1911 . 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
903 
Ruralisms 
New Hybrid Raspberries. 
J. F. C., New York .—Can you tell us 
anything about the two new hybrid rasp¬ 
berries sent out by the New York Experi¬ 
ment Station at Geneva? Are they mak¬ 
ing good? 
Ans. —In the Spring of 1908 the New 
York Agricultural Experiment* Station 
distributed four new varieties of red 
raspberries and three of strawberries 
originating on the Station grounds, all 
of which are fully described in Bulle¬ 
tin No. 298. In reply to the inquiry 
concerning the Marlative and Louboro 
raspberries will say that the Louboro 
is a cross between Loudon and Marl¬ 
boro, the canes of which are intermedi¬ 
ate in growth between its parents; the 
fruit on the Station grounds averages 
as large or larger, than either parent, 
in color is a handsome light red and is 
of good quality, maturing slightly 
earlier than Loudon. Reports re¬ 
ceived during the past year indicate 
that many growers are well pleased with 
its behavior and in some sections of the 
State it ranks with the best commercial 
kinds. 
The Marlative is a cross between 
Marlboro and Superlative and was sent 
out for testing on account of the un¬ 
usually large attractive dark red fruity 
its greatest defect is a tendency to 
crumble. It is hoped that on some 
soil this fault will disappear. Reports, 
however, indicate that this character of 
the fruit is not improving, and that the 
variety will doubtless give place to bet¬ 
ter kinds, although all agree as to the 
unusual attractiveness of the fruit when 
well grown. The canes are productive, 
although semi-dwarf, ripening the fruit 
earlier than Loudon. u. p. hedrick. 
that they are saved separately for this 
purpose. The common seedlings of 
Tennessee and that general region have 
for many years been the source of the 
seeds that nurserymen use more than 
any other. They are offered by the 
trade, and by getting any of the nursery 
trade papers or writing the secretary 
of the American Nurserymen’s Asso¬ 
ciation at Rochester, N. Y., it will be 
easy to learn who has them for sale. 
The seed should be got about October 
and may be planted at once. Informa¬ 
tion about stocks for budding cherry 
and plum trees on may also be had in 
the same way. h. e. van deman. 
Daffodils in Frames. 
A recent inquirer asked about plant¬ 
ing daffodils for early flowering on the 
ground in an unheated greenhouse. A 
New York florist tells us that he grows 
daffodils largely in cold frames. The 
bulbs are planted out in the frames as 
in the open ground in the Fall, then 
covered, after the ground is frozen, with 
four to six inches of well-rotted manure. 
The lights are left off all Winter, and 
as soon as the bulbs show growth in 
the Spring the manure is drawn off and 
the lights put on. If the frame is not 
otherwise deep enough it is built up, 
with a line of single boards, on which 
the lights are laid, so as to draw the 
flower stalks up straight. This gives 
daffodils to follow those forced indoors, 
before the outdoor flowers, and is a 
very inexpensive method. Emperor is 
the favorite variety for this purpose. 
Mignonette and Ants. 
A florist warns us against sowing 
mignonette where ants abound. He 
says that ants have an extraordinary 
fondness for mignonette seed, digging 
up and carrying it off, just like crows 
attacking corn. For this reason he has 
always “baited” a greenhouse with 
bones before sowing mignonette in the 
benches. This year he used bisulphide 
of carbon in the soil before sowing, and 
believes the result is very satisfactory. 
It is quite possible that some failures 
of garden mignonette are due to this 
cause, where ants are prevalent, as our 
informant says the insects will dig out 
almost every seed if left undisturbed. 
Nut Trees; Fall Planting. 
R. A. C., Arnold , Pa .—I was thinking 
of planting some nut trees. Do you think 
the pecan would thrive in this latitude of 
Pennsylvania, or would it he better to sub¬ 
stitute English walnuts? Is the Fall the 
best time for planting trees? Would it do 
to plant gooseberries or currants in the 
Fall? 
Ans. —The climate of Pennsylvania is 
not suitable to the pecan and it would 
be unwise to plant trees of it there. The 
Persian (or English) walnut does suc¬ 
ceed there as many growing and bearing 
trees will give evidence. The nuts should 
be planted as soon as they are ripe this 
Fall or if it is not convenient to plant 
them where they are to grow, which, 
however, is the better plan, they should 
be buried in the soil in a place where 
they will be safe from mice or anything 
else that might disturb them. In the 
latter case the nuts should be planted 
very early in the Spring, for they ger¬ 
minate early and should never be dis¬ 
turbed after there is the slightest start 
of the sprouts. Grafted trees of named 
varieties are preferable to seedlings, but 
there are almost none to be found in 
the eastern nurseries and those from the 
Pacific coast are too tender for Penn¬ 
sylvania or any of the northeastern 
States. Nuts from hardy trees that are 
growing in that region are the only ones 
that are safe to plant there. The Fall 
is a good time to plant almost any of the 
fruit trees or berry plants in Pennsyl¬ 
vania. h. e. van deman. 
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