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THE? RURAb NEW-YORKER 
March. 16, 
Squash and Onion Questions. 
0. A. R., Thomaston, Me. —1. Is the Dun¬ 
lap Prolific Orange Marrow Squash as large, 
as productive and as good quality in every 
way as the Boston Marrow? If so, it being 
about two weeks earlier, would it not be 
a safer squash to plant in this latitude? 
The canning factories around here all fur¬ 
nish “Boston Marrow” seed. 2. In 1910, on 
one-fifth of an acre of light, somewhat sandy 
soil, I raised 90 bushels of marketable 
onions. The variety was Gregory's Imperial 
Yellow Globe, but there were fully 15 bush¬ 
els more of scallions, good for nothing, all 
necks and tops. In 1911 I planted the 
same piece; the seed I used the year before 
never came this year (it was my fault, I 
planted the seed I had left from the pre¬ 
ceding year) only a few rows at one side 
planted to Yellow Globe Danvers came up, 
and owing to the press of other work they 
were not tended to in time and got over¬ 
grown with weeds, but there was hardly a 
thick neck among them. I used potato 
manure both years 4-6-10. I wish to plant 
the same piece to onions this year. What 
do you think caused the thick necks the 
first year? There has been no barnyard 
dressing on the piece for years; some pf 
the weeds last year were as high as my 
shoulder. I thought by the weeds growing 
so rank there must have been an excess 
of ammonia which caused the thick necks 
the first year. The soil is very retentive of 
moisture, but dries out quick on top; can 
be worked the next day after a rain. 
Ans. —1. Dunlap’s Prolific Orange 
Marrow squash is a new one, and my 
advice to O. A. R. would be to make 
inquiry at the cannery and find out if 
they would accept it when grown; if so 
to plant a limited amount and see how 
it does in his latitude. It does well 
here, but it would be unsafe for anyone 
to predict how it would do in Maine. 
2. Weeds will grow as high as your 
shoulder on any good soil, and I do not 
think your scallions were caused by an 
excess of ammonia in the soil. I rather 
think it was caused by inferior seed or 
too wet a soil or both. From what you 
say about your soil retaining moisture I 
am inclined to think that was the cause 
of your trouble. G. G. I. 
Growing Late Celery. 
11. G., Moorestown, N. J .—I would like 
someone to straighten me out on how to 
grow celery of the late or Winter variety, 
large, nutty and free from pithy stalks or 
rust. I am told to spray it frequently; 
cannot see why that would help it. If so 
when should 1 do it and what with? The 
land I shall use is a loamy sand with a 
clay sub-soil. It slopes gently to the south, 
is good Timothy land. It had celery there 
last Fall. I think of putting clover crop in 
this Spring. What shall I use and how 
handle it to get it out of the way in 
time ? 
Ans. —For Winter celery experienced 
growers plant Giant Pascal or Winter 
Queen; both are good, but many grow¬ 
ers prefer the former because it grows 
larger and is just as fine flavored. As 
a preventive for blight and rust use 
Bordeaux mixture frequently, say once 
every two weeks. Dissolve one gallon 
to 50 gallons of water (smaller amounts 
in same proportion) and apply in a 
spray. Truckers usually grow celery as 
a second crop, following peas, beans, 
early potatoes or other Spring crops. 
These crops are heavily manured so that 
the soil is enriched and in better me¬ 
chanical condition. Of course it is 
necessary to use plenty of well-rotted 
stable manure in preparing the land for 
celery, and in addition many growers 
use a high grade commercial fertilizer. 
If H. C. will follow this method I think 
his celery will do better than if he at¬ 
tempted to plant some cover crop in the 
Spring. G. G. i. 
Peaches in Central New York. 
When we started growing peaches and 
apples 22 years ago there were no com¬ 
mercial orchards near us, and we had to 
depend almost wholly on the nurseryman 
and his catalogue. We had had no ex¬ 
perience, except in a small way, as to 
varieties or conditions, and supposed that 
a peach that would grow in one place and 
do well would grow anywhere. Our first 
planting consisted of 13 varieties on 19 
acres, and I think we were quite fortunate 
in getting four out of the 13 that did well 
here. The four were Mountain Bose, El- 
berta, Smock and Salway. Out of these we 
made all the money that was secured from 
this orchard. The varieties discarded were 
Crawford, Early and Late, Willetts, Globe, 
Alexander, Waterloo, Wheatland, Early 
Rivers, and Crosby. When we began setting 
more extensively we started an experimental 
plot and have tried over fifty varieties and 
are setting now for a succession Carman, 
Champion, Elberta, Stevens Rareripe, Smock, 
Iron Mountain, and Salway. Wc have 
about one thousand Hills Chili that we sell 
to a canning factory, and they are all 
right this year, for there are enough live 
buds on them for a good crop. We would 
not advise anyone to try any of the newer 
varieties, or those that have not been tried 
out in their localities on a large scale. 
What we try to get now are the varieties 
that possess most of the following qual¬ 
ities : Strong, vigorous, growing trees; good 
bearers; hardy in bud; of a good strain of 
the individual variety, and good sellers in 
the markets we ship to. We have only 
about 14 acres of apples, Hubbardston, 
King, Greenings and Spy, which all do well 
here. t. h. king. 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF APPLES. 
The Grower’s Opinion. 
From my experience I think the. old stand¬ 
ard varieties such as Baldwins, Greening, 
King, and Twenty Ounce, are the best for 
commercial purposes in this section. I 
planted an orchard one year ago and set 
only these four varieties. There are a few 
of the newer varieties as the Duchess of 
Oldenburg, that have been auite profitable 
in the past few years, but the market for 
them is not large, and from the present 
outlook it would not pay to set them now. 
There are a few other varieties, as the Spy, 
Spitzenburg, Talman Sweet. Gravenstein and 
Swaar that are grown here that are fine 
apples, but do not bear well enough to be 
commercially profitable. J. e. allis. 
Orleans Co.. N. Y. 
More Apple Varieties. 
When I set my first two apple orchards 
the first was very larsrelv Baldwin, the sec¬ 
ond was all Baldwin, both with peaches as 
fillers. Then I set Fall apples, by the filler 
method in 1897. and later. If I were now 
to set an orchard here I would set by the 
filler method, using the Baldwin almost en¬ 
tirely for permanent trees, with some Hub¬ 
bardston for semi-fillers on my lightest 
land. Also a few Ben Davis to sell late in 
season in a local market. But at least half 
the semi-fillers would be Baldwins. For 
Fall apples I should depend largely on 
Duchess and Wealthy used as fillers. I 
would also use Wagoner for a filler as a late 
Fall or early Winter apple. Were I sure 
my location would suit the McIntosh I 
would use that as a semi-filler, and if it 
proved more profitable than Baldwin, keep 
it as permanent trees. But it has varied 
so much with me on different varieties of 
soil I have gone slow with it lately. Of 
course one must fit his varieties to his con¬ 
ditions, but the grower near the large mar¬ 
kets has a big advantage over one who 
must ship by frieght in the handling and 
selling of Summer and Fall varieties of 
apples. The grower who has a thousand or 
two barrels of first-class Baldwins will find 
no trouble to secure a buyer wherever he be 
located in New England. I have spent quite 
a little in testing varieties new to this sec¬ 
tion and I believe the commercial grower 
can spare a row or two for that purpose to 
good advantage. Stayman and Banana show 
promise of value to him who has condi¬ 
tions that suit those varieties. But those 
who will be sure of good profits will be 
those who stick to tried and standard varl- 
ties that are adapted to their locality ; and 
when they find something they know is bet¬ 
ter, dip in quick. h. o. mead. 
Worcester Co.. Mass. 
The Mother Apple. 
I would like to get, through the columns 
of The R. N.-Y., the ideas that any readers 
may have regarding the “Mother" apple. 
Rhode Island. o. a. c. 
Frosted Seed Potatoes. 
Will potatoes that have been frosted in 
cellar sprout and make good seed? 
Portland, N. Y. j. g. c. 
There is only one way to make sure. 
Take fair samples, cut them as for seed 
and put in a warm sunny place. If they 
are fit they will send out good sprouts. 
The outlook for peaches, small fruits and 
apples is good in this section. The severe 
Winter has kept Elberta buds back; they 
are hardly swollen. This time last Spring 
(February 24), the petals were falling. Of 
course there is plenty of time yet to lose the 
crop, but at this time the outlook is ex¬ 
ceedingly flattering. This part of Arkansas 
(south of the Ozarks), has a rceord of 27 
peach crops in 30 years. j. n. p. 
Russellville, Ark. 
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