AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNA 
January, 196 
About Evergreen Trees. 
W lint her the summer sojourner lo the 
mountains thinks so or not, the botanist 
knows that all the tribe of evergreoft trees 
really have a change of raiment at least 
every three years. though tin change 1 b 
tntule so gtmlually n« not to .•itir»i"t niton- 
Hon. 
Though the change is not made oflett, tint 
white pine !c frequently fouml with parts 
of tin- branches bearing needle* <>r three 
years' growth, while thu Iasi year’s growth* 
arc also to be seen at Lite etui* of the 
eonihs, Needles on the t\ hlte pine grow In 
clusters of five; 011 the pitch pine they ap- 
pear In threes, and the latter tree drops 
its Decdles sooner thaw the white pint. 
Ptteh pine cones crow two or three to- 
gether In a cluster, and hang ou the tree a* 
louc ns three years, even though the seeds 
ripen and fall. 
Scute b and Austrian jillle* have only two 
needle? to a cluster. These trees, not be- 
lug native to tills country, are found only 
a* ornamental foliage In park* and gar- 
den*. The Norway sprier, si> generally 
liked for Christmas tree*, has needles that 
do not grow In cluster:, but singly along 
the shun st' ins, and rue tint uu.re than an 
Inch or two long Their great virtue Is In 
being alow no fall; often the needle* hang 
on a growing tree for six or seeen years 
Nut unlike the Norway sprue, arc the 
black and the while spruce, though they 
have longer needles. The red spruce has a 
dark yellow tinge In Its green, and the 
twig* are heavier Ilian In the two other 
varieties. 
The hemlock and hulsam are also short- 
lea veil evergreens, unit every one knows the 
arbor vjtoe— (roe of llfc-wlth its odd, 
f w luted loaves of Indescribable shape. This 
tree has exceedingly small cones of few 
scale*. The whole family or evergreens 
and their many collaterals arc all of great 
beauty and of real Interest to the student 
of tun iivt —Tribune. 
StHte Horticultural Meetings. 
Many of the states Imre recently held 
their state horticultural meeting*. All of 
which we have received (lie reports were 
so good, that we would #ca rcely know 
where to begin to mnke notes or com- 
ments These ioelctli?* are doing n great 
and good work and should he heartily en- 
couraged. 
Big Convention. 
On February 12-17. at the Hotel Cadillac, 
In the city of Detroit, Midi., there will he 
held a convent Ion r,r eauuers and packers. 
The Western Packers’ canned (Jnod» Amu 
clfttlon, the Atlantic Rtalc* Packers' Asm. 
elation, and the Canning Machinery A Sup 
ply Association will meet lu Joint s, -.don. 
Spec la 1 train from Chicago; one and one 
third fan- for the rnniitl trip on all rail 
rond* to Urtroll, on the eoiUJieute plnn. 
Report* Wanted, 
We trust that even Hortlcnlfur/il Nod- 
dy, I- nilt Growers, Nl.ippcr* or Merchant* 
Association Agricultural College m Ex- 
pertinent Station will furnish n- with full 
reports from time to time, We want all 
fruit and vegetable new*. 
P 11 II 1 : Of U„. Faster Illy, potted In All- 
gu.-t or when ripe, may lie kept in cold 
frame* aud had In bloom any desired time 
from December to May,— B*. 
Contents of this Number. 
editorial 
Chicago a tlrcnt Mark*! * 
t'u Prevent fujurj t.y ItubhlM a 
apples — 
The pen l.ayt. tpp'- nil til- KI- IT.-f r»nr. * 
hr 11 Davit ami ll.ililn In . . . . ... t 
Den Darla Appl, t>i* -i 
lllnstrutlou- lieu Dnvl*. -’1 \mr* OKI. . . . I 
Tin Ingrom Apple . a 
App>» for New fSng’aiul d 
Iteii nmi Green Applet • 
IJnllul Hlali* Apple Cr»|. 5 
Ktiropcnn Market f.ir Apple* A 
Tvpca of Apple* 5 
Illustration— L'altltntlug an > f 1,1 Orebard... S 
Handling nmt Paejdng Plull for Cold stor 
age B 
Lom On Apples e 
Low Ilmfla a 
full I vii tc the Apple Orchard, 0 
New Apple* . T 
I’KACIIES AND VI, IMS 
Vfflebcx; Will it Pay to Plant Them auil 
AVhnl Varieties? 7 
Nonie linirgla Pi-ub UrolmnX* 
Principle* for the iv.icli Grower 
Tin, Cba niptiio Penck 
Cost of n Small Penck Orchard on Chup 
Georgia leiiiil ... . 7 
Will Plum* Pity? , 7 
SMALL F RIOTS- 
Attack Kiuptn-rrM g 
A Tribute to (ht Si niiyl.frly s 
Siieklmr Grape* g 
A Valuable Currant ... a 
illustration, curruni varci, ,v orchard 0 
SEifl-T H r> PI r A L — 
Florida Oranges n 
Orange Country u 
Orange nml Lemon .Voles . q 
Fig* nruj Pig Pueklng Jp 
Itnl*lus Still on the Truyi, . 10 
Quality of Fruit In Porto Rleo . to 
tlluslnitUiii-Florhln Grope Vino .10 
VEGETABLES— 
Fcrelfig Aspurngna jo 
Planting Cabling®* .. j () 
Spawning n Mushroom lied n 
The Irish Potato jj 
llluetrnllou — A Hontheru Truek Git rile n 11 
CANNERY NEWS— 
Tomatoes u 
Corn , ,1 
liliut rattan- Potato I>1«in« la ForSd*. 13 
T1IF.I: PESTS— 
Pal) and Winter Work Arils*; L ;-,rlon» 
Ir.aecu . fl 
To Destroy $an Jos* Seale. n 
The ItabMt Nolianfr 11 
Kr»j-,T,*lt>nit| for a Bird)*-* World 12 
HOItr« CL tCltAL NEWS— 
Pa-riRr Coaat Pratt A«»oe|»t|. « 12 
National L-nrte of Cotninla*t.iU Mct MS’ » 12 
I inpr..i lag the r»r*tmn. n 12 
New ItortJenltiiral EipeiWm roil« 12 
l’runln* and Tran.p-.n".,* 12 
The KeUrldi of Fle.« Hor.l-^trwr . t* 
Bor* Aid the fruit Or U 
Thr Papaw 14 
Fifty-three Acre* a F . . .1* 
Frull Growing la Georuin ...D 
Grafting Win 1J 
ltortleultnral flo-.ot y lti ' l ir- 13 
Hortlrailtnre at tb« liltnoi* wrote 1 •. 1 • «r 
•by Biel F.rperlniont “'nth.n . . Id 
Hnrllritlera) Crmro* of sin i? . ... id 
About Evergreen Tree 2 
stale Ilorllcolinral ileni*.. , . 2 
fllg Convention ...... . . 2 
lli-port* Want«d ...... ... . 2 
Wniermelon* . 2 
Watermelons. 
Mark Twain says in the Century. 
"The true southern watermelon l« n boon 
npurt. and not tie mrinlonad with eitn- 
nionor thing*. It Is chief of till* world's 
luxuries, king by the genet- of God over 
nil the fruit* nf the earth When -n» Iiar 
tasted tt he knows whnt the ntigela c.-»r It 
wn* nut n snutbern watermetun rtin* Eve 
took; we ktrow it. tu ra'i*- she repented •• 
IVe quote from the Snuthern Immlgnint: 
“Georgia ba* become famom tor her 
watermelon*, of which from fi.Ooi) tn >t*X) 
car loads, averaging 1,200 to the car. are 
aniimilly ahlpped to nnrtheru points, fr-wn 
Maine to Manitoba. In an ordinary - 1 - 
so'i. mi ordinary land a rnr lead can lie 
raised on two acres. Tilt* com of ppvduc- 
tlon and handling Is about $P.O pi*r car, 
and tlo y arc su’d on track at from *.v> to 
S100. They are planted In March and 
shlptH-il tn July. After the melon* have 
been harvested a ton of hay per .acre mn 
he cut »1T llm c round in August, enib gtwss 
springing up thick and voluntarily " 
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