7J* RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
crop one year and then, like a soldier 
who has had a hard campaign, “knocks 
off” and plays for a year. These trees 
are true Baldwins, and formerly acted as 
all Baldwins do. Of late years they have 
been slowly changing their habits, and 
here they are acting very much like Mc¬ 
Intosh. I am unable to account for it. 
The trees stand in a strip of sod around 
a field which has been well cultivated for 
two years. They had a little manure last 
year, and a good dressing of Barium 
phosphate. Personally i think that a 
wet. late season and a good application of 
phosphorus will do as much as anything 
to make fruit buds and change the habits 
of a tree. At last we have a chance 
to see what Sutton Beauty or Sutton can 
do when it gets ready. I planted quite a 
number of this variety, and have always 
felt sorry for it. We do not like the 
shape of the tree, and while the apples 
are fine, there have never been enough of 
them. Sutton seems to be lazy. This 
year, however, most of them are filled to 
the top with bloom, and it looks as if they 
have started at last. They have waited 
too long, however. I would not advise 
planting Sutton. H. w. C. 
New Plant Immigrants 
References to the dasheen in the South¬ 
ern States have aroused interest in the 
tario. Colocasia esculenta, grown as an 
ornamental plant in the Northern States 
under the name of elephant’s ear. In 
Bulletin 167 of the Office of Foreign Seed 
and Plant Introduction is a description 
by Rev. ,7. H. Griffin of the taro grown 
jn Kaying, Kwantung, China. He says: 
“Here in Kaying the Penang taro is 
considered delicious, but it does not grow 
large. The corm of the Penang taro is 
larger than that of the other kinds, but 
the small tubers are smaller than those of 
other kinds. There are also fewer tubers; 
that is. a Penang corm has usually not 
more than four small tubers, while other 
varieties have many. 
“The Penang taro is considered to be 
tlie finest flavored of all the known va¬ 
rieties of this important food crop. It is 
distinguished from other taros by the pur¬ 
ple fibers which traverse the white flesh 
and by a characteristic delicious frag¬ 
rance which develops during cooking. The 
Penang differs also from the Trinidad 
dasheen and many other varieties of taro 
in that the corm. when grown under 
favorable conditions, is distinctly elongat¬ 
ed instead of being roundish or oval. Un¬ 
like the Trinidad dasheen and similar va¬ 
rieties, the Penang taro usually produces 
not more than two or three cormels. or 
lateral ‘tubers’ of marketable size; the 
crop, therefore, consists mainly of conns 
which range from one to eight or more 
pounds each in weight. Unfortunately 
this delicious taro is a rather poor keeper 
ns compared with varieties of the dasheen 
type. Conns and cormels are acrid in the 
raw state.” 
A salad-producing palm is thus. de¬ 
scribed by Mr. Wilson Popenoe. agricul¬ 
tural explorer, in the same bulletin : 
“The pacaya or Guatemalan salad 
palm, a species of which was introduced 
into the United States in 1917, is worthy 
of a wider trial than has yet been given 
it. It is a tender plant, probably suitable 
for cultivation in the United States only 
in Southern Florida. It likes half-shade, 
plenty of moisture and a soil rich in 
liumus. It is a handsome, small palm, 
reaching about 20 ft. in height, with a 
straight trunk about 2 in. iu diameter, 
and a crown of graceful pinnate leaves 
about 6 ft. long. In Guatemala the leaves 
are often cut and used for house decora¬ 
tion. The young inflorescences, which 
are taken before the spathes are open, fur¬ 
nish the popular dish, pacaya salad. They 
can. also, be fried in batter or boiled with 
other vegetables. They have a slightly 
bitter taste. If these inflorescences could 
be produced commercially in Southern 
Florida, pacaya salad would undoubtedly 
find a place upon the menus of large 
hotels and restaurants iu Northern 
cities.” 
Hardy Peach Wanted 
I have looked over my peach trees and 
find most of the buds dead on Carman, 
Belle of Georgia. Elberta and Hale. Most 
of. the buds on Greensboro are alive. 
Why cannot some of the Northern ex¬ 
periment stations invent a good freestone 
peach as hardy as Greensboro and other 
seedlings? Iron Mountain is hardy, but 
it is too late to mature here. 
Centre Co.. Pa.- frank WAGING. 
'\ p think the New Jersey Experiment 
station has done this very thing. 
Linseed Oil as Tree Protection 
Fast Fall I painted all our young trees 
' V|fl > linseed oil and lead soaked well 
111 the ground, and not one «o 
treated was injured by mice and rabbits. 
V' v City, N. Y. E . A. T. 
p CTIVE Small Fruit Cui.ti 
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“Tune-up” the Rig 
O NLY a few weeks remain 
before threshing season will 
be here with a rush. Be sure 
you are ready. Get your Case 
Steamer” out and go over it. 
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See that the boiler is thor¬ 
oughly clean inside. Polish pis¬ 
ton rod and valve stem. Look 
for lost motion at both ends of 
connecting rod, and adjust the 
brasses if necessary. Re-pack 
the pump and possibly the gov¬ 
ernor stem. Clean oil holes and 
grease cups so that lubricant will 
pass freely to all bearings. Be 
sure that leads to water-column 
are clear. We suggest that you 
have on hand a supply of water 
glasses, with proper gaskets. The 
safety valve is probably all right, 
but be sure it “pops” when it 
should. Scrape out exhaust noz¬ 
zle, giving the steam a clear 
passage, directly up the stack. 
Replace worn clutch shoes; also 
repaint boiler and stack. 
Overhaul the separator belting 
and re-lace or re-place where 
needed. Wash out every bear¬ 
ing with kerosene and see that 
oil holes are open. Replace worn 
teeth in cylinder and concave, 
and look for harmful endplay in 
cylinder. 1/64 inch is right. 
Examine every box^and bearing 
and take up or re-babbitt where 
needed. Tighten loose nuts and 
replace lost bolts. 
Be sure you have the supplies 
and tools you will need. It is 
well to have some spare parts on 
hand to guard against possible 
delays. Check up your stock of 
parts with the list suggested in 
your“ Case Thresher Manual”, 
and order what you lack. If you 
have no copy of our “Thresher 
Manual”, you should have one, 
and we will send one on request. 
Remember that time is money 
to the thresherman, and right 
now is the time to save time. 
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