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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 7, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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MAKING THE STRAWBERRY BED. 
How to manage the strawberry bed 
after fruiting is somewhat of a per¬ 
plexing question for growers as well as 
for the amateur. There is also a dif¬ 
ference of opinion as to the best meth¬ 
ods and treatment of such beds. During 
an experience of 25 years I have tried 
almost every way that is now practiced by 
different growers, and I am well con¬ 
vinced for my own practical use, con¬ 
sidering labor and expense, the best meth¬ 
od is for me to plant a new bed every 
year. After the first bearing year, as soon 
as we are through picking, I begin to 
take care of the beds by pulling all weeds 
and grass, before they make any seed. 
Let these lie on the bed in spots where 
there are no plants. As soon as the 
ground is frozen I cover the entire bed 
with horse manure to a depth of two 
or three inches. This will perhaps smoth¬ 
er some of the plants, but there will be 
plenty of them left for the next year’s 
fruiting, and those that come through in 
the Spring will grow with as much vigor 
as a newly-set plant. From a bed of 
one acre treated as above described I 
picked more berries the past season than 
from an acre planted one year ago. The 
berries, however, were not quite as large. 
After I finish picking 3 second crop, I 
plow everything under in July and plant 
to celery. The land will then be in a 
high state of fertility, for the strawberry 
takes but little from the soil. If a sec¬ 
ond crop is not wanted the ground should 
be sown with Crimson clover about the 
first of August. This should be plowed 
under the following Spring, when the 
ground will be in excellent condition for 
planting early potatoes, beets, cabbage or, 
in fact, any early vegetables. This meth¬ 
od of growing strawberries gives me 
three beds to look after, two bearing 
beds, one and two years old, and a newly- 
planted one every Spring, and I am of 
the opinion that there is less labor and 
expense in planting a bed every year than 
in trying to build up the old one year 
after year. Those who have not ground 
enough for rotation, and wish to retain 
the old bed, I would advise to narrow 
down the rows to six or eight inches in 
width. Where the horse and plow can¬ 
not be used it can be easily accomplished 
with the spade. Broadcast some well- 
rotted stable manure or fertilizer on the 
ground and rake it level. New runners 
will soon occupy the whole space, thus 
renewing the plantation. Guard against 
weeds and grass to the end of the sea¬ 
son. Mulch with horse manure when the 
ground freezes. In the Spring, when the 
young plants start growing, dig under 
the old row or plants that have been used 
for renewing the bed, for these will be 
pretty well exhausted. This narrow space, 
when dug under, serves as a path be¬ 
tween the renewed rows. Where the 
mulching or manure lies too heavily on 
the plants this should be raked off and 
left in the paths. This will keep the 
ground moist, and will be useful in the 
season of fruiting. T. M. white. 
Monmouth Co., N. Y. 
Raspberries and Blackberries for Ohio. 
H. C. F., So. Charleston, O .—What are 
the best varieties of raspberries and black¬ 
berries for Central Ohio? Has the Blow¬ 
ers blackberry any real merit? If it is one- 
half what some nurserymen claim for it it 
would surely be a great berry for the fruit 
grower. 
Ans. —There are many good kinds of 
berries for Ohio, but among the best for 
general use are the following: Of the 
red raspberries, Loudon, Cardinal and 
Cuthbert; of the blackcap varieties, Palm¬ 
er, Kansas and Cumberland. The Early 
Harvest, Agawam. Eldorado and Minne- 
waska are some of the best of the black¬ 
berries. The Blowers is a new variety 
that is well thought of so far, but it would 
be very risky to act on the “booming” 
statements that are made of it, or of any 
other new thing, when first introduced 
and plant largely of it. Give it a trial 
in a small way, and experience will indi¬ 
cate what to do further about planting 
it. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Ailing Peach Trees. 
I. R. W., Pawtucket , R. I .—I have a 
young peach orchard of 300 trees, just be¬ 
ginning to bear. The fruit has set thickly, 
and most of the trees are looking vigorous. 
On about 20, however, the leaves look pale, 
and some of the tips of the limbs are dead. 
Does this indicate yellows? Is there any 
sure way of knowing when trees are attacked 
with the disease? Will there be any danger 
to the healthy trees if these are left until 
Fall? 
Ans. —The pale color of the leaves of 
the peach trees, as described by I. R. W., 
would suggest that they are affected by 
yellows, but does not indicate it positive¬ 
ly. The first sign of this disease in peach 
trees is, usually, the premature ripening 
of the fruit, along with pale color of 
foliage. Next there are bunches of small 
shoots along the main branches, and soon 
there are dead twigs and then larger 
branches. There is constant danger of in¬ 
fection where a tree exists that has 
Peach yellows. While the exact species 
of bacteria that cause it has not been 
found, although there has been every ef¬ 
fort made by the ablest scientists to dis¬ 
cover it, there is no doubt that it does 
exist, and in untold myriads, in the dis¬ 
eased trees. Not a day should be lost 
in destroying every part of a tree that has 
Peach yellows, even if the case is only 
suspicious. An affected tree should be 
burned on the spot where it stood or 
taken to a place outside the orchard with¬ 
out allowing it to touch another, for the 
contagion is spread by contact in some 
cases, as has been repeatedly proved. I 
once saw a peach orchard in Niagara 
county, New York, where a few trees had 
this disease, and had been dragged diag¬ 
onally through it. The trail was very 
easily followed, by the line of vacancies 
that had been made afterwards in de¬ 
stroying the trees that had taken the dis¬ 
ease from those that were rubbed against 
them. Some peach orchardists in the 
regions where yellows is prevalent have 
large enclosed vans for carrying off their 
diseased peach trees to the place of crema¬ 
tion, that there may be no danger of in¬ 
fection on the way. There is no other 
successful method of meeting this arch¬ 
enemy of the peach than to dig and burn 
every vestige of it on first sight, and this 
is very effective and only moderately 
costly, if taken in time. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Fruits for Arkansas. 
W. H. E. y Helena, Ark .—I have about 20 
acres of hill land; some of the hills are 
quite steep, also have different exposures, 
south, east, west and north. I want to 
plant these hills in fruit, especially grapes. 
Which exposure of a hillside is best for 
grapes? What is the best variety for this 
country, and is there much trouble with in¬ 
sects, birds, etc.? What is the best method 
to keep birds away from grapes? Would 
you advise one or two-year-old plants? What 
ought they to cost per hundred or thousand, 
and where can they be bought ? Is there any 
money in grapes when they can be sold for 
from 15 to 20 cents per eight-pound basket, 
and would there be any money in making 
wine? What variety of peaches is best for 
home market? Are there any peaches that 
bloom late? The late frosts kill most of our 
peach crop. Which side of a hill is best for 
apples, pears, plums and peaches? Is It 
profitable to raise currants, blackberries and 
raspberries? 
Ans. —Our friend in Arkansas really 
wants almost a full treatise on fruits and 
their culture, and it is not possible in the 
limited space at command in a weekly 
paper to make proper reply to all that he 
asks. On the hills of Arkansas all the 
land that is rich enough is good for most 
fruits, no matter which way it slopes. 
For grapes the southern slopes are the best, 
because they will causq the fruit to ripen 
a little sooner than any other. Grapes 
do very well in that part of the country, 
and there are no more insects, birds, etc., 
there than in most sections. Shooting 
birds is the only preventive against them. 
The black rot and mildew are the most 
troublesome enemies to grape culture, but 
Bordeaux Mixture is a remedy that is 
effectual. Concord is one of the most 
profitable varieties to grow, but Campbell 
is earlier and just as reliable. The plan 
in growing grapes there should be to get 
them into market as early as possible. 
Delaware is a very choice red grape and 
reasonably early. Brilliant is another ex¬ 
cellent red grape, and larger in bunch and 
berry than Delaware. One-year-old vines 
are all right for planting and should not 
cost over $30 per 1,000 for the first grade. 
7'hey can be bought from almost any 
nursery, true to name, provided it is 
reliable. Grapes will pay fairly well at 
two cents per pound, wholesale. Currants 
are not suitable to a climate such as that 
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lUn OHL.C son Clover Seed, $5.50 per bushel 
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KANSAS SEED HOUSE, Lawrence, Kaos. 
60 Bus. Winter Wheat Per Acre 
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of Arkansas, because it is too warm. 
Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries 
all pay under most of the conditions ex¬ 
isting there, if well cared for. The same 
is true of apples in northern Arkansas, 
hut not in the southeastern part, where 
Helena is located. I would not recom¬ 
mend the extensive planting of any or¬ 
chard fruits there. H. e. van deman. 
Wild Honeysuckle —From what I know 
of the wild honeysuckle about the only meth¬ 
od to get rid of it is to keep it cut off so close 
and often as to kill out the roots or to keep 
it pastured down with liogs. The latter plan 
is hardly practicable in an orchard, as it 
takes too confining pasturing for the good 
of the trees. W. H. L. 
Tennessee. 
My way of cultivating corn and potatoes 
is always to stir the ground once a week 
or oftener. If we have a big rain work corn 
until it is ready to tassel and potatoes until 
they begin to bloom, tolerably deep cultivation , 
at first and gradually get more shallow as the ! 
corn makes root. I prefer level culture for 
corn at all times and think potatoes better to 
be hilled up after the last plowing so none 
of the tubers will be exposed to the sun. 
Wabash, Ind. h. e. w. 
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The Best Paying Crops. —We have not 
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can tell which is the most profitable since 
we have been in business. Ours is mostly 
a local market. Supply and demand rules 
the prices. It fluctuates from $500 or more 
per acre to almost nothing. The very early 
fruit and vegetables invariably bring good 
prices. Our farm is not the ideal for first 
early, but is excellent for second early, which 
quite often bring as much as the earliest. 
Late crops are very uncertain in the vege¬ 
table line. If we decided to grow but three 
or four of each would choose tomatoes, cab¬ 
bage, squash and peas, strawberries, cur¬ 
rants, dewberries. There are other varie¬ 
ties that pay much better,, if our market 
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not?” There was silence for a while, and 
then a little boy spoke up. “Please, sir, 
because God alone knows where the but¬ 
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