1004 . 
IN PRAISE OF LIME AND SULPHUR. 
While last season was for some cause the 
most trying yet experienced for the lime, sul¬ 
phur and salt wash, there are still to he 
found in every community along the Atlantic 
fruit belt fruit growers who the past season 
have had equally as good or satisfactory re¬ 
sults with the wash as Mr. Skillman records 
on page 801 . 1 was absolutely successful 
with it this past season upon all ray fruit 
trees except six very large and badly infested 
apple trees, on which when the application 
was used the tops of the trees had not been 
reached, and consequently the work not as 
thoroughly done as it should have been. I 
am firmly of the opinion that where results 
have not been satisfactory it was due to some 
failure in the preparation of the mixture, by 
which the proper combination was not se¬ 
cured. or in the application. The amber color 
which has always been regarded as indicating 
a condition of perfection is not as sure a test 
to me of the quality of the material as the 
manner in which it takes hold of the tree 
during the process of application. If it. has 
a pale, watery appearance, which causes it to 
run, it is of no account, and that batch might 
as well be thrown away, as no amount of 
doctoring will ever get it into condition, but 
if it sticks when applied, and shows that it 
has body, it will do its work effectually, and 
be active for six months as a destroying 
agent. I am enthusiastic over the K.-L. mix¬ 
tures, and believe they will be equally effective 
with the lime, sulphur and salt wash, but 
they are yet in the experimental stage to some 
extent, and until used on a larger scale, and 
results determined, it will be necessary to 
stand by such remedies as have proven to be 
effective. Although I want to see the K.-L. 
mixture largely used this latter is the only 
way in which oii can he used with absolute 
safety; the whale-oil soap Is costly, and by 
our largest growers has been relegated to the 
rear. I do not believe we should condemn 
too severely or recommend too highly, but our 
aim should be to aid in the development of 
the most practical and economical remedy for 
this dreaded pest. a. n. brown. 
Delaware. 
A Fixe Jersey. —The illustration on first 
page this week shows the Jersey bull, Agatha’s 
Flying Fox, G 8212 , imported and owned by 
Gedney Farm, White Plains, N. Y. The ad¬ 
dition of this choice Island blood is a decided 
acquisition to 'this fine herd. 
. IM— II 
Roses in Ohio. 
,<?. F. J., Galena, O .—I procured a plant 
( of the Philadelphia rose a year ago last 
Spring. It made a very weak growth last 
season of a foot or so, which killed to the 
ground last Winter. This season it has only 
• grown about 10 inches In good soil where 
.other roses make good growth. Is this char¬ 
acteristic of the rose? Will you tell me 
just how you protect the Philadelphia, Ruby 
.Queen, Empress of China, and all that class 
. of climbing roses, that with me, in the same 
latitude as New York City, kill to the snow 
line every Winter? Of course I get no 
bloom from them, as they only bloom on old 
wood. I usually lay these roses down on the 
ground and throw a little something over 
them. My experience lias been that if J 
throw too much over them,, it retains so 
much moisture that it rots the wood. Can 
they be successfully protected by leaving 
them on the supports and tying straw around 
them, or put a shock of corn fodder around 
.each one? I would like very much to get 
blooms on them in some way; have had 
Ruby Queen for three or four years without 
:seeing a flower. May Queen, Alba Rubiflora, 
Royal Cluster, Pearl Queen, etc., are all 
(called perfectly hardy in the catalogues, yet 
J can get no bloom from any of them. Per¬ 
haps you can help me out in the manner of 
protecting them. 
Ans.— Of the roses you mention, Em¬ 
press of China is the only one that has 
shown any tenderness in regard to the 
cold in our experience. Philadelphia, 
Ruby Queen, May Queen, Royal Cluster 
and Alba Rubiflora are all perfectly hardy 
: as far north as Canada, if reasonable pro¬ 
tection from Winter sunshine is given 
.during freezing weather. For this pur¬ 
pose nothing is better than a screen of 
(evergreen boughs tied over the vines, or 
.even a few stalks of corn tied about them 
as they grow on the trellis. If allowed to 
-.trail on the ground so the canes are cov¬ 
ered with snow we have never known 
them to freeze anywhere. The climate 
of certain portions of the Middle West 
seems more severe on roses than that of 
the extreme North. But we think if you 
protect your vines with a screen of ever¬ 
green boughs you will have no trouble 
with them. Philadelphia is generally a 
strong grower, sending canes up 12 or 
15 feet every season. We cannot under¬ 
stand why your plant has not grown 
more than 10 inches, but it may do very 
much better in the future if in good 
soil and well supplied with water during 
the Summer. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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