American Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
AMERICAN 
Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
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713 Masonic Temple, Chlcajo. Illinois. 
T. II. .TOKEN. 
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Journal. 
lUinmTRW. We ’»lll (rl.niy ti'i-w. rl''J-".-r»t ii-. 
I’ntN or dnivlntf., oult-iMnfnr r*t>ri*hi > 1 '•>; in UU« i -i- t 
bat caiiuol be rceponslljli’ for Ion or injur) 
A.k question,*, wild iwnnllM, lit'" u. i' r 11 |-i>n.ni ' . 
Mark any newspaper pamcruiili. too wid, Inlk • ’-•r.i-: 
ArivunnioNo R»rss will t,» glr»n n»i-a m |.|. 
Editorial. 
Tin? I'niiiiprs' it in vp u I Ion at Ih'lndt w;i* 
wi ll attended. 
£ 
Where is tin* town tlmi ilon'l want a • mi 
nory? 
ft 
Some crow pin have reported the peaches 
killed in Southern Illinois. We ho|te they 
are mistaken. 
ft 
Tile Sim .Tosp wale has fouuil Its way 
into tin- sent Item orebnnLs. and nlreasly 
thousands of peaeli trees are bring cut 
down n ml burned. 
ft 
Probably no mciliod of saving Hie mil* 
and over ripe fmit surpasses tin* modern 
evaporator. 1 1 U easily, quickly and 
elienply roll Ntruet ini. while llie i*o<i of op 
i ration is ainnil. 
ft 
Horticulture and bee keeplnc «•> hand 
in linnd. The inn • are until tv- d<«irlbn- 
lors or the fortllUlnit pollen 
ft 
We hope tile profi -sor of liortieidliin in 
every <ol|pge in the fnlon will give u« an 
art tele ot SOU word** eoiieeralnc tin. mine 
and meiliod of imrldnc hovili idtm.' in Mip 
pill'll*' npIkioI.n. We inipiul ln\ me main 
lessons and nrtiele* on ihi« il rueh suliji-. i . 
ft 
Tin* report fr*.m I ritltdah Ala. 
• bat the np'pip flip,.* of I'ptanari Injured 
nothing bin some unnleii truck I’he \ neh 
hud* were dormant ind tlnnvforr i "i m 
j it red. 
HOW TO HEAD A TREE. 
P I 
It of. of 
id tin at 1 i<l* 
the Vtln-freai 
t'l't" * 
In the 
Prut* 
Our std'Nirlhei 
Alton, 111 . say* he 
IV'lituary ntimlrvr 
and \pcotalile Jo 
lletiil* fm \ pph 
know how this I. t 
should In* klHlMifJ 
While tin- Iri'i M are 
row tlte> w ill atari 
from the ciomol n 
ually prune** these 
IN Im-hes. yet w. h-.m- .pen then eat IT 
t" " "I I fi l l nil Inn or Hill , i i':i i . . I, I 
1 UN “ 
•Util it* 
it 'lined 
idle tree 
rluht 
III (lie 
ac in the 
uur*vi \ 
uni* 1 rv 
• mill 
P Tin 
linth*. ft 
' nm “ i \ 
pdiiently 
limb* . 
Iff to 1 ! 
IPlcllt of 
T his la 
Would ■!,'* I'OV 
TIip best way i* to i.liiaiu tl i - ■ ho., y,.<w 
line* an, I lin n I, i ill t ti«- |lni!*» n ueioi 
Chicago, March, i<>oo. 
above IN Itn hcN If yell deslw the tl"->d 
- or •J'l fr.'l, Mlf all the IlmtM. nt that 
height, and If tin- tree 1* too slender for 
I'm top. then «tinply ■ at off 3 ,r I inches 
*.f earl i llioli of the >■ p ami do te.t put ,.ff 
Hie Hint s **v«t belli w the jm'.ut wto re voj 
desire the head |n start, tun simply bmp 
»!iortece*l in until Ihe trunk I* thick an l 
sttNiuc mid the n mne ve- 
in brief tin- head Inc of a ire*- r* 
*|uI|y« the can. nnd luPor of « «r H >.® r . 
in do H well, and eon am. -dy lit- d-*> rfl—d 
In n few lln*> 
- ■ ♦ " 
SHOULD HORTICULTURE BE TAUGHT 
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS? 
file i|llo*lli»ll #tf trsi'illic the element, 
uf lu.nii iilfiir, ,md narhulturr in tlw pul. 
lie sc hools In a II vr one. 
In tit*' recent mewling* «f 
•'liltwral S'M lely nnd Stitt, 
(tig. of both Illinois mut 
ih" farmers and fruit gn- 
iioist niimermia, lint also 
Important H*»». * la the 
tint rhi'lr i-hlldrrn he kIii 
the work wf the parent. > 
How We Hnv* Bren 
We have tier* ..dmati 
Ctrl* away fi.mt the rami 
“>~tp|n of iMlnrstiHiL until 
rltie. an- overcrowded with 
Iniir paid half Hotbed, 
w *'lli"ii ami , Ini. In n wh 
fur a mere exUtenc. The *aiti. u mount 
pf labor itii In ihc por* ivutitrv n'r 'mid 
tin ti"*IUirnl sunshine working . uh.r 
ofl IninL enrden or farm |j|.or. niHlId earn 
piece of land 
is for old age 
;llifng. 
i.ind 
a ud 
It tss. 
»l w" 
Tciii- 
L dl.TU.WNl 
late Horn 
Iters Meet 
iV.'lH ||« 
An* ant 
the idini 
country'* sIihuM 
V«1'**l to tain It|l 
Educating. 
>14R I Van Iws... ass.( 
,, tlfiilr. 
i our 
town- mill 
rlth hi 
half 
)iii!r>-'U uf 
f«l nieu. 
Um 
It Is 
■Id \ < 
Pub!., Srhoelo. 
TO TEACHERS 
II good 
»U*1 a . 
»lcktiv>> 
living 
» or m 
and ai >inl" 
Effect of 
the Method 
What 
n.ddc 
■r. grander 
seWntlff 
p pi . 1 
■ ".’oil III, III 
nirr nr 
i<d neat It 
fruit 
t id tiiir 
Iff- wert Y 
that law. m 
l-tok or «*>n.e 
*IT |l4*f K ' IH? 
letter . 
many . < 
oh. ho 
V\ lUtililY ? N ' 
trio p l ! 
i'if mf 
bill adi 
»-l| Ut 
ilir fjirro t 
Ini. t k- 
1 cr utfii 
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... i ^ ... 
: 1 • ■ 
ntu i_ i< 
nnd la*p 
•Hill k« Ik 
ti fail 
N III 
1 1 (If V 
Son)# 
Thingi 
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. We SHcah 
if ora 
iwtf. (ntli Lft'vv c. 1« <• , 
f r y Mi)«\uc U:h 1 t»v« t< yiu h 
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