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ly  detract  from  the  value  of  the  wood  if 
the  tree  is  large  enough  to  make  finish 
boa  rds. 
I’ine  trees  to  do  their  best  should  be 
near  together  to  kill  out  the  lower 
branches  when  they  are  small.  These 
can  be  easily  removed  when  dead  and 
dry*  Live  limbs  can  be  removed  without 
producing  the  pitch  spots  by  first  cut¬ 
ting  them  off  a  foot  or  more  from  the 
trunk  and,  after  they  are  dead  and  dry, 
removing  them  close  to  the  bark.  It  is 
doubtful,  however,  if  th is  would  be  a 
profitable  process. 
RURALISMS 
?  he  Everbearing  Strawberries 
My  opinion  of  this  class  of  straw¬ 
berries,  after  a  test  extending  back  to 
their  first  ancestor,  the  Pan-American, 
is  that  they  are  of  no  commercial  value 
in  most  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  ab¬ 
normal  for  plants  to  have  two  seasons 
of  fruitage  in  the  same  year,  and  they 
can  only  succeed  under  most  favorable 
conditions.  Such  conditions  are  plenty 
of  moisture  and  a  moderate  temperature, 
and  these  are  the  exception  in  the  Mis¬ 
sissippi  Valley  during  the  months  of 
July,  August  and  up  to  the  15th  or  20th 
of  September.  The  same  facts  hold  true 
of  the  so-called  everbearing  raspberries. 
For  the  amateur  who  is  williug  to  pet  a 
few  plants  in  his  garden,  or  for  the  spe¬ 
cialist  who  is  prepared  to  furnish  water 
by  irrigation,  and  perhaps  t<>  shade  the 
Prize  Apples  Sent  Wilson 
Washington,  Nov.  23 — Dr.  Francis 
Thomas  of  Randy  Spring,  Md.,  sent 
to  President  Wilson  today  the  apples 
for  which  the  Marylander  was  award¬ 
ed  the  first  prize  at  the  Maryland 
Week  show  in  Baltimore  last  week. 
The  fruit  is  intended  for  the  White 
House  Thanksgiving  dinner. 
(Baltimore  Sun) 
These  apples  came  from  trees  that  had 
been  protected  by  spraying  with  Pyrox. 
Why  not  spray  your  trees  with  it  and  get 
‘‘apples  fit  for  the  President.” 
Aphis  on  Snowball;  Wood  Ashes; 
Cyclamens 
1.  Last  Spring  my  Japanese  snowball 
bush  was  attacked  by  leaf-curl  and  aphis. 
Is  there  any  remedy  for  it?  2.  When  is 
the  best  time  to  apply  hard-wood  ashes 
to  young  fruit  trees?  3.  What  ails  my 
Cyclamen  seedlings?  Last  February  I 
planted  a  packet  of  seeds  ami  12  came 
up,  but.  soon  damped  off,  and  the  remain¬ 
ing  one  has  almost  stood  still  ever  since 
as  it  has  only  two  small  leaves  at  pres¬ 
ent.  I  was  very  careful  about  the  soil, 
and  prepared  it  according  to  a  pamphlet, 
“Rare  Flowers  From  Seed.”  G.  b. 
Medway,  Mass. 
1.  The  leaf-cure  on  your  Japanese 
snowball  was  caused  by  the  aphides.  If 
there  is  a  recurrence  of  the  aphis  this 
year,  spray  with  kerosene  emulsion  or 
whale  oil  soap.  These  remedies  can  be 
purchased  from  any  of  the  leading  see  l 
houses  or  dealers  in  insecticides.  Full 
directions  on  the  packages  for  using. 
2.  1  prefer  to  apply  wood  ashes  to 
fruit  trees  in  early  Spring,  as  the  Cach¬ 
ings  will  then  be  available  and  in  full 
strength  for  use,  when  Spring  growth 
starts. 
3.  As  I  do  not  know  the  conditions, 
under  which  the  Cyclamens  were  at¬ 
tempted  to  be  grown  it  is  impossible  to 
guess  the  real  trouble.  So  I  will  there¬ 
fore  give  full  instructions  how  to  grow 
Cyclamen  successfully  from  seed,  and  you 
will  no  doubt  he  then  able  to  toll  pretty 
accurately  what  caused  the  failure.  Cy¬ 
clamen  seed  should  be  sown  in  moder¬ 
ate  heat,  in  shallow  boxes  or  seed  pans, 
filled  with  a  compost  of  leaf  mold,  well 
rotted  manure  and  coarse  sand  thorough¬ 
ly  mixed.  As  soon  os  the  seedlings  have 
made  the  second  leaf,  they  should  he 
pricked  out  into  what  are  known  as 
thumb  pots,  filled  with  the  same  kind 
of  soil  and  be  placed  on  a  shelf  in  the 
greenhouse  near  the  glass,  keeping  them 
shaded  from  direct  sunlight.  Water  very 
carefully;  at  no  time  must  they  be  al¬ 
lowed  to  dry  out,  nor  must  they  be  over 
watered,  as  both  extremes  are  equally 
fatal.  When  the  small  pots  are  filled 
with  roots,  shift  them  into  2%  or  three- 
inch  pots,  making  no  change  in  the  kind 
of  soil  used,  nor  in  the  care  of  them. 
About  the  first  of  September,  they  will 
need  to  be  shifted  into  larger  pots,  which 
should  he  at  least  five  inches  in  size. 
They  should  be  in  flower  not  later  than 
early  January,  following  the  sowing  of 
seed.  Cyclamens  require  quite  an  even 
temperature,  more  so  than  most  of  the 
ordinary  greenhouse  plants,  which  should 
range  between  50  and  60  degrees.  If  the 
above  instructions  can  be  carried  out 
there  should  be  success.  K. 
1  yrox  is  the  spray  used  by  most  growers  of  prize 
fruit.  It  turns  out  better  apples  as  to  finish,  color  and 
keeping  quality,  increases  the  vigor  of  the  tree  and 
keeps  apples  on  until  mature — reduces  wind-falls — 
you  send  more  to  market  and  less  to  the  cider  mill. 
It  prevents  wormy  apples  and  fungus.  Adheres  to 
foliage  through  heavy  rains,  is  easy  to  use,  and  with 
suitable  nozzles  goes  further  than  other  sprays. 
Spray  your  apples  and  other  fruit  trees  with  it. 
Spray  your  potatoes  and  other  vegetables  with  it. 
Get  acquainted  with  Pyrox — you  might  like  it! 
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but  for  the  gro  rer  who  gives  the  ever- 
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a  few  plants  of  the  everbearing  straw¬ 
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people  for  their  novelty,  but  beyond  that 
I  can  speak  no  word  in  their  favor  as 
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In  another  agricultural  paper  recently 
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