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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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FARMERS' CLUB 
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Rape After a Meadow. 
G. E. M., Pennadale, Pa .—Would it be prac¬ 
tical to plow a sod Immediately after hay¬ 
ing (say July 15), planting with Dwarf 
Essex rape for Fall pasture for fattening 
hogs? 
—Yes, we have obtained a good 
hog pasture in this way. The rape starts 
slowly at first, hut finally makes a jump 
and covers the ground. Our hogs are 
very fond of it, and such a pasture ought 
to give good feed up to Thanksgiving. 
Of course you must feed grain with the 
rape, 
A Barren Pear Orchard. 
lit. I., Norioich, N. y.— My pear orchard 
does not bear. I have 200 trees, all Bart¬ 
lett, 10 years old, and have had only one 
crop, 70 bushels, in 1901. The soil is sandy 
loam. The treses are from 12 to 18 feet in 
height. I have used the orchard for onion 
growing, manuring it heavily, and growing 
as high as 650 bushels per year. Does it 
need seeding down, or keeping in cultiva¬ 
tion? What is the trouble? 
Ans.— It is probable that the high cul¬ 
ture is forcing the trees to make rapid 
growth when they should be growing 
only moderately and bearing more. Seed¬ 
ing down the, orchard to grass and 
clover, preferably Orchard grass and 
Bed clover, would probably be a good 
change. h. e. v. d. 
Will Old Strawberry Plants Bear? 
D. C. 8., Bo. Canisteo, N. T.—I would like 
to know whether a strawberry plant if 
runners are kept off and it is well protect¬ 
ed and fertilized, will bear continually 
year after year, or does it bear one year 
ami then die? 
A NS. —The strawberry plant is peren¬ 
nial, and will not only live but bear 
good berries for several years under the 
conditions named above. Old plants are 
subject to many troubles that seldom in¬ 
jure young and vigorous ones, and are 
not considered profitable on that ac¬ 
count. We have known individual plants 
to bear fair crops four successive sea¬ 
sons, but tw^) or three years may be 
taken as the effective life of most straw- 
beny plants even under good culture. 
What Are “Cow-horn" Turnips. 
A. TV. M., Tecumseh, Jfioh.—What are Cow- 
horn turnips good for? I never heard of 
them till I saw them recommended by you 
In The R. N.-T. 
Ans. —Much the same as the flat or 
strap-leafed variety, except that they 
grow down into the soil. The flat tur¬ 
nip is round and flattens out at the sur¬ 
face of the ground. The Cow-horn looks 
more like a carrot or parsnip, and digs 
down into the soil—sometimes for 18 
inches or more. The feeding value of 
the two kinds is much the same, and 
there is little difference in the yield. The 
Cow-horn benefits the soil by opening it 
and bringing fertility up from the sub¬ 
soil. All deep-rooting plants are useful 
for this purjiose. The Cow-horn is bet¬ 
ter for seeding with Crimson clover or 
grass, as its habit of growth gives the 
seed a better chance. 
How To Trim Roses. 
J. F. 8., Oalma, 0.—1. Will you inform me 
the proper mode of trimming the Crimson 
Rambler after the blooming season is over? 
Should the eld shoots all be cut off, leav¬ 
ing only the new shoots for next year’s 
bloom? If one wishes it to grow as I have 
seen it, 15 oi' 16 feet, would it be necessary 
to leave old growth to reach thus high? 
1 have had poor success with Ruby Queen; 
I get no bloom, as it kills to ground in 
the Winter and new growth of course pro¬ 
duces no bloom; the same fault with Alba 
Rubifolla, Emperor of China, Pearl Queen 
a!id Royal Cluster, although they are laid 
down and ulightly protected. 2 . Will you 
tell me th(} proper pronunciation of the 
well-known shrub, Weigelia? 
Ans. —1. There is much difference of 
opinion as to the best manner of trim¬ 
ming a rose so new to cultivation as 
Crimson Rambler. It does not seem 
best to cut out all the old wood after 
blooming, as strong canes flower well 
for several years. Probably the best 
way is to cut out the oldest and weakest 
canes and remove some branches from 
the densest cluster, replacing the lost 
wmod with one or two vigorous shoots 
each season from the lowest point they 
will start. There is no need of leaving 
old wood at the highest points, but suc¬ 
cess is to be gained rather by bodily re¬ 
moving old canes than by shortening 
them. With the exception of Empress 
of China all the roses named appear to 
be generally as hardy as Crimson Ram¬ 
bler. They may do better if not laid 
down at all but freely exposed to the 
weather. Protection from Winter sun¬ 
shine, such as afforded by a little ever¬ 
green brush, is all these hybrids of Rosa 
Wichuraiana seem to need in ordinary 
Winters. Wigelia, with the accent on 
the middle syllable, and the hard sound 
of g, is perhaps the best pronunciation 
of Weigelia. The name is considered 
by some botanists as obsolete, the spe¬ 
cies being classifled under the generic 
name of Diervilla. 
Budding Fruit Trees in Washington. 
J. H. E., Ellensburg, Wash. —About wbat 
time should apple, pear, peach and plum 
trees be budded in a locality where all 
strawberries ripen in July or later? 
Ans. —It is probable that August and 
September will be the months when bud¬ 
ding will be most successful with the 
fruits and in the region mentioned. 
Washington has very late and mild Au¬ 
tumns, and budding can be done as late 
as the bark peels freely. It sometimes 
occurs that the seasons are such that a 
dry spell will cause the bark to become 
tight and budding will be a failure, if 
possible, and then good rains will loosen 
the bark by an enlivening of the sap, 
when budding may be done with very 
good success. I have poured a few 
bucketfuls of water about trees that I 
was anxious to bud in a dry time, and 
thus been enabled to do it, when other¬ 
wise it would have been impossible. 
n. E. V. n. 
The White Biackberry. 
A. li. W., Beaver, Pa.—Can you tell me 
about the white blackberries of which I 
have read? Are they of general value? 
Is the fruit of good flavor, and do the 
bushes bear well? 
Ans. —White blackberries are Indeed 
an interesting novelty and that is about 
all. I have known one variety, the 
Crystal White, for nearly 40 years, and 
at one time grew quite a patch of it. 
I have found wild varieties with white 
fruit and some with pink and red fruit 
when fully ripe. Iceberg is the name of 
a variety which was originated by Luth¬ 
er Burbank, by crossing Crystal White 
with Lawton, I believe. This is a most 
beautiful berry and bears very freely, 
but Is somewhat tender in plant. The 
main trouble with all the white black¬ 
berries is, that they will not sell because 
of the fact they turn brown as soon as 
bruised in the least, which gives them a 
spoiled appearance. The flavor is not so 
rich as that of the black varieties. 
H. E. v. D. 
Fruit Bud Formation. 
R. H., Wollaston, Mass.—What are the 
habits with regard to formation of fruit 
buds in apple, pear, plum, peach, cherry, 
currant, gooseberry, grape and bramble 
fruits? That is, which bear fruit on wood 
of the same season’s growth, and on what 
age of wood do the others generally form 
fruit buds? 
Ans. —Apples, pears, quinces and cher¬ 
ries generally produce fruit buds on 
spurs of from two to flve years’ growth, 
though some sour cherries set fruit on 
wood of the previous year’s growth. The 
European or Domestica plums form their 
flower buds on wood of two or more 
years’ growth. Peaches invariably set 
fruit buds on the growth of the current 
year; in other words on the new wood. 
Grapes also fruit on the new green wood 
of the current year’s growth. Currants 
and gooseberries generally form their 
fruit buds on wood of the previous 
year. Most of the cultivated brambleber- 
ries form their bloom and fruit on canes 
of the previous year’s growth, the canes 
dying soon after the berries ripen. 
There is an exception in the Burbank 
Mayberry and other types of Rubus mi- 
crophyllus, and some blackberries, such 
as the Evergreen, the canes of which live 
several years, fruiting repeatedly after 
the second year. 
Black Ben Davis. 
A. C. Q.. Plumsteadville, Pa. —On page 717, 
1902, Mr. Van Deman referred to Black 
Ben Davis and Gano apples, stating that 
he would make another report later. I 
should like to know the results of his fur¬ 
ther examination. I have a few acres of 
hill on my farm that is hard to farm; ex¬ 
posed to the southeast. The foot of the 
hill runs down to a woods in a valley; 
trees would be well sheltered from east 
storms. In your opinion, would it be 
suitable for an apple orchard? I am 
thinking of planting it to apple trees, and 
would want all late-keeping varieties and 
Just a few at that. | 
Ans. —The result of my tests of the 
specimens of Ben Davis, Gano and 
Black Ben Davis, taken from the trees in 
Arkansas last Pall proved to me that 
they are all distinct varieties but prac¬ 
tically the same color, flavor and gen¬ 
eral character of flesh. Outwardly they 
all have marked differences in color but 
inwardly they did not appear to me to 
be materially different. They all kept 
late into this Spring and were practical¬ 
ly alike In this particular also. Of the 
three the Black Ben Davis is most at¬ 
tractive, and if I should wish to plant 
any of the Ben Davis type I would 
prefer this one to any other. It 
would seem to me that the land men¬ 
tioned would be good for an apple or¬ 
chard. The York Imperial would be the 
variety that I would plant most largely 
there if the orchard was to be my own 
and for commercial purposes only. 
a. E. V. D. 
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