The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Why does any healthy person 
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Baldwin Spot or Stippen 
What is the cause of the brown, purvky 
spots just, under the skin of Baldwin, also 
of York Imperial apples? I sprayed them 
three times with lime-sulphur, “Black- 
leaf 40“ and lead. Is there anything to 
prevent it? j. i. a. 
Hampton, N. ,T. 
The brown spots below (he skin of the 
Baldwin and York Imperial apples, which 
.1. I. A. describes, are eonunoul.v called 
stippen or bitter pit. This disease ap¬ 
pears toward the end of the growing sea¬ 
son. If an affected apple is cut open, an 
area of the flesh directly beneath a pit is 
found to be dry and spongy. We have 
noticed Unit the marks appear to be more 
numerous near the base of the apple. 
The trouble seems to he a lack of mois¬ 
ture. and this seems especially true this 
season, as we have plenty of stippen fol¬ 
lowing an extremely dry season. During 
a wet Spring the tree takes up plenty of 
moisture and the fruit grows rapidly. As 
the season advances and moisture is with¬ 
held, fruit growth cannot continue, and 
these areas die. leaving the dark, corky 
spots. Xo bacteria or fungi are present, 
so spraying with any of the solutions 
mentioned by J. I. A. would be useless. 
Trees in sod are more affected than those 
under cultivation, because the sod takes 
moisture from the soil which should be 
conserved for the trees. T. H. T. 
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Root Cuttings of Blackberries 
I have a patch of Eldorado blackber¬ 
ries, but do not understand about the 
root cuttings. I wish to start a new 
patch. How should I handle the roots? 
Will they grow well on rather wet soil? 
Parish, X. Y. w. n. 
Practically any blackberry would be a 
failure on extremely wet soil, though we 
recommend moist but well-drained soils 
for this fruit. In setting new plantations 
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suckers which develop from the under¬ 
ground stems of the blackberry. These 
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plowed an acre of sod ground in the Fall 
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little plants next Spring if it will not 
delay matters any. The soil is a clay 
loam. Will it be any more difficult to 
keep the little plants free from weeds than 
it would be if I purchased two-year-old 
roots? n. c. p. 
Gleu Mills, Pa. 
The plants are now in best condition 
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