The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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stein tree. It is evidently a bud sport, 
and I think a valuable new sort. I.et 
n0 0D e think that such a market is a large 
Sunday school or a benevolent meeting 
of Quakers or pacifists. No man lias any 
business to get into it unless he is sharp 
at a bargain and firm in holding out for 
bis price. If he wavers and tries to 
compromise he is lost. These sharp buy¬ 
ers will quickly size him up and combine 
to get his goods for little or nothing. And 
the same is true of the 'buyers for hotels 
or stores. Let them once start at “wool¬ 
gathering” and they will promptly be 
sheared. It looks easy in theory for a 
man to go in such a market and buy in a 
week’s supplies, but any man who tries 
it will find that it is a case of “diamond 
cut diamond,” and the finer stone gets tlm 
deeper cut. We find this market a great 
help in distributing our goods. It cuts 
out all but one middleman, but even with 
that prices are lower this year than last, 
though the people seem to have as much 
money to spend. In the week of Labor 
Day we sent six big truck loads into this 
market, and even with that could not 
handle all our goods as they ripened. 
H. W. C. 
Average Yield of Tomatoes and Sweet 
Corn 
1. What is the average yield of toma¬ 
toes to the acre? 2. What is the average 
yield of Country Gentleman sweet corn 
to the acre? E. s. n. 
Phelps, N. Y. 
1. The yield of tomatoes per acre 
varies greatly, according to the locality, 
variety and season. In Southern New 
Jersey the average yield does not exceed 
live to six tons per acre in numerous in¬ 
stances. There are fields of special varie¬ 
ties with selected plants that will prob¬ 
ably yield as high as 10 or 12 tons this 
year. In Central and Northern New Jer¬ 
sey the yield would probably run from six 
to" eight tons on well-eared-for blocks. 
In truck gardens, where special attention 
is given to cultivation and selection of 
seeds and plants, the average yield might 
he as high as 12 to 15 tons. In some of 
the Central Western States a yield of 
10 to 12 tons is expected. This will give 
you some idea of the range. 
2. A good average yield of Country 
Gentleman sweet corn would be about 
8.000 ears per.acre. In the case of spe¬ 
cial seasons it might run as high as 
10.000 or 12,000, and in other cases be¬ 
low 8.000. You can understand that 
various stands of plants and various soil 
conditions and numerous other factors 
might enter into affect yield. m. a. b. 
Thinning Leaves on Grapevines 
Will trimming off the leaves of grape¬ 
vines benefit the grapes any in the Fall? 
New York. E. S. N. 
I would not recommend the removal of 
any great quantity of leaves. A slight 
thinning out might prove of a little bene¬ 
fit, but it should be remembered that it 
is the leaves that manufacture starch 
which is made into sugar for the grapes, 
and when you remove all of the foliage 
of any plant, such as a melon or peach 
tree, the fruit will lack sweetness. The 
removal of many leaves might also tend 
to start second growth in the vines, which 
would delay fruiting rather than hasten 
it, and would not increase the sugar con¬ 
tent. M. A. B. 
Oriental Peach Moth 
The Oriental peach moth is doing great 
damage to fruit in this locality, and if it 
spreads to the commercial districts will 
prove to be a very serious pest. It ap¬ 
pears that with the Gypsy moth infesta¬ 
tion and the Japanese beetle and now the 
Oriental peach moth outbreak. New Jer¬ 
sey has about all of the new insect prob¬ 
lems that it can handle for the present. 
M. A. BLAKE, 
State County Agent Leader. 
New Brunswick N. ,T. 
We market our products direct to the 
consumer at the mines. Butter, 75c per 
lb.; eggs. 50c; potatoes, $2 per bag; they 
have dropped in the last week, but they 
will come up again, for the late crop is 
struck with blight. Apples, $1 per box; 
there is a big crop here, the trees just 
loaded. Sweet corn, 25c per dozen. There 
i« a big crop of pears and plums. Oats 
a big crop, but the weather was very bad 
for harvesting. It rained every day for 
two weeks. Wheat was only half a crop; 
it was damaged with the fly. It will 
take two or three weeks of good, sun¬ 
shiny weather to make corn. There was 
a good hay crop; it. is worth .$10 a ton. 
I’here is a good after-growth. We have 
cut two crops of alfalfa, and there is an¬ 
other ready to harvest. There is a big 
crop of tomatoes here, but they ripened 
late. The conditions here are like they 
are in all farming communities; the help 
' s hard to get at a wage farmers can af- 
eio .t® l' 1 '-''- .Men can make $8. $10 and 
y. - in the mines. There is a big lot of 
ume shipped into this neighborhood ; that 
means bigger crops. There are prospects 
of a big crop of buckwheat here. 
' learfield Go.. Pa. j. w. Y. 
Lady (to apple vendor): “Two of 
ne apples you sold me yesterday were 
rotten. I was going to take them along 
show you, but I forgot.” Apple ven- 
«or (politely) ; “Doesn’t 
your word is as good 
( red it Lost. 
matter, ma’am; 
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