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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
JrsT Rifiiir KOH Ci.oa'kr.—S o many 
crops languished thi'ongli the cold rainy 
Summer that it is a relief 1o consider 
how well clover plants have been suit¬ 
ed. Since the termination, in June, of 
the long Spring drought that threatened 
the extinction of the season’s hay croj). 
we have been dripping with moisture, 
v.ith temperatures almost constantly 
l.'Clow the seasonal average. The mar¬ 
velous revival of hay prospects under 
the. stimulus of the first rains was evi¬ 
dent to all. When harvested it gener¬ 
ally exceeded an average cro]) in quan¬ 
tity, but owing to over-quick and succu¬ 
lent growth, was rather low in quality. 
Since then the growth of clover has been 
(onstant and luxuriant. The song of 
the mower as late as October is a unique 
feature of this topsy-turvy year. IMa- 
chines have been at work in one field or 
another cutting repeated crops since 
early July. The gathered hay is of all 
grades short of fii’st quality, and will go 
far to fill the big chinks likely to be 
caused by the shortage in corn stover. 
■ CniMSOx Ci.ovKK Tnuri'TV.—AH kinds 
of planting long cuttings, grafts and 
shrubs not requiring a hole or furrow. 
Both trees started off well, the stub- 
1 ooted specimen in the lead, which it 
has always maintained. They are now 
.as perfectly developed young i)each 
trees as one could desire, having low- 
branched top nine feet high and a girth 
of more than eight inches a foot from 
the ground. There were only minor dif¬ 
ferences between these companion trees 
until they were thrashed about by the 
gale of September Ifi. the wind blowing 
in turn from several points of the com¬ 
pass and maintaining a velocity of GO to 
7") miles an hour for nearly four hours. 
The stub-roofed, spade-planted tree 
came through the ordeal erect and un¬ 
harmed. while the stick-pruned one, 
having roots descending steenly from 
the end of the trunk, was whirled about 
until it, was left prostrate with a funnel- 
shaped opening eight inches across and 
a foot deep around the trunk. It will 
lequire at least three stakes to supjtort 
this tree through another high wind, 
and it is never likely to be as stable as 
the other. The roots start too deejjly 
and descend at too sharp an angle to 
.give the needed support. Roots were 
thrown out from most of the stubs on 
the other tree, and form admirable 
braces. Where the strictStringfellow idea 
was followed they evidently only came 
fi’om the lowest cut, the' close scars 
higher up not favoring the production 
of laterals. The question of stability 
in this wind-swept locality is of much 
i!n])ortanc.e. A tree needs brace roots 
neither too deep to allow undue lever¬ 
age nor too shallow to be pulled out of 
*he rain-softened earth in severe 
storms. 
o^ clover were favored by the constant 
moisture. White clover has spread over 
many places where it had not previously 
been noticed. Spring seedings of Red 
clover that seemed burned out by the 
drought are now' flourishing. Alfalfa, 
where not smothered under w'eed 
growTh has gained enormously in 
strength, but Crimson clover has luxu¬ 
riated beyond all precedent. It may be 
said wherever a seed, self-sown or in¬ 
tentionally planted, reached the earth a 
vigorous plant, resulted. We have never 
known a season when a stand could be 
so easily secured. As each of our fruit, 
flower or vegetable plots was cleared of 
its crop all weeds wmre hoed or culti¬ 
vated under, clover seed sprinkled over 
the loose earth and w'orked in with rake 
or wheel hoe. We had a dense growth 
of clover from last year’s sowing in our 
blackberry and raspberry block, the 
rows of w'hich are spaced eight feet 
apart. When plowing under in Ai)ril 
W'O left an 18-inch strip standin.g in the 
middle of each space. This produced an 
immense quantity of seed which was 
scattered when ripe by knocking out 
wdth the back of a rake, and cultivated 
in. Scratching with a horse w-eeder 
would have been better, but the present 
result is a thick mat of young plants so 
close that even Crab grass had little 
chance to start. This was gained with¬ 
out expense for seed or especial prepara¬ 
tion of soil. Seeds in the hull if fresh 
germinate more rapidly and certainly 
than cleaned seeds. We have been in-' 
tcrested for several years past in aiding 
plots of Crimson clover, not w'anted fo. 
other cultures, to replant themselves, 
but this has been by far the most favor¬ 
able season for the purpose. Seeds sown 
in corn and thin stands of gra.ss before 
a showmr, without covering, have mad(? 
a good catch. This is not to be counted 
on in ordinary weather. Cow peas and 
Soy beans had little chance this Sum¬ 
mer, but the clovers have nobly filled 
the breach. We are sure to have the 
conditions reversed the coming years. 
All three are needed wdierever they 
grow. 
Staiui.tty A.xn Stui.ngfri.low Pi.axt- 
T.vc.—In April, 1901, we planted two 
Dewey peach trees growm from June 
buds the preceding year in a favorable 
situation on the Rural Grounds. The 
little trees were as near alike as could 
be selected from a large lot. One was 
top and root-pruned to a mere pencil, 
according to the strict Stringfellow idea, 
set in a hole made by ])ushing a broom¬ 
stick in the unplowed soil, and filled 
about with road sand and w^ater. The 
other w'as pruned in same manner ex¬ 
cept that stubs, perhaps an inch long, 
were left at each large root. This tree 
W'as planted by means of a spade, first 
opening a crevice by plunging the blade 
full depth in the soil, and working the 
handle back and forth. The tree was 
then held in position, the spade inserted 
again three or four inches aw'ay and the 
soil firmly pressed back against the root- 
stubs. using the spade handle as a lever. 
This is the nurserymen’s ordinary way 
Bt'DDixt; SicKDi.ix;: Peaches ix Place. 
The question of starting peach or 
plum orchards by planting pits w'here 
the trees are to stand, and later budding 
the seedlings without removal, so that 
there is no disturbance of the natural 
root system, has been several times dis¬ 
cussed in The R. N.-Y. Practical grow¬ 
ers universally ( ondemn this idea, on ac¬ 
count of the less of time and the uncer¬ 
tainty of getting a uniform stand, while 
theorists claim better and more lasting 
frees would result. The idea of getting 
an orchard this way is so visionary that 
no one seems really to have tried it, 
but there is alw'ays a temptation to bud 
or graft promising volunteer seedlings 
that come up in suitable places. We 
liave thus treated several vigorous seed¬ 
lings, but find they are not likely to 
make good and permanent trees under 
our local conditions. The roerts are so 
shallow that the trees are overthrown 
by winds that spare regularly planted 
trees, and are much more difficult to 
keep free from borers. When a tree is 
transplanted at one or two years from 
the bud, the collar and roots usually get 
w'ell cleaned of borers and pests, as 
well as the necessary pruning. The free 
is set deeper and more firmly than it 
w'ould naturally grow', and the chances 
of stability under intelligent treatment 
are increased. It is not easy to get at 
borers on undisturbed seedlings, as they 
often follow the under surfaces of the 
superficial roots, while in transplanted 
trees they are more likely to tunnel about 
the collar, not caring to go deep enough 
to reach the roots. As our trials only 
cover five years w'e can form no opinion 
as to the comparative longevity and ulti¬ 
mate producing ability of transplanted 
and iintransplanted trees, but are quite 
sure that little is lost in earliness of 
fruiting by planting trees grown in the 
nursery row'. We shall dig up some bud¬ 
ded volunteers and transplant in same 
place to gain stability. w'. v. f. 
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