1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
369 
DO ALL APPLES NEED SPRAYING? 
I have noticed that varieties of apples 
that have an open calyx are less subject 
to the Codling moth worms than those 
varieties having a closed calyx. 1 have 
selected for trial a few varieties that 
have an open, or partly open calyx, with 
the idea that perhaps we could grow 
these sorts without spraying, provided 
there are not too many other pests to 
fight. This would extend the time in 
which spraying for the Codling moth 
worms could be done successfully. This 
alone is worth considering when the de¬ 
lay of even a day or two on account of 
rainy weather or other mishaps may 
mean quite a loss to the orchardist. On 
the other hand, rains may wash out the 
poisons from the open calyx, so this 
should also be taken into consideration. 
This might be an interesting subject for 
our experiment stations to take up. Va¬ 
rieties described by Downing as having 
an open calyx that are perhaps worth 
testing, only a few of them being popu¬ 
lar sorts, are: Stayman Winesap, 
Wine, Hubbardston, Hoover, Blenheim, 
and Virginia Greening. No doubt there 
are others that are well known and per¬ 
haps better than these, but varieties 
with an open calyx do not seem to be 
very plentiful, while those having a 
partly open calyx can be found in more 
variety. Among these are such as Mon¬ 
mouth, Hunt Russet, Wealthy, Melon, 
Ohio, Nonpareil, Huntsman, Nanse- 
mond and Cogswell. I should be pleas¬ 
ed to have the opinion of those that 
have fruited some of the less known va¬ 
rieties named above long eonugh to de¬ 
termine their value. 1 would be pleased 
to know how the above-mentioned rus¬ 
sets are as compared to the Roxbury— 
not omitting their weak points, l. b. 
Rockland Co., N. Y. 
THE HICKMAN APPLE. 
Good Winter apples for the South are 
few and hard to find. Those that will 
keep well there are very scarce indeed, 
and such as will do so are usually of 
poor quality. Last year there came to 
me at the Pan-American Exposition 
specimens of a new seedling, sent by 
the originator, D. W. Dickinson, of 
Hickman, Ky., which seemed to show 
the variety to be worthy of notice. As 
they were very hard and far from ma¬ 
turity when the Exposition closed (No¬ 
vember 1) I requested him to send me 
others when they became fully ripe. 
This he did the first week in April, and 
with the apples he gave me the princi¬ 
pal points regarding the variety. 
The original tree, and the only one in 
existence as yet, came from a seed of 
Shockley, which is a very late-keeping 
southern apple, planted by Mr. Dickin¬ 
son in 1891, making it now 11 years old. 
It began bearing at five years of age, 
and has never failed to bear a good 
crop every year since, while other trees 
of various kinds close by have borne 
poorly. The foliage and general appear¬ 
ance of the tree are said by the origi¬ 
nator to be remarkably healthy and vig¬ 
orous. The fruit is a little above me¬ 
dium size, as is shown at Fig. 142, which 
I made from an average specimen, and 
of a somewhat conical shape. Its color 
is greenish yellow with a decided 
bronzy-red blush, making the apple look 
rather handsome, although not brilliant. 
The flesh is firm, yellowish, a little 
coarse grained but not annoyingly so. 
The flavor is very mild, sub-acid and 
agreeable. It would be callea a good 
apple anywhere and considering that it 
is a very late keeper when compared 
with its parent, the Shockley, Ben Davis 
and others it is well worthy of general 
trial in the Southern States. No one has 
trees for sale, but Mr. Dickinson very 
generously offers to send scions or buds 
without other charge than carriage to 
those who live South, where it should 
be grown. I gave the name Hickman 
in honor of the place of origin, which is 
endorsed and adopted by the originator. 
H, E, VAN DEM AN. 
Selling Skim-Mi Ik in New York. 
G. G. D., Long Island .—Is it lawful to sell 
skim-milk (if it is sold as skim-milk)? 
What Is the State law in regard to it? 
Ans. —The sale of skim-milk is pro¬ 
hibited in New York and Brooklyn. In 
other counties of the State such milk 
may be sold as skim-milk in the county 
in which it is produced or in an adjoin¬ 
ing county. 
Students at the Experiment Station. 
W. (?., New Yorfc.—Does a student receive 
free tuition and board in exchange for his 
services at the experimental stations? 
Ans. —No. The experiment stations 
are not schools. They were not design¬ 
ed for students. The agricultural col¬ 
leges give class instruction in agricul¬ 
tural science, but the stations do a dif¬ 
ferent class of work. Their scientists 
test methods, materials, plants or ani¬ 
mals and endeavor to make clear some 
of the problems of nature which con¬ 
front agriculture. The Maryland Sta¬ 
tion offers certain apprenticeships in 
horticulture and dairying. Such appren¬ 
tices are given board and room rent 
free. 
Slaughterhouse Refuse for Orchards. 
G. O. G., Hastie, la.— How and when 
should slaughter-house fertilizer be applied 
to fruit trees, and about how much per tree 
for a young orchard just coming into bear¬ 
ing? 
Ans. —It depends upon what the ferti¬ 
lizer is. Is it the crude refuse from the 
slaughter pens or tankage, blood or 
bone? Tankage is the refuse from the 
rendering vats dried and ground. All 
these fertilizers from the slaughter¬ 
house contain little if any potash unless 
it has been added to them by the manu¬ 
facturer. We would not expect perma¬ 
nent results from the use of tankage or 
slaughter refuse alone. A good-sized 
tree may receive 10 pounds of tankage 
and five of muriate of potash, scattered 
as far from the trunk as the branches 
extend. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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After Fifty Years of Constant Study Dr. J. M 
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Statlouaries, Portables, Engines 
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FARQUHAR BOILER ( 
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