1911. 
THE) RUKAI> NBVY-YORKEH 
1177 
Ruralisms 
Xanthoceras Sorbifolia. 
J. IV’. F., Ravenna, 0.—I send you a nut 
which I would like to have you name. It 
is a shrub growing in my yard, with a 
leaf suggestive of a sumach, and fruiting 
this year for the first time, so am curious 
to know what it is. 
Ans. —This so-called nut is a round 
pod of a rather rare shrub introduced 
from northern China, Xanthoceras sor¬ 
bifolia. It is hardy in most of our 
Northern States, and makes a hand¬ 
some appearance as a single plant or in 
combination with other things. The 
foliage is dark green and glossy and is 
not troubled by insects or fungus dis¬ 
eases. The flowers are white and borne 
in racemus from six to 12 inches long, 
and this with the foliage and graceful 
style of the bush makes it a very desir¬ 
able ornament. The pods are three parted 
and contain about 10 or more large, 
round seeds of a shiny brown color. 
They are not edible. H. E. van deman. 
Fertilizer for Dahlias and Paeonies. 
O. A. R., Newton, Mass. —1. What do you 
consider the best balanced commercial fer¬ 
tilizer, and how and when to apply, for 
Dahlias, to produce flowers abundantly 
when no manure is used? I grow them ex¬ 
tensively. 2. Also for paeonies under the 
same conditions? 3. What is the best 
manner to pile green manure, which is to 
remain out in the open from Spring to 
Autumn, to prevent as much loss as pos¬ 
sible, but still be able to turn it over sev¬ 
eral times? About how often should water 
be .given the manure? 
Ans. —1. Any good commercial fer¬ 
tilizer rich in ammonia and phosphoric 
acid, and liberally supplied with pot¬ 
ash, will suit Dahlias, but the best re¬ 
sults are obtained by using it in con¬ 
nection with manure. Prepare the 
ground as you would for corn. When 
the plants are flowering freely a handful 
of top-dressing to each plant, four 
parts bone meal to one part nitrate of 
soda, will be very helpful. 
2. We have had no experience in 
growing paeonies with commercial fer¬ 
tilizers. Much would depend on the 
soil; they like a deep rich loam, and 
suffer from drought. We would feel 
safe in using a good corn fertilizer, but 
would like to apply a top-dressing of 
rather strawy manure in the Autumn, 
to be forked lightly into the soil in 
Spring. Fresh manure (especially cow 
manure) has been under suspicion as 
encouraging a bacterial wilt of the 
poeony, but we have had poor results 
with paeonies deprived of humus. 
3. Make a low flat-topped pile, and 
turn or fork it over every few weeks 
to hasten decomposition and prevent 
“burning.” One can only say it should 
be moistened when necessary—that is, 
not allowed to dry out. If, as we infer, 
the compost is meant for greenhouse 
use, the manure should be piled with 
alternate layers of sod taken from the 
surface of old fields; with proper care 
in cutting down and turning this makes 
the best potting soil, fine and friable. 
The florists pile up their compost as 
neatly as cordwood. 
Ripe Grapes as Food. 
I wish to tell G. H. M., New York, 
(Ruralisms, page 1117,) that I know 
from experience the acid in ripe Con¬ 
cord grapes will not dry up the blood 
nor will it have any other injurious 
effect upon the person who eats them. 
Living as I do in the grape belt and 
working in the vineyards every Fall, I 
have access to all the grapes I can eat 
from one to three months every year; 
and the grapes that I eat are not a 
few. While working in the vineyard I 
always eat grapes every chance I get, 
every day, from the time I begin work 
in the morning until I quit at night, and 
we have grapes on the table at almost 
every meal. As to the effects of eating 
so many grapes, during the first week 
or two of the grape season my mouth 
always gets sore, so that I have to stop 
eating grapes for two or three days, but 
after that I can eat all I wish. As to 
the acid drying up the blood, if there 
was anything in this my blood would 
all have been dried up and blown away 
long ago. I think I have about as much 
blood as the average person, anyway 
when I cut myself or otherwise break 
the skin there always seems to be plenty, 
and it is of a good red color, too. Some 
persons extract the seeds from grapes 
before eating them. I think this a fool¬ 
ish and unnatural practice, and think 
that grapes were made to be eaten just 
as they come from the skin. Anyway, 
if I could not eat them without extract¬ 
ing the seeds I would not eat them at 
all, as it spoils their taste to me. Of 
course grapes that are not ripe should 
not be eaten, but if one eats No 1 
basket grapes such as are put up by 
the Grape Union here, there is little 
chance of their getting grapes that are 
not ripe. Many people (especially 
young ladies) who do not live in the 
grape belt come here every year during 
the grape season to work in the vine¬ 
yards on account of the healthfulness of 
the work, and I am sure another thing 
they come for is to get all the grapes 
they wish to eat. I am sure that if I 
did not live in the grape belt this alone 
would be worth a great deal to me. I 
never feel better during any part of the 
year than during the grape season and 
am always glad when that time arrives. 
Let G. H. M. and the members of his 
family eat all the good ripe Concord 
grapes they can get. The more the bet¬ 
ter. L. G. SWANSON. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
Treatment of Lucretia Dewberry. 
On page 1092 E. W. G., of Boston, 
Mass., tells of trouble with a Lucretia 
dewberry plant. My plants behaved 
much the same. Two years ago I cut 
them back when canes were three feet 
long, and kept them cut to that length 
during the rest of season. The canes 
ripened well and were heavily loaded 
with strong well-developed fruit buds. 
Canes were laid down and covered with 
four inches of pine needles; this cover¬ 
ing was held in place with a covering of 
earth. Next Spring canes were raised 
and tied to trellis. A fine crop of 
large berries was produced. The same 
treatment produced a fine crop the past 
season. In the North, dewberries grow 
too much cane, set fruit buds out on 
the tender ends of canes, which do not 
properly ripen, and do not store a suffi¬ 
cient amount of starch in the buds. 
Cutting back causes buds to form near 
the base of plant on firm wood. Swat 
the Himalaya blackberry; it winter- 
kills here with the above treatment. The 
few berries it has produced are small 
and very poor in quality. Lucretia dew¬ 
berry is far superior, and will pay for 
good treatment. h. rocichill. 
Grundy Co., Iowa. 
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Spraying decides whether your 
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That’s the way to change from 
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Every Rotten Post 
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