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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 27, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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FROF. MARK VERNON SLINGERLAND. 
It is with deep regret that we learn 
of the death of Prof. Mark V. Slinger- 
land, pf Cornell University. His death 
will be keenly felt by the thousands of 
farmers and fruit growers in western 
New York and the whole State. He 
was a man easily approached and ever 
ready to help the common farmer 
as well as the biggest man in tbe State. 
Prof. Slingerland was probably the 
iirst entomologist to identify the San 
Jose scale in this part of the State. 
In 1896 the writer purchased a stock 
of trees from a well-known nurseryman 
of Geneva, N. Y. While removing 
some bud bands from a plum tree the 
same Summer we noticed a species of 
scale on the limbs. We showed a few 
of the twigs to the late Prof. Lode- 
man at a Summer fruit meeting at 
Romulus, N. Y. Prof. Lodeman did 
not recognize them as San Jose scale, 
although by the aid of a glass the lice 
could be plainly seen crawling around. 
Later we sent some twigs to Prof. 
Slingerland, who pronounced it at once 
the San Jose scale. In a short time 
Prof. Slingerland visited my orchard, 
paid me 50 cents for the tree, and took 
it back to Cornell on his bicycle. How 
many times have I wished I could have 
sold the whole bunch at the same 
price! Prof. Slingerland was, without 
doubt, the best informed entomologist 
in the State, and, perhaps, the whole 
country, and fruit growers generally 
owe him a debt of gratitude for the 
valuable aid he has given them. At 
public meetings he had the happy fac¬ 
ulty of expressing himself in language 
easily understood. In his numerous 
public meetings and bulletins, his “bug 
phraseology’’ was always easy reading. 
He was ever reminding us of the fact 
that the “man behind the gun,” as well 
as the method employed, was what 
brought success. He will be greatly 
missed at our fruit gatherings, and 
although we will see his face no more 
his work will go on, to the lasting ben¬ 
efit of the horticultural world. 
Seneca Co., N. Y. w. a. bassett. 
List of Fruits for Virginia. 
J. B. W.j Crewe, Ya .—I am interested 
in a small orchard, say 10 acres, for home 
and market purposes. What varieties of 
apples, peaches, pears, plums, etc., would be 
the best for this section? Would it be 
wise to include nuts? If so, what would be 
the best? 
Ans. —The selection of a list of varie¬ 
ties of fruits for home and market 
purposes for the locality in Virginia 
where G. B. W. lives would be a very 
difficult thing to do, or for any other 
place. The soil, elevation and local 
conditions in several respects, should 
all be well understood. There are so 
many differences in them and the varie¬ 
ties that only by the most careful study 
of the whole subject can wise conclu¬ 
sions be reached. In many of the 
States there are lists of varieties suit¬ 
able for the different sections and soils 
published in the reports of the horti¬ 
cultural societies, but I am not sure 
that the reports of the Virginia society 
contain them. The secretary, Walter 
Whately, of Crozet, can and will be glad 
to inform anyone on this subject. The 
reports are due to all the members and 
are well worth studying, for they con¬ 
tain much information that is very help¬ 
ful to fruit growers. As a matter of 
information to those who do not have 
opportunity to study lists of varieties, 
it may be well to give some that are 
likely to suit those desiring to plant in 
Virginia and neighboring States. How¬ 
ever, nearly everyone already has some 
trees planted, and may not want more 
than a few varieties to add to what they 
already have. For the convenience of 
those who may wish to select from 
these lists and for other reasons the 
varieties will be arranged in order of 
ripening. One mistake that many make 
in planning their orchards is the selec¬ 
tion of too many trees of Summer and 
Fall varieties. By this I do not mean 
that there are too many varieties chosen 
but too many trees of certain varieties 
that should be represented in the or¬ 
chard by only a very few. And, further, 
there are often wide gaps between the 
ripening of the different kinds, leaving 
the family without fruit at certain times 
although at other times there is an 
over-supply. For instance, there may 
be five trees each of Red Astrachan, 
Yellow Transplant and Early Harvest, 
making 15 trees in all that ripen at 
the same time, which are likely to fur¬ 
nish more apples than any ordinary 
family can use; and then the next 
variety in season may be Maiden Blush, 
of which we will say 10 trees have 
been planted. There will be a gap 
of several weeks without a ripe apple, 
and then so many that they cannot be 
used. There should be a constant suc¬ 
cession and neither a feast or famine 
at any time. This can be easily ar¬ 
ranged, provided the planter knows 
what to select or applies to some one 
who knows the ripening seasons of 
the varieties of real merit as to quality, 
bearing, etc., and then insists on get¬ 
ting and planting only as he has ordered 
them furnished. This plan should be 
followed in the selection and planting 
of all kinds of fruits as well as with 
the apple. 
The combining of a market orchard 
with one for family use can be done, 
for some varieties are suitable for both 
purposes. In setting 10 acres in or¬ 
chard in the region mentioned all should 
be Winter apples except enough of the 
Summer and Fall varieties for home 
use and a small proportion of pears, 
peaches, plums and cherries. On the 
basis of 100 apples trees, and enough of 
the other orchard fruits for family use, 
I will give lists that may suit many 
cases similar to the one under discus¬ 
sion : Apples.—Two Early Harvest, 
two Red June, two Summer Rose, two 
Fancy, two Benoni, two Golden Sweet, 
two Chenango, two Jefferis, two Maiden 
Blush, two Fall Pippin, 10 Grimes, 10 
Delicious, 20 Winesap, 20 Stayman, 20 
York Imperial. Pears, 20.—Two Wilder 
Early, two Tyson, two Clapp, two 
Howell, two Flemish Beauty, two 
Seckel, two Bartlett, two Sheldon, two 
Anjou, two Lawrence. Peaches, 50.— 
Two Victor, two Davey, two Bishop, 
two Carman, two Mountain Rose, 10 
Elberta, five Stump, five Salway, 10 
Ringgold, 10 Bonanza. Plums, 10.— 
Two Red June, two Burbank, two Mil- 
ton, two Wickson, tw6 Brittlewood. 
Cherries, 10.—Two Richmond, two 
Montmorency, two Bing, two Lambert, 
two English Morello. All the above 
lists are prepared for the region in¬ 
cluding Virginia and neighboring 
States but will be suitable for a wider 
range. The varieties are in order of 
ripening. h. e. van deman. 
Killing Out Quack. —In August, 1906, 
I plowed the laud, sandy loam, about five 
inches deep, cut it up with a disk harrow, 
then sowed it in rye at the rate of three 
bushels to the acre with 500 pounds of 
high grade fertilizer. The rye made a 
heavy growth that Fall. In the Spring I 
cut it, fed it green, when it was plowed 
again and prepared and sowed in millet 
with fertilizer again as above stated. Mil¬ 
let made a good growth ; when it was 
headed I cut and cured for hay; plowed 
again and sowed to rye as above. The 
next Spring when the rye was cut and the 
land was plowed I found none of the quack 
grass. I got rid of it and got feed out of 
ground at the same time. g. p. m. 
Maryland. 
“For the Land’s Sake use Bowker’s 
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