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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
August, 1909 
Half a mile for twelve years 
A customer writes us: 
appreciation of your Hot-Air Engine. 
““T have much pleasure in giving expression to my unqualified 
I have used the same engine (6-inch Rider) for twelve 
years, and the fact that it pumps water 2500 feet is sufficiently indicative of its power.’’ 
Our friend’s experience is valuable as showing 
that no matter if the source of supply be at a 
distance, the Hot-Air Pump will deliver 
water just as satisfactorily in any home. His 
experience should also appeal to every dweller 
on high ground, who may be somewhat re- 
mote from a well, a spring, or running brook, 
for a Hot-Air Pump will bring his supply from 
the valley continuously and in abundance for 
a long period of years. ‘‘2500 feet for twelve 
years’ means a great deal of water, a great 
deal of time, and a great deal of comfort. It 
also means that during a dozen years the 
owner has had no reason to change servants, 
so far as the pumping of his water supply is 
concerned. le zs satisfied. 
Write for Catalogue EB, and ask for reduced price-list. 
RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE Co. 
(Also builders of the new ‘‘Reeco” Electric Pump.) 
35 Warren Street, New York 
239 Franklin Street, Boston 
40 Dearborn Street, Chicago 
40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 
Remember that these pumps are not steam- 
engines, but machines of low power which 
cannot explode, operated solely by hot air, 
automatic in their action, requiring no skilled 
attention, so simple that any servant or farm- 
er’s boy can start and stop the little flame 
that gives them life. The cost of operation is 
almost nil, while the delivery of water is abso- 
lutely certain at all times and seasons. 
Be sure that 
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appears upon the pump you purchase. This name protccts you 
against worthless imitations. When so situated that you cannot 
personally inspect the pump before ordering, write to our nearest 
office (see list below) for the name of a reputable dealer in your 
locality who will sell you only the genuine pump. 
Over 40,000 are in use throughout the world 
to-day 
234 West Craig Street, Montreal, P Q. 
22 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W. Hot-Air Pump 
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GARDENS 
By E. P. Powell 
OTWITHSTANDING the extraordi- 
nary development of better fruits, it has 
been largely confined to the rose family 
(Rosacee). Apples are rapidly improving in 
quality, and we have got pretty close to per- 
fection in Stayman’s Winesap, Winterstein, 
Delicious, Walper Pease, McIntosh Red, 
Jonathan, Grimes’ Golden and King David 
This is not intended for a complete list of ideal 
apples, but it will be hard to surpass those 
named. ‘Then, for older sorts that can not be 
displaced, we have Northern Spy, Baldwin, 
Spitzenburg and Rhode Island Greening. If 
the trees were not brittle and subject to win- 
ter killing, perhaps the King would stand at 
the very head of the list. At any rate, if one 
wishes to see the progress made in apples, note 
how the Fameuse or Snow has given us half 
a dozen children of such high quality as to dis- 
place the parents. While the Winesap family 
is even more prolific of sterling new sorts. 
Pears are also practically a closed up chap- 
ter in evolution. We shall hardly get any- 
thing finer than Sheldon, Anjou, Bosc, Seckel 
and Flemish Beauty. You might double this 
list of ideal pears. The fight now remains with 
insects and fungus—in the pear orchard mainly 
with fungus. ‘The plum chapter was very in- 
complete until Mr. Burbank took hold and 
gave us his remarkable list of cross-breeds; 
lifting our native plums our of their worthless- 
ness into high rank. We still have something 
to do, however, in creating a Green Gage as 
big as a Magnum Bonum, while retaining the 
vitality of the Green Gage tree. The Bavay 
Green Gage is a long stride in this direction. 
I look to see a big family of these gages cover- 
ing the whole season. In quality it is the ideal 
plum, impossible to surpass. The Bleecker is 
everybody’s plum, offering bushels to the poor- 
est man, on the poorest soil, in the smallest 
yard. It is not quite ideal in quality, but 
comes very near being one of the finished-up 
fruits. In the cherry list we need a good 
group of perfectly hardy sweet cherries, as 
hardy as the Morellos and as resistant to in- 
sects. 
This whole Rosacee family of fruits is still 
open for evolution. In addition to those named 
we have the quince, as yet only fit for cook- 
ing—although Mr. Burbank claims to have 
given us, in the Pineapple Quince, a good 
start in the direction of a dessert fruit. If 
we can carry the aroma of the quince into 
varieties that are tender and digestible, and 
then multiply the varieties, as we have the 
apples and pears, we shall have done some- 
thing worth the while. I am growing Mr. 
Burbank’s new variety, but do not feel sure 
of its edible qualities; there certainly is a big 
job ahead. The quince is becoming an orch- 
ard fruit in some sections of the South, and of 
considerable importance. In that section 
there are more chances for wildings and seed- 
lings—which we may look for. 
I am glad to report that a great deal is 
being done in. the way of improving our 
native wild persimmon. Mr. Samuel Miller, 
who was secretary of the Missouri Horticul- 
tural Society, was the first to select varieties 
and test them. He secured some half dozen 
of extra quality, most of which I tested in 
New York State, on native stock, and found 
entirely hardy as far north as Utica. The 
best of these, which he named the Josephine, 
is now sold by Mr. Munson, of Denison, 
Texas, as the Honey. It is a splendid fruit, 
preferred by many to the best Japanese sorts. 
What we want now is to reduce the number 
and size of the seeds. “There is no reason why 
we can not make the American persimmon as 
