1903 
Pruning Growing Trees. 
R. V. WillmathsviUe, Mo.-^As regards 
pruning, my experience of 80 years has 
taught me that when the trees are dormant 
is not the best time to do the work, but in 
May or June, when they are growing rap¬ 
idly. 
Ans.—T his is correct, as I have long 
contended, except for peach trees. The 
wounds will heal more quickly and there 
will be less injury to the trees than if 
they had been made In the Winter or 
early Spring. The ideal time to prune 
apple and pear trees, according to my 
experience, is in June and July. The 
main objection to that time is the throng 
of other work. R. C. C. also says that 
Frazier’s axle grease is a sure and harm¬ 
less preventive of rabbits gnawing trees, 
when rubbed on with an old mitten or 
rag. I have found this to be so in all 
cases, except when the snow covers all 
other food for a long time. Then noth¬ 
ing seems to stop them. 
H. E. V. D. 
A Family Orchard for Ohio. 
0. M. B., Jefferson, O.—l want to set out a 
small orchard in the Spring. I have made 
a list of the following varieties: Pears, 
Clapp, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Angou- 
leme, Anjou, Kleffer, Bose, Lawrence and 
Dorset; peaches, Greensboro, Carman, 
Mountain Rose, Brigdon, Niagara, Elberta, 
Oldmixon Free and Chairs; plums. Baker 
Prune, Bradshaw, Fellenburg, Monarch, 
Americain Eagle, Burbank and Wickson; 
cherries, Napoleon, Windsor and Mont¬ 
morency. My soil is clay of moderate fer¬ 
tility. I want only varieties that are hardy, 
productive and not subject to rot. I want 
to know the faults of any on my list, and 
what varieties w'ould Improve it? 
Ans. —The list of fruits given is very 
good for an orchard for family use in 
Ohio. An earlier pear than any of those 
mentioned would be a good addition, 
either Tyson or Wilder Early, or both of 
them of that character. Brigdon is a 
peach of no special merit, nor is it a 
poor variety. Richmond is a cherry that 
should be planted, as it is one of the 
earliest and surest to bear of all the 
kinds in cultivation. h. e. v. d. 
Flower Notes from New Mexico. 
M. E. TV., Corlsbad, N. Mex. — 1. I have a 
fine plant of Asparagus plumosus nanus. 
The last time I repotted it there seemed to 
be no natural division of the root. Will it 
injure the plant to cut right through the 
root? A New York seedsman wrote me 
that it would grow from cuttings. Did he 
mean to take a piece of the stalk (as a 
grapevine cutting is made) or a piece of 
the stalk with sprays of foliage, like a 
geranium? Is there any difference between 
a cutting and a slip? 2. I have a rose bush 
that makes a good growth of canes every 
year, but the foliage (part of it only) turns 
yellow( does not drop off) and the petals 
of the blossom will turn brown on one side 
of the bloom, and from a large number of 
buds there will be only a few perfect roses, 
and some of the buds will turn brown be¬ 
fore opening. It has flowers of a delicate 
shade of pink, of good size, and blooms but 
once a year, in May. Can you give me a 
remedy other than digging it up? It is very 
hard to start two-year-old rose bushes (and 
the small pot plants are worthless), but 
when once started they grow finely. It is 
the same with other shrubs and vines. 3. 
Do pansies require a moist atmosphere? 
Would plants planted in the Fall bloom 
that Winter? My friends say they will not 
grow here, though they admit they never 
tried them, and I have failed to get the 
seed up though I have tried for three 
years. If the plants would grow with our 
bright sunshiny days they should bloom all 
Winter. We farm by irrigation in the Pecos 
Vailey, and the atmosphere is a very dry 
one. Geraniums, Begonias and heliotropes 
make fine pot plants. Verbenas and Cle¬ 
matis grow wild. 4. Will Fuchsias succeed 
as pot plants in a dry climate? 5. Have 
you tried the Ponderosa lemon at the Rural 
greenhouse? 
Ans. —1. Asparagus plumosus nanus 
and other ornamental varieties are al¬ 
ways propagated from seeds when ob¬ 
tainable. Old clumps may be carefully 
divided so as to preserve some good 
roots with each “eye” or growing point. 
Careful propagators grow the variety 
mentioned from cuttings of rather ma¬ 
ture sprouts, retaining a leaf branch or 
two with each cutting. Slips and cut¬ 
tings are merely two words for the same 
thing. 2. This rose evidently suffers for 
lack of water at the root during the 
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blooming season. If possible soak the 
soil very thoroughly when flower buds 
are first seen and cover with a thick 
mulch of old manure through which 
subsequent waterings may be given if 
needed. 3. Pansies thrive best under 
moist and cool conditions. In the vicin¬ 
ity of New York seeds sown in late Au¬ 
gust or September make the finest 
plants. They are wintered over in 
frames and bloom splendidly very early 
in Spring. South of Washington they 
bloom freely through the Winter if 
started in the same manner. 4. The 
Fuchsia is another moisture-loving 
plant. If planted north of a wall or 
building and kept well watered and 
sprinkled some varieties may do w'ell, 
but are not likely to succeed as pot 
plants. 5. We have never fruited the 
Ponderosa lemon. It is a thrifty grower 
and makes an acceptable plant even 
without fruits. 
Thrips on Grapevines. 
H. TV. R.., Zanesville, O .—I have a vineyard 
of 1.000 vines seven years old that has been 
well cultivated and sprayed. It has borne 
some good crops, but for the last few years 
has been badly affected with the thrips. 
What can be done for it? 
Ans. —This insect is called Buffalo 
vine or tree hopper, because of its high 
back and habit of hopping. It is very 
destructive to grape leaves, and some¬ 
times ruins the crop of fruit from the 
injury to the foliage. There seems to 
be almost no remedy for it. Whale-oil 
soap, whicn is usually made of fish oil 
and caustic potash, is of some help when 
mixed with water, about 2V^ pounds to 
the gallon, and sprayed while hot. The 
soap may be had of dealers who adver¬ 
tise In the rural papers. It is not cost¬ 
ly. Dealers in spray pumps always know 
where it may be had. Pine lime dust is 
also distasteful to the hoppers, but it 
will only drive some of them away. 
H. E. V. D. 
Winter Gem and Clothilde Soupert Roses, 
E. L. B., Pennsylvania.—Do you know any¬ 
thing aboiTt the rose Winter Gem spoken 
of highly as a Winter bloomer? Is the rose 
Clothilde Soupert a good variety for Win¬ 
ter blooming? If these are not of the best 
will you name one or two that are? 
Ans. —We are not well acquainted 
with Child’s Winter Gem rose, but have 
no doubt it is meritorious. Clothilde 
Soupert is one of the best Winter bloom¬ 
ing roses. Hermosa and Safrano are 
very good. 
More 
/ varieties 
)ofsquash 
have been 
’ Introducedfi 
by us 
than by all 
the seed men 
of the United 
States combined— 
the Hubbard. Marblehead, Victor, War¬ 
ren. Golden Bronz and Butman, being 
among the number. Send for our new 
cataloeue of vegetable and flower seed. 
VVe sell the purest gra.ss seed in the U. 8. 
i. i. H. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass. 
O NE of your New Year resolutions 
should have been to make your 
home and grounds more attractive 
this year by planting 
Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs and Vines 
about your place. We have a fine stock 
of large Sugar, Norway and Sycamore 
Maples and other Forest Ti-ees. A few of 
our magnificent Hydrangeas, either bush 
or tree, would add 25 per cent to the ap¬ 
pearance and selling value of your place. 
Let ns send you catalogue of Ornamentals, 
Fruits and Flowers. Send yoim address. 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, 
New Canaan, Conn. 
Apple 
Trees 
Fine two and three-year old stock, 5 to 6 
feet in height, % inch in diameter, 2 
inches from bud. Clean, healthy, Geneva- 
grown trees. Furnished with Certificate 
of Inspection and Fumigation guaran¬ 
teed. per hundred, boxed and de¬ 
livered at your place. 
We offer the following varieties only : 
Boiken, Fallawater, Gideon, Giffen 
Beauty, Hendrick’s Sweet, Longfield, 
Mann, Northern Spy, Red Astrachan, 
Rhode Island Greening, Senator, Smoke 
House, Winesap and Yellow Transparent. 
Also the famous Dikeman Cherry at 
same price. 
The Seneca Lake 
Nursery Company, 
P. O. Box No. 209. Geneva, N. Y. 
TiKPEnENt'E: 
Tht> Kirst. Niitioiinl Bank. Geneva. N. Y. 
Tblelmanns—The Seedsmen—carry a full lino of 
Garden and Field Seeds. Onion Seed a specialty. 
Write to-day for their Catalogue and Special Prices. 
THIO THIELMANN SEED CO., ERIE, PA. 
Northern-Grown FruitTrees 
Grown In the best section of northern New York- 
Hardy, thrifty and well grown. “Highest quaUty; 
lowest price.’’ Headquarters for Packing Deal¬ 
ers’ Orders. 75,001) Peaches, large stock of Apples, 
Pears, Cherries and Plums; three grades. Send for 
my free and Interesting Spri ng Catalogue. Valuable 
Premium with early orders. 
MA RTIN WAHL, Dept. H, Rochester, N. T. 
For Spring of 1903 We Offer Three Million 
Strawberry Plants 
From new beds planted in the Spring of 1902 on land 
especially adapted for making strong crowns with 
abundance of fibrous roots. We tie in bunches of 26, 
mark each variety with printed tags, pack securely in 
wel ventilated packages with abundance of moss to 
secure safe carriage, no matter how great the dis¬ 
tance. Certificate of inspection with every shipment. 
We invite correspondence, with a list of your wants, 
on which we will cheerfully name you our very best 
price. 
AUTO 
If you have not'planted this grand 
Strawberry, you “ Au ” to. We have 
it with 42 other varieties. 
We also have Asparagus Roots, One and Two Year 
Old in varieties— Palmetto, Conover Colossal, 
Barr’s Ma.mmotu, Giant Argenteuil. 
A general assprtment of Fruit Trees. 
SNOW HILL NURSERIES, W. M. Peters & 
Sons, Proprietors, Snow Hill, Maryland. 
For Every Climate. 
That is our bu.slness. We grow and sell you what 
has been developed and is adapted to your par¬ 
ticular section. North.South, East and West. 
GRIFFITH & TURNER’S 
TESTED SEEDS 
do not depend on deceptive methods to sell 
them. A dollar’s worth of seed for every dollar, 
of plump, fresh, live seeds that make crops. Wo 
carry a complete line of Farm, Garden, Poultry and 
Dairy Supplies. Write for large new catalog No. la, 
free. Handsomer than ever; contains much Infor¬ 
mation. Every FarmerandGardener should have It. 
GRIFFITH & TURNER COMPANY, 
EOB N. Paca Street,Baltimore, Maryland. 
Growing Ideas 
What to grow in the garden. 
When to grow and how. Modern 
ideas of agriculture and floricul¬ 
ture for those who plant for 
pleasure or profit, lllus- O 
trated In 
DREER’S ' 
Garden Calendar 
Sent free to ail who mention this paper. 
HENRY A. DREER, 7l4ChestnutSt., Phila.,Pa. 
ARE YOU l^EADY 
to place your order for Fruit Trees now, 
while the Nur-series have a full stock, 
and while you have the time to attend to 
it? Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O., make a 
specialty of dealing direct with their cus¬ 
tomers. They employ no agents, hut 
have the reputation of sending out the 
finest trees that can he grown, and hun¬ 
dreds of our readers say the finest Fruit 
Trees they ever received came from these 
Nurseries. Write them for Price List. 
Premo 
Dewberry 
Hie eai*lle«t and mo.t productive 
Blackberry variety. Very large. Jet 
black, firm and soUd. Crop ripens rap¬ 
idly. This Is the berry to plant for 
proHl-WrlteatOBce for priced and particulars, 
UyerA Son, Bridgevllle Nurseries, 
Bridgevllle, Dei. 
rt* 
BRASS SEEDS 
CBIISS miXTDSES 8PEGIHILY PREPBIIED TO SDIT OIL GONDiTIOIIS OF SOIL. 
Our AMERICAN FARMERS’ MANUAL for 190.3, a book of 32 pages (60 illustra¬ 
tions) devoted entirely to Grass and other Seeds for the I'urni, mailed free on application to 
those who state where they saw this advertisement. Correspondence invited. 
I GRASS SEED for HAY, 
GRASS SEED for PASTURE, 
GRASS SEED for GOLF LINKS, 
I GRASS SEED for LAWNS, 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
-35 & 37- 
CORTLANDT SI. 
NEW YORK. 
DWYER’S 1903 SPRING CATALOGUE 
Two Hundred Acres of Hardy Fruits and Ornamentals. 
Reliable descriptions; perfect Illustrations and beautiful colored plates. T. J. Dwyer’s Book on 
Hardy Trees, Plants and Vines 50 cents. This work will be sent postpaid, free, for all Spring 
orders. The Catalogue is free. Write for it to-day. 
T. J. DWYER & SON, Orange County Nurseries, Cornwall, N. Y. 
THE GREAT 
First choice among winter apph 
is the York Imperial. Hard 
juicy, 6ne flavored, long keepin 
and an enormous l)earer. Shoul 
be in every orchard. The Coi 
cord Grnpeis standard and just 
the most popular on the market, 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES 
FRUIT TRIO 
The Hlelcy Peach is lar^e, 
rich, creamy white and delicious. 
A fine early shipper. One of the 
very best of clings. Tree hardy. 
Our stock of these fruits is su¬ 
perb. Free catalogue shows many 
other choice varieties of each. 
BOX 29, BERLIN, MD. 
Golden Fleece Oats 
A magnificent new white oats; very early and won¬ 
derfully prolific. Others are charging $1.50 or more 
per bushel for it. Our price is 95 cents. Full descrip¬ 
tion and sample free. JOSEPH HAllRIS CO., 
Moreton Farm. Coldwater, N. Y. 
OATS 
unestufland. Our 
Pibble^s _ 
will produce better crous even on the thinnest 1 
varieties have pruducea over 100 bus. per acre fur entire crops 
right here in the Genesee Valley. They will (io equally well 
on your farm. **TM»entleth Century Oats'* are heavy, 
bright, prolific and grow on a good, stift straw,which stands 
up well. Buy and sow this seed this spring and another sea¬ 
son you can supply your entire neighborhood. Our crops are 
weeded twice while ^wing and the ipTiiD U thoroughly oleaoed. Hand¬ 
some Catalog Freo. Aek also about our iked PotaCoee and iked Com, 
EDWARD F, DIBBLE. honeoVe 
] WAUKEGAN NURSERIES ' 
; Evergreen and Ornamental Trees : 
^ Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, ► 
4 Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Etc. ► 
WHOLESALE AND KETAIL ' 
’ R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, WAUKEGAN, ILL. ^ 
