1900 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
I 25 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
(CONTINUED*) 
Apples for Profit. 
For market and profit, I have been ad¬ 
vised to set Apple of Commerce, Black Ben 
Davis, Champion and Delicious, instead of 
Ben Davis, York Imperial, Mammoth Black 
Twig, and Stayman. Ben Davis, Mam¬ 
moth Black Twig and Winesap do well 
here, but the others have not been tried, 
to my knowledge. Finer Ben Davis I 
never saw than grew here in my father's 
orchard. I wish to set them wide apart, 
and some others between as fillers. What 
good early-bearing varieties would you fill 
in with? H - 
Payne’s Depot, Ky. 
I would not go back on Ben Davis. It 
it- one of the most profitable apples for 
Kentucky and a large part of the Missis¬ 
sippi Valley. I would certainly plant it 
there as part of a commercial orchard. 
York Imperial and Stayman are also 
dependable. Several years of trial in 
Missouri and adjacent States has proved 
•hat Gano, which is a variety just like 
Ben Davis in every way, only darker in 
color, is not so salable as that old 
standard. Some who have seen fruit of 
the Black Ben Davis say it is Gano, or 
at least such a duplicate of it that they 
are not distinguishable. I could never 
a ee any difference between them, but am 
open to conviction. Champion is a 
synonym given to a variety which has 
long been called Collins in its native re¬ 
gion in Arkansas. Beach is the ap¬ 
proved name of another Arkansas seed¬ 
ling, which has been called “Apple of 
Commerce,” Richardson Red and some 
other names. Delicious I do not know. 
All of these new varieties are now going 
tlnough the testing stage, and there is 
good reason to expect that some of them 
will prove of value. It would be well 
to plant a few trees of each for trial. 
In regard to fillers to plant between the 
permanent trees it is difficult to say 
what one or more kinds would be best. 
My opinion is, that Missouri is the most 
suitable there. It is the great early- 
bearing Winter apple for the more 
western States, and I know of it doing 
well in southern Ohio. It is one that I 
would plant for a filler. Wagener is an¬ 
other very early bearer, and a red Win¬ 
ter apple of high character. It has the 
fault of being a poorly-rooted tree, and 
that may be why it bears so early and 
heavily when young. Top-worked on 
Ben Davis it would be excellent. 
Home Fruits for Massachusetts. 
Will you give me a list of the best fruits 
to plant on a home place, for this section 
of Massachusetts, including apples, pears, 
grapes and blackberries? 1 have bought a 
small place of two acres for a home, and 
wish to improve it. The land slopes to the 
north, but is well sheltered from north 
winds by hills. The soil is very good, so 
I am told by farmers here. I wish to set 
about 25 permanent apple trees, 30x30 feet, 
and fill In with others, so that they stand 
15x15 feet, until they need cutting out. 
Haydenville, Mass. J. l. 
Thirty feet seems too close for per¬ 
manent apple trees in Massachusetts. 
Forty fee*t wouR be better, for they w*ilf 
use all of that space when they get old. 
This would give room for other tem¬ 
porary trees between them, and berries 
and vegetables may be cultivated until 
the trees need the whole space. In se¬ 
lecting 30 apple trees for home use on 
a small place the following will be 
found to be very good: One Early Har¬ 
vest, one Summer Rose, one Williams, 
one Primate, one Lowell, one Golden 
Sweet, one Jefferis, one ^ravenstein, 
two Grimes, five Hubbardston, five Eso- 
pus, five R. I. Greening, five Sutton. 
3 his list will afford apples of good qual¬ 
ity from early until late. 
A good list of pears, arranged in or¬ 
der of ripening, is Tyson, Wilder, How¬ 
ell, Boussock, Seckel, Louise Bonne, 
Sheldon, Bose and Lawrence. These 
may be either standard or dwarf trees, 
according to the desire of the planters, 
and the space which they are to occupy. 
As to grapes, only a dozen or so are 
probably wanted. Moore, Campbell, 
Worden, Winchell (Green Mountain), 
Brighton, Niagara and Concord are all 
good. Of blackberries there is not a 
large list to select from. Early King, 
Early Harvest, Agawam, Eldorado, 
Minnewaska and Taylor are among the 
best for that region. The northern 
slope is not objectionable for fruits. If 
it is the desire of the owner to plant 
early-bearing apple trees between the 
permanent apple trees, as is not clearly 
understood from his communication, 
then he might plant Oldenburg as a 
filler, which always bears early and 
abundantly, and sells well, despite its 
poor quality. It is attractive and a good 
cooking apple. 
Canadian Apples for Export. 
1. Can you name three good varieties of 
Winter apples for export, suitable for a lo¬ 
cation 20 miles west of Hamilton? 2. Is the 
Ontario a late Fall or a Winter apple, and 
how does it compare with Ben Davis as a 
profitable shipping variety? 3. Name one 
or two varieties of peaches that would 
stand the climate here, where the ther¬ 
mometer occasionally falls to 20 degrees 
below zero. J- w. h. 
Sheffield, Ont. 
1. If I lived in Canada 1 would go to 
some of the best commercial apple grow¬ 
ers living nearest me, and if possible, on 
the same kind or soil that l had, and 
learn from them what Winter apples 
paid them oest for distant shipment. I 
wouiu plant accordingly. My belief is 
that three good kinds for southern pan¬ 
ada to be grown for export are Hub¬ 
bardston, Baldwin and Rome Beauty. 
2. Ontario is a Winter apple of very 
good qualities, but mainly for home use. 
it is the wrong color for the general 
market, being whitish yellow with a 
light blush. Red is the popular color. 
It is large, of good quality and produc¬ 
tive. Compared with Ben Davis it is far 
better in flavor and general suitability 
for Canada, but tne latter kind, when 
grown farther south, will far excel it 
for market. In Canada, Ben Davis does 
not reach proper development, and, in 
my opinion, should not be grown. 
d. Two good peaches for a rather cold 
climate are Fitzgerald and Crosby. 
Treating Oats for Smut. 
Several Readers .—Will H. I. S., who 
wrote the article on page 41, tell us just how 
he treated his oats? 
I put one ounce of formaldehyde, cost¬ 
ing 10 cents, into four quarts of water, 
sprinkling it upon 10 bushels of oats, 
after spreading them on the barn floor 
to the depth of four inches. I stir them 
thoroughly with a rake, afterwards 
shoveling them into a box, covering 
them so that the formaldehyde would 
do more thorough work by not escaping 
too rapidly. They remained in the box, 
being then dry and ready to drill. I 
would advise the man with the rake to 
stand on the windward side. If there 
should be any oats left after sowing, one 
need not nesitate to feed them, there 
being nothing about tnem that is poi¬ 
sonous. _ II. i. s. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth .—Adv 
Quantity of Fine Trees 
We have almost everything wanted In our line 
October Plum, 
Peach and Apple Trees. 
Green Mountain Grape Vines. 
FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS are our great 
specialties. We have, however, quantities of other 
Nursery Stock too numerous to mention. 
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From one tree to a carload. 33 years' experience. 
Specialties: Kieffer Pears, Peaches and Vork Imperial 
Apples, all sizes. Woodview Nurseries. B.1U0, Uriah, Pa 
DC 1PIIEC—Someth!ng new. The earliest, 
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1IKNKY LUTTS & SON, Youngstown, N. Y 
WANTED 
Every person who intends setting a 
Strawberry plant during the year 
1900 to 
Send name and ad¬ 
dress for my newStraw- 
berry catalogue, 
which is now ready. It Is full of good 
things In the Strawberry line and 
My Prices Are Right. 
No agents. I deal directly with 
growers. 
W. F. ALLEN, 
Box 44 Salisbury, Md. 
“Strawberry Plants That Grow.” 
Standard Sorts. $1.50 to $2.50 per M. Descriptive 
Cat., with •‘Instructions How to Grow," sent free. 
THE C. E. WHITTEN NUKS'Y CO., Bridgman, Mich, 
Peach Trees 
10 Apple, Plum or Pear 
80c.; 10 Dwarf Pear 00c.; 
10 Quince 76c.; 10 Grape, 
Gooseberry or Currant 
50c. Write Quickly. C. NUKSEUY AND OKCHAIID 
CO., Charleston, \V. Va. 
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Choice Evergreens, Shrubs, Fruit and other 
Trees. Roses, Water Lilies, etc. Prices low. Wo 
also lay out grounds when desired. 
E. S. PETERSON & SONS. Box 15, Montrose, N. Y. 
N EW CARDINAL RASPBERRY.—A wonder 
among berries that every grower will want. Col¬ 
ored plates and full description in our new 18th 
Annual Catalogue. Slaymaker & Son, Dover, Del. 
DON’T 
give an order for Nursery Stock again 
catalogue, and see low prices, 
etc. Remember it_ pays to 
l>y mail. You will 
Bargains by mail, 
have them sent 
,-ejo.ee if y „„ PLANT THE BEST 
Send to HALL’S NURSERY, Cherry Valley, Ill. 
GLADSTOHE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
$10per 1,000; 3.000, $25. Circular free. 
F. F. MERCKRON, - Catawissa, Pa. 
Our Illustrated Catalogue for 1900 
Explains what may be accomplished by using 
well-grown trees and plants. Mailed free. 
W. M. PETERS' SONS, Wesley, Md. 
PEACH TREES 
First size 446 cents; 3 to 4 
feet, 346 cents; 2 to 3 feet, 
246 cents each, all one year 
from bud, healthy and thrlf ty; no scale. Official cert.1- 
tlcate with each shipment. Sample by exp. if wanted. 
Ship any time. Trees kept dormant until May 10th. 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
JOHNSON'S EARLY STRAWBERRY. 
You cannot afford to be without It, if you need a 
large early, firm shipping berry. Send for circular. 
O. A. JOHNSON, Upper Falrmount, Md. 
Strawberry Plants, S3 per 1,000. 
Fruit Trees equally cheap. Catalogue free. 
C. A. HYATT, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
JTHE 
MILLION DOLLARS 
Most talked of potato on earth ! Our 
Catalog tells— bo also about Sal- 
zer’s Earliest Six Weeks’ Potato. 
Largest farm and vegetable seed 
growersin U.S. Potatoes, $1.20and 
up a bbl. Send this rotice and 5c. 
•t*mp for Big Catalog. Fl41 _ 
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BEST SEEDS 
for the 
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All Seeds In PAPERS postpaid for TWO cents 
each. YOUR OWN SELECTIONS. No blow or 
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packet of the New Coin Ideation Toinuto Seed* 
Address. COLE’S SEED STORE, Pella, In. 
SOUTHPORT GLOBE ONION SEED. 
Meeker’s Smoothing Harrows, Onion Seed Drills and 
Hand-Wheel Hoe-. C. O. JellitT & Co., Southport, Ct. 
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wiM Choice kinds of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 
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IOWA SEED CO., DES MOINES, IOWA. 
The Admiral Dewey Potato. 
Still at the head with a yield rate of 1)77 bushels 
to the acre in 181)8. with from GO to 1MJ pounds from a 
pound of seed planted in 1899 It. resembles the 
Rose in color of the skin, but the flesh Is whiter and 
the quality is unquestionably the best of Its typo, 
and should supersede all others for main crop. 
Price, 75c. pound: 3 pounds, $2. post or express paid. 
Send for circulars and testimonials to C. M. ROBIN¬ 
SON. ManOrville L. I., or JOHN DUKYKA & CO.. 
27, 29 and 31 Gansevoort Street, New York City. 
E. A. Hill, Windham, Greene Co.,N.Y. 
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Bovee, Carman No. 3. Sir Walter, Uncle Saw. 
Yield of Carman No. 3. without fertilizers, from se¬ 
lected portions of Held,90 days from planting, when 
growth stopped by frost, over 700 busheis per acre. 
AM MAYING a s P eclalt y °* second-growth Seed 
Hm InM l\I |l 13 Potatoes. It will save you money 
to buy direct from farmer. Will be glad to give 
prices and references. Address ALFRED A. 
WHITTINGTON, Marion Sta., Somerset Co., Md. 
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CARMAN No. 3 - 
Rural Now Yorker and Banner at same price. 
Sir Walter Raleigh - P i 2 r -^,. 
VVor| ( |> H Fair and Carman No. 1 at same price. 
Acme and Early Ohio P g-gg,. 
six 
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Weeks Early Market and Livingston same. 
,,,. r discount onjjdSO orders. Many 
Others.Also SeedCom,Oats,Barley,Garden Seeds 
Write for . ■ n Drawer, G, 
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Seed Potatoes. —No “Million Dollar” 
varieties, but just the good old modest kinds that 
need no extravagant claims. Sir Walter Raleigh, 
Carman No. 3. Early Michigan, Bovee, Burr’s Early, 
Cobbler and others. Catalogue free. 
GEO. W. MACK, Box A, Greenville, O. 
100 ACRES 
In Strawberry Plants. Wholesale 
List free. T. C. Kevltt, Passaic, N.J 
VINES. TREES, SHRUBS, 
best varieties for Northern 
1 Planters. Also Seed Corn ana 
potatoes. For anything In nursery stock, at reason¬ 
able prices, consult our catalog, sent free. 
COE & CONVERSE, Box 9, Ft. Atkinson. Wls. 
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Strawberry Plants—Excelsior, Gibson, Johnson 
Early. List free. P. SPEER, Passaic, N. J. 
New Seedling Strawberries. 
Free Silver and Wlnchel No. 3 Just out and 20 other 
varieties. Write for free catalogue. RIDGE PLANT 
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TREES 
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Pears, $6 per 100; Peach, 3c. Cat. Free 
Reliance Nursery, Box 10, Geneva, N. Y 
The Wonderful FROST-PROOF PEACH 
IRON MOUNTAIN Everywhere. 
Fine PEACH TREES a specialty. Everything; 
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Northern-Grown Seed Potatoes.— 
Hammond's Wonderful, Enormous. Bovee, and 20 
others. Corn and Oats. Grapevines. P. Itock and 
White Wyandotte Eggs. Circular free. 
IRA P. WATSON, Fredunta, Chaut. Co.. N. Y. 
New Seed Potatoes for 1900. Heath’s 
Extra Early Market, Heath’s Late Surprise and 
Heath’s Late Beauty, threo best varieties on record. 
First year for sale. Write for particulars. Seed 
limited. T. C. HEATH, Tidal, Pa. 
To be GIVEN AWAY, a bushel of 
THE DEWEY POTATOES 
with every tenth order. The largest yielder. best 
eater, and the coming market potato. Send for cir¬ 
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Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Maine Seed Potatoes™ZrXV.;£ 
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New York. Mention this paper 
Seed Potatoes —Commercial, Wonder¬ 
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and others. Sample tuber, ti cents. 
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TMSMs M. IT HBHI 5 LP YOUR HAT 
/ill— nva Don’t you remember how your father used 
to test his grass and grain in this way? \\ hen 
) 4 v f ' i Mil'll held up the hat it was always regarded as 
1 being a satisfactory and profitable “stand.” 
A*TWW^T.£jM ...THIS... 
mggm BROME GRASS 
Surpasses Timothy In nutrition. Outyiclds Alfalfa, 
j/r’/p • W/Ww-lnS^' Yields four to five tons per acre. One sowing lasts 12 
years. Grows well in light soil, or wet swampy land. 
'•/IdvWdiiVx in !•' t'i’ Vml'li t'Sl Ibis no equal for arid regions. Drouth will not kill it. Anl- 
•umfmmto Ht l! imh I'miiMrf&FF'' mals en joy it green or dry. Gives as much food in one month 
1 nwmitiwl iM'/pv/l as Alfalfa does in three. Greatest boon ever offered as it thrives 
!' myMm in any climate, under any conditions and makes productive what 
|| IlMWjflld 1, 1 tj Inf' 'fl&aifir ' would otherwise be waste land. It is doubtful if the supply of seed 
M/r ffl y,V l .w this year will meet the demand, so great is the call already from States 
, Ivil mr- where hav is the ossenttal crop. Price: (trade A—1 lb., :(()<•; 3 lbs., 8:>e, prepaid. 
; PliUiifmlfflmV''-' 18 Bis. ,enough for one acre) $3.60: 100 lbs.. $13.00. Send for mammoth descriptive 
I’llll Wrlri - - - ’ ( (Y| catalogue witti treatise on cultivation and comparative food values of Broirie 
I|SPp^ lip 0raMand Tiniothy * Addre “> L. L. MAY & CO., Seed Growers, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
