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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 26 
Farmers’ Club. 
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tion. Before asking a question, please see 
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Put questions on a separate piece of paper.] 
Top-Grafting Apple Trees. 
D. TP. D., Hickman, Ky.—l want to top- 
graft about 200 14-year-old apple trees this 
Spring. Is it too late to cut scions? 
Ax.s.—No, it is not too late to cut 
scions for grafting up to the very day 
they are to be set, provided they are not 
injured hy the severity of the preceding 
Winter. This can usually he told by the 
discoloration of the inside of the twigs, 
the damaged ones being brownish next 
the bark. ii. e. van reman. 
Early Ohio Grape. 
/’. H. 7'., Visalia, Ky.—Can you tell me any¬ 
thing about the faults and good points of 
the Earl.v Ohio grape for vineyard planting 
for market in the Ohio Valley? Is it vig- 
or<»us, productive, free from rot? Does it 
hold to the stem, and not crack, and is it 
a fair table grape? 
Ans. —Early Ohio is one of the very 
earliest grapes; being about one week 
earlier than Moore, which has long been 
the standard of earliness. It has a vig¬ 
orous and productive vine and seems to 
be remarkably healthy. The fruit is 
quite exempt from mildew and rot. The 
bunch is large, the berries of medium 
size, black and adhere tenaciously to the 
stem. The flavor is good, being much 
better than that of most of the early 
grapes. It is a good variety for early 
market. u. e. van deman. 
Some Apples for Connecticut. 
TP. H. K., BelJiel, Conn.—l intend setting 
out an apple orchard the coming Spring. 
What vaiieties would you recommend for 
this section? My idea is to set out mostly 
Baldwins. What other kinds would you 
recommend? How about the York Imperial 
and the Gravenstein, also McIntosh? 
Would they be good kinds for standard 
tiees? I expect to set out about two acres 
in the Silling, and live acres In another 
year. 1 have an idea that I will set out 
my orchard like Ralph S. Eaton, of Nova 
Scotia, only 1 will set my standard trees 
40 feet instead of 33 feet as Mr. Eaton 
does, and when I get my fillers all in my 
rows of trees will be 20 feet apart. Do you 
think 40 feet too far? I will use peach, 
plum and some early-bearing trees for fill¬ 
ers. How would Ben Davis do for tem¬ 
porary trees? Would the Yellow Trans¬ 
parent apple be a good standard? What 
sized trees do I want for apples, peaches 
and plums? 
Ans. —While Baldwin is a very popu¬ 
lar market apple it has the fault of over¬ 
bearing at times, and then failing for 
several seasons in succession. I would 
not advise planting all of this or any 
other variety. York Imperial is too lit¬ 
tle tried north of Pennsylvania to en¬ 
able us to say positively whether or not 
it would be advisable to plant it com¬ 
mercially in Connecticut. All that 1 
would now say is to give it a test by top¬ 
grafting, that fruit may be produced as 
soon as possible. It is one of the stand¬ 
ards from Pennsylvania to Colorado. 
Gravenstein is a very good apple in 
every way, so far as a Fall variety can 
be, but would not be so valuable for mar¬ 
ket as one that would be a true Winter 
variety. McIntosh is good in color and 
quality, but it is not a late keeper, be¬ 
ing much like its parent, the Fameuse, 
but somewhat better in size and color, 
and some think in keeping and in resist¬ 
ance to Apple scab. I would advise 
planting both of the latter but sparing¬ 
ly. Sutton is more likely to be a profit¬ 
able apple for Connecticut than any of 
those already mentioned. Rome Beauty 
is worthy of being tested in that section. 
Forty feet apart is not too great a dis¬ 
tance for permanent trees. Peach trees 
as fillers are often quite injurious to the 
apple trees between which they are set, 
because they grow more vigorously and 
are apt to stunt them. They also require 
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different treatment of soil to some de¬ 
gree; and in spraying the apple trees 
there is danger of some of the mixtures 
being hurtful to the peach trees, be¬ 
cause the wind will naturally carry 
some of it on to them. The latter is true 
of plum trees. My ov.'n practice is to 
plant only apple trees in the apple or¬ 
chard, after considerable experience and 
observation with peach trees as fillers. 
Yellow Transparent would make a good 
filler, but there is not likely to be pro¬ 
fitable market for large quantities of 
the fruit. Ben Davis may be profitable 
there .ps a filler, but Connecticut is too 
far north for its proper development, 
and I think it of doubtful value. Wag- 
ener would be my pi eference, as it is an 
early and heavy bearer, and a large red 
apple of good qualily and a good keep¬ 
er. Apple trees two years old and about 
five feet high are the proper age and 
size, and such as I would plant. Peach 
trees should be one year from the bud, 
and plum trees may be either one or two 
years, but they should be from three to 
four feet high. h. e. v.vn dem.an. 
Root Galls on Raspberries. 
N. (I. If.. SlyalfTtrd, Conn.- I noticed in 
i.s.sue of December 29 the article by P. II. 
Ballou referring to Prof. Relb.v, of the 
Ohio Experiment Slation, and his paper 
on the root gall of the red raspberry. I 
partly set out a patch of Loudon last Fall, 
and will finish setting in the Spring. Of 
those I have dug up, 10 per cent had root 
galls, and nearly every gall had a few 
small brown worms, which from the little 
notice I gave them, looked like the small 
worms we see so plentiful in chip dlvt. I 
set out only good plants, which are on 
new ground, and should be pleased to hear 
the best way to keep the gall in check, 
or get rid of it. 
Ans. —The small, brown worms which 
you observed on the root galls of your 
Loudon plants are not responsible for 
the mischief. It is my experience that 
the most careful selection of plants will 
fail to prevent the introduction of this 
serious disease into the new plantation. 
Like the black-knot of the plum, which 
brought such destruction a feY' years 
ago, one may carefully prune away every 
trace of the trouble from a plant, only 
to be rewarded by a more deadly attack 
in a vital point apparently unaffected at 
the time of examination. It is to be 
hoped that, like the black-knot scourge, 
this discouraging feature of ;ed-rasp- 
berry culture will eventually run Its 
course. f. n. nALEOtr. 
The Velvet Bean in Maryland. 
.1. H. H., Rat/rille, .Ifif.-Will the Velvet 
bean do ail right in norlhern Maryland? 
T wish to grow it in my (Orchards. If you 
think it will give good results W'ill you ^ve 
full particulars? 
Ans. —^We do not feel like advising 
readers to plant the Velvet bean north 
of Georgia. We have grown it two years 
and last year Ihe season was so long 
that the crop produced seed. The vines 
were not much larger than our Lima 
bean vines. Cow peas are better for or¬ 
chards. They are hardier, will make 
more growth on poor soil, and are easier 
to work under. We know that the Vel¬ 
vet bean is a great success in Florida, 
but for the North v^e do not advise it. 
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