THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
lOf 
1888 
milder climate. ?. The rose bush could be grafted in 
the spring when it first starts into growth, or it 
could be budded as soon as the bark will peel easily. 
The scions should be secured while the wood is dor¬ 
mant, and kept moist and in a cool place until needed 
for use. The best plan would be to cut off the bush 
close to, or just below, the surface of the ground, and 
insert the scions, after which bank up the earth about 
the scions to prevent drying out. m. h. beckwith. 
Delaware Experiment Station. 
The Abundance Plum and Other Varieties. 
J. B., Auburn, N. Y. —1. An agent called on me to sell me the 
Abundance plum tree. He had a R. N.-Y. recommendation which 
showed it to be a great bearer when but two and three year's old. 
Will you give the results for the last year or two? I intend to 
set about two acres of peaches, pears and plums, with a row of 
raspberries between each two rows of fruit trees. 2. What kinds 
would you recommend for dark, loose soil, clay bottom ? 
Ans.—1. We cannot say too much in favor of the 
Abundance plum. It will often bear fruit the second 
year after being transplanted. It is a most abundant 
bearer of fruit of medium size, of fair quality and 
pretty appearance, being yellow when ripe with a 
crimson cheek. Above all, we prize its curculio-proof 
power. The plums, nearly all of them, bear the 
crescent mark of the insect, but the grub that hatches 
from the egg does no harm. 2. Elberta, Crosby, Old- 
mixon Free, Conkling, Early York, Foster. Pears : 
Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett, Angouleme, Bose, Louise 
Bonne, Seckel, Sheldon, Anjou, llaspberries: Lou¬ 
don, Columbian, Thompson’ Early, and Hilborn. 
An Orchard in Sod. 
R. M. P., Black, Pa. —Last spring, I set 75 apple trees in sod 
ground. After the hay was taken off last summer, I put a lot of 
coarse manure around each tree to hold the moisture, and by so 
doing only two trees died. I don’t wish to have the ground plowed 
until the trees have made a good start. I would have to hire it 
done, and it would be almost impossible to get a man that would 
do the work without destroying half of the trees. I intend to 
dig up the sod for three feet around each tree, next spring, and 
would like to know how much unleached ashes to put around 
each. Would a peck be enough for young trees ? Can all kinds 
of apples be grafted on the wild crab? Will the. quince grow on 
wild crab ? Can the quince be grafted on the thorn berry ? I have 
an apricot budded on a peach, and it is growing. Do you think 
that it will bear ? 
Ans.—11. H. P. should have had his ground plowed 
and in friable condition before planting h s orchard. 
Sod is the least desirable condition of soil in which to 
start an orchard. His plan of mulching and digging 
around the trees is the next best thing he can do for 
a few years, but he should not defer too long to get 
the entire ground in good tillage. A peck of good, 
unleached ashes would be ample while the trees are 
small. Any kind of apple can be grafted on wild 
crab, but it is liable to become dwarfed on some 
stocks. Quince and thorn will not easily assimilate. 
Apricot will bear as well on peach as on any other 
Stock. H. M. ENGLE. 
A Case of “ Croupous" Roup. 
IT. G. S., Yantic, Conn .—I have a flock of about 150 hens-of all 
breeds, in a large aud well-ventilated coop. I feed them three 
times a day—morning with bran wet up with water and milk, 
with a portion of Animal Meal, at noon with wheat, and at night 
with whole corn. Within the past two weeks, two of my hens 
have been taken sick with a disease that I don’t understand. I 
can hear them breathe, all over the coop. It seems to be a tilling 
of the throat, they cannot cackle when disturbed. I have killed 
one and examined it, but could find nothing in the throat or any¬ 
thing inside to make the noise. 
Ans. —This difficulty is ably discussed by Mr. Mapes 
iu his excellent articles in The R. N.-Y. It is prob¬ 
ably a “ croupous” roup, due to exposure at night to 
draughts from some source (perhaps from the ventil¬ 
ator), and over-fed fowls seem more subject to it than 
others. Relief is afforded by giving a toaspoonful of 
beaten raw egg, three times a day. A tablespoonful 
of chlorate of potash in the drinking water for all 
the fowls, should also be used. The homeopathic 
remedy—spongia—five drops of the mother tincture 
in a quart of soft water that has been boiled and 
cooled, is found excellent with some. p. h. Jacobs. 
To Graft or to Grub Out. 
G. M. II., North Ferrisburg, Vt .—What kind of apples would be 
best t.o gi-aft on seedling trees, about 20 years old ? Would it be 
better to grub out and replant ? 
Ans. —If the trees are thrifty, or can be made so in 
a year or two by fertilization and cultivation, it 
would generally be profitable to graft them to good 
varieties, not grafting more than one-third of each 
tree in one season. It might be better to be longer 
about it, as cutting back many branches in a season, 
will usually lead to the growth of many watersprouts. 
The trees should be watched, and these sprouts 
rubbed off before making any considerable growth. 
In all such work, care and good judgment count for 
much. I have seen a lot of such trees made into a 
handsome and productive orchard, in a few years ; 
but it is far from being every man who has the skill 
and gumption to do it. t. h. h. 
what they say? 
A dkEAf Jersey Quartette. —In Tiitt It. N.-Y. I 
note the heading, “ Ten Cows ; Two Tons of Butter. 
Strong Argument for the Jersey Cow,” and beg leave 
to fall in line with “ Four Cows ; One Ton of Butter. 
Stronger Argument for the Jersey Cow.” I inclose a 
similar record of four registered Jerseys of the Far- 
view herd, for the year 
1895 : 
No. pounds 
Equivalent of 
of milk 
biuter at rate 
No. days 
given by 
of 16 lbs. milk 
milked. 
each cow. 
to 1 lb. butter. 
Rosalind Lowndes 656-10 . 
... 3:55 
9,512 
594 
Jennie Warren 6S743. 
.. 365 
7,413 
465 
Dora Lowndes 61133. 
.. 303 
8,313 
519 
Beautiful Belle Lowndes 103031. 283 
7,157 
417 
Totals. 
32,425 
2,025 
The actual sale of product from the above four cows 
has been : 
Butter. 891 pounds at 25c. a pound.$222.75 
Cream, 1.156 quarts at 20c. a quart. 231 20 
Milk, l,98i quarts at 4c. a quart. 79.24 
Total cash receipts.$533.19 
In my published report for the year 1893. the actual 
product per animal of the same herd was 397 pounds of 
butter. In 1894, the average was 441 pounds each. In 
this report, you will perceive that they have made an 
estimated average of 500 pounds each. u. A. s. 
Hurstville, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—Now we hope to learn how those cows 
were fed and cared for. 
Choose Summer Vegetables. —Garden and Forest 
a year ago contained a letter from a correspondent, 
the gist of which was that many vegetables were 
suitable for market gardeners because they were pro¬ 
ductive and pleasing to the eye, perhaps, but were 
not the very best for the family use where quality 
should be the first consideration. I made out this 
list of a few vegetables, and would be much pleased 
to have any of The R. N.-Y readers improve upon it : 
Corn: Early Vermont, Perry’s Hybrid and Country 
Gentleman. Cucumbers: Cool and Crisp, White Spine 
and Paris Pickling. Tomatoes: Early Minnesota and 
Stone. Lettuce : Boston Market and Trianon. Peas : 
American Wonder and Champion of England. Squash: 
Summer Crookueck and FaxoD. Radishes : Long 
Scarlet Short-top, Scarlet Chartier, and White Tip. 
Beets: Dewing and Eclipse. c. b. 
Hartford, Conn. 
R. N.-Y.—Here is a good chance to revise the list 
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