1893 
247 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Farmers' Gub Discussion. dessert fruit, but look good enough to eat 
(Continued.) any time. 
culios were bred from each fallen peach. Black Hamburg: Grapes In Michigan. 
Under existing circumstances there is no H. P., Ann Arbor, MiCH.-Some in- 
locality better adapted for a test of the qu i r ie 8 respecting the Black Hambug 
arsenites to destroy this insect. There grape are made in a recent Rural by S. 
are but a few plum trees growing in Dela- H . J., Mound, La. I have a relative who 
ware, for the reason that the curculio planted a vine of that variety two years 
a ways destroys all the fruit. At Smyrna, ago, in his lot adjoining mine.cn the 
Del., there is a row of 40 large and very SO uth side of his house. The plant made 
thrifty plum trees of the Wild Goose va- a strong, stocky growth, and last sum- 
riety, but, as there are no other varieties m er bore several clusters, which ripened 
growing near them, they never set any i think about with the Concord. It re¬ 
fruit. Three years ago half a dozen small ceived no care during July, August and 
plum trees growing in a garden in this September as its owner was absent, but 
town were placed at my disposal for it was pruned in the fall, taken down 
treatment with the arsenites ; one had from the side of the house and covered 
set a large quantity of fruit for two sea- with corn stalks, and later by snow, 
sons, but each year the curculio had de- Yesterday I examined the vine and it 
stroyed every one. I sprayed the trees seemed to be entirely uninjured. I fear, 
with London-purple three times during though, that it will not be likely to live 
the season, but ouly the one tree bios- long, judging from the numerous fail- 
somed, and that produced about a bushel ures of Vinifera varieties in this country; 
and a half of very fine plums. The next but why should we plant such tender, 
season (1891) I found a small orchard in uncertain sorts, when we have others 
the northern part of the State, consisting equal, if not superior in quality and bet- 
of about 40 plum trees among some large ter adapted to the climate ? Well-grown 
apple trees, the limbs of the trees having specimens of the Ulster and Brighton 
grown together, they were set so closely, were sweeter and more sprightly, and 
They were not sprayed until the fruit the Brilliant was just as pure and finer 
was about half grown. Then they were in flavor—to my taste at least—compared 
sprayed twice with London-purple, and with the clusters of this young Black 
baskets of fruit from the sprayed andun- Hamburg vine, 
sprayed or check trees were carefully ex- The cornucopia Datura, 
amm.d for crculios. From the sprayed j. T . K ., Syr4cu8e> n . Y ._ The e] t 
lowed ,h. Se ' en PC ' r i U t me-portratt of the new double datura 
showed the presence of the insects, while . ,, ,, , , 
. , , ’ V¥U11C shown in the catalogue of Pitcher & 
from the check trees 43 per cent of the . . * . T . ,,, 
. . . , Manda reminded me that I found a blos- 
plums were injured. We planned to con- Rnni u , 
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plums was secured from a tree that here- up a few s 
tof ore for several years had set an a bund- is still ali 
ance of fruit, but it had always been (C 
destroyed by the curculio. — 
1 would advise G. R. W., who wrote 
in a late Rural, to use London-pur- lN wr i t } ng 
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ing until the blossoms opened, I would 
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until the fruit is well grown. It would 
be better, in my opinion, not to spray 
while the blossoms were open, but wait 
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I cannot agree with C. C. P.,Pulteney, 
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and now they measure from six to ten 
feet through the top and being very vigor¬ 
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