68 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Trimming June-Budded Trees. 
L. P. L., Pennsylvania.—In setting June- 
budded peach trees can they be trimmed 
back to form a head the first year, or 
should they be allowed to grow one year 
before being cut back? Head wanted 2% 
feet from ground. 
Ans. —June-budded peach trees are 
usually SO small that their tops are 
about the right height at which to form 
the main branches. Unless there is some 
exceptional circumstance there need be 
no delay about starting the top. My 
plan is to head peach trees lower than 
214 feet; 1 think 1% to two feet plenty 
high. 
Pruning Cherry Trees. 
M. B. M., Pine Bush, N. 7.—A nurser>- firm 
told me to trim cherry trees in the Winter. 
My neighbors told me to cut the grape¬ 
vines down out of the cherry tree after the 
leaves dropped, which was done. Was this 
right? 
Ans. —The best time to prune cherry 
trees is in the early Spring, just before 
the leaves start. During the severe wea¬ 
ther of Winter is not a good time, but 
in the mild weather of that season it 
will do very well, if there are no very 
cold spells following. It is not the 
proper thing for grapevines to entangle 
themselves among the tops of cheriT 
trees. 
Wounded Elm and Maple Trees. 
S. J. P., Grand Rapids, Mich. —We sawed 
off the lower limbs from some elm trees 
10 inches in diameter when in leaf, in 189U; 
last Summer the sap ran from the places. 
We put on thick paint and bound on cloth, 
yet they bled until frost came. Our maple 
trees split open from the cold of two Win¬ 
ters ago. They are split to the heart and 
the wood is weatherbeaten. Will it kill 
them, or will the wounds grow together? 
What publication is devoted to growing 
vegetables under glass, or partly so? 
Ans. —It is no wonder that the sap ran 
from the wounds made by sawing off 
large branches from the elm trees, and 
this is something that should never be 
done to any tree unless absolutely neces¬ 
sary. These scars, and those made by 
the splitting of the maple trees, may 
heal over in time, if they are not too 
large. About the only thing that can be 
done in such cases is to paint the raw 
surfaces and trust to nature to do the 
rest. I think the agricultural experi¬ 
ment station at Lansing, Mich., has a 
publication for free distribution on gar¬ 
dening under glass. 
York Imperial Apple. 
E. H., Bruyton, N. Y.—What do you think 
of the York Imperial apple for northern 
and eastern New York? Could you give a 
short history of this apple, habits of 
growth and size, color, shape, keeping 
qualities, demand in market, etc.? It was 
recommended to my brother last Winter 
in western New York. We could not find 
the trees in market, but found some scions 
in Pennsylvania, and as it was late in the 
Spring when I sent for them, there were 
only a few that lived. I grafted them into 
a young tree about one inch in diameter, 
and have a fine lot of scions on that tree; 
they grew very well. Would it be advisable 
to graft into native trees, and to set out 
a young orchard of this sort? We have 
been setting Ben Davis, R. I. Greening, 
Wealthy, Wolf River, Northern Spy, Bald¬ 
win, etc. R. I. Greening grows to perfec¬ 
tion here with us. One young R. I. Green¬ 
ing we had set seven years had eight 
bushels of picked fruit besides what blew 
off. 
Axs.—The York Imperial apple tree 
has a very good habit of growth, being 
thrifty, sturdy and forms a round head. 
It is about as hardy as any of our good 
varieties. The fruit is medium to large 
in size; flat but irregular, rhomboidal 
or lopsided shape; yellow, well covered 
with striped and mixed red; of very 
good quality; and is in good demand in 
the markets of Europe as well as in 
America. How it will do when grown 
in New fork is yet to be seen, but it 
may prove quite a success. My advice 
at the present time is to try it in a small 
way all over that State. The trees are 
being propagated by many of the nurser¬ 
ies now. Good nursery trees are so 
cheap that it would not be profitable t# 
graft seedlings on the farm and set them 
into an orchard, nor would such trees 
be satisfactory when planted. The va¬ 
rieties mentioned as having been plant¬ 
ed are very good for New York, except 
Ben Davis, which is not very suitable 
for that climate because it does not 
reach its proper state of development. 
Cherries in New York State. 
N. Walton, N. Y. —Wliat varieties of 
cherries would you advise planting for 
market in this locality? I have 50 Mont¬ 
morency set two years ago that seem to 
be doing well. I have thought of planting 
quite largely of Windsor, but am not cer¬ 
tain that it would be profitable or hardy 
enough to stand our climate. Hardly any 
fruit is grown about here, so I do not have 
the experience of others to guide me. 
Ans. —It is well proven that Windsor 
and all other sweet cherries are less 
hardy than the Montmorency and others 
of the sour class, and where the climate 
is severely cold it would be unwise to 
plant the former. Richmond, Philippe 
and English Morello are other good 
kinds that are hardy, but they are tart 
in flavor. 
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The question of spraying fruit trees to prevent 
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