1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A FEW PLUM NOTES. 
The season of 1004 was a fairly favorable 
one here for the growing of plums, but since 
the advent of Japan varieties the selling of 
native plums in our local markets is becoming 
badly demoralized, and that, at prices less 
than any other fruit we grow, unless it be 
apples, yet it would be hard to find a fruit 
stand without a good showing of California 
plums. The prejudice against the native as 
an eating fruit is so strong that the differ¬ 
ence in [trice of graded and first-class fruit 
as compared with ungraded and in many 
cases unthinned and poorly grown fruit is so 
small as to discourage the careful grower, 
especially of varieties which come upon the 
market in the glut of the season. The small 
grower who will grow good fruits and chooses 
wisely the varieties best suited for his mar¬ 
kets, stands more than a fair chance of hav¬ 
ing the balance show on the right side of the 
ledger, even though it be a small one. 
I find Quite a little variation in the ripen¬ 
ing of individual trees, and location, culti¬ 
vation and fertilization are all factors in the 
early or later ripening of fruit, and with the 
same varieties of fruit extending the ripening 
season a week or more. I mention only such 
varieties as have proved of some value, and 
nearly or quite all will give pleasure and 
profit in the home garden. 
Red June has given the best satisfaction 
and more profit than any other early va¬ 
riety we have grown. A good size, firm flesh 
and very fair quality when well grown; a 
good shipper and seller, but when the market 
is more fully supplied may not. pay better 
than many others, as it is too early for a 
canning plum. Climax ripened this season 
just before or with Abundance, and was the 
largest plum of all the varieties tested. A 
handsome, firm-fleshed fruit of fair to good 
quality, somewhat inclined to rot and crack 
open should rain happen at time of ripening. 
Tree not as thrifty and hardy as Abundance; 
needs further testing to prove its value. I 
would advise those interested in plums to 
try it. Abundance is still one of the best for 
the home or nearby markets, but too soft 
and juicy for distant shipment. One of the 
best in quality if well grown, but like all 
Japans, when grown on old and neglected 
unthinned trees insipid and worthless. Bur¬ 
bank, although a sprawling grower in tree, 
one of the longest-lived and hardiest of the 
Japans. A heavy yielder of fair canning 
plums. We have discarded it as not suitable 
to our trade. Shiro is a rank grower on 
young trees; the most satisfactory of the 
yellow or light-colored plums we have tested. 
A good eating plum, not profitable for sauce 
or canning here. Ilale may possibly prove 
of value to grow for home eating. As a mar¬ 
ket variety, not worth planting with me. 
Wickson, tree not hardy, and short lived; 
fruit buds little more hardy than the peach. 
A good, handsome fruit and sells well, if you 
have any to sell. A very upright grower; 
should be headed low, and may be planted 
closer than some others, and used as a filler 
in vacant places. October Purple is very 
much like Ilale in growth of tree, and before 
ripening in fruit, but is later and darker In 
flesh and fruit. Of more value than Ilale, 
and one of the best eating of the later varie¬ 
ties. It needs further testing as a market 
variety. Chabot, although earlier than the 
preceding variety, has proved the most profit¬ 
able late sauce or canning plum we have 
grown. Also a fair eating plum. We received 
scions of Satsuma from Luther Burbank 
, about 20 years ago, and had trees raised from 
that stock. Although not as thrifty or long- 
lived as Burbank, they proved quite profitable, 
and one of the best selling plums we have 
grown. We later ordered a couple of hun¬ 
dred or so from an eastern firm ; they have 
proved a flat failure so far, although they 
should have borne full crops before this time. 
We need something better, but are not ready 
to recommend the Sultan, an earlier plum 
which has borne two crops with us, and may 
prove profitable with others. 
1 am more than ever convinced that for 
the most profit the Japans should be budded 
upon the peach, and set upon land best 
adapted to that fruit; that thrifty andi com¬ 
paratively young trees will give the best re¬ 
turns, and that it will not pay to run them 
to a good old age, as may be done with the 
Europeans. In some cases they might be used 
at a profit as fillers in young apple orchards. 
Worcester Co., Mass. h. o. mead. 
Lincoln Coreless Pear. 
C. E. IT., Enders, Pa .—A tree agent rep¬ 
resenting an Ohio nursery sold a number ot 
trees through this section, at a very high 
price, too, and among the different kinds he 
sold was the Lincoln Coreless pear. lie 
claimed that it would have no core or seed. 
Is there anything of the kind, and is it worth 
anything if it does grow? I would like to 
know the quality of the following kinds of 
pears: Dorset, Gans, Gaponspa, Bordeaux. 
Ans.— The pear that has been sold un¬ 
der the name Lincoln Coreless is too 
poor in quality to be worthy of attention. 
Nor is it altogether coreless and seedless. 
It is late, green in color, tough and al¬ 
most tasteless. Gans is a very good and 
very early pear, and much like Tyson in 
size, color and quality, and worthy of 
planting. Dorset is also a new pear of 
promise, but has not been grown over a 
wide range as yet. It is worthy of trial. 
The other two varieties I have not seen, 
and really cannot say anything one 
way or the other. h. e. van deman. 
Insects Attacking Dahlias. 
A. C. It., Calais, Vt. —The past season some 
insect destroyed my Dahlia buds almost be¬ 
fore they were large enough to be seen. Is 
there a remedy 1 can apply? 
Ans. —There are-not many insects that 
destroy Dahlia buds before blooming. The 
best treatment would probably be to dust 
the buds and foliage as soon as attacked 
with either fresh buhach (pyrethrum 
powder) or fresh-ground hellebore, such 
as is used for the Currant worm. In¬ 
sects of this kind are usually tissue eaters; 
that is, they do not suck out the juices 
of the plant, but eat the leaves, and are 
readily destroyed by applications of poi¬ 
sonous insecticides. 
Add les for Ohio. 
Ij. N. 8., Huron, O. —What variety of apple 
is the best for me to plant for market, here 
in Erie Co., Ohio, to be shipped to eastern 
markets, York Imperial, Rome Beauty, or 
Boiken? Early annual bearing variety want¬ 
ed. Is Red Beitigheimer a good variety to 
follow Oldenburg? 
Ans. —York Imperial would be a good 
apple to grow farther south, but it will 
not reach its highest development along 
the northern border of the States; how¬ 
ever, I think it will pay there. Rome 
Beauty is better adapted to that part 
of Ohio along the Ohio River, but it does 
do very well farther north. In my opinion 
the Boiken, if very well grown, will pay 
better there than any of those named. 
Beitigheimer is a very large apple, but 
so very poor in quality as to be worthless 
for any purpose except on the show 
table. Wealthy will follow Oldenburg 
and be profitable, especially as a filler. 
h. e. v. D. 
Apples for Southern Jersey. 
R. W. 8., Elmer, N. J .—I contemplate set¬ 
ting out fruit upon a new place this season. 
The soil is nicely drained, not sandy, a good 
medium loam, slightly stony. I desire six 
to eight varieties of apples, earliest to late. 
Quality is demanded. Name sorts suitable 
for southern Jersey. 
Ans. — A short list of apples for south¬ 
ern New Jersey, or almost anywhere in the 
Eastern States, for family use, quality be¬ 
ing a prominent feature, is as follows; 
Early Harvest, Garden Royal, Early Joe, 
Primate, Jefferis, Fall Pippin, Grimes, 
Jonathan, Stayman, White Winter Pear- 
main and Swaar. They are placed in or¬ 
der of ripening. Some may be difficult to 
obtain from the nurseries, especially Gar¬ 
den Royal, Primate and Swaar, but they 
are worth the effort to get them. It is 
very difficult to get late keepers that are 
of good quality. In selecting the trees I 
wish to lay stress on the need of but very 
few trees of each of the early and Autumn 
varieties, because a family can only use a 
small amount, but of the Winter varieties 
there should be a much greater proportion. 
H. e. v. D. 
Japan Walnut Questions. 
IT. IF., Clinton, III. —How will the Japan 
walnuts compare with the butternut? How 
will they compare in quality with the com¬ 
mon Black walnut? Will the butternut and 
Japan graft on the Black walnut? Are the 
Japans hardy in Illinois? 
Ans. —The Japan walnuts make thrifty 
and hardy trees that bear at an early age 
and very abundantly. In comparison with 
our native butternut, Juglans cinerea, they 
are equal in all these respects, except it 
may be in hardiness, and on this point I 
am not sure that they are not equal, and 
are more precocious in bearing. The nuts 
are smaller, quite smooth, and the kernels 
of about the same proportion to the shell 
and of equally good flavor. Compared 
with our native Black walnuts, Juglans 
nigra, and the native California walnuts 
as well, they are more thrifty in growth, at 
least while young, and the nuts are smaller, 
smoother and have thicker shells. These 
three species will intergraft, but with diffi¬ 
culty. They can be budded, one upon the 
other, but this is also very difficult. When 
the proper conditions are well understood 
I believe we shall be able to succeed with 
both grafting and budding the walnuts, 
but as yet few can do it successfully. The 
Japan walnuts are hardy in Illinois. 
H. e. v. D. 
TREES TRUE TO NAME. 
John Halliday has bought trees of us each year for 15 years and says that all 
have proved true to name except one tree. 
Our larger supplies are as follows: 
APPLE trees, pear trees, poplar trees. 
Each in three sizes: large, medium and smallish sizes. 
GRAPE VINES, CURRANT BUSHES. 
We offer special bargains on the above items and invite correspondence with 
planters and dealers. 
Our Apple trees at $5.00 per lOO, boxed free, are superior trees, nearly 
5 feet high, well rooted, good bodies, well branched, that we were compelled to dig 
in clearing a large plantation. We never had so large a supply of Currant bushes 
for sale as we have this spring. We offer the famous Red Cross Currant Bushes, 2 
years old, at $22.00 per 1,000, boxed free. 
We never had so many Grape Vines for sale as we have this spring and we 
can give equally low prices for Worclen, Niagara, Concord and Green’s new 
white grape. 
GREEN’S FARM TOOL SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. 
Send for catalogue giving prices and illustrations of Spraying devices, plows, 
cultivators, berry boxes and baskets, pruning hooks, knives, saws, shears, barrel 
headers and garden tools. This catalogue is mailed free. 
OUR 0 . A. GREEN AS A FRUIT GROWER. 
Thirty years ago our C. A. Green was a member 
of firm of bankers in which capacity he had served 
fifteen years. The financial panic of 1873 drove him 
out onto a fertile but abandoned farm where he began 
fruit growing under adverse circumstances, without 
capital and with many encumbrances. The first few 
years he leased the larger portion of the farm for 
farming purposes, devoting his attention to a 12 acre 
field which he p.anted with his own hands to various 
kinds of sm all and large fruits. During the first win¬ 
ters he made money by personally hauling out from a 
piece of swampy land, cedar rails, stakes and posts. 
11 is revenue the first year was from this cedar swamp, 
from his share of the farm crops and from the 
sale of small fruit plants. He was a born horticul¬ 
turist. When a child he showed enthusiasm for 
. __ fruit culture. His experience on this run down farm 
a GREEN President. was the leading event in his life. He had previously 
been in feeble health, but now he was robust and 
strong. He began in a small way to bud and graft with his own hands, thus start¬ 
ing a small nursery. The first few years his revenue was exceedingly small, but it 
gradually increased until the total income from this farm amounted to oyer $100,000. 
On this farm he started the publication of Green’s Fruit Grower, which has ever 
had a flavor of the fresh turned furrow. Fruit growing with him was a delight and 
pastime, yet each day he lanored with all his strepgth, and both he and his wife 
economized each year to the limit. 
In order to encourage those who start fruit growing m a small way, I add here¬ 
with the total receipts from this farm for the first years, which were as follows : 
1st year, 
2nd year, 
3d year, 
4th year, 
5th year, 
6 th year, 
$ 16 72 
141 00 
354 00 
1,231 00 
1.200 00 
3,500 00 
7th year, 
8 th year, 
9th year, 
10th year, 
11th year, 
12th year, 
$ 6,400 
10,650 
14.871 
13,437 
20,464 
26,138 
This yearly income has gradually increased until the present time, some years 
falling off a little for reasons unknown. 
Green’s Books 10 cents each. 
Our C. A. Green has published the following 
books, regular price of which, mailed postpaid is 25 
cents each, but if you will mention this offer we 
will accept from Rural New-Yorker readers 10 
cents for any one of them. 
(1) Secrets of the Nursery Business, over 
100 beautiful photographs, 10 cents. 
( 2 ) Green’s Six Books on Fruit Culture, 
under one cover, 10 cents. 
(3) American Fruit Growing, 10 cents. 
(4) American Poultry Keeping, 10 cents. 
NEW FRUITS —We offer the hardy and long- 
keeping Red Grape known as Kegal ; also Wismer’s 
Dessert, American Blush, Banana, Green’s Im¬ 
proved Baldwin, Bismarck and other rare Apples; also Niagara, best of all Peaches; 
also Bing Cherry, Gans New Early Pear, Thanksgiving long keeping Prune, Red 
Cross and Wilder Currants. 
FOR HATCHING 
$2.00 for 13 
From prize-winning breeds S. C. Brown 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Barred and 
White Rocks. Price of Cockerels and Pullets 
*3.00 each. Trios $7.60. Green’s Poultry 
Book for 25 cents. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., 
Rochester, 
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Write me to-day. A postal saying, 
a copy of Green’s Fruit Magazine.” 
the opportunity escapes you. 
GRAPE VINES 
113 for 91.00. 
No garden is complete without plenty 
of Grape Vines to supply an abundance 
of delicious fruit. We offer high grade 
vines for this purpose. 
We will send twelve large Grape Vines 
of the best table varieties, including three 
red, three white and six black for $1.00, 
delivered free. 
Look for our full-page “ad” 
in Kural New-Yorker, Mch 4. 
“Send me Green’s Fruit Catalogue, also 
Do it now. Before you turn this page and 
GREEN’S NURSERY GO., Rochester, N. Y. 
