1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
531 
Spraying for the Curculio. 
B. B., Fabmingdale, III.—I cannot 
see the spraying question quite in the 
same light as does S. B. S., page 478. I 
do not concede that “ many of our choic¬ 
est varieties of fruits would he worthless 
without bees,” for I think that there are 
other agencies or factors in the work 
of cross-fertilization. Whether a pois¬ 
oned bee would deposit any honey what¬ 
ever, I think may be a matter of some 
doubt; but I do not doubt that nearly 
every one who sprays throws more or 
less of the poison on flower and foliage 
of grasses, weeds and other plants, where 
bees are likely to come and partake of 
the poison. 
There has been, as all remember quite 
well, a difference in opinion as to the 
worth of the arsenical spray for, not 
only the curculio, but the codling moth, 
also. It has been claimed by entomolo¬ 
gists, that the curculios ate first from 
the dead leaves beneath the tree ; later 
on, from the first tender leaves as they 
started. Is it not possible that they eat 
of the bloom, also ? If I have learned 
(and I do not say that I have) that it is 
possible to stop the immense damage 
from curculio—more, probably, than the 
whole bee product is worth—is it a crime 
to give the knowledge away ? After all, 
would it not be a pretty good plan for 
bee men to study the needs of their stock 
at different seasons, and sow and plant 
for their maintenance, just the same as 
other stockmen do, thus averting, at 
least, part of the trouble ? 
The Russian Plums. 
Dr. T. II. Hoskins, Vermont. —I saw 
a statement in an agricultural paper 
(which I have mislaid) that the Russian 
plums are poor bearers, or do not bear 
at all. One man, we are informed, who 
had planted a large number of these 
plums, has rooted up his whole stock of 
several thousands, and consigned them 
to the brush heap. I think that this is 
too hasty an act, judging from my own 
experience. I have only a dozen or so 
young trees, received from Prof. Budd, 
of Iowa ; but these are fruiting this 
year, quite as well as any other sorts, 
either native or foreign. Unfortunately, 
I have lost the names of them, by the 
loss or misplacing of stakes ; but as the 
Russian names are so utterly unpro¬ 
nounceable, if we give the same value to 
the letters that we give in English, I 
must regard the loss as a benefit to any 
one who undertakes to cultivate them, 
or to sell the fruit. Those I have, quite 
closely resemble older English varieties, 
or their American seedlings, except in 
their resistance to winter cold, which is 
here perfect; though none of the old 
kinds, except Moore’s Arctic (and that 
imperfectly), will endure for more than 
a few years. 
In this connection, I may say that I 
believe we, of the cold North, have the 
most to look for in the way of plums 
from our American native sorts; the 
latter, perhaps crossed with the Russians 
to give a firmer flesh without loss of 
hardiness against winter cold. There is 
yet a great deal to be done in these 
directions before we can get to the end 
of our possibilities, not only in plums, 
but in other tree fruits. For instance, 
by a cross of the Russian pears with the 
hardier varieties of our standard sorts, 
hardiness may be acquired, without loss 
of quality or size, or of keeping. I be¬ 
lieve that Prof. Budd, of the Iowa Agri¬ 
cultural College, is experimenting in all 
these directions with hopeful results. 
For myself, after 30 years’ work, I feel 
more and more confident that orchard¬ 
ing can, by the careful selection of varie¬ 
ties, be extended from 100 to 200 miles 
further north than has heretofore been 
thought possible, while we were limited 
to English and French originals. I am 
now trying a variety of Hungarian 
apples, sent out by the Department of 
Agriculture, and have hope to find some¬ 
thing of value to the cold North among 
them. 
Columbian Raspberry in Illinois. 
S. E. H., Cherry Valley", III.—On 
May 8 , 1895, I planted four rows of rasp¬ 
berries, 40 in a row. Three and one-half 
rows were Columbian, and one-half row 
was Shaffer. They were planted and 
cared for exactly alike for a test. The 
soil is heavy clay, underlaid with lime¬ 
stone 40 feet below the surface—100 feet 
to water. Fifteen years ago, white oak 
and hickory occupied the space. Nothing 
extra in care, culture or soil has been 
given them. My notes say : June 1, 
every plant growing. June 15, dug a 
cavity around each plant and poured in 
two pails of river water; after it had 
disappeared, filled in the cavity with the 
dry earth removed. July 1, 39 of the 
Columbians dead, and 9 Shaffers. June 
1 , 1890, 102 Columbians alive to the tips ; 
Shaffers all dead to the ground. July 
4, made first picking of Columbians. 
Comments : On my ground, they are 
hardier than Shaffer, Marlboro, Cuth- 
bert, Muskingum or Superb. In fact, 
they are the only variety except Eureka 
(black) that was not injured by the 
winter. They are 10 times as productive 
as any other variety on my ground. 
They are immense in size and superb in 
quality. They have two very bad faults, 
first, the color is away off ; second, the 
aroma is too strong ; it calls the birds in 
flocks. They come for miles, and will 
not touch a berry of any other variety. 
They will sit on the bushes and sing 
Thief ! Thief ! Thief! at me, until I 
wish that the birds or berries were in 
the sweet by and by. 
The seedlings from four bushels of 
peach pits were killed to the ground. 
The Crosby and Champion were not in¬ 
jured, and are loaded with fruit. 1 
wrote this because H. A. T. of Crescent, 
Iowa, had such a contrary experience. 
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