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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SAUER'S 
SEEDS 
And especially, sow the 
seed of hay and forage 
crops that has passed the 
Salzer test for purity, 
vigor and freedom from 
noxious weeds. 
These are the crops, 
which more than any 
other, depend on the care 
of the seedsman in se¬ 
lecting fertile seed that 
is true to type, and in 
the thoroughness with 
which that seed is 
cleaned and recleaned. 
You can trust us on 
both these points. You 
can not possibly get any 
seed that will grade 
higher in any respect 
than that which we send 
out to our customers. 
We are American 
Headquarters for Field 
Seeds, particularly the 
following: 
Alfalfa, Clover, Tim¬ 
othy, Sudan, White 
Sweet Clover, Billion 
Dollar Grass, Grass 
and Clover Mixturesj 
Corn, Wheat, Oats, 
Barley and Potatoes. 
We are also headquar¬ 
ters for vegetable and 
flower seeds for home and 
market garden. Our trial 
and propagating grounds 
at Cliffwood are equipped 
with almost every facil¬ 
ity known to the science 
of seed improvement. 
This advantage enables 
us to guarantee all vege¬ 
table and flower seeds to 
be satisfactory to you in 
every respect, or we will 
refund full purchase price. 
Write for new catalog 
showing hundreds of Sal- 
zer’s Choicest Strains in 
true colors. A postcard 
will bring it. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED 
COMPANY 
Box 144, La Crosse, Wis. 
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For 40 years, STOKES SEEDS 
have been noted for reliability. 
This quality is reflected in our 
catalog. It is truthful in men¬ 
tioning weaknesses, conser¬ 
vative in praising points of 
merit. 1 he usual confusion 
of varietal names is avoided 
by using the name given by 
the introducer. The origin, 
history, culture and use of 
nearly every item is clearly 
stated. <> ^ 
A copy will be sent free 
on request. 
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ALFALFA 
Consider Purity ^rsf in buying seed! 
Weeds kill out young Alfalfa plants. 
You plant Weeds if you sow IMPURE 
SEED. We supply Alfalfa of several 
varieties almost entirely free from all 
weeds. 8cott’s Seeds represent the 
greatest care in selection and clean¬ 
ing. Scott’s Alfalfa is economical to 
sow. Goes farther. Saves lots from 
weeds. Produces large yields Write 
for Scott’s Seed Book. It contains s very 
valuable section. How to Know Good Seed. 
O. M. SCOTT & SONS CO. 
74 Sixth St., Marysville, Ohio 
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The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal. ” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
Carbolic Acid on Fruit Trees 
I have been told that if the trunks of 
fruit trees were painted with carbolic 
acid in the Spring, just before the sap 
rises iuto the tree, tbits would answer the 
same purpose as spraying, both for scale 
and all other insects. This being a much 
simpler method than spraying. I would 
appreciate any information on this sub¬ 
ject. M. R. J. 
Pennsylvania. 
We have three words of advice about 
this method —let it alone! You will most 
likely kill your trees, and not hurt any 
of the insects, except what you paint with 
the acid. Once for all. this plan of paint¬ 
ing the trunk of the tree will not take the 
place of spraying. 
That “Freak” From Grafting 
On page 5 AY. F. Aspinwall says that 
he grafted three Ben Davis trees with 
scions from the Mother apple. On one of 
the trees the scions failed and he regraft¬ 
ed the following year, using scions from 
the previous year’s grafting. Scions have 
now come to bearing, and those from the 
first two trees bear fruit that is neither 
Mother nor Ben Davis, though apparently 
bearing some resemblance to both, while 
that upon the third tree follows the stock 
instead of the scion, and is a pure Ben 
Davis, and he wants to know the cause. 
In regard to the last problem, the 
cause of the apparent freak is either that 
by some mistake the inquirer cut his 
scions from the water sprouts that he 
allowed to grow by the side of the scions 
of the first year’s grafting, or the scions 
of the second grafting also died and water 
sprouts took their places and bore fruit. 
In other words, either he regrafted with 
Ben Davis scions, or the limbs from 
which he picked the fruit were the un¬ 
grafted sprouts that developed from the 
stub. No other explanation is possible. 
In the other case, while we assume that 
the scion retains its own individuality 
and reproduces its own kind, absolutely, 
it. does not do so. There is always a 
slight difference in the fruit of different 
parts of the tree, which wc ascribe to 
the influence of something that we call 
bud variation, instead of to the influence 
of the stock, whore the trouble really lies. 
Sometimes the influence of the stock is 
sufficient apparently to change the vari¬ 
ety, or to create a new variety, and then 
we call it a “misfit.” and blame the nur¬ 
seryman for having substituted some other 
variety. Usually we are right in this 
supposition, hut not always. I have 
known several instances where the influ¬ 
ence of the stock greatly modified the 
scion. Try grafting a Dutchess upon a 
Transcendant crab and see for yourself. 
I remember a seedling in our own or¬ 
chard that bore a very large, handsome, 
maroon apple which would keep in ordi¬ 
nary storage until the following May. but 
which was so intensely sour that sugar 
would not sweeten it sufficiently for cu¬ 
linary purposes. I grafted this tree to 
McIntosh, and the resulting fruit, while 
it had many of the McIntosh character¬ 
istics. had the deep maroon color and the 
long-keeping qualities transmitted by the 
stock, and was. in addition, entirely too 
sour for any practical use. There was 
another seedling that bore small, white, 
sweet apples that ripened in August, but 
were intensely susceptible to scab and 
decayed almost as soon as ripe. T grafted 
this tree with scions from the same Mc¬ 
Intosh. and the resulting fruit, while it 
retained the McIntosh flavor, was small, 
striped, with the white greatly predom¬ 
inating, scabby, early to ripen, and equal¬ 
ly early to decay. c. o. ormsbee. 
T was very much interested in the state¬ 
ment of AY. F. Aspinwall. on page 5, re¬ 
garding the grafting of Mother apple 
scions onto Bon Davis stocks. I have 
heretofore heard of the influence of the 
stock on the variety grafted on it. as to 
taste, quality, etc., hut in considerable ex¬ 
perience in grafting different kinds, sweet 
on sour, and vice versa, good quality on 
very poor, early on late, never have I seen 
any effect on the quality of the variety 
grafted on. T have several apple trees 
with three or four kinds on. and one 
tree for variety testing contains nine 
kinds, bearing, and each one carries its 
own distinct qualities, just as they do on 
their stock. 
I had Worden-Seekel pears on Kieffer 
trees, making a fine top of that variety 
on the Kieffer. and containing just as fine 
quality AA'orden-Seckel as on thp original 
tree; also have several other varieties of 
pears inter-grafted with same results. 
The Worden-Seckel seemed to be quite 
subject to blight, so I thought I might 
get better results by grafting them onto 
the Kieffer. I got good unions and good 
growth, hut could not save the AA’orden- 
Seckel either on the Kieffer or on the 
original tree when that bad scourge of 
blight came several years ago. 
Ohio. H. BURKHOLDER. 
Pretty little Joan was a town-bred 
little girl, and the holiday she had been 
looking forward to with very great glee 
arrived when she was allowed to go 
down to spend several weeks on her aunt’s 
farm. One morning, while walking in 
the orchard, she saw a peacock for the 
first time, with its beautiful feathers 
spread out to its full extent. Running 
to her aunt, the little maid cried: “Oh. 
auntie, do come and see ! There’s an old 
chicken in bloom !”—Credit Lost. 
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