February, ir/xj. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
JOURNAL 
In | In; bed ami Urn first leaf, or two lm I ■ -■ 
deeper titan tlit> flr*t Tin mud*' '.‘I 'um.I- 
tbm weighed Tvi^ ]>otinil>. Tin? 'liiril t o 
Of 25 pliuila wiih tour incite ib-iur 
than tiin llrsl, or ilowtt : • • Mu* Urst I in-. 
Tin novo 21 luoiit*, which weighed .ih.nl 
102 [imi tul«. n [rain of US ikhiiiiN, i t , ... 
of i leap mHIIih; The i i'M on- cm.'iIj 
three iliiu'K Unit of those t 1. allow ,ir 
Jll-t a « tb«w Ifft-W III till' l.i'il Til! • vi mil. I 
hr mi Intpurtaul itlfTercnw where one » .. 
si? tM os [iliini-i l.j the ih. in mi n.', n» - 1 1 ... 
gnnli-nctH ami Tn rim-r • do. 
In crowing t ho small. «nrlj wibb.u , * 
which are crown In the snnth, limy o.u 
oily set them n trail t two foil .,pnri wh 
way, which would allow morn than Jn.wn 
[iIiiuih to the acre, and tld* din. Trie . i .. .- 
tween shallow and deep netting. if mu ..| 
out on 10.000 plant*, would result lu a 
crop of 40.800 on the deep plant*, .n.l 
13.000 on those set shallow,- Southern Hu 
iii list. 
Spawning a Mnshroom Bed. 
To “Old Subscriber,'* who wants to know 
how to spawn a mushroom bed. f niivlit 
For year l»fiS 
For t or V*Hi 
Cannery News. 
Tomatoes. 
i’oni 1 ••• . cm | the pa -l are j. ,. 
• aiutilu mid ihr 1 rated s,j|... 
Year. rita^s 
UV 1 ii.hm;u 7 y 
' MC .... i.i 
1 “!“« .TM 1 JKS 
1MI7 . .. 4.1 4W.H1 
I vis *, ;m; s,. t 
Iti the crop for lWlS, all with [iiuk.-d !n 
I In; I III led SlJI>* CXeept lo7T>ld 
.UHLnni 
247 •> < 
"lln 
... | .4- || , f 1 r 
; h -» f i'll li 1 1 nr? 1 
*%.i in*, w M;inj 
'.in a ful l- i 
IrnT'rhjt 
•ffl iii ftiM wht . Ir..-.- , , • rhr pyr u 
If ■ li . 4 
nn<l ri iitoTr qi: 
i tii | 
To Destroy Sun Jose Scale 
Plot nimifc of the New j rT „ y 
4 T M tJ;-l tiflS i [ ft in ‘.xiyilfr jrtj.r « 
■I'^HHr' .' •n.' ,, f’» , M,e f,r .lrv’!is’ 
Corn. 
The t'nlted Staten and t'amidt, for the 
pa»t five year*, have packed, the following 
number uf ease* of corn. 
'i . i i - , | 
|895 121 104 
lMwi . 2.H7ISJ l.‘i 
say that II I* 111.111' hy dividing mi ordinary 
brick of spawn, which run he pure ha sod 
of aliunsi any tmlmiiiin, into ntiOMt eight 
pnrts. and lii*i*rtfnc . neb piece or lump 
about nine Ini'lie* apart over the whole 
surface of 111" hnl at n depth of two 
mclie* 
The bl'tl should then lie 1 .. . red tv'fli 
about an inch and u hall of nither mol«t 
garden soil and smoothed over with the 
bark of a -iindc. 
II will di'pi'Uil upon the heat of II.. I d 
and the icuipci a 1 in . is in uhii in', hues 
of litter I* required In wnrin we-nli. 1 n\ 
Inch, s would be sum. ,. nt, but in udrt 
Wcilthfl .1 font III so Would lie i.ccd. d, 
I lm Idea Is to keep iim bc l a- Heir - ill 
ib iflci h a* possible for tire or ..\ neck" 
after -pawning. and .ifierw.n.N a lower 
teiopcra t ill e will do. 
Mu* broom ought to app, ar after «i < 
clcht wt"k» have olnpsc.l, tint -hould the 
Wi'DlhiT Ih cold they will II" iloubl Ik 
longei. 
Sprint,' and curly autumn arc the best 
times for making ill. I«.| Mum .. 
1 
The Irish Potato Crop 
t Vmpni'umo for the p.'l»l llir-v years 
For yeitr ISP7 .. . 174 i«»« n«i |>n 
A Southern Track Ourdne 
1SW7 
IMIS 
1 lll| 4 ,f * p 4 
• I.Mim.'i., * pm ke, 
l riled >tiit.» ami F* 
».4 
year by the 
itiqdn. t!i«* 
1 tilted S : u 1 
:c* packed :tll l'\cvp 
* \ *»-* 1 • N 1 
While the * 
Maine it loo 
tab* of miltoi. New 
e packed :i'*»l,i*Hi . A: 
York and 
far the creator moonlit 1 ii.m-I. 
Tree Pests. 
Fall anil Winter Work Against Injuri- 
ous Insect* 
Fit It I .if our H|UM d •I11M Ik burners p«»» 
the w hiter HI her tnntftc iii.itlmt pfe-ir.i ' ' 
lira- s a iitulig 1 dim Ipavrs ..u »'s|s. 1'illy 
along ..<11 go los]^. », Iim . and 
over 01 1 "c 1 it! 
. - ■ | ' ' 
rlfi'l 1 w ill he hi 
1 1 « >!->»% iMdJI' of 1 If 4 I .* 
oi'w 01 iimim 
1 »mr • i- :» • 7 f » x ‘if* n 
ilm n* nunii 1 
!•* vtfii --fc'iir ui' their prem 
at all. this 
1 h* dow» during the 
•cnxoti . ■ 
m ! . < h< t| n 'l iny 
of the deciru.t 
tve iia.vl- |-A v • • h-fi th.ir 
0 inter .piurler- 
lit lie rlM'fcAr 
1 11 ml ore iH-yiutd («M»eh. 
d. the falling .if |hr ha 1 > * 
The Babbit Xmsance 
Many t ... 1 :..»!* .,f pw>..cnm 
irifd in maiit |uin« of tjj,. ,-.u. 
oik kind "f ''.l-li-* hu*.- t- . 
Tfc. se U I|«I». - u tx livt* sre id I 
only cj a > . wJi-o the ru n 
(Hair to lw a ;il.-iei«, lOirin* tlw ■ 
|s.s; ,i).j 1 s-v.s w fc.i) ; i.-r n <w < 
.... 1 
■> 1 ImiiH'i or .'i id *iir(l t "fc-sir,. 1 
fan k iti.,' r' ; ,.|r isvi'l in. itltnll' 1 
kiud -f t ltd. axel .rr mi . /i.-, 
IicoUciimS "f trees IV l> (b itrv 
