1910. 
THK RURAt NEW-YORKER 
841 
Ruralisms 
ODD APPLE SHAPES. 
The “freak” shown at Fig. 368 was 
sent by a reader in Massachusetts. It 
is a Chenango Strawberry apple. A 
number of the fruit this year have taken 
A PEAR-SHAPED APPLE. Fig. 368. 
this pear shape. We are unable to ob¬ 
tain any satisfactory reason for such be¬ 
havior, although such odd shapes are not 
uncommon. 
Trouble with Raspberries. 
A. M. G., Vermont .—Will you tell me 
what is the matter with my raspberries, 
and what to do for them? The tops of the 
new shoots are dying. In each case there 
is a ring around the stem as if gnawed. 
I find a few small green worms with tiny 
yellow dots on the leaves. Is that the 
mischief maker that girdles the stem? The 
plants seem to be all right below the 
girdling. Will next year’s crop be injured? 
Ans. —It is probable that some insect 
has been doing the mischief. It would 
be well to send specimens in this and 
all such cases to your agricultural ex¬ 
periment station and have the matter 
investigated by the officials there. They 
are familiar with the troubles that beset 
the fruit growers and can nearly al¬ 
ways tell them the causes and also the 
remedies, if there are any. Just what 
is the trouble or troubles in this case I 
do not know. The shortening of the 
growth of the raspberry canes, if it is 
very low on them, will be a serious loss 
to the fruit-bearing ability of the bushes. 
If the tips only are affected it will not 
amount to much. The cause and pre¬ 
vention of the trouble should be studied 
out in any event. 
H. E. VAN DEM AN. 
Cultivation of Kale. 
R. If. it.. Elm Park, R. I .—Give direc¬ 
tions for planting kale, time to plant, care, 
and the best kind to plant, to lie used as 
an early green for poultry the following 
Spring. 
Ans. —Kale or borecole, a rather in¬ 
definite name of sprouts, is not exten¬ 
sively grown except for our large city 
markets. It is hardy enough to endure 
the Winters south of New York City 
without protection. For commercial use 
the seed is usually sown in September 
in rows from a foot to 14 inches apart, 
and treated in every way like spinach, 
and is ready for use in early Spring. 
Two varieties of this, but little grown 
here, are the Scotch kale, and the 
Dwarf German greens. Seeds of these 
are sown 'in May and transplanted in 
July, just as we do late cabbage, at a 
distance of two feet apart. During the 
. early Winter the leaves, which grow to 
considerable size, can be taken from 
under the snow and used as greens. 
Some of these Scotch and German vari¬ 
eties grow very large, frequently two 
feet in height, and furnish an abundance 
of green leaves, and when exposed to 
the frost are the most delicious and deli¬ 
cate of the cabbage tribe. It has always 
been a matter of wonder to me why 
their cultivation has not been more gen¬ 
eral in this country. While I do not 
keep poultry I believe it would be a 
very inexpensive way of supplying them 
with any quantity of green food during 
the Winter months by growing these 
varieties of kale. t. m. white. 
Split Pear Trees. 
E. J. IF., Barrington, R. I .—I have some 
pear trees, Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett, 
and Seckel. All but the Seckel have large 
clefts as big as one's wrist running length¬ 
wise of the truiiK, which a neighbor calls 
“split bark.” Can you advise me cause and 
cure for this? Trunk inside is more or less 
rotten. Would you cut out bad wood and 
paint with tar, or fill holes witli cement? 
Early in season the Clapp’s Favorite be¬ 
came covered all over the leaves with black 
spots, which later attacked the fruit, caus¬ 
ing most of it to become stunted and fall 
off; this disease next attacked the Seckels. 
Can you tell me what this is and the cure, 
if any ? 
Ans. —The cracking of the trunks of 
trees as described is from the effects of 
sudden and violent changes of tempera¬ 
ture in Winter time. Sometimes the 
trees are split clear through from side 
to side, and yet recover. It is from 
the contracting of the fibres of the bark 
and wood during very severe and con¬ 
tinued cold, combined with the uneven¬ 
ness of the temperature. This is the 
opinion of those who have made the 
matter a close study and I feel sure 
it is correct. We hear trees in the for¬ 
est crack with loud reports sometimes 
during very cold weather, often only 
the bark cracks loose from the wood. 
There is nothing that can be done to 
remedy or prevent the trouble so far as 
I know, only to try to have well-rip¬ 
ened wood in the Fall and the trees in 
healthy condition. Filling holes or cracks 
where decay has set in may have some 
effect in checking it. At least it will 
look better. Tar would be of no bene¬ 
fit nor would paint except on freshly 
cut surfaces, and then Nature must do 
the healing. As to the diseased leaves 
and fruit, that can be prevented in a 
large measure or entirely by prompt and 
wise treatment. The cause is fungus 
diseases of various kinds and there 
are spray remedies that are effective. 
The best is a new one that has recently 
been worked out by the officials of the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, D. C., called “iron-sul¬ 
phide,” which is a mixture of lime, sul¬ 
phur and “copperas,” the latter being 
sulphate of iron, instead of the old rem¬ 
edy, sulphate of copper, which makes 
Bordeaux Mixture. This old standby 
has been now tully superseded and 
should be abandoned for the new rem¬ 
edy. By addressing M. B. Waite of the 
government service a special bulletin 
containing the details of the preparation 
and application of this valuable spray 
mixture can be had for the asking. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
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