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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 16 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
ALI. SORTS OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Farm Crops in Orchard. 
M. W. S., Fairlee, F«.—Will It be best to 
grow some farm crop in an orchard of 
young apple trees while cultivating and 
growing them? If so, what crops are 
safest and best for the trees? 
Ans. —Yes, it is well to grow crops of 
potatoes, corn, beans, squashes or some¬ 
thing else that will require good tillage 
in an orchard while the trees are small. 
When they get five to eight years old 
this should be stopped. Red clover may 
then be sown, except for a space of four 
feet or so next the trees. This should 
be mown down and left to rot on the 
ground, and not taken off as hay. After 
about two years it should be plowed un¬ 
der, and the ground thoroughly tilled, 
without any other crop on it but the or¬ 
chard trees. 
Grafting Questions; Dwarf Trees. 
A. R. B., Dexter, a/e.—1. I would like to 
inquire if there is any way I can graft 
crab apples with anything, and make them 
live; if so, what stock is required? 2. I 
have a lot of different kinds of plum trees 
that have been set about three years. Can 
i top-graft them? 3. I wish to set a lot of 
dwarf pear trees this Spring. What kinds 
are best? 
Ans.— 1. The crab apples may be graft¬ 
ed on almost any of our ordinary apple 
trees. Thousands of them are budded 
and grafted on to common apple seed¬ 
lings by the nurserymen. 2. Plum trees 
can be grafted with about the same cer¬ 
tainty of success as with other fruit 
trees, but the work should be done ear¬ 
lier in the Spring than ordinary apple 
grafting, to attain the best results. 3. If 
Winter pears are desired the Lawrence 
is perhaps the best, but Angouleme is 
the most profitable of all pears grown as 
dwarfs. It is not a true Winter variety, 
but may be kept until Christmas in 
Maine. 
Apples and Peaches for Michigan. 
E. A. D., Reading, Mich.—l should like to 
know your opinion as to the best varieties 
of apples and peaches for home use, from 
earliest to latest, for southern Michigan. 
What do you think of the Mammoth Black- 
twig apple? 
Ans. —A good list of apples for family 
use in southern Michigan is about as 
follows; Early Harvest, Benoni, Pri¬ 
mate, Fanny, Golden Sweet, Jefferis, 
Ramsdell, Fall Wine, Grimes, Jonathan, 
Red Canada, Wagener, Swaar and Stark. 
Some of the best peaches are: Triumph, 
Sneed, Bishop, Early Rivers, Mountain 
Rose, Elberta, Chairs, Fitzgerald and 
Heath Cling. The Arkansaw or Mam¬ 
moth Blacktwig apple is a very good one 
for the region where the Winesap flour¬ 
ishes, but this is not quite true of Michi¬ 
gan. However, I have seen some good 
specimens of Arkansaw that were grown 
there. It is a dark red apple of medium 
size and fair quality. It keeps well. 
Persimmons; Cherries : Chestnuts. 
G. M. P., Bourbon, Ind.—l. Where can per¬ 
simmon trees be bought, and what kinds 
shall I buy for planting in northern In¬ 
diana? 2. I have 200 cherry trees planted, 
all Richmond and Olivet, and wish to plant 
two more varieties, both sour, that will 
ripen later than Richmond, and will be 
suitable for planting here in northern In¬ 
diana. What varieties shall I plant? 3. 
What kind of chestnut shall I buy for 
planting here, and where can 1 buy the 
trees? 
Ans. —1. There are almost none of the 
nurseries having stocks of grafted per¬ 
simmon trees, from the fact that there 
is little call for them, and that they are 
hard either to bud or graft. Early Gold¬ 
en, Marion and Golden Gem are good 
kinds. Possibly the horticulturist of 
the Indiana Experiment Station at La¬ 
fayette may be able to direct the in¬ 
quirer just where to get the trees. 2. 
Two good sour cherries for the date of 
ripening and region desired are Mont¬ 
morency and English Morello. The for¬ 
mer comes about a week after Richmond 
and the other about a month later. 3. 
Paragon would be a good variety of 
chestnut to plant. The trees should be 
set on light, well-drained land. They 
may be had of almost any leading nur¬ 
seryman. 
Russet on Baldwin Apples. 
T. H. C., So. Framingham, Jfass.—Standing 
in a row of Roxbury Russets I have a 
Baldwin apple tree. In gathering the fruit 
I found several of the Baldwins splashed 
with russet, in size from a 10-cent piece to 
nearly one-half the apple. Is this common? 
Ans. —There is nothing unusual in a 
Baldwin apple having patches of russet 
on it, and I would not think there was 
any influence of the other variety in this 
case, nor in any others that might be 
likely to be observed. There are no 
well-founded cases of the effect of the 
pollen of one variety of fruit upon an¬ 
other of this character on record, so far 
as I know, but there are plenty of sup¬ 
posed cases. 
The Culture of Dandelions. 
Several Readers.—Is it true that dandelions 
are grown largely in this country in culti¬ 
vated fields? 
Ans.— The dandelion is but little 
grown in this country as a vegetable, 
other than in some parts of New Eng¬ 
land. Some of the market gardeners in 
the vicinity of Boston claim to have 
taken as much as $1,000 worth from an 
acre. The variety known as the Im¬ 
proved French Thick-leaved is the best 
and most generally grown. It is not at 
all particular as to soil or situation; in 
fact, it will thrive anywhere, but the 
larger profits are made in growing it on 
a heavy loam, with good tilth. The seed 
should be sown soon after May 1, but 
good results are obtained when grown 
as a second crop, the seed being sown as 
late as August 1. The soil should be 
finely prepared, as the seeds are very 
small, and the young plants, because of 
their dark color, are quite inconspicu¬ 
ous. Sow in drills one foot apart and 
cover thinly; roll the ground after sow¬ 
ing. In order to see where the rows are 
a little lettuce seed should be mixed 
with it, say two ounces to the acre. The 
lettuce will plainly show the rows. Cul¬ 
tivate in Summer so that weeds will not 
grow; upon the approach of cold wea¬ 
ther, cover with any coarse litter and 
remove same in early Spring. One quar¬ 
ter of a pound of seed is sufficient for 
an acre. c. n. aleen. 
Asparagus Varieties and Rust. 
My opinion, so far as experience 
qualifies me to judge, is that the varie¬ 
ties most subject to the rust are those 
to which large quantities of nitrogenous 
manures have been applied, thereby in¬ 
ducing a soft, watery growth. With dry 
weather following, the crop evaporates 
more water from the foliage than the 
root system can supply; as a conse¬ 
quence the plants become enfeebled and 
fall an easy prey to rust and similar 
diseases. On the other hand, the varie¬ 
ties most immune are those to which 
proper quantities of the mineral ele¬ 
ments have been given, without unduly 
stimulating the crop. It seems to be 
generally conceded, I believe, that the 
spores of rust and many kinds of fun¬ 
gus will carry over, and reproduce 
themselves in the plants. I know this 
to be the case with asparagus and celery. 
Pennsylvania. m. oarrahan. 
We have noticed quite a marked differ¬ 
ence in the varieties of asparagus for the 
last two years; the Palmetto is the least 
affected of all the varieties we grow; in 
fact, we have been bothered but very 
little with the rust yet on any of the 
varieties. We find that when planting 
asparagus seed following a peach nur¬ 
sery, we usually have better success, 
and are troubled with rust less than 
where planted on land full of vegetable 
matter; whether the growing of the crop 
of peach trees has anything to do with 
it I do not know. For planting in field 
culture we recommend the Palmetto 
above all others. The Argenteuil va¬ 
riety we do not grow, and do not know 
it. J. G. HARRISON AND SONS. 
Maryland. 
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This is the year to plant Onions. Present 
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