AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
February, uyx>. 
App!? trees do not bear fnill when 
blooming t»k>" place dining wont her 
enough to hoop tli*’ iil«ool- nutty from the 
bloom. The experience of tin- season of 
]Sy2, here, was a plain evidence of this, 
for although irm'* worn oorrrt'il with 
a prolusion of M.mni, there was no mill. 
Why Is ti that n pear’ll kIoiii*, win'll plant 
i d, 'often produce- n im wlhtte fruit will 
bo out I roly (liirertmt front flip pencil from 
whloh it danioV BeentiKr flu* bluKsmii was 
fcrllUivcd with the help of iriri-eU let pol- 
len from another (rer. 
In short, the a if oner of insects produce- 
In fruit the same rvvilt that Is produced 
m corn by the «gi ncy of (ho wind. Put 
while Mild yellow corn side by *!d« |u the 
same field, and the result will bo n mixture 
of tli.' two kinds, produced by the crow 
fertilization of the blossom*. 
1 believe Unit I Ini vr given jtlfildctit 
pro.. I that the ltotii-r g alhorliig rise, is are 
ni-ces.siri to the famirr, to help tin* crops 
of his on-bard and 871 rdi'Ii. I el it* pow 
look at the other side 
It is said t Jin I bees tuny be too plentiful, 
and that their too oM-repr.iteil visits to tile 
bloSMun may durante the Inner Some 
say. also, Unit lb.- hop. > uhlidi l>lns*ojn« 
product- Is necessary |o tliolr growth, and 
that, when not removed by the bee, It Is 
absorbed by the fruit, null helps if... devel- 
opment If sui.li be tin- as. the bloMolut 
1* lib-* 1 1 are most vlsPeil bj the In-e* iiiiim 
sitif.-r. nod sooner or hirer become ovtinel. 
Mliat are Ihe blossom* m09t Visited by 
boes> White clover, knot weed flatter 
known an ginnrt-wecdj. Kpinibdi -needle, as- 
ters, etc The pegta of vottr fields nr.- the 
bees' favorites. Till'd you Imd belter keep 
bees to help destroy those peats; hut. It 
the tiers cannot destroy them, yon must 
acknowledge that they an. uof lutiirious i.. 
thill ers. especially If yo,l find that 111 ,.-,, 
plums are the most numerous, alter the 
latgesl honey crops htne been harvested 
lioni I bent 
lint there Is another stum hi lug- block 
Arc not fires injurious to sound, ripe fruit • 
it" they not damage- sound fntlt In y.-nra 
8, ' ar ^ f J’ 7 I oirlng the fall of 
i® 70 ! n "’ rp Wat* !1 ««II 1 complaint made of 
the In', on that score, In Idle rlelmn os. 
penally In the uifllter of grape*. These 
cuinpiuiiuv Induced u • to make careful ui 
Lml'Trn* "" "" " mU4,1 ' 1 ertalno.l, 
mnl will any now, unt that 1 Mlevo that 
, an not Injur.- aound fruit, hut that I 
Kirin they cannot, and that they Ilia I |„. 
-till veil to death upon ». * * 
Suan four or N>>- y, u, „ K0> a doubt of 
, - isM-Hiiui having hern esiir.-rsod n, 
';‘ r M * 1 ' whool on this .pm-lion 1 
h- lady principal of ,|„. ,,. h onl. I oflV.'-.l 
Ot “^iidlVmi til" 1 nmller k to , 
I,,,. 11 ,,n, ' r "OS Urgent ...J 
hi>e i W|,|, ‘ attracted from uidiclihiirlua 
-fruH ,%'! 
fruit wm, ''umvid nun" !"r lJuraa *f M ' 1 
it- pine, „udt' 
1 iu* Lh- 1 ** >tn /1 ,.]» ,1 ^ IUll)Utl*», 
if, ’ 1,1 ol.ari.joiied the ► (,„( i 
1* cumin rive ,l> '''tll' iilt, and 
do^riiv-’blrds to 'tees 1. 
do Unde ,|,n ' , ' W 3n, > Hornets 
nm.. but U the littl, bon. v-lie.- 
I'ng'niav'i 7p *<> "'.-it 
he leadljm o„,.', 1 \ 0, , U?n "CCUSe.l 
. * us, SSTSKSTBSi "»**"*■ 
' ' 1 ''o'er., nnd Iw „ f 
Me from their tiHi-fulnei 
izers. we have great use for them ns honey 
producers. 
Head before the l-'jirmers' Institute nr 
Hamilton. 111. Published by Nmionnl Hi-.- 
Keeper I'tiinn. 
some 
Doth 
L 
Bees Aid the Fiuit Grower 
Hut few problem* have emm-d m..ie 
dKimr.-.-m. nr and lie.-n i.y s-uijc, mun 
ditfieult to solve, than the pi-ojier rolfltlnns 
uhieli Ins-.-- trust a ill in lioctlctutur*'. Sinnc 
fruit grower* cm to think lb»t the him 
■■' In--, an- dirtrlineulal in fruit, while 
Ollier., onfend r. lint they arc not oldy a 
bcnillr to pro win k fruit, bul ntv essential 
to tl* full development. 
l-aiely st-rernl of our iuos| pr.,crPS3JV>' 
fniir-prmviis Imvi eoinc our s'lOnrcly- on 
the sub of the ins-- Air. (Hmilcs A Orceu, 
editor of tbc "l-'i-ult tir»tvor,“ afler rur-n- 
tloalng the < vpiTiment.* made by Profes- 
--'1 VV.-uie, of till* Agrletil rural Depart- 
ment ai Washington, which com Indvelv 
proved that to many kinds of fruit tn*-*. 
the l"-i‘s were alisoluU-ly essential for fer- 
tllir.atJmi, reuinrliH itms; 
'•rill frill L-growrr* of the eoUDtrv me 
flea fly Indobleil to Prof. Waite, t-o tl..- 
dlhi-oVer.v lie him mad. . The lesson Is- 
'bin tin- fruit -go iiyer* must become In 
t '•routed in bee*, and l .Jo not doubt that 
within a t.-w years. If will ho a rare rbluc 
to find a fruit-grower n-t,,., ,| ot . s no J keep 
honey -bees- (he prime object being l„ .-m 
p -iy the ben In carrying pollen rroui on,. 
hlo.KKoiii to another, from tip- iml.D „f 
Muall ffUIta as well as the hirf, r frail* 
Mr. <;. y|. of Horndliio, S, Y 
thus <-f.nt.CB his views concerning the orlcl- 
nnl use of honey; 
"Ihc first object of honey it, f|,c flow- 
■ I- n-iu n„t at n f,„„] luxury for nmn 
rmr i ’i-u n. r*n*laln Urn life- of n„. 
to" a a in, -ins o, on eud. and that end 
was. that tin- irrili. or remille bJoRRottw- 
01 I'. ants, vvlileb culd imt be 
IID/e.l m any Other way, ffiigj.l i,„ r«‘l(l|- 
1 /ed II. rough tin- n gene y of in«e.a>. which 
; "• " *1 the... llmvert. by the 
t -mptlnf an-l aura, tier. m,„.,.| s llt MVri , ( 
lo-i spread cm bet..,, ih.-m u * a sump. 
lium- te.i-i whlh lioiiey n« food for the 
r "Jm I r" ’’ T ° f ""tic In a> 
a Hucotifinry II, in.' 
to find one half that size. It Is strictly a 
North American plant, nnd is found wild 
from Western New York lo Northern Flor- 
ida, Rustem Texas, Kansas and Southern 
Michigan. The fruit varies in quality. Mxi., 
-hiijM- ami seasoning of i-lpenlng, uiueli 
like other wild fruits, Monie an* urareely 
three Inch os long, mill nearly mu tul lit 
shape, others utv TOOff- Itian >ix im hi.’R 
long, unj over two lushes In diauiMer, Soil 
.IU(| loeatioii have tnliiH J iIUl- to tie with 
the size of the fiull. the largest being 
tnillirl In the rich, virgin soils Along the 
rrci ks and rivers of the f.Vntrul Slates 
rtie color of llie flesh varies rrnm 
• ri-.i my whl to t» pale yollotv when soft 
anil ripe, hut turns brown when overripe. 
s '"" 1 ' “f i In- most dcllclau* impaw.s 1 ever 
ate were rouiRl hanging on the bushes in 
November when I was Inmllng sqitlmK 
1 hey wore late lit rlpcnljig, and had vhrlv 
*'l'-'l, nnd tin. ih 'ii wa* brown The flavor 
wn* K'v.-ct and ilellclnnw, having lost (he 
pi-ttliar "bK kijjli" tnsie that rrcslijy up 
• mil | at pa w - lmvc to most people, ilow. 
I-Ver I like the flavor Ilf the pannw In all 
Its stage* ot full rlpcuesR. 
Fifty-three Acres a Fortune. 
U,- mid ,\. J Lnvejoy in town the olhi*r 
< lav and he told us of u utty-three-m tv 
f ill" I", recently' visited near Jacksonville 
f p " a-s iwtag I he Garden 
"••"II. It is devoted to sll'llwhei-l-.es 
iti*jdn-rries atm grains. The Mr 
/"•' " n - l " lrf . dents 5B.000 nr fd.Opn 
' 1 ‘'; Rdllriu III* fruit m 
' ilb- and other ne/.i hv towns nt- 
• ,,r| da. "•her.* In- has cottage, 
"Intel, atnl gOl-s to sumim-1 resorts III the 
'ZZf- r; ‘™" R cultlvafcd Ilk.. „ 
k.Liden, and brings m greater lorcnw f | ta n 
most farms of ten ttmt-s ns »j*.. 
We are I’.intinually hearing that small 
rmi.s a overdone. i| m , p^m* are. i, ‘ 
r" ,l V- ;u "‘ Shows wiiat m r 
mVin? 1 ' p "“ n s " 11 '* f Prill Ized with 
of nliijf, I* arm pm \ oI**o. 
The Papaw. 
' He li m- Italia n grow* ,.r, „ large burl, or 
\S vorker' 1 ' ' 1,0 UMmu ' ln '‘""'I 
v torki i. Cine that - t.j.nl near utv old 
0hiv » root It! 
,..rib-,V "r ■ ai " J ,h0 '"■>ndie. spread 
'■nt like those of „ u a ,»,.Io free, ft K rare 
ion 11 National P.i'o Keepers' | „ 
Bees and Honey... 
Fruit Growing in Georgia. 
1 I- Htnltl or rlu Iowa stub- v*rl- 
DeJ'w'fl, 1 " i!®'. k ' ! ' Sl ,I,R Upllllnu to (|„. 
1"» Mollies IfegiBler of the possibilities 
bm- eulnire i u (Jemgla „„ follows. 
We have rceeutly ? |vpt, ,, number of 
da -.s lo an Jnv< atleafinu of t | H . t , 
d ««K I.S? »r 
t .’/ l H.l ‘ •»'••. r has 
♦«! 1 1 1 At till* rftfcloQ >va.K n Hu r. « t w)v 
trnrt. NvIjiHi roilld hrtyi* Ijnf Hid i i 
Th. AMEkICAN BEE JOURNAL tell* 
most practical bn. kv porH writ, for it 
on the continent 40th yeur ami volume. 
Adiiraaa the pttbliRhortt. 
t‘ I about them. IJ ( „t nil( , 
> 'IdcHt and only bee pap,-,- 
hend for free ,. 1>py _ 
erpdll to tlnwo 
ri-memher tljoi 
■ un plant ferui- 
GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 
nichlgan street, Chicago, III. 
