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February 13 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Apples or Pears. 
M. 0., Oranda, Va .—Which shall I plant 
for profit, good Winter apple trees or 
Kleffer pear trees, on a piece of land of 
about three acres? The soil is a white 
gravel top with a good heavy clay sub¬ 
soil; apples do pretty well here. The 
Kieffer pear also grows fine and what 
few we have that are old enough bear 
well. What about the demand for Kieffer 
pears in the future? I have about 500 
three-year-old Kieffers planted. 
Ans. —My opinion is that good Winter 
apples, such as York Imperial and Stay- 
man will pay better in the end than 
Kieffer pears. That is just the right cli¬ 
mate for these varieties. While there is 
no doubt of the present profit in the 
Kieffer pear the future may be quite dif¬ 
ferent, as there are great quantities of 
young trees set out and the demand for 
the fruit is not so steady nor so general 
as for Winter apples. As there are 500 
Kieffer trees now set on this farm they 
will probably be enough. h. e. v. d. 
Orchard Questions. 
L. P. F., Delhi, N. Y .—Last Spring I plant¬ 
ed an orchard of 200 trees of the following 
varieties: Hubbardston, Wagener, York 
Imperial, Northern Spy and Rome Beauty, 
using the Hubbardston and York Imperial 
as fillers. They were planted 20 feet apart 
each way alternately in each row so that 
when the fillers are cut out the nearest 
the trees will be to each other is 28 feet. 
They were cultivated this year and made 
a growth of from six inches to two feet. 
The ground is quite steep and next Spring 
I intend to seed it and keep a small space 
around each tree cultivated. After next 
year I shall use the mulch method. I can¬ 
not get manure to them. Would you ad¬ 
vise me to use fertilizer, if so how much 
to each tree? Next Spring I intend to 
plant 300 more and am thinking of plant¬ 
ing Sutton, McIntosh and Ontario, using 
Ontario and part of the Sutton as fillers. 
What do you think of these varieties, or 
would you advise some other? New York 
will be my market. I shall also plant 
about two acres of the best varieties for 
home use, planting them 30 feet each way. 
Would you advise me to plant a row of 
pears between the apple rows and between 
the apple trees in the row? If so, would 
you plant standard or dwarf, and what 
varieties for market? 
Ans. —The planting of the 200 apple 
trees has been very wisely done 
throughout, except it may be in the se¬ 
lection of York Imperial for that region, 
for I seriously doubt its reaching its 
proper development so far north. The 
few spedimens of it that I have seen that 
were grown in New York and other 
places north of central Pennsylvania 
were of under size and lacking in color. 
However, it may prove to be better suit¬ 
ed to the north than I now think it to 
be. The Wagener should have been used 
as a filler instead of a permanent tree, 
for it bears very early and is deficient in 
root, which makes it rather short-lived 
in many cases. It is an excellent red 
Winter apple and does well over a wide 
territory. In planting the next 300 trees 
I would advise not to use Sutton and 
Ontario as fillers. Wealthy and Olden¬ 
burg w r ould bear much sooner and their 
fruit will bring a good price in New 
York or in any other market. 
H. E. V. D. 
Plums on Peach Stock. 
E. B. P., Yfilton, N. II.— Has Van Deman 
seen orchards of Japan plums which were 
root-grafted on peach stock, and if so, 
how would they compare with plum roots, 
considering growth and length of life? I 
find some nurserymen make great claims 
for this method of propagation and they 
are much cheaper to buy, but would they 
be expensive in the end? The varieties 
we shall plant are Abundance, Red June, 
Burbank and Wickson, the latter being a 
great favorite here. What do you think 
of Climax plum? 
Ans. —Yes, I have seen many Japan 
plum trees on peach stocks and they 
seemed to be all right in every way. In 
New Hampshire there might be a ques- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
tion as to their hardiness, but peach 
trees are grown in some portions of that 
State with success, and it is not often 
that the peach roots would be in danger 
of injury by severe cold. The union with 
the wood of the Japan plums seems to be 
very good. Both the peach and the 
Japan plum are subject to Peach yellows 
and the peach stocks are likely to be af¬ 
fected by the Peach tree borer. Seed¬ 
lings of the Japan plums, especially 
those of the Satsuma, have been found 
to make excellent stocks on which to bud 
the varieties of this fruit. Climax is a 
very good variety, but in some sections 
it rots quite badly. All the others men¬ 
tioned are standard varieties. 
H. E. v. D. 
Tile-Draining Orchard in Sod. 
F. E. B., Schuylerville, N. Y .—I have about 
500 apple trees, set now one and two years. 
They were yearlings, close pruned top and 
root, set in sod, loamy sand being used for 
filling in the holes. They were mulched 
with manure when set and with grass at 
haying time. Nearly all are alive, and 
most of them have made a good growth; 
had large leaves and appear to be thrifty. 
They are set 20x40. The soil is clay, clay 
loam and clayey gravel, some of which is 
inclined to be mucky. Subsoil clay, and 
in places enough gravel in it to make it 
almost a hardpan. It is over this subsoil 
that the surface is inclined to be mucky 
and moist. There is good natural surface 
drainage, but I am anxious to know 
whether the “men who successfully prac¬ 
tice sod culture” would consider it essential 
or advisable to tile-drain such a - 'field in 
order to get the best results from the 
trees, which are now growing thereon. 
Ans.— Apple trees will develop in soil 
that is at certain periods of the year 
quite full of water, provided the water 
moves freely. If the water moves slow¬ 
ly or stands the trees will die on account 
of the roots being smothered by the wa¬ 
ter keeping out the air. Draining al¬ 
ways improves land inclined to be wet 
by lowering the water line, thus fur¬ 
nishing more root pasturage. In the 
part of your correspondent’s orchard 
that is inclined to be mucky underdrain¬ 
ing would be a good investment. 
GRANT G. HITCHINGS. 
Change in Free Rural Delivery. 
II. T. A., Pennsylvania .—I have recently 
moved to this farm. The former occupant 
did not want rural delivery and would not 
put up a box. The carrier does not come 
within half a mile of my place. What 
shall I do to secure the service? 
Ans.—T he following information is 
sent from Washington: 
If H. T. A. desires a change in the ser¬ 
vice, his request must be approved by 
the postmaster at the distributing office 
before action will be taken by the De¬ 
partment. Also, a diagram and written 
description of the route should be sub¬ 
mitted, including the change desired, 
using the official description as a basis, 
giving the direction and distance to be 
traveled by the carrier, and naming the 
exact points at which he will leave the 
present route and return to the same. 
The Department should also be advised 
how many additional patrons will be 
supplied, and if any of the present pat¬ 
rons will be deprived of the service if 
the change is ordered into operation. 
C. A. CQNRARD. 
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Currants, Gooseberries, Black* . 
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i, Uooseoerr 
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Stri 
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100,000 Apple,. 200,000 Peach, 
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The Regal grape, Comet currant, Blowers ana 
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best plants 
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Strawberries, Raspberries nd Blackberries. Heavy 
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THE WARD BLACKBERRY 
THIS IS something new and of real merit. Very 
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CUOICF STB A WII Fit It T Fly A ATS. 
500.000 Climax. $2 per M; all other leading varieties 
Write for prices JOHN W. GRFEN,Bridgeville.I)el. 
Peach Trees 
grown on the rich soil of New England’s 
rugged hills. We have a surplus stock 
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like all of “Hoyt’s Trees” they are 
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For 50 years “Hoyt” has stood for 
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New Canaan 
Conn. 
20 BELOW ZERO. 
And still the Arctic Peaches are unin¬ 
jured. M. J. Graham, proprietor of the 
“Riverside Fruit Farm,” Adel, la., writes 
under date of January 18, 1904: “Two 
years ago I bought one dozen of the 
Arctic Peaches of S. W. Call, Perry, O., 
and now find it to be one of the most 
hardy in bud in all my collection of 
forty varieties. On the 3d of this month 
temperature was 20 degrees below zero, 
and since that date I find that the Arc¬ 
tics are practically uninjured, while on 
all other varieties( except the Victor, an 
early peach), the fruit buds are badly 
discolored.” 
If you wish the Arctic order direct 
from Call’s Nurseries, Perry, Ohio. They 
have a large stock of the Arctic and 
Graves, and all of the leading varieties 
of peaches. 
EDUCATED TREES 
BRED FOR BEARING 
TRUE TO NAME because all our Buds 
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Box 64, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. 
KIEFFER PEAR TREES 
The best commercial variety for growers 
Ifin Kieffer Trees, 2 years old, strictly | C 
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Elberta 
On account of its great size, 
its beautiful golden yellow 
faintly striped with red, and 
the rich, sweet and finely 
flavored fruit, the Elberta is 
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tMany other excellent varieties. Also Apples, Pears, 
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Trees 
True to Name 
We sell only the best 
rooted, straight, clean, 
well branched trees, true 
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prices. 
For Sale at Bargain Prices 
Now Niagara Peach Trooa, 3 to 4 ft. high, at S6.7S 
por 100. Apple Trooa, S6.00 por IOO and up. 
Standard Pears, 38.00 per IOO and up. Plums, 
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Best Early Peach Yet Introduced, also 
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