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April 20 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MOORE’S DIAMOND GRAPE. 
On page 276 information from the Hud¬ 
son Valley is asked for in regard to the 
Diamond grape. I am located 15 miles 
below Poughkeepsie, at the foot of the 
Beacon Hills, Matteawan, and grow the 
Diamond in a small way. not fo.r market, 
only for pleasure and home use. My 
Diamond vine is six years old; two years 
old when I planted it. I always use the 
best grade of two-year vines, all varieties, 
if I can get them. This vine has borne 
every year since I planted it, and the 
last two years heavy crops. In 1905 I ex¬ 
hibited six bunches from this vine and 
was awarded first and second prizes, and 
last year (1906) I took my fruit to the 
State Fair at Syracuse and there won 
first prize on my second best three 
bunches, my first best three bunches be¬ 
ing in a collection. I again won first 
prize at Poughkeepsie last Fall with fruit 
from this same vine. With these results 
one can see that I have been successful 
in the Hudson Valley with the Diamond. 
If one vine can be made to pay, a thou¬ 
sand can. My soil is a heavy loam about 
14 inches thick on a coarse subsoil with 
gravel under. Most of our best judges 
of grapes say “Diamond is the best white 
grape we have.” With “good care and 
careful handling” it certainly will pay in 
this section. I treat Diamond the same 
as I do my Concord. f. p. studley. 
MORE ABOUT OAT SMUT. 
I read with much interest the article 
on page 251 relating to the treatment of 
oats for smut. It is all right, but rather 
laborious. I have followed a much sim¬ 
pler method with excellent results. Here 
it is. Put five bushels of oats on the 
barn floor, or in a wagon box; sprinkle 
over them one ounce of formaldehyde 
solution diluted in two quarts of water. 
Mix the grain thoroughly. Then put it 
in a bin, covering with a blanket when all 
done. This method moistens the oats 
slightly. The grains absorb the water 
readily so that all is fit to drill in a day 
or two. Of course a larger amount of 
seed can be treated at one operation. 
I used that amount because it was handi¬ 
est for me. It is not wise to wait till 
sowing time before treating the seed, as 
one is always rushed and the treatment 
is liable to be neglected. I clean and re¬ 
clean the grain any time in late Winter 
when an opportunity offers. Then it is 
all ready when wanted. It isn’t always 
necessary to treat seed thus every year; 
still I do it so as to be sure there will 
be no smut. One should buy formalde¬ 
hyde instead of formalin, as the latter 
has only about one-half the strength of 
the former. If formalin is used, one 
should put in about twice the amount, as 
it is much weaker than formaldehyde. 
Ithaca, N. Y._ o. w. s. 
Keeping Water Out of Cellar. 
W. M. J., Union City, Pa .—I have a cellar 
situated about six rods from a brook. When 
brook is full about one foot of water comes 
into the cellar. Ground between cellar and 
brook is gravel. Can I cement ce’ai' to keep 
water out? There is no chance to drain 
cellar. 
Ans.— I think W. M. J. can cement his 
cellar so as to keep the water out. Not 
knowing what kind of walls and floor 
there are to his cellar it is difficult to give 
specific directions. Assuming that it is a 
dirt floor it should be evened off and 
tamped hard. The concrete should be 
made of one part of Portland cement, two 
parts clean, sharp sand and four parts of 
crushed stone that will pass through a 
one and one-half-inch screen. Four-inch 
scantlings are placed at intervals, and the 
cement spread on the floor and evened off 
by these scantlings as guides. It should 
be tamped lightly. Take up the scantlings 
and fill the voids with concrete. To pre¬ 
vent water or moisture from soaking 
through, apply a one-quarter-inch coat of 
cement mortar made from one part of the 
cement and one part of sand, put on with 
a trowel and wooden float. If the cellar 
wall is a brick or masonry wall, roughen 
the surface with a stone ax and wet thor¬ 
oughly, and then apply a cement mortar 
made of five parts of Portland cement, 20 
parts of fine sand and one part of lime 
putty. At the bottom make it three inches 
thick and at the height of one foot come 
down to one-half inch. Make the rest of 
the surface about one-quarter to one-half 
inch in thickness. Surface over thinly the 
same as the floor. If the work is well 
done, it will make a dry cellar. If pos¬ 
sible, have it done so it will dry before 
ground becomes flooded with water. 
GRANT DAVIS. 
Destroying Bermuda Grass. —We would 
like to know tbe best practical way of eradi¬ 
cating Bermuda grass; would like to bear 
from tbe readers of The R. N.-Y. wbo have 
bad practical experience with it. I have 
only been in the South two years and am go¬ 
ing to try Summer fallowing, also sowing 
heavily to cow peas early with a view to 
smother it out. a. s. k. 
Jackson, Tenn. 
Coal Tar on Shingles. —In answer to J. 
R.’s inquiry about dipping shingles in coal 
tar before using, will say that be could not 
do a better thing. I always put the shingles 
on first and then tar them, and find this 
takes less tar and time. d- »•!! give the 
roof a slate-like appearance. If you have an 
old roof and will put a heavy coat of warm 
coal tar on same you will be surprised at 
the service it will give you. Better save the 
shingles if we can, for our timber is going 
fast. w. F. H. 
For the land’s sake use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers.—They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
and a sense of security en¬ 
joyed by the man who has 
his buildings roofed with 
Rex Flintkote. He knows 
that water cannot get 
through it, winds cannot 
blow it off, falling sparks 
cannot ignite it. 
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THE PLUM FARMER RASPBERRY 
The greatest money maker of the day. Yielded 3,900 
quarts, or at the rate of $471.30 to the acre. Bead 
the following letter: 
North Stonington, Conn., March 7th, 1907. 
Friend Farmer:— "I feel very grateful to you because you 
introduced the Plum Farmer Raspberry. I bought 100 of you 
three years ago and have fruited it twice and have an acre of 
them to fruit this year. It is the greatest raspberry on earth. 
I believe, and I have no use for any other. I had the Kansas. 
Cumberland, and Palmer, and have given them all up and shall 
set nothing but Plum Farmer this spring. I intend to set two 
acres of them. They are the best paying of anything in the fruit 
line I ever struck : pay me much better than strawberries. 
1 sold, this past summer, from 64 square rods of Plum Farmer, 
$187.53 worth of fruit. They average me a little over 120 per qt.’ 
Sincerely yours, 
CHAS, C. CHAPMAN. 
Chairman Board of Education and Trial Justice for the 
Town of North Stonington, Conn. 
r E never sold so many dollars worth of any fruit 
plant as we are selling of this variety this spring 
plum (i. j.) farmer. — as high as 8,000 plants to one party in the 
black cap evaporating sections. NO FRUIT GROWER OR NURSERYMAN can afford to 
do without this grand black cap. It was named for us and I stake my reputation 
upon its merits. We still have unsold, fully 100,000 of the finest rooted plants I 
ever saw at 50c. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $12.00 per 1,000, 5,000 for $50.00. 
We also offer 25,000 Columbian, 10,000 Schaffers, 25,000 Snyder, 10,000 Cumber¬ 
land, 10,000 Black Diamond, 5,000 Kansas, at $1.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1.000. 
Of STRAWBERRIES, we still have 100,000 each of Dunlap and Stevens Late Cham¬ 
pion at $3.50 to $4.00 per 1,000; also large stock of 50 other strawberry varieties. 
Our general catalogue of Berry Plants, Asparagus, Grapes, Roses, etc., gives 
full instructions and contains the best essay on Strawberry Culture you ever read. 
FREE by return mail. We are located far North, our plants do not start early 
and we can supply transplanted plants as late as June 15th.. If inexperienced, 
send what cash you wish to invest and leave selection of varieties to us. 
“There are no Finer Plants grown than Farmer’s”. 
Address, L ■ J. FARMER, Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
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THE RIGHT SEED POTATOES 
The Stock is right. The Prices are Right. I will Use you Right. Write me 
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anniversary. S. J. CONNELLY, Fishers, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
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$ 1,000 year 21,000 seven hundred and 80 quarts of 
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