1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



207 



Strawberries — When to Plant, &c. W. S. S , 

 Storm Lake, Iowa, asks : " When is the best time 

 to Iniiisplant Strawberries, and what kinds do you 

 recommend ? " 



Spring is the most favorable time for transplant- 

 ing. Of sorts, lake AVilson and Downer's Prolific 

 every time. 



W. and P., JIalvcrn Station, Iowa, ask : " Can 

 we make a plantation of strawberries this coming 

 fall, so they will bear fruit next season ? If so, how 

 would you do it, and at what time ? " 



Fall is not the lime to plant. Prepare 

 your ground in the fell, and plant early in the 

 spring. Between this and that lime we will give 

 an article on the best methods for both garden and 

 field growing. 



Blueberrles. This favorite fruit is quoted in 

 the Boston market at |7 to .^S per bushel. The 

 blueberry crop has become quite a lucrative item in 

 some parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 

 In many localities where the land has been aban- 

 doned for some j'ears, the blueberry has taken vol- 

 untary possession, and gives more value to the land 

 than it ever had when under cultivation in its palm- 

 iest days. Attention should be given to the culti- 

 vation of this fruit. For pies and some other pur- 

 |)oscs in cookery the blueberry has no equal among 

 fruit. We have this season had the satisfaction of 

 eating the blueberry grown upon our own grounds. 



The Peach Crop. This crop is said to be very 

 abundant all through the great peach growing re- 

 gions of the country. The first of the season to New 

 York comes from Georgia, followed by the Caroli- 

 nas, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. 

 Over some of the Delaware and New Jersey rail- 

 roads special trains run for the conveyance alone of 



peaches. 



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Trappinq the Codling Moth. — C. V. Riley 

 writes the Rural New Yorker, referring to a state- 

 ment by Mr. Floyd in this paper, that 'nothing is 

 more fallacious than the idea, altogether to preva- 

 lent, that the Codling Moth can be attracted either 

 to cider, vinegar, sweetened water, or to fires, in 

 any considerable numbers." He thinks the impres- 

 sion arises from mistaking other moths for the one 



sought to be destroyed. 



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Semi - Tropical Frdits. — The fruit growers in 

 some sections of California are turning their atten- 

 tion to the growing of semi-tropical fruits — the 

 orange, lemon, almond, fig, &c. The ^to says "the 

 attention of our horticulturists is being drawn more 

 and more to the semi-tropical fruits, and many of 

 our old orchardists think now that they made a 

 mistake ten or fifteen years ago in prefering the 

 northern fruits." 



The Grape Crop. The Fruit and Wine Report- 

 er for July, in summing up a synopsis of the grape 

 prospects in Europe and this country, says: "While 

 misfortune has overtaken the vine-growers in por- 

 tions of Germany and France, and in and about 

 Cincinnati, O. Southern Illinois and the South-West, 

 we of the more Northern grape-growing section of 

 the United States, were never more favored in es- 

 caping injury from winter colds, late frosts, disiascs 

 and insect enemies of the grape. The blossoming 

 season passed favorably' for setting the frnit, the de- 

 gree of advancement in growth is fullj' equal with 

 that of last year, which was an uncommonly early 

 one ; and we are permitted to rejoice over the pros- 

 pects wo now have of an extraordinary large yield 

 and early vintage. From many parts of our com- 

 mon country we learn of the failure in part or 

 whole of other kinds of fruit, which fact n)ay be 

 taken as an argument in support of the belief that 

 growers of the grape will be able to realize fair 

 prices for their production. 



The Coming Vintage. — The coming wine prod- 

 uct of California is variously estimated at from five 

 to eight millions of gallons, and it is believed will 

 command a better price and more ready sale than 

 any previous crop. 



Trees are out of place when they over-shad- 

 ow the roof of a house or darken its windows. 



I invitu the attentioD of Planters and Dcalern to my com- 

 plete Stock of 



FOR AUTUMN OF 1871. 



The following sorts I have in large stock, and offer at Low 

 Katbs. 



Dwarf Apples, Dwarf Pears, 



OOIsTGOIELID, 



AND 



IVES' SEEDLING GRAPE VINES, 



Three to Four years old, very fine plants. European Mt. 

 Ash, 4 to 8 feet. 



Price List Aujrust 1st, mailed free to all applicants. De- 

 scriptive and Illustrated Catalogue sent on receipt of 10 cts. 



Toledo, Ohio. 

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