1913. 
657 
Ruralisms 
NARCISSUS NOTES. 
Each Spring, when our long border of 
daffodils makes a golden band along the 
edge of a curving drive, we wonder 
why our friends do not plant these d 
lightful flowers more freely. They are 
a permanent addition to the garden and 
especially fitted to beautify a farm home. 
The old-fashioned double “butter-and- 
eggs” is quite common, and we often 
see the white Poet’s Narcissus, but there 
are many other sorts that should be 
more frequently planted. 
For ordinary planting in a country 
garden a few standard varieties should 
be selected, as there are many that die 
out under the conditions of our North¬ 
ern and Eastern States. In our local¬ 
ity (northern New Jersey) the true 
jonquil, Narcissus Jonquilla, does not 
succeed. This variety has a rather small, 
fragrant flower, borne in groups of two 
or three on a stalk, and slender rush-like 
leaves, but people very often call any 
yellow daffodil a jonquil, though this 
term is not correctly applied except to 
the one variety. Double forms of the 
Poet’s Narcissus, which look like a 
waxen Gardenia, usually die out the sec¬ 
ond year, apparently killed by the hot 
Summer, but we greatly prefer the sin¬ 
gle form. The little Hoop-petticoat daf¬ 
fodil, N. Bulbocodium, does not stand 
our conditions, to our great regret, for 
it is a lovely little flower of quaint and 
striking shape. Several of the very 
handsome trumpet sorts, such as Golden 
Spur, Glory of Leiden, etc., have flow¬ 
ered the first Spring only, dying out 
afterwards. 
If we were limited to six varieties of 
Narcissi only, our choice would be Em¬ 
peror, large trumpet flower of rich yel¬ 
low ; Horsfieldi, yellow trumpet, creamy 
white perianth; Sir Watkin, large golden 
yellow, chalice cup (the Welsh daffo¬ 
dil) ; Sulphur Phoenix, the best double; 
Barrii Conspicuus, golden yellow, shal¬ 
low cup tipped orange scarlet, and Poeti- 
cus, white. Any daffodil enthusiast will 
say this is a very narrow choice—and so 
it is—but it gives six different types, all 
hardy and prolific, and all inexpensive 
to buy. Someone may ask why we 
choose Horsfieldi and omit Empress, the 
usual companion of Emperor. Our only 
reason is that they are similar in color¬ 
ing, and though Empress is the finer 
flower of the two, Horsfieldi seems to 
do better under our conditions. 
As to treatment, we plant the bulbs 
usually about the first week in October, 
or any time when we get the bulbs, 
which may be from the latter part of 
September on. November is too late, 
for then they have no chance to make 
hall root growth. Any garden soil will 
do, but it should be well worked and 
fertilized. Set bulbs four to five inches 
deep and four to six inches apart. When 
they multiply so as to become crowded 
they should be lifted and reset. We 
like to set Poet’s Narcissus in the 
lawn, where it grows well, and gives a 
charming effect; the others are set in 
herbaceous borders. It is necessary that 
any site chosen be well drained, or there 
is trouble from ice and waterlogged soil 
in W inter. It is a far cry from the 
Jew familiar varieties here mentioned, 
omitting many worthy and beautiful 
sorts, to the wonderful Mrs. E. H. Kre- 
lage, a new variety whose introducer 
will sell you a single bulb for £50, but 
they are all lovely, reliable and inex¬ 
pensive, and will soon give pleasure to 
the planter, and flowers to look at and 
to give away every Spring. e. t. r. 
THE RURA& 
Troubles With Apples and Cherries. 
1. I have four dwarf apple trees 10 
years old. Last December I sprayed with 
lime-sulphur one to 14. Each year the 
leaf rolls up and black lice appears on 
the leaf. There were only a few apples 
and all appeared to be stung; what would 
you advise? 2. A red cherry drops fruit 
each year about three weeks before ripe. 
It is loaded with bloom this year; was 
sprayed same as apple. m. m. 
Red Bank, N. J. 
1. Lime-sulphur solution is a good scale 
and fungus destroyer, but is not effective 
against biting and sucking insects that at¬ 
tack vegetation during the growing season. 
Other remedies must be employed to exter¬ 
minate them. Arsenate of lead or arsenate 
of lead and Bordeaux mixed in the proper 
proportions is probably the best of all as a 
Summer spray against biting insects. 
When Bordeaux is combined with arsenate 
of lead the spray is a good fungicide as 
well as insecticide. These have been used 
extensively the last few years and have 
proven very satisfactory. For aphides and 
plant lice kerosene emulsion spray is a 
very effective remedy. These are classed as 
sucking insects, and arc proof against the 
poisonous sprays that are usually employed 
in the extermination of the biting or leaf- 
eating insects. It is therefore necessary 
to use substances which will act externally 
on the bodies of these insects as a caus¬ 
tic, or will smother or stifle them by clos¬ 
ing their breathing pores. The remedy 
must come in direct contact with the aphids 
to be effective. Any of the above remedies 
can be purchased from dealers in seeds 
and insecticides and fungicides in your 
r?^Ti n ’ JE f rom an y of the large seed houses. 
Full directions for use will be found on 
each package. Your apples having the ap¬ 
pearance of being stung is most likely 
caused by scale, especially if they were 
not wormy. Allowing too much top growth 
to remain will cause the fruit to be small 
a no of inferior quality, insufficient pruning 
will frequently be the chief cause of trees 
not setting fruit. 
2- Cherries of late years are a very un¬ 
certain crop in many sections of the coun¬ 
try- We usually have heavy fog, rain or 
the weather will be so cold during the 
blooming period the blossoms cannot be pol- 
lenizod. Bees of various kinds are the 
chief pollenizers of nearly all fruits and 
flowers and any condition of weather that 
wili prevent them fulfilling this important 
office will result in a very short crop 
and frequently in no crop at all. Whether 
tins nas boen the cause of your tree not 
niaturing its crop I am unable to say, but 
it most likely is the cause. " k. 
NEW-YORKER 
When you write advertisers mention The 
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“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Spraying Potatoes. —The differences of 
opinion among growers regarding the time 
to begin spraying potatoes for blight and 
the frequency with which profitable spray¬ 
ings may be made are due to differences in 
latitude, variety and our seasons. Spray¬ 
ing is a form of insurance, and the safe 
and conservative thing to do is to take out 
insurance each year before damage comes. 
The grower in a warm latitude who plants 
very early and has only earlv blight to 
fear, and the man farther north who plants 
nieduim-late varieties much later in the sea¬ 
son and has chiefly late blight to fear prob- 
ably should not fail to coat the potato 
plants with Bordeaux mixture as soon as 
they are six inches high. The frequency 
of spraying depends somewhat upon the 
weather, but the new growth of branches 
and leaves should be coated each week 
during the four or five weeks that the 
vines are making their most rapid develop- 
'Ibis makes at least five sprayings, 
•i!, two more than many growers are 
willing to give. alva agee. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
K- N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
MORE THAN EVER 
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor Since 
Leaving Off Coffee. 
Wormy Quinces. 
J-, Buckingham, Pa. —Will you let 
me know what to do for quince trees that 
near wormy fruit? The trees are nice 
large ones, planted in low ground of rich 
Handy loam. The trunks of the trees have 
always been whitewashed with lime, the 
branches sprayed with oil spray. Salt has 
been placed around the roots every Spring, 
l he branches are not too thick and quinces 
! YT £°°d size. What can I do to get 
iid of the worms in the quinces? 
Ans.—T his would seem to be a plain 
case of the Codling-moth larva getting 
mto the quinces as is very common 
w, th apples and pears. If the fruit is 
sprayed with arsenate of lead, two 
pounds in 50 gallons of water, or in 
!l, at proportion, just after the petals 
the flowers fall and then again a 
month later it is likely that there will 
’ e ^ ew worms in the fruit. The arsen- 
:!‘ e lead can be added to self-boiled 
hme-sulphur solution or Bordeaux mix- 
mre, both of which are fungicides and 
will be of much benefit if used. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Many former coffee drinkers who 
have mental work to perform, day after 
day, have found a better capacity and 
greater endurance by using Postum in- 
stead of coffee. An Ills, woman writes: 
I had drank coffee for about twenty 
years, and finally had what the doctor 
called ‘coffee heart.’ I was nervous and 
extremely despondent; had little mental 
or physical strength left, had kidney 
trouble and constipation. 
“The first noticeable benefit derived 
from the change from coffee to Postum 
was the natural action of the kidneys 
and bowels. In two weeks my heart 
action was greatly improved and my 
nerves steady. 
“Then I became less despondent, and 
the desire to be active again showed 
proof of renewed physical and mental 
strength. 
“I am steadily gaining in physical 
strength and brain power. I formerly 
did mental work and had to give it up 
on account of coffee, but since using 
Postum I am doing hard mental labor 
with less fatigue than ever before.” 
Name given by Postum Co., Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
Postum now comes in new, concen¬ 
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regular Postum so processed at the fac¬ 
tory. that only the soluble portions are 
retained. 
A spoonful of Tnstant Postum with hot 
water, and sugar and cream to taste, 
produces instantly a delicious beverage. 
Write for the little book, “The Road 
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the 
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I brings into your 
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_ There is a Victor dealer 
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Camden. N. J. 
Berliner Gramophone Co. f Montreal 
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Always use Victor Machines 
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Spray for Blight 
It cannot be cured but can be prevented easily 
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Traction 
Sprayers 
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What makes a perfect apple ? Pyrox 
makes a perfect apple by protecting 
fruit and foliage from codling moth and 
other leaf eating insects besides acting 
as a fungicide. It makes the fruit hang 
on a week or ten days longer in the Fall 
which gives better color, waxiness and 
keeping quality, giving that "finish” which 
brings the top market price. If you like 
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it. Wise growers are ordering early. Ask 
the Bowker Insecticide Co., of Boston, 
for book on spraying. 
The Perfection Six Row Sprayer 
SPRAYS ANYTHING—Trees, Potatoes and Vegetables 
Trees are sprayed when used as a Hand Pump, Potatoes 
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The force of the spray acts on the plants as a heavy wihd, 
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by 
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45 Hightstown, N. J 
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r O. K. Champion Sprayer^ 
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