1910. 
TH irC RURAIv NEW-YORKER 
543 
J. regia, would seem to be an indication 
of their congeniality. 
In my own experiments in walnut 
grafting, which have been made with 
many doubts and misgivings, success 
has been far beyond my expectations. 
It has been my endeavor to produce 
grafted trees of several varieties of the 
best cultivated walnuts known. Getting 
the wood for grafting has been one of 
the most difficult parts of the effort, but 
this was partly overcome last year, and 
now I am growing our own wood. I 
got scions of the San Jose, which is 
the best variety of the Mayette strain, 
and almost, if not entirely, the best of 
all walnuts, and they nearly all grew. 
The greater part >were set on Rupestris 
roots, and some were on Nigra and 
Californica, but all made splendid trees. 
They arc sound to the topmost buds, 
and we have had the coldest Winter in 
many years. The grafting was done 
at the collar by the splice or tongue 
method, mostly, and some by the ordi¬ 
nary cleft method, and with equal suc¬ 
cess. The grafts were tied with thread, 
but not waxed. The earth was banked 
to the top of every scion. Over 80 per 
cent of the scions lived that were set. 
This year we began to graft February 
16, and will continue up to the time 
the new growth is several inches long 
on the stocks. The scions must be kept 
perfectly dormant. Last year our graft¬ 
ing was done about when the buds be¬ 
gan to swell on the stocks. I intend to 
try “chip” budding on some of the stocks 
about that time. This is the best meth¬ 
od for Spring buddin'g. Dormant buds 
on wood that is two or more years old 
is as good as or better than those on 
one-year-old wood. This will apply to 
any trees that are difficult to propagate 
by grafting or budding. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Spray to Kill Wild Mustard. 
Spread the wood ashes on the furrows 
and rake or harrow in. Make the hen 
manure as fine as you can by smashing 
with a heavy spade and sifting. Use 
this fine manure along the drills or 
around the hills of vegetables. 
SPRAYING FOR APPLE SCAB. 
The scientific men are unusually busy 
this year with spraying instructions. It 
is clear that lime-sulphur will be largely 
used in place of Bordeaux. Prof. II. II. 
Whetzel, of Cornell, after urging early 
spraying and thoroughness, says: 
“The spray used has in the past, almost 
universally been Bordeaux Mixture for the 
fungi, combined with an arsenical for the 
Codling moth and otlur insects. A 3-4-50 
formula with two pounds arsenate of lead 
to each 50 gallons of the Bordeaux is ef¬ 
ficient. Concentrated lime-sulphur solution 
(properly diluted) with arsenate of lead 
added has been used very successfully dur¬ 
ing the past season by a number of in¬ 
vestigators, and the spray injury or rus- 
seting of fruit which frequently follows 
the application of Bordeaux was in all 
cases entirely avoided. A concentrate test¬ 
ing about 32° Baume should be diluted 
about 1-30 or 1-35, according to our pres¬ 
ent knowledge, and two pounds of lead 
arsenate should be added to each 50 gal¬ 
lons. Do not use lime-sulphur stronger 
than indicated above on the foliage. Do 
not use arsenite of lime, Paris green or any 
other poison except arsenate of lead with 
lime-sulphur solution on foliage, since there 
is much danger of burning with the former, 
while the arsenate of lead has been safely 
used in this way during the past three 
seasons.” 
Prof. J. P. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, 
also urges the use of lime-sulphur: 
“Using a combined insecticide and fungi¬ 
cide, either lead arsenate and Bordeaux, 
2-4-4-50; or lime-sulphur, 1.01, with two 
pints of arsenite of lime per 50 gallons. 
Instead of the arsenite of lime, two pounds 
each of lead arsenate and lime may be used 
in the diluted lime-sulphur, making the 
addition as late as practicable. The lime- 
sulphur preparation is preferable on varie¬ 
ties subject to russeting and other spray 
injury by Bordeaux. If any of the enemies 
indicated are unlikely to be present, the 
corresponding sprays or parts of sprays 
may, of course, be omitted.” 
T. M. C.j Geneva , .V. Y .—Please give me 
directions for spraying my oats for wild 
mustard. Has sulphate of iron been found 
better than sulphate of copper? 
Ans. —Sulphate of iron is best for 
killing wild mustard. The directions 
are to use 75 to 100 pounds of sulphate 
to 5,2 gallons of water. If the mustard 
is young and tender, 75 pounds will an¬ 
swer. If older more will be needed. A 
bright day just after rain is best for the 
work. Spray thoroughly with a fine 
mist, planning to cover all the plants. 
Blackberry Rust. 
A. L. V., Nutley, A 7 . J .—What is black- 1 
berry rust? Is it a disease of the fruit or 
bush? 
Ans. —Orange rust or red rust is a 
fungus affecting blackberries and rasp¬ 
berries. When a plant is once affected 
it is incurable, and the only practical 
remedy is to dig out and burn affected 
plants as soon as discovered. The fun¬ 
gus enters the canes of the host plant, 
its mycelium spreading throughout the 
branches, the infection showing -in 
orange spores on the under side of the 
leaves. Before the spores appear the 
influence of the fungus is shown in 
smaller pale green leaves, which differ 
in a marked degree from healthy foli¬ 
age. While spraying the plant with 
fungicides might prevent the entrance 
of the spores into the foliage, digging 
up and destroying the plants is as yet 
the only sure remedy. 
Garden Fertility. 
IF. C. II., New Hampshire .—I purpose 
cultivating a large garden this year. Ground 
is dry aud warm, rather sandy (early). I 
have 12 barrels hen manure mixed with 
sawdust; also 10 barrels wood ashes, two 
or three horse loads of rotted compost, 
composed of night soil, and horse manure 
with rotted hay and maple leaves. I wish 
to raise potatoes, peas, squashes, cabbages 
aud all the root vegetables, sweet corn, 
lettuce, cucumbers and almost everything 
that belongs to a good garden. 
Ans. —We suggest the following use 
of this plant food. Broadcast the 
manure and compost and plow it under. 
“Did you peel your apple before eat¬ 
ing it, Dolly?” “Yes, mother.” “But 
where have you put the peel, dear?” 
“Oh, I ate it first.”—London Opinion. 
Willie: “Whadja quit yer job fer?” 
Weary: “Well, I figgered it like this: 
If I didn’t make good, they’d fire me. 
If I did make good, they’d expeck me 
ter keep on makin’ good. That’s too 
much work, so I quit.”—Cleveland 
Leader. 
Mr. Binks (in art museum): “I 
didn’t know you were such «an admirer 
of curios, Mrs. Blunderby.” Mrs.* 
Blunderby: “Oh, . yes, indeed; I just 
delight in iniquities.”—Boston Trans¬ 
cript. 
“ For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Ad-v. 
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