584 
Uhe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
m 
mm 
See  the  Difference 
show  green.  At  this  time,  careful  search 
will  show  the  very  young  aphis  feeding  on 
the  outside  of  the  leaves.  They  cannot 
get  inside  because  the  leaves  arc  not  open 
enough,  and  if  they  can  all  be  hit  with  a 
contact  poison  the  whole  season's  crop  of 
lice  will  be  spoiled.  We  seemed  to  have 
good  results  last  season  spraying  for  pear 
psylla  with  two  rigs  on  still  days.  Four 
men  on  the  two  rigs  could  hit  till  sides  of 
the  tree  at  once.  It  was  pretty  unpleas¬ 
ant  spraying,  but  seemed  to  do  the  work. 
Similar  methods  could  be  used  with  aphis. 
It  would  perhaps  not  be  necessary  to 
spray  from  all  sides  at  once,  but  it  would 
he  better  to  drive  all  the  way  around  each 
tree  so  as  to  wet  all  sides  of  every  twig. 
It  is  important  to  cover  the  entire  twig  at 
one  operation,  because  only  the  aphis  that 
are  hit  by  the  liquid  or  that  crawl  into  it 
while  it  is  wet  will  be  killed.  A  local 
manufacturer  of  insecticides  claims  that 
he  has  a  mixture  which  is  not  injurious  to 
the  trees,  but  which  will  kill  aphis  eggs. 
Experiments  last  Winter  seem  to  bear  out 
his  claims,  and  if  true  it  should  he  a  great 
help  in  lighting  the  pest.  It  will  not , 
however,  take  the  place  of  spraying  as  the 
lmds  begin  to  show  green.  Its  great  value 
will  he  in  reducing  the  number  of  aphis 
to  lie  killed  at  that  time.  In  any  case  we 
cannot  hope  to  wipe  out  the  aphis  en¬ 
tirely.  The  best  that  is  probable  is  that 
we  can  reduce  the  pest  to  the  point  where 
it  will  not  he.  any  more  dangerous  than 
some  of  the  scale  insects  are  now  in 
well-sprayed  orchards.  A.  c.  w. 
Wayne  County,  N.  Y. 
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THE  GARDEN  RECORD  BOOK 
Wood’s  Virginia 
ILnsilage  Corns. 
By  Harriet  Pomeroy  Thompson 
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Iron  and  Apple  Color 
A  Canadian  reader  semis  us  the  follow¬ 
ing  clipping  from  the  Toronto  Globe. 
^  Overlooking  the  valley  of  the  North 
Fork  of  the  Kettle  River,  a  few  miles 
above  Grand  Forks.  B.  there  is  a 
mountain  called  Volcanic  Mountain,  in 
which  there  is  a  large  percentage  of  iron. 
At  the  base  of  this  mountain,  which  is 
passed  by  the  Kettle  Valley  railway, 
there  are  many  tons  of  red  dusl.  consist¬ 
ing  largely  of  iron.  A  few  years  ago.  Mr. 
A.  D.  Morrison,  a  vineyardist.  of  Grand 
Forks,  who.  besides  growing  Concord  and 
other  grapes,  grows  apples,  determined  to 
try  an  experiment  with  the  dust  from  Vol¬ 
canic  Mountain,  with  the  object  of  find¬ 
ing  out  vybnt  effect  iron,  would  have  on 
the  coloring  of  apples. 
lie  had  two  apple  trees,  of  the  Wealthy 
variety,  which  were  of  the  same  age.  and 
apparently  similar  in  all  respects.  lie 
placed  some  of  the  iron  dust  at  the  roots 
of  one  of  the  trees,  but  none  at  the  roots 
of  the  other.  When  his  apples  ripened  in 
the  Fall,  he  found,  as  he  expected,  that 
there  was  a  distinct  Improvement  in  the 
coloring  of  the  apples  from  the  tree  which 
had  the  iron  dust  at  its  roots,  lie  found, 
also,  that  the  iron  had  another  unexpected 
and  marvellous  effect.  The  apples  from 
the  tree  with  the  iron  dust  at  its  roots 
lasted  two  full  month s  longer  than  the 
apples  from  the  other  tree. 
The  article  states  that  in  consequence  of 
this  discovery  large  quantities  of  iron 
filings  will  hi*  used  in  planting  young 
apple  trees  or  around  older  ones.  We 
submitted  the  matter  to  Prof.  U.  P.  Hed¬ 
rick  of  the  Geneva  Experiment  Station, 
who  replies  below : 
I  have  read  the  clipping  regarding  the 
use  of  “iron  dust  of  volcanic  origin"  about 
apple  trees  with  milch  interest.  In  spite 
of  the  definite  statements  made  by  the 
writer,  I  cannot  believe  that  the  iron  in 
this  dust  has  had  any  effect  on  either  the 
color  of  the  apples  or  their  keeping 
quality. 
For  a  quarter  of  a  century  at  least 
every  Eastern  horticulturist  has  been 
searching  for  .some  means  of  improving 
the  color  of  apples.  Iron  in  all  available 
forms  has  been  tried  time  and  time  again. 
At  this  station  we  carried  on  si  rather  ex¬ 
haustive  experiment  for  several  years 
with  iron  sulphate,  and  started  prelim¬ 
inary  tests  with  several  other  forms  of 
iron,  without  ever  in  the  least  being  able 
to  affect  the  trees  treated  in  any  way. 
The  truth  is  that  there  is  a  superabun¬ 
dance  of  iron  in  all  our  Northern  fruit 
soils  for  the  needs  of  any  plant,  and  the 
addition  of  more  is  but.  waste. 
In  particular.  I  am  sure  that  the  clos¬ 
ing  statements  of  the  article  under  discus¬ 
sion  recommending  that  waste  iron  and 
iron  filings  lie  used  about  the  trees  to 
heighten  color  are  but  so  many  words. 
The  materials  recommended  have  been 
tried  over  and  over  again  and  without 
effect.  Out  of  all  the  work  that  has  been 
done  at  the  various  stations  to  heighten 
the  color  of  apples,  we  are  now  only  able 
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Ed  wards  Legume  Bacteria  are  prepared  cSS 
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cool  nights  anti  cheeking  tree  growth 
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apples.  U.  P.  HEDRICK. 
The  Fruit  Catalogue  ;  Before  and  After 
The  two  pictures  on  page  579  might  be 
called  before  and  after  planting  the  fruit 
tree.  In  one  case  wo  have  the  man  look¬ 
ing  over  the  wonderful  fruit  catalogue. 
You  have  till  seen  him  and  recognize  from 
his  face  and  general  appearance  the  dream 
he  is  having  of  wonderful  success  in 
showing  his  neighbors  how  to  produce 
fruit.  The  pictures,  the  high  class  ink, 
and  the  poet  who  has  written  the  descrip¬ 
tion  of  those  fruits  have  all  combined  to 
got  this  man  in  a  position  where  he  would 
spend  his  good  money  for  almost  any¬ 
thing  in  the  fruit  line. 
A  tree  agent  would  look  at  this  man  as 
he  stands,  and  know  that  he  was  about 
the  finest  prospect  who  ever  came  along 
the  road.  This  man  will  soon  put  that 
catalogue  down  with  a  smile  on  his  face, 
pull  out  his  check  book  and  put  his  name 
on  paper  with  a  good  sum  of  money  in 
order  to  buy  those  wonderful  trees.  These 
are  certainly  happy  days  for  that  con¬ 
tented  individual,  and  also  for  the  tree 
agent. 
Now  let  us  look  at  the  other  side  of 
the  picture,  or  rather  the  other  picture. 
It  is  the  same  man,  a  little  older  perhaps 
and  a  little  wiser,  but  the  same  indi¬ 
vidual  ;  look  at  his  face  and  then  glance 
back  at  (be  other  picture.  Where  is  the 
catalogue  with  its  fine  print  and  glowing 
promises?  The  children  probably  cut 
those  pictures  out  long  ago  and  pasted 
them  into  a  scrap  book,  and  the  catalogue 
doubtless  went  to  kindle  the  fire.  Our 
friend  has  waited  with  more  or  less  pa¬ 
tience  through  the  years  for  the  good  time 
coming  when  those  trees  would  produce 
that  wonderful  fruit.  lie  was  going  to 
pick  specimens  off  the  trees,  climb  over 
the  fence  and  hold  them  right  under  the 
nose  of  that  neighbor  of  his  who  told  him 
when  the  trees  came  that  he  would  be 
disappointed.  lie  finally  went  out  and 
luis  picked  the  crop,  lie  holds  one  fruit 
u|*  for  n  close  examination  and  the  rest 
of  the  crop  is  in  his  left  hand.  You 
would  hardly  call  it  the  same  individual. 
Where  is  the  brave  and  confident  air 
which  we  find  in  that  first  picture?  Can 
this  dejected-looking  man  with  his  cap  on 
one  side,  with  his  dropping  shoulders,  and 
that  disappointed  face,  be  the  man  who 
went  through  that  gaudy  catalogue  and 
told  his  wife  and  the  neighbors  what  he 
was  going  to  do  with  those  fruits?  It  is 
the  very  same,  and  here  you  have  a  pic- 
tun*  of  the  most  unhappy  time  of  the 
buek-to-the-hindor's  life,  because  his 
dream  has  gone.  Instead  of  a  wise,  know- 
it-all  character  events  have  proved  him  a 
first  cousin  of  tin*  citizen  in  the  pond- 
lnde  that  his  hoys  go  and  fish  for  on  Sat¬ 
urday  afternoon. 
The  sad  story  is  tohl  in  print,  and  yet 
it  may  not  be  all  the  nurseryman's  fault, 
for  what  we  see  in  this  man’s  hand  is  a 
bunch  of  mummied,  blighted  fruit.  The 
nurseryman,  may  have  done  his  share,  or 
at  least,  a  part  of  it.  and  possibly  our 
friend  in  the  picture  neglected  to  spray  or 
properly  take  care  of  his  tree.  Such 
things  have  happened  before  now,  and  it 
is  very  convenient  to  charge  all  these 
troubles  up  against  the  nurseryman.  We 
have  a  notion,  however,  that  the  tree 
agent  told  this  man  that  he  had  blight- 
proof  fruit,  lie  probably  told  him  that 
it  was  absolutely  impossible  for  this  fruit 
ever  to  rot,  decay,  or  blight.  Nine  chances 
in  10  this  was  one  of  the  wonderful  fruits 
which  have  a  covering  of  wool  like  a 
sheep,  so  thick  that  frost,  cannot  hurt  it. 
and  yet  the  wool  is  so  tender  and  juicy 
that  it  will  melt  in  your  mouth  like  sugar. 
Lot  us  imagine  for  tie  sake  of  this  man’s 
feelings,  that  the  agent  tohl  him  that  and 
made  him  believe  it.  At  any  rate  the  poor 
fellow  has  come  to  the  stern  realities  of 
life,  and  his  hopes  are  wrecked.  Yet  lie 
is  not.  an  old  man,  and  let  us  hope  he  will 
start  over  again  with  a  new  outfit  of  fruit 
trees,  and  start  right  this  time. 
“Don’t  yez  know  y it  how  t’  drive  a 
nail  widout  mashin’  yer  t'umb?”  gleefully 
inquired  the  hod  carrier  of  the  injured 
carpenter.  “No,”  retorted  the  carpenter 
hotly,  “an’  neither  do  you.”  -“Share  Oi 
do.”  returned  the  hod  carrier.  “Hould 
th’  hammer  wid  both  hands.” — Credit 
host. 
