1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
173 
HANDLING MOORE'S EARLY GRAPE. 
In reply to C. S. B., page 42, I will 
say I think he has made two grave mis¬ 
takes with Moore’s Early grape; i. e., 
primed too closely and land not rich 
enough. Moore’s Early in one respect 
is like the Delaware; it needs high feed¬ 
ing and good culture to bring about best 
results. It is not a heavy bearer at its 
best, and if we do not give it wood it 
cannot produce fruit. Mil order to pro¬ 
duce the necessary good strong wood we 
must feed the vine liberally. I use old 
decayed horse manure (not firefanged) 
with wood ashes forked in the ground, 
and then top-dress heavily with hen ma¬ 
nure. When I can get old mortar from 
buildings torn down I work that in the 
soil, too. Of course I realize that per¬ 
haps this treatment would not pay in a 
large vineyard, and it might not be prac¬ 
ticable there; still it is the method I use 
on all my vines, and I am growing about 
50 varieties. In regard to pruning I use 
a sort of renewal system on all of my 
Labrusca class. In the cut the two 
lower branches b b are to take the place 
of those marked a a, which will be cut 
off at the crosslines at next season’s 
pruning. Other classes require differ¬ 
ent systems, and even all varieties 
of the same class should not be trim¬ 
med alike. The Rose beetle is more trouble¬ 
some on my Duchess than any of my 
other kinds; Niagara next. The only 
remedy I found was hand-picking, and 
then feed them to my Minorca hens. 
Thev would convert the bugs into the 
very choicest kind of eggs. 
New York. f. p. studley. 
SHAVINGS AS STRAWBERRY 
MULCH. 
I have had no actual experience with 
planer shavings, but did for several sea¬ 
sons use shavings from a shingle mill, 
and with entirely satisfactory results. 
These shavings are quite coarse as com¬ 
pared with planer shavings, but are mixed 
with a larger proportion of sawdust. I 
used them freely in the horse stable as 
an absorbent and for bedding, and every 
Fall as soon as the ground was frozen 
sufficiently to bear a horse I planned to 
cover the strawberry bed with a quite 
heavy coating of the same. Then in 
Spring I would rake off the coarser part 
of the shavings and burn, leaving the 
sawdust and finer shavings between the 
rows, where they served as a mulch to 
retain moisture, and to some extent at 
the same time to check weed growth, and 
I have never found any thing that pleas¬ 
ed me better. They, of course, were en¬ 
tirely clean and free from weed seeds, 
and I could never see any injurious ef¬ 
fect on the soil. They seemed to me to 
have quite a decided effect in retarding 
Spring growth of the strawberries, a de¬ 
sirable result, particularly in some sea¬ 
sons, for preventing too early blossoming 
on account of late Spring frosts. One 
season too, when all strawberries, or 
practically all, in my own locality and in 
fact in the whole of this part of the State 
were destroyed by a killing frost on the 
night of May 29 or morning of May 30. 
I managed to save the larger part of mine 
by raking off these shavings and burn¬ 
ing them during the night, building small 
fires in different parts of the patch 
and with these damp or partly dried shav¬ 
ings keeping up a smudge and smoke 
that settled over the patch. It was very 
still, no wind stirring to carry away the 
smoke, and so far warded off the frost 
that I had fully two-thirds of a full crop 
of berries where others in our neighbor¬ 
hood had none at all. Owing to the scar¬ 
city of the fruit that year, this two-thirds 
crop brought me a larger return than a 
full crop would have done under or¬ 
dinary conditions. E. j. b. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
Improving Illinois Soil. 
F. II. M., Illinois.—I happen to live 
among farmers who are not the most progres¬ 
sive in the world, and our lands are being 
rapidly robbed of their fertility. I am Living 
on a rather worn-out land, my fatlier's farm, 
and am just making a start without much 
capital. I want something to give me quick 
returns if I can get it without detriment to 
soil. I have kept 20 brood sows this Winter, 
and want something for good hog pasture. 
Is there anything better than i - ape? 
Ans. —Send to the Delaware Experi¬ 
ment Station at Newark and ask for their 
bulletin on green manure and cover 
crops. It will pay you to study the re¬ 
sults with Crimson clover and cow peas. 
The Crimson has not thus far given gen¬ 
erally good results in Illinois. For a 
Spring sown crop we have found noth¬ 
ing better than rape for Summer and Fall 
pasture. 
Blight on Cucumbers. 
S. J. P.j Grand Rapids, Mich .-—Can you 
give me a formula for killing blight on cu¬ 
cumber vines raised inside? I am using 
bluestcnc, three pounds; lime, two pounds; 
12 gallons water; then mix as wanted, equal 
parts. This does not give the best of satis¬ 
faction. 
Ans.—T here is nothing much better for con¬ 
trolling the blight on cucumber vines than the 
modified Bordeaux Mixture you are now us¬ 
ing. After the disease once gets a foothold 
it goes into the tissues of the plant, and 
applications on the foliage are not of much 
benefit. You might try potassium sulphide, 
one ounce to the gallon, dissolved in hot 
water, freely sprayed over the plants. This 
is a quite effective remedy, hut has' the ob¬ 
jection of dlisebloring white lead paints 
wherever it touches. 
Wood’s 
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Clover Seeds 
are the best and cleanest 
qualities obtainable—new 
crop—free from weed seeds, 
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S 'ves the fullest information about 
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and methods of seeding—kinds 
best adapted for different soils— 
quantities to seed per acre—best 
combinations for hay and pastur¬ 
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Our trade in Grass. Clover and 
Farm Seeds, is one of the lar 
gest in this country. Handlini 
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at the lowest prices possible for 
first-class seeds. 
Write for our Catalogue and 
f irices of any seeds desired. Cata- 
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Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 
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STGRAPE VINES 
09 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, Jfee. Best root¬ 
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Descriptive price-list free. LEWIS fiOESCH, FREDOHIA.N.Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
at $ 1.00 per 1,000 and up. Catalogue free. 
R. K. ALLEN, Paw Raw, Mich. 
PLANTS FOR 
Celery. Sweet Potato, Pepper, Strawberry, Asparagus, 
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SARATOGA NEW STRAWBERRY 
producing at one picking at rate per acre, 6918 quarts 
in height of season, finishing last of crop with Gandy. 
WILLIAM FARMER, Rexfords Flats, N\ Y. 
Southern grown the best. Spring bargain 
list now ready. Send for it before you buy. 
Easterly Nursery Co., Cleveland, Tenn 
Trees 
STRAWBERRY 
Blackberry and 
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Extra heavy-rooted, high-grade stock, true to name. 
Write us what you will need for spring planting. We 
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Are not only Northern grown, vigorous, carefully assorted, and saved from 
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EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seedgrower, 
HONEOYE FALLS, New York 
SEED CORN 146 BU. ACRE 
DIAMOND JOE’S BIG WHITE:—A strictly new variety. None like it. It is the Earliest 
and Best Big White Corn in the Woild-Becausq it was bred for most Big Bushels, not fancy 
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We have full stocks, tested seeds of Alfalfa, 
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Lawrenee, Kan. Denver, Colo. Oklahoma City, Okla 
Wheeler’s 
SEEDS 
ARE SOLD ON 
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For 10c. send any 
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6 pkts. GIANT NA 8 TURTIUM 8 , 
different colors; or5 pkts. MAM¬ 
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or 6 pkts. LARGE FLO WE KING 
SWEET PEAS, different colors; or 
6 pkts. GIANT PANSIES, different 
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All five collection, for 40c. Onr Superb 100 p.c 
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Luther Burbank’s 
Greatest Production 
The Chiloe 
Squash 
Very prolific, averages 30 
pounds. Flesh from 3 to 4 
inches thick, dark orange colored. Keeps 
nearly all the year round. Price 25c packet; 
5 packets *1.00, postpaid. Quantity is limited 
and may be had no where else as we have 
bought the entire stock. 
To Introduce Mr. Burbank's new squash we offer: 
FREE, One Ouncs Boat Mixed Sweat Pm*. This 
Is our own mixture and contains only the choicest 
varieties, large size, improved forms. 3 or 4 flowers 
to a stem. All named varieties. The best to be 
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Ross Bros. Co., 92 Front St. Worcostor, Mass. 
GRAFTING WOOD. 
I have a limited stock of grafting wood of the Miller 
Pear, a seedling from the Kieffer. keeps all Winter. 
Good quality, Price 81.00 per foot by mail post paid. 
Address D. J. MILLEK, Millersburg, Ohio. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTSTffi^fi! 
eties. I am not giving plants away, but if you will 
write for my price list, the low prices will surprise 
you fer a No. 1 plant. If not as represented will 
replace same free of charge. Write for price list 
today and see discounts. J. K. LOSES, Elnora,N. Y. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS- 
Argenteuil and 
Palmetto. West Jersey Nursery, Bridgeton, N. J. 
CHEAP, all kinds. 
Freight Paid. 40 
Apple and Peach for $2 00. AgentsWanted. 
MITCHELL’S NUKSERY, Beverly, Ohio. 
FRUIT TREES 
60 Varieties Strawberry Plants Send postal earn 
to-day for 1907 catalog A full line of small fruit 
plants. H. W. HENRY, La Porte, Indiana 
DAVID ROD WAY, 
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La Crosse, Wis. 
All the best novelties and standard sorts of Garden and Farm 
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at 2 cents per packet and upwards. Mailed 
to you, if you mention this paper. 
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c., in hi special 
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Eldorado Oats 
Outyield all others. 204 bu. have been grown on one 
acre. Seed Potatoes: all leaning varieties. Write 
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C HARLES FORD, Fishers, N. Y.— SEED POTATOES I got of 
you ’ast spring oifadvico of Prof. S— of Cornell were sati-l factory. 
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SPECIALTIES: 
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Plant the great S. B. Climax, 20.000 qts. per acre is 
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Bed Bird and others; plants for sale. Address 
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Originator ami introducer of CLIMAX. 
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Clyde, Ohio. 
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York State grown. We offer this famous 
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