The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1429 
Garden Notes From New England 
New York Lettuce. —-Market garden¬ 
ers in New England have been confront¬ 
ed with a new situation this season, 
which has not been relished. Owing to 
the extremely dry weather, early let¬ 
tuce has gone to seed so persistently that 
comparatively little has been available 
for the market. Apparently weather 
conditions in Northern New York have 
been quite different from those in South¬ 
ern New England, because the growers 
there have had lettuce in abundance. 
When they learned that the crop in 
Massachusetts was short, they began 
shipping to Boston. As a result, the 
market has been flooded with New York 
lettuce which has come through in 
splendid shape. The fine solid heads 
have proved very attractive to consum¬ 
ers, and there has been little sale for 
what native lettuce has been offered. So 
much of this New York lettuce came in, 
however, that prices went flat. From 
eight to 12 cars loaded with lettuce have 
reached the city in one day. This is 
more than the Boston market can readily 
consume. With California Iceberg let¬ 
tuce taking the market in Winter, and 
New York lettuce swamping it in Sum¬ 
mer. there seems to be little opportunity 
for lettuce growing on a profitable basis 
in Massachusetts. Of course the situa¬ 
tion may change in another year, but the 
market gardeners are not feeling very 
happy over the lettuce situation this 
Summer. 
Effect of Drought. —As a matter 
of fact, the extremely long period of dry 
weather has played havoc with many 
crops. Early celery has suffered very 
badly. One prominent grower in Arl¬ 
ington recently plowed under five acres 
of celery, all of which had gone to seed, 
making it unsalable. Market garden¬ 
ers who have been able to use water have 
kept their celery growing in good shape, 
but water when it must be used con¬ 
stantly becomes expensive. One grower 
who has kept rather accurate accounts 
has learned this season that five gallons 
of gasoline a day are required to pump 
enough water for 10 acres of celery. As 
this man gets his water from artesian 
wells, it costs him nothing, but when 
town water must be used, and measured 
by a meter, the expense runs high. 
The Ceeery Crop. —Growers as a rule 
are relying upon Easy Blanching for 
their early celery, and while the quality 
has not been very good this season, the 
price has been fair, notwithstanding the 
fact that Northern New York has also 
shipped a large amount of celery into 
the Boston market. Most of this out-of- 
State celery seems to have come from the 
region around Ogdeneburg, where ap¬ 
parently very gooil celery soil is found. 
Boston growers, however, do not worry 
greatly about the celery situation, be¬ 
cause the public drops all other varie¬ 
ties as soon as Giant Pascal comes in, 
and this celery is grown to perfection by 
the market men of Eastern Massachus¬ 
etts. Even in dry seasons it is usually 
possible to get Pascal through in good 
shape. This is the celery which is hanked 
for the late trade, and which is also 
stored in pits for the Winter market. 
Sweet Corn. —There has been only 
half a crop of sweet corn in Eastern 
Massachusetts this season. It is diffi¬ 
cult to remember a season when the price 
of corn has remained so high. Much of 
it has retailed for 75 cents a dozen, al¬ 
though 50 cents a dozen has been the 
prevailing price at the roadside stands, 
with some growers selling Golden Ban¬ 
tam at 40 cents. The European corn- 
borer has been plentiful, but the greatest 
damage to corn has come from the lack 
of rain. 
Western Celery. —This visitor was 
very much interested in New England 
market garden methods, and particularly 
in the way celery is grown here. He did 
not think very favorably of the plan of 
bunching celery by driving spikes through 
the roots. In his part of the country 
celery is always tied with tape. Large 
bunches are desired, and it is his prac¬ 
tice to cut the roots square across, the 
name of his farm then being stamped on 
the wide surface thus made. A rubber 
stamp is used for the purpose, and cus¬ 
tomers have developed the practice of 
calling for his celery by name. The 
visitor was rather surprised that larger 
celery was not grown in New England. 
In his section the smaller celery is cut up 
so as to leave only the hearts. These 
hearts are also bunched, and there is much 
demand for them. 
Dahlia Comments. — I am interested 
to find that there is a strong feeling 
among many Dahlia growers that plants 
started from cuttings under glass early in 
the Spring run out much quicker than 
those started from bulbs. A large num¬ 
ber of commercial growers have put up 
small greenhouses and are propagating in 
large measure by means of cuttings, as in 
this manner it is possible to obtain very 
many nure plants than by merely divid¬ 
ing the tubers in the old-fashioned way. 
Now if this form of propagation is car¬ 
ried on with moderation and discretion, 
probably no harm would result. There 
is a very strong temptation, however, to 
overdo the matter, especially with new 
and high-priced varieties, the natural con¬ 
sequence being that weak plants, lacking 
in stamina, are produced, the flowers soon 
becoming small and the plants dwindling. 
Some unpleasant experiences on the part 
of persons who have paid rather high 
prices for the newer varieties may pos¬ 
sibly be accounted for in this way. 
Exhibiting Dahlias. —A step in the 
right direction has been taken at many of 
the Dahlia shows this season. A large 
proportion of the flowers shown have been 
cut with long stems and placed in tall 
vases or baskets. This is really the only 
honest way to show Dahlias, because 
there are many kinds which have beauti¬ 
ful flowers but very weak stems. When 
the flower is cut close to the top of the 
stem and set in a milk bottle it may look 
very pretty and orders may be given for it 
without a thought of the appearance of 
the Dahlia in the garden. Then, the 
next season, the fact is revealed that the 
pretty blossom has such a weak stem that 
it is always looking down to the ground, 
and cannot be used in a decorative way 
when cut. Not a few of the best com¬ 
mercial growers are weeding out all va¬ 
rieties which have weak stems, especially 
when exhibition requirements demand the 
use of tall holders. e. i. farrington. 
An Inexpensive Greenhouse 
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to put in enough pipe. Run a 2-in. pipe 
down the center under the ridgepole the 
length of the house. At the other end 
reduce it to l 1 /^ in., and run a line back 
to the heater where the rafters and ce¬ 
ment wall join. That will take care of 
any cold air coming in where the glass 
and concrete join. Run another length 
of l^i-in. pipe from the heater over the 
center of each bed, or half way from 
ridge to eaves. At the other end use a 
return bend and run it back to the heater, 
put air cocks in each length of pipe, con¬ 
nect them all and connect the one pipe 
with the heater. Have the water pipe 
connected with the heater to fill it with, 
and use any kind of a cut-off. 
A Good Investment. —The next and 
last step is to finish the beds. Fasten 
lx2-in. strips on the frame of the bed in 
between each connection with wire, then 
lay boards on them. They do not need 
to be nailed, as the weight of the dirt 
will keep them in place, and on each edge 
nail a board about 8 in. wide for the side 
of the bed. Does a greenhouse for rais¬ 
ing your own plants pay for the money 
invested? Last Winter we raised 7,000 
tomatoes in 3-in. pots with an inch space 
in between each pot to give the plants 
plenty of room, 8,000 peppers in 2-in. 
pots, about 1.000 cabbage, 2,000 lettuce 
and 9,000 onions in flats, and we sold 
enough radishes and rhubarb to pay for 
the coal used. If a person had to buy 
the potted plants each year it would cost 
quite a bit more than 6 per cent 011 
money invested. And another nice thing 
about it, it is a mighty fine place to work 
in the Winter and early Spring, a whole 
lot better than sittting around the house 
doing nothing. I may have forgotten 
some of the details, but if a person uses 
his head, it is easy enough to build the 
whole thing himself without being a high- 
priced carpenter or plumber. 
New Jersey. neal demarest. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NOV. 15, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Here’s a New One—The Pumpkin Crop 
1425, 1426 
Cheap Farms in Butternuts.1426, 1427 
Persistent Potato Growth.1428 
Ventilation for Vegetable Cellar. 1428 
Hope Farm Notes.1434, 1435 
Pit Storage for Potatoes.. 1437 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Explanation of a Spread. 1437 
Sheep for Eastern States. 1440 
Keep Good Horses . 1440 
THE HENYARD 
The New Idea in Poultry Culling. 1426 
Egg Classification and Grading. 1443 
New York Egg-laying Contest. 1443 
Figures from the Egg-laying Contest. 1445 
Mash for Breeding Stock. 1445 
Sneezing Pullets . 1445 
Homemade Yeast for Hens. 1445 
HORTICULTURE 
New Peach Possibilities..... 1426 
An Inexpensive Greenhouse.1427, 1429 
The J. H. Hale Peach. 1428 
Drying English Walnuts . 1428 
Apple Tree Tent-caterpillar . 1428 
Killing Weeds with Salt. 1431 
Winter Care of Summer Plants .....; 1431 
Keeping Geraniums in Cellar. 1433 
Culture of Rosemary .1433 
Care of Tulips . 1433 
Keeping Elephant’s Ears and Canna Roots. 1433 
Grape Notes .1435 
Good Horticultural Books.,. 1435 
Failure of Narcissus . 1435 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 1438 
From the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 1438 
The Rural Patterns . 1438 
Apple and Elberberry Spread... 1438 
The Si ,ar Cure for Hams, Shoulders and 
Bacon . 1439 
Embroidery Designs . 1439 
Potato Cake and Doughnuts. 1439 
Mayonnaise Without Eggs. 1439 
A Delicious Sponge Cake. 1439 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Necessity of Working Teeth. 1426 
Editorials . 1430 
The National Eleotion . 1437 
Farm Bureau Under Fire. 1437 
School Men Discuss Education... 1437 
Protective Associations in Wisconsin. 1437 
A Talking Crow. 1442 
Fox Terriers and Woodchucks. 1442 
Recording Wild Voices...... 144z 
Publisher’s Deck . 1446 
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