The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
875 
nnd that it is about time wo had a strong 
administration that is capable of “doing 
something.” These continued strikes and 
labor troubles will in time drive manu¬ 
facturing and business away from New 
York. I think many big enterprises on 
Manhattan Island will be tumbled over 
and scattered back to the country water 
powers, where they will build up cities 
and towns around them. And that will 
be the greatest thing that could happen 
to the country. H. w. c. 
Fruit Notes from Missouri 
Wasteful Retailing. —In our town 
of 10.000 inhabitants a street half a mile 
long is adorned with 14 groceries, each 
one of which seems to be making a good 
profit on the capital invested. Each one 
keeps from one to three clerks and one or 
more delivery cars. What an economic 
waste, what a tax on the consumer, is 
presented bv this string of small stores! 
Suppose all of them were merged into 
one flarge establishment, with storage 
room to buv by the carload. What a 
saving in wages, what a saving in deliv¬ 
ery car upkeep, and, most of all. what a 
saving in cost of grocerie . When one 
of these grocer.vmen runs out of a com¬ 
modity he telephones to a local wholesale 
firm and their truck delivers his order. 
Thus they buy in dribs and pay the high¬ 
est wholerale price, passing the tax - to 
their customers. There is one grocer in 
the town who has the capital and storage 
room for a carload purchase. Recently 
lie sent off for a ear of seed potatoes, ai d 
sold them out for $3.G0_ r >er bushel, while 
others were asking $4.50. but when this 
carload was exhausted he returned to the 
old practice of buying in small quantities, 
with the result that his prices became the 
same as those of his competitors. Yet 
every small shopkeeper is ready to be¬ 
come vocal with denunciation at the men¬ 
tion of mail-order houses, and industri¬ 
ously preaches the doctrine that the pub¬ 
lic. including the farmers, owes them a 
living. 
King David Apple. —Now that we are 
eating the last of the anples consigned to 
cold storage. King David has added to its 
reputation by its keeping and eating qual¬ 
ities. At this date in April it is as sound 
as Winesap. while I find some who prefer 
it to Delicious. It is certainb- an apple 
of quality, has proved itself a late keeper, 
is handsome in color and shape, matures 
with the Fall varieties and in early bear¬ 
ing and productiveness is unsurpassed. 
Its apples color beautifully even when the 
tree is overloaded and much of the fruit 
is shaded. It is a darker red than Wine- 
sap. approaching that of Arkansas Black. 
In size it ranges with Winesap and holds 
it even under the strain or an excessive 
crop, while fruit of the old variety is re¬ 
duced to a low grade. See page SG0, Fig. 
034 
Powdered Lime-Sulphur. —Last year I 
used powdered lime-sulphur for the*scale. 
The manufacturer’s directions call for 
from 10 to 14 lbs. to 50 gals., but I found 
this was not effective. Recently a neigh¬ 
bor tells me that ho used 10 lbs.. 2 lbs. 
more than the company’s maximum, and 
that it proved successful. It is retailed 
here in bulk by one hardware firm for 
20c per lb., making 50 gals, cost $3.20, 
while the ingredients for home manufac¬ 
ture in an iron kettle of that mount 
would not run over 75c. 
Watercress. —For years I have tried 
to advertise the merits of watercress for 
the numberless springs in this region, but 
apparently _ with slight success. This 
most appetizing plant could be grown in 
unlimited quantities, supplying all the 
towns and furnishing large shipments to 
the cities, if it were but possible to 
awaken rural dwellers to its value as a 
food and as a source of income. I have 
long mourned the abseuce of a spring on 
the fruit farm, nor is there oue in the 
neighborhood where cress could get the 
protection against stock aud fowls that 
18 requisite for its production. Here 
again we see economic waste in the 
neglect of a delicious vegetable that grows 
Without cultivation. 
Poorman Gooseberry. —A new goose- 
TO, the Poorman, lias been found to be 
et high value in parts of the East and 
nest, where tested. It is said to be of 
great vigor, outstripping all other kinds 
in this respect, while it is productive of 
berries huger than those of our uative 
S0 i .. unfortunately the great ex¬ 
pectations T entertained of it"were griev¬ 
ously blasted. In the first place, although 
n very rich soil, the plants made the 
i verse of a vigorous growth, and pro- 
iced, but little wood. Secondly, to my 
^ irprise .the leaves mildewed badly, and 
*rnwf£ te< mu 8 st '" further check to its 
H ‘ ^ ew ’ York Experiment Stu- 
1101,0 the. Poorman has made a fine 
’ ad ™ts its inability to account for 
imi!L, n *ev mar liable variation in conduct 
hut .it attributed to soil aud climate, 
hmn as „. °f* lev varieties seem to flourish 
Imn 'J! 0 . m . Uf 4 presume that the Poorman 
met 8,eCia l ’ e Quirements that cannot be 
wiHi Aim.—After a Winter 
bv p® the severity of that suffered 
gloom in.' fu 1 ! States, we were cast into 
us on Vm-ii 4 tl , iat descended upon 
iHTatuVe l, 4 o a " , 1 P |, "<lueed a fall in tom- 
cots nm*ii degrees. Peaches, apn- 
in bloom m .*' !!"!* ; uu ! Pears were either 
possible For ' v ’ n f e bud, and it seemed im- 
oanuot v5 °f th £ m to ^vive. We 
only ho|u. t .m^ 1 “ ia e th< ' damage, and can 
m • * : muuiigi , auu '•tin 
p arlv fnnf. n ! : , lv ,u ‘ confined to these 
fruits arc ifin n< apples and small 
aie still uninjured. 
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