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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 21 
To Sprout Dry Quince Seeds. 
J. O. G., Napoli, N. Y .—How shall I manage to 
make quince seeds grow after they have become 
dry? I wish to plant them in the spring. Also 
how shall I manage peach, plum and cherry 
stones? 
Ans. —If quince, or any kind of fruit 
seeds have become thoroughly dry, there 
is far less chance of their germination 
than if they had been mixed with twice 
their bulk of damp sand in the fall, and 
kept moist. As J. G. C. asks for the best 
thing to do with those that have not 
been so treated, I would say, soak them 
in nearly ice-cold water for two or three 
days, and then put them in the ground 
where they are to grow if possible. If 
they cannot be planted at once, then put 
them in sand as above directed, and 
plant at the first opportunity. Fall 
planting of fruit seeds is usually the 
better way. h. e. v. d. 
How to Tell Frozen Peach Buds. 
C. R., Niagara, Ont .—How can I know when 
peach buds .are killed by frost? Here people say 
that. If dark or black in the center, they are 
killed. After very severe frosts, say, 10 degrees 
below zero, it seems a common practice for 
growers to examine them and pronounce all dead 
that will not show a uniformly light color when 
the bud is cut through. Is it not common to have 
a certain number each year of good and bad buds? 
Would it be sufficient x» - oof if branches with fruit 
buds on them, placed in water, bloomed per¬ 
fectly, that they were not injured ? 
Ans.—C. 11.’s idea as to how to distin¬ 
guish the dead fruit buds, is the correct 
one. Whenever any injury has been 
done by frosts, by cutting the buds cross 
section through the middle, if any dis¬ 
coloration from the uniform light green 
is discovered, the buds are dead. The 
reason why there is often a casual ex¬ 
amination of the orchard and report of 
“all buds dead,” is usually from the fact 
that the most thrifty twigs are usually 
cut from last season’s growth, and ex¬ 
amination made of buds on these. Often¬ 
times all these fruit buds may be dead 
on leading branches, while the short 
side spurs, which produce not more than 
one or two buds close to the more ma¬ 
tured body or leading branches of the 
tree, will not have all their buds in¬ 
jured, and so a fair crop of fruit is had 
in seasons when most buds appear to 
have been killed. As a general rule, 
where one bud in ten can be found alive, 
there are enough left for a good fruit 
crop ; but I think that it will be found 
this year that, in nearly all sections of 
the northern United States, the vast 
majority of the buds are now dead, and 
there is little likelihood of any crop of 
commercial value. J. h. hale. 
The Columbia Quince. 
F. C. L., Chaplin, Conn .—How is the Japan 
quince, Columbia, as to hardiness in Connecticut ? 
Ans. —We have had the quince for three 
years. It has never been harmed in any 
way by our winters. The large fruit 
it bears is its chief merit. 
Sulphur Out the Disease Germs. 
R. T., Massachusetts .—Ten years ago, a Boston 
paper contained an item, the purport of which 
was that few persons know the value of a table¬ 
spoonful of sulphur burned in the closed cellar 
once a week on a shovelful of hot coals. It kills 
disease germs which generate in dark places 
where sunlight cannot penetrate to purify. The 
benefit derived has been of great value to our 
family. Our experience leads to the conclusion 
that it eradicates many forms of disease, and 
frees the house of flies, mosquitoes and red ants. 
The only objection is that the sulphur fumes tar¬ 
nish silverware. 
Ans.—W henever sulphur is burned, a 
suffocating acid gas is produced by the 
direct union of oxygen and sulphur, 
forming the compound known as sul- 
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The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., 
pay high prices for new things. They recently 
paid $300 for a yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 
30 bushels new oats, $300 for 100 pounds of pota¬ 
toes, etc., etc.! Well, prices for potatoes will be 
high next fall. Plant a plenty, Mr. Wideawake 1 
You’ll make money. Salzer’s Earliest are fit to 
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challenge you to produce its equal. 
If you will send 10 cents in stamps to the 
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Gault Perpetual (Everbearing) 
A valuable market variety, a perpetual bearer. The greatest novelty 
ever introduced in the way of a black cap. Ripens a crop of large berries 
at time of Gregg; produces more fruit, continues bearing on young wood 
until killed by frost; not a few scattering berries, but frequently 80 to 100 
berries on a single tip. Our illustration is made from a photograph of a 
tip cut Sept. 23d, 1893. Having been tested for seven years we can safely 
affirm it combines the most valuable characteristics of any berry ever in¬ 
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Logan Berry— (The Blackberry-Raspberry). One of the greatest 
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Blackberry and Raspberry, partaking of the characteristics of both. Origin¬ 
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endured the winter of 1894-95 (one of the most severe for many seasons) 
uninjured and produced fine berries. We believe it has superior merits 
and will be one of the leading berries of the country. 
Strawberry Raspberry. -Another remarkable fruit just introduced from Japan. A 
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Bush partakes of Red Raspberry characteristics;fruit of Strawberry shape; in quality as gixxl 
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Loudon.— A beautiful Red Raspberry that for productiveness eclipses anything else 
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bright red with rich fruity flavor; very productive, ripens with the earliest. 
Japan Plums are worthy of trial everywhere. Will produce big crops of fine fruit, 
even where the European sorts fail. If not entirely curculio proof, they certainly withstand 
their attacks better than the old sorts. One noted fruit grower says that he can produce these plums at a profit at 25 cents a bushel, so wonderfully productive are they. 
Among seeds offered allow us to call your attention to our new Squash, Golden Hubbard. If you are fond of Squash the superiority of this variety will please you. 
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