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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
September  15,  1923 
Hope  Farm  Notes 
'We  find  a  rather  striking  connection  sale  of  much  better  fruit.  It  is  bad  prac- 
betweep  the  Elberta  peach  and  Labor  tice,  but  the  farmers  who  do  it  say  they 
Day.  Tt  happens  that  for  at  least  15  must  get  something  for  their  stuff.  We 
years  the  Elbertas  have  always  given  would  all  be  better  off  if  this  inferior 
their  first  heavy  picking  on  this  holiday,  fruit  were  left  at  home  to  feed  the  hogs. 
There  are  usually  a  few  scattering  The  late  rains  will  help  the  late  crops 
peaches  to  be  picked  earlier,  but  we  have  somewhat,  but  it  has  been  a  poor  season, 
come  to  connect  Labor  Day  with  El-  take  it  as  a  whole, 
berta  Day,  and  this  year  was  no  excep-  *  ***** 
tion.  We  have  had  a  record  for  drought  Some  of  our  side  lines  are  interesting, 
this  year,  and  most  of  the  earlier  peaches,  The  cotton  has  done  well.  By  Labor  Day 
like  Carman,  were  very  poor.  Many  of  most  of  the  plants  were  well  covered 
them  were  hardly  larger  than  walnuts,  with  squares  or  bolls.  The  plants  are 
They  brought  very  little  in  market.  Now  not  as  large  as  last  year,  but  seem  more 
we  have  had  several  showers.  They  mature.  With  our  usual  season  I  expect 
merely  soaked  the  upper  part  of  the  to  produce  a  little  lint.  I  think  some  of 
ground,  but  the  Elbertas  seem  to  have  the  cotton  in  Southern  New  Jersey  will 
used  every  drop  they  could  find,  and  some  without  question  produce  a  crop.  Then 
of  them  are  of  good  size.  One  small  or-  that  “Darso,”  a  grain  sorghum  from 
ehaid  in  particular  has  as  fine  peaches  as  Oklahoma,  is  promising.  It  withstands 
I  ever  saw.  It  is  on  a  side  hill,  with  the  the  drought  better  than  corn,  and  is  head- 
shale  rock  only  about  three  feet  below  ing  out  for  a  good  yield  of  grain.  I  think 
the  surface — at  some  points  even  closer,  we  have  in  this  a  good  crop  for  Eastern 
This  slopes  down  to  a  low  spongy  place,  poultrymen.  It  can  be  seeded  broadcast 
and  I  think  the  water  creeps  up  the  face  and  grown  with  little  labor.  Japanese 
of  the  underground  rock  and  thus  sup-  millet  on  the  lower  ground  level  has  been 
plies  these  peach  trees  with  needed  drink,  something  of  a  life-saver  for  the  cows. 
I  have  noticed  this  same  thing  with  Somehow  it  is  kept  alive  through  the 
strawberries  on  several  parts  of  the  farm  drought,  and  when  the  light  rains  finally 
— the  water  seems  to  rise  out  of  the  low  started  this  millet  took  right  hold  of  the 
places  and  make  its  way  underground  moisture  and  grew.  Our  pastures  are  all 
for  some  distance.  dried  up  and  we  are  letting  the  cows 
*****  graze  off  this  millet.  With  a  stake  and 
I  think  the  Elberta  peach  should  rank  a  short  chain  we  can  start  at  one  side 
with  the  Baldwin  apple,  the  Bartlett  pear  and  clean  up  the  field  as  the  cows  work 
and  the  Concord  grape.  Elberta  and  through.  IWe  seeded  Alsike  clover  with 
Baldwin  and  Concord  are  native  Ameri-  this  millet,  and  there  really  seems  to  be 
cans,  while  Bartlett  is  an  imported  citi-  a  fair  stand.  The  clover  seeded  with  the 
zen  fully  naturalized.  These  four  horti-  oats  in  the  hill  orchard  seems  about 
cultural  citizens  have  probably  earned  killed  out.  I  think,  however,  that  there 
enough  during  their  lifetime  1o  pay  the  is  quite  a  little  seed  left  in  the  soil,  and 
entire  cost  of  the  great  World  War!  And  that  the  Fall  rains  will  bring  it  out  and 
the  three  great  Americans  were  all  seed-  give  a  fair  stand  after  all.  That  blight- 
lings,  brought  into  the  world  without  any  proof  potato  is  running  true  to  form  this 
guiding  hand  of  man.  The  story  goes  year.  Every  other  variety  in  the  field 
that  a  negro  cook  in  Georgia  carelessly  gave  up  the  ghost  early  at  the  combina- 
threw  a  pan  of  peach  pits  and  peelings  tion  of  drought  and  blight,  but  this 
out  of  the  kitchen  window  into  the  gar-  “Northern  'Spy”  is  still  'green.  It  seems 
den.  I  have  no  doubt  this  was  prompted  to  have  lived  through  the  drought,  and 
by  laziness — a  desire  to  get  rid  of  this  has  actually  held  up  its  head  in  spite  of 
refuse  as  easily  as  possible — yet  it  is  said  the  disease  which  swept  its  neighbors 
that  from  this  trash,  so  idly  thrown  away,  away.  It  has  had  a  hard  test  this  year, 
grew  the  now  famous  Elberta,  while  her  and  has  come  through  with  honors.  For 
sister,  Belle  of  Georgia,  came  in  about  the  a  family  potato,  where  it  is  inconvenient 
same  way.  Very  few  fruits,  and  cer-  to  spray,  I  think  this  “Northern  Spy” 
tainly  no  peach,  ever  had  such  an  effect  will  prove  just  about  ideal.  It  is  a  po- 
upon  industry  and  even  American  history  tato  of  fair  quality,  but  the  red  color  is 
as  Elberta  has  had.  It  gave  Georgia  and  against  it  for  market, 
other  parts  of  the  South  a  new  industry,  ***** 
and  all  over  the  country  the  strong,  thrif-  Two  weeks  ago  it  seemed  as  if  our 
ty  tree  has  thrust  its  solid  yellow  flesh  Baldwin  apples  would  all  run  small  In 
into  the  market  and  coined  gold  for  its  ju]y  we  cut  weeds  and  grass  and  piled 
owners.  It  is  a  great  thing  that  such  around  the  trees,  and  also  used  such  ma- 
wonders  may  come  out  of  the  dishpans  nure  as  we  couid  a  couple  of  light 
and  fence  corners  of  life,  while  men  with  rains  have  done  wonders  to  these  apples 
all  scientific  knowledge  may  give  a  life-  i  (]j(j  not  think  it  possible  that  water 
time  to  “plant  breeding”  and  fail  to  equal  could  work  its  way  up  through  a  tree  and 
the  apparently  careless  work  of  Nature,  enlarge  the  fruit  so  rapidly.  They  have 
Abraham  Lincoln  may  be  said  to  have  a  month  to  grow  yet.  Give  us  more  rain 
come  up  out  of  the  fence  corners  of  life,  and  we  shall  have  apples  of  normal  size 
while  the  carefully  bred  children  of  after  all.  The  greatest  disappointment  of 
statesmen  are  seldom  heard  from.  all  comes  to  the  strawberries.  We  plant- 
*****  ed  nearly  2,500  “Everbearing”  plants,  ex- 
I  once  stated  that  Luther  Burbank  has  peeling  to  pick  crates  of  fruit  during 
never  produced  any  new  fruit  that  can  August  and  'September.  Thus  far  we 
equal  the  Elberta  peach  in  commercial  have  not  had  two  quarts.  There  has  been 
importance.  I  think  we  might  even  say  bloom  enough,  but  the  soil  is  too  dry  to 
that  all  of  Burbank’s  “creations”  com-  develop  fruit.  A  large. share  of  the  stand- 
bined  have  never  had  the  effect  upon  the  »rd  varieties,  planted  in  the  Spring,  were 
business  of  fruit  growing  that  Elberta  killed.  In  some  cases  we  replanted  three 
alone  has  given!  But,  what’s  the  use?  times,  only  to  have  them  burned  up.  It  is 
When  I  made  that  statement  I  was  ac-  a  question  with  us  now  whether  we 
fused  in  very  torrid  language  of  compar-  should  try  it  once  more  in  case  we  have 
ing  the  great  Burbank  to  a  “nigger.”  In  some  real  rain.  Of  course,  plants  set  now 
truth,  I  know  several  colored  people  who  cannot  be  expected  to  give  any  fruit  to 
have,  I  think,  shown  far  greater  ability  speak  of  next  year,  but  the  plants  will 
and  patience  and  self-control  than  I  am  have  a  good  start  and  the  rows  will  look 
capable  of,  and  it  must  be  said  that  I  better  if  well  filled  out.  This  drought 
have  never  been  able  to  accept  Burbank’s  has  made  it  impossible  to  obtain  good 
evident  opinion  of  himself.  'Well,  any-  plants,  either  potted  or  runner.  I  fig¬ 
way,  it  is  a  great  satisfaction  to  see  our  ured  on  about  15,000  such  plants,  but  of 
Elbertas  sucking  moisture  out  •  of  what  what  good  are  figures  without  facts?  If 
seems  like  an  ash  heap,  and  giving  us  a  we  have  enough  plants  for  our  own  plant- 
fair  crop  in  this  awful  season  of  drought.  big  1  shall  be  surprised.  And  even  those 
We  have  a  couple  of  seedlings  of  our  own  Bed  hens  at  the  contest!  I  cannot  blame 
in  full  fruiting  this  year.  They  are  late  their  performance  to  the  drought.  Up 
varieties,  and  are  not  ripe  yet,  but  one  of  till  nearly  August  1  they  led  the  entire 
them  in  particular  is  Arery  promising,  procession,  showing  their  tail  feathers  to 
The  trees  came  up  beside  a  shed  where  ihe  world  of  Beds.  Then  for  some  reason 
the  seeds  were  carelessly  thrown  years  they  got  discouraged.  One  fine  bird  laid 
ago.  We  may  not  have  any  new  Elberta,  42  rggs  in  42  days ;  then  she  died,  and 
but  one  of  these  seedlings  looks  right  thus  her.  death  seemed  to  cast  a  gloom  over  the 
far.  The  disposition  of  a  new  seedling  entire  pen.  They  stood  still  and  let  Pen 
fruit  which  would  have  a  great  influence  1"  walk  by  them.  They  are  now  coming 
upon  industry  would  interest  me  about  up  a  little,  and  may  win  out  yet.  I  will 
as  much  as  the  investment  o^Jhat  vision-  still  back  them,  though  they  act  as  if 
ary  million  dollars.  they  were  whipped.  As  for  me,  I  am 
*****  never  whipped  until  the  last  egg  is  laid. 
All  things  considered,  this  has  been  the  *  *  *  *  * 
hardest  season  for  most  Jersey  farmers  All  these  things  and  more  might  be 
that  they  have  ever  known.  The  long-  passed  in  review,  and  we  could,  if  we 
continued  drought  burned  and  stunted  tried  hard,  make  up.  a  gloomy  picture — 
our  crops  beyond  repair.  The  recent  hut  that  isn’t  all.  of#it.  Tears  will  never 
rains  help  a  little  with  the  late  fruit,  but  irrigate  a  drooping  spirit ;  they  usually 
most  of  us  must  admit  a  partial  failure,  wash  something  of  character  away.  The 
Add  to  this  the  singular  condition  that  Elbertas  will  help  out,  and  the  Baldwins 
even  with  reduced  supplies  in  our  mar-  look  better  every  day.  Give  us  a  wet 
kets  prices  have  run  low.  I  never  before  September  and  the  strawberries  will 
saw  just  such  a  situation.  Our  market  make  runners.  Plants  will  be  scarce  and 
is  never  over-supplied  this  year  except  high  next  year.  My  belief  is  that  the 
with  inferior  goods,  and  yet  our  prices  clover  will  come  up  after  all.  Just  see 
have  run  low  for  most  goods.  There  is  how  the  fruit  buds  are  forming  on  the 
an  exception  with  potatoes.  <  )ur  Irish  apple  trees.  I  never  saw  such  prepara- 
Cobblers  sold  at  $5  a  barrel.  The  crops  tions  for  another  year.  True,  we  have 
were  light,  but  at  such  a  price  we  con-  been  frostbitten  for  three  years  running 
eluded  it  was  best  to  dig  and  sell.  Peaches  just  as  the  bloom  is  on,  but  Nature  may 
have  been  cheap  thus  far.  Apples  started  regard  such  frosts  as  balls  rather  than 
lower  than  we  expected.  As  usual,  many  strikes,  and  in  that  case  we  may  take  our 
farmers  pick  up  culls  and  windfalls  and  base  next  year.  There  is  a  good  crop  of 
rush  them  into  market.  This  fixes  the  grapes,  the  hens  are  doing  well,  we  have 
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