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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
April, iijoo. 
went? A i -up! mji nl as Imre ms Old Mother 
Ifulilnnl's Km plant* mini drink ms well 
as i>ni anil where cotthl water in- stored 
<>D tile rucks? All llie.se necessities of the 
plant* cive the soil MiniPill)liifr to do mid. If 
ym think, yuii enn dmiliile— ndil in ihl* 
list ether work which It floe, for plant*. 
Soil-KooO foi rianls. 
The foods l Tin | plants set from file -oil 
-■lie thirteen in mntllWT lh. name- if some 
of which yon will recognise phosphorus 
nil roceii. sulphur. Iron. ji«l.issir,in, eiilrliuii 
fuel s evel'fl I others, .Now Hourly :ill soils 
gw# ter nniiihcr of (hose ole- 
nt food, lllll tills rloOM |li|| nl- 
luil i he plant* t hi'ntfnrr have 
I, for lh » Is dopemli nl tin ttvil 
i 'i mil If Imj of the soil and the 
■ f the food element*. \r.M 
w-lll see how I he eolldllloii id the 
- texture, ;i Iforts plant- In their 
s In gel food. 
Composition of the Soil, 
v adorn i he eoriiiiosiiion nf the rood 
ills In I he soil We enn not lake dry 
and ent it, yet Him r is one of inn 
lllipnrfnnl elements Ilf food. U'o 
eouihl lie wiili it yells) mid water. or milk, 
null make l.r.'Mi|, uj.mi which the diucthe 
ori'Hl). rim e.islle no S,, || j, w till 
it plant* iwe phon 
enlitnin the 
moms i>r pit 
way* mean 
••iMMitrh lo rn 
lllllld' III! 
enlllfii'-lthlll 
ill ■ ill 1 1 | w e if I 
effort 
Xo 
elem 
Hour 
woid 
lile, When we mir 
I’ln’IMis find iillrugrii 
in. •uni (hill they nh 
or In lint'oilililni'il To 
used i,j the jilntit n 
lllell nillll f||ey Ii.ivi 
W ilier nl Hie soil 
Mill 
ras. nil mire 
(onn 
iiiiii, lent; 
ami 
tllllH gel 
lie. d 
to make • 
is llielr most 
( 11 : 1 1 « 
d In vjirlo 
i, t lihfiiir 
" Rl*-t 
ll Is Mpplll 
I'lftid 
« and tru 
||M(| < 
ll 1 It* n ,|| 
t "• 1 
>l) 4 >rl« 
I..- .. 
iiiiiin-. t 
puuii 
<■ locks w 
a*'hl. This n> 
M.-i.l |ihos|>ki|h 
I'll" plant |V., 
shi ix It Wood 
'l*h Wlileh the 
duri in: II V ire.. 
as food, It Is i|„f 
lies,-. sep:iriili ly, 
"I 1 'lull they n it 
("tuiels, Mild not 
dl-s.dvcd in t ||i ■ 
I 1 or Ills) ’I lleC, Ijie two 
."Id ln.il . dm. eniiiMiietl, 
hltHu - nlisoi h niiiiiiinihi 
'"o of » in- nitrogen Kiev 
"Hk shiiks Hi . niirod-ii 
-I Important IMl ,| u <(l) . 
inoiiiil-. Next in do. 
nh..s|iliiirle m id, 
41,11 t" I on utv Inirrt;, ' 
I»eraylj|g vi'KWji 
plant io o 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 o i : 
li I- algo MUpplll'd 
Mini even b) 1 1 ho., 
heen in iilnl will, 
tin'll failed uti 
a "oilier iiuimr- 
” t> tissue mill 
">dll nil lh- I lot - 
l "" 1 had I liken up 
h ;is|. k very vnl 
"■o -.ill lo fill' 
I lo rlu 
lilfulries 
il.ls III 
Meld. 
Imue 
fell Im 
ek lllll I lev 
' • I'otrtsh | 
d. him kin,. 
indie* e 
hlinied 
- Will, mi «| 
"■•do. Ms Ml. application ... >. 
"ft "i'll |". lush 
.. dies,. PaHlUxiiiw ur plum fm.rt- 
'I'""" "l'“ nnd 
" " is mil iiIw mj s wise 
•uiv-i- Hour. jeiiM ,,ml 
•leapt I lo 1 , 1 , ki 
I* fllVlO.O. If I _ 
pll. 
Ill .III II 
water h 
our own 
heller f, 
_. . .... I. 
If V 
lo- kill h. r, 
"•'I'd Ho Im || 
" si 1 he fen Hi v- 
•‘tn hi llo 
pin 
III us i 
In 
i V ill 111 
nil lh 
nehU In 
.I. i i 
uii' i" i hods linn 
'' 1,1 "ll probability. 
•" led I, Wily mole r „„d 
• ' lops o|i Id* f„i oi eini 
mill M|||, tilled., 
of the l 'flip a 
■•litter, cow 
d|ess|iie H or 
pure hi 
■ Im 
growl 
" mill ,tf 
plot 
/ uinho 
1 kind win pmiiin, 
and usify. sueh -.ill 
fern, |.,..| M hb 
will Iml u>e ’ 
A Few Sufme.tion* 
•■■>.' jou hiivo dun 
or |iii>t He in' 
iliU, ‘ passed 
llnvhh 
to S. |,oo| , 
If you In. 
Ill 
-etl 
towns n nil bright flower hods, hul how 
Itiniiy limes luive yon taken up a hiindfill 
of the soil | hrse grass. - Mild flowers CUT 
In to see w-liiit " is like? Ilow tunny times 
lime yon even ihniiirld of 1 1 V The liny nr 
tilll who ash- (lUtDl lotts ol XilllllV Inis 
t Mitel i a atop III tile iliVeethltl of I lilt* 
know le.ls. Mild Mil l .. fore true happiness 
.'fore e.Hi l«. lea I’fied h.v an llilelllgVTil 
-hilly of that "lie till nil fill of s.,|| lllll II In 
any tex I look in your solinnlrnoft). Some 
day when sprin; ho- wanned ihe air 
ennillfll to imike out lir door study - M f e 
Ms well ms ideu 'Hll ask .vitur tellcller to 
k'o with J'lVu h> sillily soil-. Take son." 
from Ihe romlvlde, -omr from n freshly 
plowed Held, some from llm leaf -rot oi . d 
font of Mil old Ire. t riiti I; Hand!.' II. uulk ■ 
telh' of Us like- and difference* XiJtfW 
how li reals lnlwi. il Ihiimh and itnser 
fill Mi'pa I'M I e [lllfs Willi Mle illfl'erelll soils 
ill id plant nne or two -muIuu ,.f ,.,,-n | n 
■ Mel. ' on mav leimi Mijiietlilm: ulmui • ii .. 
fi-rlllll.v of i •neli ihlteieni -oil In nnllnc lh * 
llltrei-Miteo in time II hikes the seeds: In 
s|irm", or germinate. Hid the dUTeiem-e 
In ’-fo will of ih. Huy ld(i nl«. Plnnt Kuine 
seeds In sand some In l|o|n e/jjoved soil 
M.iur In rleh hhieli earth Mini see if the "if 
fiTi'in'e hi iiilor lias any effeet <m ihe 
triv.wih „r ihe plant*. V.m i now a 
iltes ;J is iiiinii honor in «i tinnier n,;,„ „ 
while one ilnuicli oi the Ha me riiiiierinl. 
I'hm-e lire siumeslimei here for mam 
more experiments Horn you hoVe time in 
lmdeitahe 1 Kin i attempt too many ii.- 
im lnher thm II isn't Ii .w mill'll yon try lo 
do. iiui how mtiiMi you do well Hint 
emilils He U M leh I'll I ror some tlew trnlli 
(1 "' '"'I dm. do nut hr ills.p 
poll". ,1 if y mi i. iii n Inn one ip mam day-. 
I luii one. Ii leariii'd fiy your own Investl- 
ruMoli. will a (ford lift!, en ; pleasure to re 
pay nil imp In hor Alton. aH. d„ n ., |„. 
Oil. till of s„|||„ K y oi| e >111 III I - y,„| eu n 
Wash them when throm-li with your >ludv 
Ne. h dil l IS healihy : sin i, din Is rritll v 
, : VIU \\ " IMl 'iMnWitx l. will brine with 
", '<■ ‘""ke healihy in I in Is ami 
i lean minds. 
The eotiinilssinii house of Joseph Spies ,V 
fo do a very extensive lillsiuesi. They 
are eoiirieous yrentli'iiirii and attend strictly 
lo luisiiie-s. Mr. Spies bupuu the eunimis 
Nil’ll lnl.sliiess In isiif, 
Tim ' oi . 1 1 Ahipiiieni of oranges i„, m n || 
shim hern I Mlilmnhi points iiyy^rieah 1 lU.iHIIJ 
on rlonds. 
ARBOR DAY. 
ItepMI'llllelil of I *11 Idle* 1 list met hill. 
spriuelleld. Vmi.-Ii I in n t 
fll the Selim I (JiBi'efK and Teueheis of 
Illinois; 
Your a i letitimi is ,. tilled I,, ||„, olllolnl 
liroelarnatlnu ol tile fioveitioi, 
Tile Vl-lior I’ay festival has iieeimie mii 
. sIuWInIiCiI ills! it II I loll. I - ’ Will NIIIMI) lieuill 
nines ll has e,,tue to he an llli|sirltllll edu 
efitlulial airt'itey . But t lu-n- yet rutnuln 
inn uy ii ■ I • .- - seliui.l sites In IlliuiiU. ) 
I'Xtutll Ihe (PlVetom lllll] teachers who are 
i * - 1 miiis 1 1 tie lor Hi, >m to make a Peulunlm 
tip- year of li,-t(i.|- tlihiLts. Do ■ iim'I I i i 1 1 . 
i v. o If i.m plant Iml one tree. 
**•*«* 
YI liy mil Itrvve ii siuall tree nursery eon. 
lie. li-.l willi your sell Oil! V Cel perillisNimi 
of till' d' motors lo fem.-P uir a lau'lier of 1 lie 
•. limit L-nmnds tor tli.H |olr|iose, I'repMie 
'!<• jriotiiiil With iiiti‘!|lj?i>nt i-nie. IMant 
seeds ,,t till" eini. tnaple. w ild cherry, mili 
""d ".din" a hi soon a h they ripeu. Sow 
< lil. kly . Tliin it,,. m out w hen nm.»«n ry . 
1 lllll '■•!£•* them as you would ll MUldrtl. 
Study then i as they .He mowing. This is 
the way to know, ami imp way to learn to 
lovr trees. My and by you enn supply 
" v, ‘s for ■ Atl.iii- Day p, n || r |m 
""l-hlim hood. fill lit trees, and pruteet 
■lieiv urow th Yon w ill thereby inerea* - 
do Wealth ,.| Hie Stale and reform anti en 
mdde tin- lh. , ,,r her ehililren ‘T’lani 
Idle lines ||ie rest!" 
Your .* i bur Day will m,[ he a roundel, 
resllval II you r.iivet the ldrds amt (low 
, 'S. II the moves were "'iudV tl .,1 (em- 
I 1 1 ’ ,l " l "" 1 ' “u rely have heen the 
Ihsl ,l|i,i IsleiN, and t lie food "Autocrat" 
l,l! " 1111 'men' of Nature Is nlwn.vs 
'' , l""cts then, mid l (ini'li 
1,1 for 'hem, and t., wel 
IIOIM a till pl’oteet tllOHe llmsf seiislllve and 
i.ealjtlfiil of all nature's ehlldreti. the sin- 
mi' birds Make your A i li.tr D u (e^i| v "il 
lllslnietlle. Illsplrlllg, . IlDOhllllK.' ,lll.| f.'d- 
."’V it up h.v II more litfll itfont and luvliig 
M. GEORQB 
ESTABLISHED IB66. 
W. 0 . MALI. 
M. GEORGE & CO. 
Commission Merchants 
fruits and vegetables, etc. 
SPECIALTIES : Strawberries, Cantaloupes, 
Reaches and Tomatoes in 
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95 S ° UrH WATER ST CHICAGO 
