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What can | 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 recommendtions 
available to you from your Experi- 
ment Station, 
What shade tree will grow the fastest, 
provide suitable shade and look good? 
. Our recommendation is the Chinese 
Elm, illustrated and described on 
page 42. Like many of the soft wood 
trees, it is, however, subject to split- 
ting from heavy load of ice and sleet, 
if the trees are not kept properly 
trimmed. 
Are English Walnuts and Filberts hardy 
where | live? 
. When we have winters like those of 
1933-34 and 1942-43, the trees might 
be injured, if they are not in a par- 
ticularly sheltered area. Generally 
they will succeed where you find 
Peach trees growing. 
. What size trees do you recommend? 
. 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-I quality. 
Why don’t you sell trees older and larger 
than those listed in your catalog? 
. Older and larger trees do not trans- 
plant so well and are difficult for the 
planter to handle. Also the cost per 
tree is higher than the average buyer 
cares to pay. 
If | use commercial nitrogenous fertilizer 
such as Nitrate of Soda or Sulphate of 
Ammonia, how much should | use? 
. Generally 14 Ib. per each year of age 
in the orchard. Example: A tree 
planted for four years would require 
1 lb. Make application 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 follows in order of toler- 
ance to wet soil: Prune, Plum, Pear, 
Apple, Quince, Peach, Apricot, 
Cherry. 
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 
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and plants set out in the fall, how- 
ever, 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? 
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 guarantee, page 3. 
How deep should I plant my fruit trees 
and Raspberry bushes? 
All stock should be planted slighty 
deeper than it stood in the nursery 
row. We explain the procedure by 
description and illustration in the 
planting guide mailed with your 
order acknowledgement. 
My trees blossomed but no fruit was pro- 
duced. 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 
catalog.) 
How many Strawberries, Raspberries, 
Grapes and Blueberries, and Asparagus 
should | plant for the average require- 
ment for a family of five? 
This will depend upon the family 
appetite for fruit. 
Strawberries 25 to 200 plants; Red 
Raspberries 10 to 50 plants; Grapes 
3 to 10 plants; Blueberries 3 to 10 
plants; Asparagus 50 to 100 plants. 
| have several trees 15 years old. How 
can | keep them from getting 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 Raspberry plants 
| set this spring produce fruit this year? 
. Ordinarily they will blossom and 
fruit. However, to increase the bear- 
ing surface for a big crop the next 
year, it is best to remove the blossoms 
the first season, except from Ever- 
bearing varieties. 
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. 
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When will dwarf trees bear? 
They should have a few fruits the 
second or third year. Production of 
blossoms or even fruit the first year 
is not unusual. 
How can | keep borers out of my trees? 
Peach tree borer can be controlled 
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 difficult to 
control but it is much less prevalent 
where young trees are regularly 
sprayed. See Question 5. If the tree 
is already infested the best you can 
do is to dig the borers out with a 
knife or wire. 
Do you sell Black Currant bushes? 
No, because Government quaran- 
tines prohibit their propagation since 
they are the host plant for rust 
diseases. 
How far apart must | plant black and 
red Raspberries and Blackberries from 
each other to prevent mixing or crossing? 
All kinds of Raspberries and Black- 
berries may be pianted 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 varie- 
ties and it is advisable to keep them 
apart. Indian Summer, Marcy and 
Milton are safe, as they rarely have 
mosaic. Columbian purple has mo- 
saic which will spread to and destroy 
black Raspberries. (We offer Sodus 
Purple, see page 31, which is mosaic 
free.) 
Will a dwarf Pear 
standard Pear tree? 
Yes, so long as the varieties are dif- 
ferent, pollination is accomplished 
whether the trees are standard or 
dwarf. 
tree pollinate a 
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 receive. 
Under average conditions, however, 
the dwarf Apple tree, four to six 
years old, would produce from two 
to four bushels of fruit. 
How long does it take a 5-N-1 Apple to 
produce fruif? - 
. Under normal conditions, one could 
expect fruit in from three to four 
years time. 
What preparation is necessary for plant- 
ing trees? 
. For best success it is necessary to 
work the ground up in a mellow 
condition just as you would fit it for 
planting garden vegetables. Refer to 
our Planting Guide for complete in- 
formation, 
