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^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 17, 1917 
Fill the Barrels with the Apples That 
Used to Go On Top 
CEND more apples to market— 
^ send less to the cider mill. You 
know where the money is. 
Aim for Quality First—It Pays 
The quality apple is the apple that is free 
from insect injury and from apple scab 
and other funf^us, such as bitter rot, 
blotch, sooty fun^s and cedar rust. 
Spraying with P)tox protects the fruit 
from insect injury and fungous diseases. 
It does more. It invigorates the fol¬ 
iage, holds the fruit on longer, enabling 
it to put on both size and finish— quality. 
John Barclay, Cranbuiy', N.J., won 39 
prizes with 39 entries at a recent New 
Jersey fruit show. He sprayed with 
Pyrox. Has done so for years. 
A sample report: "Large Apples, Staid on better. Pyrox made them 
smooth and there were no worm holes. 
The Spray That Adds to Your Profits 
Pyrox is a smooth, creamy paste, all 
ready to use by mixing with cold water. 
Just measure out the right amount and 
mix it up with water for your spray so¬ 
lution. This saves labor at the busiest 
time of year w'hen labor is hard to get. 
Pyrox adheres to foliage in spite of hea¬ 
vy rains, Pyrox is as good for potatoes, 
tomatoes and other vegetables and fruit 
as it is for apples. 
REMEMBER THIS: The cost of your 
spraying material is the smallest part 
of the costof growing the crop. Labor 
is high this year. Make it produce 
twice as much by spraying with 
Pyrox. 
Pyrox goes through the very finest noz¬ 
zles, goes 25% further than other sprays 
because it can be sprayed fine as a fog. 
Every part of the leaf is well covered. 
Prices; 5 lbs. $1; 10 lbs. $1.85; 25 lbs, 
$4.50; 50 lbs. $8; 100 lbs. $15; 300 lbs. 
$43.50 f. o. b. Boston, Baltimore, Cin¬ 
cinnati and other warehouse points. If 
your dealer cannot supply you, order di¬ 
rect and we will ship promptly. 
FREE SPRAYING BOOK—Our new 
book, showing how to spray for most 
profit, sent free on request. (i) 
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growing strawberries. Our 
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list of strawberry and other plants. KonianceSeed 
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The Home Acre 
Garden Economies 
Garden boosters are of great advan¬ 
tage, especially in raising of early 
melon.s and cucumbers, but often the 
cost i-s prohibitive. By “booster” I 
mean a paper or other nurse with a 
glass cap. A very good substitute may 
be had in the use of the paper boxes, In 
which cake or bread is delivered. The 
bottom of the box may be removed, an¬ 
chored over the melon hills and then 
covered with a glass. If the nights are 
cold, added protection may be given by 
the box cover. Melons, thus protected, 
will mature much quicker than when 
planted in the open. 
When there are many seedlings to 
transplant, dirt bands or pots are a 
great item of e.xpense. Some of the 
A Garden Chart 
The picture given herewith wa» 
originally printed in the Garden Maga¬ 
zine, ;ind has been copied into other 
publications. It is really a map or 
chart designed for planting a garden, 
and when properly w'orked out it ought 
to be a help to the backyard gardener 
as well as an interesting study. It is 
just a piece of board with horizonal 
grooves cut at equal distances. The 
grooves are numbered to represent the 
rows in a garden. Perpendicular col¬ 
umns are ruled so as to show the grow¬ 
ing months of the season, and they are 
wide or narrow according to the work 
which would naturally be done in each 
mouth. Strips of card are cut into the. 
proper lengths so as to show the period 
Using the Garden Boosters 
cheapest 2r/^-inch pots are individual 
drinking cups, which may he had at $2 
per 1,000. The dirt bauds may be had 
at the small cost of 75c per 1,000. These 
■hiintls are the cups, minus the bottom. 
The dirt bands may be ea.sily handled 
in flats or on hoards. These cups are 
fine for use in transplauting flower 
seedlings. vary e. stowell. 
Now .Jersey. 
Frost-Proof Cabbage 
"Will you tell me where I can obtain a 
variety of frost-proof cabbage, which Is 
planted as early as February? I have 
heard it was produeed in South Caro¬ 
lina. It comes leafless, with a single 
stem. w. H. J. 
Clairton, Pa. 
During the la.st few years millions of 
cabbage plants have been grown in the 
South, especially South Carolina, for the 
use of the Xorthern growers very early 
in the Spring. The seed for these plants 
is planted upon farms, sometimes of a 
hundred acres, in early Full. The plants 
grow until they are a few inches high, 
then cooler wciitber forces therrf almost 
to cease growing. As warmer weather 
comes, they again resume a very slow 
growth. The result is that there is 
produeed just such a iilant as the one 
you have in mind; a long-legged, almost 
leafless tough hardy plant. These plants 
can be grown very cheaply, and within 
a very few years a big iiidu.stry has been 
developed in these “frost-jiroof plants.” 
However, they should never he set in 
Pennsylvania until about April first at 
the earliest, aud even then it should he 
banked around the stem to prevent the 
frost from splitting it. In all fairness to 
the growers and possible buyer of these 
jilants, I must s:ty tlnit the shipments 
are sometimes delayed, .so that the plants 
are often in btid condition upon arrival. 
Besides that, early hot weather down 
South will give them a soft watery 
lilaiit, miserable for very early setting 
in the North. vSometimes the plants ar¬ 
rive when the weather is unfit for set¬ 
ting, or perhaps these Southern plants 
may be infected with lice. However, if 
a grower hits his ground well prepared 
ahead of time and has good luck with his 
shipment, he would probably get excel¬ 
lent results. Many comparative tests 
between the frost-proof cabbage plant of 
the South and the well-grown and care¬ 
fully hardened home-grown plant of the 
North have proven that, with a few ex¬ 
ceptions, the latter are a few days 
earlier aud produce larger head.s. E. u. H. 
of time during which each crop would 
naturally occupy the gi’ound. Names of 
the crops are written or printed on these 
cards, and they are then put J ‘'o the 
grooves under the months during which 
these crops naturally occupy the ground. 
The gardener, by studying this chart 
and arranging his plans properly, can 
know at a glhnce just what crops he is 
to plant, aud can easily arrange his 
work so as to know when one crop 
must follow another. Handled in this 
way. the whole scheme of the garden can 
he worked out in advance, and -when an 
early crop is done, the ground can he 
sw*,'! 
Jilts 
How the Garden Chart is Used 
fitted and made ready for the next crop, 
which has been already planned for on 
the clnirt. This looks like an excellent 
thing, and with a little study aud care 
it ought to be developed into a great 
aid, especially for the backyard garden¬ 
er. There will be a new army of these 
people on hand this year, fighting 
again.st the high co.st of living, and a 
very large proportion of them will be 
women assisted by their children. 
Teaciiek : “Have you ever forgiven an 
enemy?” Tommy: “Yes’m. Once.” 
Teacher: “What noble sentiment proinjit- 
ed you to do it?” Tommy: “He_wa.s 
higger’n me.”—Melbourne Australa.sian. 
