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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 21, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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KEEP THEM AT HOME! 
The following members of the New York 
Senate voted against Governor Hughes in 
his efforts to remove the Superintendent 
of Insurance. Some of them have done so 
twice—others are backsliders. All have 
proved unworthy in a fair test. All are in 
districts where the votes of farmers can 
defeat them. It should be the duty of 
every farmer to blacklist them and keep 
them away from Albany. Vote them out! 
JOTIIAM P. AI.EDS.Norwich, N. Y. 
ALBERT T. FANCHER.. Salamanca, N. Y. 
S. P. FRANCHOT.Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
S. PERCY HOOKER_... .LeRoy, N. Y. 
JOHN RAINES .Canandaigua, N. Y. 
SANFORD tY. SMITH.Chatham, N. Y. 
WILLIAM J. TULLY.Corning, N. Y. 
HORACE WHITE .Svracuse, N. Y. 
BENJ. M. WILCOX.Auburn. N. Y. 
JOSEPH ACKROYD .Utica, N. Y. 
FRANK M. BOYCE. ..East Schodaek, N. Y. 
FRANCIS II. GATES. . .Cbittenango, N. Y. 
WM. W. WEMPLE.Schenectady, N. Y. 
WM. T. O’NEII.St. Regis Falls, N. Y. 
OWEN CASSIDY .Watkins, N. Y. 
Questions About Sprayer Hose. 
It. B. F., Marlboro, N. Y .—I wish to use 
SO to 75 feet of hose in spraying, as my 
farm is steep and cannot drive through 
rows, and wish to carry hose half way 
from each end. What kind of hose would 
give me best service as to wear, cotton, 
rubber or wire-wound? What do- the dif¬ 
ferent kinds of hose cost? Is there much 
danger of hose clogging? I have always 
used a knapsack sprayer, but it is very 
hard work carrying it up against a steep 
side hill on a warm day, as well as slow 
and expensive. I think I can work it all 
right by using a long hose and driving 
along the ends of rows. All rows are not 
over 150 to 160 feet. 
Ans. —Seventy-five feet of hose will 
be pretty heavy to drag around, and it 
will be best to have it in two parts 
coupled in the middle, so that part can 
be uncoupled when the long length is 
unnecessary. The best quality wire- 
wound will wear the longest, but it is 
also more expensive and heavier to 
handle. The best three-eighths-inch four 
ply rubber hose can be bought for from 
nine to ten cents per foot, and will 
prove the most satisfactory. Use a short 
extension rod with shut-off in spraying 
currants, grapes and raspberries, and a 
longer rod for pears, plums and peaches. 
If much spraying is done the hose will 
probably have to be renewed each sea¬ 
son. B. d. v. B. 
Kentucky Berry Growers. 
The strawberry growers of Warren 
County met at the court house in Bowling 
Green, Ivy., on February 22, and elected 
A. E. Clora manager for this year. Mr. 
Clora is a man of much experience in 
growing, grading 5 and selling fruit and 
vegetables. His duties will be to receive 
and grade the berries and market same. 
This is the third year for the association, 
and the prospects are very! bright, the 
amount of land in berries has increased 
until it is close to 100 acres, planted to the 
well-known shipping varieties, Klondike, 
Aroma and Gandy. The climate and soil ] 
here are peculiarly adapted to the growing 
of tine, large, firm berries. The standard 
quarts will be used and every basket 
sold will be stamped with the names of 
both varieties and growers. The aim of the 
association is to work up a fancy trade 
which they will be able to supply in car¬ 
load lots. There were several buyers here 
last year during the spiling season, and it 
is reported that a good many more will 
come this time. The season begins with 
Klondike April 25 and ends with Gandy 
June 20. The berry patches are all clean 
and well mulched and promise a good crop 
this year. E. D. H. 
Bowling Green, K.v. 
Peaches for New England. 
On page 145 T notice a question about 
hardy peachps, asked by E. F. D., of Mid¬ 
dlesex Co., Mass., and answered by Prof. 
Maynard. As I have had considerable ex¬ 
perience with several varieties not named 
by Prof. Maynard, I beg to add a few to 
his excellent list for New England. Ab¬ 
solutely the finest early variety I ever saw 
is Greensboro—out of 35 varieties this 
was the only peach to bear fruit last year. 
It ripens two weeks after Sneed and is far 
superior to the latter in every way, being 
almost a freestone and almost entirely free 
from rot in the worst years; size large, 
quality fair, or for an extra early, very 
good. Carman must not be omitted surely, 
for it is large, very attractive, of mag¬ 
nificent quality, for an early peach, and an 
early and very heavy yielder; extremely 
hardy. It seldom rots half as badly as 
Champion and is as near a freestone as 
the latter variety. In a neighboring or¬ 
chard I always noted that the owner had 
Early Rivers peaches when there was any 
kind, and sometimes when other varieties 
failed. The fruit is large and of fine qual¬ 
ity, semi-cling, but has one bad quality, 
the fruit is rather soft, hence must be 
picked early. Waddell is much like Car¬ 
man ; fully as free but smaller and a little 
earlier. Fitzgerald is hardy for a yellow 
variety, and of the very highest quality 
of any yellow variety; no larger, however, 
than that best of all varieties, Mountain 
Rose. Kalamazoo is a yellow peach of 
very high quality and remarkably fine tree 
growth—fully as hardy as any other yel¬ 
low variety. The skin is tough, which 
makes this peach a good keeper. The fruit 
is very sweet even when a specimen is 
green from not having enough sunlight; 
the same is also true of Mountain Rose; 
size about the same for both varieties. 
Bequett Freestone is just a white Elberta; 
size the largest, more hardy in bud than 
Elberta and extremely free from rot even 
in the worst years. Like Elberta, the flesh 
is a bit coarse. Its chief fault is the color, 
which is greenish with not much red. 
Niagara seems to me to be tender, as it 
has taken years for my trees to struggle 
up to bearing size, but they have never 
yet borne. Champion is my very best 
white peach for quality, but is terribly 
subject to rot. Otherwise I find Champion 
the ideal peach for Massachusetts. 
Ipswich, Mass. a. p. t. 
Pruning Large Trees. 
Pruning mature apple trees may be done 
any time throughout the year by observing 
certain precautions. Remove no large 
limbs without being absolutely obliged to. 
All scars should be covered with paint or 
other protection from water and fungi, 
except the very small ones. Severe Summer 
priming is likely to prove a serious shock 
to the tree, both because of the removal 
of the foliage which was making food for 
the tree, and because of the sun shining 
too directly on limbs which heretofore had 
been protected. Most pruning is done dur¬ 
ing the Winter or early Spring in this 
State, and is done then mainly because we 
have time for it. Considerable Summer 
pruning is also done. We must bear in 
mind that Winter pruning is, generally 
speaking, productive of wood growth, and 
where mature trees have been pruned dur¬ 
ing the Winter undesirable so-called water 
sprouts are very apt to appear. If these 
are removed in the Summer, say in July, 
often no more trouble will be experienced 
with water sprouts. Summer pruning is 
not so productive of wood growth, but does 
help fruit production, but Summer pruning 
in my opinion should be simply thinning out 
of the limbs and branches, never a shorten¬ 
ing in of the terminal growths. No such 
vigorous pruning should be done even in 
early Summer as could be done without 
harm during the Winter. Possibly some 
more injury might be done by Winter prun¬ 
ing than early Spring pruning if large cuts 
were left unprotected, but any man who 
takes care enough of his orchard to do good 
pruning will also take pains to protect all 
cuts of say an inch in diameter sometime 
during the year, the sooner the better, and 
if this is done no ill effects from rotting 
into the tree will be noted, s. h. derby. 
Delaware. 
Per tOO 4-6 ft. Plum and Pear, leading sorts 
Currants $3 Com. Sorts. No scale here. 
SQUAREDEAL NURSERIES, Shermansville, Pa. 
THIS CORN QUESTION 
Be Sure of the Quality of the Corn You 
Plant this Spring. We offer a pedigreed, Kast-1 
ern grown Yellow Flint Corn which in 1907 pro- | 
duced 161 bu. eaie per acre and an Eastern Yellow 
Dent Corn as good. Other line varieties. Also | 
Corn. Many kinds. Stowell’s Evergreen 
$1.00 peck. Early Minnesota 75 cts. peck. 
Sweet Fodder Corn 50 cts. peck. Ask for 80-P. 
catalog and corn circular. $50.00 in prizes. 1 
BINGHAMTON SEED CO., Bin g ham (on, N.Y. J 
Box 119. 
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CLOVER 
Largest growers of 
Clover,especially North- 
1 ern grown Alfalfa,Timothy ’ 
and Grass, Oats, Barley, 
Corn, Speltz and Farm Seeds in America, 
SALZER’S CATALOG FREE. 
It sthemost original seed bookpublished and 
is gladly mailed to intending purchasers free; 
or remit locts. and get our catalog and lots of re¬ 
markable farm seed samples,including Clovers, 
Billion Dollar Grass, etc., worth a little farm to 
get a start with. Write today. 
JOHNA.SALZER 
Seed Co.< ^ 
iLaCrosse.Wis.i 
WAUKQEAN NURSERIES 
Evergreen and Ornamental Trees 
Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, 
Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Etc. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, 
WAUKEGAN, ILL. 
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Strong, Healthy, Choice Nursery Stock 
We offer for Spring of 1908 the finest and largest assortment of Frnits and Ornamentals that we have 
ever grown and they cannot be surpassed. Write to-day for our Free Illustrated Catalogue which will 
show you what you want for your Spring planting. We are always pleased to quote special prices on 
your list and can give you the right figures for the right stock. 
We do Landscape Gardening in all its branehes. Don’t place your order until you get our prices. 
T. J. DWYER & CO., P. O. Box 1, Cornwall, New York 
SEED CORN 
DIAMOND JOE’S BIG WHITE. Earliest Maturing Bis Eared (\, n > in 
the world. Made 146 bushels per acre. It costs but 25 center,*r acre 
for seed. Big illustrated catalog of seed corn and all kinds « f Farm 
and Garden Seeds mailed FREE if you mention this paper. 
RATEKIN’S SEED HOUSE, sues axdoah, row*. 
(LAHGEST SHED COHN GKOWEliS IN THE WORLD). 
ROGERS TREES ‘'FIT THE LABELS,’' 
FRIIIT TRFFQ Reliable, Hardy »;!!; Trees 
( | | % Some new features in our 1908 catalog. It is free. 
A diagram, explanatory of the FILLER System, 
employed by western N. Y. planters. A brief history of one of the most remarkable 10-year-old 
apple orchards in Niagara County, showing the product for the past 5 years and its value. 
It . S. WILEY & SON, Drawer 13, Cayuga, N. Y. 
OF THE FUTURE 
or Loss 
no chances on the quality of 
stock you plant. Thousands of men are 
now harvesting great crops of choice 
frnits and getting rich from the trees 
they bought from 
HARRISON’S 
NURSERIES 
SAFE DELIVERY TO ALL POINTS 
AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 
During two generations of our success¬ 
ful experience our stock was never so 
large, never so improved, never so per¬ 
fect in every respect, as it is this season. 
Millions of Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum 
and Cherry Trees; Strawberries, Grapes, 
and Ornamentals. 
Send for Free Catalog, illustrating, de¬ 
scribing and pricing the finest varieties 
in every class and our own growing of 
Special Leaders. 
Investigate Our Offerings Before 
Buying. 
Harrison’s Nurseries 
Box 29. Berlin, Md. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY 
Have for upwards of 70 years been | 
recognized as leaders in the produc¬ 
tion of High Grade 
Shrubs, Roses and Hardy Plants . 
• The fame of these great Nurseries has 
extended over the length and breadth of 
this country, as well as to all parts of the 
civilized world. They are prepared for 
the Spring season of 1908 with their usual 
large and exclusive collections at prices 
consistent with the high quality of the 
goods furnished. 
They Have no Agents, 
but sell their products through the me¬ 
dium of a complete Illustrated Descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue which gives prices and 
contains full cultural directions. 
Superb New Edition 
of this Catalogue is now ready and will 
be mailed free upon request. 
Mount Hope Nurseries 
Rochester, N. Y. 
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$6,000 IP ; APPLES. 
Wl You can do as well if you plant York 
State trees, which are free from disease. 
If you want the best trees grown, send for 
WOODLAWN NtJK.SEK.IES NEW CATALOGUE. 
ALLEN L. WOOD, Rochester, N.Y. 
New Canaan Nurseries. 
APPLE and PEACH TREES in large quan¬ 
tities. All young, thrifty and healthy. Also a 
large stock of Forest, Ornamental and Ever¬ 
green Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Vines, Berries 
and Asparagus. A full assortment of every¬ 
thing in our line. Send for our Illustrated 
Catalogue. Address 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS CO. 
•NEW CANAAN, CONN. 
MILLIONS OF TREES, 
PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC. 
The oldest, largest and most complete nursery 
in Michigan. Send for catalog. Prices reasonable. 
Agents wanted. I. E. IHGENFRITZ SONS CO., 
The MONROE NURSERY, Monroe, Michigan. 
FRUITTREES 
& SMALL FRUITS 
Highest Grade. 
Guaranteed to live. 
True to name. 
One third agents’ prices. Illustrated catalogue free. 
Highland nxusekies, Rochester, n. y. 
Good Trees! Good Fruit! 
Good fruit comes to him who plants good trees. 
I have the good trees; do you want the good fruit? 
Catalogue and instructions. "How to care for trees 
and plants for best results” free. Address, 
MARTIN WAHL, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y. 
PARAGON CHESTNUTS 
For timber equal to the American Sweet. The 
best for nuts ever yet grown. Do not pay fancy 
prices for grafted trees when you can get Seedling 
Trees that come almost identical with the parent 
every time and these Seedlings live longer and are 
far hardier than the grafted stock which when 
transplanted is usually a failure. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO.,Hightstown,N.J. 
WE MAIL OUR CATALOGUE FREE. 
FIND HIM AT HIS NURSERY. 
He offers you one Elberta Peach Tree, one Red 
Cross Currant Bush, one C. A. Green New White 
Grape Vine, and two Live-Forever Rose Bushes 
all delivered to your house by mail for 25 cents, or 
twoof these collections for 50 ceuts,or four of these 
collections for $ 1 . 00 . 
Send to-day for Book on Fruit Growing, also for 
our Fruit Catalogue, and a copy of Green's Fruit 
Magazine, all a gift to you if you mention this 
paper. 
Green’s Nursery Company, 
Box 100, Rochester, N. Y. 
PEDIGREED SEED CORN. 
COLLIER’S EXCELSIOR positively won 1 st prize 
at every state fair where exhibited. Pronounced by 
government experts best corn yet produced. Free 
corn booklet tells of contests won and none lost. 
W. OSCAR COLLIER, Corn Specialist. 
Easton. Maryland. 
TREES AT V2 PRICE 
of those sold through agents. All stock guaran- 
1 teed. Catalogue free. 
| GENESEE NURSERY CO., Rochester. N. Y 
