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9»t RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 10, 1920 
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Garden Notes from New England 
OlT FOR Fuel.— J. M. Moore, a prom¬ 
inent market grower of Arlington, need 
no longer worry about the coal situation, 
regardless of strikes or shortage from 
other reasons. Mr. Moore has installed 
an _ oil-burning apparatus by means of 
which his entire range can be heated. 
There are one or two flower growers in 
the vicinity of Providence who have in¬ 
stalled oil-burning equipments, hut Mr. 
Moore is the first market gardener to take 
up with the innovation. At a recent 
meeting of the Market Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion Mr. Moore showed the members over 
his plant, and the possibilities of oil heat¬ 
ing were so apparent that much interest 
was aroused. In order that the market 
gardeners of New England shall have def¬ 
inite facts and figures upon which to rely 
in case they consider shifting from coal to 
oil, the Market Gardeners' Experiment 
Station at Lexington is also being 
equipped with an oil-burning apparatus. 
This is one of the most important moves 
which has been made for a long time, and 
may go a long way towards solving the 
labor problem. When oil is burned it is 
not necessary, of course, to shovel coal or 
to take out ashes. It maintains a re¬ 
markably even heat, and with a minimum 
amount of attention keeps the house tem¬ 
perature where it should be. 
Labor Problems. —Just at present the 
labor question is the most difficult one 
with which the market gardeners have to 
contend. It is hard to get men who are 
even reasonably competent in sufficient 
numbers to handle the work properly. 
Formerly a good many women worked in 
greenhouses during the Winter, as well 
as in the fields during Summer, hut very 
few women are available now for either 
outdoor or indoor work. During the Sum¬ 
mer months for the past two years it has 
been possible to engage the services of 
many schoolboys, but of course they can¬ 
not be obtained now except for Saturdays 
and during the holidays. Wages under 
such conditions have naturally increased. 
Four dollars a day is probably the aver¬ 
age wage being paid for greenhouse work 
at the present time. 
Location of Market Gardens. —This 
difficulty in getting help constitutes one of 
the chief arguments against the proposal 
being put forth in some quarters that mar¬ 
ket gardeners should establish themselves 
at a greater distance from the cities, re¬ 
lying upon motor trucks to get their stuff 
to market in time. There would be some 
advantage in having more land, particu¬ 
larly as green manuring could then be 
practiced in an extensive way. This is an 
exceedingly important matter, because it 
is difficult even now to obtain anywhere 
near enough stable manure to meet the 
needs of market gardeners, and the scarc¬ 
ity is continually growing as horses are 
replaced by automobiles. Experiments 
made at the Rhode Island State College 
and other places have shown that by the 
use of green manure and commercial fer¬ 
tilizers, stable manure can be done away 
with to a large extent, if not wholly. This 
is one side of the matter, and one which 
naturally receives no little attention. But 
to offset it comes this question of labor, 
which has already been discussed. If it 
is hard to get laborers on farms almost 
within sight of the city, it would he prac¬ 
tically impossible to induce them to go 20 
or 30 miles out. Around Boston Italians 
are depended upon for the most part, and 
they have a great liking for the city. They 
may be willing to work on a farm which 
can be reached by a short trolley ride, but 
absolutely refuse to go to a place where 
they are obliged to stay all the week 
through. In localities 40 or 50 miles 
away from market centers it is often pos¬ 
sible to get a considerable amount of local 
help, hut market gardeners cannot locate 
so far away. 
Artificial Manures. —While some of 
the market gardeners do not agree with 
this, Harry Arnold of Braintree, the for¬ 
mer president of the Boston Market Gar¬ 
deners’ Association, is thoroughly con¬ 
vinced that the market gardeners can keep 
their locations close to the cities and even¬ 
tually re-establish themselves on a pros¬ 
perous basis when the present unsettled 
conditions become stabilized. At the Ar¬ 
lington meeting Mr. Arnold gave a talk 
in which he dwelt particularly upon the 
necessity of using more artificial manures. 
He spoke of his own difficulty in getting 
anything like an adequate supply at a 
reasonable price last season when the to' 
baceo growers in the Connecticut Valley 
came almost to the coast in search of sta¬ 
ble manure. He pointed out that this 
i country is far behind European countries 
in the use of fertilizers, and in consequent 
■ volume of production. 
Southern Competition. —Some con¬ 
cern has been expressed about the compe¬ 
tition of Southern growers who are ship¬ 
ping north. There is no doubt about the 
fact that the Southern shipping associa¬ 
tions are making an effort to get into the 
Boston market strong. The constantly 
increasing freight rates and other con¬ 
siderations seem bound, however, to pro¬ 
tect the Boston growers. It costs the 
Southern shippers $1 a basket for lettuce 
which he puts into Boston, and it is hard 
for him to quote a price much below 
that of lettuce grown at home, and which 
of course far surpasses the Southern pro¬ 
duct in quality. And. after all, it is 
quality which the Boston market de¬ 
mands. That is the point which must be 
considered more than ever in the future. 
In addition, however, there must be im¬ 
proved methods of shipping and selling. 
If the matter is handled in the right way 
there seems to be no reason why the 
greenhouse men of New England should 
fear Southern competition. So far this 
season the lettuce growers have done very 
well indeed. They have even been ship¬ 
ping lettuce to the New York market in 
large quantities. Lettuce is one of the big 
crops, and one which pays well in a good 
season. Apparently about as much let¬ 
tuce has been planted this year as in past 
seasons. Some of the tomato growers 
have not been so well treated. The weath¬ 
er has been decidedly unfavorable to the 
growing.of tomatoes, and many growers 
are holding off for the Spring crop. One 
indication of increased activity among the 
market growers is the drive for new mem¬ 
bers. Seventeen new names were read at 
the Arlington meeting, and teams have 
been organized through the efforts of 
which it is expected that practically all of 
the market growers of Greater Boston 
Wl » members of the association, 
A New Celery.— The private garden¬ 
ers have been encouraged of late to plant 
the new Easy Bleaching Celery in place 
of Paris Golden and other varieties which 
have not been giving satisfaction. To 
some extent also commercial growers have 
been using this new type. It now ap¬ 
pears, however, that the Easy Bleaching 
Celery has one serious fault which causes 
it to be considered less favorably. If 
allowed to stand in the field too long the 
outside stems become hollow and pithy. 
Prof. H. F. Tompson of the experiment 
station at Lexington says he has found 
this trouble to he quite general, and that 
for that reason successive sowings are 
necessary to have quality. Whether the 
advantages outweigh the disadvantages 
remain to be seen, but it is probable that 
small growers will continue to find Easy 
Blanching celery a very good kind. Stored 
celery is not keeping as well as usual. 
For that matter, though, this applies to 
most vegetables and fruits this season. 
Potato Notes.— The poor condition of 
potatoes in New England was reported in 
the Fall through these columns. Recent 
returns from different sections show that 
the crop in New Hampshire and Vermont 
was seriously reduced. In Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island and Connecticut rot took 
half the crop. Less damage was done in 
Maine, and good quality is uow reported. 
Rev. Samuel Knowles, garden supervisor 
at Canton, Mass., has reported some in¬ 
teresting experiments tried with eight va¬ 
rieties of potatoes, to test their compara¬ 
tive value for this section. The results 
showed that Todd’s Wonder had many su¬ 
perior qualities over all the other kinds. 
It resisted blight surprisingly well, yield¬ 
ed but few small tubers and produced a 
large number of smooth, white-skinned 
potatoes. The entire crop was salable, 
which was not true of any other variety. 
The total yield of Sir Walter Raleigh was 
a little larger, but on the other hand the 
loss from rot was much greater. Eureka 
came next in total yield, but was behind 
Early Rose in the number of salable po¬ 
tatoes produced. Early Rose stood up 
remarkably well, the loss being very small 
indeed. Aroostook Pride produced well, 
but there was much loss. It was found 
that the seed did not cut well, and that 
more was needed than for any other of the 
eight varieties except Irish 'Cobbler. It 
was found that this potato grew very deep 
in the ground. The Irish Cobblers gave 
the smallest total yield of any variety, 
and had fewer salable potatoes than any 
kind except Green Mountain. The latter 
made a fair showing in total yield, but 
the loss was far heavier than with any 
other variety, thus greatlv reducing the 
salable crop. There is no doubt about the 
attractive appearance of Green Mountain 
potatoes. The shape is good, the skin is 
white and smooth, and the size is satis¬ 
factory. But it has been shown that this 
variety is greatly subject to blight and 
rot. As a result of his experiments, Mr. 
Knowles recommends deep planting for 
Green Mountain. e. i. Farrington. 
Cutting Brush Along Highway 
What does a land-owner have to do in 
cutting brush, if the road is not 24 ft. 
wide? Does the town have to cut on their 
own time, or can the town or road com¬ 
missioner cut brush and charge it in the 
property owner’s taxes? Can I collect 
pay for cutting brush that belongs to the 
roads, and how much a day for cutting it? 
How far to the road does a property own¬ 
er’s land run? j c 
New York. * * 
Section 54 of the highway law of New 
York makes it the duty of the owner or 
occupant of land bordering a highway to 
remove all briars and brush growing 
within the bounds of the highway once 
in the month of August in each year, and 
if not so done the town superintendent 
may cause it ta be done, and the expense 
therefor levied and collected from the 
owner. Roads generally are about two 
rods or so wide, and the property owner 
must cut the brush to the fence. So the 
duty is on you to cut this brush and the 
town need not do it until you have failed. 
