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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10, 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Peach-leaved Campanula.—F ig. 
95, page 206, shows a remarkably well- 
grown plant of white Peach-leaved bell- 
flower, Campanula persicifolia alba, a na¬ 
tive of Europe, but long cultivated in gar¬ 
dens. This variety grows two or three 
feet high, and bears a great profusion of 
large blooms, broader and more open than 
those of the common Canterbury bells. C. 
Medium. While the plant is perennial it 
is best treated in tbs country as biennial, 
sowing the seeds one year to secure flow¬ 
ering plants the next. Plants often live 
many years, as they are quite hardy, but 
somehow the bloom spikes do not amount 
to much after the second season. Mixed 
seeds of the Peach-leaved Campanula, 
often called Peachbells as a handy garden 
name, may be had for 10 cents the nacket. 
They should be sown outside in May or 
June and transplanted to the border any 
time after July, choosing if possible deep, 
rich soil and setting the plants 16 inches 
or more apart. The colors to be expected 
are various shades of blue and white. 
Peachbells are now in high favor for 
hardy plant collections, and are freely 
offered by plant dealers. There are sev¬ 
eral large-flowered varieties, the best of 
which appears to be Gigantea Moerheimi, 
producing large spikes of white double 
Camellia-formed flowers up to 2/ inches 
in diameter, and blooming from May un¬ 
til July. Plants of this fine variety have 
been offered for several seasons at 20 to 
25 cents each, and now seeds are listed 
at 20 cents the packet. Few choicer 
things can be grown for the hardy garden. 
The tall-growing Campanulas are not well 
adapted for pot culture, doing best in the 
open border. The illustrated specimen 
was probably grown in the open and Dot¬ 
ted carefully before blooming for exhibi¬ 
tion purposes. 
Scale on Top. —There is no dodging the 
conclusion that the San Jose scale has so 
far the best of the fight in the Rural 
Grounds’ neighborhood. Orchards are 
disappearing like snow before the April 
sun. Acre after acre of peaches, plums, 
and to some extent pears, are pulled up 
to make way for crops less affected by 
difficult pests. Old apple trees have not 
been greatly disturbed, yet the scale has 
effected lodgment in many. Some of these 
abandoned orchards have been well 
sprayed with various remedies as brought 
forward; others have been allowed to 
take their chances until crusted with 
scale. Probablj' the spraying was not 
done to best effect in every case, but some 
of (he growers certainly did the best work 
possible with their equipment, but ap¬ 
parently to little purpose. Scale is evident 
everywhere, and most trees show worse 
infection than ever before. Of the vari¬ 
ous washes tried whale-oil soap. VA to 
two pounds to the gallon, has proved real- 
Iv most effective both as Winter and 
Spring applications, though considerable 
injury to buds and twigs has followed 
when used the latter strength. Petroleum 
is no longer trusted, though some of the 
best work in the wav of scale eradica¬ 
tion is to its credit. Some good has fol¬ 
lowed the lime-sulphur applications, but 
confidence in them as even reasonable 
means of scale control is rapidly waning. 
Kerosene-limoid did not succeed in meas¬ 
urably reducing scale in anv case that has 
come under our observation. Soluble oils 
will be quite generally tested wherever 
there is a whole-hearted effort to fight 
scale, but the feeling is far from sanguine, 
and many fruit growers are inclined to 
give up. So severe is the infestation in 
some places that fruit trees under glass 
require treatment as well as those outside. 
Estimates of loss are mere guesswork, 
but it appears safe to conclude that fully 
75 per cent of stone fruit trees have heen 
wiped out within the last five years. This 
is serious, but the growing discourage¬ 
ment of intending tree planters is far 
worse. Excellent peaches, better in ap¬ 
pearance and quality than any shipped in 
from the South or West, came to the local 
market last Summer from a small unin¬ 
fested district near the center of our 
county. These were eagerly bought at top 
prices, thus demonstrating that scale is 
the only real obstacle to profitable peach 
culture in New Jersey. It would not be 
easy to imagine finer Champion. Mountain 
Rose and Elberta than these scale-free 
specimens, but the growers are only 
counting on a further crop or two before 
iuvason begins, and are quite prepared to 
lose their orchards soon after the pest 
appears, being convinced of the futility of 
present means of combating it. The 
Rural Grounds’ trees were sprayed in Oc¬ 
tober with two kinds of the new soluble 
oils, closely following manufacturers’ di¬ 
rections. We hope to repeat the applica¬ 
tions on a portion of the trees next 
month. A very large proportion of scales 
appear to have been killed by the Fall ap¬ 
plication, but experiment station calcu¬ 
lators have figured out that if only five 
per cent of the adults escape the rate of 
increase is so great that the tree may 
be crusted worse than ever by the end of 
next season. With this idea in view we 
hope by another anofication to reduce the 
number of survivors below the danger 
limit. How the trees may be affected by 
these repeated sprayings is another story. 
There is a deep-seated conviction among 
orchard men that if something more dead¬ 
ly to the scale and less harmful to trees 
than any of the tested insecticides is not | 
soon brought out there is little chance 
to save existing orchards or bring new ! 
plantings up to the bearing age. Our per¬ 
sonal experience does not enable 11 s suc¬ 
cessfully to combat this rather gloomy 
view. 
Where to Get Roosevelt Pear. —Con¬ 
siderable interest is manifested in the big 
new French pear “Roosevelt.” figured and 
described in The R. N.-Y. for November 
18. 1905, and many inquiries for trees 
have been received. The originator, M. 
Charles Baltet. Troves. France, a most 
highly respected pomologist and nursery¬ 
man, has arranged with Ellwanger & 
Barry, Rochester. N. Y., for the exclusive 
distribution of the new pear in this coun¬ 
try. Yearling trees on quince stocks are 
offered for $2 each—not an unreasonable j 
price if the new variety comes anywhere 
near the claims made for it by the orig¬ 
inator when grown here. It is not only 
phenomenally large in fruit, but is said 
to be healthy, productive, of fine quality 
and good appearance, ripening in October. 
May it not turn out all promise and no 
performance ! w. v. F. 
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THE 1906 
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San Jose Scale 
in your orchard? Cooked sulphur, lime and salt solution, used 
for spraying, will save the trees and kill out the pest. The 
original Eureka .Steam Feed Cooker will cook a barrel of any spray¬ 
ing mixture in one-half hour. Alsou barrel of 
feed in the same time and saves ^ the feed. 
Heats water for stock. Requires but little 
fuel. Saves labor. Tested to 100 lbs. pres¬ 
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Price,No. 1,with 9 flues, $19.15. Price, No.2, 
with 13 flues, $20.25. We especially recom¬ 
mend this No. 2 cooker. Its size makes it 
popular everywhere and it is probably just 
what you want. Special No. 3 size is tested 
to 100 lbs. pressure and will develop 2 horse 
power; price $29.15. Also kettle cookers and 
other kinds. Also all kinds of sprayers for 
spraying all kinds of mixtures. 
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To Introduce our patented pumps in eve 4> 
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A Wooden Pump made 
Of I ron. Just remove fulcrum 
and handle to remove suck* 
leather. Stock made of steel, base 
adjustable, brass drain cock prevents 
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’Williams” Pump 
St., Indianapolis, Ind. 
SAN JOSE SCALE 
and other INSECTS killed bv 
GOODS 
Caustic Potash Whale-Oil Soap No, 3 
Endorsed by U. S. Dept, of Agri. and State Experiment 
Stations. This soap is a Fertilizer as well as an Insecti¬ 
cide. 60-lb. kegs. $2.50; 100-lb. kegs. $4.50; half barrel, 
2701b.,i%cper ib; barrel.4251b..3!^c. Send for booklet. 
JAMES GOOD, Original Maker, 
939-41 N. front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
SALIMENE 
THE BEST REMEDY FOR 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
Liquid or Powder Form. Circulars and price on 
application. 
MONMOUTH CHEMICAL WORKS, 
Shrewsbury, New Jersey. 
KflL=@=Se/MJB 
Kills the Seale, a combination of Soluble Petro¬ 
leum and sulphur. Write for circular. On sale in 
New York by Henderson & Co., Stumpp & Walter, 
Weeber & Don, and Philadelphia by H. A. I)veer 
and H. P. Michell. 
c lbhoq<uv CuduAo 
The great soil improver for Peas, Beans Clovers, &c. 
Write for prices and circular. GRIFFITH & TUR¬ 
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Mounted on fifth wheel Electric Truck, with 8*4 foot Steel Tower, Gear Agitator aDd $25.00 outfit of 
Aluminum fittings. Capacity 100 Gallons. Price $200. 
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Pioneers of Aluminum Pitting, 
MIDDXjEPOILT, NEW YORK. 
High Grade Brass 
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Single and double act¬ 
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> Best and most complete pump a 
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EH0DES DOUBLE OUT 
PRUNING SHEAR 
Cuts from 
both sides ot 
limb and does 
not bruise 
the bark. 
We pay Ex¬ 
press charges 
on all orders. 
Write tor 
circular and 
prices. 
423 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
PAT. 
RHODES MFG. CO 
SPRAY MATERIAL 
BERRY BASKETS 
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AUTO-POP, 
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Great cleaning attachment on per¬ 
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[ The “Kant-Klog” Sprayer 
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Ills Worth While . 
Buy a machine th at does the work 
right— that cleans its strainer 
automatically with a brush, 
mixes liquid mechanically so that 
oliage is never burned, but gets 
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Empire King, and 
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HORICUM 
KILLS SAN JOSE SCALE 
Made 
by 
HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT WORKS, 
SOLD BY SEED DEALERS OF AMERICA. 
pratts'SCALECIDE'S.. 
'V7L r ill Positively Destroy 
SAN JOSE, COTTONY MAPLE SCALE, PEAR PSYLLA, Etc. 
Without Injury to tiro Trees. 
Samples, Prices and Endorsement of Experiment Stations on Application. 
Gr. PRATT OO., II Broadway, New York City- 
