Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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GARDEN BOOK 
is a household word with leading amateur 
and professional gardeners. You will find 
it indispensable when planning your garden 
this year—as a reference book for the latest 
and best in Seeds, Plants and Bulbs, and 
for its explicit cultural instructions. 
It contains hundreds of photo-engrav¬ 
ings, some in natural color, illustrating the 
Dreer specialties in Vegetables and Flowers. 
There is a free copy of this invaluable 
Garden Book for you, if you will 
mention this publication. 
HENRY A. DREER 
714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
MAULrs cncc 
seed book rnCC 
Don’t order Beeds until you have read 
our wonderful 1924 catalog. Send a 
postal for it today. It’s full of up-to- 
date information about all kinds of | 
vegetableand flowerseeds,and remem¬ 
ber that all Maule’s seeds are tested 
for germination and growing power. 
Manle’s Success Tomato Seeds have stood the test 
of time. Grow your own tomato plants this year. 
Prices Postpaid 
15c packet; 30cH oz.; 60coz.; $1.5014 lb.; $5.001b. 
WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc. 
614 r.laule Bldg., Dept. M. Phila.,Pa. 
MAULES SEEDS 
Once Crown-Always Grown 
S 
Seed Corn 
5000 bushels extra 
selected and sure to 
grow. 10 leading varieties. Highest 
yielders. Wonderful for ensilage. 
Also Seed Oats, Barley, Alfalfa. 
Timothy, Clover, Rape. 26 years’ 
experience. 1400 Acre farm. Send 
for samples and free catalogue. 
W. N. SCARFF & SONS 
NEW CARLISLE, OHIO 
Cantaloupe Growing 
Pays 
Diversify your farming in a profitable way, raise what the 
public wants and will pay high prices for. The GOLDEN 
CHAMPLAIN is the world’s most profitable market mel¬ 
on. Earliest, best flavor, biggest yielder. Write for proof 
and full information to originators, mentioning No. D 7 in re¬ 
plying. H. J. Walrath & Sons, R. D. No. l.Conneaut, 
Ohio. 
TIMOTHY SEED 
Few dealers can equal Metcalf’s Recleaned Timothy, 
99.70% pure. $ 4.70 per bushel of 45 lbs. Metcalf's Tim¬ 
othy and Alaike Mixed, at $ 5.20 per bu. of 45 lbs. Cot¬ 
ton bags free and freight paid in 5 bu. lots 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc. 
202-204 W. Genesee St- - Syracuse, N. Y. 
Sunnyside Strain SVmni Seed Potatoes 
Glow big crops of smooth white potatoes. Selected 
13 year*. Get our circular and prices before you buy. 
RILEY BROS. Sunnyside Farm Sennett, N. Y. 
IKSROSES 
are always grown on their own roots. 73 years’ 
experience. Satisfaction and safe arrival guar¬ 
anteed. Dingeo ’’Guido to Rose Culture ” 
Offers 500 Roses, other plants, bulbs and 
seeds, and tells how to grow them. It’s free 
THE OINGEE S C0NARD CO.. BOX 295. WEST GROVE 9k 
GLADIOLUS-25 : * 
Guaranteed satisfactory flowers. Send for list of name 
varieties in all sizes and bulblets at low prices. 
ALBERT LOWENFELS, 33 Laurel Place. New Rochelle, N.’ 
PI A niAI I 36 Mixed Bulbs, 6 colors. . $1.00 
ULAUIULI 42 Fanc v- 10 colors .. 3.00 
Guaranteed to blossom. 
<'olored Gladiolus Book, with cultural directions, FREE 
PIERCE BULB CO., Guaranteed Bulbs, Box 12, West Medway, Mass. 
GIadioli-20 Varieties, all Different, SI W B a ; d - 
varieties only. If bought separately would cost many 
times price asked. tiKLSKlt KUOS., Box Y, Dalton, N. Y. 
GLADIOLI 
I grow 125 fine varieties. Send for 
20-page illustrated catalog. 
H. M. Gillett, Box 253,New Lebanon, N Y. 
FOR SALE— TRUE DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE SEED 
Imported direct frem Odense, Denmark. *2 per lb. post¬ 
paid. C. J. Stafford Route 8 Cortland, IS'.Y. 
OUALITY SFFOS Productive fields and or- 
yUft.L.11 I OCC.L/J chards are always fount 
where S. & H. Seeds and Fruit Trees have been planted. 
12 00 fertile acres as well as the wide experience of three¬ 
score and ten years have contributed to the big new 
70th ANNUAL FREE CATALOG 
Write for it before you make your selections. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Nurserymen and Seedsmen for 70 Years 
Box 529 Painesville, Ohio 
Teasel Growing and Marketing 
Can you give me some information on 
teasel growing and marketing? Where 
can I get seed? What kind of soil is best 
for them, especially rich soil? How 
should the seed be planted? What time 
of year should seed be planted? At what 
stage of maturity should the heads be cut? 
Are all the heads cut at the same time, 
or cut as matured? n. F. c. 
Aurora, N. Y. 
The teasel grown for commercial pur¬ 
poses is not the common wayside plant 
Dipsacus sylvestris. It is a species know T n 
as Dipsacus fillonum or fuller’s tease 1 . 
The industry is developed extensively in 
Onondaga Co., N. Y., about Skaneateles 
and Auburn. You would he sure of get¬ 
ting the best seed by getting in touch with 
someone in that vicinity who could put 
you in touch with a grower of teasels. It 
is said that a limestone soil which has 
been made clean by previous cultivation is 
well adapted to teasel. The seed should 
be sown on thoroughly fitted ground in 
drills about 3 to 3*4 ft. apart, using one 
to two pecks of seed per acre. Seeding is 
done in the Spring. Of course teasel is 
a biennial crop; that is, it. takes two years 
from seed to harvest. Harvesting is done 
as soon as possible after the blossoms have 
fallen, frequently about Aug. 1. The 
heads do not mature uniformly, so sev¬ 
eral cuttings are made. Teasel has been 
grown in various parts of the United 
States, yet manufacturers prefer those 
grown in the section in New York State 
first mentioned. h. b. t. 
Laying Out Orchard 
Here is my method for laying out a 
large or small orchard. I prepare land 
and plank or roll to make smooth; pre¬ 
pare small stakes one to one and a half 
feet long, one for each tree to be planted. 
Begin at one corner of plot to be 
planted, like the following diagram. 
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Green’s T ^ h i ubs 
Dwarf Trees 
For The Home Garden 
Y OU can have your own grown apples 
and pears in choice varieties—no matter 
how small your garden. Green’s Dwarf 
trees produce the same kind of large fruit on 
smaller trees. Planted closer (4 to 12 feet 
apart) — need less room, just right for your 
garden. Bear in 2 or 3 years. Never too 
big, easier to care for, easier to pick fruit. 
If you have ever hesitated to plant fruit 
trees because of lack of space, get our 1924 
catalog and see the fine varieties of Dwarf 
trees we offer. 
For over 45 years Green’s Nursery has 
furnished trees, shrubs and vines direct to 
grower. Hardy, healthy, full-rooted, vigor¬ 
ous, northern grown stock that is guaranteed 
true-to-name. Hundreds of thousands of 
customer-friends, some in every state, know 
it pays to order from Green’s Nursery. 
Green’s 1924 Catalog 
Get our latest catalog. It is full of the best 
and choice varieties of standard and Dwarf 
fruit trees, ornamental trees, bush fruits, 
berries, shrubs, vines, bulbs and garden 
plants. Everything worthwhile for the 
garden. Things to beautify the home. 
Most everything for the city lot or big 
estate. Grown under our own careful super¬ 
vision. Sold direct at a big saving. Green’s 
Catalog contains valuable, interesting infor¬ 
mation on growing things. With it we send 
C. A. Green’s booklet,“How I Made the Old 
Farm Pay.” Write today. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO. 
626 Green St. Rochester, N.Y. 
from NURSERY toY0U-At Money Saving Prices 
Make two poles or light boards the 
length you wish to sex trees. We set 
apples 33 feet and peach fillers so we use 
a stick 1 6 Y 2 feet long. Beginning at 
corner lay down stake on outside line and 
drive stake at end; then from there 
stakes extend to next row, and so on. 
No mistake can be made no matter 
what size the orchard is and when you are 
through you have a perfect job. 
One man or boy can lay out an orchard 
this way very quickly and perfectly. We 
have just set 15 acres and would never 
think of going back to the old method of 
sighting and using a planting board. 
Massachusetts. riciiard d. beman. 
Kentucky Coffee Tree 
Can you tell me anything about a tree 
known as the Brazilian coffee tree? I 
have one that came from Brazil about 60 
years ago, and consider it to be the most 
valuable tree that I know of for shade, 
wood or lumber. c. R. B. 
Sayville, N. Y. 
There is a Brazil or Braziletto wood 
tree, Csesalpinia eehinata, a rugged grow¬ 
ing tree of the bean family (Leguminosae) 
which is a native of Brazil and which 
grows to a height of 20 or 30 ft. The 
wood is hard and takes a fine polish, so 
that it is imported to this country for fine 
cabinet work. 
Then there is the more common Ken¬ 
tucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus canaden¬ 
sis), also a member of the bean family, 
and deriving its name from the fact that 
the beans in the long, broad pods which 
the tree bears, were used in early days as 
a substitute for coffee in Kentucky and 
Tennessee. The tree attains a height of 
50 to 60 ft., often devoid of branches for 
the first 25 or 30 ft. The bark is rough 
and scaly and loosens and rolls up in 
strips. It is famous for its fine Summer 
foliage. Ui T- 
You can cut our 
Washington 
Asparagus 
next year 
Plant our Gian Washington 
Asparagus Root* this spring. 
Cut asparagus in' 1925. Our 
roots save you 2 to 3 years. 
These Giant Roots, grown 
only at Riverview Farms, from 
a strain originated by the 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, are rust resistant. 
They produce tender green stalks of the most 
delicious flavor, one to two inches thick. They 
always command a price premium. 
Send to-day for our valuable free Wash¬ 
ington Asparagus booklet and prices. 
Riverview Farms, Box 13, Bridgeton, N. J. 
heavyalBERTA A ATQ 
CLUSTER, CANADIAN GROWN I 
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$1.25 per bu. of 32 lbs. Freight paid on 9 bu. or more. 
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urpee's 
grow 
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and you will see 
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Burpee’s Annual is 
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Burpee’sSeeds with color 
pictures of the best 
vegetables and flowers. 
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Seed Growers Philadelphia 
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Whitesbog Blueberries 
mean handsome profits 
A new and popular fruit—cultivated 
Whitesbog Blueberries. Averaging over 
one-half inch in diameter, they aro 
practically seedless and have a deli¬ 
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shipping qualities. Sell for fancy 
prices. Bushes heavily productive All 
varieties tested and named. Write for 
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Attractive price offers to commercial 
^growers. 
WHITESBOG 
BLUEBERRY NURSERIES 
HeadQuarters for Pure-Ured 
Blueberry Plants 
JOSEPH J. WHITE, Inc. 
Box N Whitesbog, N. J. 
CABBAGESEED 
DANISH BALL HEAD. Tested. 
Best strain. One-half lb., $1. 
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Farmers’ Service Co., Inc : Middlotown, N. V. 
Alpha Seed Barley ^_ he “z y yiel l in(f : heavy weight 
grain. Thomas Haslott, Hall, N.Y. 
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