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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 27 
Money Begging Again. 
Here are the winners of the $2 weekly premiums last week : 
w. J. bills. 
THOS. BOND. 
W. S. MOORE. 
S S. CHANDLER JR 
NEW YORK. 
.NEW YORK. 
NEW YORK. 
WISCONSIN. 
Two of the premiums go begging again, as only these four sent five or more names. 
Do you want one of the $2 bills next week ? By the way, Jerre Simkins, of New 
Jersey, got the first watch, and we sent him the $2 rolled gold chain. We have 
now had five orders for the watch Remember, the chain goes now with every 
tenth watch. We send the watch for clubs of five names. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
FRUIT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK. 
THE NEW SOCIETY'S SUCCESSFUL MEETING. 
As was noted last week, the new Eastern New 
York Horticultural Society made a great success 
of its first meeting at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on 
March 11-12. The original plan was to name the 
organization “Hudson River Valley,” but at this 
meeting, it was thought best to change the name 
as above. There were so many old-timers present 
—men who, for years, have been engaged in horti¬ 
cultural work—that the meeting ran smoothly 
from the first, and within 10 minutes after the 
opening, it was evident that the organization 
would prove a success. At some other meetings, 
there is much more discussion, and persons in 
the audience take a larger part in the proceed¬ 
ings. The Connecticut Bornological Society and 
the Peninsular Horticultural are models in this 
respect, and at their meetings, almost any Btrong 
or positive statement is sure to call out comment 
or argument. There was less of this at Pough¬ 
keepsie than there should have been; doubtless, 
this feature will grow. 
We understand that the proceedings are to be 
printed in pamphlet form for distribution, and 
shall not, therefore, attempt a full report. It was 
quite evident from local reports that Hudson 
River growers are alive to the needs of cheaper 
plant food and transportation, and better fruit 
and better packing. 
J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, made two strong 
statements that must have set many people to 
thinking. He said that, in spite of the overpro¬ 
duction of apples and consequent low prices of 
1896, that year would be remembered as the most 
profitable in the hi&tory of fruit culture. Why ? 
Because, in their efforts to dispose of the cheap 
fruit, dealers had been forced to hunt up new 
markets, and sell car-loads of apples in little 
towns where, formerly, a few barrels found slow 
sale. This is particularly true of the South, 
where apples are on sale in hundreds of little 
towns where, in former years, most people hardly 
knew what an apple looked like. This hunting 
of new markets has resulted in a great adver¬ 
tisement for northern apples. The taste of their 
pleasant acid will linger long upon many tongues, 
and even when prices are higher, apples will be 
demanded in these distant towns. The idea that 
low prices have meant that farmers were con¬ 
tributing to a big advertising fund to develop new 
apple markets, is new to many fruit growers, yet 
there is much in it. Mr. Hale made another good 
point in saying that, wherever he went through¬ 
out the country, he found people planting new 
orchards, and that, in most cases, they were 
planning to send the finest and best fruit to New 
England or the Middle States because, in this 
section, were most of the people who demand the 
best and appreciate the highest quality. The 
point is that, all over the country, fruit growers 
look to the cities and towns within 300 miles of 
the Hudson River for their best market. If that 
is so, those of us who are growing fruit right 
within easy reach of this marnet, should study 
to produce only the very finest and best—for that 
is what we must compete with. 
The subject of soil fertility was discussed by 
Prof. Roberts, of Cornell, and Prof. Jordan of the 
Geneva Station. Prof. Jordan spoke of some ex¬ 
periments now being conducted at the Station, 
and made plain the importance of buying plant 
food intelligently, so as to provide what the soil 
most needs—at the lowest cost. Pi'Of. Roberts 
spoke of the “ unconsidered” plant food in the 
soil—that is, the nitrogen, potash and phosphoric 
acid which may be said to be parts of the soil 
itself. When we know that a light soil contained, 
one foot deep on an acre, 3,074 pounds of niti’O- 
gen, 3,784 pounds of phosphoric acid and 12,063 
pounds of potash, we can understand that it is 
well worth while to try to set some of this plant 
food free by tillage or growing green crops. Prof. 
Roberts took for his motto, “Hot Plowshares”, 
and would keep the soil “everlastingly stirred 
up.” By increasing the cultivation of the grow¬ 
ing crop, he has largely increased the crop of 
potatoes, and he saw no reason why increased 
tillage of fruit lands should not be equally suc¬ 
cessful in making this plant food available. The 
teeth on harrow or cultivator are useful for such 
work, and so are the roots of peas or clover. 
This very point of reducing the cost of fertility 
came up in a conversation with W. H. Hart, a 
well-known apple grower of Poughkeepsie. Three 
years ago, I visited his orchards. He was keep¬ 
ing quite a large daii-y herd and feeding heavily 
on ensilage, pi-ickly comfi-ey and cotton-seed 
meal. This provided a large amount of rich 
stable manure for the orchards, and was then 
thought to be a very economical plan. Finally, 
Mr. Hax-t began to experiment with bone and 
potash in the orchard in place of manure. He 
became convinced that the fertilizers produced 
fruit of firmer texture, higher color and better 
For Coughs, Asthma and Throat Disorders, 
“ Brown's Bronchial Troches ” are an effectual 
remedy. Sold only in boxes.— Adv. 
flavor than the manure, and finally, he gave up 
the use of manure in the orchard—using potash 
and bone entirely, with the manure on other 
parts of the farm. Then came the reports 
about Crimson clover, and Mr. Hart experi¬ 
mented with that. As a result, he has now 
60 acres of this clover covering the ground 
like a mat. He has given up the dairy, and 
will adopt the great Delaware combination of 
rock, potash and Crimson clover. He believes 
that a crop of Crimson clover plowed in every 
year—or every other year—will provide about all 
the nitrogen the orchard needs, while dissolved 
rock and muriate of potash will do the rest. If 
the trees show the need of extra nitrogen, a quan¬ 
tity of nitrate of soda will supply it at once. 
The use of this plant has changed the whole 
system of fertilizing on this farm. Mr. W. F. 
Taber’s vineyard was well covered with the 
Crimson clover, though his soil is a heavy clay 
not well adapted to the growth of this plant. 
This clover is changing many of the old practices 
of fruit farmers. Mr. Hart’s plan is to sow it 
early in July, and then obtain the heaviest pos¬ 
sible growth before winter. It starts better in 
the shade of the orchard than when completely 
exposed to the hot summer sun. The true way 
for the Northern man to regard this clover is to 
admit that the chances of its living through 
March are much more than even. He must plan 
to get so large a growth between sowing the seed 
and fx-eezing weather that he will lose nothing if 
every plant is killed. 
The matter of producing first-class fruit was 
carefully considered at this meeting. J. H. Hale 
told us about some of the more promising new 
varieties. Prof. S. A. Beach argued with much 
force in favor of thinning fruit, and Dr. Halstead, 
Prof. Lowe and Albert Wood told how to head off 
fungous and insect pests by spraying. The pro¬ 
gramme was thus planned to show how to pick 
out the tree or plant to the best advantage, how 
to feed it or board it at least cost, how to keep it 
clean and in good health, and then how to sell 
the fruit after it had been properly grown. We 
have not the space in which to discuss all these 
matters this week, but in subsequent notes, we 
shall take up one point after another, and tell 
our readers what these wise men had to say. 
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