©fte RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Profitable Manurial Crops 
V\ hat would you sow as a soil enricher? 
Would it be preferable to plant Crimson 
clover at $14 per bu. this Spring and plow 
under early next Spring, or would it be 
just as well or better to sow Spring rye 
at $3.10 per bu. this Spring and turn 
under in Fall, and then sow Winter 
rye and turn that under in Spring 
before potato planting time? Would Soy 
beans at $5.50 per bu. planted this Spring 
and turned under in Fall and then land 
sown to Winter rye be preferable to all 
rye or Crimson clover as a soil Condi¬ 
tioner? Would any combinations of 
Crimson clover, rye and Soy beans pro¬ 
duce more plant food than each planted 
alone? H. b. ai. 
Erie Co., N. Y. 
We would not sow Crimson clover in 
your latitude—certainly not in Spring. 
Crimson is a cool weather clover, and is 
usually seeded in late Summer or early 
Fall. It grows well through the cool 
Fall weather and, south of Philadelphia, 
will pass safely through the Winter and 
make a quick growth in Spring. When 
hot weather comes this clover stops grow¬ 
ing and forms seed—often when only 
three or four inches high. Thus if you 
seeded it in Spring you would get only 
a short growth, and by late June the 
clover would be dead. The nature of this 
clover is entirely different from that of 
Red or Alsike. It will have little value 
in your section except a« a cover crop 
seeded in late Summer or Fall. 
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ALakeEve*y 
Seed Count 
While 
fair crop 
better to 
Spring rye would give you a 
for plowing under you will do 
seed oats and Canada peas as 
a Spring crop. Put them in as early as 
the ground is fit. We use one bushel of 
the Canada peas, plowed or disked under, 
and then three bushels of oats harrowed 
in. With a seeder the peas and oats can 
be mixed and seeded together. This crop 
can .be plowed under in late .Tune or 
July and then Winter rye and clover 
seeded. This will cover the ground 
through the Winter and give a heavy 
growth to be plowed under next Spring 
for the potatoes. You will probably get 
more organic matter in the soil with these 
crops than you can with other combina¬ 
tions of seeds. We should use fertilizer, 
and especially phosphorus, with these 
cover crops, especially with the oats and 
peas. 
Small Fruits for Maryland 
I wish to set out some gooseberry and 
currant bushes in my garden this Spring, 
also rhubarb roots and strawberry plants. 
Will you advise me the best varieties and 
time of setting? C. a. b. 
Cambridge. Md. 
About 40 years ago I found a goose¬ 
berry in the hands of an old Englishman 
in Queen Anne County. It was an Amer¬ 
ican variety similar to Iloughton, but 
much earlier. Being then conducting a 
nursery I got up a stock of it and named 
it Early Kent, and sold a good many 
under that name. At the meeting of the 
American Pomological Society in 1S77 we 
had quite a discussion over this berry. 
Dr. llexamer said it was Iloughton. 
Thomas Meehan said it was not. and 
John Saul said it was distinct. Finally 
it was refused listing. I closed out all I 
had left to a New Jersey nurseryman and 
dropped it. A few years ago I Knight 
some plants of the Carrie gooseberry, and 
found when they fruited that T had my 
old Early Kent back. I do not know any 
better gooseberry of the American class. 
Of the red currants I grow the Wilder 
here and find that it does well even in 
our sandy soil, which is not the best for 
currants. The only rhubarb worth grow¬ 
ing is the Linna'us. Of strawberries there 
is such a host that there is really none 
that is best in all respects. For an early 
berry the Early Ozark is as good as any : 
for mid-season Big Joe, and for late Ches¬ 
apeake. which is one variety that may well 
be called best. Of the everbearing sorts 
the Progressive is best. They should be 
treated somewhat as annuals. Plant in 
Spring and keep bloom off till mid-June 
and then let them bear till frost. Next 
Spring let them bear the early crop and 
then turn them all under and plant some 
late crop. The everbearers will amount 
to very little after making the early 
crop, and it is better to plant every 
Spring. They are good to have for home 
use, but are not especially valuable for 
market. w. F. MASSEY. 
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