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roceivo such a report; and If yon did not livo so 

 vory far away I slionUI b(' almost tPinptcd 

 to take a trip down thorc to set> oiio that works 

 so successfully, and Is liked by its owner. I 

 wish yon would tell ns how many years yon 

 have used it. Lots of people have reported 

 somewhat as yon do; but after they have had 

 the thing thn^e or four years, somehow it gets to 

 be neglected and " beeless.*' 



MORE ABOUT THK AIM>LE-THKE IIOKKHS. 



Quite a number of remedies have been sent 

 In of late, and among them while )i lint applied 

 to the trei s from the roots up abf'Ut, two feet. 

 Beftire giving space in print to these remedies, 

 however, I thought lest to submit them to our 

 Ohio Experirtient Station. Helow is what our 

 good friend Prof. Green says in regard to the 

 matter: 



1 do not know any thi'p- rejrardin? the viitue of 

 white lead for borers, tint 1 do not think it would do 

 any jrood. Whitewash contMiniriK carbolic acid is 

 good. Soft s<i,ip and c:irholic acid are pood also— 

 perhaps the l>est pi-ep;ual ion known. Carbolic acid 

 is the active ajrent; ,itid if it were added lo pnint 

 the nii.xture nn>rht lie trood. There is noihinf? 

 known that will keep away all borers, and the best 

 prep rations are only partially effective 



Wooster, O., April 23. W. J. Green. 



This corroborates, I believe, the experiences 

 of the experiment stations of other States. 



" Unknown" cow-pea.— Large, irregular, li^ht 

 brown. Best of all peas for forage or jrree ma- 

 nure. This pea has been imposed on the pul)lic 

 under name of " Wonderful." It is a very late i)oa. 



Very likely this pea would not mature seed as 

 far norih as we are; but it is not a very expen- 

 sive matter to get the seed from a little further 

 south where it is grown. 



SACALINE AND FLAT PEA. 



The following is the report the North Caro- 



SO.METHING NEW FOR BERRY-PICKERS. 



We are in the habit, as our readers may be 

 aware, of advertising, free of charge, new 

 things that come up, where they are sutficient- 

 ly meritorious. The arrangement below, we 

 think, comes un ler this head. 



Our friends will notice that No. 4 and No. 8 

 have handles for carrying them, and they are 

 so made that they may be set down in the path 

 or on top of the berries, without crushing any 

 of the fruit nor being liable to tip over. No. 2 

 is to be fastened around the waist with a buck- 

 ling strap, piece of tape, or any thing suitable. 



For picking raspberries. No. 2 is especially 

 handy. We know this because we have used a 

 similar arrangement for carrying the single 

 boxes. Having two boxes is still better. Here 

 is what the inventor says in regard to it: 



Tlie whole idea is less than sixty days old. and 

 born of necessity. I wunted to soit slrsuvberries as 

 they were pi(!ked. and I could not do it with one bas- 

 ket. 1 will make any size opeuiiifi- desired lor boxes. 



Pittsford. Midi. N. J. Kidokh. 



KIDUER'S liKUKY CAUKIERS. 



Una Experiment Station has to make in regard 

 to these two plants. Their verdict differs but 

 little from that of our Ohio Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 



Sacaline. — Pdlyfjinium mylialinse. Perennial, 

 tall, bushy, broad-leaved plant of the knot-weed 

 family. Grows about four feet hi«rh. Siems are 

 woody, and the broad, oval, heart shaped leaves 

 are diseased by a species of rust fungus. Has no 

 value for North Carolina. 



Flat pea.— Lathynis sj/lvestris Wagneri. A peren- 

 nial lepumine. Grows ihree or four feet long, weak 

 and fiat on the ground Requires three or more 

 years to secure a stand, and is then of no practical 

 value for North Carolina. 



COW -PEAS. 



This same station has the following report to 



make in regard to the cow-pea. which we have 



advertised in our seed catalog as "' Wonderful " 



by name: 



The Carriers aie made entirely of nn'ial, and 

 are to be either varnished or gaivanizt-d so they 

 will stand all kinds of weather. With straw- 

 berries our boys have been in the habit of tak- 

 ing a nest of boxes; and as fast as they get a 

 boxful it is set down in the path. When they 

 get to the end of the row they go back and 

 gather them up. The greatest objection to 

 this plan is that every little while a box of nice 

 berries will be skipped and leftoutover nightor 

 longer. Another trouble is. some juvenile 

 kicks a box over. When the sun is shining hot 

 we always want our berries in the shade about 

 as soon as a boxful is picked. One trouble with 

 baskets holding eight or sixteen boxes is that 

 every little while somebody loses the slats, or 

 they are stepped on and broken. These carri- 

 ers have nothing loo^e about them, to get lost. 

 I should mention that the handle in No. 8 

 shuts down so that the carriers may be nested 

 in transportation, one slipping inside of the 

 other. 



