1910 . 
23*5 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Ruralisms 
Early Apples for Virginia. 
II. B., Meadow, Fa.—Will some reader of 
the It. N.-Y. inform me what Summer and 
Winter varieties of apples, for a commer¬ 
cial orchard, would do best for this part 
of Virginia, 12 miles east of Richmond? 
The land is rolling, has just been cleared 
of hard wood timber, is a sandy soil and 
not very rich. 
Ans. —There are few Summer varie¬ 
ties of very much profit because of the 
great quantities and cheapness of berries 
during that time of year. However, 
there is •some market for them, and 
Williams, Oldenburg and Jefferis are 
among the best to plant in Virginia. Of 
the Winter varieties York Imperial, 
Winesap, Stayman and Mosby are safe 
to plant. The latter is a new variety 
that is only propagated and sold by some 
of the nurseries in -Virginia, especially 
those about Richmond. It is a native 
■seedling of that region, and a very good 
one. It is also called Lowry by some. 
The fruit is red and of good quality and 
medium size. The trees bear well. 
Apple Growing in Georgia. 
Reader (A o Address ).—There are a few 
orchards for sale at Talula Falls, Ga., and 
vicinity, at prices within my reach. I have 
not seen them, so do not know anything 
about them: that is 13 miles north of here. 
General farming does not seem to pay here. 
Can anyone give me any advice regarding an 
orchard in this section of North Georgia 
or the South? Some say apples are larger 
in the mountains back of here than can 
be grown here. They cannot grow as large 
an apple around here as in the North, but 
the market does not demand as large. 
Ans.— It would seem that the most 
sensible thing to do about learning the 
bottom facts regarding the true value of 
orchards within 13 miles of one’s home 
would be to go there and ask the fruit¬ 
growers who live there what they think 
about it. They know far better than 
anyone else, and it would not be expen¬ 
sive or difficult to get at the facts in this 
way. That is what I would do if I 
wanted to buy an orchard so near my 
home. While the region mentioned is 
not noted for apple-growing there may 
be some kinds that will do fairly well, 
but in the mountains of Georgia there 
are some very good sections for grow¬ 
ing apples. Perhaps some other fruits 
would pay better than apples. I would 
grow whatever does the best. There is 
no profit in rowing upstream when it is 
nearer home 'downstream. 
English Gooseberries in This Country. 
C. />. u\, Lansing, Mich. —I am anxious 
to get definite and reliable information re¬ 
garding the growing of English gooseber¬ 
ries in a commercial way in this country. 
The impression prevails quite generally, I 
think, that they are not a success in the 
United States owing to their being much 
more susceptible to mildew, and then I 
understand they are not as vigorous grow¬ 
ers as the American sorts. I understand 
however that they are being grown success¬ 
fully in Canada and Northern New York, 
that the mildew is controlled by thorough 
spraying and that the fruit is much larger 
in size than the Americans, and sells for 
higher prices accordingly. 
Ans.— It is very true that the English 
gooseberries are greatly troubled with 
mildew in nearly all sections of America. 
In the extreme Northwestern States, es¬ 
pecially Oregon and Washington and in 
British Columbia they generally do well 
without any special treatment, and I saw 
some in Alaska last Summer that were 
flourishing and full of fruit, especially 
so in the gardens along the coast. It is 
possible to grow these varieties with 
moderate success where mildew affects 
them by spraying with “liver of sulphur,” 
but this must be done as a preventive, 
and not with the idea of curing the 
leaves after the malady starts. However, 
the Industry and Crown Bob are about 
the only varieties that are worth bother¬ 
ing with east of Washington, and it 
would seem wiser to make the effort to 
grow the Champion, Pearl and some 
others that will succeed without the ex- 
t*a trouble to make a partial success 
with the English varieties. 
Double-Working the Apple Trees. 
R. P. L., Fallsington, Pa .—You know 
there are certain varieties of apple trees 
which are poor growers and short-lived 
trees on their own roots, notably the King, 
Williams, Grimes, etc. it is commonly as¬ 
serted that these kinds should be top- 
worked on a strong stock, as the Spy or 
Northwestern Greening, and also that this 
stock should be on its own roots by being 
propagated from a whole-root graft. Now 
comes the point where I want some specific 
directions from those who know, how to do 
that top-working. I see two methods: First, 
set the tree in the orchard (one or two- 
year, which?) and graft at once. IIow high, 
we want low heads? If any grafts fail, 
place buds in the limbs in the Summer. 
I see this disadvantage, if any of these 
buds fail you do not have a uniform or¬ 
chard and it might take a year to (wo to 
get them all going. Second method, set 
the stocks in the nursery row and bud 
them in the Summer, then set them in the 
orchard the following Spring, or let them 
grow another year in the nursery. Which 
method would give the strongest tree? 
What varieties of apples do best as dwarfs, 
and what kinds do poorly as dwarfs? 
Ans. —Top-working, or more properly, 
double-working young orchard trees is 
a practice that is quite helpful, and in 
some cases or with certain varieties is 
necessary to their successful culture. The 
points raised by R. P. L. are proper 
enough and deserve attention. Nursery 
trees as they are usually grown from 
root-grafts, have roots made in part at 
least from the scion and are, of course, 
the same as that of the variety purchased. 
If it is Northern Spy trees we get then 
the root system is apt to be largely 
Northern Spy. The same is true of Ben 
Davis or any other variety propagated in 
this way, but not so of trees grown by 
budding. In that case the roots are all 
of whatever character the chance seed¬ 
ling stock may be. If good thrifty trees, 
one year old, are set directly in the or¬ 
chard and given good culture, they should 
be in condition to bud about August of 
the same year, but if they do not make a 
strong growth at the start, it would be 
better to defer the budding a year, or 
grafting may be done the following 
Spring. Either way is about equally 
good. The top or head should be started 
about 2V 2 feet from the ground, and this 
should be done the first year of the tree’s 
growth in the orchard. The grafts or 
buds should be set in the several main 
branches near their junction with the 
trunk. To set nursery trees in nursery 
rows at the farm and rework them in 
that position seems an unnecessary 
trouble. 
Almost any variety of apple will do 
well on dwarf stocks, but why plant 
dwarf apple trees? From all that I have 
seen of them within over 50 years of ob¬ 
servation: for we had them at home 
when I was a child, they are only fit for 
planting in small places where there is 
not room for standard trees. 
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TO KILL 
San Jose Scale 
use 
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