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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 28 
FRUIT NOTES. 
In a recent issue of The K. N.-Y. Is an 
Inquiry by H. W. H. asking which Is the 
belter variety, the Seckel or Worden Seckel 
l)car. From my limited experience with 
tlie Worden Seckel I tliink Prof. Van De¬ 
man’s answer is somewliat misleading. I 
fail to see in what respects it is very 
niucli like the Seckel, except to a certain 
degree it resembles it in flavor. In gen¬ 
eral appearance of fruit, habit of growth 
of tree, and wood, it is entirely distinct. 
If it is a success as a market fruit it will 
bo entirely on its own merits and not from 
the rej)ulation of its ancestor. My ex¬ 
perience in fruiting it for the past two 
years leads me to think rather favorably 
of it as a market pear. Under favorable 
conditions it colors handsomely and is of 
good quality, but not the equal of the old 
variety with me. I have found a decided 
tendency to weakne.ss in the foliage, with 
considerable mildew on same during un¬ 
favorable weather, even when thoroughly 
sin-ayed, 1 think it should have high and 
dry locations. j. r. Cornell. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
Canada Red. —Your cut of Canada Red, 
page 141, repre.sents the fruit as it grows 
here, it is a slow grower in nursery and 
is better propagated by top-working in 
some thrifty stock. Its flavor is excellent— 
my favorite. s. b. s. 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
• The M’Intosh Apple.— This, which Prof. 
Waugh described in The R. N.-Y., origi¬ 
nated in this township of Goderich in the 
orchard of Widow Mary McIntosh. A 
seedling over 30 years ago, we still give 
it her name in full. The illustration in 
Tjie R. N.-Y. shows the apple as round; 
here it is ovate; the St. Lawrence Fa- 
meu.se is round. All this family needs 
spraying; they go fast in market if not 
scabby. t. h. 
Goderich, Ont. 
A Word for Our Native Plums.— In a 
recent issue of The R. N.-Y. was an article 
by Mr. Mead on “How to Have Plums,” all 
of which 1 can heartily endorse with the 
exeeiJtion of the selection of varieties, 
which, perhaps, would be in common with 
lho.se who hold that the European plum 
is the only one to raise. But in view of 
the fact that The R. N.-Y. does not con¬ 
iine its circulation to any one part of this 
great country, 1 believe our native plum is 
adapted to a larger range than either the 
Japan or European species. The quality 
of our native plums has been decried to 
such an extent that 1 had come to the 
conclusion that they were hardly fit for 
culinary purposes, and 1 was happily sur¬ 
prised when my orchard came into bear¬ 
ing last sea.son to And this largely a mis¬ 
take. I had carefully saved Prof. Goffs 
recipes on the cooking of native plums, but 
my wife preferred to go ahead in the usual 
way, with the results that our canned 
Pottawattamies were line. Prof. Green, of 
our experiment station, took supper with 
me one day this Winter, and 1 opened a 
can for his benefit; he pronounced them 
equal to the Ijombard. Even the much- 
condemned Wild Goose goes off with a rush 
when ]nit on the table. Now, why is this? 
1 believe it is because they were thoroughly 
ripe before being used. My experience is 
that even a plum poor in quality is better 
when cooked than the better varieties if 
not well ripened. And here lies the weak 
j)oint with the European and Japan plums. 
'J'hey are so susceptible to the rot that it 
is hardly possible to get them thoroughly 
ripened. Two or three years ago I bought 
a binshel of Green Gage plums of a neigh¬ 
bor. He was anxious to sell and I to buy 
before they all rotted, so we canned them, 
as they tasted good before being cooked, 
but a more disagreeable canned fruit I 
never tasted. Part of them stayed on the 
cellar shelves for over two years, and then 
went to the pigs, who did not report as to 
quality. My neighbor is putting the trees 
on to the brush pile this Winter, and says 
that the Wild Goose and Miner are the 
plums to set. If my experience this year 
with these plums is like last seasoti I want 
to enlarge my orchard, and I am certain 
that it will be with the native plum. There 
are several orchards of European plums 
near our town, but I do not fear competition 
in the least, for 1 know of only one that pro¬ 
duces fruit to any extent. Just what varie¬ 
ties 1 shall plant 1 cannot say, but I am 
looking for a plum that is immune to the 
rot as much as possible, provided it has 
the other qualities. Prof. Bailey says of 
the native plum; “While much inferior to 
the foreigners in quality of fruit they are 
destined to win in the ceaseless struggle 
for existence. They possess great superi¬ 
ority in what we call constitution. But 
they have other merits quite as pronounced. 
I refer to their comparative immunity from 
the attack of black-knot, leaf blight, fungi 
and other serious di.seases.” 
Ohio, e. c. green. 
Strawberries in Maine.— Not one of 
your writers on page 141 made any mention 
whether this “acre” was to be grown spec¬ 
ially for fruit, or for the combined purpose, 
fruit and plants. This, it seems to me, 
should be specified; for if grown specially 
for fruit, and the wide, thinly-matted row 
system is employed—which system will 
give the greatest yield of the finest fruit— 
the cost of keeping the weeds down of the 
kind known as surplus plants, in a good 
growing season, will be no small Item. 
This must be nearly all done by hand, and 
to do it properly, in a humble attitude. 
Yet, if my experience of 16 years speaks 
the truth, it is the most profitable work 
that can be done to the strawberry patch, 
if done with good judgment and at the 
proper time. The time is just as fast as 
they appear. The man who grows straw¬ 
berries anyway largely is almost sure to 
get into the habit sooner or later, of selling 
more or less plants. It is a very bad 
habit to get into, and one which if he 
is a grower of fancy fruit here in the 
North will work to his financial—not to say 
anything about his moral—loss. The high¬ 
est estimate given Is not up to my figures. 
In answer to that same question many 
times, I have always said, that on an aver¬ 
age $200 was the smallest amount that one 
could figure it here in this State, if expect¬ 
ing to get anywhere near a full crop of fine 
fruit. The most profitable acre of berries 
1 ever grew cost me fully $400 before I re¬ 
ceived one cent of profit from it; but $75 
of this was for first clearing, which, of 
course, should not be charged against the 
crop.’ I obtained nearly $2^000 from the sale 
of berries from this acre the first fruiting 
season. Not a plant was sold from it 
But this, you understand, is way above 
the average, one where there were many 
favorable combinations; 1 doubt If 1 will 
ever be able to do the like again, though 
I may grow berries many years to come. 
Maine. e. w. wooster. 
Turning Under Rye.— Turning under a 
heavy growth of heavy green rye 1 have 
found no better way than to run mower 
the opposite way to the plow; that is, so 
plow will strike the cut end. and use a 
good sharp rolling cutter. I think the 
green crop rots quicker and does not pull 
out so badly if a harrow tooth catches It. 
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