1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
289 
but it can hardly be rated more than a 
family varieiy. Bsopus (Spitzenburg) 
is excellent, but it does not usually bear 
well. It is all right for home use there. 
Walter Pease is only under trial. Fa- 
meuse is very badly given to scab. 
Wealth" is only a Fall apple, but an im¬ 
mense bearer and at an early age. Wctlf 
Kiver is large, showy, coarse and a Fall 
variety. Walbridge is a good bearer but 
not large nor high in quality. Tomp¬ 
kins King is tender in the trunk and 
drops its fruit badly, but large, showy 
and of good quality. Pound Sweet is not 
generally desirable. Rhode Island Green¬ 
ing is an old favorite. So is Roxbury 
Russet, but it is not so popular as a red 
variety. Baldwin we all know to be a 
good Winter apple in the true Northern 
States east of Lake Michigan, but it has 
the fault of fickle bearing. Sutton is 
new, but of much promise for the Bald¬ 
win section. If I should plant a general- 
purpose apple orchard of varieties that 
would ripen in Winter in Connecticut 
they would probably be largely of Sut¬ 
ton, Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, 
Hubbardston and Grimes. The latter is 
of the highest quality and a rich golden 
color; besides being a good bearer ana 
a healthy tree. It is a Winter apple in 
Connect’cut, but a Pall variety in the 
latitude of Mainland. 
Four Fruit Questions. 
II. G. If., Cadiz, O. —1. Will you give a 
short description of the following fruits? 
Have you fruited the Worden Seckel pear, 
and can you recommend it as superior to 
the ordinary Seckel? 2. Ts Carrie Silvers 
strawberry the same berry listed as Carrie, 
for several years in the fruit catalogues? 
If not. can you recommend it as superior 
to Haverland? 3. What can you say of 
Palmer's Early strawberry? Has Thk R. 
N'.-T. ever seen the fruit or tested it? 4. 
I am not a plant seller, but T have been 
growing strawberries for market ever since 
1SS2, having tested 123 varieties, and here 
arc my three varieties for profit: Haver¬ 
land, Ridgeway and Tennessee. If The R. 
N.-T. has anything that will beat them 
under ordinary culture it is just what we 
want. It makes me sad when I look back 
over the long past years and think of the 
money I have paid out and lost for such 
varieties as Big Bob. Jumbo, Jewell, James 
Vick, Bidwell, Warren, Hart, Jersey Queen 
and scores of others I might mention. Now 
it is my decided opinion that exceedingly 
large fruit is not the kind for general culti¬ 
vation. The Ridgeway and Tennessee are 
large enough to stand the test, and I be¬ 
lieve such varieties as the New York, Cor¬ 
sican, Edith and all the extremely large- 
fi'iiited berries will become obsolete, while 
.such a variety as the Dunlap, of which the 
fruit is only medium in size, will most 
probably occupy the front rank. Am I not 
lialf way right? If you can name a good 
early sort to beat Haverland, speak it out! 
Ans.—1. The Worden Seckel pear is a 
new variety which was originated in 
Canada. It has been fruited by a very 
few of the more progressive experiment¬ 
ers, but as yet not on the Rural 
Grounds. The fruit is of much the same 
shape and color as its parent, the Seckel, 
but it is larger in size; and being fully 
as good in flavor and later in ripening it 
is thought to be more desirable than 
that delicious little pear. It ripens in 
October in New York, and may be kept 
until December, but in Ohio it would 
not be so late. 2. Carrie Silvers is a 
strawberry that was introduced by a 
New Jersey nursery firm, and has been 
tested on the Rural Grounds for six 
years past. It did very well there and 
proved to be larger, firmer and bright¬ 
er than Haverland. It is also very vig¬ 
orous and productive. It is imperfect in 
flower. Carrie is a seedling of Haver¬ 
land, originated in Virginia and is of 
most excellent character. I grew it for 
several years beside its parent, which it 
seemed to exceed in both color and qual¬ 
ity. It is also earlier. 3. Palmer’s Early 
strawberry I do not know. 4. The point 
to be aimed at in growing strawberries 
for market depends largely upon the 
kind of market to which one is catering. 
There is no doubt that the ordinary 
trade calls for a medium-sized berry like 
Haverland or Warfield, which yield 
much heavier per acre than large kinds 
like Marshall or Sharpless, and bring 
about two-thirds as much per quart as 
the very large ones. But in the fancy 
market the difference is in favor of the 
large kinds. Excelsior would be a good 
kind to test, as it is earlier than any of 
those mentioned, and a good shipper. 
TH/HGS ! HAVE TRIED. 
The old-time method of brushing peas, 
with which the older boys are disagree¬ 
ably familiar, has become a back num¬ 
ber. I now drive four-foot stakes three 
paces apart after the peas are planted, 
and then tie the top and bottom wires 
of the two or three-foot light chicken- 
wire fencing firmly to them. This serves 
the purpose, is durable, and best of all 
can be put up quickly during the usual 
hurry of Spring work. A decided advan¬ 
tage of this method of supporting the 
peavines is, that after the peas are pick¬ 
ed, tomato seed can be planted three 
feet apart in the row, or small plants 
may be set, and a late maturing crop 
of tomatoes for Fall and early Winter 
use can be grown. The wire netting to 
which the vines are to be tied, obviates 
the use of a stake at each plant. 
The Satsuma plum tree in the chicken 
yard, the ends of whose branches were 
disposed to humble themselves by bend¬ 
ing nearly down to the ground, had to 
have this tendency checked. This was 
done by ripping open some light, inside 
coffee sacks, cutting them Into strips six 
inches in width and tying enough of 
them together, to make, when twisted, 
a soft rope that could be passed entire¬ 
ly around the branches of the tree, and 
after they were drawn together suffi¬ 
ciently, the ends could be firmly tied. 
When the trunk of the tree was about 
two inches in diameter two of these 
ropes were sufficient. The ropes have 
now rotted off and there seems to be no 
further need of them. 
My plan of manuring the garden in 
the Fall and spading or plowing the 
land up into ridges, which are four or 
five feet from center to center, has this 
Spring, as usual, put the soil in the fin¬ 
est possible condition even though the 
land is not underdrained. 'J’hese ridges 
run from east to west. By leaving the 
north half of them Intact and opening a 
deep furrow on the south side, T have 
a sheltered, warm place for early pota¬ 
toes, peas or other early vegetables. I 
know of no method that involves so lit¬ 
tle expense or, in the absence of hotbeds 
and other conveniences, that is so pro¬ 
ductive of good results. The principle 
of filling the soil with well-rotted ma¬ 
nure each Fall and ridging up the land 
to be acted upon by the Winter frosts, 
is one, which, if once adopted, will be 
indefinitely continued, especially on 
clay soil. 
One of the most successful plans in 
this locality, and which would be likely 
to prove still more advantageous in the 
cotton-growing States, is the barrel 
method of growing cucumbers and Sum¬ 
mer squashes. As soon as the soil in the 
garden can be .worked, take a flour or 
apple barrel, remove the upper head 
only, and bore a three-quarter or inch 
hole in the center of eacn stave midway 
from the bottom to the top of the barrel. 
Wherever the soil is the poorest I dig a 
hole deep enough to have the augur 
holes six inches below the general sur¬ 
face of the ground when the barrel is 
set. I now fill the barrel nearly full 
with stable manure and pack it down 
firmly, not forgetting to add an occa¬ 
sional layer of coal ashes and chicken 
manure from the poultry house. Next, 
enrich the soil about the barrel to a 
width of 12 to 14 inches, make it fine 
and plant the seeds. Begin the subse¬ 
quent irrigation of the young plants by 
filling the barrel nearly full of soap¬ 
suds and rinsing water each week. The 
liquid manures flows out of the holes 
and comes in direct contact with the 
roots of the plants. This has resulted 
so far. in protecting the young plants 
from insects and producing an abund¬ 
ant supply of fine, crisp cucumbers. The 
barrel for the Summer squashes is set at 
the other side or end of the garden and 
treated in the same manner. This sup¬ 
plies the table with squashes until the 
frost kills the vines. .i. w., .tu. 
Glencarlyn, Va. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— A6v, 
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TOBACCO DUST 
I/’ll 1 C WOOLY APHIS, HEN LICE, 
l\lLil.O and ALL garden PESTS. 
' H. A. STOOTHOFF. Tobacco Oust 
116 WfStSt., N.v.C. Hobbyist. 
PARACRENE 
Is better, cheaper and bulkier than PARIS GRKEN. 
"Uave used JParagrene on my farm for potato 
buKS. It was perfectly satisfactory. L. H. BAILKY, 
Prof, of Horticulture, Cornell University.” Write 
for sample. FRED. E. LAVANBUKG, New York 
Potato Bug 
is getting to tried on 
"" hY harbecome pretty nearly 
i'^Toiso'n'-pro",” but Bowker’s 
“BOXAL” 
WILL KILL HIM 
and at the same time 
of vines and r t t^^ We have 
servmg showing the truth 
many testimo , j insecticides 
of this in our book 
which also and plan* 
mu.tr«ed. A,k for 
p WHY BUY 
‘ ' old style, alwayi-ont- 
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when you can get the 
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Let ns send circular 
telling all abont it. 
Also, Catalogue of 
everything in Har 
^ Tools, How to Build 
Hay Barns, etc., etc. Address 
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a 
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Cherries and Plums prevented; also Grape and 
Potato Rot—by spraying with Stahl’s Double 
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market. I'housands in use. Catalogue, describing 
all insects injurious to fruit, mailed Free. Address 
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Spray Pumps 
are the most powerful, easiest 
worked, most modern, simplest 
In construction and moderate In 
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until you have sent for our cata¬ 
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Choice Vegetables 
always bring high prices. 
To raise them sueecss- 
liilly, a fertilizer con¬ 
taining at least 8X 
Potash should be used. 
STRAWBERRY 
GROWERS 
frequently complain of 
small yields and poor fruit. 
This can be corrected by proper 
use of fertilizers. 100 pounds of 
Nitrate of Soda, 
200 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 
pounds of muriate of potash, per acre, 
applied to the beds early in the 
spring, works wonders. Pamph¬ 
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always finds a ready market, but to bring top price.s. 
It must be put up in neat, attractive and substantial 
packages. We have everything in the basket line. 
All sizes of 
Berry 
Baskets 
Peach and Grape Crates 
Buy direct from the mannfacturers and save 
money. Write to-day for catalogue and new price¬ 
list of FRUIT AND FARM BASKETS. 
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Bat’d 1884. 109 & 111 Warren St., New York. 
1901 
THE SOUTH SIDE 
FRUIT CARRIERS AND BASKETS 
PETERSBURG, VA. 
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