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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 27, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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JAPAN PLUMS FOR POULTRY YARDS. 
Seeing several articles in your paper 
about the Japanese plums, I thought I 
would write you my experience. When 
we moved to our present home four 
years ago we found two Botan (Abund¬ 
ance) plum trees; I should say they 
were about 10 years old then. Both are 
in sod; one is in a row of grape vines 
and was in the shade (six feet away) of 
a wild cherry tree until I cut the cherry 
tree down. The plums on this tree suf¬ 
fer with the brown rot, though we get a 
very good crop of good ones also. The 
other tree is in the open, but near a 
large maple and peach tree. This tree 
does not suffer much with the rot; it is 
a small tree, and about 20 feet away 
from the other plum tree.- We planted 
first Spring we were here two more 
Botan plum trees that bore fine crops 
last Summer (three years planted). 
These trees were in the poultry yard 
(bare ground). One had a big crop of 
clean fruit, the other had a fair crop 
of fine fruit, except that it was subject 
to the brown rot. These trees were 
about 20 feet apart, but the rot did not 
seem to be contagious. It seems to be 
the nature of some trees to be subject to 
the rot and of others to be resistant. I 
was thinking of getting some nursery¬ 
man to propagate some trees from the 
healthy tree. 
I would like to hear from you or some 
‘of your subscribers in regard to the 
trouble they are having with their plums. 
I was thinking of investing about $25 or 
$50 in Japan plum trees, and would like 
to be warned, if I am making a mistake 
in planting so many. Our soil is light 
and air drainage good. Our trtes bear 
so heavily that we have to pull off 
large quantities to prevent the trees 
being broken; even then our trees broke 
badly, so heavy was the crop; I believe 
there were as many plums on one tree 
as there were leaves; in some places 
they were as thick as grapes in a bunch. 
I would like very much to see a full 
discussion of this subject in The R. 
N.-Y., as I believe it affects a good many 
poultrymen and others. Let us have 
your experience, fellow-poultrymen. 
Virginia. w. d. s. 
R. N.-Y.—Well, gentlemen, what is 
it? The usual reports indicate that the 
Japan plums have proved short-lived 
and uncertain. Where they really thrive 
they may prove profitable, as they do 
with Mr. Skillman, of New Jersey. The 
best varieties appear to be Red June, 
Abundance, Chaboi, Burbank, Sultan. 
America. 
Questions of Corn Culture. 
A. D. B., Berlin, Mass .— I have a field or 
Winter rye, and I wish to plow it under 
for corn. The field has had corn on it 
five or six years with nothing but fertilizer. 
What kind of chemicals should I use, and 
how much to the acre? 
Ans. —You can keep corn growing on 
the same ground year after year unless 
insects or disease become too bad. T he 
rye, plowed under, will furnish vegetable 
matter, and the chemicals will give plant 
food. The objection is that after a few 
years insects like wire and cutworms 
and the big corn worms become very 
numerous. Also corn smut after a time 
becomes so bad that it is necessary to 
take new ground. We have a young 
orchard in which corn has been grown 
three years. The smut is now so bad 
that we are obliged to stop growing 
corn there. Otherwise we should keep 
on. We should use one of the special 
corn fertilizers or mix 400 pounds tank¬ 
age, 400 pounds ground bone, 800 pounds 
acid phosphate and 400 muriate of 
, potash. 
How to Bag Grapes. 
JI. IF. T., Sunnyside, 1 Yasli .—Will you 
ask some member of your numerous family 
to give directions for bagging grapes? What 
time to do it, how put on, the kind of 
hags, etc., and tell if it will pay for the 
. extra work. 
Ans. —The practice of bagging 
grapes is quite a costly affair, and one 
that after 25 years of experience I 
would hardly recommend as profitable 
in large vineyards, for the reason that 
in a large degree the result accom¬ 
plished by bagging is lost, when the 
fruit must be handled as it usually is, 
while in transit from grower to con¬ 
sumer. Bagging has a tendency to 
make the grape more tender and con¬ 
sequently more easily injured in trans¬ 
portation, and even in the first pack¬ 
ing in the hands of the grower, the lia¬ 
bility to become damaged is greater 
than when not bagged. My success 
has been largely due to the fact of my 
being right at the market, which en¬ 
ables me to put my fruit in the re¬ 
tailer’s hands with little or no risk 
from careless handling, and as my 
baskets are not covered, there is no 
loss from that source. 
I commence bagging as soon as the 
grapes are set, when they are about the 
size of small shot, and push the work 
along as fast as possible, in order to 
get the fruit covered before the mildew 
appears. I use a common manila two- 
pound paper bag, made up flat; that 
is, not having a satchel bottom, and 
before these are put on I cut off the 
corners just a little with a broad 
chisel to let out any water that may 
happen to get into the mouth of the 
bag. To fasten the bag I use pins of 
a cheap grade, as the rust of the pin 
after the first moisture strikes it holds 
the bag securely. Care must be taken 
to fold and pin the bag above the wood 
from which the cluster depends, and 
the mouth closed in such a way as to 
prevent moisture from entering. When 
one gets the knack of doing the work, 
it can be easily and rapidly done, but 
carelessness will result in much loss, 
as if the folding of the mouth of the 
bag is not done properly, and the pin 
carefully inserted, the first high wind 
will tear the bag loose. Gather the 
mouth of the bag together neatly, with¬ 
out bunching, and then fo’d it back 
and insert the pin above the wood. In 
no case allow the mouth of the bag to 
be pinned around the stem of the clus¬ 
ter. Women usually do the work, and 
a skilful person can put on from 1.000 
to 1,500 bags in a day. The cost, in¬ 
cluding everything. I estimate at $2 
per 1,000 bags. If transportation is a 
matter entirely under the control of the 
grower, and you have a good market 
for a superior grape near at hand, I 
consider bagging a very profitable part 
of grape growing. 
New Jersey. W. h. goldsmith. 
Planting an Orchard. 
A. B., Fayette City, Pa .— I would like to 
plant some trees for our boys, apples, 
peaches and plums. Would you suggest 
what you think would make good bearers 
for our locality? 
Ans. —In planting an orchard for the 
boys to handle in later years we should 
go to the best local growers for advice. 
We make the following suggestions but 
would have them checked by fruit grow¬ 
ers near home: Apples: Red Astrachan, 
Maiden Blush, Duchess of Oldenburg, 
Wealthy, Grimes Golden, Rome Beauty, 
York Imperial. Peaches, Carman 
Waddell, Belle of Georgia, Mountain 
Rose, plberta, Fox’s Seedling, Iron 
Mountain. Plums: Red June, Burbank, 
Chabot, Sultan, America. 
Old Lady (shrinking from plunging 
hack) : '‘Oh, I don't think I'll take your 
cab. I don’t like the look of your horse.” 
Cabby: “Well, lady, pr’aps it’s just as 
well as he don’t seem to like the look 
of you, neither 1”—Punch. 
Tree Talks 
The difference between profit and 
loss in fruit growing is in getting 
started right by planting only the 
choicest stock. Let us tell you about 
Harrison’s trees — they are grown in 
Southern Maryland where the soil con¬ 
ditions are ideal for growing nursery 
stock. The growing season is longer 
than in most nursery sections, which 
gives us a larger and stronger tree, and 
better matured. Thus a two year old 
Harrison tree may be as large as a tree 
two and a half or three years in other 
nurseries. 
Our nursery comprises 1,100 acres 
(the largest tree-growing establish¬ 
ment in the world). The growth of 
our business is due to the quality of 
our stock, and the painstaking manner 
in which all orders are filled. We have 
700,000 peaches, 500,000 apples, 6,000,000 
straw T berry plants, besides a large stock 
of pears, plums and ornamental stock. 
If you want a dozen trees or a carload your 
order will have the same personal attention. Write 
ns about your needs for Spring planting—advice in 
selections and catalogue free, 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES 
Box 421, Berlin, Nld. 
Fruit for Profit 
Set out Peach and Apple Trees also Straw¬ 
berry and Blackberry Plants if you want 
to make a specialty of raising fruit for the 
market. We will send you our descriptive 
catalogue and give you ail the information in 
our power gladly and without cost whether you 
huv of us or not makes no difference. Address, 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstown, N.J. 
Cherry, Plum, Peach 
Trees, $4.98 fori OO 
Dansville grown, fresh dug. true to 
name, every tree as represented, no 
6eale, no risk, personal attention 
given every order. 
Send us a list of yonr wants for 
wholesale prices. Write for free 
catalog. 2 apple trees, 1 McIntosh 
and 1 Banana for 26o post paid. 
MALOXEY BROS. A WELLS, Box lflj llsutrilir, X. T. 
PEACH TREES 
Hardy New England Grown Fine Stock 
True to Name] 
ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
Special prices, with list of varieties, now ready. 
Send for it to-day. 
BURR NURSERIES. 
Box Y, - - Manchester, Conn, 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees 
Hundreds of carloads. Catalog No. 1. 
112 pages, FKEE to purchasers of 
such. No. 2. 168 pages, to buy¬ 
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Large stock of SUPERB CAN- 
NAS, the queen of bedding plants. 
Bend for catalog wanted today. It tells the rest. 
Direct deal will insure you the best and save you 
money. 56 years. 44 greenhouses. 1200 acres. 
THE, STORKS 6 HARRISON CO. 
Box 186, Painesville. Ohio 
Fruit Trees. 
Now is the time to make your selec¬ 
tion and order your Fruit Trees—while 
the Nurseries have a full stock to select 
from, and while you have time to attend 
to it. Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O., have 
a large stock of the best quality at reason¬ 
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farmers. Write them for Price-List. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Send $2.00 for 1000 plants; 40 varieties finest 
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O UR 1909 EDITION is the most practical text book 
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R. M. KELLOGG COMPANY, Box 480, Three Rivers, Hlch. 
WHOLESALE PRICES 
Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Grape and Currant Plants. 
Extra Heavy Rooted High Grade Stock. 
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Strawberries 
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■ __ 
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Hardy, thrifty, well developed, fibrous-rooted trees and 
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MILLIONS OF TREES 
PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC. 
r The oldest, largest and most complete nursery 
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Agents wanted. I. E. ILGENFKITZ SONS CO. 
The MONROE NURSERY, Monroe, Michigan. 
450,000 
200 varieties. Also Grapes, Small Fruits etc. Beet rooted 
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Desc. price list free. LEWIS itOESCll, Box K, Fredonia, N. V, 
F IEACH trees 
Lusty, healthy, mountain-grown trees— 
June Buds and Two-Year-Olds. Klberta 
-and leading commercial varieties. 
WRITE For Bargain Prices. 
CHATTANOOGA NURSERIES, 
6 it Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Pn || |X Apples,Pears,Plums,Cherries,Peaches, 
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2 nnn nnn STRAWBERRY PLANTS as good as 
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Catalogue of Dahlias a Specialty 
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in ear. Fermlale Stock Earm.Ceciarville.O., 
