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April 5 
Farmers’ dub. 
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Grafting the Walnut. 
G. TP. R., Middletown, Conn .—Can the com¬ 
mon wild walnut here in Connecticut be 
grafted successfully? If so, when is the 
best time? Can the shag-bark be grafted 
on to the smooth-bark or pig walnut? 
Ans. —By “the walnut” is doubtless 
meant what is called the little shellbark 
hickorynut in most parts of the country, 
outside of New England. It can be 
grafted, but with very great difficulty. 
The few successes of which I know were 
mostly accomplished by holding back 
the scions in a cool place until after the 
stocks had begun to show leaves, and 
then set in the ordinary cleft-graft style. 
I think the sweet shellbark varieties 
may be made to grow on the bitter or 
pignut stocks as easily as upon their 
own, hut that will be by no means easy 
to do. h. e. v. D. 
Starting an Orchard. 
J. P. F., Vail Mills, N. Y.—1. I think of go¬ 
ing in the fruit business, and need a little 
information. I have selected a hill sloping 
to the south with light gravelly loam and 
expect to plant it to apples. What kind 
of apple trees would you advise me to 
plant? The apples raised in this section 
are Red Astrachan, Baldwin, Northern 
Spy, R. I. Greening and Hubbardston. How 
would you cultivate the ground, and what 
kind of crops should I sow for plowing 
under? How close would you set the trees, 
and would you plant close, and when 
crowded cut out every other one? 2. What 
kind of pears would you plant for profit? 
Would the Kieffer do well here? How far 
apart would you set pear trees, and how 
cultivate? 3. What kinds of cherries are 
best to plant, and how close together? 4. 
What kinds of plums should I plant, and 
how? 5. Will cow peas do well up here? 
What kind do you recommend? 6. What 
about Ben Davis apples here? 
Ans. —1. Anyone who is just starting 
into the fruit business should take good 
care not to be rash, and should carefully 
observe what those who are successful 
in that business about him are doing. 
The varieties mentioned are among the 
best to plant, except Red Astrachan, 
which is almost worthless as a market 
apple. It rots or scalds almost as soon 
as packed, and will not sell to advantage, 
except in a few rare cases. Sutton and 
Rome Beauty may be added to the list, 
with Wagener, Oldenburg and Wealthy 
as fillers or temporary trees, to occupy 
the middle spaces profitably while the 
other trees are not needing all the room 
between them. The orchard land should 
be kept loose on top by frequent tillage. 
Potatoes, beans, sweet corn, cabbage and 
cow peas are all good crops to grow in 
a young orchard, but never any kind of 
small grain or grass. Forty feet apart 
is just about the right distance for per¬ 
manent apple trees in New York, with 
early bearing kinds set between them, 
making the distance 20 feet. The latter 
must be cut out as soon as crowding be¬ 
gins, which will be from 15 to 20 years 
from setting. 2. The Bartlett is the best 
of all market pears. Bose is also very 
good, but the trees should be grown by 
top-working on White Doyenne or some 
other strong grower. In the latter case 
Bose makes a splendid orchard tree, and 
the fruit is not only of the best quality 
but sells at a top figure on the market. 
Seckel is another popular variety and a 
hardy and productive tree. Kieffer may 
he profitable in New York, but is a very 
poor pear in quality. Pear trees should 
be set 20 or 25 feet apart, and should be 
cultivated about the same as apple trees. 
3. Montmorency and English Morello are 
the most dependable and profitable cher¬ 
ries for New York. The trees should 
be set about 20 feet apart. 4. The Japan 
and European classes of plums both do 
well in New York and I would plant 
some of each. Of the former, Red June, 
Abundance, Burbank and Satsuma are 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
good, and of the latter Grand Duke, 
Monarch and Fellenberg are among the 
most profitable. 5. Cow peas will un¬ 
doubtedly grow all right in New York, 
wherever dent corn succeeds. Little 
Black, Whippoorwill and New Era are 
among the best varieties to grow in that 
climate. The very late kinds may not 
ripen there. None of them should be 
planted until the ground is thoroughly 
warmed by the sun, as the seed is very 
sensitive to cold and will rot or fail to 
germinate where the soil is not warm. 
6. Ben Davis is not the apple for New 
Yorkers to plant, so I believe. I know 
that it does succeed commercially in 
many localities in that State, and I am 
sorry that It is so, for New York will 
produce much better apples. In some of 
the Southern and Western States Ben 
Davis is much more at home, and is a 
far better apple. h. e. v. d. 
Greenhouse Compost. 
O. D. B., Wilmot, O.— What material should 
I use for a compost pile for greenhouse? I 
wish to get soil ready for another year. 
Will you give amount of sand and muck, 
and how to mix it? My soil does not seem 
to be right, so I wish to get a new supply. 
Will phosphate be beneficial on celery, and 
what kind is used? Will nitrate of soda 
be useful to lettuce, and how applied? 
Ans.— The best compost for glasshouse 
use is made of two-thirds sods from 
any old loamy pasture, and one-third 
good rotted stable manure. It should be 
piled in six or eight-inch layers, and 
turned several times during warm 
weather, until it is well decomposed and 
mixed together. If sods cannot he had, 
probably one-half good garden loam, 
one-fourtn manure, and one-eighth each 
sand and muck will do fairly well. Stable 
manure is the Dest fertilizer for celery, 
as it keeps the roots moist, but a good 
high-grade chemical fertilizer, eight per 
cent phosphoric acid, 10 of potash, and 
four of nitrogen, applied broadcast at the 
rate of 1,000 to 1,200 pounds per acre, 
will give good celery. Nitrate of soda is 
good for lettuce. It may be strewn 
along the row when plants are growing, 
a handful to 10 feet, and raked in. Do 
not allow it to get on tne foliage. 
THAT CHAPTER. 
A Chapter on Scott’s Emul¬ 
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position in the histories of 
weak children. 
The gist of that chapter 
usually reads like this: 
“Child weak and thin— 
began with small doses of 
Scott’s Emulsion three times a 
day—after a week appetite im¬ 
proved—soon a little stronger 
—child more lively—weighs 
more”. 
And so it goes till the child 
is reported well and strong. 
Send for Free Sample. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 4 og Pearl St.. N. V. 
True Dwarf Essex 
Rape Seed. 
The best Rape Seed is the cheapest. You 
get several times the crop that you get from 
poor seed. We import direct a Rape Seed 
with a record as high as 19 tons to the acre. 
Yet we buy in such quantities that we can 
sell at these remarkable prices:— 
True Dwarf Essex R.a.pe 
Enough for 5 a.cres. 
Ten lbs. 75c., 50 lbs. $3.25, 100 lbs. $6.00—by 
freight or express, buyer paying charges. 
Bags for 50 lbs., 15c extra. 
Packet 10c., V\ lb. 15c., one lb. 23c. by mail. 
You cannot buy such seed at such prices 
anywhere else in America. 
VacvgkaVs Seed Store, 
84 Randolph St., Chicago, 14 Barclay St., N. Y. 
—Corn: Early White Cap Bent. Beans: 
White Marrowfat. Potatoes: Endur- 
and World's Superior. Also 75 new 
varieties In small lots. 
Choice Cheshire Boars, Sows and Pigs. 
ED. S. HILL. Perurille, N. Y. 
If it's trees you want, write for free fruit and 
plant catalogue to Martin Wahl, Rochester, N. Y. 
For Sale 
—500 bushels Early Black Cow 
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bu.; 500 bushels second-growth Seed Potatoes at $i.10 
per barrel. J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
04T^ _Pure seed. Sample free. 80 kinds. POTA 
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SS RAPE 2 ys>? 
Greatest, Cheapest Food 
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Will be worth $100 to you to read what 
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Billion Dollar Grass 
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corn, 250 bu. oats per acre), etc., etc. 
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