1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i9i 
EVERYBODY’S GARDEN. 
Rhubarb Questions.— Would it do to 
place rhubarb roots in spent mushroom 
beds for forcing? Roots have been sub¬ 
jected to repeated freezing. How close 
can I place them? Must the beds be 
highly fertilized? j. e. 
West Chester, Pa. 
The spent beds will be all right, but 
should be firmed down until somewhat 
solid. If the soil and roots are still 
frozen so that they are compact, set the 
clumps right into the beds. If the soil 
is off the roots so that they are now bare 
set them down into the soil and fill up 
spaces. If there is still heat in the beds, 
less heat from above will be required. 
Fifty degrees of heat will insure a heav¬ 
ier yield and perhaps better quality than 
a higher degree; but, of course, the crop 
will mature more slowly, in general, a 
low temperature will prolong growth 
and increase the yield, while the reverse 
will be true of high temperature. Set 
the roots closely together, leaving only 
occasional narrow paths in which to 
walk. If the soil is off and roots are 
bare, fill up with soil and water the beds. 
A liberal supply of liquid cow or horse 
manure will no doubt increase the yield, 
but most growers depend on vigor of the 
plants and previous heavy fertilizing for 
the forced crop. 
Onions.— I have grown Prizetaker onion 
seed in greenhouse, transplanting to open 
ground for 10 successive years. The first 
few years I had exceptionally fine crops; 
but later on the onions grew flat and un¬ 
shapely, dividing into two or three parts, 
i have grown them on the same soil, a 
deep swamp muck with clay subsoil, which 
grows fine round onions. Last year I had 
a fair crop of Danvers. Does cutting 
back the tops have a tendency to make 
them divide, or have I been unfortunate 
in getting poor seed? w. m. 
Bay County, Mich. 
W. M. does not give previous treatment 
of soil as to manures or fertilizers used; 
but the continuous cropping to onions 
is a serious tax upon the soil by the re¬ 
moval of nitrogen, potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid. An analysis by the Connec¬ 
ticut Experiment Station with White 
Globe onions showed that 800 bushels 
per acre (which is often grown) would 
remove from the soil 60.48 pounds of 
nitrogen, 20.61 pounds of potash, and 
46.82 pounds of phosphoric acid. This 
drain upon the soil must in some way 
be compensated for, to avoid final soil 
exhaustion. Well-preserved barnyard 
manure in heavy applications will be an 
all-around equalizer, but this may well 
be supplemented by 200 to 400 pounds of 
nitrate of soda in three or more applica¬ 
tions, the first previous to transplanting, 
and other applications to follow during 
season of growth. Ashes in heavy appli¬ 
cations will correct a lack of potash, and 
also be beneficial as to lime; 200 to 300 
pounds of muriate would substitute for 
the ashes, but in that locality might be 
more expensive. Bone meal, 300 to 400 
pounds per acre, would be beneficial if 
there is lack of phosphate. All these 
should be applied as topdressing and 
worked into the soil before transplant¬ 
ing the onions. Hog or poultry manure 
will also aid in correcting these deficien¬ 
cies. Experiments with small plots 
would doubtless be very profitable, and 
would also explain the difficulty if the 
soil is at fault. Upon each of three plots 
use nitrogen, potash or phosphoric acid 
alone, then on a fourth plot combine all, 
and note the results. The chief diffi¬ 
culty. however, would seem to be in the 
misfortune of poor seed. This is a fruit¬ 
ful source of trouble in all varieties of 
seeds, but doubly true as to onion seed. 
Try some of the most reliable seedsmen 
who make a specialty of Prizetaker seed, 
state your difficulty and they will doubt¬ 
less be able to give you genuine seed. 
Cutting back the tops would not cause 
the onions to divide; at least, in so far 
as my knowledge or experience goes. 
Sprayer, Asparagus, Strawberries.— 
1. I wish to buy a small sprayer that will 
answer for all purposes, fruit trees, shrub¬ 
bery, Paris-green on potatoes, etc., dur¬ 
able yet not too expensive; one that will 
handle all kinds of spraying material with 
equal facility. Where can it be obtained? 
2. What variety of asparagus is best for 
this section, 1.650 feet elevation, having 
clay soil, hot moist Summers, with cool 
nights? How is Giant Argenteuil? 3. 
What strawberries are best suited for 
home use. early, medium and late, flavor, 
vigor and good cropping qualities import¬ 
ant elements? e. e. e. 
Johnson City, Tenn. 
1. For an ali-purpose sprayer 1 should 
prefer a knapsack to those that have to 
be carried by hand. I know of no ma¬ 
chine that will work Bordeaux or other 
mixtures into which lime enters, or 
Paris-green and water, entirely satis¬ 
factorily. There may be such, but I do 
not know them. However, the use of 
these mixtures is a necessity, and the 
difficulties must be minimized by care 
in preparing the mixtures, using the best 
obtainable machine, and proper care of 
it both before and after using. Before 
using the lime mixtures, all parts of the 
pump or nozzles that come in contact 
with the mixtures should be thoroughly 
oiled with sweet oil, and all parts should 
be thoroughly cleaned as soon as work 
is finished. There are several good 
makes, and the best advice 1 can give 
is to write to some or all of the adver¬ 
tisers in The R. N.-Y. With their de¬ 
scriptive catalogues and a careful study 
of your own needs you will not go wrong. 
2. For asparagus in your heavy clay 
soil, you will need to look very carefully 
to the drainage. The Giant Argenteuil 
while highly spoken of in some portions 
of the South, is still comparatively new. 
and not so thoroughly tested as some 
other varieties. The Palmetto is of 
southern origin, and is, I think, the 
nearest rust-proof of any. That doubt¬ 
less would succeed equally as well as 
arty. Why not try both? 
3. As to strawberries, that is proble¬ 
matical and experience will be your 
safest guide. Our best varieties here 
might prove nearly or quite useless in 
your locality; then, too, soil conditions 
enter largely into the question. To start 
with, your safest guide will be to con¬ 
sult practical growers with as nearly as 
possible the same climatic and soil con¬ 
ditions as you have. 
Potato Peelings. —A neighbor re¬ 
cently offered me their potato and vege¬ 
table peelings provided I would take 
them. As an encouragement to her lit¬ 
tle girl, 1 offered to pay her whenever 
she would bring them to me in good con¬ 
dition. Thus I receive the peelings and 
the little girl receives her pay, and I get 
more than the worth of my money. The 
point is, that they have a large family 
dependent upon the labor of the father, 
who earns fair wages. But they pay 
from 75 cents to $1 per bushel for the 
potatoes, and I estimate that I get fully 
one-fourth of the best portions of the 
potatoes in the peelings. My wife re¬ 
marks that the best kind of missionary 
work that woman could do would be to 
learn how to peel potatoes properly and 
then teach her girls the same lesson. 
She says it is breeding trouble for the 
future homes and husbands of those 
girls, and I too fear so. j. e. morse. 
Michigan. 
Large Hay Crops. 
TOOLS USED BY 
GEORGE M. CLARK. 
(Turk's Double-Action 
Cutaway Harrow 
will easily more 15,000 tons 
of eurth one foot in a day. 
Clark's 8 - foot Leveling ami 
Smoothing Harrow; with it the 
surface can be made as true as a 
mill pond. 
Clark’s Sulky Disk Flow. The 
“31" Plow turns a furrow 4 to 11 
inches deep by lt> to 19 inches wide. 
J. H. HALE'S 
Favorite Orchard Tools 
Clark's California Sr. 
Orchard Flow and 
Harrow, 
plows a furrow three feet 
wide, six feet to the right of the pole. 
Clark's Extension A6 
Cutaway Harrow, made 
in 12 sizes, by the 
$2.50 Cash 
will buy the BEST Dutton Knife 
Grinder EVER MADE. 
THE CUTAWAY HARROW CO., Higganum, Ct. 
Send for Circulars. 
Send your name and address and 75c. 
aud I will mailyou, postpaid, onedozen mixed choice 
dowering Ganna Roots. A variety of colors. 
A. B. Campbell, Cochranville, Pa. 
S eed Oats.—White Scottish Chief, one of the larg¬ 
est producers known. Order at once. Satisfaction 
guaranteed *1.10 bn. J. E. Davidson, Kipton, Ohio. 
Thielmanns—The Seedsmen—carry a 
full line of Garden and Field Seeds 
Onion Seed a specialty Write to-day 
for their Catalogue and Special Prices. 
THE THIELMANN SEED CO., 
ERIE, PA. 
A Record Breaker 
The Marie Strawberry will bear as 
many bushels as the oldCreeent,and la as large as 
the Cumberland. The ideal straw berry. The 
berry is good shape, dark crimson in color, fleah 
dark, and quality firat-class. Makea plenty of 
good runners,free from disease. Catalogof every¬ 
thing for the orchard and garden mailed free. 
Harrison’s Nurseries, Box 28 Barilo, Md. 
I will Cure You of 
Rheumatism. 
No Pay Until You Know It. 
After 2,000 experiments, I have learned 
how to cure rheumatism. Not to turn 
bony joints into flesh again; that is im¬ 
possible. But I can cure the disease al¬ 
ways, at any stage, and forever. 
I ask for no money. Simply write me 
a postal and I will send you an order 
on your nearest druggist for six battles 
of Dr. Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure, for 
every druggist keeps it. Use it for a 
month, and if it does what I claim pay 
your druggist $5.50 for it. If it doesn’t 
I will pay him myself. 
I have no samples. Any medicine that 
can affect rheumatism with but a few 
doses must be drugged to the verge of 
danger. I use no such drugs. It is folly 
to take them. You must get the disease 
out of the blood. 
My remedy does that, even the most 
difficult, obstinate cases. No matter how 
impossible this seems to you, I know it 
and I take the risk. I have cured tens 
of thousands of cases in this way, and 
my records show that 39 out of 40 who 
get those six bottles pay, and pay glad¬ 
ly. I have learned that people in gen¬ 
eral are honest with a physician who 
cures them. That is all I ask. If I fail 
I don’t expect a penny from you. 
Simply write me a postal card or let¬ 
ter. Let me send you an order for the 
medicine. Take it for a month, for it 
won’t harm you anyway. If it cures, 
pay $5.50. I leave that entirely to you. 
I will, mail you a book that, tells how I 
do it. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 570, Ra¬ 
cine, Wis. 
Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured by one or 
two bottles. At all druggists. 
Straight Straw, Rye and Wheat Thrasher. 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
aud Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine will 
thrash Rye or Wheat 
without bruising' or 
breaking the straw, and 
tie it again in perfect 
buiKiles.Can be changed 
in fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stacker 
attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than any Thrasher built. Seud for catalogue B to 
the GRANT-FERRIS COMPANY. Troy, N. Y. 
Fruit. 
Its quality influences 
the selling price. 
Profitable fruit 
growing insured only 
when enough actual 
Potash 
is in the fertilizer. 
Neither quantity nor 
good quality possible 
without Potash. 
Write for our free books 
giving details. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St., New York City. 
STAR* 
SUCCEED \mEke 
Largest Nursery. OTHERS FAIL. 
Fruit Br * Fret. Result of T6 years' experience, 
Whiton’s White Mammoth Potato. 
outylelded all others at 
Ohio Experiment Station in 
1899. Enormous y lei der; 
quality line. Circular free. 
Originated and for sale by 
W. W. WHITON, 
Box 3. Wakeman. Ohio 
P A 1.1 A _ a FREE.—Send five Potato Growers’ 
■ OlfliOBS names aud 10c. for postage and 
packing, and we will send three potatoes: Steuben, 
20th Century and Pan-American. Catalogue of 300 
varieties free. Hiler Bros , Box 5, Prattsburg, N. Y. 
S eed Potatoes—E.Bovee, E. Mich., E. Harvest Acme, 
Sunlight, No. Beauty,4 bu. bhl., *5. Gem of Aroo¬ 
stook. Green Mt., Million Dollar, Hammond’s Won¬ 
derful, Carman No. 3. S. W. Raleigh, 4 bu. bbl.. $4. 
C. W. BURNETT, Phelps, N. Y. 
CppH Pfitntnpc —Best Varieties, grown 
I UlatUCo. and packed under my 
personal supervision. They are pure and unmixed. 
Write for Annual List. F. H. THOMSON, Fairvlew 
Farm, Holland Patent, N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes 
for Sale —sir Walter Ra¬ 
leigh, choice and true to 
name, *1 per bushel, f. o. o. NEW YORK PEERLESS 
FARM, Lyons, Wayne County, N. Y. 
Set with the 
NAGLEY TRANSPLANTER 
save the grower expense. Abso-' 
lutely guaranteed to do the work. 
Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
Pruning Shears also a Specialty. 
NAGLEY MFG. COMPANY, LYONS, N. Y. 
Green Mountain Potatoes, good keep¬ 
ers, quality excellent. Pk. 50 cents; bush. *1.05; 
bbl.*t. S. J. EMERSON Lunenburg, Mass. 
KKD POTATOES—Wholesale prices on early ship¬ 
ments. Best early and late varieties. Catalogue. 
W. K. 1MB3 SEED CO., Capac, Mich. 
P otatoes—Bovee,Carman,Cobbler, Harvest, Hebron, 
Ohio,Rose.Queen.85 kinds. C.W.Ford,Fishers, N.Y. 
(J! _ »*l A —1 raise berries for the money I can get 
* IcHlTS out of them. I raise nothing but the 
Rough Rider Strawberry. Plants from the origin¬ 
ators new beds, *5 per M; *2 per 100: 5c. per dozen. 
CHARLES LEARNED, Pulaski, N. Y. 
Choice Variety Plants. 
Vio ets, Roses, Pinks, Geraniums. Choice of one 
dozen. *1; four dozen, *3 cash, ex. prepaid. All kinds 
of plants & seeds. F. E. Blackruer, Hyde Park Mass 
Other Trees * Plain Trees 
are different trees. If you do not buy PLAIN TREES 
you do not buy the best trees. Ninety per cent of the 
nurserymen grow fruit, trees as they do shade trees, 
and when vou plant them they stand and stand, at.d 
you don't know why, no matter how propagated. Our 
trees are grown to bear, and they will bear us out lu 
this statement. Quality of strains second to none, 
and we will discharge the man we catch substituting 
(records show who pack each order?; fumigation. 
WOODVIEW NURSERIES, Box 100, Uriah, Pa. 
Fruit and Ornamental TREES, 
Grape Vines, Seeds, Bulbs and Roses. Catalogue 
free. WILLIAM O 8NYLER, Minersville, Pa. 
HARDY WATER LILIES. 
Grown and for sale by W. J. RICHARDS, Wayland, 
O. Catalogue free- 
COLD MEDAL GLADIOLI 
Groff’s Hybrid Gladioli received the Gold Medal and 
Thirteen First Awards at the Pan- 
American Exposition. 
I have the Latest and only Complete Collection of 
GROFF’S HYBRIDS 
in the United States, and Control over Seventy-Uve 
per cent, of all Stock Grown and Introduced by Mr. 
Groff. Write for Catalogue. 
AKTHUK CO WJE40, Gladiolus Specialist, 
Meadowvale Farm. Berlin, N. Y. 
Ceed Potatoes—Carman No. 3 and Sir Walter Ra- 
leigh. Pure, choice seed. L. N. Nelson, Laney, Wls 
nflTMTflEC -86l6Ct6<1 866(1 - Price-List Free. 
rU I A I UkW E. M. MARVIN, Sun, Mloh. 
Choice Carman No. 3 Seed Potatoes, $1 
bu.; seconds, fiOc. Woodbine Farm, Hartstown, Pa. 
C«rnnf Pfitatfl SEED—Jersey Yellow, Big Stem 
uuICCl 1 UluLU jersey Yellow.Jersey Red.Pierson, - 
Vineland Bush and other kinds. Send for Price 
List. F. S. NEWCOMB, Vineland, N.J. 
Seed Potatoes 
GROWN BY US IN MAINE. 
HENRY ELWELL & CO., 
310 Washington Street, New York. 
Mention this paper. 
Anj|nCQ—For *1 will mail postpaid live vines 
UnArCO each Niagara. Brighton and Worden, 
or 20 Concords, and your choice, “ Grape Culture” 
or 12 Gladiolus Bulbs, mixed colors, F.ee. 
.1. H. TRYON, Willoughby, Ohio. 
If it's trees you want write for free Catalogue of 
MARTIN WAHL, Rochester, N. Y. 
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I GARDEN SSS&r SEEDS 
1 CLOVER AND TIMOTHY, S 
S BEARDLESS SPRING BARLEY J 
5 We are recleaners of all kiDds of Field Seeds J 
5 and do not mix Medium with Mammoth Red * 
> Clover. Write for Field Seed Price List, also 1902 5 
5 Seed Catalog mailed free. J 
/ Henry Ph/llipps Seed and Implement Co., 5 
> 115-117 St. Clair Street, Toledo, O. 5 
At Whnlocola Prinac We raise Vegetable Seeds, Seed 
HI llllUICOdlC rilliCo. Potatoes, Farm Seeds, etc., on 
our own Farms, and sell them direct to the planter at Whole¬ 
sale Prices. Catalogue free. Please write for It to-day. Don’t 
delay. JOS. HARRIS CO., Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y, 
FRUIT 
l promise Best Care and Best 
Values. 1 win Submit Proof 
if you will send for my new catalog. 
If this paper is named will mail you 
FREE a 12-page pamphlet on PEACH CULTURE with my Catalog. 
Cayuga Nurseries, Established 1847. H. 8. WILEY, Cayuga, N. Y. 
TREES 
