1901 
37 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Peck Pleasant Apple. 
Reader, Bergen Co., N. J.—la Peck Pleasant 
an apple of value for Saddle River Valley, 
or Is it superseded by others? 
An 8.—Yea, Peck Pleasant is one of the 
very best of our Winter apples in re¬ 
gard to quality. It is of rather dull 
color, being greenish yellow, but it is 
good enough for anyone on close ac¬ 
quaintance. It is suited to almost any 
section where apples succeed, and, no 
doubt, would do well in Bergen Co., N. 
J., although I have never seen any speci¬ 
mens from there, so far as I remember. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Apple Seedlings. 
N. B., New Cumterland, Pa.—Do the nur¬ 
serymen buy apple seedlings and graft 
them now as they did 20 years ago? 1 
would like to grow about 200,000 to sell. 
Twenty years ago I could have sold 500,000 
as easily as 5,000. 1 received $4.50 per 1,000. 
They averaged about three lengths to each 
root. Is there a demand for them now, and 
where can I buy apple seeds by the bushel? 
Ans. —Yes, the nurserymen follow the 
same methods, practically, in propagat¬ 
ing apple trees that they did 20 years 
ago. The most common method is by 
root-grafting on pieces of one-year-old 
seedlings in the house during the Win¬ 
ter months. Budding in the nursery 
row is also followed to some extent. 
This is claimed by some to produce a 
better tree than by root-grafting, but 
in practical orcharding I have not been 
able to see any material difference. Ap¬ 
ple seeds are usually bought of a few 
of the wholesale seedsmen, and some¬ 
times of the wholesale apple-seedling 
nurserymen. h. e. van deman. 
Stable Manure for Potatoes. 
j. a. K., Earns City, Pa.—l have a flve- 
acre lot that was in oats last year; former 
crop unknown. I expect to put on it about 
125 two-horse loads of manure, plow it 
under, and plant to potatoes. The ground 
is mellow creek bottom, naturally good. 
Would you consider this plan all right, or 
what more can be done to get a good crop? 
Ans.— We do not like to use stable 
manure heavily for potatoes except on 
low or sour soils. On lighter soils our 
experience U that fertilizers give bet¬ 
ter results. We would prefer to use half 
the manure you mention and 600 pounds 
per acre of a high-grade fertilizer. The 
objection to stable manure is- that it 
neutralizes or sweetens the soil, and 
thus encourages the growth of the scab 
germ if it be present. 
A Liquid Grafting Wax. 
J. J. 8., Fowhlealnirg, Ifd.—Give recipe for 
making grafting wax in a liquid state, and 
in wax state. 
Ans. —The following recipes have been 
extensively used and are reliable: Hard 
wax: resin, four pounds; beeswax, one 
pound; half a pint or more of raw lin¬ 
seed oil, free from all cotton-seed oils 
or other adulterants. Melt all gradually 
together, turn into cool water, and pull 
until smooth. More oil can be used if 
too hard. Liquid wax: good white resin, 
one pound; beef tallow, one ounce. Melt 
and remove from the fire. Add gradual¬ 
ly eight ounces of alcohol, stirring un¬ 
til mixture is smooth. Keep in closed 
bottles and apply with a brush when 
used. 
Tobacco Stems for Green Lice. 
F. H., Sarnia, Canada.—Could you tell the 
best way to get rid of green fly on lettuce 
in the hothouse? 
Ans. —Tobacco stems at the rate of 
100 pounds to each 20 feet of bench or 
bed, placed in the walks or hung in 
nets under the benches, should rid your 
lettuce of green files or aphides. Keep 
them damp by frequent sprinkling. The 
stalks may also be strewn among the 
plants. If the insects have gained a 
strong foothold it may be necessary to 
fumigate with damp tobacco. Use about 
one pound of stems to each 100 feet of 
glass, and repeat the fumigation three 
or four times a week until the aphides 
are destroyed. Do not let the tobacco 
blaze, but keep it smouldering. It is 
best to avoid the use of smoke when 
possible, as it affects the quality of the 
lettuce unfavorably. 
B/TS Of- TALK. 
When is the best time to sow Red- 
clover seed? 
In the Spring, at the last heavy frost. 
We would sow early in the morning on 
the frozen crust. The later thaw will 
work the seed in. 
* « * 
Why do you consider it so necessary 
to save the liquids of the manure? 
It has just been shown by the Penn¬ 
sylvania Experiment Station that the 
urine of cattle contains half the nitrogen 
and three-quarters of the potash in the 
food. These liquids have “legs”; that 
is, they run away if permitted to do so, 
aud thus squandor over half the manu- 
rial value in the food. Plaster or absorb¬ 
ents are stable policemen to arrest this 
fertility. 
• • • 
What is the simplest fertilizer mix¬ 
ture lor fruit? 
Three parts of fine ground bone and 
one part muriate of potash. This is not 
always the best or the cheapest. 
* * * 
Is hard-wood sawdust injurious to the 
soil when it is used as an absorbent for 
liquid cow manure? 
No. Sawdust, when fresh, contains an 
acid which might injure soils inclined 
to be sour. The urine of manure neu¬ 
tralizes this acid. It is then safe to use. 
The "wonderpui, insect” described by 
Prof. Slingerland (December 22, 190«), in 
addition to the way in which it iays its 
eggs on stones or brush overhanging or 
projecting above the surface of the water, 
also drops the eggs in the water, as I have 
seen them doing in my ponds in North 
Carolina. They fly over the water, darting 
down to the surface, and dropping an egg 
several times a minute. That the larva 
is eaten by flsh iff very certain, as it is 
brie of the most attractive baits for bass 
and trout, and as I always examine the 
stomach of every flsTi I take, 1 have abund¬ 
ant proof that trout prey on these larvae. 
Here at least these flies do not remain 
hidden during the day, but on the con¬ 
trary are very active, poising themselves 
in the air over or about a boat, as if curi¬ 
ous to learn what it is, as well as flying 
down to the water, evidently examining the 
flies with which one is fishing. I have no 
bass in my waters, but plenty of trout, 
both the common variety and the Rainbow 
trout, and both these will take the hell- 
grammltes as also rise to the fly itself, 
although I have never seen a fish take one; 
possibly not being captivated by its ap¬ 
pearance. H. STEWART. 
North Carolina. _ _ 
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Michigan Northern-Grown Onion Seed. 
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