1910 . 
THE RURAIv NEW-YORKER 
859 
REPORT OF LIME SULPHUR SPRAYING. 
This Spring I used a commercial 
lime sulphur solution. I diluted this 
with 75 gallons of water to one gallon 
of lime sulphur solution. I sprayed 
apples, pears, plums and peaches, the re¬ 
sult of these trees was very satisfactory. 
I have never seen the foliage look better, 
especially on the apples, than this year. 
There was a very slight burning of 
young tender foliage on the peach. I 
did not try this solution any stronger 
than 75 to one, because it did not seem 
necessary. I also tried this same solu¬ 
tion on grapes which were burned im¬ 
mediately, especially on the young 
foliage considerable harm was done. I 
sprayed the currant for blister-mite and 
these leaves were burned. I tried it on 
potatoes and it burned them slightly, 
also upon bush beans with the same re¬ 
sults. Upon cabbage, cauliflower and 
tomatoes the solution did not burn the 
foliage. I have had a great deal of 
trouble this year with aphis on potatoes. 
I have never seen them so bad. The 
amply rewarded. Probably the most 
popular variety of the Shaffer type at 
present is the Columbian—a good variety 
of its class; but it is dull in color and 
does not sell well on the market except 
to those who know of the really excel¬ 
lent quality of this class of red rasp¬ 
berries. F. H. BALLOU. 
ALFALFA IN DRILLS. 
After several failures to grow Alfalfa 
in the ideal way, broadcast, I planted one- 
half acre on August 25* 1908, in rows, 
about 14 inches apart, and used only two 
pounds of seed. Last Summer I kept it 
fairly well cultivated, but did not know 
enough about it to cut but one crop, which 
grew about three feet high. This season I 
have cut two crops, June 15 and July 1G, 
and the third crop is now, August 10, a 
foot high, notwithstanding the terrible 
drought, and was the only really green thing 
on my place a few days ago before the rain 
came. The first crop was three to four 
feet high, and completely covered the 
ground, the second also covered the ground, 
but was only 2% to three feet. The roots 
seem to be below the drought line and I 
hope to get a fourth crop this Fall. I 
used lime before planting and got a thin 
lime sulphur solution, at 75 to one, did 
not check them. I did not try this 
stronger as it had already burned the 
foliage. I did not use lime in it, as is 
recommended by the manufacturer. 
Possibly with lime I would have had 
better results. The samples of the 
burned grape and currant leaves were 
sent to the Ohio Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station and their report was that 
the leaves showed spray injury, so that 
there seems to be no question but what 
this was the cause of the trouble. The 
season here was unusual; a warm, 
sunny' March, followed by a wet cold 
April, May and no real good weather 
until the middle of June. Most of the 
spraying was done during this cold wet 
spell. N. o. GOLDSMITH. 
Ohip. 
Nitrate of Soda on Crops. 
R. (No Address ).—On page 724 you 
say “do not put nitrate on any crop.” This 
should be explained. We certainly put ni¬ 
trate on crops ot grain and grass when 
it is broadcast in Spring. 
Ans. —We were speaking of corn or 
any hilled crop. Of course the nitrate is 
broadcast over grass or grain, but in that 
case it is distributed all over the field, and 
when properly done only a grain or two 
would fall upon any plant. This is a 
very different thing from dropping a 
handful of nitrate directly on a hill of 
corn, potatoes or strawberries. The lat¬ 
ter should not be done, but the nitrate 
should be put several inches away from 
the hill. We have had careless work¬ 
men throw nitrate in handfuls on grass— 
making no effort to scatter it. The re¬ 
sult could be seen all through the season. 
This valuable fertilizer should be used 
with care and spread as evenly as possi¬ 
ble. Remember, too, that some of the 
potash salts or acid phosphate will act in 
much the same way if we were to throw 
them out by handfuls. The point is that 
all fertilizers should be used in a rational 
manner. You can kill a man with water 
if you put too much of it on him. 
A Red Raspberry that Tips. 
If. if 1 ., Cadiz, O. —Give us a chapter on 
red raspberries. Are there any reds that 
produce from the tips, and what are they? 
Fruit catalogues do not always tell. There 
is a growing demand locally for reds, but 
we would like to find if possible something 
that starts from the tips like the old 
Shaffer’s Colossal. Please name some vari¬ 
eties of proven excellence. 
Ans.—A bright red variety of this 
character has not yet been produced so 
far as I know. Several new sorts have 
been introduced with claims made that 
improvement in color was attained com¬ 
pared with the Shaffer’s Colossal type, 
but none of these, while good in quality, 
as a rule, has proved to have gained a 
marked improvement in color. The plaiTt 
breeder or the person who discovers a 
truly red raspberry—a variety combining 
clear, bright color of fruit with the habit 
of growth and propagation of the “cap” 
type—will have done a great public 
service, for which he no doubt will be 
stand, which is better than a thick one, as 
the very best results are where the plants 
stand six inches' apart. There was no 
manure or fertilizer used, and the ground 
was really very poor, hut it has been 
worked faithfully with a wheel cultivator 
and is free from weeds and grass. 
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