, 1869-03-24
TIE FABm AND GARDEN,

" no ara AunbUkKed f-NeW PotA OeN
-NsB Oa r-New wntaA anu ssarioy
-rhe mexican Eve1.beafiuE StfAw-
berry-A Coinar On o.. &c Dfnnxs
Setd-Co&S OF AeEctnz Per nale-ane
Wealh1F- To CorF sp -ndenH.
Special Agricultural Cores 20 -denee Of TIE Chi.
e1so Tribune.
cnAarA1os. Ms.ca %, 1869.
oK-uuNBUos IN GENERAL.
There Is no class Of people 80 egrcKsous1y
humbugged as the cultlvators Of tho aoll-
not Gully the farm rs. but every person wao
has plat Of gronhi for a rose-bush, straw
berry bed or a potato patch. There Is class
Of men who make II their particular business
to fleece this class Of our people. To cnable
them to do this, they selze upon the agricul-
tnra1, commercial md religious press, and by
the moss brazen statements gull the people.
Last Tear the agricultural press teemed With
glowing accounts and pictures Of the EARLY
Rcec and other new potatoes, ten to diteen
days earlier than the earliest. First came
the Early Goodrich, ten days ahead of
Early York; then tbs Early Rose, fl.
teen days ahead Of that. AL thi. looked
fair, :oe there were the certificates
under oath, and not under oath,
ard get the Rafay Goodrich aud the
Early Rose refused to mature according to
,h.se ssorn statements, and came on the
table side by side With Ea1ly York md Ne.
shamrock. Nothing had been gained In time,
while there VIA loss i1 quality and yield,
But not at ali ''iscourax xed, we have new
batch, The Early Prince, s3.23 per pound
by mail !" Climax" u per pouLd J; PAIL
rick'a Early While AID Western Chlet, each
5e per pound. Tccse are bns few among
the advertised neT sorts. So much Tor po-
lorE ho ftt ,tV
MEN OATS
and sec scne remarkable wonders. The
'SMprisen has heeu on the matke, some
years, and Is no doubt vaiuabte oat, and is
advertised Ut $5 bashel, as arc White Nor
way and Neg blunswick. Bnt the cliua ia
the cat line Is the Norway" sold at Il Is
per quart, a per peck, so per bu.hcl. THIS
oat has u remarkable history. In 1864 d
single oat taken from package Of peas was
handed farua.r OF Vermont, from which q
new variety hss sprung up, and the farmer Of
! the West can now have the scsd at the above
mo1cl ATE price!
| Hin nolpcc Capron, Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture, has sent us package of white
Schonen oats, v hich, he writes, ~eighs fry.
one pounds TO the busnel. lhty are email
white oat, ID no particular different from our
! comm on early oats, grown at the North, are
heavy ns ali u ais arc that asc Gruwn in high
| northern latiludes. He also sent sample Of
| black Swedish oats, or what are some lines
Was introduced into the West in 1879, aud
for several years was the Lost prp1 able !;
but, like the Nhule family OF oats. must b.
occasionally renewed from htsh atiIudes. I
have 60 gEeaL respect for Norway cat
that h2s been In tue country since 1854, a
period Of dlteen years i. Is too much like
the purchase OF 50 old horse WHO has out
liFed his usefulness. Better senu to 1he De-
pattment OF Agriculture ior Package fresh.
II imported; SOW them Ia dtitls in The gar
den, and glow. 5our own seed. instead Of
The same rule holds good IN relation to
| WHEAT AND BARLEY,
which Is vastly benefited py the change.
One OF The great benefits OF tue Department
oi AIriculturs Ii to import from Northern
prom will receive the thanks OF thousands
OF farmers tor the able manner In which he
las managed bis "sccdsler." Instead Of
buying up all the refuse irish ut home, he Is
In pottt. ( yllua bic seeds from other coun-
trics- THIS char ginG 0, the seed OF deld and
garden crops Is q thitg too n.uch neglected
y heu We get our agricultural colleges out OF
the hands Vi cla.sl-al professors sud third
rate preachers we shall make them ustlul In
| this direction.
regret to sec the agricultural press open
thcu editorial department 10 the ne hum
bugs. 1t Is certalnIY bad enough 10 allow
thcm TO advertise, without using the most
prcmir eut part Of the paper II winch 10 dis.
play their wnres, which, at best, a.e OF d ,ubt-
fpl vslue. It has been sa!d thar the Early
= Rosc did not par prof. after drdac,iug eE.
penses. II this Is true It may check the bud.
| ding genins Of some new petty specnlator on
Il e gu!labil'tg ol the PUBLIC. II Is not prob.
able that the Mammoth Cluster Raspberry
will tuceeeo ans better, # as well, rs the
raspberry teyer has sub -ided-at least not ua
I'll people are satt fec that It Is Tot ide=ttcal
With the s'3ltaml." Il has Michigan n-Eol
Of the Netcali strawberry order, and people
will buy with caution. The ''Coltax" straw
lerrT wilt probably not pay for post ers, muct
TIE MEXICAN EEEa-BEAH1So srRAwBEaRa
Is the latest display Of this Kind, aud i
: gaing through 1ne Ulll for rich Grtst-i
:. people buy as usual. But It is probable thai
they will take /. In small doses. Th'
stories about this strawberry are all re-
would suspect that the tellets desire hois
| 70 creep out o. The plants may haze COM
: from Mexico In 1855. Out Il Is singular thai
: this Is tho frst notice OF it. Wbo brough
the PLANTS. and whst Of It's Js'appa history
, Our ssricol:ural editor ought TO know tia
!. tie Alpine ssrawbsnie. arc Ill monthly o
q pe1pe1us1 bearers, aud that many effort
i have been made TO utilize them 70
/ market AID iam!ly use; but thu
far Without success. Occasionally the.
trmt but on the whole they are o, li:t'
value. No oiher family Of the ss1awuer7,
has thus far. and probably never will pre
cent us With constant supply OF fruit
Aucng the Alpires we have white and re-
. varietiss. These produce the same ftoo
: seed, sd IT I. not supposed that ter VI!
rietles Of red, nd three Of white Alrlne. N
doubt this Nexicap Is tue old white a
pine that vas common TO some OF the OF
q Chicago garoens, from 1870 to hoo, AZ
e | which Eayc place to The market ya1tetle
.. sent out frum Cincinnati.
:. In 1s47 nc had s'oddAzt's Alpine. sftet
= wards ramed Washington, but hlch p:ove
e to Be the old red Alpine. This stravherr
: created perfec. fnrole. an6 an itamcns
n 9usntliy Ess sold. 1hs Hqgtienasri,t Z, e! e e.
: Wood Strawberry is she onls Que cultivate
:! = here III 1s the only *oss for frmllg uss
Il beers moderate bus regular crop.+ and cor
= t1ue4 coming In for q loue tine" The sam
a journal, In 1s5o, pare g., eises the history Q
the stoddart or Washington, - follows
- Of ssrasobe, ~ delus:es, which mast Of you
ls readers doupttess know something about
= but which ma yet do not fhtly understand
[e mran the history Of the Washington 4
It Pine Strawberry which NJ. stoddart, q
hsT 1o.F adyeIs en-" ana to0. s0,d
= ie b:lie5s. : Esz quite hones
= q the transactions !: aud set the whole p1b
o lie were complctelY delu0ed By the Wash
II iDgton Atp,ns,' which VAS Dothi-g but th
old Alpine or Monthly Strawberry. Th
Il long and short Of the matter was that u
e stoddart had a corner Of LIS garden vh!c
'e Vas made yzound-a rich, deep. rooist 60
If q think 1t had been N old bog or pit Of 81 7
te vial aftel lwards d.ted upl not less tAan eich
It or ten feet deep. Ar. stoddaH had rsi:e
Il acme etedlr & Alpines, which al*avs CON
e the sane from seed 50 far as know be hst
II by lucky chance, planted then, IN THIS col
II utua,l5 deep and nca. There thog grew s
'e finely and hore such enormous crops tnat ~
y neignbozs c1uld eca7tely credit their sense;
4 People cane 70 zee with their own eyes !
e khort, they bought and carried away "a
Il Washington Alpines' At txtrAsaeal
n prices, with thu .uli conviction tha
= seeing is believicg,' and that sue
10 strawberries were never before gsoTI
4 gaxed on or tasted. We'll, great VA n. ths
- surprise to ind that, on plantinC and cur
: vAtlDg, th&re Was nothinG new o. ~ouoettt
It about them, and that. in TACT thf tFtndie
L. down to the old fashioned Alps4c .sfAwbs
~ neg. The whoic secret Of thas unheasd.S
y crop. ard the large size oi bis fruit, lay
~ ,, III I.r~ mr.