February, 1900. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
melon* * and pen. be* sent from tie >r Tlfton, 
In South Georgia, to the Columbian Expo 
altlon, about the 1*1 of July. By rnr the 
finest nod h'-'t flavored KJbsri.i i,-* 
Melstware. Hrlgton ntul lx# i:rt|*«, an 1 
••nrlj melon* •.lev, n during the -• n were 
from tliln section. m t'lftnn, c.m to 
twitl other points wi rod* nutty ro(le« to io 
*peet the old i'll fruit tni'» of the region, 
litnl the hundred* of into* of peach r .r 
f.'liwds, vineyards ami melon ground. It !» 
ti fine rolling country, underlaid vriu, it,,, 
cornuum Georgia rod day, with Ju*t enouyb 
nn ml in the nnrfnc*' "'ll m I ip* on- . .. nm 
Ilf i-lpetilng, high unnlitv and ri. h . ring 
of fruit, Ttvo yenr-tthl punch Ire* were tail 
hi with fruit hud* |ii"t ready to oj^-n nt tb« 
date (Mini'll 21 1, the grape buda wiro pi-' 
starring ntul Do mi loo grow r- ■• . 1. ljuMly 
planting seed. We were ii-mhw1 that r . 
inn In crop of peaches grape* and nit-lm.- 
would he ready to ship from the 1st rn it.i 
Ifith of July, nnd the o.irb - .m-t - -in i„ 
shipped from the 2th h in tl 1 26 lh 1 Inn 
These early dntes of shipping in-ur. ■ .... -1 
prices .it the North a ml Do speedy dcliv 
ery In New York. Philadelphia or . ten rid- 
engo, permit* 1 be picking of the t-iib « i.< n 
ripe and highly colored. Auoth, > *j.. -.,11 
ad van tn go of this favored seel Ion • .-ore 
parative exemption from drstrucnvi* spring 
frosts. In Central Georgia, around M.i,-,.ti 
and GrJflln, only two full ernp* „f 1,, , 
have I teen Rather, d In *Ii ..nr- whim 
in Die pine wood region, around 1 . rt. -n. u,. 
old settlers say there hn- nut liven .1 1 ,.i| 
folium of the peaeh crop in f.,rtv y,ar* 
liv.-n last year, when the ernp n 1- a' r„e. 
failure north of Macon. Tlfton p. aches .1 
tonlshed Visitors nt till expo-Mloll. M !‘..:t 
\ alley a few tulles sotiUiw.-nt of Mom. 
thousands of acres of poaches have I.. . n 
planted within the pn*t fotjr year- Ttn 
Alliangii and Hale orelmnls itlon- . v.. 
over 2.000 acres of land ami ulr.ok r. t 
profitable results is very favoral.lr Y, • ■. 
" i*h to re eo rd the opinion Mini Immtin 
crops of peaches and gropes will lie shipped 
from Tlfton when Fort Valley ha* an otr 
year, nnd wheu ei|Ual harvests .if,- grown 
at the l wo points Die Tlfton peach. • cn-T" - 
and melons will hear shipping a week . ir- 
ller, and Die average In color, size and 90.11 
Ity will he much higher. If we owned . 
foot of laud on Dm South Dcorcla pdl- 1, . 
high opinion of 1 1 * horticultural fuiur. 
would not be given. As It Is, \ve pn-IUi a 
vapid advance In Die selling vain of 1)1, 
denuded pin*- lands high enough Hint dr. 
enough for grow ing the three fruit* r. . 
have named. Indeed, laud that —Id 1 r.r 
years ago at $2 an nere cannot now be 
bought for SI hi 
Now. T have .lone a good, d-ai of graft- 
ing th. pu-t 3f) yenr<. and have n-ver y.-t 
found anything to come nj> to propoll s 
and o? long as that Is to m bad t would 
m-rcr think of nattur a nr Thing else Prop 
oils (• always arenm nl.it log with me. for 
R S* i«* .arvfnlly collected ns wax. and 
• very year there 1 * a demand on the 
for crafting purpose* With TO <-«>I>'DU-* ..f 
b- eii and a »ii am- orchard, «upp > and 
demar.ij are alnni equal. f>f rrmrvo, tte 
prtipollh has to bo rendered pis.* .- t, v 
"arming oy r the Are Mfore ti*iug. when, 
by keeping lln> I turn- ag.nn*t y.eir brmi-ij 
it will r.'nmin soft soy l-ngth >.f time 
There U no letter graft ng waterial D-.au 
projiolU tod If orrbnr*U*tH wr-rr *<.nr. of 
'.hat fa. t there should bo a good den .ml 
for it at a price II, „t would make S' ns r 
to ootleet. " w 
Bur wltat la pr-.i-di*' Webstar «sx« st 
“> the wairw a* U*e g nr. nml b.-e gig. be 
deflti*'* 3* l*rlng soft tit:, ta.ui* mart ci , 
with n tii.'h Ur» erit'etit tip. enmbs to the 
hives, BBli Hose Up tin* eelVn," 
Bany, In tits Trait Garden, sja’i * tie»i. 
HtTiftlng eorupi-sitioK is prepared in rsri 
on* way*" BoSln, l-.«irax. am! tallow, 
in. about email peri., on*-nrr very n,(|. 
"Lately, loiwever w. bar. found It ben r 
hi u>e more ro*!n and b-* lw.*wnT and 
lalh-w, tleus. tn two poumts of ro«in we 
add one ami one- fourth i«uun.t« of bn*, 
wax. and tlim-fniirih* ..f a pound of tnl 
low.” r.'iTthcr on Burry says: 'ln»i. D d 
el tallow we now u»« ran llnser l ..il, , 
tdnt of whivh i* eipial to « pnin.i of «ai 
W* twr 
T r 
IL-a 
. rail it Into 
Il'l'Un •' IFjlf* 
11(11 i 
every p*.ra of tbv cPith fl 
"Til* person nho nppllos it 
take* a from ibe<w> imfls, t*tu 
the length and hreadth rv*p 
•1st* of the st.-ck, anil two a 
of it. around the graft *o-nr> 
»jr.** Th* thin .loth s.s, n 
ckracs.” \V. hax*i tyte-i tie 
wit 
Horticultural Society Me*tuig<i 
J.t nu ary 3 *. 2ft. Westvra Now York 
I 
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ESTA 8 U 5 HID I 8 & 0 . 
Grafting Wax. 
S. A, Mifieoli, of Soil- 1, Afrioi, n-l,* in 
lilt* American Bee Jourunl 
"To « hni use i* Dm vuoruiovis qunntlli 
of propolF put which the tbnu-.ind* of 
bee keeper* In the I'tlHt'd Stnlev pr.»tU('e 
It must, If on rerun. I colle.'ted, amount to 
soitto Ions, I n*k this qtie-‘ ton bee.* use, in 
looking liter some old numb. r> of the 
American Bee Journal, 1 happen. .1 o ad 
oii'pilry fora re Ijm* b.r grafting ».n, ntul 
w hit’ll. I think. Mr Miller Hitswti**l (Of 
con. . Die Moct.o k||OT\ - pi. It) well et 
cry thing about h —!i Ibvwax, rrslu. 
and. I think whale oil, w ax the forimd.i 
given. 
i Mr York, editor the M ■ • Jourr. d. 
gives the formula, ns Mr Miller Hiatcil. 
I'lirrci tly ns follows: 
itosln I parts l»esn I pu-*. i.illow i 
part i 
M. GEORGE & CO., 
WHOLESALE 
COMMISSION 
M. GEORGE 
W. D. HALL. 
95 SOUTH WATER ST.. 
CHICAGO. 
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