1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
361 
THE SOUTHERN FRUIT CROP, 
The prospects are very good for strawberries. I think 
there la as much on the vines as there should be, and It 
now looks as though we shall have a full crop. 
Maryland. J. o. Harrison & sons. 
I do not think the strawberry crop Is damaged more 
than from 15 to 20 per cent. It does not seem to be as 
bad as at first thought. w. w. o. 
Draper, Va. 
Of the early and extra early strawberries full three- 
fourths are killed. Midseason sorts about 30 per cent 
killed; latest varieties but little Injured. b. b. p. 
Dover, Del. 
Our crop has not been hurt by this last freeze. Some 
lew varieties did not bloom and we estimate that we shall 
have about two-thirds of a crop. Apples will be heavy; 
the peach and all other small tree fruits have all been 
killed. B. o’R. 
Staunton, Va. 
The cold of a week or two ago killed most of the 
strawberry bloom then out, but we consider the prospect 
very fine in this community for a good crop, the freeze, 
of course, making the crop somewhat later than it 
would have been, but no later than usual. The berries 
had bloomed too early and the frost got the first bloom. 
Crozet, Va. c. j. h. 
Strawberry growers In this section expect about two- 
thirds of a crop. On low land they are not hurt; on high 
land about half are killed. There will be but few, peaches 
for market. Bartlett pears are not hurt; Kleffer badly 
damaged. Wheat crop will be short on account of wet 
weather. f. a. j. 
Greenwood, Del. 
The main crop of strawberries (Tennessee) Is not dam¬ 
aged to any perceptible extent. Later blooming varieties 
are hurt some. My Seaford and Sample are later and 
were just In bud at the time of freeze; they are damaged 
20 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. The peach crop 
will be almost a total failure here, and Kleffer pears from 
one-fourth to one-half crop. b. a. s. 
Harrington, Del. 
I think the crop Injured about 25 per cent. Pretty much 
all the first bloom on the early strawberries, such as 
Michel’s Early, BJxcelslor, Superior, etc., was killed, but 
very many blossoms have since appeared, some of which 
have been nipped by the late frosts. The damage to the 
later varieties was not so great. I think we shall have 
a good three-fourths crop if nothing further happens to 
them. Peaches and pears are very badly damaged; will 
have but few, even if they do not drop much in June. 
Prospect so far is good for a fair crop of apples. 
Laurel, Del. J. t. w. 
At least 60 per cent of the early strawberries were 
killed, and possibly 20 per cent of medium and late berries 
by the freeze of April 4-5. Early apples, cherries, plums, 
peaches, etc., from 70 to 90 per cent killed; Autumn and 
Winter fruit damaged but not able to tell extent until 
after drop. Apples have been In bloom on Baldwin and 
other Autumn trees for over two weeks; on Wlnesap 
over a week and may be four or five days yet before It 
drops enough to spray. We have never experienced such 
blooming before. This is what Is termed crop year In 
Virginia, but we in our orchard term every year crop 
year. Our Winesaps are a perfect snowbank of bloom 
and beautiful to behold. J- c. 
Waynesboro, Va. 
Farmers are at least one month behind In planting, 
both corn and cotton. Oats from present outlook are a 
failure on account of wet Spring; look yellow and red. 
Peaches from last reports one-fourth crop. What melons 
are up look bad. on account of cold winds and cool nights. 
Labor is scarce and unreliable. Strawberries are ripening 
and doing well; meadows looking good. b. d. l. 
Macon, Ga. 
I have heard of no damage to straw,berry crop as a 
result of the recent freeze, except to the Excelsior va¬ 
riety. Some estimate 40 to 60 per cent of the blossoms 
of this variety killed. I have about five acres of Excel¬ 
sior. As nearly as I can estimate from 10 to 15 per cent 
of the blossoms were killed, yet the fruit Is setting In 
such profusion I do not consider the Injury as a loss. 
Pride of Cumberland, Gandy and Bubach were not af¬ 
fected at all. Taking my Information and my own crop 
together, I am persuaded that the damage has been ex¬ 
tremely small. w. o. D. 
Cambridge, Md. _ 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—A large tank of gasoline In the mill of 
the Northwestern Star Oil Co. at Minneapolis. Minn., 
blew up April 23, killing 11 persons, terribly burning six 
and Injuring a dozen. The outside walls of the build¬ 
ing were levelled by the explosion and in a moment the 
ruins were on fire. Six men succeeded In escaping from 
the building immediately after the explosion, while the 
rest of the employees were buried beneath the ruins. 
The plant covered an acre of ground, and the strange 
part of the disaster is that the office, which was wrecked, 
was farther from the explosion than any other part of 
the building, and some escapes were made from the im¬ 
mediate vicinity of the exploded tank.The New 
Jersey State Experiment Station, one of the finest and 
best-equipped buildings on the campus of Rutgers Col¬ 
lege, New Brunswick, N. J., was practically destroyed 
by fire April 23. The walls of the building stand, but 
the interior was almost completely wrecked. The build¬ 
ing cost $40,000 and that sum represents practically the 
damage done to the structure and its contents. The 
building destroyed shelters two entirely distinct Institu¬ 
tions, the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 
and the Agricultural College Station. The first was en¬ 
tirely devoted to research on behalf of the State, and 
the second to instruction of the scientific students of 
Rutgers College.A fire In the business part of 
Columbus, O., April 26, caused a loss of $600,000. One fire¬ 
man was killed by a falling wall.The plant of 
the International Salt Company at South Chicago, Ill., 
with three boats lying in the Calumet River, was de¬ 
stroyed by fire April 28. The loss is estimated at $1,256,000, 
that of the International Salt Company being placed at 
$800,000. The buildings of the salt company plant covered 
nearly 16 acres, extending along the Calumet River. In 
these buildings were stored 400,000 tons of salt, and the 
greater part of this is said to have been ruined by fire 
and water. Included in the company’s loss are the docks 
extending 1,500 feet along the Calumet River. 
The Special Franchise Tax law, favored and signed by 
Theodore Roosevelt when he was Governor of this Sftite, 
after a long battle in the courts was declared constitu¬ 
tional in a Court of Appeals decision April 28. This saves 
the city of New York $5,000,000 a year, and will enable 
the municipality. If the United States Supreme Court sus¬ 
tains the decision, to collect tax arrearages of about 
$15,000,000, and interest at seven per cent for three years, 
amounting to an additional $3,000,000. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—A State Corn Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation has been organized In Maryland, with headquar¬ 
ters at the Agricultural Experiment Station, College 
Park, Md. 
Alabama has passed a new law regulating the Inspec¬ 
tion and sale of nursery stock. The pests declared serious 
are San Jos6 scale, the new Peach scale. Woolly aphis, 
black knot. Peach yellows. Peach and Plum rosette and 
crown gall. 'The law states that any person, firm or cor¬ 
poration receiving from any other firm or corporation any 
box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs or plants com¬ 
monly known as nursery stock, which Is not accompanied 
by a certificate of guarantee, or official tag Issued by the 
State Horticulturist to cover said stock, shall bo deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
fined not less than $10 nor more than $100. No transpor¬ 
tation company or common carrier shall deliver any box, 
bundle or package of trees, shrubs or plants commonly 
known as nursery stock to any consignee residing within 
the State of Alabama when said box, bundle or package 
does not bear the official tag or certificate of guarantee 
Issued by the State Horticulturist without previously 
notifying the State Horticulturist of the particulars of 
the shipment as they may be required by the Board, nor 
without duly warning the consignee of his risk In accept¬ 
ing said shipment, 
George McKerrow, superintendent of Wisconsin farm¬ 
ers’ institutes, la planning to hold 10 or 12 Summer Insti¬ 
tute meetings in northern Wisconsin during June. It Is 
his Intention to hold these meetings at points In the State 
that are too far north to make Winter meetings advisable. 
BUSINESS BITS, 
Wk have many letters of Inquiry from readers who 
wish to know what agricultural advantages the State of 
Virginia has to offer. We can best refer them to the 
last report of the State Commissioner of Agriculture. 
This Is an excellent document of 170 pages, which clearly 
states what Virginia can supply to the home seeker as 
veil as to the resident farmer. By all means send to 
Hon. G. W. Kolner, Richmond, Va., for a copy. 
“FA.RM Helps” is the title of a booklet Issued by the 
Fairbanks Co., 416-422 Broome St., New York, on the 
subject of gasoline engines and farm scales. Fairbanks 
scales are well known by farmers from ocean to ocean, 
and are accepted as standard everywhere. This company 
now makes a line of gasoline engines especially adapted 
to farm work which promise to prove as popular and 
satisfactory as their scales have for so many years. 
The Standard Paint Co., makers of Ruberold roofing 
and P. & B. products, has just completed at Its Bound 
Brook (N. J.) plant a new three-story factory building 
375 feet long. This was made necessary by the rapid 
growth of the business, as with night and day work It 
has been found Impossible to meet trade demands as 
promptly as desired—the best kind of evidence of the 
merits of Its roofing, paints and insulating compounds. 
The company pays about $76,000 per year to its employees 
in the Bound Brook plant alone. On the completion of 
this new building the employees gave a housewarming, 
which was a great success, about 600 people being pres¬ 
ent. Including many visitors from New York and nelgli- 
boring New Jersey towns. 
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Dr. George E. Stone, Professor of Botany, 
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