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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1, 1924 
Top-Dressing 
Talk No. 7 
Top Prices 
for Vegetables— 
Truck farmers who supply the fancy trades say that 
Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia is their best friend. 
For Arcadian contains 25/4% of ammonia, guaranteed 
—one-third more than any other top-dressing fertil¬ 
izer. Moreover, Arcadian yields up its nitrogen fast 
enough for all of the demands of the plant, but not 
so fast as to cause unnecessary waste through leaching. 
Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia is the well-known 
standard article that has been used by farmers and 
fruit growers, for years past, in their mixed fertil¬ 
izers. It is kiln-dried and screened to make it fine 
and dry. Easily applied by hand or machine. 
These Bulletins Point to Profits 
Are you open minded? Then read in these bulletins 
how others have reaped bumper profits by the use 
of Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia. Write for these 
free bulletins now. 
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The Company 
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Please send me sample package of Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia. 
I I am especially interested in. 
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Horticultural Notes 
Dusting for the Currant Aphid 
The currant aphid (Myzus ribis ) is 
one of the most persistent and injurious 
pests of the cultivated currant. The 
foliage is nearly always distorted by the 
yellowish-green lice, which occur on the 
undersides of the leaves. The leaves be¬ 
come puffed up and reddish in color, 
while later in the season, if the injury 
has been severe, rhe leaves will drop off. 
The shining black eggs of the aphids 
are laid on the stems in the-Fall, where 
they remain all Winter. In the Spring 
soon after the buds burst the eggs hatch 
and the young lice crawl to the under¬ 
sides of the leaves, where they begin 
to feed by sucking out the juices. The 
lice become abundant in New York by 
the middle of May, and remain so during 
June and into July. Their greatest in¬ 
jury is produced during June, just at 
the time when the fruit is developing. 
the lead and sulphur. One-fourth pound 
of nicotine sulphate should be added, and 
thoroughly mixed with the 25 lbs. of dust. 
This will give a 1 per cent nicotine dust 
mixture. 
To get the best results the dusting 
should be done on a calm day, when there 
is as little wind as possible, and on a 
day when the temperature is above 70° F. 
if practicable. Of course one can’t 
always have a warm, calm day, and it 
isn’t always safe to wait for one. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Planting a Plum Orchard 
1 have a piece of land adjoining an old 
apple orchard which I would like to set 
out to fruit trees. The land has been 
pasture for years, rather heavy slope to 
the East with apple orchard on north 
side. The soil is fair with a hardpan 
Aphis on 
The currant aphid is susceptible to 
tobacco extracts (nicotine) either in the 
liquid or dust form. The nicotine dusts 
are rather more convenient to handle 
and apply, and have given excellent re¬ 
sults in our experiments with this 
insect. 
In these experiments a 2 per cent 
commercial nicotine dust was used. The 
first application of the dust was given 
after the buds had burst and the leaves 
had become about the size of one’s finger¬ 
nail. Liberal amounts of the dust were 
applied from both sides of the bushes. A 
second application in about a week or 
10 days is necessary io give the most 
satisfactory control. The foliage during 
the season showed very little curling, and 
the leaves remained on the bushes long 
after the undusted plants were bare. 
The control was very gratifying. Other 
experiments have shown that a 1 per 
Useful Type of Bellows Duster 
cent nicotine dust will give practically 
as efficient control, and it is consider¬ 
ably cheaper than the 2 per cent dust. 
For small plantings and the home gar¬ 
den it will probably be more convenient 
to purchase the commercial dust. If, on 
the other hand, one has large plantings 
of currants it will pay to make dust at 
home with a keg or barrel mixer. For 
the, homemade dust a carrier of 24 lbs. 
of sulphur and 1 lb. of arsenate of lead 
may be used, or hydrated lime may be 
substituted for the sulphur or for both 
Currant 
subsoil. Would this land be good for a 
plum orchard? If so, what varieties are 
the hardiest and most profitable, yield 
and marketability considered? What is 
the difference between Japanese and 
European plums? p. z. 
Connecticut. 
I would advise you to plow the pasture 
and crop it one year before setting out to 
any kind of trees. If the field will grow 
a satisfactory crop of corn or potatoes, 
or would, if fertilized, then I would not 
hesitate to set fruit trees. Whether plum 
trees would do well is a question to be 
solved only by the trees themselves, but 
if you wish to grow plums, like to 
handle them and are willing to take care 
of them by spraying, etc., then I would 
say plant plums, but not too extensively. 
The Japanese type are easier to grow 
than the European, the trees come into 
bearing at a younger age and many of 
the varieties ripen early in tkj season. 
Abundance and Burbank are common 
varieties of the Japanese type; while 
Bradshaw, Italian Prune, Green Gage 
and Lombard are standard varieties of 
the European. In the W :st, prunes, 
which are dried plums, are lJj only 
from European varieties. 
Japanese plums are not as long lived 
as the European; they are also seriously 
affected by the blac-k knot in some sections. 
The Japanese varieties are the cheapest 
to grow, but the European type are higher 
in quality and sell to better advantage. 
The following varieties are suggested: 
Japanese, Abundance, Burbank, Euro¬ 
pean, Bradshaw, Lombard, Reine Claude, 
Italian Prune. 
Before planting extensively you should 
consider the marketing problem, as plums 
are harder to market than peaches, and 
wet weather at harvest time will cause 
more damage to plums than to peaches. 
Pears are usually slower to come into 
bearing than plums and if you are anxious 
to get returns I would not advise pears. 
Pears might do well on the field under 
discussion, but it would be advisable to 
have the advice of a pear grower who 
could visit the section and base his judg¬ 
ment upon local conditions, 
S. P. HOLLISTER, 
