June, 1900. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
;iii. 1 rhickoii- fur n year. I» «nl. > -iip. 
plying hi- fnmll.v «Hh grlddh • .1 1. . - n, 
lv every niornlim. Truly 'lit - 4 stale mu) 1 — 
’••(he Iiik.v min'- country," Inn the 
I n ‘1 n* try of Mr Ih’IIoff mi Id* it vt hern Ik 
lrt»ltcr rtmn forty limy metis work.— I'h.r 
idiflii. 
wild lllui-tx-rrll - lir>' s.llrl In havi In. u 
very plentiful in Pntiimn count). I lorldn 
Tin- great fruit Jar -Imam <1 -< nf Wit 
„„„ A Mcflullom li. nrtjnreiit l« 1 1 »- r fruit 
|nr factory. located at I'alrnt.iunt, I ml . 
„ere entirely doatroyetl hj fire ennatng Him 
ilcml ruction of Ono enr h.ufls of ftiiHiicd 
Inrx. vnlucii nt ?IW).<i<* 0 , insured for * 7 n, 
mill Thun the hilior "f 11 yenrV «ml, tm (In- 
factory ir so. -in «wny. 
PROSPECTIVE APPLE CROP. 
Tin’ New York Journal of t'finuiiMTv. on 
dor ilnlc of June ". Uni" 1 I'M' I'm 1 : 
Cnremllj prcpnrctl ri-i«»cis and .-ul »!•<■*. 
from the |irlri<’l|ml apple producing 
dons of Oils mnl oilier hup* to »».• lead- 
I rut operators here 1 ivor nil emu iinin- pro 
dner Ion for I lie coming wti«nti Th<*»e w im 
Imre looked over the ground slate tlielr l- 
lief Hull I he I 111 M> cl op will he I he 1,11 L’-' 
Without exception ever produced, lull 
eernlllK till* pronprcl* lunar Turk, of Tsoa. 
TllcL A Co.. Who has lost relunieil nr* 
pslcndeil t rip through the largoi apple 
section* of 1 he conn try. wild In an 'liter 
view willi 11 reporter for tills Journal >•- 
tenia, v: "The crop outlook III I In* 1 1 •• ' - •!« 
river vn lie v. and in the wslmii i"T' 01 f 
the stale, Ih the heat ever known there. 
The trees are fruiting heavily mnl In im 
year have the nreloirdluts given mere 
t pillion lo spniylni: than this. It looks run. 
as though Ihere will 1 »- a v |.etiti..n of ilm 
large crops of ISks. IVrj and IWO. Hid -v 
cording I" preaeitl llnllcal Ions price* « ''ll 
rule Imv. ns I he enormous product >"ii in 
slglii will have In llml rilher market" lm 
fildes Ihnae nvnllnhle Iasi seawiti U '-*1 
frull seeins In predoinllinte in nearly 'll 
seel lolls, allil this being the case, till f "'ll 
he a very much larger i|tainll<< c\p"ri>d 
li> fore |g 11 mark. 1- I lie rod ue'i-iua ecu 
inaiullng the bed prie s ahr. id 
“Several of tin- lending rhlenso opcr.i 
tor* I Interview eil showed me < • • 1 -• ltd- 
enr. from tlm apple *methnis of Mnli'..ai, 
Illinois and \l Issioiri giving en.-oov a 
views regarding the ernp cumUl'-m, 
I hone stale*, of course, u gr at d-d «i" 
depend upon weal her conditions between 
liow nud Septi'Miher. hut If the f '•** ,r * 
out Uje promise now given shipper- "'"I 
grower* will lie ••onfronltsl with a v'J 
Keiloiis slliiailtin. iiaincli that "f ..lii.nniiij 
harrels ami other eooperai;. -lock to prop 
erlv market the product. Ihl- •I""* 
a drawback Iasi year and at certain per 
IniN Imrrrt* were m a premium. I’* •• • “ 
went up to rtf. cent* each for einpiy 
re)*, agnlnat lit «a*ida in other - >- 1 1 1 
csiluiates ns lo the animal pto.lm >f 
apples In Hits -mtitllry ami ' i n v ' ■ * ‘* 1 ’’ 
stallstic* running from iiahOO.OO* <" 
1 * 10,000 harrels Tor tic cntlr. • ointn V 
very large proportion of 1 lv« - at. •! 11 
oilier purposes than shipping la f " "h 
stale all hong It the hulk of th. prod ml ton 
Is handled In that wav 
"While last year the opeitln.' prle. « "" 
apple* for spectlln tor" ringed around 
per harrel and went up to fc! and $3 '•‘'pet' 
barrel It I* Mid by many that thin 
opening prices will lie h round r*t cent* and 
<-• cents |wr harrel Although much of the 
pr. «ein ol)i look ia purely -p. eiilmivr the 
run >.f s-asHii favors t large movement. 
1 “ I 11,1 • tor, |gn it,. .rk- Is w 1 • 
n large portion of tm- wuppi'e, m sight a, 
tile fall I HU )|r xli I |.f it'll n (III |ff*t (V 
Wit* provided the . mailt) of the fruit - 
Up to Hie unit! liar hir”. re. eiv.T. 
f-tir |H- il.ilm II .1 even with g..»l o„|s 
of apples Stifn.-id tio-rv I* an anllmm-l d- 
mnnd for Atrletly higltgr.tde Anw-rtnio 
fruit. H lx Hal. si 0*1 ev's'lhnl anihor’ty 
lh.it many >|e- ulatorw last ■ensoir lost 
th"0»:ind" of riel tar* Ihrmigll nnf..r*. -n 
elreomst:ir., . ■« ami the [sw.r >itivt.ty of rtr 
rjrirrg *t.« k pm up and held for future 
n*i- I lift*.- II on the ant horit y of a large 
r.s-elv.-f In Kiighiud rh.rt Bctaln 
nh'tie vr III nnuuitte A Imrrtli of 
V rceftea 11 apple- |« r »eas ,n •«n.| ... r cany 
will lake auo.ii, r ].r«al,t«ai There :* 
every ren»»u to lirlleve 1 b nt mu «. aaon 
w ill !■' a prufiliihSe one liotli at heme and 
nhroad, if prorwr care l» Mh.tr ot the -hfp 
metric |l Is util) within rvoent years that 
the SfoUth ha a made a il.irmrsl ii|«>n ip 
|lle-»hi|'is r» 'll the North W a gvswt per 
eeut age of Ih, apfite . fop. Tlier, ■» irne’h 
new lerrllory t« |«. iVtrl«pd in South 1 at 
ollua Heorglu, Unlmmu and 'l.-> i- and if 
Hie rnill will stand shlptuent nevt fill that 
section will show a large tncrvu*. in ■-.,). 
sumption. 
Tree Pests. 
CUT WORMS 
The following cheap and *f triple rcturdy 
for ‘the >h-»l nietioii t-f etii w«i'in». given in 
Karin and Home. - worth. ..f trial 
I "all worm* often do wry great dstiKise 
|n ganlen* ns well as in held . r>,p» In the 
I nter it I- dmifuful if ant eft.-ttw means 
|.f deAfnictk.ll rail !«• Ttept—t o|» a. .-o.inl 
of the owl, hilt tile New Jersey Station 
nnd* wheat hr.vn iniveil willi I’.u - tforn 
an effrs’llve remtsly In the garden. I'mf 
Sn.il h silt* the worms live 1 -rnB ao «dl 
dial they will dnd it ft w'rh'n Hve or wiv 
feet of them The bran n.t\.-d with I'm r-» 
tnvn at the rate of fitly pound* to 
should ts* placed In pile" ten Ps l apart 
the Hell ,-r truck pitteh. 1 ver. small 
TWENTY FIVE M1UJ0II DOLLARS 
WORTH OF miT POST 
A. .. mil ng t.» Pmfl—or K»r’ ■ - the . rr 
• Ms-r-mriM. and 0 
f , if (kp . 
llliimla la annwaUv ■ 
Ux tii»* av 1 ' 
Worm the ,-aterplllAr nf th. "wdMhg mot 
Intetring a 1 
ao.t fruit '.To- 
*C‘ T7r»i«m 1 
« H de mil »W 
the farmer , 
in lt»F *»VtTTTtTl ill 
,*>■"! |n tm 
f'-Jf, tMVl to k t k><( 
r to PnrfL* 
•Y ^I'lurpr l «nt| t { 
of Cnruell f i.t 
*M.g (it Hi. 
w u>U vtul 
ml are a fa 
r r 
• hut the ndll 
nisi It ao .—toph i, -h -ereu-s It*.- If dttrh. 
the dnv that the in.mt visiletii .|i"t«irtuine 
,tf i*. relm-nt* rsf.-). ei|i|se« It !-• '.ike win 
th, on hi ml in,. 'h»- rwugr. «. dt lurk • f 
Wt’l. h It s.. etnarly ri-s mllm that own if 
porll of five n*» It wotdd defy Hie »tl* T t 
rm to dl'tm-t ft V (Isirung »«ref| pt»'*d 
at night tinder every IHr In mb nreUard 
uonhl fml P. draw 1 single . -I 1 ln< m-.-' 
f» not it« mtt iif esc toeing in tv tries 
stltMidffh IN mimiT'tl" »nrit''iH :n rwhi»u< n« 
wi.uM is’ haatetrifig from i'l dims tii >'.• 'o 
!».. lestnu-l —.1 lu It*- fa- in«Hmg ■ 
Th.’ .-.ailing moth emerges fn.m <- - 
mm m tmn 1 ten dnr» ntl.-r ti„ apple 1‘he 
•Mnm !»n i- ri frrm flu- tm • tn M • 
aprldg. Kt yik liK'N tiiiK' tlu> vriona rr*i** • 
a rrnwn j tar t hr »!«•*«»* M»rr* - 
Ttir ,wof«u« A TV N-imilh t*i» fly 1 
Hie tilde trn- trwMta The me. which . 
Ltd Ms* 
PAVID FROST ^ 
Frost Brothers, 
Commission Merchants, 
122 5. Water St., Chicago. 
SPECIALTIES: 
Fruits, Early Vegetables 
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REFERENCE : Union National Bank. Chicago 
