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Protecting Apple Trees; Forcing 
Lily of the Valley 
On page 1051, concerning bark injury 
of apple trees, for frost protection I 
would advise whitewashing the apple 
trees the old-fashioned way. If the in¬ 
quirer thinks he must wrap the trees, 
small houghs of spruce or similar ever¬ 
greens are best for the purpose, as they 
keep mice away and in most cases are 
easy to get; heavy wrapping is not neces¬ 
sary. 
In regard to the lily of the valley, the 
northern part of Germany, is the only 
country producing first-class lily of the 
valley pips for early forcing. They are 
grown in a sandy soil or sandy loam by 
experts. No special effort is made to cure 
the pips. I advise the inquirer to dig the 
roots after a good frost, storing them in 
large size, second size and planting size. 
The pips can lie put in bunches of 25, 
and heeled in, in sandy soil or wet moss 
until wanted for forcing. Idly of the 
valley grown in heavy soil is only good 
for late forcing or putting into cold stor¬ 
age. It takes an expert to grow lily of 
the valley to perfection, and another ex¬ 
pert to force them for early use. Lily of 
the valley from cold storage is easier to 
force. FRANK KOEHLER. 
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Apples for West Virginia 
The notes in regard to the best varieties 
of fruits for the different parts of the 
country are of great interest, and by de¬ 
scribing the behavior of a variety, nam¬ 
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in planting may be avoided. In the moun¬ 
tains of Southern West Virginia, the 
planting of apples for local markets is 
receiving much attention. Formerly Rome 
Beauty and Ben Davis were planted 
almost exclusively for this purpose, but in 
recent years many others with origin more 
remote have been tried with varying suc¬ 
cess. Delicious comes into leaf and blos¬ 
som very early in Spring, is very sus¬ 
ceptible to blight and ripens in the Fall 
here. Senator is a better variety and 
with Grimes and .Touatlian covers the 
same season. Stayman is a good sort to 
plant, but must be sprayed thoroughly to 
prevent scab and cracking. Wolf River 
is dependable, a fair quality and one of 
the best sorts for drying for home use. 
Northwestern is a better sort here than 
R. I. Greening. Sunrise is a fine variety, 
an annual bearer of high quality, deep 
red fruit and is a good keeper. The tree, 
however, needs much pruning to prevent 
an excess of branches. Banaua is a 
young bearer, fruit only fair, but makes 
a fine orchard tree. Of the older sorts, 
Buckingham and King are safe varieties 
to plant. The planting of Wealthy, Yel¬ 
low Transparent. Arkansas Black and 
some others should be discouraged on ac¬ 
count of blight. 
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Rules of Precedence at Cider Mill 
It is customary at blacksmith shops for 
the horses of patrons to be shod in the 
order of their arrival. Ordinarily it does 
not matter whether the one who brings 
*he horse remains at the shop or not. 
What is the best known method of de¬ 
ciding the order or succession in which 
loads of apples sire to be ground at cider 
mills? Naturally one would say. “Ac¬ 
cording to the order of arrival.” But that 
does not fully cover the ground. For 
instance, suppose a man comes with his 
apples and. finding that he will have a 
long wait, goes away, stays till his turn 
is gone, returns and finds those following 
him in his place, naturally he would have 
to wait indefinitely. Also suppose three 
loads belonging to A. B and O are left 
over night to resume the work next day. 
and G arrives before A or B. I take it 
that G thereby gains priority over A 
and B. Doubtless such matters as the 
foregoing have been long and fully settled 
by simple principles. If you can give 
them briefly, it may benefit many people. 
Titusville, N. J. H. P. P. 
T cannot learn that there i - any legal 
statute touching this point. But the cus¬ 
tom is that the apples of each natron 
shall ho ground in the order of delivery, 
land delivery consists in d°in£ al] fh p 
work that the management of the mill re¬ 
quires of its patrons. T T suallv this con¬ 
sists of unloading the apples in the proper 
place, and providing receptacles for his 
share of the cider. If he performs his 
part of the delivery, whatever it may be 
according to the custom of the mill, he is 
entitled to have his apples ground in turn. 
But. if he hacks his load under a shed and 
goes away and leaves it to await his own 
convenience, he has not completed de¬ 
livery. and must take his place in the 
rear, the same as though he were a new 
arrival. 'An exception to this rule is 
usually made when the second man lias a 
previous load in the mill, and being 
ground at the time. 
C certainly gains priority over A and 
B, and D. coming with a fresh load and 
arriving before C. is in position to begin 
unloading, gains priority over all who are 
in advance of him. The idea is that 
neither the mill nor any patron shall he 
compelled to wait on account of the delay 
or negligence of any other patron. 
J C. O. ORMSREE. 
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