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Tee  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  27,  1923 
GROWN  in  our  upland  nurseries  (the  largest  in  New  York 
state),  fresh  dug,  free  from  disease,  propagated  from 
bearing  trees  of  known  merit. 
Our  Apple,  Pear,  Peach,  Cherry,  Plum,  Quince,  Small  Fruits  and  Ornamentals 
are  sold  to  you  direct  at  cost  plus  one  profit  only.  39  years  of  active  nursery  ex¬ 
perience  is  back  of  every  tree — we  grow  our  own  stock  and  know  we  are  sending  just 
what  you  order.  Send  for  our  Free  Catalog,  it  shows  we  recognize  our  responsi¬ 
bility  to  the  man  who  plants,  and  keep  the  quality  up  and  the  cost  down. 
For'  39  years  we  have  been  receiving  hundreds  of  letters  like  this  one  from  the 
people  who  buy  from  our  catalog : 
Maloney  quality  has  become  a  recognized  standard  by  which  all  nursery  stock  is 
judged  because  we  have  given  our  personal  attention  to  every  step  in  the  production 
of  our  stock  from  budding  to  shipping  and  know  just  what  we  are  sending  you  and 
that  our  varieties  bear  and  bloom  true  to  name. 
The  trees  and  plants  we  offer  this  spring  fully  measure  up  to  the  Maloney  Stand¬ 
ard  and  we  will  ship  all  orders  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  received.  So  we  advise 
you  to  place  your  order  early. 
Small  or  large  orders  get  the  same  attention.  It  will  pay  you  to  send  for  our  Free 
Descriptive  Catalog:  it  contains  valuable  information  on  fruit  and  shrubs  and  saves 
you  money — write  today.  We  are  members  of  the  American  Association  of  Nurserymen. 
We  Prepay  Transportation  Charges  on  all  Orders  for  Over  $7.50 
MALONEY  EROS.  NURSERY  CO.,  Inc.,  46  Main  Street,  DANSVILLE,  N.  Y. 
Dansville’ s  Pioneer  Nurseries 
Visit  our  400-acre  nurseries 
Holley,  N.  Y.,  April  7,  1922. 
Gentlemen: — The  845  Peach.  Apple,  Cherry,  Pear  and  Plum  arrived  yes¬ 
terday  in  fine  condilion.  I  am  thinking  of  setting  out  more  trees  next  year,  at 
which  lime  you  will  hear  from  me. 
Thanking  you  for  your  square  dealings,  I  remain, 
Yours  as  ever, 
John  F.  Piedemonte. 
BEARING  TREE  ! 
PROPAGATION 
All  our  peach,  apple  and  pear  trees 
are  budded  from  the  best  bearing 
orchards.  Our  trees  can  be  pur¬ 
chased  direct  only.  We  have  no 
salesmen.  Send  for  complete 
descriptive  catalogue  Free. 
Barnes  Nursery  &  Orchard  Co. 
Box  A,  Wallingford,  Conn. 
One  Year  Old 
Apple  Trees 
Plant  one-year-old  trees  to  save  money,  with¬ 
out  losing  time.  Saving  is  believing.  Write 
me  about  it.  Leading  varieties.  List  mailed  ftee. 
THE  VAN  DUSEN  NURSERIES 
C,  C  McKay,  Mgr.,  Box  R,  Geneva.  N.  Y. 
A  SPECIALTY. 
srees  Write  now  for 
prices  on  high- 
grade  Nursery  Stock,  sold  direct,  at  lowest 
prices.  Satisfactory  quality  and  condition 
guaranteed.  W rite  At  Once  for  Catalogue. 
NEW  HAVEN  NURSERIES 
Dept.  R  New'  Haven,  Missouri 
T rees  -  Plants  -  Seeds 
A  superb  stock  oi  the  highest  grade  trees,  low. 
direct-from-grower  prices,  now  ready  for  commer¬ 
cial  orchards  or  home  planting.  Also  ornamental 
shrubs,  bushes  and  perennials.  Seeds  for  the 
vegetable  or  fiower  garden.  Write  for  latest  cata¬ 
log.  Its  free. 
Dr  Worceater  Peach— A  large-sized  ,t 
yellow,  firm  and  very  juicy  peach.  \ 
It  has  a  full  peach  flavor,  rich  and 
sugary.  We  have  the  exclusive  sale 
of  this  wonder  peach  and  the  Ohio 
Beauty  Apple. 
WOODLAWN  NURSERIES 
879  Carson  Ave.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Reliable  Fruit  Trees  and  Berry  Plants 
Guaranteed  to  Grow  Garden  and  Flower  Seeds. 
Apple,  3-4-1 1. ,  25c.  Peach,  3-ft.,  20c  each,  postpaid. 
Send  today  tor  ouv  1923  money  saving  catalog. 
AttEV  NURSERY  &  SEED  BOUSE  Geneva,  Ohio 
ellyS 
You  Know 
KELLY’S  TREES 
E  have  been  selling  guar - 
’  ’  anteed  trees,  true  to  name, 
direct  to  fruit  growers — 
No  Dealers-No  Middlemen 
— for  43  years.  Our  reputation 
for  square  dealing  is  established. 
You  take  NO  risk.  Kelly’s  Trees 
are  well  rooted,  perfect  specimens 
and  guaranteed  to  satisfy.  The 
prices  are  very  attractive. 
Ask  for  1923  Catalog 
Brim  full  of  illustrations  of  highest 
grade  fruit  trees — gives  prices,  freight 
rates,  and  names  and  address  of 
buyers  of  Kelly’s  Trees  with  letters 
telling  their  experience  with  Kelly’s 
trees.  (You  can  write  these  users— 
or,  some  may  live  near  you  :  go  and 
see  their  Kelly  Trees). 
You’ll  be  glad  you  sent  for  it. 
KELLY  BROS.  NURSERIES 
1160  Main  St.,  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
Fruit  Trees  That  Pay 
King  Fruit  Trees  are  grown  in  the  Business 
heart  of  the  country’s  greatest  nursery  is  Years. 
district.  They  are  hardy,  healthy  and 
true-to-name.  Such  Tree9  grow,  bear 
and  pay. 
Write  for  Catalog  of  Fruit  Trees,  Small 
Fruits,  Shade  Trees  and  Evergreens. 
KING  BROS.  NURSERIES 
Box  40  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
TOCCC  ft  OI  AUTO  Thousands  of  Fruit  trees, 
I  nCCd  a  rf.Mll  I  w  Privet  hedging,  etc.,  di¬ 
rect  to  you  at  lower  prices.  Large  assortment.  List  tree. 
WESTMINSTER  NURSERY,  Desk  124,  Westminster,  Md 
The  Ox-team  Express 
December  1,  1922,  marked  the  second 
anniversary  of  the  trials  and  tribulations 
of  the  ox-team  express.  Originally  we 
had  planned  to  make  the  journey  from 
the  little  village  in  Connecticut  (West 
Chester)  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  18 
months  to  two  years,  and  here  we  are 
only  in  Denver,  Col.,  the  place  where  the 
Westerners  say  and  believe  the  West  be¬ 
gins.  Well,  wre  should  worry!  We  have 
now  traveled  between  four  and  five  thou¬ 
sand  miles,  and  possibly  another  thousand 
miles  to  go.  We  are  enjoying  life  in 
our  humble  way.  Optimism  is  a  salve 
that  soothes  the  rough  edges  of  pessi¬ 
mism  ;  if  one  has  enough  of  the  former 
to  counteract  the  latter  life  is  just  one 
sweet  dream. 
Since  our  last  letter  to  your  large 
family  of  R.  N.-Y.  readers  we  traveled 
through  the  western  part  of  Kansas  and 
Eastern  Colorado.  We  saw  prairies  that 
are  real.  The  heat  was  terrific ;  rain 
there  was  none,  only  in  sections,  and  we 
escaped  these  for  possibly  three  months: 
To  be  exact,  we  stayed  in  camp  part  of 
the  week  of  July  10,  as  there  were  sev¬ 
eral  heavy  showers,  which  ceased,  and  on 
Friday,  August  18,  we  encountered  a 
shower  which,  lasted  about  one  hour. 
After  that  there  was  no  more  precipita¬ 
tion  until  November  5,  w’hen  there  came 
about  10  inches  of  snow.  Since  then  the 
local  weather  man  of  Denver  has  been 
“up  in  the  air.”  He  has  predicted  snow 
eight  times  within  two  weeks,  but  gives 
us  none.  There  is  of  course  plenty  of 
snow  all  about  us.  The  mountains  as  far 
as  the  eye  can  see  when  clear  are  cov¬ 
ered  with  snow,  so  we  enjoy  the  scenery. 
Every  day  there  is  a  different  view.  Part 
of  the  day  we  can  take  a  peek  at  the 
peak  (Pike’s  Peak).  This  is  about  70 
miles  from  where  we  are  camped.  The 
nearest  point  to  the  Rockies  from  us  now 
is  about  14  miles  direct  as  the  crow  flies. 
Nature  has  left  some  wonderful  master- 
prices  hereabout  in  these  Itoeky  Moun¬ 
tains.  One  is  the  sign  of  the  Holy  Cross. 
There  is  a  rift  in  the  rocks  the  shape  of  a 
cross.  Then  there  is  another  rock  they  call 
Mother  Grundy  in  the  Clear  Creek  Canon. 
This  is  a  boulder-like  rock  protruding 
from  the  side  of  the  mountain,  and  a 
skyline  background  gives  it  a  silhouette 
profile  of  a  face.  This  face  is  high  up, 
and  I  would  judge  would  measure  20  to 
30  feet  from  chin  to  forehead.  Then 
there  is  another  they  call  Indian  Head. 
This  resembles  an  Indian. 
I  must  not  forget  to  mention  the  prairie 
dogs.  We  first  saw  these  rodents  in 
Western  Kansas,  and  while  they  are  a 
nuisance  to  the  farmers,  they  are  curious 
in  their  habits  nevertheless.  They  dig 
mounds  in  the  fields,  and  many  of  them. 
They  go  visiting  and  feeding  a  few  hun¬ 
dred  yards  from  the  mounds,  and  when  a 
team  approaches  it  is  a  funny  sight  to 
see  them  all  scamper  off  in  different  direc¬ 
tions  towards  their  mounds,  then  stand 
at  the  edge  of  the  hole  on  their  haunches 
and  wait  for  something  to  scare  them, 
when  down  they  go.  Then  the  noise  they 
make,  especially  at  twilight ;  several  hun¬ 
dred  will  all  bark  at  once.  They  are  very 
destructive,  so  much  so  that  only  last 
week  this  State  (Colorado)  reports  show 
there  wTas  a  drive  made  to  destroy  them 
by  poisoned  grain.  Several  tons  of  the 
grain  were  distributed  among  the  farmers 
to  be  fed  to  the  rodents. 
We  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the 
sheep  brought  from  the  mountains.  These 
sheep  are  taken  up  in  the  mountains  in 
Spring,  where  they  are  herded  by  men 
all  Summer,  and  in  Fall,  before  snow 
time,  they  are  driven  back  to  the  low¬ 
lands  and  the  fattest  culled  and  sold 
when  market  conditions  seem  to  be  right. 
Others  are  fed  and  held  for  breeding. 
One  of  these  flocks  passed  by  us  iu  the 
opposite  direction ;  there  were  10,000 
head  in  this  flock.  A  few  days  later  an¬ 
other  flock  passed  with  7,000,  then  later 
a  flock  of  1,700  came  by.  The  herders 
brought  along  their  burros,  dogs,  etc.  It 
surely  was  a  sight  to  us  tenderfoots  from 
the  East.  Rabbits?  These  are  the  jack 
rabbits — plenty  of  them.  How  they  can 
go !  Ofttimes  one  would  be  hidden  in  the 
ditch  alongside  the  road  among  the  grass. 
Suddenly  he  would  jump  out,  then  across 
the  prairies.  Sometimes  curiosity  would 
get  the  best  of  him  ;  he  would  stop  and 
want  to  see  our  unique  team.  That.. would 
be  his  undoing.  This  gave  me  time  to 
stop  and  get  my  trusty  double-barrel  gun 
— and  we  have  rabbit  stew. 
Denver  is  a  fine  city ;  nice  streets, 
substantial  buildings  and  plenty  of  room 
to  grow.  In  its  topography.  I  am  rather 
disappointed.  The  impression  I  had  of 
Denver  it  was  planted  in  a  large  canyon, 
or  buildings  planted  against  the  moun¬ 
tain  sides.  This  is  not  so.  .  It  is  nor¬ 
mally  flat,  and  has  a  population  of  256,- 
359  in  the  1920  census,  with  several  sur¬ 
rounding  suburban  towns  nearby  that  no 
doubt  will  eventually  be  taken  iu  as  part 
of  the  city.  The  elevation  is.  5,279  feet. 
They  call  it  the  mile-high  city.  Many 
people  coming  here  from  other  lower  sec¬ 
tions  have  hemorrhages  on  arrival.  We 
did  not  experience  any  evil  effects,  per¬ 
haps  because  we  reached  this  high  alti¬ 
tude  gradually.  We  do.  however, .  notice 
a  difference  in  the  climate.  The  air  here 
is  very  dry ;  in  fact,  it  is  only  on  rare 
occasions  we  notice  dew  on  the  ground 
in  the  morning.  We  aim  to  spend  the 
Winter  here.  J.  c.  berrang. 
maules 
SEEDS 
Once  Grown 
Always  Grown 
Wm.  Henry  Mauift, Inc. 
2153  Arch  St..  Phil*.,  Pm. 
Low  Prices 
But  High  Quality 
That’s  what  you  get  if  you  buy  and 
plant  in  your  1923  garden 
Ford’s  Sound  Seeds 
High  in  purity  and  vitality;  sold  on  a 
“ Satisfaction  or  money  back”  guaran¬ 
tee.  Customers  say  “biggest  and  best 
crops  come  from  Ford’s  farm  and  gar¬ 
den  seeds.”  Forty  years  of  business 
proves  our  standing  with  farmers  and 
gardeners.  Send  for 
Ford’s  1923  Catalog 
which  features  Glory  Cabbage,  Ideal  Beet, 
Nectar  Sweet  Corn,  Ohio  Yellow  Globe  Onion. 
Old  Virginia  Ensilage  Corn,  and  other  reliable 
seeds,  plants,  bulbs,  and  trees  for  farm  and 
garden.  Write  today. 
Ford  Seed  Company 
Box  24  Ravenna,  Ohio 
A  Great  Mangel 
i — For  Stock — 
Giant  Double  Sugar  Mangel  is  one  of  the  most 
valuable  foods  for  stock.  containing  a  very  high 
percentage  of  sugar.  Grajr  skin,  white  ties)), 
very  large  size,  grows  half  out  of  the  ground: 
easily  harvested.  Stock  and  poultry  thrive  on 
it,  Pound  75  cent*  ;  10  lbs.,  96.00. 
Send  lor  our  Spring  Seed  Catalog 
that  pictures  and  describes  many  New  Vege¬ 
tables  and  Flowers.  Heart  of  Gold  Muskmelon. 
King  of  Denmark  Spinach,  A  New  Crosby's 
Beet,  Double  Yield  Golden  Bantam  Corn,  New 
Asters,  Zinnias,  Roses,  a  new  Huckleberry  that 
bears  fruit  the  first  year  from  seed.  This  book 
is  free.  Bend  for  it  today.  Farmers  and 
Growers  ask  for  Special  Market  Book. 
HART  &  VICK.  SEEDMEN 
62  Stone  Street  Rochester,  N,  Y. 
Haapieu  TO 
Climate  and  Soil 
Isbell’s  Bell  Brand  Clovers 
—red  or  alsike— are  the  pur¬ 
est  obtainable.  They  are  all 
Michigan-Grown — hardiness  and 
adaptability  to  severe  climatic 
conditions  are  bred  into  them — the  result  of  *4 
years  of  success  in  growing  seeds, 
rpcr  Camnloc  of  field  BeedB  40  8h°™ 
mCC  OallipiCS  quality  sent  on  request  with 
Isbell’s  1923 Seed  Annual.  Big  savings  on  sterling 
quality  direct-from-grower  seeds.  Write  today. 
S.  M.  ISBELL  &  COMPANY 
780  Mechanic  St.  (42)  Jackson,  Mich. 
Inoculate  Your  Alfalfa,  Sweef  Clover,  Soy  Beans 
with  best  pure  culture  bacteria.  Guaranteed.  Bushel 
size,  postpaid.  90c.  F.  K.  Ri81L,  Sweet  CUnrerCrtwer,  f 
