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What  Others  Say. 
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weighed  on  September  21,  149  pounds; 
while  the  same  number  from  the  imma¬ 
ture  seed  weighed  but  653 4  pounds. 
These  10  plants  from  the  ripe  seed  had 
matured  up  to  September  19,  1,298  fruits, 
weighing  57,127.2  grammes,  while  the  10 
plants  from  the  unripe  seed  had  matured 
at  the  same  time,  2.519  fruits,  weighing 
102,376.6  grammes . 
The  above  are  not  the  only  important 
differences.  The  seed  increases  in  weight 
with  the  immature  fruit;  the  plant  from 
immature  seed  grows  more  decumbent; 
the  foliage  is  a  lighter  green;  the  ger- 
minative  power  of  the  unripe  seed  is  low. 
Thebe  seems  no  question  about  the 
good  effects  of  the  Bordeaux  mixture 
on  potato  vines.  The  Vermont  Station 
says  :  “  Providing  we  can  keep  the  tops 
alive  three  or  four  weeks  longer  in  the 
fall,  we  may  increase  the  yield  over  25 
per  cent  to  say  nothing  about  prevention 
of  rot  or  improvement  of  the  quality  of 
the  tubers  due  to  thorough  ripening" - 
The  simplest  method  is  to  dissolve 
about  six  pounds  of  blue  vitriol  (sulphate 
of  copper)  in  a  clean  wooden  vessel  and 
slake  four  pounds  of  fresh  lime  in  another, 
adding  enough  water  to  make  a  thin 
wash.  Then  strain  this  into  the  copper 
solution  through  a  sieve  tine  enough  to 
remove  all  sediment.  Add  enough  water 
to  make  from  30  to  50  gallons  in  all . 
For  test  plots  or  small  plots  of  pota¬ 
toes,  we  would  advise  the  following  : 
Half  a  pound  of  copper  sulphate  ;  one- 
third  of  a  p  mnd  of  lime  ;  four  gallons  of 
water . 
The  Vermont  Station  says  that  from 
12  to  24  pounds  of  blue  vitriol  should  be 
used  to  an  acre,  depending  upon  the  size 
of  the  vines  and  whether  the  disease  has 
or  has  not  manifested  itself . 
The  mixture  may  be  applied  best  and 
most  economically  by  means  of  a  force- 
pump  mounted  on  a  barrel.  This  barrel 
may  be  carried  in  a  wagon  as  in  spraying 
an  orchard  or,  better,  in  a  two-wheeled 
cart  with  the  wheels  set  at  such  a  dis¬ 
tance  as  to  straddle  two  rows  when  the 
horse  walks  between  them.  The  injury 
to  vines  from  driving  through  the  field  in 
this  way  is  very  slight.  About  an  acre 
per  hour  can  be  sprayed  with  sucn  a 
pump  provided  with  one  hose  and  nozzle. 
Pumps  with  two  or  more  hose  and  nozzles 
are  made — they  are  a  little  more  expen¬ 
sive,  but  the  field  can  be  covered  more 
rapidly.  In  all  cases  the  pump  should 
have  brass  fittings  and  should  have  some 
provision  for  keeping  the  mixture  stirred 
in  the  barrel.  Most  manufacturers  of 
spraying  pumps  now  offer  also  a  small 
‘•Knapsack”  sprayer.  The  Vermont 
Station  has  used  the  knapsack  form  of 
sprayer  and  likes  it  for  small  fields.  It 
costs  as  much  as  the  barrel  pump,  how¬ 
ever,  and  requires  more  man  labor.  From 
two  to  four  acres  per  day  can  be  sprayed 
with  a  good  knapsack  pump . 
But  there  is  a  great  difference  in  the 
different  forms  of  knapsack  pumps  upon 
the  market,  some  being  very  good  and 
others  liable  to  give  much  trouble  by 
getting  out  of  repair . 
Use  the  Vermorel  nozzle.  It  is  easily 
and  quickly  cleaned  when  it  gets  clogged 
«P . 
While  the  spraying  pump  is  the  best 
and  most  economical  means  of  applying 
the  mixture  no  one  should  be  kept  from 
using  the  remedy  because  of  not  having 
such  a  pump.  Very  good  results  have 
been  obtained  where  the  mixture  was 
applied  with  a  common  sprinkling-can. 
Some  potato  growers  who  have  tried  it 
have  spoken  favorably  of  the  knapsack 
form  of  sprinkler  frequently  used  for 
applying  Paris-green  in  water,  it  being 
reported  that  three  acres  per  day  can  be 
sprayed  with  this . 
It  will  be  found  safe  to  give  the  first 
spraying- early  in  July  and  to  repeat  every 
two  weeks.  The  R.  N.-Y.  sees  no  harm 
in  using  the  dilute  Bordeaux  with  Paris- 
green  the  first  time  it  may  be  necessary  to 
spray  for  the  potato  beetle . 
President  Massart  is  a  variety  of  the 
common  lilac  and  bears  large  panicles  of 
flowers  of  reddish-purple  color,  red  in  the 
bud.  Lemoine’s  double-flowered  lilac 
bears  flowers  with  what  may  be  called  a 
double  tube,  so  that  there  are  eight  petals 
instead  of  four — the  color  being  of  the  ordi¬ 
nary  lilac.  Jacques  Calot  bears  unusually 
large  flowers  of  a  pink  or  reddish-lilac 
color.  The  above  plants  were  from  Ell- 
wanger  &  Barry.  The  Prince  of  Wales 
(purple)  Princess  Alexandria  (white) 
and  Albert  the  Good,  also  offered  by  Ell- 
wanger  &  Barry,  were  sent  to  us  years 
ago  by  the  late  James  Dougal,  of  Canada. . . 
President  Grew  is  the  best  double 
lilac  we  have  seen,  because  of  its  large 
flowers,  which  have  six,  seven  and  eight 
petals  of  a  deep  or  bluish-lilac  color. 
The  panicles  are  also  unusually  large . .  . 
First  currant  worms  at  the  Rural 
Grounds  May  15 . 
At  this  date,  May  1(5,  Barr’s  Mammoth 
is  giving  the  largest  shoots.  They  are 
of  a  light-green  color . 
The  Papaw  is  now  in  full  boom.  Its 
queer,  drooping,  chocolate-colored  bell 
flowers  have  a  disagreeable  odor . 
At  this  date,  May  16,  rye  is  in  head, 
and  the  grape  buds  have  developed  on 
all  thrifty  vines.  Quinces  and  apples  are 
in  bloom,  peaches,  plums  and  pears  hav¬ 
ing  passed.  The  promise  is  thus  far  a 
fairly  good  crop  of  fruit  of  all  kinds . 
We  are  setting  our  crossbred  tomato 
plants  six  by  five  feet  apart — six  by  three 
as  set  last  year,  having  been  too  close  to¬ 
gether.  We  have  250  plants  altogether, 
each  in  a  three-inch  pot,  having  been 
transplanted  from  the  seed  boxes  a  month 
ago . 
The  Pyrus  Mains  Halleana  or  Purk- 
manni,  or  Hall’s  Apple,  as  it  was  known 
eight  or  ten  years  ago  when  sent  to  us  by 
the  Parsons  of  Flushing,  L.  I.,  is  now  in 
its  fullest  bloom.  The  flowers  are  of  a 
delicate  pink  color  and  droop  gracefully 
upon  slender  peduncles.  It  is  a  grand 
shrub . 
The  “Japan  Wineberry”  is  again 
killed  to  the  ground.  Our  several 
crosses  between  this  nearly  worthless 
Rubus  phcenicolasius  and  Rosa  rugosa 
are  dead.  One  plant  was  a  foot  high 
last  fall,  two  others  smaller . 
The  R.  N.-Y.  was  pleased  with  the 
“Wineberry”  the  first  year  it  fruited. 
The  plants  made  a  fine  growth,  bore  lots 
of  berries  and  were  oddly  ornamental 
besides.  Now  every  plant  but  one  is 
dead.  Let  us  hear  from  others  as  to  its 
behavior.- . 
A  BED  of  asparagus  at  the  Rural 
Grounds  was  planted  April  30,  1888 — 
four  yours  ago.  The  bed  is  36  x  20  feet ; 
the  rows  three  feet  apart,  the  plants  two 
feet  apart  in  the  row.  This  bed  now 
supplies  the  family — six  adults — with  all 
the  asparagus  needed  and  some  to  give 
to  neighboring  friends . 
The  soil  (sandy  loam)  was  spaded  a 
foot  deep,  the  plants  set  so  that  the  tops 
should  be  but  two  or  three  inches  below 
the  surface.  Manure  is  spread  an  inch 
or  so  in  depth  every  fall  or  early  winter, 
and  potato  fertilizer  is  strewn  at  the 
rate  of  about  1,000  pounds  to  the  acre 
early  in  the  spring.  It  is  kept  free  of 
weeds  and  seedling  asparagus.  As  plants 
grow  somewhat  too  close  together,  one 
or  more  (preferably  a  female)  are  des¬ 
troyed.  The  asparag’us  beetle  and  grub 
are  no  longer  pests.  We  are  careful  to 
destroy  the  eggs  as  deposited,  by  merely 
rubbing  them  off  as  often  explained  in 
these  columns . 
The  establishment  of  an  asparagus 
bed  according  to  the  old  way  seemed  a 
formidable,  costly  undertaking  to  the 
cautious  farmer.  Established  and  cared 
for  in  the  simple  way  above  described, 
the  writer  knows  of  no  other  farm  or 
garden  crop  that  is  more  desirable  or 
that  may  be  raised  at  so  small  a  cost. . . . 
Direct. 
- R.  N.-Y.  ;  “  Family  prayers  and  reg¬ 
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overcoming  the  inclination  to  dishonesty 
in  the  matter  of  putting  the  poorest 
fruit  in  the  bottom  of  the  basket.” 
- Prof.  Brewer,  of  Yai.e  :  “  I  have 
talked  with  students  of  well-to-do  fami¬ 
lies,  who  admitted  they  could  not  give 
the  names  of  three  trees  growing  in  the 
streets.” 
- Another:  “1  am  confident  from  con¬ 
versation  with  them,  that  not  one  in  ten 
of  the  teachers  could  recognize  by  sight 
10  of  the  commonest  trees  growing 
there.” 
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