THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 30, 
7 I 2 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Curing Early-Dug Potatoes. 
M. N. (!.. Xenia, O .—Should early-dug po¬ 
tatoes be cured in the open air before stor¬ 
ing in cellar for Winter? 
Ans. —We would let them stay outside 
long enough to dry, and then pick up and 
store as soon as convenient. 
Clipping Alfalfa for Winter. 
J. A. D., Gladstone, N. J .—I sowed one-half 
acre of Alfalfa August 1 ; it is now from six 
to eight inches high. Would it be best to clip 
it this Fall, or let it be as It is? How late 
would it be safe to clip it, if best to do it? 
Ans. —We would wait until the Alfalfa 
is one foot high, then clip it and leave the 
clippings on the ground. 
When To Cut Corn. 
D. F. II., New York .—I never raised Hint 
corn till this year. I am a city man and 
planted one acre; hoed thoroughly to kill 
weeds; did not care so much for fodder as for 
corn in the ear, so every stalk that had no 
ear started I broke down—lots of them. Must 
I wait till stalks are white and seemingly 
good for nothing as feed before cutting up? 
Does the kernel perfect itself after stalk is 
cut up? 
Ans. —The chances are that you broke 
down many stalks that would have made 
ears later. For the best there is in both 
stalk and grain the corn can be cut just 
after the ears have glazed over. That is 
v/hen the kernels have a thin covering 
which bursts when pressed between the 
thumb nails. The kernels at this stage 
are full of a white milky mass. Cut 
then and left in small bundles or shocks 
the stalks and ears will cure and make 
good feed. If for seed corn we let the 
stalks stand longer—until the grain is 
hard. 
Sterile Satsuma Plum. 
E. S„ Clinton, Conn .—Every season my 
Satsuma plum tree is full of blossoms, but 
not a plum sets. This has been the "ase for 
the past seven years. Ail my other Japanese 
plum trees yield in plenty. A Satsuma tree 
on a neighbor’s place does as mine does; 
blossoms in profusion, but never a plum 
forms. Can you tell the reason and suggest 
a remedy ? 
Ans. —The Satsuma plum is a very 
uncertain but often an abundant cropper, 
many trees having imperfect blossoms, 
and cannot pollinate themselves. The best 
varieties to plant near Satsuma are Red 
June, Burbank, Abundance and Normand, 
as they bloom at the same time and pro¬ 
duce an abundance of pollen that is ef¬ 
fective on Satsuma. While a Satsuma 
tree is hardier the buds appear more sen¬ 
sitive to frost than any other Japan va¬ 
riety. so that the blossoms may open and 
yet the flower be defective. However, if 
the other good pollenizers mentioned are 
planted near Satsuma will generally bear 
well. 
Rye to Follow Corn. 
•i. C. »S’., Blairstown, X. J .—I have just 
taken off an Immense crop of corn for the 
silo. As near as I can estimate we have had 
'll tons to the acre. It seems best in getting 
my fields in the right succession of crops to 
put. I his Held in corn again next year, and I 
do not wish lo deplete the soil. I can give 
il a covering of manure, but I am hoping 
in plow down a green crop of rye. Would it 
be advisable to sow a crop of rye to be 
plowed down in the Spring, when we plow for 
corn, or would the rye be likely to keep the 
moisture from rising next season? I sowed 
cow peas and turnips with the corn at the 
last cultivation, but the corn crowded every¬ 
thing else out with the exception of a few 
stalks of peas. 
Ans. —We would sow the rye, not ex¬ 
pecting to add fertility to the soil, but to 
save what is now there after the corn is 
cut. There should be some living crop 
growing during the Fall on land that was 
well manured, otherwise much soluble ni¬ 
trogen will be leached out and lost. We 
would use the manure also. Rye does not 
keep die moisture from rising, but when 
plowed under without packing down it ad¬ 
mits too much air to the soil, and thus 
dries il out. After plowing the rye 
should be rolled or packed down hard, 
and the soil above it fitted for the seed. 
When packed in this way the rye will 
hold moisture like a sponge. 
Vioiets in British Columbia. 
C. W. W., Nelson, II. C .—I planted 3,000 
or 4,000 Russian violets in the open last 
Spring, hoping to get some flowers for the 
Northwest market. Will you give a method 
of culture which will insure them growing 
long stems to the flowers? 
Ans.— As regards violet growing here 
in British Columbia, I can say from ex¬ 
perience that it is far from being a good 
climate for them in the Winter, as we 
get so much dull, wet weather. We do 
not grow them at all; there is only one 
man here who grows them to any ex¬ 
tent, and that is a wholesale grower in 
Victoria. He grows Princess of Wales; 
the Russian violets have too short stems. 
They are all right here in March and 
April out of doors. I should advise the 
inquirer not to invest too largely in it, 
as the people in the Northwest can get 
better stuff from Toronto and Brampton 
than from the coast, and not nearly so 
far to ship. If he intends growing them 
for Winter cut he will certainly have to 
grow them under glass and have it heated 
to keep out the damp, and should get on 
as high a location as possible. 
R. WITHERS. 
Treatment of Dahlia Roofs. 
J. A. C., Moreland, N. Y .—Wbat is the 
required treatment we should give the Dah¬ 
lia bulb? Can the bunches be separated in 
the Fall to remove dirt? 
Dahlia roots should not be disturbed 
until the tops have been killed by frost. 
As soon as the leaves are blackened cut 
off the tops three or four inches from the 
ground, and lift on a dry day, taking care 
not to break the clumps of tubers. As 
the new growth starts in the Spring, not 
from the tubers themselves, but from eyes 
or growing points where the tubers join 
the stem, it will not do to cut them apart 
in the Fall. The bunches after lifting 
should he dried in a shady place without 
attempting to remove the dirt between the 
tubers, then packed in boxes upside down 
to prevent sap from gathering in the hol¬ 
low stems, and stored in any warm, dry 
cellar free from frost, where potatoes can 
be safely kept. In the Spring buds will 
start where the tubers join the stem, and 
the clumps may then be separated into 
as many portions as there are growing 
buds. Each will make a separate plant 
that should grow and bloom finely the 
following Summer. 
Gummosis; San Jose Scale; Crown Call. 
O. II. B., Hattiesburg, Miss. —1. Will you 
tell me wbat is the matter with a peach tree 
when the gum runs out nearly all over the 
body, and ’way up into the limbs? Many 
of my neighbors lost all their trees, and mine 
are nearly all dead. The trees linger along 
for two or three years, and finally die. I 
have tried lime and other things, but no 
good; have examined with magnifying glass 
and can find no worm or other animal life. 
Do you know of any remedy? Trees are 
headed low and kept well cultivated. 2. How 
do you tell when a tree is infected with 
San Jose scale? 3. What is a crown gall? 
Ans.— 1. The trouble with your peach 
trees is probably gummosis, which is 
really more of a weakened condition than 
a regular disease. The bark breaks open 
and gum comes out of the cracks, the tree 
declining in vitality all the time. 1 his is 
often the result of hard freezing during 
die Winter or the attacks of the San 
Jose scale and other scale insects. There 
is really no treatment, except to destroy 
the tree and plant a new and healthy one 
in its place. If the gummosis is confined 
to the branches, while the trunk remains 
comparatively sound and healthy, it may 
be well to cut them off and allow a new 
head to form, but if the trunk is diseased 
it is best to destroy the whole tree. 
2. The only way to detect San Jose scale 
is by a careful examination with a mag¬ 
nifying glass. It is a little gray scale 
about the size of a pin head, and forms 
dirty-looking crusts all over the plant, 
greatly weakening and finally killing the 
tree. 3. Crown gall is a cancer-like dis¬ 
ease of the trunk of apple or other fruit 
trees. Just below the surface of the 
ground a soft, corky swelling appears, and 
grows sometimes to a considerable size. 
After a vear or two this rots out and de¬ 
cays, killing the tree. It can easily be 
detected by digging the soil down to the 
large roots. If there is much swelling 
there the tree is diseased and would bet¬ 
ter be destroyed. 
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