1910. 
THK RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
727 
Ruralisms 
LIME SULPHUR FOR PEACH CURL. 
J. M., Plainfield, N. J .—I notice on page 
665 some experiments by S. W. Wadhams 
w'th lime and sulphur. What does he 
mean by 1-8 mixture, or could I get the 
same preparation, as I have GOO peach trees 
and would rather use lime and sulphur than 
anything else? Was this mixture put on 
after they leaved out, or can lime-sulphur 
be sprayed on peaches during Summer 
months? 
Ans. —In order to be sure we reprint 
the note by Mr. Wadhams: 
I have used and am using the lime-sul¬ 
phur in place of Bordeaux both on peaches 
and apples. Last year I used it on peaches 
to control the leaf curl, but was not suc¬ 
cessful. I followed the directions of the 
manufacturers of the commercial brands, 
i. e., 1-12, but have since learned that by 
using it 1-8 it controls the peach leaf-curl 
thoroughly, and it did so this year. I have 
sprayed the apples once this Spring 1-10, 
and shall spray again after the blossoms 
fall with 1-85, adding two pounds arsenate 
of lead. This formula has given fine results 
in this vicinity. 
The figures 1-8 and 1-10 mean that 
eight or 10 parts of water were used to 
one part of a commercial lime-sulphur. 
By this is meant a mixture sold by 
manufacturers.- A homemade lime-sul¬ 
phur mixture is made by boiling one 
pound of good lime to two pounds of 
sulphur to one gallon of water until there 
is a thorough solution. This is diluted 
by adding water. The Winter spray can 
be used at a strength of one to eight, 
but the Summer spray is safer at 1 - 25 . 
DISAPPOINTING MOSS ROSES. 
G. L. V., Port Clinton, O .—What is the 
matter with my moss roses? Varieties are 
Crimson Globe, Countess de Murinnis and 
Princess Adelaide. The Crimson Globe docs 
very well, but the other two blight and 
drop their buds. Is it the varieties or can 
this be prevented? They have disappointed 
me for the last two years. What varieties 
would you recommend to replace them if 
there is no remedy? 
Ans. —All the moss roses are sub¬ 
ject to mildew, and this blighting of the 
buds is a common trouble. They require 
rich soil, high culture and severe prun¬ 
ing; Princess Adelaide, however, is an 
exception to the latter treatment, and 
must be pruned but lightly. Crimson 
Globe is very good. Our favorite for a 
deep pink moss, however, is the old 
Crested Moss, which is very free from 
mildew. Common Moss, which, like 
Princess Adelaide, is pale rose in color, 
is, in our experience, more satisfactory, 
while White Bath, although introduced 
nearly a century ago, is still considered 
the most beautiful white moss rose. 
Gracilis, with deep pink flowers, is very 
heavily mossed, and is rightly consid¬ 
ered the most beautiful of all moss 
roses. This class, like all other roses, 
varies in different localities, and one 
must test the plants before making final 
choice. 
A TALK ON CLIMBING ROSES. 
Mrs. C. II. G., Connecticut .—Several 
years ago, through The It. N.-Y., small rose 
bushes were sent out to subscribers, one 
coming to my husband, with request that 
results were to be reported. The rose was 
Ruby Queen. We tried four years to make 
it grow, and finally rather gave it up, as 
it had never bloomed and was not a foot 
high. Then I transplanted it; the next 
year a very few but beautiful blossoms ap¬ 
peared of a shell pink, rather waxy petals 
with the odor of a Tea rose, or like the old 
eglantine. Since then it has done well with 
several dozen blossoms each year. It has 
proved a delight to me, and I have won¬ 
dered if anyone else had ever sent in a 
report as to its growth and color. It cer¬ 
tainly does not belong to its name. 
Ans. —We wonder whether, through 
some mischance, this good friend re¬ 
ceived some other rose in place of Ruby 
Queen? For Ruby Queen is not shell 
pink—it is a bright cerise pink, lighter 
at the base of the petals, and while of 
good substance, we would not call it 
waxy in texture. If is delightfully 
fragrant, the eglantine or sweet briar 
fragrance being noticeable with leaves 
as well as flowers. With us it has been 
a free bloomer from the first, and so 
rampant in growth that it is hard to 
keep it in bounds. Our first plant, set 
the year The R. N.-Y. sent it out, covers 
a space about 8 x 10 feet, and then clam¬ 
bers over an arch ; it has made so much 
strong wood that we hacked out a lot 
of it last Spring, as the trellis could not 
support it. A second and weaker plant 
was set in an unfavorable situation, and 
transplanted rather carelessly last year 
to cover an old stump; it is a mass of 
bloom this year, and bids fair to emu¬ 
late its companion in growth. 
We are testing a number of climbing 
roses, and are fortunate in having a suc¬ 
cession which now gives us about five 
weeks of bloom, which we hope to ex¬ 
tend still further. We find a slight 
variation in blooming period, according 
to season. The prolonged cold wet 
weather has been very beneficial to roses 
this year, and the absence of rose bugs 
has insured their fullest beauty. The 
earliest climber to bloom with us is Dr. 
W. Van Fleet, a new rose introduced to 
commerce this year, and named in honor 
of the originator, who is is also thp 
author of Ruby Queen. The Dr. W. Van 
Fleet rose, while yet unnamed, was 
given us for trial six or seven years ago. 
We were strongly impressed by it from 
the first, and have no hesitation in call¬ 
ing it the finest hardy American climb¬ 
ing rose we know. The flowers are a 
delicate shell pink, the bud long, pointed 
and beautifully finished, borne upon a 
long stem which makes it very desirable 
for cutting. Its general appearance is 
that of a greenhouse Tea rose, very dif¬ 
ferent from the Rambler type. It is a 
profuse bloomer, and a very strong 
grower, with handsome shining foliage. 
Our plant is now larger than the Ruby 
Queen, and has never had any Winter 
protection; it makes a great show, form¬ 
ing part of a rose hedge, and clambering 
over a rustic arch. 
Shortly after the Dr. W. Van Fleet 
Ruby Queen begins to open its flowers, 
and they are both in full glory together. 
They are followed by Philadelphia, an 
improved Crimson Rambler, more double 
and brighter in color than the original, 
but about 10 days later in blooming. 
Where there is room, it is well to have 
both, thus prolonging the season of 
bloom, but of the two we prefer Phila¬ 
delphia. 
Next comes the pink Rambler, Dorothy 
Perkins. Here is another rose to which 
we must give unqualified praise. The 
flowers are the rather small, crinkly- 
pctalled Rambler type, produced in great 
clusters, color a clear bright rose pink. 
They are borne in such masses as to 
smother the plant, making a sheet of 
beautiful soft pink. The plant is of ex¬ 
tremely robust growth, clambering more 
than Ruby Queen; a growth of 10 feet 
in the season is frequent. We have it 
arching a gateway and climbing along a 
fence, for which its habit is very suit¬ 
able. This is an extremely hardy rose, 
and very suitable for a porch, as its long 
shoots can be trained like any vine. 
Ruby Queen makes more bushy side 
shoots which are difficult to keep in 
bounds; hence is preferable on a trellis 
or to form a hedge or screen, rather 
than on a porch. 
ihere is a white sport of Dorothy Per¬ 
kins called White Dorothy, which we 
have planted this year; it looks identi¬ 
cal in growth with the pink, and we ex¬ 
pect equal satisfaction. We have also 
planted Tausendschon, or “Thousand 
Beauties,’’ a new climbing German rose; 
the flowers are soft pink shading to car¬ 
mine, which changes to various shades 
from cerise to white. The flowers ap¬ 
pear to be very lasting, and the habit of 
growth is very promising. 
We hope in the future to meet with a 
deep yellow climbing rose as hardy as 
Dorothy Perkins, and as perfect in fin¬ 
ish as Dr. W. Van Fleet, but at present 
this is a rosarian’s dream. The so-called 
“Yellow Rambler,” Aglaia, is double, 
hardy and fragrant, blooming in large 
trusses of small flowers, which are light 
yellow in bud, fading to strawy white, 
and lasting a long time when open. It is 
very pretty, but not really yellow enough. 
William Allen Richardson, with large 
coppery yellow flowers, is a tender 
Noisette, doing well on the Pacific coast 
and in many parts of Europe, but it re¬ 
fuses to endure our latitude. But there 
are many hardy pink, white and crim¬ 
son climbing roses besides those named 
above, and after another year’s experi¬ 
ence we should like to say more about 
them. We could hardly name any other 
class of plants better suited for the 
adornment of the farm home than the 
hardy climbing roses. 
Auger for Blasting Holes. —I notice 
Iiie It. N.-Y. suggested that where a crow¬ 
bar cannot be used for making holes in 
stumps lor blasting purposes, a pick and 
shovel could be used, and I want to sug¬ 
gest that what we have used a great luanv 
times is an inch and a half or inch and 
three-quarters ordinary auger with a shank 
lengthened out to live or six feet. This 
in blasting stumps. j. henry rings. 
Maine. 
Crown Gall on Trees.— Another case is 
reported from Maine. 'the Costi h com¬ 
pany, of Rochester, sold trees through a 
man named Maloney. He seems to have 
been about as good a talker as H. M. 
Whiting. He got 50 cents each for “su¬ 
perior” trees and promised verbally all 
sorts of things—which could not be carried 
out. During the Winter we were asked 
what recourse these buyers had. The 
printed contract certainly had them unless 
they could prove misrepresentation. We 
advised these farmers to have the trees ex¬ 
amined before accepting them. We now 
learn from “Turf, Farm and Home” that 
Prof. E. P. Hitching, State Entomologist of 
Maine, got on this job when the trees came, 
and found them badly affected with crown 
gall. The people stuck together and would 
not accept the trees, or even new ones, and 
finally the whole outfit was sent back to 
Rochester. As for the aarent, Maloney, his 
license has been taken away from him. 
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