1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
203 
Ruralisms 
WHERE THE ORANGE GROWS. 
Eastern folks are not generally aware 
that all kinds of fruit grow in the 
region of San Francisco. The city men¬ 
tioned is not noted for its pomological 
productions; it is better noted as a mart 
for the sale of Pomona’s gifts, and 
rightly so, for few cities at all seasons 
of the year can boast of a better 
display of fruit on its fruit stalls 
than can the city of St. Francis 
by the sea. While fruit of almost 
Tomatoes for North Dakota. 
D. D. B., Barlow, N. D .—What varieties 
of tomatoes would you recommend for this 
climate, to secure a crop? 
Ans. —For your climate you should 
use the earliest possible variety of to¬ 
matoes. There are a number of these 
varieties, the best probably being of the 
Earliana type. This includes Earliana, 
Early June, June Pink and some other 
similar varieties. The plants should be 
started very early in house or hotbed 
and transplanted a time or two before 
they are put out. In your latitude they 
could probably be set out of doors by the 
first week of June. They should be 
FRUITS FROM A CALIFORNIA GARDEN. 
every description may be grown in 
San Francisco, still, it is seldom that 
one finds more - than a few trees of any 
sort in any single one of its gardens. 
But just across the bay in the big city 
made up of Oakland, Berkeley and 
Alameda, one may find nearly every fruit 
under the sun, from the insignificant 
Wonderberry to bread-fruit, and “Fruit 
of the Gods,” as Japanese persimmons 
are called. Here we have the orange, 
lemon, and other Citrus fruits, luscious 
foreign grapes and figs, apricots, apples, 
pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, all 
kinds of raspberries, blackberries, straw¬ 
berries, currants, and—what’s the use of 
cataloging them? One day last Summer 
I went into our garden in Oakland, near 
the Berkeley line close up to the foot¬ 
hills, and in a few minutes gathered the 
assortment of fruit shown in cut above. 
Here we have the Himalaya blackberry 
from Asia; red, yellow and purple plums 
from Japan; lemons, peaches and apri¬ 
cots. A half dozen other 'sorts might 
have been added, including oranges. Any 
garden from almost the far northern 
corner of the State to the Mexico line 
on the south could do as well, and, 
perhaps, in some cases a little better. 
California. w. a. pryal. 
Wingate and Grindstone Apples. 
8. J. M., Bradford, O .—Could you tell me 
some facts concerning the Wingate apple, its 
keeping qualities and where I could get 
some grafts of it? Could you also tell me 
where I could get grafts of the old Grind¬ 
stone apple? 
Ans. —The Wingate is an apple that 
I know only by hearsay, and would ad¬ 
vise the inquirer to ask the Pomologist 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
what he knows of it. The records of 
that office may have the needed informa¬ 
tion. The old “Grindstone” or American 
Pippin is an apple that has about gone 
out of existence, because of its small size 
and poor quality principally. It is a 
very late keeper, and when fully ripe has 
passable quality, but there are so many 
better apples that it has very little favor 
now among those who know what good 
apples are. But it is possible that some 
variety expert, like Benjamin Buckman 
of Farmingdale, Ill., may have it in his 
specimen orchard and be able to furnish 
scions. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Hoax : “The widow is entitled to her 
third, isn’t she?” Joax: “Gee! One of 
them is chasing me around trying- to 
make me her fourth.”—Philadelphia 
Record. 
about ready to bloom then. This would 
bring ripe tomatoes in August, as you 
can usually count on tomatoes in 60 
days from the time the plants are set 
out if the plants are large and strong, 
at time of setting. h. f. 
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The Iron Arc 4-row Sprayer gives 
perfect satisfaction. Puts solution. 
Just where needed and in fog-like 
mist. Pump delivers spray under 
high pressure, thus reaching every 
part ofvine,effectuallykillinghug 8 
and preventingblight. lias 
Orchard Spraying attach* 
ment. Write for free 
catalog illustrate 
ing this and 
other Iron 
AgC tOOlfi. 
Iron Age 
Four-Row 
BATEMAN MFG. CO.. Box 102-S GRENLOCH. N. J 
IHE PERFECTION SPRAYER 
Sprays Anything. Trees by hand, potatoes by horse 
power. Oldest and best. Over 1000 in use. Always gives 
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THOMAS PEPPLER, Box 45, Hightstown, N.J. 
your ak own Compressed Air 
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You can make it at home with material purchased in 
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Tells you how to do it 
Tells you where to get every part 
Tells what each part costs 
Tells you how to operate 
Catalog shows everypart.and the completed outfit. 
It gives formulas and instructions for mixing and 
applying more than twenty different kinds of spray¬ 
ing mixtures, and also a full and complete spray 
calendar as compiled and approved by the Ohio 
State Experiment Station for 19011. Up-to-date plans 
for central or mixing stations for Bordeaux and 
lime-sulphur. Our plan has stood the test of ten 
years’ service. It is in use by the largest peach grow¬ 
ers in the world. Its capacity is unlimited. Suit¬ 
able for orchard of ten acres or 1000. It works per¬ 
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other power sprayer can be used. 
Catalog Giving Full Information, Postpaid $3.00 
PIERCE-LOOP SPRAYER CO., North East, Pa. 
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A Good Spray Pump larns 
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THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
practical fruit grow¬ 
ers we were using common 
I sprayers in our own orchards 
‘ —found their defects and 
invented the Eclipse. Its 
success forced us to manu¬ 
facturing on a large scaie. 
You take no chances. We 
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.MORRILL & MORLEY, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
The Rural 
Telephone Brings 
the Whole 
Country Together 
It i9 no longer necessary to feel that because you 
live in the country you must always be more orless 
isolated from your friends—that you have to hitch up 
and drive every time you want to chat with them or do 
a little trading. Nowadays, a 
Rural Telephone System 
brings the whole country together. It puts a telephone on every farm at a cost so low 
everybody can have one. Less than half a bale of cotton or thirty bushels of wheat will 
pay for your part. 
Everything about the system—putting up the poles—stringing the wires—connecting 
the telephones—is so simple that you and your neighbors can build the line in a few days. 
Think what it would mean to have your friends—your doctor—everybody, every¬ 
where around—within talking distance at any time 
of the day or night. 
All that you need do is to send us a postal requesting 
our free illustrated book No. 48 , which explains how 
you and your neighbors can get all materials and build 
your own lines in a few days. Address nearest 
house listed below. 
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A SUBSTITUTE 
For Bordeaux Mixture 
10-gal. keg making 1.500 gals. Spray; delivered at 
any R. R. station in the United States for $1 a.50. 
Prompt shipments. Write to-day for fullinformation. 
B. G. PRATT CO., M c^.7.r 
50 CHURCH ST., NEW YORK CITY 
EXCELL 
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nd SIDING 
IRON 
and 
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I Tho United Factories Co,, Dept, R-31, Cleveland. O. 
WANTED AT ONCE. 
A few more responsible farmers to sell and use 
our Pure Animal Bone Fertilizers which are leading 
all others as crop producers and enrichers of the 
soil. Manufactured front by-products of our own 
seven abattoirs and stockyards, they are every 
pound a fertilizer, containing double the value of 
rock, rock-base, hair, leather and cheap materials 
fertilizer. No cheap filler or make-weight used in 
our brands. We guarantee satisfactory prices and 
terms. Territory should be taken at once. 
0. B. MARTIN CO., 713 Penn Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. 
TTM? AT Tree Pruner 
I I 1 r* I Best tool made. Something new. 
M i* il i Agents make big money with it. 
II. R Rogers, Mechunicsbiirg, Ohio. 
Nitrate ot Soda 
Nitrate Sold in Original Bage 
NITRATE AGENCIES CO. 
California .321 Stimson Block, Los Angeles 
.520 Bank San Jose Bldg., San Jose 
Georgia .36 Bay Street, East, Savannah 
Illinois .1204 Hartford Building, Chicago 
Louisiana .....305 Baronne St., New Orleans 
New York .62 Stone Street, New York 
Virginia .Citizens Bank Bldg., Norfolk 
Washington .603 Oriental Block, Seattle 
Canada ...1103 Temple Bldg., Toronto 
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Write for Quotations 
This shows the H. P- 
Spramotor arranged for 
spraying potatoes, three 
nozzles to a row and four 
rows, two spraying from 
the sides and one from 
the top, adjustable as to 
height and width up to 
40-inch rows. Nozzles ab¬ 
solutely will not clog. 13- 
gallon air tank, automatic 
and hand controlled; 100 
lbs. pressure guaranteed 
with 13 nozzles open. An 
acre can be sprayed in 30 
minutes. Has agitator 
clean - out pressure relief 
into tank, and nozzle pro¬ 
tector all under control of 
the driver from seat. For 
1 or 3 horses. Fitted for 
orchard, vineyards a n d 
grain. This ad. will not 
appear again in this paper. 
E. H. HEARD, 1325 ERIE STREET, BUFFALO 
OUR NEW trade-mark BE SURE it is on every bag of 
Fertilizer you buy, as it marks 
the genuine 
Hubbard "Bone Base" Fertilizer 
" Our large new Factory, equipped with 
the latest improved machinery, will enable 
us to fill all orders promptly in 1910. 
We guarantee the Fertilizers we put 
out next season to be fully up to the high 
standard of the past. With good goods, 
honest prices and quick shipments, we know we can please you. 
WE WANT A GOOD AGENT IN EVERY TOWN IN NEW YORK STATE 
WE PAY THE FERTILIZER LICENSE FEE 
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THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., Hubbard “ Bone Base ” Fertilizers Middletown, Conn. 
