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VA h. p. 3 h. p. 
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Uses Kerosene 
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“The song!” It came to me like a 
flash. Far up in the pine woods that 
Winter I had written a shanty song. 
There is generally one in every camp ; it’s 
a song of exploits, usually bringing in 
every member of the crew. As the lit¬ 
erary member of the company, I had writ¬ 
ten the song and adapted it to an old col¬ 
lege tune. It came to me that I had sung 
it for the first time on Thanksgiving 
night. 
“It was a great song, Bert. I never 
heard its beat. When I was in Europe 
my daughter dragged me off to the opera 
and such like. It was fine in its way, 
but, do you know, as I sat there in a 
split-tail coat and a shirt front like a 
tablecloth. I kept thinking, ‘All very fine, 
but I’d give it all, and more, to hear Bert 
sing the shanty song.’” 
It happened that shortly before, in run¬ 
ning over some old papers I had found the 
song. 
Here was a man who bad heard Man- 
rico in II Trovatore sobbing out to that 
beautiful air: 
“Ah! I have sighed to rest me ; deep in 
the quiet grave, 
'Sighed to rest me, but all in vain I crave. 
Oh, fare thee well, my Leonora, fare thee 
well.” 
Or perhaps lie had heard some proud 
and stately Norma pouring forth her 
prayer in Casta Diva : 
“Queen of Heaven, while thou art reign¬ 
ing, 
Love upon us still remaining, 
Glad in presence, alone disdaining 
Grosser earth’s nocturnal veil.” 
And he preferred the “shanty song” to 
these masterpieces of music! Well, that 
is something to think of, at least! 
I did not attempt to sing the song in 
public, but I sent Barney a copy. He 
went back to his convention and I to my 
business, but we can never forget that old 
Thanksgiving and the memories. Next 
week I shall try and tell about that 
Thanksgiving in the woods—and “the 
song.” H. w. c. 
(To be continued) 
A Few Grape Notes 
TAKING CUTTINGS 
Will you inform me when to cut grape 
cuttings for propagation, and how to han¬ 
dle same after they are cut? c. w. N. 
Arendtsville, Pa. 
Grape cuttings should not be taken 
from the vines until after several hard 
freezes. The canes used for the purpose 
are usually the ones that are pruned 
away in the annual pruning. Beginning 
at the basal bud, it is cut into lengths 
varying from 9 to 11 in., depending upon 
the closeness of the buds. The cut is 
made close to or even through the basal 
bud, the cut at the top usually made au 
inch or more above the top bud. Next 
another cut is made close to the basal 
bud, and then 9 to 11 in. above. The 
tips of the canes do not make desirable 
cuttings, hence they are discarded. The 
cuttings are then tied in bundles of 50 or 
100 , with the base or butt ends all in the 
same plane; or, in other words, the bases 
all together. They are then to be buried 
with the butt ends up in a loose, well- 
drained soil, so that when they are stood 
upright the ends will be 3 or 4 in. below 
the level of the soil when the hole is 
filled. As warm weather comes in the 
Spring some of the soil covering is re¬ 
moved gradually, so that the heat will 
penetrate to the ends of the cuttings. 
When the land is fitted they are taken 
and set in trenches so that the top bud 
is just above the soil level when the 
trench is filled. They are planted 2 to 3 
in. apart in the row. 
FALL SETTING OF GRAPEVINES 
I have some grape plants about two 
and one-half years old. I would like to 
plant them this Fall, as I am too busy in 
the Spring. How protect them from the 
frost? P. P. 
Spring planting of grapevines in most 
sections is to be preferred to Fall setting. 
If one must plant in Fall, there is no 
better w r ay to protect from low tempera¬ 
tures than to prune the newly-set vines 
closely and then cover with a few inches 
of soil. This protective covering should 
be removed quite early in the Spring, 
however. In some latitudes vineyards of 
considerable acreage are annually pro¬ 
tected in this manner. 
RED SEEDLESS GRAPES 
•Can the little red seedless grapes be 
grown in New York in the open? Is 
there any variety of grape whose skin 
can be eaten and the seeds readily re¬ 
moved which can be grown in New York? 
What is the best book on New York 
grapes? S. C. lewis. 
The writer does not know a red seed¬ 
less variety, but the green Thompson’s 
Seedless is quite common in New York 
markets in early season. In the latitude 
of Southeastern New York, Chasselas 
Rose and Chasselas Golden should ma¬ 
ture thoroughly. These are of the old- 
world type and the seeds are Teadily re¬ 
moved. Urbana, a large red grape, orig¬ 
inated by the New York Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, is of the Tokay type, 
and the skins can be eaten and the seed 
easily comes out. This should ripen in 
Southeastern New York. 
The “Manual of American Grape Grow¬ 
ing.” Hedrick, is the most complete and 
up-to-date book on grape culture. 
IIOW TO SET GRAPEVINES 
What are the best grapes to set, how 
far to put the roots apart, and how far 
apart in the rows? Is it better to set in 
Fall or Spring on light soil? Can you 
tell me the name of a grape I have? It 
gets ripe about two weeks before the Con¬ 
cord. I w’ould like a grape that ripens in 
August. w. F. E. 
The stronger growing varieties, as Con¬ 
cord and Niagara, should be planted in 
rows S or 9 ft. apart, with the vines S ft. 
in the rows. Weaker growing sorts can 
be planted at a lesser distance in the 
rows. In most sections Spring planting 
is preferable to Fall. By Spring plant¬ 
ing is meant just as soon as the soil is fit 
to work. 
The variety that ripens two weeks pre¬ 
vious to Concord is probably Moore. 
F. E. G. 
Good Horticultural Books 
I have been very much interested by 
the inquiry published on page 1328 from 
a correspondent who wants to know if 
there is a “good, bright, up-to-the-minute 
book on horticulture, telling the latest 
news and written so that we can under¬ 
stand it and not go to sleep over it.” 
There is such a book coming. It is by 
Samuel Fraser and will, I believe, become 
a standard and popular work. But I 
want to ask this question: “Why isn’t 
the average nursery catalogue more inter¬ 
esting? It ought to be, and can be made 
an intensely interesting book. But nur¬ 
sery catalogues, in the main, follow a 
stereotyped form in which size and shape 
and points are enumerated after the style 
of 40 years ago. The descriptions are 
technical; they ought to he human. Terms 
like “ovate,” “obovate,” “pyriform,” mean 
little to the average catalogue reader. 
“Calyx” and “anthers,” “obverse” and 
“longitudinally” are not in the terminol¬ 
ogy suited to the average reader. To give 
an apple’s season as from “September 
to March” is not to give the average read¬ 
er a clear idea of the time of ripening. 
What is “red,” “crimson,” “cerise,” 
“rosy,” “carmine”? 
But the invitation, the opportunity, to 
make a catalogue, or any book about, 
plants, is too often neglected. Read 
George C. Roeding’s catalogue story of 
the fig blastophaga. It is as intensely 
interesting as any insect story of Fabre’s. 
I have often wondered that Royal Dix¬ 
on’s book, “The Human Side of Plants,” 
has not been seized upon for its wealth of 
material and interesting facts as sugges¬ 
tion of what a nursery catalogue can be 
made. 
I can understand how your correspond¬ 
ent goes to sleep over many books on hor¬ 
ticultural subjects. Nursery catalogues 
are in that classification. I know a few 
that are well worth reading. They are 
literature and deserve permanent filing. 
A few are very human, and written, evi¬ 
dently, in the idea that they are to be 
read by human beings. They can and do 
give real enjoyment in the reading. I 
have one that I read aloud for two hours 
after dinner one evening, to my wife; we 
both enjoyed it. But it was vastly dif¬ 
ferent from the great mass of things 
written for the purpose of interest or of 
business. joiin watson. 
Failure of Narcissus; Fall- 
sown Seeds 
1. Last Fall I set out a lot of Nar¬ 
cissus bulbs; this Spring they came up 
all right and budded, hut not one blos¬ 
somed ; they all blighted. The ground 
where they were is quite hard (kind of 
clay), and I put a thin coat of leaves 
and fertilizer from the henhouse over 
them. Would you advise me to set them 
in lighter soil, or has the dressing any¬ 
thing to do with it? I had lily of the 
valley beside them, and they did net 
blossom either, although last year they 
did. 2. Would the following flower seeds, 
planted this Fall, come up next Spring 
and blossom any earlier than if planted 
in the Spring? Aster, snapdragon, Beilis 
daisy, foxglove, larkspur and Verbena. 
Would they all come up after staying in 
the ground through the’Winter? 
Sabattus, Me. e. r. w. 
1. The fact that the lily of the valley 
failed to bloom, as well as the Narcissus, 
suggests some deficiency in soil. The 
Narcissus likes good turfy loam, with 
sufficient drainage, but an ample supply 
of moisture during the growing season. 
It is possible that your clay soil is hard 
and sour, and deficient in drainage. It 
would be wise to plant in a more con¬ 
genial place. Lily of the valley does best 
in partial shade. 
2. Asters, snapdragons and Verbenas 
are all too tender to be sown outside in 
Fall and wintered in the garden. The Eng¬ 
lish daisy, Beilis perennis, may be sown 
in July and wintered under a mulch, 
like pansies. Foxglove and larkspur are 
sown from June to August, and wintered 
outside under a mulch. Many perennial 
plants are treated in this way. 
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