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THE R U HAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 6, 
Ruralisms 
A WASH FOR PEACH BORERS. 
I notice the method reported by Dr. 
H. A. Surface of fighting peach borers, 
and should like to give my experience 
with them. I have about 12,000 peach 
trees, which were very badly infested 
before any attention was given them. 
I first attempted to hold them in check 
by digging out with a knife and wire, 
but found that there would always be a 
few missed, and that the boring of the 
borers was sure to cause more or less 
decay, so I endeavored to find some 
remedy «to apply that would prevent the 
decay, and also help control the borer, 
and the following is what we are using 
with very good success. Fifteen pounds 
copper sulphate, 30 pounds hydrated 
lime, one pound arsenate of lead to 50 
gallons of water. We apply this both 
ill the Spring and Fall, with a white¬ 
wash brush. The •soil is removed for 
about four inches around the crown of 
the trunk, and all gum and decayed 
Avood removed, after which we thor¬ 
oughly soak the tree from root to 
crotch, and often the larger limbs if any 
rough or damaged looking places ap¬ 
pear. This remedy has not only held 
the borer in check, but given us a much 
•smoother and thriftier trunk than we 
had before. h. a. a. 
STARTING SMALL AND DELICATE SEEDS. 
From time to time I read in the pa¬ 
pers directions for starting plants from 
small and delicate seeds, but so far I 
have not seen my method hinted at. It 
having proven so perfectly satisfactory 
to me for a third of a century I offer 
it below. Into one or more ordinary 
flower pots of suitable size I put any 
kind of good garden soil made finely 
granular. I do not press the soil into 
the pots, but having filled them I shake 
or jar them enough to close all possible 
large air spaces and make the surface 
of the soil nearly level. On this surface 
I scatter the seeds, and again jar the 
pots just enough to be sure that most 
of the seeds fall between the granules 
of the soil, though still uncovered and 
in view. Then I place the pots in trays 
or pans with about an inch of Avater in 
them and put them in a warm •sunny 
Avindow or other protected place. Keep 
sufficient Avater at the base of the pots 
to secure a moist soil about the seeds. 
This method does not require very close 
attention; yet you can watch the seeds 
swell and strike root, and as fast as 
the plants develop sufficiently they can 
be pulled out of the loose soil with little 
injury to their roots, and set Avhere 
desired. f. e. aspinwall. 
“Tree Doctors.” —On page 868, un¬ 
der Ruralisms, we note an article signed 
by Oliver E. Carruth under the heading 
of “The Humbug of Tree Doctoring.” 
There is no doubt that dishonesty is 
practised by many of the so-called “tree 
doctors,” Avho are passing through the 
country getting all the work they possi¬ 
bly can and giving poor results, but 
Mr. Carruth makes a general attack 
upon all so-called “tree doctors,” 
whether they are doing first-class Avork 
or Avhether it is fake work, which is 
done by many concerns. There are 
Avorking about New York, a number of 
companies Avho are doing first-class 
work. There is no doubt that in all 
lines of business Avhere labor is em¬ 
ployed, there is always some poor work 
done, but the reliable companies are 
willing to rectify any errors which 
have been made. Landscape forestry 
and commercial entomology is compar¬ 
atively new, not having been knoAvn for 
more than 10 to 15 years at the most. 
It is hardly possible to develop in this 
time a large class of tree experts, men 
who are thoroughly experienced in the 
technical and practical methods for car¬ 
ing for trees; though under competent 
foremen and thoroughly experienced 
superintendents, first-class work may 
be done and is done on many of the es¬ 
tates about New York and Boston. It 
appears to the writer that Mr. Carruth’s 
knowledge of high-class tree work is 
limited, and that his Avholesale attack 
upon “tree doctoring” is unwarranted. 
F. A. BARTLETT. 
Chance for a “Fake”. — I have been 
most interested in the Wonderberry 
discussion. Since there seems to be so 
much money in exploiting these fakes 
let us all get into the game. I am rais¬ 
ing a plant here (an annual), that we 
use to make a sauce from that cannot 
be distinguished from the real cranberry 
•sauce. (This is no fake.) Unfortunately 
it does not flower till this month, and as 
we use the seed pods, for the sauce and 
it cannot stand frost it would hardly do 
for use North, still the young tips of the 
branches can be used as well as the 
seed pods, I am told, so why could it 
not be advertised as the Great Inland 
(or Dryland) cranberry? Undoubtedly 
if I spent enough money advertising I 
could sell thousands of dollars Avorth 
of seeds. I am surprised that some of 
the fake seed houses have not caught on 
to its advantages. They can easily get 
the ‘seeds, and Ave already know by ex¬ 
perience that most reputable (?) papers,, 
excepting our old standby The R. N.- 
Y. would not refuse their money. 
A. H. s. 
Weevils in Bean or Grain. 
It seems necessary to repeat the in¬ 
struction for killing the insects. Dr. H. 
A. Surface of Pennsylvania advises: 
“One-half ounce of bisulphide of car¬ 
bon for each bushel of seed of any kind 
will be sufficient to kill the pests that 
are in it. One ounce to the bushel, or 
even a greater quantity, will do no harm. 
Put the beans into a vessel like a wash 
boiler, that can be tightly closed, and 
pour the carbon bisulphide into a shallow 
vessel like a pie tin, which set upon the 
beans, and let it remain a few hours. No 
injury will be done by letting it remain 
all day or longer. Keep fire away from it, 
because the fumes are explosive, the same 
as those of gasoline or benzine. It will 
not injure the Leans or other kinds of seed 
for eating or growing. Of course, after 
you pour in the liquid you must close the 
vessel tightly, so that the fumes cannot 
escape. You should understand that the 
bean weevil enters while the bean is yet a 
little green seed forming within the pod. 
The egg is laid by the insect from the 
outside, hut the little worm or laiwa feeds 
on the inside of the bean, and at the time 
this is picked for selling you cannot tell 
by looking at the outside of it whether it 
has weevil in it or not.” 
“For the Land’s Sake, use BowkeFs 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those Avho till it.”— Adv. 
BUILDING 
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TO KILL 
San Jose Scale 
USE 
Bergenport Brand Sublimed 
FLOWERS of SULPHUR 
The best form of sulphur for Lime Sulphur AVash. 
Combines easily and quickly with lime. Write to 
BERGENPORT SULPHUR WORKS 
T. & S. C. White Co., LOO William St., /V. V. 
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Terms :—In bbl. lots (50 gal.) 30c. per gal. 
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Jarvis, of the Connecticut Agricultural College. They will tell 
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INTELLIGENT SPRAYING 
The Rural New-Yorker stated editorially. Sept. 19th, 1908:—"The Rural Grounds now appear to be free from 
scale for the first time in 12 years. * * * It has been a long fight, excessively discouraging until the soluble oils came to the 
rescue three years ago. The prorpect brightened at the first trial of these handy preparations, and repeated use seems to 
have resulted in victory." Spraying was omitted this year. 
“SCALECIDE” 
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