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ft'HE RURAL NEW-YORKEi: 
August 2, 
Ycliow Newtown Apple in Washington. 
I note the inquiry of H. G. of Stevens 
County, Washington, page 797. and Pro¬ 
fessor Van Deman’s reply. I dislike very 
much to disagree with so eminent an au¬ 
thority as Professor Van Deman. whose 
knowledge of apple varieties is. I believe, 
as great as that of anyone, but I suspect 
that he is not entirely familiar with the 
growing conditions in Eastern Washing¬ 
ton. Here in the Palouse country at an 
altitude of 2,500 feet, the temperature 
during the Summer is so low that none 
of the longer season varieties of apples 
mature properly and no one thinks of 
planting the Yellow Newtown for that 
reason. Last Fall I obtained from Aso¬ 
tin County a box of Yellow Newtowns 
grown at about the same altitude, but the 
apples were very hard and green and 
were not of full size. They had all the 
appearance of fruit which is imperfectly 
matured. They are still in our fruit 
cellar. They are not fit for use and 
never will be, because they pass directly 
from their hard, inedible condition into 
the wilted, spongy state of fruit which 
has been too long in storage. For this 
reason I doubt very much whether the 
Yellow Newtown would be a success iu 
Stevens County at an altitude of 3.000 
feet, although I am aware that there are 
many sheltered valleys in Eastern Wash¬ 
ington where the Summer temperature 
is sufficient to ripen many varieties of 
apples much better than here in the 
Palouse country. I should be interested 
to know the result of your correspond¬ 
ent’s experience with the Y'ellow New¬ 
town, but it is well to bear in mind that 
the conditions here in the Northwest vary 
so greatly often within short distances, 
that the prospective fruit grower should 
take great care in choosing his varieties 
to get those which are known to be suc¬ 
cessful in his locality. w. j. young. 
Washington Agricultural College. 
Notes From the Grape Belt. 
Prices this year in the grape belt of 
North East, Pa., according to growers, 
and those interested in fruit business 
promise to be the best in four years. 
Growers have already been guaranteed, 
it is said $40 for bulk grapes of good 
quality, and it is expected they will go 
even $10 a ton higher. At this price, it 
leaves a material margin of profit to the 
grower who uses business methods. The 
vineyards that have had proper care and 
scientific management will bear well, yet 
the crop throughout the belt promises to 
be about two-thirds its normal dimen¬ 
sions. The above prices are based on 
the assumption that the grape juice con¬ 
cerns will command the larger part of 
the product in the territory. In the 
North East belt there are already two 
concerns of national reputation with 
large plants and a third is about to es¬ 
tablish a plant at Fredonia. The grape 
juice industry is growing rapidly, and 
growers believe that in the very near 
future the entire grape product, which 
meets the demands of the grape juice 
concerns, will be used in this way. While 
the prospects for a partial crop prevail, 
yet the evidences point to good quality 
grapes, and the wood for next year’s 
crop is excellent. Strawberries have been 
at the high water mark this year. They 
averaged $2.25 a bushel, with ready sale. 
The same applies to cherries at $3 and 
red raspberries have been bringing $4 to 
$4.50. Market on currants and goose¬ 
berries has been a little dull. Erie, a 
rapidly growing city of toward 100,000 
at the' threshold of the belt, will relieve 
any possibility of congestion in the mar¬ 
keting of fruit and produce. Cash buy¬ 
ers from leading cities are on the ground, 
willing to pay a premium for quality 
goods produced in the belt. The local 
dealers have avenues of sales which make 
it possible for them alone to handle the 
output of the belt, and give better prices 
than are received in other fruit sections, 
particularly those further west. The 
need of a better and more uniform pack 
has been felt, and growers are putting up 
better goods, and this means better 
prices, and a better reputation for the 
belt. It is also one of the requirements 
of co-operation. w. J. 
New Jersey Horticultural Society Meets. 
The New Jersey State Horticultural 
Society was greatly favored with a per¬ 
fect day for its seventh Summer meeting 
at the home of Granville W. Leeds, near 
Rancocas, Burlington Co., N. J. The 
farm is beautifully located, overlooking 
the Rancocas River and its traffic. 
There are about 100 acres in this well- 
kept farm, which is part of a large tract 
settled over 200 years ago. It was the 
birthplace of John Woolman, a noted 
member of the Society of Friends 
(Quakers), one of the very first to de¬ 
vote his time and energy in liberating 
the slaves. The soil is a type to be 
easily worked and is devoted largely to 
fruit. Part is gently inclined, enough to 
give opportunity to use the furrow 
method of irritgation, and part too steep 
is equipped with the Skinner overhead 
system. 
Autos began to arrive about 10 o’clock 
and when counted at noon nearly 200 
were parked about the buildings; alto¬ 
gether it made by far the largest at¬ 
tendance these meetings have attx-acted. 
Soon after 11.30 Mr. Leeds gave a brief 
history of the farm and he was followed 
by Orlando Harrison of Maryland, who 
extended a . cordial invitation to those 
present to attend the field meeting of the 
Delaware and Maryland Horticultural 
Societies to be held at Berlin, July 31. 
He spoke brifly on the much talked of 
“overplanting of fruit trees,” which he 
said had not as yet resulted in any over¬ 
production of good fruit, owing to the 
neglect received by so large a portion 
of the orchards set. Success was an 
individual matter and depended on the 
man. Insect and fungus troubles worse 
than ever required constant attention to 
spraying to overcome them. 
Senator G. W. F. Gaunt, Master of 
the State Grange, called attention to the 
joint exhibition to be held in the Trenton 
Armory, December 8-12, by the Horti¬ 
cultural Society and State Board of 
Agriculture, assisted by the Grange, and 
explained the importance of making it a 
success that the farm resources of the. 
Garden State may be better shown. He 
referred to the need of a suitable build¬ 
ing at New Brunswick for horticulture 
and instructors to teach the boys of New 
Jersey thoroughly in all horticultural 
lines.'so that so many would not be sent 
to Cornell State College and the West¬ 
ern universities to learn what they should 
have the opportunity to learn here at 
home. 
Congratulating the society for its 
large attendance, Prof. Maurice A. Blake, 
State Horticulturist, asked for a cred¬ 
itable display of fruit for the next meet¬ 
ing of the American Pomological Society 
to be held in Washington, D. C., in No¬ 
vember. The display at the New York 
Land Show was such a surprise to so 
many that it is very necessary we con¬ 
tinue the good work and prove that we 
are not asleep, but very much alive to 
our opportunities here in New Jersey. 
He pointed out the peculiarities of the 
fruit set this season; from careful ob¬ 
servations at the Vineland orchard he 
was convinced that it was from lack of 
vigor <>f the pollen, rather than from 
frost injury. By laboratory tests some 
varieties of pollen retained their vitality 
for days longer than others. Trees 
blooming for the longer periods have 
much better set of fruit than those com¬ 
ing in bloom all at one time. In some 
sections of the State there was serious 
frost injury to the young apple sets, 
so much so that the crops are seriously 
shortened. Some peaches are showing a 
forced appearance, the effect it is thought 
of the hard Winter of the previous year. 
< using an unequal distribution of plant 
food through the trees. From the Vine- 
land orchard a few samples were shown. 
A handsome new peach, the yellow Arp 
Beauty, ripening with Greensboro, seems 
promising. 
Red Bird or Weaver was also shown 
but not recommended for planting, on 
account of its very poor quality, though 
pretty and salable. The new Mayflower, 
one of the very early kinds, requires very 
careful spraying to bring it to maturity, 
it rots so easily. The .T. H. Hale, as 
seen last year at Fort Valley, Ga., was 
found to be very like the well-known ( 
Elberta, slightly larger and of better ; 
quality. To control twig blight and j 
brown rot thorough and frequent spray¬ 
ings were found to be • necessary. In 
answer to questions, dwarf trees were 
not recommended for commercial plant- j 
ings as the standards properly treated 
will produce fruit in paying amounts in 
a few years. Bitter rot must be con- 1 
trolled by strong Winter sprays as 
well as through the season. An ap¬ 
plication of strong Bordeaux just before 
the buds open is very beneficial for after 
it once starts it will continue to de¬ 
velop. For strawberry rust several 
sprayings of Bordeaux (5-5-50) will be 
necessary to keep the foliage healthy all 
through the Summer. 
Secretary Franklin Dye, on behalf of 
the State Board of Agriculture, asked 
for the hearty support of all present for 
the Armory exhibition in December and 
referred to' the fact that so many failed 
to appreciate that New Jersey can raise 
better corn than the so-called “Corn 
States.” 
Senator I. T. Nichols, of Cumberland 
County, spoke of the need for farmers 
to work together for tlieir owu interests, 
and to see that more farmers were elected 
to make our laws, and fewer lawyers. 
Milo B. Williams, U. S. Irrigation 
Engineer, explained tl e two systems in 
use, the overhead for small fruits and 
vegetables and the furrow method for 
orchards. He said irrigation is only 
an insurance against lack of moisture, 
and is no cure-all for farm troubles, as 
the x-esults depend at the end on the 
man and his management. He must know 
what to grow, how to grow it, and so 
manage that it will pay him for the ex¬ 
pense. The experiments show that New 
Jei’sey conditions call for either of these 
systems or both. The U. S. Government 
provides the plans and men to supervise 
the installation of the plant, the farm 
owner must supply the materials and 
labor, and in return must furnish the 
government with accurate details of la- 
box-, water used, cost and results obtained, 
These offers are open to Jill who can 
fulfill the conditions, as fast as men 
and funds are available. Mr. Leeds now 
has 28 acres piped for an outlay of 
$3,400, using a two-cycle gasoline engine 
pumping 300 gallons per minute, 24 
liorse-power. The first season pipes were 
laid for five acres and the second four 
more were equipped at a cost of $2,500. 
This year 19 acres were piped for the 
furrow system at a cost of $900, the 
mains being of a size to allow for the 
increase of the plant. The rest of the 
time was spent in social groups or in 
going over the intex-estiug places on the 
farm, the peach orchard that produced 
10,000 baskets last year from less than 
414 acres being very Interesting. 11 . 
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in July or August and Have a Crop of De¬ 
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Some of the most widely known and most successful varieties were introduced by me. For instance, 
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Readers of The Rural New-Yorker want berries quickly. None of you want to wait two Springs 
for a crop as you positively must if you set out anything but pot-grown plants. 
This year I have a magnificent lot of plants of the wonderful Van Fleet hybrids, varieties thatlhave 
been testing during the last five years, and I can conscientiously say I have never grown a strawberry that 
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MONMOUTH NURSERV 
BOX 162 
LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 
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