9.17 
experience  With  Everbearing  Strawberries 
On  nngo  7.50  everbearing  strawberry 
facts  as  to  profits  seem  to  the  writer 
about  thus:  My  experience  covers  a  per¬ 
iod  of  three  seasons,  and  during  this 
time  I  have  studied  their  habits  and  do 
not  find  them  entmv'v'-i;!l'y  interesting. 
Ir  is  a  fact,  however,  that  the  berries  are 
luscious  and  command  a  fancy  nrice. 
coming  as  they  do  through  the  months  of 
.fidy.  August.  September  and  October, 
and  give  one  quite  a  hit  of  sat  >r"-tion 
and  some  prestige  in  being  ah!"  r'  nut 
on  tin*  market  a  berry  so  favorab' y  1  ■  • 1 
by  nearly  all.  But  when  we  eoes:d-r 
this  berry  commercially  and  for  that 
purpose  alone  I  am  finite  pure  that  the 
pocket-book  no  bigger  at  1h«  end  of 
the  season.  They  require  a  good  deal  of 
Attention  from  early  setting  r> »  July  1. 
both  in  culture  and  blossom  picking,  as 
no  blossom  should  be  allowed  first  year 
to  produce  until  about  July  1.  This 
yon  ran  readily  see  costs  money,  and 
then  when  t  ic'  iter  >s  well  under  way 
nearly  all  fruit  is  found  under  heavy 
foliage,  next  to  center,  roqirring  the 
lifting  of  the  halves  in  order  to  see  the 
fruit  at  all.  This  takes  tint**,  therefore 
costs  twice  as  much  to  pick  as  the  Spring 
varieties.  A  new  lied  must  be  set  each 
Spring,  as  it  would  be  entirely  nut  of  the 
question  lo  keep  the  buds  and  flowers 
off  second  year’s  growth.  It  is  true  yon 
may  let  tin*  blossoms  alone  on  second 
year’s  growth,  and  you  will  then  get 
Spring  berries  and  some  berries  all  the 
month  above  referred  to,  but  of  reduced 
size. 
Another  factor  which  is  hard  to  over¬ 
come  without  considerable  extra  cost,  is 
that  all  Fall  bearing  berries  hare  to  he 
w  ashed  (growing  so  close  to  earth ).  One 
could  cut  up  straw  finely  and  distribute 
under  tlm  plants,  lmt  again  you  add 
quite  a  bit  of  expense.  The  Fall  hearing 
strawberry  is  not  a  profitable  venture 
when  one  considers  profit  altogether. 
But  by  all  means  let  every  garden  pos¬ 
sess  at  least  100  plants  for  home  con¬ 
sumption,  as  we  must  not  consider  pro¬ 
fit  when  we  are  supplying  the  home  ta¬ 
ble.  The  berry  is  handsome,  delicious 
and  fragrant,  and  I  am  sure  every  home 
should  have  some  The  writer  has  grown 
the  Superb.  Iowa  and  Progressive  and 
has  sold,  locally,  many  plants,  and  all 
agree  that  Superb  is  the  better  strain. 
Connecticut.  w.  l.  x.  spencer. 
Celery  Blight  Starts  in  Seed  Bed 
Celery  blight  has  severely  infected  in¬ 
tensive  market  gardening  sections  for  sov- 
■  rnl  years;  however,  where  celery  is  but 
little  grown  the  immediate  locality  may 
not  lie  infected.  When  blight  does  come 
many  growers  do  not  stop  to  find  out 
just  what  it  is  nor  how  it  may  be  pre¬ 
vented. 
Men  who  make  a  study  of  plant  dis¬ 
eases.  tell  us  that  infection  of  celery 
blight  is  frequently  carried  on  the  seed, 
but  in  such  a  form  that  anything  that 
will  kill  the  organism,  would  also  kill 
the  germination  of  the  seed.  Therefore, 
our  seed  should  be  grown  as  nearly  as 
possible  upon  uninfected  parent  plants. 
No  class  of  celery  growers  realize  this 
better  than  the  intensive  market  garden¬ 
ers  around  Newark,  N.  J.  During  the 
early  Winter  when  the  celery  is  taken 
out  of  the  trenches  for  market,  these 
gardeners  pick  out  a  few  of  the  very 
largest  and  best  keeping  stalks  that  are 
free  from  disease  infection.  These  are 
carefully  planted  in  the  cold  frames 
about  a  foot  apart  each  way,  and  the 
sash  are  put  on.  Careful  attention  is 
given  these  frames  until  vigorous  growth 
starts  in  the  Spring,  when  the  sash  is 
removed.  While  these  plants  are  devel¬ 
oping.  they  are  carefully  watched  so  that 
any  plants  which  develop  undesirable 
characteristics  may  be  rogued  out.  Thus, 
a  few  weeks  later,  the  gardeners  are  able 
to  harvest  an  absolutely  dependable  sup¬ 
ply  of  seed  for  their  next  season’s  plant¬ 
ing. 
When  the  tiny  little  seedlings  are  de¬ 
veloping.  they  are  usually  Crowded  to¬ 
gether  in  such  a  way  that  musty  condi¬ 
tions  result,  so  that  everything  is  ideal 
for  the  rapid  developing  of  any  blight  in¬ 
fection  which  may  be  present.  To  avoid 
this  condition  and  to  obtain  a  better 
‘She  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
plant,  several  celery  growers  of  Mon¬ 
mouth  County  have  told  me  that  it  pays 
them  well  to  transplant  their  seedlings 
while  they  are  still  very  small.  The 
most  successful  celery  growers  believe 
it  is  absolutely  essential  to  spray  their 
seedlings  every  few  days,  so  as  to  have 
them  as  nearly  free  from  disease  as  pos¬ 
sible  when  they  go  to  the  field.  ( >ne  of 
the  small  air-pressure  cylinder  tanks  is 
excellent  for  this  purpose.  The  spray 
material  may  lie  either  homemade  Bor¬ 
deaux  or  one  of  t lie  many  ready-made 
Bordeaux  mixtures  which  are  on  tie- 
market.  a.  w.  OK  BAt  X, 
New  Jersey. 
Raising  Cauliflower  Seed 
'Will  you  advise  me  in  regard  to  grow- 
:ng  cauliflower  seed?  I  am  an  expert  at 
gloving  the  vegetable,  but  am  totally  ig¬ 
norant  as  to  the  growing  of  seed. 
Ilavemi.  N.  Y.  w.  a.  s. 
Ir  requires  much  experience  and  skill 
to  grow  cauliflower  seed  even  in  those 
sections  where  conditions  are  most,  fav¬ 
orable.  such  as  Denmark  and  Vancouver 
Island.  Tlie  enormous  charges  made  by 
the  seedsmen  are  enough  to  make  us 
want  to  grow  our  own  seed:  an  ounce 
is  frequently  charged,  yet  the  same  ma¬ 
terial  may  be  purchased  by  an  Ameri¬ 
can  for  *10  per  pound  by  writing  to  the 
proper  seed  house  in  Copenhagen.  Den¬ 
mark.  The  members  of  the  Dong  Island 
Cauliflower  Association  get  the  very  fin¬ 
est  seed  for  around  a  dollar  an  ounce. 
Possibly  you  may  be  able  to  buy  your 
seed  at  a  much  lower  figure  than  you 
had  supposed. 
The  seed  is  grown  by  getting  a  large 
but  stunted  plant  to  put  out  in  the 
Spring.  Those  bolt  to  seed  without  mak¬ 
ing  a  very  large  lu-ad.  A  large  head 
would  be  apt  to  decay,  but  the  small 
ones  send  out  seed  stalks  and  produce  the 
seed  capsules  smiilur  to  those  on  cabbage. 
When  the  seed  is  about  matured  the 
stalks  are  cut  off.  tied  in  bundles  and 
hung  up  to  dry  ni  a  wel!-v -ntilated  build¬ 
ing.  Dampness  at  any  time  will  cause 
complete  loss.  It  is  f-  r  this  reason  that 
the  plants  are  grown  early,  then  the  seed 
develops  during  the  dry  weather. 
R.  O.  R. 
Bush  Fruits  in  Orchard 
On  page  711  Alfred  0.  Weed  advises 
C,  A.  never  to  put  berries  and  currants 
among  cherry  and  peach  trees.  Will  Mr. 
Weed  explain  why?  c.  e.  i„ 
Munnsville,  N.  Y. 
Our  objection  to  planting  currants  and 
berries  among  peach  and  clierr \  trees  or 
to  planting  peach  or  cherry  trees  as 
fillers  in  an  apple  orchard  is  based  on 
the  vital  difference  in  the  mao  er  of 
growth  and  of  fruiting  of  the  two 
groups.  Apple  and  pear  trees  and  berry 
and  currant  bushes  do  not  bear  heavily 
if  very  great  wood  growth  is  made,  and 
in  some  cases  fruiting  may  be  stopped 
entirely  by  too  great,  stimulation.  Pencil 
and  cherry  trees  (especially  peaches)  on 
the  other  hand,  require  heavy  feeding 
and  general  treatment  which  will  favor 
great  growth  of  the  trees.  This  differ¬ 
ence  is  well  shown  by  some  experiments 
which  have  been  recently  reported  from 
Cornell  University  As  is  well  known  it 
is  best  iu  most  cases  to  have  a  stock 
which  grows  not  much  faster  than  the 
scion  we  are  to  use.  but  it  was  found  that 
in  the  ease  of  sour  cln-rries  the  strongest 
growing  stock  (Mazzanl)  was  by  far 
the  host.  In  the  ease  of  peach  trees  it 
is  useless  to  look  for  much  fruit,  or  even 
for  a  healthy  tree,  unless  special  effort 
is  made  to  keep  them  growing  very  fast. 
Currant  and  beery  bushes  under  the 
same  treatment  would  he  likely  to  make 
very  great  hushes  but  give  little  fruit. 
Ir  is  possible  to  imagine  a  case  where 
peach  trees  might  be  profitably  planted 
as  fillers  iu  an  apple  orchard.  This  would 
be  where  the  owner  felt  that  the  apple 
crops  be  might  fail  to  get  before  the 
trees  were  TJ  to  lo  years  old  would  be 
paid  for  by  the  increased  crops  that 
could  In*  harvested  later  from  the  larger 
trees.  It  is  certain  that  while  the  peach¬ 
es  were  in  the  orchard  the  apple  trees 
would  grow  more  rapidly,  and  hear  less 
til. in  they  would  if  the  peach  trees  were 
not  planted  there  if  the  limit  is  worked  so 
os  to  get  the  greatest  production  of 
peaches.  ai.krkp  c.  weed. 
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