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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
April, i goo. 
there Is no danger of I 
orehnnl or stmnueh of 
grower. 
tug «<lt tier the 
H-Timm fruit 
The fntit prospect In Oregon is grunt . 
naMvlltmtn tiding hii r ii winds mul xi ri ■ 
(■old weather. 
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J ii Hale, tin? great pea, h jtrotvfr of 
Oi'orglti. I* ere, bled iviiii tlio Ninlrmom 
dial there Mill lip .'t.ikxl oar loads of I leor- 
glu prai’lirs this year. 
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Western .Montana Intends planting ninny 
fruit tree* tills spring 
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Tin' peai'li grower* nl Fniltdale. .Mn,. 
kept front files bnrnlpjr In f|n:lr on-hard* 
during die meant eolil spelt, whhi< kept 
tiio temperature utmve die freer-lne point 
mid silver] llie punch t'10'.Kiins. Tin* trees 
were In full bio run. 
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Southern Illinois •anuthr-ni Indiana ntid 
MiMottri report part of die peach bud* 
killed Vet there will probably In' enough 
left to give a fnir rron. 
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Mr I'.ttrkP. die grnlnl eililnr of till* 
Fanner's Voire, i,n« recently relumed 
Irom .1 visit to Fnitldnlo, Ala lie think- 
dnd loendun an excellent one for ppaclt 
nml Iriti'k growing. nnd that tln> colony 
kinds lliere offer good nppnrtnulrli s io mi 
ergot |e men deal ring to go to Oil! South, 
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IMPORTATION OK NtJRSERV STOCK. 
''onsre.sinnn WinWord, „r New YnrU. 
km again Ititrnilitced die Barlow- bill, 
n lil. li fulled i" pa“« In die Fifty -sixth t on. 
g" ' . It Is Intended by dils r>lll to pro 
vide regain tluna for the Importing of tmr 
M il «loek The Amerlran AsHoetadoti of 
.Niirser.vtueii seem to favor die bill. 
Stunt In! results front ibis exhibition of flue 
fruit. In mi Increased demand 1 from ucross 
the water. 
Spraying Time and Reports. 
Tie sen snn for spraying fruit trees and 
pin lbs lot' Insert and fungus posts will 
anon in lieiv The reports of the Illinois 
Stare Horde, illiir.'il Soelllty for tile past 
fen years, irjulnln a gnat deal id’ pnic- 
tleni information m Hits line. im-lmllng 
fonnntaa, nt-i* llln«lraIlori*, showing the 
prnribtil result, of sysieninde gpraylng, 
ten or twelve nl these buck numbers, Willi 
n life iiioiuli!*i Blllp id the society, It) Ay lie 
li.'iil for tlve dollar', aud you will ireeive 
all llie fitUife reports of the sigdely during 
your lid time. An annual membership 
nml die repor l fur tv.Ui may be had fur one 
dolts 1 Apply fo t hr secretary, I.. I!. II ry- 
anl. "rliii-ctuii, 111 . 
more Ilian make bark his expenses In one 
year. We must remember that we live In 
n day of progression, a day of -limp coin 
peiltioii, a da.v when men do not (rust to 
so nulled luck, bill rndier seek Out. Intel- 
ligent reasons why things tiro so, nnd like 
ih<- motto of otn notion in I'tilnn there 
I. strength," so by a mil tot Hyslemat le ef- 
fort we trim hope for progress. 
I iiiniel shank. 
ILLINOIS ITEMS. 
New Experiment Station in Illinoix. 
I lie llli>l"l“ stale I| iit'l null lira I Heal'd 
lo,- d'-clded lo Inr.llr a new Experiment 
Ma 1 "" at Dixon. for the te.ilng „f xumll 
"on tniH mat leu will I.,- under the -op 
'■ " ( ' rl '01 moil Roeletv of NmiLrrr, 
dlln.dh and director of Ptnllor,-. for die 
northern dl.trlct, Mr. Ilarn,,n |* :i 
nl mol sii.e. 'xfnl grower of smalt I.nlle. 
*d good results may be lo-dc d for from 
dil, elation. 
Illinois Fruit at the Tari, Exposition. 
ibidng d... mu u mu , hl . 
amS, 0 '" 1 "'"'M, itw 
, he' in -V f| l |, 1 'i i 1 T"' r "' :1 flue , 'nil.., -uon of 
.V , , ' “" ,l heading varl.o I. . „f „ 
din'd I "T " Xh "* P »Pl* I^POK, 
• dd- leai ll.vne nppl, ,-,f, 
I!';;.':' !'" ! ‘i>rd" frown- „r 
, 'j folly M'leeted doldite wrap- 
* 1 -iTIin ll (Hr n.L t,,i rr w. . , 
full I f , f'n IV* 
0 ' bin ding "I. eol.1 Mm- 
\ ' '"""h'lyw. H i,,,,, these 
r „ ( ! , ""I of 'I • i,')i g,j lereroli 
tie -i wnre Tt'.'!,/.’!) ’ h, °* "» 
0 'h"V erne. effguf^V 
0'!' m*!, 1 ''";'”' 1 'H^o apples 
> 0 a hi' 'will" baie^lm ‘iirLw" 
I 1 ' 4 ' ho 'all. lion ! "ift 
" hd appoint ,„.-ni f ll)ln 
1 '■G irtfi- nf i |jt> | w 
d« 
foililnliiHlouiir 
- fruit .-xbibll 
look fur sub 
\iij une de»|ring b> tie well iitfnrnii d 
shout lues and bee-keeping, xiunjrhl lake 
the .\iie i lean Bee Jnimml. It Iw tbe nnly 
weekly bee paper pi)fi||#hcil m the United 
iS'iite* I tic edltiir. Mr Heo. V\ York, i« a 
I rue, hormrable geiilb iioin and ns busy ms 
the bee ho represents. The paper Is do- 
V filed •'XOhpdVcIy to the bee business. 
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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ArPLE GROWERS’ 
ASSOCIATION 
l' :,l *lur Anierlean KruJl anil \ egetahlr .bntr 
mil: 
Aeennllng lo promise mad. yon while In 
a Head, a pre at the state meeting nf die m- 
itmiv. iiordmiltuml Sue|«<ty, l mm adempt 
In give you ,1 brief oudlnn nr vrl)«l Is 
k now n n. die Mississippi Valley Apple 
' :t'nM i'll,' Asyiii'latlon. ltellev lug that <■!•• 
pie growing l» lo lie among die leading In 
dost rles, If not i In Dll st liiipoiinnt tudiis- 
try In r-ilhmm. Pike. Adam-, brown nml 
llnmsu'k eiimifli'., m minnis. i.ee eouniy, 
Iowa, and Pike Itallv, Marion l.cwls mill 
'Tark eneiitleii, V!l«,onrl. „ f„ w 0 f our 
udlltg mi'll Issued a , .all to dip apple 
grow, IK thrutighoill the..' eolinlli'S to meet 
in dnlnr.v. III . mi Mnreh 'J.'t, ]«lit x|,j M 
eall Wa - answer, I by a large ami onl|iu,|. 
aMie meeting, proving ; .i oner that our up- 
Pb' grow its are flOXlOltr- in get togethet' 
ami talk over their Interi -t?,. 
"m objeel |- dial we may meet togmiier 
lo ''' •' Muarbr. 1 ., ,|lsius« the vnrl- 
"o- 'ptesdon- a), m.' tl„ nppi.. KlllU 
'“8 Atmmu tin ,pieHil„ns rlgutouillng our 
altcndon am: What Varied. - to n„ M t tit 
d," riinuui-relnl Orehard? What Size 
uT 1 '"s... l ’!' ,nr '. Whftt K "-l "f s„n ? 
M"di"d of i ultli ad , „t t\’ lint I. iy „r 
Melt!'" , V 1 A ! l " , ‘'" 1 f'elmrdV WllH l 
M. Ill. d Heem ln. V W |, n t 
llj ; v ' f w, ... wn? 
\v i Ml. '•««*• ItiNvetd? To 
'l'"'' ' ironing Su ., 
In KIOV appli-s for market 
.. ™T' In." hut w hat 
'•rgRUlwthu, W ||| sa, prise, I , 
womlerfiil advalitag, s „ w ,ll !, „ ,! V ', 
" i,H ' v,u,, : ll “ *«•!> u l.i Hilly orehard sl o t , 
'.III " U III, lam lo Iniinlli 1,1, 
muel, la-iter advantage that be will 
A GOLDEN TREASURY OF GOOD READ 
ING, 
livery men, liar of the family, old mul 
young. Is i imsidrred In prepa >lng the eon- 
tents of t he YoUlh s * 'nmpniiloii Tl,l- Is 
shinvn by a gluuer at sotne of tin- .imlri- 
l. nf, .ms mum, me. d for the volume for Hum 
l or Imys. l,e. l.Jes some fifty capital stories, 
may tie mentioned Andrew rarnegl. \ 
dele "III,. 1 la l,ri ill Thrift "Ml rirst 
Survey.” Iiy l'n.f Tollll Trow I, ridge ; 
"About t.a w>ers." by I be Hot, .John AV 
firlgL- 1 Country Buys Who i aim* to \ew 
) ek." I,y S A. Yolsoi, ; "CIlflJ’.HMer, I'reill,. 
c .'ipltal," by the lien. I.vuionj. (Jagg; "The 
Boy hood Of l-'.'imgtit.'’ bv "apt. \. I’ Ma- 
han; and "Ambitious; True and I’als, bv 
Ulsliop Hi nr.s " Potter, 
For girls a special group of slorlrs, |>as 
I, eel, pro-'Uied, These Stories are by Hindi 
v eil known ,s|» r j - writer* n* S, i t'ali nruc 
.tew-i't. Mary R. Wilkins, Rllgnbetb Shltirl 
"helps, Edith Whartun. ejizd o. AVhId 
Maigmef SnneMer, Ellen MiicktlWu, Fl.ir- 
erK e Converse und Kate Chopin. They u ill 
be pnrfietiini-iy iiitrri'st.e.) also |,i MarRiiret 
I" land s aril, le. "Tl.e Afodera HlrlV An,. 
'Inorm. t he 1-nrlMn," by Mrs. Burton 
I lari'lxon ; and "Tnsle la Afttsli'." hv II, -i 
i,., Id dr Koven, 
For readers; nf all ages tnov be uotml 
I he I Aperbm"!' „t a Bamlmaster," by 
'’ ‘njp BffUllft: PlTlIou, S.-ntn- In the 
I MlIppIIlOK, by tien Wesle.v .Merritt; " \,'e 
b",e Mr, A tany rv. liege Men?" by p mf 
la""- It Angel), Wo "robing Our 
l ives , by. Hr, ( y ins Rd*on; ,, PIiot<igrni,li 
no v"^ '• | ’ r ° r C - A Voting; "A Bari 
'one Among I-'uirnm, IV-.ple," bv Vlelor 
a ll re! ' My W ar-l iorses." |„ Oel'i, Joseph 
\ ii„ Brownings," by ir (n . l .|,.i 
bi'ma'i ' "" KI "iinotiee," by Dean 
t '! 1 ’j r ,; r,l, ' ,, A "T,oimfenie"t Xiunbcr. en 0 
I xi M llt \ pros.! ii-et uk of tin- volume for 
V 1 . lr ' 1 ' '0 address. T be 
.tow':,,: ^z pmU,n ' m - • 
A choice monthly magazine, 
How lo (irow Flowers, and the 
American Fruit and Vegetable 
Journal, both for one year, with 
six beautiful roses, all for only 
WjvMs- Atl.lresB this paper, 
STUDY 0STE0PATHV 
COURSE 
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