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Keeping Cannas Over Winter. 
<:. A. J., Whitehall, A*. Y .—I have about 
tOO Canna roots to carry through the Win¬ 
ter. Will you inform me of the. proper 
way to store them so they will not spoil? 
An'S.—I n our experience the most 
practical way to care for Canna roots is 
to take up the clumps, after the first 
killing frost, with all the earth that will 
adhere to the roots. Place them in boxes 
quite close together, in rather a dry cel¬ 
lar, where frost will not penetrate. Any 
cellar that will keep potatoes in good or¬ 
der is quite suitable. The tops should, 
of course, be previously cut off level with 
the soil. The tubers may remain in the 
cellar all Winter, but should be exam¬ 
ined from time to time. If it is found 
that they are too moist or that the tops 
are mildewing, they should be separated 
a trifle or moved to a drier place. If on 
the contrary> the soil dries out so that 
the tubers wither, they should be water¬ 
ed occasionally so as to keep the tubers 
plump. In the Spring the tubers may be 
planted out in the usual manner. 
Circular Leaf-Cutter on Roses. 
A. IV., Barker, N. I’.—I send a spray from 
one of my roses. What eats the leaves, 
and what would be the remedy? My roses 
commence to grow beautifully in the 
Spring till the branches are from eight to 
18 inches high, when I commence to see 
these circular places in the leaves, and in 
a few days they have taken every leaf. 
1 have watched them at every hour of the 
day and have taken a lamp at night, and 
1 have never found the least thing on them. 
If you look at tnese leaves through a 
microscope you will see the edge is a per¬ 
fect saw. 
A ns. —This seems to be the work of 
the Circular leaf-cutter, a very active 
little insect which flies about nights and 
cuts these little circles out of the tender 
leaves of roses and fruit trees. It is a 
timid insect, and it is seldom possible to 
catch it working. The only remedy we 
know is thoroughly to spray tne young 
foliage with Paris-green, about one-half 
ounce to the gallon of water, and repeat 
the application frequently, until it has 
been applied to all the new growth. A 
very few of these beetles will do much 
damage, as they visit the plant night 
after night. 
Peaches for Massachusetts. 
•). .t. C., Uaslham, Mass .—I would like a 
little information in regard to best varie¬ 
ties of peaches for market purposes. 1 
have a small orchard set Spring of 1891, 
which has done so well that I feel en¬ 
couraged to plant more. I have Early 
Crawford, Mountain Rose, Crosby, EI- 
berta, Fitzgerald and Kalamazoo; all have 
made line growth, but the Fitzgerald is a 
wonder for vigor of growth, with Kala¬ 
mazoo a close second. I would like infor¬ 
mation in regard to those two as to their 
fruiting qualities. 
Axs.—For market purposes on our 
own grounds here we find that Elberta 
leads the list. This experience is al¬ 
most universal in the peach-growing 
world this side of the Atlantic Ocean. 
In fact, the testimony for Elberta is so 
emphatic that it has led people every¬ 
where to plant this variety by the mil¬ 
lion. At the present time it seems that 
this tendency toward the overplanting 
of this one variety is likely to upset the 
market when the trees come into bear¬ 
ing. Thus, in spite of all its good points 
one hardly feels like recommending it 
unreservedly to prospective planters. 
Other varieties which have proved pro¬ 
fitable in our orchards are Mountain 
Hose, Early Crawford and Late Craw¬ 
ford. Still we do not think that any of 
the Crawford peaches will compare with 
Elberta, and in spite of the difficulties 
mentioned above we would prefer the 
latter. Although we have not made a 
satisfactory test of these varieties on our 
grounds, we think that such fine, white- 
ilesh fieaches of the Chinese Cling type 
as Waddell and Belle of Georgia are to 
be highly recommended for market 
growing. These have proved profitable 
where they have been fairly tried, and 
there seems to be a tendency in the mar¬ 
ket to accept larger and larger quanti¬ 
ties of white-fleshed peaches. 
Mass. Ag’l College. r. a. waugji. 
Remarkable Case of Tree Life. 
II. J\ hoiocll, Mass.— One of my neigh¬ 
bors has a Kieffer pear tree Dial has been 
set about 15 years. In the Spring of 1901 
he noticed the bark on one branch, about 
two inches in diameter, was dead all the 
way around close to the trunk, and yet it 
Jeafed out and blossomed full, and had a 
good quantity of pears on it, but they 
were not quite as large as those on the 
other branches. This year it is bearing 
again and is a wonder to everybody who 
has seen it. ITow can it live and bear in 
that condition? 
A ns. —This is a very remarkable cir¬ 
cumstance; for it is rare that life will 
continue in a branch more than a few 
days or weeks after the bark dies all the 
way around it. This is supposed to 
sever all vital union with the trunk and 
roots, and it does so in a very short time 
in nearly every case. We see this where 
forest trees arc deadened by girdling 
them with an ax, and where mice or rab¬ 
bits have gnawed the bark off the bases 
c:' fruit trees. In the case mentioned 
fire-blight was probably the cause of the 
trouble. The fact that there is yet life 
in the branch is positive evidence that 
all vital union was not severed. If the 
bark is dead all the way around it, as we 
have no reason to doubt, from what is 
stated, then there has been a flow of sap 
through the wood. This sometimes oc¬ 
curs for several weeks or months after 
the bark has died or been removed en- 
t'rely around a trunk or branch. In one 
case I saw a branch on an apple tree liv¬ 
ing and in almost as thrifty condition 
for two years after the hark had been 
killed and removed entirely around a 
portion of it. The wood became hard 
and dry on the outside without a sem¬ 
blance of bark on it, and was “as dead as 
hay” for at least the thickness of com¬ 
mon paper, but was alive beneath; as 1 
learned by testing it with my knife. 
This branch bore a few apples the first 
year that I observed it, but died after 
the second year’s growth without bark 
on the portion mentioned. Death will 
ho the final result of the branch of the 
Kieffer pear tree described by our corre¬ 
spondent. In the case of some of the 
endogens, or inside growers, such as 
some of the palms, there is no bark, such 
as our common trees have, and the in¬ 
jury or removal of the outer part of the 
trunk is a matter of little or no conse¬ 
quence; because the vital part of the 
tree is not there. The sap circulates 
through the entire trunk to its center. I 
have seen many of the native palm trees 
(Cabbage palmetto) in Florida that had 
teen burned on all sides an inch or more 
deep that were growing as vigorously 
as before. h. e. v. d. 
Fruit Questions from Maine. 
D., Maine.—1 have a young orchard o£ CO 
apple trees (two-year-old), and am not at 
home to cultivate it. It was planted this 
year to beans. My idea was to sow it to 
clover in Spring; I have w'ood ashes and 
poultry dressing that I thought of putting 
on. Would that be all right? Would it do 
to cut hay and take it off ground, or would 
I better leave it on? Ought I to mulch trees 
this Fall? Should I begin next Spring to 
spray with Bordeaux Mixture? We are 
troubled with tree lice here a good deal. 
What kind of cherry trees would you ad¬ 
vise for this locality, both sweet and sour? 
Axs;—If you cannot attend to the cul¬ 
tivation of your orchard seeding with 
clover will answer, though of course the 
clover will be crowded out by ’Witch 
grass and June grass in a short time. 
The individual trees should, however, 
he thoroughly mulched, or, better, 
spaded around and then mulched each 
Spring. Care must be used that the 
mulching does not come close about the 
base of the tree, and a search for borers 
should be made every yeai*. It is very 
difficult to do things by halves; while 
for a few years some of the hay be¬ 
tween the rows might he removed with¬ 
out harm to the trees, I should strongly 
recommend that all be returned to the 
ground. In the end either tne trees or 
the hay, or both, will suffer if you at¬ 
tempt such a method of “double crop¬ 
ping,” and the trees are the more im¬ 
portant crop. If the land has been cul¬ 
tivated during the Summer a mulch may 
well be applied now. It is a good plan 
to spade up a circle about each tree and 
then mulch with manure. If your trees 
are attacked by the Apple-scab fungus 
—as may be seen by the velvet patches 
on the leaves—it is a good plan to spray 
with Bordeaux Mixture next Summer. 
For lice, if the attack occurs early iu 
the season, spray with strong soapsuds 
or with kerosene emulsion. Write to 
the Agricultural Experiment Station at 
Orono for instructions, “How to Fight 
Apple Enemies.” Sweet cherries are 
not to be advised for your locality. 
Among the sorts most likely to succeed 
with j'ou are: Early Richmond. English 
Morello, Montmorenei and Windsor. 
Maine Exp. Station, w. m. muxsox. 
NURSING MOTHERS 
Course in Farm Practice 
Six Weeks Beginning November 10. 
PITHY, POINTED, PRACTICAL. 
Just what the farmer needs to know. No en¬ 
trance examination. Forty dollars covers cost. 
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Kingston, R. I. 
lAf Jl |U| T 1 p —Good clean Horseradish 
ww I tB | EL U Boots. Please stare quan¬ 
tity and price per ton. LUDWIG MOSBABK, N mh 
Chicago. HI. 
Wanted 
Golden Oucen Raspberry Plants. Address, 
s ating number and price. Box 22V, No. CoUIds, N.\ . 
Seed Potatoes'' h’o^wY; 
wants. S. J. SMITH, Box B, Manchester, N. V. 
A mother’s poor health is bad 
enough for the mother but 
worse still for the nursing 
baby. 
Mothers find Scott’s Emul- 
sion a nourishing and 
strengthening food. If the 
breast milk is scanty or thin 
Scott’s Emulsion will make it 
rich and more abundant. 
When mothers take Scot '.; 
Emulsion the babies share in 
the benefits. Thin babies grow 
fat. Weak babies get strong. 
We’ll send you a little to try, if you like. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. 
The Tree of Life 
is one budded upon a branched root 
seedling, buds from bearing trees, dug 
by our root protecting tree digger. 
Apple orchards that bear early. Choice 
marketable fruit. Money-makers for 
the planter. Also SMALL FRUITS at 
WHOLESALE PRICES. Pear, Plum. 
Cherry. Everything iu NURSERY and 
GREENHOUSE Culture we furnish 
true to name, 
We Guarantee Safe delivery. Send 
for Catalogue. 
Central Michigan Nurseries, 
Michigan Leading’s Nurseries 
and Rose Growers, 
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
And other Insects can be Controlled by Using 
Good’s Caustic Potash Whale- 
Oil Soap No. 3. 
It also prevents Curl Leaf. Endorsed by Entomolo¬ 
gists. This Soap is a Fertilizer as well as Insecticide. 
60-lb. KegB, $2.60; 100-lb Kegs, f4.50; Half-Barrel, 
270 Ids., 3Hc. per lb.: Barrel. 426 lbs., 3J^c. Large 
quantities, Special Rates. Send for Circulars. 
JAMES GOOD, 939 X, Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Trees, Plants and Vines 
That should he planted in October and 
November, are named In our free 
FALL CATALOGUE. Write for 16 
to-day. 200 Acres in Fruits amt 
Ornamentals. Stock first-class; 
prices right. Send us your list of wants 
for estimate. Call at our Nurseries, 
and make your own selections. 
T . J . DWYER <* SDN, 
Orange County Nurseries, 
Hox 1. CORNWALL X. Y. 
October Purple Plum 
trees three years o’d. No man does his 
full duty to his family until he supplies 
this fruit. No waiting. Fruit next year. 
Let tie tell you about it. Do you want 
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ornamental trees of every kind. Let us 
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send address—no money. 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Conn. 
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY. 
Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O. 
Can furnish you the finest 
Northern-Grown Fruit Trees 
At very low Prices. 
Write them for Price List. 
CHOICEST FRUIT 
and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses. 
Plants, Bulbs. Direct deal will save 
you money; try us. Valuable Catalogue 
free. 49th Year. 1000 Acres. 44 Green house*. 
THE STORRS & HARRI8ON CO., 
PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 
YORK IMPERIAL 
L’PLE Is the favorite wherever 
own. We have a large stock cl 
gorous trees. Also other favorite 
nieties: Winesap, Gano. Bald- 
m. Home Beauty, etc. Write fo- 
italogue and Prices. 
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Department AC, JOPLIN, MO. 
Clenwood Nurseries 
Most complete assortment of choice 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and IRnes. 
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THE WM. H. MOON CO., MOURISYILLK, PA. 
60 miles from New York; 30 miles from Philadelphia 
450,000 
AIeoG rapei ruiMew.swtiwt 
•d stock. Genuine, cheap. 8 sample currants mailed for 
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trated catalogue containing valuable information. 
A Bure road to wealth. Full line 
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AKXHIIR J. COLIANS, Moorestowu, N. J. 
REES 
~~~ 4 AA—APPLE, PEAR, PLUM and PEACH; healthy, true to name 
4>0 per 1 UU and Fumigated. All kinds of trees and plants at low wliolesal* 
nrtefis nmi’t huv until you get our catalogue, which is free, or send list of wants lot 
special price. bUy Tdd7css RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 1, Geneva, Now York. 
Voodview Nurseries 
offer their trees at very reasonable prices for Fab 
orders. Stock as good as the best. We want our cat- 
a ogue iu the bands of every planter. It is the book 
every orchardi»t should have. Hox 100, Uriah, la. 
K CAD 17 A I I Hyacinths, Tul'ps, Crocus, Narcissus, Lilies, .fee- 
r Lf rl r ALL 0uR Nkw b dlb catalogue is sent free. It tells ail 
PE AMTINP about the best bubs; also seasonatle seeds and 
■ I II1VI plants, including our celebrated grass mixtures 
yivwnuv g.vdnds. HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 
lith 
ither 
Fall Plantin g 
or Spring Planting 
the most impor*ant part of all 
is to get the kind of trees you 
uy. The name on my trees means something. It doesn’t always on others. 
The Tree Breeders. ROGERS ON THE HILL, Dansville, N. Y. 
