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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 5 
Jarmers Club. 
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Connections for Lightning Rods. 
J. D., Stanton, N. J .—In putting lightning 
rods on buildings, Is It necessary to have 
more than one ground connection to each 
rod? 
Ass .—One good ground connection is 
all that is needed, but it should go down 
to permanent moisture. Many good sys¬ 
tems are rendered Ineffectual by ground¬ 
ing in dry, non-conducting soil. 
Lime Wash for Borers. 
TT. W. 8., nightatoum, N. J .—A friend has 
heard that the application of a hot thick 
wash of lime to the Infested parts of a 
peach tree will kill the borer. He Is In¬ 
formed that such a wash is successfully 
used In Maryland. Does any reader know 
of the success of such application? 
Ans.—‘S uch a lime wash would prob¬ 
ably destroy any small borers and eggs 
with which it might come in contact, 
but could have little effect on those bur¬ 
ied in the wood. The knife is about the 
only cure for infested trees, but lime 
and gas tar washes are useful as preven¬ 
tives. 
An Old Soldier and a Pension. 
E. TV., Lanoka, N. J.—Can you tell me how 
to apply for a pension? I have an old man 
helping me who served In the Civil War. 
He was drafted at the close of the war, 
was In the last engagements, doing active 
service over a year, and was honorably 
discharged. Npw through misfortunes he 
has lost his papers. Is there not an of¬ 
ficial record kept of the soldiers serving In 
the war, their names, honorable discharge, 
etc., and where shall I make applic.atlon 
for the same? 
Ans. —We wrote to the War Depart¬ 
ment and find that, in order to secure 
a certificate to take the place of lost 
papers, a blank furnished by the De¬ 
partment must be filled out, signed and 
attested and sent to the Chief of Record 
and Pension Office, War Department, 
Washington, D. C. The certificate will 
then probably be made out, and then 
application for the pension itself must 
be made to the Commissioner of Pen¬ 
sions, Washington, D. C. 
Covering Bush Fruits in Cold Countries. 
T. E. B., Whitewood, 8. D .—I would like a 
little information In regard to Winter cov¬ 
ering for dewberries. I covered mine two 
Winters with earth; In the Spring they 
came out bright, but In about 10 days I 
would find them dead, almost to the ground. 
Last Winter I left them without cover, 
and as usual have no berries. I have a 
strong healthy growth this year, and 
would like to save them If possible. Our 
Winters are mild and dry. What snow 
falls, until near Spring, blows Into holes 
and low places, so that the ground Is bare 
most of the Winter. The mercury seldom 
falls lower than 20 below zero, and then 
for a short time only. Fruit is scarce and 
high In this country and we like to save 
all we can. 
Ans.—A thick soil covering is con¬ 
sidered most effectual, and is in com¬ 
mon use in northern blackberry planta¬ 
tions. A covering of hay or straw, held 
down by brush, might save the berries, 
but dry winds and a temperature of 20 
degrees below zero are too searching for 
most cultivated members of the Rubus 
family. We should try covering with 
earth again, covering the whole with 
straw and brush. 
Small Shoots of Asparagus. 
A. L. J., Chateauguay Basin, Canada.—An 
asparagus field that did not cut its average 
this past season, has lately sent out young 
green shoots among the dark green growth. 
It Is very noticeable, and some one re¬ 
marked that It was a “sign of weakness.” 
Is that so? It may be Injured by frost be¬ 
fore maturing. What Is the best to be done 
for such a field? It was slightly rusted 
last year. 
Ans,—W ithout some knowledge of 
previous conditions it is considerable 
guesswork to answer. If we reason 
from the normal growth of asparagus, 
which throws up shoots in late June 
quite large if allowed to grow, then 
smaller in July, and in the last August 
growth about the same, only fewer, it 
would indicate that a suspension of July 
normal growth had taken place from 
some cause, and the late August growth 
of small shoots was excessive. But as 
the rust is letting up this year, it 
may be from that cause. One thing is 
certain, that from whatever cause next 
j-ear the bed will cut small shoots, as 
the growth is too late to perfect large 
buds for next year’s cuttings; that re¬ 
quires a long growth of top. 
New Jersey. e. beekman. 
Copperas for Peach Trees. 
J. M. R., Cornwall, N. 7.—Has copperas 
any specific chemical action that would 
lead you to think it useful to peach trees 
attacked by yellows? Early last Spring I 
applied eight pounds to each of two peach 
trees that were very sick with this trouble, 
and mixed It with the earth by a shallow 
hoeing. I also poured several palls of liquid 
manure from stable around them. Within 
six weeks the trees looked green and 
healthy. Was it the copperas or the liquid 
that worked the cure? If In your Judg¬ 
ment it was copperas, would It be effective 
in the apparently similar disease that at¬ 
tacks raspberry vines? I have lately ap¬ 
plied copperas to two young peach trees; 
I have omitted fertilizer. Still, the result, 
if failure, may be due to application at 
wrong season and therefor not conclusive. 
Ans. —It is not likely that the cop¬ 
peras, which is simply sulphate of iron, 
had any effect In restoring the vigor of 
your peach trees. Many cases of sup¬ 
posed peach yellows are simply starva¬ 
tion of the tree from lack of food sup¬ 
ply within reach of its roots. The liquid 
manure you supplied and the subsequent 
cultivation are sufficient cause for the 
improvement noted. Possibly an abun¬ 
dant feeding or manuring would have a 
similar beneficial effect on your rasp¬ 
berries. The application of the copperas 
might in the end be beneficial to the 
trees by supplying iron in the soil, 
though its immediate effect might be 
supposed to be injurious to the young 
rootlets. 
Holding Peach Trees Over Winter. 
J. L. n., Croastrdeks, N. J .—Will some one 
tell me the best way to care for young 
peach trees the Fall and Winter previous 
to planting them, and why it would not be 
Just as well to let them stand In nursery 
rows until planting time, especially If they 
were planted early? 
Ans. —Unless the coming Winter may 
be very severe, I think peach trees al¬ 
most anywhere in New Jersey would be 
just as well or better off standing in the 
nursery row, where they now are, than 
dug up this Fall and stored until Spring. 
I have often treated them both ways 
with good success, and in Kansas I 
found it the safer plan to dig them up in 
the Fall and bury them root and branch 
in moist earth until early Spring, when 
the time came for planting. It is a 
common practice now for nurserymen 
to put trees in storage houses over Win¬ 
ter, which enables them to get at the 
trees earlier in the Spring than it would 
often be wise to disturb them in the 
open ground, because of its very wet or 
frozen condition. h. e. v. d. 
The Uplands of Virginia. 
W. P. 8., Orove, To.—Would It be a profit¬ 
able venture to plant an orchard of 
peaches, pears and apples on the “up¬ 
lands” of the peninsula of Virginia? 
Which one of the three fruits named 
would pay best? 
Ans. —^By the “uplands of the penin¬ 
sula of Virginia” I do not know what 
is meant, as there are only two counties 
of that State on the lower end of the 
Chesapeake peninsula, which lies Just 
north of Cape Charles and between the 
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. 
The highest ground anywhere in this 
part of Virginia is only 43 feet above 
sea level, and I hardly think it would 
be proper to call any part of such a flat 
country “uplands.” As I have repeated¬ 
ly been all over this region I may say 
that many kinds of fruit do well there, 
but not so well In a general way as far¬ 
ther west, and especially In the fruit 
hills of the Blue Ridge country. How¬ 
ever, there are a few small apple or¬ 
chards there, and some of peaches and 
pears, which are doing quite well, and, 
I think, orchards of these fruits might 
be made to pay. I think of the three 
fruits mentioned the apple would pay 
the best because Spring frosts are quite 
common there, and the peach and pear 
crops are more likely to be cut off from 
that cause. h. e. v. d. 
The Vermont Beauty Pear. 
L. C. 8., Oarreftaville, O.—Can you tell me 
anything about the pear called Vermont 
Beauty? I have quite a collection of pears, 
including Wilder, Clapp’s Favorite, Bart¬ 
lett, Flemish Beauty, Howell, Anjou, An- 
goulSme, Lawrence, Kleffer and Idaho, the 
last named blights badly. Am favorably 
impressed with the description of Vermont 
Beauty, but I do not want any kinds that 
blight easily. Any Information in regard 
to this or the prevention of rot in plums 
will be gratefully received. 
Ans. —Vermont Beauty is one of the 
newer pears. It seems to be well liked 
so far as it has been tried. It is of me¬ 
dium size, yellow with a very handsome 
red cheek, and of very good quality. It 
ripens In the Fall when pears are usual¬ 
ly very plentiful, but it may find a place 
either for market or family use, and 
possibly for both. It is not accused, so 
far as I know, of being especially affect¬ 
ed by blight. The Idaho is so bad In 
this respect as to be practically worth¬ 
less, although the pear itself is very 
good. As to rot in plums; this can be 
in a large degree prevented by spraying 
in the early part of the season, and up 
to the time the fruits get about full 
grown, with Bordeaux Mixture. 
H. E. V. D. 
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Peaches; Use of Potash. 
G. B., Berkeley, U.d.—l. Is the Willett peach 
a good bearer? Is there any good yellow 
peach one week or so later than the Late 
Crawford? 2. When Is the proper time to 
apply kalnit to peach trees that have 
borne a good crop this year? The trees 
have grown well this year. They are about 
six years old. 
Ans. —1. The Wiliett is a yellow, free¬ 
stone peach of about the same size, color 
and general character as the Crawford 
Date, but is a week or 10 days later than 
that variety. I think it would perhaps 
answer the desired purpose. Chairs is 
another peach of the same character, 
except that it is only a few days later 
than Crawford. Where the two are 
planted together it seems to prove some¬ 
what the better. 2. It matters very lit¬ 
tle what time of year kainit is applied 
to the soil of a peach orchard. As the 
potash which constitutes about 12 per 
cent of its weight is the valuable part, 
the rest being mostly common salt In a 
very crude form, the manurlal part, th^t 
is the potash, will become dissolved in 
the course of time and will be a great 
benefit to the trees. However, I think 
muriate of potash is much better, be¬ 
cause It con'talns about four times as 
much potash, and will not put the fruit 
grower to the necessity of handling so 
m.uch salt, which, of course, is of no 
value whatever as a manure. 
_ H. E. v. D. 
I HAVE been very much Interested In your 
published experiments on Alfalfa. There 
are large quantities of It raised here, yet 
few seem to realize the feeding value of 
it. I cut mine when In full bloom. Mow 
in the morning, rake In the afternoon and 
haul to barn on stack, from windrow, the 
QuIOaA sweet 
OWISCl Ullin corn, and would like to grow 
It in their garden next year, will do well to send to 
O. P. ORDWAY, Saxonville, Mass., for his circular 
In regard to the best variety. 
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Longberry No. I. 
A heavy crop can be grown from late 
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$2 per bushel. Send to Originator, 
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