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Apples for Vermont. 
M. W. 8., Fair lee, Tt. —What Is the best 
late keeping red Winter apple for the mid¬ 
dle belt of Vermont, east and west? What 
are the best three varieties? Ben Davis 
thrives here, but is of inferior quality. 
Baldwin and R. I. Greening winterkill, and 
Northern Spy Is a slow grower. How are 
Arctic, McIntosh, Sutton and Canada 
Baldwin with Wagener as a filler, where 
a filler is desirable? Fameuse does well, 
but spots badly and bears but every other 
season. 
An8 .—Such an apple as is desired 
would be a boon indeed. Ben Davis is 
out of its rightful territory in central 
Vermont or any other equally northern 
latitude. Arctic, Sutton, McIntosh and 
Canada Baldwin have been so little 
tested there that it is impossible to say 
at this time how they will do there, but 
they are worthy of testing. Wagener 
will be very good as a filler if it proves 
hardy enough, which I believe is the 
case. Hubbardston might be a good one, 
and it would be well to try it. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Whip Grafting; Palmer Greening Apple. 
F. P. B., Ayer, Maaa.—l. I never saw any 
grafting done, but I whip-grafted some 
small trees last Spring by the directions 
in your paper. I tied the small branches 
together with soft string and waxed them. 
Is there anything to be done to them next 
Spring? I was not sure that they would 
grow, so I grafted the small side branches. 
They grew finely. Will it be all right to 
cut off the main branch back to the 
branches I grafted? The trees are four 
years old. 2. We have an apple growing 
here that is one of the finest Winter apples 
I know. It Is called the Palmer Greening. 
The Massachusetts Experiment Station 
calls it Washington Royal (Palmer Green¬ 
ing). Can you tell me of a nursery that 
sells the trees? I have a dozen catalogues, 
but none of them advertises it. One agent 
here told me that he had an order last 
Spring for 700 trees, but could not get them. 
One farmer told me he had never sold a 
barrel for less than $2.50 and some as high 
as $5. 3. Are there any plums that are 
curculio-proof, and where can I buy them? 
— 1 . The proper way to graft is to 
first cut off the main branches and set 
the scions in them. Without seeing the 
work as it is done it would be impossible 
to give positive advice as to the cutting 
off of the main branches above the small 
grafts. If they are likely to make good 
substitutes for the main branches this- 
may be done, but if they are not then it 
would be better to graft these main 
branches next Spring by the cleft 
method. 2. Washington Royal is an 
apple that is rarely grown in any of the 
nurseries. Scions might be furnished to 
a reliable nursery and trees propagated 
especially for those who want them. Un¬ 
desirable trees might be top-grafted 
with this variety and fruit soon obtain¬ 
ed. 3. So far as I know there is no such 
thing as a variety of plum that is abso¬ 
lutely curculio-proof. The Japan and 
American types are nearly so. Abund¬ 
ance, Burbank, Wyant and Surprise are 
of this character. h. e. van deman. 
Spraying Peach Trees; Wood Ashes. 
J. U. 0., Gillett, Pa.—l have a young or¬ 
chard of 260 peach trees, and they were set 
last Spring; they made a fairly good 
growth last Summer, and have no disease 
that I know of. Do you think they would 
need spraying in the Spring? If so, at 
what time, and with what solution? I 
have a lot of unleached wood ashes that I 
would like to apply as a fertilizer. How 
much would you apply to each tree, and 
when? The soil is not poor nor very rich. 
Ans.— There is nothing to be gained 
by spraying peach trees that have only 
been planted one year, and are apparent¬ 
ly healthy. If peach trees are attacked 
by San Jos6 scale spraying with whale- 
oil soap, or kerosene emulsion may be 
resorted to during the Winter, when the 
trees are dormant, with good effect. If 
an orchard has had a severe attack of 
curled leaf one year, Bordeaux Mixture 
thoroughly applied early the next 
Spring, before the buds have opened, 
will have a tendency to prevent a recur¬ 
rence of this trouble, but the foliage of 
the peach is so easily injured by the va¬ 
rious spraying solutions that more harm 
than good generally results from spray¬ 
ing the trees when in full leaf. Un¬ 
leached wood ashes may be applied to 
peach trees with good effect at any 
time, and in almost any quantity (from 
a quart to a half bushel per tree). If 
applied early in the Spring just when 
the frost is coming out of the gi’ound, 
the Spring rains will dissolve the pot¬ 
ash and wash it down immediately 
where the roots can get it, and the trees 
will be more apt to get the full benefit 
than if used at any other time. In ap¬ 
plying any fertilizer it should be scat¬ 
tered in a circle a little larger than the 
spread of the branches, as that is where 
the feeding roots are to be found; it 
should never be piled around the trunk 
of the tree. gabbied hibster. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
69 
Strawberry “Rust” ano “Blight.” 
A. Q. TV. Reidenhach'a Store, Po.—What la 
the difference between Strawberry blight 
and Strawberry rust? How is blight dis¬ 
tinguished, and is there any remedy? 
Ajts.—S trawberry “leaf-blight,” “leaf- 
spot,” or “rust” are interchangeable 
terms for the same disease, caused by 
the fungus Sphmrella fragariae. It 
usually first makes its appearance on the 
new leaves, about the time the fruit sets. 
Reddish spots a fraction of an inch in 
diameter appear, and soon these spots 
have a nearly round white center. This 
disease is readily held in check by 
spraying with Bordeaux Mixture and, 
where badly diseased, it is a good plan 
to mow off the old foliage, then to re¬ 
move and destroy it. Applications of 
Bordeaux Mixture should be begun as 
soon as growth starts in the Spring, and 
non-bearing plants may treated through¬ 
out the Summer, the plants being spray¬ 
ed at intervals of three or four weeks. 
Bearing plantations will derive much 
benefit from a treatment made when 
growth starts in the Spring, and from 
another made when the first blossoms 
open. It iS advisable to reset beds often 
and to be particularly careful with the 
spraying of the seed plants. The plants 
should not be sprayed during the hear¬ 
ing season. m. v. slingebland. 
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