1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6i3 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Gen. Franz Sigel, a distinguished figure 
on the Union side in the Civil War, and a leader in the 
revolution in southern Germany in 1848, died in New York 
August 21, aged 78. . . . The trial of the new battle¬ 
ship Maine proves her to be the most speedy of that 
class in the navy. A record of 18.9 knots per hour was 
made, the average for four hours being 18.3 knots. . . . 
August 25 strikers prevented the opening of a colliery 
at Hazleton, Pa., stabbing a policeman who attempted 
to rescue a non-union miner from the mob. . . . Fire 
in Peoples Bros, stables, Philadelphia, August 25, de¬ 
stroyed 60 horses. . . . August 27 the Hudson River 
steamer McManus was burned at her dock in New York. 
. . . . The strike of the machinists of the Pennsyl¬ 
vania Engineering Works, Newcastle, Pa., was settled 
August 26 on a five per cent increase in wages. 
The American Iron & Steel Co., of Lebanon, Pa., started 
a set of rolling mills August 26 with negro laborers 
brought from other places. The three plants of this 
company have been idle since May 1, the increased pay 
demanded by the puddlers being refused. ... At a 
meeting of the leading coal operators in this city Au¬ 
gust 26 it is said that the decision was reached not to 
submit to arbitration or any outside interference. Pre¬ 
sident Mitchell and the United Mine Workers’ Executive 
Boards of three anthracite districts were in session at 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., August 26. It is understood that com¬ 
plete reports were received bearing on the amount of re¬ 
lief received, how it is distributed and what portion the 
strikers have applied for, or returned to work. It was 
said that the number of employees who have returned to 
work is very small. Active operations are going on in 
several of the mines in the Wyoming region looking to 
an early resumption of mining. It is said that there are 
a number of experienced miners at work in the Avondale 
mine of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Com¬ 
pany, and several miners were engaged to go to work 
in the Dorrance mine. . . . George Hoadly, former 
Governor of Ohio, died at Rochester, N. Y., August 26, 
aged 76 years. . . . By the collision of an Italian 
steamer with a fruit vessel in lower New York Bay Au¬ 
gust 27, 1,000 immigrants were thrown into a panic. The 
Italian vessel was badly damaged, but no lives were 
lost. . . . Dr. Thomas Gallaudet died in New York Au¬ 
gust 27, aged 80. His father founded the first permanent 
school for deaf mutes at Hartford, Conn., in 1817, and 
this work was continued by his son. He founded St. 
Ann’s Church for Deaf Mutes in New York in 1851. Later 
enterprises were the Church Mission to Deaf Mutes, and 
the Gallaudet Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes, 
near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.—August 22 Mount Pelee 
was again in violent eruption. Volcanic dust fell heavily 
on vessels passing. . . . August 26 the International 
Commercial Congress opened at Ostend, Belgium. . . . 
The town of Limbe, 82 miles north of Port au Prince, 
Hayti, was attacked and recaptured by troops of the 
provisional government August 25. The fighting was se¬ 
vere, and lasted from midnight to midday. Many on 
both sides were killed. The town was destroyed by fire. 
A battle also took place August 2 at Marmelade, but 
details of this engagement are lacking. Cape Haytien is 
calm. The United States cruiser Cincinnati arrived at 
Cape Haytien from La Guayra, Venezuela, August 26. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Association of American 
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will hold 
its annual convention at Atlanta, Ga., October 7. Those 
expecting to attend should notify the secretary, mdward 
B. Voorhees, New Brunswick, N. J. 
The National Farmers* Congress will be held at Ma¬ 
con, Ga., October 7-10. The delegates from New York 
State appointed by Governor Odell are George L. Flan¬ 
ders, North Chatham; Gilbert M. Tucker, Albany; Henry 
Van Fredenberg, Port Jervis; Elliot B. Norris, Sodus; 
Henry S. Ambler, Chatham; Augustus Denniston, Wash- 
ingtonville; Alexander P. Smith, Pelham; F. J. H. 
Kracke, Brooklyn; and Frank C. Urner and John J. Dil¬ 
lon, Manhattan. 
THE POTATO OUTLOOK. 
We have not succeeded as yet in moving all of our 
early crop of potatoes. The late crop promises fairly 
well, and we look for low prices to rule all season. 
Louisville, K. d. b. speery. 
I look for a very large crop of potatoes in this market 
and its tributaries and low prices. The early crop is 
selling here at from 20 to 22 cents per bushel. I doubt 
very much whether the late potatoes will bring a much 
advanced price. r. e. cobb. 
St. Paul, Minn. 
There is a fair average crop in this section this season, 
we understand that the price will range from 35 to 40 
cents per bushel in this locality. In smaller towns about 
here price will not be over 25 to 30 cents. It is early yet 
to state anything definite as to exact situation. 
Fort Dodge, Iowa. l. r. dohs. 
We iook for low prices to prevail. As far as we can 
learn Michigan will have a large crop. It is rather early 
to figure on prices, and we have not given it much 
thought, but should judge with no change in the situa¬ 
tion from now until digging is over, that the price will 
range near 20 cents at the loading point. 
Detroit, Mich. H. t. Phillips & co. 
We can see nothing encouraging for higher prices on 
potatoes in the future. It is quite evident from the re¬ 
ports that we have that the late crop will be good un¬ 
less something now unforeseen injures it. We do not see 
how there can be any very material advance in prices 
this season. ernest m. merrick. 
Washington, D. C. 
The market here is being supplied with native stock 
and at low prices, 40 to 50 cents per bushel. These low 
prices have caused the farmers to be very draggy in 
moving them, consequently there is quite a good sprinkle 
held yet. As a rule, we draw our supply from New York 
State a little later. We generally begin about Septem¬ 
ber 1, but the present prospects are that we are not go¬ 
ing to be able to handle any New York State potatoes 
on this market before September 10 to 15. We expect 
prices to move in the neighborhood of 50 cents. 
Baltimore, Md. c. h. anderson & co. 
We are assured of a heavy crop of Early Ohio in our 
immediate vicinity and it looks as if this will, in a mea¬ 
sure, be sufficiently large to supply the local demand 
for at least six weeks to two months to come. Prices 
prevailing at the present time are on a basis of 35 to 38 
cents per bushel. weil, brockman & co. 
Cincinnati, O. 
Potatoes are selling here at present at 25 cents per 
bushel sacked, carload lots. In this State and Kansas 
they plant only early potatoes of the Early Ohio variety. 
No attempt is made to grow any late potatoes. There 
are about 300 cars in this vicinity unsold. We always 
have to depend on other States for our Winter supplies 
and of course the price will depend on the supply and 
demand. c. c. clemons & co. 
Kansas City, Mo. 
Prices are low on the early crop, and from what in¬ 
formation we can obtain in different sections of the coun¬ 
try the late crop will no doubt be a comparatively large 
one. In view of this we are not inclined to think that 
prices will be very much above the present level, except, 
of course, during temporary scarcity in some of the dif¬ 
ferent markets. Of course weather conditions must be 
considered in connection with the maturing and digging 
of the late crop. Crutchfield & woolfolk. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
We cannot see any reason why potatoes should ad¬ 
vance. In our own section the crop has been very heavy 
and the prices low, hence quite a lot of the farmers have 
not finished digging yet. There is also a heavy crop in 
the mountain section of our State. These are just com¬ 
ing in, hence they will tend to keep prices down for the 
next CO days. By that time the West will be ready to 
ship. Judging from the reports from this section we 
do not see what is to - cause an advance. We wish 
to add that this section will be a good field for 
northern and western apples. Our Virginia crop is 
very short and fruit very poor. Our Mr. Whitmore has 
been through the best appie sections of this State and 
reports that after careful observation he does not be¬ 
lieve that there will be 10 per cent of a crop. 
Richmond, Va. l. s. whitmore & co. 
From the tenor of our advices in Micnigan, Wisconsin 
and Minnesota, which raise such a large percentage of 
the merchantable and shipping stock of potatoes in the 
United States it would seem that we are about to have 
a large potato crop this season, and unless the situation 
in the East, in such States as New York, Pennsylvania 
and the New England States should present within a 
short time a change from present indications of full 
supplies, we should certainly have reasonable prices on 
potatoes during this Fall and Winter. We have within 
a few days heard of the crop of potatoes in New York 
State, as being cut short by weather conditions, and 
that prospects are not flattering there, but think this 
only applies to a few isolated sections. At this writing 
we see only a large crop and moderate prices to rule dur¬ 
ing the Fall and Winter. geo. w. davison & co. 
New Orleans, La. 
CROP PROSPECTS. 
There are considerable Winter apples in this vicinity, 
and we would very much like a good market for them. 
Buyers would do well to look us up this year. j. g. p. 
Conneautville, Pa. 
I think your plan of posting farmers by printing prices 
from different localities an excellent one, as it prevents 
buyers from having it all their own way. It is hardly 
time yet for prices to be made on Winter fruit. I have 
heard of one offer of $2; we are expecting $3 at least. 
Albion, N. Y. w. j. s. 
The apple crop in this-section will not exceed 60 per 
cent of the crop of 1900, with quality inferior, which will 
make the amount of first-class barreling apples much 
less than 60 per cent of the crop of 1900. Pears are a 
light crop, plums nearly a total failure. Have heard of 
no sales in this immediate vicinity. f. h. g. 
Holley, N. Y. 
Apples are of good quality and a fair crop; oats best 
for many years; corn fair crop; hay medium. Most 
strawberries of the large kinds froze this year, but Hav- 
erland and Enormous were practically uninjured. I 
would like to know how Enormous is valued by other 
growers as a market berry. Does it average large 
enough? F . w . 
Phillipsburg, Pa. 
The hay crop has been secured, most of it in very good 
condition. The grain crop is coming off and is rather 
above the average in quality. Corn is almost a failure 
so far as the grain is concerned, and fodder is not up to 
average years on account of the cold wet season. The 
apple crop is nearly a failure. Nearly all orchards that 
have had no care are fruitless, while only now and then 
an orchard which has been cultivated is bearing any 
fruit. t. d. s. 
Madison, Me. 
The apple shippers’ annual meeting was held at Ro¬ 
chester. They issued a statement of the size of apple 
crop this year, giving by States their estimates. West 
Virginia was set down at 75 per cent of full crop. They 
claimed their estimate to be made after a careful and 
thorough canvass. But West Virginia has not more 
than 10 or 15 per cent of full crop. This region here in 
northern end of Shenandoah Valley is one of the two 
leading appie sections. There is not more than 10 per 
cent here. The other is the western Pan Handle and 
along the Ohio River. I saw an apple buyer a few days 
since who was posted about it, and he told me condi¬ 
tions there were the same as here. Is there the appear¬ 
ance of an attempt to deceive by the apple shippers’ con¬ 
vention? Is their bulletin as to West Virginia to be 
taken as a sample? 
R. N.-Y.—It has been thought by many that the apple 
shippers took a rosy view of the situation! The farmers 
themselves are much better informed than usual this 
year and are demanding higher prices than the apple 
shippers quoted at their meeting 1 . 
Southern New England has the best fruit crop in sight 
that I have seen in 20 years. Not the largest but the 
soundest and fairest. There is probably 75 per cent of a 
full crop of apples, but the almost entire absence of 
wormy, scabby fruit will make the No. 1 fruit equal if 
not excel the No. 1 of a full crop. As there are no large 
orchards here, outside buyers seldom visit this section, 
but this season it would certainly pay them to do so. 
Locally, Fall fruit is selling for about 50 cents per bushel. 
The potato crop is excellent, with one or two sections re¬ 
porting rot. Most of it is sound, however, and of fine 
quality. Corn is a week or so late, but will probably 
ripen a full crop. Squashes, melons and cucumbers have 
blighted badly and are almost a failure. Other garden 
and field crops are from good to best. c. p. a. 
Woodbrldge, Conn. 
Apple Prices at Rochester. 
The apple buyers we have talked with wish to offer now 
only about .$1 a barrel for the fruit, or possibly from that 
to $1.50. We got the impression that they would go as 
high as $1.50, still they have not definitely offered more 
than $1. This price is much less than what we think 
the fruit is worth. We have not pinned the buyers down 
very closely as to what they estimate our orchard, but 
considering what little talk we have had with them their 
estimate and ours will differ materially. The buyers 
that we refer to, during their conversation with us, when 
they saw that we were not disposed to deal at any such 
price, said that about September 1 the prospects would be 
known better. They stated that the buyers had left our 
vicinity for the purpose of looking into other localities 
to ascertain what the crop would be and they anticipate 
later to have all reports in so to be in a better position 
to offer. When the apple buyers left our city the daily 
papers had articles in them giving people to understand 
that the buyers had left for the simple reason that the 
growers wanted too much for their fruit, and nothing 
was stated about the buyers looking into other localities 
to ascertain what the crop would be. grower. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
DISCRIMINATIONS IN PRICES. 
I notice the editorial relative to the sale of American 
goods in foreign markets cheaper than at home. As I 
see it the tariff is not the occasion or cause of these 
discriminations nor will its removal prevent them. Why 
do I think so? Because I see the same thing going on all 
the time where there Is no tariff, and there must be good 
sound business reasons for the practice or it would not 
be carried on to the extent it is. For example, I live In 
a small village with several other small villages only a 
few miles away. I can go into any one of those villages 
and buy goods cheaper than I can at home or cheaper 
than the residents of those villages can, and vice versa 
the residents of those villages can buy goods cheaper 
here than they can at home, or than I can buy them 
here. For that reason one of my neighbors who has the 
time and is willing to spend it makes a large portion of 
his purchases at the nearest of these neighboring vil¬ 
lages. Another example: The village in which I live is 16 
miles from the county seat, the city of Kalamazoo, and 
11 miles from the city of Battle Creek. The Kalamazoo 
daily papers are delivered regularly and sold in this vil¬ 
lage at one cent each. In Kalamazoo the price is two 
cents. This is a common practice among business men 
and always has been since I have been old enough to 
know anything about it. If It Is to be stopped abroad it 
should be stopped at home as well. f. hodgman. 
Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 
ADVERTISING APPLES.—One of our prominent apple 
buyers has told all foreign buyers that all apples were 
poor here in this section. He told me he had sent five 
away and the next day he told another one that there 
was not an apple in western New York fit for anything 
but cider or drier, so I thought I would show him a few. 
I went around and broke off 10 branches of different 
kinds of apples, took them to town and hung in a promi¬ 
nent place in the leading hotel where traveling men 
(apple buyers) can see them. I put the names and my 
name on each variety, and to-day four buyers have been 
here. One short branch had 24 large Baldwins on. Every 
one was perfect, as were all the other kinds. The show 
would have done credit to a fair. Orleans co. grower. 
AMERICAN APPLES ABROAD.—Geo. R. Meeker & 
Co., of New York, successors of Josiah Rich, give the 
following report of the foreign trade in apples: “Apples 
have commenced to go forward to the European markets 
in considerable quantities, and all reports of returns 
have been most satisfactory. All the early apples which 
we have sent have averaged back in New York prices 
ranging from $3.72 to $3.98. One lot which went forward 
on the Anchor Line did not do very well, owing to the 
fact that the apples arrived in a very bad condition; but 
from now on, the fruit being more fully matured, ship¬ 
pers will run less chance of their goods arriving in poor 
shape. 1 he Canadian crop, while very large, is very poor 
in quality, there being very few first-class apples in Can¬ 
ada this year. Boston shipments commenced last Sat¬ 
urday, and from now on there will be considerable quan¬ 
tities of Maine and other New England apples going for¬ 
ward from that port. As stated before, the European 
markets have never been in better condition than they 
are now, owing to the fact that the apple crops abroad, 
with the possible exception of Germany, are a failure.” 
- ± iiuiure or me nuts men 
tioned on page 592 to fill out may be due to one of severs 
le tn? US M S ‘ 1 P t ^l. nlc « the most Probable cine is impel 
feet fertilization of the flowers. However, this would no 
be expected to occur in a grove where several varietie 
are growing together. I have observed that some of th 
very large, thin-shelled varieties naturally do not fill ou 
completely, and for this reason the largest-sized nuts ar 
not always the most desirable. In Georgia we have 
fungous disease (Cladosporium) that attacks the youn 
lT¥ t ea rly in the season. The nuts become covered wit 
il 113 mo l < ?" lke „ tungus and never develop to matur 
^ y ;J h ^. tr0Uble T* e ^ erred w t ^ in Thb r - N.-Y. may be du 
to this disease. It is probable that an application of Boi 
deaux soon after the nuts are formed would prove to b 
?'L C m nt r ? med y- “ ^e trouble is due to a deflcienc 
° f tertil^izer in the soil I would suggest that potash i 
probably what is needed. A liberal application of eithe 
muriate or sulphate of potash would certainly not b 
objectionable. w scott 
Georgia State Entomologist. 
