RURALISMS 
Seedling Tomatoes Damp Off 
What is the cause of my tomatoes dying 
after they first come up? The roots turn 
brown, and they drop over and wilt down. 
Campbell. N. V. MRS. C. W. 
There is nothing more common than 
seedlings of tomatoes “damping off,” as it 
is called. A minute fungus spreads over 
the bed or box and cuts the stems at the 
surface, and the plants wilt down at once. 
Some think that stirring the soil and 
dusting with flowers of sulphur between 
the rows wall check it. I lmvc found the 
best way When a few plants show signs of 
damping is carefully to lift the remainder 
of flic plants and transplant them into 
fresh soil in other boxes, lifting them on a 
knife Made, and not pulling them. I have 
plants treated in this way which are now 
large enough to go into the cold frames. 
Dusting the soil with sulphur will do no 
harm, but I never found that: it stopped 
the fungus. w. f. massey. 
New Varieties of Apples 
The New York Experiment Station at 
Geneva. X. Y„ sends out the following 
circular regarding new apple varieties, 
which have proved superior on the sta¬ 
tion grounds: 
The Cortland apple was developed at 
the station, and is a seedling from a cross 
of T>en Davis with McIntosh. This is 
said to be a most promising apple 
for New York, New England and the 
commercial apple regions of Canada. The 
fruits are larger, brighter in color, and 
of the same excellent flavor ns the Mc¬ 
Intosh, but. they ripen later aud keep 
longer, thus extending the season for the 
desirable Mein tosh type of apple. The 
Cortland also colors better on heavy soils, 
and will probably succeed wherever Mc¬ 
Intosh is grown. 
The Tioga is a station seedling from a 
cross between Sutton and Northern Spy. 
It is described as a yellow apple, with an 
occasional blush. It is a late Winter 
apple, retaining its flavor until late iu the 
season. 
Golden Delicious is described as a beau¬ 
tiful golden-yellow apple, with excellent, 
flavor, and very late-keeping qualities. 
Also, the trees are hardy and quite pro¬ 
ductive, but it is still uncertain as to how 
widely adapted the variety is to the apple 
regions of the country. 
, At present the station is propagating 
eight new seedling apples which, in the 
near future, will be distributed for fur¬ 
ther testing regarding their adaptability 
to other apple regions. 
That’s why growers are dusting to control brown rot on peaches, codling 
moth and scab on apples, plum curculio, and other diseases and insects 
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Culture of Cannas 
V ill you toll me kind of soil and fer¬ 
tilizer best, adapted for young Cannas? 
Prattsville, N. Y. MRS. c. S. T. 
The same soil and fertilizer conditions 
desirable for corn are best suited for Gan¬ 
nas. They require a. warm, rich, moist, 
triable soil, with full sun. They are in¬ 
jured by frost, and should uot he planted 
tmt until settled warm weather. Where 
the plants are to give a deuse mass effect, 
they should be planted only one foot 
apart, blit for fine individual plants, they 
should be set three feet apart. Pick the 
flowers as soon as they wilt, to prevent 
seed formation, which will lessen bloom, 
while the faded flowers mar the general 
effect. 
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