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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 23, 
FARMERS’ CLUR 
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sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
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questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper.i 
Temperate Fruit in Tropical Climate. 
Ij. If. IE., Morrinonville, Pa. —Is it possi¬ 
ble to grow same varieties of pears, peaches, 
plums, cherries and apples in a climate free 
from frost as what we grow here? 
Ans.— The Peen-to and Honey peaches, 
both natives of China, will thrive in a 
frostless climate, but no varieties of 
pears, cherries, plums or apples with 
which we are acquainted can be success¬ 
fully grown in climates too warm to allow 
the trees to shed their foliage and become 
dormant for a time. 
Manure Around Young Trees. 
IF. S. G. Coxtorland, N. Y. —I put out a 
small apple orchard lliis Spring, and the 
trees are now looking fine. I have given each 
tree one half bushel stable manure three times 
during tills Summer. Would it be a good 
thing to put one bushel of good stable manure 
around each tree to give them good Winter 
protection ? 
Ans.— No; we would not put any more 
manure around the trees this Fall. Pull 
what you have put on away from the 
base of the tree; otherwise mice will work 
under it and gnaw the trees. By putting 
on more manure now you may start a late 
growth, if the Fall is warm, which would 
be injured by the frost. We would hold 
the manure and put it on in early Spring. 
Wintering Dahlias. 
A. O. B., Franklin, Mass. —Will you inform 
me the proper time to dig Dahlia roots, also 
tlie best way to keep them through the Win¬ 
ter? 
Ans. —There is no need of digging 
Dahlia roots until the tops are injured 
by the first frost. Then cut the tops near 
to the ground and dig on a dry day, 
storing the roots upside down in boxes in 
a dry, cool place, so that they will cure 
well. They may be kept over Winter in 
any cellar free from frost wdiere pota¬ 
toes can be safely carried over. The 
reason for turning the clumps of bulbs 
upside down is so that the sap cannot 
gather in the hollow stems and cause rot 
of the crowns. 
Planting Thimbleberries. 
It. A., Thamesvillc, Uni.— -IIow should we 
put out thimbleberries, how far put (hem up 
(he row, and how wide should (lie rows be? 
Which is the best time to set them out. Fall 
or Spring, and what time in the Fall? 
Ans.— Assuming that you mean by 
thimbleberries the blackcap raspberries, 
we would say that the safest time to 
plant is in early Spring, as soon as the 
ground can be put in good condition. If 
set in Fall the young plants would not 
obtain a good root hold, and are often 
heaved out by frost. The usual practice 
is to set this berry in rows three or four 
feet apart, plants two feet apart in the 
row's. This gives sufficient room in the 
rows for cultivating the plants and picking 
the berries at the proper time. 
Behavior of Crimson Clover. 
E. R., Lyme Centre, A 7 . H. —I saw adver¬ 
tised in The It. N.-Y. Crimson clover seed and 
I never saw any of it growing. How high will 
It grow? Does it need rich land? Can it 
be sown in the Fall for hay next Summer? 
Will it do to seed it with Timothy seed? 
Does it make good feed for stock? 
should have been seeded early in August 
at the latest. It is an uncertain crop 
north of Hartford, Conn., though it does 
better the longer the soil receives it. It 
often starts well only to be killed out in 
March by the heave and thaw of the 
frost. It is not a good clover to seed 
with Timothy, as it does not live long 
enough, while its habit of growth is 
such that it kills out much young grass. 
Budding and Grafting Walnuts. 
J. C. IF., Sewell, N. J. —Referring to graft¬ 
ing Eiglish walnut on Black walnut, page 
618, would say 1 did it successfully last 
Spring. The stock was a one-year seedling. 
Tongue-graft was the style used. I have 
tried top-grafting larger trees, but without 
success. 1 have been told that top-grafting 
proved successful near Moorestown, N. J. 
Can anyone in that vicinity give us a re¬ 
port? 
Ans.—T ake a small limb on the Eng¬ 
lish walnut tree with buds on it, girdle 
it around with a bud in it, then go to 
Black walnut tree and girdle it where you 
want to insert the bud. Now remove the 
bark and fit the bark from the English 
walnut neatly into the stock; tie it up 
with a string until you find the saps 
have united. Do this in August; the bud 
will be dormant till next Spring. The 
diagram explains the process. 
MKS. j. KAY. 
Potatoes from Seed. 
T. P. F., Millcrton, N. Y .—What is the 
best way to grow potatoes from the seed 
ball? 
Ans.— Potato seeds are best saved by 
cutting the balls apart when they are ripe, 
and scraping the seeds out on a piece of 
paper. They should be kept in a warm, 
dry place where they will not mildew until 
Spring, then soaked off the paper and 
dried in a little dry sand, then sown in 
boxes just as you would plant tomato 
seeds. When the little plants come up 
transplant them about two inches apart in 
boxes of light soil, just as you would cab¬ 
bage or tomato plants, and about the last 
of May, after danger of frost is over, 
plant them out in the garden in good 
soil, setting them about two feet apart 
each way. 1 he plants should grow and 
form little potatoes from the size of a 
pea to that of a walnut by Fall. These 
little potatoes are dug and stored in a cel¬ 
lar just like large potatoes, keeping the 
potatoes from each plant by themselves. 
A handy way is to put the potatoes from 
each plant in a small paper bag until 
Spring, when they may be cut in half and 
planted like ordinary potatoes. Next 
year you will get full-sized tubers or po¬ 
tatoes, and should be able to judge of the 
value of the new kinds. Most of them 
will be very poor and not worth growing 
further, but you will stand a chance of 
getting some useful new kinds. After 
testing three to five years you will be able 
to judge whether they are worth keeping 
or whether they should be thrown away. 
Ans.— Crimson clover is an annual— 
that is, it makes its seed the first year 
after sowdng and then dies. Thus it can¬ 
not be compared with our common Red 
clover, which if not permitted to seed, 
grows on year after year. The Crimson 
grow's in cool weather. Hot weather 
forces it to head out—often at three or 
four inches high. Therefore it is seeded 
in late Summer or early Fall. It then 
makes a fair growth until the ground 
freezes, and if it lives through the early 
Spring it will make a rapid growth 
through April and May. We have had it 
grow tw r o feet high, but this is unusual 
in the North. It makes a good feed for 
cattle, but is ready to cut at a bad season 
for curing. It is too late now to sow it 
in your locality. If used at all there it 
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