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THE RURAL, NEW-YOKKEH 
March 13, 
BURBANK’S CREATIONS. 
Please see below a list of Burbank’s 
creations that I have fully tested and 
find worth while: Winterstein apple, 
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Royal walnut, Paradox walnut, Santa 
Rosa Soft Shell walnut, Pineapple 
quince, Phenomenal berrv, Primus 
berry, Shasta daisy, Crimson Winter 
rhubarb. You will note that there are 
no plums in this list, but I am now 
grafting some of his new plums, and 
may report how they succeed with me 
later. I will say that his plums in our 
local markets are exceedingly attractive 
and also good to eat. 
The Winterstein apple has the Graven- 
stein flavor and comes a little later, 
making it a desirable variety for that 
reason alone. It is also a strong grower 
and heavy bearer. The Royal and Par¬ 
adox walnuts must be seen to be ap¬ 
preciated. In growth they distance even 
the native California black. The Par¬ 
adox has exceedingly beautiful and 
very fragrant foliage. The Santa Rosa 
Soft Shell is a fine nut. I have 50 
trees of this variety now bearing, and 
while a number of varieties of walnuts 
are bidding for first place, I see no 
reason yet for discarding or grafting 
my trees. I will say in this connec¬ 
tion that I have bearing the Mammoth, 
Mayette, Alpine, Glady anJ Praepar- 
turiens, and a seedling of my own, all 
good nuts, but none better in quality 
than the Santa Rosa. 
The Pineapple quince is as much bet¬ 
ter than the common varieties listed by 
our nurserymen as a Newtown Pippin 
is better than a Ben Davis. I will 
say, however, that Mr. Roeding’s 
Smyrna quince, while not quite up to 
the Pineapple in flavor, is a stronger 
grower and a very fine quince. Bur¬ 
bank’s Phenomenal berry is gaining In 
popularity by leaps and bounds. With 
a decided raspberry flavor, it surpasses 
the Logan in size, color, flavor and 
growth of vine. Of all the berries that 
we are acquainted with if we could 
choose but one that one would be the 
Phenomenal. The Primus is an acquisi¬ 
tion for the family garden. It is early, 
with a decided wild berry flavor, but a 
little too soft for shipping. 
Crimson Winter rhubarb, as its name 
implies, grows in the Winter. V'e have 
it in our garden now ready to use. 
The Shasta daisy is a valuable addition 
to our flower garden, and is becoming 
quite popular. For cut flowers and de¬ 
corating, it is especially fine, and will 
last for weeks in water. 
It may be that some of Mr. Burbank’s 
new fruits may be “worthless and in¬ 
ferior stuff,” as Mr. Mead seems to be¬ 
lieve, and it may be also that some of 
them may not succeed or be profitable 
in all climates. It would be asking 
almost too much to expect a variety of 
fruit that does best in a mild climate 
to do just as well in a cold climate. 
We may not find Mr. Burbank’s spine¬ 
less cactus a beauty and a joy forever 
in our gardens, but if it serves the 
purpose for which it was created, and 
proves to be a valuable forage* plant 
in times of drought, perhaps saving 
many cattle from starvation and pos¬ 
sible humans, too, then all hail to him 
who brought it forth. In conclusion, 
what’s the matter with the Burbank po¬ 
tato? In my boyhood days I was taught 
that potatoes “run out” in the course of 
years, and new varieties must take their 
place, but in the case of the Burbank 
potato it seems to improve with age. 
For 25 years we have eaten Burbank 
potatoes, and really the last sack was 
the very best of all! 
California. Horace g. keesling. 
Cedars and Apple Trees. 
W. J. Cazenovia, N. I 7 .—My father 
has an orchard containing 40 trees, nearly 
all apple. They were planted 22 years ago. 
The orchard is surrounded on south and 
west sides by cedar hedge, trees now 16 
feet high. The apples are poor in quality; 
trees do not yield well. I have been told 
apples would not grow so near cedar. The 
hedge was designed for a wind-break to 
house. 
Ans.—T he fact about cedar and apple 
is that a disease known as Cedar rust 
often attacks the apple. Several experi¬ 
ment station have issued bulletins about 
this. This disease lives a part of its 
life in the cedars. It cannot develop so 
as to injure the apple if there are no 
cedars near by. It is a rule of good ap¬ 
ple growers to cut the cedars down. 
Very likely the cedars are responsible 
for a share of the failure of this apple 
orchard, but the apple trees may not 
have had the best care in cultivating or 
pruning. 
Manure Compared With Fertilizer. 
M. II. J ., Gloversville, N. Y .—Which 
would be the cheaper, buying manure at $1 
a two-horse load and drawing three miles 
over macadam, or buying fertilizer to put 
on green sward for corn ? 
Ans. —Suppose you average a ton of 
manure at a load. If the manure is of 
average quality you get for one dollar 
10 pounds of nitrogen, six of phosphoric 
acid and 12 of potash. If you bought 
this plant food in chemicals you would 
have to pay at least 17 cents a pound 
for the nitrogen and five cents each for 
the potash and phosphoric acid, or $2.60 
for all. What does it cost you to haul 
and spread a load? When buying man¬ 
ure you should also figure some value 
for the bulk or humus which the man¬ 
ure adds to the soil. For use on corn 
the manure is cheaper at the price than 
chemicals, yet it may still pay you to 
buy some potash and phosphoric acid 
to use with the manure. You will see 
from the figures given above that the 
manure contains more nitrogen than 
phosphoric acid, and about as much as of 
potash. The corn plant requires a good 
supply of the other chemicals to de¬ 
velop cob and grain properly. There 
ought to be three times as much phos¬ 
phoric acid and twice as much potash as 
of nitrogen. Acid phosphate and muriate 
of potash make a good combination 
with manure. In a number of experi¬ 
ments six tons of manure with this mix¬ 
ture added gave as large a crop as 10 
tons of manure. 
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