1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
229 
Budding or Grafting the Chestnut. 
Last Fall I transplanted some chestnut 
trees from the forest. I wish to bud them 
this Spring- I have never had any suc¬ 
cess in grafting chestnuts, although I have 
tried often. Can I bud them this Spring 
with last year’s buds, or will it be better 
to do it later with new buds? n. t. 
I have good success grafting chestnuts 
early in Spring, before any growth has 
begun. Use scions cut in December; the 
grafting is done in March. I have tried 
budding chestnuts repeatedly, but nearly 
always a failure. e. o. Packard. 
Delaware. 
1 never had any success in budding 
the chestnut at any time in the year, 
neither have I heard of Its being suc¬ 
cessfully done by anyone. The only way 
is to graft, which is not always attend¬ 
ed with very much success. The last 
two or three years, by changing the 
method somewhat, I have had as much 
as 00 per cent grow and do well. 
Pennsylvania. j. l. lovett. 
We have been so uniformly success¬ 
ful with grafting the chestnut that we 
have not tried budding. From 90 to 95 
per cent of our grafts usually grow. We 
graft the latter part of April and first 
part of May, and tongue-graft altogether 
on light, thrifty stocks. Our experience 
is that late grafting is the best for chest¬ 
nut. Having no experience with budding 
the chestnut, I can give no information. 
Pennsylvania. j. a. reist. 
We have tried budding a few times, 
both with buds from the previous year, 
and with new buds, but had no success 
in either case. A man wrote us a few 
years ago that he could make 90 per cent 
of his buds grow. He did not tell us his 
method, but we learned from others that 
it was by ring-budding. We still stick 
to grafting, and find that with scions in 
proper condition we still have fair suc¬ 
cess. Scions should be cut from young 
trees that have not borne a crop. If 
taken from a bearing tree the percent¬ 
age of failures is much greater. 
Pennsylvania. if. M. engle & son. 
Growth of Ruby Queen Rose. 
Thomas Hood, of Goderich, Ontario, 
who by the way, sends his twentieth 
annual subscription to The R. N.-Y., 
graphically illustrates the growth of his 
Ruby Queen rose by the diagram shown 
in Fig. 86. Canes seven feet high are 
very moderate, but the general develop¬ 
ment shown is quite satisfactory for the 
northern .locality. We hope Mr. Hood’s 
Ruby Queen may endure many years 
and prove a continual satisfaction. 
Double Transplanting.— This may be of 
use to some one In raising early tomatoes 
in the home garden. I transplant them 
twice, the last time into old strawberry 
boxes. When 1 put them into the open 
ground 1 make them very wet, cut down 
the corners and slide the plant with ball 
of earth into the hole. I find it makes al¬ 
most a week’s differeflee in their ripe fruit. 
r. r. b. 
The Burbank Plum. 
I think the reason of Mr. Mead's great 
objection to the Burbank plum, page 50, 
is Its tendency to rot. I myself think it a 
fine plum, but it rots here in Maine, and so 
do other plums. Mr. Hale was here No¬ 
vember 7 last, and he said he knew of no 
other way to prevent plum rot than to 
go over and pick the affected fruit every 
day. I would like to know whether there 
is any other known remedy for rot besides 
picking. I had bushels of decaying plums 
last seasn’n that I picked and burned, but 
If this Is the only remedy down come the 
trees. Will some one tell me what to do 
for plums that rot on the tree? 
Maine. a. r. bodge. 
I think two of your authorities on the 
Burbank plum, page 50, must have struck 
a poor market. I have grown the Bur¬ 
bank for four years, and customers who 
tried it the first year ask for it again, 
some engaging them in strawberry time. 
The first year I had them I took them to 
a large sanitarium and sold them at five 
cents a quart. They run about 20 to the 
quart box. The purchasers used them fresh 
on the table. I sold my entire crop at 
about $1.50 per bushel, when the local 
canning factory paid 50 cents for domestic 
plums. That was a plum year. Last sea¬ 
son domestics were not in it, and I sold 
my Abundance and Burbank at $2 at the 
store and retailed at 60 cents per peck. 
I don’t want to use any stump puller on 
my Burbanks. c. e. c. 
Newark, N. Y. 
Milking Sugar Maple Trees. 
It seems that a maple tree Is somewhat 
like a cow. There are ways of tapping and 
handling it so as to obtain most sugar, 
just as there are ways of handling and 
milking the cow so as to get most milk. 
Some very interesting experiments have 
been conducted by the Vermont Experi¬ 
ment Station, a partial report of which is 
given below: 
In the season of 1901 four trees were 
selected and tapped at. the usual height 
on the north, south, east and west sides. 
The trees represented as nearly as possible 
all conditions of exposure. The results 
expressed in pounds of sugar obtained 
may be seen from the following table: 
North. South. East. West. 
Tree 1. 0.95 0.75 1.05 1.09 
Tree 2. 0.44 1.46 0.80 0.92 
Tree 3 . 0.87 1.05 1.25 0.87 
Tree 4 . 2.99 3.34 3.27 2.36 
Average .. 1.31 1.65 1.59 1.31 
It. is thus seen that the difference in 
favor of the south and east sides of a tree 
is quite pronounced, amounting to three- 
tenths of a pound. On typical sap days it 
seems unquestionably true that a south 
exposure will yield the most sap. On a 
cloudy day, when all sides of a tree warm 
up equally fast it is more nearly an even 
thing. A review of the figures also calls 
attention to a remarkable difference be¬ 
tween trees. No. 4, from which the great¬ 
est yield of the richest sap was obtained, 
was a large, vigorous tree, standing in the 
open. As is well known, such trees give 
large amounts of rich sap. This is due to 
the increased leaf area and full exposure 
to sunlight. The green leaves in sunlight 
during the Summer season make starch 
from materials gathered from air and soil. 
This starch is stored throughout the tree 
and is the source of sugar in the Spring. 
Sunlight, exposure and leaf area are there¬ 
fore important factors in maple sugar 
production. The percentage of sugar In 
sap from different sides of the same tree Is 
found to vary but slightly. 
All Rural New-Yorker readers, wish¬ 
ing' to plant trees the coming Spring, 
should send for the instructive and in¬ 
teresting catalogue of Martin Wahl, 
Rochester, N. Y. It is free for the 
asking.— Adv. 
SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. 
The question of spraying fruit trees to prevent 
the depredations of insect pests and fungous dis¬ 
eases is no longer an experiment but a necessity. 
Our readers will do well to write Wm, Stahl, 
Quincy, 111., and get his catalogue describing 
21 styles of Spraying Outfits and full treatise 
on spraying the different fruit and vegetable 
crops, which contains much valuable informa¬ 
tion, and may be had for the asking. 
Don’t Be Late 
October Purple Plum and Green Moun¬ 
tain Grapevines tire going. Send in your 
order early before stock is exhausted. 
We also have a full assortment of other 
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New Canaan, Conn. 
Cherry, Pear and 
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Having a heavy surplus of strictly 
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of what you want. Other stock also. 
York Imperial 
Apple Trees 
This is a favorite wherever grown. Very 
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Established 1865. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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We grow the best grade of hardy 
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Germantown, Phila., Pa. 
If it's trees you want, write for free fruit and 
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Any body can do this by buying 
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All kinds and varieties at lowest 
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We sell to the same people 
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"CJ'arly King Raspberry Plants, $5per 1,000.Aroostook 
County (Me.) Seed Potatoes. $3 25 per sack 165 
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BERRY GROWERS 
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Write for It. 
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450000 
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Until sold, I will give low prices on 
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Trees ; Asparagus Roots and California 
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END 
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