210 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 12 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Connecticut Peaches.— Thousands of 
peach trees here on the lower levels are 
dead. We are starting In to-morrow cut¬ 
ting off the tops so as to have them 
trimmed and out of the way for the quick 
pulling up of the bodies as soon as the 
fiost Is out of the way. On the ground at 
a little higher level, where they are hurt 
much less, I shall give them a good sharp 
pruning and hope to put a new head on 
them before the end of the season. In my 
very highest orchards there are enough 
fruit buds left for a crop. Out on the old 
brush lot where we put in the apple trees 
last Fall, the frost did not do a bit of 
harm and everything is lively for the fu¬ 
ture. J. H. HALE. 
Connecticut. 
Spring-Pruned Peaches.— I am inter¬ 
ested in what is said on page 134. I believe 
since last Spring’s experience that there 
is danger in doing heavy trimming too 
early in Spring. I know that some people 
believe from experience that to dishorn a 
peach tree is to kill it. I had 250 Alexander 
trees set in 1896. I cut them back so just 
the trunks and a lot of prongs with a 
spread of four or five feet were left. Now 
about 40 trees in center of block were cut 
April 2, 1903; all the rest April 21. Result; 
every tree cut April 2 dead and all others 
alive. The trees remaining alive made a 
wonderful growth. One could scarcely be¬ 
lieve such tops could grow on trees in one 
season. a. i. loop. 
Pennsylvania. 
Borgeat Quince; Tender Roses in a 
Cold’ Place.—I have some Borgeat quince 
on low muck creek land in grass. They 
froze some on the ends of limb the first 
Winter after cultivation; had some fruit 
on the second and third year. The fourth, 
last season, they bore all they should have, 
while the old kinds have not flowered yet. 
It is a beautiful tree in flower and fruit. 
Fruit keeps a long time. Few succeed in 
growing Clothilde Soupert and other ten¬ 
der everblooming roses here. The nursery¬ 
men say they are nearly hardy, and only 
need a trifle of litter for protection, but 
those who take that advice will soon be 
blue enough without buying the “blue” 
kinds the agents offer. They can, how¬ 
ever, be carried through the coldest Win¬ 
ter Michigan ever knew. I have done it, 
and cut an even 100 blooms in one day 
from these tender kinds in August. I take 
boxes six or eight inches deep, pack them 
full of forest leaves, bend the roses down 
and put the boxes over them, bottom up, 
and cover well with sods so the frost can¬ 
not get through. The more sods the bet¬ 
ter; they should be piled about as well 
as over the boxes. All water must be kept 
from the plants; water is what kills them. 
After snow covers the mound some ever¬ 
green boughs may be piled over thus re¬ 
taining snow and ice late in the season. 
The rose is as safe as a polar bear in an 
Eskimo igloo. I use the sod in the Spring 
as a fertilizer for the June roses, and have 
the finest show in this country. I grow 
Ruby Queen as a fountain plant on a 
creek bank about four feet higher than the 
garden. It looks splendid, loaded with 
flowers. They are very beautiful in bud 
just before opening. I hope to have Phila¬ 
delphia climb over a fish pond and water¬ 
fall. Q. a. h. 
Ludington, Mich. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
We Want to Know. 
Frosted Feet.—As so many are suffer¬ 
ing this Winter with frosted feet, let me 
advise what seems to be a sovereign rem¬ 
edy, oil of peppermint applied, repeating if 
necessary. s. 
Drains in Orchard.— If F. E. B., Schuy- 
lerville, N. Y„ will drain his orchard he 
will find out in five or six years that th,e 
roots from those apple trees will fill those 
drains, and if he goes to much expense to 
drain a long distance it will be a dear job. 
This has been my experience. J. G. w. 
Windsor, N. J. 
Chilblains; Hen Mites.— Soaking the 
feet in hot water made quite salty eases 
chilblains somewhat. To kill mites or lice 
in the henhouse, when the hens are all out 
sprinkle sulphur on hot coals and shut the 
house tight. I tried it once to kill the 
mites that infested the henhouse, and I 
have never seen any since. r. b. 
Fulton, N. Y. 
Lightning and “Roofing.”— Seeing the 
discussion in regard to lightning rods I 
write to know whether any of your read¬ 
ers have ever known a building that was 
covered with so-called felt roofing, such as 
Ruberoid or Cary’s cement roofing to be 
struck by lightning? Also, are not tall 
trees around a dwelling a great protection 
against lightning? j. w. m. 
Greenwood, Va. 
Protection for Shingles.— Will the use 
of gas or coal tar (whichever the name 
may be) on new cypress shingles make 
them last longer? Will the roof be more 
inflammable or less so? I thought I would 
put a roof on a barn in this manner; put 
on a layer of shingles and paint over with 
hot gas tar and then another layer of 
shingles and more tar and so on. I would 
like to hear from some one who has had 
experience with tar concerning its action 
on wood. j. t. w. 
Delaware. 
Dry-Fed Chicks.— Will those who have 
attempted to raise chickens with only dry 
feed give their experience? I have known 
one man to discard all mashes, dough, etc., 
and beginning with oatmeal bran, etc., 
raise a good percentage of chicks hatched. 
That was years ago. He sold out, but said 
if he was to continue in the business he 
would never feed soft feed. He contended 
there was not so much danger of bowel 
trouble, and that chicks were hardier, and 
of course it is less work. Do “old heads” 
think well of the method? E. D. o. 
Cleaning a Chimney.— I saw in The R. 
N.-Y. not long ago an inquiry about clean¬ 
ing chimneys. As I do not remember any 
answer I will send our way to treat them. 
If the chimney has an open top that can 
be reached, fasten a scrubby brush-like 
spruce to a line and a weight below the 
brush and lower into the chimney and 
scrub off the soot. If the top of chimney 
cannot be reached work from the highest 
opening under roof, or take a long slender 
sapling with a bushy head and scour up 
and down from where the funnel enters 
the chimney. Be sure to have the length 
of funnel that enters the chimney cleaned 
often; with three feet of perfectly clean 
funnel next the chimney it will need an 
unusually brisk fire to reach the soot be 
yond. As a burning chimney on a cold, 
windy day in the country is an unpleasant 
experience I venture to send this, and per¬ 
haps some one else can give a better way. 
If the chimney gets afire put a quart or 
two of coarse salt in the stove and the gas 
will smother it. t. w. h. 
Maine. 
Handling Manure.— I get the most out 
of manure by handling it as little as pos¬ 
sible; direct from barn to land where I 
want it is my idea, and the sooner the 
better. I want manure cooked after it is 
plowed under five or six inches; the whole 
process of heating, breaking up and de¬ 
caying right in the soil. I haul hundreds 
of loads from town 1% mile, and scatter it 
out where wanted, any time of year when 
I can. I am a gardener, and put it on 
lavishly for some crops; plow under in 
Fall tor hardy crops, and what I haul out 
in Winter and Spring plow for later crops. 
I have tried this handling-over process and 
found it hard work without any special 
benefit. You get the leach and I consider 
the whole benefit in manure by hauling out 
fresh and scattering it as you haul, and 
the sooner it is plowed under the better. 
Of course it takes more time to cover a 
strip of land by hauling at intervals, but 
what leaches out by rains goes down 
where you want it, and it does not heat to 
waste by steam. a. j. m. 
Iowa. 
We have had a very cold Winter; 10 
below zero is about the coldest point 
reached. Peach buds appear to be all 
right up to date. w. w. h. 
Leamington, Ontario. 
NO ROT AMONG THESE POTATOES. 
F. H. Peckham & Son, of Lewiston, An¬ 
droscoggin Co., Me., write: "We have used 
Bcwker’s Fertilizers the past season with 
good success. Stockbridge Potato Manure 
for potatoes, and Bowker’s Early Potato 
Manure for beets, tomatoes, celery, cu 
cumbers, lettuce, etc. Five acres of pota¬ 
toes were planted about the 10th of May 
on pasture sod. The seed came poorly be¬ 
cause of the drought, except the Green 
Mountain, practically all of which came 
up; 1,500 pounds of the fertilizer was ap¬ 
plied to the acre without any other dress¬ 
ing; tilling only with a cultivator and 
horse hoe; sprayed three times with Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture and Paris-green. The 
Green Mountain yielded 280 bushels per 
acre and the other varieties in proportion 
to the per cent of seed that came up. No 
rust appeared until after the first of Sep¬ 
tember. There was no more than one 
bushel of rotten potatoes on the whole 
piece.”—Ada. 
mum 
1 jew Potatoes 
EW and standard varieties. 
Promising new varieties from 
the Flower Seed Ball. Cannot 
procured elsewhere. Earliest 
Seed Corn and Garden Seeds from 
i the natural home of the potato, and 
] the garden of Northern Maine. 
[Catalogue free. 
THE GEO. W. P.JERRARD CO., 
CARIBOU, ME. 
Covering the four Great Departments of Gardening 
Mailed FREE to all buyers of Garden 
Seeds, Flower Seeds, Greenhouse Plants. 
Shrubs and Hardy Plants, write now 
VaufchanV Seed-Store 
84-86 Randolph 51.. CHICAGO. 
•14* Barclay St. NEW YORK- 
EVERGREENS AT % PRICE 
JUSTT0 INTRODUCE THEM. 
100 8 to 12 inch , any of the follow¬ 
ing varieties, prepaid, only $2.00 
^White Fine. Hemlock Spruce. White Spruce, 
fc!50 Arbor Vitae, or 25 of each for only $2.00 
^Illustrated Booklet on Planting, FREE with 
; every order. Catalogue Free. Order Quirk 
. while the supply isstill very complete. 
EVEReREES NURSERY COMPANY, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
IAPAN WALNUTS 
combine the shade of hard 
maples and ornament of 
nagnollas. Rapid growers; fruit in two years after 
.ransplnmlng: hardy In any climate, Send postal for 
price list of nut and fruit trees and strawberry plants. 
1 JOHN 8. BARNHART, Denton, Md. 
I n tin nnn asparagus roots-T he 
■ UUUiUUU Most Profitable Crop grown. 
Seven of the best varieties described in ourlKPpage 
Catalogue. It is free to those who mention Rural 
New-Vorker. MOORE & SIMON, 
Seed Growers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Agents Wanted to Sell Our 
SAW-EDGE PRUNING SHEAR. 
They cut with ease parts several times larger than 
can be cut with any other kind. Every user o, 
pruning shears buys them at sight. You can easilj 
make $5.1)0 a day. Cost nothing to try. bend ioi 
particulars and go to work. _ . 
GEO. E RENTON CO.. 140 W. 23rd Street, New \orl 
» ^ J —Most popul,r varieties- 
>66(1 rOiaiOeS Early aud Late. Moderate 
riceb. Satisfaction guaranteed to purchasers^ 
C. W. BURNETT, Phelps, N.Y. 
nflTITnCC grown especially for SEED, 
rU I A I UkW 17 varieties SEED OATS, 15 of 
the best varieties of Ci|>Mia||w Appif Dloilfc 
price right, list free wlldWlHiri J I I dll 19 
GEO. H. COLVIN. Crest Farm, Dalton. Pa 
Potatoes 
Tiovee, Carman, Harvest, Hopewell, Ohio,ltose,Mont¬ 
rose, Wonder, 85 kinds. C. W. FORD, Fishers, N.Y. 
IRISH COBBLER POTATOES. 
The earliest potato grown. We have a limited quan¬ 
tity of the above. Choice stuck. Every bbl. guar¬ 
anteed strictly pure and true to name. 
EDWARD RIGG.JK-, Seedsman. Burlington, N. J. 
Second-Crop Seed Potatoes YLTam.’ 
larger potatoes th many other seed. I grow them. Send 
for prices. Alf. A. Wnittington, Marion Sta., ,Vld. 
MAINE SEED POTATOES. 
Prices given on any quantity delivered In New 
York Catalogue CARTER & COREY, Presque 
Isle. Aroostook Co. Maine. Over fifty varieties. 
TpCCC and PLANTS at Wholesale Prices. 
InLLu Cat. Free. Reliance Nursery. Geneva.N.Y 
choice: st it a wbe: nit y plants. 
50U.UUU Climax, $2 per M; all other leading varieties 
Write for prices. JOHN W. GREEN, Rridgeville, Del 
300 Plants tor One Dollar 
25 Oom Paul 25 President 
50 New York 50 Sample 
50 Glen Mary 50 Uncle .Jim 
25 Kansas 25 Midnight 
Northern New Jersey is noted for the root system 
to Strawberry Plants. For 10c. we send Sample 
Plants; they tell the story. Catalogue free to all. 
Kevitt’s Plant Farm, Athenia, N. J. 
Strawberries 
300 Choice Plants, Ex- 
proas Prepaid for 9 1.50. 
100 each oT early, medium and 
late, None stronger or better. 
Offer good to any express olllee in 
U. S. It pays to get the best. Beauti¬ 
ful Str.wborry Catalogue Free. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
SELECTED SEED STOCKS. 
For the Market Gardener. Quality and Purity 
Michigan, and Summer Crookneck Squashes Tur¬ 
nips, Lettuce, Cucumber, Carrots, Onions, etc. Send 
for M. G. Catalogue. 
K E. BURWELL, New Haven, Conn. 
FOR SALE 
50,000 BUSHELS 
SEED POTATOES. 
March 1st inventory shows a good stock still on 
hand, 1,500 bu. Cobblers, 1.000 bu. Rovee, 4,000 Rose. 
3.000 Queens, 2,000 llebrons, 3,000 Northeis, 2,000 
Iloulton Rose. 1.000 Quick Crop, 1.000 Blush, 8.000 Sir 
Walter Raleigh, 0,000 Carmans, 6,000 Giants, State of 
Maine, Green Mountains and smaller lots of a score 
of other sorts, also a few left of the two new ones. 
Early Manistee and Ionia Seedling. Send for our 
handsome illustrated catalog and pi ice list. Address 
Edward F.Dibble, Seedgrower.Honeoye Falls,N.Y 
SEED TEST 
means purity, freshness, vitality.I 
Note our trademark. Our first aim | 
QUALITY. 
You can rely on i t i n our Northern I 
Grown vegetable and flower seeds. I 
Write for our beautiful catalog of I 
choice varieties. We mail it free. V 
S.M. ISBELL & CO*, Se*(tsmen,\ 
Dept. B, Jackson, Mich. 
True SOUTHPORT Globe 
ONION SEED 
Carefully grown from selected 
bulbs. pkt. oz. J4 lb lb. 
Red or yellow, 5c 16c 40c 1.50 
White . . . 6c 25c 76c 2.50 
I’ostpaid Southport, the home 
of the Globe Onion, Is but 6 
miles from Bridgeport. Superb 
100-page Seed Catalogue FREE 
ELBRIDGE E. WHEELER, 
1138 Main St., Bridgeport, Conn 
FAR QAI C _ ! Second Growth Seed Potatoes Early 
lUn UHL!. Rose, $3.75 per bag; Crown Jewel, $3.75 
per bag; Polaris,$3.75 per bag. Home-grown Crimson 
Clover, $3.50 per bu. Cow Peas, $1.50 per bu. Onion Sets, 
$2.50 per bu. J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
WHITE;BONANZA.SEED OATS 
Seventy bushels per acre two years in succession 
Ordinary.farm cultivation. No.wild mustard. 
1. D.tCOOK;* SON, South Byron. N. Y. 
A ■ V A 8EN8ATION. 123 bu. per acre. Send 
II H I ^ for circular before buying seed. 
wK+M W THEO. BURT & SONS. Melrose, Ohio 
65c a bu. and up. 
The cleanest, heav¬ 
iest. best yielding 
oats are Michigan Northern Grown. Hammond’s Mor- 
gan-Feller, Hammond’s English Wonder, Czar of Russia 
aud Michigan Wonder, the four best varieties. Rust 
proof, stiff straw, have yielded 220 bu. per acre. Cata¬ 
log describing these oats and all other farm seeds free 
ou request. HARRY N. HAMMOND SEED CO, Ltd., 
Box 42 Bay City, Mich. 
Seven Out of Seven Thousand. 
J. G. Harrison & Sons. Gerrardstown, West Va., June 20,1903. 
Dear Sirs:- Out of the 7000 trees purchased of you this season I have lost only 
aeven trees. Many of them have made two feet growth. 
Resp tfully, I). GOLD MILLER. 
That’s the kind of testimony that comes from buyers of 
Harrison’s Apple Tree Stock 
As usual we have an unapproached lot of trees—over a half million of them—in pink of con¬ 
dition, ready for digging. They are smooth, strong rooted, in perfect health and 
ready to make vigorous growth right from the planting. A Hundred Varieties. Baldwin, 
Grimes Golden, Northwest Greening, Staymen Wine Sap, York Imperial, Ben Davis, Jona¬ 
than, Wealthy, are a few of the large lin of winter a..pies. Every variety of summer and 
Hull apples worth planting. Ask for free late apple tree catalog. It’s our selling agent. Shows every¬ 
thing in apples and the finest stock in Beach, Kiefer Bear and Cherry trees, Grapes. Strawberries, etc. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Box 29, BERLIN, MD. 
TREES AND PLANTS 
Our FREE CATALOGUE will save you money 
Free from Scale. New and Choice Varieties. 
Blackberries^ Strawberries, Raspberries. 
noney. MIEK & SON, BridgevWe, Del. 
0 e.E sL 
pH 
^RAND REGISTERED I 
'HthEU.S.ANDCAN- 
STANDARD 
°F _ 
excellence 
cleanliness 
PURITY 
Grass Seed 
These Brands of 
Timothy and Clovers 
Sold Only in 
Machine Sewed Bags 
Ask Your Dealer for Them 
PINE TREE 
