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'TfilC KUKAL NEW-VUKKER 
February 14, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Pruning Plum and Cherry Trees. 
We planted a few cherry and plum 
trees, last Fall. They were about six 
feet in height, each having between four 
and five branches. I would like to know 
how and when to prune them ; would like 
to have them medium height. G. G. 
Warren, R. I. 
These trees should have been cut back 
severely when planted to prevent too 
much evaporation of the sap during the 
Winter. They may have been injured 
already from this cause, but it is not 
too late to help them by pruning. The 
new growth should be cut back half way 
or a little more if the trees are two years 
old and the branches are very long. If 
the trees are one year old they should 
be cut back to about 2)4 feet from the 
ground. This will be the place to start 
the head, and care should be given when 
the new growth is starting to allow only 
such new branches to form as are needed. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
More About the Apple Maggot. 
I would like more information about 
several varieties of apples as to their 
susceptibility to the inroads of the mag¬ 
got, the so-called “railroad worm.” In 
a recent issue of The R. N.-Y. we were 
told that, owing to being within the fruit 
from the time of the hatching of the eggs, 
spraying fails to reach them. The only 
available remedy for this pest in infected 
localities lies in the selection of varieties 
which are resistant to their ravages. 
Such fine old varieties as Porter, Sops 
of Wine. Garden Royal, in short the ten¬ 
der-fleshed, thin-skinned sorts are now a 
thing of the past because of this pest. 
Winter apples, generally speaking, are 
immune, their hardness up to the advent 
of cold weather protecting them from 
puncture by the egg-laying fly. Who can 
tell us the complete life history of this 
fly? Upon what form of vegetation does 
it feed as a mature insect, and is it a 
determined fact that spraying is positive¬ 
ly without advantage in keeping it in 
check? In setting an acre to apples this 
coming Spring. I wish to plant a certain 
number of early varieties as fillers. I 
have in mind to try some comparatively 
new sorts for this purpose, as the Live- 
land Raspberry, Melon, Wilson, Red 
June, etc. Am I to know, short of expen¬ 
sive experimenting, whether these will 
eventually prove resistant to the maggot, 
or as complete a failure as the old var¬ 
ieties I mentioned? It would seem to me 
a very proper thing for nurserymen to 
do would be to publish such facts for the 
guidance of the buying public. Who can 
make us wise in this matter? I have 
found the Red Astrachan comparatively 
immune to the maggot. Is the Yellow 
Transparent as much so? The preval¬ 
ence of this pest has well nigh destroyed 
the market for all early apples in this 
section. There are claims that spraying 
has proved beneficial in spite of our posi¬ 
tive knowledge that the maggot does its 
work out of the reach of poisons sprayed. 
Massachusetts. F. \v. p. 
There are few, if any, varieties of ap¬ 
ples that are not infested by the apple 
maggot or railroad worm. Prof. Harvey 
compiled a list of apples in 1889 showing 
the relative infestation of varieties in 
Maine. Mr. Illingworth in his bulletin 
on the apple maggot has made some addi¬ 
tions to this, either from his own obser¬ 
vations or from the observations of Prof. 
Fletcher of Ottawa. The following var¬ 
ieties are sparingly infested: Alexander, 
Bailey’s Sweet, Baldwin, Bullock, Cal¬ 
vert, Canada Baldwin, Catshead, Chen¬ 
ango, Danvers, Dayton, Derby, Detroit 
Red, Diana, Dyer, Golden Ball, Golden 
Sweet, Grimes, Haley, Irish Peach, Lady 
Sweet, Maiden Blush. Mexico, Munson, 
Ramsdell, Rhode Island, Ribston, Rolfe, 
Somerset, Swaar, Sweet Russel, West- 
field, Williams. The following varieties 
are badly infested : Benoni, Bough. Early 
Harvest, Esopus, Fall Jenneting. Fall 
Pippin. Fameuse, Franklin Sweet, Gar- 
deu Royal, Golden Russel, Gravenstein, 
Henderson, Hightop Sweet, Ilurlburt, 
Jersey Sweet, Jewett Red, King Pippin, 
Mother, New York Sweet, Northern Spy, 
Oldenburg, Paradise Sweet, Porter, 
Pound Sw^et, Primate, Pumpkin Sweet, 
Red Astrachan, Russel, Shiawassee, Sops 
of Wine, Tetof.ski, Tolmnn, Tompkins 
King, Twenty Ounce, Wagner, Wealthy, 
Winesap, Winthrop Greening, Yellow 
Bellflower. It would be an excellent idea 
for the readers of The R. N.-Y. to make 
additions to this list of such varieties as 
have come under their observation, b. 
Big Western Fruit Stories. 
There are not quite so many fairy 
tales about fruit growing floating about 
this season, but there are still a few big 
ones from the Northwest. It is well 
enough to give the other side from our 
readers in Oregon : 
In one of the leading fruit-growing 
sections of the West a man sold a small 
orchard. He said he sold so much fruit 
the year before (of course he raised it 
on his orchard) that the farm sold on 
the strength of the large yield. The next 
year the new owner had a larger crop 
and better apples, so the neighbors said, 
but he did not have near as many as the 
former owner said he sold. He went to 
the former owner and said: “How is 
this? I have a larger crop than you had 
last year, and yet I have not near as 
many as you said you sold.” The other 
man said: “I sold the apples, and 
showed the books.” He also said: “You 
buy your neighbor’s crop and sell your 
farm.” He sold two crops and it was 
supposed to be one crop only, and hence 
he received an extra price for the orchard. 
A man bought a small tract. After 
the transfer he asked: “What can I raise 
on that land to pay interest on the in¬ 
vestment?” The other man said: “I do 
not know, unless it is to raise the price.” 
There is a man reported to have received 
$1,000 an acre for his pear crop. He is 
digging up his pear orchard and planting 
Alfalfa on the same land. Why would a 
man dig up an orchard that would bring 
in $3,000 an acre and sow Alfalfa on 
the same land, that will not bring $100 
an acre? 
Hedges and Windbreaks. 
I wish to set out a hedgerow or some¬ 
thing for a border between my garden 
and yard. I am thinking of Japanese 
barberry, or Althaea. Which do you 
think would be the better, and how far 
apart should they be set? I wish to set 
out a wind-break of evergreens west of 
the house. Which would be the better, 
Norway spruce or arbor vitae (White 
cedar)? IIow far apart should they be 
set and how tall should they be for best 
results? Can you tell me where I can 
get them and about what they will cost? 
Wurtsboro, N. Y. e. e. s. 
Either Japanese barberry or Althaea 
would make an excellent hedge; choice 
must depend entirely on personal prefer 
enee. The barberry is neat and compact 
at all times, needs very little trimming, 
and is beautiful when the foliage turns 
in Autumn, followed by cheerful red 
fruits on bare branches in Winter. It 
remains low, reaching with full growth 
a height of about four feet. It endures 
partial shade, and prefers a dry situation. 
The Althaea gives a blooming hedge at 
a time when other shrubs are not flow- 
eriug, and is very handsome; it will grow 
taller and may be kept narrower than 
the barberry. You will find directions 
for setting a hedge in article on how to 
plant a place, page 70. Yon may set the 
Althaea 15 inches apart, the barberry 18 
inches. Hedge plants are often set closer, 
but we must remember that we are 
planting a permanency. Cut the Althaea 
back as described on page 70. 
We prefer hemlock spruce to all other 
trees for a wind-break. It is very hardy, 
beautiful in growth, and retains its rich 
green throughout the Winter. If desired 
it may be set in a hedge and clipped, or 
it may be grouped without hindering na¬ 
tural growth. The arbor-vita; is hand¬ 
some, but loses freshness of color during 
cold weather. The Norway spruce is 
good, but unless carefully pruned it be¬ 
comes unsightly in a hedge. If this wind¬ 
break is to take the form of a hedge, 
avoid too close planting; Prof. Maynard 
advises setting a hemlock hedge five feet 
apart, and though such hedges are often 
set closer, there is no doubt that this 
gives good results. Any nurseryman will 
supply such shrubs; prices run about as 
follows: Altlnea and Thunberg’s bar¬ 
berry. 25 to 50 cents each (this does not 
include extra fine or new varieties of 
Althaea) ; hemlock spruce, 50 cents to $1. 
Let the wind-break grow as tall as it 
will, unless you fear shade damage to 
other plants. 
Yellow Newtowns $1.25 to $1.40 per 
box; Spitzenburgs $1 to $1.25; Jona¬ 
thans 75 to $3 ; Ben Davis GO to 90; 
Comice pears $3.75 to $2; Bose $1.40 to 
$1.75; Anjou $1.75 to $2; Winter Nolis 
$1.75 to $1.90. Strawberries in season 
brought $3.25 to $1.50 per crate 15 boxes 
(short); blackcaps $1.25 to $1.50; Phe¬ 
nomenal and Mammoth blackberries $1 to 
$1.25. Red raspberries $1 to $1.25. Lo¬ 
ganberries 75 to $1. Dairy cows $60 to 
$90; butterfat at present time 80 cents. 
Alfalfa $10 to $12 per ton; grain hay 
$14; corn $20 per ton in the ear; wheat 
90: barley $80 per ton ; potatoes $1 per 
sack (about 100 pounds) ; tomatoes one 
cent to three per pound. F. E. TJ. 
Central Point, Ore. 
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