AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
May, 1900 
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will often bloom two or throe years lief., re 
standard Harrietts planted at the same 
lime and unless early blooming ilwnrfs are 
Intermingled they may he unproductive 
these first few year*. 
The throe class, s of rotnni.-rciul plums 
Japanese. domestics ami unlive will usu- 
ally M. mm at different periods in the or- 
der named: but when a "spoil” of warm 
weather succeeds a cold and backward 
SO Pollen of Unrtlctl Much DiagnUhul. 
spring. varieties of till the-.? groups will 
come on nearly together arid 1 i'OKs-|iMll<nn 
tlon will res nit. in soine plate* the |)l<><nu- 
Inp sea sons t.r the*. groups overlap so 
that M.ine varieties of each might lie used 
regularly fur orus.i-polllnatlou. 
(To JJc Continued.* 
A PROFITABLE TEACH ORCHARD. 
Holland Morrill of It« rriep ixjunty, Mleh,, 
lu Hu- . clcbrated pencil bolt, whose re- 
markable peach crop lu last year's unfnv 
orable season justitleit flic United Slates 
cuvernnieiit in haring many on-hard view - 
taken for the Purls ev p'-MHOli, baa Just 
romb- an c: ha ns lire Inreslighl ion lu his 
orchard lo discover the rcMill of tin- hist 
wlm. r upon the pi-m-h bud-. He selected 
l.rH;- in tin- low la mis, the most unfavorable 
tor pi nches, and, a- a tv-uli, taunt! that ih-- 
I"'." h bud- hilled ranged frum 12 ner cent 
nnmug the ritKBeiiild variety to nr. per 
cent ,,t the Si. John - ? III. rie-d eel, -bin 
peach, the Ellon.,, slum - a 22 per , cm 
Did la-wl«. 20 per rent, and the Kill- 
amaroo. 20 per CMIt, making 111 . areraco 
r;.". . • Ml>r ''>U wty* that 
'• ill 'Vice Hint percentage of hum the Trull 
"-Uhl n-i.i.r. thinning 1, „ esrlnmici n, £l . 
”7* l*e:i-i.c- were Death even 
"1-1. .1 li.llure, Mr. Morrill cleared ?12 .(*ki 
ftuit Vrk C i.‘‘ rops - TJ '‘‘ < ‘-''' * nrivd 
1 1 without seeds. 
I I lorlda (liin t I Jjh<ii timl ('itlscn u 
authority for (he following; 
V '" llfc ,,r " 1 <' H. -lamlo.i. 0! 
' Mil., lu. V. , unrfp „ i (| m 1 -i li e i- v 
"Ill'll Will prove of er.at b.-nellt 1,. , 
10- .irh I m | or try of .1,. 
'"'«® esrH'iimeminir for ...i , ' 
11- .- probhiu of prnd.ud.ia o-c.lleRR I'.eacl.c!' 
i'd a. last I|„.,v think the, have - 
"" |J >* 1 thV-lr \ZL'‘‘rt 'ruTiVr" ' 1 "! 
"■"‘I "it these trees , 1( . J.,, r ’’ 
■'l»'l«b she, While Dir ,1 u 
bhmm, n...,;, hari?; 
•rciueir »mai| 1 , hb- solo.. ,, , 11 ' 
slmrii'd. ami U .- Tib V , ’ 'T' ' 
^ W,W ™ untU 
this your. The parties claim that, their 
process i- simply hortleiiltiirnl tniiisinnfu- 
t ion. and is as easily “worked" as 21 a f tine. 
The process is us appllflible to bearing: fruit 
ir-i s ami grace vlriea as ,1 I* to mil's, rv 
Stock 
Tropical fritil.s have the serious nhjpct km 
of being birge-scr.led, espreliiUy the tll'lipea 
or riiu -secdiil varieties Tic sitedbss prn- 
cess would add mm It to tlielr valm- and 
diwlrablllfy. 
In applying the 'trnnsmidatlnn ci-mph-v" 
to bearing fruit trees, not tin- l.-asi dttmogo 
can In- dorii (li.-m. mi the contrary, If trees 
are Iti bud 1 ondltiun tills process w ill n - 
itlnie them to a healthy, vigorous growth 
and the certain production nt luKi-Imm Reed- 
less fruits. 
• it 
Seedless twinges Ih--- grapes, seed- 
less I'l-rvlummiis, and now seedless peaelK-s. 
Nevi let the poultry nil'll proiltiee a frn (h er- 
ic** chicken mid the stockmen ,1 boneless 
hog "|- steer. 11 ml we w ill be w. ll on the 
way Inward dispensing with all superflu- 
ities Editor. 
1 * > I Vs < lit It' I O' o 1 " I II Himr'* 
for propagation. Many of the varieties of 
dates do not collie true to seed lull this 0110 
dues, Those dales are never found com- 
mercially in this eiumiry bat within ten 
yeais the Irees from these seed should lie 
in .■ood hearing. Hi. -I,- set'll' s io be mi 
reason w|y II tO lulled Matos sl.Otilil uu( 
ptoduci Its own dale- and supply ah Im- 
meiipc ih-maml iu even oily n nil town. 
Thin 1 wlm flourishes In the arid west nu- 
d'T ItTlgufhm It i.< an mlxulrnhlo tree ror 
planting « lone lrrlgaiit.il eiinals where 
some growth Is noee-siiri to Innilsh roots 
lo bill, I the bank- Caltunwo.id tires nr.. 
Generally idanierl In Hie w*$t but ns they 
yield notliint but inferior wood tiny 
slo.nld lie prollrably siiporeedeil by date 
l-altns. Tlie date tree yields from 200 lo 
,'i(Hi pounds per crop and the yield is rejt- 
uiar every year T he tree Is one of tin- 
most noble of the palms Growing 1.1 a 
la rffo size and lu'iirlim long rmuils or 
leaves or plnnnto foIliiKo ffomo of 1 In- da lo 
I loos of the (dll writ'll I file Of grout ago. 
GOOD FOLIAGE. 
The Cultivator very aptly says that the 
fad is Dot generally understood that It re- 
■ iulr>'- two or throe seasons' growth of 
healthy foliage on fruit tre-s to insure 
Hull production. Tin- first year, though 
1 "praying has proveiitod fungous ut- 
tio ks both Mm trees and Its foliage lack 
He vigor w hleli tree* in health should 
b.,ve ll is likely that inlury In the foliage 
leu-ell- the vigor of the MVc mol- «o that 
Hoy will not send uji the 11 mount of sap 
tc'iulrcd ror tree* p, r.m v ig„ r ur j eaf 
lid- keeps the live- In ml unlK-tlHIiy eon- 
ddlon for some yenrs after the healthful, 
ness .it the foliage has been roiltored. 
THE DEGLET-NOOR DATE. 
fids „ci( d..,,,. M surely a wonder and 
"lu I he 1 olio wing description given In the 
' ' l " ul| laln IIiiKbanfliunn, ahotild in. 
well worth planting. 
I'nb-R two Inches In length are sotnell.lng 
Md.now a m t| iP . A/nerka 11 market a D ,j 
Mich dates have ail appearance twice o-s 
large as ordinary dates Rome s.- L .,i s 0 f rim 
I eald in >01 (late have been received at the 
dep/K loit'iii of ngrlcuitni’e from Algeria „nd 
Maine Agrteiilinral Experiment Shiilrm. 
Felininry 14, TOno. 
Edlftir American Fruit and AVgetabh- 
Jourmil. • * - 1 trust that rim Join 
mu win receive cordial support. * * • 
AV. M. Munson, Horticulturist. 
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