Our Plant Immigrants 



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Photo from George C. Roeding, of Fresno, California 



Distributing Insect- laden Figs in a Smyrna Fig Orchard in order to fertilize the 



flowers. See page 183 



sorts that are recognized in the markets 

 of Europe, but though sold as larger 

 roots, these are not so fine flavored nor 

 so crisp as the Maliner Kren, as it .is 

 called. The methods of the Malin peas- 

 ants, too, are superior to those practiced 

 in America, and it was thought at one 

 time that to this difference in method of 

 cultivation rather than to the variety 

 itself was to be attributed its superiority. 

 The introduction of the Malin roots, 

 however, has proven that it is a superior 

 kind. In New Jersey, at Edgewater 

 Park, one of the first men to get the roots 

 grew over six acres this season. Though 

 lie had on the same kind of soil, and ad- 

 joining the plat where he cultivated the 

 Malin. the American sort, it yielded a 

 ton of roots more than the native kind, 

 was several weeks earlier in coming to 



maturity, thus commanding a higher 

 figure in the early season, and produced 

 a larger, more regular root. These 

 favorable characters combined have 

 made the Malin horseradish a much bet- 

 ter paying one than any other, netting 

 the planter $100 an acre more than the 

 American. 



This is a small industry, it is true, but 

 in a single county in that state it has 

 grown from the production of a few 

 hundred pounds a year to that of more 

 than 1,000,000, which means a decided 

 increase in five years in the earning 

 power of a community. 



THE MANGOSTEEN FROM THE MAEAY 

 ARCHIPEEAGO 



There is not in the whole range of 

 fruits a single one that surpasses the 



