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TI-IH RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 29< 
STRAWBERRIES IN SOUTH JERSEY. 
The pictures on page 567, Figs. 239 
and 240, show familiar scenes in cer¬ 
tain localities in the southern counties of 
New Jersey. The Gandy strawberry is 
a great favorite in New York at its sea¬ 
son—its fine color and flavor making it 
popular. While not a heavy yielder it 
comes at a good time for fine fruit, and 
thus it proves very acceptable to many 
growers. Some few years ago, almost 
any kind of a strawberry sold fairly 
well. That was the time before .the 
competition from the southern and Cali¬ 
fornia districts was in evidence in our 
eastern markets. Now the best is the 
variety of any crop that sells to an ad¬ 
vantage, and those with fairly )good 
stock find themselves in a bad position 
for a living. So with the berry busi¬ 
ness, the fancy line of berries is the 
one that will pay, and that should be the 
one for the grower to get acquainted 
with. The pictures show how the ber¬ 
ries are packed in the field. The boxes 
are brought to the shed or tent, looked 
over carefully, and crated. Fig. 240 
shows a load of crated berries starting 
for market over one of New Jersey’s 
famous “good roads.” L. a. p. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Burbank’s Fruits. —On page 534 is an 
article on “The Value of Burbank’s 
Fruits,” signed “M. L. Benson.” Some of 
the conclusions of this writer I cannot 
agree with, as both the Gold and Bur¬ 
bank have proved to be valuable plums. 
In the case of the Burbank there is one 
objection to the plum and that is its early 
blooming, but notwithstanding this fault 
in the plum it is a valuable fruit, large, 
with a small pit and fully equal in quality 
to the European plums. The Gold is also 
valuable, not quite so large as Burbank, 
but possibly a surer bearer. The Wick- 
son is of doubtful value, also the Climax, 
but further trial is necessary fully to de¬ 
termine the real value of these new plums. 
Burbank and Gold have been well tested 
and proved very valuable here. The 
Burbank is the heaviest bearer of any 
plum I have seen, and although the cur- 
culio injures many of the plums, many 
are left uninjured. e. p. fisher. 
Kansas-. 
The New York Strawberry. —A great 
deal of fault is found each season with 
the New York strawberry ever since Mr. 
Allen introduced it, on account of the 
berries seeming to mold and rot on the 
vines before the fruit is ripe. Our ex¬ 
perience for best results is to plant the 
New York on poor soil; that is, land 
which will grow only a fair crop of corn 
or oats, land that is comparatively 
speaking poor. The New York on 
the rich soil was almost a total failure; 
nothing but a luxuriant foliage and no 
fruit on the vines; what little fruit was on 
the vines seems to mold and rot before 
it matured. The heavy foliage seems to 
destroy the fructification of the plant. 
Where we planted the New York on poor 
soil the crop was exceedingly large and 
perfect; not a berry molded nor rotted. 
The foliage was short and stocky, and the 
berries a bright red color. The New York 
is the only berry on our farm that cannot 
stand good treatment in the way of rich 
soil only. T. c. icevitt. 
New Jersey. 
Potted Strawberry Plants. —My expe¬ 
rience with potted strawberry plants has 
not been good. Six or seven years ago I 
procured potted plants of several varieties. 
They grew all right, but as compared to 
beds alongside from layers grown in the 
usual way there was less than one-fourth 
of a full crop; that is, where a single layer 
plant produced a dozen berries the potted 
plant showed only two or three. Two or 
three years afterward I procured a 
couple of dozen potted plants, planted them 
last of July, cultivated carefully, and 
with the same or similar result. I did 
think I would have nothing more to do 
with potted plants, but, fool-like, fascinat¬ 
ed by the reiterated assertion of nursery¬ 
men with plants for sale that “potted 
plants set out in August will bear full 
crops the following year,” I procured last 
year from one of the oldest and most 
reoutable nursery firms 25 potted plants 
of the Glen Mary, set them the last week 
of July and gave careful cultivation. The 
result was a total failure! Not a mar¬ 
ketable berry from the entire 25 plants, 
while layer plants alongside bore their 
usual good crop. Not over three med¬ 
ium-sized berries materialized, while the 
remainder, about the size of marrowfat 
peas, went into a pint box, stems and all, 
without crowding! It is needless to say 
1 was disgusted. I do not believe, there¬ 
fore, that strawberry plants grown in pots 
of the usual size sent out can be made to 
produce a full crop the following season, 
nor even half a crop unless conditions are 
exceptional. To give the plant the scope 
it needs at least a quart pot would be re¬ 
quired. J he roots of the newly formed 
plant naturally seek a lateral direction, not 
vertical, as the pots used compel it to do. 
What wonder then that the plants become 
root-bound, cramped and unable to regain 
their original vigor? 1 have been growing 
the strawberry upward of 30 .years, and 
like Mr. Hunt, realize that I have yet 
much to learn. If any of The R. N.-Y. 
readers who are not venders but grow¬ 
ers from potted plants would give their 
experience through its columns, it could 
not fail to add to our present knowledge 
of the subject. h. h. b. 
Jewett City, Conn. 
Girdled Grapes.— Grapes are not as ex¬ 
tensively girdled as they were some years 
ago, in this vicinity, there being only two 
growers who practice it to any extent. 
One man I talked with said he always 
girdles a few to have them for earlier 
home use; it advances the ripening 10 to 
14 days. When ripe no apparent change 
in quality is noticeable. Where it is large¬ 
ly done, as 1 have seen on the shores of 
Seneca Lake, they have a tool that clasps 
around the vine and having a knife on 
each edge at right angles to the vine it 
is held somewhat like a pair of pincers. 
With one turn around the bark is severed 
in two parallel cuts about an inch apart, 
and the intervening bark is easily re¬ 
moved. The ■object is to Tetard (the 
return of the sap, which seems to or does 
stimulate the ripening, also the size of the 
fruit. Not all the bearing wood is thus 
treated on the vine at the same time, and 
it seems to do no injury to the remaining 
growth. It is pursued year after year 
by some very large growers on Seneca 
Lake. N . h, 
Milton, N. Y. 
White Lead and Linseed Oil on 
Apple Trees.— On page 533 Prof. W. E. 
Britton appears to discuss very circum¬ 
stantially a case in which he asserts that 
white lead and oil has caused the death of 
a large nuumber of apple trees. Prof. 
Britton writes in the tone of a person who 
has proof of his assertions, and alludes to 
me by name as the author of the lead and 
oil treatment, hence I beg a very little 
space to say that a slight analysis of his 
article appears to disclose that he does 
not appear to know the condition of these 
trees before they were painted, nor does 
it appear that he saw the work done, pre¬ 
pared or examined the paint used. Thus 
lie has not what an accurate observer 
would consider necessary information for 
the inferences he draws. He does not 
even say that linseed oil was used, but 
does allude to the trees showing an injury 
resembling the use of crude petroleum. 
It seems to me quite possible these trees 
died from some prior treatment. I know 
from long experience they did not die 
from the use of pure white lead and lin¬ 
seed oil. I have never tried to exploit 
the use of white lead paint on trees, simply 
mentioned it incidentally, and a lot of 
useless discussion has" followed. Why 
don’t competent persons try it? I have 
used it 16 years and shall continue so long 
as I have to protect young trees from rab¬ 
bits, mice and borers. wm, b. alwood. 
Virginia. 
“Muck ” and Its Handling. 
J. S., Arlington Heights, Ill .—In “A Com¬ 
post for Tree Planting,” page 486, you speak 
of muck as being good to mix with manure. 
What is muck? Where it is found? IIow is 
it prepared for use? 
A ns. —Webster defines “muck” as “veg¬ 
etable mold mixed with earth as found 
in low damp places.” As commonly used 
the word refers to the black soil found in 
swamps, or at the bottoms of stagnant 
ponds. “Peat” is different from “muck.” 
the former containing but little actual 
soil, so that it will burn when fully dried. 
In some cases where muck is formed 
largely of fallen leaves it contains nearly 
as much nitrogen as ordinary stable ma¬ 
nure, yet the fertilizing value of such muck 
is not great, as the nitrogen is not available. 
To make it fit for manuring the muck is 
dug from the swamp and left to 
“weather,” or ferment in warm piles. If 
lime or wood ashes are mixed with this 
muck it will become available more rapid¬ 
ly. A bulletin from the Maine experi¬ 
mental station (Orono) gives much in¬ 
formation about the care of muck. Of 
late years considerable Investigation has 
been made of the low, swamp lands in 
Indiana and Illinois. Write to the sta- Vvhen you write advertisers mention The 
tion at La Fayette, Ind., and Urbana, 111., K - N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
for bulletins. “ a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
The Corsican Strawberry. —We received 
this variety from Mr. Armstrong, of Char¬ 
lotte. N. Y., about eight years ago. and have 
widely disseminated it. giving it the name of 
Corsican. It has been planted largely around 
Rochester. Some of the planters bought their 
plants direct of Mr. Armstrong, and have 
called it Armstrong. ,7. II. Ilale. of Connect¬ 
icut, thinks he has the same variety under 
the name of Maximus. This variety produces 
the largest strawberry sold in the Rochester 
market. It is quite a firm berry for one so 
large. The plants are exceedingly vigorous 
and productive. It does not make runners 
or new plants as readily as some varieties, 
but owing to the vigor of the plants it re¬ 
mains in fruiting a long time in the beds. 
They often fruit four years, whereas any 
other berries have to be renewed every two 
years. Quality good. c. a. green. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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