1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
79 
Farmers’ Club. 
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Put questions on a separate piece of paper.] 
Seed of Paradise Stock. 
A. K., Waconia, Minn .—I have read in The R. 
N.-Y. about the Paradise apple. Where can I 
get some seed ? I would like to plant a few for 
stocks on which to graft the Bismarck apple. 
Ans. —We do not know that there is a 
single house in America that offers the 
seed of the Paradise for sale. We think 
tbat nurserymen import their stocks 
and graft upon them, as the fruit of the 
Paradise is worthless. 
Use of Potash With Manure. 
C. G., Leonid, iV. J .—How should muriate of 
potash be applied where cow manure is used 
liberally ? What quantity per acre, and the best 
time to use it ? 
Ans. —From choice, we would add the 
muriate to the manure as it is piled or 
put in the yard. About 25 pounds of 
muriate per tpn should be used. If this 
is not practicable, we would broadcast 
250 pounds or more per acre after the 
manure is plowed under, and harrow it 
with the surface soil. To make the 
manure most effective, about twice as 
much dissolved phosphate rock should 
also be used. 
Some Early Potatoes. 
W. F. II., Peehtigo, Wis .~Do you know anything 
about the Six Weeks potato, its hardiness or 
prolificacy ? How does it compare with the Ear¬ 
ly Sunrise or Early Shamrock ? 
Ans. —The Early Six Weeks potato is, 
probably, earlier than the Early Ohio by 
several days. There are no mature 
tubers at six weeks of age. Tubers of 
marketable size will not mature in less 
than 10 weeks. It yields fair crops for 
so early a potato. The Early Sunrise is 
more like the Early Rose, and a little 
earlier. The Early Shamrock we know 
nothing about. 
Best Tools for Peach Orchard. 
E. G. R., Batesbui'g, S. C .—What are the latest 
approved implements for cultivating a peach 
orchard—trees 15 x 15 feet, and headed low ? 
Ans. — I find from long experience that 
there is no one best implement for or¬ 
chard cultivation, but for land similar 
to that about Bates burg, if only one im¬ 
plement was to be used, the Acme har¬ 
row, with extension head to reach un¬ 
der the low-headed trees, is best of all. 
To do the best and most economical 
work, a Syracuse three-gang plow, No. 
8, Acme harrow, Cutaway harrow, and 
light one-horse plow, for working close 
under the trees, would make the most 
complete outfit. At least, with these I 
find I can do my best work in our great 
orchard at Fort Valley, Georgia. 
J. H. HALE. 
Working up Straw ; Corn Fertilizer. 
J. R. G., New Jersey .—What is the best way to 
decompose straw or other bedding to be used for 
manure? What fertilizers should I use for corn 
on a sandy soil ? 
Ans. —I would suggest that the best 
way to encourage the decomposition of 
straw that has been used for bedding, is 
to cut it before using it. It is not nec¬ 
essary that it should be cut short, say 
three or four inches long. By using but 
one knife in the cutter, the straw or 
other coarse material may be cut very 
rapidly. This cutting not only improves 
its absorptive properties for bedding, 
but leaves the manure in much better 
condition for handling. It is the cus¬ 
tom at the College Farm to run all our 
coarse material of this character through 
the cutter, and the manure is thus read¬ 
ily handled. Where it is not convenient 
to cut the material, the best way to de¬ 
compose it would be to place it in heaps, 
using land plaster freely to prevent loss 
of ammonia and to encourage fermenta¬ 
tion. A good formula for corn on sandy 
soil may be made up of : 
Pounds. 
Nitrate of soda. 50 
Cotton-seed meal.250 
Or dried blood.150 
Acid phosphate.600 
Muriate of potash.150 
The cotton-seed meal may be used in¬ 
stead of the blood, if desired. This 
mixture to be used at the rate of 300 to 
500 pounds per acre. e. b. voorhees. 
New Jersey Experiment Station. 
Best Tomatoes for Canada. 
J. L. II., Leamington, Out .—I wish to grow an 
acre or two of early tomatoes. I shall start the 
plants in the greenhouse and have them in bloom 
when time to plant in the field. What are the 
best two or three varieties for this purpose ? 
Does it pay to trim off branches, and tie vines to 
stakes ? The soil is a dry, warm sand. 
Ans —Atlantic Piize and Fordhook 
First are both very early varieties. Of 
these, Atlantic Prize is a trifle earlier 
and much smoother, as I have grown it. 
Bond’s Early Minnesota ripens with At¬ 
lantic Prize, but is not quite large enough 
for a market tomato. Dwarf Champion 
is a trifle later to ripen than these, but 
more desirable for main crop, being a 
compact grower and very productive. 
Training tomato vines generally proves 
very expensive. In order to be a suc¬ 
cess, it should be very thoroughly done, 
removing all side shoots or suckers as 
soon as they appear. The advantages 
claimed for this method are cleaner fruit, 
less rot, and earliness. It is doubtful, 
however, whether the slight gains would 
justify the increased expense for mate¬ 
rial and labor. f. c. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
E. T. K., Reading, Pa. —The weight of a bushel 
of unleached wood ashes varies somewhat ac¬ 
cording to the amount of water it has absorbed. 
A fair average is 40 pounds. An average sample 
of unleached wood ashes will contain about five 
per cent of potash and nearly two per cent of 
phosphoric acid. In a general way, this potash 
and phosphoric acid are worth about the same 
price per pound. 
P. G. D., Clinton, W. Va. —If you can buy dried 
blood and tankage mixed, from a nearby slaugh¬ 
terhouse, at $16 a ton, it will pay to broadcast 
500 pounds or more to the acre after plowing, and 
harrow it in, for early potatoes; then in the drill 
you can use a standard potato fertilizer. The 
nitrogen in the blood and tankage will be most 
useful on a light, open soil. On a very rich soil, 
the blood might not pay, but on a poor soil, you 
will, doubtless, receive benefit from it. 
A Discouraged Cyclamen.—E. H., Sycamore, 
Ill., asks what treatment should be given to a 
Cyclamen which refuses to bloom, aud dies 
down when a few leaves have been formed. No 
information is given as to the treatment received 
by this discouraged plant; the natural infer¬ 
ence is that it has been starved, or that it has 
been kept in too high a temperature; more prob¬ 
ably the latter. Florists rarely carry a root over 
from one season to another, and E. H. is not 
likely to give his plant such a start that it will 
do anything this season. Set the pot outside all 
Summer, repot about the latter part of August, 
in a mixture, equal parts, of well-decomposed 
cow manure, rich loam and sharp sand. Lumps 
of charcoal for drainage, and a little lime rub¬ 
bish, are desirable. Water moderately until the 
buds begin to swell. Keep in a cool room; Cycla¬ 
mens won’t endure a high temperature. 
A Sick Lemon Tree.— A lemon tree which, C. B. 
A. writes us, has no drainage, and is in hard, 
solid soil, shows traces of leaf blight, and appears 
to be in an ailing condition. Though the leaf 
blights are all of fungous origin, they rarely 
attack healthy individuals, and the trouble with 
the plant in question may be laid at once to the 
soil. The stirring of the surface reported will 
be of little benefit. It should have a generous 
soil, composed of turfy loam, one-half, and one- 
half old cow manure and sand in equal parts. 
All the materials should be coarse, and there 
should be abundant drainage, composed of 
broken pots or bricks and lumps of charcoal. 
Lemon trees like liberal watering, but there 
must be drainage enough to prevent stagnation. 
C. B. A.’s plant, doubtless, suffers from defective 
root action, which would soon be manifest in the 
foliage. Better repot it, as above directed, 
though this is not the best time to do it; do not 
overwater until it makes a new start, and keep 
in a cool place. Most living rooms are too warm 
for it. 
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