1911. 
THE RURAIi NKW-YORKRR 
660 
THOSE BARREN QUINCE TREES. 
I see J. G. U., Buffalo, N. Y., is ask¬ 
ing about what to do for a quince tree 
that bears no fruit. Tell him to put a 
pint of salt close around the tree on 
the top of ground, then in a month cr 
so some again. You cannot kill a quince 
tree with salt. I have tried this for 
years and have told others. Nor can 
you hurt asparagus with salt; we put 
the salt and brine off fish on ours. 
Belmont Co., O. 11 . b. f. 
If J. G. U., of Buffalo, N. Y., will 
throw some old iron under his quince 
trees he may get some fruit to hold on. 
I have two trees 10 years old that, did 
the same as his; a neighbor told me 
about the iron and I did it with good 
results the past two years. g.- w. u. 
Mullica Hill, N. J. 
When Crimson Clover Fails. 
E. N. O., Knox, Pa. —I planted two acres 
of corn and one acre of potatoes last year 
on fairly good ground; after working the 
corn la^t time sowed 50 pounds Crimson 
clover. It grew to about seven or eight 
Inches high before Winter set in. I had 
what I call a good catch. The way it looks 
now I am afraid it will be killed off before 
It quits freezing. I Intend to sow Alfalfa 
on the whole piece about the last of July; 
will sow Canada field peas on the potato 
ground as soon as ground is in shape to 
plow. I had intended to plow Crimson 
clover and field peas under about first of 
July, but the way clover looks I think I 
would better plow Crimson clover under and 
sow it all to field peas. Would you advise? 
I wish to have the ground in as good shape 
as I can for the Alfalfa. I intend to put 
a ton or more of burnt lime to the acre 
before sowing the Alfalfa, and also inocu¬ 
late. 
Ans. —With us in north New Jersey 
Crimson clover fails to make a good 
stand about three times in seven. We 
have known it to reach the middle of 
April apparently about three-quarters 
killed out and make such a growth in 
May that it nearly covered the ground. 
We have none at all this Spring, as last 
Summer was too dry for seeding. Our 
fields are covered with rye. The chances 
are that your clover will fail, though it 
has made enough growth to more than 
pay for seed and labor. We should 
plow it and sow Canada peas. Put them 
under in July, put on the lime and har¬ 
row and harrow and still harrow for 
the Alfalfa. 
i Stable Manure Compared with Fertilizer. 
W. E. T., New Paltz, N. Y .—I am sending 
the formula for the artificial fertilizer to 
be compared with city manure. After' de¬ 
ducting the 28 pounds of nitrogen, phos¬ 
phoric acid and potash, does not the re¬ 
maining 1,972 pounds in the ton of manure 
have any value? I had supposed it helped 
largely in furnishing the much needed 
humus, and also assisted in retaining the 
condition called friable. Am I mistaken? 
In hauling the manure, does one draw so 
large a per cent of useless matter? Nitro¬ 
gen. 1.65 per cent; ammonia, 2 per cent: 
available phosphoric acid, 8 per cent ; total 
phosphoric acid, 10 per cent; potash, 10 
per cent. 
Ans. —A ton of average manure will 
contain about 1400 pounds of water and 
540 pounds of organic matter. This 
latter certainly has a value, for it pro¬ 
vides needed humus in the soil. You 
could, of course, provide this humus 
by plowing under a crop of clover, vetch 
or rye, or even a grass sod. The organic 
matter in the manure is superior for 
this purpose because it is partly de¬ 
cayed and also because it contains bac¬ 
teria which acts to destroy other forms 
of vegetable matter. It is not fair, 
therefore, to compare manure and 
fertilizer on the single basis of the plant 
food which they contain, for the 
fertilizer does not add any humus. A 
comparison of the manure and the 
fertilizer named above will show the 
following in one ton: 
Phosphoric 
Nitrogen. Acid. Potash. 
Manure . 10 6 12 
Fertilizer . 33 160 200 
Thus you will see that 3 R 2 tons of 
the manure will give you the nitrogen 
guaranteed in a ton of the fertilizer, 
while over 36 tons and nearly 17 tons 
would be needed to furnish the 
phosphoric acid and potash. Therefore, 
if your soil was specially in need of 
phosphoric acid, it would not pay to 
depend on manure alone, as it would 
cost too much. But acid phosphate con¬ 
tains 14 per cent, of available phosphoric, 
while muriate of potash is 50 per cent, 
potash. If, therefore, you used five 
tons of manure, 900 pounds of acid 
phosphate and 350 pounds muriate of 
potash, you will have more plant food 
than is in a ton of the fertilizer, be¬ 
sides having a good supply of organic 
matter in addition. 
THE CULTURE OF HOLLY. 
Will you give information on hollies 
(Ilex) ? Growing of seeds, cultivation of 
seedlings and proper methods of grafting 
with berry-bearing scions; seedlings are only 
10 per cent berry bearing. This is an ideal 
climate for the holly, and many of us are 
interested in the plant. F. a. d. 
Centralia, Wash. 
The holly is propagated from seed and 
cuttings. One time, while standing and 
looking at a wonderful holly hedge, in Vic¬ 
toria, I was accosted by an elderly English 
gardener, who inquired why I was so much 
interested. Then I engaged him in conver¬ 
sation, and elicited much valuable informa¬ 
tion on holly growing. lie told me that 
many of the old people of that city, once 
in the employ of Britain, had better cash 
incomes from holly trees on their lawns, 
than ever marked the payrolls of their most 
prosperous days. Ilolly berries are collected 
in late Autumn or Winter, and planted in 
boxes or beds, before they get dry and hard. 
In that condition they are easy to germi¬ 
nate, and very few fail to give nice young 
plants. It is sometimes customary for 
growers to make small outdoor boxes or 
beds, using sandy soil, keeping them moist 
and covered with evergreen boughs, or 
gunny-sacks, until the plants are well 
started. Seed costs about 10 cents an 
ounce or $1 per pound. It can be bought 
from nurserymen and seed dealers, or or¬ 
dered from those making a specialty of 
tree and ornamental seeds. Cuttings are 
easily put in the ground, either in boxes or 
beds in the garden. They form roots about 
the same as similar plants, and are ready 
for transplanting after the first year/ The 
selling value of a plant is determined by the 
foot measure. Those reaching one foot or 
less are sold for $1 or less, in proportion to 
size, riants up to four feet in height, are 
sold at $1 a foot. After the four-foot size 
had been attained the plants are worth 
much more, because the branches can be cut 
and marketed. One feature about the holly 
tree is its tendency to thrive on poor soil. I 
have noticed apparently strong and vigorous 
growing trees stand on rocky, gravelly and 
worthless soils, defying the surrounding 
warped and knotty specimens of deciduous 
fruits, striving to exist under such unfavor¬ 
able conditions. The holly does not suf¬ 
fer from having its branches trimmed; on 
the contrary that seems to be a benefit, 
and the cuttings are worth from 25 to 60 
cents a pound at the florists. Hollies pay 
in proportion to the number of red berries 
on the cut branches, and the shade, of green 
in the leaves. Berry-bearing trees can be 
obtained by grafting, which is the same as 
for any similar trees, and the color in the 
foliage varies with surroundings. For in¬ 
stance the hollies grown in a city or near 
manufacturing plants, do not have that 
bright green in the leaves, because of col¬ 
lecting dust, coal smoke and blackness from 
the atmosphere. They should be away from 
dust and smoke. The holly is sometimes 
advertised as a wonderful plant for the far¬ 
mer to grow, to bring immense riches in a 
short time. It Is called Ilex and presented 
to the prospective buyer as a genuine get- 
rich-quick scheme. The advertisers certain¬ 
ly have no object except selling of inferior 
seed of doubtful origin for high prices, 
for the holly is not a farm crop, to be 
grown as corn or potatoes. It is a tree, 
requiring proper attention in propagation 
and pruning, and its value depends on the 
demand for more trees and prices offered 
for holiday decorations. 
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