A NEW STRAWBERRY. 



b'lo. I'Jo.j. — Nick Homer. 

 Mr. M. Crawford, of Cuyahoga Falls, 

 Ohio, sends us an engraving of this straw 



berry, which he says was originated 

 by xMr. John F. Beaver, of Ohio. 

 Mr. Crawford describes it as fol- 

 lows : 



The plant is very large and 

 stocky, sending out plenty of very 

 strong runners. It is probably not 

 surpassed in healthy, vigorous 

 growth and great productiveness by 

 any variety. It has a perfect blos- 

 som. The fruit is of the very 

 argest size, a giant among straw- 

 berries. It is never misshapen. 

 Its only departure from the regular, 

 roundish conical form is when, 

 under high culture, it is somewhat 

 triangular. It is dark glossy red, 

 firm and of excellent flavor. 



WHITEWASHING PEACH TREES. 



H RECENT bulletin of the Mis- 

 souri Experiment Station dis- 

 cusses the winter protection of 

 the peach. One of the most 

 promising- methods of preventing the 

 buds from swelling, rendering them lia- 

 ble to destruction from cold weather, is 

 whitewashing. It was found that the 

 whitened buds remained practically dor- 

 mant until April, while unprotected 

 buds swelled perceptibly during warm 

 days late in February and early in 

 March. Eighty per cent of the un- 

 whitened buds escaped winter killing. 

 Whitened buds blossomed three to six 

 days later than unwhitened ones. Ther- 

 mometers covered with material the 

 color of the peach twigs registered, dur- 

 ing bright, sunny weather, from ten to 

 over twenty degrees higher than ther- 



mometers covered with white material 

 of similar texture, thus indicating that 

 whitened peach twigs might be expected 

 to absorb much less heat than those 

 that were not whitened. 



The whitewash used was four parts of 

 water, one part of skimmed milk and 

 enough freshly slacked lime to make as 

 thick a wash as could conveniently be 

 pumped through a Bordeaux spray noz- 

 zle without clogging. This wash was 

 sprayed on the trees by means of a 

 bucket spray pump. The first applica- 

 tion was made the last of December, 

 and three subsequent sprayings were 

 necessary to keep the trees thoroughly 

 coated until spring. The cost for ma- 

 terial and labor is about lo cents per 

 tree, when done on a small scale. 



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