AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
JULY. 1000. 
nfsh packages and pay lelegmtns without 
n fair POOJIHllwInli • " ’ tiC-U ? 
When will .•onvmissl'Ui merchants roallcc 
that curtine price* deiiKintliz.s Mir market 
.Hid iTnnnrng'^ 'In 1'tijor •<» bold <'11 lor 
further com csshrus 1 Whi'iiT 
WIx-d will )i In' pu»tdbli i» »rH fruits nml 
pniittii <■ to riio ntttrkei without paying the 
mtiTlri-t value of «I|" goad*? When will 
ifi r tying lino® reuse m exact exorbitant 
rate* for the tnu)*p»rtnMnii of ilu-sc goods? 
wiion will Huy ii'iillw i Lot their nnenn 
dilatory altiltirle is blighting on Industry 
upon which they ili'fii'inl largely Tor sup- 
port? When V 
lli t'i'H • group* usually bloom ill somewhat 
ililTil ill! period* I holt- <1111 III- no general 
( Ti.--i-pi.llli ni Imi ouist.lo Iho limit* of the 
species, 
Vim-cmu* cresses nml euilininn prchnnl 
pmetliv Inn - also shown Hint Hit- Kn- 
i ni i .-in pour- ns Mnrllett, nml tin* Sunil 
I„-I\v rerire pollen. The specimen* shown 
lire lypfo.il of thirty fruit* neotlWil front 
those two i-rosHea In ISIKX 
ll Is necessary I i study not only the inn- 
tun! ii Utility of' varieties belonging to dlf- 
leleni species, hut III so of varieties of the 
same -spooler Some varieties will not fer- 
P0I L1NAT10N OF ORCHARDS. 
Mutual Aflinity ol Varieties Trees That 
Fail to Bear. 
By S W. Fletcher, l ontcll l/hlvi-nlly, 
III. non, N. Y. 
«i "onr-l titled Irom .'lay Number.) 
Another point to In- looked nfler wlu-u 
selecting a pullltilai-r for K 'offer, or for 
any other sclr-MorHo variely, I* tin- ltni- 
Itml iiMinily of the two. Thai is, will Mu- 
pollen of l lie pollllilnet fcrtlHne the pistils 
of iln- self-sterile variety readily find also 
develop Mien) Into high grade fruit V Ai 
present hut 111 tic l» klliivv'll about tills mat- 
ter Taking And iln- jo 1*1 11 1 .v of cron*. 
polliimtlon lie tween varieties of (lUTerent 
upC-eles. IlnTe seem- to he llo dotlht lull 
that many vnriollt* uf unlive. Japtitiew 
and dofiu-nlle plum- will fertlllae each 
other. Urelmrd evporU'nee In many places 
Indicates Mila; ns when Mats mini is used 
In pollinate C!oe (lolilen loop In California 
prune orchard* Several Mleccssful muses 
Del Weeli the Mini* Were ulsn tntide at 
lllinen iln- past sea*on. Among Mien' are 
Altumhimi- x Miami Duke i t-’lsr. jty), 
fJenrip-niti x Wnjhiud. Hcrckinmis >- tine 
• •olden Drop, I'm- i miil. ii lip.p s Salsinmi 
S” STARK. 1'KOAI WAMKNEI! mi l.t-iN 
AittfVK. I'll. ‘At STARK 1*01.1. FiX 
Hlil.O'V MARKED BliM'ITI 1-HO.M 
flHOfifi-l'f U,I,1N A TlUX 
I’ear hybrids a* KlelTer will (eiilllye each 
el her regularly y. null they Id mm tugeMii-i- 
St-vvriil Kli'tter ft nils from Ilarth-fr pollen 
ami Ranl.-M fruits fritni Kh-tTcr pollen 
were weiiml In Mu- eroaslrn; work or Is'.fif 
lii fin t, my osperli'tiM? lias tint'll Mint if 
H'efTer pollon |. pnl on the pistils of our 
'•"iinioii pears of the Kurnpenn elnss. It 
will usually produce lurget fruit than pn|- 
l"n from limsi varieties of that type. Kh-f- 
S ‘ SK< KK, “ r »OM KIBlTKB PflLUi.N^AItOVI.: FROM LAWttKXTK 
f'Ul.T.KN 
poll'iiii'zi-i'^fio t 'oe^ Moiuo'a ' | u! l ,!.' l, | l, |- 11 r , n f " r , lH '' •ft'* 1 '"'llliil/.er for HurllHi. ,y„. 
h.Hd l.»r Wild Mouse, tl.f pol, anility L when'Mie N " IU ' , "“ l ,,l “ - '-MllfjC. 
"'«> '>••• •■null) Ion Would Work f tie .on ,, , I'T" ' 1 '* '■'*«- M. 
— & sis iTtu^rx/’hS 
t Ml*e eiietl other, though l»lie • omltllf 4" 
the same time. Kerr him fiStiml Mini Whit- 
nicer plum will not fertilize Wlltl Moose 
nor will I'inrly Re.) ||.-lp fadffp CMilef 
Alt’lln Hie pollen ..f some varlftll-s will 
Ldve I letter fruit Mum that of others ulii'o 
o-eil oil the pistils of >elf-«tpr11p or i-ven 
on si -If - fort i|e varieties There Is very lit- 
tle definite litmwhdae as lo wlinl i.-irlptlPH 
are best adapleil fur pollitiillltlg self-’.t.-r 
Hr- sorts. Waugh and Kerr have sttlijleil 
Illis point Willi native plums for several 
mill- aril their Judgment is united In a 
lulile of reeoi mile lull'll' poll III Izels for pllllli.'-' 
• i-ili Hepon \ t. Ag rex, Btn.J. A few re- 
sulis from r nisses made nl Iiliaca In ]S{|!.I 
will lllnstmte Mils poini i-'Ik M ghnws 
Me I’oinpiil'iitlve -I 7 . 1 - of Si'.-Uel when ]iol- 
I! Hilled with KlelTer mill wllh IdlWretlfu- 
I "Hen t’lapp pollinated with KletT.-r was 
.iso larger limn Clapp pollinated win, 
l.awrene.. or l.oulse Monni-. Howell o|os 
soiim which received the pollen of Clapp 
»-av. mills or nearly twice tl„. size of those 
n 111,11 1 Kii rlli'li pollrti Hartlelts 
crossed with Alumni, me v\,,re larger than 
Itarth-tts crossed win, siuldon. In some 
'•Uses no dlffi-iPllee iiojlfl I Heed, yet 
most of mir standard rommon-lal varieties 
* H Ultply to yield enough belter fruit 
w ben planted with some vaHctles tlom 
wltb others, to make a study of this point 
worth the while. 
Some of the combliiiiihiiiK wlil.-h h nV e 
I'eeo v ery- *l,e< ess,fu| |„ , h e eoinm.-r.-lill or 
ehaids ,» iln- e.umtn me Marl lei t vvllli 
-\elis. lemlsh Iteauty. ICn.s.er, While 
'oyemie; Idaho vvllli Harlh ||; Klelt'er vvllli 
I ; r , ! ;. nr, ’" : ' 1 bop wltl, 
iem h ' rune lag,- lulim, I'rum- 
R.r S n '"’" r I" Solu. 
• r.sl If -O.. Wild Wlhl lioose wllh 
He Solo, \ovvmaii, Miner 
Dom Crossing Chany, the App.-mar, of 
I he Fruil? 
™wraft r suss z**# 
asr i£ir 1 "" 
I 1 Id Will II Imparl l|.e Me. Uel Iln . ... 
bmtl’uM ,0 ;;" ih. i|". I„, he iI-mi.I,' 
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