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‘The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  7,  1923 
Open  Cab  Express 
with  Stock  Rack, 
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CPEED  WAGONS  dot  the  countryside.  On  all  roads 
^  and  in  all  weathers  they  act  the  part  of  tireless, 
faithful  workers. 
For  the  carrying  capacity  of  the  Mighty  Speed  Wagon 
is  accurately  gauged  to  the  average  farm  load, — 2500 
pounds.  Big  enough  to  save  double  trips;  small  enough 
to  always  get  through  without  faltering. 
Engine  dependability, — a  vital  necessity  in  the  farm 
truck, — is  generously  embodied  in  the  Speed  Wagon 
motor. 
For  it’s  super-powerful  and  remarkably  simple.  Valve 
placement  provides  for  large  ports  and  complete  water 
jacketing;  reciprocating  parts  are  built  to  withstand  ex¬ 
cessive  strains;  sturdy  axles;  vital  parts  50%  oversize; 
smooth  transmission  with  large  faced  gears,  silently  oper¬ 
ating;  lubrication  system  absolutely  |sure;  every  part 
readily  accessible  for  adjustment. 
Designed  and  manufactured  completely  in  the  Big 
Reo  Shops, — not  assembled. 
Chassis  price  $1185  at  Lansing,  plus  tax. 
Twelve  standard  bodies.  Capacity  500  to  2500 
pounds.  More  than  75,000  in  service  today. 
REO  MOTOR,  CAR  COMPANY 
DAHLIAS 
Up-to-date  Dahlias  and  Gladioli.  Also 
old  favorites  at  reasonable  prices. 
Free  Catalogue 
D.  V.  HOWELL,  Peconic  (L.  I.),  N.  Y. 
Dahlia  Specialist 
Frostproof  Cabbage  Plants 
Field  hardened,  can  be  set  six  weeks  before  home¬ 
grown  plants,  and  will  head  four  weeks  earlier. 
Early  Jersey  and  Charleston  Wakefield,  Copenhagen 
Market,  Succession,  Flat  Dutch.  Prices:  500 per  $1.25; 
1000  for  $2.25  postpaid.  By  express,  $1.50  per  1000,  over 
10,000  at  $1.00  per  1000.  Other  plants  in  season;  write 
for  price  list.  Safe  delivery.guaranteed. 
PIEDMONT  PLANT  CO.  -  -  Albany,  Ga. 
Gladvista  Gardens  Gladioli 
New  Gladioli.  A  $2.00  value  from  our  retail  list  for 
each  $1.00  received  (our  selection),  all  labelled.  At 
this  special  low  price  must  limit  orders  to  $10.00 
worth  per  cuitomer.  If  wanted  for  roadside  flower 
sales,  ask  for  quantity  prices,  size  1  inch  to  2  inches 
diameter.  We  have  the  newest  and  best  varieties. 
F.  C.  HORNBERGER,  Box  24-H,  Hamburg,  N.  Y. 
THE  BEAUTIFUL  GLADIOLUS 
Send  a  dollar  for  30  bulbs  (will 
bloom  this  summer),  including 
pink,  white,  scarlet,  yeliow,  crimson, 
orange,  rare  purple,  etc.,  with  easy 
planting  directions,  postpaid. 
Send  for  free  illustrated  catalog  of  over 
one  hundred  magnificent  varieties. 
HOWARD  M.  G1I.LET,  Gladiolus  Specialist 
Box  253,  New  Lebanon,  N.  Y. 
/"'•I  Anini  I  Alice  Tiplady,  orange  pink.  8  large  bulbs, 
L*L/\LSUJL1.  io  small  bulbs  and  60  bulblets  for  $1.00. 
L/Immaculee,  pure  white,  10  large  bulbs,  10  small  bulbs  and  100 
bulblets  for  $1.00.  Princepine,  brilliant  scarlet.  16  largo,  20  small 
and  600  bulblets  $1.00.  Mrs.  Frank  Pendleton,  deep  pink,  10  large, 
20  small  and  500  bulblets  for  $1.00.  Please  add  8  cents  for  postage. 
Send  for  Price  List . 
FRED.  J.  TYLER  -  -  Perry,  Ohio 
CABBAGE  PLANTS 
Plant  Fulwood’s  Frost-Proof  Cabbage  Plants  and  have 
headed  cabbage  three  weeks  earlier  than  you  will 
with  home-grown  plants.  Varieties:  Jersey  Wakefield, 
Charleston  Wakefield,  Succession,  Flat  Dutch  and  Copen¬ 
hagen  Market.  Prices  by  express  $1.00  per  thousand.  By 
Parcel  Post,  postpaid,  600  for  $1.25;  1,000  for  $2.25.  Prompt 
shipments.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  returned. 
P.  D.  FULWOOD  -  -  -  Tifton,  Ga. 
j&.SPARAGUS:n.OOTS 
PalmoUn  2-yr.-oId  roots,  by  mail,  prepaid, 
raimeuo  si.20;  100  at  83;  1,000  at  «i*. 
50  at 
Not 
prepaid.  50  at  $1;  100  at  81.50;  1,000  at  CIO. 
500  or  more  at  1,000  rate. 
Zahn’s  Fruit  Farm  .  Amityville,  N  Y. 
ASPARAGUS  ZS4.E2 
est,  tenderest,  most  profitable,  “The  Washington.”  100 
roots.  Cl. 50  ;  1,000,  $10.50,  Postpaid.  Plant  list  free. 
SUNNYBROOK  ROOT  GARDENS,  Laneaster.  Pa.  R.  6 
Martha  Washington  ASPARAGUS  SEED 
_  $4  per  lb.  Write  for  quantity  prices. 
LESTER  W.  BENNETT  Victor,  N.Y. 
Washington  ASPARAGUS-ROOTS,  SEED 
Prolific.  Early.  Rust  resistant.  Send  for  price  list. 
SAMUEL  BURNLEY  -  Seekonk,  Mass. 
Atloc-k  Farms  Strain  Asparagus.  Best  grown.  Roots 
$10  per  M.  Atloek  Farms,  Bound  Brook,  ?i.  J. 
DAHLIAS 
Ten  diff erent  v a r i e t i •  e,  postpaid,  $1. 
WII.FORD  A.NDEUSOH  Mlllbiook,  H.  Y. 
Dahlias 
75  Varieties,  10  tor  (1. 
EVERETT  B.  HAWKINS,  Montgomery,  OraDgo  Go,, N.Y. 
HUBAM 
Guaranteed  to  be  Ames,  Iowa, 
Strain.  25c  per  lb.  prepaid. 
Grown  in W estern  New  York  for 
3  years.  Acclimated,  scarified. 
WRIGHT  BROS.,  Bor  P,  Erie,  Pa, 
Strong  Ona-Yr.-Old  Asparagus  Roots  *6ow,r 
Palmetto  and  Colossal,  JOSEPH  F.  SHWJRZ.BiiliRd  .Bnsttl,  Pi. 
Crnal  If  SI  lad  Qiiooai*  carefully  rogued,  sprayed  and 
rrOSl-MlIBU  nUSoolS  Stored.  Information  and  prices 
upon  application.  WALTER  MILLER,  Willumiltwn,  Oswego  Co..  H.l 
Pruning  Grapevines 
Should  the  vines  on  the  lower  stems  of 
the  grapes  be  cut  off  entirely?  How  many 
buds  should  be  left  on  the  top  vines  to 
insure  good  crop?  I  have  clipped  my 
vines  in  past  years,  and  have  not  had 
good  results.  c.  H.  s. 
New  Jersey. 
It  is  probable  that  the  reference  to 
vines  in  the  above  inquiry  refers  to  the 
canes  or  the  growth  of  the  previous  sea¬ 
son.  These  are  the  only  source  of  fruit 
buds  for  the  coming  crop,  as  wood  older 
than  last  year’s  canes  do  not  usually 
carry  good  fruit  buds.  The  typical  fruit¬ 
ing  vine  consists  in  most  cases  of  the 
following  parts :  A  trunk  extending  from 
the  ground,  two  or  more  arms  dividing 
therefrom,  and  these  in  turn  supporting 
two  or  more  canes  of  the  past  season’s 
development.  The  trunk  and  arms  simply 
serve  as  a  support  and  a  connection  be¬ 
tween  the  root  system  and  the  fruit-bear¬ 
ing  canes.  The  pruning  in  any  year  hence 
consists  in  cutting  away  much  of  the 
growth  of  the  previous  year  and  thus  re¬ 
taining  only  a  sufficient  number  of  canes 
to  furnish  fruit  buds  for  the  season’s  crop. 
With  a  vigorous  Concord  vine  from  40  to 
50  buds  are  enough.  These  in  some  sea¬ 
sons  will  be  carried  on  four  canes ;  in 
other  years  it  may  require  five,  while  in 
some  years  of  short  internodes  or  joints 
five  will  he  sufficient.  The  statements 
just  given  assume  that  the  distance  be¬ 
tween  the  lower  and  upper  wire  is  about 
24  in.  If  the  wires  be  of  less  spacing, 
more  canes  will,  of  course,  ,be  kept  to 
furnish  the  40  buds,  while  a  greater  dis¬ 
tance  will  require  fewer  canes  for  the 
same  number.  Each  variety  and  vine  is 
a  problem  by  itself,  as  varietal  characters 
must  be  met  and  individuality  within  the 
variety  as  to  vigor  and  previous  cropping 
must  be  considered.  F.  E.  g. 
Shadbush;  American  Yew 
I  wish  to  know  the  names  of  two  na¬ 
tive  berries  we  have.  One  grows  on  a 
tree  resembling  (in  Winter)  an  ash  tree. 
The  berries  are  like  a  huckleberry  in  size 
and  taste,  but  are  pink.  I  have  heard 
them  called  shadplum  and  bilberries.  The 
other  grows  on  a  bush  that  looks  like  a 
hemlock  tree,  except  for  its  trailing  habit. 
The  berry  is  pink,  resembling  a  drop  of 
wax.  The  berry  is  cup-shaped,  with  the 
seed  or  stone  in  plain  view.  They  have  a 
taste  resembling  arsenic  somewhat. 
Scotia,  N.  Y.  w.  b.  t. 
The  tree  bearing  a  huckleberry-like 
fruit  is  doubtless  the  shadbush.  service 
berry  or  Juneberry,  botauically  Amel- 
anchier  Canadensis.  It  bears  a  mass  of 
white  flowers  in  Spring,  and  the  mild, 
pleasant  fruits  ripen  from  pink  to  purple. 
The  name  bilberry  is  not  properly  applied 
to  it;  this  name  belongs,  more  correctly, 
to  the  European  whortleberry  and  Ameri¬ 
can  huckleberries,  varieties  of  Vaccin- 
ium. 
The  trailing  evergreen  with  pink  fruit 
is  the  American  yew,  sometimes  called 
ground  hemlock,  botanic-ally  Taxus  Cana¬ 
densis.  It  is  rather  fortunate  that  the 
showy  fruit  has  a  disagreeable  taste,  for 
it  is  likely  to  be  extremely  unwholesome. 
The  fruit  of  the  European  yew,  Taxus 
baccata,  is  known  to  be  unwholesome, 
and  many  cases  of  fatal  poisoning  by  it 
are  recorded.  We  have  no  records  re¬ 
garding  the  American  yew,  hut  think  it 
would  be  wise  to  take  no  risks.  Med¬ 
ical  authorities  appear  to  agree  that  the 
poison  may  be  in  the  seed,  rather  than 
the  flesh. 
Top-working  Kieffer  Pears 
“Will  Clapp  Favorite  or  Bartlett  pear 
do  well  or  live  on  Kieffer  when  grafted?” 
I  want  to  take  exception  to  the  answer 
made  to  this  question  on  page  428. 
In  the  vicinity  of  South  Haven,  Mich., 
it  is  quite  common  practice  to  top-work 
Kieffer  pears  to  Bartlett,  Bose,  Clapp 
and  any  other  variety  that  may  be  de¬ 
sired.  The  results  in  practically  every 
case  have  been  satisfactory.  Trees  are 
now  in  bearing  in  many  parts  of  this 
country  which  were  top-worked  years  ago. 
The  unions  made  were  perfect,  and  the 
tops  have  held  heavv  crops. 
For  a  number  of  years  it  was  consid¬ 
ered  that  Bose  would  not  unite  properly 
with  Kieffer.  However,  this  idea  has 
long  since  been  given  up,  and  at  present 
there  are  many  Kieffer  trees  in  the  coun¬ 
try  worked  over  to  Bose  with  satisfactory 
results.  Old  pear  growers  think  that 
Bose  will  unite  with  Anjou  or  Flemish 
Beauty  and  make  a  little  better  tree  than 
when  top-worked  on  Kieffer.  However, 
they  do  not  hesitate  to  use  the  Kieffers 
if  they  have  them,  and  desire  to  work 
them  over  to  a  more  popular  variety. 
Michigan.  Stanley  johnston. 
Grafting  Bartlett,  Seckel,  or  Clapp  on 
‘Kieffer  pear  stock  in  no  way  prolongs  or 
shortens  the  life  of  those  varieties ;  at 
least  that  has  been  our  experience.  The 
pear  blight  seems  to  start  among  the 
branches  and  to  work  down  into  the 
trunk  of  the  tree,  and  destroys  the  Kieffer 
stock  which  the  above  pears  are  grafted 
on.  The  Kieffer  stock  in  no  way  seems 
to  improve  the  fruit.  G.  C. 
Pomerania,  N,  J. 
Strawberry  Plants 
The  Kind  That  Pays  Big  Profits 
JOHNSON’S  PLANTS  are  backed  by  our  42  years’ 
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customers.  Our  experience  protects  you. 
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Bubaeh  (Imp) . $0.80 
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Howard  17  (Per) ..... 
Wm.  Belt  (Per) . 
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Write  for  free  catalog  or  order  direct. 
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100 
1,000 
5,000 
$0.80 
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$23.75 
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OPTIMISTIC  FARM  -  Camden.  New  York 
Plum  FARMER 
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