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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 8, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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APPLES FOR SOUTHERN JERSEY. 
C. S. D„ Gloucester Co., N. J — Will you 
give me a list of apples for southern part of 
New Jersey, for the Philadelphia market? 
The soil is suitable for white potatoes, cab¬ 
bage and tomatoes. The lowest part is under- 
drained. Would the roots of the trees stop 
up the drains in time? I do not want any 
kinds of green or white, all red or deep 
yellow. IIow would the following list do? 
Red Astrakhan, Oldenburg, Ilagloe, Early 
Williams, Summer Pearmain, Fall Pearmain, 
Winter Pearmain, Grimes Golden, Holland 
Pippin, Wealthy, York Imperial, Smith's 
Cider and Ben Davis? Are Holland Pippin 
and Fall Pippin the same? State if all these 
kinds would be suitable, or if some other 
kinds would be better. I want several kinds 
so as to last through the whole season. There 
is a piece of ground joining that is quite 
low, being mostly black soil, but is not under¬ 
laid with clay, and is drained. The water 
does not stand on it. Would it be too low 
for apples? What kinds would do best on 
the lowest ground? No part is gravelly. 
As a result of my own experience and 
inquiry I am setting out a few Winesap, 
Stayman, Maiden Blush, Nero, Ben 
Davis, York Imperial and Yellow Trans¬ 
parent. GEO. A. MITCHELL. 
Cumberland Co., N. J. 
The soil is not suitable for growing 
apples, my preference being sandy, grav¬ 
elly joil. It will produce better colored 
fruit and more of it. The following is 
the list for southern New Jersey: Red 
Astrakhan, Iiagloe, Williams Early, 
Grimes Golden and Winesap. The Hol¬ 
land Pippin and Fall Pippin are not the 
same. 1 know of no varieties that are 
suitable for low land. albert t. repp. 
Gloucester Co., N. J. 
C. S. D. evidently wishes to grow apples 
in a commercial way, and I am sorry to 
say (through experience and close obser¬ 
vation) that he is in the wrong locality. 
His soil, notwithstanding the satisfactory 
yield of potatoes, cabbage and truck, is 
not of that nature and texture required 
to grow good apples for Philadelphia, or 
any other market. In 1885 I planted an 
orchard on land not quite as low as 
that on which C. S. D. wishes to plant 
his, and the result was a complete fail¬ 
ure. The following Spring I planted 
about 50 trees on a hilly piece of nearly 
worthless land with gratifying results. 
The orchard on the low, flat land has 
never paid for the cost of trees and set¬ 
ting, while the few trees planted on high, 
hilly ground have borne good crops of 
apples of fair quality for the past 12 
years. When planted on low land, the 
apple tree does not send its roots down 
to any considerable depth, and it is not 
likely that his drainage will be stopped 
by their roots. If his tiles carried liquid 
manure or the like the roots would cer¬ 
tainly enter at joints and clog the whole 
system. If C. S. D. is bound to have an 
apple orchard he will find the following 
list to behave fairly well in his county 
as they do in Cumberland and Atlantic: 
Yellow Transparent, Oldenburg, Wil¬ 
liams, Fall Pippin, Smith’s Cider, Ben 
Davis and Winesap. I have never seen 
Holland Pippin. As a rule, never at¬ 
tempt to grow apples on ground consid¬ 
ered too low to grow good peaches. The 
trees might make a good growth, but the 
fruit will be scanty and of inferior qual¬ 
ity. JOHN CASAZZA. 
Atlantic Co., N. J. 
Working Over Peach Trees. 
O. S. B., Waterford, N. J .—'What is the 
best way to handle a two-year-old peach 
tree that is not true to name? Should I 
bud the young suckers in June to make the 
same as June buds, or wait till September 
to bud and not have them grow that year? 
Ans. —If this tree was mine I would 
dig it up and plant a good one in its 
place, provided I wanted a peach tree to 
grow there. There would be risk about 
getting the buds to grow, and in case of 
failure there would be another year’s 
time lost, which would be far more dam¬ 
age than the cost of a good nursery tree. 
Peach seedlings should be budded the 
same year they come up from the seed, 
and in case older stocks are worked they 
should be cut to the ground in early 
Spring, and only one sprout allowed to 
grow. It is better to bud in August or 
early September in the North than in 
June, owing to the shortness of the grow¬ 
ing season. June budding is properly 
adapted to the Southern States. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Concrete Blocks for Building. 
Is there any danger in using concrete 
blocks that are carelessly made? Suppose the 
concrete and sand are not perfectly mixed. 
Will not the block be liable to break when 
the strain comes upon it? 
I do not think there need be any dan¬ 
ger of such blocks failing, even when 
made by the farmers themselves, as it is 
not a coniDlicated or difficult matter prop¬ 
erly to mix the cement, sand and stone 
for concrete construction. I would re¬ 
mind vou that nearly all the concrete 
which is made, which is not mixed in a 
mechanical mixer, is usually done by un¬ 
skilled workmen. In my experience fail¬ 
ure of concrete when it occurs is more 
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often due to bad and inefficient cements 
than to anv trouble with the mixing. I 
believe concrete, especially when it is 
reinforced with metal, to be the most 
durable of materials. There is, however, 
one difficulty that has been much en¬ 
countered. and that is due to the fact that 
cement concrete is a porous material, 
and buildings constructed from it are 
often found to be damp. For dwelling- 
house construction this means that some 
sort of a treatment has to be given the 
blocks in order to render them impervious 
to moisture. There are a number of 
patented mixtures for waterproofing con¬ 
crete. I am not able to say anything as 
to their efficiency- Treatment of the 
walls with tar or asphalt mixtures has 
been found efficient by many engineers 
and architects. a. s. cushman. 
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116 Mill Street. Rochester, N. Y. 
KEEP WARM 
On your Winter Drives witli a 
STANDARD CARRIAGE HEATER 
Costs Less Than Two Cents a Day to Keep Your 
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It burns a prepared fuel. One-third of a 
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covered with Brus¬ 
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Standard Carbon 
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OUR OVAL STANDARD HEATER 
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Same, without Carpet, $1.50. 
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THE STANDARD STAMPING CO., Marysville, Ohio. 
SEND FOR 1907 LIST i Athenia, N. J. 
PAPER POTS 
$1.25 a 1,000; send for circular 
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A Good Spray Pump earns big 
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THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
► practical fruit growers 
we were using common 
sprayers in our own orchards 
■—found their defects and 
invented the Eclipse. Its 
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KIL=®=SCALE 
The original, most popular and most effective SCALE DESTROYER 
on the market. KIL-O-SCALE combines the two Infallible 
remedies—SULPHUR AM) PETROLEUM. Beware of Oil Solutions 
that will SEPARATE, endangering the life of the tree. Do not be 
persuaded to buy inferior imitations. Write for circular, tailing 
what users have to say about KIL-O-SCALE. Our 1907 Seed and 
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GRIFFITH & TURNER CO., 209 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, Md. 
SAN JOSE SCALE 
KILLER 
The best and simplest remedy for this and 
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by simply mixing with water. We also have 
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HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 
-Winter Profits- 
You can make money growing rhubarb all winter 
long. You force the plants in your cellar and get 
crisp, tender, red stalks in 4 to 6 weeks. I supply 
the roots and tell you how. No trouble; little care. 
Will sell readily to neighbors and market for pies and 
sauces. Order now. 
12 clumps. $2; 25 clumps, $3.50; 50 clumps, $6.75; 
100 clumps, $12. 
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New Canaan, Connecticut. 
Trees Worth 
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Bred up strong, smooth, 
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average trees. Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Shade 
Trees—Grapes, Strawberries, etc. Over 1,000 
acres. Write for fall of 1906 catalogue today. 
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_ Catalog of superb fruits—Black Ben, 
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Nothing But Apple Trees. 
The Safest and BEST Apple 
Trees in the World. 
We offer nearly 100,000 thrifty one and 
two year old apple trees, all bred from 
selected bearing parents. Every tree 
our own growing. 
ROGERS ON THE HILL, 
Apple Breeders, Dansvllle, N. Y. 
PRATT’S 
66 
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SAN JOSE, COTTONY MAPLE SCALE, PEAR PSYLLA, ETC. 
^ ithout Injury to the Trees. Samples, Prices ami Endorsement of Experiment Stations on Application. 
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