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THE KUKAI 
NEW-YORKER. 
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SEEDING TO TIMOTHY. 
It. It. F., Qrford, X. II. Having followed 
Mr. Van Alslyne's article in Tins It. N.-Y. 
I should like very much to ask him a few 
questions. IIow many pounds to the acre 
of Timothy seed does ho use for stocking 
down in the Fail? We shall stock down 
with commercial fertilizers lids Fall, and 
want the largest returns possible per acre. 
Which is better, to roll the seed in or lo 
harrow it in? If clover is used with-Tim¬ 
othy, how much of each per acre? 
Ans. —When we seed without a graki 
crop, as we do on our natural meadow 
land, where we make hay the leading 
crop, we use eight quarts of best 
Timothy, two quarts of Red-top and 
two quarts of Alsike clover. I have 
used as much as a half bushel to the 
acre, instead of the 12 quarts here men¬ 
tioned. Latterly I have reduced the 
Red-top, as 1 find it tends to crowd out 
the Timothy. I have tried sowing the 
Alsike in both Spring and Fall, and I, 
find, taking the years as they run, 1 get 
the best results with Fail sowing. 
While it may seem as if even the 12 
quarts was a heavy seeding, 1 want the 
grass to occupy every inch of the 
ground, when it is small, so as to keep 
out the weeds. Later some will die 
anyway. I have found that the land 
that yielded the most hay was not the 
tall stand, thin on the ground, hut that 
which was thick on the bottom. 1 sow 
the seed both ways, so as to insure an 
even stand, and cover with a light har- 
Grafting Over an Old Orchard. 
ft. L. <>., IIrmlrrmuirillr, X. ('.—I bave 
nu orchard of 150 apple trees from 15 to 
20 years old, almost all White Fndcrwood 
Sweets. I thought of grafting to a red 
Fall and Winter apple. Would you recom¬ 
mend cut I lug entire top first season or only 
half of it? Name throe or four lino red 
apples suitable for this section. 
Ans. —Cut off the whole top and 
graft an entire head on the trees in the 
Spring. Cut the scions this Fall and 
bury them, and graft as the growth 
starts in the trees, while the scions are 
still dormant. The best Fall apple in 
the United States was once the opinion 
given me by the late T. T. Lyon, of 
Michigan, in regard to the Bonum of 
North Carolina. Buckingham is also 
good. Jonathan is excellent both in 
color and quantity. For Winter plant 
Wincsap, Staymau and York Imperial. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Climbing Roses.—The R. N.-Y. has 
sent out two climbing roses as gifts to 
readers. They proved very popular, for 
they were planted and, for the most 
part, well cared for. As they have 
grown over houses, or near them, they 
have added beauty to farm homes and 
strengthened the pleasant ties which 
bound the family to The R. N.-Y. As 
we go about the country we frequently 
see how these climbing roses have 
changed the entire appearance of farm 
buildings. In June, when they bloom, 
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row or a weeder, then roll. This firms 
the seed, and gives a smooth surface 
lor the meadow. If the ground gets 
crusted before the seed sprouts, it is 
nil excellent plan to run over the land 
with a weeder or smoothing harrow. 
The seed will not only come through 
I'otter, Imt a great loss of water by 
evaporation is prevented. I use 500 
pounds of commercial fertilizer, 12 per 
cent phosphoric acid and four or five 
per cent potash; then if I have no 
manure, I find it pays well to use at 
least 100 pounds of nitrate of soda in 
the Spring, as early as possible. If this 
is used at time of seeding, if it is very 
dry it may burn the tender shoots, or 
some of it may be lost, because there 
are not enough plant roots to retain the 
soluble nitrogen, which will then he 
washed out with the drainage water. 
If I have manure I do not use the ni¬ 
trate. When I seed with a grain crop, 
as I do where we follow a short rota¬ 
tion, one year, or two at most of hay, 
I then use five quarts of Timothy and 
one of Red-top in the drill with the 
grain, each, of course, in a different 
seed box, and sow six quarts of clover 
in the Spring, making it one-third Al- 
sike. This will give half the plants 
Alsike, as the seed is so much smaller. 
While it will not make the second 
growth that the Red clover will, nor 
is it as valuable as a soil builder, it 
"ill hold when the Red clover will kill 
"ttt, either on account of frost or a too 
arid soil. Tt makes a hay fully as valu¬ 
able to feed, and where, it is desired 
,0 s *dl the Timothy, if that predom¬ 
inates, it does not affect the selling 
pi ice, as does the Red clover. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
CLIMBING ROSES. Fig, 475. 
they add a glorious dash of color which 
is admired by all who pass. One of our 
readers, Mr. F. Naler, of Long Island, 
sends 11 s the picture at Fig. 475 to show 
how one of the R. N.-Y. roses has 
grown in his yard. This rambler lias 
developed wonderfully. There might 
well be one on every farmhouse. 
Ficijoa Sellowiana. —Reference was 
made to this l’rult on page 754. the descrip¬ 
tion being given by the Fulled States Con¬ 
sul at Montevideo. The following more ac¬ 
curate description of the fruit as grown in 
California is given by D. \V. Coolldge in 
the “Pacific Harden": 
“The plant is a medium-sized shrub, 
with liglil green foliage, the under side of 
which is silvery gray. It has proven to 
be more hardy than the guava and quite 
as heavy a producer. From a statement 
by the Department of Agriculture It was 
first discovered growing in Cruguay in 1894. 
The first plants were produced on the Pa¬ 
cific coast by l)r. Franceschl of Santa Bar¬ 
bara about ei/ght years ago. One of these 
found Its way to Alludcnu, a suburb" of 
Pasadena, and this bush lias been produc¬ 
ing quite heavy crops for the past four 
years to the writer’s personal knowledge. 
The plan! flowers In May and June and 
like the fruit, the blossom cannot be com¬ 
pared to any other flower. There are usu¬ 
ally from five to six petals of a heavy 
waxy substance, pure white on the under 
side and shaded from crimson to purple 
on the upper side. The feature of the 
(lower is the groat tuft of bright crimson 
stamens surmounted by yellow anthers. It 
has been discovered that the waxy petals 
are delicious H> the taste and a fruit salad 
made of them would be a dish for the 
gods. The plant responds to good culture 
and begins hearing In from two <0 three 
years after planting. The fruit docs not 
ripen on the plant, imt will fall when fully 
mature and ripens in from live to 10 days. 
For shipment Fast it will he one of the 
most successful, as il will easily keep for 
three weeks after maturity. Ordinarily the 
fruit matures from the middle of November 
10 the middle of December. Coming in as 
11 does when other fresh fruit is getting 
scarce It Is bound to be popular." 
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