RURAL NEW-YORKER 
943 
RURALISMS 
French Mahaleb Cherry Stock 
I would like to call attention to the un- 
f5atisfactory results obtained from the 
plantinjr of cherries budded or grafted on 
French IMahaleb stock. I started over 
10 yehrs ago in the cherry business, and 
nearly all the trees that I bought were 
budded or grafted on this French root. 
After these years of experimenting I find 
that they are a failure on our soil. I 
might .say that this is a natural cherry 
country; the black cherry, known as the 
IVIazzard vstock, grows wild in this sec¬ 
tion. 
The objections to the French Mahaleb 
root are several. First, they are sub¬ 
ject to borers. The borer in appearance 
looks the same as the peach borer. Tliis 
alone would pay for the difference in the 
cost of trees grafted or I)udded on Maz- 
zard stock, but there seems to be a more 
serious objection in the vitality of the 
trees. The trees grafted or l)tidded on 
IMahaleb stock do not seem to make a i)er- 
fect union. This is partly true of the sweet 
cherries. The sour cherries live a few 
.years longer than- the .sweet cherries. I 
have tried them on all kinds of .soil with 
the same result.—beginning to die in the 
course of a few years. The foliage does 
not seem as strong on the French root 
ns it does on the IMazzard. The Dukes 
seem to thrive somewhat l)etter on the 
French root than do other varieties. 
The.v live a few years longer. 
I have lost quite a bit of money in 
these cherr.v experiments, and I would 
advise others to buy nothing but trees 
grafted or budded on the Mazzard stock. 
I have experimented with all varieties of 
cherries, the sweet and liigarreau, the 
Dukes and sour cherries, including Mor- 
cllos. There may be sections of the 
countr.v where the conditions are more 
favorable to the Mahaleb root. I would 
be pleased to hear from some of your 
subscribers on this question. 
Columbia Co., Pa. wm. t. creasy. 
Use of Boneset 
Will you let me know what boneset 
tea is used for and what part of the plant 
is used? E. n. w. 
Poneset or thoroughwort, botanically 
Fupatorium perfoliatum, is an old-fa.sh- 
ioned remed.v for heavy cold, fever and 
malaria; it is also given as a tonic. The 
United States Dispcnsator.v says that 
boneset is tonic, diaphoretic, and in large 
doses aperient and emetic. Given in 
warm infusion, so as to produce vomiting 
or profuse per.spiration, at the com¬ 
mencement of catarrh, influenza, or that 
form of muscular rheumatism known as 
a general cold, it will sometimes abort 
the attack. As a tonic it is given with 
advantage in dyspepsia and general de¬ 
bility. As ordinaril.v \ised the herb is 
infused in boiling water, one ounce to 
one pint of water, steeped two hours in a 
covered vessel, and then strained. It is 
used cold, one to two fluid ounces, three 
or four times a day; when used to pro¬ 
mote perspiration it is taken warm, the 
patient remaining closely covered in bed. 
When used as a cathartic or emetic, a 
strong, tepid infusion is taken in large 
doses. Roneset is collected when in 
flower, before the flower dries; the leaves 
and flowering tops are stripped from the 
stems, and carefully dried. Botanic drug¬ 
gists pay but a small price for boneset, as 
it is a common weed. 
Transplanting Forest Trees 
What is the best method in setting out 
native hardwood trees? Should they be 
cut back as is done with an apple tree, 
or only the side branches trimmed? 
Madisonville, O. o. L. c. 
There is no hard and fast rule in the 
performance of this work, as every case 
must be fitted to the circumstances, the 
size of the trees to be moved aul nature 
of the soil in which they are growing 
being the governing factors in every C4ise. 
The main essential is to get all the roots 
possible, with minimum injury. If the 
trees are some size, and include such 
species as oaks, etc., it will be better to 
dig around thcTu this Si)ring and cut off 
smoothly all tjie horizontal roots, about 
IS or 20 inches from the tree, making 
only a narrow trench in the operation, 
without disturbing the soil within the 
circle next to the tree. .After the roots 
are cut, fill in the trench and allow the 
trees to remain until Fall or the follow¬ 
ing Spring. In the meantime they will 
make many fibrous roots, which will 
make the moving of the trees with a ball 
of earth i)ossible. The i)runlng may be 
done in the same manner as is usually 
practiced on freshly set fruit trees. K. 
Peach Borers 
T^ast Fall I had hor.se manure put 
around my peach trees, on top coal a.shes; 
one-half of my trees have lots of fruit, 
but the borers have gotten in my trees. 
D'o you think the manure or ashes had 
anything to do with borers. o. ii. 
No. We doubt if the manure had 
anything to do with borers. The.se in¬ 
sects were in the trees before the ma¬ 
nure was put on. The moth lays her 
eggs at the base of the tree in late June 
or July. The worms or borers hatch and 
work down to the roots. The manure 
did not bring them in. Dig the borers 
out carefully in late Fall and smear the 
lower trunk with thick lime-sulphur so¬ 
lution. 
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Age of Currant Bushes 
Several gardeners have asked how long 
currant bushes usually remain in .service. 
How many years should a bush be expected 
to pay? Most commercial growers figure 
on 10 or 12 years as about the limit of 
usefulness. There are some records of 20 
years or more for small patches or bushes 
under garden culture. When our bushes 
fail to make good wood growth and show 
many dead stems we dig them out. The 
following report is unusual; 
Thirty years ago a neighbor planted an 
acre of I’rince Albert currants. Thirteen 
years later he planted a second acre. 
These currants have had good care, a rea¬ 
sonable amount of manure, have been 
kept cultivated, the old stalks cut out, 
and are in good condition to-day. The 
first acre most of the time has been a 
little in advance of the yield of the sec¬ 
ond acre, until a few years back, when 
the yield has been practically uniform, of 
three tons per acre. The bushes are now 
approximately four feet in height and 
seem to be in a perfectlyy healthy condi¬ 
tion and with good care seem to have the 
promise of a long life yet. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. frank e. rupert. 
Late Sown Cabbage 
On page 857 I note an imjuiry as to 
sowing late cabbage at the end of May, 
which is answered by G. B. F. by saying 
that late sown late varieties will not 
yield many large solid heads. Late <'ab- 
bage—Danish Bullhead—are successfully 
grown in this locality, latitude 44% de¬ 
grees in the manner described by ,1. ()., 
and the seed is not planted before May 
20 to avoid the maggot. This on moist 
sandy loam ; seed in hills .38 inches by 24 
inches and thinned to a single plant. 
Grown in this manner I have had the 
crop average over eight inches to the 
trimmed head, with very few light heads, 
and these due generally to the plants 
being set. ii. ii. ii. 
Fig Culture in Arizona 
The Arizona Experiment Station at 
Tucson has published in Bulletin 77 an 
excellent treatise on “Practical Fig Cul¬ 
ture in Arizona.” It appears that a 
considerable quantity of the figs are 
grown in the Southwe.st; in fact the in¬ 
dustry i.s coming to have considerable 
importance. In this bulletin Prof. W. 
II. I juwrence has brought together the 
information available about fig growing. 
33ii.s iiK'ludes a study of the fig plant, 
the story of fig culture in that locality, 
and a discussion of the i)o.ssibilities in 
this busine.ss. It is a good pamphlet for 
those who are interested in this fruit. 
Speedway s Crushing Tests Prove 
Hudson Super-Six Endurance 
Four Hudson Super-Six Specials raced at Cincinnati. All four finished 
in the prize money: First, in the Free-for-All; Second, Seventh and Ninth 
in the 250-mile classic. 
At Chicago on June 16, Ralph Mulford in a Hudson Super-Six Special 
broke the American speedway records for 150 and 200 miles. For 200 
miles he averaged 104 miles an hour—faster than any car ever traveled 
such a distance before. 
Speedway racing is the most abusive of all motor 
tests. Every part of a car is subjected to manifold 
destructive stresses. It is endurance that counts most 
on the Speedway. 
Hudson Super-Six speed tests are in reality endurance 
tests. It is possible to build faster cars than the Hudson 
Super-Six Special, but the speedway record of 104 miles 
an hour for 200 miles, now held by a Hudson Super-Six 
Special, proves that endurance is more important. 
Our interest ir^racing is not so much to see how fast 
we can make the Hudson Super-Six. It is to demon¬ 
strate motor endurance. It would take too long, at 
ordinary driving speed, to demonstrate the endurance 
life of a Super-Six. The speedway in a few hours calls 
for all the stamina required in years of ordinary use. 
No other racing car of prominence so nearly resembles 
stock production as does the Hudson Super-Six. Prac¬ 
tically all of the notable racing cars, and particularly 
those against which the Hudson Super-Six Special has 
shown its superiority, were built especially for racing. 
They bear slight resemblance to the stock production 
of any factory. Their cost is usually so great that 
not more than two or three cars are ever built. The 
Hudson Super-Six is essentially a production car. 
The very qualities of endurance that are necessary in 
racing are the qualities you should demand in the car 
you buy. It guarantees safety, low maintenance cost 
and long service. 
You can get a Hudson Super-Six in any body type 
you may desire. There are eight designs to choose from. 
The carriage detail matches the high quality of the 
chassis construction. 
Phaeton, 7-passenKer $16S0 
Speedster, 4-passenger 1750 
Cabriolet, 3-i>assenger 1950 
Touring Sedan . $2175 
Town Car ... 2925 
{All prieem t. o. 6. Detroit) 
Town Car Landaulet • $3025 
Limousine ... 2925 
Limousine Landaulet • 3025 
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 
