Iht  RURAL  NEW. YORKER 
1541 
Horticultural  Notes 
The  New  Pioneer  Peach  A  Miniature  Indoor  Woodland 
Several  years  ago  The  R.  N.-Y.  de¬ 
scribed  the  new  varieties  of  peaches 
which  originated  at  the  New  Jersey  Ex¬ 
periment  Station.  Since  then  many  read¬ 
ers  have  asked  when  they  are  to  appear. 
The  following  note  refers  to  one  of  them. 
For  several  years  now  the  Carman  peach 
has  been  passing  out  of  favor  with  Jersey 
growers.  “Pioneer”  comes  as  a  substi¬ 
tute  : 
“A  substitute  for  the  Carman  peach  has 
recently  been  developed  by  the  New  Jer¬ 
sey  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 
This  new  peach,  known  as  Pioneer,  re¬ 
sulted  from  a  seedling  of  Belle  crossed 
with  Greensboro,  grown  at  New  Bruns¬ 
wick,  N.  J.  The  fruit  is  white  fleshed, 
semi-eling,  almost  freestone,  and  ripens 
several  days  before  Carman.  It  is  oval, 
like  Belle,  and  develops  a  bright  red  color 
which  is  far  more  attractive  than  that  of 
Carman.  The  Pioneer  tree  is  equal  to 
Carman  in  vigor,  hardiness  and  produc¬ 
tiveness,  and  the  fruit  is  superior  to  it 
in  quality,  shape  and  general  appearanfce. 
Distribution  of  trees  is  in  charge  of  the 
experiment  station  at  New  Brunswick.” 
Stringy  Celery 
.  I  have  raised  some  celery  and  it  is 
stringy.  I  have  eaten  celery  that  would 
break  when  bent,  like  a  pipestem,  and  no 
sign  of  strings  in  it.  What  makes  celery 
stringless?  Is  it  the  variety,  the  rich¬ 
ness  of  the  soil,  irrigation,  cultivation, 
method  of  blanching,  or  what?  When 
green  celery  is  banked  or  shaded  for 
blanching,  do  the  green  stalks  turn  white, 
or  must  we  grow  new  stalks  in  the  shade 
to  get  white  stalks?  F.  G. 
Westfield,  N.  Y. 
Most  kinds  of  celery  are  somewhat 
stringy,  but  slow  growth  and  variety  are 
mostly  the  cause.  Giant  Pascal  is  almost 
free  from  strings,  but  I  have  discarded  it, 
as  it  is  very  apt  to  be  pithy.  The  best 
and  most  brittle  celery  I  have  ever  grown 
is  Sandford’s  Easy  Blanching.  It  is  al¬ 
most  impossible  to  handle  it  without 
breaking  the  stalks,  especially  after  it  has 
been  frosted.  It  is  the  finest  flavored 
celery  I  ever  ate.  If  celery  is  banked  up 
or  boards  put  alongside  to  blanch  it  in 
September  when  the  weather  is  warm, 
the  outside  stalks  will  bleach,  even  most 
of  the  green  sorts  included,  but  if  it  is 
banked  up  in  cold  weather  the  outside 
stalks  will  not  bleach,  but  _  the  hearts 
will  enlarge  and  blanch.  It  is  then  con¬ 
sidered  the  finest  for  table  use. 
WM.  PERKINS. 
Grape  Berry  Moth 
Will  you  tell  me  what  is  wrong  and 
what  to  "do  with  my  grapes,  Concord  and 
white  Niagara?  When  they  were  about 
grown  and  ripening  a  black  speck  was  no¬ 
ticed  on  nearly  every  grape,  and  when 
some  were  ripe  there  was  a  small  white 
worm  or  grub,  one-eighth  inch  long,  in 
the  grape.  Vines  that  were  full,  when 
ripe,  had  lost  nearly  all  fruit. 
Mt.  Union,  Pa.  b.  r.  w. 
The  probable  trouble  of  wormy  berries 
is  the  grape  berry  moth.  This  insect  win¬ 
ters  over  in  the  pupal  condition,  and 
shortlv  after  the  blossoms  have  set  eggs 
of  the  moth  are  laid  on  the  newly 
formed  berries.  The  moths  that  come 
from  these  eggs  in  turn  deposit  eggs  on 
the  berries  when  the  latter  are  nearly 
full  size.  In  order  to  control  this  insect 
a  spray  of  Bordeaux  mixture  made  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  4-4-50  formula,  to  which  is 
added  2  lbs.  of  powdered  arsenate  of  lead' 
and  1  lb.  of  resin  fish-oil  soap,  must  be 
applied  when  the  berries  are  the  size  of 
small  peas.  This  treatment  must  be  re¬ 
peated  two  weeks  later,  and  again  when 
the  berries  are  nearly  full  grown,  but  be¬ 
fore  they  begin  to  color.  f.  e.  g. 
Growing  Apple  Trees  from  Seed 
Will  you  tell  me  how  to  start  young 
apple  trees?  I  sowed  a  quart  of  apple 
seed  about  the  first  of  May,  and  did  not 
get  more  than  a  dozen  trees.  Was  it  the 
wrong  time  of  the  year  to  sow  them,  or 
should  I  have  sown  them  in  manure? 
Boylston,  Mass.  c.  E.  c. 
With  apple  seed  it  is  not  so  much  a 
question  of  time  of  sowing  as  it  is  a 
question  of  treatment  prior  to  sowing. 
You  should  keep  the  seed  at  a  cool  tem¬ 
perature  under  moist  conditions  for  six 
to  10  weeks  before  sowing  time.  It  has 
been  the  practice  to  stratify  the  seed  out 
of  doors  in  sand  during  the  Winter,  but 
recently  it  has  been  shown  that  even  bet¬ 
ter  results  may  be  secured  by  placing  the 
seed  on  ice  or  in  the  ice  compartment  of 
a  refrigerator.  Your  trouble  is  very 
likely  due  to  failure  to  provide  the  cool, 
moist  conditions  required  by  the  seed  be¬ 
fore  it  can  complete  the  after-ripening 
processes  necessary  to  germination. 
H.  B.  T. 
In  the  article,  “A  Woodland  Garden,” 
page  1264,  the  writer  describes  a  glass- 
covered  box-garden  which  may  be  kept  in¬ 
doors.  Before  reading  this  I  had  intend¬ 
ed  to  tell  The  R.  N.-Y.  readers  of  a  sim¬ 
ilar  miniature  woods  made  in  a  fish  globe. 
A  large  size  globe  is  lined  in  the  bottom 
and  half  way  up  the  sides  with  moss, 
green  side  next  to  glass.  Next,  dirt  is 
filled  in  nearly  as  far  up  as  the  moss  goes. 
Then  proceed  to  build  the  “woods,”  set¬ 
ting  the  tiny  trees  and  plants  with  more 
moss  around  and  between  them,  all  to 
form  a  velvety,  green  carpet.  Tiny  ever¬ 
greens,  pines  or  other  seedling  trees, 
dwarf  ferns,  violets,  Spring  beauties,  He- 
paticas,  teaberry  or  wintergreen  A'ines, 
and  other  low-growing  plants  may  be 
used.  Cover  the  globe  with  a  plate  or 
piece  of  glass  and  this  makes  watering 
unnecessary. 
It  is  easy  to  imagine  what  a  “thing  of 
beauty”  such  a  possession  would  be. 
While  it  is  something  which  any  nature 
lover  can  enjoy,  it  is  sure  to  be  even  more 
appreciated  by  the  confirmed  “shut-in” 
who  may  be  secretly  longing  for  a  glimpse 
or  a  breath  of  the  woods.  G.  R.  b. 
Poison  From  Wistaria 
On  page  1315  you  have  an  article  re¬ 
garding  poisoning  by  Virginia  creeper 
(Ampelopsis  quinquefolia) ,  and  this  is 
not  the  only  instance  where  a  harmless 
vine  has  proven  harmful.  A  few  weeks 
ago  a  neighbor  undertook  to  trim  out  an 
old  Wistaria  vine  (Wistaria  frutescens) 
growing  against  the  house.  It  was  a  hot 
day,  and  his  arms  were  bare.  After  work¬ 
ing  a  short  time  cutting  the  vines,  and 
pulling  them  down,  he  found  his  fore¬ 
arm  covered  with  blisters  similar  to  those 
produced  by  poison  ivy  (Rhus  toxicoden¬ 
dron)  to  which  he  alleged  he  was  not 
subject.  The  tissue  about  the  blisters  be¬ 
came  swollen  and  inflamed  and  itched  in¬ 
tensely.  The  application  of  bicarbonate 
of  soda  and  a  wet  bandage  relieved  the 
annoyance  somewhat,  but  the  irritation 
lasted  for  several  days.  The  writer  took 
his  place  on  the  ladder  and  cut  out  the 
vine,  but  was  in  no  way  affected. 
Long  Island.  Herman  iiaupt,  jr. 
R.  N.-Y.— The  United  States  Dispen¬ 
satory  says  that  a  poisonous  crystalline 
glucoside,  wistarin,  has  been  derived 
from  the  Wistaria. 
WRIGHT  A.  ROOT.  ka»thampton 
PMHOINT 
n.  A.  VAN  METER.  AMHKfttT 
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W.  H.  ATKINS.  AM  HIRST 
r*CA«ui*«ir 
MASSACHUSETTS  FRUIT  GROWERS’  ASSOCIATION,  k. 
TREES  CERTIFIED  TO  BE  TRUE  TO  NAME 
for 
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KELLY  BROTHERS  NURSERIES, 
'Dintville,  N.  Y,  . 
OCTOBER  15,  1923, 
TO  WHOM  IT  MAY  CONCERN: 
This  Association  has  certified  this  year  approximately  60,000 
one  and  two  year  old  Apple  trees  in  the  Kelly  Bros*  Nurseries  at 
Dansville,  N.  Y»,  and  these  trees  are  for  sale  to  fruit  growers  and 
planters  during  the  coming  season*  The  trees  have  been  examined 
and  pronounced  true  to  name  by  Dr.  J.  K.  Shaw  of  the  Massachusetts 
Experiment  Station,  our  Agent  for  Certification.  This  does  not 
mean  that  other  trees  sold  by  Kelly  Bros.  Nurseries  are  misnamed, 
nor  that  this  Association  guarantees  the  trees  in  any  way. 
The  certified  trees  are  labeled  with  a  lead  seal  which  is  per¬ 
manently  attached  through  the  trunk  or  a  branch  of  each  tree. 
Impressed  on  the  seal  is  the  name  of  the  variety  and  our  stamp  of 
certification  as  being  true  to  name.  ~  ~/ 
The  varieties  certified  are  as  follows: 
Baldwin 
Cortland 
Delicious 
Duchess  of  Oldenburg 
Fameuse 
Gravenstein 
Grimes  Golden 
Jonathan 
McIntosh  Red 
Maiden's  Blush 
Northern  Spy 
Northwestern  Greening 
Red  Astrachan 
Rome  Beauty 
Rhode  Island  Greening 
Stayman  Winesap 
Wagener 
Wealthy 
Yellow  Transparent 
THE  MASSACHUSETTS  FRUIT  GROWERS'  ASSOCIATION 
,  Easthampton,  President1 
WRIGHT  A.  ROOT 
Amherst,  Secretary 
R.  A.  VAN  METER 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  .DEC,  22,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Object  Lessons  in  Potatoes  . 
Freak  Potatoes  . 
Women  and  General  Farm  Work 
Little  Farm  Notes  . 
Seeding  for  Old  Meadow  . . 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . 
.  1539 
.  1539 
.  1540 
.  1540 
.  1543 
1546,  1547 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
■Who  Started  the  Milk  War? 
Dishorning  Cattle  . 
Ringbone  Lameness  . 
Cyst  on  Knee  . 
Puppy  With  Worms  . 
Storing  Water  for  Stock  .  . . 
Feeding  Holstein  Herd 
The  First  American  Cattle  . 
The  Use  of  Oxen  . 
Indian  Runners  Fail  to  Lay 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 
Dosing  With  Epsom  Salts  . 
1549 
1554 
1554 
1554 
1554 
1555 
1555 
1555 
1555 
1555 
1557 
1557 
HORTICULTURE 
Cost  of  Growing  Michigan  Apples  .  1538 
Garbage  for  Manure  .  1543 
Disease  Resistant  Spinach  Seed  Shows  up 
Well  in  New  Jersey  .  1543 
Raspberry  Inspection  in  New  York  .  1543 
Propagating  Quinces  from  Seed  .  1543 
Grapevines  Fail  to  Bear  .  1543 
Lippia  Lawn  . 1547 
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WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day  .  1550 
Knitted  Mitten  . . . . .  1550 
A  Pioneer  Christmas  .  1550 
More  About  Grain  Sacks  .  1550 
The  Rural  Patterns  . . .  1550 
A  Plan  Useful  for  Any  Church  .  1550 
When  Game  is  in  Season  .  1551 
Embroidery  Designs  . 1551 
Letters  of  an  Indiana  Farmer  .  1551 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The  Back  Track  to  the  East  . . .  1537 
Traveling  East  to  West  .  1538 
New  England  Peat  Fuel  .  1538 
“Breaking”  Roads  in  Winter  . 1539 
Building  a  Large  Filter  .  1539 
A  Western  Reader’s  Sleeping  Bag  .  1540 
A  Field  Glass  .  1540 
Curing  Turkey  Wings  . 1540 
Inheritance  from  Wife  .  1540 
Worms  in  Children  .  1540 
Preventing  Cancer  by  Blood  Treatment  . .  1540 
Occupational  Eczema  . . .  .  .  1540 
Healing  Cracked  Hands  .  1540 
Snowshoe  Rabbits  and  Trees  .  1542 
Fish  Moth  or  Silver  Fish  .  1542 
Cats  and  Bird  Life  .  1542 
Protecting  Wood  from  Rats  .  1542 
Squirrels  in  the  House  .  1542 
That  Spotted  Man  .  1542 
A  Piebald  Human  . 1542 
Preventing  Honey  from  Granulating  ....  1547 
Electric  Pump  for  Water  Supply  .  1547 
Power  from  Automobile  Engine  .  1547 
Water  Supply  for  Three  Families  .  1547 
Thawing  Frozen  Pipes  .  1547 
Waterproofing  Cloth  .  1547 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation  .  1547 
Editorials  . 1548 
New  York  Farmers  Oppose  the  School  Law  1549 
Publisher’s  Desk  .  1558 
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