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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
April, i i/to. 
(hr hushes. llarf I bo folia?.' well covered 
with the dust and in an hour no worms 
. nil l>e foiiud. The lime :iinl sulphur ilo 
not Injun' the foliage. and in a wet son son 
when all fullac Is liable to mildew, they 
will tie found a derided ndvnnlngc. 
Semi-Tropical. 
FRUITS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 
.1. <1. Brynn. iVnnfiany A. ftr.tli Infantry. 
F. S, V.. wrote from Mnniln, on Fob- HI 
iflOO, to the Press iiml Hurllcnltnrlst nr 
ltlvri>lde. Fill., from which wo cxirnct 
till* about fruit growing: 
What fruit is raised here l.< grown with 
nut any cultivation iiero 1 « whom yon 
Ond the rholrost l.summs known. I littve 
i nten good bananas nt homo and at rimio 
lulu, bill then- Is nothing that will come up 
to I he nnenlnn of the Philippine* There 
are several other nineties flint bold a ijoso 
tilaee to the nnealan lint It Is the heal. 
■J he ml 1 1 re orange L: very good, yet of n 
wild nature, and I* nuenltlrtiteiL There Is 
fi wild grape fntil grown here wtdeb Is 
\rr.v jrond, but coarse Now about fhlt a* 
mi orange roimtrv. A* far as the bind |* 
eoununi'd, II Is all n. K No Irrigation I* 
oeeded, and daring tile rulin' season the 
land ear he drained rerv easily. «o Hint no 
water will be left nn the ground. The elf* 
mate Is perfect for o ranee culture- no 
danger of frost. The otdv thing that I can 
-rr that inielll lie a drawback l« the 
heaer rains during the wet season, which 
might inlurr a growing crop. Thai Is 
lb. tain laating agnlnsl the crowbar fnlll 
"dchl Knock it off | think every kind nf 
find can lie crown here with go.nl result*. 
CALIFORNIA PRUNES. 
Tin* VUnlla (Call Delta give* Hie In- 
formation that: The Mineral King Fruit 
Company Is now shinning In prune cron 
of IRIK i east The enlbe erou Is about 40fi 
Ion- fill February ft the leuili carload was 
shipped from Visalia over the Southern Fa 
eifle line The prunes this year are packed 
III stick, of about tilnen pounds each. T.n*t 
' ’ Hie eompanv hud in primes packed 
In 25 and no pound boxes. 
NOTFS 
Pimm from fctnll, Uric |,*ve been oa 
Ihe Fl, leap, market r.., some weeks, past. 
\ fn.lt corn pain, which tuir 
rhased « million notes of land at Nine 
"*’■ , ; h « 1 MM WO.fmf) 1 ,. hare the deed, 
■eoriled titles cxnu, laed and (locum nib, 
put in Khalie !•;, 
^Riverside, f 'alifot nla. has shipped 002 
. fn,.p Non.,,, her 1WK1 
.'v;' 1 "** t«,u 
«*«•■<• or i..m„ n , «, r . 
' -r 1 1 ' """*.1 from ,hf Mine point 
, ' f ‘" '"" le-t- In Sold In 1 11 
’ •IHDtl/ilfl v Vrr\ r*. ril i . , 
’ vet lliov so, tie 
s' v* 
,1,p 
US}"! "» ^Hdr.v 'for h he- \ lie t" e s n’ 
'"•iron the Florida crop for 10^ Mrl .m, 
ler says the excellent condition of the trees 
thinugliiiiit the slate make It sore to place 
the pro liable figure for this year at 1,000.- 
(imi boxes I'hls w ill Im' I he hu gest lignre 
sin.-e the freere. when flu' usual crop of 
li.ObO.dot) w.n rail . nt olio fell swoop, to less 
titan l.nsi.isiM si nee that time the bidlls- 
n.i In- been slowly but slenillly resinning 
it* r.n in' i >l*r. and it win not be at all sur- 
prising to an output of over a million 
tld- ,\e|,r - T.impn Tribune 
1 rilled Elates rcumil Skinner, al .Mar 
-. dies »taie> that tlier- Is an Increasing 
• leirmn.l for mandarin ortuic's Htciigliont 
Kiirnpi ‘ 'Fifty years ago this variety of 
. I'nbge Wlileli ll.lll been llllrniliu ed from 
t'hlnu, wik eullH’iilrd almost exclusively 
in Hirily and Malta and sold at retail In 
Paris lit from V to tf) cents for ojnO orange. 
At present the two Islands named furnish 
none nt me mandarins Imported Into 
Frailer, anil the wiiirees of supply are Al- 
in ri a and Spain Tin trees are grown 
wiili -ioiio sum - s emu In France Itself, 
a- far Uflrth n» Nice, tint the quality of the 
frail I- not ritual to that of the Spanish 
and Algernln production. ” 
SUFFERERS 
From LUNG or KIDNEY 
tmnlil..i> nui r lilHlo tuI'IaIiIh mlvlci , FBF.E. t.j •ilUrnnst|. K 
DR. PEIRO. 
.,4 Central Music Matt, CHIC* (II) 
{■ Welti nl ear.', -litlog up". .td-ucHltnn lio» 
Irmlblsd. -r-.ITfir.' .t.Idrrra, on. I voovidi raluni altitu n 
for Irmuwfl.'iia rt-n'r 
I'll- ire menllnn Aruoilcan I rail nml Vi'inlalilc lomnol 
wlu'ii nnllnu 
wet with min nr dew All hour's work 
among cabbage In the early nmniliig Is 
worth two hum- work In Hie middle nf ihe 
duj. Ilcidlles while Ihe Wl’il liter Is 101)1 
early In Hie tnovuing It is easier to eni,.|, 
aud bill ihe while liutterll.v Hull lay- Hie 
egg for Ihe eabliage ivofin. 
Vegetables. 
HOW TO KEEP ONIONS. 
I hat it liable sei dfinun, Vlrk. dcurt lpcs 
Hi. prners- a- follow - Onions, unless 
Hie, hate been pmprrl.v prepared, are dlffl- 
enli til ke. |. t.nt properly ripened off. dug 
at Ihe rlkrln sea,, ip and dried an they shoutd 
be they w III keep w ell. The leiliperatlire 
must be low nml the alp dry, ns In a nariu. 
moi-t alninsplier. Mil . ...ou grow mil me 
spnltcd. if t had nnlQpa 1 „ s|„rc, not 
knowing Imv. they had hern dried. I *J„.iib1 
xol.Ji" , Hum III Ion III ., re heal for several 
day*, wlik-li has ulimisf the effeer nf kiln 
■bung Then pliie> la shall.iw •bitted 
'"ixer. piled one on mini her. In o cellar well 
ventilated and keep just above Tie, "/.big. Ir 
his way In not pnirtbublr they can In 
, " bnlltllug away fpiuu the Uro 
store, la a bln which lias a thick lining and 
eny erlnjj Of elm p and (luc liny. 
HOE THE CABBAGE OFTEN. 
An c*p,.|.|,-"r,s| grower states. 1„ fJ „„ 
o - . M ining,, it,,, „ ir . 
'»"• ‘‘ahhllKe .hnilld be 
• | '" ir.ir Ihe hot we,„|,er. j h- eulflvp 
■on deve ops a Cleat deal of nitrogen from 
.mentation of orgnufe matter in the 
* 1 with moisture Hence the 
!if U l "'“ > ‘‘"“e while the mrfa, ■ -..n |g 
Bees and Honey... 
HOW TO GROW CELERY 
Mr .Inliii llohson stales In a reeeiit mini 
••••I of Airiei'h'Hti HaiTlening an e\i'e||enl 
o i l boil for raising eelery; "('elery Is some 
lime- sown lowanls the end of February 
pi bnglunlpg or Mareli, will, a view n|' 
having an early crop If >ueb Is desired, 
rare Nhoiihl Im lakeli III shu t Hie seed, in 
gentle heal singe plliuts ralseil in II ■ tiling 
ti mpirature have n lemloney to boll or run 
to seed. 
Where celery I- not needed lipfoio Hie lut- 
ter | mi rt Ilf August or the beginning nr s, p 
Iimlier, I would s I Tangly the 
> y> ’ , t 1 1 of growing the . rap I., a ilnish b, 
tlm seed bed. In this way there Is no time 
lost H, rough ehe.'ks a> I- the cn.xe when 
Hu iiApI, Hiring U resorted to. 
pm, attention, they make a ,,ulek grown, 
with the result Ihat the eeler, Is large ami 
tender. 
II, S. prepare tJ„. gromitl bv giving il 
!' , ! M \ v y •;»' r *nng „f rotted mnmire. plowing 
! " "'"IMttghly breaking it up ami pul 
' el Ir.lng the sod. 
V f’lT pared seed bed a 
on , or seedlings, ninl conscquenih 
I I ' ,. ,v .' 11 l0Bt ; * rouble In tilling up 
ll.uU by iransplantlng Sow earl. In 
\ "II In lied* of five rows, each row to |,e 
Mr 2? "I'' 1 " "•>* plants to 
" 'V 1 *'" "el, eg In Ihe row aiht leavlt," 
" " II Ik or alley two feet breadth Im 
or'prviI 'S'im' 1 8fi,,,ls "hnuM be railed 
The AMERICAN BEE JofR.nai . ,, 
m0,t I" 'e-o-lceep (: r« write fo, 1( ' 
per on thocoDtlnont- 10th vearand vobm ■ ° nly kly bee pa. 
Addins the publishers, SeM f,) '' HUmple copy. 
GEORflE W. YORK & C0„ 
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