  mixed  Giant  Trimardeau,  and  find  it 
just  as  good  as  the  Royal  or  Giant  exhi¬ 
bition  kinds,  and  the  price  of  seed  is  much 
lower. 
The  seed  bed  must  be  iu  the  finest  con¬ 
dition  before  sowing  the  seed,  and  per¬ 
fectly  level,  so  that  when  the  sharp-edge 
board  is  pressed  in  the  soil  to  mark  the 
rows  they  will  be  of  uniform  depth.  The 
rows  should  not  be  more  than  14  in.  deep. 
The  soil  must  be  quite  moist.  After 
sowing  the  seed,  smooth  the  ridges  with 
a  straight  edge,  which  will  be  sufficient 
earth  to  cover  the  seed,  then  press  soil 
firmly  with  a  board.  Tim  bed  should  be 
shaded  by  placing  2-iu.  strips  2  in.  apart, 
about  8  in.  above  the  bed. 
The  seed  should  be  sown  about  August 
20.  The  youug  plants  will  be  ready  to 
transplant  into  the  cold  frame  about  the 
first  week  in  1  letober.  The  sash  will  not 
want  to  go  on  until  November,  and  then 
only  at  night.  When  the  weather  is  freez¬ 
ing  cold  every  day  and  night,  close  the 
sash  tight  and  let  them  remain  without 
any  more  protection  until  Spring.  Then 
as  the  days  begin  to  warm  up  push  down 
sash  3  or  4  in.  from  top,  so  that  the  young 
plants  will  not  get  too  tender.  They  will 
be  full  of  bloom  in  April,  then  I  take 
them  up  with  a  square  of  dirt  to  each 
plant,  put  six  plants  in  a  4-qt.  tomato 
basket  and  put  them  on  the  market. 
Sometimes  fx-uit  and  vegetables  are  a 
glut  on  the  market  and  it  is  hard  work 
chants  thought  the  public  would  not  buy 
unless  they  could  see  the  fruit,  and  at 
first  they  would  have  to  unwrap  the  box 
and  show  the  berries,  but  when  the  pur¬ 
chaser  knew  lie  could  depend  on  the  ber¬ 
ries  being  O.  K.,  without  seeing  them, 
that  the  berries  were  kept  from  the  dust 
and  dirt,  that  the  boxes  were  good  and 
full,  that  the  berries  were  not  mashed  by 
other  boxes  resting  on  them,  and,  last, 
that  the  finest  berries  (for  there  are  al¬ 
ways  some  finest  among  the  fine)  were  not 
removed  in  transit  from  store  to  house, 
they  would  pay  a  few  more  cents  per  box 
and  ask  for  the  Perkins  berries  every 
time.  Consequently  I  had  very  little 
trouble  iu  disposing  of  my  entire  crop  at 
a  profit,  while  I  know  of  others  who  lost 
money.  When  anyone  undertakes  a 
proposition  of  this  kind  he  must  know 
that  his  goods  are  just  as  represented  to 
be  and  that  his  reputation  or  character 
is  under  each  piece  of  wax  paper  that 
wraps  the  berries. 
Again,  having  some  very  we  Lima 
beans  and  wishing  to  call  special  atten¬ 
tion  to  them,  I  counted  the  Limas  in  one 
quart  (as  we  have  to  shell  our  beans  for 
this  market)  and  placed  it  on  the  show 
ease  with  a  card  on  it :  “This  box  of 
Limas  will  be  given  to  the  customer  guess¬ 
ing  the  nearest  to  the  number  of  beans 
in  the  box.”  Needless  to  say,  it  got  my 
beaus  talked  about,  which  caused  them 
to  sell  rapidly. 
A  few  years  ago  I  did  not  get  my  late 
cauliflower  plants  set  until  about  July  15. 
Consequently  a  large  number  failed  to 
head  before  the  weather  was  freezing ; 
on  December  1  most  of  those  had  a  small 
white  head  about  the  size  of  a  teacup 
Here  was  an  opportunity  to  try  out  a 
statement  I  had  heard  years  ago  by  Peter 
Henderson  that  if  the  cauliflowers  were 
pulled,  leaving  the  earth  on  the  roots  that 
adhei-ed  to  them,  and  then  put  in  a  cool,| 
dark  place,  they  would  continue  to  grow.) 
