364 State Horticultural Society. 



ARTIFICIAL VEGETABLES. 



Prof. Leduc Produces Them by Chemical Process — Act Like Real 



Plants. 



Paris, November 27. 



The Academy of Sciences yesterday heard Prof. d'Arsonval 

 describe artificial vegetables, which he exhibited, and which were 

 produced by the methods of Prof. Leduc of the Nantes Medical 

 College. Prof. d'Arsonval interested his colleagues greatly, but 

 unfortunately for the lay public, he did not say whether the so- 

 called vegetables were edible. 



While they were described as vegetables, they have nothing of 

 the vegetable in their make-up, but they behave after their produc- 

 duction as do the real vegetables they resemble under natural con- 

 ditions. Into the composition of these products nothing living 

 enters. Prof. Leduc makes seeds in pill form, one part of sulphate 

 of copper and two parts of glucose. These are deposited in bouillon 

 made of gelatine, to which are added 3 per cent of ferro-cyanide of 

 potassium and a little sea salt. 



The seed develops sometimes on the surface of the liquid and 

 sometimes in its depths, giving birth to plants resembling seaweed 

 and other marine plants. It was announced that these artificial 

 plants were not merely scientific curiosities. Prof. Leduc has been 

 able to recognize that they have the same properties as the plants 

 they resemble, and are influenced similarly by heat and light. — New 

 York Sun. — Fruit Trade Journal. 



PRUNING APPLE TREES. 



The pruning of apple trees, like the training of children, should 

 begin early and wisely. It is then that the top is being formed. A 

 triangular head, that is, a head formed by three leading branches, 

 is usually preferred. One formed by two branches is more liable 

 to split the trunk open from the excess of fruit which is sometimes 

 borne. 



Pruning should be continuous during the early years of the 

 growth of the tree, that is, it should be done as often at least as 



