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TREES 
Qualities  Needed  in  Seed  Potatoes 
Every  farmer  and  fruit  crow.  IFJTM  Uk 
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of  our  own-grown  apple,  peach,  pear,  plum, 
cherry  and  quince  trees.  Also  small  fruits, 
ornamentals  and  shrubs.  All  well-rooted, 
clean  and  thrifty.  Large,  firm  texture,  hardy, 
and  vigorous.  Explains  our  Service  depart- 
ment.  Gives  planting  directions, 
plans  for  farm  or  suburban  garden, 
l(' IVJ  etc.  Write  for  your  copy  to-day. 
Kins  Brothers  Nurseries 
"".Hi...1  7  OaH  Str«ot,  Danavfllo,  New  York 
New  York  City,  Lonrgjalslnnd  potatoes 
sometimes  bring  prices .  double  those  of 
infer!, or  quality,  such  n.s  the  American 
Giants  or  the  McCormicks.  It  may  be 
foolish  for  buyers  to  pay  better  prices 
for  potatoes  with  white  skins  than  for 
(hose  with  red  or  ulut  out  if  t hey  do  it 
is  equally  foolish  for  rh*-  farmer  to  raise 
anything  else,  unless  lie  can  get  an  in¬ 
creased  yield  or  something  else  to  make 
uj)  the  difference  in  value.  Old  farmers 
will  remember  how  the  red  and  blue 
kinds,  common  50  years  ago,  have  all  dis¬ 
appeared  except  fur  early  markets.  IOven 
there  much  of  the  Cobbler's  popularity 
is  due  tn  its  white  skin  and  round  shape. 
The  large  city  markets  want  good  cook¬ 
ing  quail  y,  round  to  oblong  shape  with 
out  knots  ir  cracks,  smooth  white  skin, 
even  medium  size  with  but  few  e.ther 
Grafting  Old  Pear  Trees 
I  have  an  old  healthy  pear  tree,  worth¬ 
less  variety,  that  bears  a  bushel  or  two 
of  fruit  every  year;  it  is  tilmut  .'50  feet 
high.  Is  it  possible  to  graft  or  Imd  some 
good  varieties  "ii  this?  Would  you  ad¬ 
vise  witting  off  It)  to  15  feet  of  top? 
"When  is  best  time  to  bud?  The  trunk  is 
about  10  to  12  inches  diameter,  no 
branches  within  nine  feet  of  ground.  Can 
you  graft  into  old  wood  the  same  as  an 
apple  tree?  Is  it  advisable  to  cover  scion 
completely  to  the  top  with  grafting  wax 
to  keep  it  from  drying?  j.  M. 
Stockbridge,  Mass. 
Twenty  years  ago  I  bought  200  wild 
seedling  pear  trees,  and  have  been  trying 
ever  since  to  make  them  into  good  trees, 
but  it  would  have  been  better  to  have 
bought  regular  budded  stock.  They  were 
changed  over  by  cleft  grafting.  Some 
v.i'd  stocks,  however,  grew  up  like  the  one 
IX'  Bros.  &  Wells  CoJ 
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FRUIT  TREES 
Vines,  Berries,  Shrubs,  Roses  and  Ornamentals 
have  been  for  years  advertised  in  the  Farm  Papers 
k  which  guarantee  their  mlVevtlPing —  If  the  trees 
%  laid  nut  mail"  gum  I  this  advertisement  would 
M  not  appear.  Wc  invite  you  to  visit  our  Nursery  of  -100 
■  ueres,  dm  largest  in  New  York  State,  or  send  for  our 
i  big-,  free,  wholesale  catalog,  with  colored  illustrations, 
Bi  of  Fruit,  Nut,  ornamental  Trees,  A-l  Maloney  quality 
"J  sold  at  cost,  plus  one  profit  only.  Write  today.  See 
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Perfect  Confidence  in  KELLY  TREES 
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from  our  Nurseries  to  your  orchard  at  grower's  prices. 
'■  r  KELLY  Service  Is  Personal  Service 
Af  When  you  plant  a  Kelly  Tree  you  know  lhat  it  has  received  the  per¬ 
sonal  attention  of  one  of  the  five  Kelly  Brothers  from  the  seedling  to  the 
shipment.  Our  trees  are  guaranteed  absolulely  to  be  sturdy,  free  from  disease,  and  true  to  name. 
You  do  not  speculate  in  Kelly  slock,  you  invest  in  Kelly  security. 
KELLY  ROSES  and  SHRUBS 
We  offer  the  finest  selection  of  hardy,  fieldgrown  Hybrid  Perpetual  and 
Hybrid  Tea  or  Everblooming  Roses,  Maman  Cochet,  American  Beauty, 
0  and  Killarney.  Two-year-old  No.  I 
--  o  strong  bushes. 
f' -  **  ,  Our  flowering  shrubs  include  the  finest  specimens 
,  i  f  Bush  Hydrangea,  Snowball,  Spireas,  Magno- 
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You’ll  Never  Regret  Planting  Kelly  Stock 
Cleaning  Gooseberries  with  a  Fanning  Mill  on  a  Canada  Farm 
v  M’v  small  v-r  very  largo,  ami  freedom 
from  blemishes  such  us  rot.  scab  or  frost 
injury.  Any  section  or  grower  able  to 
ship  earloads  of  potatoes  having  these 
qualities  will  get  better  prices  than  do 
others  deficient  in  one  or  more  of  them. 
New  York.  daniel  dean. 
Future  of  Family  Fruit  Packing 
Speaking  of  high-class  fruit  and  pack¬ 
ing  for  a  special  trade,  the  picture  on  our 
first  page  is  a  good  cue  to  study.  This 
represents  a  fruit  grower  in  M.ehjgar, 
Mr,  Oliver  Coith,  who  makes  a  business 
of  packing  and  shipping  first-class  ap¬ 
ples.  You  will  see  that  this  packing  ami 
handling  is  a  family  affair,  in  which  the 
women  folks  and  the  children  are  inter¬ 
ested.  All  sorts  of  packages  are  used, 
the  barrel,  the  basket  and  the  mailing 
package  as  well,  and  those  apples  are 
thoroughly  examined  and  classified  be¬ 
fore  they  over  leave  the  place.  No  culls 
will  be  found  in  a  package  of  this  sort, 
for  even  the  boy  is  being  brought  up  t<> 
grade  and  sample  properly.  Tins  is  the 
only  way  to  make  sure  of  a  high-class 
fruit  market,  that  is  have  somebody  right 
on  the  job  who  is  personally  interested 
in  the  matter,  and  whose  feelings  would 
be  deeply  hurt  if  anything  were  found  in 
that,  package  that  was  not  right. 
We  believe  that  in  the  future  more  and 
more  of  this  family  or  home-packing  of 
high-grade  fruit  is  to  he  done,  and  in  this 
we  see  the  best  opportunity  for  the  small¬ 
er  fruit  grower  tn  make  a  great  success 
of  his  business.  On  cannot  compete  with 
the  big  commercial  orchards  in  the  low 
cost  of  production,  or  in  the  immense 
volume  of  fruit,  but  lie  can  put  out  a 
high-class  quality,  every  specimen  thor¬ 
oughly  guaranteed  to  be  true  to  grade 
and  properly  marked.  In  this  way  he 
can  go  upon  the  market,  wi.th  what  really 
amounts  to  a  patent,  and  by  handling  his 
goods  so  that  every  specimen  has  the  en¬ 
dorsement  of  a  member  of  his  own  fam¬ 
ily.  lie  can  build  up  a  great  trade  and 
bold  it.  We  firmly  believe  that  this  is 
to  he  the  future  of  many  an  intelligent 
family  who  will  be  enabled  in  this  way 
to  make  more  than  a  fair  profit  out  of 
their  fruit. 
knurled  stock  and  the  tree  may  he  short¬ 
lived.  because  of  the  large  cut  on  the  main 
stock.  I  should  graft  the  side  branches 
as  low  as  you  can  find  them  large  enough, 
and  also  graft  the  trunk  near  the  top, 
later  thin  out  the  ungrnfied  branches. 
1  twilling  of  pears  and  apples  in  an  aver¬ 
age  season  is  best  done  about  the.  last  if 
August.  In  grafting  cover  only  the  cut 
parts  and  wounds  with  wax,  delay  graft¬ 
ing  until  most  of  the.  windy  dry  weather 
is  over.  G.  B.  F. 
Wiley  Trees 
GREW  PRIZE  WINNING 
FRUIT  at  CALIFORNIA 
EXPOSITION — read  fol¬ 
lowing  letter  from  Grant  G. 
Hitchings,  whose  name  is  a 
household  word  among 
Apple  Growers. 
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licnllcini'ii;  1  'hunk  you  lor  your  roman  filiations  rrlntivc  to 
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