1914 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEH 
1419 
Ruralisms 
MISSOURI FRUIT NOTES. 
G OOD PEACH CROP.—The past sea¬ 
son was phenomenal, giving us a full 
crop of peaches following the very heavy 
one of last year. It was not expected, 
and a severe frost that struck the trees 
while in bloom was thought to have made 
failure certain. However, it was soon 
discovered that a live embryo could be 
found now and then and, as usually hap¬ 
pens, these sporadic cases finally com¬ 
bined to aggregate a large crop. The 
droughty Summer seemed to be congenial 
to the peach. It was too dry for the rot 
fungus -to develop, and the thinning that 
the frost gave resulted in uncommonly 
fine specimens of fruit. 
Mayflower And Dewey. —The first 
peach to ripen here was the Mayflower 
about June 25. In common with all its 
tribe of extra earlies it is too insipid to 
compare with later sorts, but its ex¬ 
treme earliness and attractive appearance 
make it a good seller and profitable. Next 
came the Dewey, July 20, which has made 
a good record here since it began bear¬ 
ing. It is a large yellow fleshed peach 
as large as Carman, with yellow skin 
overlaid with dark crimson, which makes 
it handsome in appearance; the quality 
is good, better than any of its season, 
and it has proved a reliable bearer. 
Other Early Sorts. —The Red Bird 
has not fruited here, but a Texas friend 
says that its high color and size makes 
it a great seller, and that in his section 
it is paying off mortgages and buying 
automobiles for its growers. The Ear¬ 
ly Wheeler, coming in a little later, is 
another money-maker. It is the largest 
of the earlies, as large as Elberta, fine 
color, good shipper, trees sure yielders 
and vigorous but quality poor. Arp 
Beauty, he tells me, is the best of the 
earlies in quality but the color is dull 
and it runs small unless fruit is well 
thinned. Following the Dewey here with¬ 
out a break comes the Eureka, a good 
medium-sized peach on a tree that is 
claimed to be exceptionally hardy, hav¬ 
ing withstood 32 deg. below zero. Ripe 
here July 25. As it goes out there comes 
in the Alton, a considerably larger peach 
of fine quality and appearance, a white- 
fleshed freestone, good shipper. This 
variety also has a reputation for hardi¬ 
ness and regular bearing, exceeding the 
Elberta in these respects. Following the 
Alton closely comes the Belle of Georgia, 
another favorite kind that never fails to 
present us with a crop whenever there 
are any peaches to be found, a heavy 
bearer of large showy fruit. We prefer 
it to the Elberta of about the same sea¬ 
son. 
Mid-season. —The Carman comes in 
rather between the Eureka and Alton 
and is certainly a fine market peach. 
About a week later there begins to ripen 
a peach but little known but which has 
made a splendid record here. I refer to 
the Elrose, a creation of the well-known 
horticulturist J. W. Kerr of Denton, 
Maryland, deceased, from whom I pro¬ 
cured the trees direct. It is a cross be¬ 
tween the Elberta and Mountain Rose, 
hence its name. This variety which 
comes in as the Carman goes out, is su¬ 
perior to that variety in size, quality 
and vigor of tree. The Elrose makes a 
very large peach and in quality is first 
class. Trees planted 12 years ago with 
the Carman are showing much greater 
size of trunk and spread of top than the 
latter and in consequence yield larger 
crops. We are much impressed with the 
Elrose here and regret that it has not 
been extensively tested. 
Krummel’s October. —A peach which 
ripened here for the first time and made 
a sensation with its size and beauty, is 
Krummel’s October. The young tree set 
so full of fruit that it had to be thinned 
of a half bushel. During the dry Sum¬ 
mer they remained very small, but after 
the rains in August they grew rapidly 
and towards the last of September be¬ 
gan to color. By the first of October 
they appeared fully grown and colored, 
and a more beautiful crop of peaches I 
have never seen on a tree. They were 
uniform in size and equalled the largest 
specimens that had been seen during the 
season. A number of them averaged 11 
inches in circumference. In brilliancy 
of color I have never seen them excelled 
and rarely equalled. The quality, too, 
was very good. The flesh was a deep 
yellow, juicy and delicious. For firm¬ 
ness and long-keeping quality they were 
incomparable. One was accidently drop¬ 
ped on a concrete pavement and no per¬ 
ceptible bruise resulted. For 10 days or 
more they hung on the tree in the prime 
of shipping condition, and were not then 
soft, but if picked and laid away, they 
would in two or three days become mel¬ 
low. Our Italian fruit dealers when 
shown a specimen, offered 2 y 2 cents each 
and were eager to get them. We sold 
them $1.70 worth after home require¬ 
ments. L. R. JOHNSON. 
Cape Girardeau, Co., Mo. 
Holiday Decorating Materials. 
A MACHINE for winding festoons of 
holiday greens winds two yards a 
minute, winding with wire on a core of 
wire or other material. The machine 
costs $5. 
Holly wreaths of standard size are 
made on 10-inch wooden rings, wrapped 
with wire, with four or five bunches of 
berries. Advance trade quotations the 
middle of November were $10, $12.50 and 
$15 per hundred, according to quality and 
weight. They are packed in cases con¬ 
taining 100 up to 250 wreaths. Some¬ 
times other wild berries are used in mak¬ 
ing the wreaths, where the holly is poorly 
berried, but this is rarely satisfactory to 
the purchaser. 
Delaware holly is reported to be very 
glossy and well-berried this season. Ad¬ 
vance quotations were $3 a case; extra 
quality $4. Cases are 2x2x4 feet. These 
prices are usually fluctuating. 
Boxwood wreaths are sometimes made 
like the holly, selling for $10 and $12.50 
per 100. Boxwood sprays were quoted at 
15 cents a pound, or $7.50 a case. 
Partridge berries are among the newer 
offerings, selling for 10 cents a bunch of 
50 sprays. 
Mistletoe comes quite largely from Vir¬ 
ginia, North and South Carolina; it is 
packed in hampers, barrels and cases, and 
quoted, advance wholesale prices, at 10 to 
15 cents a pound. The hampers hold 
about 10 pounds. 
Ground pine or Lycopodium is sold 
loose, by the pound, at 12*4 cents; 
wreathing six to 10 cents a pound, ac¬ 
cording to weight and quality. 
Christmas trees from Maine and Ver¬ 
mont were quoted wholesale at 50 cents 
to $3 each; little trees, IS to 36 inches 
high, 25 to 40 cents each. A consider¬ 
able area now quarantined for moth in¬ 
fection is out of the market for Christ¬ 
mas greens. 
Cedar and pine wreaths are made on 
wire of various sizes; long-leaf pine is 
sold by the spray. 
Iridescent pine cones at 60 cents a 
pound are among the decorating novel¬ 
ties ; they were used a good deal in Au¬ 
tumn work. 
Golden Retinispora sprays are new 
among greens; they are very graceful and 
feathery, and are offered for 30 cents a 
pound. 
Ruscus or butchers’ broom, natural pre¬ 
pared oak sprays, beech sprays and Mag¬ 
nolia leaves, red, green, brown and pur¬ 
ple, occupy a distinct place, as their use 
is not confined to the holiday season, but 
forms a decorative feature throughout the 
year. The natural prepared oak leaves 
are particularly handsome, and were 
very largely used with Chrysanthemums. 
We are often asked about marketing these 
leaves, but are unable to recommend an 
outlet. One large firm preparing this 
foliage is located in Indiana, and they ap¬ 
pear to rely on nearby stock for supplies. 
Mature foliage curls very quickly when 
shipped, and becomes extremely brittle. 
This prepared foliage looks as though 
freshly cut, yet remains in condition for 
decorating use. e. t. r. 
L ancaster, pa., flower show. 
—Our local florists’ society has just 
ended a busy week, as we held our 
first flower show in Lancaster, Nov. 6-7. 
Our organization is not a large one, about 
50 members, and we had many misgivings 
regarding the outcome; in fact we were 
rather pessimistic about it. The result 
far exceeded the expectations of any of us, 
and was an unqualified success, both as 
an exhibition and financially. It showed 
conclusively what can be done if each one 
helps a little, and all work toward one 
end. If groups of farmers and truckers 
could work together in the same manner I 
feel sure the 35-cent dollar would soon 
get nearer the 50-ceut mark. Though, of 
course, the SO-cent mark would be better. 
Lancaster Co., Pa. elmer j. weaver. 
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none is appreciated more than a Kodak or 
Brownie Camera. 
The pleasure of taking pictures—the delight 
in developing and printing them yourself, at 
home—the joy in showing them to your 
friends, is slight in comparison to the com¬ 
fort they are in recalling pleasant incidents 
that have passed. 
KODAKS, $6.00 and up. 
BROWNIE CAMERAS, $1.00 to $12.00 
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