458 
Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 15, 1924 
SPECIAL OFFERING of 
“Trees propagated from bearing orchards” 
Last year’s dry summer gave us more than our usual quantity of smaller 
sized stock, and we offer, subject to prior sale, the following items. 
The roots of these trees are fine, they are simply too small tor our regular 
grades. If you are not ready to plant in permanent places—a plow will 
open a furrow where they can quickly be ‘ lined out” and grow into 
money on your own farm. ' A real saving in your planting investments. 
Peach Trees Apple Trees Pear Trees 
1W2 ft. @ *10.00 per 100 ft. @ *15.00 per 100 l x a-S I ft. @ *-3 <>•<><> per 100 
195 Belle of Ga. 2-3 ft. @ 20.00 per 100 2-3 ft. @ 10.00 per 100 
991 porniaTI J ^1-2 It, it I •“ “ IL 
34 Champion Baldwin.229 632 Bartlett.-125 16- 
119 Greensboro Delicious-.... 208 Benrre Bose 7.r 8t> 
28 Hieley McIntosh ....146 284 Llapps lav. _0 -8 
303 Rochester 
2,055 Eldorado Blackberries. No. 2................ a *2.50 per 100 ; PfJ; 
7 000 St. Regis Everbearing Raspberries, No. 2... « l.oO pet 101). 10.00 peilUUJ 
830 Erskine Park Everbearing Raspberries. No. 2 ® 2.00 per 100 ; lo.OO per 1000 
620 Herbert Raspberries, No. 2. ® 2.00 per 100 
2-yr. medium grade of Currants ... ... _•••••• ® 7 00 per 100 
413 Fay 600 Perfection 1,500 Wilder 
2,700 Concord Grapes. 2-yr.. No. .. a 10-00 per 100 ; 75.00 per 1000 
We have no salesmen—use this list and our catalogue. 
Complete descriptive catalogue mailed free on request. 
BARNES NURSERY & ORCHARD CO. 
Box A, Wallingford, Conn. 
“The Orchard Propagation Nursery” 
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Clhis VALUABLE SEED 
Catalog-free 
Every person who plants seeds of any variety-vege¬ 
table or flower -should have our Beautiful new 1924 
Catalog. Handsomely illustrated and contains full 
descriptions and planting instructions. bent HRhh. 
Your copy is ready. Send for it today and use it as 
your buying guide for Seeds that give results. 
THE J. BOLGIANO SEED COMPANY 
1 (Founded 1818 i __ 
DEPT C-104 BALTIMORE, MD. 
Have Something to Harvest 
When Harvest Time Comes 
by planting these hardy, dependable. Northern 
grown seeds. We offer every seed that s need¬ 
ed. We have no specialties. ALL our seeds 
are Special. Always have—and we expect, 
always will—give satisfaction. 
SPECIAL OFFER 
Buy $1.00 worth of seeds at our regular price 
and you can select extra seeds valued at 25 cents 
without extra charge. With a two dollar P ur " 
chase you select extra seed valued at 50 cents. 
With a three dollar order you select extra seed 
valued at a dollar, and with a $5.00 order you 
select seed valued at$2.00without extra charge. 
In packets and ounces (not in bulk) , selected 
from our illustrated Seed Catalog (No. 224). 
Write for your FREE Copy today. 
KENDALL & WHITNEY 
Portland. Maine Est. 1858 
West Branch 
Sweepstakes 
j Direct from growers, 
f All our members get 
their seeds from plot 
grown under super¬ 
vision of Penn. State 
College. We can trace 
_ every bag of our seed 
to the grower. All seed thqroughly air- 
dried, graded and shipped in new bags. 
Trueness to type and 90 per cent, germ¬ 
ination guaranteed. Yields heavy crops 
of silage, rich in grain. Matures early. Ask 
your County Agent about our seed corn. 
Write us for sample, prices and complete de¬ 
scription. Order direct from growers and be safe. 
WEST BRANCH CO-OPERATIVE SEED 
GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
Box D Williamsport, Pa. 
SEED OATS heavVwhmt ” 
Tests 42 to 44 lbs. per bushel. Extra heavy yielders. Get 
our free sample and low price by return mail and save 
money. THEO. BURT & SONS, Melrose, Ohio 
ALBERTAQ A Xg 
_R, CANADIAN GROWN m m 
(Weight 46 lbs. to measured bu.) 
$1.50 per bu. of 32 lbs. Freight paid on 9bu. or mote. 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc. Genesee *fc. v 
HEAVY 
CLUSTER, CANADIAN 
You can cut our 
Washington 
Asparagus 
CHAPTER XIV 
ON MONOPOLY 
The Capital Stock Company 
often creates a monopoly to fix 
prices and to earn big profits. 
Should the Farm Cooperative 
Association follow this ex- 
ample ? If not, why not ? 
The explanation will be found 
in Chapter XIV of the new 
book 
‘‘Organized Cooperation 
By JOHN J. DILLON 
Price One Dollar 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th St., New York City 
»» 
next year 
Plant our Giant Washington 
Asparagus Roots this spring. 
Cut asparagus in 192 5. 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. 
ASPARAGUS 
ROOTS 
Pedigreed Washington 
Strong one-year old roots: 40c per doz., 
$165 per 100, $6.75 per 500, $12.00 per 1000. 
Express or parcel post prepaid. 
Rohrer’s Seeds and Plant Catalog Mailed Free 
ROHRER’S PLANT FARMS 
p ox 4. Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
(rust resistant) 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Queen of the Washington family. Largest. Earliest and 
Most Prolific Giant one-year roots. $17 per thousand. 
Choice varieties of Strawberry plants. Send for circular. 
JAYS. SKEHAN - Vineland, N. J. 
TRY THE 
ATLOCK FARMS STRAIN OF ASPARAGUS 
Out-yielded the Martha Washington 100JS in 1923. Official 
test. - 100,000 1-year roots, well grown, from selected seed. 
Arthur F. Randolph Bound Brook N J. 
W ashington—Mary Martha Asparagus— Roots,Seed. 
Prolific—Early—Rnst resistant. Send for price list. 
I SAMUEL BURNLEY Seekonk, Mass. 
Central Packing House for Grapes 
Part III 
Smaller Baskets. —The time was 
when Western New York had an enviable 
reputation for her grapes among the 
trade, gained from the generally high 
quality and uniformly packed two and 
four-quart baskets. The demands from 
the unfermented juice factories and the 
more recent requirements of bulk grapes 
in the 12-quart size led the growers to 
give up the packing house and to haul all 
their crop directly from the vineyard to 
the car, whether the two, four or 12- 
quart package was used. It is now pro¬ 
posed to market at least one-half the 
tonntige from Western New York in the 
smaller size basket each season in ordjr 
that the bulk market may be relieved. 
While it is expected that the portion of 
the annual crop handled through the 
packing houses will in the end command a 
somewhat higher price than those packed 
by the individual grower, or the fruit sold 
in the 12-quart basket, it is further 
thought that the removal of a consider¬ 
able tonnage from the highly competitive 
markets will eventually tend to increase 
the price of bulk grapes. The education 
of the consuming public to expect and 
demand American grapes in the smaller 
packages will in the end increase im¬ 
mensely the demand for quality grapes. 
An Experiment in Co-operation.— 
One of the oldest and largest grape grow¬ 
ers’ co-operative associations of Western 
New York, with the aims in view of sup¬ 
plying the consumer with high qualify 
uniformly packed grapes, and to relieve 
the badly congested bulk markets, in 192.1 
operated three central packing houses 
at widely separated points. 'Lhese 
packing houses were planned and operat¬ 
ed by three local organizations affiliat¬ 
ed with a central sales organization. 
The entire management of each central 
was in the hands of the local directors 
in each organization. Two of the locals 
packed their grapes in leased buildings, 
while the third operated in its own build¬ 
ing. All houses were close to railroad 
sidings. In each instance the operation 
was entirely superintended by grower 
members. It was left to the members as 
to whether they would put their grapes 
through the packing house, or whether 
they were to be marketed through the 
vineyard packed 12-quart basket. It was 
further emphasized that only the best 
grapes could be economicaly handled 
through the central packing house. The 
culling of much waste increased the pack¬ 
ing overhead. The season of 1923 was 
most favorable for trying out these ex¬ 
periments, as the grapes were very firm, 
high in sugar and of excellent, quality. 
The growers who brought their grapes to 
their respective packing houses took 
much pride in the venture, and as a con¬ 
sequence but little waste had to he culled. 
When the grapes were brought to the 
packing house in the standard vineyard 
crate each lot was weighed in and cred¬ 
ited to the grower who grew them. Each 
lot was kept intact, and the packing out 
was done in order of their receipt, ex¬ 
cept that occasionally it was found de¬ 
sirable to work over a lot that was keep¬ 
ing poorly. It was possible to wilt all, 
hence full weight could be got into the 
package, thus insuring a full basket on 
arrival at destination. The packing was 
done by experienced women who had in 
previous years packed for individual 
growers. From 10 to 20 were employed 
at each house, while men workers attend¬ 
ed them, supplying them with empty bas¬ 
kets, full crates and gathering up the 
packed baskets and empty crates. Thus 
each basket was as uniformly packed as it 
is humanly possible so to do. The number 
of baskets and the amount of waste grapes 
was then credited to the grower. It was 
the policy of the management to have 
each grower’s grapes packed without the 
packers having knowledge of whose grapes 
they were working on. 
As fast as the fruit was packed and 
labeled it was loaded into iced cars and 
as soon as the car was filled it was sealed 
and sent on its way to market, subject 
to the directions of the general sales com¬ 
mittee which was at all times in close 
touch with the prinicpal markets. 
Efficient Work. —That the grapes 
packed under these conditions were 
shipped to extreme distant points and ar- 
urpees 
Sow Burpee’s Seeds 
and you will see 
How they Grow! 
Burpee’* Annual i* 
our Catalog. It describes 
Burpee’s Seeds with color 
pictures of the best 
vegetables and flowers. 
If you are interested, 
Burpee’* Annual will 
be mailed to you free. 
Write for your Annual today. 
Z. -TEAR HERE- 
W.ATLEE BURPEE CO. 
Seed Growers Philadelphia 
Please send me a free copy of Burpee’* Annual. 
100-11 
Name - 
GARDEN BOOK 
should be in every home 
that has a garden. It is a 
veritable mine of infor¬ 
mation on the growing of Vegetables 
and Flowers and articles by leading 
authorities are of absorbing interest 
as well as practical value. 
Its 224 pages contain hundreds of 
photo-engravings, some in natural 
color, showing the celebrated Dreer 
specialties in Seeds, Bulbs and Plants. 
We should like you to have a copy of the 
1924 Garden Book and will send it free, 
if you will mention this publication. 
HENRY A. DREER 
714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
j HAULERS race 
! SEED BOOK riuX 
Don’t order seeds 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 ] 
vegetableandflowerseeds-.andremem- 
ber that all Maule’s seeds are tested 
for germination and growing power. 
Maule’s Success Tomato Seeds have stood the test 
of time. Grow your own tomato plants this year. 
Prices Postpaid 
I6c packet; 30c oz.; 50coz.; $1.50Jflb.; $5.001b. 
WIK. HENRY MAULE, Inc. 
814 Maule Bldg., Dept. M. Pltila.,Pa. 
maule's seeds 
Once Grown-Jliways Grown 
Be Sure Your Clover is 
Send 
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A««v ai , 
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American Grown 
land check up on these Field Seed Prices. 
’ red CLOVER — Metcalf’s recleaned, 
1 medium, guaranteed American grown: 
per bu. of 60-lb.S1G.50 
ALSIKE— Metcalf’s recleaned; per bu. 
of 60-lb.$1 2.00 
SWEET CLOVER— Metcalf’s Scarified 
White Blossom; perbu. of 60-lb-SI 2.00 
TIMOTHY —Metcalf’s recleaned; per 
bu. of 45-lb.$4.70 
Otlier Metcall Specials: 
include Telephone, Alderman and Thomas I.axton 
Pens, Alberta Cluster Oats and recleaned Timothy 
and Alsike, Alslke. 
Bags free —freight prepaid on 250 lbs. 
Wr e today for free catalog illustrating the value, quality 
and service offered you in field seeds and farm supplies 
bv the mail order department of the Metcalf storeB. 
■your banker will gladly tell you about our responsibility 
B. F. Metcalf & Son, 202-204 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Snnnyside Strain MIS Seed Potatoes 
Grow big crops of smooth white potatoes. Selected 
13 years. Get our circular and prices before you btty. 
RiLEY BROS. Sunnyside Fa rm Sennett, N. Y. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES CO 13 BLEBS 
H. F. HUBBS -_ Kirkville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE— TRUE DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE SEED 
Imported direct from Odense, Denmark. $2 per lb. post¬ 
paid. C. J. Stafford Route 8 Cortland, N » . 
