1910. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
1117 
A CHEAP GREENHOUSE. FINE APPLES IN MAINE. 
On page 947 J. J. W. asks for cost of 
greenhouse 10x20. W. H. Taplin says 
one can be built for $250. We built 
one for a trifle over $00 complete, exclu¬ 
sive of labor, as it was built during 
Winter. We used 12 sash (six on a 
side) six feet five inches by three feet 
two inches, for a roof. For sides we used 
unfinished siding, having an air space of 
four inches caused by the two by four 
uprights to which roof rafters and siding 
were nailed. Door was made of match 
boarding. The 12 sash were hinged to¬ 
gether in pairs at ridge of roof, making 
six on a side. They could then be lifted 
up at bottom for ventilation. We 
solved the heating problem by using 
eight-inch tile under the benches, join¬ 
ing to an elbow and tee at end, then out 
to chimney. We used old furnace 
burner in the first tile of each side, and 
by covering the tile with dirt and keep¬ 
ing it damp, we raised very early plants. 
We have globe valves back of each 
burner so that gas can be lit on one or 
both sides to suit weather. The benches 
on each side four feet wide with an 
aisle of two feet six inches in the middle. 
As sash are now more expensive than 
when we built it would raise the cost a 
It was my task, and no small one, as 
well as a real pleasure to judge a portion 
of the exhibit of fruit at the State Pomo- 
logical Association of Maine at Auburn, 
November 8-10. The task was to deter¬ 
mine, where all was excellent, which most 
nearly met the requirements of the store. 
The pleasure came from contact with so 
much of beauty, as well as merit, and the 
opportunity to study it at close range. For 
enthusiasm and knowledge of horticulture, 
and a rich programme and more rich dis¬ 
cussions, I have never attended any meet¬ 
ings equal to the two great ones held an¬ 
nually in our State, and while their exhibit 
of fruit is not a mean one, and that put 
up by the State Experiment Station is ex¬ 
ceptionally educational, I have never seen 
one made by a single State which ap¬ 
proached that put up by the Maine apple 
growers, the Benjamin in the East in apple 
growing. To say that there were from 500 
to GOO individual exhibits, means much, 
but when one realizes that only a compara¬ 
tively few of these were plates of five, but 
that there were over 130 full bushel boxes, 
beautiful uniform, high colored, perfect 
fruit, they begin to appreciate it- These 
occupied the entire front of the hall, banked 
in front and both sides of the stage. There 
were a number of barrels ranged along the 
wall, showing not only sound fruit, but 
excellent in packing; attractive, honest. 
There were county exhibits, from 15 to 
20 varieties in each. Several counties had 
three or four such, competing only with 
those from the same county. Then there 
trifle. I give an estimate of what it cost 
us, also ground plan: 
12 sash G ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. at $1 $12.00 
14 8-inch tile at 15 cents. 2.10 
2 8-inch elbows at 25 cents. .50 
1 8-inch tee at 25 cents. .25 
2 burners (second hand) at 50 cents 1.00 
15 ft. of %-inch pipe at 10 cents.. 1.50 
1 %-inch tee. .05 
2 %-inch elbows. .10 
2 globe valves. .50 
Lumber and nails. 40.00 
$58.00 
North East, Pa. F. b. m. 
Spraying for the Curculio. 
Several Readers .—Will S. R. Gill, who 
tells on page 1002 about spraying for the 
plum curculio, tell us what poison he uses 
with Bordeaux Mixture? 
Ans.— Three pounds of arsenate of 
lead to 50 gallons of water or Bordeaux 
has been used with success. The past 
season we used instead of Bordeaux, 
commercial lime-sulphur, one to 35, and 
arsenate of lead. The leaves of all va¬ 
rieties were badly burned. We are un¬ 
certain which of the two, the lime- 
sulphur or lead, was at fault. At times 
blame has been laid to both, and with 
good reason. Arsenite of soda is safe 
to use for the poison, made as follows: 
One pound white arsenic to two pounds 
sal soda, boiled in two gallons of water 
15 minutes, or until the mixture clears; 
it is then ready for use; V /2 pint of this 
to 50 gallons spray will do the work. A 
combination of both poisons is better 
and safer, say one pint of arsenite of 
soda to V /2 pound of lead to 50 gallons 
of spray. The season had much to do 
with the injury to foliage. Next year 
we shall use Bordeaux or self-boiled 
lime-sulphur to avoid one possible 
cause of burning foliage. Any of the 
above combinations applied about four 
times at intervals of about four days 
will insure a good crop of plums so far 
as the curculio is concerned. The cur¬ 
culio is a blessing, as he induces prompt 
and thorough work. This insect is only 
a part of the difficulty of plum growing. 
Rot and leaf diseases are harder to con¬ 
trol. Spray is necessary for these. The 
old sheet and bug catcher will not help 
in these two cases. Fifteen years of 
successful plum crops make me speak 
with confidence. Cut back last year’s 
growth of plum trees one half. 
Ohio. S. R. GILL. 
wore individual exhibits of standard va¬ 
rieties of 12 specimens; with a prize of 
$5, $3 and $1 for first, second and third. 
Of these there were many, Baldwins and 
Greenings predominating. There were many 
plates of the various apples grown in the 
State, five specimens to the plate. These 
with the county exhibits occupied two 
tables running the entire length of two 
sides of the hall. 
In the collective exhibits, the first mark 
of merit in the scoring was for market 
varieties; then, trueness to type, freedom 
from blemishes, and quality. From the 
standpoint of the commercial orchard, this 
was as it should be. Frequently I found in 
the 20 varieties exhibited, which were pe¬ 
culiarly fine, only one or two sorts with 
any pronounced market worth. Such had to 
take second place, in favor of those whose 
market value was greater, although they 
might lack the highest quality. By “mar¬ 
ket sorts” I interpret not only good sellers, 
but those which are vigorous growers, pro¬ 
ductive and least disposed to injury from 
disease and insects, and good handlers. 
Among a large number of varieties I found 
possibly six which met these requirements. 
There were others of high quality, but be¬ 
cause of lack of vigor, non-productiveness, 
or poor shippers are not so profitable from 
a commercial standpoint. There were some 
just apples, with neither form nor comeli¬ 
ness, nor beauty, that one should desire 
them. Yet the country over, people are 
raising them. I found two local apples, 
very prolific, of high quality, but poor 
shippers, and so little known in the world’s 
markets, that they will not bring what the.y 
are really worth. They are the Milden 
(Milding), and Nodhead (Jewett’s Red). I 
was impressed with the unwisdom of set¬ 
ting varieties most valuable in the locality 
where they originate and flourish, but 
which when set in other localities fail to 
do as well. Some such southern apples I 
could scarcely recognize. Wealthy, McIn¬ 
tosh, Greening, Baldwin, Northern Spy and 
Ben Davis (named in order of ripening) 
were the varieties most in evidence, and 
which I rank in the first class. In all 
cases apples were more elongated than I 
have ever seen them. This was particu¬ 
larly true of Greenings, naturally a flat ap¬ 
ple. For high color and freedom from blem¬ 
ishes, no apples grown on the 1 Pacific slope 
ever were better, and for real quality none 
grown there could ever approach them. This 
exhibit impressed me, not only for the rea¬ 
sons just stated, but as demonstrating what 
enthusiastic effort will do. A display which 
would be a credit to any apple State in 
the Union, made by one whose orchards 
have scarcely been noticed ; particularly as 
showing what Maine can do in apple or¬ 
charding: and tin 1 stimulation this ocular 
demonstration meant to those who saw it. 
That I may enhance still further in the 
eyes of all the people those efforts I have 
written the above. 
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