The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
355 
REERS 
GARDEN BOOK 
is more than a catalogue—it is 
an indispensable guide to suc¬ 
cess in growing Vegetables or 
Flowers. Many thousands of 
amateur and professional 
gardeners rely almost wholly 
on its expert advice and are 
never without a copy. 
Hundreds of pictures, some in 
natural colors, feature the 
Dreer specialties in Seeds, 
Plants and Bulbs and add 
much to the interest of the 
book. 
We will gladly send you a 
copj' of this invaluable 
Garden Book free, if you 
will mention this publica¬ 
tion. 
HENRY A. DREER 
714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa 
'hildfSeedr 
Our 1924 Spring Catalog will 
be sent free upon request. 
It is bright and the most easily 
read Seed Catalog 
NEW 
COLOR 
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published, describ¬ 
ing new novelties 
and many attrac¬ 
tive offers of flow¬ 
ers and vegetables 
illustrated in 
color. Catalog 
free. Send 
for your 
copy to¬ 
day. 
Our new Garden 
Color harmony 
Chart (which cannot 
be supplied by any 
other seedsmen) solves 
the problem of color group¬ 
ing. The price of this chart 
with other helpful material $2 
Fully described in our calalog 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SEED CO., Inc. 
FLORAL PARK. N. Y. 
Consolidated with Edward T.Bromiield Seed Co. 
Free Garden Guide 
This 138-page, fully illustrated book tells 
how, when and what to plant to have the 
choicest vegetables and flowers. 
Special Coupon Offer 
The coupon included in our Garden Guide 
saves you 25c. on seed purchases of $1.00 
or more. Write today for this book and 
money-saving coupon. 
Free floioer seeds with orders of 50c. or more 
ROBERT BUIST COMPANY 
Established 1828 
Dept.U Philadelphia 
DSEEDS 
Grown From Select Stock—None 
Better— 54 years selling good 
seeds to satisfied customers. 
Prices below all others. Extra 
lot free in all orders I fill. 
Big free catalogue has over 
700 pictures of vegetables 
and flowers. Send your and 
neighbors’ addresses. 
R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Ill. 
are eo much better than most other 
M ■ roses that we guarantee them to bloom 
or refund your money. We also put a 
- durable white star label with our 
name and the name of the rose on 
tne plant as the sign of that quality 
which enables us to make this remark¬ 
able guarantee. Send todav for the 
52-page illustrated catalog FREE. 
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Rose Specialists, Box 4, West Grove, Pa. 
Guaranteed to Bloom 
ENSILAGE CORN 
Seeds, Nursery Stock- 
Poultry Supplies 
From the Shenandoah Valley 
Send lor our 1921 Catalogue 
Field, Garden and Flower Seeds, Bulbs, Nursery Stock, 
Field and Ensilage Seed Corn. Sixteen full pages devoted 
to Poultry Supplies, including Incubators, Brooders, 
Feeders, Fountains and other equipment. Write today. 
YVetsel Seed Co., 70 Court Square, Harrisonburg, Va. 
ALBERTA Q A Tg 
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HEAVY 
CLUSTER, CANADIAN 
(Weight 46 lbs. to measured bu.) 
$1.25 per bu. of 32 lbs. Freight paid on 9 bu. or more. 
F. METCALF & SON, Inc. 
202-204 W. 
SYRACUSE 
Genesee St. 
N. Y 
Starting Plants Under Glass 
A goodly number of hotbed sash is a 
most essential part of the equipment on 
farms in the trucking section of Glouces¬ 
ter Co., N. J. As is generally known, 
Swedesboro is the center of the early to¬ 
mato-growing section of New Jersey. 
The general use of hothouses and cold 
frames for starting the plants enables 
growers to ship tomatoes in carlots many 
weeks ahead of the regular field crop. A 
very profitable industry has been built up 
through the judicious use of hotbed sash. 
I believe this line of trucking work is 
still in its infancy, and that future years 
will see a far greater use of glass, not 
only here, where the work has already 
started, but in other sections where, so 
far, little has been done. 
The standard size sash used here is 
3xT ft., and we find it much better all 
around than the 3x6 used in other sec¬ 
tions. At first sash were used only for 
tomatoes. Now peppers and eggplant are 
started in large quantities in frames, just 
as are the tomatoes, and they, too, are 
ready for market far ahead of the main 
crop, and pay very well. A point not 
usually considered in connection with the 
use of glass in starting crops is the fact 
that a transplanted plant will yield heav¬ 
ier than one planted in the field and al¬ 
lowed to grow without being disturbed. 
Thus extreme earliness and larger yield 
both figure tremendously in the season's 
profits, and far more than offset the extra 
expense of starting the plants under 
glass. Last season we tried starting 
sweet corn under glass, and I am con¬ 
vinced it can be grown with profit on a 
large scale. It is easier to grow than al¬ 
most any crop we have tried under glass. 
A great deal can be crowded under a sin¬ 
gle sash, and it stands transplanting 
quite well. Our corn, started under glass, 
was the first Jersey corn to reach Phila¬ 
delphia market last season. It sold for 
$2.50 per %-bu. .basket. Four crops usu 
ally considered hard to transplant are 
cantaloupes, cucumbers, squash (White 
Bush or Pattypan) and Lima beans. Yet 
it has been demonstrated here that all can 
be transplanted successfully by using the 
same method as is used for tomatoes. 
The main drawback in the past with 
transplanting such crops as cantaloupes 
and Lima beans was that plant lice 
seemed to attack them quicker than field- 
grown plants. I suppose this came about 
because a few plant lice got on the plants 
under glass, and then when the plants 
were transplanted the lice were taken 
right along, and a quick infestation fol¬ 
lowed. Now, nicotine dust effectively 
takes care of that trouble as soon as it 
starts. 
Large-scale undertakings of new meth¬ 
ods usually come rather slow. Just now 
growers here feel they have about all they 
can handle with growing tomatoes, egg¬ 
plants and peppers under glass, but as 
time goes on and competition becomes 
keener these other crops will no doubt 
work their way in. A difference of two 
or three weeks usually makes a tremen¬ 
dous difference in the price of early truck. 
For three years we grew about two 
acres of Early White Bush squash, start- 
| ed under glass. They came in two or 
three weeks ahead of the main crop, and 
made a good profit over and above the 
cost of production by the time the field- 
planted crop commenced to pick, and the 
yield was far heavier than the field-plant¬ 
ed squash. However, each year early 
tomatoes paid better, acre for acre, than 
the squash, and while that condition ex¬ 
ists we will, of course, stick mainly to 
the tomatoes. It does no harm, though, 
to experiment and see what other crops 
will do under rthe same system. The 
knowledge may be valuable sometime, and 
it is always a satisfaction to have the 
very earliest vegetables, even if it is only 
in garden plots. This point is of especial 
interest to our Northern friends with a 
short growing season. 
A brief description of the methods of 
growing and transplanting early vege¬ 
tables, especially -tomatoes, may be help¬ 
ful. The soil in cold frames is made by 
putting in 3 in. of fine, well-rotted stable 
manure. On top of this is placed 2 in. of 
sandy loam. Tomatoes are transplanted 
in this from 4 to 5 in. apart each way, 
the rows being made even each way by 
means of a spotting board. After plants 
are well rooted and growth starts, the 
soil and manure is cut through from 
above with a blocker or cutter. Two or 
three weeks later the plants are lifted 
out of the frames six or eight at a time 
on a fork, and taken to the field in a cart 
or wagon. Each individual plant stands 
in a little cube of soil and manure 4 to 5 
in. square and 5 in. deep, and is easily 
handled. There is very little wilting, and 
if weather is anywhere near right prac¬ 
tically ev ry plant will live. 
Growing plants under glass requires 
extra work, and each kind of vegetable re¬ 
quires different treatment, which can only 
be learned by experience, but the extra 
profit from the early fruits more than 
repays one for the additional attention. 
Altogether the investment in sash and 
making of them part of our general farm 
equipment is a good policy. 
TRUCKER JR. 
J KELLYS’ 
l CeAtiPAQ-cfs 
^ True to Name Fruit Trees 
Shipped Direct from Nursery to Grower 
60,000 of our trees have a certified, true to name 
seal fastened through a limb to stay there until 
the tree bears true to name fruit, as guaranteed 
by us. 1925 plans call for a still larger amount 
of stock to bear this seal. Place your order early 
for your share of the 60,000 sealed trees. 
Established in 1880 
44 years’ experience in growing true to name 
trees has won for us the reputation of honest 
representation of our stock. We understand 
thoroughly how each particular kind of stock 
should be cared for and packed to reach you / 
in perfect condition. 
Write Today for Catalog 
Our new 1924 catalog tells how our trees were 
certified to be true to name. It also lists shrubs, 
ornamental trees, roses, grape vines, goose¬ 
berries, raspberries, and other small fruits. 
Orders are booked in order of their receipt. 
Kellys’ true to name fruit trees have been shipped direct 
from nursery to grower for over 44 years. This method of 
distribution saves the grower the middleman’s 
profit—we have no agents—you save their com¬ 
mission. 
On Own Roots 
Tot-grown rose bushes, on own roots, for 
every one anywhere. Plant any time. 
Old favorites and new and 
rare sorts, the cream of the 
world’s productions. “Din- 
gee Hoses’’ known as the best 
for 73 years. Safe delivery 
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Our k ‘New <Jiiide to Rose Culture” 
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wonderful “Dingee Hoses” in 
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Treading Rose Growers in America. A practical work on rose 
and flower culture for the amateur. Offers 500 varieties Roses 
and other plants, bulbs and seeds and tells how to if row 
them. Edition limited. Established 1850. 70 Greenhouses . 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Box 395, West Grove, Pa. 
Plant Now 
Some Special Offers 
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We will send by Parcel Post prepaid. Safe arrival in good 
condition guaranteed. 
10 Concord Grapes, No. 1 2-year-old, for.$1.50 
10 Assorted Grapes, No. 1.. . 3.00 
6 Fruit Trees, 1 year, 2 each. Cherry, Apple, Beach 1.50 
100 California Privet Hedge Plants, 12 to 15 ins. 5.00 
IPS'" Or all four collections for $0.00 prepaid. 
Send for REDUCED list of all kinds of TREES. PLANTS and 
VINES. (Established 1855. 68th Year.) 
BARNES NURSERIES 
(College Hill) Cincinnati, Ohio 
FRUITTREES 
BERRY PLANTS, Ornamental Shrubbery 
3 to4-ft. Apple Trees, 35c; 3-ft. Peach, 30c each, 
postpaid. Guaranteed to Grow. True to N a in e. 
Flower and Garden Seeds. Send for 1924 Catalog 
and save money, buying direct from Grower. 
ALLEN’S NURSERY & SEED HOUSE Geneva. Ohio 
450,000 T 
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200 varieties. Also Grapes, Small Fruits, etc. Best rooted 
stock. Genuine. Cheap. 2 sample Grape-Vines mailed for 20<- 
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RANSOM SEED & NURSERY CO. Geneva. Ohio 
TRFF<tRPLANTS Thousands of Fruit troos. 
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WESTMINSTER NURSERY, Desk 123. Westminster, Md. 
Plant KUDZU tor Hay and Pasture tritions 
than alfalfa and yields more. Needs no lime or fertilizer 
on poor, acid land and never has to he replanted. Write 
for information. Cherokee Farms. Monticello, Florida 
APPLETREES 
All of the leading varieties one and two-year-old at pre¬ 
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descriptive price list. It will save you big money. Three 
sample trees, your selection of varieties, on receipt of $1. 
BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES Princess Anne. Md. 
Peach, Apple and Other Fruit Trees 
Grapevines, Small Fruit Plants, Shade Trees, Shrubs, 
Roses,etc. Good stock, well graded and carefully packed. 
Catalog free. Established 1891. H.J. CHAMPION 8 SDN, Perry, Ohio 
Kudzu Roots H. W Bork 
$4.50 per 100. 
Route 3 Lakewood, N. J. 
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FRUIT. SHADE, ORNAMENTAL and EVERGREEN TREES, 
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