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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 2, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
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separate piece of paper.] 
Pansies in Maine. 
G. R. R., Eastport, Me. —Is the pansy seed 
sown in the open ground for carrying over 
Winter and transplanted in the cold frames, 
or sown directly in the frames? Would It he 
necessary to give air and light, or should the 
the frames be protected and left till Spring? 
Ans. —We sow the seed soon after the 
middle of August, and when the pansies 
are up large enough to handle we trans¬ 
plant into a frame, and don’t put anything 
over them until the frost comes. Then, 
when they are frozen quite solid, we put 
the glass on, also the shutters, and cover 
them up with leaves or litter to keep out 
all light, and leave them all Winter. In 
the Spring, after the snow has gone, we 
take off litter and then gradually bring 
them to the light until it is warm enough 
to give them air, and then handle them as 
you would any frame plant. 
Maine. james fyles. 
Grafting the Walnut. 
H. A. R., Easton, Pa. —Can the English 
walnut he grafted on to the Black walnut, 
such as is found in most parts of Pennsyl¬ 
vania? 
Ans. —The Persian (wrongly called 
English) walnut will grow when grafted 
on the California Black walnut, and I 
think it would he equally successful on 
the eastern species. These native wal¬ 
nuts are very near akin, and similar in 
growth of wood, leaves, etc., but I have 
never seen a test of the grafting of any 
foreign species of walnut upon the east¬ 
ern one. It is very difficult to graft any 
of the nut trees, and the walnut seems to 
he the hardest of all to make grow. 
H. e. v. D. 
Michigan Cherry Trees Fail. 
J. II. 8., liny City, Mich .—Can you tell me 
what causes my cherry trees to die? I lose 
some, every Winter. They are 10 years old. 
All of my neighbors are the same: one lost 
about 00 last Winter. It is not the borers; 
we cannot see anything the matter. Early 
Richmond and Montgomery are the kinds. 
Ans. —It is probably the violent 
changes of the Winter weather that have 
caused the damage to the cherry trees. 
This trouble is common with the cherry 
in most parts of the country, especially 
when the Winters are changeable, as they 
are in Michigan. The sweet varieties are 
more tender in tree than the sour kinds. 
Good tillage is the best way to fortify 
the trees against the rigors of the cli¬ 
mate. This helps to retain the moisture 
in the soil, and makes the wood strong 
and full of sap at the right time, and 
ripens it early. H. E. v. D. 
Asparagus Rust. 
W. II. K., Bethel, Conn. — I send a sample 
of my asparagus taken at random through the 
patch. What ails it? Two-year-old roots 
were set out a year ago on light soil, and ma¬ 
nured quite heavily. Last year it took on a 
fine growth, and this year it looked bet¬ 
ter, grew fine and looked green till about the 
middle of July. All of a sudden it commenced 
to turn yellow. At first I laid it to the dry 
weather. It lias been very dry here, no rain 
for weeks: then I had the rust in my mind. 
Being an amateur at growing asparagus, I 
send the sample to find out if it is really 
rust, or has the dry weather made the bed 
die down prematurely? I cut perhaps a 
dozen bunches off the one-half acre this 
Spring. The bed was cultivated and hoed the 
forepart of the season. 
Ans. —Your asparagus has a bad at¬ 
tack of rust. This and the dry weather 
would account for the top dying off so 
early in the season. Although the rust 
spores germinate more readily in moist 
weather the effect on the plant is less seri¬ 
ous, as the tops are able to outgrow much 
of the injury. There is no practical 
treatment except to manure heavily and 
cultivate with special thoroughness, and 
to shorten the cutting season so that the 
crowns have time to store up energy for 
the succeeding year’s growth before the 
rust attack becomes severe. Little can 
be done to your field now that the tops 
have been killed for the season, except 
to keep the soil mellow and free from 
weeds. Early next Spring we should ap¬ 
ply stable jnanure at the rate of 10 to 20 
tons to the acre or a good chemical ferti¬ 
lizer at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the 
acre, and thoroughly plow or cultivate it 
in, cutting the asparagus not later than 
June 1. There is a tendency for rust to 
diminish in many localities, due probably 
to thorough culture and the attacks of a 
parasitic fungus. 
New American Mulberry. 
E. G., Ashficld, Mass. —How can I raise a 
“New American” mulberry tree? I have been 
trying for five years to grow one, but am no 
nearer than at first. They winter-kill. Mine 
last year grew about five feet, but this Spring 
it is all dead, and one I bought has never 
started at all. Is the Russian variety as good 
or better in any respect? I want to try again. 
Ans. —It seems remarkable that the 
trees of the New American mulberry are 
winter-killed anywhere in Massachusetts, 
for I have seen them doing well in Mich¬ 
igan, and several other places where the 
Winters are rather severe. It is a va¬ 
riety of native species, and not a tender 
tree. The fruit is of good size and fine 
quality, and produced in abundance. 
Maybe the trees so far tried are not true 
to name. The Russian mulberry trees 
are no hardier and the fruit is very small 
and of poor quality. It makes good food 
for the birds, and I like the trees for 
that purpose, but not for any other. 
H. E. van deman. 
AN INDIANA BERRY PATCH. 
The picture on our first page, Fig. 272, 
shows part of the berry field of E. J. 
Walker, of Indiana. The small fruit busi¬ 
ness is being rapidly developed in parts 
of the Central West. Mr. Walker writes 
the following note: 
“Our pickers are obtained at the nearby 
town of Sheridan, our wagons bringing 
them out in the morning and returning 
them after the day’s work is over. You 
will see the greater portion of those shown 
are women and girls, our experience hav¬ 
ing been that they are better pickers and 
more easily managed than boys and men. 
We use machines for setting and get bet¬ 
ter results than with hand planting. Our 
fruits bring us bread and butter, only 
enough stock being kept to run the place.” 
THE FLORISTS' CONVENTION. 
The twenty-first annual meeting of the So¬ 
ciety of American Florists and Ornamental 
Horticulturists was held at Washington, D. 
C., August 15-18. The attendance was large, 
and in many ways the meeting was the most 
successful in the history of the society, which 
is a dignified National body, chartered by a 
special act of Congress. Some valuable pa¬ 
pers were read, and subjects of practical 
value discussed, but the meetings of the So¬ 
ciety have advanced beyond the range of 
professional talk, and largely take the form 
of a propaganda for the general diffusion of 
knowledge and love for the ornamental 
branches of horticulture among the people. 
The most important work accomplished was a 
strong demand for the parcels post, the vot¬ 
ing of free admission to the sittings of the 
annual conventions of authorized delegates 
from every gardener's club and horticultural 
society in the land, and an emphatic indorse¬ 
ment of better rural education, particularly 
as expressed in the farm school and school 
garden movement. Secretary of Agriculture, 
James Wilson, made an address of welcome, 
and extended the full courtesies of the Na¬ 
tional Department of Agriculture to the visit¬ 
ing members. A large trade exhibit of rare 
plants, novelties and articles used by florists 
and gardeners filled the available space ki the 
buildings. 
The ladies attending the convention were 
most amply provided with amusement and 
entertained during the four days’ session. 
Probably in no other occupation, the prac¬ 
tical side of which is so largely monopolized 
by men. do the wives and daughters manifest 
so lively and close an interest. The refining 
influences of horticulture are evident in this 
intelligent companionship, and in the re¬ 
markably large attendance of women that 
has always characterized the meeting of this 
society. Lunches, excursions to points of in¬ 
terest and receptions provided the feminine 
recreation, while a bowling contest formed 
an outlet to any excess of masculine energy. 
These yearly meetings are very enjoyable and 
instructive. All readers of The R. N-Y. en¬ 
gaged in any of the several occupations in¬ 
dicated by the broad title of this progressive 
society will gain benefit by joining it. The 
next annual meeting is to be held at Dayton, 
Ohio. 
Bio Crops from Little Seed. —In 1904 I 
sowed 1 V 2 bushel barley on 1% acre as a 
nurse crop, and seeded to Alfalfa; sowed 
three-fourths bushel Alfalfa and one-half 
bushel Timothy on same ; thrashed 50 bushels 
nice barley and cut first time over four tons 
hay; this year ready to cut again now. will 
cut as much if not more. In Fall of 1904, 
through a mistake, I sowed only 11 bushels 
Gold Coin wheat on seven acres: just thrashed 
33 bushels per acre extra nice wheat from 
same. I was the laughing stock for all my 
neighbors on my wheat field until now ; I am 
the one that laughs. J. d. dates. 
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