The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
463 
Some Northern Vermont Questions 
(Continued from page 457) 
Wealthy, Tolman and Scott. It would 
be well to avoid planting in the lowest 
areas, but use the higher land back 
from the river bed. I would advise plant¬ 
ing in the Spring, and unless there is 
danger of washing, . I would work the 
land the first three or four years after 
having put it in good physical condition. 
If there is resistant sod, it would be well 
to have the land plowed before the plant¬ 
ing is made. It is exceedingly import¬ 
ant to discontinue cultivation and re¬ 
frain from any fertilizing of the soil after 
midsummer; in fact, it is better to apply 
fertilizers in the very beginning of the 
season. The cessation of growth, the 
hardening and ripening, and toughening 
of the tissue for Winter is a highly im¬ 
portant thing to lessen the possibility of 
Winter injury. 
The everbearing strawberry seems to 
be somewhat overpraised and over-adver¬ 
tised and yet there are several people in 
Vermont who think the Progressive ever- 
bearing and the Superb varieties to be 
among the finest berries, and to be equally 
as good as the Spring fruiting varieties. 
Howard 17, Sample and Dunlap arc other 
varieties for Spring fruiting which do 
well in almost all sections of Vermont. 
With respect to raspberries would say 
that the, Cuthbert is still the leading va¬ 
riety, and probably is somewhat prefer¬ 
able to Herbert or June. 
Among blackberries it appears Snyder 
is a favorite variety to plant in cold sec¬ 
tions. However. Blowers and Eldorado 
are as good varieties as blackberries go, 
and are quite hardy. 
A few varieties of pears are hardy 
enough to withstand with no injury at all 
the usual Vermont climate. At Burling¬ 
ton Bartlett, Howell and Anjou have 
been entirely uninjured during the last 
15 years. 
As to whether to set out the trees on 
the north side or south side of the house, 
it may not matter greatly, although prob¬ 
ably the north side is a little preferable, 
since on extreme southern exposures the 
trees may be somewhat predisposed to 
Winter injury by being warmed up too 
much on warm days in Winter, or warm 
Spring days which are followed by colder 
weather. it. E. C. 
Apple Shoots Dying in Midsummer 
I should like to know what to do with 
a Maiden Blush apple tree that is 10 
years old. Last Summer and Fall its 
twigs would die back 10 or 12 in., and 
back of that it would put out new 
growth. I noticed on the trunk that the 
bark is split too. I thought that grubs 
were working on the roots, but after dig 
ging around the tree I could not find any 
grubs. I am at a loss to know what to 
do with this tree. I lost a Siberian crab 
apple tree that vras troubled the same 
way. j. F. M. 
Butler, Pa. 
There are dozens of agents, any one or 
combination of which might result in the 
appearance described above. It is there¬ 
fore impossible to diagnose the trouble 
with any degree of certainty. It would 
be well to call in some local expert to see 
the trees. The trouble might be caused, 
for example, by a combination of Winter 
injury and dry weather, the injury from 
the cold not becoming evident until a 
period of drought caused some of the 
weakened shoots to succumb. Likewise 
some insect or fungous trouble might be 
responsible. Fire-blight, though usually 
not appearing so late in the season, does 
give this appearance when it extends its 
ravages into the Summer. In fact suck¬ 
ing or chewing insects have been known 
to cause young shoots to die in midsum¬ 
mer. the leaf-skeletonizer being the latest 
addition to the list, which although not 
killing the twigs outright give them a 
similar appearance. 
In general, however, it can be said that 
trees are less apt to be Winter-injured, 
troubled by borers, infested with sucking 
or chewing insects, or prey to other ills 
if they are in a vigorous condition. We 
would suggest that you make an effort at 
clean cultivation, at cutting out the dead 
parts as soon as they appear, at looking 
the trunk over thoroughly for borers, and 
at practicing proper spraying methods. 
Very often many troubles disappear when 
a “general housecleaning'’ is resorted to. 
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