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RURALISMS 
White Thorn for Hedge and Wind-break 
How do vou think the common wild 
wliite thorn’bushes would do for a com- 
him'd hedge and wind-break? Are they 
Imrd to transplant, and. with good soil. 
ai)oiit how high would they grow? I 
should expect to plant them along a road 
about 100 feet from front of the house, 
from a point opposite the lower end of 
house to 200 or 300 feet up the road. 
T’nder these conditions of what value 
would the hedge be as a wind-break? 
Deer Park, IMd. w. R. G. 
The white thorn makes a fairly good 
liedge. but does not make a very effective 
■Winter wind-break. Any kind of decid¬ 
uous trees are unsuitable for such pur- 
j)ose. A hedge to be effective as a wind¬ 
break at all seasons must be of material 
that retains its foliage throughout the 
yoar. The following sorts are well suited 
for hedges and wind-breaks, and are gen¬ 
erally quite satisfactory in every way. 
Hemlock, American arbor vitae. Norway 
spruce and Amoor privet, "^^hile the 
Amoor privet is not quite as effective as a 
wind-break as the more dense growing 
conifers, it is generally very satisfac¬ 
tory. and the least expensive. 
The white thorn as a rule is not diffi¬ 
cult to transplant when small. They 
grow from 10 to 20 feet high, though 
rarely reaching this maximum height un¬ 
less favorably situated as to soil, loca¬ 
tion and isolation. The distances the 
hedge will be away from the house, while 
a little too far to break the wind from the 
house effectually, for some years, yet if 
strong growing trees are used, in the 
course of 10 or 15 years, the benefits ob¬ 
tained will be very satisfactory. Taking 
all things into consideration, the Norway 
spruce would probably be the most satis¬ 
factory tree to use in this case. K. 
Cultivating the Elderberry 
Mr. Wm. W. Adams, of Cayuga Co., 
N. Y., sends us the picture shown at Fig. 
11. page 33, with the following note. We 
have heard of several others who are ex¬ 
perimenting with this fruit, and we 
would like the story of their experience: 
Inclosed is photograph of a tree elder- 
herry. From this tree I gathered 30 
ciujirts of berries this se.ason. It is now 
live years old. and never has shown any 
signs of sprouting ,around the roots. I 
wonder if anyfuie ever saw a white elder¬ 
berry? Why do people go into other 
hei-ries .so extensively, while elderberries 
are never nuuitioned in any of the agri- 
cultur.al i)apers? Within 10 years I 
hav(> improved them until I gathered three 
j)in(s from one stem, 29^/4 ounces. 
The Thanksgiving Peach Shortcake 
Fiaapient suggestions in your columns 
referring to jdantings of peach wuth a 
view to supplying the home table, and 
particularly that on page 1440, for a New 
•lersey correspondent, ai’e timely for the 
suhurbanite whose planting area may be 
restricted. Many factors enter into the 
(piestion of ho\v long we may enjo.y home¬ 
grown peaches, the chief one perhaps be¬ 
ing a favorable locality for that kind of 
fruit. "With the extended varieties pro¬ 
curable, it is easy 'to revel through Au¬ 
gust and September, but for July, Octo¬ 
ber and November some experimentation 
may be necessary to meet specific situa¬ 
tions. Of course, earliness increases 
southward, and the advantages of an ex¬ 
tended season lie in that quarter. 
As an example for the latitude of New 
York City, our current year’s result may 
be of interest to that section. Rye, on 
the shore of Long Island Sound, is within 
the zone of 195 days free from frost, its 
proximity to water being productive of a 
late starting of vegetation in the Spring, 
and a corresponding exemption from early 
frosts in the Fall. These are advanta¬ 
geous features in this latitude, and Win¬ 
ter injury is generally negligible. For 
1910. home-grown peaches were on the 
table .Tilly 28-Xovember 30, the Thanks¬ 
giving shortcake being our best late rec¬ 
ord. Maule’s Early provided the first fruit 
and a natural seedling, progeny of Elberta 
l)robably, and a very good peach, which 
has been christened Elmira, producing the 
latest crop. From October 5th to 20th, 
another natural seedling from a pit of 
the old Morris White filled the gap, with 
Elmira fruiting October 20th to Novem¬ 
ber 14th. On the latter date a half bas¬ 
ket, eight quarts, was picked, as indica¬ 
tions of severe freezing developed at that 
time, and the fruit was stored in a cool 
room in anticipation of an out-of-season 
shortcake on Thanksgiving day. 
Ordinarily our Elmira tree keeps ns 
supplied until November 0th to 10th, but 
the mild, dry Fall, with an absence of 
heavy winds, furnished a chain of circum¬ 
stances that gave a record result for our 
experience. So we must not forget that 
“common seedlings?” may develop some 
very desirable attributes, if given the care 
and conditions ordinarily bestowed on the 
■alleged aristocratic varieties. 
New York. henry bird. 
Tomatoes for Mississippi 
What is the best tomato to plant in 
^Mississippi for commercial purposes, 
shipping or canning? Would Ronny Best, 
Chalk .lewell, Mississippi Girl and Stone 
mature in order stated, or which is the 
earliest variety for market? J. F. M. 
Claiborne Co., Miss. 
For an early tomato for shipping I 
know of none better than the Ronny Rest. 
The Earliana is slightly earlier, but of in¬ 
ferior quality to the Bonny Rest, and I 
find so little difference in their respective 
earliness that I have abandoned the Earli¬ 
ana. Chalk’s Jewell is very similar to 
Ronny Rest, but is a week or more later. 
I grew the Mississippi Girl the past 
Summer and found it a good, smooth and 
solid tomato, and quite productive. It is 
a mid-season or late sort, and grown for 
canning. Here where the canning inter¬ 
est is very large the growers use the Stone 
almost exclusively, but in growing for 
Northeim shipment from your section I do 
not think that you will make a mistake in 
using the Ronny Best. I believe that it is 
a selection and improvement on the 
Chalk’s .lewell. At any rate it looks like 
it, but is much earlier. w. f. jiassey. 
Prizetaker, Denia and Gibraltar Onions 
"iWiiit is the difference between Prize- 
taker, Denia and Giant Gibraltar onions? 
Decatur, Ind. D. G. M. T. 
The Prizetaker onion belongs to the 
Yellow Globe class, and is distinctively 
an American oinon. The Denia and Giant 
Gibraltar, so far as I have been able to 
learn, are one and the same onion, and 
are natives of Spain. In aiipearance the 
Denia is much like the Prizetaker, being 
very similar to it in type; liglit yellow in 
color, grows to very large size, and is 
(piite mild in flavor. This onion is not 
suited to general cultivation in the United 
States, and about the only place in this 
country it would be likely to prove suc¬ 
cessful is the regions bordering the Gulf 
of Mexico, where it probably could jc 
grown as successfully as in its native 
country. ic. 
Selecting Seed Corn 
I am working for a city farmer nad 
he ordered me to pick out the “she ears” 
of corn for seed. I told him ho would 
have to show me the ears which he 
wished picked out. He called the ears 
which were entirely covered with corn at 
the end, “she” ears. Let me know if 
there is anything in it. w. L. M. 
New Jersey. 
There is nothing in the theory that 
there are “he” and “she” ears of corn! 
The male principle or pollen is carried 
in the flower or tassel at the top of the 
cornstalk. The pollen falls upon the 
“silks” which come out at the ear low¬ 
er down on the stalk. This pollen fer¬ 
tilizes the “silks” and in this way the 
perfect ear-carrying grain is produced. 
Thus it might be said that all corn ears 
are “she.” Of course some of them are 
more nearly perfect in form or in the 
arrangement of grains than others, and 
in selecting for seed you should .select a 
good type of ear. The experts ha\e re¬ 
duced this to a “scale of points,” much 
the same as those used in judging live 
stock or fruit. They put much import¬ 
ance on the size and shape of the ear, the 
number of kernels and the proportion of 
grain to cob. It is a good thing to have 
an ideal ear in mind when selecting, but 
there is nothing to this he and she theory. 
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