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first year put some which form 
flowers only on two-year wood 
may not blossom until next year. 
What can I do to prevent rabbit 
and mouse injury? 
. Keep the area about 12 inches 
around each tree cultivated; put 
cinders at the base of the tree, 
and clean up any nearby trash 
or brush where rabbits and mice 
may harbor. Hunt the rabbits 
and destroy them, and poison 
mice according to recommenda- 
tions available to you from your 
Experiment Station. 
What shade tree will grow the 
fastest, provide suitable shade 
and look good? 
Our recommendation is the Chi- 
nese Elm, illustrated and de- 
scribed on page 54. Like many 
of the soft wood trees, it is, how- 
ever, subject to splitting from 
heavy loads of ice and sleet, if 
the trees are not kept properly 
trimmed. 
Are English Walnuts and Fil- 
berts hardy where I live? 
When we have Winters like 
those of 1933-34 and 1942-438, the 
trees might be injured, if they 
are not in a particularly shel- 
tered area. Generally they will 
succeed where you find Peach 
trees growing. 
What size trees do you recome- 
mend? 
We recommend the largest size 
and grade. After all, the first 
price paid for the tree is the 
cheapest part of the investment. 
However, all the trees and 
plants we offer are up to grade 
and A-1 quality. 
Why don’t you sell trees older 
and larger than those listed in 
your catalogue? 
Older and larger trees do not 
transplant so well and are diffi- 
cult for the planter to handle. 
Also the cost per tree is higher 
than the average buyer cares to 
pay. 
If I use commercial nitroge- 
nous fertilizer such as Nitrate of 
Soda or Sulphate of Ammonia, 
how much should I use? 
Generally % lb. per each year of 
age in the orchard. Example: A 
tree planted for four years 
would require 1 lb. Make appli- 
cation out under the drip of the 
branches, preferably in early 
Spring just as growth starts. 
Will fruit trees grow where the 
soil is poorly drained? 
No fruit tree will grow well 
where the soil is too wet. 
Cherry trees in particular will 
not tolerate the least amount of 
excess water. On the other 
hand, Plum and Prune are much 
more tolerant and will thrive 
where many other fruit trees 
would fail. We list them as fol- 
lows in order of tolerance to wet 
soil: Prune, Plum, Pear, Apple, 
Quince, Peach, Apricot, Cherry. 
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28. Q. 
29. Q. 
30. Q. 
Should I trim my trees when 
planting them? 
It is most important that the 
pruning be done as we suggest 
in the planting guide sent with 
each order. Trees and plants 
set out in the Fall, however, 
should not be trimmed until 
early Spring. 
Which kind of fruit trees are 
hardiest? 
Apple, Sour Cherry, and Pear 
are most hardy. Peach, Apricot, 
and Sweet Cherry are least 
hardy. 
Do you guarantee your trees 
and plants to grow? 
We guarantee to deliver nursery 
stock in A-1 condition. Because 
there are so many conditions 
over which we or the purchaser 
have no control, such as adverse 
seasons, and which may affect 
the success or failure of the 
plants, we do not sell on a guar- 
anteed growth basis. However, 
when losses are reported, we 
help on the loss. See our guar- 
antee, page 3. 
How deep should I plant my 
bee trees and Raspberry bush- 
es 
All stock should be planted 
slightly deeper than it stood in 
the nursery row. We explain the 
procedure by description and il- 
lustration in the planting guide 
mailed with your order acknowl- 
edgment. 
My trees blossomed but no fruit 
was produced. What is the 
trouble? 
The blossoms could have been 
killed by early frost or the fruit 
bearing part of the blossom 
could have been destroyed by 
Winter cold. Most failures of 
this kind, however, are due to 
lack of proper pollination. (See 
comments on pollination in our 
catalogue.) 
How many Strawberries, Rasp- 
berries, Grapes and Blueberries, 
and Asparagus should I plant 
for the average requirement 
for a family of five? 
This will depend upon the family 
appetite for fruit. 
Strawberries, 25-200 plants; 
Red Raspberries, 10-50 plants; 
Grapes, 3-10 plants; Blueberries, 
3-10 plants; Asparagus, 50-100 
plants. : 
I have several trees 15 years old. 
How can I keep them from get- 
ting too big? 
After the trees have begun to 
fruit, you can hold them down 
by pruning the top heavily. 
Make a few large cuts, always 
pruning to an outside lateral 
branch so as to reduce sucker 
growth. 
Will the Strawberry and Rasp- 
berry plants I set this Spring 
produce fruit this year? 
Ordinarily they will blossom and 
fruit. However, to increase the 
bearing surface for a big crop, 
the next year it is best to re- 
move the blossoms the first sea- 
son, except from Everbearing 
varieties. 
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36. Q. 
37. Q. 
Why don’t you sell 2 year Peach 
trees? 
Peach trees get large enough 
and are sufficiently well branched 
in one year, the way we grow 
them. 
When will dwarf trees bear? 
They should have a few fruits 
the second or third year. Pro- 
duction of blossoms or even fruit 
the first year is not unusual. 
How can I keep borers out of 
my trees? 
Peach tree borer can be con- 
trolled by chemical treatment. 
Write to the New York State 
Experiment Station, Geneva, 
N. Y. for their Free Circular No. 
172 that gives complete direc- 
tions. Apple tree borer is diffi- 
cult to control but it is much 
less prevalent where young trees 
are regularly sprayed. See 
Question 5. If the tree is al- 
ready infested the best you can 
do is to dig the borers out with 
a knife or wire. 
Do you sell Black Currant bush- 
esé 
No, because Government quar- 
antines prohibit their propaga- 
tion since they are the host plant 
for rust diseases. 
How far apart must I plant black 
and red raspberries and black- 
berries from each other to pre- 
vent mixing or crossing? 
All kinds of raspberries and 
blackberries may be planted in 
adjoining rows without mixing 
or crossing in the sense in which 
the question is asked. 
Black raspberries sometimes get 
a mosaic disease from certain 
red varieties and it is advisable 
to keep them apart. Indian 
Summer, Marcy and Milton, are 
safe as they rarely have mosaic. 
Columbian purple has mosaic 
which will spread to and destroy 
black raspberries. (We offer 
Sodus Purple, see page 48, which 
is mosaic free.) 
Will a dwarf pear tree pollinate 
a standard pear tree? 
Yes, so long as the varieties are 
different pollination is accom- 
plished whether the trees are | 
standard or dwarf. 
How many apples will a dwarf 
tree produce? 
. This is, of course, dependent on 
many conditions, such as the soil 
and the care which the trees re- 
ceive. Under average conditions, 
however, the dwarf apple tree, 
four to six years old would pro- 
duce from two to four bushels 
of fruit. 
How long does it take a 5-N-1 
apple to produce fruit? 
Under normal conditions, one 
could expect fruit in from three 
to four years time. 
What preparation is necessary 
for planting trees? 
For best success, it is necessary 
to work the ground up in a mel- 
low condition just as you would 
fit it for planting garden vege- 
tables. Refer to our Planting 
Guide for complete information. 
