1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
209 
Arnold Winter Pear. 
W. P. F., ( No Address).— Can you tell me 
anything about the Arnold Winter pear? 
Is It better than any and all others? 
Ans. —The Arnold pear Is a new va¬ 
riety and is as yet but little tried. It 
keeps fairly well into the Winter and 
the quality is fair, but it would be a 
mistake to say that there are not others 
that are as good or, perhaps, better. In 
regard to its bearing quality I am not 
posted, as I have never seen it thor¬ 
oughly tested, except a few specimen 
trees. The planting of a few trees would 
be all right, but it would not be wise to 
plant largely of this or any other fruit 
until it had been tested in the locality 
where the trees are to be set. 
n. e. v. D. 
A Sulphur Bordeaux Mixture. 
F. A. 8., Canandaigua, N. Y. —I wish to 
make a Bordeaux Mixture in this way: 
Liquefy four pounds sulphur by boiling 
with six pounds lime, and use the resulting 
bisulphide of lime to mix with the copper 
instead of lime alone. Would such a 
mixture result In any chemical combination 
that would render it injurious to foliage 
or fruit, or destroy the fungicidal proper¬ 
ties of the copper? If not, would the ef¬ 
ficacy of such a mixture be increased over 
Bordeaux for such diseases as mildew, rot, 
etc., of fruit, and curl leaf of peaches? 
Ans. —If it Is intended to use pure 
copper with the sulphides of lime, no 
chemical reaction would result, and 
hence no Bordeaux Mixture formed. 
Sulphur and lime boiled together long 
enough would give calcium bisulphide, 
some pentasulphide and small quanti¬ 
ties of intermediate compounds of sul¬ 
phur and lime, together with some free 
sulphur and lime. The addition of cop¬ 
per sulphate to the above mixtures, es¬ 
pecially while the latter are hot, would 
form some insoluble compounds of cop¬ 
per and sulphur, which would be worth¬ 
less as fungicides, although the excess 
of lime would probably form some Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture. I know of no tests 
showing what the effect of the use of 
such a mixture of various compounds 
as the above on foliage would be. It is 
known that sulphur and sulphur com¬ 
pounds prevent mildews. It is also 
known that these leach quite rapidly, 
hence are not considered as valuable as 
simple Bordeaux Mixture. Lodeman 
(Spraying of Plants, p. 31) gives for¬ 
mula for a sulphur Bordeaux Mixture, 
but does not recommend its use in place 
of Bordeaux Mixture. r. a. birrine. 
Ohio Fruit Questions. 
J. R. 0., Means, 0.—1. Will you describe 
the Starr, Bismarck and Walter Pease 
apples? Is the latter suited to eastern 
Ohio? 2. Describe Mercer, Plymouth Rock 
and Murdock cherries. When is the proper 
time to graft cherries, and how is it done? 
3. Can peach be grafted on plum, and when? 
Ans. —1. The Starr apple is a large, 
greenish yellow Summer apple that is 
fair in quality and valuable where early 
apples are desired, either for home use 
or market. Bismarck is a very early 
bearer and the fruit is rather large and 
handsomely striped with red, but the 
quality is not high. It may prove valu¬ 
able, but as yet it is not certain that it 
will keep well or be otherwise very de¬ 
sirable. Walter Pease is a large and 
attractive Fall apple of only moderate 
quality. None of these varieties should 
be planted largely. 2. The Mercer is a 
red heart cherry of only medium size 
but a very dependable and heavy bearer, 
and is not much inclined to rot. Ply¬ 
mouth Rock is a large sweet red heart 
cherry that is new but well spoken of. 
it is said to resist the rot to a remark¬ 
able degree; Murdock is a large sweet 
variety that becomes nearly black when 
fully ripe and is said to be quite satis¬ 
factory. Cherry tree should be grafted 
early in the Spring and before the usual 
time to graft apple trees. The common 
split or cleft graft is the method 
usually followed. 3. The peach cannot 
be successfully grafted on the plum, but 
the Japan plums are often grafted and 
budded on the j^cach, and some good 
growers like thl£ plan very well. The 
work is done early in the season for 
doing either budding or grafting. 
H. e. v. D. 
Questions on Germination. 
R. D. L., Penn Yan, N. Y .—Will you tell me 
how to treat pseony, honeysuckle (Loni- 
cera) and similar seed so that it will grow? 
I would like to know the best method to 
grow Wistaria from seed. Can you tell 
me how long locust will take to make fence 
stakes from the seed? 
Ans. —The seeds mentioned, with the 
exception of Wistaria, are best sown as 
soon as ripe, or mixed with moist sand 
and kept in a cold place until Spring, 
when they may be thinly sown in pots 
or in the garden. Wistaria seeds may 
be kept dry like beans and sown in the 
garden in Spring or earlier in pots. They 
germinate readily. Locust seeds are 
sometimes difficult to germinate. If old 
they should be soaked 24 hours in warm 
water. It is supposed to take eight to 
10 years in most soils for the seedlings 
to grow large enough for fence posts. 
Stakes for driving may of course be 
taken from smaller trees. 
Meadow Grass for Cemetery. 
H. L. D., Chester Co., Pa.—We wish to re¬ 
set our cemetery with a grass for perma¬ 
nent mowing. Would you advise a mix¬ 
ture of a dozen kinds, as many seedsrfibn 
advertise, or stick to a few known kinds? 
It Is high ground, underlaid with red rock, 
porous in Winter, but hard in Summer 
What kinds and what rate of sowing would 
you advise? 
Ans. —There is much evidence to show 
that a judicious mixture of grasses for 
permanent meadows is better than one 
or two varieties. The chinks are better 
filled, and in the event of one or two 
species dying out there is a chance for 
o thers to fi ll the space. The following 
has' been found ~vevy good for average 
upland. The quantities are for one acre: 
Four pounds Red-top, 16 Timothy, four 
Tall Meadow Oat-grass, five Sheep Fes¬ 
cue, one White clover, six Red clover, 
four Alsike, making 40 pounds an acre. 
Any first-class seedsman can make up 
the above mixture. The clovers should 
be mixed and sown separately. 
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A little gain in strength 
each day—a little gain in 
weight each day—if continued 
for weeks, amounts to some¬ 
thing. 
Scott’s Emulsion can be 
taken for weeks and months 
without the least disturbance. 
It gives itself time to do 
good. It makes new flesh and 
strengthens the lungs. 
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