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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 7, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
the name and address of the writer to in¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper. 1 
A Fertilizer for Orchards. 
J. F. M.j Lyons, N. Y .—For fertilizer for 
orchard what brand is the best? How should 
I use it? Can I put it on sod without plow¬ 
ing or pulverizing, and have it benefit at 
once? 
Ans. —A simple mixture for a sod or¬ 
chard is 500 pounds nitrate of soda, 1,000 
pounds acid phosphate and 500 pounds 
muriate of potash. There is no need to 
mix the chemicals if more convenient to 
use them separately. In cultivated or¬ 
chards bone or dried blood can be used 
to supply nitrogen, but in sod we have 
found it best to use soluble plant food, 
or otherwise the grass will receive most 
of the benefit. All the above chemicals 
are soluble in water, and if spread on the 
sod will work down so as to supply the 
trees. Our own plan is to use the acid 
phosphate and potash during August or 
early September. At this time the fruit 
buds for the next crop are forming, 
while this year’s crop is maturing. The 
nitrate of soda we would use in Spring, 
while rapid growth is being made. That 
is when nitrogen is most needed. The 
amount to be used will depend upon the 
size of the tree. If you want a crop of 
hay as well as a cron of fruit you must 
use more. For fruit alone, eight pounds 
of the mixture to a good-sized tree scat¬ 
tered as far out as the branches go will 
do td start with. 
Mixing a Fertilizer. 
A. B. V., Lititz, Pa .—I want to mix my 
own fertilizer for tobacco, which is 750 
pounds of cotton-seed meal, 900 pounds of 
acid phosphate and 350 sulphate of potash. 
I would like to know what per cent of 
ammonia, what per cent of acid phosphate 
and of potash I have in this mixture. The 
cotton cost me $31.40 per ton, the acid phos¬ 
phate $10.75 per ton running 14 to 16 per 
cent. Sulphate of potash cost $48 per ton, 
91 per cent sulphate; cotton-seed meal eight 
per cent ammonia. This mixture will cost 
me $24.88 per ton. I want to use four 
tons, some manure with it, to four acres on 
corn stubble; five acres on sod of clover and 
Timothy. Would you recommend something 
else? I must use lime on the sod for sorrel, 
which is very bad. 
Ans.—A fair statement of such a mix¬ 
ture will be as follows: 
Phos. 
Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 
750 cotton-seed meal. . 
60 
13i/j 
60 
900 acid phosphate... 
350 sulphate of potash 
175 
135 
Total . 
60 
188 y 2 
195 
This means three per cent, of nitrogen, 
0]/ 2 of potash and nearly 10 of phosphoric 
acid. For most crops we would prefer 
the nitrogen from two sources, and would 
use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda in place 
of 100 pounds of the acid phosphate. Lime 
will help the sour soil. We would plow 
it early and put on the lime—using the 
fertilizer later. Do not put lime and acid 
phosphate into the soil close together. 
Cabbage Blight. 
D. II. IF., Morrisdalc, Pa ,—My Danish 
Ball Head cabbage blighted badly last season. 
What can 1 do to prevent it? 
Ans. —It has lately been shown that the 
germs of the disease can be carried by 
the seed from a diseased crop. So the 
first thing would be to secure seed from 
plants that were not infected, if this is 
possible. Where it is questionable about 
the origin of the seed, this may be treated 
to kill any adhering germs. The Geneva, 
N. Y., station advocates soaking the seed 
for 15 minutes in a 1-1,000 corrosive sub¬ 
limate solution, or in formalin, one pound 
to 30 gallons. The next point that needs 
attention is the seed bed ; do not use one 
that has grown plants that afterward be¬ 
came infected, and do not use soil in the 
seed bed in which cabbage has ever 
grown, or had any refuse from cabbages 
on it. Use for the cabbage field, if pos¬ 
sible, land that has not grown a diseased 
crop of this kind, and practice rotation, so 
that three or four years pass before this 
land is again used for a cruciferous crop. 
If the disease appears in a field possibly 
some little good in preventing its spread 
may be done by gathering and destroying 
the infected leaves and worst infected 
plants. It may prove helpful, too, to de¬ 
stroy in the Fall all refuse from a dis¬ 
eased crop. Keep down insect visitation 
as much as possible during the season. 
G. I*. CLINTON. 
The Atlantic Strawberry a Disappointment. 
A. D., Troy, N. Y .—Last Fall you printed 
several answers to a question regarding the 
Atlantic strawberry. Each of your corre¬ 
spondents said it was not a sure cropper. 
I have soil just suited to the Atlantic, and 
would like to know its habits of growth. 
Does it do well in narrow matted rows, and 
in what way is the small crop manifested? 
Does it fail to blossom to any extent, or 
do the blossoms fail to set fruit? 
Ans. —I can safely say that in an ex¬ 
perience of over 30 years, I have never 
seen a variety of strawberry that has 
proven so unreliable as has the Atlantic. 
In the town of Scriba, Oswego County, 
N. Y., the only place where it has been 
grown commercially, at least 10 growers 
have lost money with it where one has 
made a profit. As a rule it is weak in 
plant and unreliable in fruiting. Many 
times the planting will come right up to 
ripening with full promise, and fail to 
ripen properly, berries curl up, etc., and 
for no known reason. If your inquirer 
likes to gamble, I know of nothing out¬ 
side of Wall Street or a horse race where 
he can drop his money any easier. The 
large prices obtained for the fruit of 
this variety is the reason why people try 
to grow it, but one might just as well 
try to grow Spitzenburg apples at a profit. 
Better far grow some hardy, productive 
variety like the Dunlap, which will grow 
and produce well if it is given half a 
chance, and will bring far more profit per 
acre one year with another. F. g. tice. 
Kieffer Pear as Stock. —In “Brevities,” 
page 246, you give the Kieffer a bl'ack eye 
as a pear stock. I would like to know 
just wherein it is said to fail. I have used 
it for a stock for many years, and so I 
think have also hundreds in the country, 
and this is the first hint I have received 
of its unworthiness for that purpose. I 
have used seedlings from the ordinary 
pear, French stock and also Japanese; 
have used seedlings of Kieffer and have 
grafted on Garber, Lincoln and Conklin. 
So far as I can see the Kieffer is as good 
as any of them. It seems to give vigor to 
the graft, the union is usually good and 
it is less liable to blight than the average. 
My experience; would like to hear the 
other side. b. buckman. 
Illinois. 
R. N.-Y.—Our information comes large¬ 
ly from pear growers in New Jersey and 
in the Hudson River Valley. It is re¬ 
ported that for a few years the grafts in 
Kieffer appear to do well, but that later 
the union fails. Let us hear from other 
fruit men who have tried it. 
For the land’s sake use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
The Abingtoti 
STRAWBERRY 
ISA BERK! YOU WANT. There are two others 
equally as fine. 1 have all the new and standard 
varieties for sale. Send for catalogue. 
C. S. PKATT, Heading, Mass. 
GRASS SEED. 
Timothy Seed, all kinds of Clover, Blue Grass, Red 
Top, Orchard Grass, Seed Oats. Ask for prices and 
samples on what you want U. J. Cover, sit. GiUad, Ohio. 
ALARMING mK 
Kerosene Emulsion is Sure Death. Make it 
with Tak-a-Nap Soft Naphtha Soap. No heat. 
No trouble. Send one dollar for Spray Pump 
and sufficient Tak-a-Nap to make 160 gallons 
emulsion. Tak-a-Nap Folks, Darby, Pa. 
From 20 to 40 acres of potato vines dusted per 
day. NO WATER TO HAUL. Means less work 
for man and horse. Use Paris Green or mix with 
lime or Dry Bordeaux, as desired. Write for 
Spray Calendar and Circular. 
For Sale by Dealers 
Manuf. by LEGGETT k BROTHER, 301 Pearl St., N. Y. J 
DIBBLE’S 
SEED POTATOES. 
Plenty still on hand of all standard kinds Stock 
of our three new blight-resisting potatoes getting 
low. Send for our Farm Seed Catalog giving bed 
rock prices on Potatoes, Corn, Oats, etc., and order at 
once Buy of the Grower. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seedgrower, 
Box C, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Tartar King 
’s Welcome 
Giant Side 
Danish Island 
These four varieties constitute in our opinion the 
best there is in Oats. If you are a keen observer you 
will have noticed that during the past three or four 
years no cereal has held its own (as to price) better 
than have Oats. 
A change of seed is as necessary in Oats as in any 
other variety of seed. 
An open winter as a rule is hard on winter grain. 
Now is the time to look over your grain Helds and de¬ 
cide what you are going to do with them If you are 
going to plow up these fields and sow Oats write for 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1906 which 
fully describes the above best four varieties, and if 
In doubt as to which variety is best adapted for your 
locality, write us describing your soil and we shall 
advise you. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Phila., Pa. 
Burpee 
Golden 
The Best Crops Grow where REAULIEU’S seeds go. 
Importer of best French seeds. Potatoes, Gladiolus, 
Dahlias, Wheats, etc. 21 prizes at New York. Silver 
medal at St. Louis. Beaulieu. Woodhaven, L. I., N.Y 
SEND 25c. FOR A SAMPLE 16-QT. CRATE 
Something new for GILT-EDGE BERRIES* 
T. O. KEVITT, Athenia, X, J.« 
Write for Net Price Illustrated Implement Cata¬ 
logue. Robert O. Reeves Co., 187 Water st., N.Y. City. 
O NION AND PEPPER SEED.Choieenewseed true 
to name, Prize Taker. YellowGlobe Danvers, Yel¬ 
low Strasburg, $1 per ID.: Silver Skin, $1.50 per lb.; 
Southport White Globe. $1.90 per lb.; Kubv King Pep- 
per$.90 per lb. Edward Kigg. Jr., Burlington, N. J. 
ROGERS TREES ARE 
DIFFERENT 
FROM OTHERS. 
ROGERS ON THE HILL, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
APPLE BREEDERS. 
F OR SALE —Cow Peas, $1.50 Bushel; Crimson 
Clover Seed, $5.50 per Bushel; 2d Growth Seed 
Potatoes, $3.50 Bag; Seed Sweet Potatoes. 
J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Delaware. 
CHR QAI C-SEED CORN. Glenns Learning; 
run OHLt a yellow dent, 20 days earlier than 
any other. Pedigree and prices on application. 
F. P. MADDOCK8. ALLEGAN, MICHIGAN. 
Prize, Michigan, Eureka. Cobbler, 
■ UldlUww Reliance, Gold Standard. List Free. 
GEO.H. COLVIN, Crest Farm, Dalton, Pa. 
Transplanted vegetable plants 
of the highest quality at the 
lowest price. Buy from the 
largest, cheapest, and most re. 
liable growers in America. 
Write for catalogue. 
THE J. E. HUTTON CO.. 
Conyngham, Pa., formerly J. E. Hutton & Son. 
WARD BLACKBERRIES 
The hardiest and most prolific Blackberry ever grown 
WELCH RASPBERRY 
The most profitable Red Raspberry yet fruited. Also 
a full line of general nursery stock. Catalogue free 
JOS. 11. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstown, N. J. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page IS. 
OUTFIT 
.50 
This Outfit includes all the 
tools necessary for garden, 
lawn and flower culture; of 
full standard sizes and best 
makes known. A great bar¬ 
gain at this price and well 
worth your consideration 
just now in the beginning of 
the season, as they will pay 
for themselves in the next 
3 months. Send for our new 
premium list showing how 
yon can share in our profits 
without investing a cent. It 
is the most wonderful offer 
ever made, containing one 
hundred useful, valuable and 
handsome articles for farm 
and household, given away 
free. 
Our New 600-page Cat¬ 
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wider variety and many new 
goods not found in old one 
at Prices Lower Than 
Ever. Write for it to-day, 
also our Grocery List show¬ 
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Freight rates lower from 
New York than elsewhere. 
Established 1816. 
White, Van Glahn & Co. 
15 Chatham Sq., New York. 
0ID£STMM OMfi 
MOUSEfMMMER/CA 
GREGORy-C 
SEED , 
i£4TALOSii 
One market 
g a rdener 
[plants annually 75 
pounds of our let¬ 
tuce, another 500 
pounds of our beet 
and a third 100 pounds of our onion 
seed. Such men can take no chances. 
We shall be pleased to sell you any 
kind of vegetable or flower seed equally 
good, from five cents’ worth upward. 
Catalogue free. 
J. J. H. CRECORY <fc SON, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
^ P* P" ^ ^ I offer seeds of superior quality 
V LLM V at money-saving price. Order 
■A | F 11 now, Canada Cluster Seed Oats 
Vlib mm yield over 80 bu. per acre,$1.25 bu.; 
Timothy, $2; Clover, $9.50; Alsike.$8.50; Alfalfa,$9.50; 
Pure Red Top, 10c. per lb.; Orchard Grass, $1.85; Bar¬ 
ley,$1; Iowa Gold MineCorn, best Ensilage sort, $1.50; 
Learning or Pride of North Corn,$l; Spring Rye, $1.40; 
Spring Wheat, $1.50; Speltz, $1; Field Corn, Yellow 
or White, $1.25; StowelFs Evergreen Corn, $1.75;Field 
Peas, $1.50; Calf Weaners, 30c.; Early Potatoes, $1.25; 
Bags, 18c. Catalogue Free. Established nearly forty 
years. F. H. EBELING, SJ14 Warren Street, 
Syracuse, New York, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. 
FRUIT GROWERS —ATTENTION! 
If you are expecting to need any fruit trees or plants the coming spring, don’t fail to get our catalogue 
and prices. Large assortment of Japanese and European Plums, Apples. Pears, Peaches, Berry 
Plants, Asparagus roots, etc. Stock that's true and will please you. Catalogue costs you nothing but a 
postal card. BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., Box 8, Yalesville. Conn. 
Everything 
for the garden. Tools, Spray 
Pumps, Trees, Plants, Vines, 
etc. Also Pure Jersey Red 
Hogs. Write for catalog. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, 
Box R, Moorestown, N. J, 
TREES 
DPR |Oft FRFIftllT DAIfl Apple, Pear. Plum, Cherry, Peach and Carolina 
• tn IvU) rnulUnl rMIU Poplars, healthy, true to name and fumigated. 
All kinds of trees and plants at low wholesale prices. Remember we heat all other reliable 
Nurseries in quality and price. Catalogue free, Reliance Nursery, Box 10, Geneva, N.Y. 
TRADE MARK REGISTERED 
“The Grand Old Roofing” Standard 
for fifteen years. The pioneer weather¬ 
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Absolutely weather-proof. Contains no tar 
—will not melt. Contains no paper—will 
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upon it will not ignite it. The only prepared 
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which has demonstrated that it will outlast 
metal or shingles. Costs little to buy 
and nothing to maintain. Sold ready to 
apply, with all necessary fixtures. Any 
handyman can apply it. Send for samples 
and booklet “R.” 
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100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. 
