May, tooo. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
AMERICAN 
Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
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n'D)j»Kii> wovrui.y s» 
713 Masonic Temple, Chlca(o, Illinois. 
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ADDUMk A U. CoMWDfcJCA 1IC»SV uroil ir„.fcM „ ( L fc- 
filid 'lrtilu jsstyiihlc to thrr Arm it' -i/i fruU tir*i 
Jtiuriml, 
IltV^rBATIOlH. W n Will M’mW* I h-t'Vrttfi*'* 
caU or Umvrlnif^, unlLiUN' f'*r>fi»rtM!nrtii)w m Uiu 
but cubital h» rt-i.«uisi»/|p f.*r to*# or Injur) 
A‘k (JIlMlOiB, ‘"•HA W nOl^. U« » ,r .ii.riw; . 
Mark any n*nap*p*t into* rnph* /on wHIi tol-o. . ibv»rT*d. 
AiivRTmtnfi KiTrn trill !*« glirr 0 |a> i» u|»jilmtb.n. 
Editorial. 
TeniH'f-svc 1 m sending in smite choice 
slrnwIieiTles. 
f, 
There is n very lnrge Supply of green 
vegetables on the mnrket. 
4 
Nearly every slate mid t. i t dory in Urn 
T’nlon gives promise of a good fruit crop. 
Frost, drouth and tree pests may yet thin 
the crop. 
huTT i lilt. ! *"• 1 1 1% i • j“ 
t't« It . | \ •• 
[,» Irfl 
ri|. .»> in.mJHs for it 
l»fi* li:i bot*W • - it))* i 
• .«-• <1 or 1)111 
nuny 
IOI * lj. 
.Scarcely a foigv has 
pertaining to ebbi 
culture, a bit mi gt. n. 
maUwmntlis k. eg . 
‘ RlVt'll Tf)*' St 1 
u rttffkulf uf»- nr 
:i*i* nt 
lu ■ rt l- 
an 
tlKuiuh ivoTi otuilfti 
profesMifahlp. Jlu 
lb. nml in Hiker tm: 
'lung (him . ruing n 
... l’_ .C f 
If pniBta, pleasurr 
• arid 
Itl.lepi'Udetti e of eit 
culture as a vis-iitl* 
Allured 
lo the City 
(1 '111' H**ll'|»-f 
tin jt. tlfMt W Sx»* 11 
■ viuntiy Imy or gii 
I'Hiaioguii from 
1 (1 >»*«! 
iih* j?ri*jit ill| ■ 
ntirul 
"bn . hr what i r. ic. 
they will make for 
or right Hunt Mi. v 
only *.>t or )H»> 
III.* •. il-o giving tl 
live loiter* fl.uu Jl> 
Will. Jr/tir*. Hied ol 
spun t tlirr c to ,»u it 
■ehool, when they 
hu (twill h. Mary (i 
were called u|mu 1 
they 
• ilfercd ttmm JI .VHt 
with Mlinrt hours In 
util lytuployets I'.ii 
t ,r r > •’ J r it lu 1 i»» 
iiik v j t-.« tii m*i mi l i 
>^u In. irhllv ill 
tbnt 
must la* dune is "l<> keep the liook*," or 
•'write letters on ihe typewriter." No 
n under thoi the firm nuii all its cnvlron- 
inenfA glee V 1 TT dull ufirr lead I tig tint 
■ Irrulnr or enialn»Ue. N.. w under that 
ft 
The article in litis tin nil or about PnJIlita- 
lion in O reha ids. hy Pr.T S. \V. Flel> her. 
of Cornell 1 ni versify, should In- carefully 
lead by every fnill gruwi.i. 
STICK TO THE ORCHARD AND FARM 
How na l ural It is to ihlitU (hut the 
other fellow’s lot is so much easier and 
better than ours. Each title knows the 
hardships, st niggles and dUennrnglng 
eharaeteristics of his own work, and at 
lhe.se he may Rink until every bright, ft! 
tractive feature is obscured lint we may 
know nothing of tin' loll, tin; straggle, the 
discouragements of other huslni '**. til tl 
we may see only the pleasant, the In mill 
till. 
The farmer, gardener, orthardlal nr nur- 
seryman may labor In vain oil account of 
poor soil, bad seeds, Injured trees, JtM.it). 
Hood, hall, lies! or destructive penis, yet 
ihe merrhaiii. lawyer, doctor, mechanic or 
man in whatever held of labor lots dull 
rubles Just as great to overcome ami mis 
fortunes as severe 
The Country Boy. 
To ihe s rowing I toy, enjoying a .mind 
lientth-glvlng sleep, <o be ni.itpu-d it i 
o'clock In tin- morning with a sutldeo in 
'bull. m in feed and e liny Hie leoses , 
milk the row, ami then i Imp enough Wood 
for tin* dally lic.un-hold supply, lie may 
long for a elerkslilii, with nfflci> honr» 
0*0111 •*» a. til. to I p III To till llnil tun l| 
mi ems so tiiueh beii. i t,i war "Sunday 
elollics." , '»hlliey shoes," ivhlti *libl uni 
«dl(T eollnr. t ban oho nils, nirnu hat. ihe. lt 
shlt'l and brogatis with twice etuuiuh to 
do. X el he docs Hot kllltn lie dull, -IT. 
of city Ufe Hlld tl.'' ibsp. ini. struggle 
tllrm for e\l*denee Neither IlSS Hie boy 
considered the lu st ride of country life 
What Ihe School and the Press Hare Taught 
Schools colleges, honk, nod papers have 
been teaching for ptvfi --tonal. uicrhai.i'fll. 
met e.itillle, literary iiriuy unit or political 
life The gn at acl)li'\euienl» id the «ar- 
rlor, Biutesnmu nulhm, artist, luveutor. 
thousand* of I .right young lives have i.c. n 
nllured from the ibllghlfol eomitry tils 
tflcts fo Ihe busy e-lflsh. overcrow dial 
city, many hi lives of drudgery, yew sbn 
>ry, and many to tutu, poverty and shame 
The Farm Hind Better Paul Than tbc City- 
Clerk. 
To-day the wages received by 'I - i.-UDR 
man cmplujoil on llm farm is tuttrli bt*l ter 
than that ohlaliK-d by the dark in city 
store or olBiv. . 
Heron* rnc Is a clipping from n bodi g 
farm paper, lu which u Kansas cori'is* 
«|Niiidcnt slate- that good farm luind* re 
cvlve (Cfll ' per hloutii nttd limit'd. a»nl latya 
from $1.’. to Sis per month- Wage* at h 
prices prvvall lu many hIm:-*k o« the 
■ >• her lintul. Ill Mu- ‘ by. tlVV 
Hands of cb’tks tlurc are who loll from 
mn ruing uutll nlghl for noli At. S.\ .to AN, 
110, or Fir. |» r week, und .’nil .d ill's sum 
lliltal [lay SI *.» Srt per wrs I.- hoard. ).c-i,|, . 
cur fan* and Huhleni.il i't|*cn«»'« 
How milch V.. tier ic. ■ii.'k to it..* farm 
•r orchard. I*, live mu « here ilyriv l< 
pure air and goml foc«t, where « hono olid 
farm can be nnpUrcil that will burro <•* in 
VJlllle fnmi yenf 111 year ami f-eptv.d'liT 
the amount of It* (*—r price* again nod 
again, "lib a competence for old is" Truly 
hall) It Ills'll Mill Molt ti..| made the 
i‘ountt>, lint i»mi nuiftji> Tltf* t - • s-^ h,. 
• tick In rOl!UlJ> 
■ ■ ■< . ■ 
Semi-Tropical. 
THE MEXICAN ORANGE MAGGOT. 
Gtcat Caum* t or \Urm by (he Honda sad 
CshtpinU Growets. 
Tin* 1‘uited Stulc. I s pncutieDt of Xg 
Ikullurv thus describes II u n recent rlv. 
Slate of 
disco cell i 
('nllfotTJt. 
t (it, it, . , 
«. Iiilt..i S' A 
huvlo). 
Mesh »U 
.1 tllF 1“’ 
nruHtrv « 
jhoIoMUh; 
1 fhv UiU'i 
dm Mon o 
f r hat fn 
lit fMiu Mi mb 
|„ gis),] 
.“late, mid has of 
•tmd Umi( ^ 
ill WtWJgll 
"Ton um 
M il bum ,| r 
nml Id oi'V 
a kernel ul 
riod. Tb.-i 
I he .n bar 
"So aysf 
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