1912. 
1003 
Ruralisms 
“Grafting Strawberry and Raspberry.” 
The daily papers have printed the fol¬ 
lowing: 
Denver, Aug. 25.—J. C. Wagner, who 
lives in one of Denver’s thriving suburbs, 
has produced a new berry by grafting the 
.Tucunda strawberry plant with the Marl¬ 
boro raspberry. It Is said to be a liner 
fruit than the strawberry or raspberry. 
Mr. Wagner is working on lines similar 
to those pursued by Luther Burbank of 
California. 
. Mr. Wagner believes the plants will 
yield so heavily that they will prove the 
most profitable small fruit that can be 
grown. The plants do not appear above 
the ground until May, so are never dam¬ 
aged by Spring frosts. They grow to a 
height of two feet. Unlike the raspberry, 
they do not form canes, but each Fall they 
die, coming from the roots in the Winter. 
Little, if any, Winter care is necessary. 
fi.be leaves are distinctive, resembling 
neither strawberry nor raspberry. 
The new fruit tastes somewhat like both 
raspberry and strawberry, resembles a red 
raspberry in shape, and is the size of a 
strawberry, but without the tartness of 
either raspberry or strawberry. 
Mr. Wagner started with six plants, and 
now has 10,000 on his place, many of 
which are bearing fruit, while others are 
in bloom. If frost comes no earlier than 
usual he will be picking the berries until 
late in September. 
The new raspberry, in clipping from 
New York Times described as produced 
by grafting the Jucunda strawberry with 
Marlboro raspberry, is doubtless our 
old friend the strawberry-raspberry, 
Rubus rosaefolius, in a new masquerade. 
The original boomer’s descriptions of 
this showy bramble were that it was the 
result of cross-pollination between the 
strawberry and raspberry, but to claim 
it is a graft-hybrid now is to go one 
better. The India raspberry or "straw¬ 
berry-raspberry” is now universally 
considered to be not only useless horti- 
culturally, but likely to become a 
troublesome weed when introduced in 
sandy soils. The United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, however, has im¬ 
ported some quite superior varieties of 
this variable species, found by its ex¬ 
plorers in Northern China, that may 
have value where standard Rubus fruits 
are not readily grown. These varieties 
have already been distributed in a lim¬ 
ited way, and it is possible the Denver 
wonder is one of them. The fruits of 
Rubus rosaefolius iffe large and hand¬ 
some, resembling scarlet strawberries in 
appearance far more than raspberries, 
but they are usually insipid or mawkish 
in flavor. They ripen very early, how¬ 
ever, and when cooked are sometimes 
quite palatable. v. 
Pruning Currants ; Wintering Hydrangeas. 
J. F. IF., Ridgewood, N. J. —I. When is 
it time to cut down currant hushes? 2 
How must Hydrangeas (leaf enclosed) be 
wintered (potted), and is it possible to 
plant and leave them outdoors all the year 
’round? We have a steam-heating plant 
in our cellar. Would that affect them in 
Winter? 
Ans. —1. Currants are pruned (not 
cut down) in early Spring. As a rule, in 
common practice, liberal thinning out of 
old wood and removal of weak and 
superfluous young shoots is all that is 
required. Wood over three years old 
should not be allowed to remain, hence 
the main stems are renewed from time 
to time, while vigorous shoots are 
shortened in, to prevent the bush from 
becoming too straggly. 
2. The Hydrangea is evidently one of, 
the forms of H. hortensis, probably 
Otaksa. It is not hardy in the inquirer’s 
locality. Late in Fall, when the leaves 
have fallen, or are about ready to fall, 
move the plant to a cool but frost-proof 
cellar, and keep rather dry until Spring, 
so as to remain dormant. Put in coolest 
part of cellar; if your steam pipes are 
properly jacketed it ought not to be too 
warm. In the Spring cut the plant 
back to about two buds of the previous 
year’s growth on each shoot, and repot 
in fresh soil, enriched with bone and 
dry cow manure. During active growth 
plenty of water is required and occa¬ 
sional liquid manure is helpful. 
Protecting Roses. 
R., Rockland Co., N. Y .—A lot of small 
rose plants, also some cuttings rooted in 
cold frame, were neglected, but during last 
month, having been cared for, are now 
nice, thrifty plants, a few inches high. 
IIow best to protect them over Winter? 
We intend to close up and leave for city 
in October. Would they better be trans¬ 
planted in boxes and stored in garret (so 
a gardener next door claims), or as I think, 
leave them where they are and mulch 
with cornstalks to shed water and heavy 
litter of straw or leaves? I also have 
some seedling perennials. IIow should they 
be protected? 
Ans. —To take up and store in garret, 
as suggested is extremely undesirable— 
we should not expect any survivors. 
Leave them as they are, scatter about 
three inches of rough manure over the 
ground, and then cover with dry leaves, 
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the rural, new-yorker 
held in place by a few cornstalks. Simi¬ 
lar covering, without the manure, may 
be used for the perennials. Be sure the 
plants, both roses and perennials, are 
in a well-drained spot. A coating of ice 
over them, formed by alternate freezing 
and thawing, is very destructive. 
Pecans and Walnuts in Arkansas. 
M. T. B., Truman, Ark .—I am thinking 
of putting out a pecan orchard and wish 
to know best time to plant grafted or 
budded trees; best variety, etc., for this 
locality, northeastern Arkansas. Land is a 
sandy loam with considerable sand under 
the surface and produces good corn and cot¬ 
ton ; some seasons 50 to 60 bushels corn 
and a bale of cotton to acre. Timber has 
just been removed and was a heavy growth 
of gum, oak and hickory principally ; some 
shellbark hickories grew to large size and 
produced good crops of nuts. "Water now 
stands on ground in Winter and Spring 
season. Would pecans require any fertilizer 
on such land, and how many trees should 
be planted to acre? Would English wal¬ 
nuts do well on this land? What varieties 
would you recommend? 
Ans. —There is scarcely a doubt that 
pecan trees of some of the choice va¬ 
rieties will flourish in the soil and 
climate mentioned. There is a question 
about how the tender varieties of the 
Gulf States will behave there, but it is 
probable that they will succeed quite 
well after they are well established. If 
a severe Winter occurs while they are 
but a year or two planted, they may be 
injured. When the hardy northern 
varieties of the pecan are ready for sale 
by the nurseries there will be no doubt 
of their success even much farther 
north than Arkansas, but this may be 
a few years in the future. The varieties 
that may be tried with good hope of 
success are Moneymaker, Stuart, Van 
Deman. and if they are obtainable, Man- 
tura and Appomattox, which are all of 
the southern type. Those of the north¬ 
ern type that are of special merit and 
being propagated by experimenters are 
Major, Indiana, Greenriver and War¬ 
rick. The trees should be planted not 
closer than 60 feet, and 100 is better, 
for they will eventually need that space. 
The Persian (English) walnut may 
succeed in Northern Arkansas, but 
trees of the foreign varieties are likely 
to be tender there, and only the hardy 
kinds that are found to be successful 
in New York, Pennsylvania and other 
Northern States should be planted for 
testing their adaptability. 
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Trees on Filled Ground. 
I have several very large trees in my 
front yard that were planted probably 15 
or 20 years ago, and the city recently, in 
grading the street, made a fill in front 
of my house, which left my yard about 
three feet below the surface of the street. 
I have recently raised my bouse and filled 
in the yard, but I have been told that if 
I filled in around these trees it would kill 
them, so I had the trees boxed in, leaving 
about 18 inches space .from the box to 
the tree. I would much rather remove 
these boxes and fill in with dirt, as it is 
very unsightly, and catches all the trash 
as it is. What can I do? w. h. c. 
Danville, Va. 
Trees will not he injured if filled in 
with dirt. The work should be done gradu¬ 
al ly. s. H. MADDEN. 
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