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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 13 
Fruit Trees for Elevated Valley. 
8. C. 8., Camden , N. J. —1. I have a property 
situated in the Catskill Mountains, 36 miles west 
of the Hudson River, in a little valley of 1,200 feet 
elevation, and hemmed in by mountains from 
2,000 to 3,000 feet higher. What are the best varie¬ 
ties of apples, pears, plums and quinces to plant 
for profit? Part of the land lies level, and part 
has a northern exposure. 2. What shade trees 
would you recommend for this place—quick 
growth wanted ? 3. What would be the best time 
to set evergreens at the same place ? 
Ans. — 1. Apples : Red Astrachan, 
Wealthy, Northern Spy, Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, Ren Davis, Pewaukee, Alexander, 
Golden Russet, Sutton’s Beauty, Olden- 
burgh, Mother, Wal bridge. Crab apple : 
Whitney. Pears : Bartlett, Tyson, Bous- 
sock, Fred. Clapp, Sheldon, Lawrence, 
Clapp’s Favorite, Beurre Hardy, Flemish 
Beauty, Seckel, Anjou, Winter Nelis. 
Plums : Bavay’s Green Gage, Bradshaw, 
Smith’s Orleans, Yellow Egg, Lombard, 
Fellemberg, Yellow Gage. For quince, 
the Orange we suppose is the best variety 
for profit. 2. For the best quick-grow¬ 
ing shade tree, we would recommend the 
Carolina poplar. 3. We would advise 
planting evergreens the latter part of 
April or early May. 
KI.LWANGER 4 BARRY. 
Pears Bloom but Will Not Bear. 
II. F.. New York City. —Why do the blooms drop 
from my LeConte pear trees in Florida ? I have a 
grove of some 2,500 trees, 15 miles south of Greens¬ 
ville, which bloom well, but the blooms all drop 
off, and I get no crop. I have just come from 
there, and the bloom is unusually heavy this 
spring, and I hope for a crop, but have had none 
heretofore. The trees look thrifty and well every 
way. They are young, but have bloomed for the 
past three or four years. 
Ans. —It seems to us quite probable 
that the LeConte, owing to peculiarities 
of climate or situation, is "hot self fertile. 
If so, a remedy would be to put in a graft 
or so of other varieties in most of the 
trees. 
Fruit Trees for Manitoba. 
J. P.. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.— 
What fruit trees will be likely to stand this cli¬ 
mate ? I have black, white, and red currants, 
gooseberries, raspberries, and wild plums, and 
about 65 apple trees from seed. This is the third 
and fourth winters without protection, and so far 
I have not lost one inch by frost. 
Ans —The above questions were sub¬ 
mitted to our respected friend, Dr. T. H. 
Hoskins, of Newport, Vt. He replies as 
follows: “If J. P. will write to John 
Craig, head of the Dominion Experiment 
Station, Ottawa, he will not only get full 
information, but will be supplied with 
young trees and scions, suited to his local¬ 
ity, which it would be well for him to 
describe as closely as he can.” 
Nozzles and Food for Peach Trees. 
II. C. C. M., Milford, Conn. —1. Is the McGowan 
spray nozzle a desirable one, and where can it be 
obtained ? 2. What amounts per acre of phos¬ 
phoric acid and potash can be profitably applied 
to bearing peach trees, and what is the best form 
in which to apply them? 3. I have a peach orchard 
sowed with Crimson clover, which I expect to 
plow in for green manuring this spring. Would 
it be advisable to apply, also, this season, potash 
and phosphoric acid, thus giving the land com¬ 
plete fertilization ? 4. Is there any sure preven¬ 
tive for the borers that are so destructive to 
squash, melon and cucumber vines ? 
Ans.— 1. An excellent nozzle. Of most 
dealers or John McGowan. Ithaca, N. Y. 
2 . We prefer fine ground bone and mu¬ 
riate of potash for peaches—three parts 
bone to one of muriate, and would use 
400 pounds or more of the mixture per 
acre. If acid rock is to be used, we 
would take five parts of rock to one of 
muriate. 3. Yes, we would plow under 
the clover, and harrow in about 300 
pounds of the acid phosphate and muri¬ 
ate. 4. Nothing sure but cutting them 
from the vines. The New York Experi¬ 
ment Station, Geneva, N. Y., has an ex¬ 
cellent bulletin on this subject. 
The AHanthus as a Shrub. 
M. E. P., Charlestown, Mass. —I. I read in one of 
the spring catalogues, of the beauty of the Ailan- 
thus (Celestial Tree or Tree of Heaven) when 
treated as a shrub—that is, cut back severely 
every one or two years. Have you ever seen one 
so treated ? Would it be likely to flourish on the 
north side of a country house, where a heavy 
shrub is needed ? 2. Is it advisable to thin out 
the top of a well established maple tree of 10 years’ 
growth or more? I saw it done last summer, as the 
owner thought the top too heavy to be well sup¬ 
ported by the roots. Was that probable, or would 
Nature regulate that herself ? 3. Would the Scotch 
pine (Sylvestris) make a symmetrical tree for 
each side of a large gate ? 
Ans — 1 . It seems to us that when the 
Ailanthus is cut back, its natural habit of 
suckering to excess would be still fur- 
thur increased. Yes, we think it would 
thrive in that situation. 2. We would 
think it advisable to thin out as stated 
by our friend, if it were done in a care¬ 
ful, judicious way—that is, cutting out 
only small branches and cutting them 
back close to the larger branch from 
which they grow. How much we would 
cut them back, would depend upon the 
fullness and symmetry of the tree. We 
think that it often happens from various 
causes, that the topsof maple trees often 
outgrow the root system. 3. Yes, if dis¬ 
budded or cut back from year to year, 
the Scotch pine would make a fairly 
symmetrical tree. But we would prefer 
the hemlock, or even the White pine for 
this purpose. The Swiss Stone pine is 
a dwarfer and more compact grower 
than the White pine. 
Sprouts from Eyeless Seed Pieces. 
T. F. P., New York. —I have heard it stated by 
old potato growers, that a piece of tuber on which 
there is no eye, will often put forth a sprout. If 
there is any truth in this, it has an important 
bearing on the question of machine vs. hand cut¬ 
ting for seed. Have your experiments touched 
this point? I have often observed that body logs 
of wood lying in a pile, will put forth branches 
from the end cuts, which seems to be a somewhat 
analogous case. 
Ans. —We have no definite information 
on this subject. As a matter of theory, 
it seems probable that potatoes may 
possess dormant, latent or adventitious 
eyes as well as other underground stems. 
Refitting an Old Lawn. 
C. E. J., Harrison, N. Y. —Can my lawn be 
materially improved by sowing more seed on top 
of the sod ? When should it be done ? Should the 
Mapes fertilizer be used before or after such 
application of seed ? 
Ans. —No, we do not believe it can be 
materially improved in this way. If the 
seed is to be sown upon the sod, it does 
not matter whether the fertilizer is sown 
before or after the seed. It would be 
well in either case, thoroughly to mix 
the fertilizer with equal quantities of 
good soil. We have had a deal of ex¬ 
perience in trying to renovate old lawns, 
and have about arrived at the conclusion 
that the best way is to dig or plow them 
up, add fresh soil, and resow. 
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