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April 4 
A Crimson Clover Crank. 
II. S. C., Anne Arundel County, Md. 
—Not being able to do without stable 
manure in some form in the business of 
growing fruit and truck, and finding the 
cost of this indispensable article increas¬ 
ing as the market for the latter declined, I 
have been experimenting with Crimson 
clover as a catch crop, for green manur¬ 
ing, to supplement the costly manure 
heap. I have also cut it regularly for 
hay, as well as used it for fall and spring 
pasture. It is now one of the regular 
crops grown upon the farm, occupying 
every available space where it can be 
used to advantage. My soil, being a 
sandy loam which leaches badly, soon 
losing the effect of frequent dressings of 
manure, and blowing badly when ex¬ 
posed to the spring winds, is, in a great 
measure, saved from both these evils; 
the clover catches and holds what manure 
there is in the soil, which, under the old 
system of cultivation, would have been 
swallowed up by late-growing weeds 
and grass. Or, should the ground be 
left bare and unprotected through the 
winter, with no crop growing upon it, 
serious results would be sure to follow 
upon such soils. At least, that has been 
my experience. 
Crimson clover changes all this. Sown 
among late summer and fall crops at 
their last working, or as soon as off the 
ground, it makes its growth during the 
interim between crops, and at a time 
when everything else grown upon a 
truck and fruit farm is dormant. I grew 
an excellent crop of corn in a peach 
orchard three years old the past season, 
after a crop of Crimson clover turned 
under during full bloom, which was the 
wonder of the neighborhood. The peach 
trees also show the benefit of such a 
course of treatment, and the experiment 
will be conducted another season with 
the addition of ground bone and muriate 
of potash. 
A neighbor, sevei’al years ago, plowed 
under a most luxuriant growth of this 
clover at full bloom, and got a wonder¬ 
ful crop of corn and fodder, that drew 
the attention of the community far and 
wide. It was upon a light sandy loam 
that had been pretty heavily manured 
for several seasons previous, thus insur¬ 
ing a good catch. 
My experience and observation have 
been that a little manure or fertilizer in 
the hill at the time of planting the corn, 
will give it a much needed start, as it 
usually starts off weak and spindling 
upon the sour, freshly-turned sod. I 
have grown good crops of corn and 
tomatoes upon the clover stubble and 
roots alone, after making the crop into 
first-class hay, and follow this plan 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
whenever the fertility of the soil will 
permit. I also grow first-class crops of 
sweet potatoes and melons after it, the 
only trouble being the clogging of the 
plow in making up the ground after¬ 
wards ; but as the clover soon rots, no 
trouble is experienced in after cultiva¬ 
tion. The addition of lime helps the 
decomposition of the clover, and brings 
about the chemical changes necessary 
to fit it for immediate use as plant food. 
I find, however, that while I can dis¬ 
pense with stable manure in growing 
those after crops, I am compelled to use 
commercial fertilizers to give the neces¬ 
sary start. 
Last season, I grew on well manured 
and fertilized soil, a fine crop of early 
cabbage followed by a large crop of 
turnips cultivated in after the cabbages 
were cut and marketed. There grew 
upon the stalks left standing, a fine 
second crop of cabbage sprouts, which I 
fed to my hogs and cattle, and now the 
ground is covered with a dense mass of 
Crimson clover, sown with the turnips, 
four inches high, upon which my cattle 
were grazing on December 11. llow is 
that for four crops in one year ? 1 shall 
endeavor to give, next week, my ex¬ 
perience in seeding Crimson clover, hav¬ 
ing tried it in almost every conceivable 
way. 
Winesap and Johnson's Fine Winter Apples. 
W. M. E., Amherst, Va.—D. 0. M., 
Falls Church, Va., page 190, seems un¬ 
familiar with our Winesap. What is 
sold here as the Johnson’s Fine Winter 
is not larger, is not a better keeper, 
neither is it as perfect in shape, nor as 
fine in flavor and color ; neither does the 
Johnson's Fine Winter here agree fully 
with the description of the York Im¬ 
perial by the Geneva Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. There are several different apples 
called Winesaps. Our real Winesaps, 
which sell in New York and England for 
per barrel above all other brands, and 
for 50 cents more than York Imperials, 
is in shape a cross between the Baldwin 
and Spitzenberg, and when grown fairly 
exposed to our Piedmont sunshine, is of 
a deep, even red color, and when rubbed 
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