AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
In u botlifd or window box n* they will 
bloom nun'll -noncr than plant* from -,,.. 1 * 
"own In bed*. Many of our t* -t minutd* 
Will oomo up every spring from mi <> i| 
dropped tin- •••ii-oii iM'fori , s . oIh n ,.. 
buy set-da i-vi ry your Don’t <■ 11 tb.tv. , 
or pin tits if you woUj.l gH ill,' gr, ,t. -t 
plriituire out of growing them. loir oft. r 
kIvc a jj||p or rmir, or plant. of wimt y.,ur 
frloml mlmiri'H Auk ytnir friends to help 
tHomwlvi'n, thi n yon will r*-all > l» gib i.» 
nppri'i'lnti' your How or- If /h»w r- nr. i {1 
proi'liite.l enough to h. jib- Iti'il. tt'- r - on 
i bi no lo grow and bloom in nhuu.tnnc. 
through tin* MOiutnu 
Mrs. .1 ,T. Ill rig of D-thkrwh, r. ml n [nijM. r 
on 
Hardy Pnenniilt. 
In whlt'U hI«* ctpr “nl tin »,m. 
Mr. Bmlth regiirdlng th" ilinlmhlllt v ..r 
Mowers, of all Mow. r- tf,„ hardy |i,,frn 
Dials She thought rei|llir» ,| lie I, si 
Tile old-fashioned hnr.b-r lik>. our irn - ,1 
mother's w«s sllll very desirable mrt eon- 
vi ni. in for perennial.* A ..trip tw.bc .. r 
thirteen feet wide ant) n» long as ib-ir.,1 
fl H<il with such plant- us ilro Illy, piKHii 
Phloz, Ireland poppy, linllyh,,. L di iMl 
delphinium, sweet williams and h.u.t> 
grnsM. 8 , when one.. . ^ra will . injure 
ii great amount ..f neglect, or respond rend 
ily to good " lire. |’he peony I* p,-rfi . »!v 
rellnhle. Its Hoviirt* ore he null fill noil the 
I'lnnis look well during th, whole ........ n. 
Ulve the plants a well-drained, well- work. ,i 
md well-fed soil Transplant n llw r .U. 
pbielng ihe crown at lea -t N,r. .- iuriies un- 
der ground. 
Dr. E. T. I. oope stated that there wcr. 
ho many varieties of |,Jtc«uih» that h, did 
not know what to plant tie d sir d . r-,,1. 
lection of paeonles, l-lll w Islted to be ,nl 
vised ns lo where and lion |..- -U,„iM s- ml 
for them. 
Mr Coe said that I'. W P.-trre.ni ,.f 
Rose Hill nursery, last y.-.-ir. hu.I six bun- 
tired varieties of pneonb *. he thought that 
these would please the doctor. Five tier * ■< 
in full hlonm, six hundred distinct varieties 
and ail colors, front Ihe purest whit, to al- 
most black. 
Mr. Barnes had purely. • d p.e onl. s at 
WestvIUe, Ohio, no, I found ih.-rri v.-rj v-u 
lsfartory. 
Mr. Johnson spoke . ,r\ highly »f the 
Chlm-se bell-flower 
How to Plant a Fruit Tree. 
M as the subject of Mr. flat eli's pap . r 
lte.Mahl: "If fruit tr.-.s have I dr,. -I 
ill wlirUellrd her.ua' planting i|„ s siieold lie 
inunersed lu water lor a f. w hour*, or 
hurled all over In moist earth for a duv nr 
•wo, to restore Ihe 01, , 1 - 1 . ||. In tt,,, 
lie ntw.iys Shortens in tie i-,p. I. iung 
only on.- third or I- -- wtrlt limmli and 
the hroUed ends of all ru„’« /( |« u.,| the 
aggregate amoilbi of rout nil Ihe in. It, U 
Is the most valuable m planting hut rather 
the greatest itliUMint of ends et . |i 
Ih lit Ihe ends of the roots when' nrarly all 
Ihe new growth t-.k - > p|.,.. ,. ...| win i 
rootlets most he formed to nourish 
tree l, very tree shout.) hav. Its melts well 
puddled lo thill nt ml Jn«t ttvforv being 
planted. on. reason s., man} tro.* in- 
lost If I hat the oretunl !• planted III Small 
grain Fruit ires slnnid always Is, nil 
tlv.iied several tlmto after planting until 
Inly, when mime cover frop eat. be grown 
upon the ground, or >» good mnl- !> he gh-u 
In dot. .h. r, a. » protection to th. ro«i 1 * .|nr 
lug the winter I., protect Ihe Monks from 
. m-l 
Mr 
a- 1 It. 
hot winds and sun, wrap the ire. s about 
with rye straw, act tt on end around the 
trunk* and tie in several plan-* with >-.itvi- 
mon wool twin*- 
Mr Hu n». * liar if tr, . . ,»■ ro puc 
died in . lay a lid 'lien plan ted In very 
•lit, that the vlay Will le-e.ime ha 
ft hunt the mot* utid i|o trc-« > snnol 
lie ■ i.|« r.sl II, It a «y»t. in wh! 
Hatch moinnii'bd* of wrapping im 
rye straw ought to tw practiced more, tv. 
lose a great many tree* after we get ih. m 
(limit* t . Just by neglect If you .-tit the 
rye h. fop ii is rip- . the «traw i* »-rt and 
pllahfe and you can wrap your tm « will. 
II, pour water on the end of the wrapp'ng 
it'd that Will hold the moisture a the 
tree trank, 
rtr. l.<»op.. a -ke.l what prrerntage nt Uv. « 
do you l„- lu firing out by any tooth.,!' 
Mr Harries 1 hare planted In s.ont. 
• nt -mis and * 'trie ultra several hundf .! 
freer and tml I, tut one, again I bare ptantr i 
under fiivorahlc lutnlitlnna and hav.- lost £. 
per cent. 
Mr JPnghatn raid tu* would t t r» ■ n 
mend paddling lu clay when pluming 
•and. but that lo- would puddle In the • in,.- 
soil In which he plant. .t He »d planted 
a* many oa two thousand trees In one ..r 
cJlttrd ,>bd n*-*er lost 4 tree, simply I,,, td* 
method of puddling and pruning 
Mr. Oe: t under- tt "«1 Mr Htughnni 1 . 
tuty that he cut track the top or th. tree 
on.'-thlrd lo mi.' half. * that so? 
Mr. Hlngham: Ye», that I* on, 
Mr Dw. My observation ha- h.-. u thal n 
good nianv tres's platifi-l with Hi. top - tt 
have made 1 very time a * - tnr growth than 
when- the tup ha* I Him ml hack I have 
-■ cu shade tr.’-s pUutrrf in Fort Vts ro-o. 
wtwr» they h»v>- rut off the tup and th>- 
lr<-m have vloal n 1 » 1 1 • f still for two or 
three jells without lietking any growth 
mid wo hue plunt«".l Itsm's on the wur*. 
at reel with all the top «n, and in i*„ .ir 
three year* without making any growth 
feet *>f growth 
Mr KIturhatn: Tbi# spring *» got «itae 
fop «.n«st.,ilf or Hire 
lb- man that did no' rut ht« .ltd „„ 
a arowrn and they will pmMMv f- 
1 » would he inferred that the same rule 
<»«••» not hold go.«l lu all 
Mr, r J Kellogg. ..r JaneartlD ffia., 
'/*** •l-'l* ''-ueernlng «t TO wherries He 
•n >1 be WMll.1 ■ n.ptiasUe ll.e f a .» r r,« r th.. 
■ lydr <• coming to the fn.ut j« the v« 
mi.fii-yn.vkrr <if ant of the vxrtr 
have nppenr'-d in the u«r ten . 
strawberrb-ii it 
llvtn >hrv» tear* s„ 
Ml- (hive different 
'tiffr rent in rttmxik 
1 tint 
We 
»r 
*ty. and 
together 
planting 
tile •roitiUfions If t m-r* 
y_fer bill cult nr.- J wonkl 
perhaps In t 
<*r r ght inc 
i.n 
tfPMiml 
1T 'J 'mi nerur* iu» us 
rt l would ror-r 
p With 1 ! rutted 1 
u,lr » i'-w pr -'.-c- 
h»T 1 d.. net kne. 
t the hll'* wtrh nut 
In lo fie- last twenty year 
»«• ration an- i|,.- W<m.l f. 
Clytls. If 
■r- plant Warfield the,. si. 
'arker Ksri for hilt 
ri few run decs The 
1st we rmec found 
t ffJfl, f s| y i.)H 
SpleDipd Slid 
Mr Sr 
. 1 . 
■|»-« It 
Clyde hold, out Would Hie 
flnue large fhrigch the u 
grow smaller? 
Mr K.llogg That Is Hip i.uly fsttlt t 
hav. with tt 'hat it d.vs tt«» h. to it- «,»- 
through s 
Shf.-per, m 
ml n is iv 4 ,1 
'amdy tp-rrv 't is r-w 
v 
I, t 
nt 1 
dlttr 
Mcrb»» M d that be 
Jiit.ior’’ an. 1 t|,, a..-d. 
Hat 
it* the ire.Utii 
capillar. Htfr 
B'tii 
hh h a party wanted 
•ill M k. I, m 
1 have ihrm nnd he 
bout cutting track the 
»’wnn 
tor, by r 
faro- wh 
gn.u«-l 
Pr.--'-!, 
nine Dti.l otil tw, k ff.e 
- fourth*, nnd 1 r-.w 
•n ,«ll of t hem. while 
t Irate >■ 
»m M'if #^>ti < 
1 this svap. 
rur r« the . 
*traw I* 
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M. GEORGE & CO. 
Commission Merchants 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, ETC. 
SPECIALTIES: Straw berries. Canlaloup«s. 
Peaches and Tuinatues in 
Carload Consignments 
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