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September 15 
Farmers’ Club. 
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Questions About Peaches. 
L. M„ Hammonton, N. J.—l. Will you de¬ 
scribe the Shipley (Late Red) peach, its 
period of ripening, productiveness, size of 
fruit, and the soil best suited to its 
growth? 2. What is the best very late 
peach for commercial growing in south 
Jersey for the New York and Boston mar¬ 
kets? 3. Is there any very late peach of 
the North China strain—an Elberta—ripen¬ 
ing two or three weeks later than that fa¬ 
mous variety? If so please describe it. 4. 
Describe the Emma and the Matthews 
(Beauty). Would you recommend either 
for commercial setting in south Jersey? 
Are they late? 
Ans.— 1. Shipley is a red and white 
freestone peach of medium size, about 
like Stump in looks, but not so good in 
quality. It ripens just after Crawford 
Late, or sometimes with it. It is very 
productive. The tree is of good habit, 
and as hardy as most of the good varie¬ 
ties. It succeeds on any good peach 
soil. I have just visited several large 
orchards in Delaware where it is in 
bearing, and the only objection to this 
variety is the same that buyers are now 
making to all white-fleshed peaches. 
The fashion in most of the markets now 
is for yellow peaches. Where a medium 
late, red-and-white freestone is wanted, 
Shipley is a good one, but a yellow 
variety will sell better. 2. Chairs is 
about the best selling peach that comes 
after Elberta. It is a very little later 
than Crawford Late, and much like it, 
but larger, and some think it has more 
red and is more attractive. It is now 
being sold by most merchants under 
the name Crawford Late, because it 
looks like it, and customers know that 
variety to be good. It should get the 
credit which is due it. 3. I know of no 
peach like Elberta, or any other of 
North China type, which ripens two or 
three weeks later than that variety. 1 
have just made a critical examination of 
the largest experimental peach orchard 
in America, and there Is no such peach 
in it, nor do I know of any such else 
where. 4. Emma I saw on the same 
farm as the above, and it ripened al¬ 
most with Elberta. It may not do so al¬ 
ways, but it surely did not prove much 
later there this year, although there 
were many trees of both kinds near 
each other. Nor was the Emma of so 
rich a yellow, nor of so good flavor. It 
also cracked some, and was inclined to 
rot. This grower, who lives in Dela¬ 
ware, is not well impressed with the 
Emma, although the tree looks like El¬ 
berta and the peach is much better than 
many other kinds. Matthews may be 
the late yellow peach we are looking for, 
but it has not been tested very far 
from its southern home as yet. I have 
never seen it, but it is said to be three 
weeks later than Elberta and almost as 
good in looks, size and other points. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Kansas Trees; Rye in Orchard. 
T. 0. Sheridan, Ind.—l. Would Kansas- 
grown fruit trees prove satisfactory here in 
central Indiana? 2. I am thinking of sow¬ 
ing rye in a field I expect to set in orchard 
this Fall. I should expect to turn under 
the rye in Spring, after growth of rye be¬ 
gan; the soil needs humus. Would the 
plan be wise? 
Ans. —1. Yes, trees grown in Kansas 
will do very well for planting in or¬ 
chard form in Indiana. I have known 
them to succeed in Ohio and much 
farther east. Eastern-grown trees like¬ 
wise do very well in the West, if they 
are planted in good soil and under such 
other conditions as are suitable for other 
trees of similar kinds. 2. Rye makes 
a very good cover crop for orchards 
or other lands that would otherwise lie 
bare over Winter. It takes up some of 
the nitrogen that might otherwise es¬ 
cape and will add humus to the soil 
when plowed under. But it does not get 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
nitrogen from the air. It should not be 
allowed to stand after growth has be¬ 
gun to start on the trees in the Spring, 
else it will sap the ground too much. 
II. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Bisulphide of Carbon and Strawberries. 
C. E. I’., Ridgewood, N. J.-My strawberry 
bed Is Infested with ants. Will bisulphide 
of carbon injure the roots of plants if put 
into holes and the latter plugged up? If 
it will do no injury, how far apart would 
you make crowbar holes, and how much 
bisulphide would you put in to each hole? 
Ans. —Carbon bisulphide is a liquid 
that vaporizes very rapidly when ex¬ 
posed to the air; the vapor or fumes 
are explosive and very deadly to all 
animals, including man. Most plants 
are not injured when subjected to the 
fumes, but if the liquid comes in con¬ 
tact with any part of plants it often 
kills that portion quickly. Hence it is 
usually safe to allow only the fumes to 
come in contact with the plant. Yet one 
of the most successful methods of kill¬ 
ing borers in the trunk or large limbs of 
trees is to inject a small quantity of 
the liquid into the burrow or tunnel of 
the borer, and plug the opening with 
putty or hard soap. The liquid applied 
in this way does not seem seriously to 
injure the plant. The substance is used 
mostly for fumigating stored grain, and 
peas or beans infested with weevils ami 
other insects, and many woodchucks 
have succumbed to its deadly fumes. In 
France large quantities of the liquid 
have been injected into the soil in 
vineyards to check the ravages of the 
Phylloxera plant louse. Six years ago 
USING BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. Flo. 227. 
we devised a practicable method for ap¬ 
plying the liquid to kill such pests as 
the Cabbage root-maggot, and our ex¬ 
periments indicated that it was one of 
the best methods of fighting this serious 
cabbage pest. Recently fruit trees have 
been treated with the liquid for the 
Woolly aphis and the Peach tree-borer. 
We were unsuccessful in our experi¬ 
ments against the Peach tree-borer, and 
large quantities of the liquid were used 
in California in peach orchards with the 
result that many borers are said to have 
been killed, and some also killed hun¬ 
dreds of their trees. In Missouri apple 
trees were treated for the Woolly aphis 
with successful results when the liquid 
was properly applied. It was found 
that when the liquid was injected into 
the soil near the trunk or base of the tree 
that it usually killed the tree, but when 
injected away from the tree a foot or 
two, taking care not to strike a main or 
large root, that no injury resulted to the 
trees. Thus experiments show that if 
the substance is injected into the soil 
so that none of the liquid touches the 
roots, the fumes may penetrate all 
through and around the roots and kill 
all animal life in the soil without injur¬ 
ing the roots. In the case of small 
plants, like cabbages, strawberries and 
the like, one should inject tne liquid in 
the manner shown in Fig. 227, begin¬ 
ning several inches away from the base 
of the plant, making a slanting hole ex¬ 
tending underneath the root system of 
the plant and arrange (with the Mc¬ 
Gowan injector shown in the figure or 
by means of a tin tube or funnel in¬ 
serted in the hole) to apply the liquid at 
the bottom of the hole. 
The vapor or fumes will more readily 
permeate light dry soils than it will wet 
heavy soils, hence the effectiveness of 
the liquid on underground insects will 
vary with the nature of the soil. We 
found a teaspoonful injected into the 
soil beneath a cabbage plant sufficient to 
destroy the dozens of maggots working 
on the roots. In the experiments 
against the Woolly aphis, one fluid 
ounce of the liquid was injected into 
each of two or three holes made at a 
distance of two feet from the base of 
young bearing apple trees. A teaspoon¬ 
ful should be sufficient to inject under 
a large strawberry hill. In treating 
hills of ants, we would make two or 
three holes in the hill, and pour a table¬ 
spoonful into each hole and fill the hole 
with a sod, or, as some recommend, 
ignite the fumes with a torch as it 
comes from the hole and thus explode 
the fumes and drive it all through the 
nest or hill. For woodchucks, pour an 
ounce or more on to a cotton ball and 
roll it down the hole and plug up the en¬ 
trance as tightly as possible. If care is 
taken not to get any of the liquid on the 
roots, and it is injected in when the soil 
is dry, this carbon bisulphide will prove 
an effectual and practical method of kill¬ 
ing underground insects working in 
isolated plants like cabbages, trees, etc., 
but it would be too expensive to use 
broadcast on field crops or in beds of 
radishes, strawberries, etc., unless the 
plants were valuable new kinds. 
M. V. SLLNGERLAND. 
October Purple Plum Trees. 
The best of all of Mr. Burbank's Plums. We offer 
a large stock of fine trees, one and two years old 
Address STEPHEN HOYTS SONS, New Canaan, Ct. 
Seed Wheats 
Yields of 17 varieties. Sample 
free (to our readers). 
SMITH S POTATO FARM. Manchester, N. Y. 
SEED W H EATS- 
G. E. NORTON, Clinton, Oneida County, N. Y. 
■Ducly Seed Wheat.—Yield 30 to 45 bu. per acre. 
1.100 bu. of choice, pure seed, clean of cockle and 
rye. at $l.2 : per bu. 7,000 bu. grown on neighboring 
farms, at $1.15 per bu., sacked. Free sample to-day. 
JOHN HERR S11ENK, Lancaster, Pa. 
SEED WHEAT 
We are headquart¬ 
ers for choice new 
wheat. Varieties: 
Harvest King, Economy, Winter King and others. 
Descriptive Circular and Price-List free. 
Golden Straw Seed Wheat 
has proved the most valuable and productive variet y 
of Winter Wheat ever introduced in this State. It 
has long, well- tilled heads, and is an immense yielder. 
A 10-acre field this season averaged 40 bushels per 
acre. It has a bright, stiff straw that stands up 
against storms like a reed, thus it never lodges. It 
has never been affected with rust and very little with 
the fly. It has excellent milling qualities, and gives 
general satisfaction. My seed is absolutely pure 
and clean. Price, $1.25 per bushel; in lots of 10 and 
20 bushels, $1.10. Bags, 15c. each, extra. Sample 
package mailed for two stamps. Send money by draft, 
post-office order or express money order. Address 
HERBERT E. CHILDS, 
Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
M AMMOTH White Winter SEED RYE 
—Noted for its productiveness both in grain 
and straw; awarded first prizes at several N. Y. Htate 
and American Institute Fairs. Also first at the Tenn. 
Centennial, Mo., Vt. and Mass. State Fairs. Price. $1. 
per bushel. Send for illustration. Refer by permis¬ 
sion to THE R. N.-Y. K. L. CLARKSON. Tivoli, N. Y. 
T~> T7"r7— Very fine, extra 
J( I* 1 , heavy, well ma¬ 
tured. Will guar¬ 
antee 99 per cent to germinate. While stock lasts 
will fill all orders, bags included, for 1)0 cents per 
bushel, or 80 cents per bushel in 10-bushel lots, or 
over. A rare chance to get good seed cheap. Quan; 
tity limited. Order quick. 
W. F. ALLEN, Salisbury, Md. 
Clark’s Grass Culture.—As to Mr. 
Clark’s grass culture, I will say that I 
believe It all, and only differ from him in 
one particular, and that Is in regard to 
keeping two or more kinds of seed. He 
might be right, and probably is, if the 
largest yield possible is what he is after; 
but I want hay to feed out. I prefer to 
have the different kinds separate, and I 
can feed them as I see fit. On page 542, 
August 11, you say “that perfect prepara¬ 
tion, full feeding and heavy seeding” are 
the whole thing, but there is one point 
in which the average farmer cannot fol¬ 
low Mr. Clark, and that is the money to 
do this work just at the time he wants it 
done. L. c. 
Mass. 
Oxalis, Grand Duchess 
New; and the finest winter-blooming bulb. Flowers 
of immense size, borne well above the handsome 
foliage, and a persistent bloomer from November to 
June. Succeeds in any window. Always full of bloom. 
Twocolors — Bright Pink and Pure White. Two large- 
flowering bulbs, one of each color, for 10c. Six bulbs, 
3 of each color, for 20c, postpaid, with Catalogue. 
Our Fall Catalogue gLHlSew Lsl.ed-el 
f nges, hundreds of fine cuts and chroino covers. Sent 
ree to all who Apply. We are headquarters for 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Lilies, and other F all 
Bulbs; New Winter-Blooming Plants, Vines, Seeds 
Hardy Perennials, Rare New F ruits, etc. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. Floral Park, N. Y. 
ForestTrees. ForestTrees. 
Sugar. Norway, Sycamore, Silverleaf, and other 
Maples by the 1,000 or 10,000. Also Lindens, Poplars, 
Elms, Willows, Mountain Ash, Birch, etc., in large 
quantities, and Shrubbery by the acre. We can fur¬ 
nish trees from one to three inches in diameter. 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Ct. 
Recleaned Seeds. 
WHEAT, RYE, CLOVER, TIMOTHY 
and other FARM SEEDS. 
Write for Wheat Circular and Seed Price List; free 
The Henry Philipps Seed and Implement Co., 
115 & 117 St. Clair St., Toledo, Ohio. 
ONION SEED.—Perfectly hardy in this country 
^ Lb., $2.50; oz., 20c. Size and shape same as Portu¬ 
gal. Sow it now. BEAULIEU, Woodhaven, N. Y. 
GINSENG 
We are extensive growers, 
and make a specialty of 
Seed and Plants 
Book telling how to grow TlioiiHaiuls of Hollars’ 
worth in your garden or orchard sent Free for stamp 
LAKESIDE GINSENG FA KM, Amber, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
—500 bushels Delaware-grown 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Deb 
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VAPORATINC FRUIT 
Complete rigs for gilt-edge work and big profits. 
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO., 
Box 407. Waynesboro, Pa. 
.PEAR POSSIBILITIES 
dare only fully realised by those who plant our 
r Standard Kiefer Pears. 
F Our stock is renowned for vigor and rapid 
growth and absolute freedom from disease, etc, 
This pear is enormously productive, large sire, 
fine flavor and handsome appearance. A good 
seller. Trees are free from blight; ripens Tate. 
__ _r stock is the best the growers* art can produce. 
HAKKISON’S WUKSKK1ES. Box 29 Berlin, Md. 
200,000 Peach Trees. 
We offer a choice lot of Peach trees, grown from 
Tennessee pits. These trees are healthy and fine. 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’8 SONS. New Canaan. Ct. 
200,000 Peach 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
YORK IMPERIAL*™ KIEFFER. 
One tree to a carload. 
Business trees at business prices. (They are bear¬ 
ers.) Inducements to Reach buyers. Let us 
quote you on your want list. 
WOODV1EW NURSERIES, Box 100, Uriah, Pa. 
best by test—74YEARS. We 
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Stark Nursery, Louisiaoa, Mo; liansville, I.f. 
Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 
Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Oreeuhoases 
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Farns, Etc. Gorrespondsnea 
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.. Painesvllle. O. 
For $2, I will send by express or freight, i Alpha, i Parry s 
Giant, i Early Reliance and i Paragon chestnut tree grafted, 
worth $3.2^. Full line of Nursery Stock. Certificate. 
^ ARTHUR J. COLLINS Moorestown, Burlington County, N. J 
