March 23, 
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T1IH RURAL NEW-YORKER* 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Pacific Coast Walnuts. —The follow¬ 
ing note from tlu* secretary of the Oregon 
State Hoard of Horticulture is self-ex¬ 
planatory : 
I notice that you refer to the Frnnquette 
and Mnyette varieties of walnuts ns having 
often too Keen I aslrlngetncy for pleasant: 
eating. 1 have occasionally noticed aslring- 
enev in walnuts of nearly every variety 
with which I am familiar, hut my personal 
experience baa been that, the so-called French 
varieties are unusually free from this de¬ 
fect. it is most, commonly noticed here In 
walnuts of entirely different origin. I am 
mailing you to-day a package of walnuts. 
The three nuts in this package which are 
wrapped In paper are Franqucttes grown on 
grafted trees. Nuts of the Franquette or 
Mayetie varieties grown on grafted trees 
are so valuable for planting that I have 
not eaten n great number of them, but I 
have never found one which was astringent. 
Please test the quality of these nuts. In 
comparison with the best you can gel in 
the Fust. The other nuts in the package 
wore grown on what are called second- 
generation trees at Dundee, Oregon. Second- 
generation trees are those raised from nuts 
grown on grafted trees. The package con¬ 
tains Franqueflea, Mayeltes and I'arlslcnnes. 
None of these Is as true to type as nuts 
grown on grafted trees. The Mayeltes can 
In- distinguished by the fact that a nut of 
this variety will stand on Its stem end. Up 
to the present lime few nuts of the French 
varieties have been placed <n> the market. 
One crop, packed In cartons like the sample 
sold at It! cents per pound, and have found 
especial favor with grocers who cater to a 
trade willing to pay fancy prices tor the 
tiesl goods. These nuts, unlike those mar¬ 
keted Irom California, have not been bleached, 
hut show the natural color of the nuts as 
they come from the trees. We believe we 
can raise walnuts in Oregon equal In quality 
10 tiie Ih-sI grown anywhere, and si great 
number of trees will lie planted In the State 
within a few years. The United Stales has 
been increasing its Importations of walnuts 
rapidly in the past five years, and the high 
est priced nuts Imported are from France 
and a re Mayetles and Franquettes. 
Portland, Ore. n. m. wiu.iam,son. 
The quality of the nuts received is very 
good indeed- sweet, well flavored and 
quite free from astringent after taste, hut 
no better, in the writer's estimation, than 
that of almost any Jersey-grown Persian 
walnut. In size and cracking qualities, 
however, these Oregon nuts outrank our 
eastern seedlings. big. 121, page 251, 
shows in natural size the three varieties 
mentioned. 1 here was no perceptible 
difference between the tlavor of the hran- 
quettes from grafted trees and those from 
seedlings or second generation nuts, nor 
was there much difference in the quality 
of the varieties. All perfectly meet the 
highest requirements of commercial nuts. 
Walnut culture in the East is little likely 
to he commercially successful until more 
reliably hardy varieties are produced, if 
indeed, they are horticulturally possible. 
Even the most resistant kinds appear to 
have suffered more injury during the 
comparatively mild Winter and Spring of 
1905-190(5 than in previous more severe 
seasons, but the climate that develops the 
quality of the shagbark hickory—admit¬ 
tedly the best-flavored nut on earth- has 
amply shown its power to produce wal¬ 
nuts of the most agreeable character. We 
should continue to raise seedlings from 
the hardiest types in the hope of getting 
trees better adapted to our rather exces¬ 
sive ranges of temperature. 
A Fine Seedlino Potato.- —The grow¬ 
ing of seedling potatoes is a lottery with 
so few satisfactory prizes that one won¬ 
ders why so many engage in it, hut the 
scarcity of seed balls in most standard 
varieties, their lessening productiveness, 
and the demand for new kinds of greater 
vitality and higher finish, constantly chal¬ 
lenge the grower to make his individual 
attempts for the betterment of his spe¬ 
cialty It may he said of the promising 
seedlings that are annually offered “many 
are called, hut few arc chosen. I he re¬ 
quirements of a commercial potato are so 
great and exacting that few indeed meas¬ 
ure up to the standard. Of the various 
seedlings tested on the Rural f,rounds 
hist Summer No. 52, raised by Ik J Mil¬ 
ler, Millersburg, Ohio, turned out most 
favorably. It is a very large, late matur¬ 
ing variety, of strong, healthy growth, 
with thick upright stems and heavy, dark 
foliage. J'he massive potatoes are oblong 
in form, with smoothly rounded ends and 
shallow eyes. The skin is creamy white, 
strongly russeted. I hey cook well and 
are of as good quality as any large vari- 
t ety we have tried. The special value, if 
»otherwise commercially acceptable, would. 
■ we think, lie in the adaptability of the 
large tubers for baking—probably the 
most popular hotel manner of serving po¬ 
tatoes. They bake extremely well, and 
have good flavor when thus served. Mr. 
Miller says No. 52 has been under ob¬ 
servation for eight years, and. has been 
successfully grown at the Ohio Experi¬ 
ment Station, Wooster, O., for the past 
five years. He says it does not produce 
any small potatoes at all. We found only 
two “nubbins” in 12 hills, though the 
yield of large ones was very good. I lie 
foliage matured in early October with 
no appearance of blight throughout the 
season, which was generally wet and un¬ 
favorable. They were given ordinary soil 
and cultural conditions. 
Uses ok Grafting Wax. —Grafting 
waxes of good quality are indispensable 
to the nursery propagator. There are 
many kinds, solid and liquid, useful under 
special conditions for protecting the cut 
surfaces of hud or scion and stock from 
reduction of vitality by evaporation until 
physiological union has taken place. 
While cverv experienced propagator is 
likely to have his favorite formula: for 
which he will substitute no others, the 
amateur in the Northern States may usu¬ 
ally get along comfortably with not more 
than two—a good reliable hard wax that 
will not run in hot weather for covering 
open-air graft-unions, and a liquid appli¬ 
cation to varnish the more difficult scions 
after setting, such as those of the plum, 
cherry, persimmon and various nut-hear¬ 
ing and ornamental trees. Waxed cloths 
and yarns for inside work are, of course, 
prepared by dipping in melted hard wax 
and pressing out the surplus material by 
drawing between sticks. The following 
formula: have stood the test of time and 
are as useful to-day as they were genera¬ 
tions ago. 
Hard Grafting Wax.— Resin four 
pounds, beeswax one pound, linseed oil 
free from cotton-seed oil or other adul¬ 
terants, half pint or more. Melt ingredi¬ 
ents slowly together, using an old iron 
kettle, preferably in the open air. Turn 
into water and pull like taffy. Finish by 
molding into rolls of half a pound or 
more. When covered with waxed or 
parchment paper these rolls will keep in¬ 
definitely in good condition if stored in 
a reasonably cool place. Wc have recent¬ 
ly used wax of this kind made up in 
I88k. When using in cold weather soften 
in a bucket of warm water and keep 
hands well greased with tallow. Good, 
not only for grafting, but excellent for 
mending leaks in watering cans or other 
vessels used for cool water. Excellent 
also for the temporary patching of leaks 
in tin or iron roofs, gutters and conduc¬ 
tors. We have known a watering can to 
give good service for three years after 
mending a leak with this wax. which was 
melted before applying to the defective 
place. Leaks in the tin sheathing of a 
greenhouse gutter have been stopped for 
nearly two years by filling with this wax 
and painting over to keep out water and 
frost. 
Liquid Wax. —Selected clear resin one 
pound, beef tallow one ounce; melt togeth¬ 
er, remove from fire and add eight ounces 
alcohol. Keep in tightly-corked bottles. 
Apply with a brush, covering all parts of 
scion and waxed union. Wc have had 
good success with plum and cherry grafts 
by winding the union with twine or nar¬ 
row strips of cloth to prevent peeling hack 
of hark, and varnishing with this liquid 
wax alone, but it is generally safer to use 
a coating of the hard wax first. It ap¬ 
pears almost unnecessary to say that 
in finishing off waxed grafts too great 
care cannot be taken to see that they are 
made really evaporation-proof. 
w. v. F. 
Dipping Turks.- On ptige 2 is tin article 
on dipping trees Iti the lime and sulphur 
mixture. Your correspondent's experience In 
dipping .voting trees with the liny* and sul 
pimr mixture Is about the same as we have 
had, hut we did not know but what there 
was something wrong aside from the mix 
ture. except that we planted 25 of the same 
lot of trees untreated In another place that 
(lid well. HAHNKS BROTH HHS. 
Connecticut. 
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pmtts “SCALECIDE”,at 
If YOU will guarantee to cover the 
SAN JOSE SCALE, 
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DESTROY 
SAN JOSE 
SCALE 
before it destroys your trees. Thp 
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Directions for Use. 
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