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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 17 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
The Snyder Pear. 
Is there such a pear as the Snyder? A 
neighbor has a tree he calls by that name; 
It Is a Fall pear, bell-shape, russet, very 
sweet and juicy. I have not seen It men¬ 
tioned in any catalogue. j. e. d. 
Hamburg, N. Y. 
If there is such a pear as Snyder, I 
do not know of it. It may be some local 
variety as yet unknown outside of the 
neighborhood 'in which it is, or it may 
be a local name for some old variety. 
There is a very fine russet pear of a long 
pyramidal shape called Bose. It ripens 
in late Fall in New York. 
McPike Grape; Whitewash. 
1. Tell us something about the McPike 
grape. What about its keeping 100 days 
on the vine, as some nurserymen claim? 
2. Give me a good recipe for making white¬ 
wash. R. F. 
Anderson, S. C. 
1. The McPike grape is a late variety, 
and so far as fruit has been produced, it 
gives evidence of being a good keeper, 
but as to it “keeping 100 days on the 
vine,” if that means after it is ripe, I 
fear that would be a little more, if not 
much more than it would do. It seems 
to have a good sturdy vine, and to be a 
good bearer. 
2. Good whitewash is made by slaking 
the best of fresh stone lime in just water 
enough to make it into a fine flour, and 
after it is in this condition, adding 
water until it becomes about like thin 
paint in consistency. The addition of 
a pint of common salt to each 10 quarts 
of the wash is said to make it stand bet¬ 
ter after being applied to the building, 
wall, or fence to oe coated. If to be ap¬ 
plied to trees I would leave out the salt, 
it would be needless, but I would add 
an ounce of carbolic acid instead of the 
pint of salt. 
Pruning Pear Trees. 
In trimming neglected pear trees about 
seven years set, is it best to cut the end 
of the limbs back, so as to make a perfect 
top, and when? When an orchard about 
35 years old has the end of many of the 
limbs stripped of leaves, apparently dead, 
(caused probably by ravages of worms), Is 
it best to cut them back to the live wood? 
Albion, N. Y. w. n. h. 
Yes, I would head back pear trees that 
are seven years old; and at they were 
younger or older I would try to keep the 
very tall-growing kinds headed back 
within reasonable limits. Pear trees do 
not usually need as severe and con¬ 
tinued pruning as some other trees, al¬ 
though in California they are pruned al¬ 
most as much as peach trees, and with 
good effect in that climate and soil. The 
best time to do it is usually in early 
Spring, before the buds start to grow. 
Later would do just as well, and some 
think it a better time after the leaves 
are well out, but there is danger of in¬ 
juring the fruit and tender growth un¬ 
less the greatest care is exercised. 
It is probable that an apple orchard is 
referred to in the second question, and 
that it lias been seriously hurt by the 
Spring canker-worm. The dead wood 
Should be cut away by all means, and 
that which is very sickly or feeble may 
as well come off. The future raids of 
this and other insects rhould be pre¬ 
vented by studying the habits and direc¬ 
tions for fighting these pests, and then 
faithfully doing what the entomologists 
direct. 
Grafting the Hickory. 
I have a nice lot of young hickory trees 
that I would like to graft with good va¬ 
rieties of the shellbark. Where can scions 
be had, and their price? Give the best 
manner of grafting them; also state the 
best varieties with descriptions. I am 
largely interested in nut culture, and also 
in apple and peach culture to the extent of 
600 acres in apples and 400 acres in peaches. 
Edgemont, Md. J. a. n. 
Grafting the hickory is one of the 
most difficult of all things of that kind 
to perform. So far I have not succeeded 
in doing it. But I have given directions 
to others about grafting the pecan in 
Louisiana, which is one of the hickory 
family, that has resulted fairly well. 
This plan was to work upon small 
stocks, cutting them off several inches 
below the surface of the ground, and in¬ 
serting tne scions there. After setting 
the scions waxing may follow, but it is 
not necessary if moist clay is pressed 
tightly about the wound and earth 
banked up almost to tne topmost bud of 
the scion. I have never had an oppor¬ 
tunity to try this method upon the hick¬ 
ory, but have made all my attempts in 
the tops of large trees. The under¬ 
ground plan might be successful. This 
seems to me futile unless some better 
plan than any that I now understand is 
followed. The bark methods of top¬ 
grafting work very well with the chest¬ 
nut, as I have repeatedly described and 
stated to the public. 
Regarding varieties of the Shellbark 
hickory, there are several very good 
ones. Hales is one of the very good 
ones, and I think scions can be had 
from Henry Hales, of Ridgewood, N. J. 
Rice is another variety of superior size 
anu quality, and the original tree stands 
on the farm of J. F. Rice, of Berlin 
Cross Roads, Ohio. Milford is one of the 
best from Connecticut, and may be ob¬ 
tained from 0. C. Cook, of Milford, in 
that State. Kirtland and Hull are two 
choice kinds that may be obtained 
tnrough N. S. Platt, of New Haven, 
Conn. It is probable that no price will 
oe charged for scions, beyond a nominal 
sum to cover expenses, for they have no 
market value as yet, owing to the whole 
matter of hickory propagation being in 
the experimental stage. It is worthy of 
careful test._ 
TOMATOES AS A FOOD CROP. 
Lots of New Varieties this Year. 
The tomato has become in recent 
years one of the most valuable and ex¬ 
tensively-grown of all garden crops in 
this country. It combines to a high de¬ 
gree the qualities of both a fruit and 
vegetable, and serves alike to refresh us 
in Summer, and by the facility with 
which it is preserved, is one of the most 
valued and agreeable additions to our 
Winter diet. Many are living now Who 
can recall the time when the tomato, or 
“love apple,” was grown for its orna¬ 
mental fruits, and looked upon with sus¬ 
picion, if not actual aversion, as a table 
possibility, though it was occasionally 
eaten in Europe as a vegetable, with 
salt, pepper and oil, as early as the end 
of the sixteenth century. These old 
kinds must have been pretty rank in 
taste, and even at this time the varie¬ 
ties grown in most tropical countries are 
generally of low quality. Of late years 
great interest has been taken in bring¬ 
ing out new varieties, supposed to show 
great improvements in one or more 
special features. Earliness of ripening 
is a great desideratum, as the first home¬ 
grown tomatoes always bring a good 
price. Tomatoes are never absent from 
the larger markets, as the glass-grown 
product, and those shipped in from 
southern points, keep up a constant sup¬ 
ply, but the high price of the former and 
the indifferent quality of southern to¬ 
matoes, after their long journey, leave a 
good opening for the earliest field-grown 
fruits each season. Hitherto the effort 
to combine extreme earliness in ripen¬ 
ing, good quality and productiveness, 
has not been very successful. Atlantic 
Prize, Early Ruby and Freedom are all 
widely grown on account of their pro¬ 
pensity for ripening some of their fruits 
very early, but they are not regarded as 
altogether satisfactory in other respects, 
and the search for a better first-early 
variety is being eagerly continued. 
Many new tomatoes are announced this 
year, covering in their introducers’ 
claims, the whole range of improvement. 
Spark’s Earlyana tomato (see Fig. 63, 
page 183), seems to be one of the most 
promising. Johnson & Stokes, of Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa., say that this variety was 
secured from a south Jersey gardener, 
who has been able to send tomatoes to 
market a full week ahead of all com¬ 
petitors, and that it is not only remark¬ 
able for its earliness, but for large size, 
handsome Shape and bright red color, as 
well as for solidity and eating quality. 
The illustration shows its surprising 
productiveness. We wonder how this 
variety will stand the test of wide dis¬ 
semination, and what the public verdict 
on it will be, say, two years hence. 
VAUGHAN’S RED 
GLOBE 
ONION SEED 
(Connecticut grown.) 
Every onion of truo 
(/lobe shape and dark¬ 
est red color. This 
RED GLOBE 
is crowding all other rod onions out, of the mar¬ 
ket everywhere. It will bring lOc. more per 
bushel and our seed will yield OO Jiushcis 
more per acre. Small necks ; round as a balk 
VAUGHAN’S GENUINE 
CONNECTICUT ONION SEED 
has been carefully raised by growers who 
know their business. It produces crops 
which sell while others rot on the dump. 
Itegularprice, $2.00pcr lb. Our Special 
Price of $i.6o per lb. if you mention this 
paper. Our 1900 Annual,'Gardening Illustrated, 
full of reliable information, mailed PUMP. 
Vaughan's Seed Store , 
New York—14 Barclay St. Chicago—84 Randolph St. 
The Dew-ey Sprayer. 
Sprays Kerosene Oil and Water fy 
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Sent express paid on receipt of $1.50. 
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KILLING LICE 
by old methods of dusting and dipping poultry 
and stock is expensive and too slow, without 
process, the heu or the hog sleeps at night on 
boardspalnted or sprinkled with 
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That’s all there is to it. No handling of fowls or 
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1900 
THE SOUTH SIDE 
FRUIT CARRIERS AND BASKETS 
PETERSBURG, VA. 
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Peach and Grape Baskets. 
Melon Baskets. 
Good Fruit 
always finds a ready market, but to bring top 
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Peach and Grape Crates. 
Buy direct from the manufacturers and 
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