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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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DOCTORING A LEAKY WINDOW. 
I used five years a device purchased 
at a village hardware store, on a door 
that troubled us as do the swinging 
windows of your Florida correspondent, 
J. T. R. (page 74). It was highly satis¬ 
factory, and doing its work keeping out 
the driving storms when I left the 
house. I send diagram of end view, 
from which one might think it would 
look badly, but does not. It is made of 
two pieces of molding, and may be cut 
in length the width between uprights 
of door casing. In diagram, 1 is mold¬ 
ing to be attached to door with screws, 
heavy paint color of door first smeared 
evenly on back to keep water out of 
joint; 2, drop strip with soft rubber toe- 
strip (3); 4, small knob-like leather 
head to be attached to casing (upright 
to which door locks) ; this to be located 
when drop strip is pressed down onto 
door sill. Moldings 1 and 2 are con¬ 
nected by brass hinges and brass coil 
draft springs (all out of sight) which 
lifts 2 as door is opened. The heavy 
ones used to cost 40 cents each retail. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. j. d. l. 
Referring to the inquiry on page 74 
regarding leaky windows, I believe I can 
assist if the inquirer’s conditions are 
similar to mine. I have just built an 
eight-room cement block house with the 
casement type windows swinging in. 
The first driving rain storm showed 
their weak feature, as water would leak 
in as shown in sketch by arrows. I had 
the carpenters fasten a beveled strip to 
the sash above the cleat, which effec¬ 
tively sheds the water, as shown above 
by arrows. I trust the above sugges¬ 
tion will prove practical in J. T. R.’s 
case also. w. d. r. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
I hasten to send a cure for “leaky 
windows,” as called for by the friend 
from Florida. French windows were 
universal in my native place—French 
Canada. As my father was a carpenter, 
I know just how the difficulty was over¬ 
come there, so I will try to make myself 
clear with a sketch. If window is 
double, as in sketch, it will be seen that 
as windows open inward, provision must 
be made to prevent binding of “drip” 
pieces. If this is not readily understood, 
I shall try to make it more clear 
J ompkins Co., N. Y. louis graton. 
Hardy Peaches for New England. 
E. F. D., Middlesex Go., Mass. —Have any 
of the readers of The R. n.-Y. had success 
wi,th new varieties of peaches, as hardier 
thau the old sorts for our New England ! 
climate? 
Ans.—-N othing in the way of new va¬ 
rieties of peaches that are hardier than 
the old standard varieties of 20 years 
ago has been introduced into our New 
England orchards to any extent. Among 
the yellow varieties Chairs, Reeves and 
Niagara may be a little superior to the 
old Crawford Early and Late. The 
Niagara is very much like the Elberta, 
and perhaps of better quality. Of the 
white-fleshed peaches Champion and 
possibly Belle of Georgia may be added 
to our list. Thus amended would make 
the best list for New England: White, 
Sneed, Mt. Rose, Oldmixon, Champion 
and possibly Belle of Georgia; yellow, 
Early Crawford, Chairs, Elberta, Niag¬ 
ara, Reeves. s. t. maynard. 
New England Fruit Questions. 
R. C. D., Ashley, Mass. —1. Is the Kieffer 
pear a good commercial variety for this lo¬ 
cality? 2. What care is required to grow 
Spanish chestnuts? What variety is the 
best ? 
Ans. —1. The Kieffer pear has proved 
of little or no value in New England. In 
a few cases it had grown to produce 
fairly good fruit for canning, hut of 
no use for the table. It does not even 
make a good stock upon which to graft 
other varieties. 2 . Spanish and Japanese 
chestnuts will grow in almost any good 
well-drained soil, though that like what 
our native chestnut grows on is best 
They are not easily transplanted unless 
ihey have been transplanted frequently 
in the nursery; will not do well when 
planted on land covered with brush or 
in among other trees unless a liberal 
supply of manure or mulch is placed 
around the trunks. If one has young 
trees or sprouts of the native chestnut, 
the best way to obtain fruiting trees is 
to graft these. Of the Spanish chestnuts 
there are but few varieties, the large 
chestnuts offered by nurserymen are 
known simply as Spanish. The “Jap¬ 
anese Giant” is the best of the second 
class and Numbo, Paragon and Ridgeley 
are among the best of the so-called 
hybrids. s. T. maynard. 
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