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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
September  22,  1923 
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* Maloneys  Fruit 
and  Ornamental 
TREES 
Sold  Direct  From  Our  Nurseries 
at  Cost  of  Production  Plus  One  Profit 
YOU  get  what  you  order  when  you  buy  Maloney  Trees,  Vines,  Berries,  Shrubs  and 
Ornamentals,  grown  under  ideal  climatic  conditions  by  the  largest  Nursery  in  New 
York  State,  employing  the  newest  and  most  scientific  methods  of  culture,  handling 
and  selling. 
In  this  Nursery  belt,  scale  and  fungus  diseases  are  unknown,  and  as  our  Nurseries  are 
under  State  inspection  as  well  as  under  the  constant  personal  supervision  of  one  of  the 
firm,  we  can  guarantee  you  sturdy,  absolutely  healthy  upland  grown  stock. 
We  know  that  the  future  profits  of  the  men  who  buy  our  stock  depend  absolutely  on  our 
ability  to  furnish  stock  that  will  not  disappoint  you  when  they  come  into  bearing,  so  Mr. 
A.  E.  Maloney  selects  all  scions  for  budding  from  trees  which  are  bearing  the  choicest  fruit. 
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w  IV/Xj  lil-il-i  1.  til  is  short,  so  it  is  very  important 
that  you  send  for  your  copy  of  the  catalog  at  once  and  make  out  your 
order  promptly,  so  that  we  can  get  the  stock  to  you  on  time. 
Send  today  lor  our  big  Descriptive  Catalog. 
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_ _  It  tells  just  the  things  the  fruit 
grower  and  planter  should  know  about  our  nursery  stock,  and  much  valuable  informa¬ 
tion  on  planting  and  the  care  of  fruit  trees,  shrubs  and  vines. 
We  Prepay  Transportation  Charges.  See  Page  1  of  Fall  Catalog 
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Buist  Bulbs 
Bloom 
$1.00  Collections  —  Post  Paid 
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16  Hyacinths,  Assorted 
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20  Tulips  &  10  Narcissus  1.00 
Our  illustrated  catalog  mailed  free  on 
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Berry  Plants 
Flower  Plants 
Strawberry  Plants  for  August 
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winter,  and  bjootu  year  after  year;  Roses,  Shrubs;  for 
Bummer  and  fall  planting. 
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Reliability 
is  a  part  of  the  bargain 
when  you  buy  Kelly 
Trees.  They  are  from 
responsible  nurseries — 
with  a  national  reputation. 
Kelly’s  Trees  are  a  source  of 
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Catalog,  lists  and  fall  prices 
—  also  proper  methods  for 
ordering  and  planting. 
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Before  you  buy  send  for  prices  and 
literature  on  Unadilla  W ater  Storage 
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Strongly  built  of  best  stock,  cor¬ 
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BISSELL 
,j  few  simple 
changes 
makes  a 
double 
disc 
SPECIAL  ORCHARD  DUAL- 
PURPOSE  TRACTOR  DISC 
In  single  form 
With  trees  to  right,  soil  is  pulled  away  and  with 
trees  to  left,  soil  is  thrown  back.  Returning  on 
same  track  leaves  soil  level  as  with  a  Double 
Action  Harrow — Disconnect  right  section  and 
attach  behind  left  and  you  have  a  regular 
Double  Action  Harrow — A  Real  Dual-Purpose. 
The  Handy  Control  is  equally  efficient  with 
disc  in  either  form.  There  is  a  BISSELL  for 
every  tillage  need.  Write  for  particulars. 
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Direct  Factory 
The  whole  line  of  f  among  Peerless  Fence: 
Barb  Wire— Steal  Poete— Gates— Roofing  and 
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Cabbage  (All  Varieties)  *1.J5  per  1,000  ;  6,000— $8.  Cauli¬ 
flower  (Snowball),  *4.50  per  1,000  ;  5.000— *20.  Brussels 
Sprouts.  *2.50  per  1,000  ;  5,000—  *12.  Celery  (All  Varieties) 
#8  per  1,000  ;  5.000— *12.  Cash  witli  order.  Send  tor  List 
of  all  Plants.  PAUL  F  ROCHELLE.  Dr.wer  289.  Morristown,  H.J 
Horticultural  Notes 
New  York  State  Forest  Nurseries  and 
the  Farm  Woodlot 
At  Saranac  Inn,  at  Lowville,  and  at 
Saratoga  Springs  are  three  forest  nurs¬ 
eries  conducted  by  the  Conservation  Com¬ 
mission  of  the  State  of  New  York.  The 
one  at  Saratoga  Springs  is  the  largest 
nursery  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  From 
these  nurseries  18  to  20  million  trees  are 
sold  every  year  to  paper  companies  or  to 
anyone  who  cares  to  reforest  land  within 
the  State.  It  is  a  large  enterprise. 
Seed  is  planted  in  sand  beds  4  feet  by 
12  feet,  8  ounces  of  white  pine  seed  to 
the  bed  or  S1/^  of  spruce,  red  pine  or 
Scotch  pine.  From  these  sowings  8,000 
trees  are  expected.  Burlap  is  placed  over 
the  beds  to  keep  them  from  drying  out 
until  the  seeds  have  begun  to  sprout. 
Once  the  seedlings  are  showing,  the  bur¬ 
lap  is  removed  and  wire  netting  and  lath 
screens  are  put  into  place  partially  to 
shade  the  tender  seedlings  and  to  keep 
the  birds  and  squirrels  from  destroying 
them.  They  are  left  in  the  beds  for  two 
made  a  heavy  growth  this  year  and  has 
some  grapes.  R.  w.  b. 
S  prin  gville,  X.  Y. 
1.  Currant  hushes  must  be  kept  in  a 
vigorous  condition,  or  they  will  produce 
inferior  crops  of  inferior  sized  fruit. 
When  hushes  get  old  the  growth  pro¬ 
duced  is  short  and  lacks  vitality,  the  lack 
of  vigor  in  the  bush  is  immediately  re¬ 
flected  in  the  crop.  A  bush  should  be 
making  vigorous  terminal  and  strong  lat¬ 
eral  growths,  because  the  bulk  of  the  crop 
is  borne  at  the  bases  of  vigorous  terminal 
growths  of  the  preceding  season,  and  on 
lateral  spurs  and  shoots.  The  practice 
of  pruning,  then,  should  aim  to  keep  vig¬ 
orous  new  shoots  arising  to  take  the  place 
of  canes  over  three  years  of  age,  to  take 
out  the  latter,  and  to  remove  any  excess 
young  shoots  and  cut  back  the  more  vigor¬ 
ous  growing  ones.  It  is  generally  the 
rule  in  commercial  plantations  to  have 
from  five  to  eight  canes  to  a  bush.  We 
would  not  “split  the  bushes”  and  reset 
them.  If  you  want  more  plants  you  will 
State  Nursery  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 
years,  then  they  are  ready  for  trans¬ 
planting. 
The  third  year  they  are  moved  to  the 
nursery  row  and  left  for  another  year  or 
two,  though  great  numbers  are  sold  as 
seedlings.  At  the  Saratoga  Springs  nurs¬ 
ery  something  like  12  to  15  million  seed¬ 
lings  are  carried.  In  these  days  of  large 
number's,  a  “million”  does  not  mean  much 
to  us,  but  there  is  no  question  but  that 
a  million  transplants  is  a  tremendous 
number.  Though  most  of  the  trees  are 
evergreens,  a  few  ash,  oak,  and  locust  are 
also  planted. 
But  it  is  not  the  size  of  the  nurseries 
that  we  wished  to  discuss  or  the  methods 
of  handling  seedling  trees.  The  point  is 
that  these  trees  can  be  purchased  from 
the  State  at  cost,  that  is  about  $2.50  a 
thousand  for  seedlings  and>  $3.50  to  $5.00 
for  the  transplants,  that  a  thousand  trees 
will  plant  an  acre,  and  that  two  men  can 
plant  an  acre  in  a  day.  Further,  the  land 
is  tax  exempt  for  a  period  of  20  years, 
we  are  told.  The  fact  that  it  is  impossible 
to  fill  the  orders  from  the  big  paper  mills, 
speaks  for  itself. 
Planting  is  best  done  in  the  Spring. 
A  deep  cut  is  made  with  a  mattock  to  ac¬ 
commodate  the  long  tap  root  that  conifers 
enjoy,  and  by  this  method  as  high  as  95 
per  cent  of  a  stand  may  be  expected. 
Spruce  does  best  on  wet  or  heavy  land, 
while  pine  prefers  poor  land  though  it 
will  grow  on  good  land  also.  Undoubtedly 
there  are  farm  lots  which  are  bringing 
nothing  which  would  be  better  in  wood 
lot  than  in  brush  and  weeds.  The  Con¬ 
servation  Commission  at  Albany  is  ready 
to  assist  with  full  directions  and  lists  of 
prices  and  stock  available.  H.  b.  t. 
Training  Currants;  Pruning  Grapevine 
1.  I  have  40  currant  bushes  seven  years 
old  set  in  rows  4  ft.  apart  and  3  ft.  in  the 
row,  which  have  done  well  the  last  four 
years.  I  tie  them  up  in  the  Fall  to  keep 
the  snow  from  breaking  them  down,  but 
the  canes  begin  to  lop  down.  The  canes 
which  lopped  down  and  were  much  in  the 
shade  had  the  largest  fruit  Do  the 
bushes  need  to  be  trimmed  much?  Would 
you  think  it  wise  to  split  some  of  the 
large  bushes  and  reset  them?  2.  I  have 
a  grapevine.  Would  it  be  proper  to  trim 
the  new  grapevine  back  now?  It  has 
likely  find  that  some  of  the  low-lying 
branches  have  already  rooted  and  may  he 
used  as  new  plants. 
2.  We  would  not  touch  the  vines  at 
this  time  of  the  year.  It  is  safer,  more¬ 
over,  not  to  prune  the  vine  in  the  dor¬ 
mant  season  until  the  Spring,  because  of 
the  danger  of  winter-killing.  h.  b.  T. 
New  England  Notes 
Celery  Bligiit. — Celery  growers,  as 
well  as  the  men  who  grow  corn  for  a  liv¬ 
ing,  are  having  unusual  difficulty  this 
year.  For  one  thing,  the  European  corn- 
borer  has  manifested  a  decided  fondness 
for  celery.  That  is  bad  enough  in  itself, 
but  in  addition  blight  has  become  exceed¬ 
ing  prevalent.  It  has  appeared  in  local 
gardens  as  well  as  on  market  garden 
farms.  This  is  a  similar  condition  to  that 
which  existed  last  season,  and  threatens 
to  interfere  greatly  with  the  commercial 
production  of  celery.  iStill  there  is  hope 
in  the  fact  that  spraying  done  carefully 
has  proved  fairly  efficient.  At  the  Mar¬ 
ket  Garden  Field  Station  in  Lexington, 
spraying  with  5-5-50  Bordeaux  mixture 
every  10  days  gave  excellent  control  last 
season.  Of  course  this  spraying  increases 
the  labor  cost.  Dusting  is  less  expensive, 
but  has  not  proved  as  satisfactory  as  wet 
sprays,  although  far  better  than  not 
spraying  at  all.  The  ordinary  varieties 
of  early  celery  seem  especially  susceptible 
to  blight.  The  variety  called  Easy 
Blanching  is  probably  the  best  early 
celery  for  the  amateur,  and  will  give  less 
trouble  than  Paris  Golden. 
Portable  SheeIp  Yard. — Page  1199 
shows  an  arrangement  I  came  across  in 
my  travels  was  a  portable  sheep  yard.  It 
was  a  roughly  made  affair,  but  evidently 
served  its  purpose  and  saved  the  owner 
all  the  labor  of  cutting  his  lawn.  It 
was  merely  a  framework  of  light  lumber 
to  which  heavy  wire  netting  had  been  at¬ 
tached.  At  one  end  a  pair  of  old  iron 
wheels  had  been  fastened  so  that  when 
the  other  end  of  the  pen  was  lifted  it 
could  be  readily  trundled  about.  A  broad 
strip  of  burlap  at  one  end  gave  protection 
from  the  hot  sun.  The  position  of  the 
movable  pen  was  probably  changed  each 
day,  and  perhaps  oftener,  with  the  result 
that  the  sheep  which  it  contained  kept 
the  grass  nibbled  off  and  got  a  good  living 
in  the  process.  E.  I.  FARRINGTON. 
