1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3i5 
RURAUSMS — Continued. 
averages larger, it gives more ears to the 
stalk, it is earlier; it matures during a 
longer period. The word “ Evergreen” 
may more appropriately be applied to 
this Zig-Zag than to the Stowell. Try 
it, friends, and kindly tell us whether you 
do or whether you do not indorse our 
estimate. 
Prof. Georgeson of the Kansas Agri- 
cultural College says that they have 
grown small areas of Crimson clover for 
several years, and the effort has invari¬ 
ably resulted in failure. Being an 
annual plant, and a reputed nitrogen 
gatherer, it was thought expedient to in¬ 
troduce it in one of the rotations under 
experiment, but it was found to do so 
poorly and yield so little that it was 
practically worthless. It can neither 
stand the dry summers, nor the cold 
winters. When sown in late summer, as 
is the practice here, Prof. Georgeson 
found that only a small per cent v\ould 
survive until spring. In no case has it 
compared favorably in yield or hardi¬ 
ness with Red Clover. 
.J. W. Stubenraucii, of Mexia, Tex., 
gives us a somewhat sad account of the 
fruit prospects of his State. He was 
obliged a few years ago to quit the nur¬ 
sery business because of the injury per¬ 
petrated by rabbits. It would seem that 
there is danger of their becoming as nu¬ 
merous as they are in Australia. During a 
long-continued cold spell with snow on 
the ground, the rabbits girdled, and thus 
destroyed, a considerable part of his stock 
of peaches, though the trunks had been 
smeared with bloody rabbit meat which 
usually protects them. It seems that 
before the advent of barbed wire, when 
most of the prairie country was yet 
open, the people could keep the rabbits 
in check by running them and catching 
them with greyhounds and other dogs. 
Now, all the land is fenced in, and for 
the most part in cultivation, and the rab¬ 
bits are multiplying threateningly. 
“ Early” should be dropped from the 
name, Lovett’s Early strawberry. It is 
not early, as The R. N.-Y. was the first 
to state. 
The Arkansas Station found the Ford- 
hook First (Burpee) the smoothest extra 
early kind of tomato tried. King of the 
Earlies ripened with the above, but was 
inferior to it in shape and size. The 
Everbearing cucumber (Thorburn) con¬ 
tinued in bearing for three weeks after 
all the other varieties had succumbed to 
drought, and produced marketable speci¬ 
mens eight days earlier than any other.. 
Word for Word. 
- Horticultural Review : “The gar¬ 
dener who has the most success, often 
has the most failures also.” 
“ A man often hits his enemy harder 
by not striking.” 
- Spurgeon : “Some temptations come 
to the industrious, but all temptations 
attack the idle.” 
- J. H. Hale in Florist’s Exchange : 
“ Sutton Beauty will be the leading 
market apple for the section of the 
United States where Baldwin has been 
so much in demand.” 
- T Greiner in Farm and Fireside : 
“As to the best variety of onions, I grow 
the Prizetaker, and no other.” 
“ I do not ever expect to introduce a 
new potato. By far too many are being 
introduced all the time which have no 
striking merit above our older standard 
sorts. Yet should I ever succeed in 
finding ‘a better potato than was intro¬ 
duced before,’ I shall not hesitate to 
bring it out. As for my chances of suc¬ 
cess, 1 would as soon expect to draw the 
first prize in a lottery.” 
-Dr. VV. I. Chamberlain in Ohio 
Farmer : “Every time thus far the Free¬ 
man potatoes have been a sad disappoint¬ 
ment in yield, giving less than half as 
many marketable potatoes per acre as 
the average of my other varieties under 
exactly the same conditions. The same 
testimony in substance was given at 
every institute last winter where the 
question was raised. It may pay to 
plant a few for home use, for the quality 
is certainly excellent.” 
FARMERS’ CLUB DISCUSSION. 
Hayrake Teeth and Stubble. 
E. H. B., Mount Riga, N. Y.—If A. L., 
page 219, uses a properly constructed 
hayrake, and keeps the teeth at the 
right height, it is safe to say that it will 
in no way injure his meadow. I have 
seen old-fashioned, and illy-constructed 
rakes that dig into the ground instead 
of running under the hay as they should. 
No doubt such machines destroy a cer¬ 
tain per cent of the grass roots, but I 
think even then the damage done is not 
great. 
Planting a Peach Orchard. 
G. N. D., Allegan County, Micii.— 
In answer to D. W. Hunter, page 6(5, re¬ 
garding the planting of a peach orchard. 
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Prepare the ground so as to have a 
deep, mellow soil. If any water stands 
on the ground, it should be thoroughly 
underdrained. His soil having a clay 
subsoil, I would advise subsoil plowing. 
Dig holes large enough to receive the 
tree with all the roots extended; enlarge 
the hole, but never bend the roots ; cut 
them back if very long. Dig holes about 
two feet deep, then partially fill with tine 
surface soil, leaving the center a little 
the highest, so that the roots can extend 
downward. According to their original 
growth, place the strongest roots in the 
direction of the strongest winds, spread¬ 
ing the roots evenly in their natural posi¬ 
tion, with ends of roots downward; thus 
they will act as brace roots and make 
the tree firm. Sift fine surface soil 
through and over the roots, but do not 
let them come in contact with decayed 
matter or manure. Lean the tree very 
much to the southwest as the north side 
of a tree grows faster, and that with the 
wind, will, in four or five years, bring 
the tree to the perpendicular. Pack the 
earth under and between all the roots, 
as solidly as possible, keeping the ends 
pushed down. Then fill up level, tread¬ 
ing or pounding the earth as solid as 
possible, to within one or two inches of 
the surface, which should be loose so 
that the water will not run off. Always 
plant a little deeper than the trees stood 
in the nursery ; hill up around the tree 
a little every fall, leveling again in 
spring. 
Trim close for 1% or 2 feet, then leave 
one-half inch of each branch, so that 
new branches will start. As soon as 
these grow one or two inches, rub off 
all but three or four buds, just enough 
to insure a symmetrical top, then take 
the top off. Take a cloudy day for set¬ 
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trees at a time from where they are 
heeled in. Have a barrel about half 
filled with water on a stone-boat. Place 
the roots of the trees in the water and 
drive along from hole to hole, taking 
out trees only as fast as needed for set¬ 
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