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1 The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1,- 1924 
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Get Your McIntosh 
Red Apple Trees Now 
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T HIS splendid apple is oive of the leading money making varie¬ 
ties in New York State and the eastern United States. Its 
color is such a beautiful bright red; its flesh so firm, crisp 
and tender ; and its flavor so delicious that it is naturally one of 
the favorites on the market, enjoys a big demand, and brings top 
prices. 
Good fruit trees are not so plentiful this year. Nurserymen will 
be sold out more quickly than usual. 
We have a fair supply of McIntosh Red apple trees. We don’t 
know how long they’ll last. If you would like to profit by plant¬ 
ing some of Green’s McIntosh Red apples this season, we urge you 
to place your order now. These trees are going rapidly. 
Don’t delay. You know when you get Green’s stock, you get the 
high quality that pays best. Full-rooted, vigorous, healthy, straight, 
well formed hardy northern grown trees, true to name. You know 
you’re dealing with a nursery that has pleased many thousands for 
nearly 50 years and will please you. 
Other Specialties : Green’s Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, 
Cherry and Quince trees. Dwarfs in Apple and Pear. Green’s 
Famous Caco Grapes. Berry Bushes, etc. 
Write now for Green’s Big 1924 Catalog—Free 
An interesting, enjoyable textbook on growing 
things of many kinds and varieties. Full of val¬ 
uable hints by G. A. Green, Now’s the time to plan 
and order for your 1924 planting for profit. Write 
today for this helpful catalog. 
GREEN’S NURSERY COMPANY 
638 Green Street Rochester, N. Y. ; 
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Maule’s 1924 Seed Book 
T HIS great seed book gives the full benefit of our 
47 years’ experience as seedsmen. It is a known 
fact that users of Maule’s Seeds, whether vegetable 
or flower, have gardens that are the talk of the neighborhood. 
Each lot of Maule’s Seeds is tested for germination and grow¬ 
ing power so you are always sure to have a most successful 
garden. In buying seeds from us you are dealing with 
a house that is concentrating all of its efforts on seeds, 
roots and bulbs, and ia thus giving you a definite 
specialized service. 
And in the Maule Seed Book you can find all you 
want to know about seeds, planting and cultivation. 
Don't order seeds until you get this great seed catalog .• 
WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc. 
814Mau!eBldg., Dept. P, Philadelphia, Pa. 
maule's seeds 
Once Grown-Always Grown 
SEED OATS HEAvVwraT” 
•r 'Sts 42 to 44 11)S. per bushel. Ext ra heavy yielders. Get 
■ >nr free sample and low price by return mail and save 
money. TH EO. BURT & SONS, Melrose, Ohio 
Certified Manehu—Midwest—Inoculation Dirt. 
C. li. NEWTON Bowling Green, Ohio 
C ertified Green Mountain Seed Potatoes. Heavy yield, 
el's. Almost disease free. GLENN CARTER, Marathon, N.V- 
Hedge for Screen 
Adjoining my property for about 300 
ft. neighbors have built some unsightly 
huts and other objectionable features. I 
have a good line of trees covering this 
space, but would like to plant within a 
few feet of the line an impenetrable hedge 
which would give height, screen, and keep 
these undesirables out. What would be 
the proper thing to plant? j. n. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
We do not understand from your let¬ 
ter whether the .screen you wish to plant 
would be shaded by the adjacent trees or 
not. A very good screen is formed by the 
common privet, Ligustrum vulgare. which 
will grow 10 ft. tall, or more. This will 
grow in shade and can be thickened at the 
base by judicious pruning. It would not 
be impenetrable, however, but the Osage 
orange, Maclura pomifera, much used for 
hedges in the Middle West, is spiny, and 
would form an armed screen very discour¬ 
aging to trespassers. It grows rapidly, 
and is not particular as to soil. With 
occasional trimming it may be kept in 
shape, but when old it gets rather thin at 
the bottom. The handsomest screen for 
such a place would be arbor vitae or hem¬ 
lock, kept trimmed to form a solid wall, 
but these evergreens are slower growing 
than the privet or Osage orange, and we 
judge you want immediate relief from an 
unpleasant situation. 
How a Woman Raises Her Plants 
The weather outside is cold, but inside 
our old-fashioned stone house we are very 
comfortable with our chunk stove burning 
nice big beech or maple blocks of dry 
wood, and with a dish of apples and one 
of nuts beside us on the table. My hus¬ 
band (who is a real farmer), and I take 
our seed catalogs, and begin to make out 
our orders. Of course it takes several 
evenings, as we do not get our chores 
done until late, and we want to be sure 
just what we are going to order. We 
always order our farm seeds, corn, grass 
and clover seeds early, so we are sure 
they will be here all ready when we 
want them. Don’t wait for your seeds 
until you are ready to sow them, and 
then have to take just what the dealer 
happens to have left. 
We raise all our own plants for the 
flowers as well as the vegetable garden, 
and perhaps if I give a little informa¬ 
tion about this part of a garden that gives 
us a good share of our living it may help 
someone else to have good things to eat 
the year around, and a lot of pretty 
flowers with little expense and not too 
much work. Farmers of today are busy 
folks if they make any money farming, 
and a little pleasure mixed in helps a 
lot. It always makes me cheerful to 
look at a bed of saucy little pansy faces 
as I am washing my milk pails in the 
back yard under an apple tree, where 
I have a work table for Summertime. 
I have looked over seeds I have left 
from last year, and have my list for this 
year ready, but I want to read carefully 
so as to be sure to have plenty of both 
early and late varieties. Of course there 
are all the old “tried and true,” but we 
like to try something new almost every 
year, but that is always an extra. Never 
give up something you are sure is good 
for an experiment. 
Of course, different localities require 
different varieties, but here in northern 
New York we have the dirt in the cellar 
(put in last Fall). About the middle of 
March put the earth in boxes or basins, 
that have first been filled about one- 
third full of fresh horse manure, then fill 
with dirt, water well and let stay where 
it is warm until thoroughly warmed 
through. Then sow some early tomatoes. 
We sow Earliana, John Baer, Bonny 
Best. Then a little later sow Matchless, 
which is especially good for main crop 
and some Stone for later. It is a good 
plan to sow peppers and celery a little 
earlier if you can, as these seeds are 
slow to germinate, but if you are not 
ready late March will do. Then there 
must be some parsley, and a few more 
boxes with asters and pansies. 
About the last week in April we make 
our hotbed, and all these plants are 
ready to transplant in here, about one 
inch apart each way. This will give 
room to take them up caTefully when the 
garden is made and all danger of frost is 
over. One end of the hotbed should be 
made warmer for the tomatoes and pep¬ 
pers. Besides these plants, in the hotbed 
we sow early and late cabbage, turnips, 
Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and a few 
Zinnias and marigolds for blooms earlier 
than the seed sown in the open ground. 
It does not take a large hotbed for these 
things, and you have all your own plants 
at a little cost, and not only this but 
everybody knows there are always things 
happening to the plants. Cutworms get 
some, or the weather - is not right and 
some die; some bug gets some, etc. If 
you raise your own plants you always 
have enough to replace, besides having 
some for your less fortunate neighbor, 
who. perhaps, is one who thinks it is 
cheaper to buy the plants, and often finds 
when he goes to buy his supply the 
grower is all sold out. My advice is raise 
your own, and don’t be disappointed. 
Have a good garden, some pretty flower 
beds here and there, and see if you can 
find a pleasanter place to live than on 
the farm. I don’t think you can. I 
know from experience I can’t, and I hope 
you join with me. airb. c. J. d. 
West Branch Sweepstakes Seed Corn 
Heavy-Yielding Ensilage 
In a silage test conducted in seven counties 
by the New York State College of Agriculture, 
West Branch Sweepstakes yielded 15.1 tons 
green corn per acre, containing 2726 lbs. of 
actual grain. 
You can plant genuine certified seed of this 
wonderful variety, grown in the famous West 
Branch Valley of Northern Pennsylvania. The 
cost will be small—about 90c an acre—6c worth 
of seed will grow a ton of the 
best silage you ever made. 
Grow ensilage with a big per¬ 
centage of grain; you’ll need 
to buy less grain. 
Corn Direct from Growers 
We are actual growers, selling direct to the 
planters. Every field producing this corn was 
inspected and certified by a committee of three, 
including a specialist from Penn State College. 
Every ear is tipped, cleaned and graded. We 
guarantee a germination of 90% or better. 
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Ask your county agent about this genuine 
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Box Di Williamsport, Pennsylvania 
Luther Burbank’s wonderful new ex¬ 
tra early Tomato. Fruit bright crimson; 
smooth and solid; delicious quality; a 
heavy and continuous bearer; the skin slips 
freely from the firm flesh, making the 
Burbank especially fine for salad. F. A. 
B., South Groveland, Mass., writes: "I 
never saw anything equal to the ‘Burbank’ 
in quality and abundance of crop.” 
Our Seed is selected New-England- 
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pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c; postpaid. Send coin 
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Catalog of “Honest Seeds” 
Every gardener and flower lover 
should have our catalog of-‘‘Honest Seeds.” 
This book has 68 pages packed with in¬ 
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The best catalog we have issued in 
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15 Elm St., Marblehead, Mass. 
Id Business Since 1856 
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FARGO’S “TOP-KNOTCH” 
CERTIFIED ROSES 
Grand, big, sturdy fellows, 1?£- 
2 ft. high. Wonderful color¬ 
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for years. Cost but 81.00 each; 3 for J2.60; dozen 
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FARGO’S GARDENS Frenchtown, N. J. 
PlADIOLI— Lily White, L. M. Foch (Pink). Planting stock; 
U Blooming size. 2c each. Send amount wanted. Pay 
before or after delivery. ALBERT EASTON, Slaneateles, N. T. 
MIC DIICC fit imni lie TOO varieties. Better have our 
Ylt nAIOC ULAUIULUO list. Small orders get atten¬ 
tion. E. N. TILTON - Ashtabula, Ohio 
Berry, Vegetable and Flower Plants 
Leading varieties Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, 
Gooseberry, Currant, Grape plants ; Asparagus, Rhubarb, 
Horseradish roots;Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Tomato, 
Egg Plant, Beet, Onion, Pepper, Sweet Potato and other 
vegetable plants; Delphinium, Foxglove, Hollyhock, 
Canterbury Bells, Phlox, Pansy, Salvia, Aster, Zinnia, 
Snapdragon and other Perennial and Annual flower 
plants; Dahlia, Gladioli, Canna bulbs; Roses, Shrubs, 
Hedge Plants. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Hampton Bays, N. Y. 
TRY THE 
ATLOCK FARMS STRAIN OF ASPARAGUS 
Out-yielded the Martha Washington 100% in 1923. Official 
test. 100,000 1-year roots, well grown, from selected seed. 
Arthur F. Randolph Bound Brook N J. 
MILLIONS OF ASPARAGUS and RHUBARB 
ROOTS, BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY. RASPBERRY and STRAW¬ 
BERRY PLANTS GRAPE VINES, CALIF. PRIVET. SWEETS 
and COBBLERS SEED POTATOES. VEGETABLE SEEDS Send 
for your copy. Tt’s free, M. N. B0RG0, Vineland, N. J. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
l-yr.-old Washington. $15 per 1,000, Reading Giant, 
X-yr.-old, $10 1,000. Charles Willett. Cnncord Jet., Mass. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
(rust resistant ) 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Queen of the Washington family. Largest, Earliest and 
Most Prolific Giant one year roots, $1? per thousand. 
Choice varieties of Strawberry plants. Send for circular. 
JAY S. SKEHAN - Vineland, N. J. 
W ashington—Mary Martha Asparagus—Roots,Seed. 
Prolific—Eaily—Rust resistant. Send for pricelist. 
SAMUEL BURNLEY Seekouk, Mass. 
W ashington Asparagus. 25,000. Good, sturdy I-yr.-old 
Roots. Circular. PLEASANTVIEW FARM, Sadslmrjville, Fa. 
C wpp t ninvpr SppH Alfalf a, etc. Priced right. Inocu- 
unccl UlUVci OocU lating Bacteria for bushel, anyie 
gume, «0e, postpaid. E. E. BASIL Latty, Ohio 
Certified Seed Potatoes Catalog Free. 
A. G. Aldridge Sons - Fishers, N. Y. 
Sunnyside Strain So! A f !, e .e Seed Potatoes 
Grow big crops of smooth white potatoes. Selected 
13 years. Get our circular and prices before you buy. 
RILEY BROS. Sunnyside Farm Sennett, N. Y. 
SEED CORN— 10 Carloads Ensilage Seed quantity 
of Yellow Flint. Samples and prices on application. 
Germination good. llAHItY V AIL, Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y. 
A Inha <5ppH Rarlpu New > heav y yielding, heavy weight 
Hipild OBBU DdllBjf grain. Thomas Haslett, Hall, N.Y. 
CERTIFIED SEED SWEET POTATOES. 
Yellow and Red Jersey. $3.00 per bushel hamper. 
Order from this ad. N. WYNIA, COLOGNE, N. J. 
FOR SALE— TRUE DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE SEED 
Imported direct from Odense, Denmark. $2 per lb. post¬ 
paid. C. J. Stafford RouteS Cortland, N.Y. 
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