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VARIOUS FRUIT QUESTIONS. 
J. 11. B.j Orange, Va. —1. My raspberry 
bushes are dying. They looked very prom¬ 
ising up to about 10 days back. They are 
loaded with berries, but they are small and 
tasteless. The varieties are Cuthbert and 
Ruby. The bushes have been nicely culti¬ 
vated. What is the matter with them? 
2. Will the pear blight be communicated 
to the peach and apple trees if in close 
proximity? 3. Would it be safe to mulch 
young peach and apple trees with fresh 
sawdust? I am afraid of acid. The wood 
is mostly of pine and chestnut and a little 
hard wood mixed with it. 4. Would this 
sawdust kill the honeysuckle roots if the 
tops are cut off and roots covered six inches 
deep, say, in August? 5. Would it be safe 
to use this sawdust next Spring if heavily 
dusted with slaked lime? 
Ans. —1. It may be that some kind of 
blight is affecting the raspberry bushes, 
or there may have been a severe drought 
that has starved the bushes and the ber¬ 
ries as well. It is now too late to save 
the crop this year, but if there is any 
sign of disease of any kind on the 
leaves or stems samples should be sent 
to the experiment station at Blacksburg, 
that the experts there may study them 
and report the facts and give directions 
what to do. 
2. Pear blight is communicated to 
apple and quince trees, but not to peach 
or any other kind of fruit trees. Every 
sign of the blight should be cut away, 
and well below the affected part, as soon 
as seen and carefully burned. 
3. Fresh sawdust would be very bad 
to use as a mulch about trees or plants 
of any kind. There is considerable acid 
in it that is injurious and the fermenta¬ 
tion that must occur is also injurious. 
After a year in the weather, spread out 
about a foot deep, there is no danger of 
this kind. I have tried much sawdust 
for mulching, both old and new, and 
never use any that is fresh except where 
there are paths or spaces that should be 
kept free from all growth. Chestnut 
wood is rather rich in tannic acid and is 
distilled for this product. 
4. I think it would kill honeysuckle 
quite effectually, spread six inches deep. 
This is a terrible weed in Virginia and 
some other places. 
5. Lime would probably help materially 
in nullifying the injurious effects of the 
fresh sawdust. h. e. van deman. 
WORK IN WESTERN APPLE ORCHARDS. 
At this time of the year our attention 
is mainly drawn to our orchards; every¬ 
thing else takes second place. With the 
budding forth of the trees we find also the 
ever presence of fungi and insect. With us 
it is a matter of business to make war 
upon the pests, and we are at it early and 
late, using the best methods gained by ex¬ 
perience and study in the orchards. To 
many of us the trees bear the same relation 
as good tried friends, thus helping them 
when afflicted, but always working with 
one end in view ; if possible to prevent dis¬ 
ease attacking the tree. 
I have found in the last two years that 
the best remedy for our trees for fungus 
is lime-sulphur arsenate of lead combina¬ 
tion, taking entirely the place of the Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. I do not believe it can be 
improved upon for such diseases of fungus 
nature as apple scab (called black spot), 
apple rot, fruit-bark borer, the brown rot 
on stone fruit, plum leaf-blight, shot-hole 
fungus. In fact I found this combination 
a great time saver during the season when 
the Codling moth works. By using this 
combination you fight both the insect and 
fungus at the same time. In applying the 
same I am very careful about its strength. 
I use a lime-sulphur hydrometer, making 
the strength for Summer spraying 1.015 on 
apples and other pome fruits; for stone 
fruits such as peaches, etc., 1.005, adding 
two pounds of arsenate of lead. For the 
benefit of those not having an hydrometer 
use two gallons of lime-sulphur solution to 
50 gallons of water (having reference to the 
commercial lime-sulphur solution). I would 
say that my experience with this combina¬ 
tion has been very satisfactory last year, 
the net results of which showed an abso¬ 
lutely clean crop of apples of from 95 to 99 
per cent, bearing in mind, however, the 
fact that the usual thinning must be done. 
It should also be remembered that the 
tree should be sprayed thoroughly from the 
top down, not from the bottom up; using 
the Bordeaux nozzle from an elevated plat¬ 
form with a pressure from 100-160 pounds 
will do the work. 
When to Spray. —I arrive at the time to 
spray when larva; of the Codling moth 
hatches in the observation cage. I have 
prepared to this end a cage about a foot 
square, covered on all sides with common 
wire window screen. In it I place the 
July 22, 
larva, and await their hatching; I know then 
is the time to get busy This I know to 
be the surest way to catch the moth. Many 
people spray as often as eight to 10 times a 
season for the moth, when probably three 
times would have been sufficient Of course 
it all depends upon the season, but the 
most I have ever sprayed for the motb. is 
four times In using my cage system one 
is absolutely sure to catch the moth. The 
other method, which I term the guess 
method or system, you often miss the right 
time, to say nothing of the waste of mate¬ 
rial and time. The Codling moth has no 
certain time to hatch ; all depends upon the 
season. If yOur season happens to be back¬ 
ward, so will the moth be; if forward the 
moth also. 
Kerosene Emulsion. —I believe by expe¬ 
rience this to be the best insecticide known. 
I have used it successfully for aphis of all 
kinds ; snout beetles and kindred beetles do 
not like it and will be exterminated. The 
woolly aphis, which gives us considerable 
trouble, is eradicated by applying it to the 
roots of the trees. Combine two gallons of 
kerosene with one-half pound of whale-oil 
soap. The soap should be dissolved in boil¬ 
ing water and then poured while still hot 
(away from the fire) into the kerosene. The 
mixture is then churned violently for about 
15 minutes by means of a force pump and 
direct discharge nozzle, throwing a strong 
stream by pumping the liquid back upon 
itself. At the end of this time the mixture 
will have become of the consistency of 
thick cream. If the emulsion is thus pre¬ 
pared it will keep indefinitely and may be 
diluted only as needed. For most insects 
except scale or bark lice the staple emulsion 
should be diluted with from 15 to 20 parts 
of water. During the dormant season I use 
is as strong as one in s 0. 
Washington. Paul q. krueger. 
ALFALFA ON LONG ISLAND. 
Those who have tried it here prefer seed¬ 
ing in August, as most of the weed seeds 
have sprouted and been Killed, and they get 
a better stand, as the Alfalfa gets ahead 
of the weeds. If seeded in Spring the 
weeds usually choke out the Alfalfa. It 
has not been planted hereabouts very ex¬ 
tensively, but a good number of farmers 
are putting in small patches and some have 
two or three acres, I think. I have no 
room for it, as my land is about all in 
fruit, but I want to arrange to try it in 
some way. I have Hairy vetch in dewber¬ 
ries (seeded to plow under) which I am let¬ 
ting go. to seed, as 1 think I can get as 
much out of the seed as I would from the 
dewberries. It has done finely. 
Suffolk CO., N. Y. NAT E. BOOTH. 
In regard to the best time to seed Alfalfa 
on Long Island, from my experience I think 
August is best I have tested it out pretty 
well, both Spring and Fall seeding, and 
I would not seed at any other time except 
in the early part of August weather per¬ 
mitting. If very dry then I should wait 
until later. It seems to be the opinion of 
most of the people in this vicinity, and it 
has been proven correct with a great many 
of them, that Alfalfa cannot be made to 
live on Long Island, but not so in my case. 
I have about 80 acres, most of it as fine as 
anyone wished to see, and those who are 
in a position to know tell me it is as good 
as they have seen grown in the Alfalfa dis¬ 
tricts. Some of my oldest fields now are 
going back, and must be reseeded soon. 
These fields have been cutting eight years, 
four times each season, so that speaks quite 
well for Alfalfa on Long Island. 
Long Island. Joseph e. mahon. 
Alfalfa is still an experiment on Long 
Island. I have seen some nice pieces, but 
there are so many conditions which con¬ 
flict that it is doubtful if Alfalfa can be 
made a success for the general farmer. The 
principal money crop on Long Island is 
potatoes, because the quality is superior to 
any other section of country on the face 
of the earth. The application of lime pro¬ 
duces conditions favorable to the scab germ, 
that ruins the sale of the potatoes. It 
seems to be the general opinion that Alfalfa 
will not grow without lime, and potatoes 
are more profitable than any kind of stock, 
so it is useless to try Alfalfa on some land 
that is very rocky, and will sow after I dig 
the potatoes. It would be useless to sow 
in the Spring, as there are too many weeds. 
Mr. Hallock has promised me some soil for 
inoculation, and I can get a big heap of 
acetylene refuse for the carting, but I 
would not try it on any land that I ever 
wanted to put potatoes on again. 
Suffolk Co., N. Y. CHAS. a. young. 
THOSE ALBANY FARMER STATESMEN. 
Mr. .Tames S. Parker, a Representative 
from Washington Co., N. Y., gives his occu¬ 
pation as “farmer.” He voted against the 
Collin bill, which was designed to regulate 
sales of farm produce by commission men. 
Mr. Parker pays no attention to our ques¬ 
tion asking for his reasons for this negative 
vote, but we have the following: 
“Being a Washington county farmer I 
am interested in your attempt to get our 
farmer representative, Hon. Jas. S. Parker, 
to give his reason or reasons for voting 
against the Collin bill. Mr. Parker main¬ 
tains a large farm with fine dairy, trotting 
horses, etc. Whether his farming “pays” I 
do not know, but I will wager that were he 
placed on a good 150-acre farm, saddled 
with a $2,000 mortgage, and told to make 
his way he would shortly have a much dif¬ 
ferent idea of the needs of farmers from 
that which he now holds. It is generally 
conceded that he has his office by reason 
of his money, and when it is explained that 
he is a friend of James Wadsworth and has 
the reputation of doing politically whatever 
Wadsworth advised, his status as a politician 
may be estimated. If by calling himself a 
farmer he thinks to pass as having agri¬ 
cultural interests at heart let me say that 
Washington county farmers are undeceived. 
When you learn why he voted against the 
Collin bill you will have the answer to why 
he was against Gov. Hughes and the direct 
nomination bill, was chairman of the com¬ 
mittee on railroads, favored Chauncey M. 
Depew, etc. The answer is obvious.” 
CHAS. C. PERRY. 
Last year Mr. Parker received 6,041 votes 
out of a total of 10,567. We have no desire 
to do him any injustice or injury, but he 
ought to come forward and explain that 
vote. Here was one of the most important 
farm propositions ever before the Legisla¬ 
ture. Mr. Parker claims to be a farmer 
and he ought to know why he is opposed 
to this plan for regulating commission men. 
It is to be regretted that some of those 
“agriculturists” cannot be made to serve a 
term as Mr. Perry suggests before they rep¬ 
resent real farmers. 
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