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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 12 
Gooseberries for Pennsylvania. 
H. C., McLane, Pa —In a catalogue 1 have 
from a reliable nurseryman the following 
gooseberries are listed: Chautauqua, In¬ 
dustry, Downing, Columbus and Red Jack¬ 
et. Which would be the best, variety for 
this section? I am about 12 miles from 
Lake E'rie; soil a gravelly loam. 
Axs — Of the kinds mentioned the 
Downing and Chautauqua are perhaps 
the best ones of the lot for you, although 
the Columbus is a good one. The oth¬ 
ers are of true foreign blood, and do not 
flourish well in all parts ol America, be¬ 
cause of mildew of the foliage. 
II. E. V. D. 
Preserving Show Fruit. 
C. O., Postvillc, la —Can you give me any 
information on putting up small fruit to 
use as samples, in bottles, to keep it from 
fading? I have been using alcohol one- 
third and two-thirds water for blackber¬ 
ries, and they fade and do not look well. 
Axs.—It is almost impossible to put 
such tender fruits as berries in any sub¬ 
stance that will preserve them and yet 
retain their natural colors. Those of 
the different colors require different 
treatment. If the inquirer will write to 
the Department of Horticulture of the 
World’s Fair at St. Louis, and ask for 
the printed directions for preserving 
fruits for exhibition, it will be sent, and 
in it the best information on the subject 
can be found. 
H. e. v. D. 
Wafer Glass for Preserving Eggs. 
J{. J., Itaskinville, N. Y —How is this wa¬ 
ter glass for preserving eggs prepared and 
used? 
A ns. —Water glass is a solution of 
silicate of soda, and forms a clear liquid 
of glycerine-like consistency. It is gen¬ 
erally packed in pound bottles, and sells 
for about 25 cents per pound. One pound 
may be added to nine times its bulk of 
clear water and placed in a deep wooden 
or stoneware vessel. The eggs should 
be perfectly fresh, but allowed to cool 
thoroughly before being placed in the 
liquid. They are simply put in and kept 
under the surface by a wooden follower 
until the capacity of the liquid is ex¬ 
hausted, taking care that the last layer 
is entirely covered. The jar or vessel 
may then be kept in a cool, dark place 
for a year or longer with little or no 
deterioration in the quality of the eggs. 
Generally these eggs are preserved in 
the Spring, when they are cheap, and 
used the following Winter. There is al¬ 
most no change in the eggs when taken 
out, they having almost the appearance 
and quality of the newlaid article. 
Bridging Barked Trees. 
7 j . C. ]{., Waterlntry, Conn—l have three 
Northern Spy apple trees that have stood 
in a field which has been cultivated for 
live or six years and planted each year to 
potatoes. They have made a large growth 
and are now six or eight inches in diam¬ 
eter, but last Spring the bark nearly peel¬ 
ed off from the trunks up a foot from the 
ground nearly around the tree, one ol’ 
them not more than three inches being 
left. They grew a little last season and 
had a few apples on them, but unless I can 
do something for them I expect to lose 
them. Could I bridge them, when is the 
best time to do it and what is the best 
wa y ? 
Ans.— The cause of the injury to those 
apple trees was probably the severe cold 
and sudden warm weather of the pre¬ 
vious Winter. If this is true .the worst 
of it is likely to have been on the south 
and west sides. If the bark is yet 
healthy above and below the injured 
places the trees can probably be saved 
by bridge-grafting. This can be done 
by using a chisel to cut a notch below 
facing upward, with a square shoulder 
and a similar one above facing down¬ 
ward. Cut a branch from the same or 
any other tree about the size of one’s 
finger and with a slight curvature cut 
one end to fit the lower shouldered 
notch in the tree and then place it in 
position with the bow outwards, so as 
to measure where to cut it off a little 
longer than the distance between the 
two notches. Trim the top end to fit 
the notch in the tree, and by slightly 
springing the piece outward and fixing 
both ends in place it will remain so. A 
good fit must be made of the cambium 
layers of both tree and branch, so they 
can grow together. Wax the two ends 
and the entire wound thoroughly. Make 
several such bridge-grafts on each tree. 
If the work is done about April and 
done well the trees ought to renew their 
vigor. It is surprising how the bridges 
will increase in size and finally fill the 
spaces between them. Painting the dead 
wood will help to preserve it from rot¬ 
ting. 
a. e. v. D. 
Injury from Bordeaux Mixture. 
C. TV. U\, Grand Rapids, Mich—I have 
sprayed my plums and apples with Bor- 
d'-aux Mixture and Paris-green for over It 
years; using 10 pounds copper sulphate, If 
to 16 pounds lime and one pound Paris- 
green to 100 gallons of water. I have com¬ 
bined the ingredients according to the di¬ 
rections given by the experiment stations, 
and have been careful to keep the mix¬ 
ture thoroughly stirred. 1 am satisfiea 
with the results with one exception, and 
that is this: It injures the color of some 
varieties of apples very much; it hurt the 
sale of my Wageners at least 20 cents per 
bushel this year. It seems to- do more 
damage wet seasons. It does not hurt the 
foliage in any way. It causes the leaves 
to look bright and remain on the trees 
longer. Chenango strawberry, Northern 
Spy and Grimes Golden do not as a rule 
seem to be damaged. Rhode Island 
Greening, Wagener and Baldwin, in fact 
most varieties, have a dull color, and are 
covered more or less with russet, some of 
them so much so that they look more like 
Russets than anything else. Can the mix¬ 
ture be reduced in strength so as not to 
damage the color and still be effective 
against the scab? Who is s”re what does 
the damage, the lime, coppe*, sulphur or 
Paris-green? Will too much lime injure 
the color of the apples? 
Ans. —I have frequently noted this ef¬ 
fect in spraying with Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture. There are some varieties of ap¬ 
ples which are much more liable to 
take on this rusty appearance than oth¬ 
ers, and we have frequently advised 
against the use of Bordeaux Mixture 
too late in the season on such varieties. 
The strength of the Mixture used is a 
little greater than that which we ad¬ 
vise, but the difference is not very 
great. We do not like to make more 
than two applications of Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture after the fruit is set, unless the 
later ones are weakened somewhat. 
Probably the weather has some effect, 
but late applications appear to have 
more, and I have thought also that ex¬ 
cessive spraying so as to cause the ma¬ 
terial to drip from the trees, was also 
damaging. If care is taken not to spray 
that way, and to use the weaker solu¬ 
tion after the second spraying, not 
much harm is likely to result. I have 
never seen as much harm done, how¬ 
ever, as G. W. W. speaks of, and think 
that he must have sprayed very heav¬ 
ily, or else the weather was unfavor¬ 
able. 'Just which ingredient causes the 
trouble has not been made out, but it 
is not-likely that the Paris-green is to 
blame, because when other arsenites 
are substituted for this the effect is just 
the same; nor is it likely that it is the 
lime which does the injury, but it is 
probably due to the copper sulphate. 
Ohio Exp. Station. w. J. green. 
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