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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March <!, 1020 
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Let Your Orchard Pay Its 
Share of the Farm Profit 
Your apple orchard, even if you have only twenty-five or fpfty trees, 
can be made to pay a substantial part of your farm profits. *It should be 
one of the best money-makers on your farm. The way to make this 
extra profit is as simple as it is easy, and as certain as it is inexpensive . 
Protect your fruit from diseases and insects. Keep your apples free from in&ct damage 
and fungous blemishes. Grow sound, clean, attractive apples,— the kind that people like 
to buy and that will bring you a good price. You can get more apples and practically your 
own price for them,— you can make your apple orchard pay a real profit by spraying with 
U. S. PAT. OFF 
TRADE MARK REGISTERED 
Fifteen more sound, smooth apples on the tree will usually pay for the PYROX it 
takes to spray it. But you are sure to have many times fifteen—for PYROX will protect 
your apples against the codling moth and other worms and bugs. It will keep them free 
from rot, spot and fungous diseases. It will increase the health and vigor of the tree as 
shown by the rich green color of the leaves, and the apples will hang on until they are 
ready to harvest in spite of even heavy windstorms. 
PYROX is easy to use—just measure out the right amount and mix with cold water. It is a smooth, 
creamy paste, free from grit and lumps, and will go through the finest nozzle. It eliminates \he worry and 
work of preparing separate chemicals. 
Arrange for your supply of PYROX now. See your local dealer and be 
sure that he orders PYROX for you. Write today for your copy of the 
new PYROX book. Every fruit grower and trucker should have a copy. 
Bowker Insecticide Company 
43-A Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 712 Conway Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
1002 Fidelity Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 
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wearing Carhartt Overalls in making 
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j - the difference and demand 
the genuine Carhartt. If your 
dealer will not supply you 
with my overalls, made from 
Carhartt Master Cloth, write 
my nearest factory for 
samples and prices. 
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Don’t forget to ask for my Farm, 
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Detroit, Michigan 
Dallas. Texas 
San Francisco, California 
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The Family Grape Vineyard 
The grape has been in cultivation longer 
than any other fruit, and more books have 
been written about the culture of the 
grape than of all other fruits put together. 
Prof. Hedrick in his recent book. "Man¬ 
ual of American Grape Growing,” states 
that 7!) books have been written regard¬ 
ing the grape in America and only 70 on 
all other fruits. Notwithstanding the 
amount of available information, the 
grape is one of our neglected fruits, and 
is not being used by the average family 
as it should. There is no good reason 
why practically every home should not be 
supplied with grapes from September un¬ 
til early Winter. The limiting factor in 
grape-growing is temperature and sun¬ 
light. Farms or gardens which are sub¬ 
ject to fogs, lack of sunlight and late 
Spring frosts and early Fall freezes can¬ 
not grow good grapes. But it is often 
possible to grow vines on the south side 
<>f buildings, hedges or fences whore they 
will be protected and receive more heat 
during the Summer than if they were 
growing out in the open. This will cause 
them to ripen earlier in the Fall than 
would otherwise be the case. 
The average grower expects to secure 
15 lbs. of grapes per vine, and if you are 
planning to set out a vineyard, plant an 
area large enough to supply about 15 lbs. 
per day. Have enough fruit so that you 
can let your family go into the vineyard 
and eat all they want: let the grapes be 
as free as apples. This means that you 
should plant from a half-acre to an acre. 
A good location for a vineyard is a plot 
of ground sloping to the south, and which 
is high enough above the surrounding 
land to give it good water and air drain- 
| age. The soil should be a sandy or 
gravelly loam rather than a heavy clay 
soil. If"the land is not well supplied with 
humus, several loads of stable manure 
should be plowed under; then the land 
should be well harrowed, fitting it even 
better than you would fit for corn or po¬ 
tatoes. For convenience, the rows should 
be laid out 10 feet apart and preferably 
running north and south; the plants in 
the row about eight feet apart. 
Purchase strong one-year-old plants; 
after they are set out, prone away all the 
top except two buds. The first season 
corn, potatoes or some other cultivated 
crop can be grown in the.young vineyard. 
Early the second Spring the vines should 
be cut back, leaving only one cane; cut 
back to two or three buds. A stake 
should be driven near each plant and the 
vines which grow this second season 
should he tied up during the Summer to 
make it easier to cultivate, and also pre¬ 
vent the canes from breaking. Some 
growers put up the trellis the Spring of 
the third season, but if the stake which 
was set the second season' was heavy 
enough it will support the plant for two 
years. 
By following the above-mentioned di¬ 
rections it will be necessary to put up a 
trellis during the Spring of the fourth 
year. Set posts firmly at the end of the 
rows, the first post four feet from the 
first vine; the second post may be lighter, 
and in soils free from stone can be driven 
I with a maul; it should be 24 ft. from the 
first post. This gives three vines between 
each two posts. Number 10 galvanized 
wire is a good size to use. stretching it 
tightly 30 in. from the ground on the side 
of the post from which the strong winds 
come; the second wire may be 30 in. 
above the first. The tendency is not to 
get the wires high enough to keep the 
vines and fruit off the ground. 
A fair amount of fruit will be produced 
the fourth season, and to protect this fruit 
from the black rot, the worst grape 
trouble, the vines should be sprayed with 
Bordeaux mixture, the first spraying de¬ 
pending somewhat* on the weather. If 
the weather is very moist, the spraying 
should be done more frequently than dur¬ 
ing dry spells. The last spraying should 
be made when the fruit is nearly full size. 
The pruning of grapes is not a secret 
process, known only to a few, as some 
think. An unpruned vine will set more 
fruit than it can properly mature, heme 
we cut off all of the previous season’s 
growth except the main stem and three 
or four branches of the last season’s 
growth, leaving them two to four feet 
long. From the buds on these arms 
which are left and which grew last year, 
will develop new canes which have the 
fruit next season; that is. a new cane 
grows and from it the fruit develops the 
same season. A few general statements: 
Allow the fruit to remain on the vine 
until thoroughly ripe. 
Grapes will not sweeten after being 
picked. 
Grapes may be pruned in late Fall or 
early Spring. Pruning during freezing 
weather should be avoided, as the vines 
are very brittle. 
Grapevines will not bleed to death if 
they are pruned late in th Spring, but it 
is advisable to do the pruning before there 
is danger of excessive bleeding. 
■Grapes can be stored in a cool cellar 
and kept for many weeks. 
Some of the common varieties of grapes 
suitable for Southern New England are 
Moore’s Early. Wyoming Red. Brighton. 
Delaware. Green Mountain. Worden, Con¬ 
cord. Niagara. The Concord can he 
grown under a great variety of conditions. 
S. B. HOLLISTER. 
“What’s all that racket?” “Sounds 
to me as though capital and labor had 
gotten together again.”—Detroit Free 
Press. 
