American Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
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Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
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71.1 Masonic Temple. CMcngo. Illinois. 
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rui'nir iln»wlne«, m lh)» 
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AnviitTicum K*tk* will In- glrrsu upon nwiliniffoii. 
Knl^rt.'d n* i»utlfr lit Mio I'lit/ ftijo PintnfHcp. 
Editorial. 
To Fruit aiul Vegetable Growers, Nur- 
serymen. Shipper-. ('nnnrrs, Morrhantw, 
etc.: T'lilst paper I* for yen. It wants to 
fairly r«iire«ent your lutsltioas, 
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In every port of this wonderful America 
"I- want a correspondent, one who will give 
the fruit and vegetable news of bk locality. 
It matters not what is grown In oltlier 
nursery, garden or orohatd, If you have 
uny thing to do wltli either llte production 
or disposition of the produel, we want to 
bear from you. 
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<;iro us short articles, right to the point, 
either from your own experience and ot> 
nervation or that of others. Theories are 
good tor their purpose, bnr actually well 
Te-ird experiments are of much more real 
value. 
V nurseryman, gardener, frnlt grower, 
on nner. nierchanl, salesman, cold storage 
or evaporator manager, fruit packer or im- 
plement maker, a- well a 4 ii transporiatl m 
eompnny, learn In iln-ir dully tiiinlne-n. botb 
b> experience and observation, facts ilial 
:.r<- of untolil value Fuels that arc often 
■ -I more r.al worth Ilian the moitev invested 
In the tuislne.s. It lx these fact's t tin r w.- 
I lies. *xpcrienei-* that will make 
jour husluca* belter, 
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If there If nothing In t Jn» paper nlmtu 
v-mr special work, will yon not writ.- some 
I Mm: yourself? Tell ns wrhnf yon <1.. and 
tiov. yon do It. -is well a, what you want 
to know It matter* tint what kind of fruit 
Of vegefa hie* y<m grow or -ell. ..r In what 
p.irt of the eonntry ,tm may ?«.. t h<- pop.-, 
want' n. represent jour Interest. 
We true i horUouUlUml soeleUes. agrlenl- 
tnrui ... lieges, and ex penmen I p, 
tverv still, and territory In ihe Imioo will 
continue to send us mil reports pleiures 
euu and other valuable Information, md 
thus aid vis to i... a i .-pr. sen'nlive Frnll 
and J egetable Journal 
It - '•!' III Wind Dial bodes no one go, 
So " non ih. great frosi injur.-. I the 
r dnniis I mils or m arly nil the state , 
ot the I tuck y Mountains In IStlH, and a 
when the terrible and not t 0 |„. forgo 
Chicago, February, r»oo. 
Ir.-e/. ot I8W1 ►tyt-pi peaches and ninny 
otl.i-r fruits almost out "t their or. hard ex 
Isiviicp In mt many northern and southern 
stall x. It lias proved a gold, a harvest tiro- 
to the ' 'ullforlihi fruit grower. who has 
been too biisy selling hi* fruit and eount 
Ihg hi' dollar- to talk -it... at ... . rpiodu. 
lion, drouth Irrigation. S.n Jo-..- -.ale, 
high freight mi. i, and how tow n lots sold 
during the boom. 
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Hill take courage, trull growers of the 
north ami suttlb, for 'Tlnr"'ll eoim? a tine- 
some day." perhaps liefur.- you "have 
passed away,” when n fr-,-i free/,.-, dr.. nth, 
earth. |Miike, cllaio.-l la. .on with -even 
teen new klud« of liocel pests may all 
Strike California III ope year; at that time 
your Irul I may lie perfect, with price* like 
the Mg strii wberrlcii at tie- top. Mo "Keep 
agoln'. keep ttgoln'." 
In our travels 111 rough southern Illinois 
and southern Missouri lie- past year, we 
observed mu u > otvhanl* Berried to grass or 
wetds Often the trees had not been .-ill 
Kvjitr-d f..r years, plainly showing In both 
tret it ml f rul t tin- aerloiu eifcet of *u. I. 
in gle. i I're.iuehilv ive have seen from 
l Wire to four limes as tunny frees per acre 
as there should b. It Is an extravagant 
waste .,f I wit It time and money |u pretend 
to grow trees Ip this way. 
1 'untied uspa ragtiH Is becoming a great 
Industry. One large canning company in 
f’alifnrnla Is devoted to this Interest, 
I*o yon want to destroy that usage or 
nnge fence, poison Ivy, locust, or “silver 
leaf maple or poplar*/" Then cot It down 
In the spring before the leaves arc full 
grown, pile the brush on the rools nod 
burn. 
Sue tliai yuur strawberry plants are pro 
tcied It ii. r. live In a section of the Fulled 
Slates where there Is Ire. ring weather. 
The mtltcli ahOtlld lie applied as soon as Ihe 
cm It nil Is fTQRdi hard If applied before 
fronting weather Ihe plu Ufa may grew no 
tier (he mnl.-h, . specially If there should 
be dome mild winter weather. 
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( l.-ne *(raw. pine or other leaves make 
good mulch foe flic- strawberry bed Some 
use “I able manure, bill can- must he taken 
I., but pot too much on mid kill the plant. 
Tli.- ft I raw Is the nicest to work In at pick 
lug tom- 
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Ihe clinic frtlll crop for Ihe year 1SPP 
1,1,111 or California has he.-o .'Mllnia'.-.l at 
1 -Tt.riOO ear Irmrl- Some loiliorltir- eoushlet 
H.ar lUere will be T.ioui.iumi |h.\.., „ r ,, r 
tinge* and lemons, 
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The tlnr.i or tie .. ranee-, to California 
or.- ttl>»wn It. II. e following counties: 1{J V 
.-raid.-, Sim Uernnrdlno, santa Harbaru 
Vcnittrn. tlr.-mge San hlo.ro. | ... \nge|i- 
I la- I wo III -! lend the n -( to tin- .|nantll\ 
pr.iilu, , ,i. w|,ih- Hlv.-rsido a loin- Im* more 
"'re* tlcytifpi] in oiang.- -.-owing tlmu any 
other County In ihe slab- 
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If I- -aid I bn i t lie d.-tnaud f.-r ornng. - 
for the Thnnk-elvlng and hnlhbiv trade I- 
ur *' 4 " ntwr'y every war that main 
arowers are In.liln-.l |o pick and ship I-. 
for.- the frlllt I- cither ripe or fully .ad, 
'tills account* for the great ritinutlc- 
is'or, *t.ur or,in«. x ou the market 
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two hundred thou uni barr<l« of 
a figes w.-rc reel » p.l from Janisl.-i* r 
rti Ho- |*oi t of N. w y.-rls , . ., t ' 
mg tf'-pt. l, isutr 
Cnllfondo claims ihat fit* shipping *e.v 
son ut rttriiM fnilie iK'v»-r ro<U 
tlo-lr greatest ..-ason for «ueh fruit Is fr.-m 
NoV cm In-r to July. 
The ollTC or>-|. of llalj Is said to b* 
snort. filHe oil tin- therefore ad.atned in 
price. Th. .iiort crop |* >nid to Is dm to 
u very dry season In *Atit horn Italy. 
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The opinion of the .wf*u- IfortlnilHtral 
Society of rillnol* at p, r . H -ut „„ ,-tj r , c 
seemed to lie - ultlvUte fertilise, '|>r») If 
you would Mucccrd lii fruit m.-w ng 
Probably one of th.- t» -t f. r i : 
hearing trees ]. potash. 
for 
Chicago a Great Market 
• 'hlcng/. is not only the ». . nod i :t» of 
Vmcrl«-i in >U> Ion ni. • . , f n,. 
fruit, and v.;;. r-itri* matkeis in th." «.-nd_ 
Is/r-aled a* it f. wl iiiii p. |. ,, Hiatt 
I'tO tilth", of tie g.-.(traplilo renter of the 
Pul tod Slate*. II 1*. In fart. l0 r ,,.,| 
liu»ln>"«4 ehniiie l through wlih-h (km . Hie 
greatest coninit-tvlal 1 uIiti-«!» of thU won 
ch-tfnl t'otmify. 
Fruit. v« ae tn hies and m lor pnaloct* 
from probably .-wry -tut., sod /.-rritery la 
the In Ion, as well a* nearly alt parts of the 
clvlllf.-d World, Il.ll ..Illy In,,] -, „.atk. f I . r. 
but till* people ,.f thus, plac.4 who sell 
tlo-lr pro-la. -I* In Chicago are In turn »np. 
plhd ljy til., active mcrrlinnls of || » great 
city w-lili much or what they must buy. 
While Un> Dearly 2 , 000.(00 [s-ople of 
i 'lib ago .-at a vast qimnttiy ..f pi-i.t-.»ion* 
In "ii" war. y 1 1 di.ubl 1. '* ro-nrly ■- mn h 
more I* shipped on to i.tlnr inm.. -ipd Mt 
Ice that limb lo ('hlrago . ..r th.-.r sni.pii*"« 
To Prevent Injury by Rabbits. 
For u large .-lehanl. buy moshti by the 
bolt, some i in up yet ir.io. ouapie that 
w ill tear easily acre** the w dih n. gin 
ahil I ear tip Into -trips m-irly two Ini he- 
Wide or about twenty -trip* I,, Hi- yard 
I'/tcIi strip will th-vroogbly wrap i tr..- 
and can l«- easily and ijiih kly pm or. -.r 
taken ..ft ami i-un at*., be os- <1 I wo or 
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log the muslin ' 
height of m-ar 
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