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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 6 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Keeping Apple and Pear Buds. 
J. IT. D., West Point, Fa.—Tell flow apple 
and pear buds are kept over in good con¬ 
dition until the next June to be used for 
inserting then? 
Axs.—The scions should be put in cold 
storage, and where .they will not dry out 
in the least. I have found that in the 
sawdust on top of ice in an ordinary ice 
house is a good place. This will keep 
them damp, if well buried, and not al¬ 
low them to start their buds in the 
least. h. e. v. d. 
The Henry Pear. 
£>., Dedham, Mass.— Can you tell anything 
about the qualities oi the Henry pear? Is 
it of great promise, according to some ad¬ 
vertisers? 
Ans. —While I am not very well ac¬ 
quainted with the Henry pear, the speci¬ 
mens of it that I have seen lead me to 
think it is the same as the old worth¬ 
less Winter Bell or Pound pear, or 
something very similar to it. My ad¬ 
vice is to go very slow in planting it, 
and it would be safe to let it alone en¬ 
tirely, at least until more is learned 
about it. H. e. v. d. 
Fruit Questions. 
K. , Kutztown, Pa. —Are Rome Beauty and 
Sutton regular bearers? What large pears 
can you recommend for late Winter use? 
Give kinds least subject to blight. 
Ans. —Rome Beauty and Sutton are 
both good, regular bearers in a general 
way, and more so than many other good 
varieties. There are places where Rome 
Beauty is tender in tree and the fruit is 
liable to fall off badly, but this i.s in the 
prairie regions, where the changes are 
violent and the Summers long and quite 
hot. Easter is one of the largest of the 
Winter pears. Angouleme (Duchess), is 
large but it is only a late Fall or early 
Winter pear. n. e. v. i>. 
Planting Apple and Peach Trees. 
Reader (No Addt'css).— How should apple 
and peach trees be planted; those from 
five to seven feet high, and others four to 
six feet high? How are they trimmed? 
An,s. —Apple trees of fair size for two 
or three-year-olds, such as are inquired 
about, should have their roots moder¬ 
ately pruned back and then be planted 
firmly in the ground. The soil should 
be tramped as hard as it is possible to 
get it immediately next the roots and 
more lightly on the surface. The 
branches should be pruned moderately 
also, cutting off about half of the last 
year’s growth. Peach trees should be 
treated the same as apple trees,except 
that their side branches should all be 
cut off close to the main stem, and the 
whole of it headed back to about two 
feet high. Earth should be banked up 
to them about six inches to help hold 
them firmly in place. H. e. v. e. 
Germinating Black Locust. 
c. W. N., Concordia, Kan.— Does Black 
locust seed need to lie in damp sand 
through two Winters before it will come 
up? I picked some seed last October a 
year ago, and put into damp sand, where 
it would be damp continually, and last 
Spring they looked good, but did not sprout 
at all. I had peach and plum pits in sand 
and they always come up without any 
trouble. I looked twice at my locust seed 
after first examination; still they had not 
yet sprouted. Isn’t there some way I can 
treat them so they will come up in the 
Spring after having been kept in damp 
sand all Winter? They do well here when 
planted on rich damp soil, and I want to 
get a start with some of the seed. 
Ans. —Locust seeds are very hard to 
get to germinate. Unless the right con¬ 
ditions prevail they are apt to lie dor¬ 
mant for many years. It was a com¬ 
mon saying in Ohio, when I was a boy, 
that it took “fire to start them’’; for, 
where brush heaps were burned a 
growth of locust tress was almost sure 
to appear. The scorching tendered the 
shells of some and caused then to start 
the following Spring, while others were 
doubtless killed by it. If the seeds that 
C. W. N. has in damp sand are soaked 
in hot water next Spring, renewing it 
for several days, they will probably 
swell and show signs of sprouting, when 
they should be at once planted. 
H. e. v. 15. 
A List of Fruits. 
E. 8. M., Racine, IPis.—Give a list of peach 
and cherry trees suitable for family use, 
to be grown in Ontario Co., N. Y. How 
late can trees be planted in the Fall with¬ 
out danger? I wish grapevines also named. 
Can these be set this Fall? 
Ans.—A lmost any variety of either 
cherry or peach will do well in Ontario 
Co., N. Y. The same is true of grapes. 
A good list of apples for family use for 
that region is as will follow, but there 
are many other good ones that might be 
named. They will be arranged in order 
of ripening; Summer Rose, Early Har¬ 
vest, Bough (Sweet), Williams, Fanny, 
Primate, Garden Royal, Jefferis, Celes- 
tia, Dyer, Gravenstein, Fall Pippin, 
Grimes, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Wag- 
ener, Esopus and Swaar. These will 
cover the whole apple season and are of 
excellent quality, although not all good 
market varieties. Very few trees of the 
early kinds should be set and the bulk 
of them of the last five or six of the list. 
Of peaches the same may be said, for the 
very early kinds are not so good as the 
later ones. A good list would be about 
like this: Amsden, Triumph, Early 
Rivers, Mountain Rose, Niagara, Cham¬ 
pion, Oldmixon Free, Reeves, Chairs, 
Salway and Heath Cling. As to grapes, 
there are plenty of good varieties to 
choose from: Winchell (Green Moun¬ 
tain), Campbell, Delaware, Niagara, 
Concord, Brighton and Catawba will 
cover the season from the earliest to the 
latest. Among the cherries, there are 
two distinct classes, commonly called 
“sweet” and “sour,” but both will do 
well in western New York. Of the form¬ 
er the Early Purple (Guigne), May 
Duke, Late Duke, Wood, Tartarian, Na¬ 
poleon and Windsor are enough; and of 
the latter, Richmond, Montmorency and 
English Morello. These trees and vines 
may be planted any time this Fall un¬ 
til the ground freezes. h. e. v. d. 
Manure for Potatoes. 
H. E. IF.. Uniontoum, Ry.—l have access 
to cattle-pen manure from a distillery. 
The pens are about six to eight feet above 
the ground on posts, and it has been three 
years this Winter since any cattle wer^ 
fed in them; the last time the manure 
was left under the pens till it was from one 
t» two feet deep, and being shaded, it has 
not been hurt from the sun by baking. 
There is no straw mixed with this manure; 
it is pretty well rotted. What would be the 
best crop to put in with this manure? The 
hauling of it will be the only cost to get it, 
and this will cost 20 cents per load. I 
have a place of about 3 1 / 2 acres, hill land, 
sloping towards the south, and of a sandy 
clay loam, a fine spot for early gardening; 
also have some bottom ground rented 
for potatoes. Would you advise me to mix 
any other chemical with this manure? 
Some say it has too much acid, it being 
from slop-fed cattle. Would you apply 
this manure in the Fall or Spring for po¬ 
tatoes? 
Ans. —Such manure would give best 
results on cabbage, sweet corn, onions 
or garden truck. We should, if pos¬ 
sible, add at least 20 pounds of muriate 
or sulphate of potash and 40 pounds of 
acid phosphate to each ton of manure. 
Our own experience in using manure 
mixed with chemicals for potatoes is 
that we obtain a large yield, but that 
the scab is very bad. If you plant pota¬ 
toes next Spring where potatoes were 
grown this year you are quite likely to 
have trouble from scab. If you feel like 
risking the scab we would haul the ma¬ 
nure this Fall and broadcast it over the 
field. Let it stay there through the 
Winter and in the Spring plow it un¬ 
der and fit the ground. Then scatter 
muriate of potash and acid phosphate 
in strips where the potatoes are to be 
planted. Open furrows with a light 
plow, drop the seed pieces and cover 
with a cultivator—thus working the 
chemicals thoroughly into the soil. Be¬ 
fore planting, we would soak the seed 
potatoes in the solution of formaldehyde 
so often described in The R. N.-Y. 
Fruitless Japan Plums. 
IF. 11. IF., Tacoma, Wash .—Why do my 
Japan plum trees fail to bear? They set 
full of fruit every year, but it practically 
all drops off. For several years I thought 
it was frost, but am now satisfied I was 
mistaken; the fruit drops a few days after 
the blossom has fallen. I have Botan, 
Ogon, Satsuma and Kelsey; 15 of each set 
in rows in the order named. Is it because 
they are sterile and do not pollenize each 
other? I have ordered a tree each of Hale, 
Chabot, Abundance and Burbank and 
shall remove four trees and plant these in 
their place. Will this solve the problem? 
Ans. —It is sometimes the case that 
Japan plum trees will not bear, and we 
cannot tell why, and this may be one of 
these peculiar localities. However, it is 
likely that there is some trouble about 
their pollination. The rains may have 
washed off too much of the pollen or it 
may really be frosting in bloom. Sat¬ 
suma is the only one of those named as 
planted that is complained of as being 
self-sterile. Perhaps the addition of the 
other varieties may remedy the matter. 
See what other trees of the same varie¬ 
ties are doing in that vicinity. This 
whole class of plums is given to bloom¬ 
ing too early. ir. e. v. d. 
American Silic Growing.— We have been 
told again and again that the American 
farmer cannot afford to grow silk, yet Prof. 
McCarthy, of the North Carolina Experi¬ 
ment Station gives figures to show that 
southern farmers should try it. In a re¬ 
cent bulletin on the mulberry tree he says: 
“It is unfortunate that so few farmers in 
the cotton States realize the great value 
of mulberries as food for hogs and poultry. 
The mulberry will thrive upon land ex¬ 
hausted by continuous cotton culture. The 
roots of the trees will prevent the soil 
from washing, while the tops will furnieh 
shade and fruit, as well as leaves for feed¬ 
ing silkworms. There are few trees equal 
to the mulberry, and none that surpass it 
in value for the farms of the Southern 
States. Silk growing and poultry keeping 
go well together. These are two branches 
of farming that are capable of great and 
profitable expansion. To all who wish to 
test the practical value of this tree the 
Department of Agriculture will supply 
seedling trees at cost of carriage only, 
viz., one cent per tree.” 
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