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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 18, 
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A TRUE MULCHED ORCHARD. 
In your article on mulched orchards, 
J. R. S. would like to hear from any of 
your readers, who have ever seen an apple 
orchard, which has for 10 years had 
everything left upon it which the ground 
produced except apples. We have a 
small orchard like this, 'which has also 
nothing put on it, except manure around 
the youngest non-bearing trees. Until 
last Spring this orchard was never 
sprayed in that time. Excepting 1908, 
which was the driest known around 
here, it has borne apples of different 
varieties early and late in abundance, 
and even in 1908, while the late apples 
dried and fell, we had a few early Sum¬ 
mer apples. This Fall we had a good 
crop, about the best in this locality. 
Some trees were overloaded, some like 
Ben Davis, less than half a cron, and a 
few trees had little or no fruit. Near 
us is an old orchard which has never 
been sprayed, and had only dead limbs 
cut out last Spring, for the first time. 
This orchard bears fruit every year, 
small and generally knotty, yet enough 
to show what it could do if properly 
sprayed, and cared for. One row of 
trees nearest the house is dying from 
some trouble at the roots, and I would 
like to hear what your readers think is 
the cause. I intend to spade directly 
around the trunk this Winter after the 
pests are all buried to see if I can 
freeze them out. I hope this will help 
to prolong an instructive discussion. 
Vandalia, O. w. s. 
R. N.-Y.—Very likely the trouble is 
caused by woolly aphis on the roots of 
these trees. The best remedy for these 
insects is to work tobacco dust into the 
soil so as to put the dust among the 
roots. Tobacco stems used as a mulch 
also help. _ 
Crimson Clover in Corn. 
H. D. S., McKee's Rocks, Pa .—Can you 
tell me if there is any gain in sowing 
clover in the cornfield after the last culti¬ 
vation is finished? Do you think it is 
profitable to do so, when this cornfield is 
going to be sown in oats the following 
Spring? 
Ans. —We find it profitable to seed 
Crimson clover just before (not after) 
the last corn cultivation. The cultivator 
works the seed in. If there is a fair 
amount of moisture the clover grows 
well. We have one field this Fall where 
such clover stands in a solid mat nearly 
five inches high, after the driest Fall we 
ever had. We have other fields where 
anyone can tell by the crops—like corn 
and rye—where the clover succeeded and 
where it failed. We would not now 
think of leaving a cornfield bare through 
the Winter. Except on fields close to 
the house we should sow Cow-horn tur¬ 
nips with the clover. You can plow the 
clover under in ample time for oats. 
Treatment of Scuppernong Vineyard. 
J. II. M., Chicago, III .—Does high-grade 
fertilizer have a toxic effect of any kind 
on grapevines, if scattered broadcast on top 
of ground and cultivated in? Should the 
ground be plowed or stirred in any way 
around Scuppernong grapevines? I have 
my Scuppernong vineyard in North Caro¬ 
lina, planted to Crimson clover and rye. 
Some say it ruins a Scuppernong vineyard 
to plow, as it tears up the roots. I want 
to put fertilizers on these vines next Spring. 
How can I do it without turning under the 
rye and clover? Vineyard is located near 
Pinehurst, N. C. 
Ans. —The soil in your section is very 
deficient in plant food of all kinds, and 
nothing but good can be done by broad¬ 
casting high-grade fertilizer and work¬ 
ing it into the soil. In fact it is essential 
that this should be done. The only toxic 
effect to be feared there is the acidity 
of the soil, and you should use on your 
yines basic slag, phosphate and potash. 
The basic slag is better on that soil than 
acid phosphate, as it contains 40 to 50 
per cent of lime, and will tend to sweet¬ 
en the soil. Apply in the Spring 400 
pounds of basic slag phosphate, known 
also as Thomas phosphate, and 100 
pounds of sulphate of potash per acre, 
and plow all under, and do not be afraid 
to plow and cultivate the vineyard. Let 
lie a long time uncultivated, the roots 
will get near the surface and be injured, 
but if regularly cultivated the roots will 
ramble lower and in more moist soil. 
A good disk or Cutaway harrow is bet¬ 
ter in that light sand than a turning 
plow, and by chopping the growth under 
with this you will keep the organic ma¬ 
terial near the surface, where it will act 
as a mulch and help get some humus in 
the land. Growing Crimson clover will 
give you all the nitrogen needed, and 
you will not need the high-grade fertil* 
izers as they are called after you get a 
good growth of clover buried. I only 
advise the nitrogen in the early starting 
of the vines and the above dressing after 
you have grown clover, w. f. massey. 
Available Plant Food for Flowers. 
II. II. G., Saginaw, Mich .—I have a piece 
of land which has not been under cultiva¬ 
tion for two or three years. It was 
originally .Tune grass sod; then a gardener 
took it in hand and grew truck of various 
kinds for a couple of years. Then the land 
was left and went to weeds for a couple 
of years. When I got it last Spring I 
plowed it early, then it was plowed again 
in June, and a good lot of manure spread. 
The weeds came up very thick, and when 
about a foot high it was plowed again; 
last plow-tag in August. I have had it 
covered with manure again, and the ques¬ 
tion of putting on commercial fertilizers 
came up. also the advisability of plowing 
again this Fall. The grounci is a rather 
heavy clay loam, and is rather low. The 
water stood on it in the Spring until I 
took hold of it and drained (surface) to 
the sewers, and it was hard, as it had 
little humus in it but it is much freer 
now. Would you suggest my using the 
ground raw phosphate rock in preference 
to ground bone, and would sulphate of 
potash help? If so, should the application 
be maeje this Fall? The ground will be 
planted with Asters next year, and I want 
it in shape to produce extra fine flowers. 
Ans. —In this case we would not de¬ 
pend on the raw phosphate rock, but use 
either fine bone alone or a mixture of 
bone and acid phosphate. The raw rock 
may, under some conditions, give fair 
results on clover or corn, hut for flow¬ 
ers and truck you will need a more 
available form. Sulphate of potash will 
pay in this case. It is probably too late 
to plow again this Fall. We should plow 
the manure under early in Spring, broad¬ 
cast the bone and potash and harrow it 
in before planting. 
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