THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
657 
1902 
Peach Growing in Maryland. 
C. R., Yonkers , N. Y .—Having read much 
about peach growing in mountainous re¬ 
gions in Maryland, I would like to have an 
accurate idea of the kind of soil, eleva¬ 
tion above any nearby well-known river, 
and what the soil would raise per acre 
with ordinary cultivation of wheat or corn. 
Ans.— The soil where the greater part 
of the famous peach orchards of western 
Maryland are planted is a mixture of 
clay, decomposed granite and mica 
schist, with a goodly proportion of hu¬ 
mus. In some places there is limestone 
land planted to peaches, but this is not 
so desirable. In many of the orchards 
there are loose stones lying on and un¬ 
der the surface, which are quite trouble¬ 
some, but they prevent the washing of 
the soil to some extent, and are a benefit 
in that way. The elevation above the 
Potomac River is from about 200 to 
2.000 feet or even more. Some of these 
orchards are on the Blue Ridge and oth¬ 
ers are farther west, on the Allegheny 
Mountains. Much of the peach land is 
steep, and some of it very steep. As 
there is a great difference between the 
fertility of the soil that has long been 
under ordinary cultivation and that 
which has just been cleared of the na¬ 
tive timber, both kinds being used for 
planting to peaches, it is hard to say 
what the average crop of wheat or corn 
would be that might be grown on it. 
Perhaps, 10 to 15 bushels of wheat on 
the old land and twice as much corn per 
acre would be about the figures. The 
new land would probably double these 
amounts in a good season. The lands 
where the good peaches are growu 
would not be called rich, but they are in 
a fair state of fertility, or must be 
brought to that state, before they will 
produce profitable crops of peaches. 
H. E. V. D. 
Starting Chestnuts for Timber. 
►S'., Cohocton, N. Y.—I have on my farm a 
field of about six acres which is very 
steep, and, although it has been several 
times plowed and raised a fair crop, yet 
I am satisfied that it will be more profit¬ 
able and satisfactory to make a timber 
lot of it than to use it for agricultural 
purposes, especially as it is near other 
timber lots, and is prone to grow weeds 
and brush. I wish to raise timber for 
posts, and have about decided to have a 
crop of chestnut trees thereon. What is 
the best manner for getting them started, 
and the distance apart to plant them? At 
what season and depth must I plant the 
chestnuts, in case I plant the nuts Instead 
of young trees? Would it pay to plant 
some butternuts among the others, and, if 
so, how, as to manner and distance apart? 
This ground is adapted to both chestnut 
and butternut trees. I do not like locusts, 
as they seem to make too much of a 
jungle and grow more slowly. 
Ans. —In all probability the land men¬ 
tioned would be better in timber than 
in any other crop, and that which will 
make durable posts will be the most 
profitable. Chestnut will be the quick¬ 
est to grow of any that will flourish in 
New York. Catalpa would be the kind 
farther south, as it is faster to grow 
than most trees with durable timber. 
Yellow locust is one of our best post 
timbers, but it grows slowly at first, as 
the inquirer says. Butternut is slow 
to start but finally grows quite rapidly. 
The wood is not very durable when 
used for posts. The way to start chest¬ 
nut trees is to get nuts that were fresh- 
ay gathered and mix them at once with 
at least twice their bulk of mellow 
earth, in boxes. These boxes should be 
buried so their tops will be about even 
with the surface of the ground. Cover 
them with wire cloth (old fly screens 
will do), so mice cannot get at them. 
Pile stones over top of all, so pigs or 
other animals will be kept away, and 
yet so the rain can keep the earth in a 
natural state of moisture. When Spring 
comes watch for the nuts to begin to 
sprout, and plant them at once. The 
ground should be made loose by plow¬ 
ing and harrowing. The nuts should be 
merely pressed into the soil with the 
foot. Two in a place will come nearer 
insuring a stand than one. The distance 
apart should be about four or five feet 
both ways, and it would be well to have 
the hills only in rows at right angles to 
the slope, so that washing of the soil 
will be reduced to the minimum. Put 
no farm crop on the land, but cultivate 
the seedlings alone. After a few years 
they will need no attention, but until 
they will keep down other growth they 
should have careful attention, and occa¬ 
sional tillage. Butternuts will need the 
same treatment as chestnuts. 
H. E. V. D. 
Grass for Seeding Cemetery. 
If. E. IV., Quincy, Pa .—We have an old 
cemetery in our town that has become 
overgrown with briers and other obnoxious 
weeds, and we propose to dig over the 
entire surface and seed to grass. What 
kind of seed should be used, when seeded, 
and how much seed per acre? 
Ans.—W e would use Kentucky Blue 
grass and Red-top, equal weights mixed. 
Sow at the rate of four or five bushels 
to the acre of the mixed seed, harrow m 
thoroughly and roll firmly. This seed is 
best sown in early Fall, but may be 
put in in April or May. If sown in Fall 
it is well to sow about 10 pounds of 
White clover per acre broadcast in Feb¬ 
ruary or March of the following year. 
If the grass seeds are sown in Spring a 
similar amount of White clover many be 
separately sown at the same time. Close 
mowing will be needed for several years 
to keep the briers, etc., from starting 
again. 
PARCELS POST FROM ENGLAND. 
Three weeks ago we referred to a parcels 
post which the English government will 
establish with this country. The first con¬ 
signment of this mail arrived recently on 
the steamer Teutonic. There were 285 
packages. The Assistant Appraiser, Geo. 
W. Wanamaker, is reported to have made 
this statement about it: 
“This new arrangement is not a parcels 
post, properly speaking. Bet me explain 
just ‘what a parcels post in this country 
is. An example of one is to be found in 
the parcels relations between the United 
States and Germany, which were consum¬ 
mated by a regular treaty. Under this 
treaty an arrangement has been made 
whereby the delivery of packages from 
Germany is accomplished through the 
agency of the United States Postal ser¬ 
vice. For instance, say a package comes 
from Berlin addressed to John Smith, Salt 
Lake City. It is opened in this division 
of the Public Stores and examined to de¬ 
termine whether or not its contents con¬ 
form to the invoice on the wrapper. 
Whether they do or do not a bill for what 
we consider the true amount of duty on 
the goods is made out and placed inside 
a second wrapper which is put around the 
package. The package is then addressed 
to the postmaster at Salt Lake City, who 
upon receiving it notifies John Smith of 
its arrival and of the amount of the bill. 
As soon as John Smith pays the bill the 
package is his. If the goods in the pack¬ 
age are not dutiable they are sent on in 
the same way minus the bill. If the con¬ 
signee is in this city the package is sent 
to the Collector with the Appraiser’s esti¬ 
mate of the duty on the goods and the 
Collector then does the notifying and re¬ 
ceives the money. 
“Now, in the case of this lot of packages 
from Great Britain the method of pro¬ 
cedure will be wholly different. In fact, 
we shall treat this exactly as we treat all 
the other express company packages that 
come into this country. In the first place, 
the Appraiser has nothing to do with them 
and does not know officially that they are 
in the country or exist. A manifest must 
be made out by the company giving the 
character and value of the various pack¬ 
ages contained in the consignment. This 
manifest is then submitted to the Collec¬ 
tor, who, after he has examined it, must 
make out a separate appraisement order 
for each package of the consignment. Not 
until we receive such an order or orders 
are we supposed to handle the goods at 
all. When, however, we do receive the 
appraisement orders we examine and ap¬ 
praise the goods and report to the Collec¬ 
tor, who has to pass upon the report be¬ 
fore the goods can be released. This usu¬ 
ally takes three or four days—much longer 
than in the case of the German parcels 
post. In the latter case a parcel may 
come to the stores in the morning and 
reach its destination in the afternoon of 
the same day. 
“The only advantage I can see in this 
new arrangement comes in on the other 
side. It is an arrangement not between 
two nations, but between one nation and 
a private corporation. By it a consign¬ 
ment is handled on the other side as postal 
matter, and retains this character until it 
arrives at the place of shipment and is 
placed in the hands of the American Ex¬ 
press Company. From then on its char¬ 
acter is the same as that of any other 
express company package.” 
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