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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 5 
A Mode / State Fair. 
F. R. F., Plainville, O.—In reading 
about the New York State Fair, I 
couldn’t help thinking of the contrast. 
At the Ohio State Fair at Columbus, 
there was not a show or a gambling 
arrangement of any kind; everything 
was quiet for such crowds—no beer 
stands ; I did not see a drunken man on 
the grounds. There was plenty of coffee, 
tea and milk, cider, etc., at five cents 
per cup or glass. One of the best feat¬ 
ures of the fair, was the rest tent; the 
W. C. T. U. had a large tent where the 
ladies could go and lie down for a rest. 
The State Grange have a hall of their 
own, and there was always a Patron in 
charge ; here Patrons could go and leave 
their dinner baskets, sit down and rest; in 
fact, it was headquarters for all Patrons. 
Then there was a two-days reunion, 
when good speakers were provided, and 
a general good time was enjoyed by all. 
These things make the people feel that 
they have an interest in the fair, and 
they look ahead to next year for another 
week when they can go and meet friends, 
see the fine fruits of the land, where 
their children are not beaten out of 
every cent in their pockets besides tak¬ 
ing their first lesson in gambling. I 
believe that hundreds of the men that 
follow gambling, took their first lessons 
at the wheel of fortune during the fair. 
Let the farmers demand a decent fair, 
or none. 
R. N.-Y.—There was no gambling or 
drunkenness at the New York State 
Fair. There was more or less speaking 
there each day. Let it be understood 
that our objection to that fair is the fact 
that the grounds were covered with side 
shows, many of which were not fit to be 
seen. We are receiving many letters 
thanking us for the stand we have taken. 
The managers can’t make us believe that 
the solid farmers of this State will back 
them up in such an exhibition. 
Some Early Elberta Peaches. 
O. M. L., Minnesota City, Minn. —Re¬ 
ferring to The R. N.-Y. of September 
14, page 620, in regard to Mr. Hale’s 
Elberta peaches ripe on the 4th. inst. 
being the first full basket ripened at the 
North, we are not so far behind as to be 
lost. I picked, September 9, a few ripe 
ones, and to-day they are all in fine con¬ 
dition. The smallest one to be found 
measures 7% inches the small way, and 
some of the largest nine inches. These 
trees were sent to me by J. W. Kerr, by 
mail, two years ago last spring, with 
some John Haas, which were fully ripe 
August 10, and some Early Rivers, which 
were ripe August 17. Though our mar¬ 
ket is Hooded with Michigan peaches, 
the flavor of ours satisfies us. All our 
fruits this year ripen earlier than usual 
except some grapes. The Miner plum s 
now ripe (September 16), but usually 
ripens here in October. 
R. N.-Y.—What Mr. Hale meant was 
the first crop large enough to be sold. 
“What Ails the Apple Orchard?” 
F. S. C., Holliday's Cove, W. Va.— 
We had a similar experience to that 
given on page 646, with a young orchard 
a few years ago. I think the reason of 
getting no fruit, is wholly due to the 
treatment, as to catch crops. While the 
berries, which were planted during the 
early growth of the young trees, were of 
no benefit to the trees, yet they would 
not seriously injure them if both were 
kept thoroughly cultivated, and free 
from weeds. Rut 1 would not advise 
setting berries with young trees, for 
berries draw very hard on the soil at a 
season when the trees should have all 
the latent energy that the soil affords. 
As for taking off oats and rye after the 
berries have been taken off, that is 
where we made our mistake, and is the 
worst thing that could have been done 
for the welfare of the trees. The oats 
are worse than the rye, since they are a 
quicker crop. But either is bad for a 
young growing orchard for it takes from 
the soil, in the spring, and during the 
growing season, all, or nearly all, the 
available plant food, and leaves the trees 
almost without food. Their leaves turn 
and fall much earlier than they do nor¬ 
mally. 
The absence of fruit buds may be due 
to not having the trees properly pruned, 
which is very important to a young or¬ 
chard, if one wish to get symmetrical 
trees, with smooth, stout trunks. Keep 
all the water sprouts cut off and thin 
out all the small branches in the center 
of the trees, leaving only such branches 
as will be necessary when the tree is 
grown. “ Oh ! this will cut away all of 
my young trees ! ” It may, if they have 
not been pruned so ; but you should do 
it, sooner or later, and while the tree is 
growing, the small wounds will heal. If 
left until the trees are grown, the 
wounds will never heal, but instead will 
start decay, which will soon reach the 
heart of the tree. In a few years, the 
orchard, which should be in its prime, 
will be on the decline. 
Sowing clover in the orchard during 
the summer, to plow under in early 
spring, is a good thing. This puts the 
green crop down to the roots of the 
trees, where decomposition takes place, 
and the trees get the benefit of the plant 
food stored in the clover just at the time 
they are setting their fruit, and making 
new wood. 
The Single Taxers in Delaware. 
W. W., Dover, Del. —The single-tax 
campaign in Delaware is cowardly and 
dishonest; otherwise it is idiotic. In 
Kent County, which is almost wholly 
agricultural in its material interests, the 
single taxers preach to the farmers that, 
to raise all public revenues by a tax on 
land values, will heavily tax city lots, 
and reduce the taxes on farms ; hence 
make farming more profitable. At the 
same time, they say that it will destroy 
land monopoly, and so benefit the poor 
man by making land cheaper so that he 
can buy it. They say further that it will 
in no way destroy titles, but will allow 
men to keep the farms that they have. 
If they are honest, how idiotic ! For if 
farming is made more profitable by the 
single tax, and titles in land are not dis¬ 
turbed, farm land will advance in price 
because it will be producing a greater 
income. In trying to make out a strong 
case, they have overdone it and destroyed 
their argument. Converts so far are few. 
Saving Frosted Vines. 
D. S. Marvin, Watertown, N. Y.— 
Last spring, The R. N.-Y. published an 
article detailing the result of breaking 
out all the young canes of frozen grape 
vines, leaving one frozen central cane to 
note the results. I have now, in Sep¬ 
tember, to report the complete success 
of the experiment, a vigorous normal 
growth of all expect the central cane, 
which is only two feet long, internodes 
only from one to three inches between 
buds, dwarfed and scrawny enough 
surely, showing that a healthy grow’th 
cannot be obtained from frozen canes. 
Evidently the frost bursted some of the 
cells, and when growth was re-estab¬ 
lished, the uninjured cells were more or 
less contracted so that there was less 
circulation of sap in the central cane. 
Good Culture is Manure. 
Prof. I. P. Roberts, Ithaca, N. Y.— 
I notice what you say about an applica¬ 
tion of 700 pounds of fertilizer to the 
acre, but I think you will agree with me 
that success may often be secured with¬ 
out fertilizers, if proper cultivation is 
had. I visited a corn field near Ithaca 
where the sheaves which were cut by an 
Osborne corn harvester, covered the 
ground so completely that but few of 
the stubbles were visible ; this, too 
without any fertilizers or barn manures, 
The following extract 1 take from Mr. 
John Banfield’s letter of September 18. 
He resides in a hemlock district on poor 
land: “I planted my corn 1x3% feet, 
did not use a hiller on my plow, and it 
astonishes the old farmers here. The 
corn, Sibley’s Pride of the North, is 12 
to 14 feet high on poor, worn-out land. 
The men cannot reach some of the ears. 
It will yield 100 bushels of corn per 
acre.” This man has followed my in¬ 
structions very carefully in regard to 
planting, variety and, especially, cul¬ 
ture, and the results are shown in this 
dry season on the hemlock hills at the 
head of Cayuga Lake. 
A Succession of Fruits. 
C. F. McN., Moorestown, N. J.— 
Apples in succession : Primate, Red 
Astrachan, Yellow Transparent, Olden- 
burgh, William’s Favorite, Gravenstein, 
Fall Pippin, Fameuse, Twenty Ounce, 
King of Tompkins County, Rhode Island 
Greening, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Sut¬ 
ton Beauty, Roxbury Russet, and, long¬ 
est keeping and best colored of all, 
Arkansas Black. 
Pears in succession : Angel, Doyenn6 
d’Ete, Wilder’s Early, Tyson, Clapp’s 
Favorite, Bartlett. Sheldon. Idaho, Clair- 
geau, Frederick Clapp, Duchess, Law¬ 
rence, Anjou, Josephine Malines, Winter 
Nelis, P. Barry. 
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