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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 14, 
GREENHOUSE NOTES. 
Rose Cuttings. —The best rose cuttings 
are made from young shoots from which 
the flower has recently been cut, a proper 
cutting being made either of two or three 
joints in length, according to whether one 
has an abundance of material or not. Re¬ 
move the lower leaf from the rose cutting, 
then cut off the base with a sharp knife 
just below the lower joint, and plant in 
the sand in the same manner as the carna¬ 
tions, but giving a little more space to the 
rose cuttings on account of the larger 
leaves; also keeping them slightly warmer. 
Easter Lilies will not demand hard 
forcing this season in order to get them in 
(lower on time, for Easter comes on 
quite a late date in 1905, April 23 being 
the appointed time for that festival, and so 
late an Easter is quite liable to find warm 
weather, and to give the florists some 
trouble in holding back some of their 
flowering plants. A night temperature 
of GO degrees and plenty of fresh air 
whenever the weather will permit are 
among the chief essentials in the culture 
of Easter lilies, and at this season they 
do not require much water overhead, but 
enough at the root to keep the soil always 
moist. The most likely insect to attack 
these plants is the common green aphis 
or plant louse, and this may be removed 
or prevented by fumigating with tobacco 
or with cue of the nicotine preparations 
once a week, or by syringing with tobacco 
water. Great care is needed in watering 
and syringing at this treacherous season, 
for while strong firing at night will dry 
out the houses, yet the sky :? so fre¬ 
quently overcast that one must water early 
in the day in order to get the foliage 
dried off before night. w. H. T. 
Reseeding to Alfalfa. 
C. I. 11., Hunt, X. Y.—I have a seven-acre 
field that grew corn in 1902, beaus 1903, pre¬ 
pared nicely and sown to Alfalfa last Spring. 
1 used culture from Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. The Alfalfa grew nicei.v till about 
eight inches high, when it was clipped This 
checked growth until about September, wnen 
it grew from the bottom and looked well, but 
after first frost it began to get less and less, 
until I could find none on more than half of 
piece. Can I sow to Medium and Alsike 
clover, and cut crop first season? What 
would you advise about Alfalfa again? 
Ans. —Wc believe you will find much 
of the Alfalfa alive in Spring. If the 
crown is alive it will come through. We 
should wait until it is evident that the 
Alfalfa is killed out, and then work up 
the field and seed to Alfalfa again. It 
will be more likely to thrive on a field 
vhcre it has made even a partial growth. 
The crop is so valuable that it will pay you 
to seed again and again if necessary, and 
we would keep at the same piece of 
ground. 
Nitrogen Necessary; How to Use It. 
.4. 8. R., Fort Wayne, Ind .—Please inform 
me as to use of nitrate of soda. Some tell me 
that although the soil may need nitrogen, 
by applying it no good will come if phos¬ 
phoric is wanting, or potash, or both. I also 
wish to know how to apply it on my straw¬ 
berry beds that were set last Spring to 
fruit next season for best results. May I mix 
it with dry muck or garden soil first, or how, 
as I know if applied clear after the mulch 
is removed in early Spring it would kill my 
plants? 
Ans. —Those who tell you that both 
potash and phosphoric acid are needed 
with the nitrogen are right. You cannot 
raise profitable fruit unless all three ele¬ 
ments are within reach of the plant. You 
cannot make up for a lack of the others 
by using large quantities of nitrate of soda. 
That supplies only one useful element— 
nitrogen. It seems necessary to keep 
talking about this all the time. To use 
an illustration which we have given be¬ 
fore, a man must be supplied with food, 
water and fresh air in order to live and 
work. If we shut him up in an air-tight 
room with all the water and food he 
needs lie will surely die in time, for 
neither food nor water can take the place 
of air. Some might say that this proves 
that air is the necessary element. Put 
the man off in a desert with bread and 
meat, and he would in time die of thirst, 
or anchor his boat in some fresh water 
lake without food, and he would starve. 
All these necessary things must be pro¬ 
vided together—one cannot take the place 
of another. It is just the same with feed¬ 
ing our plants—the three different ele¬ 
ments must be supplied, or our plants can¬ 
not thrive. Some farmers use nitrate of 
soda alone and obtain a quick, rank growth. 
They think that shows nothing but ni¬ 
trate is needed, but unless the soil is nat¬ 
urally rich in potash and phosphoric acid 
the growth will not be satisfactory The 
first principle of using fertilizer is to make 
sure that all three elements are supplied 
in good quantity. You can broadcast the 
nitrate early in Spring, just before the 
plants start growing, or scatter it right 
over the mulch. It will dissolve and find 
its way to the ground. It is safer to 
mix it with dry soil or muck. We either 
scatter it on top of the mulch or push the 
mulch back and scatter the nitrate along 
the rows about 10 inches from the plants. 
Our strawberries are grown in hills or 
narrow rows. In matted beds we should 
scatter the nitrate on top of the mulch 
earlv in the Spring. 
Pumping from Deep Well. 
Mill The It. N.-Y. help a Pennsylvania 
subscriber on (he following problem : A six- 
inch well is bored through the rock 200 feet; 
the water rises 70 feet from the bottom, 
leaving 130 feet to raise water. Is there a 
pump that will lift water from that depth 
that is not too hard to work by hand? 
Pennsylvania. 0 . h. 
Five different pump manufacturers inform 
us that they make special pumps for use in 
deep wells, which will lift water by hand 
power for 130 feet. It will be hard work, 
however, and a slow stream. 
Kainit for Corn. 
Is German kainit good for a corn crop, 
and how shall I apply it? How much per 
acre? How much potash does it contain per 
100 pounds. lt- W- B 
Orange C\ II., Va. 
Kainit is good for a corn crop provided the 
soil needs potash. There is no other plant 
food in the kainit. On some muck lands the 
kainit gives good crops, having a good effect 
on the soil. You should use at least 500 
pounds per acre. We prefer to scatter it 
along the rows and harrow or cultivate it 
in. An average sample of kainit contains 
12 per cent of potash. . 
Turning Under Cow Peas. 
How can tail cow peas best he plowed in? 
I find little difficulty in turning them under 
with a chain attached to plow when 12 to 
IS inches tall, but when four to five feet as 
they were this year, the attempt is unsatis¬ 
factory. ,i. x, B 
Tyngsboro, Mass. 
Many farmers use a sharp wheel coulter 
fastened to the beam ahead of the plow 
This cuts or slices off the vines as the plow 
runs along, so that the furrow is turned over 
upon the cut slice. This generally works 
satisfactorily, and is much better than a 
chain. The reversible disk plow does a fair 
job in turning under the vines, but does 
not leave them as well covered as the rolling 
coulter and turning plow. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
HYDRATED LIME 
To mix with KEROSENE. Sure Death to 
SAN JOSE SCALE. For Few Trees or Large 
Orchards. Free circular explains. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
U. S. STANDARD. CAUSTIC POTASH 
WHALE-OIL SOAF*. 
A positive destroyer of San Jose Scale. The OWEN 
CPPAYiNR RPAR for Power Sprayers. OtherOr- 
OrnHIIIlU OIHll) chard Necessities. Write for 
catalogue and prices. W. H. OWEN, Port Clinton,O. 
SALIMENE 
KILLS SAN JOSE SCALE 
Write for circulars and testimonials. 
DRY OR LIQUID RORM. 
Monmouth Chemical Works. Shrewsbury, N. J. 
— I 
» Nursery Row 
at Harrison’s Nurseries where 
an apple tree climate and right 
methods of propagating com¬ 
bine to produce the best, there 
Stand over 
500,000 APPLE TREES. 
When aug for planting they will show up the best 
rooted, strongest growing, smoothest trees in the 
world. Every kind for summor, fall and winter, 
over a hundred varieties. If you’d plant trees that 
are full of life and bred to bear, send for Harrison’s 
catalog. It’s our only sales agent. Trees guaran- 
teedunderour packingtocomein the pink of con¬ 
dition to any point in the United States. Also large 
stock of peach, cherry and pear trees, strawberries, 
grapes, etc. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Box 29. Berlin, Md. 
Vl.llll.. I ■ II —.ini # 
TREES 
SHRUBS 
ROSES 
The largest and most com¬ 
plete collections in America, 
including all desirable nov¬ 
elties. Illustrated descrip¬ 
tive catalogue free. Goid 
Medal—Paris, Pan-American, 
St. Louis. 102 prizes New York 
State Fair, 1904. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY 
Mount Hope Kamrlen, 
Drawer 1044- I, Rochester* N.lf. 
Established 18Uh 
FRUIT TREES. 
A Large Assortment of the Finest Quality 
of Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, 
at very Low Prices. We make a Specialty 
of dealing Direct with the Farmers. 
Write for Price List. 
CALL’S NURSERIES, Perry, O. 
Peach Trees and 
Strawberry Plants. 
We have them by the 100,000. to¬ 
gether with general line of nur¬ 
sery stock. Prices low; quality 
best. Write for new 190o Catalog. 
CHATTANOOGA NURSERIES, 
Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
mi 
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wr*;. 
r MICHIGAN TREES 
^re “bred for bearing.” , That’s why wc 
cut all buds from the l>est fruited, bearing 
trees. It also iasures stock true to name ana 
variety. Over three million trees—913 acres. 
All new and standard varieties of Apple, 
Peach, Pear, Plum, Quince, etc. Also orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubs. Me sell direct at 
who’eaal© prices. Illustrated catalogue free. 
u,_ WEST MICHIGAN NURSERIES, 
- W Box 54, Benton Harbor, Mieh. 
5,000,000 Strawberry Plants, all of the best old and 
new varieties. Plants best on market; cheapest to buy. 
Head what a customer says: “ The Strawberry Plants 
you shipped me were in fine shape, and I must compli¬ 
ment you on your way of doing business.” W. L Sew- 
man.Laona.N. Y. Catalog free. Write to-day and save 
money. W. S. Perdue & Sons, Boxll6.Parsonsburg.Md 
m linnPRN WAY—Wonderful Crops of Straw- 
ItlULJLnn IT Ml berries: how to retain the 
old beds. KEVITT PLANT FARM. Athenia. N J. 
Fresh Apple Seed. 
Crop 1904. Warranted to grow: $10 per single bushel 
f. o. b. Large orders at reduced rates. 
MRS. JAMES A. ROOT, 8kaneateles, N. Y. 
KFRUITBOOK 
shows in NATURAL COLORS and 
accurately describes 216 varieties of 
fruit. Send forour liberal terms of distri¬ 
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—Smaii Fruits 
Whatever else your order includes don't omit in Straw¬ 
berries the Climax and Olympia, in Rampberriec the 
Ruby and Black Diamond varieties. Hardy, prolific 
bearers of choicest fruits. My stock is not approached 
elsewhere. All choice varieties, also Blackberries, Goose¬ 
berries. Currants and Grapes. I guarantee you'll be satis¬ 
fied with Wood quality of plants. All my own growing. 
Send for Catalog. 
Alien L. Wood, Wholesale Grower, Rochester, N.Y. 
ptAPU Tperc A full line of varie- 
■ C/\V^n I rvE.to tieSi new and 0 ip 
A P V L E TKEEH, 
Summer, Autumn and Winter Varieties. 
QUINCE TREKS tire scarce, 
but we have them. Get our FREE descriptive Cata¬ 
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Three Rivers, Michigan. 
WE OFFER A FINE STOCK 
Of the following trees and plants: 
The New Hush Hybrid Chinkapin, 
Paragon, Ridgley and Japan Chestnuts, 
I’apershell Pecans, Japan Chestnuts, 
Grapevines. Roses, etc , etc. 
Send for free Catalogue. 
SUMMIT NURSEltlKS, Monticello, Florida. 
Strawberries 
Grown by the pedigree sys¬ 
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Berries, and lots of them. 
$2.00 a 1,000 
and Upwards. 
Strawberry plants by the 
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Box 8 BARNES BROTHERS NURSERY CO. YALESVILLE, CONN. 
Apples. Pear, Plum, Cherry, Peach and 
Carolina Poplars. Healthy, true to 
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TREES 
$5 PER 100. FREIGHT PAID. 
NEW RED 
PHENOMENAL RASPBERRY 
BEATS THEM ALL. 
GIVING A CRATE OF BERRIES TO A PLANT FOURTEEN MONTHS 
FROM PLANTING. 
Returns This Season Over $1,400 Per Acre. 
The Berries are three inches long and 3>£ inches in circumference ; they 
will ship 1,000 miles easily. Acres and acres are being planted in California 
for Canning Purposes, and the plants are in great demand. Send for 
photograph, description and prices of tip plants. 
Plants ready to ship from January 15tli to April. 
CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., 
L. ISox 3 03. Loomis, California. 
