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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
October, iyoo. 
catch ft gltopse ,,r *>liu he 1ms com- 
pleted his Inspection of one tree from the 
mink almost to the tip* of the brunches 
and Hies down to the trunk of a near by 
iri'o to bcjrlii Id* upward Climb 
(TO lie .oiifluil.-d.) 
.... ■ ■ ♦ ■ 
COLORADO AS A I RIMT STATE 
•‘The Hist eni'toarl sldpiuenl or creed 
fruit from California ten* sent to ChleiiKu in 
IMW. California shipped In ItWt of Kroon 
fruit* 7,i flO carload*." New York Sun. 
Kxocpt In citrus fruit*, such n* i.i.inge* 
nnd lemon*, Colorado ..in oijmil f'tillfor- 
nln In tlio pirwludllill of vitriolic* I Ini I 
would command » ready Milo 111 mnrhiO* 
beyond the barriers nf lids slide As Colli 
rn do has f liken from California the dis- 
tinction of lender In the production nr qohi 
ao It mnj deprive it of the first place In 
the production of tenipcratc-sone fruit*. 
It is Bidd t lint Mils reason * crop of 
prunes in Cnlifnruln will amounf to ICo,- 
<410, (iGU pounds. They are sold nil over 
die I’olted Slide* null have drl.ili old the 
foreign product which inline fiddly from 
Turkey nnd France. Hundreds of efir 
loud* of California prune* m-o now sold 
In Kurope. Ciillfomln sends uni large 
'imiuiirlea of dried peaches nnd .nprleuLs. 
us shipment of dried apricot* Inri yont 
niuoiintcd lo I .BOD .airloads, of ivldch t<K) 
were exported. H also ships enormous 
ipiiiidities of dried nnd eiinned vegetables, 
and it n cherries, plums and pears are Hold 
throughout the Union. 
lu that part of t'olnrnrio lying uoith of 
Denver ninny species of hardy trulls enn 
he grown hni it Is especially to the Ar- 
kansas valley mi aids side of the tuoiin- 
talus and to Monlrotc. Delta and Mm 
counties mu Hu- iv cs tern - 1. 
iiio*i look for the tlevi’lupineuf of the fruit 
Industry in the fullin' I In- superiority of 
Colorado pen - lies nrr not in ho coniiin red 
ulth California, no excellent Is the c-.il.i- 
rmio product. The soil anti dlumto of the 
‘•'and valley mv well adapted In tin- pro- 
duction of other specie* as well 
I'hero Is n large acreage In tic weslerti 
part of the * t a 1 1 * alul hi the Arkansas Wil- 
ley which lias mu yet hoeii planted p, 
iniii li Is hut u mu -lion () r time M ,„i |„. 
lelllgent efrort miUI Colorado will be lu 
I position to dispute I hi! place of supidn 
»••> with Californio It U niiich ucaror 
‘"•'••'ll inarkel*. ami If should bo able 
l, uui compel. |„ the sale of marly 
every species or fruit, produced In Cali 
fornia, except (hots- of u seml tropi.al 
clmraeter. One may visions of great 
vw-alth far (he *tnk* lu tlm ilevelopuusni of 
Ils producllve power* in dlls respect,-. 
Denver Republican, 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE PROTECTION 
By O. W. Black nail, Klniell, \. c, 
11,1 i*»W i-lllu.ilos where l lie Du i 
moilie.e. falls iilUdi l.clmy 
S l m,? 'T 1 - l"'"te. non 
M.t.m U taci Tl "' r ‘ « I* the 
Mistoio to apply tnuh-llliitf over the I da ids 
as ...o , the ground fo^,* hard wmugb 
uk I he date of upplicailon will do 
• n< the latitude an. I the earlli.es* 
laUMu'Hs With Which Winter *et« In, 
An almost endless varlely of malo..„l 
• o, he used for this purpose Dm, i.-avo* 
» ‘ats of rye straw, fort** l leaves' 
, /' - kind* 
-vl is to vovvl the plant* jUBl 
deep enough to greatly lessen, hut not en- 
tirely prevent, freezing. The harm Hint 
freezing or rather alternate freezing and 
llinwfng does 1* chiefly mechanical -the 
I leaving of the soil and tin- nil i-t mIsti I 
breaking of Hie ivots a* the plant 1* calm'd 
Upward with the -oil- This can tic ;n 
tallied hy using more or loss of the innlcli 
lilt mnh-rbil In propnriioo ns u* nature Is 
hi lie i-Iiim’ ui upon ami a* i In- climate !* 
mo it or Io*s severe Tim*, a much thicker 
loiilch of earn stalks than of straw will tip 
i , pi|iilriMj lo nttoin the ileal red result*. 
Tile object Ion to a long light mni.rlril 
like Hi" straw nf small grain I* that It I* 
tin hlr- fo he blown off. for. *t loaves arc 
also nhhal Iona tile for tills lo, mull. This 
d’tfh nlty i* partially obvlaied in the case 
or straw hy cutting up the material short. 
I'mbithlj Ho- most effective pr.-renf Ion or 
this irnublc with both grain and forest 
leaves i* |., nnrlmv them down with earth 
ttr small *toup* ItiflfoloilSly placed at In- 
tervals 
Ho„ far south It itnya to use winter 
mulch I* a mooted point. It 1* ildnhtfiil 
whellior a* a ride it pays south of the 
Aluton and rilxoii line, except In the 
mniintaliiB. Some winters II pays In North 
•’aivdlljn, Often It does not. The obtee- 
rion to winter mulHi at tlm south is Hint 
it harbors crickets and other Insect* hunn- 
I'ul to the strawberry plant 
But for one purpose w Inlei «muh'h Is 
benellphlf VI lie re vc r Hie ground free/,,- as 
deep a< two I nolle* That Is lo protect 
plant* *ei In winter on wot, stiff soli Tills 
•*oii is milch given lo h.-avlng. and phml- 
set on it in the depth of wilder arc apt 
to )..■ lirted oui of the ground hy the alter 
unto freezing and I hawing A handful 
of pllie leaves thrown over each plant pre- 
vents harm. Hu nearly ill Foil, or In fact 
on n ri.v except v'.-l stiff Hold* or pari- of 
Holds (M« luvitecllon of newly scr plants 
I* Hot necessary miqIIi ..f tie- Mn.on and 
Dixon line \\V ,h, moMt of .mr planting 
In late November Dec. mi-er, Jnnnuiy ami 
r chruary. and gel a perfect -land vvllli- 
md I Id* prolcctlnn except mi a few wet 
Blit at tlm North It render, pm." 
ihaluc planting at a much Inter time In 
r '' ,, ,,l "» "'""hi be advlMllle without 
llio nso of «tr.iw nf various kinds to 
proied blooms fin,., late spring frost, has 
mm become plot I, general The straw 
,K I he middles In a,| -rime 
am oi, me planl* when fro-i ihi. id. ii« 
and off when the danger passes 
The use of mulch lo lump the horde* 
-can |K Imp,. rathe. We apply i, 
•'looming Him 
I or mo end y,.„r-. heglimlug In issr. I 
I 1 !"" 1 ""'Wl) '•• l-votmd sliMivbini 
'loom- from r,„«i •(•h,. hind used was „ 
hin muslin, mild at i|,e Hoidh r*.r n-c 
S Planl bed*, where i, r.,„„d 
r. * , 'Atoul'le II. a ptolcrlloil rmill 
DoM and Dorn a .to-ii,„tive .prides <d u, 
n,.',' 1 '!" , o'" 01' 'heudcaliy 
•' *1 I ,n,Jl Wit'll the l„. I 
’■ ■ 1 if Ifiuk -I". 
''' -Dawherri lilooum from 
. .'.coins r “n '‘nrllm.-- |„ l|„- 
' " ' lu * " r r ""« The doth in,* ,,iu 
" " "'"'“I' la for, 1 the blooming l„- 
’ 0,1 and not r. mou-d nil the berri.-s 
't!' { D'c'lctJ M lll(ll | hill slakes 
' " 1 " 1 ' 1 ' vtl "' hooks were .idven p, n„. 
gnmnd at short Inlervnl* T|,. *e held the 
-.loth securely gainst the Imnlest wind. 
Being low, they did not hold the cloth high 
enough from I lie ground to be torn from 
It* fastenings by snovv 
The effect of tills mode of protection 
«a* fully up to in) - expectation, both a- a 
Hnfcgunnl iigaitiM fim-i ami a s a piomofer 
of earlier dpeldllu: "r the licirles. Hoi- 
lies under (he doth I'lpcneil about one 
Hi .-k earlier than those outside On April 
Hi, |vhi Hy ground froze half an Inch 
.h ep and frost killed every exposed blnoni. 
Nor rule pci .cot of i : " !*.* under Hie cloth 
was lost Ah ii riU|RiU|Ueuv-e we netted 
nearly Jl.DOO on a limit six acres. 
The large i \ I. hi lli.d I ever made, II - 
ufsi .|iinrt* on i rue acre and a uiutrt. r, via* 
Under chilli. 
Uorenver. there iyu - a no I tier very un- 
expected ami surprising result from this 
mode of tirotecD.nl, I In- hcrrlcs grew very' 
much larger, giving a ■■iim-H|niii(1lng ui- 
, reuse in tlm y|i»lil per acre. This Iasi re 
suit Is In accord w ith tlm recent tllkeuvcry 
|>y 'Ir, A. '1'. tjiildslmrongh and nl liens that 
in the pint, .(I, .n ..r main in.. I h IioitIcs the 
Use of the doth is eBuetilinl. 
.Inst limn came the lingo Inerensc in the 
«trn Wherry acreage In the lower icghoi- 
In Ka-Iern r.amllua. While the dniw- 
h.-rry do, - not grow ns Hue there us here, 
ii i ipeu* from two to four weeks earlier! 
' oil*, ipicidl) Die weak gained In the eyr- 
liie s- of berries here did not Justify ti- 
lt! diverting from uur regular liusincHH rim 
American Frtit and Vegetable 
Journal Colony 
»"• r' 1 ! 1 "'"d a home In the Sunny South, In a 
lulld cllinii ir, cornpn ruble to Oullfornhi, whci,. 
|« Plentaat suDiniKf, icnipcrca bv the nd d 
Oiilf bnfMf. coaili.nc. for Da mulitlii, vein, a 
l.ii. f winter. Ilk, .mil unln <■ nortlicra Oolober/ 
Do yon want Hell In cl II, al will produco cither 
colmu. siignr cune, trail, vvs o t n 1 1| t! ». m 
luxuriant craw fur stock growing'! 
Do you veil nt lo t.n, iho.J on Iona flue- nail 
• asy payments, in rteulrarnJ cllrniito. vfhere 
lion- are iilriaoty good sclmul* ami clnireht-l, lo 
a colonv ”f om tlicrii pcfiplc ' 
Then Jrilu the Anicrltnn Kruli and V . . • i„ l.D- 
•illloCili * rJ, C in “'"I'" Oohmy, lu- Hti U on ll„ 
M..I1I . ,1, p„cin„ „l r I. In , 1,1. rich com, 
ij a " i, -on . WIiii non a„.l 
'"He* ('"Utlmesi of fmu.rni, 
r n, ? , o' . nearly ltwi miles from 
u V f “ . lur >C'"' •eaporl u( the unit "t 
■ •a»»J° ■ "" 5 40 n,ll ‘‘* , ‘'’ r,ll ul th" cur 
Till. u not an i »i„ titnMi!, since h l> 
uM, irlth mmiy irnpmvrtl fn nu- 
** 1 Lir«KiU(!«»(1 RD/itJ oFoRk. nrovliik* rltu 
' ,,'i -It'M,; . „| ,|„ , l||i,jt.. mill Icrllllr 1 nl ll„ 
■ . lie coh. or low,, 1)1 C'„.o(,o, turn alien, I, 
aDnlmil i piipillnlloi, of l.rxHi 
pciii*. 
ell <n ves 
i mu .lo,, * ell, psrtloularly p-,ich. - 
a .no. NprleoU. -ml stniwhvrrle* ns well v .•( 
: hnS^SlIr^JIff.. rr ° tU r "’" 
, .‘r-ite!" I ‘ r "" 5H' 1 Vea. lHhlr .taurnnt !m- 
’ acre, or l.'tiol III nils . n, , 
i '‘7"°' 'Is bi.iu«.*..,hci. '< III. 
" uimiu, n farm or rtfly mi. r.„- nisi i»i 
.l.ci d 1 *' r " r villi be -old ir 
ilM.’Te.V.'ffifi ."»• " Ifb III onsli and 
Ii ir fr.i Ii ufl ™i ''7 11 1 laevoi. oiv wilt. 
' M "o rottfuf seven per emit per uininiii 
elllei e' "{"ml,, will, l.„IC|, Dl. 
jSi: ! -ss':;; 1 ’ 1 !;!:- 
rrcun.n,,, lU *l» mVJwTwr -we® in u',1. 1 
Mrial^'jmm Yu? lo'igS?"^ '">** - 
J,,.i.nul iy ,«m A,, " r hau fflull am) VVael.ible 
1 '• ll ‘ *""» f"r the re ion I oiler of ib|. 
. le, mm . i "I" 1 "'hires*.* of 20 persons, 
'■■hin V, t'i,;-' nspir. al'har '*>• 
Wide iirtioc In fall, nl-loir |,, |„o , 
