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Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 192* 
are the best money can buy, but as we ship direct 
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Dibble’s Best D. B. Brand Northern grown Alfalfa, 
Clover and Timothy Seed average above' 99.50 pure. 
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average 20% Alsike, less than 1% of weed seeds, a 
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Dibble’s Heavyweight 42-45 lb. Seed Oats, at $1.00 
per bu., another bargain. 
Dibble’s Seed Corn, best nine varieties, average ger¬ 
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Dibble’s Seed Potatoes, 14 kinds, in any quantity 
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Address EDWARD F. DIBBLE Seedgrower, Honeoye Falls, N. Y.. 
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For planting in New York or New Englandlthere is nothing 
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Hall’s Gold Nugget Corn 
Has proved to be one of the best ensilage varieties for the 
northern parts of the country, it yields a heavy tonnage of 
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R. F. D. It, Coldwater, N.Y. 
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g ox j3 Bridgeton, N. J. 
West Branch 
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Direct from growers. 
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grown under super¬ 
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GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
BoxD Williamsport, Pa. 
DSEEDS 
Grown From Select Stock—None 
Better— 54 years selling good 
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Prices below all others. Extra 
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Big free catalogue has over 
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R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Ill. 
ROHRER’S 
SEEDS 
have proven reliable 
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seed, high in germination. 
SEED OATS —Northern Grown, Crimson 
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NOTES ABOUT GRAPES 
Transplanting Old Grapevines 
I have grapevines about 15 to IS years 
old. They are planted in a place very 
inconvenient to me, as the turning of the 
plow is always handicapped. Could I 
transplant the vines with good results? 
Must 1 cut them'back to the point where 
they branch out? What time is best for 
transplanting, and how would you go 
about it? MRS. F. L. 
Mata wan, N. J. 
Successes in the transplanting of 
grapevines of this age are the exception, 
though it probably can be done. The 
time that must intervene after trans¬ 
plantation before full fruiting is again 
reached is also a handicap. It is sug¬ 
gested that cuttings be taken from the 
vines and grown into vines, and the one- 
year plants set in the desired location, 
rather than go to the trouble of trans¬ 
plantation. It can be done now any 
time, the quicker the better. If a ball of 
soil can be lifted with the roots, so much 
the better. As but a small part of the 
total root system can be taken, the top 
of the vine must be reduced accordingly. 
On the other hand, they must be left wi lt 
a sufficient supply of leaf buds that will 
supply the roots with plant food. If one 
cuts back all the old wood except two 
short arms arising from the trunk and 
on these arms leaves several spurs from 
last season's canes, the amount of leaf 
will probably be sufficient. As a special 
precaution, some roots of a fibrous nature 
must be retained, though their length re¬ 
quires the digging of a very large hole. 
F. E. G. 
Treatment of Grape Cuttings 
For three years I have experimented 
with grape cuttings, but with no success 
so far. The first year I planted them 
wrong side up; the next year they molded 
in the cellar, and last year I planted 
them (about latter part of June) accord¬ 
ing to directions; that is. with six to 10 
buds, in a trench, sloping about 45 de¬ 
grees, with no fertilizer in earth. There 
was absolutely no sign of growth, yet the 
cuttings did not look lifeless. A neighbor 
suggested that the spot where the cut¬ 
tings were planted might have contained 
(piite a little ashes and perhaps burned 
up the cuttings. Is this so, if there were 
ashes there? Is there a possibility of 
their coming into growth this Spring? 
There were about 150 of many varieties 
from a noted vineyard. The cuttings 
were taken for the most part from new 
growth of that Spring (they were out in 
February) or new wood of the year be¬ 
fore. no cutting being taken from wood 
which showed bark. H. G. 
It is not probable that the failure of 
these cuttings was due to the presence of 
ashes in the soil to the extent that they 
were burned. It is not quite clear as to 
the length of the cuttings. I c-annot be¬ 
lieve that each one was six to 10 buds 
long. The usual length is 10 to 12 in., 
irrespective of the number of the buds. 
They were evidently taken from the par¬ 
ent vines at a favorable time. It is sug¬ 
gested that the failure was due to the 
storage and the lateness of planting. We 
believe that outside storage in well- 
drained soil will more nearly meet natural 
conditions of dormancy. The cuttings 
should be put in bundles of 50 or 100, 
with the butt ends all at the same level, 
and then these bundles are placed up¬ 
right in the soil with the butt ends up. 
and deeply enough so that when the hole 
or trench is filled the butt ends will be 
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as large as grapes 
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covered by 3 or 4 in. of soil. As the tem¬ 
perature rises in the Spring some of this 
soil is scraped off so that the butts are 
more likely to receive the sun’s heat. 
They are kept in this way until they are 
to be planted out in the nursery. The 
planting to an angle in the trench is not 
a necessity, but there is no objection to 
it. It is essential, however, that they 
be planted in good open soil that is well 
drained, and to a depth that will allow 
the top bud of the cutting to be just 
above the soil level when the trench is 
filled. In Western New York the stick¬ 
ing of grape cuttings begins in middle 
May and probably is completed by the 
middle of June. f. e. g. 
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Out-yielded the Mal tha WashiugtOD 100% in 1923. Official 
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Following a dinner of savants, a cer¬ 
tain professor of psychology thought he 
would test a colored cloak attendant as 
to his memory. Although the professor 
pretended to have mislaid his check, the 
boy without hesitation handed him the 
right hat. “How did you know this one 
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Grow big crops of smooth white potatoes. Selected 
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