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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Varieties of Cherries. 
1 . Will some one tell me of some va¬ 
riety of cherry like Hortense, but more pro¬ 
ductive? This variety with me is very fine, 
but produces very little fruit. 2. Is there a 
better and more productive cherry than 
Dyehouse; if so, which is it? o. R. w. 
Lyndon, Ky. 
The Mercer cherry is a little darker in 
color than Hortense, but is much more 
prolific. In fact, it is one of the most 
productive of all varieties of the cherry. 
2. Dyehouse is one of the earliest of and 
best of the sour cherries. It is almost 
identical with Richmond, and I know 
none of its class that is superior for that 
season. 
The Jefferson Pear. 
I never see the Jefferson pear offered in 
catalogues. Does it go under other names? 
Is Lawson as early as Jefferson, and how 
do they compare with each other? Which 
is the best early pear for along the south 
Atlantic coast? c. F. 
Ocean Springs, Miss. 
The Jefferson pear is not called by 
other names, so far as I know. It is of 
such poor quality and rots at the core 
so badly, that is is in very bad repute 
among those who know it well. Its 
earliness and fine appearance are its 
chief points of recommendation, but 
these do not overbalance its faults. In 
comparison with Lawson, which is also 
called Comet, the Jefferson is about like 
it in size, flavor and season, but is hardly 
so early or so poor to the taste. For 
home use along the southern coast, of 
the very early pears I would prefer 
Tyson and Rostiezer. 
Root Aphis on Apples. 
My apple trees are infested with root 
louse; they are three years old, and the 
upper roots are all knotted. The insects ap¬ 
peared on some of the branches last year, 
and I killed them with coal oil and soap (a 
spray). Will you tell me how to treat them 
and what to use? e. l. J. 
Jerome, Arlz. 
There is great difficulty in treating the 
roots of apple trees infested with the 
Woolly aphis without much expense and 
danger of injuring the trees. Bisulphide 
of carbon will do the work if it Is inject¬ 
ed near the affected roots with a syringe 
or “gun.” The fluid soon makes a gas 
that poisons the lice in the soil. Specific 
directions for doing the work may be 
had from the United States Department 
of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. 
Another remedy that sometimes proves 
very helpful Is the removal of a part of 
the earth above the roots, and spreading 
on tobacco dust, stems or other refuse 
of the tobacco plant, and then covering 
with earth. The juice of this poisonous 
plant will kill a large part of the lice, 
and is also a good fertilizer If there Is 
any better use for this "vile weed,” I 
have never known it. 
Tree Washes and Wax. 
1. What Is a good wash for apple, peach, 
plum and cherry trees to keep bark smooth 
and clean? I have been told that gas tar 
Is a good wash, but am afraid to put It 
on until I know more about It. 2. Would 
whitewash with crude petroleum In It hurt 
the trees? 3. Have you observed any dif¬ 
ference in fruiting of trees set in light and 
dark of moon? Some claim those set in 
light of moon are more fruitful, but I don’t 
believe it. 4. Give me recipe for good graft¬ 
ing wax. J. w. h. 
Payne’s Depot, Ky. 
1. Almost any wash that has plenty 
of potash in it, if well applied, will keep 
the tree trunks clean. Theae is no bet¬ 
ter thing that I know of than old-fash¬ 
ioned soft soap. Whatever is used 
should be thoroughly applied to every 
crevice, that any lurking insects may be 
killed by its caustic effect. Aside from 
this I can see no reason for washing 
the trunks, unless a whitewash is ap¬ 
plied that will in some measure prevent 
the effects of the sudden changes of 
temperature by reason of its white color. 
Gas tar is very dangerous, and has often 
killed trees when smeared upon their 
trunks. I have done this myself, in try¬ 
ing to keep rabbits from gnawing them, 
and wish to warn others of it. Peach 
trees are less sensitive to it than apple 
and pear trees, but it will besmear 
rather than clean the bark. 
2. Whitewash with crude petroleum 
in it would be somewhat destructive to 
inseets, and might not injure the trees. 
I have never known of that mixture 
being tried. 3. If there is any differ¬ 
ence in the fruiting of trees set at dif¬ 
ferent times as regards the shining of 
the moon I have never seen it, nor do I 
believe in such a theory. 4. Directions 
for making grafting wax will soon ap¬ 
pear in an article on grafting in this 
paper. 
Commercial Orchard in Pennsylvania. 
I have a piece of ground upon which I 
purpose to plant a commercial apple or¬ 
chard of about 1,000 trees. The location is 
the hill country of west central Pennsyl¬ 
vania, about 1,500 feet above sea-level. It 
slopes principally to the east, a part to the 
north and a part to the west. Soil of a 
light-colored slate on shale, with clay sub¬ 
soil. What do you think of the following 
sorts as being adapted to this particular lo¬ 
cality: 300 York Imperial, 100 Baldwin, 200 
Jonathan, 200 Smith’s Cider, 200 Sutton 
Beauty? Apples are not grown for com¬ 
mercial purposes in this section of Penn¬ 
sylvania, that I am aware of. a. h. 
Curwensville, Pa. 
The section seems to be a good one 
for commercial apple culture, and the 
soil is likewise, judging from the state¬ 
ments of the inquirer. The list of varie¬ 
ties and the proportion of each to be 
planted seems very suitable. Because 
there have been no commercial orchards 
there is no reason why there should not 
be, and the probability is that the ven¬ 
ture is a wise one, especially as the idea 
advanced is “the growing of apples after 
the most approved fashion.” To begin 
with, I would insist on the trees being 
thoroughly fumigated with hydrocyanic 
acid gas before they leave the nursery. 
It would be a good plan to rig up a box 
on the farm, and do the same thing 
there with each and every bundle of 
trees or plants received. This will in¬ 
sure clearance from all scale and other 
insect pests at the start, and it is cheap 
and the only really sure means of being 
so. 
Park’s Keeper Apple. 
Are Park’s Keeper and Minkler apples 
the same? Please give description and es¬ 
timate of value for eastern Kansas. In 
cutting scions, why not, In the Interest of 
reform, cut off that useless initial letter? 
Bucyrus, Kan. f. e. h. 
Park’s Keeper is a synonym of the 
Lawver apple, as that variety was orig¬ 
inally sent out by a man named Park, 
of Parkville, Missouri. Minkler is an 
entirely distinct variety from Lawver, 
being smaller, more flat in shape, sweet 
in flavor when fully ripe, and not so 
red in color. Both are late keepers. 
Minkler is an apple of very good habits 
in the orchard, and meets with consid¬ 
erable favor in the market. There are 
many trees of it in bearing in Kansas, 
Missouri and other western States, 
where it does very well for either home 
or market purposes. It is also grown to 
a limited extent in Pennsylvania under 
the name Brandywine and other local 
names, and is there esteemed. It is evi¬ 
dently a seedling of that State, and was 
taken westward many years ago, and its 
name and history lost. The name Mink¬ 
ler was given it in Illinois, in honor of 
the man who brought it to prominence 
there without knowing its origin. 
Yes, I believe in cutting off all super¬ 
fluities in spelling wherever it can be 
done without confusion or arousing too 
much opposition. The word that repre¬ 
sents the cuttings from trees, etc., is 
spelled both scion and cion in the dic- 
tionajries. It would seem reasonable 
that sion would be a still better way to 
spell it, as the letter c should not have 
the sound of s. In fact, c would be 
eliminated altogether from our language 
if we were to institute anything like a 
thorough reform, and use s and k in¬ 
stead, both of which letters it supplants 
in many cases. In the meantime, it 
matters little which of the two ways are 
used to spell the word which we use to 
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