<Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Notes from a Maryland Garden 
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being white. Pods that I am saving for 
seed are now about 10 inches long, round 
and smooth, without a solitary ridge. The 
same amateur friend who sent the okra 
seed sent, some large white Lima beans, 
which he claimed were the result of a 
cross between the large white Lima and 
the Sieva or small Lima, and that they 
make as heayy a crop as the small Limas. 
These are the ones now just coming in 
on the fence where the peas were. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
A Backyard Quince Tree 
I am sending you a picture of a quince 
bush published in the Cleveland Plain 
Dealer, with the following description : 
“This modest tree in the yard of Mr. 
and Mrs. J. A. Ilenish has brought its 
various owners about .$1,820 during its 
70 years of life. It is the oldest and 
largest quince ‘bush’ in the city. It has 
outdistanced all comers in the quince field 
by about 50 years, the average life of the 
quince bush being 20 years. This 
Spring the tree is 24 feet in diameter and 
has about 5,000 blossoms. It never bears 
less than five or six bushels of the lus¬ 
cious ‘strawberry’ quince, so-called because 
the fruit turns a rose color when cooked. 
One year 10 bushels were picked. The 
fruit * usually sells at $3.75 to $4 a 
bushel.” 
It is in the next block from me, and I 
have known of the bush for 39 years my¬ 
self. I have just been to see the owner 
of it and find that the statement is cor¬ 
rect, with the exception of the $1,820, 
which is erroneous, and the owner is in¬ 
dignant over the misstatement. I took 
some measurements this morning and find 
that the trunk diameter (not circumfer¬ 
ence! is 2 ft. and 4 in. at the smallest 
part, and has a spread of branches equal- 
ly on all sides of 25 ft., and is 19 ft. high 
at its highest point. It was one mass of 
blossoms, and the owner told me that two 
years ago she picked 10 bushels, and has 
sold from $2.75 to $4 per bushel. The 
age is unknown, but is supposed to be at 
least 70 years, but it is now on the de¬ 
cline. 0. A. COOK. 
R. N.-Y.—The picture sent us was too 
dim to make a good engraving. This way 
of figuring is a favorite with our city 
friends. They take one exceptionally good 
crop, guess at the age and multiply. 
Elder Roots Clogging Drain 
Directly over the outlet of a l^-in. 
tile drain ditch on my place there is a 
clump of elderberry bushes. The clump 
is about 8 ft. wide and 10 ft. long, and the 
bushes are about 3 ft. to 4 ft. high. The 
other day I had to go at it with pick and 
shovel and dig up about. 20 ft. of this tile, 
and found it eompletelyVull of these elder 
roots. Is there any method of getting 
rid of this nuisance except to grub them 
out? The ditch is fully 3 ft. below the 
surface, so you see it would be quite a 
task to dig them out. I had thought of 
trying salt upon them, but do not know 
how to proceed or whether it would do the 
business. Can you tell me if salt will 
do it, and. if so, how much and how 
should it be applied? I am too busy ty 
be digging up the ditch every Spring. 
Aurora. N. Y. F. W. \v. 
Certain kinds of trees and shrubs often 
occasion trouble of this kind, and the 
logical -°medy is to remove the trees and 
grub oui the roots. Where this is not de¬ 
sirable, street commissioners and others 
often insert a rather stiff wire, the er ' of 
which is barbed something after the hash- 
ion of a spear-head, and thus remove the 
roots. A wire 50 ft. in length ca; be 
managed without much difficulty, bu . of 
course, the relief will be only temporary, 
for new roots will speedily form. I doubt 
if the use of salt or any other chemical 
would be at all practicable. By plugging 
the outlet, and filling the tile with a strong 
briue the roots might, possibly, be killed 
out, but even then the dead roots would 
•till clog the drain. Nor would the relief 
be more than temporary, for new roots 
would soon develop. About nine years 
ago I had some experience with a 4-in. tile 
drain that had become clogged with wil¬ 
low roots. We dug up the tile, cleaned 
and relaid it. Then we covered the tile 
with a 3-in. layer of fine gravel and over 
this we poured hot coal tar. When this 
had become pretty well dried we filled 
the ditch with earth. Thus far the roots 
have given no trouble. In spite of all that 
may be said to the contrary, if a drain is 
made of well-glazed tile, and the joints 
properly cemented, and there are no sand 
holes or other defects in the tiles, it will 
be impossible for the roots to force an 
entrance into the tiles. c. o. okmsbee. 
Long-keeping Apples 
You ask us to be prompt in sending in 
our subscription renewal money. Well, 
here goes, in the first mail out. When 
I say good-bye to this dollar I know that 
there will be returned to me more real 
help and inspiration than money can buy 
anywhere eise. Just a word about the 
keeping qualities of our apples in a good 
cellar. We had McIntosh all the time 
to May 12. Then we started on Stay- 
man, which were finished on July 4. Wal- 
bridge lasted up to August, when I took 
what was left to the barn for old Red. 
No apples this year. geo. n. Lincoln. 
Lackawanna, Co., Pa. 
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