1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
159 
ORANGE PRICES LOW. 
California fruit is hardly bringing the 
cost of transportation. There was never 
such a period of depression known in the 
Citrus fruit market as developed during 
the past three weeks, due entirely to cold 
weather. All dealers are overstocked, and 
shipments are impossible because of the 
cold. Prices have ruled so low that in the 
majority of instances losses have been sus¬ 
tained which it will take a long time to 
make good. The charges on a box of Cali¬ 
fornia oranges laid down in New York 
amount to $1.34. At least that much must 
be obtained or the shipper loses. During 
the past two weeks the average price, 
taking one sale with another, has been less 
than that. Large sizes have been higher, 
going up as high as $2.25, on the average, 
but the low averages made by small sizes, 
have reduced the entire average below the 
profit point, and frequently below the ex¬ 
pense point. 
The double auction sales have exerted an 
influence to reduce prices, but the cold 
has been the important factor. Two auc¬ 
tions in progress at a time naturally divine 
the buyers, and without competition auc¬ 
tion prices are low. There is a determined 
attempt to force the California Fruit 
Agency to change its tactics by staying 
away from the sales. Without buyeis, 
prices will rule low and the pressure from 
the growers will compel a change in the 
methods of sale. These controversies are 
chiefly interesting to the consumer, be¬ 
cause they will result in lower prices at 
retail. The quality of California oranges 
this year is the best ever known, and as 
soon as the weather permits retail distri¬ 
bution consumers will be able to buy free¬ 
ly at moderate prices. Since February 1 
about 50,000 boxes have arrived. In Feb¬ 
ruary last year receipts were 99,219 boxes. 
This year they run principally to medium 
and small sizes, which will sell at moder 
ate prices. Sales last week amounted to 
117 cars, each car containing 362 boxes, o. 
42,716 boxes in all. 
New York. archdeacon & co. 
Experience Notes.— In sowing my clo¬ 
ver seed I always harrow my wheat fields 
after sowing the clover seed and get a 
good stand of clover and also an improve¬ 
ment in the wheat. I also found lime 
would improve the clover crop. I also 
grafted peaches on persimmon stocks; had 
no trouble with their growing, but found 
after a few years that the tree broke off 
in high winds at the graft. R. c. J. 
Canadian Strawberries.— Prof. W. T. 
Macoun, of the Canadian Experiment Farm 
at Ottawa, after 16 years’ tests of nearly 
400 varieties of strawberries, says: ‘‘Among 
the best varieties, both as regards pro¬ 
ductiveness and other points of merit, are 
Buster, Glen Mary, Sample, Warfield, 
Greenville, Bisel, Marie, Bederwood, Lov¬ 
ett, Barton’s Eclipse, Bubach, Daisy, Af- 
ton, Williams, Thompson’s Late, Enhance, 
Stevens Early, Howard’s No. 41 and Mele, 
the last-named variety having proved tne 
most productive of all. It is, however, .t 
little under size and rather soft. Further 
information regarding these varieties will 
be found in the reports of the horticultur¬ 
ist, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.” 
That ‘‘Little Farm.”—As to that ques¬ 
tion about the 12-acre farm on page lba, 
this is what I think I would do. Of course 
this crop will have to be well fed with 
high-grade fertilizer to produce my esti¬ 
mate. Three acres of field corn, 300 bush¬ 
els; one acre of good potatoes, 200 bushels; 
V /2 acre oats, 75 bushels; V& acre fodder 
corn; one-fourth acre mangels, 100 bush¬ 
els; one-fourth acre carrots, 100 bushels; 
1% acre millet; one-half acre vegetables 
for family use, and the remainder in oats 
sown in July and seeded down with Rea 
clover for Fall pasture. Of course this 
estimate will depend a good deal on the 
season. robinson Gordon. 
Long Island. 
Dry in California.—A friend writes 
from one of the southern counties of 
California: “We have had no rain yet, and 
-has just returned from a six-day hunt 
for feed in the northern part of the State. 
He comes home without it. We are safe 
for another month but not longer, and if 
no rains fall for the remainder of this 
Winter the loss will be total here for 
those who cannot move their cattle out of 
the country.” 
Making Tree Currants.—I noticed a 
short time since an inquiry about raising 
currant and gooseberry plant cuttings. In 
1850 I raised and fruited both. I cut the 
shoots, both of previous year and older. I 
cut out all the eyes (except the three top 
buds), and set them firmly in the ground 
and had little trouble in raising the plants 
My object was to have trees (small, of 
course), so as to have no shoots coming up 
from the roots and having trouble with 
grass and weeds. I succeeded and raised 
more berries on same amount of grouna 
than in the usual way. I used a mulch of 
coal ashes. h. c. j. 
Faulkland, Del. 
Did you ever see 5 straight or circular rows of 
Pansies side by side, each a different color? If so. 
you know that the effect is charming. Did you ever 
see Childs’ Giant Pansies, marvels in beauty and 
true to color? If not, you have not seen the best. 
As a Trial Offer we will for IO cts. mail 5 
Pkts. Giant Pansies, Snow White,Coal Black, 
Cardinal Red, Pure Yellow, Azure Blue; also 
Our Catalogue for 1904—Greatest Book of 
Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and New 
Fruits. 140 pages. 500 illustrations, many plates;—will 
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John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. 
S66(l Com 10c Mammoth Yellow Dent, Shen¬ 
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For 10c in coin or stamps we will mail you post¬ 
paid. enough to plant 100 hills of this corn, which 
should raise enough to plant your next season’s 
crop. Address J. b. AMSTRONG & SONS, 
Shenandoah, Iowa. 
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Second-Crop Seed Potatoes 
larger potatoes than any other seed. I grow them. Send 
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grows largest fodder known. Write for free sample 
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The Gaboon 
Is Practical. 
That’s why 11 has lived and 
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seed and making money for 
hundreds of thousands of 
farmers. Runs easy, sows 
uniform, sows as high as 50 
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tree a 
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. to sow. Write for it., 
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NEW FRUITS. 
The Regal grape, Comet currant, Blowers and 
Kenoyer blackberries and the “Beaver” straw¬ 
berry. Send postal for catalogue. 
M. Crawford Co,, Box 1005, Cuyahoga Falls, O 
The best that money can buy. 
Big catalogue free,write to-day. 
Alfalfa Clover Seed, the money ■ maker, 25c lb , 
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for stamp. Geo. W. Park. B21,LaPark. I’a. 
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Its Weight 
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