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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
BORDEAUX AND APPLE QUALITY. 
M. E. S._, Albion, Mich .—I have been totn 
that spraying spoils the flavor of apples. 
I do not believe it does. We spray with 
the Bordeaux Mixture and arsenate of lean, 
and have had great success. We sold about 
«50 barrels at $3.50 per barrel this year, 
first and second-class apples in the same 
barrel. Persons claiming that spraying 
spoils the flavor say that they think the 
skin of the apple absorbs the spray mixture. 
Spraying with Bordeaux Mixture has 
a tendency to improve rather than .injure 
the flavor of apples, because it preserves 
the foliage, thereby enabling the tree to 
ripen its fruit properly. The unbroken 
skin of an apple is impervious to liquids, 
so that it is practically impossible for 
spray mixtures to be absorbed by apples. 
F. C. STEWART, 
Geneva, N. Y. Station. Botanist. 
I have never heard of such a proposi¬ 
tion as this advanced in regard to apples, 
and so far as I know there is no theoret¬ 
ical or practical evidence that Bordeaux 
could in any way directly affect the flavor 
of the apple. That the skin of the apple 
could absorb the poison is hardly prob¬ 
able, except to a very limited extent in 
the case of the outer surface of very 
young fruits, which may sometimes be 
killed, resulting in what is known as 
russeting or Bordeaux injury. This, 
however, would not materially affect the 
flavor of the fruit. I know of no experi¬ 
ments that have been carried out or dis¬ 
cussions on this matter published any¬ 
where. H. H. WHETZEL. 
Cornell University. 
PROFIT IN MUSHROOMS. 
Tt New York —Would you advise a man with¬ 
out experience to invest his savings after 24 
years’ office work, in mushroom growing? 
Ans. —Fads and fancies seem to be 
captivating and alluring to the unini¬ 
tiated. At one time it will be Belgian 
hares, at another skunk farming, or the 
growing of ginseng, or the vast possi¬ 
bilities in squab raising, and many other 
branches of farming, that might be 
mentioned by would-be promoters, who 
are ever striving to capture the hard- 
earned dollars of the inexperienced 
village, town or city man. Mushroom 
growing, as a business is nearly or quite 
as much a wildcat scheme, as most of 
the other kinds of farming mentioned 
above. Particularly so, with a man who 
has held a clerical position for the last 
24 years. Such a man, not being directly 
interested and probably not having had 
any previous experience along agricul¬ 
tural lines could not expect to succeed 
with so sensitive a crop as the mush¬ 
room. 
The writer, who was born on a farm, 
and who is but a very few years the 
junior of the inquirer, and has spent a 
lifetime in agricultural pursuits, has 
always hesitated on this particular crop. 
Some few years ago, a man started 
mushroom growing in this neighborhood, 
on quite an extensive scale, and after try¬ 
ing hard for two whole Winters, the 
business was abandoned, the man much 
wiser and much poorer after the experi¬ 
ence. I don’t wish to be understood as 
saying mushrooms cannot be grown at a 
profit. We know that a few have suc¬ 
ceeded at the business, but where one 
succeeds many, many fail. The grow¬ 
ing of this crop is so intricate, that a 
man, who has not thoroughly kept pace 
with agricultural development and ad¬ 
vancement would be most sure to fail. 
The quality of the manure used, must 
be just right or the bed fails, the spawn 
may be poor, another failure; the tem¬ 
perature too high or too low, another 
failure; improper watering may cause 
another failure. A few years ago, a 
stranger moved on the adjoining farm 
to the writer, enthused with the possi¬ 
bilities in squab raising. This enthu¬ 
siasm was created by literature, that was 
glowing with the possibilities in that 
business, issued by a squab company. The 
man erected extensive buildings, bought 
1200 pairs of birds at $2.50 per pair from 
said squab company (that was what the 
literature was printed for), worked with 
March 12, 
them nearly three years, had fewer birds 
at the end of that time than he began 
with without selling any from the begin¬ 
ning, was forced to sell farm and equip¬ 
ment for less money than the birds and 
house cost in the beginning, and during 
all that time those birds ate a ton and a 
half of feed per month. This is but one 
example of many, where the uninitiated 
get bitten by reading much of this glow¬ 
ing literature. 1 could not advise in¬ 
quirer, at his age in life, to embark in 
commercial mushroom growing. I am 
one. who does not believe in gathering 
my chips all in one basket, surely not the 
mushroom basket. c. c. hulsart. 
THE LARGEST STRAWBERRY YIELD. 
I have never seen any of these very large 
yields on an entire acre. .1. B. Culp,, of 
Columbiana, O., raised 400 bushels on one 
acre. The late J. M. Smith, of Green Bay, 
Wis., aimed to raise 400 bushels to the acre, 
hut never quite reached it. lie told me, 
however, that a measured quarter of an acre 
yielded lit bushels. Soon after the Wilson 
was introduced, Austin Babcock, of this 
town, raised six bushels on a square rod. 
Ohio. M. CRAWFORD. 
About 8,000 quarts to the acre is the best 
that I have been able to do, and the best 
that has come under my observation. We 
have read of much larger crops, and heard of 
them, but have not seen them. However, we 
believe much larger crops of strawberries 
may be grown, if all the conditions are 
right; viz., good strawberry soil, good plants, 
good clean cultivation, good even stand of 
plants, not too close, and the proper amount 
of moisture, absence of late frosts, etc. All 
these conditions are seldom realized in this 
section and about 3,000 quarts comes nearer 
the average crop. w. p. keeper. 
Pennsylvania. 
In 1008 we had a crop of very nice ber¬ 
ries, variety Dorman with just ordinary 
care, that produced 250 bushels per acre, 
and averaged $3 per bushel. We have 
grown some flne crops of berries, but have 
hot kept account of the amount of bushels, 
rather the amount of money taken in for 
them, except in the above case. But 1 am 
positive that we can go that 150 bushels, 
better on our soil, if properly fertilized. 
Our soil is a dark sandy level soil, very 
mellow and easy to handle; it never crusts 
over and is ideal strawberry soil. c. n. k. 
Ohio. 
I think it would l>e impossible to raise 
50,000 quarts of strawberries on an acre 
in one year. I got 1,200 quarts oil about 
one-eighth of an acre last year, and it was 
a very large yield. Several people who saw 
them, said they never saw such a crop. I 
do not pack mine in crates, but heap the 
baskets up and send them in trays, l’rob- 
ablv that would make about 300 quarts 
more. s. c. frost. 
Massachusetts. 
In 1899 I had to fruit that Summer just 
five acres. My books showed that I market¬ 
ed that season a trifle over 38,000 full-size 
quart baskets of strawberries, all of which 
were gathered from these five acres. Two 
of these acres were old beds that were 
fruited the Summer before and in renewal 
received rather poor attention. I estimated 
that the two acres yielded not over 5,000 
quarts. The other three were all planted 
the Spring of 1898 on new ground that 
was cleared in the Summer of 1897, two 
were given good culture, one of the Haver- 
land and Lovett varieties and the other 
Clyde and Glen Mary, while the third, all 
Parker Earle, was given the best culture 
that I then knew how to give for a maxim¬ 
um yield of fruit. Although I tried very 
hard to get at the exact number of quarts 
from this acre and 10 square rods about 
one acre net, I lost the count soon after 1 
got above 10,000 quarts, and was obliged to 
place an estimate on the balance which I 
called 2,500 quarts. This is the nearest 
that I can give to exact figures. 
Maine. E. w. wooster. 
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