AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL May, 1900. 
pins, to liolil (heir crops iu anticipation of 
still higher prices. 
"They Iicigli ( ill'' pippins almost en I To- 
ly in England anil ai the station* along the 
rotlruml front t.’lmrloti.i'a vtllw lu l.yiu-ldmrg 
Hn hands me piled ill', with 1 he touvk, 
\ 111 ctSe jin I ' r< "I .!>• . will'll 'Igi-illi ' Midi 
lln fruit is tnr expi'i'. “» that iniH'K is nut' 
nt tin- requirement, mi cnii.v in ItriUali 
pi its. 
tin orclMti-'ls nt lii-ii region me Qjilte 
■lilli-l'i'tlt Hum Ihe or. holds III lilt Unl'lll 
nlliJ tv eat. tliej ill '' litnp'iy hi IllUllUtnltl 
mu's anil tin lai It' J«l- ihe I mill beinjj 
quite stony iiuil lough I’ipplilB ate ul- 
in ist entirely grown mi cove lauds Ihdi 
have i. sihMuitu exposure, and are pro* 
teeted frnui winds |.,v mils and low liioutl- 
tnin ranges. 
•‘Ollier linlls tire grown lo smut! extent 
in the smue region— pcueiii'S In a email 
way, and a lew pern .; hut the piiueip.il 
iron industry of the region Is growing 
waller apples. \ lew dais ago we llollt'ed 
that U shipment of Mhemmie 1‘lppius III m i 
"iie 1.1 the valley of Virginia multi 
III l.uudun, England, turn I'liee Unit netted 
the grower ${<.77 per barrel-*' 
'i’lie Virginia Slate Murllrtilturnl roport 
Males that: 
"I'lrsi. A farm uf 12N acrea was pur- 
C based I’m years ag". Hear L'ovcsville, Vtt . 
for $t*.tti. in 1 sst frOi) apples were planted, 
oue-haif wilier ape and the other Albemarle 
l'l|ipili. The nisi urup uf eointuiiuence win* 
gat hi led in 1NU5 uud netted $1,UX>, which 
was followed b.i a urup milling $7<n>, 
"Second. An en Imnl of liwi I’lppln 1 loos 
phi tiled lu 18Su uud receiving poor al'en- 
tiuii, netted fallO 111 lMtfi, 
"Jldnl. An orchard ol hTm live-, thirty 
of which were p|,iut»<l iu 1SW, and ru- 
tnaltlller tip to IV.MI, y ielded IfTMbl In ]Sl)7. 
Some of the 1'ipplus la lug 12 shillings per 
lairifl lu Liverpool. 
"J iiintli. An un linttl of 11.7 m i j near 
i 'unis, Vil. now fifty or niwiv yi-.irk old 
furnished 1 1 s (ivverr the mi, him wit li which 
lie bought the land for a mile adjoining 
Tills iiii'Uiii'd of ilirei rmii'lhs of an mre 
relied II* owner M.iii In 1M:7, and >d7fi III 
1MU7. bore a fair i u.p In lspi; and 1S!W, 
nntl is now lu good roudiikiu. 
"With. A young niilimd uour Un* 
• oi'ini i . Unit in JuM eu m lug lulu bearing, 
neiied the owner ijriuu, 
“Sixth. A y.'iing urehuid Jiriir f{eb:|, V«„ 
-'ll years old, ) ii'ldi'il b- owner al Ihe rule 
"I -I., barrels of apples per ,‘u-re. 
ts these exam pier i-utlUl he colli limed 
uliunsi Indellidlol) . 1 will md elte I hem 
lui l her, and will e|.,-., with llie following 
■s showing Imw we allow maiiy opportuit 
bb s lo lie dortiiHlil until a m wciner 
shovvH ur the way: 
Mi Heed, an English fanner, whose 
’ I Haiti I lire, l|y „o Il„. pul 111 ' 1 1 Hid 
liel w ei a Alont vah nm| ithn, Ride .spring, 
h!l mini. |,d I he utlepilon of alums! ev- 
ery one who I, nr pu-.ed it, .Sine, .veil tile 
yvoiild pay lo mIiIj* old held 
lied a few wc Ur ago he di*. 
lecl Ills Judgment, lie paid live 
' •I'lMi'l for sixty -four .jinill*, 
•elu I e»pri H 1 " II firm III I'llf.l 
thirty-two quart berry rraiea. ,\ 
’ * iuc *' *'e received nreouni miles 
k, which show . «1 i|o, l |he frull 
Idea that . 
fHM'tfiirtliioil 
to ti 
| nr 
'villi'll he ». 
1'urg, In 
lew rt.'iy 
il 12 <2 • Ilf 
lUIilJ 
had tea hr, eii 12% e.'iiid pe r quart in tin 
Mr. I teed took area 
frull of end, tree Kcpn 
' iM ei ul III packing YA, I ha 
F'ltulnirff 
f'JItV lo 
i »tf. niu] lu 
Utijjf \v « >||Ill 
keep 
the 
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ILLINOIS APPLES. 
I'm- American ITuit aril Vegetable ,I"UI- 
nnl. 
!i piegeut i mllea rious are a uy I hi tig to 
lodge hv, Illinois irull slnuihl I- uf good 
qiiaiin this year, urehtirrilate are wal.mg 
|| |o 'llle III . easily ef epl.iyltlf? Itl'd cni Hi- 
f ill- till r Ml. hards anil tills l> Inumd 
I- Imw n siiIir In thu beltin' quullty f>( llle 
fruit, hi iln loin J 11*111 w units mid «eali 
and In bener t.i'plng qua lilies. 
Ir is is'porbd Unit no i virnslvi nrcliilltl- 
ls a lid in oiti ri and propjlficnt member 
rjf un Illinois Stale Horileullurnl Snclety. 
lies or, 1 . rid oM lutrivl* "f sulphate of eOj)- 
I er. for sillier parries, mi' Uso in spraying. 
|i » preMturilili I tint Ihe most ul lid. In 
foi piisons who 311*1.' ina k Inn llntir llrsi a, 
leiopis lu -piajlug and IlllistfUli’ what is 
be, 'nr dull In our loi.ilily. Atmlher Ottli'et* 
of 'lie Male SOelely reports Ihe »aim- Hindi-. 
ilou ol affoln*. lu Ills m" lion, a wuiideiTully 
flii'li a slug ib iiinllil I'ol spray lug OUtQt* and 
for imph uieuts fur iTiltlvulluti nf rttvluli'tls, 
Splaying I, now pa*! the i xperliiionhil 
Mi i go mol is tviiirtlrd a- nue of the esaen- 
lliil llillig? ill sileee.»xf ul i/ri'hafdUlg ilhil as 
lb. re I, a plostpei i fur ll heavy lilonlU In ii 
li, i part of the on lands of llie slate, the 
lioil. atlnp* now me that Illinois will he a 
gill'll place lo buy nice tipples tills full. 
h. It It i- .rant, 
SeiTeia/y Stale IIurHrtilinral Society. 
Peaches and Plums. 
PEACH AND PLUM ROT. 
The L'DiTUllo Iiiik br. n eoii.idered oin: of 
llie gleuteM eneuii- s of tlm pIlIUl, hut, says 
Mil'll, -IIIB Sloiitljly, Hint Inis beep uvei 
• oiMi'- 1'iT'linj". only temporarily with the 
inli'mliti'tJtiti ol Hu .Iupftnt‘«e type on whipji 
the puncture of ihe eurt-uHu Keeinr lo hove 
no ' iTeel Hut He re i- also a luugus | i 
I'OubTiil with, whirl, has till- effect of dc 
ii'ing the fiuii Jtnd lie fore rlpenlujj, it 
■ oni. s very .|tylpkly, lotjig little behind Hie 
I'ligin In tin bratu'bc)!, in (id* Tuspeei. 
some varieties ale reported more HllSecpt I 
Id. to thU rot ihnti others, lu lln; fu>c ol 
•he prai-li, b M'pnrati is the etude or tin 
trull is- lu-oki'h open. Ihe Minns While 
b' oel, \r espeelally Rilaceptlhle Other v.i 
ill :ie*: are otlacknll. 
ihe seat of iln* tuhtg-hicC to not gcueral 
ly 1 - Whether the .poles i,r ||,e .IN 
* Wilts. I'tiiTylng the Infiuy 
Ml lute 
v fiim 
tu tin 
lUelf 
ill or atlnek dlroi'tly 
lit the former iftsi*. a cut 
' ' * ''O' i. of il.e biam lo h wind. I m- advl* 
oble; orlu rwl.e, Mlniple »plaj log m regular 
loi.ua.:-, ir. log biirdeuni lulxiiu'e, I- n M , 
" V'"' 1 ' , '"if" Is .euerally i*.inw|, lured 
M ercr.iw (led H ull N harmfiil. 
THE PEACH. 
AVlIlldin Ketl I Ilgle.V, 
Serrcftiry „r i hi,, a «u Ai ttQtaii} 
Selem.es. 
, n "' lAmygdalu, pi'nica. I,.l N 
ol our ill.iM Inifiortani ami IreMl-kn 
ll il* not found lu the wild state I. 
I" 'hough |„ h^.u’nj, 
t'lvaUou l ' ll ' wlr ' l " nll, k ' -'"ped Iron, 
H I' tu'nluibl y a native of f'hlmi vv 
d has been eultlviite.l for eemurh . 
« I' U Raid ranch Us greal.s, 
i" ilmi. a 1 thong I, Hmwln bold, t|„n 
r 
Mill 
OTTS 
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evldeilee seems lo indie, lie Unit Ibe wild 
almond of Persia is the original source . , { 
llie enillvaled nliriOOtl, the peach, ami (In* 
Inline. The specific name perslcn, has 
in origin In tin fnel that the pencil wn« 
nlifiiliti'd from Persia, luitli by lln* Itoniiins 
nntl the Creeks 
lb-. W IIIN tells ns thni d was lull., 
ilo.ed Into lliily from Persia by the Rom 
utn-. in i hr itdlan nf Chinfllbs fTii^jnr. u 
wo- lid i ' doeeil into 1 • mi I Itrliuln lift Hug 
tin* slxteculh L'cniltly and tlmnco liimitrlu |„ 
I'l'd by lln- si llier^ ul Virginia In Ani.'i 
icn." 
The number of varieties Hcittns I ■ be „u- 
bnill' il (her lour liumlreil have been •-hi 
iilogm.l, t bdtfgh less than otic Immlml m 
these a ec couHtnid. The neeiai'die u i * o 1 1 s i d - 
it ed u variety Mini rhtM'I.v related to the 
pencil ami the plum, the aprleid nntl ihe 
cherry, 
I he tree Itself when bijiiimr lis licnitt- 
f Ul rose i ulo red. flve-peta It'll llowers, |y 
highly uniatJKTifnl. II seltlolil grow* hlglier 
tlinti t w v my feel mnl In brain hes fomi a 
hyiniuelrlcnl tup Our vry oriiameiual vn 
rieiv prod uees double llnwers ami blight, 
slilulng loaves, bin no frull, 
This valuable plaid Is generally' placed In 
ilo* family Rnancene, wliieh imiludo many 
<f" eley of e.,, mimic and urn n men ml lin- 
portaiti'i'. Resides those already inenHnned 
b'Tc lie lung ihe rose, the .strawberry, Ihe 
rnspberry. the Mticklterry. llie apple, the 
pern- mid the quince, as well as many bean 
1 1Tiil wild form*. 
l ln* llioiisrtml or inure species Usually 
classed In this family may lie leudilv sepu- 
i ilid iiitu dhciinct ghuips, in which are 
!' lv t'b ! sliner family mimes by some un 
1 hurl i lev. Til tin Ibe pencil the rbern. the 
pill'll aril llie nliiuiiid, Whleli resemble 
'd'h idler In regard to Ibe slvncturc of 
M '-lr fi 'dls ami In I lodr clieiulcal eontdlltl- 
may lie placed In a family by fltem- 
s-e|ves. 
Inib was |„,r always eonstdered free fro 
i" slims <i un Hi i, g plinv states Unit It. vv. 
eonsldered by an me that lls presence 
I ryi'i w a i- due to ||w in) rod tiefh.ii (here I 
Hie '• i'm.iii klntf for llie purpose of imlao 
lug III* en einfes. 
The 'T.fnese writings refer In Ibe jiea, 
as i'll i ly a. III.. Idll, rent ury before I 'lirN 
I " 1 ' 1 ti I' v h en llle name Tim" v, v Co 
oelov We ore al.,, t„|,| i|„ lt U iese wri 
,!"' 1 " bi 'ich tree linlib. tin- same pirn 
that il,e free of Iniowlurlge does In llie s 
■ red serlptltres. and |„a| g.dden Tie 
bendrV' apples of ,| l( . beolhr.i, hold .UllOt 
'!"■ west,.,-,, unlfona." 
In rhlm -.. iu. Ihiijngy a ,,,.,,,. 1 , lr4( , 
! . ' "'hh’h was tlmuglil >n 
Vi Ini, m„ tidily, In 
and n„"ll,,r. which Lie 
■I "M'l,ll,i mill whirl, 
m' w, * 1 "' V ii'il io 1 
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