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A  Study  of  the  Fruit  Exhibit 
(Continued  from  Page  147) 
first  is  a  cross  between  President  and 
Marshall,  ripening  with  Senator  Dunlap ; 
the  second  is  a  cPoss  between  Chesapeake 
and  Atkins  Continuity,  ripening  in  late 
midseason  and  of  high  quality;  and  the 
third  is  a  cross  between  Chesapeake  and 
Pan-American,  ripening  between  Deacon 
and  Bliss,  and  producing  large  berries. 
It  is  said  to  be  not  quite  so  good  a  plant- 
maker  as  the  other  two.  Delicious,  a 
variety  introduced  by  J.  A.  Morgan  of 
Scottsville,  was  said  to  have  stood  up 
under  adverse  conditions  and  to  be  worthy 
of  test. 
The  Geneva  Experiment  Station  dis¬ 
played  an  attractive  oO-ft.  bank  of  25  or 
30  of  the  more  common  varieties  of  ap¬ 
ples,  and  also  75  plates  of  some  of  the 
station  seedlings  and  the  more  uncommon 
varieties.  Mr.  Bell  had  a  very  attractive 
plate  exhibit  of  pears.  The  competitive 
fruit  display  was  good,  but  not  what  it 
should  have  been  for  the  largest  gather¬ 
ing  of  fruit  growers  in  America.  It  can 
be  seen  from  the  list  of  awards  that  com¬ 
paratively  few  individuals  enter  the  com¬ 
petitive  classes.  More  should  be  encour¬ 
aged  to  do  so. 
An  entirely  new  feature  among  the  ex¬ 
hibits  was  the  display  of  evergreens, 
flowers  and  plant  materials  of  decorative 
gardening  exhibited  under  the  auspices  of 
the  New  York  Federation  of  Horticultural 
Societies  and  Floral  Clubs,  Cornell  Uni¬ 
versity  co-operating.  The  display  of  ever¬ 
greens  was  the  finest,  both  in  arrange¬ 
ment  and  variety,  that  has  been  seen  in 
the  Fast  in  years.  Many  of  the  finer 
forms  of  evergreens  and  new  and  unfa¬ 
miliar  sorts  were  shown.  A  collection  of 
trailing  evergreens,  varying  from  purple 
and  green  to  bronze  in  color,  and  suited 
for  ground  covering,  were  of  particular 
interest.  A  prostrate  form  of  Fuoriy- 
mus  acuta,  was  shown,  and  also  Fuony- 
mus  radicanx  minima,  a  form  for  delicate 
ground-covering  work. 
Two  evergreen  barberries  created  in¬ 
terest.  The  one,  Berberis  buxifolia,  is 
a  low,  bushy  shrub  used  as  an  edging  for 
walks;  the  other,  Berberis  verriculosa, 
is  a  trifle  taller,  about  18  in.  in  height, 
and  turns  a  beautiful  bronze  color  out  of 
doors.  Several  specimens  were  shown 
of  the  purple  juniper,  Juniperus  sabina 
piumosa,  a  dwarf  variety  of  juniper  with 
beautiful  purplish  foliage,  and  a  Japan¬ 
ese  yew  tree,  Taxus  cuspidata  Hicksi, 
one  of  the  finer  evergreens.  The  Caro¬ 
lina  hemlock  exhibited  was  exceedingly 
beautiful  in  the  waxy  green  foliage,  and 
was  seemingly  more  drooping  and  grace¬ 
ful  than  the  common  hemlock. 
Baskets  of  flowers  prepared  by  florists 
of  the  State  were  most  beautiful  and 
artistic.  California  heather,  Cypripe- 
diums,  Francis  Scott  Key  roses,  were 
some  of  the  other  fine  things,  while  the 
Bird  of  Paradise  plant,  with  its  orange 
and  blue  flowers,  attracted  attention  be¬ 
cause  of  its  curious  color  and  appear¬ 
ance. 
A  Bhododendron  three  years  old  from 
seed  was  bearing  blossom  buds,  and 
Azaleas  and  Rhododendrons  two  years 
from  seed  were  large  enough  to  plant, 
especially  interesting  as  showing  what 
can  be  done  in  this  country  in  supplying 
the  demand  for  these  two  plants  now 
that  the  Federal  quarantine  excludes 
them.  H.  b.  T. 
Fertilizer  for  Strawberries 
I  raise  strawberries  for  market.  Have 
a  clay  soil,  very  acid,  and  fairly  well 
drained.  The  ground  to  be  planted  this 
Spring  has  a  light  stand  of  rye  to  be 
turned  under.  I  would  like  your  opinion 
as  to  proper  fertilizer  and  method  of  ap¬ 
plying  on  plants  to  be  set  this  Spring,  also 
on  plants  one  year  old.  k.  w.  u. 
Pennsylvania. 
This  land  ought  to  produce  strawber¬ 
ries.  We  should  plow  under  the  rye  when 
about  2  ft.  high  and  fit  the  land  well. 
As  fertilizer  you  can  use  one  of  the  ready - 
mixed  brands  made  for  fruit,  or  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  one  part,  by  weight,  of  nitrate  of 
soda,  one  part  dried  blood  or  tankage, 
three  parts  acid  phosphate,  and  one  part 
muriate  of  potash.  We  should  use  one- 
half  of  the  fertilizer  when  the  plants  are 
set  out,  and  the  other  half  in  August  or 
September. 
Fertilizing  Value  of  Buckwheat  Hulls 
I  am  thinking  of  using  buckwheat  hulls 
for  a  covering  to  protect  cabbage,  etc., 
against  freezing.  I  can  get  the  hulls 
delivered  to  me  without  any  cost,  but  I 
am  at  a  loss  to  know  how'  to  dispose  of 
them  when  through  unless  I  burn  them 
where  they  remain,  as  I  know’  they  are 
slow  to  rot.  I  am  told  that  the  hulls 
would  make  the  land  very  acid.  Grant¬ 
ing  that  the  hulls  would  make  the  land 
acid,  would  the  ash  be  acid  if  burned? 
What,  if  any,  is  the  chemical  fertilizing 
content  of  buckwheat  hulls?  p.  M. 
East  Brady,  N.  Y. 
The  average  sample  of  buckwheat  hulls 
will  contain  14  lbs.  of  nitrogen,  11  lbs. 
of  phosphoric  acid  and  17  lbs.  of  potash 
to  the  ton.  Burning  them  would  drive 
away  all  the  nitrogen.  Our  plan  would 
be  to  plow  under  the  hulls  in  Spring  and 
use  lime  at  the  rate  of  one  ton  to  the  acre 
where  the  hulls  were  plow’ed  under.  That 
w’ould  overcome  any  acid  effect  on  the 
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