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desired pulp. This pulp should be as thick as possible. We sometimes find 

 fruit in which it is very thin, and in such cases it is usually quite acid. The pulp 

 should be as thick or solid as may be, while the flesh, both of the outer circle 

 and of the inner division, should be as soft and juicy as possible, thus making 

 the fruit as nearly uniform in consistency as it can be made to grow. I would 

 be as critical as to the flavor of the fruit as of that of a pear or apple, and insist 

 that, to be good, a tomato must have a distinct fruit-like sub-acid flavor. Lastly, 

 the entire interior, except the seeds, should be in coloras nearly like the deep, rich 

 red of the outside as possible, making a fruit which is a delight both in color and 

 flavor. — Professor \V. W. Tracy, before the Michigan Horticultural Society. 



Making Cherries Profitable.— The cherry tree needs a dry, but rich, 

 deep soil, with enough potash in it to supply its enormous demands for this 

 mineral in producing its crop of seeds. The cherry itself is mainly water, but if 

 the stone cannot be perfected the cherry is apt to rot, especially if a few days of 

 wet weather occur about the time it should ripen. But to make cherries pay it 

 is not enough to grow them. A large amount of cheap help must be had, 

 women and children working at this, and earning more than they could at any 

 other work. Then there must be a nearness either toa canning factory or to a 

 station where the fruit may be shipped. The fruit must be picked dry, not 

 wet, with either rains or dew, and with stems on. All imperfect fruit or that 

 which has been torn or cut in gathering must be kept out. It is better to be 

 fully ripe, rather than under ripe. Cherries do not ripen up off the tree as will 

 many other fruits. A fully ripe cherry will bear transportation longer than one 

 not ripe. Where conditions are favorable the cherry crop always pays a fair 

 price, and occasionally in seasons of scarcity it gives more profit per acre than 

 almost any other — American Cultivator. 



Care Of the Orchard. — No one should set out a new orchard unless he 

 is sure he can give it both manure and mellow cultivation. A small one of a 

 few acres, bearing yearly rich and beautiful specimens, is better than a neglected 

 one spreading over wide acres. There will be more profit in the small and 

 perfect one than in the one extended and neglected. Until planters who have 

 the means avoid this superficial practice, they will continue to set the unwhole- 

 some example to others, and perpetuate to a great degree the slipshod style of 

 orcharding. It is well, therefore, for the planter to determine beforehand what 

 special attention can be given to the trees, and fix on the size of the orchard 

 accordingly. Cultivation alone, keeping the soil clean and mellow for several 

 years, may answer while the trees are young ; but when they come into heavy 

 bearing, this large annual draft can be supplied by an annual or at least biennial 

 top dressing in the autumn or winter, of rich barn manure. — Country Gentleman. 



