November, igoo. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
museum nt Roger William* Park. Inquire 
for Mr. Sou Hi wli-i. When you come to 
Kingston we will h< glad to linic you 
stnUy the collection of umnrdeil hlrd- here. 
When you kUOw how rnueb llu- wild i . .r*l- 
nrc tin I n u for us you will, I uu sutv, t... 
I'ome their ardent friends mn| will not *»• 
content until like tlliiwntlis you have 
'■r.earneil of every blul Its imigimgi- 
I .earned their unnn-i mid all their Po.-reta. 
Mow they build their ti--'- in .quimt-r. 
Where they hide tlnrfli, selves In wlni. r,“ 
and talk with them wliere’-r u.n iioef 
them. 
'"it a diet of tree pro nines, Rtit they will 
eat about everything green of the garden 
or fruit plantation. to confining them. 
they dl it like die porkut gopher and Hie 
wire netting nimt eitend diqi Into tv* 
grouiul where it villi rti*t off in .< year ..r 
he *et an a lirhk or Him.- fonmluiion tv 
lending In oar noil four f *-*-! h.-l-v. the «nr 
to hold them l friend In A me. ead 
two of Uir (m.t. for He rlltldr.-ll. Ill l j 1 1 1 
year they cleared the yard of every tree 
mid bush, ind no Mice rln-y .uM put up 
or did rivet, could hold diem twontj four 
hour*," 
i nd 
deal. 
On. 
thf blackberry bust 
that 
THE BITTER ROT IN SOUTHERN ILL1 
N01S 
A pomspondenl writing from M/emr 
Vernon, .TetTerson eioirity. In -iiilli.rn II 
lluolk. to the St, r siul* Olobe-t leroo r.H. 
thus describe- Ilie ravage- of ilie blit* r 
rot: 
Mount Vornon, III., September _*i». 
The apple erop in Ibis enmity, whl. , 
early In the summer promised in break 
the record In yield anil quality, has imred 
nut lo he pmcUenlly a total failure, and 
will not supply even the home d> m ind 
Whnt is knowu ns tbe bitter r>.b a fun- 
goid disease, which has not n fieri i d the 
qrtjp here In years, broke out nil - n r the 
eounty reeenil.v, and 1 1 h rm ig.-- bun i- .n 
so fearful iluil orchards which four week- 
ago promised a yield of from 1,3Pii J.intn 
barrels each of choice tmirkcMhle tru i 
do not lo day i-nntniu ji -iliglc snnud sped 
men Trees on vvhleli the disease is ted 
apparent at ulgbt may "... nest moriiing 
lie so badly unvoted as to umkc Ilie up 
pies worthless Gathering llm erop «..>in« 
III do way to check the doielnpnicru of I)..- 
disease, us It. breaks out in apple- barreled 
nr box. d «s readily ;i> il does In ll.. rrult 
still on the trees The emu moil fungoid 
remedies seem to have no apparent effe.-i 
Oil this new enemy to the tawtkul' lirtM. 
Its ravages are a- great in the spray.'! ns 
In the mixpray ml nrehards. Pnd Ulair, 
of Hie Stale miveridlv forwarded to 
t'omity Treasurer Watlro... who own* die 
largest orehnrd In the i unity a b.rmob. 
which lie suggests may pru.c b. nmloial 
in v'bei'klug the developm. m and -|m. ul 
of the fungus, bill ll value l.st 1 . 1 . I- -.'ne 
it a satisfactory trial thl« your Hunt, id- 
I in-list « limcalsuits aio very ntilch nruilgbl 
up over the ,i| .pen rains of lie- r«.t mooi.g 
their (roes, and bellev. Unit mil. -- -mo. 
remedial agent Is discover. 1 (he industev 
in southern Illinois Is do.. mod 
THE BELGIAN HARE PEST 
I'lolossi.r Bll.ld nt low... the noted ha 
fleulturl#!, and whom- .tntcinrni* me ah 
qlleM toned, tliaa gives Ills nb-rvuth.li .a 
die pesl ill olio I ISO III low u. »" *"• i« 
quote. I In Wallace Parmer 
‘ I'li*- agricultural pro-- i- n-« allio-: 
udelilion lo th<- breeding of whal ku a 
its Melgian Imre- Tin' afttaupt to ‘\vKi* 
public Inter *- 1 cane- mainly from d. 
anxious lo sell bl ceding -lock at I iu>> 
price- In the Interest of dm-' who t - 1 ' ■' 
m il planted lawn-, -nodi fiutls and moo 
lour orchard". we wish to id. a n prof. -I 
Otir imtlve rabbit- .ml cent lie in I 1,1 
bit-, nr. reludvely hnnnh-»- Tbo Belgian 
liaio Is a (lend m bl* work ef -hrub and 
tree ilpst nut Ion III anuinier and winter 
In* gnaw - bark mol hrntiel.os id bu*h 
wt, plum*, cbeii ios. IHnc« suaw ball indeed 
every dee and bush that he cm reach. 
If eonOned he will not ndabi lo allb with- 
PROTECTING TREES FROM MICE AND 
RABBITS 
Mr. S. W. I 'bombers Shu the billow lOg 
method lu III. Wt» turie.ilinrUt, which 
we lutvr »!•( ri Hied with g.«st xucrrfflgt 
One of die mow frnltfnl -onri.- ..r in 
Jury to the young fruit tr*e in f ill and 
winter l« from mice, which ..mti to »w in . 
iu the oisliard and •oek alielter around 
the trees, wlo re day tlUlbl. die lark when 
tlielr other Paul l« -cur. - 
In ngbtho: ng.vli.nl mil-.' and rnhbtts I 
have tried all of I be conononlj rr~ -•>, 
mended uicthods s*ieh as moea ring die 
hark with Wo.~l fat, tor and a her *nb 
staDces •up|u.nml lo be obnoxious to the 
rodl'lit*. If yi'ry hianrry the little p *t« 
will not stay iitvar from th« tives If .oily 
blond and tar are the protec linn* use.l i 
have nl*o tried wreinilag wti »i*prp 
around the Ivat*' of the imaks. but I ran 
hot eXa.-ll) s.. die ^...-1 dint this 
My metlKwl '• to mound up th.- earth 
around the tranks In Ilie fall of the year 
and tboh joil a -hicld of wire lotting » 
few inch.* from Ihr Ires-. This win 1 lie: 
ling run* up m etmplv ill ti-d from the 
ground, arel if die me«h i» Un<- rnongh 
neither mlic tun r»«li!>i i*» will iiutiirh th< 
bark The mound of earth. I bopeve, ll*lp« 
the tree* a loo from the whiter r..Ul It 
uct* in ii.-iny ix -pis is .• n utub h and j.r. 
tools the lop pm.I.s from bring tnfnnd by 
•overv fir. ring and thawing T'bU alom* 
should rrsoniUi.wl it t*. tin alteoftou -f 
all 1 -ang dee- are often blown nbmd 
so by th». winter nliuU, I 
heavy rain storm*, tlmt they » 
at the root*, mol by lumkiag 
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LAWS OF OTHER NATIONS CONCERN 
INC SAN IOSK SCALE 
In the retxmd aeriv* ..r rimtUt V. «i 
ssur.1 by' d . T'nti.at Ntnti* |rn)mrtn.sy. 
of \gripnlture * dig. -» .f the u» - '«f r.i 
r«i:.iix|iwg the H/m lose ale I* go. mi 
KritUti i <4uii.hu requires lns,.. .i 
wharf or *Mb-n by h. r own i 
frctiol •Ulpiu* a!* are .ir.i.n-1 4i«l 
nr .hstn.vrd 
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ESTABLISHED I8S«. 
M. (ll’.OROe 
W. U. NAU. 
***** »»■»' 
M. GEORGE & CO. 
Commission Merchants 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, ETC. 
SPECIALTIES: Strawberries, Cantaloupes. 
Peaches and Tomatoes in 
Carton^ Consignments 
,»u«i 
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Ill I r KKM r » 
III. ,ltl|.|-S"T s, loo S1W a IX. 
95 SOUTH WATER ST., 
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