The RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
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on an extra portion of those crisp little 
cubes of pork. There must be just enough 
flour in that gravy, aud if they will only 
bring one of those Davis Seedling potatoes 
breaking out into flour! It would not be 
dignified for me to go out and run about 
the hotel, but no doubt I can walk for a 
time before he brings on the apple pud¬ 
ding ! 
But there came the dignified waiter 
with my “New England dinner.” What 
do you suppose it was? One slice of 
boiled pork, very fat; one slice of corned 
beef, perhaps a tablespoonful of cabbage, 
a soggy potato and a piece of boiled car¬ 
rot ! And the waiter noted $1.25 on his 
slip, and as he looked at me I knew he 
was thinking: “He ought to be good for 
a dollar tip.” And as if in mockery it 
seemed to me that the orchestra was play¬ 
ing 
“Scenes that are brightest—jogs that are 
imsty H. w. c. 
The Watercress Problem 
On page 115 K. H. H. details his 
method of eradication of watercress from 
the brook which flows through bis field, 
which is essentially to drag a spring- 
tooth harrow down the brook until it be¬ 
comes clogged. Then two men lift the 
harrow and hitch the cress upon the 
bank. This is an operation which must 
be performed at least as often as once a 
year, and obviously it is a slow. Inboi- 
ious and expensive process. A much bet¬ 
ter method would be to introduce a few 
colonies of muskrats into the vicinity. 
These little animals would eat but spar¬ 
ingly of the foliage, but they are very 
fond of the roots, and would dig them 
out, and, in the absence of lily roots or 
garden vegetables, would subsist chiefly 
upon them during the Winter, and event¬ 
ually kill the plants. 
However, watercress is a plant of con¬ 
siderable importance to the market gar¬ 
dener, and of a good deal more import¬ 
ance to a class of semi-nomads who make 
their living by picking berries and gath¬ 
ering roots and herbs for the market. 
Watercress is used upon the table as a 
garnish, as a salad, as a relish and as a 
flavoring, more especially for soups, stews 
and cold meats. Cooked with spinach, it 
imparts a very delicious pungency to that 
somewhat insipid dish. It is also much 
employed as a flavoring for certain bev¬ 
erages. It is sometimes sent to market 
packed loosely in baskets, but is usually 
tied in small bunches of approximately 
four ounces in weight, and these in turn 
are packed in crates or cartons holding 
100 bunches each. Present wholesale 
prices paid to the shipper are quoted at 
from $1 to $3 per crate., and the retaij 
price to the consumer is from 15 to 25 
cents a bunch. Talk about your 35-eent 
dollar! It is said that the New York 
market alone takes ten million bunches 
annually. c. o. ormsbee. 
English and Japan Walnuts in Jersey 
I have bought a small place in Sussex 
Co.. Northern New Jersey, and this 
Spring wish to plant, in addition to other 
fruits, English and Japan walnut and 
butternut. I am ignorant of the hardi¬ 
ness. productiveness and profitability of 
English and Japan walnuts in this part 
of the country. Can you help me? 
New Jersey. c. w. 
The Persian or English walnut is not 
likely to succeed very well in Sussex Co. 
One'might plant out a tree in the door- 
yard or the garden, but it would be likely 
to suffer from Winter injury in some 
years and' it is doubtful whether very 
many nuts would be secured. An occa¬ 
sional tree is found as far north as Hunt¬ 
erdon Co., but the planting of them in 
Sussex Co. would be a chance proposi¬ 
tion. The butternut is perfectly hardy 
even in Massachusetts and the Japan wal¬ 
nut is being fruited as far north as Kings¬ 
ton. It. I. These might also do for orna¬ 
mentals, or specimen trees, around the 
grounds, but I doubt whether they would 
be a commercial proposition in Sussex 
Co., N. .T. M. a.b. 
Care of an Old Apple Tree 
I bought my home two years ago, and 
there is one old apple tree in the yard 
that has not been pruned for some years. 
Now I would like to prune and spray it. 
and see if I can get any apples to grow 
on it. How and when would be the best 
time to get at it? D. F. M. 
Monaca, Pa. 
Of course, it will depend on the con¬ 
dition of the tree. If there is not too 
much dead wood and a fair growth last 
year, this tree can probably be brought 
back to productive use. Prune by cutting 
off the dead branches and the limbs which 
grow inside or toward the center. Paint 
the stubs where you cut with some first- 
class paint. Then give the tree a thorough 
soaking with lime-sulphur, “sealecide” or 
some similar material. This is to kill 
the scale and similar sucking insects. As 
soon as the bloom falls after Spring 
flowering, spray thoroughly with a poison. 
We use arsenate of lead paste at the rate 
of 3 lbs. to 50 gals, of water, and 1 gal. 
of lime-sulphur added. This is at the 
rate of about one ounce of the poison to 
one gallon of water. This poison will 
kill the worms. Another spraying of 
about the same strength can be made 
about four weeks after the first one. If 
you handle the tree in this way it will 
“bring forth good fruit” if there is any 
to bring. If possible, dig up the soil 
around the tree and put manure or fer¬ 
tilizer near it. 
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