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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
May. 1900. 
berries and every variety of marketable 
fruit Is raised by Him®. b' ir «<»»»« «""* 
jinst tliese people have Ivoen anxious to 
>.*,iin a 1i1.1il11.lcl iu <'«Mfbrnin nml give 
Hieir ntlentloL. to navel orange*. l ie enr 
para thin runs it* own inr* In 'be east, ami 
will do here wlicu Ihe plan* urv 11111- 
tnred. 
In addition to the urnngr land, Mr. Sum 
mers I* examining locations for robin ntl- 
ttlr** on a large fh'iile. The capital til the 
eoiieern I' a hnK million dollars. Seine 
conception of the magnll tide of the Ml«- 
si.ti rl orchard mil T l'e gained from the fuel 
Hint (be people nf the town of tlldeB, 
Which lias n population of 1 .000, arc either 
employed In the nl'ehiii'd* nr dependent up- 
on employees. California Fruit World. 
MISSOURI FRUIT PROSPECTS 
The strawberry prop will he less than 
half of last year. 
The raspberry will nol give more limn 
half a full crop. 
The blackberry will be a good one — 
never better. 
Ihe currant and gooseberry will fruit 
about ns usual. 
The grape gives promise nf an abundant 
crop. 
The apple prospect Is bright and we hope 
to see one of our usual good crops again, 
and be able to supply ihe markets of our 
laud. 
The pear buds have not been injured 
thus far. 
The peach buds have been about otic- 
half killed ami the trees are short of their 
full n mount of their bearing wood, hence 
we can expect about a lml f crop from our 
large orchards. 
The plum will hold Its usually good 
crop, 
The cherry buds arc fill sound thus 
far. 
The quince crop will be n cu.m] one also. 
I. A. Goodman, M-emarj Missouri State 
Horticultural Society, 
A very largely attended and cnflmslas 
ile meeting of the Ashland, Ore., Flint 
Association was recently held In that e'.ly. 
After reports bad been received or hist 
season's work It wit* unanimously rc- 
solved to continue the organisation. A 
new fruit warehouse to cost $000, with a 
switch spur leading up to It will he erect - 
.■d lo ear-: for the coming fruit, \ \v 
Pacific Fanner. 
l>r. 0 G, Groff 11 8. In Agriculture of 
Hie Pennsylvania Stale College, mid pro- 
fl '*’ i,, r »l Buck nr 11 tlulverslty, who hue for 
'no years been absent on mlllinry sendee 
n Porto Rico, has recently been nppoluled 
by the military governor n< president of 
lie Insular board of education aud super- 
Inteudeiit Of public I|J- 1 ruction In that po*. 
session. * 
Mr. Charles P, Belstle UaM< „ t , h(v 
■liieRt of Secretary „f Agriculture llnmll 
'•m. been detailed by U.r eypcrlmrot sin 
1 mu tooerre ns apivl.il »g. at u f thy deport- 
ment for the collection «.r sample* of com- 
mercial fertilizers on sale In the counties 
! , Ollnlon, Incoming, Tioga. 
I nlon. Sny der and nu niltigdon. 
in pails of l ollfoinla, purticularlv In 
ml. 'f 1 * ud Han '•" iB Obispo counties, 
great damage vntw done bv severe 
front. Apricots, praelic*, pears. Eng- 
lish walnuts and apples, in many places, 
were injured. Many other parts oi ( ul- 
lfomia also report serious damage by 
I be frost. 
Vegetables. 
THE BUNCH SWEET POTATO. 
For American Frill I and VogcHiMl* Jonr- 
nal. 
By lid w ill 1.1. filch). 
Headers of Mils urns' valuable Journal 
will, nn doubt , be pleased a I Hie nimmiUM* 
llienl or II true, vllu'Iess sweet polino. 
Koine years ago .1 so-culled clueless w as 
offerrd, which met with naught but dis- 
appointment, almost wherever iriert The 
name Vine!p*> wa> ediafnly misleading, 
ns It has vines •., veral feet long. After a 
thorough trial here * was discarded. 
In choosing a name for a new v incloses 
it was decided, lu order to avoid con- 
fitsion, to use the word "bunch" Instead of 
"vinelcsn*. ’ Being a sport from the Yellow 
Jersey \1111scnnJt\d. nhd resembling lls 
parent In everything except top-growtli, we 
decided to call b “The Yellow Jersey 
Hunch." 
lid* polar*, Imr no vino whatever, sim- 
ply a lag luiucli of large, dark green 
leave.* Incidentally, 1 wish to call atten- 
tion i" another valuable variety, the Early 
Carolina This l* in Unproved strain uf 
the Yellow Jersey, and has given imlvi tsuil 
satisfaction wherever tried. 
SUCCESS WITH VEGETABLES. 
'Vhn. is mure satisfrufloiy than a good 
garden? IV* all want p, p e successful, 
yd many rail. Tin* fallowing from “ \n 
K--.-U on crowing Vegetable*!," | U vb'k'a 
Mngaxirie Tor Mur. i*. well worth repeat- 
ing: 
Any gardener wishing »m*«c*e with 
vegetables 1m1.it do some thinking aud fig 
nrlng, not at the time of starting In spring, 
bu, jearv ahead lie shim Id not be without 
e nnreliirfik lb wlileli to make diary oj all 
the work dune In 1 ho garden and green- 
Iioiupk during the year, dates of sowing hi* 
seed*, 11. million ,,r soil ami woo tlier at 
the lime. He must wnfeb his plants' 
growth. «b some kind* „r plant* will al- 
ways be S. en growing better In one eh 
than I11 oilier*. You very well know Hint 
Ihe -oil In your garden 1* rurt Ihe name nil 
or. 1 1 here l» always some sped richer In 
substance* than other*, wet or dryer; If 
you note the name, next year vmi enn plant 
■omo other vegetable* more uultfihle for 
muh ...mjii |.,|, s of soil . particularly not. 
what kinds of crops nn? grown Ibis season 
so as not to plant Hie same kind year after 
year In Ha* same ground, such kinds as 
onions, lliua beans, anil a few oilier* c,\- 
rrpted, hut In* very particular about on nil- 
H«\\ er and eabbaues. or else the muggoix 
or club root * may plane unusually bad 
More than one Mini of Hie sumo variety of 
vegetables I* always planted therefore 
nob* what kinds grow lie* best with you 
and slick lo It; uiltlerstniiillng Ho* right 
front meat of one kind and how to jjrow 11 
will. Is belb'i' Ilian to have several oilier* 
1 lml may prove worthless to you In tliu 
end. 
Keinember that you '-Ah Dot Iriisl every- 
thing to memory, and Hint you are apt in 
forget wJint you whh to keep, Note* tuk- 
eii at Hu* right lime will he very Useful to 
you in lli>' liituiv; I have now in my desk 
r In* record* u( refill year*, and I have 
been glad more limn once during each 
season to nonsuit them They are always 
a great help to ice, 1 know that there are 
many gardeners wlm would not take iliia 
tmuhlo. bill limilier* *>1 tin* eratl let mo 
say right here, that It would be better for 
you to do It; try II for one season and you 
will be well pleased with Ho* result*. 
VICKS GARDEN HINTS. 
Mas* the color*, 
Try some new annuals. 
Fine soil, quick growth. 
The knife for black knot. 
HO you manure the vines? 
1 1 pay* to (rent currants right. 
Sow seeds freely, some may not grow. 
If you water at all be liberal about it. 
Once a garden lover always a garden 
lover. 
Cherry trees cannot endure wet feet— 
Hint Is, water. 
IVi* advise a pal eh of wllrl ferns in some 
rk h, shady spot. 
Of all veg.liibles. never let weeds get 
the start of young carrots. 
Bees and Honey... 
A BORDER OF COW PEAS. 
For flu* American Fruit ami Vegeinlde 
Journal. By Edwin II. Rfetil. 
A strip of brush ami wends nrniind a field 
'* n .° " n ;'"'bmo" sight. It found a 
1'U.vmg In vestment to dean Up such im- 
•Ixhtly borders, and sow .*n»\ pc,,- Instead 
The la Her WII add lo the value of l|„. crop 
?*5" ° r robbing II. a a l|m weeds and 
, "T" 11 n '"Ch better appeanime 
Ar T the Hist .year It win cost less lo sow 
■ be 010 1* \ylr„ u Vf ,,„. WJth a scythe. 
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