‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Horticultural Short Cuts 
Pruning Neglected Grapevines 
T bought a small farm in Sullivan Co.. 
N. V., a year ago, and on it wore several 
grapevines that had not been trimmed in 
several years. Will you tell me how they 
should he trimmed, how far hack to cut 
them, etc.? • n. C. 
New York. 
Provided the vines have at some time 
grown oil a trellis, a trunk ilo dnuht has 
been formed. In the event that this is 
4 to 5 ft, in length, it should he cut hack 
to a height of 18 to 20 in., leaving a few 
short arms arising from it between the 
ground level and the lower wire. It the 
trunk he short, cut off all growth hut a 
few short arms, as in the first instance. 
The new growth that will arise from the 
arms left will furnish some fruit the first 
season, but they are chiefly important as 
a source of fruit for the succeeding year, 
A second wire should he provided in the 
event that it does not exist. The shoots 
that are developing next season should 
be loosely tied to this as soon a- they are 
long enough to reach it. The season fol¬ 
lowing the fruit canes are tied to it. 
F. E. GLADWIN. 
Stayman as Baldwin Substitute 
We are getting a number of sugges¬ 
tions, mostly from Western people, about 
the host apple to plant as a substitute for 
Baldwin. A number of these people ad¬ 
vise Stavman Winesap. We have this 
apple fruiting in Northern New Jersey, 
It gives fair satisfaction, but unless it is 
well thinned the fruit is generally too 
small for our trade. When planted very 
mtieli north of this latitude it is not at 
its best, and would not make a full substi¬ 
tute for Baldwin. The apple does very 
well in Southern New Jersey and around 
the latitude of Philadelphia, and through 
Pennsylvania it is without question the 
leading variety. North of New York, 
however, it is not giving full satisfaction. 
'O'tH'J'DtmiD t I LUhlUtUJir ' i ,» / r . 
Storing Apples in the South 
What are the best methods for storing 
apples? We have following varieties we 
wish to store: Winesap. Geniton. Ben 
Davis, York, Ingraham, Garni. Willow 
Twig. Missouri Pippin, Crowley, and sev¬ 
eral other late sorts. Is there any special 
time they should be picked? llow low 
should temperature in cold storage he for 
best results? We have had some trouble 
in apples shrinking badly and wilting. 
Have some cool, dark storage space. 
What would he host methods in storing 
loose or in boxes? Should they need 
much ventilation? a. m. k. 
Texas. 
The most successful keeper of apples 
I have known in the South is an old man 
in North Carolina. lie has a rudely con¬ 
structed frame building half under ground, 
with walls packed with sawdust, lie has 
tile ventilators to the bottom of the build¬ 
ing from the outside, and overhead venti¬ 
lator. too. Apples are stored in barrels. 
Every night all the ventilation is open 
and closed by sunrise in the morning. In 
this way he has all Winter a temperature 
equal to fairly good cold storage, and it 
is cool iu his house in Summer. He has 
sent me It on u m apples which usually 
hardly keep till Christmas, in May. and 
Baldwin apples brought from the North 
in October, he has given me in good eat¬ 
ing.condition in August. Ilis method of 
cooling does not seem to damage the ap¬ 
ples like real cold storage, as ho gets a 
night temperature of about 40 deg., and 
hut little warmer in Summer, as he is in 
an elevated section over 1.000 ft. above 
sea level. There are some varieties you 
name that will he hard to keep in cold 
storage, especially as all will mature 
earlier in your section than northward. 
The Ben Davis, Willow Twig, Gano and 
Winesap may keep till March if you can 
command a temperature not higher than 
40. or rather between and 40. Let ap¬ 
ples remain on trees until November, un¬ 
less they fall seriously. w. f. MASSEY. 
M i.STEKX operators have been experi¬ 
menting successfully this season with a 
new style pack for Arkansas Elbert a 
peni*lics. rhey have selected well-colored, 
large Filbert as of the highest quality ami 
have packed them in standard Western 
form in California style boxes, instead of 
the Inishel baskets ordinarily used in 
Arkansas orchards. These peaches were 
very favorably received by the trade and 
"ere considered the equal of any poaches 
on the market. This may bo the begin¬ 
ning of the practice of parking Middle 
M estern and Eastern deciduous fruits in 
boxes. 
I' rom the .1 ir Sen-ire Bulletin we learn 
that the successful attempt to dust by 
airplane an insect ridden Catalpa grove 
in Ohio last Summer lias been duplicated 
in Kent. England. A prominent fruit 
farmer there, having appealed for aid to 
a commercial aviation concetti, the latter 
provided a Do llaviland 0 plane, which 
first landed near the farm and took aboard 
half a ton of spray powder. Then, flying 
iit a height of 15 to 20 yards above the 
trees, it distributed the poison over an 
orchard that was severely infested with 
caterpillars. Fifty acres wore “sprayed” 
in half an hour. 
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