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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ripril 23 ; 
ARSENIC IN LIME-SULPHUR. 
We are confident that some combina¬ 
tion of lime and sulphur will take the 
place of Bordeaux Mixture as a fungi¬ 
cide. There can be no doubt of the 
value of sulphur in treating plant dis¬ 
eases, but growers must use great care 
in using arsenic with it. With some 
form of arsenic in Bordeaux we have 
a combination for treating diseases and 
leaf-eating insects, and some growers 
have concluded that the same things 
could be used with lime-sulphur. This 
is a mistake, for chemical combinations 
are likely to occur which will change 
the form of the arsenic so that it will 
scald or burn the foliage. This will 
happen when Paris green or arsenite of 
lime are used with lime-sulphur. Seri¬ 
ous damage has been done to the foliage 
when these forms of arsenic were used. 
On the other hand, arsenate of lead in 
the lime-sulphur is safe to use, and is, 
in fact, the only form of arsenic which 
should be used. Prof. Whetzel, of Cor¬ 
nell, has issued a warning to fruit 
growers. They are likely to have trouble 
if they use any arsenic except arsenate 
of lead in lime-sulphur. 
CHERRY GRAFTING IN CALIFORNIA. 
I am surprised to read Mr. Van De¬ 
man’s answer to C. A. M., who asks 
about grafting cherries. My experience 
is that, excepting the peach and young 
nursery seedlings, the proper and best 
way to change tops of stone fruits is by 
grafting. I have grafted cherries, vari¬ 
ous kinds of plums, prunes and apricots 
with good results over a period of 35 
years, and have found that they take 
as readily as apples. My method has 
been usually the old “split-the-stump” 
way, except that I have thought it best 
not to split the stump in halves, but 
rather to one side of the pith, and in 
case of large trees making a sharper 
angle, not splitting the wood too much, 
and putting in more than two and some¬ 
times four or five scions, as shown at 
above cut. In this climate grafting may 
be done any time before the tree is out 
in leaf if the scions are kept in good 
condition. In top-grafting a lot of apri¬ 
cot trees to peaches, I cut the trees 
back severely, and then budded the 
young growth in July. 
California. Horace g. keesling. 
IS THE STRAWBERRY A PERMANENT 
CROP? 
F. .V., Medina, N. Y. —I read the article 
last Fall in regard to a man in New 
Jersey selling a farm and then coming on 
the next year and claiming the straw¬ 
berries, and the judge deciding in his favor 
on the grounds that strawberries were not 
a deep rooting plant and short-lived, hence 
they are personal property. This seems to 
me to be an unjust decision, and very poor 
law. On these grounds a man could claim 
a field of clover newly seeded. Any farmer 
in this section knows that clover will 
scarcely last two years with the best of 
care, while with good care strawberries 
may be kept several years. Again, on the 
same ground, why could he not go on 
and cut the wheat or rye or go on in the 
Spring and dig his parsnips or salsify? He 
might sell out in the Spring and come on 
in the Fall and harvest the grain, pick the 
apples and other fruits. Why are not 
strawberries just as much of a realty as 
turnips, beets, celery, etc., that might all 
have been growing when the farm was 
sold? 1 do not believe the decision con¬ 
stitutional. 
A xs.—The case here noted was 
brought in a local court in Bergen Coun¬ 
ty, X. J. We give the details as a 
matter of interest. The plaintiff had 
been a tenant under a lease which stated 
that it could be terminated “at any time 
on six months’ notice.” The farm on 
which this tenant lived was sold before 
the expiration of the lease, but the new 
owner continued it until 1908, when he 
gave the tenant the required six months’ 
notice, and at the expiration of that time 
the tenant vacated the premises. During 
1907 this tenant planted strawberries on 
this land. The evidence showed that 
there was no crop until 1908—after the 
tenant had left. The tenant claimed 
this crop under the law of emblements 
on the plea that a strawberry crop is 
personal property—not being perman¬ 
ently attached to the ground. The 
owner refused to let the tenant pick the 
berries. Thereupon he sued and the 
jury gave him a verdict for $200. The 
law of the emblements is thus stated: 
“What is carried from the field.” Grow¬ 
ing crops of cereal grains and vegetables 
produced annually, not spontaneously, but 
by labor and industry. By the common 
law a tenant for life or other tenant whose 
estate depends on an uncertain event, is 
entitled to the emblements, although his 
lease may terminate before harvest time. 
If a tenant for life die, his personal rep¬ 
resentatives may after his death claim 
the products of the labor. But if a term 
be brought to a close by the voluntary act 
of the tenant he is not entitled to the em¬ 
blements. 
The decision we are now to discuss 
was made by Judge Doremus on a mo¬ 
tion to set this verdict aside. The two 
chief points brought up, by the defend¬ 
ant’s lawyer were: 
1. Berries and plants do not consti¬ 
tute emblements, since the law of em¬ 
blements applies only to annual growing 
crops which do not grow from year to 
year. 
2. That the plants were not personal 
property, since they were annexed to 
the freehold and thus a part of real 
estate. 
Judge Doremus decided against these 
propositions and stated that the straw¬ 
berries in question were emblements, 
since the crop of 1908, which was the 
one sued for, was the first one the plants 
had borne. He decided that the crop 
was purely personal property, and was 
not annexed to the freehold, as would 
be trees, or a permanent crop. In a 
case cited by the owner of the property, 
blackberries were decided not to be 
personal property, since they are per¬ 
manently attached to the land. Judge 
Doremus held that this did not apply 
to strawberries, since everyone knew 
that bush fruits are planted as a per¬ 
manent crop. He also stated that one 
of the tests of emblements is as to 
whether the tenancy is uncertain. If 
it is the crops like the one in this straw¬ 
berry case become emblements. 
Many of our readers will say at once 
that this decision is unfair, because with 
them the strawberry is a crop as per¬ 
manent as any bush fruit or even as 
peaches. We have one strawberry patch 
that has fruited seven years, and could 
be kept going several years more. We 
■would not think of setting an acre of 
plants in hills for less than five years’ 
fruiting. The tendency is more and 
more toward setting permanent beds 
which are as “permanently annexed to 
the freehold” as the average raspberry 
or blackberry patch. We must remem¬ 
ber, however, that the decision covered 
this particular case. Our understanding 
is that the strawberries were planted for 
one crop only, or two at most. As is 
well known, some growers never ex¬ 
pect to pick but one season. They plant 
each year and plow the beds after fruit¬ 
ing. Under such conditions, the straw¬ 
berries certainly are "emblements,” but, 
as we have shown, it cannot be laid 
down as a general proposition that 
strawberries are not a fixed and per¬ 
manent crop. 
“The acoustics of your hall are very 
bad, sir.” complained a lecturer to the 
proprietor of an assembly room. “Oh, 
no; you’re mistaken, sir!” was the re¬ 
ply. “The3'’re all right It’s the soap 
factory opposite you smell!” — Credit 
Lost. 
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