1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
2o9 
What Varieties for Grafting. 
II. n . fj .. LacciivUlc , O.—1. Tn an apple or¬ 
chard 1 planted in 1S95 Baldwin, Twenly 
Onnce and Duchc-ss of Oldenburg apple 
trees: they Oave not done well, many hav¬ 
ing died. Ben Davis, Yellow Transparent 
a„,l Tolman have grown vigorously—the 
last named exceeding all others. I pro¬ 
pose to fill the places of the dead trees 
with a strong-growing, long-lived variety, 
upon which to work grafts and buds of the 
kinds I wish to grow. Would you use the 
Tolman for the purpose named for King 
and other Winter apples, and would you 
use the same for Fall apples like Twenty 
Ounce? 2. Will you give me some general 
directions for pruning Burbank. Abund¬ 
ance and Satsuma plum trees? 
Axs.—1. It will probably be a difficult 
matter to get young trees to grow well 
in an orchard six years old, but by care¬ 
ful cultivation it may be done to a fair 
degree. Northern Spy or Ben Davis 
would be even better than Tolman as 
stocks for other varieties. I would not 
graft any trees to Tompkins King, for 
even when top-grafted it does not do 
well in most sections. It does not mat¬ 
ter what season a variety ripens as to 
the stock upon which it should be graft¬ 
ed. 2. The differences between the hab¬ 
its of growth of the plums mentioned 
are so very great that only general direc¬ 
tions as to pruning them can be given. 
All cross branches should be cut out. 
Those that are growing too low or too 
high should be cut so as to modify these 
habits. Common sense and not too free 
use of the knife and saw are far better 
in the orchard than any fancy or radical 
ideas on pruning. 
The Crothers Peach; Currants. 
('. O . I!., Mohcrii /, Mn .— l . Will you tell me 
where I can get the Crothers and Ever- 
bearing peaches? I have scanned every 
price list and catalogue I have been able 
to get, but never found the Crothers men¬ 
tioned, although the Matthews, which I 
think is the Everbearing, is frequently 
named. 2. I would also like to learn the 
merits of Wilder, Red Cross and Ver¬ 
sailles currants. 
.4NS.—1. The Crothers peach is so new 
that it is in the hands of but few nur¬ 
serymen. T. V. Munson & Sons, Deni¬ 
son, Texas, have it in bearing, for I sent 
buds there many years ago. It is a very 
choice red and white freestone peach 
that ripens quite late. The Everbearing 
is distinct from Matthews and all other 
varieties, and is not only peculiar in its 
habit of ripening over a long season, but 
it is large and of very fine flavor. It is 
sold by .1. H. Black, Son & Co., Hights- 
town, N. .1., and perhaps others of our 
advertisers. 2. The Wilder is a red cur¬ 
rant of most excellent character as a 
market variety; for it is large and strong 
in plant and bears fruit abundantly, 
large in cluster and of fair quality. Red 
Cross is quite similar, and some think 
it a little larger in berry. Versailles is 
the same, or practically identical, with 
Cherry. It is very large in berry but 
small in cluster. 
Peach Yellows and Budding. 
>V. //. .1/., Hcrlcclcy Co ., W. TV/.—1. Is there 
any risk of the yellows in planting a 
young peach orchard in the ground in 
which an old one has been cut down within 
the last year or two, and which was on 
the decline and had some yellows? 2. What 
is the objection to budding in the Spring 
instead of Summer? An expert budder 
here tried it last Spring, and the buds took 
well and grew; some of them more than 
three feet. 3. Would a piece of land, in 
other respects good for an apple or a pear 
orchard, be bad for them on account of 
having a bed of rock two or four feet 
under the ground? 
Ans. —1. It has been quite well deter¬ 
mined by experiments that the yellows 
is not transmitted to young peach trees 
that may be set in ground where others 
have died from*this disease. In fact, the 
matter has been tested by planting trees 
in the holes from which trees with the 
yellows had just been removed, and with 
no bad results. 2. There is no objection, 
«o far as 1 know, to Spring budding, pro¬ 
vided the worn., is done successfully; but 
that is not always the case. The main 
difficulty is to keep the bud sticks or 
scions in a dormant condition until the 
stocks will peel readily, but it can be 
(lone by putting them in cold storage of 
any kind. Burying them in the damp 
sawdust on top of the ice of an ordinary 
icehouse is usually very satisfactory. 3. 
There might be danger of serious 
drought in case of a solid bed of rock as 
near the surface as three or four feet, 
but if the rainfall is abundant and regu¬ 
lar there ought to be little or no diffi¬ 
culty with orchard trees under such con¬ 
ditions as those mentioned. I have seen 
many good vineyards growing in soil 
that Tvas not over four feet deep, and 
above a solid and impervious stratum of 
limestone. Thorough tillage of the sur¬ 
face soil will do much to conserve the 
moisture m the subsoil. 
Rome Beauty Apple in Maryland. 
./. S . J., Orcensboro , .1/d.—T have sumo 
trees of the Rome Beauty apple that bore 
line-sized apples the past two years, but 
the fruit w'ould only keep a short while 
after being picked. They would rot at the 
core first. When showing signs of specks 
they would be totally rotten. The trees 
are five years old. I bought them for a 
Winter apple. Would it be advisable to 
graft to some other variety? What w'ould 
be be.st to graft on them? 
Ans.—R ome Beauty is a good Winter 
apple in most parts of Maryland in ordi¬ 
nary seasons, but last year was a most 
unusual one, because of the early ma¬ 
turity of the Winter apples, and it is not 
surprising that this variety ripened as it 
did. I would wait another year at least, 
and see how the fruit behaved, before 
deciding to regraft the trees. In case of 
need to change them I would use scions 
of York Imperial. This is one of the 
most dependable Winter apples I know 
of for many parts of the country, and 
especially for Maryland and the adja¬ 
cent States. 
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