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same manner as that vegetable, and can be dug either in 

 fall or spring. A g:od illustration of the root is shown 

 on page 287. The Spanish salsify's greatest fault lies in 

 i t s prickly leaves, 

 which make it un- 

 pleasant to handle. 

 But on the whole it 

 is worth introduc- 

 tion into American 

 gardens. — L. H 

 Bailey, Cornell. 



JUDGE MILLER ON 

 TREE-FRUITS. 



I am asked whether 

 the buds of the Gar- 

 ber pear are hardy 

 with me in unfavor- 

 able winters. A cor- 

 respondent in Illin- 

 ois states that the 

 Kieffer has its buds 

 killed at times when 

 the peach-buds es- 

 cape. This is new 

 to me, as the Garber 

 and Kieffer have not 

 failed here in five 

 years, except in 

 i8go, when they 

 were frozen after 

 the fruit was well 

 formed. But that 

 freeze also destroyed 

 all the other pears 

 for the season, and 

 not only ruined the 

 fruit crop, but also 

 injured most of my 

 trees, so that t h e 

 blight followed like 

 a plague. The Garber, 



are just what we want. The Garber has a quince flavor, 

 making it valuable for preserving where the quince can- 

 not be grown, as seems to be the case on my grounds. 



.)ROGi, bTACHYS SiEBOLDl. (Frum Bulletin, Cornell University Experiment Statjon 



Kieffer and Idaho only are left 

 sound among 100 trees of bearing size, including some 20 

 varieties. Bartlett and Seckel fared as badly as any of 

 the others. You may ask, "What are growers going 

 to do with the fruit when the Kieffer trees already planted 

 comni^nce oeanng :" If they 

 prove as good generally as ,, * 



they are here, there is no fear 

 of being overstocked. With 

 our plan of keeping fruit I can 

 have them all winter and until 

 n^w pears next season are 

 ripe. When wanted for eat- 

 ing, all we have to do is to 

 bring some into a warm room 

 for a few days to ripen. If I had Bartlett, 

 Seckel and Kieffer, all in good condition, as 

 many Kieffers would be eaten as either of the 

 other two. For canning or preserving they 



I would like to learn from our readers who have tried 

 the Japan plum what varieties succeed in the latitude of 

 Missouri. The Kelsey is of no use here, although the 

 tree and fruit-buds seem hardy. For three years past 



it has bloomed so 1 



It th. 



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