AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
June, iqoo. 
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I 'lev..' mrnUns lt.l« louro.l Wl.en wriMnv 
tviHin nuintry hn >■ aim*l»" mk'Ii ntittMMdiig 
iulTiiiii'pineiil inirl .'i 1 - U r.'HHWJlK'iKT Kl 
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Marcus Nelson, living In the Pnm-vmig 
M'Tiii'iiu'iii, hits been , vp.-rimenUtig with 
rice this Acjir in ;i *mall «u>- ,l *' 
..iioni mi iii'iv which he Irae |iTl«#u*d from 
n wind lniuip. mid it is e'crcillnglj thrift) 
linirle. 
inj own case, last year, I hnd several acres 
planted to apples which iliil not have ns 
good n chance ns the rest of the orchard, 
Mug m i in nn old straw lierr.v patch which 
could not lie i nlliviilc'l befnrv I he last of 
.llltie, after llie el'.ip WO 9 BO I Ilf red To help 
the He - ,.iini' bone dil'l nils illsirltnited 
a roil in | He y.iuug ini'- Mini hneil In and 
those tic. - baxc passed tin* oihers and 
have l)i a de limn saflafnetiii'y growth, so I 
Ihllik flic or.lninli'i has 1 1 , 1 e mill |er of 
quick growth, If needed. S, . III. 'U lull II Ills 
own hand*. 
Manner of Cultivation. 
there are any short cuts (lie) are link now n 
to me. if your I roes and vines are In a 
healthy, ilirlfiy condition when ihev set 
• heir fruit ami you cad continue n keep 
them so until Ihry inalun* (heir crop. yon 
will rarely he disappointed In their yield. 
’Road at Illinois Stair Horticultural 
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"CULTIVATION ESSENTIAL TO SUC- 
CESSFUL FRUIT CROWING.”* 
II. L. l>uu u. Jai lieouvlllc. 
I iiita-lder good mid I Inn', High cull lire "f 
the ii I nioi - 1 importance >" gnwinjs fruits 
■ m«. --.full), first getting ) -nr ground In 
l lu lust possible i.'UU.IIttiin before -ciiiiik 
uni your plan's oi vine* and (hen in . picul 
Iv Mirriug am) loosening the ground dur 
lilt- llic growing -eutioU, Now I bin Is Pol 
only neeeHsary durliig the growing 
before your trees and Vila * ‘‘‘line lulu hem' 
Urn hut especially Is II I rue Him during 
(heir fruiting Hie ground to mu hi- frequent 
ly Htirreil and kept pulvc, Ir.-d. In order 
have the best results w hen gathering your 
fruits. 
Cultivation Conducive to Miiiatute. 
By llnis keeping ymr ground 111 a lu*'*e, 
pliable I'Olullllim yilll I'lMirilel'iiet. In ft 
measure, Hie cOVel of ilfotltha mid i liable 
your frull lo keep all growing a Mil lu some 
■•iii-m prevent the'lr dropping Tills wiih 
noticeable the past seawin u* l heard n)i- 
uicivius iiiinphiiiil ol npples fulling from 
orchard* n»l cull l> tiled whilst llmse Unit 
wi ie thiiroughly cuitleiiled held their frull 
and eon i lulled to grow (luriug tin- nut, dry 
-eiisuli also leaving Hie IrCes lu a better 
condition for a crop < lie next hcamiii. 
Grass in the Orchard, 
A ni d her oundltioii also umlci-d, between 
orchard* cultivated and I boat' not mtlUvn- 
Unl the hi.it few year-. ,in.t one t think I he 
fruit grower will fully nppm'luti' I* Mils; 
tin orchard*. Unit have been down to gnum 
lor a tiuinher of yean* and Imvc Inn'll hear 
lug fairly good crops of fruit at* llmlr own- 
ers say, w It lion I any lulthnlluD. are mil 
ultig down nottieahly while those which 
have het'ii thorough!) - nil ivaii'il nrv Ini* 
provlug every yen I lilt. I- gratifying to 
Ho oiviiardlsl aud looking 111 Ills un Tmrd 
he know In lia- ln-eii well i. paid for nil 
work put on ii 
Cste. 
The fruit grower luUSl wnlctl Ills tines 
and ought to In* able in 1,11 wluThcr Ids 
n,< - in vite - nr,* Hulling as well as the 
stock man >s In. g.iir- arouftil uuiongHi Ida 
stock can tell how bln stuck Is growing. 
Fertilizing. 
If your trees are not doing as well ns you 
Ibilifc Hies ought you run Improve (iielr 
condition by Judicious frrMlly.li,g mul fspe 
•Tally will It do woudera on young trees, lu 
your ground mum In* kept i lean mnl in a 
loos*' line riindlliOn all the season. If It 
mills .'Very week the . rust must Ii. t'rokeu 
after the niln. We always cultivate our 
ainall frull plnuhithms In this inn 
!*omi time- In a very ills Hi'imim cultivating 
every other day lo retain the moisture. If 
the ground lieionu - parked niter a rain in 
'•nr -.mall frn'o and il linns hot mid dry 
"nr crop is ill sIiiim bill If the ground Is 
thoroughly pulv -fixed they an.- cnahhst to 
Wlthstaiill Hie drouth better 
Observation and Eaprriment. 
Take our m.'irki i g-irdeni'i-s and sec how 
they prep, n tin'll ground lor mips begin- 
ning lii flic fall of tin year by throwing up 
the Bfoitml in bi ll *o iw to ue| at their 
work . mlier in Hie spring ami the thorough 
nmuner In wlilel' I li.--> ciililvatc arid keep 
i heir ground Him!) pill vr-rUed. Tin y know 
Ihis Is Hie only way for sum -w, I think 
entile of Olll' fl'llll gruvvi rs Would ilo w ell to 
fallow tliPlr e\am|de I would fur mtln r 
hrtvi a nmnlh'i' m r.'iige well taken are of 
mid well I'liltivali d tlion a large plantnlinn 
half t liken eari' or and In tin- end yotfr n 
tuniM would lu larger |f yon wiinf to e\ 
perlmcnl. take *ofin* |ieai h In.es and . ulll- 
villi' ,'i pari III thrill (no or three lime, and 
eijJiivTUc Mm other pari so a* i.. keep n,u 
ground around and between the trees ch an 
and loom*, then lu the fait ut the year no 
Her- llii' d ill iTeiii i* in the growth nf (In- 
tin - mill yon will huve an object lesson 
"Tilrh will he rt iiiciulirri'it. 
Nn Sncrrsr Without Culliv.ition. 
I my pan I cannot rur.so apples sue. 
ei's-fnlly by pUinllng Hie inc. mill iheu 
puniuir Hu groim.i down lo gross I'for a 
I"W y,..,,,' cultivation. A I. *, | rr'es trial 
ml In this manner on p|,„ ,- 
mn niniketable apple* whilst those 
w.-i, . Ulllv all'll all Hie Him* ll«)e prod,,. e,l 
pii) ng crop-. Thorough ciiltlvnlinn and 
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