1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
131 
FARMERS’ CLUB DISCUSSION . 
(continued.) 
late the shape, color, flavor and keeping 
qualities of the fruit at will. 
The fruit raised here on Coos Bay, on 
alluvial soil, is more elongated, inferior 
in color, flavor and in keeping qualities 
to the fruit raised on upland soil, and the 
samples observed and inspected by East¬ 
ern pomologists, and from which they 
derived their opinions, may have been 
raised on such soil. I have seen and 
sampled Spitzenbergs and Baldwins 
raised two miles from the ocean, on com¬ 
mon upland, and about 25 feet above the 
sea level, that had all the desirableness 
of first-class apples. To back my state¬ 
ment, I send you by this mail, some ordi¬ 
nary samples of Coos River Beauty, a 
new apple originated and grown 12 
miles from the ocean, and about 10 feet 
above high tidewater mark, on common 
elevated upland. The samples have been 
kept in a room at a temperature of 63 
degrees, for the purpose of advancing 
maturity. 
R. N.-Y.—The specimens reached us 
in excellent condition. The apple has a 
high, spicy flavor, and is well colored ; 
but it is too coarse-grained to compete 
with firmer apples. 
Ways of Some Publishers. 
G. A. D., Marshfield Hills, Mass.— 
Some years ago, I had dealings with a 
nursery firm which published a paper 
devoted to horticulture. I placed an 
order for some nursery stock, in the 
early part of the winter. The next spring, 
there arrived a box of substitutes, new 
strawberry plants which I desired to 
test, being replaced by varieties as old 
as the hills, the crowns of which were 
completely rotted off. I sent a remon¬ 
strance, but was informed that I had no 
redress. I concluded that it would be 
wisdom to send my orders elsewhere, 
and when my subscription for the paper 
expired, not to renew. As they published 
a notice saying that the paper would be 
stopped at the expiration of the subscrip¬ 
tion, I did not take the pains to notify 
them, but the boys continued to bring 
the paper from the postoflice. But 1 was 
more than surprised to have my atten¬ 
tion called to an article in this paper, 
with my initials attached, that I had 
forwarded to The R. N.-Y., and which 
had been published a short time previous, 
with no credit to The R. N.-Y. 
Don’t Bud from Scrub Trees. 
J. H. T , Burnt Hills, N. Y. —The R. 
N.-Y. of December 28, 1895, in comments 
on Bulletin 102, Cornell Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, asks for arguments against the 
practice therein recommended. I can 
say nothing against it, but am in favor 
of it every time, as I believe that, by 
taking scions from the best bearing 
trees, and grafting them on sound, 
healthy stocu, apples will be obtained 
sooner, and more of them, than from 
trees budded or grafted at the nursery. 
In support of this, I will give my experi¬ 
ence. 
Twenty-two years ago, I set an orchard 
of 180 trees—100 Baldwin, 40 Rhode Is¬ 
land Greening, and 40 Northern Spy, the 
three most profitable apples,as I thought, 
to be set at that time. After the or¬ 
chard had been set five or six years, I 
concluded to change the tops of the 
Northern Spy to Baldwin, as the North¬ 
ern Spy did not do very well about here 
at that time. Having a few older Bald¬ 
win trees which were bearing fine crops 
of fruit, I selected scions from them, and 
soon had the tops changed. 
Maule’s Seeds 
LEAD ALL. 
If you wish to purchase the coming 
spring, Garden, Field or Flower Seeds, 
Small Fruits, Fruit Trees, Flowering 
Plants, Bulbs, etc., etc., and wish the 
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WM. HENRY MAULE, 
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The result was that these trees com¬ 
menced bearing five or six years sooner, 
have always borne double the quantity, 
and of better quality, than the trees 
that were budded to Baldwin at the nur¬ 
sery, and set at the same time under the 
same conditions. While all are now 
fine, healthy trees, those that were 
budded to Baldwin at the nursery, make 
the most wood growth, the branches are 
longer and more reedy. I have also 
noticed that, while these trees seemed to 
have as much bloom, they would not 
perfect more than half as much fruit as 
those with the changed tops. Who will 
tell the reason of this ? 
When to So tv Millet. 
G. H. J., Missouri.— In reply to J. B. 
M., page 19, as to how early millet can 
be sown, I can say that we sowed an 
acre on April 20 which was about 1% 
inch high on May 12, when a frost came 
which killed potato vines to the ground 
on low places. The young millet leaves 
turned brown, but the growth was not 
interfered with. The millet was cut 
July 31, and might have been cut a week 
or 10 days earlier, as we find it much too 
ripe. The yield was rather light—about 
two tons—owing to a dry season. I be¬ 
lieve that it could be sown as early as 
April 12, and succeed three years out 
of four here in the central-western part 
of Missouri. 
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