131  times  as  many 
Mr,  J.  S.  WuEPPER,  Delray,  Fla.,  sprayed  his 
tomato  vines  tvith  PYROX,  and  writes:  “I  picked 
crates  tomatoes  from  the  acre  besides 
leaving  200  crates  on  the  vines,  it 
.  being  too  late  to  get  prices. 
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RURALISMS 
Trimming  Maple  Trees 
I  have  four  maple  trees,  in  front  of  my 
residence,  which  have  been  growing 
about  25  years.  What  is  the  proper  time 
to  cut  out  limbs  which  are  spreading  so 
they  almost  reach  my  house,  and  what  is 
best  to  apply  on  new  wood  after  sawing? 
Eddyville,  N.  Y.  j.  r.  d. 
The  proper  time  for  trimming  dead 
wood  out  of  maple  trees  is  during  the 
Summer,  after  the  sap  has  discontinued 
its  volume  of  flow  and  when  the  foliage 
is  on  the  trees,  which  will  assist  the  op¬ 
erator  in  determining  the  branches  that 
are  actually  dead.  Of  course,  the  trim¬ 
ming  of  any  part  of  the  tree  may  take 
place  during  the  Winter  season  while  the 
When  You  Thresh  with  the 
there  ain’t  no  such  thing 
large  rods  which  are  easily  peeled.  1  be 
Americau  is  the  smaller  kind  and  some¬ 
what  uneven  in  growth  Roth  are  quite 
common  along  the  banks  of  streams.  The 
Americau  green  may  he  distinguished  by 
the  long  leaves  with  irregular  edges,  and 
the  stout  green  sprouts.  The  Belgian  is 
about  the  same  as  the  American  green, 
and  is  readily  bought  by  the  Boston  chair 
and  furniture  factories.  Willow  cuttings 
of  several  varieties  have  been  supplied  to 
growers  by  the  forestry  service  of  the  IT. 
Si.  Department  of  Agriculture.  See  also 
the  Department’s  Farm  Bulletin  No.  (122 
and  the  recent  bulletin  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Forestry,  Syracuse 
summei.time 
Neglected  Peach  Trees 
Will  you  tell  me  how  to  treat  peach 
trees  about  four  years  old  that  have  de¬ 
veloped  into  more  shrub-like  than  tree¬ 
like  form?  These  trees  were  set  out  for 
us  by  a  farmer  who  at  that  time  was 
running  the  farm  for  ns.  and  have  re¬ 
ceived  little  attention  since.  A.  g  p. 
Woodhill.  Pa. 
To  the  majority  of  peach  growers  the 
slirub-like  form  of  these  trees  would  not 
be  considered  a  serious  fault  Nowadays, 
the  practice  of  quite  all  progressive  peach 
growers  is  to  head  the  trees  very  low, 
starting  the  lower  branches  in  many 
cases  but  a  foot  or  so  above  ground, 
training  the  trees  into  low  spreading 
form.  This  sort  of  tree  is  not  so  liable 
to  be  broken  down  by  storms,  will  carry 
the  crop  with  minimum  danger  of  dam- 
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is  desirnb’  ■  to  apply  some  sort  ot  wood 
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iu  severing  a  branch  close  to  the  part 
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Basket  Willows 
Could  you  give  me  the  names  of  willows 
which  are  used  for  making  baskets,  the 
best  varieties?  Where  could  I  get  cut¬ 
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Lenox,  Mass. 
The  American  green,  the  American  and 
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