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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 21 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Our Strtngfellow Trees. —The new 
Stringfellow tree-planting method has 
only a limited test on the Rural Grounds 
Trees for variety trials should be grown 
under ordinary conditions, and our space 
for duplicate specimens is very limited. 
However, young, close-pruned trees of 
Chabot plum and Japan walnut (Juglans 
Sieboldii) were so planted in 1899, and 
two Admiral Dewey peaches in 1901. 
The peaches were average June buds of 
the previous season, while the plum and 
walnut were vigorous two-year-old trees. 
All were grown in the South and shipped 
north with other nursery stock in the 
usual manner. The side roots wei’e cut 
close, the tap-root shortened to a stub, 
and the tops cut to short whips except 
that the terminal bud was permitted to 
remain on the walnut. All were planted 
with careful Stringfellow detail in holes 
driven in the moist soil with an old fork 
handle, the filling being of sand and 
water only. The walnut and plum made 
a slow start, and are yet smaller than 
they should be after three seasons’ 
growth. They stand in rather poor soil 
on a dry slope. We expect them to make 
good trees in time, but they have so far 
shown less vigor than similar trees, 
pruned in usual manner, and planted 
at the same time nearby. The peaches, 
however, have made a splendid growth 
and are very promising. Their situation 
is favorable, the soil being a deep moist 
loam, always in good condition. These 
trees are decidedly better than one-year 
peaches set at same time and place with 
usual roots. It seems amply demon¬ 
strated by experiments in many quar¬ 
ters that young trees may be close- 
pruned when planted, with little or no 
injury, but unless the resulting trees are 
superior in after years to those planted 
with a fair i-oot system there is no great 
advantage. Close-pruned trees are read¬ 
ily and economically packed and 
shipped, and may be expeditiously plant¬ 
ed if abundant water and loose sand are 
convenient, but this departure from ordi¬ 
nary methods requires careful superin¬ 
tendence to gain certain results. There 
are many Stringfellow-pruned trees now 
growing, and the true value of the idea 
is likely to be well worked out by the 
end of the present decade. It would be 
well for each fruit grower to test the 
matter for himself in a small way. 
Some Questions. —Here are some in¬ 
quiries referred to the Rural Grounds 
workers: 
“How is water cress grown for mar¬ 
ket, and who handles it?” 
It is safe to say* that water-cress cul¬ 
ture for market purposes has been gen¬ 
erally abandoned. It was largely grown 
in Monmouth Co., N. J., about 20 years 
ago, having been naturalized in many 
streams by liberally sowing seeds near 
the headwaters, and was to some extent 
cultivated in beds of wet soil formed at 
water level, at right angles to the cur¬ 
rent of the streams, so that severe wash¬ 
ing would be lessened. By an arrange¬ 
ment of low dams these beds were flood¬ 
ed when needed. It was formerly a pro¬ 
fitable crop near good markets and elab¬ 
orate cultural directions may be found in 
early gardening books, but with the ex¬ 
tension of railroads through the moun¬ 
tainous portions of the South, where 
cress grows luxuriantly and is accessible 
throughout the Winter months, our 
home culture has died out. Most of the 
cress used in noi-thern and eastern mar¬ 
kets is gathered from the streams of 
West Virginia and further down the 
Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains, 
where it grows without attention. It is 
tied In bunches, packed in iced barrels, 
and shipped north with much regularity 
l>y companies so strong as to monopolize 
the business. It Is ha-udled by several 
commission houses making cress and 
prime celery their chief specialties. 
Easy to Grow. —Water cress may 
easily be grown in the shallows of any 
pui’e-water stream having a sandy or 
gravelly bottom, a steady flow and mod¬ 
erate current, by simply sowing the 
seeds in early Spring on the moist soil 
at water level, or more expeditiously by 
pegging down cuttings of the plants in 
an inch or two of water. It often grows 
luxuriantly in boggy places, but usually 
objects to much mud or greasy muck. If 
a quantity is wanted beds made in any 
permanently damp place where an occa¬ 
sional flow of clean water can be had 
usually succeed well. It needs no cul¬ 
ture after planting except to be kept free 
from weeds and aquatic grasses. 
The Barberton Daisy. —“What is 
your experience with the Barberton 
daisy?” 
The Barberton daisy, Gerbera Jame- 
soni, has been known to cultivation for 
many years, but did not attract much 
attention in this country until awarded 
first prize as the best horticultural nov¬ 
elty at the 1901 Spring show of the New 
York Horticultural Society. It is found 
quite plentifully in portions of the 
Transvaal district of South Africa, but 
until last year plants have been scarce 
in commerce and seeds impossible to ob¬ 
tain. The plants are rather slow to pro¬ 
pagate. European growers seem to have 
made little progress in increasing their 
stocks, but some American dealers, not¬ 
ably Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa., 
managed to get up a good supply in time 
for distribution last Spring. We secured 
a young plant in April and kept it un¬ 
der glass throughout the Summer, shift¬ 
ing it into larger pots as growth pro¬ 
gressed, securing many beautiful, bril¬ 
liant scarlet, daisy-like blooms, some 
nearly four inches across. They develop 
on long stems and last in good condi¬ 
tion on the plants quite three weeks. 
They make very attractive cut flowers 
with a backing of some good bouquet 
green, and last a long time, but are not 
so durable as on the plant. The foliage 
is quite attractive in the manner of our 
native dandelion, but thicker and more 
glossy. Strong plants bloom freely in 
the open air when established, but are 
not hardy enough to winter over without 
good frame protection. They are not es¬ 
pecially sensitive to frost, but must be 
protected from ice and cold rains when 
dormant. Light garden soil suits them 
very well, and they are much benefited 
by fertilization with old rotted manures. 
Young plants should be potted as receiv¬ 
ed in the smallest pots that will contain 
the roots, and kept warm and moderate¬ 
ly moist until growth starts. They soon 
die if planted out in cold wet soil. Much 
seed has lately been gathered in Africa, 
and seedlings are likely to be freely of¬ 
fered. They do not come altogether true 
to color, as orange yellow and light red 
shades have been reported, some of 
which will scarcely be improvements on 
the rich orange scarlet or vermilion tints 
of the original stocks. The Transvaal 
or Barberton daisy is well worth trial 
for those who have a glass structure or 
an open sunny place in the garden. Good 
plants may now be had for 30 cents each. 
W. V. F. 
FOOD FOR A YEAR. 
Meats.... 
Milk . 
Butter.... 
Eggs. 
\’egetables 
300 lbs. 
240 qts. 
100 lbs, 
27 doz. 
500 lbs. 
This represents a fair ration for one 
man for one year. 
But .some people eat and eat 
and yet grow thinner. This 
means a defective dioestion 
O 
and unsuitable food. To the 
notice of such jx-rsons we pre¬ 
sent .Scott's Emulsion, famous 
for its tissue building. Your 
physician can tell you how it 
does it. 
We'll send you little to try if you like. 
SCOT T & BOW 409 Pearl street. New York 
SA/V JOSE SCALE, 
And other Insects can be Controlled by Using 
Good’S Caustic Potash Whal 
Oil Soap No. 3. 
It also prevents Curl Leaf. Endorsed by Entomo 
gists. This Soap Is a Fertilizer as well as InseotlcT 
60-Ib.Kegs,$2.50; 100-lb. Kegs, $4.60; Half-Ban 
270 lbs., 8>^c. per lb.; Barrel, 425 lbs., S^c. Lai 
quantities, Special Rates. Send for Circulars. 
JAMES GOOD, 939 N. Front St., Philadelphia, : 
T/ie Actual 
DIFFERENCE 
Sprayed w/fA a 
Marcfie pump. 
Sprayed mfh a 
cheap machine 
Not sprayed 
at all. 
between sprayed, partially sprayed 
and unsprayed fruit is Just as it is 
shown here. The best fruit is grown 
where the 
Hardie Spray Pump 
is used. The spray from this pow. 
erful machine penetrates every¬ 
where, covering tree and vine with 
a mht as fine as fog 
Aad It Works so Easy. 
Our catalogue tells you things you 
should know about spraying. It Is 
Free, send for it. 
The Hardie Spray Pump Niff. Co. 
£4 Lamed St., Detroit, Mich, 
And Windsor Canada. 
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Our line of sprayers ana appU. 
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Hand.Knapsack. Bucket, 
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Select the useful and reliable. Catalog free 
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W$$t 0 m<»a 0 nt$, Stnion ^ £htbMltOMcciff«»UL 
THE 
AUTO-SPRAY 
<T all hand work. No conttnooua 
f pumping. Compressed air runs It to ipray . 
I ^ acre of vines. Boy can carry and operato. ' 
I All working and contact parts of brass. Long 
\ line of high grade sprayers for every purpose 
I shown in Catalog F. It Is FREK. Writs at 
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1E. C. BROWN &C0..R0CHESTEB. N. T. 
I^umps 
that 
Mix 
SPRAY’ 
and clean the 
strainer automatical 
ly are the only ones worth 
while. Other kinds clog and 
stop the spray. The 
Empire King, Garfield at.nd 
OrchaLfd MonaLfcK 
are easiest in the work, finest in the 
spray and the only kind with auto¬ 
matic agitator and brushes for keeping the 
strainer clean. No spoilt foliage with these 
pumps. Book onspraying free for theasklng. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 
2 11th St. Elmira, N. Y. 
AGENTS 
wanted to sell 
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Orchard, Field, Whcelbarrojv, 
i and 5 Gallon Compressed Air 
SPRAYERS 
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Atarmfacturdra Spraytr and Braad' 
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Box Orafton* IIU* 
A Kanl-Klog 
SPRAYER 
We want to send into every town 
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No farmer, fruit or vegetable grower can afford to 
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. Btao.oo A DAY i.s what one 
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For further information address, 
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BHO., Ashland, O. 
SOY BEANS 
Early Yellow, choice for seed. My own growing. 
While they last $3 per bushel. Sacks free with two 
bushels. C. C. CHURCHILL, Dowagiac, Mich. 
Feed Your Land 
with fertilizers rich in 
Potash 
and your cropwill crowd your barn. 
Sow potash and reap dollars. 
Our five books are a complete treatise on 
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93 Nassau Street, New York. 
The’TlsiLnet Jr." 12 Tooth Htu-row,^ 
CultivaLtor a.i\d Pulverizer 
shown above, is the special friend of the straw- 
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1 It is scarcely less highly appreciated by thegen- i 
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I thorough cultivation. The twelve teeth may be I 
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right lever w hich expands or closes the harrow 
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the space at one passage. No weed can with¬ 
stand such thorough stirring and mixing of the 
soil. The long lever oi>erates the wheel and 
controls the working depth perfectly. Tlie pul¬ 
verizer behind passes over all and smooths, 
crushes and levels the whole. The fatal “root 
pruning” is avoided and fine surface cultivation 
Planet Jr. 
assured. Being made entirely of the best mater¬ 
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The No. 25 *'Planot Jr.*' Combined Hill 
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Philadelphia, 
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Got the Best 
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'Tlie Hclipse. Its success 
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