1905 . 
MUNSON GRAPE TRELLIS. 
F. H. r., Melrose, Mass .—Will you explain 
the method of training grapevines known as 
‘•Munson's Canopy Trellis?" 
Ans. —The accompanying diagram, from 
Bailey's Pruning Book, gives a sectional 
or end view of Munson’s canopy trellis. 
Two posts are set in the same hole, their 
tops diverging. A wire is stretched along 
the top of each row of posts, and a third 
wire hung midway between them on short 
cross wires at a slightly lower level. The 
trellis stands about six feet high, and the 
pairs of posts should be placed not far¬ 
ther than 12 feet apart. The trunk of 
the vine is secured to the middle wire, 
and the bearing shoots grow out and lop 
over the side wires. The illustration 
shows the posts, cross wire and arrange¬ 
ment of trunk, and branches of the vine, 
but, of course, cannot show the three 
long wires. The idea is to form a broad 
and shaded canopy to protect the fruit. 
This system is very successful in practice. 
The annual pruning consists in cutting 
the new shoots back to three or four plump 
buds. _ __ j 
FURNACE FOR DRYHOUSE. 
Regarding the description on page 58 of 
evaporating furnace, I enclose sketch, 
I ; ig. 60, of a furnace I 'have used for 
seven years in my prune evaporator in 
\\ ashington. \ his furnace is a brick arch 
15 feet long and about three feet high and 
20 inches wide, inside. The main point 
of difference is in the cast iron flues run¬ 
ning through the arch on an incline. 
\\ hen I put them in my furnace it cut 
my fuel bill to one-third, and a more uni¬ 
form and steady heat is obtained. These 
flues are 4-inch soil pipe, and are plastered 
in ; the lower end opens in the cold-air 
box, which extends along each side of 
the brick arch, and the upper end into 
air chamber. My hot-air chamber is lined 
with sheet iron, although brick would be 
better, and is seven feet high; the smoke 
pipe runs from the chimney directly over 
the arch, ancl an eibow carries it up to the 
FURNACE FOR PRUNE EVAPORATOR. 
Fig. 60. 
upper floor, then to the ventilator flue, 
through which it passes, thus helping the 
exhaust or draft. 
My present holding capacity is 2,200 
pounds of green fruit, although double 
this amount could be put in, and to good 
advantage. With less than one-third cord 
of four-foot pine wood per 24 hours, I 
can run through 800 pounds per day, and 
have averaged that amount for a week; 
unpitted Italian prunes. There is no 
trouble to get 150 degrees on lower trays, 
and we are compelled to run on lower 
temperature to prevent bleaching of green 
fruit on upper trays. One man at a time 
handles it. I am a tinsmith, and got my 
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ideas of heating from furnace work. One 
has only to recall the old shell boilers of 
50 years ago and the present flue boilers 
to see the advantage of the flues through 
which pass a current of air. The more 
flues the more hot air; 15 feet, however, 
is pretty long for an arch, and unless one 
can fire from both ends eight feet would 
be better, although I experience little 
trouble. I use no grate bars, and have 
but little ash. I run with damper in pipe 
turned half closed; the pipe in tray room 
is seldom too hot to take hold of, show¬ 
ing but little waste heat. The total of 
perpendicular pipe is 22 feet and of hori¬ 
zontal 16 to 18 feet. m. p. wilson. 
Washington_ 
APPLES FOR SOUTHERN JERSEY. 
A question on this subject appears on 
page 79. The list given by Mr. Van De¬ 
man is not quite what a Jerseyman would 
advise. Some he names are practically 
useless here. For family use I would ad¬ 
vise Summer Rose (or Woolman’s Har¬ 
vest), Yellow Transparent and Hagloe 
for Summer; Gravenstein, Maiden Blush, 
and Grimes for Fall; Stayman, White 
Winter Pippin, Nero, Stark and Smith" 
Cider for Winter. Although Smith is not 
first quality it will do better on light soil 
than most varieties, except possibly the 
Ben Davis. Such apples as Jonathan, 
Swaar and others of high quality are 
often worthless in the southern part of 
our State, and would be more disappoint¬ 
ing than those of inferior quality. Nearly 
everyone would prefer a Ben Davis loaded 
with fine-looking fruit to a Jonathan cov¬ 
ered with scab and all off before picking 
time. CHAS. BLACK. 
Mercer Co., N. J. 
Oats and Peas f ~r Grain. 
F. M. r., jsewxon r ails, O .—I try to he on 
the lookout at all times, and get all that 
is to be had in The It. N.-Y., but there Is one 
question I would like to ask, as I have not 
found the answer. The I lope Farm man 
refers on page 61 to sowing oats and field 
peas for hay, using 1 % bushel of peas and 
three bushels of oats. Should this same 
amount of seed he used where one intends to 
thrash it for the grain? How much baYley 
should be added to balance the ration? 
Ans. —Wc sow as our main grain crop 
oats, barley and peas. The amount of 
seed per acre will of course depend upon 
kind of soil and whether or not grass and 
clover seeding is to follow. If small 
seeds are not sown, and peas do well, one 
bushel of oats and a half bushel each of 
barley and peas per acre will be sufficient. 
In fact, I have seen good results follow 
1 Y- 2 . bushel seed per acre. A seed has a 
wonderful power of stooling if given a 
chance. If the soil is rich in nitrogen 
peas must be sown sparingly, else they 
lodge and take the whole growth with 
them; four quarts per acre is often 
enough. What we want is to have as 
heavy a growth as possible, and have it 
stand up ready for the binder. If you are 
seeding with clover at same time the very 
thin seeding should surely be practiced. 
Many times grass and clover fail to grow 
because those small seeds are smothered 
out soon after germination. Always sow 
with grain drill, and from seed that has 
been graded, using only the largest grains. 
In this way we are sowing the same seed 
year after year with increased yields and 
weight. h. e. c. 
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