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TUB RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 18 , 
NEWS OF THE ASPARAGUS RUST. 
Will you give us any information you can 
regarding Asparagus rust? Is the disease 
as bad with you as in former years? Do 
growers think it worth while to spray, and 
if so what do they use? Is it likely that 
we can control the disease by spraying or 
cutting? lias any progress been made in 
breeding new strains or varieties of aspara¬ 
gus that are able to withstand the disease? 
The Asparagus rust does not seem to be 
as severe as formerly, though it still does 
lots of injury. Some spraying has been 
' done with good results. So far as I know 
nothing has been done in this section to¬ 
wards the selection of rust-resisting kinds. 
Palmetto is probably as resistant as any 
standard variety. F. c. Bancroft. 
Delaware. 
It is too early yet to know what the 
rust will do this year. There is no posi¬ 
tive proof that spraying has been bene¬ 
ficial in this section, although there have 
been cases where it has seemed to do good ; 
not enough for us to adopt it as a cus¬ 
tom, however. Experiments in cultivation 
and breeding have been begun on experi¬ 
mental plots here by the Match Experi¬ 
ment Station, backed by the Bureau of 
Plant Industry at Washington. There are 
no results yet to be reported. 
THOMAS HOLLIS. ' 
Mass. Asparagus Growers’ Association. 
The Asparagus rust here varies some¬ 
what with the seasons, some seasons 
scarcely any and some other seasons 
everything may rust. No spraying is done 
here at the present. There are some new 
varieties being planted; they are not old 
enough to say whether they are better 
able to withstand the disease. In the 
older fields here there are more missing 
hills each season, and yet all things taken 
together, it is a fairly satisfactory crop 
to raise. asa shf.pard. 
Iowa. 
The past effects of rust in asparagus 
were seen in the fewer shoots cut per acre 
this season, in many cases one-half less 
than before the rust made its appearance. 
For the last two years it has not been as 
bad as when it first appeared. Manuring, 
fertilizing and care have not eradicated 
it; it may mitigate some, but when once 
a crown has been struck then look for 
small shoots and fewer numbers. There 
has been no spraying with us, nor any at¬ 
tempt to control the rust except by feed¬ 
ing and care. The beds from imported 
Argenteuil seed have kept up the size and 
quantity, and made money for their own¬ 
ers, and young beds two or three years 
old cut fair grass, and no doubt will until 
hit by the rust. edwin beekman. 
Monmouth Co., N. J. 
The rust is getting worse here. About 
five years ago it appeared on our field, 
and the same the next year; then it 
seemed to case up a little, and two years 
ago we got a splendid crop; but last year 
we got less than one-third as much as 
the year before, and this year we got still 
less than last season. We are still cut¬ 
ting, intending to kill out the bed this 
Summer if possible, and perhaps plant 
again in another part of the farm. What 
we did get this year was very small, 
more than half the stems had to be thrown 
away, and many of the heads on the better 
sized stems would loosen up before they 
were long enough to cut. I do not know 
of any one else in this part of the world 
who is bothered with this rust curse, so 
cannot tell you anything about breeding 
to prevent it. The Purdue Experiment 
Station says experiments are being made 
in California with flowers of sulphur, 
dusting it on the tops after they have quit 
cutting for market; they think it will help 
some. We live about 36 miles from Chi¬ 
cago, and with the exception of one man 
(living less than one-fourth mile from us) 
who has only two short rows, and his is 
not bothered with rust, I know of no 
other asparagus beds within 15 to 20 miles 
of ours, and none of those close around 
Chicago has ever been bothered with rust 
that I have heard of. and I am acquainted 
with quite a number of them. Their tops 
stay green and healthy looking till freez¬ 
ing weather in October, while ours begin 
to die about the middle of August. I 
have been wondering lately whether rail¬ 
road cars could carry a disease like rust. 
The Erie Railroad runs through our land, 
and one corner of our asparagus patch is 
right up to their fence, where they pass 
with carloads of California fruit nearly 
every day, besides bringing stock cars back 
from New York and vicinity all the year. 
We put about $45 per acre on our patch 
last Winter and this Spring in raw bone 
meal, muriate of potasb, nitrate of soda 
and city stable manure, and have been 
using $35 to $40 per acre each year before 
this, so feel that we have done all we 
could as far as we knew. I believe the 
sure rust cure is to quit raising asparagus, 
but having been raised in an asparagus 
patch and working with it ever since, it 
seems like losing an old friend even to 
think of having to quit the business. 
Indiana. louis c. breyfogle. 
Asparagus rust first appeared in my 
field eight years ago. For several years 
after it threatened destruction of the 
plants, as the growth was usually killed 
in midsummer. Nothing was done except 
to fertilize and cultivate with special care, 
and now it is almost forgotten in this vi¬ 
cinity. There is still a little rust, but it 
usually comes late, when growth is nearly 
completed, so does little harm. T know 
of no one here who sprays for rust, while 
cutting out affected canes would be practi¬ 
cal only in a small way. While we do not 
fear the disease as much as we did, still 
we do not ignore it. New fields are be¬ 
ing planted with varieties supposed to re¬ 
sist it, and that being cut now is well fer¬ 
tilized, mostly with barnyard manure, and 
well cultivated. The beetle does us far 
more harm than the rust, and we would 
be glad to learn bow to destroy or con¬ 
trol it. I would like to know how grow¬ 
ers elsewhere handle their fields when 
cutting it over. For several years I have 
followed this plan: Follow the cutters on 
the last dav with the plow, going length¬ 
wise over the row, and cutting off all the 
little “grass,” weeds and all; then follow 
with a spring-tooth, harrowing until the 
land is in good shape. Finish with smooth¬ 
ing harrow, and when your asparagus 
comes up it will have the field all to itself, 
and after cultivation will be an easy mat¬ 
ter. L. W. RUTH. 
Michigan. 
SECOND-CROP STRAWBERRIES. 
Have you had any experience with the 
I’an-American strawberry or with any other 
variety that is said to he a late cropper? 
We have reports from people who claim to 
produce fair amounts of fruit in September or 
even later. Please give your views both as 
regards the character of this variety and 
(he profit in producing this late fruit. 
I have had no experiences with straw¬ 
berries producing a crop out of the usual 
season, .Tune and part of July. We some¬ 
times find fruit in September when working 
over the beds, hut not of any account. I 
do not think I care to have a strawberry 
producing out of the usual season. Other 
berries follow in succession and peonle 
want a change. I put 150 tons of horse 
manure on my strawberry beds, about six 
acres. Walter f. tabeu. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
I have never had any experience with 
the Pan-American strawberry, but sometimes 
the Nic Ohmer blooms quite freely in the 
Fall, and produces considerable fruit, but a 
large proportion of it is imperfect, with some 
very fine specimens. The President has 
the same habit to a lesser extent, but the 
berries are more apt to be perfect. I think 
this condition is brought about by protracted, 
drought shortly after fruiting time, followed 
by rains and growing weather. I do not 
think they would ever be profitable, as they 
are scattered over a large area, and ripen 
very unevenly, only a few at a time; and 
so the cost of picking would be very much 
greater than the Spring picking. Two years 
ago I picked quite a good many and sold 
some in the local market as high as 40 cents 
a box; shipped one crate to my customer 
for fine fruit in Philadelphia, and he did 
not want them because he couldn’t have a 
regular supply, and turned them over to a 
commission house and they were sold for 
about 12 cents a box. Last year there was 
considerable bloom, but berries ripened so 
late very few of them were perfect. 
New Jersey. thomas r. hunt. 
My experience with the monthly or ever- 
bearing strawberry is that they do not pay. 
They are very poor plant makers, and do 
not bear enough. September berries have 
to compete with so many other varieties of 
fruit that they will have' to be sold cheap. 
I believe they would be a good thing under 
glass, as they do make only a very few run¬ 
ners. The most profitable strawberry with 
me is the Senator Dunlap. I have discarded 
all others with the exception of Beder Wood 
for very early. john grape. 
Wisconsin. 
I have never grown the Pan-American 
strawberry, but have tried several of the 
so-called everbearing varieties, and have de¬ 
cided that the introducer should have called 
them never bearing instead of everbearing; 
at least they have all proven to be worthless 
on my soil, and even if they would produce 
a crop in the Fall there would be a poor de¬ 
mand for them, as peaches, blackberries, 
grapes, etc., would be cheaper and more de¬ 
sirable to buy at that season, especially if we 
considered the price late Fall strawberries 
would have to bring to prove a profitable 
crop for the grower. geo. g. walker. 
Massachusetts. 
TESTS OF NEW STRAWBERRIES .* 
We have a new variety, Cussawago by 
name, which may be very little known among 
strawberry growers. It is late in ripening, 
about as late as Gandy; will yield 50 to 75 
per cent more berries with us than Gandy, 
if properly grown; that is, in very narrow 
rows, or in liills as we grow them. The 
berries are large to very large, of good 
shape and splendid quality; the color is 
between light and dark, glossy, of very tine 
appearance, perfect blossom, very strong 
rampant grower of fine large plants, of 
which they make an abundance. For a 
late berry it is the best we have on our 
list of 25 varieties. c. h. k. 
Holland, O. 
I am situated favorably for nearly all 
varieties, yet there are some that do not 
satisfy here in the French Creek Valley. I 
will only mention a few varieties that are 
useless here; Excelsior, Aroma, Tennessee 
Prolific. Aroma is classed late, and when 
at its best is a grand berry. Excelsior is 
too sour and too small, and the difference 
in ripening with Glen Mary is only four days. 
Tennessee has white tips, and is behind Ex¬ 
celsior. The kinds that flourish here are 
Stevens Late, Champion, Commonwealth, 
Ryekman, Duncan, Uncle .Tim, President and 
Victor, Kittle Rice, William Belt, Marshall, 
Pride of Michigan. Mark .Ilanna; the Splen¬ 
did and Bubach No. 5 are two old kinds that 
are worthy. Splendid is the best to set 
near Glen Mary, as it is a strong pollenizer, 
and remains in bloom a long time. I note 
what Mr. White says about Glen Mary; he 
is a veteran in the business, I know, and 
gives his views and experience gracefully. 
Most kinds of strawberries have some fault, 
though it will be a great pleasure to me to 
find a variety more perfect and more pro¬ 
ductive (ban some kinds I now cultivate. 
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