THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 5 
164 
A BASKET OF FRUIT NOTES. 
QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, HINTS. 
Pruning Too Much.— My plum trees make too 
much wood growth; they grow from six to eight 
feet in a year. Will it do to cut them back when in 
full leaf ? I cut them hard in early Spring. 
Marengo, O. m. h. 
Ans. —The trouble is that M. H. is 
cutting' his trees too much. His plan of 
cutting back hard in early Spring is the 
very thing that induces a vigorous 
growth of young wood to replace that 
which he takes away. If he will let the 
shoots alone, or cut back a very little to 
prevent long, straggling branches, they 
will form fruit spurs and buds and, 
probably, bear fruit the next year. 
H. E. V. D. 
Two Names for York Imperial. —1. Is the apple 
known in this section as Johnson’s Fine Winter, 
the same as York Imperial ? 2. Do you prefer 
Spring to Fall, for setting out peach and apple 
trees in this section ? w. f. 
Advance Mills, Va. 
Ans. —1. Yes, York Imperial is the true 
name, and the other is a common syn¬ 
onym in Virginia and some other ad¬ 
jacent sections. 2. I would prefer early 
Spring to Fall for setting peach trees in 
Virginia, and almost everywhere else, 
except in the milder southern States. 
If planted in the Fall, they are liable to 
be somewhat injured by the Winter be¬ 
fore their roots have had a chance to 
take vital hold upon the soil. n. K. v. D. 
Tapping and Pruning Maples. —1. Does it harm 
large Silver-leaf maple shade trees to tap them 
for sugar in the Spring? 2. Last Fall, I set out 
some Silver-leaf maples along the fence; I was 
told by a neighbor not to cut the tops too much at 
that time. 1 fear that the tops are still too large, 
but do not know the best season to cut them 
again. j. g. m. 
New York. 
Ans. — I. Yes, it harms maple trees to 
tap them, because the sap that runs from 
the wounds is intended for the support 
of the buds and leaves ; still the injury 
is slight, so that trees may be tapped 
many years in succession without appar¬ 
ent harm. 2. The pruning of maple trees 
may as well be done in the Fall as at 
any other time. Summer pruning, if not 
too severe, is unobjectionable. 
Top-Worked Japan Plums. —1. Are Japan plums 
any hardier toji-worked on native plums? 2 . 
Can peaches be top-worked on plums of native 
stock, and are they any hardier that way ? 
Hendrum, Minn. o. J. h. 
Ans. —1. Many kinds of stocks have 
been used upon which to work the Japan 
plums, but the Marianna has been the 
best for general use, because the Japan 
kinds unite better on it than on any 
other. In Minnesota, there is little use 
to try this stock, as it is not so hardy as 
the native plum stock. But the hardy 
stocks will not make the tender plums 
worked on it any hardier. 2. Peaches 
cannot be worked on plum stocks with 
any success. They will grow on the 
wild plum stocks, but do not make a 
good union. None of them is hardy 
enough for Minnesota, unless laid down 
and covered with earth or trash in 
Winter. h. e. v. d. 
Mice-Girdled Trees.—Is there any practical 
and effective method of saving apple trees that 
have been girdled by mice? I have a five-year- 
old orchard of 200 trees, which I neglected to at¬ 
tend to last Fall, trusting to the old manner of 
stamping the snow around the trees; but I notice 
that a number of the largesttrees have been com¬ 
pletely girdled. F. t. 
Ans. —The girdled trees can be saved 
by bridge-grafting. As soon as cold 
weather is over in the Spring, cut scions 
or branches from the girdled trees, that 
are of a slightly curving shape, and 
about one-half inch in diameter. Clean 
away the earth from the base of the trees 
down to sound bark. Cut a notch with 
a chisel below the injured place, with a 
square shoulder facing upwards, and a 
similar notch above the wound with the 
shoulder facing downwards. Then make 
a slant and shoulder cut on the butt end 
of the branch to fit the lower notch, and 
cut it off a little longer than the distance 
between the two notches, measuring it 
by putting it in place. Then trim the 
upper end of the branch exactly to fit 
the upper notch. Now spring the branch 
into position, having the bowing part 
outward. It should stay in place by its 
own pressure, and will do so if rightly 
cut and adjusted. Wax the cut parts 
over securely, and one bridge graft is 
set. Do the same every two or three 
inches all the way around the tree. If 
well done, the tree will soon be about as 
good as ever. Banking up without these 
bridges to carry the sap over the injured 
place sometimes succeeds, but it is not 
safe to depend on it. h. e. v. d. 
Good Early Potatoes; Green Gooseberries.— 
1 . I wish to get hold of one early potato to grow 
from year to year, for seed for sale. I wish one 
as early as Early Ohio, as fine for cooking as 
Early Ohio or Early Rose, and if possible, more 
productive. How would the Bovee do ? The best 
I have yet found is the Early Rose. The Early 
Ohio does not yield well. 2. How am I to know 
just when to gather green gooseberries for sale ? 
Warren County, Iowa. a. d. f. 
Ans. —1. We do not like to run the risk 
of misleading our readers as to the best 
varieties of potatoes, whether early or 
late, and so it is that, from year to year, 
we raise the different varieties placed 
upon the market, and place before our 
readers the comparative results. At the 
Rural Grounds, the Bovee potato has 
proved, all things considered, as valuable 
as any early variety we have ever tried. 
The Early Ohio, with us, is close to 
worthless because of small yield and 
poor shape. 2. We should gather them 
when they had reached their full size, 
and during the first stage of ripening. 
A Small Fruit Orchard. — I intend to plant a 
small orchard of 200 or 300 apple, plum, cherry 
and pear trees. What kinds shall I select for this 
climate? What is the best method of planting? 
My land is new, with pine stumps in it yet. The 
soil is clay loam, southeast slope, and has good 
drainage. I saw something about post-hole set¬ 
ting; could one-year old trees.be set that way? 
In planting potatoes of different varieties, should 
they be kept apart ? If so, how far ? w. s. 
Bayfield County, Wis. 
Ans. —As to the preparation of the 
land for orchard, on which pine stumps 
are now standing, it would seem best to 
me to clear them out at the start. The 
original cost is very great where the 
stumps are large, and it may not be 
practicable to dig, blast or pull them 
out; but where it can be done without too 
much cost, it will afterwards be found 
to pay in ease of culture. “ Post-holes” 
are not good for young trees, and I would 
advise plowing the ground as well as is 
possible before setting, whether the 
stumps are taken out or not. Get a copy 
of the Wisconsin State Horticultural 
report of Secretary A. J. Phillips, of 
West Salem, and carefully examine the 
lists of varieties of fruits therein recom¬ 
mended. The following are among those 
which do the best in that climate. Of 
apples: Yellow Transparent, Oldenburg, 
McMahon, Northwestern Greening and 
Patten Greening. Plums: Hawkeye, 
Ocheeda, Gaylord, American Eagle, Wolf 
and Cheney. Cherries : Vladimir and 
Wragg. Pears: Bessemianka and Flem¬ 
ish Beauty. Potatoes will not mix in 
the hill, and different varieties may be 
planted as near together as is convenient. 
H. E. Y. D. 
(Continued on next page.) 
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It is the best cod-liver oil, 
partly digested, and com¬ 
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11 will give nervous energy 
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nerves. It will add flesh 
the thin form of a child, 
wasted from fat-starvation. 
It is everywhere acknowl¬ 
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SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. 
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