February 22 
I 26 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SHORT FRUIT NOTES. 
The Clinton Grape. 
There is no demand whatever in Texas 
for the Clinton grape. It is too small and 
sour for market and table, and its wine is 
harsh and undesirable in comparison with 
other kinds that do much better here, and 
produce more abundantly. For years I 
grew the Clinton and Bacchus side by side, 
and could distinguish no practical differ¬ 
ence. T. V. MUNSON. 
Texas. 
There is no great demand for Clinton 
grapevines, not any more than we usually 
have had. It is not planted extensively 
for wine alone and is used largely for 
blending. It is not planted much around 
here, but succeeds well and is healthy and 
productive. Bacchus is not much planted 
in this vicinity and we know of but .one 
vineyard. It is a seedling of the Clinton 
and very similar, but is considered of bet¬ 
ter quality and larger than the Clinton. It 
is planted more extensively in the South 
and Southwest, and, like Clinton, is used 
largely for blending with other wines. 
T. S. HUBBARD. 
The Clinton grape is valuable for trellis 
work, as it is a good vigorous grower, with 
dense foliage. The fruit, however, is ex¬ 
tremely unpalatable and unpleasant to the 
taste, more acid than any other variety I 
am acquainted with. I cannot see how it 
could have any value for a table grape. 
AVe discarded it from our list several years 
ago. The Clinton has perhaps some value 
as a wine grape, where quantity is the 
principal consideration; however, the wine 
is inferior in quality. I have used it in Its 
different stages from one to four years 
old and found none of it that would com¬ 
pare favorably with the wine made from 
other varieties of grapes, like Concord, 
Catawba and Pocklington. t. j. dwyer. 
The Emma Peach.— We have not fruited 
it here, neither have many in the State, 
but reports indicate that it is a little later 
than Elberta, full as good flavor, not quite 
as large and probably will not rank with 
Elberta for market. Still, is worthy of 
more extended trial. 
Connecticut. [Prof.] a. g. gullet. 
Forcing Rhubarb.— One of our readers 
had rhubarb roots in the cellar and asked 
advice of J. E. Morse. After receiving this 
advice he wrote: “I took it out of cellar 
at once; the freezing weather came and it 
froze solid. I let it remain nearly two 
weeks, putting it in cellar January 7. As 
all soil was frozen as solid as granite I 
made soil of finely sifted coal ashes en¬ 
riched or mixed with fine manure fresh 
from horse stables, all thoroughly mixed 
and wetted with plenty of water. I packed 
this ‘soil’ closely around the roots and left 
it one week, and then I wetted it again 
thoroughly with washing suds (the laundry 
is in the cellar). The success is marvelous. 
To-day we had a dish of rhubarb 20 days 
from planting. I put some roots in a half 
barrel tub and covered it closely, and set 
it near the hot water heater. That is 
growing faster than the other. I believe 
the barrel is almost if not quite better than 
the bed, as it is so convenient to warm it. 
I shall have more than we need to supply 
the table, and shall sell it in the city; I 
have no doubt it will sell as it is, as you 
say, beautiful in the extreme.” 
“The Big Butternut Tree.”— Upon the 
farm of the late Jesse Thompson, in the 
town of Jericho, Chittenden Co., Vt., 
stands a noted tree with the above title. 
Four feet from the ground its trunk has a 
girth of 16% feet. Its top has a spread of 
330 to 340 feet. The soil which bears it is 
a light sand, and I am told that now no 
vegetation grows for several rods about, 
that the frolicking wind has laid bare many 
of the extended roots, and that the sand 
is in large drifts beneath its arms three to 
five feet in depth, so that one may stand 
upon the piled-up sand picking nuts from 
the prolific branches. I have it from un¬ 
doubted authority that one Autumn, after 
wandering boys and squirrels had got their 
fill, 20 bushels were gathered from the tree. 
A few branches are showing signs of de¬ 
cline, and I hope that some one who may 
read this will photograph it, giving loca¬ 
tion, date, dimensions, etc. There are now 
living three old men, grandsons of the first 
Thompson who “took up” the farm prob¬ 
ably more than 150 years ago; and if they 
or anyone else can give information about 
the tree very far back I would like it to 
be done. g. w. h. 
Rochester, Mass. 
sparingly as soon as the soil warms 
sufficiently. Sow in drills a foot apart 
and thin to four or five inches apart in 
the row after growing a few weeks. It 
is not easy to transplant, and is best 
left where sown. Planted in this man¬ 
ner seeds should ripen by August. A 
dry, well-drained soil is best for seed 
production. Dill is botanically An- 
ethum graveolens, and belongs to the 
parsley and carrot family. 
Woolly Aphis ; Locusts; Peaches. 
O. IF. O., Oerardstown, IF. Fa.—1. I have 
charge of an orchard of more than 600 
trees, mostly York Imperial, about 17 years 
old, in what we call soapstone land, with 
clay subsoil. The trees are badly infested 
with root aphis. Last Fall I had the 
ground well raked under trees and applied 
three tons of tobacco dust from the trunks 
outward three or four feet. I thought of 
using this Spring two tons or more of 
superphosphate of lime; circle the trees and 
broadcast it. The soil is loose. Is it neces¬ 
sary to cultivate it in? No potash is need¬ 
ed, but I believe a little nitrate of soda 
would be good. Can you suggest any better 
treatment? 2. I am clearing land, partly 
woods, at the base of a mountain for apples 
and peaches, having an eastern exposure, 
and am hesitating about setting it this 
Spring, fearing locusts. 3. Can you advise 
me as to varieties of peaches? I do not 
care for any earlier than Elberta. Can vou 
name any better than the following: El- 
berta, Late Crawford, Fox Seedling, Sal- 
way. How are Lorentz and Krummel’s 
October? 4. Is there any probability of 
trees being injured by wrapping with paper 
as a protection against borers? 
Ans. —1. The application of tobacco 
dust to any apple orchard infested with 
Woolly aphis is the best thing to do in 
fighting this pest, and it is also worth 
all it is likely to cost because of its value 
as plant food. The proposed application 
of phosphate is good, and it should be 
worked into the soil soon after being 
scattered, not because it might evapo¬ 
rate or be lost otherwise, but to get it 
well mixed with the soil as soon as pos¬ 
sible. It takes time to become dissolved 
and prepared for the tree roots to take 
it up. Nitrate of soda would undoubted¬ 
ly quicken the growth of the trees, but I 
would not spread It on the soil until 
growth had begun, and would at once 
harrow it in, because it is very quickly 
dissolved and might be somewhat lost 
in case of a dashing rain. Frequent stir¬ 
ring of the upper three inches of the soil 
during the entire Summer would be very 
profitable in addition to the above treat¬ 
ment. 2. It is probable that the 17-year 
locusts will be very abundant and hurt¬ 
ful to young trees, especially where 
there was timber or orchards 17 years 
ago, because it is there that the larvae 
entered the ground at that time. In 
view of this fact I would think the place 
mentioned would probably be a danger¬ 
ous one for young trees this year and I 
would not advise setting them until 
next Fall. 3. As the inquirer does not 
wish any peaches earlier than Elberta I 
would begin with that variety, and fol¬ 
low with Chairs, as it is of the same sea¬ 
son as Late Crawford and better in its 
general behavior in the orchard, and is 
more favorably received in the market. 
Kalamazoo, Fitzgerald and Salway are 
other good kinds that follow Elberta at 
different seasons. These are the kinds 
I would suggest. 4. Wrapping with 
paper is a good preventive of borers in 
trees, and will injure them in no way, 
provided it is not tarred, the latter being 
very injurious to the bark of trees, es¬ 
pecially in Summer. h. e. y. d. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowlter’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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H. G. J., Deer Park, N. Y .—Can you give 
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