1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
621 
BOOK BULL ETIN 
FOR SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Soiling, Ensilage and Stable Con¬ 
struction, by F. S. Peer. Pull details of 
the best methods of growing and feeding 
soiling crops. Valuable suggestions for 
barn building. Price, postpaid, $1. 
Economic Entomology, by Prof. John B. 
Smith. The best moderate-priced work on 
bugs and worms that we know of; 481 
pages, with excellent illustrations and de¬ 
scriptions of the various Insects which 
the farmer and fruit grower meet, and the 
best methods of handling them. Not only 
an instructive but a well-written and inter¬ 
esting book. Price, postpaid, $2.50. 
Cut-price Books.— Any of these 20-cent 
pamphlets sent postpaid for 10 cents: 
How to Plant a Place. 
Memory Training. 
Country Roads. 
My Handkerchief Garden. 
Fruit Packages. 
Fertilizers and Fruits. 
h’ertiiizer Farming. 
Chemicals and Glover. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
FRUIT SPECULATION.—One reader 
wishes to know w’hether he can safely pay 
$1.50 per barrel for apples and pears for 
shipment to commission dealers in New 
York. It is not possible to give a definite 
answer to this, as so much depends upon 
the quality of the apples and pears. At 
the present prices for apples anything of 
reasonably good quality ought to be a safe 
investment at this figure, but it certainly 
would not do to buy pears at this price 
for reshipment at present, unless they 
were extra. Just now pears are selling 
slowly. A fruit dealer told me that not 
long ago he sold a small lot of choice 
pears at $2.40 per keg. The returns for 
this lot seemed to make the shipper crazy, 
and he immediately wrote that he would 
send on 40 kegs more. The dealer tried to 
stop him, stating that the pear market was 
down, but he insisted on shipping them, 
“and there they are,’’ said the dealer. “I 
haven’t had a decent offer for them yet.” 
The best way for a man who wishes to 
do business in buying and shipping fruits 
is to make connection with a thoroughly 
reliable handler in the market; then keep 
in close touch with him and follow his 
directions. He may make a mistake now 
and then, but he certainly knows more 
about the demands of his trade than an 
outsider. Speculation is at best uncertain 
business, and but few have the ability to 
carry it on for any great length of time 
without learning what the word loss 
means most emphatically. 
PACKAGES.—The terms basket, box, 
carrier, bag, etc., used in market quota¬ 
tions of fruits and vegetables are rather 
indefinite to an outsider, and we have sev¬ 
eral requests for explanations of the ca¬ 
pacity of these packages. Many of the 
city dealers and buyers neither know nor 
care how many quarts a certain box or 
crate contains, as the stuff is bought and 
sold by the package rather than the quart 
or bushel. The life of the produce com¬ 
mission merchant Is at times an exceed¬ 
ingly busy one. He is at it long before 
sunrise, and every day has a lot of tough 
problems to handle. He must wrestle with 
the keenest buyers and do the best he can 
for his shippers, or he will soon lose lhe‘r 
trade. It is no wonder that he does not 
bother with matters that are cf no ac¬ 
count to him. The packages described be¬ 
low are some of the stamlard sizes regu¬ 
larly seen in this market, but it must be 
remembered that there are always odd¬ 
sized boxes, baskets and crates on hand 
that are of no particular size. The slatted 
tomato and cucumber box is nearly square 
and holds a bushel. The common melon 
crate has about the same capacity, but is 
of different shape, being longet. The 
peach carrier contains six oblong baskets, 
holding a little over three quarts ^ach. 
This is a most desirable package for ship¬ 
ping peaches from a distance. They load 
to advantage in the car and the fruit does 
not get bruised to any great extent. No 
doubt it will in time largely take the place 
of the old-fashioned peach basket for the 
better grades. The well-known form of 
peach basket, the Inverted bell, contains 
16 quarts. At present a large quantity of 
peaches from Jersey and other nearby 
points are seen here in these baskets. 
T^ey make a good display in the store, as 
the top being larger than the bottom the 
fruit Is more conspicuous than the pack¬ 
age. Another popular basket of this same 
form holds about one-third of a barrel, 
and is used for melons, string beans and 
other vegetables. Bushel bags are used to 
some extent for green Lima beans, and a 
good many tomatoes are seen In ordinary, 
hMdled bushel baskets, such as are used 
about the farm. The various grape pack¬ 
ages will be described later. w. w. h. 
CON NEC TICUT FRUIT GRO WERS MEET 
A field meeting of the Connecticut Po- 
mological Society was held August 22 at 
the farm of the Connecticut Valley Or¬ 
chard Co., half way between Berlin and 
Meriden. Arrangements had been made 
with the railway people to let off passen¬ 
gers at the orchard, and there were about 
200 In attendance. J. T. Molumphy, man¬ 
ager of this fruit company, piloted the 
visitors about the orchards, where they 
had an opportunity to see the methods 
employed and sample the varieties then 
ripening. This trip around the farm was 
followed by a substantial New England 
picnic dinner in a grove near the house; 
and the afternoon was given to addresses 
and the discussion of various questions 
connected with fruit growing. President 
Platt called for Mr. Molumphy, who, in 
reply to questions about the fruit Industry 
at this farm, said that they have about 
240 acres in orchards, three-fourths being 
peaches. The yield of peaches this year 
will be not far from 25,000 baskets. Fa¬ 
vorable conditions in early September 
might increase this to 30,000. The wet 
weather and lack of sunshine have been 
unfavorable for the fruit, and increased 
the tendency to rot. Elberta is the chief 
market variety. Other sorts raised are 
Stump, Thurber, Mountain Rose, Oldmix- 
on, Crosby, Waddell, Carman and Tlllot- 
son. In apples Baldwin is the principal 
variety, and will be about one-fifth crop. 
Fallawater and Ben Davis are well load¬ 
ed, but these are not grown to any great 
extent. In Japan plums Burbank and 
Abundance are the leading varieties, with 
a few Ogon, Red June, Hale, Wickson and 
Chabot, all bearing well this year. There 
is also a plantation of Bartlett and Kieffer 
pears, and a vineyard of Worden, Con¬ 
cord and Niagara grapes. 
Mr. Merriman, ex-president of the So¬ 
ciety, who has been spending some time 
at the Pan-American Exposition, urged 
the members to brace up the State fruit 
exhibit there by sending fine specimens of 
varieties now ripening. Connecticut hav¬ 
ing an enormous crop of peaches thSs 
year, has an unusual opportunity for 
making an attractive display. To pack 
for exhibition purposes he recommended 
taking a strong basket, putting excelsior 
in the bottom, wrapping every peach in 
paper and packing tightly with excelsior 
on top. He spoke of the amusement and 
interest shown in the Connecticut exhibi¬ 
tion of wooden nutmegs, which can be 
made from any kind of wood and can’t 
be told from the genuine. Following are 
parts of J. H. Hale’s address: 
“For a number of years people in this 
State have been planting trees and trees 
and more trees, until this year they have 
run up against the proposition of handling 
a big crop, many being unprepared for it. 
A few years ago I sold a man a few hun¬ 
dred Japan plum trees. I had forgotten 
all about it until one day he sent me word 
to come down quickly If I wanted to see 
some plums. I went there, and found that 
he had at least 200 bushels that should be 
picked in a week. How do you think he 
was trying to dispose of them? He was 
carting them to a town some distance 
away and peddling them out in small lots. 
In that way he could have handled but 
a small fraction before they spoiled, but 
it took considerable urging to stir him up 
to the necessity of hustling around and 
getting an outside market instead of ped¬ 
dling them out by the quart. Our local 
markets can’t begin to handle our peaches 
and plums this year. We must go out¬ 
side, and my opinion is that at present 
New York offers the best inducements. 
Boston, while usually a superior market, 
has not panned out well this season. 
From the reports in reply to inquiries 
made of members of this Society, I find 
that within 12 miles of Hartford there are 
at least 200,000 baskets of peaches to ripen 
in five weeks. At its best Hartford can¬ 
not consume more than 1,200 baskets a 
day, or 40,000 for the next five weeks, 
leaving this remainder that must be 
shipped away. It is a good thing for the 
consumers this year, for they can fairly 
wallow In peaches. What is true of the 
section mentioned, in a measure applies 
to Wallingford, New Britain and Middle- 
town. Also, the railroads have not made 
any special preparation for handling this 
fruit, largely because they did not know 
definitely about the size of the crop, and 
farmers have not put any pressure on 
them for cars. The southern roads and 
the northern connecting ones send their 
agents through the South weeks in ad¬ 
vance of marketing, that they may know 
how much transportation to prepare for. 
These crop statistics that we have been 
gathering will be circulated, and it is 
hoped wdll prove a material help to our 
fruit growers in attracting buyers from 
outside, who otherwise might not know 
the extent of the crop and the heaviest 
fruiting sections.” 
Other speakers were J. W. Clark, of 
North Hadley, Mass., and Dr. Ru.ssell, of 
Hartford. This Society is neither dead 
nor dreaming. In addition to the social 
pleasures of such a meeting, the members 
have learned the advantage to be gained 
by taking now and then a day oft to ex¬ 
change ideas and experiences, and go 
about actually to see what others are do¬ 
ing and how they do it. When a yellow 
jacket goes for some one who disturbs 
his nest, he has a definite object in view, 
which he immediately makes known to 
the trespasser, and continues to make It 
known until he is killed or driven away. 
The same persistence in fruit growing; 
the sandwiching together of science, sens® 
and work, and the application of this 
combination to a definite object, is sure 
to work out something worth showing and 
talking about. The fourth annual fruit ex¬ 
hibition of this Society will be held at 
New Britain, Conn., October 1-2. 
_ w. w. H. 
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION NOTES. 
Sfafe Agricultural Exhibits. 
Connecticut.— The whole desigm of the 
Connecticut exhibit is good. Native Red 
cedar posts and railing have been used, 
which give the display a very rustic ap¬ 
pearance, and added to this are some very 
nice decorations made of grains In the 
straw and forage plants. The exhibit of 
cereals is very good considering the nat¬ 
ural conditions of the State. Corn is dis¬ 
played in large variety, especially the 
sweet corns, of which latter there is a 
great quantity grown for seed, because the 
conditions there seem to enable the farm¬ 
ers to grow the very best quality. The 
display of varieties of popcorn is also very 
line. There is little wheat grown, and the 
sliowing of that grain is very small; but 
rye, oats and buckwheat are grown very 
extensively, especially for home consump¬ 
tion. There is also an extensive display 
of vegetable seeds, the growing of which 
is the chief business of a number of the 
farmers. Connecticut tobacco is known 
all over the country, and the line of sam¬ 
ples shown are of the best grades. One 
particular feature of the tobacco exhibit 
is a line of samples of the Sumatra, which 
was grown under sheds covered with 
cheesecloth. These are said to rank in 
quality with the best tobacco grown on 
the Island of Sumatra itself. Connecticut 
having been called the “Wooden Nutmeg 
State,” those In charge of the exhibit 
here thought it proper to show some of 
their wooden nutmegs, of which there Is 
quite a nice display. It is said that some 
one was once twitting Prof. W. H. Brewer 
with the fact that his State was such a 
small one, and had been engaged in the 
manufacture and sale of wooden nut¬ 
megs, and his reply was: “Bring me a 
grater.” A large collection of hickory- 
nuts Is shown, in which there are 18 choice 
varieties. This is one of the small but 
very profitable cash products of the State. 
There are also Persian walnuts shown, 
which proves that all varieties of this nut 
are not too tender there. There is also a 
beautiful exhibit of the oyster Industry, 
showing how the bivalves are propagated, 
and their different stages of growth and 
the market grades. A very conspicuous 
motto is displayed which says: “Connecti¬ 
cut, small but mighty, situated In the 
heart of the best market region of the 
country.” 
Massachusetts.— In great contrast with 
nearly all the other States Is the display 
made by Massachusetts. It is, perhaps, 
the least attractive of all, and this Is In¬ 
deed a very sad fault, for at an exposi¬ 
tion where people go, perhaps primarily 
to be Instructed, they must first be en¬ 
tertained. The exhibit is severely plain 
and formal, there not being a single agri¬ 
cultural product of any kind shown. 
'I’here is a series of charts, diagrams 
and maps which would explain to the stu¬ 
dent what the agricultural resources of 
the State were and the products of the 
rural industries ;and other such things, 
but to the ordinary visitor I believe they 
are exceedingly dull and uninteresting. 
Neither is there an attendant in charge 
to explain matters, so far as I have seen 
in the calls which I have made there. 
However, there is a beautiful exhibit of 
photographs of the native trees of the 
State accompanied by small specimens of 
the wood of each, showing the grain in 
both cross and vertical sections. These 
were made by an eminent workman in 
this art, Romeyn B. Hough, of New York 
State, and are excellent. Of course, their 
proper place would have been in the For¬ 
estry Building. 
Georgia. —This State has a small but 
very nice exhibit. The cereals and seeds 
are shown in Jars, and there is a nice 
display of grains in The sheaf, which 
shows that the State ot Georgia Is able 
to grow products of this sort that are of 
good quality. There is also a very excellent 
display of forage crops of various kinds 
in bales ready for market. One of the 
handsomest bales of cotton to be found in 
the building is on the Georgia space. It 
is to be regretted that there is no attend¬ 
ant in charge of the exhibit to explain 
the things that are so well shown there. 
H. E. van dbman. 
He Con’t 
Believe It. 
He’s blowing with 
all his might and can 
barely stir the record¬ 
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There’s many a big, 
healthy looking man 
who IS weak in the 
lungs. Probably half 
or two - thirds of his 
lung surface barely 
knows the contact of oxygen. He’s the 
kind of man, who, when a cough attacks 
goes galloping down the road 
toward consumption. Many such a man 
has found strength and healing for weak 
lungs and tissues lacerated by coughing 
and drained by hemorrhages, in the use 
of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov- 
eiy. The healing power of this medi¬ 
cine in pulmonary diseases seems little 
short of marvelous at times, so extreme 
are^ the conditions which it cures. The 
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no narcotics. 
"When I started to take your ‘Golden Med¬ 
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New York, N. Y., Box 1437 . "i had a regular 
consumptive cough, of which I was afraid, and 
everybody cautioned me and warned me con¬ 
cerning it. I was losing weight rapidly, was 
very pale and had no appetite, whatever. Now 
my condition is changed entirely. I do not 
cough at all, have gained eight pounds in 
weight, have recovered my healthy color, and 
my appetite is enormous. I can recommend 
your medicine to everybody who may be in need 
of the same, as it is a sure cure.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation. 
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