The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
•Inly 10, 1920 
1182 
\Vhat Soil for Apple Orchards? 
(Continued from page 11S0) 
we grow the trees and can handle them 
as we wish we find a tree six to 10 feet 
tall and more than an inch in diameter 
the best size to plant. On such a tree 
we can leave the branches to form the 
head and have them make a good growth 
the first season. I believe Delicious will 
be good for our locality, although I have 
never eaten a really good specimen. All 
I have seen were too ripe for good quality. 
Winter Banana.— We do not grow 
Winter Banana, and do not plan to plant 
any: It is a white apple, and must sell 
about the same as the similar varieties— 
Gideon and Maiden Blush. I have re¬ 
ceived the impression that it is about the 
same quality as these two, and if so I do 
not want to try to eat it. I much prefer 
a Ben Davis—any Ben Davis—to the 
best Maiden Blush I have tasted. I 
once made the mistake of putting half a 
bushel of these apples in the cellar. I 
think three or four of them were tasted, 
but the rest were thrown out in the 
Spring. I do not believe Borne Beauty is 
as good an apple for fancy trade as Bald¬ 
win in parte of New York where Baldwin 
does not winter-kill. These remarks ap¬ 
ply only to the apple-growing section 
within a few miles of Lake Ontario. They 
must be applied with caution to any other 
region. On the other hand, advice which 
is best for other places may not have any 
value here. We see growers spoiling their 
orchards by pruning them in a manner 
which is all right for a region of high 
wind, bright sun and small rainfall such 
as is found in apple-growing sections of 
the West. Alfred c. weed. 
Wayne Co.. N. Y. 
An Ohio Veteran Gardener 
Lily of the Valley. — 1 have been 
wondering whether a succession of bril¬ 
liant flower shows would be accepted as an 
asset, but this uncertainty has been dis¬ 
pelled. for on May 28 I sold from about 
350 sq. ft. of ground 625 sprays (or 
stems) of lily of the valley for $25. They 
grew under the dense shade of some large 
spruce and pine trees planted 53 years 
ago. the valley being planted half a dozen 
years later, occupying perhaps one foot 
of ground, and spreading at will ever 
since. They are so thick in places as to 
have crowded out their ability to bloom, 
and I never w T as more surprised than 
when I harvested this unexpected crop. 
As a matter of educational interest. I 
might sav that this flower, as a rule, 
when grown out of doors, is nearly un¬ 
salable, as the stems are short and the 
individual florets skimp and few. .Green¬ 
house “valley” is from eight to nine 
inches lone, with well-furnished heads of 
eight or nine individual flowers. I sorted 
very carefully, making^ 350 sprays seven 
to nine inches long. 175 six to seven, and 
two bunches of 50 each_of culls, the others 
being in bunches of 25, wrapped with a 
short piece of old calico and tied with a 
string. This care in sorting and tying 
in counted bunches helped greatly in sell¬ 
ing. as the buying florist could see at a 
glance what was offered him. My price 
to him was 6c for the best, 4c for the 
seconds and lc for the culls. The culls 
were good heads which broke in pulling. 
Improving the Crop.— When a valley 
flower stem has matured it parts at the 
root, hut if immature breaks higher up. 
My price totaled $29. but when the florist 
offered to take the lot at $25 I yielded 
gracefully and accepted. I prepared a 
place last Fall to plant the entire lot, 
separating them so as to give each at 
least 30 square inches of room, but I had 
so much valuable late fruit to gather and 
market that I did not get to it. Thou¬ 
sands of my readers have little crowded 
beds of this plant, and a little investiga¬ 
tion will show that I am right when I 
say mair* square feet of my plantation 
have from 15 to 20 plants each. I must 
have more than 4.000 plants. My tenant 
harvests the fruit this Fall, so if my 
health holds out I hope to have a bed 
worth while. I think I shall try to get 
as near as possible present conditions, 
with the added advantage of elbow room 
for each plant. I dug a few last Fall to 
judge of conditions, and concluded that 
they might be sorted into three grades. 
The first should all bloom; the seconds 
partly and the littlest not at all. I be¬ 
lieve the best mulch will be pine shat¬ 
ters. with a screen of evergreen boughs 
on slats a foot or more above. It is 
possible that small evergreen boughs 
stuck in the ground like pea brush might 
be better, as this would admit snow and 
prevent quick thawing, and consequent 
heaving of the soil. The half-busliel 
basket of purity and beauty and fra¬ 
grance was a wonderful and an unusual 
sight, and most all of the 20 employes 
dropped work to wonder and admire. 
Double Lilac. — I had another sur¬ 
prise. I gathered about 50 trusses from 
three double lilac bushes. The colors 
were white blue and pale rose. My 
double purple took a rest this year. These 
tresses of bloom filled a bushel crate. An¬ 
other crate was filled with nearly 100 
Persian and single white lilac. The 
trusses were small and past their best, 
so when I was offered $5 for the lot I 
accepted it. I have sold 10c worth of pie¬ 
plant, so sales to date amount $32.06. 
There will be another pulling of pieplant 
larger than the first. This little patch 
shows the largest leaves and stalks I have 
ever seen. Last night one of the leaves 
measured 24 in. across. This morning, 
after a little thunder shower, it measures 
28 in. 
Disappointing Cherries. —An untime¬ 
ly frost killed my sweet cherries, from 
which I hoped to gather nearly a hun¬ 
dred dollars’ worth, and also all straw¬ 
berries in bloom; but I think there are 
enough left to make a crop. My two 
apple trees bloomed nicely, but the 
canker-worms are stripping the trees, so 
the 30 or more bushels of apples will be 
a minus quantity. Yesterday morning a 
neighbor’s cow was grazing in my straw¬ 
berries. and an hour later a big hickory 
tree in a neighbor’s woods was felled on 
them, whipping down a square rod or 
more. I have my disappointments, you 
will see. 
Gathering Lilac. —Speaking of lilacs, 
a girl at the florist’s gave me a pointer. 
The flowers should be picked just before 
they are ready to open. In this shape 
the florist can keep them in the ice chest 
for two weeks, if necessary, and then 
bring them into warmth and have them 
blossom out finely. In looking over the 
lilac situation I visited the old lilac clump 
on the edge of the wide lawn, and found 
the young ladies had broken off a stem 
as big as my Wrist, and thus secured 
flowers which grew about 18 feet high. 
Ohio. L. B. PIERCE. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JULY 10. 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Taking- a Chance on Potatoes—Part III_ 1180 
Cover Crops for Winter Only. 1181 
Registering a Farm Name. 1183 
Hope Farm Notes.1188, 1189 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 1197 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Annual Wool Slump—and Shoddy.1179, 1180 
Rye for Sows. H96 
Feed for Work Horses.1196 
Cost of Cow ... H96 
Inflamed Skin . 1197 
Garget . 1197 
Feeding an Orphan Foal. 1197 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 1197 
THE HENYARD 
teg Weakness in Chicks. 1184 
Feeding Pullets and Ducklings. 1184 
Diarrhoea in Chicks. 1184 
Creosote Paint for Henhouse. 1184 
Egg-laying Contest . 1200 
Care of Young Turkeys. 1200 
Feeding Young Turkeys. 1201 
Using Eggs that "Test Clear”. 1201 
HORTICULTURE 
What Soil for Apple Orchards. 1180 
Raising Pumpkins on Milk. 1181 
The Fruit from Line Trees. 1181 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 1183 
Planting Potato Sprouts. 1184 
Control of a Raddish Maggot. 1184 
Nut-grass as a Garden Weed. 1184 
Some Garden Questions. 1189 
Tomatoes Damping Off... 1189 
Beans in Cow Ration... 1194 
Too Much Bran. 1194 
Feeding Barley and Buckwheat. 1194 
Trouble with Horse. 1194 
Milk and Farm News. 1198 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day... 1192 
The Rural Patterns... 1192 
Canning Without Sugar... 1192 
Seen in New York Shops. 1193 
Rug Cushion Covers. 1193 
Waste of Woman Power a Menace to Rural 
Life . 1193 
Embroidery Designs . 1193 
More About Greens. 1193 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Legality of "Sweet” Cider. 1181 
Publisher’s Desk . 1202 
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