RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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RURALISMS 
A Blight-resistant Wild Pear 
The Chinese pear shown on this page, 
I’yrus ussuriensis, has an unusual resis¬ 
tance to pear blight, and for this reason 
it may become .very useful as a stock for 
the finer European varieties. The tree 
shown was photographed by Dr. Frank N. 
Meyer of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture at Chinlungshan Chihli Province, 
China, and the trunk was six feet in cir¬ 
cumference four feet above ground. The 
grayish black bark is grooved in a man¬ 
ner so striking as to enable one to iden¬ 
tify it when used as a stock. The ('Iiinese 
are destroying groves of these wild pears 
as fuel, and the Office of Foreign Seed 
and Plant .Introduction, from whose pub¬ 
lication the picture is reproduced, calls 
attention to the m-ed of securing scaal of 
tliis |iear. while it is still available. The 
Blight-resistant Pear of China 
resistance of this pear to blight has been 
proved ‘by research work at the Oregon 
Experiment Station, and F. C. Ivoimer of 
that, sti tion, who conducted tin- woi’k. has 
been sent to China to study the wild jiear, 
in conjunction with Dr. iNIeyer. 
Pickled Walnuts 
Will you tell us how to i)icklc the 
green Dlack walnut? o. n. c. 
Alabama. 
The best recipes for pickling walnuts 
are given in the English cook books, as 
these valnuts are a common table relish 
in England. A celebrated cook book gives 
the following for English walnuts, which 
is equally ajjplicable to the Black walnut 
and the butternut. They should be 
picked when they are soft enough to 
be ejisily pierced b.v a large needle. 
“Walnuts, Pickled.—Ingredients. (Jreen 
walnuts, vinegar to cover tiiem. To each 
(piart of vinegar allow one ounce of 
peppercorns, one ounce of allspice, one 
teaspoonful of salt. I‘rick the walnuts 
well with a steel fork or large darning 
needle, put them into an earthenware 
bowl or pan. and cover them with strong 
cold bidmx jua'viousl.v made by boiling 
the necessary (|uantit.v of water with the 
.‘id<iition of four ounces of salt to each 
tpiart of water. Stir the walnuts two or 
three times daily for six days, then drain 
them and cover with fi'esh l)rine. Let 
them remain three days, then again drain 
them, spread them on large dishes and 
l>la(.‘<‘ them in the sun until (piite l)la(,‘k. 
Have r<>a(ly s<mi<‘ wide-necked bottles or 
unglazed jars and three-(iuarters fill 
these with walnuts. P.oil sufficient 
vinegar to cover them, with peppercorns, 
allspice and salt as stated above, for 15 
minutes, and when <iuite cold pour the 
mixture over the walnuts. If closely 
covered and stored in .n dry, cool place 
they may be ke})t for months. 
“Another method.—Ingredients. Breen 
walnuts, vinegar. To three innts of vine¬ 
gar allow 1 oz. of salt and half an ounce 
each of allspice, peppercorns, cloves and 
whole ginger. Wipe the walnuts with a 
dry cloth, put them into wide-necked 
bottles, or unglazed jars, and cover them 
with cold vinegar. Cover closely, let 
tlnun stand in a cool, dry place for four 
months, then drain off the vineg.-ir. Boil 
as much fresh vinegar as will cover 
them, with the seasonings as stated 
above, and pour it, while boiling hot, 
over the walnuts. C'over closely- and 
stoi'e for three weeks in a cool dry 
place, the walnuts will then be .read.v for 
>l.s(‘.” W. C. D. 
More About Bayberries 
Pure bayberry w.-ix is hard and brit¬ 
tle, of a dull, greenish color, and retains 
to a limited degree, the odor of the 
1ea\' s. which may be brought out by fric¬ 
tion. In earlier times it was mixed 
with beef tallow to make dip candles, 
which were only burned on special oc¬ 
casions, being too v.uluable to be used 
for the entire candle, and quite too hard 
to burn well alone, not being specially in¬ 
flammable. The berries, which ' are 
about an eighth of an inch in diameter 
and grow in clusters on the bushes in 
September, are covered with a greenish 
white wax, used to be gathered by the 
bushel, then boiled in water to melt the 
wax which was skimmed off and 
strained and molded into cakes of various 
sizes, and had—for those day.s—consid¬ 
erable commercial value. It was also 
used in the home economy for making 
hand and shaving soap, being boiled with 
the strongest lye, obtained by leaching 
wood ashes. Bayberry soap was consid¬ 
ered the toilet soap of colonial times, 
and for a number of years later. 
GEO. IIOKTOX TERRY. 
In partial answer to O. C. D., on page 
12.'16, on “Bayberry Candles,” the bush 
is .said to grow best in the Southern 
States. A bushel of berries will give four 
to five pounds of wax. When ripe they 
are covered with a coating of greenish- 
white wax. Caudles burn slowly with 
agreeable odor and no smoke, but give a 
rather pale light. The bayberry caudle 
has only a sentimental value, from odor 
and historical associations, and should be 
hand-dipped to possess thi.s in full. The 
wax is good for waxing thread. Mold it 
in the largest size thimbles, tuck in a 
loop of ribbon for a handle and sell it at 
fairs and such places. edxa s. kxapp. 
Selling Wild Ferns 
I have beard that florists bu.v ferns for 
funeral purposes. There are lots of ferns 
growing around our place, but being so 
far from the city I do not know of any 
who would bu.v. Could you give me the 
names of some florists who are using 
ferns? jirs. a. m. 
The ordinary wild Summer ferns are 
not purchased by florists. The ferns col¬ 
lected and sold by hundreds of thousands 
are wli'at are known in the trade as 
“fancy” and “dagger” ferns, which re¬ 
main evergreen during Winter. They 
are gathered in early F.-ill, in this latitude 
up to the time of hard frost, when the 
fronds have attained full growth. No 
doubt these ferns grow in your vicinity, 
as the.v are quite coi mon in New .lerse.v. 
It will be well for you to make a sur¬ 
vey to see how much material there may 
be and then apply to .a New York dealer 
for information as to his needs. Perhaps 
you know tin' ('vergretm daggei' fern, 
botanicall.v Aspidium achrostichoides, as 
(’hristmas fern, which is its common 
name. 
“Wtr.i.iE, your teacher’s report of .vour 
work is v('ry bad. Do you know that 
when Woo(lrt)W Wilson was .vour .age ho 
was head of the school?” “Yes, pa; and 
when he was y(Uir age he was President 
of the United States.”—Toronto Sun. 
I? There^s 
“Body 
To 
Instant 
Postum 
and 
taste. 
“snap” to its 
Try a cup and 
notice the charming 
flavor and substan¬ 
tial character of this 
table beverage. 
Postum is a true 
“man’s” drink, and 
women and children 
delight in it. 
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There^s a Reason’^ 
for POSTUM 
Sold by Grocers 
Everywhere! 
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or You May Have to Do 
Without Them This 
Season 
The freight congestion is serious. You 
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the Government by giving your order for 
Fertilizers NOW to your dealer. If all 
the farmers do this, the dealer can then 
“bunch” his orders, and be able to order 
his cars of fertilizers loaded to full capa¬ 
city. The Government urges that all cars 
be so loaded. 
When the goods arrive haul them home, 
and put them into your barn until you are 
ready to use them. If the movement of 
railroad cars becomes any more serious 
you may not get a pound of fertilizer at 
any price. 
Our 50 factories, and distributing points 
are so well located geographically as to 
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Divide your orchard in half, no matter how largo 
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every way better than that sprayed with Lime- 
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