1909. 
231 
THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
FRUIT VARIETIES FOR VERMONT. 
The following list of varieties of apples, 
plums and cherries wo consider suited to 
Vermont conditions. Those marked with a 
star (*) are hardy varieties, and Ihey 
may be grown in practically any part of 
Vermont. For the Champlain Valley we 
would recommend as a general thing, the 
Baldwin. Greening, Northern Spy, McIn¬ 
tosh and Fameuse apples. 
Apples: Summer, Early Harvest, Yellow 
Transparent,* Red Astrachan,* Tetofsky.* 
Autumn, Oldenburg,* Gravenstein, Fame- 
use,* McIntosh,* Wolf River,* Alexander.* 
Winter, Baldwin, Greening, Northern Spy, 
Spitzenburg, King, Bethel,* Arctic,* Scott 
Winter,* Roseau,* Pewaukee,* Yellow Belle- 
flower, Tolman Sweet. Plums: Arctic, 
Bombard, Bavay, Golden Drop, Burbank, 
Abundance, Red .Tune, Chabot, Stoddard,* 
Wyant,* Weaver,* Aitkin,* Surprise,* Che¬ 
ney.* Wolf.* Cherries: Montmorency, Mo- 
rello, Ostheim, Baldwin, Bessarabian, Brus- 
seler Braune, Early Richmond, Vladimir.* 
Vt. Exp. Station. wm. stuakt. 
Fruits for Illinois. 
Regarding a list of tree fruits most suit¬ 
able for this locality, they are as follows : 
Apples: Early, Tetofsky, Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, Duchess of Oldenburg. Fall: 
Wealthy, McMahans, Pewaukee, Fameuse. 
Winter: Ben Davis, Mann, Salome, Jona¬ 
than, Willow Twig, Ralls and Northwestern 
Greening. Sweet varieties: Sweet June, 
Bailey Sweet, Tolman and Pound Sweet. 
Crab varieties: Florence, Martha and Whit 
ney. Pears: Vermont Beauty, Kicffer, 
Flemish Beauty, Seckel. Plums : Red .Tune, 
Abundance, Burbank of Japanese, Rockford, 
Wolf, Do Soto and Weaver of natives. 
Cherries: Early Richmond and Montmor¬ 
ency, sometimes English Morello. Peaches : 
Illinois Champion, Vermont, Crosby and 
Carman. Quince, when protection is suit¬ 
able only : Champion and Orange. Currants : 
Perfection and White Imperial. Goose¬ 
berries : Downing. Grapes: Worden, Con¬ 
cord, Niagara, Moore’s Diamond, Campbell's 
Early and Green Mountain. s. e. h. 
Cherry Valley, Ill. 
Fruits for New Hampshire. 
The best fruits for this part of the 
country are : Apples—Baldwin, Gravenstein, 
Mann, New York Greening, Foundling, 
Northern Spy, Porter. g. e. p. 
Milford, N. II. 
Raspberry Cane-Borer. 
Tl. 8., St. Catharines, Ont. —What do you 
know about the Raspberry cane-borer, which 
insect I believe is doing serious injury in 
this district? Small knots or enlargements 
appear on the canes. AVlmt is the best 
known method to prevent or eradicate this 
pest ? 
Ans. —The Red-necked raspberry cane 
borer, or Gouty gall-beetle is a slender, 
blackish beetle, which emerges from the 
infested canes from May until July, 
and lays its eggs at the base of leaf 
stalks on the canes. The grubs which 
hatch from these eggs make slender 
mines which encircle the canes two or 
three times, and finally extend into the 
pith, usually upwards from the swollen 
portion of the cane. Where the mines 
girdle the cane, it usually enlarges and 
the bark splits open, thus forming a 
gall-like swelling. There may be three 
or four of these galls on a single cane, 
There is but one brood of the insect 
during the year, and the grubs do most 
of their feeding from July until Au¬ 
tumn.. The remedy is very simple. All 
canes showing the gall-like swellings 
should be cut out before May. Always 
cut below the swellings and burn the 
canes, for if they are left on the ground 
the insect will continue to develop and 
the beetles emerge. 
. M. V. SLINGERLAND. 
Trees Do Not Bear. 
M. L. B., Norwich, Conn. —1. I have a 
plum tree which has been set about 10 
years, of a very strong, healthy growth, 
which is fertilized, cultivated and has 
everything done for it, yet although bloom¬ 
ing full each year never bears, or at the 
m °st only two or three small plums. The 
1 iossoms seem to drop before the proper 
‘me. It is a single tree, there being no 
others near it. 2. I also have a peach 
fToe , a strong, thrifty growth, which 
blooms full each year yet blossoms drop 
■"fore fruit is set; soon after the leaves 
•ill curl and crinkle up and drop off, after 
" Inch a new growth of leaves come out, 
which remain green and healthy the re¬ 
mainder of the season. This tree never 
oears at all, while others only 20 feet away 
bear each year and are perfectly healthy. 
Ans. 1. This may be a self-sterile 
variety. The \\ ild Goose plum be¬ 
longs to this class, and seldom bears 
fruit at all unless cross-fertilized with 
pollen from some variety blossoming at 
same time, either scions grafted in each 
tree or trees growing in immediate vi¬ 
cinity. This tree may be one of those I 
unprofitable kinds that seldom, if ever. I 
bear, or an unbudded Prench seedling 
which often grow strong and thrifty, 
seldom producing fruit which if pro¬ 
duced, is practically worthless. 2. The 
description of peach tree and foliage 
indicates that the variety is subject to 
the fungus commonly known as “peach 
leaf-curl’’ (Exosascus deformans). 
I his disease causes the foliage to 
thicken, curl up, crinkle and drop off. 
The young shoots also are often attacked ' 
and in severe attacks the trees drop 
most of their foliage and a large por¬ 
tion of the fruit as well. Bordeaux 
Mixture and lime-sulphur wash are both 
excellent remedies for this trouble. 
They should be applied at full strength 
before buds start to swell, special care 
being taken to coyer all branches and 
the fine leaf-bearing twigs. The ap¬ 
plication must be made in a thorough 
manner. Cold, moist weather, when 
buds are swelling and leaves starting in 
Spring, seems to be a favorable condi¬ 
tion for this disease. There is but little 
use. in spraying for it after young leaves 
begin to show. b. d. v b 
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ORLANDO HARRISON, Ex-President 
of Maryland Horticultural Society and 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, Gen. 
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responsible for your order being filled with 
first-class, healthy stock and true to name. 
A Little History 
Harrison’s nurseries were founded 
by Mr. J. G. Harrison in 1886, who 
still retains active interest wtth his 
two sons, Orlando Harrison (whose 
photograph appears herewith), and 
G. A. Harrison. 
From a small beginning, as the 
demand for our stock has increased, 
farm after farm has been added, and 
timber land has been cleared to grow 
trees and plants to supply our cus¬ 
tomers. 
** Nothing But the Best ’’ has been 
our watchword from the beginning. 
We have always refused to follow 
those indulging in extravagant or 
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Quality Stock. 
Our success in building up the 
largest nursery business in the world 
by these methods speaks well for 
American Fruit Growers. 
Apples 
We yield to no Nursei'y 
in the world in the pro¬ 
duction of Apple Trees— 
the most important fruit 
—with 500,000 trees and 
over 50 varieties of the 
worthy sort; 25,000 Dwarf 
Trees, the finest that can 
be procured anywhere. 
Our prices are low, qual¬ 
ity of stock considered. 
Write us about your 
wants. We will give you 
conscientious advice 
based on an experience 
of 22 years in growing 
apple trees. 
Peaches 
Have always been one of 
our specialties. Our soil 
and climate beat the 
world for growing peach 
trees. We bud, from the 
best producing trees of 
our bearing orchard, 
700,000 trees —100 varie¬ 
ties. We offer two new 
varieties this year and a 
list of ''Twelve Winners” 
which have proved, by 
careful tests, to bo mon¬ 
ey-makers. 
If you want one tree or 
a carload, write us. 
Pears, Plums,Cherries, etc. 
While apples, peaches 
and strawberries are our 
specialties, we also grow 
as full a line of other 
fruits as can be found in 
any Nursery in the 
United States. 
Our Dwarf Pears, which 
come into bearing the 
second or third season, 
are popular for commer¬ 
cial growing or home 
use. Besides the above 
we grow a full list of 
quinces, grapes, currants, 
raspberries, asparagus, 
etc. 
Strawberries 
All the standard varie¬ 
ties, grown on virgin soil, 
newly cleared land 
among the stumps. Each 
variety is separated by a 
row or vegetables to pre¬ 
vent possibility of mix¬ 
ing. We have over 60 
acres (6 millions of 
plants), of these strong, 
well-rooted plants. None 
better can bo grown any¬ 
where. 
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are right. 
Ornamentals 
Our Mr. O. II. visited 
the most prominent Nur¬ 
series of Europe during 
the past summer and 
purchased the choicest 
lots of Orn a mental s, 
Trees, Shrubs, Roses, etc. 
California Privet grows 
to perfection in our soil 
and climate. 
We offer you finest 
stock at price that will 
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Write to-day while our 
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Our 1909 Catalogue contains accurate descriptions of all the standard and new varieties showing 
merit. Only the varieties are listed that we would recommend to our next-door neighbor and friend. It 
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For the small grower it contains valuable collections at a reasonable price. It is free, but it will be worth 
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HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Box 432, BERLIN, MD. 
Harrison’s Trees, Plants and Ornamentals 
^ rst cost a f ruit tree is so small, as compared with the expense of growing it to bearing age and 
the value of the tree at maturity, that no one can afford under any circumstances to plant anything 
but the very best obtainable. Figure it out for yourself. An A1 two-year-old tree will cost you 
say 25 cents, when an inferior tree can be bought at 20 Cents. You save 5 Cents, but the first-class tree 
will come into bearing a year earlier and produce more and better fruit each year after. You lose Dollars to 
save 5 Cents. Harrison’s Nurseries, located on the eastern shore of Maryland, are especially favored by a 
combination of soil and climatic conditions which makes it possible to grow trees and plants that cannot be 
surpassed anywhere. Our growing season is from six weeks to two months longer than other Nursery 
sections, which means a larger, better rooted tree and fully matured. Our trees often compare favorably 
with trees a year older from other sections. This is important to remember when placing your order. 
The Man Behind the Tree 
