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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 11 
Sproatlne Potatoe* wXtb S4J1C. 
H. W. .T., Camhiudqk, O.—Replyinfr to 
the query of Thk R N.-Y. of June 30, I 
have used salt to keep potatoes from 
sproutinff, and regard it a success when 
judiciously used. I have not as yet suc¬ 
ceeded in determining the right propor¬ 
tions. I have settled only that a very 
little is enough. Used too freely, it will 
cause the potatoes to rot. Our potatoes 
kept solid and almost entirely free from 
sprouts, but as a result of using too much 
salt, some of them rotted. I have been 
told that in an empty salt barrel there 
will still be enough to keep the pota¬ 
toes from sprouting if they are stored 
therein in the fall. In the light of our 
experience, I believe it is probably a 
fact. I shall certainly try it. When the 
tubers have already begun to sprout, it 
probably would not answer. I know that 
a more liberal application will, however, 
having made the experiment, u w. J. 
StarUng Fralt at the Sooth. 
T. T. Lyoi^, South IIavkn, Mich. —At 
the South, the purpose in propagating 
apple trees must doubtless be to give a 
strong, deep, root system, and at the 
same time to place the possibly tender 
seedling stock well beneath the surface, 
away from the trying influence of the 
direct rays of the sun. These will doubt¬ 
less be more effectively secured by the 
use of whole roots, grafted at or below 
the collar, and planted with the union 
well beneath the surface ; or, if upon 
piece roots, by the use of a long scion 
and similarly deep planting. At the ex¬ 
treme South the climate is not favorable 
to the apple; and success can only be 
reasonably anticipated with varieties 
specially adapted to the conditions occur¬ 
ring there. 
In the case of pears and plums, much 
must depend upon the adaptation of the 
kind of stock to climatic conditions. As 
in the case of the apple, it should be kept 
well out of harm’s way, by low working, 
whether by grafting or budding, keeping 
in view the fact that the success of a va¬ 
riety must depend quite as much upon 
its adaptation to the climate as to the 
stock upon which it may be growing. 
In southern Georgia, at least, the Le 
Conte pear (and, to some extent the 
Keiffer, also) is generally grown from 
cuttings. How far the practice succeeds 
with other varieties, I am unable to 
state. Successful as this process undoubt¬ 
edly is, in the warm, moist region along 
or near the gulf coast, it doubtless will 
be found of uncertain value in the case 
of less vigorous varieties ; while only a 
resort to “ bottom heat ” can render it 
generally successful away from the spe¬ 
cially favorable conditions of that region. 
Stretching the Berry Season. 
J. G., Aukoka, O.—I have the Haver- 
land strawberry principally, and mulch 
as heavily as I dare, to save work in the 
berry patch. This year we had our flrst 
meal of berries June 11, and did not miss 
a day, or meal of fruit, until July 6, and 
had a few a couple of times afterwards, 
just to say that we were still eating ber¬ 
ries. One bed was mulched with old 
wheat straw, and one with the moldy ref¬ 
use from the top of the silo when it was 
opened in November. The later berries 
kept up to the standard of flavor wonder¬ 
fully, and it seemed as if the last meal of 
the small, and often imperfectly formed 
berries was about as enjoyable as the 
flrst. 
I do not disturb the mulch in the 
spring, and the only attention that the 
plants get is to pull out any straggling 
spires of grass or sorrel that may And their 
way through the straw. As soon as the 
last of the berries are picked, I mow the 
beds as close as possible, rake off all 
litter and mulch, and burn them, then dig 
out half or more of the roots, work in lots 
of hen manure and best phosphate among 
the plants, and let them send out a new 
growth of leaves. They will probably 
want one hoeing, and that is about all 
the work needed for the year. 
1 set the new beds in August, for the 
reason that the weed growing time is 
about over, and if the soil is rich and 
mellow the plants, if good ones, will 
make a wonderful growth before winter, 
and the next year need no different care, 
save to rake the mulch away when the 
runners begin to grow, so as to get 
matted rows. Prom a farmer’s stand¬ 
point, a strawberry bed taken care of in 
this way, will last three or four years, or 
until the seedlings come in such numbers 
as to impair the yield of fruit. I have a 
bed that this year has given us its flfth 
crop of berries, and never were they of 
better size or flavor, but the seedlings 
have become so numerous, that the bed 
is to be plowed up. For labor and capital 
invested, I know of nothing that will 
give a man and his family more enjoy¬ 
ment for 21 days than a bed of strawber¬ 
ries, as well as some revenue. I know of 
a bed that contains less than four rods of 
ground, that supplied a family for over 
three weeks ; two bushels or more went 
into cans and jam, and nearly fl^e more 
bushels were sold, and given away. The 
yield was hardly medium; but contrasted 
with the enjoyment and profits of an 
acre of wheat, there is little excuse for 
raising the latter with which to buy 
the berries from four square rods of the 
former. 
Second Crop Potatoes In Georgia. 
H. M. Starnks, Gkorqia Experiment 
Station —Potatoes may be planted as 
late as August 1 in southern Georgia, as 
late as July 15 in middle Georgia, as late 
as July 1 in northern Georgia, and yet 
mature fully. While the maturity is 
apparently complete so far as the mar¬ 
ketable quality of the tubers is concerned, 
I would nevertheless prefer first crop 
potatoes for next year’s seed ; though I 
have no sufficient data to prove that the 
vitality of the succeeding generation suf¬ 
fers. I shall inaugurate experiments on 
this line. As a rule second crop potatoes 
are not planted in Georgia, as they do 
not keep well. No potatoes winter well 
with us owing to the want of uniformity 
in temperature. We use Northern seed 
in early spring. Early Rose and Beauty 
of Hebron are generally planted for the 
second crop; sometimes Peerless, but 
the latter is too late for northern, or 
even middle Georgia. Of 60 varieties in 
our test plot, I have selected 16 to plant 
for a second crop. They were put in 
about July 1. I can answer more fully 
at the end of the season what the differ¬ 
ence is between last year’s Northern seed 
and this season’s Southern seed for a 
second crop, since I have planted North¬ 
ern grown Peerless as a check for my 
second planting. 
In this connection I will state that con¬ 
siderable attention is being directed to a 
new (thatis, comparatively new) Georgia 
grown potato—the Lookout Mountain. 
This is said to be an enormous yielder 
and ironclad in every way. It is intended 
for late planting, and in its home (Chat- 
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tooga County, in the mountains) is 
planted about the middle of July. This 
is the first year we have tested it. It 
was planted with 60 other varieties early 
in March, and to-day is the only variety 
in the plot that is fresh and green, all 
the others having succumbed to Micro- 
sporium. State of Maine alongside of it, 
is flat on the ground, withered and dead. 
If it yield as well as it looks, it will 
prove an acquisition. 
Saving Seed Corn. 
E. M. G., Birmingham, O —G. D , On¬ 
tario, Canada, asks about the best way to 
save seed corn. My way is to husk early, 
before freezing weather, save the best 
ears and put them in the chamber over the 
kitchen, where they are sure to get thor¬ 
oughly cured and 1 can warrant nearly 
every kernel to grow. In this locality, a 
large quantity of sweet and other kinds 
of corn are grown for a man who ships it 
by the car-load to various parts of this 
country and Europe ; last season, several 
hundred car-loads left his warehouse, 
and his business is all the time increas¬ 
ing. Sweet corn, especially Evergreen, 
is late and the most difficult to cure, but 
the farmers about here succeed admir¬ 
ably by having dryhouses with heat some¬ 
thing like fruit driers ; but a simple way 
accomplishes the same result in ordinary 
seasons in this climate. We build long 
cribs with sides and bottom both slatted; 
then commence by putting in a layer of 
corn a foot deep, then another slatted 
bottom a little above the layer of corn, 
then another foot of corn, and so on till 
the crib is full. 
-New Jersey Station: “The color 
of the blossom is decidedly crimson, 
hence the name ‘Crimson clover’ is 
usually given the preference and should 
be used exclusively, to avoid confusion.” 
“ The quality of the fodder and hay is 
superior to that of Red clover.” 
“ The stems of this plant are less 
woody than those of Timothy or Red 
clover, thus materially increasing the 
relative digestibility of the whole plant.” 
Crimson Clover. —Those interested in 
Crimson clover should send for Bulletin 
No. 100 issued by the New Jersey Station, 
New Brunswick, and alluded to last 
week. It appears that no failures to 
stand the winter have been reported 
when good, American grown seed was 
used. It is more hardy than Red clover. 
Foreign seed has not proved satisfactory. 
It contains as impurities weed seeds and 
less hardy varieties of this clover. The 
seed used by the station was raised in 
Delaware, where the business of seed¬ 
growing is assuming considerable pro¬ 
portions and is reported to be profitable. 
It requires good soils for its best de¬ 
velopment, though it is well adapted for 
light lands, catching readily and grow¬ 
ing well where Red clover will not thrive, 
and also making use of the mineral con¬ 
stituents not available to the cereals. 
The amount of seed may range within 
wide limits—8 to 16 pounds per acre; 
larger amounts are usually required 
when sown with other crops, and smaller 
amounts when sown upon raw ground or 
in orchards. Twelve pounds per acre 
will doubt less be found to be sufficient. 
A crop six inches high April 24 showed 
an accumulation of nitrogen in the whole 
plant at the rate of 1 04 pounds per acre, 
an amount equivalent to that contained 
in 10 tons of city manure or 648 pounds 
of nitrate of soda, costing $15. 
The crop secured at this date may be 
utilized for early vegetables, potatoes, 
melons, etc., crops usually benefited by 
liberal applications of nitrogenous ma¬ 
nures. 
On May 12, a crop averaging 13 inches 
high, which in many sections can be 
utilized as a manure for late potatoes, 
corn and orchards, contained nitrogen 
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