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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
February, n/oo. 
slated thill (Ills was recoin mended by a 
prominent horticulturist. 
To know whether he had recommended 
it nan! lo be sure that we could safely try 
It. we wrote him shoal It. anil soon ro- 
omed a letter saint lotillig the report st.it 
ert In the paper. This was goM! emnicb, 
what that man etnted »r bolicwd to tie 
fruit tree cos pel. Sa "r had tile prescrip- 
tion carefully filled, a hunt n barrel of it. 
the essential parts as w e now remember, 
were itlue, enter shirked line und copperas. 
JTils wii- put on W'l tal ibousiuul trero, 
ami we felt sure tb* mte was ic.ru rely 
locked and that we had the eOni blunt too. 
So strong was our faith that we made a 
visit of ‘is reral ee'-ks to nnoitiw state 
some 500 nifh s di>i.iiii. where we 1 ,'iiflied 
that their rabbit a wtre eery food of apple 
bark with any kind of * tn-e wash or 
gr an- for a relish that hud Ixeu appUed. 
Just then we got a totter from the man 
in charge of the orchard “Kahtitu gnaw- 
ing nil ire. s not wrapped; the wash Is no 
account Myself and >errml men have 
l*i-n trying our beat t.-, sure the tree-. but 
t" cold wo rvin not wrap them." 
On retnrulug homr (In- beautiful, timid 
Utile ‘cotton tails" >nd the "cntcvrul glhl- 
iug Jnek rabbits' had destroyed 2,000 
trees. Now jt will mu do for a rnan t» 
offer us a recipe f..r a tree w ash even If It 
hn» i he recommendation of Un* governor or 
president for our gun I- ready tor hlut. 
Those ofyouwlm re. i line liowttmch there 
Is at stake, how great the loss will be If 
matters are allowed lo proceed as ill the 
past, md how great the gain to all individ- 
ual Int. r. — t» mid to the state at buv if the 
fruit grower* can he Induced lo organ Iso 
slronld take this matter In timid, Willi the 
nrm ileiiTiu Illation lo win. 
S. I*. Saunders, 
Chairman of Coininltuc. 
Alfred Barsiuw . 
Secretary. 
them growing wild, we have never known 
of any one gathering them for market, yet 
have often wondered why. 
Responsibility for a Birdless World. 
There will couie a day whin the world 
will be birdies-, and th.n the pest Insect* 
big and little, will begin Whether mo 
■women w ho used wue- ..f the l.f»O0,00u 
birds that were killed In Vcntkmda last 
>e.ar to secure feat bn- f„r ham and lion- 
ih'Ik over think fif tli)g \vi* iio tint Vdow | i\i 4 
they should think or 1 ii u the ci-ar.. for 
Up- ami "wing*" flint arc now used for 
headgear keep* up llo pretty reatlmr. d 
■ rea turps will be totally destroyed in this 
country, and In South American countries 
too. Of course this |s n long look ahead! 
but II li nevertheless n *urr outlook I'lill- 
Kntiulivr. 
Bend 10 cents for a four months - trial 
subscription to the American Fruit and 
Vegetable Journal. Tlda offer U only 
e*>od until March 1 
Horticultural News. 
. ^ c ‘® c ^ oast Fnitt Association. 
w* /wn# , ' “bveilllon of Fruit drnw. r, 
0 1 *1 fornlH. at it* In, ember me. ,,, 
mh lowers u C n"M'," M "*" "» 
15 and W to d twl he " 1 Hua J«n 
,i, ' . 1 " Pi* 1 * Of eoiiiblttlag 
,,, i *' I'TMIit b toward 
,.,,,',.1 , ' « 'n' tnbenhip without 
oritSr w ‘ r ,b " ^W-ia’iv- law 
tere..\ I g :;r a in "" r c ‘'“»n'>n In- 
v It. von iJr " '"ii vent Ion and brthg 
kTnii “ ,<- ry 
»..|..u,| d, Mr . . “«*> every 
I'fOfnpt measure* to 
•Tmiplei, L"‘7„ f Y “• 1v.be. w - take 
. .. f. [. 01 ,,f product and d.t.-r 
11 1 «'«S pru-r 
The National league of Commission 
Merchants. 
The eighth Annual meeting of the No- 
tlon.il League of t'oriuuljelon Stcrctinnts of 
the United State*, which n-ceutlr iinxein- 
bh-d in Baltimore Mil.. 1* reported a* be 
tug a sttcres*. fits) visitors beside* a large 
part of the membership were present. Mr. 
F M. KleJv nt Si Loolw. was ideeied pres- 
IdcDt. Abd < 'bwelniul Ohio, rlipsi.-o n* the 
nest place nt ineelmg. 
Improving the Persimmon 
Effort* are being umd ■ In "breed up" the 
Virginia persimmon Persimmons and coon 
bunt- ore mt iunt.lv a— ... i«tml. Wlf I* the 
cold fn>*ry night* of autumn .-‘0D.ee the de- 
sire to follow the dng> ,jn,| hear that ex 
cited bark a own I- tr i-d. nud this 
weather .also lukey the pinker nut of Mn- 
pei-.imroon and tntik- » It t,*,ths.,nic alike 
lo darkey and to •posoun. The T*nne>sce 
llxpcrlmcDt Stwtlen uonshlei-H the wild per 
-Ilium n n promi-dng rrub comu.erelall> . 
Tlie very limited culture which It now n- 
eelVc* I* priltUBble and the .supply I- not 
equal to the demand. I h. conditions 
have been un IncenHv. during Ihe past few 
Tears, to the In p(Tvetn«-nt of >1, u dd 
t.vprs. It is px per led that a Trull will lie 
-<«nrt>d nl considerably larger #r *«. , )0 d one 
in which the •cedh do not constitute *udi 
n largo portion. I if course the Jripam*.- 
varieties r.-rm a high nr ,d markets hie or- 
der Of fruit; hill the— fire mor. ..r . i,.„ 
der nguln-l cold (Ischunce, 
In Sum heru Illinois ||.vr» nr. p.-rhdp* 
lea. HO. ei, or mop varieties of i|„. ne. -dm 
m-m growing wild So plri.niui k n,.. 
tnin through the early wlntei ihut ninny 
ilrop off un.! po in ^vnv 
var Mtlt.r tai-ieljcs, when fully ripe. ar ,. 
■T.ply .x,-elh-n|. || pro(.crt) dried, they 
are fonal/lrroa l,y lo 
pen.. I .1,1.,, though different In flavor 
Ue linvc -een on., variety almosi a- large 
a* on egg. y. t || wn* not ho gr.ml a* many 
" *!' h-' kind* l v to limn on » nre well 
Ilk. . i wi.er. • nre grown, j.h in ,.|| th. i,- 
sr.-.M a liiliuluiue. wli. rt.vc w. 
New Horticultural Experiment Station 
The new stmion for -outlinrn Missouri 
has been lo.-and n Mounialii i Ifov-c it 
I* *nld rhat Monte nf the bc*l fruit grove ern 
In ih. state live In that fwo-tlnn of flic cun 
Iry. Prof. John T. Stinson of the Utilvcr 
sli.v of Arkansn- hn- bc.n elu.sen ns the 
new director. IV.- nu-t tie- Urofe ior at 
i lie rvwvtjf inc. l'iig or the Illinois Stale 
I lorl Icul rural So.-o h. where he had an ex- 
cellent i>aper on \eiv S -.-dlliig Apples. - ' 
He Ndltve he l> the HMD for th. place. 
Pruning and Transplanting. 
A large pn.portiuu of Hie trws that ate 
lost in;, ‘aiise t in j have been Injured 
u lieu they were taken up. Without n good 
root or stem a tree can make but little 
progress lu growth, In digging up treeg 
tile surface soil *bould be rmowd t» the 
root ByatPin. then a trench dug iirontid the 
irec ouls.de H.e mass of root-; then by ottt- 
tlug niulcr the routs wllb a sliai-p spade on 
each side 'ho tree may he h.o-'-m-.] troni 
' he soil with a good supply of young grow- 
ing roots It the tree Is large the Trench 
must be infuV around tlie root's to the 
depth of Hie lowest, and the root* gradu- 
ally loosen. .1 and lived from tlie soil. On 
ibis subject a Kansas Slate Agricultural 
College bulletin says; 
No matter how carefully a tree l* dug. 
many .. r Uie young fuelling n,oi> will bo 
Injured or destroyed Thus only u small 
-into Wit of sap can he Mipplici t.. the 
l.rauchei and buds, which, nevertheless, 
tnuflnUc to evnpornto a largo amount of 
water; alius the iree orten atom very 
-i -wly BD.l •omclim.-s full* entirely Br 
removing the branches and buds in j.roitor- 
non I-. i he Injury nf the roots, a b.-iJlineo Is 
n i.i In tallied \:i injure] roots should be 
■ ui off clean with a knife and the wounds 
of large roots should 1«' paluied ov.-r with 
voni.- waterproof covering 
u hen i r.-cs ar.- planted tin* rootp. should 
a tin.- mellow bed of fl0 il. which 
-In. ulil lie pla-.ii Ilf inly In coutnet with ev 
11 o n ‘' v * l| k tin Air span, mound ihetu. 
and nil should u- spread out Ju natural no- 
-lllou. The *0,1 slil)uid tie pres-.d V...-J 
•Irmly around all I In* roots «. that the new 
looi- 1.111 la- Piioonrused to niakc a rapid 
2 row ih If (he soil m which the tree Is 
piai-ie.l I* the same «- the one from which 
was tak.-p, Ih e tree idioul.J be set the 
-ami. dcjrth ns it was before it won rc- 
, ' 1 "’ ", l U " ,p s0 " hear If r. the irec 
-hoohl be shallower; If lighter, il slu.it], | he 
k-very man who owns u ...winery, fVRpo.j.|i*ror deal*. ... 
nadgooiK or dried fruits ut ' iho.a^Keh^WulS, ?h,L 
CANNER “% DRIED FRUIT PACKER. 
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