The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1071 
The Troublesome Grape Rot 
I enclose specimens of grapes. Al¬ 
though vines are yearly growing a fine 
crop, they all go wrong when half ma¬ 
tured! R. S. 
New York. 
The specimen grape berries submitted 
are affected with black rot. It D alto¬ 
gether too late this season to check this 
disease, as treatment must be made early. 
Spraying with Bordeaux mixture of the 
4-4-50 formula, that is, 4 lbs. of copper 
sulphate. 4 lbs. of lime in 50 gals, of 
water, is effective in holding the disease 
to a minimum. The first application 
should be made when the new growth has 
put out 2 or 3 in.; a second spraying 
should be made a few days previous to 
blooming, a third when the berries are 
the size of small peas, and a fourth two 
or three weeks later. Sometimes a fifth 
may be necessary. But when the early 
treatments have been timely and thor¬ 
ough. the latter is not usually required. 
f. E. G. 
Cortland Apple in Nova Scotia 
W'e have this variety here, received 
from the New York Fruit Testing Asso¬ 
ciation. It has not borne yet. since we 
have only had it one season. At Truro. 
N. S„ which is outside the fruit section. 
Baldwin is too tender to survive the 
Winters, at least when root-grafted. So 
are King and (Jravenstein. McIntosh is 
quite hardy, and when properly sprayed 
is a satisfactory variety here for its sea¬ 
son. We hope that Cortland may prove 
as hardy as .McIntosh and he a better 
keeper. 
It is my opinion that your diagnosis 
of the case of the Baldwin for New York 
State holds true also for the fruit district 
of Nova Scotia In the most favored 
parts of our fruit district Baldwin is 
still satisfactory on account rtf its good 
handling and keeping qualities. It brings 
good prices, but in parts of the fruit dis¬ 
trict that are not so favorable it shows a 
tendency to black heart, to winter-kill, to 
be short lived and not to hear as well as 
some other varieties, like Spy. 
P. ,T. SIIAW. 
Nova Scotia Agricultural College. 
Peony Culture 
Tell me how to grow peonies commer¬ 
cially. it. E. R. 
New Jersey. 
Peonies require deep, rich but well- 
drained soil. While these plants like soil 
that is inclined to be heavy, a stiff clay is 
not considered desirable. A location that 
is likely to be overflowed in Winter is not 
safe. Fresh, rank manure is dangerous. 
Good corn land, prepared a year ahead, 
is line for peonies. For commercial pur¬ 
poses. set in lows 3 ft. apart, plants 2 ft. 
apart in the rows. Set the crowns 2 to 
5 in below I be surface, firming the soil 
well around the roots. Karlv September 
is the best time to plant peonies, though 
the work may be done up to October 15. 
Cover the surface with a mulch in Fall. 
An open, sunny location is desirable, 
though peonies often do well in partial 
shade. The plants may be lifted and di¬ 
vided every second year. Your inquiry 
does not state whether you wish to mar¬ 
ket plants or flowers. For commercial 
use. the following are in high favor: 
Madame de Yerneville, oarlv white: Ava¬ 
lanche. midscnsoti. white: IVl’eatissima, 
earl.' pale pink ; Albert Crousse, midsea- 
son, pale pink : Monsieur Jules Flic, early, 
deep pink; Livingstone, late, deep pink; 
Felix Crousse. m bison soil, red. The fol¬ 
lowing are fine softs for home planting: 
Festivu Maxima, early, white; Madame 
Crousse, uiidseason. while: Eugenie Ver- 
dicr. early, pale pink: Modesto Guerin, 
early, deep pink; Felix Crousse. midsea¬ 
son. red; Grandillora. very late, pale pink. 
Too Many Drones in Beehive 
What can be done with a hive of bees 
that seems to have too many drones? Is 
there any way to handle them to make 
less drones? L. G. 
Drones are larger than worker bees, 
hence an excluder has been made with 
spaces just large enough for a worker 
bee to go through, yet withholding the 
privilege to rIn* drone. The alley trap 
or excluder has perforated zinc pieces 
through which the workers can pass, also 
a chamber or cage above into which the 
drones can enter by means of cones. Any 
workers going into this chamber can pass 
out through the perforated sides. By 
placing such a trap at the entrance the 
drones can be captured and destroyed. 
Another method is to place a trap at the 
entruuce and shake the bees outside. 
Then the workers can return through the 
perforations and the drones are excluded. 
By this latter method, however, the 
queen must be captured, for she will be 
unable to pass into the hive through the 
excluder. T. H. T. 
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