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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 25, 
STRAWBERRY QUESTIONS. 
I was interested in Mr. Walker’s straw¬ 
berry notes, page 21. The subject of rust 
is so frequently mentioned that I infer he 
has considerable trouble from this disease. 
How about Bordeaux? I personally know of 
Only one grower in this section who sprays 
and he was led into doing so fully as much 
by the rascally little lieetle (Faria) as by 
fungus growth. Now, he is confident that 
spraying with Bordeaux is all that enables 
him successfully to grow the variety which 
best suits him. Ten years or more ago, when 
I brought up the subject, my strawberry ac¬ 
quaintances showed little interest, and de¬ 
cided that it was better to select varieties not 
subject to disease, and get along as best they 
could. I agreed with them and fell into line, 
but at present I am not so sure, and am seri¬ 
ously considering a trial of Bordeaux the 
coming season. I should be glad to hear of 
the experience of any commercial grower who 
makes a practice of spraying, with sugges¬ 
tions as to the best method of application. 
The paths are not the proper distance apart 
to allow horse and wheel tracks, and knap¬ 
sack sprayers have objectionable features. 
I think we must have some wheelbarrow 
arrangement. 
A few questions in regard to Clyde : At 
the time of its introduction I tried this vari¬ 
ety two seasons, and discarded it ns a com¬ 
plete failure. Just as the fruit was ripening 
the plant collapsed ; yet under certain condi¬ 
tions of either soil or cultivation, or both, 
I know it has been successfully grown. I do 
not understand myself just what these re¬ 
quirements are, and my interest in the matter 
was aroused only by a mistake of last Spring 
in setting out quite a large number of Clyde, 
believing they were another variety. It was 
too late when discovered to make any change. 
They grew well, and are not matted very 
thickly. The soil is heavy rather than light, 
not mucky, works up well, yet is not easy 
to care for. It is well enriched with both 
stable manure and chemicals, aud 1 do not 
propose to apply anything this Spring unless 
nitrate of soda to the Clyde to produce more 
foliage. Yet this tender foliage resulting 
from soda is very susceptible to disease, and 
T think part of the trouble with Clyde is, 
what: foliage it has is very apt to be un¬ 
healthy. Can I do anything to help these 
Clyde pull through? B. 
Massachusetts._ 
Lincoln Coreless Pear. 
C.. E. H., Enders, Pa., asks on page 70, 
for information regarding Coreless pear. I 
planted one tree about four years ago, and 
last year it bore about, one dozen pears. It 
is true it is seedless and coreless, and I might 
say, also worthless. I pulled them from tree 
in November and kept them until December; 
they were then about like a Kieffer half 
grown and half ripe; I could not eat one for 
pay. w. F. w. 
Nandua, Ya. 
Mr. Van Deman hit the nail square on the 
head when he gave a description of the Lin¬ 
coln Coreless pear, lie might have called it 
a humbug and got it right, for I have had 
some experience with if myself. I top-grafted 
several trees with it to find it worthless, 
good for nothing: the worst pear I ever had 
anything to do with. G. s. c. 
New London Co., Conn. 
Questions in Greenhouse Construction. 
B. F. F., (No Address ).—In a greenhouse 
for lettuce set. on the ground (no benches) 
where should the pipe be, on the ground or 
above the lettuce? How high above the 
ground? Is double thick glass warmer and 
better than single? 
Ans.—T he heating pipes in a green¬ 
house to be used for forcing lettuce should 
he placed above the ground and preferably 
not nearer than six inches above the sur¬ 
face of the soil. Supposing a hot water 
system to be used for heating, and the 
flow pipe to start in the house at a dis¬ 
tance of six inches above the ground, it 
would reach a height of IS inches from 
the ground at the extreme end of a house 
100 feet long, allowing the usual rise of 
one foot in one hundred. There is no 
material difference in the warmth of a 
house glazed with double-thick glass in¬ 
stead of single thick, provided that the 
glazing is equally well done in each case, 
but the advantage of using the extra thick 
glass lies in its greater strength, thus min¬ 
imizing the amount of breakage and con¬ 
sequent cost of repairs, much single thick j 
glass being broken each year by frost and 
hail. w. H. TAPLIN. 
Bismarck Apple for Maine. 
F. G. B., Bangor , Me .—A well-known 
nursery describes an apple tree, the Bis¬ 
marck, and claims it will bear very young, and 
grow very large fruit. Is this tree hardy 
enough for this climate? Is it a practical 
apple to set in open ground for an orchard? 
The size cuts no figure except that it would 
be all the more profitable, as one could set 
SO many more of them on the ground. Such 
descriptions are very misleading, and I lies! 
tate to spend any money for it fearing a 
“get-rich-quick” scheme. 
Ans.—T he Bismarck apple is being 
quite thoroughly tested in our locality. 
A few trees planted six years ago have 
fruited moderately well, but we do not 
find it either as early fruiting, or as pro¬ 
lific when young as the catalogue de¬ 
scribes. It is a large, handsome, late Fall 
apple of very ordinary quality, though 
excellent for cooking purposes. It is 
worth a trial in a small way where late 
Fall cooking apples are needed, but we 
would not advise extensive orchard plant¬ 
ing with a view of profit until we know 
much more of the variety than we have 
been able to find out. It probably would 
be hardy in your locality. 
Pure Kerosene on Pear Trees. 
•/. It., Glen Core, N. 5’.—On page 54 in the 
article on Sprayers and Spraying, I notice 
C. E. Blackwell mentioned using lime, sul¬ 
phur and salt on apple, pears, peaches aud 
plums thoroughly, in March, and in Septem¬ 
ber sprayed again with pure kerosene and 
still had scale. Will Mr. Blackwell say if 
that is correct; that pure kerosene can be 
used on peach trees in September, without 
injury to foliage or tree? 
Ans. —I find I did state that I had used 
pure kerosene on peach trees in Septem¬ 
ber. I intended to say that I had used 
lime, sulphur and salt on apple, pear, 
peach and plum in March, but I used pure 
kerosene only on pear in September. I do 
not think the foliage of the peach would 
stand kerosene, although some varieties 
might. I have used Bordeaux on some 
native plums without damage jo foliage, 
while the same treatment killed most of 
the foliage on Japanese. 
New Jersey. c. E. Blackwell. 
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