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EVERYBODY’S GARDEN. 
ForL GROtrxD.—We have our share of 
it, I think, and in spite of hoes, cultiva¬ 
tors, plows, etc., the weeds have given 
us a neck-and-neck race this year. 
Early in the season I made some threats 
regarding the burdocks and yellow dock, 
and decreed with a proviso, however, 
that none should be allowed to go to 
seed. This I found to be quite a hard 
contract, for^in previous years I judge 
they haAm been allowed considerable 
liberty. We have kept them pretty well 
cornered, and barring a few in here and 
there a sheltered place, they have been 
well cared for. I recently found a few 
that had escaped us, but the first wet 
clay that comes has been set apart in 
advance to put them out of commission. 
One of the men tried mowing them off, 
but that was lost labor, for they spring 
up again and grow like Jonah’s gourd. 
The only way I have ever found to dis¬ 
pose of them effectually is to cut them 
below the crown. I have never seen 
one thus treated that made any further 
trouble. They are a nuisance at best, 
but I have seen other weeds that were 
more troublesome. We find consider¬ 
able trouble with mallow and dandelion 
in the strawberry beds. Early in the 
month we cleaned out the beds, and 
felt that we were pretty well rid of 
weeds for this year. The whole of the 
month has been so wet that the weeds 
could not resist the temptation to pester 
us still further, so we had to go after 
them again. September 26, however, 
finds the beds in pretty good shape. 
There is no lack of humus, and the vines 
are still making headway, and several 
barrels of hen manure that will be put 
directly on the rows will put them in 
good condition for the Winter mulching 
when the proper time comes. 
Not Ai.i, Sunshine. —Early in the 
season the grapevines were very prom¬ 
ising, but they failed to set a full crop, 
and later on, the black rot did us con¬ 
siderable damage, so now at cutting 
time there are but few to cut. Some 
other prospects have failed; but we are 
not alone, for the grape crop has been 
nearly a total failure here, and peaches 
were not much better. The Potato 
blight has pretty nearly wiped out the 
late crop of potatoes, and the end is not 
yet, for what further damage the rot 
will do is still problematical. Fortu¬ 
nately our own crop of both early and 
late was pretty well out of the way, and 
potato digging has thus far revealed but 
little damage. Our corn is mostly out 
of harm’s way, so far as frost is con¬ 
cerned, and at this writing, September 
2G, we can still select many vegetables 
for a spread that in other years would 
have been entirely out of date. The 
silver linings are in evidence all around 
us, and while some clouds have gath¬ 
ered, there is still sunshine back of 
them. 
WiiAT We Are Doing. —It would be 
easier to tell what we are not doing, 
and just now vacation days for us seem 
to be far in the future. Grape cutting, 
such as it is, is not yet through; potato 
digging must not be neglected, for a few 
hot days with the wet soil might do 
much damage to the crop, so that work 
must be hustled through. Some of the 
tomato vines are still in prime condi¬ 
tion, and while we prefer to let the crop 
ripen undisturbed, just as long as pos¬ 
sible, there is danger of frost visiting 
us at any time now, and we have to 
hold ourselves in readiness to pull the 
vines on short notice. If a cold wave 
threatens at any time, we shall try to 
get there first and pull and pile the 
vines, then cover with stalks or straw 
until it passes by. After that we shall 
pick and sort the tomatoes and ripen 
tnem off in the basement cellar. The 
beets and celery, too, come in for their 
share of watching, as also the Hubbard 
squashes and pumpkins. The cabbage 
crop will care for itself through any 
ordinary freeze liable to come at this 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
time of year, and the turnips and ruta¬ 
bagas will do likewise. Not satisfied 
with all else we had on hand, two of 
our men insisted that we take in an 
extra apple orchard. The trees, except¬ 
ing a very few, are Baldwin and North¬ 
ern Spy, and the fruit is of good quality. 
So over we went and estimated the or¬ 
chard and took it at a venture. We 
have plenty of convenient storage room, 
and with seasonable conditions the haul¬ 
ing and marketing will be a fairly re¬ 
munerative Winter job. The two or¬ 
chards will make considerable climbing 
and scrambling, but the market for cider 
apples is near and the seconds can be 
marketed at couvenience. It is Saturday 
and nearly night, and the potatoes that 
were dug in the early part of the day 
must be hauled in before too much 
dampness gathers, so there is little 
time for games and such like. 
Michigan. .t. e. morse. 
Shot-hole Borer on Cherry Tree. 
7). T. .1/. L., Dcoalur, lnd.—\ have a cherry 
tree the leaves of which h.ave all dropped, 
and I find that the whole tree frorh ground 
up is infe.sted with a small black insect 
about the size of fleas. They bore small 
holes in the bark. There is a hole for al¬ 
most each square inch of bark. At these 
points the sap or wax comes out, in lumps 
about the size of a grain of wheat. An¬ 
other cherry tree near by has one limb 
with the leaves off, but I do not find any 
bugs on it. The bark and wood aside 
from the puncture looks green and sound. 
'This is the first T have known or heard 
of such an insect. What do you think 
about it? 
Ans. —The cherry tree is infested 
“unto death” with the Fruit bark-beetle 
or “Shot-hole” borer. When a tree 
reaches the stage described there is 
surely no hope of saving it. I would 
burn the tree at once, root and branch. 
I think we can greatly check this pest 
by thoroughly washing the bark with 
a strong soap solution, say one pound 
whale-oil soap in four gallons water, to 
Avhich add one-half pint crude carbolic 
acid. This “Shot-hole” borer is a very 
destructive pest in cherry, plum and 
peach, but it usually attacks only those 
trees which are unhealthy or sickly 
from some other cause. It spreads 
quite slowly in an orchard. Keep the 
trees healthy and thrifty by cultivation 
and feeding, and it will help much in 
discouraging this pest. 
M. V. SLINGERI.AND. 
Salt and White Grubs. 
N. /?. B., Muncy, Pw.—W’ill salt kill white 
grub.s without injury to trees, etc.? How 
much per acre should be used? In what 
manner should it be applied? Is it too late 
in the season to make an application; 
should I wait till next Spring, or should 
an application be made both this Fall and 
next Spring? 
Ans. —We do not believe that an or¬ 
dinary application of salt will do any 
good. If you were to use enough to kill 
the grubs you would seriously injure the 
trees. We doubt whether there is any 
more effective way of fighting white 
grubs than thorough cultivation during 
August and September. 
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