224, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 31 
Agricultural Prosperity. 
Farming pays, 
These days; 
Don’t matter what 
You got 
Planted on y’r land, 
Y’ understand, 
Er how 
You plow, 
Whether you do It by steam, 
’R a mewl team, 
’R you rotate 
Y’r crops ’r use this yer phosphate, 
’R what all; 
Rarge ’r small, 
Farming pays. 
You may raise 
Oats 
’R shoals, 
'J’ermatterses ’r Summer squash, 
B’gosh! 
’R partickler Cain, 
But sun ’r rain, 
Wet ’r dry days, 
Farming pays. 
You bet, 
An’ yet 
There ain’t no harm 
In statin’ that it don’t pay the man what 
runs the farm. 
—Chicago Record. 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
A I,I, SORTS OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Sprouting Apple Seeds; Parker Earle Improved 
1. How should I treat apple seeds to in 
sure their sprouting, seeds to be taken 
from the apples this Spring? 2. What is 
your opinion of the strawberry, Parker 
Karle Improved, and how does it compai 
with the original Parker Earle? G. e. h. 
Bristol Springs, N. Y. 
1. Apple seeds are almost universall 
sand to freeze until Spring. I 1 
never known it to De done in the Spring 
although there is no doubt of the seeds 
being good under such conditions 
Whether they would grow if planted a 
once, not having been frozen, is some 
thing I do not know. It is claimed tha 
they need to be frozen in order t< 
sprout, but this may not be true, and 
ooubt it. I hope G. E. H. will try th< 
plan of planting the fresh seeds thif 
Spring and report the results. Thej 
just close enough for convenient tillage 
and about 10 seeds to the foot. I do 
mink any other treatment would m 
them more likely to sprout. 
Apples for Virginia Mountains. 
Name a list of apple trees best suited to 
our section, for general use, and what 
number of each kind should be planted in 
an orchard of 100 trees? h. c. c. 
Chilhowie, Va. 
As H. C. C. lives in the mountainous 
section of Virginia, he is in a good lo¬ 
cality for nearly all of the standard 
varieties of the apple. In fact, an apple 
that will not do well there will not 
succeed anywhere, and some that do not 
prove profitable in some sections are 
profitable there. A list of such kinds as 
would make an orchard of 100 trees, and 
serve the purposes of home use and sale 
as well, for that section, is given below, 
arranged in order of ripening. But few 
of each of the early kinds are needed: 
Two Yellow Transparent, two Early 
Harvest, two Red June, two Fanny, two 
Early Joe, two Maiden Blush, two Jef- 
feris, two Gravenstein, two Melon, two 
Grimes, five Jonathan, 25 Stayman, 25 
Ben Davis, 25 York Imperial. 
Fruit Growing in Colorado. 
For the past 20 years I have been grow¬ 
ing wheat in the Red River Valley of Min¬ 
nesota, and have lately moved here to en¬ 
gage in fruit growing. This valley of the 
North Fork of the Gunnison seems won¬ 
derfully adapted to that business. I wish 
to obtain information in regard to the 
setting, pruning and general care of fruit 
The ordinary Parker Earle I 
like to know the same. 
Jonathan and Winesap Apples. 
What are the distinguishing points of 
Jonathan and Winesap apples? I wisl 
raise some Winesap trees and want tc 
sure that I get correct buds. We ha\ 
variety here that is called Winesap, but I 
am inclined to think it is Jonathan, 
descriptions given by J. J. Thomas and 
Elliott do not agree. e. a. t. 
Croton, O. 
could tell a single twig of each apart, 
the color being so different. The tree of 
Jonathan is round-headed, the twigs 
rather slender and of a gray color. It 
usually bears well. The fruit is very red 
in color, with stripes 'indistinct; medium 
in size; round in shape, with a deep-set 
eye; has tender, yellow flesh that is very 
juicy, and the flavor is slightly subacid, 
but very pleasant. The tree of Winesap 
is spreading, often drooping and ungain¬ 
ly in habit, but Jie twigs are stout and 
very dark in color; being the cause of 
the variety having the name Blacktwig 
CflD Oil P—1,000 Bushels Crimson Clover 
lUn OH*- C Seed: 1,000 Bushels Cow Peas. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
Oflfifl RTNHfiT Q Seed C° rn : samples free. W. 
Z/UUU DUOHLLO N . scaRFF. New Carlisle, O. 
SEED CORN Do M& t S*“ d ' 
80-day Flints, Ey. Huron Dent. Ry. Golden Dent, 
*1; Pride of North. Cuban Giant Ensilage, Gold 
f Mine, 90c.; White Cap. Learning, Ky. Mastodon, 80c. 
New Bags, 16c. each. Track, Erie. 
SIEGEL, The Seedsman. Erie, Fa. 
1 | Strawberry and Sma’l Fruit Plants. Lowest 
1 Ml prices. List free. P. SPKKK, Passaic, N. J. 
’ CTRAWBKRRY PLANTS *1.26 per 1000 and up. 
5 ^ Miller Bed Haspberry and Lucretia Dewberry. 
*3.50 per 1000. Catalogue free. 
D. W. MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
t 
Strawberry Plants.— Johnson’s Early, Excel¬ 
sior, and other new varieties, *2 per 1000: standard 
. sorts, *1.50. List of small fruits on application. 
1 CHA8. BARKER, Milford, Del. 
> 
ftDllfCC New Early Yellow DCAOU 
till AltO FREESTONE rtAuVI 
Price-list free. W. J. Graves. Originator. Perry, O. 
TDrrO at Wholesale prices. Apple, Plum and 
| fiPrA Pears, $6 per 100; Peach, 3c. Cat. Fret 
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Twenty five varieties of strawberries. Blackberry, 
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Choice Seed Potatoes. —Early Bovee, 
Sir Walter Kalelgh and Carman No 3. Write for 
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Seed Sweet Potatoes, Seed Jersey Yel¬ 
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trees, small fruits, etc. 
CHAS. BLACK, Hightstown, N. J. 
Seed Potatoes. —Sir Walter Raleigh. 
Livingston. $2.88; Carman No. 3, Banner, Seneca 
Beauty, $2.07: Rural, *2.00; Ohios, *3.27 four-bushel 
barrel W. E. IMES, Seed Potato Specialist, Ver- 
montville, Mlcb. 
DHTATnCC Grown especially for SEED. 11 
IV 1 11 1 UCw varieties. Prices right. List free 
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MICHIGAN SEED POTATOES. 
Admittkdi.y thk Best. Quantity to Suit. 
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SEED POTATOES !££»£&£ 
Rose. Hebron, the Carmans and 0 other tirst-class 
varieties. 11 years experience. Catalog free. 
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CARMAN NO. 3 $3-00 
SEED POTATOES. W per b bl. 
Sir Waller Italeigh and Early Bovee *4.00 per bbl., all 
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Box 1, Upland, Ohio. 
ts^New Late Winter Apples. 
Collins, Beach, Oliver, Arkansaw, Reagan, Helges, 
Gilbert, Springdale, Highfill, Stayman, Givens, 
Hatchers, etc. $4 per doz., packed. 
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trees. I wish to set 2,000 peach trees in 
the Spring. What is the best publication 
on fruit growing, and who is the best au¬ 
thority on peach growing? Is it best to 
prune nearly all of the roots off when set¬ 
ting? How high from the ground should 
the head be formed, and how many 
branches should form the head? How far 
apart should the trees he set? Is there any 
book that treats on fruit growing by irriga¬ 
tion? What is the best spraying machine? 
Paonia, Col. e. h. c. 
There is no region that 1 ever saw that 
excels the Gunnison Valley and other 
sections of western Colorado for fruit 
country. Some of the best-paying or¬ 
chards that I ever examined were near 
Paonia. There are some very good 
books on fruit growing, of which The 
Principles of Fruit Growing, by L. H. 
Bailey, is one of the best. It lays down 
principles for ‘the planting, growing and 
general care of nearly all kinds. Irri¬ 
gation and Drainage, by P. H. King, is 
good for those who are working with the 
soil in either the irrigated regions or 
those that are not irrigated. Irrigation 
Farming, by Lute Wilcox, is a quite 
complete treatise on that subject. Ful¬ 
ton on the Peach is a special treatise on 
the culture of that fruit. Spraying of 
Plants, by Lodeman, is an excellent 
book on this important subject. These 
books may be bought at Tiie R. N.-Y. 
office. Peach trees should be set about 
one rod apart. They should he headed 
from 20 inches to two feet high, and 
from three to five branches trained out 
from the different sides. 
in some sections. The fruit is of me¬ 
dium size; flattish conical in shape, with 
a tightly-closed eye set in a small shal¬ 
low basin; the color is red, with darker 
stripes usually covering the surface so 
as to hide the yellow under-color; the 
flesh is firm, yellowish, and juicy until 
very ripe; and the flavor is rich subacid, 
and very good. It keeps later than 
Jonathan. 
Seaweed as an Orchard Mulch. 
I am going to set out this Spring, on dry 
sandy soil, near the salt water, about 50 
fruit trees. How would it do to spread sea¬ 
weed (not rockweed) thickly over the or¬ 
chard as a mulch, and leave it there all 
Summer? I cannot cultivate it frequently, 
and thought this might help it. a. p. s. 
Boston, Mags. 
Clean and frequent cultivation is the 
proper treatment for an orchard on any 
kind of soil. Seaweed spread over the 
soil as a mulch would keep the ground 
moist, provided it was put on abun¬ 
dantly. It would be a great benefit to 
the soil in adding humus to it, and some 
fertility, also, when it is finally plowed 
under, unless the soil is already full of 
this much-needed material. This should 
be done the next Spring. Being near the 
salt water, where the seaweed may prob¬ 
ably be obtained cheaply, it would be a 
wise thing to do. A crop of potatoes 
may be grown under the mulch, which 
would probably pay a profit in addition 
to enriching the soil. But tne plan of 
mulching an orchard after the tree roots 
begin to cover a large portion of it is 
bad, because it orings the feeding roots 
to the surface and causes their destruc¬ 
tion or serious injury by subsequent 
plowing. If it could he kept up con¬ 
tinuously and thoroughly, it might be 
very good for the Qrpftarfi, This is 
rarely practicable. 
Business Apples 
A flue selection for business and for 
profit: York Imperial, Sutton, Grimes, 
Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Arkansaw or 
M. B. Twig, Baldwin, Greening, Hubbard- 
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The “Pedigree” New Seedling Strawberries. 
Get our new Descriptive Catalogue. FREE TO ALE. 
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For $2, I will send by express or freight, i Alpha, i Parry’s 
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worth $3.25. Full line of Nurserv Stock Certificate. 
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