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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 27, 
THAT TANK SPRAYING OUTFIT. 
On page 190, W. A. Bassett gives his 
plan for spraying plant, and you ask 
for suggestions and criticisms. Having 
had experience in spraying quite a large 
orchard for over 15 years,. I can offer 
some suggestions which are the result 
of practical experience. As Mr. Bas¬ 
sett does not say what kind of spray¬ 
ing he expects to do, whether for scale, 
insects or fungus trouble, I take it for 
granted that Bordeaux Mixture is what 
he will use mostly, as this is the great 
and almost the only fungicide in use. 
I know nothing about lime-sulphur or 
soluble oil spraying, as we have never 
bad any use for such in our 'orchards. 
The first criticisms on the plan would 
be to cut out the platform entirely as 
a needless expense, and put the house 
up flush with the driveway. Second, take 
out the steel tank and put in two mix¬ 
ing tanks of wood, each to hold one- 
half as much as his spraying tank; one 
to be used for lime solution, the other 
for copper sulphate solution. Each 
tank should have an opening, easily 
stopped, near the bottom, for drawing 
off the contents. The openings, which 
may be 1^-inch holes closed with a 
long plug of wood, should open into 
a common spout; that is, common to 
both the tanks, which we call the mixing 
trough, for the reason that in this trough 
the lime and vitriol solutions are mixed 
or come together. This plan beats any 
plan of stirring or churning, and saves 
all the work, while your spraying solu¬ 
tion comes to the spraying .tank all 
mixed, ready for use. These two mix¬ 
ing tanks should be elevated enough to 
allow the combining trough to run di¬ 
rect into the strainer on the spraying 
tank. 
The reason for cutting out the stor¬ 
age tank is that unless the creek from 
which he gets his water is likely to 
fail, there is nothing to be gained in 
storing up the water when it can be 
pumped into the mixing tank just as 
well. If Mr. Bassett has much spraying 
to do it will pay him to keep a man 
at the plant all the time to do the mix¬ 
ing, pump the water, etc. It needs 
some one who is careful and painstak¬ 
ing for this part of the work, and a 
set of scales that will weigh accurately 
to one-half an ounce. I have had no 
experience with gasoline engines, so can 
give no opinion. I think a V/^-mch 
pipe would carry all the water needed. 
One thing I have learned about spray 
mixtures is that what are called stock 
solutions are to be avoided; the more 
diluted your compounds are when 
brought together the better the results. 
Keeping the solutions in the mixing 
tanks well agitated while drawing off 
into the uniting trough, is important 
to prevent the curdled effect which is 
such a bother in clogging nozzles. 
Wisconsin. c. a. hatch. 
Early Apples in Virginia. 
F. O., Winchester, Va .—Recently I pur¬ 
chased an orchard, one year planted, of 
Red Astrachan, Wealthy and Yellow Trans 
parent trees, 625 in all, planted 33x33 
Most of the orchards hereabouts are planted 
to Winter varieties, and I am in doubt 
as to whether I shall allow them (the 
Summer apples) to stand or not, thinking 
that the Winter varieties are preferable. 
What would you advise ? 
Ans. —There is little doubt about 
Winter apples being much more profit¬ 
able than the Summer varieties, except 
in rare cases. But as the 625 trees are 
planted 33x33 feet apart and will all 
begin to bear early, especially the Yel¬ 
low Transparent and Wealthy, I would 
suggest that trees of Winter varieties 
be planted between those already set, 
making the stand 1614x33 feet, and 
after the early trees have stood about 
15 or 20 years cut them all out, leav¬ 
ing the permanent orchard all Winter 
apples and the trees 33x33 feet. This 
is closer than I would prefer them. 
40x40 feet being better, but my idea 
is to make the best of the situation as 
it now is. Of course, the trees could 
all be taken up and reset 20x40 feet 
or 20x20, with the permanent Winter 
varieties 40x40 and the early ones as 
fillers, but this would entail consid¬ 
erable work, check the trees already- 
planted and not make the orchard very 
much better for service. To graft over 
all or part of the trees I would not 
approve, for only the Red Astrachan 
would be thrifty enough, and it would 
cost considerable to do it. The early 
varieties pay better than we think. I 
would plant Winesap, York Imperial 
and Delicious. h. e. van peman. 
Fruit Packages; Tomato Crop. 
A. 8. Y., Feshanie 8ta.. F. J .—What is 
the most popular size of strawberry box 
and crate for presenting the fruit in the 
finest condition after shipment to local and 
distant markets? Is the small basket and 
crate the most desirable? If so what size 
is most generally used? Do small packages 
such as the liquid quart and pint boxes 
bring the best prices fn the market? What 
is the most popular size of box for ship¬ 
ping tomatoes to city markets in order to 
command the highest price? Do you con¬ 
sider tomato growing profitable, taking 
prices as they averaged the past season of 
1908, for growers living within 40 or 50 
miles of New York City, allowing for 
freight and commission? I have never 
grown tomatoes for city markets, and there¬ 
fore do not know how they sell. 
Ans. —There is no better strawberry 
package than the standard crate holding 
32 quart baskets, the tiers of baskets 
being separated by flat partitions. Some 
48 and 60-quart crates are used, but 
these are too large for one man to han¬ 
dle conveniently. We have seen 60- 
quart crates that had been dropped so 
roughly that half the fruit was smashed, 
Pint baskets are suitable for raspberries 
but too small for the general crop of 
strawberries. No buyer wants less than 
a quart, and most people take at least 
two, which can be put tops together and 
tied so that they can be carried without 
injury. Most of the tomatoes received 
in New York come in oblong crates 
holding a scant bushel. These can be 
stacked without injuring the fruit, and 
are loaded economically in car or wagon. 
The peach basket and the six-basket 
peach crate are used to some extent, 
but the latter is too expensive unless 
tomatoes are very high. The writer’s 
neighbors raise tomatoes, which are 
packed in the boxes mentioned and 
hauled in wagons to New York, 15 
miles. Some sell for $1 per box and 
some for 25 cents. Taking one year 
with another, the crop averages about 
50 cents, which is considered profitable | 
for this form of handling. _ When sold | 
to a nearby cannery there is less work, 
and the price received is smaller. To¬ 
mato growing is an exacting job. The 
season is long, plants being started early 
in March, and the last of the crop is 
not out of the way until November. 
More Potatoes with Less Labor 
The potato crop is usually a profitable one, 
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