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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 17 
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A PROBLEM FOR NOVA SCOTIA. 
Nova Scotian (No Address).— What would 
be the most profitable way to farm 11 1-3 
acres of land, strong sandy loam, high, 
near salt water, all cultivated, forest pro¬ 
tection from west to northeast, south and 
east exposure, good natural drainage and 
frost-draft in a ravine bending round 
southeast base? Four acres now in apple 
trees, 35 feet apart; 1 1-3 acre part bank 
and part swale, with living rivulet, and 
some native trees; six acres in oat stubble. 
Near three towns; can be cultivated from 
April to November. Right in the great 
Nova Scotia fruit belt. I wish to retire 
from professional work. 
Plant four acres more with apples, va¬ 
rieties Ribstone, King and Fallawater, 
not less than 33 feet apart. While this 
orchard is growing plant potatoes for 
two years, then seed to clover for one 
year, and plow same in until shade land 
too much for potatoes. One acre for 
strawberries. One acre for cherry and 
pear trees, where raspberries and black¬ 
berries could be grown. I would use 
commercial fertilizer and clover instead 
of stable manure. There is always a 
good market for the small fruits I have 
named. grower. 
The question is difficult to answer, 
not knowing the individual or his pre¬ 
vious occupation. I would recommend 
him to set the remainder of his land to 
apple trees, choosing long-keeping va¬ 
rieties suitable for the locality he is in 
and salable in the English markets, and 
while they are coming to maturity en¬ 
gage in small fruits and vegetables suit¬ 
able for the market of the nearby towns. 
This would benefit the young orchard 
and bring an income while the trees are 
growing, and at the same time he might 
get fertilizer to carry out his work, as 
it will be difficult to keep much stock. 
What he does keep would better be kept 
by the system of soiling. He might also 
keep hens and bees; they would bring 
an income and benefit the orchard, and 
when his 10 acres of orchard comes in¬ 
to bearing it will give him a living. 
c. m’l. 
DIPPING APPLES IN BORDEAUX MIX¬ 
TURE. 
The statement has been made that apples 
may be dipped in Bordeaux Mixture before 
being put in storage, so as to prevent the 
spread of surface rot. Is there any chance 
that such practice would be practical? 
Perhaps the Bordeaux Mixture might 
keep some of the rot from spreading. It 
looks like a feasible scheme. I never 
knew of its being tried. Of course the 
worst damage to stored apples comes 
from germs which are already inside 
when the fruit is packed, and which 
Bordeaux won’t reach or cure. 
Vermont. f. a. watjgii. 
I do not know of any published ex¬ 
periments with dipping apples and pears 
in Bordeaux Mixture to keep them from 
rotting and from shrinking. I do not 
think it probable that any fungicide 
could be used in this way except for 
purely surface fungi. Interior troubles 
would go on just the same, and exterior 
fungi could not be entirely destroyed 
where apples are in close contact, un¬ 
less the covering was complete. Even 
if Bordeaux could be applied with the 
desired effect the material could not be 
removed in the calyx end by ordinary 
rubbing. Dipping in vinegar would 
take it off, but the ghost of Pomona 
ought to rise and smite anyone who 
would destroy the delicate aroma of the 
apple with ancient apple juice. As to 
shrinkage, I do not know of any preven¬ 
tive equal to well-grown fruit and a cool 
room, not too dry, in which to store it. 
I haven’t a doubt but that some one has 
tried Bordeaux Mixture for the purpose 
you suggest, but I have no faith in it 
for practical fruit storing. 
Newark, Del. g. harold powell. 
1 do not know of anyone who has been 
making experiments in the way of pro¬ 
longing the keeping of apples and pears 
by dipping them in Bordeaux Mixture. 
It seems to me that the process of dip¬ 
ping and drying would so much add to 
the expense of handling the fruit as to 
make it generally an unprofitable un¬ 
dertaking. I do not doubt that the 
treatment would assist in preventing 
the attacks of fungi which hasten the 
decay of the fruit. Bordeaux Mixture is 
used for a similar purpose for dipping 
the mouths of bottles in which unfer¬ 
mented wine is preserved. See Bulletin 
130 of the California Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. s. A. BEACH. 
Geneva, N. Y. 
I have had no experience in dipping 
fruit in Bordeaux Mixture before pack¬ 
ing, nor have I knowledge of any experi¬ 
mental work in this line. It may pos¬ 
sibly be of some value. In the effort to 
find some practical method of preserv¬ 
ing fruit for museum purposes or for 
exhibition purposes, I tried the follow¬ 
ing plan, and met with complete fail¬ 
ure; Moderately ripe plums were dipped 
in solutions of corrosive sublimate of 
varying strength, from .01 per cent to 
10 per cent, and afterward dipped in 
melted paraffin and sealed in bottles 
with distilled, germ-free, water. Every 
plum decayed completely within a week. 
FREDERIC CRANEFIELD. 
Wisconsin Exp. Station. 
DO BEES DAMAGE FRUIT? 
Practical Men Say Yes! 
orchard. The peach grower should look 
upon the bee matter as one of the things 
which he has to contend against, and 
if he plants an orchard near the home 
of bees he should be willing to put up 
with the results. a. e. r. 
Vernon, N. J. 
On page 708, speaking of the lawsuit 
between two brothers, you say: “The 
bee was punished for the bitter sting 
left by hatred and spite.” I am a fruit 
grower and fully realize the great benefit 
of the bees, and also the great damage 
that they sometimes do, having several 
bushels of Abundance plums entirely 
ruined, as I felt satisfied, by my neigh¬ 
bor’s bees, but as he declared they could 
do sound fruit no harm I let the matter 
drop. When they attacked my early 
peaches I made a very careful examina¬ 
tion of the peaches on one limb, and 
watched them several hours before the 
bees troubled them. Each peach was 
perfectly sound, but was ripe enough to 
eat out of hand. Several peaches were 
visited by the bees, and after going over 
and over a peach several times one bee 
stopped and tried to suck the juices 
through the skin. This bee was soon 
surrounded by several others, and they 
very soon had a hole through the skin. 
This operation was continued until the 
peach was ruined. I do not wish to con¬ 
demn the bees as worthless, or to say 
that they are not entitled to a fair pro¬ 
portion of the fruit they have helped to 
develop, but I am satisfied that they 
will puncture sound fruit if it be ripe 
enough to eat out of hand. s. r. w. 
North Leominster, Mass. 
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YORK IMPERIAL - KIEFFER. 
One tree to a carload. 
Business trees at business prices. (They are bear¬ 
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POSSIBILITIES 
are only fully realized by those who plant our 
Standard Kiefer Pears. 
Our stock is renowned for vigor and rapid 
growth anil absolute freedom from disease, etc, 
This near is enormously productive, large size, 
line flavor and handsome appearance. A good 
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Apple Seedlings. 
We offer the following grades: 
First-class, 3-16 Inch and up, straights. 
Second class, 2-16 to 3-16 inch, straights. 
Branched, 3-16 Inch and up. 
These Seedlings are equal to any on the market, 
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JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., 
In my opinion the bees do not injure 
the peaches or plums at all, as one of 
my neighbors has a large colony of bees, 
and I had about 65,000 baskets of 
peaches. jay e. allis. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
I know very little about bees, and do 
not like them anyway. All my life in 
the peach business I have found many 
of our earliest and sweetest varieties 
badly punctured, and bees working in 
them, and I always believed that they 
were at the bottom of the whole trou¬ 
ble. My bee-keeping friends, who know 
more about bees than I do, say it is im¬ 
possible for the bee to puncture the 
skin of the peach; they simply follow 
where some one else led the way, and I 
have been bound to believe that they 
ought to know more about the bees than 
I do. All the same I have seen the bees 
up to the mischief of destroying peaches 
time and time again, and have never 
yet seen the fellow who is ahead doing 
the puncturing, only those that destroy¬ 
ed the peach after it was punctured, so 
I am of the notion that the bees are a 
damage to ripening peaches, but per¬ 
haps they are of more benefit in dis¬ 
tributing pollen at blooming time. At 
any event I should never think of get¬ 
ting into a lawsuit with one of my 
neighbors who had the good sense to 
keep bees. J. h. hale. 
Connecticut. 
I know that honey-bees are guilty of 
peach stealing. During the peach sea¬ 
son just closed I saw many bees at work 
upon our fruit at picking season. Our 
crop was severely damaged, and prob¬ 
ably to a greater extent than we at first 
expected. The peaches harvested during 
the early part of October suffered the 
most. To whom these bees belonged 
and from whence they came I have no 
idea, unless from some “bee-tree” on 
the mountainside nearby. Knowing the 
reliability of all statements made by 
The R. N.-Y. I have hesitated to take 
issue with it upon this subject, and 
only do so from personal knowledge 
gained by recent experience. While I am 
open to conviction, it is impossible for 
me to believe bees will not attack 
peaches, in the prime of condition, on 
the tree; this because I am compelled 
to believe what I have seen. At the 
same time I think a man should not be 
held because his bees go miles away for 
the purpose of paying a visit, to a peach 
For the land's sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth — Adv. 
Deach Trees.—One year from bud, 2 to 4c each. 
r R. S. JOHNSTON. Box 4. Stockley. Del, 
RSI nWIM - York Imperial three years, line. Price 
DULL/ if 111 ii S t f r ee. C. 1). Wkngkr, Dayton. Ya. 
California Privet HedgeiX*?™ siZT. 
for 10 cents. T. C. KEVITT. Athenia. N. J. 
JJ _ i _ i Acme, Early Harvest, Hebron.Ohio, 
• OTwlOvS Rose, Bovee, Cobbler, Queen. King. 
Carman. Astonisher. Ohio Jr, Sir Walter Raleigh, 
Uncle Sam. 85 kinds. C. W. Ford & Co., Fishers, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
FULL LIST. PURE STOCK. 
We want good reliable Agents to take orders. 
LIBERAL COMMISSIONS. Address 
LECLARE & MANNING. Farm Seeds, Brighton, N.Y. 
AULIFLOWER SEED 
High gr»de Danish seed by mail, direct from thf 
grower in Denmark, to your address, postpaid 
Danish Snowball, oz. 50c I oz. $1.60 X lb. tlh.OC 
Dwarf Erfurt. oz. 65c i oz. $1.85 1 lb. $22.06 
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J.S. LINTUICUM. Woodwardvllle. Md. 
I am now booking orders for 
LUGRETIA DEWBERRY PLANTS 
1 grow sixty acres of this fruit for market and find 
it the most profitable of all the small fruits. Inci¬ 
dentally, in growing so many for market, 1 have a 
verv fine lot of plants mo tinercanbe produced), 
which lam selling for from one-third to one-half 
less than most nurserymen oiler them, and 1 could 
not sell at these prices were 1 not growing them 
largely for fruit. November is the best time to plant. 
Correspondence solicited. Catalogue free. 
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HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
Grape Vines 
Descriptive and Price List free. 
Currants, Gooseberries and other Small 
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having a SPECIAL THIRTY DAYS’ 
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For $2, I will send by express or freight, i Alpha, i Parry’s 
Giant, i Early Reliance and i Paragon chestnut tree grafted, 
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