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April 2, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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THE WHITING NURSERY COMPANY. 
Its Trouble with Farmers. 
Several references have been made in 
The R. N.-Y. to the Whiting Nursery 
Company and its manner of doing busi¬ 
ness. This company, through its agents, 
sold a large amount of nursery stock in 
Orleans Co., N. Y., last Fall. On pre¬ 
paring to deliver the trees the company 
finds that a large number of farmers 
refuse to accept the stock. These farm¬ 
ers have combined to cancel their or¬ 
ders and refuse the goods if an attempt 
is made to force delivery of the trees. 
This action is based on the claim that 
the agents of this Whiting Company 
misrepresented their trees. 
Our position has been that the com¬ 
pany charged too much for the trees 
and made extravagant or misleading 
claims for them. We have now se¬ 
lected three average orders taken by 
the Whiting Company and submitted 
them to six well-known nurseries, ask¬ 
ing for prices on the same kind of 
stock. For Stark and McIntosh apples 
the Whiting people charge 35 cents each, 
and for Winter Banana about 80 cents. 
We can buy Stark and McIntosh at 
from 20 to 28 cents—the average being 
about 25. Winter Banana is offered by 
several nurserymen at 25 cents—in the 
same number for which Whiting charges 
80 cents. 
The Whiting people are offering par¬ 
ticularly the following plums: Berger, 
Shiro, America, Nellie Blanche, Sultan 
and Waugh. Great claims are made for 
these varieties, and prices are 90 cents 
and $1 per tree. We find that reliable 
nurserymen will duplicate the Whiting 
orders for all except Waugh at 25 cents 
per tree. As to the value of these 
plums, for which the Whiting people 
have made great claims, Prof. U. P. 
Hedrick, of the Geneva Station, writes 
us: 
Your favor in regard to the Berger, 
Nellie Blanche, Shiro, Sultan, America and 
Waugh plums is at hand. The first and 
fourth of these plums are of Japanese 
variety; the second, one of our native 
sorts, and the other three are hybrids be- 
tween Japanese and American varieties. 
Shiro, Sultan and America are productions 
from Luther Burbank. These varieties 
range from 10 to 15 or more years of age, 
and all have been carefully tried at va¬ 
rious experiment stations. Three of them 
are now growing on our grounds. Neither 
iho growers who have tried these varieties 
nor the experiment stations who have pub¬ 
lished upon them recommend them for 
commercial plantations, all agreeing that 
they may have value in home orchards to 
add variety. Few, I am sure, would think 
them equal to such better known sorts as 
Abundance and Burbank among the Japan¬ 
ese plums, and the De Soto or Hawkeye 
among the Americans, and, as all know, 
Mr. Burbank’s hybrid plums have proved 
interesting, but hardly desirable in New 
York for either commercial or home use. 
These varieties have been grown a suffi¬ 
cient length of time to test them thor¬ 
oughly, and I believe are now pretty well 
discarded by plum growers in this State. 
I have great doubts as to whether the 
trees are now grown by any of our nur¬ 
serymen other than in small quantities, if 
at all. None of the sorts named should 
sell at a fancy price. 
We understand that the Whiting 
agents, in selling these plum trees, quote 
from an article in The R. N.-Y., writ¬ 
ten some years ago, by Dr. Van Fleet. 
This description was very fair, but no 
agent has any right to use it without 
also '.stating that these varieties are not 
the European or Domestica plums—the 
only kind profitably grown in New 
York. 
In attempting to show that he grows 
some of the stock he sells Mr. Whiting 
made a serious mistake. Two personal 
letters were given him by Mr. Atwood, 
of the State Agricultural Department. 
They were simply intended as letters 
of introduction, yet Mr. Whiting took 
a copy of the letter, addressed it to a 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
fictitious name and had it printed for 
general distribution. Commissioner 
Pearson very properly ordered Mr. 
Whiting to stop any such use of the 
letter, for, as it was being circulated, it 
gave the impression that the Department 
specially endorsed this particular firm 
and its methods. Several parties have 
written us stating that the Whiting peo¬ 
ple grow and order good trees, but not 
one of them will state that such trees 
are so much superior to other nursery 
stock that the big prices demanded for 
them are justified. 
The Spinach Worm. 
W. It. II., ilillbury, Mass .—Is there any 
way to prevent the maggots from getting 
into spinach, or even to hold them off for 
a week or two? 
Ans. —I have never found any effec¬ 
tual remedy to eradicate the spinach 
worm. Like the onion, radish and cab¬ 
bage maggot, there appears to. be no 
practical way of getting at them. Any 
solution strong enough to have any ef¬ 
fect on the pest would destroy the crop. 
The only way I have found is to use 
preventives rather than cures, by not 
planting in the same soil or near it for 
two or three years. Several years ago 
we could grow fine spinach and a heavy 
crop in our spinach houses, where it 
seems to be impossible to grow it now. 
T. M. WHITE. 
Nitrate for Cabbage Maggot. 
G. R., MayriUe, N. Y. —On page 268 there 
is given a cure for cabbage maggot. Can 
you make it more definite, the exact amount 
of nitrate of soda to a given amount 
of water that would work the cure and 
not injure the plant? Also, would the same 
be all right to apply to radishes for same 
trouble? 
E. W. G., Lexinyton, Mass .—Will F. II., 
Johnstown, I’a., kindly state liow much 
nitrate of soda he uses to a gallon of 
water? He just says a strong solution; 
that is not very definite for a new be¬ 
ginner. Will he also state how much kero¬ 
sene to a gallon of water and how to mix 
it? 
Ans. —I did not measure the nitrate 
of soda or the kerosene emulsion. This 
had been my first experience in raising 
cabbage, and as I did not expect to 
have a plant survive on account of the 
maggot I did not give them any extra 
care or attention. I will give you the 
amount used as near as possible, being 
careful not to make solution too strong. 
If it should be too weak'a second water¬ 
ing I believe could be done without in¬ 
jury. I used about half a pint of nitrate 
of soda to three gallons of water, being 
careful that the nitrate was all dissolved 
before using, as the bottom of solution 
would be too strong if not properly dis¬ 
solved. I used about half a pint of the 
water for each plant, pouring the same 
around the stem. For the kerosene emul¬ 
sion I used about a pound of common 
laundry soap boiled in a pot containing 
one gallon of water. After soap is thor¬ 
oughly dissolved, remove kettle from 
fire and while boiling hot add one quart 
kerosene oil. Stir rapidly and keep up 
stirring until soap and oil will not sepa¬ 
rate. After solution becomes cold it 
will be stiff or jelly-like. This emulsion 
can be kept for weeks. Use about one 
pint of emulsion to four gallons of water, 
mix thoroughly before using. Use the 
same way as nitrate of soda and water. 
Johnstown, Pa. F. H. 
IF YOU 
want Strawberry Plants, Aspar¬ 
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Plums, Cherries or Pear Trees, 
let us quote you prices on our high 
grade stock. We have over 2,000 
acres in nursery stock—millions of 
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ties. Stock budded from bearing 
trees in our own orchards. 
Harrison’s trees and plants have a 
reputation of 23 years of quality and 
fair dealing behind them. Send for 
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HARRISON’S NURSERIES 
Box 421. Berlin, Md. 
Let Spear 
—of Pittsburg 
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CHERRIES. GRAPES, 
VINES, SHRUBS, ETC. 
We offer New York Slaie Grown 
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Dead Directly with the Nursery 
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Rochester, N. V. 
FRUIT TREES GRAPEVINES ROSES 
Best stock, best prices. Send fur catalogue. 
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Have You 
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645 Hudson Terminal lildg., New York City 
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Peaches. 
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Asparagyis. 
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All other kinds of Nursery Stock. 
JOS. II. BLACK, SON & CO., -:- Hightstown, N. J. 
EVERGREENS A 
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T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY, 
Grapevine Specialists, 
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Established 42 Tear 
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12 FRUIT TREES 
Value $1.90 for 98c 
1 Roosevelt, 2 Lombard, 1 Brad¬ 
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Bartlett Standard Pears, Duchess 
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V. B. COLE, Nurseryman, Painesville, O. 
AT BARGAIN PRICES 
8 Apples for $1.00. 6 Pears for $1.00. 
6 Plums for $1.00. 8 Cherries for $1 00. 
12 Peaches for $1 00. Trees guaranteed. 
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lowest prices. 
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Roses, Shrubs, and all kinds 
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1500 
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General Assortment. 
Readers are familiar with the 
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FRUIT TREES. 
