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RURALISMS 
Tree  Fruits  for  Local  Trade 
I  expect  to  sot.  out  about  100  apple 
trees  next  Spring,  200  peach  trees,  50 
pears,  10  plum  and  10  cherry  trees.  I 
expect  to  sell  the  fruit  of  these  trees  lo¬ 
cally.  so  that  I  want  fruit  that  will  taste 
good  rather  than  stand  shipping.  This 
refers  to  peaches  especially.  The  ap¬ 
ples.  with  the  exception  of  early  varie¬ 
ties,  must  he  kinds  that  will  taste  good 
and  keep  well.  I  have  found  the  Bald¬ 
win  and  Spy  good  keepers,  and  suppose 
there  are  other  good  varieties.  I  know 
very  little  about  fruit  culture  and  would 
like  your  advice.  How  far  apart  is  it 
best  to  plant  the  trees?  I  notice  some 
growers  advise  the  use  of  tillers  among 
the  apple  trees.  Will  peach  trees  serve 
for  this  purpose,  or  should  I  use  apples 
as  fillers?  The  soil  is  a  gravelly  loam 
and  slopes  north,  south  and  west. 
Boon  ton,  N.  .T.  F.  D.  j. 
You  ask  for  a  list  of  the  best  varie¬ 
ties  of  the  different  fruits.  I  would  ad¬ 
vise  against  using  too  many  varieties  and 
suggest  that  you  confine  yourself  to  the 
following,  which  have  been  thoroughly 
tried  out.  in  your  State: 
Apples:  Yellow  Transparent,  Williams 
Early  Red.  Duchess  of  Oldenburg, 
Twenty  Ounce,  Wealthy,  McIntosh  Red, 
Stayman  Winesap,  Baldwin. 
Pears:  Duchess,  Kicffor,  Bartlett,  An¬ 
jou,  Seckel, 
Peaches:  Carman,  Miss  T.olo,  Ililey, 
Champion,  Belle  of  Georgia,  Elberta,  Fox 
Seedling,  Iron  Mountain. 
Plums:  Japanese,  Red  June,  Abund¬ 
ance.  European,  Green  Gage,  Lombard. 
Cherries:  'Sour,  Early  Richmond, 
Montmorency.  Sweet,  Napoleon,  Black 
Tartarian. 
The  standard  apple  trees,  that  is, 
those  that  are  to  remain  after  the  fillers 
are  removed,  should  be  planted  40  feet 
apart  each  way.  These  include  the 
Twenty  Ounce,  Stayman,  Winesap  and 
Baldwin.  The  other  varieties  are  excel¬ 
lent  fillers  and  quick  bearers,  with  the 
possible  exception  of  the  Williams  Early 
Red,  which  is  slow  in  starting.  I  would 
suggest  that  the  peaches  be  set  by  them¬ 
selves  10x20  feet  apart.  Plum  trees 
should  be  sot  the  same  distance  apart; 
while  the  pears  and  cherry  tres  may  be 
planted  25xf»0  feet. 
A  New  Paper-making  Plant 
During  the  past  few  years  paper-mak¬ 
ers  have  begun  to  be  frightened  over  the 
problem  of  securing  paper  stock.  Wood 
pulp  and  rags  have  been  used  for  this, 
but  the  supply  of  both  is  decreasing, 
while  the  demand  for  paper  is  multiply¬ 
ing  every  year.  Rye  straw  is  used  for 
certain  kinds  of  paper-making,  and 
every  now  and  then  an  argument  for 
cornstalks  appears,  but  the  search  for 
new  paper  stock  goes  on  all  over  the 
world.  In  China  bamboos  and  rice  straw 
arc  being  tried.  The  stalks  of  sorghum, 
as  grown  iu  Manchuria,  may  help,  and 
in  Mexico  several  kinds  of  wood  are  be¬ 
ing  tried  out.  Plants  which  grow  in  the 
Upper  Nile  are  under  experiment,  and  also 
various  kinds  of  bamboo  which  grow  in 
the  Philippines;  It  is  said  that  about 
80%  of  the  paper  stock  used  in  this 
country  comes  from  wood;  something 
like  4,500,000  cords  of  wood  are  used  each 
year  for  paper  making,  and  even  with 
this  there  arc  imports  of  nearly  000,000 
tons  of  wood  pulp.  The  figures  show 
that  the  wood  suitable  for  this  paper 
stock  is  being  removed  each  year  three 
times  as  fast  as  it  grows.  There  is  no 
wonder  that  both  scientific  and  practical 
men  are  hunting  for  plants  which  may 
help  in  the  manufacture  of  paper.  The 
Agricultural  Department  now  issues  a 
bulletin  on  zacaton  (Epicampes  Mac- 
roura  Benth.)  This  plant  is  a  form  of 
wire  grass,  giving  a  tough,  hard  root,  and 
a  firm  solid  growth  above  ground.  It 
grows  in  the  Southwestern  part  of  this 
country  on  South  through  Mexico,  and  is 
exclusively  an  American  product.  Large 
quantities  of  the  root  are  now  dug  and 
shipped  to  Europe,  from  Mexico,  where 
they  are  used  for  brushes  and  similar 
work.  Up  to  this  time  the  top  of  the 
plant  or  the  grass  proper  has  not  found 
much  practical  use,  but  experiments  show 
that  it  will  make  a  strong  paper  of  good 
quality,  and  the  prospect  is  that  it  will 
he  found  very  suitable  for  paper  stock. 
This  ought  to  give  a  new  and  important 
product  to  the  Southwestern  part  of  this 
country,  and  Northern  and  Oentral  Mex¬ 
ico,  and  when  (he  business  is  fully  de¬ 
veloped  this  zacaton  may  take  a  leading 
part  in  the  production  of  paper. 
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