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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 25 
Farmers’ Club. 
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Grafting Plums. 
G. W. It., Antlers, Col .—I have some plum 
trees just coming into bearing, but do not 
like them. They are the Bailey, a Japan 
sort. They seem too late for this climate. 
I wish to work them over to the Pacific 
and Tennant prunes, and American plum. 
How should I proceed, and when is the 
best time to do it? The plums are on 
Marianna stocks. 
Ans. —The Bailey plum is a late var¬ 
iety and may not be suitable to the high 
altitudes of western Colorado. The trees 
can be grafted early next Spring in the 
usual way. Full directions for grafting 
were given in The R. N.-Y. last Spring. 
In that region the last of March or 
the first half of April will be about the 
time to do the work. H. e. v. d. 
Premature Ripening of Peaches. 
,1. R. L., Birdsboro, Pa.—What causes some 
late varieties of the peach to ripen pre¬ 
maturely and irregularly over the trees in 
orchards four and five years old? I visited 
an orchard of 500 trees four years old, and 
found at least 150 trees have premature 
fruit on them. The soil is good and the 
crop the first on the trees. The season was 
very hot and dry; no rain in the fore part 
of the growing season, and only a few oc¬ 
casional showers now and then. 
Ans. —Extreme drought sometimes 
causes the fruit on peach and other fruit 
trees to ripen prematurely. That dread¬ 
ful disease of the peach called yellows 
also lias that effect. It is the first symp¬ 
tom of that disease. In the latter 
case the fruit is apt to have small, red 
specks over the outside, and also 
streaks through the flesh. Yellow 
leaves and bunches of small wiry 
shoots come out on the large branches. 
If these latter signs are evident, then 
there is almost no doubt of the disease 
being prevalent, and the most radical 
means should at once be carried into 
effect. This is to cut out and burn 
at once every tree so affected, and with¬ 
out dragging any of them near healthy 
trees, because the disease is very con¬ 
tagious. n. e. v. D. 
Apples for New York. 
M. F., Medina, N. Y .—I have come into 
possession of a nursery block of apple 
trees, from which I wish to set an orchard. 
Which of the following varieties are the 
most profitable: Ben Davis, Spy, Mann, 
Wealthy, Fameuse, Duchess of Oldenburg. 
Golden Russet, Peewaukee? What k.nd of 
an apple is the Peewaukee? 
Ans. —The Ben Davis is probably the 
profitable variety, even for New York, 
of those mentioned. It is not the one 
that I would positively recommend, but 
it certainly is proving worthy of being 
extensively tested in that State. There 
is another good use to which the trees 
can be put after they are planted, and 
that is, as stock upon which to graft 
the most desirable varieties. Twenty 
Ounce is a very valuable market apple 
in New York, but needs to be top-graft¬ 
ed on a vigorous stock. There is no 
better stock than Ben Davis. Northern 
Spy is about as good for this purpose, 
and the trees of this variety may be 
used in the same way. Sutton, Rome 
Beauty and Esopus are all better for 
being worked on to good stocks, and 
are among the most desirable varieties 
to grow in New York. If I owned this 
lot of nursery trees, and wished to use 
them in that State I would set all the 
permanent trees in the orchard out of 
the Ben Davis and Northern Spy, with 
the above object in view; provided 
there were enough to do it. I would 
set them 40 or 50 feet apart. Between 
these trees I would set all the Oldenburg 
trees there were, and a few of the 
Wealthy; because they are both very 
early bearers and will utilize the spaces 
between the permanent trees until they 
need them. Wealthy does not sell as 
well as Oldenburg, or I would use it 
largely. A few of the Golden Russet 
trees might be set for home use. The 
Mann, Fameuse and Pewaukee trees I 
would try to sell to some one who 
might want them; for I would not plant 
them except to be top-grafted; and they 
are not so good as Ben Davis and 
Northern Spy for that use. Pewaukee 
is a Fall apple of poor quality. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Grafting Crab Apples. 
H. E., Greenland, N. E.— Having an indis¬ 
tinct recollection of having grafted Trans¬ 
cendent crabs successfully with Winter ap¬ 
ples about 25 years ago, led me to try the 
experiment on a couple of vigorous trees 
eight inches in diameter here, in May, 1899. 
But it was nearly a failure, but few of the 
grafts living, and these of feeble growth. 
Will you tell me what would be the result 
under favorable conditions? It is possible 
that the scions were not in suitable con¬ 
dition, or it may have been defective work, 
though they were inserted by an experi¬ 
enced grafter. It has been exceedingly dry 
here for the past two years, almost un¬ 
precedentedly so. Perhaps this may be 
largely the reason of the failure. I wish to 
change to the Hunt Russet which, as you 
doubtless know, is an apple hardly larger 
than some of the largest crabs, but of 
superior flavor, handsome red cheek, russet 
color, and one of the most desirable, ex¬ 
cept in size, grown in the vicinity of Bos¬ 
ton. It always commands from $1 to $2 
more per barrel than most other Winter 
apples, and is much sought after as a des¬ 
sert fruit. It is always in short supply, 
because it is of so small size it does not 
pay the producer so well to raise as some 
of the larger sorts, and as a result there 
are very few new trees being set out. I 
am sure that anyone who would give it 
good culture, that is, grow it in highly- 
fertilized and cultivated soil, would find it 
a profitable fruit. To my taste there is no 
apple of its season that compares with it 
in flavor. Like the Seckel among pears, it 
seems to me entitled to rank as the per¬ 
fection of all apples. 
Ans. —The Transcendent crab apple 
tree may be successfully grafted to ap¬ 
ples of any variety, so far as I have seen 
it tried. There must have been some 
fault with the scions inserted last 
Spring. Very dry weather would have 
some deleterious effect, but that should 
not cause an almost total failure of the 
grafts to grow. Hunt Russet is a delic¬ 
ious little Winter apple, and is some¬ 
what similar to Pomme Grise, although 
not sweet in flavor. Both are fancy 
market apples and very desirable for 
home use, also. h. e. v. d. 
Transplanting Raspberries; Parker Earle 
Strawberry. 
IV. A. S., Strathroy, Ont.—l. I have leased 
a place for five years, and ihere are some 
Cuthbert raspberry and blackcap plants 
on the place, but on poor and weedy land. 
Can I remove the old canes, so as to get 
a crop off them next year? If so, what 
would be the best way to do, and how 
should I plant? They are now in rows. 
Should they not be in hills, so as to culti¬ 
vate both ways? The soil is a light sandy 
loam. 2. A neighbor has what he bought 
for Parker harle strawberry. The plants 
fruited well the first season and he plant¬ 
ed runners from them on some low, wet 
and sheltered ground where they have 
never fruited, and other runners from them 
have failed to fruit though they bloom pro¬ 
fusely. They have perfect blossoms. I put 
out some runners from them last Spring, 
and they have done well on high open land, 
both in hills and rows. Can you tell me 
the cause of their not fruiting? Was it 
only the season? The old original plants 
had fruit on them this year. 
Ans.— 1. There seems to be no good 
reason why there may not be a moderate 
crop of fruit next year on the bushes 
mentioned, if proper care is given them 
from now until then. Previous neglect 
will undoubtedly have its natural result, 
in shortening the crop. The removal 
of the old canes at once will be advan¬ 
tageous. The Cuthbert plants need not 
be dug out, leaving only hills where 
there are now hedges or continuous 
rows, for the hedge system is very 
good if the row is not more than about 
two feet wide. Blackcaps are usually 
trained in rows, too, the stools being 
2% to three feet apart. But there is no 
objection to training in hills and culti¬ 
vating both ways. Some prefer this 
method: for it gives opportunity for 
thorough tillage. By this plan the hills 
shou.d be five or six feet apart both 
ways. 2. The Parker Earle strawberry 
usually does best on low, strong land. 
Why the plants mentioned have not 
fruited I cannot say. It may be that the 
fruit was killed when in bloom. That 
is rather common in low places. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Ad/v. 
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OF THE 
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Recleaned Seeds. 
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