AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
February, 1900. 
10 
Figs and Fig Packing 
Growers of figs In California seem in be 
Well satisfied III - ihimi « Mil 1 hr ftTi < i- - 
received for flielr cured product. wlilrll 
I111V1- limn from Sli" to "Ill- last 'V- 
iri ini'i for ••lii.il'> whin- cnB'ti tic-* |»i*I’ Ion. 
M re fie'' wiTf* ri n il in IS* In lilt* Stall' 
limn i-viT heron find Ini. islrtl, shipments 
/in im-rriislng All 1 ; n i lie by "in- ol I In' 
I n 'll" I'lirk' r- I'l l • • - III'- i|Ufttltlty of lie> 
fin osafern >lil|'iupnt fli IV* oufload-* fur 
sea -OIJ 1*90 tin fie pin' l- 'll, ti'nMIi In- 
elm iiliiinl August l.'f and 'ini* Hi*' ImIIiT 
part nf October li'le I ref* rwjHb't* jkis*I- 
idt Jos n f Inn 1 1 on lUn.i rtdnvnMOD than 
other fruit im- anil when seven in ion 
year* of age produce (ruin Up lo I VI 
pound' of cured lies lo the Iren. Much In- 
terest is taken in Hie effort- of Hie f-'nlor 
nl Government to introduce Into 1 nlifornin 
the blnstophaen or fie Wft*p. .'in Inseof 
which In Sm.vrna cojirilie* lie better vn 
inlghi lie able to enter upon tin* work of 
xeeurlug oiliers Hkcly to be of use In im- 
proving and extending the agricultural In- 
dustries- if'- nnd« that coffee, sugar, and 
fiilinrt-ii mi tin* principal prnilini*. nutl 
'Inn fruits tiJnl m— cl" I'll'** Hold in th>* mm 
ket* of 1 ‘orfo Itha* 'ire inferior In v(im lily 
iiii 1 11 nan liable f"T e<pnn The Imiiiinu, 
lor lii" 1 0 net'. Ini* -eamlt been ciimrtd<H-"d 
n- a -nurre of inedtne nr an nrth'li* of i t 
P"fi. 11 fi.i.» In i n planii'l principal), fbr 
n ha it' in eo ITi'i.' plan till am*, uml as one va- 
rli-ly w-s* >» good ,i" a nut Iter lor this pur 
pi'." , in" 1 ' I the bAn/lluis /i 1 •• tm ' -i l/i l>li - 
As the C’unri It kiiDK for comUMovinl banana 
crowing are favortiblc 11 mn.v bo spec ted 
ihiii alteinpis In 1 his illi'iicunu will »,hui 
k" in.ide li ." Ik' 1 -airy, however, that 
at lensi CiOO acres be put uinler thomiigli 
culllratloii fur die prod ltd of less land 
onu hardly he tunrketeil t ■ 1 advantage, 
There Is room for ureal Improvement in 
fin* protTut i ion of roff'i', and If rmtdi cti 
Florid* Grape Vine. 
cituuKii if 
' H riroiloci^ fill 
>n*lsl»fi rf 
lllipthq 'if 
riel, A ol llg- which l« etpnrted. The ex 
perlTtu'iils jiroiulae to hr u iltniilel, Micirx* 
fill, 
Tlte Turkish rig crop for IKIIS was slmrl, 
tint over 1 .Hi hi c'lmci , l)m j 
an nvt 
loads 
than Ins! year lint Is far from I»>Idk n n’ii' 
tun) yield. 
* "‘ring tile fiscal J em H*il 7 PS II, ere iv.'i'e 
received a 1 l he port "f N. w York 00.700 
pai Kite s nf foreign n-. , ivulglilns 7 .MU. 
in "je U ill t ..I, t lKlW iHI lin 
|M”i. tv, | Pi, flail parinige- uclghltjg «'*. 
1 1 1, -t-.:' pounds 1 'ilforiioi l ni|i (iriMti-i 
ineiloids «(i, 1‘nipjot eii 1 hi. infUi-irj 
would In- mueii imu, piMUtnhti' eli.-in 11 is 
01 pie "in. urmig.'s, IJmcM and oihcr . n 
ms fruit*. European griipcn, and uther 
hold the* heal lung enough to iiiuture sev- 
eral crops. Make 1 he bed Arm and allow 
It lo stand until the teiiipenilure Tails lo 
fill ib'grei - Covar Hie .'inTiifi* tv II It Mil e" 
or rum Inehet of *and,t >"il and plai-e tin- 
| 1 . utils eloBely t.tgi I her, lluislillk- up Wltll 
a Hirie lii' li cover uf Ha same soil. Water 
with tejilil Mai 1. II there Is mneli >i"am 
in Hit* bed a ||i tie air should lie left on 
day mol night. 
A spa metis Is i'lvutlv lienefili.tl bv air, 
it liii'li -hmilil he given wllvhOVer Hit* stil'le 
ol' rite weal her ami tin altUOsphen of rite 
1 1 a itu- permlis. Ai nlgld preserve an 
tsjunble icmpprntiin.’ by cow ring up the* 
name- wltll litter, etc. 
'.I lit II 111 pits or houses, where a Mill 
aid" h.utpni heal i- kepi up by Uic old of 
Inn water pipes, It dot's very well II la 
srtHM limes loi’ei d In cucumber house** lu 
boxes under Hie shade of I lie vlUOS, lull 
thl* I* uni, generally apcaklng, so xatisfnc- 
tnr.t. on ui'Ciiufit ol Ihe IcinpernluiV IipIuc 
i-a Hu i- Jilxrli. l.ike rliiiburli. u Is not pnr- 
ri' Ulm a - lo jio*l lion-, it will succeed anj- 
t here, lu light or ulind e, if the roiinislto 
•'Mioniit of heat and moisture I* kepi up. 
An aimoxplmi'ie temper*! line of V. n> uu 
decree- suit* very well. Ilroncli! on In 
shade the “grans" Is liltiiicheil : and thl* Is 
preferred by si.im . 'Throw a way tin; 
plant*, after forcing. Ilie.t are not worth 
While bothering with lining lull.t exhaust 
■ 'I by Mil' procesti. A supply of plants for 
the sea -on should la- lakeii out of lllc 
ground before hard freezing set* in 11 ml 
s lot'ed nwity where Me- roots will lie itinlMi 
and protected from air. WTiein. i- you pro 
asparagus plants fur new planlillitlDs iu 
spring, or I'll-. 'lug In winter, il should lie 
borne in mind That Hit- drying of Mu* roots 
by exposure to ihc air I .-ti.- Mu-ir 
ehnni-e* fora aallsfiii'tui'.v growth. In tal, 
Ing tlmin up for forelng m»ro i-are should 
b" taken Mian la generally obHPI'Ved. gel- 
tin* ' rout* on fnrui 1 a- 1 in n- ami 
pres -I'vlng all ihe soli that w ill ellng to 
rim 'Town anil runt- with this object ill 
- h-w ii is b'-tter lo lilt them siiiiii nr lor 
''Mu and while Hie ground is dmnp ihe 
platllH for I " lei tig should lllil lie less rbllll 
Hire., .vour* old I pi-1-f, r Ihn.se four or five 
irai-a of age or more, IIS l lmvi found them 
!" *'• 0 f rouge r and capable ..| prmlueiiig 
'.T ' camel loud*, "OH, pared » It), -mi . . opioa I f, and i egol aliji'M onii , 'IZv, Sr'* I* 
"z ?* ii'zi *£''%,»; z SwirpurtH ,l, I U;ker xhv " nnlR ll1 " 
eon, mancoes, and other Mrictli iropt.-ul ' ,l " enrl ' V ' , P rl «* Kin-* silf.li can be 
plain ; onii la* exported. Then- are no "" flll,l "'‘ for fon-lnc a* 
i .aliu,.. HUlliei' ally hot and humid for Mo- *1"' P"nuiiiet.i b- dit. bv Ihe uld 
I'ulibei- prudm-lng plants m il.e Anumori I 1 ".' ‘ 1 ''N pl.ni v, III he mm h .dmpii 
V " Ui'.v but He M i l. -ail rubber if "!? jd'i illation I- cm well drained, 
P rilled oil the rock A plnum-lo, nf Ihe foot- e'P' l% M,ll> 1,1 11 "l"*IU*r«d -11 1 111 I l.i It loll 
••Ills, win ilirin*, iimj Mm* wealth i»r tin* ** •' , lo fho mm. In thin wny a 
i‘ land can lie Rleutly |nCft*u«e.| by tl.elr V several weolts ahead 
eiiltlVIll loll, n lien go rrlbHm " f open all crop ni„J will, mil Impair- 
ing the sirenglh nr vitality of the plants. 
John l lol, >011 in American Gardening 
Raisiu* Still on the Traym 
1 nr. ltd Inijulry by Tin- I'allforulo HaUip 
Grower,, v-suelaUnii regiiirtliig the mi,],-.. 
,|v ‘-re,| p„ri ion "f the isnn 
W a I rani* the stilt' III, 'III Unit onelhliil of 
111 ' I'.-op tun out on Hie iravH lilt, Week 
<»'" half Ill's, will huv, b. old tri 
w.mri. While lb,- boh slxjln mat 
I*" - ! , I*. j»uv (i m f 11 \ tn 11 hj«' wf.ittu>r 
and pl.-teing llieni !I« 1 or u- possible In dry 
Hive, n, |„. |„ . l| ., m ,.j, | | • 
ndu J niit Grower, 
lug I 
Gulif 
Quality of Fruit in Porto Rtco. 
1 1 -le-eial agent of III" Agri 
tii'imeiii. ),a* retained from 
where lie went p, ascertain 
md varieties of phlol* are 
"i or, ler that the department 
li 
• alt u 1 nl d, 
I'orn. Kleo. 
f'UlUlJ there 
Vegetables. 
Forcing Asparagus. 
\ -pa 11 ,ii* I* 1, mm i, ,0 ig,,., 1 1 1 '. .•IiiJjIo 
U nit 1. very e.'l *lly pmljiii eil In arlllb l.il 
"lean- ill W III lei will many "tiler 
phi tri > ll- Btv'Wlh H greatly neeelernted bv 
heat .-m l, .,* w proiluewl 
1 'rnv,-- ami 
■ "bl. ii,i"i.m' 11 iiianuri only | P „„*,, it 
,ll 1 ben, mi-lied ami vhukcti up 
•'•'M :I rime to mod era It- iu h.-ni ami fr,o 
r-lilliy 3 " 1 * ‘ " J "'i l 1 an- 
H hotbed* an n, |,„ 3V , fll<i| 
I’" pared In * In- aim,, ,, u ,,,11 
Planting Cabha^c*. 
, lf lB " mmig it |lr*l obterv til lens 
m eiibbuve planting Uml nbbflU" 
p ants 1. (1 |p ihc seed bed, ami not Hans 
pllilrti'il. lmi we- simply M.liUicil „„t 
Mm proper „ |ly | Mlr ul>1||nrt 
iiuide t. or rn, h.-iol- The r"i,»..n of n 
I *- lii'icby shown; 
II"- \ rkiuiMi* lApnrlmnht HMitlon b,.t 
rear -' I 0111 "lie lol of ' "I, bilge plains iu 
1 "' -.iiip- deplh "py grew lo Hie bed, or 
o ll,,M " I'li hr* 
' B ‘* 1 ''Totii thl sr. plant* to, \ 
gii , II. lie,,, I* Which weigh, d : | pound* 
r> point half way I'VHvmn where i|n*y stood 
