‘Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1723 
I 
the fire and frozen broad. Tho.v toll mo, 
however, that I can give a very good imi¬ 
tation of the butler, and now and then I 
can throw a dish towel over my arm and 
serve the baked beans in “style." As the 
orchard begins to shake itself 1 think my 
women folk begin to think they would like 
a little more laee on their table service. 
I tell them that when they give a dinner 
party I will volunteer my services as but¬ 
ler or waiter. They may truthfully re¬ 
mark that “this faithful old servant has 
been in the family for 50 years!” But, 
seriously, mealtime should he a merry 
time—when the family can all come to¬ 
gether. Some people seem to think that 
a family meal is a race to see which 
member' can get through first. Not a 
word is spoken. T think supper or Sun¬ 
day dinner may well he a lingering meal, 
where the happy events of the day may he 
gone over. I know a woman who waits 
until her family have all gathered at the 
supper table and then proceeds to scold 
them all—ending with her husband. _ Do 
you wonder that family suffers from indi¬ 
gestion ? 
* * $ * * 
Do you men and drive a car? 
No; hut we have .just decided to buy 
one. Of course I know we are all out of 
date in this matter, hut it is better to 
walk behind time without debt than to 
be ahead with time constantly punching 
you up about the money you owe on the 
car. We bought the truck first, and it 
has helped pay for the car. The other 
day old Boh, the hay horse, took sick and 
could not recover. It was a sad day for 
this family when faithful, cranky, ob¬ 
stinate old Boh was laid away under the 
apple tree. IIow well T remember the 
day I bought him. He was the last of 
the “old guard" that worked for us dur¬ 
ing our days of struggle. Old Kelly is 
feeble and will soon follow Bob. and now 
we must have a car. It would not be 
safe for me to drive if, hut there will he 
plentv of volunteers. I told the wife and 
daughter that I would buy the car they 
wanted after they fully understood our 
finances and inspects. It seemed as if 
every friend they went to knew some par¬ 
ticular car as the “best.” They finally 
decided, and we shall soon he exploding 
gasoline inside the proceeds of the apple 
crop! The time has evidently come when 
a car will prove a good investment on th ; s 
fn>’m. T would not buy one until that 
could he said. But I am beyond my al¬ 
lotted space, and have only begun on the 
personal questions. They must wait 
awhile. h. w. c. 
Sex in Tomatoes 
Are there male and female tomatoes? 
A neighbor wants to raise seed from a 
selected lot of tomatoes, and another 
neighbor told him he must only save the 
female tomatoes, as the others are no good 
for seed. He asked me. and I told him I 
never heard of such a thing, and thought 
it was a lot of bosh. Can you set us 
straight? w. e. 
Maspeth, I,. I.. N. Y 
It is quite true that there are some 
plants which produce separate male and 
female flowers: that is, pistillate and 
staminate, hut the resulting seed is not 
distinguished in this way. Some straw¬ 
berries produce what we call imperfect 
flowers: as a rule pistillate blooms, and 
in this case other plants must he set near 
them to provide pollen, or no fruit is pro¬ 
duced ; hut this is not true of tomatoes, 
which form perfect flowers. In selecting 
tomatoes for seed you merely take into 
consideration the character which you 
wish to obtain, selecting solid, perfect 
fruit, and also freedom in bearing fruit. 
For this reason it is not wise simply to 
pick out a perfect fruit at random; the 
plant itself should he observed through¬ 
out the season to obtain the character you 
desire. 
Market for Roots and Herbs 
We have many letters from readers 
asking about the demand for roots and 
herbs. During the war there was a great 
demand for wild cherry hark, and many 
tons of this were sent here to be used in 
making cough medicine. This demand fell 
away and prices ran down. They are 
now going up a little, and offers are being 
made all the way from •H-w per lb. for 
the thick, natural hark, to 1C>o per lb. for 
bark taken from young trees with the 
outer bark removed. 
A good many calls have been made for 
sweet Hag or calamus root. This is quot¬ 
ed at 10 to 12c per lb. The following are 
I ”<>sent prices, per lb.: Sumac leaves. 
w : th no stems, bring 2c; sassafras bark_of 
flic root, without bark of tree, 20 to 2-»c; 
ox-eye daisy flowers. 2c; pumpkin seed, 5 
and 8c; dandelion root. dry. 15c: birch 
hark from young trees, 2'4 : burdock root, 
12c; goldenrod leaves. “<•; milkweed root. 
5c: skunk cabbage root, 12 and 14c. There 
seems to he a fair demand for most of 
these roots and herbs, but considerable 
skill is required in handling them if one 
expects to make even fair wages at col¬ 
lecting them. 
"1 PUNISHED you merely to show my 
love for you.” said the fond father, after 
the chastisement. “T-that’s all right," 
sobbed the small hoy. “But it’s a g-g-good 
thing for you 1 ain’t b-b-big enough to 
return your 1-1-love, that’s all."—Mel¬ 
bourne Leader. 
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