PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 



Jose, whicli at one time Ihreatened de- 

 vastation to our orcliards, has succumbed 

 before the attacks of its internal foes. 

 Witli all that we have to contend against, 

 it is a fact that California is freer from 

 serious pests today than any other fruit 

 growing section of the Union, and this 

 has been due to the wise legislation and 

 the thorough quarantine system that has 

 protected us and prevented the introduc- 

 tion of new pests for many years past 

 and enabled ns to largely get the old ones 

 under control. 



THe HouseKold Realm 



Bordeaux Mixture. 



N"ow is the time to ai)i)ly Bordeaux 

 mixture for any or all the fungus disease.s 

 which attack fruit trees, such as apple 

 scab, curl leaf of the peach, shot hole 

 fungus of the apricot, etc. As many of 

 our readers may not have the formula at 

 hand, we rei>roduce it here for their 

 benefit ; 



Lime ( best unslaked ) 6 pounds 



Sulphate of copper (bluestone)fi pounds 

 Directions." -Let the lime be fresh. 

 Slake in hot water. Use small quantity 

 of water at first, gradually adding until 

 you have 25 gallons. Allow tliis to cool. 

 Dissolve the Bluestone in 25 gallons of 

 water (will dissolve quickest in warm 

 water). When cool add this to the lime 

 solution, stirring thoroughly while mi.x- 

 ing. For smaller quantity use the same 

 proportion. Use only wooden vessels 

 for preparing and holding this mixture. 

 Memo.— For apple scab and curl leaf it 

 afiould be applied in the Spring, a week 

 before the leaves start, and again when 

 the fruit is about one-half inch in dia- 

 meter. Then again about three weeks 

 later. Ordinarily this will be sullicient 

 to check the disease, but if the season is 

 damp and foggy tlie number of sprayings 

 should be increased. 



For curl leaf of the peach, apply same 

 as for apple scab. 



Potato Blight.— This mixture has also 

 been found good in preventing potato 

 blight. Apply with a spray pump in all 



cases. 



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TiiK SEASON lor lighting the codlin 

 moth is here. 1 n the apple orchanl eter- 

 nal vigilance is the priceof saleable fruit, 

 and it now behooves the ai)ple orchardist 

 to get out his spray pump, secure abso- 

 lutely pure paris green, and open fire on 

 his greatest enemy. Spraying should 

 commence as soon as the little apples are 

 forming, soon after the petals drop from 

 the blossoms. All of the first crop of 

 moths should bo caught at this time, if 

 possible, butassome may escape, or your 

 neighbors may not attend to their busi- 

 ness, and will furnish you a fresh start, 

 spraying at intervals of a few weeks will 

 be necessary, until the fruit has ripened. 



To remove grass stains saturate the spot 

 with kerosene before washing. 



Dry cornmeal rubbed on soot stains be- 

 fore washing will remove them. 



To remove iron rust soak the spots 

 with lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and 

 bleach for several hours. 



If a chimney catches fire, a hamlful of 

 salt thrown in the stove and the lids left 

 oft for several minutes will generally suf- 

 fice to )Ut out the fire. 



For chapped hands the following 

 preparation is excellent: Put quince 

 seeds in a bottle and pour over enough 

 whiskey to cover them. After this 

 thickens, pour over more whiskey until 

 it is of the right consistency. 



Babies are often troubled with hic- 

 coughs, and while it is nothing serious, 

 yet it should be attended to at once. 

 The best way to stoii them is to pat the 

 baby lightly but suddenly on the back, 

 then give him a very little sugar dis- 

 solved ill hot water. A little pepper- 

 mint will do as well. Hiccoughs are 

 often cased by allowing the baby to take 

 his food too rapidly. 



Flowers in a room have a refining as 

 well as a refreshing effect, yet it is some- 

 times diflicult to keep fresh ones contin- 

 ually. A good suggestion is to dig up 

 enough violet plants in full bloom to fill 

 a glass or china dish. A soup dish is a 

 good shaped one. Keep the plants well 

 dampened and they will bloom for about 

 two weeks. As soon as their beauty is 

 gone, replant them in the garden, where 

 they will grow again, and dig up other 

 plants. Any small plants such as pan- 

 sies or mignonette will do as well as 

 violets 



Few housekeepers really know how to 

 cook genuine baked beans. Many think 

 they do. Tlie real secret lies in the 

 length of time given them to cook. The 

 preparation is simple enough. Clean the 

 lieans thoroughly and place them in 

 plenty of cold water over night. In the 

 morning pour off the water,put the beans 

 in the bean-pot, and cover with hot 

 water. Place in the oven and bake at 

 least twelve hours. The longer they 

 bake the better they are. .\fter they 

 have cooked for some time, salt lliem and 

 add a piece of fat salt pork. ISeans baked 

 this way are delicious and are even better 

 at the second meal than at the lirst. 



The development of likes and dislikes 

 of children for different foods is usually 

 the fault of paients,aUhough they seldom 

 realize it. It is a child's nature to try 

 and sec how far he cjvn have his own 



way. You place food on his plate and 

 before he tastes it, or knows whether he 

 likes it or not, he pushes it away, and 

 tells you he doesn't like it. Sometimes 

 he tells you this because he sees some 

 "goodie" he wants more than the sub- 

 stantial food you offered him. It is right 

 here that parents are at fault, for too 

 often they give the child the "goodie" 

 that he asks for. No well prepared, 

 wholesome food should be refused by the 

 child. Give him his choice of eating 

 what you give him or of going without 

 until next meal. He generally prefers 

 eating the food prepared for him. By 

 giving him only what he says he likes, 

 his stomach is often ruined, as we all 

 know, because children crave sweets and 



pastry. 



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Milk Flour. 



Some time ago we gave a brief account 

 of this new invention. A telegram from 

 Stockholm, Sweden, gives the latest in- 

 formation about it as follows : "The 

 'exsiciator,' the newly invented machine 

 for extracting 'milk flour' from skim- 

 milk, has withstood all tests in the 

 dairies of the world, and will shortly be 

 placed beside the separator, as an article 

 of utility. It is estimated that the in- 

 vention will yield a profit to the Swedish 

 dairy industry of it;2,000,000 annually. 

 A machine capable of working through 

 2,000 quarts of milk in ten hours will cost 

 from $1,000 to $1,200. A limited com- 

 pany of Swedish capitalists has obtained 

 patents in most foreign countries." 



We have 



.'Ml kinds of iinplenienls and tools; 

 tools re<iuirud for the Orchard, 

 the X'ineyard, the Farm or the 

 Shop. 



We have 



Dairy and Poultry supplies. We 

 have, in tact, almost everything, 

 and our prices are right. 



The , Farmers , Union 



San Jose, Cal. 



