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THE KUKAL NEW-YORKER 
January 23. 
NEW JERSEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
MEETS. 
The New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety held its thirty-fourth annual meeting 
at the State House, Trenton, January 6-7. 
This society has of late taken on new vigor, 
and is in excellent condition, making con¬ 
siderable addition to its membership each 
year. It receives moderate support from 
the State Treasury, which is well repaid by 
the increase of values in every community 
represented by the Association. The at¬ 
tendance was large—at times exceeding the 
capacity of the auditorium in which the 
sessions were held, and was notable for the 
unusual number of information-seeking, 
young fruit-growers included. All essays 
and addresses were received with close at¬ 
tention, and the speaker quizzed to the time 
limit allowed each subject. Interest ap¬ 
peared to center on the commercial culture 
of the peach. New Jersey has long been 
noted for the abundance and high quality 
of her peaches. As a business. Jersey peach 
growing has had its ups and downs owing 
to varying virulence of the several dis¬ 
eases and pests known to trouble this best 
of Summer fruits. Yellows has in the past 
wiped out many promising orchards and is 
again on the rampage in some of the in¬ 
ferior counties. There is no cure, and the 
only practical treatment is to root out all 
affected trees as soon as the disease is 
noticed. The borer may be controlled by 
diligent search, and scale by timely 
spraying with lime-sulphur or miscible 
oils, leaving the brown rot as the most 
formidable present-day obstacle of the peach 
grower. The number of peach trees in New 
Jersey diminished one-half between 1900 
and the present year as a direct result 
of the ravages of the San Josfi scale and 
the neglect consequent to the scare, leav¬ 
ing a great shortage to be made up by 
new plantings intelligently made in the best 
soils and situations, now that the pest can 
be controlled. The problems of soil adapta¬ 
tion for fruit, touched on by several speak¬ 
ers. elicited the keenest Interest among pros¬ 
pective planters. Not much light was shed 
on practical control of brown or Monilia 
rot. now the most serious menace to the 
stone fruit industry. The New Jersey Ex¬ 
periment Station is wrestling with the prob¬ 
lem. but beyond the selection of elevated 
orchard sites having good air drainage, the 
destruction of all mummied fruits in Spring 
and spraying with lime-sulphur or full- 
strength Rordeaux Mixture before buds 
open to kill accessible dormant spores, it 
was not shown that much cab safely be 
done. Summer spraying with dilute Ror¬ 
deaux or self-boiled lime-sulphur is ticklish 
work, often attended with more harm to 
the foliage of peaches and plums than bene¬ 
fit to the fruits. The Experiment Sta¬ 
tion is working on these Summer sprays for 
stone fruits, and is making encouraging 
progress, but cannot yet recommend any 
given solution as safe enough for indiscrimi¬ 
nate use. Selection of varieties is impor¬ 
tant. as some kinds, such as the Champion 
peach and Rurbank plum, are notoriously 
subject to the pest. 
In the general survey of Jersey fruit, it 
was brought out that better fruits are now 
grown than ever before—the results of mod¬ 
ern methods—but the average quality is not 
high enough always to compete with those 
shipped in from other localities where the 
industry is more highly specialized. Old 
and worthless orchards should he destroyed, 
new ones set, carefully cultivated, fertilized, 
pruned and sprayed, and the product mar¬ 
keted in the most effective manner, in the 
near vicinity whenever possible. 
Rest Varieties for the State. —The 
tendency here as elsewhere is to reduce the 
number of commercial varieties to the low¬ 
est practicable limit. Those most favored 
by the attending members were: Straw¬ 
berries. Success, early, and Stevens, late. 
Currants, Fay, Filler. Red raspberries, 
Welsh. Miller. King. Black raspberries, 
Cumberland. Rlack Diamond. Rlackberries, 
Eldorado, Ward. Gooseberries, Houghton. 
Downing. Cherries. Early Richmond. Mont¬ 
morency. Teaches, Carman, Miss Lolo. 
Waddell. Elberta, Fox’s Seedling, Iron 
Mountain. Pears. Duchess. Bartlett, Ivief- 
for. Grapes, Moore’s Early, Concord, 
Niagara. Apples. Starr. Ilagloe. Graven- j 
stein. Wealthy, Smith Cider. Ben Davis, 
Baldwin. 
during development of fruits, quickly 
available fertilizers are most effective. 
Ax Apple Treat. —The evening session 
of January 0 was held in the State Nor¬ 
mal School, with an immense audience, 
including pupils of the school, attending. 
On the recommendation of the president of 
the American Apple Consumers’ League, 
several barrels of choice Jersey grown 
Grimes Golden apples were distributed and 
eaten—the prospective “school inarms”'— 
many of them the daughters of farmers— 
hugely enjoying this demonstration of the 
capabilities of the Jersey soil. The lecture 
on landscape gardening by a Cornell pro¬ 
fessor and the address on the influence of 
the public schools ou country homes by 
the editor of The R. N.-Y. that followed 
were much appreciated. 
T-MPFRE Insecticides. —One of the most 
important actions of the society was the 
endorsement of an addition of the pure 
food and drug law, now before Congress, 
bringing commercial insecticides under its 
control. It was shown that arsenate of 
lead was sold last year is New Jersey 
having as low a content of arsenic as four 
per cent instead of the 24 per cent it 
should contain. The possible results of 
such barefaced frauds arc appalling, and 
it is to he hoped that the law will quickly 
be passed and enforced. The farmers and 
fruit: growers are beginning to understand 
that they receive no more consideration 
from manufacturers than from middlemen 
and transportation agencies. Commercial 
honesty, if it pxists, is enforced honesty, 
and regulations can scarcely be made too 
stringent for those anxious to fleece the 
producer. The officers of the society for 
1008. with scarcely an exception, were re¬ 
elected to serve the ensuing year. 
w. v. F. 
The FARMERS’ GARDEN 
A Seed Drill and Wheel Hoe is in¬ 
dispensable—not only in a village 
garden but on largest furms. 
Farmers should grow all manner 
of vegetables and “live on the fat of 
the land.” Should provide succu- 
lentroots for Cattle, Sw ine, Poultry, 
and save high priced feed 
stuff, Greut labor-sav¬ 
ing tools of special 
value for the home 
as well as the 
market 
den. Son 
for free 
book. 
Only One 
of Many 
Iron Age Tcoll 
The 
most 
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tool 
nade 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., Box 103-G, GRENLOCH, N. J. 
free copy of my 1909 Catalog 
It tolls all about “Stoke*' Ktamlitrtl**'—“flu* 
Meed* for crop*.” It explains my unique system 
of selling them; shows photographs of actual 
specimens grown from them, and gives com¬ 
plete planting directions so as to insure you re¬ 
sults equally as good. “Stokes’ Standard*” aiv 
the finest strains of the very best? varieties of 
vegetables and flowers, brought to perfection 
after thousands of tests made during my more 
than 25 years’ practical experience. 
The Bonny Best Early Tomato 
is one Of the “Stoke* Standard*.” It’sa large, 
prolific, full-red, spicy tomato that is ready for 
the table before otlmr varieties. 
Special 10c.Trial Offer:—Send me lOc.in stamp* 
or coin—and mention this magazine—and J will semi 
you my new catalog and three 10c. packet* of seed— 
one each of m.v “Bonny Best” Early Tomatoes,“Stokes’ 
Stand aid” Sweet Peas and “Stokes’ Standard” Single 
Poppy (the famous Luther Burbank strain). Each is 
unequalled in its class. 
STOKES’ SEED STORE, 
Dept. L, 219 Market Street, Philadelphia. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET 
Nothing makes a more ornamental border 
along a walk or fence on the line than this 
beautiful and hardy hedging plant. Very 
finest two year stock only costs from 
.fa to $4 per 100 . 
Our beautiful descriptive catalog tells all about it. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON &. CO. 
HICHTSTOWN, N. J. 
Pear Blight Spreading. —Pear blight is 
again spreading. Bartlett, both in sod and 
cultivated, are almost wiped out in locali¬ 
ties. Le Conte much injured: Dueliess quite 
resistant. Pear blight goes in cycles. Hot 
Summer encourage it. No treatment 
greatly retards it. Kieffer pear crop mostly 
undersized and not very profitable. Pears 
are chiefly consumed by foreign immigrants, 
who will not pay high prices. There was 
generally a poor fruit yield in New Jersey 
in IflO.S. owing to late frosts and droughty 
Summer. Strawberries and peaches brought 
best returns. Gooseberries, though a light 
crop, sold well on account of demand for 
pure acid fruit juices created by operation 
of pure food law. 
Good Year for Truckers. —Market gar¬ 
deners generally had a good season. 
Drought cut short some crops, notably po¬ 
tatoes, hut fair prices and good demand 
helped out. Asparagus, relatively a good 
crop, brought little profit on account of 
low prices early in the season. Florists and 
ornamental gardeners, on the other hand, 
had a poor season on account of overpro¬ 
duction and lessened demand. 
Points Brought Out in discussion are 
that wind-breaks as orchard shelters are 
injurious rather than beneficial. They check 
air drainage, and thus promote rather than 
hinder frosts, starve the soil for appreci¬ 
able distances and harbor pests. Fruit 
weather, favorable and unfavorable, comes 
in cycles. There is no evidence of per¬ 
manent changes in onr climate. Sweet corn 
is fairlv profitable at a contract price of 
SI per 100 ears; 6,000 ears may he grown 
to the acre with good culture. Feed your 
trees with slowly available fertilizer, avoid¬ 
ing excess of nitrates when in growth un- , 
til bearing commences. To promote health | 
About Seeds 
Whether you buy seeds for the home 
garden, truck garden or farm you naturally 
wane the best obtainable. The question is. 
where to get them. 
We have been raising seed (not merely 
selling them) for thirty years at “ More ton 
Farm,” and we are beginning to learn how to 
do it. Our aim lias been to produce only the 
very best seeds we could whether the crop 
paid or not. It took a long time to breed up 
fine strains, and more time for people to find 
out that the seeds raised at Moreton Farm 
were better than others. Rut many have 
found out at last, and the demand for our 
seeds has increased wonderfully in the last 
few years. So much so. in fact, that we have 
often been unable to fill all orders. 
We raise Vegetable seeds, choice 
“pure-bred” strains of Field Corn, 
Oats, Potatoes, etc. 
We sell direct to the planters (not to other 
dealers), and give gardeners and farmers 
wholesale prices. 
Ask for catalog and wholesale price list. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., 
Moreton Farm, Coldwater, N. Y. 
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Sill I Y ®“o" E J5li®The GROWER 
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v GROVER NURSERY C0„ 
^ ^ Booklet on CATALPA TREES 
^ Let me tell you about the 150 acres 
• ■ m 1 am growing for Telephone Poles. 
This wood takes the place of Ash and Hickory for Car¬ 
riage-makers’ uses. Beats farming Two to One. 
H. C. ROGERS, Box U, Mochauicsburg* Ohio 
Cement Is Better Than Wood 
for almost every structural purpose when wood 
is used. Before you buy any cement whatso¬ 
ever, write for our book, showing where 
EDISON 
Portland Cement 
has been used in some of the largest work, 
and giving the names of the leading 
architects and engineers who favor it. 
Edison Portland Cement is always the same 
color, texture and strength. Every 
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more economical than other 
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finest ground of any cement made. 
Make it of “Edison” and save money. 
Write for the Book, TODAY. 
EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY 
921 St. James Building, New York City 
“ ; v-./i’L 
$5.20 p er ioo 
and up. Freight Prepaid. 
Send for Free Catalogue that describes 
over 400 Varieties and tells liow two 
Rural New-Yorker readers found we were 
reliable. 
SENECA, 
W. P. RUPERT & SON 
NEW YORK 
r. c< CHERRIES, PEARS PLUMS AND 
» OTHER FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS 
of all file desirable varieties. We have grown a large stock to meet the needs of our customers 
old and new for Spring, 19U9, delivery. It is a distinct advantage to you to place your order early, 
S PC N O IF O hi C A T ALOGUE. 
BARKTES BROS. KTTJRSER.Y, Box 8, Yalesville, Conn. 
ASPARAGUS 
Six varieties of Healthy, Thrifty, one and two year old 
Roots. Also a full lino of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Strawberry Plants, Vines, California Privet, Garden 
Tools, Spray Pumps and mixtures. Write for 
Catalogue and valuable Spraying Chart. It’s free. 
Arthur J. Collins, Box , 31 oorestown, N. J. 
The U. S. POMOLOGIST 
COL. GEO. B. BRACKETT, says: 
“/ always told you I consider Delicious the 
best of all varieties you have introduced.” 
COMPLIMENTARY SPECIMENS 
of this famous Stark Delicious apple will be sent 
on request. Delicious is the greatest quality ap¬ 
ple of the day; selling at 50% more than Jonathan. 
Delicious trees are healthy, hardy, dependable 
everywhere, and bear incomparable quality fruit. 
Without Delicious no orchard is complete. Send 
for the apples and our book “The Apple Delicious 
which shows Delicious and King David in full 
color and tells about other profitable sorts. Stark 
Trees are best; grown on scientific principles in 
our 10 nurseries and each tree has the. Stark reputa¬ 
tion of 84 years behind it. Stock is most com¬ 
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cherry, plum, grape, gooseberry, currant, black¬ 
berry, roses, Norway Maple, etc.,—everything. 
Write today for the Stark Fruit Book. 
STARK BRO’S Box 35, Louisiana, Mo. 
Seeds, Plants, Roses, 
S trawberry Plants—Chijunan, nk*n<litit; variety. Also alt 
other reliable varieties. Setol for my free 1909 Catalogue. 
Prices from $1.50 up. DAVID RODWAY, Partly, Del. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS—Kcliahle,money-making 
varieties, 
logue Free. 
, only $l.i>0 and $1.75 per 1000. 
S. A. VIKD1N, “ 
_ New 1909 cata- 
Hartley, Delaware. 
ft I ru.M A El Y— record breaking stock 
ULLil’lRMni OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
50,000 quarts uow grown on one acre—mr system. 
Send for Chart. ’J’. C. K1SVLTT, Athenia, N. , 1 . 
QTRAlifREBDIEC from august 
O I nHn OCnniCO to November 
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Sale by Samuel Cooper,Deievan.N.Y.Circulars free. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Send $3.00 for 1000 plants; 40 varieties finest 
Tennessee grown. Free catalog. John Eight- 
foot, Dept. 3(5, E. Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Bulbs, Tines, Shrubs, etc. 
Hundreds of ear lots of 
FRUIT and ORNAMEN¬ 
TAL TREES. 1200 acres, 
50 in hardy Roses, none bet¬ 
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of Palms, Ferns, Ficus, 
Geraniums and other 
things too numerous to 
mention. Seeds, Plants, 
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Immense stock of SUPERB GANNAS, the 
queen of hedding plants. 50 choice collections 
cheap in Seeds, Plants, Roses, etc. Elegant 
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see what values we give for your money. Direct 
deal will insure you the best at first cost. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. > Box 184 Paineiviile, 0. 
S GRAPEVINES 
69 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, «fcc. Best Root¬ 
ed Stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 10c. 
Descriptive price-list free. Lewis Itoi'scb.llox K ,Fivdonla,N.V 
YEARLING FRUIT TREESi^Tn a \^1 
Cherry, Pear, and Plum. Grown for our own use. 
Surplus for sale. 
SAMUEL FRASER, Geneseo. N. Y. 
COD C A I E—Medium Clover Seed, $5.50 to $7.50 
rUn CALL bn.; Crimson Clover Seed, $3.50 to 
$4.50 lnt.; Onion Sets, $2.50 bu.t Cow Peas, $1.75 bu. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Delaware. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
30 of the Best Varieties. 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue Free. 
BASIL PERRY, Bux 8, Cool Spring, Del. 
Send for our Catalogue of 
Qt. Baskets & Berry Grates 
before ordering packages for 1909. 
H. H. AULTFATHER, 
Box B. Minorvu, Ohio. 
ARliFNTFUIL (French) Asparagus Routs 
from imported seed; resistive 
to rust; large shoots; one year selected, $5.00 per 
M., No. 2 $2.50; packed f. o. b. E. LAURENS 
BEEKMAN, Middletown, Mon. Co., New Jersey 
CLOVER and ALFALFA 
Seed. Guaranteed pure. Sold subject 
to State and National test. Write for 
free samples and special prices. 
FIELD SEED CO., Box 26, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Trees 
Catalog 
Free. 
150 ACRES. Genesee 
Valley Grown. “Not the 
cheapest, but the best.” 
Never have had San Jose 
—scale. Established 1869. 
GEO. A. SWEET NURSERY CO., 
30 Maple St., Dausville, N. V. 
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for 4 Buggy Wheel*, Steel Tires. With Rubber Tires, *15.20. I* 
mfg. wheels # to,4 in. tread. Buggy Top* |$.60, Shafts |2.00. Top 
Banks W3; Harness,*5. Learn bow to boy 4b^cL Catalogue Pree. Repair 
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