December, iqoo. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
Bia ami Texas poache*, the tarrying qual- 
ities of both being belnw par. I put away 
two of the Klberta p*'itcb>># out of the Urn 
basket sent ten days ago and they kept 
wuiorl until yesterday. «rh.- u one Iw-yin 
t<> rot. The other K «til.l «naa4 showing 
mgns of slirlvellliiit before rotting We 
nfe very agreeably surprised to note the 
fine color and a tee of the Mre Crawford' 
rent recently.-’ n Uuanlnghwm 
As to the bitter rot now *i srnerol over 
the south went i feel ,ure Hint cult (ration 
horse to lire without e*ttoc ; after a Ipag 
and careful experiment he auerraded to 
training old Dobbin to lire with -nt food, 
bot Jnst as be was nsdf to pwNtah ’be 
reault of hit great discovery. he was 
obliged to announce the funeral of the 
food Old horse -Ed 
FIG GROWING Ilf TEXAS 
Tie- following by the Tera« Rural, ran- 
twrnlas rtf growing at Altln. Teas-, 
shows wbat ran be done 
n is i» all ,t,m. on ten *cro* ,f i*od. 
rod Mr. Moderwaa does „<M wish tO.Vfl 
ti » bome Re ia satlsfled with the eoon- 
try and with Ms ttwuteaa 
The editor of the American Knit* ^ 
VePBtalde Journal stopped at Alda '.»> 
August. oa hi* nail to the great ro** 
country of Texas, aB «j mw ttv . 
Bf« be Of carried hem* by the pad fll n 
In an the rich seeM* that we rlsttod the 
trera ora well .* the Mack or sandy 
moist soil ' 
acc Fanis, southwest Missouri. 
Iiii» greatly aggravated, if not been #<■- 
tunlly responsible for y»ur ntoliwfile h«r* 
of apples. I am perfectly confident ibtit 
those root pruned tree* ■ t in virgin »ot 
or on cultivated ground. If pat to rras- 
after n few years, would tun er -bow a 
*tgn or rot. Cultivation i- an muiniami 
method, stimulating tree- Into a sappy 
growth, and destroys the millions of an* 
feeding roots whoso office it >« t» sjs-ctally 
develop tlw fruit- While I bn*e known 
llila for year*. It never rucirrcd to me 
that very probably »!»-•*• surf no r-»« 
were til most eadlMlraly the fesNtnr* while 
the deeply pcnelmUou ••«*» were the 
moisture BHthcrrr- This has liccti «»y 
jjested hy I he eh -e ol»i-rTStli>n of Mr IV. 
A. Gardner, to whom I nm indoM-d for 
Invnlunhlc aid, and who had mdepcit.lent- 
ly arrived at most of my e>nr|> Com on 
Improved hoiTit illlur**, hut novrr taken tlic 
time to place them ts>fot» the paMi>. It 
la highly prultahl* that a Camfnl analyst* 
of tin* sub-oil lire or ten re t below tlic 
surface, w ill show that plant f> o I be- 
comes practically Imuthihh- »t -••u- »«»h 
depth#, nmt Ihrirefoie mini i*llnt>Y to rio 
drop roots" 
We believe Mr St ringfel low's rn.tb.-d or 
planting and then of neglecting the tras* 
or giving no cultivation, will prove to he 
aa successful to the a venter fruit grow 
er aa wn Fat a method of Ueublng bla 
The culture of rtgs was .udy begun tu 
earo> ‘l In this xretmn snow Are year* ago 
The trees hear the second fear, tha fruit 
heglbuiaf to ripen hr inly and continuing 
unfit frost There are a few growers her* 
who have bad wonderful etc -cess and town 
well paid for their care and attention. 
Mr C S Undent*, tti la oa of the most 
success ftfl (dim, and ds-orves -(wclnt we 
ilea. Aht years age be settled hero, bay- 
ing U-t> acres of land, on wbh h be bnilt 
np an ideal home. Nearly nil of h's ran 
aero* am growing frntl Ktra year# ago 
Mr IJnlero.au planted two aero* la rtgw. 
and S» b»« gathering hte fourth crop The 
frame of ri-bnwiry a year *ro <bmiisl 
soir.c of hla trees, sod they have not ral- 
ly rvrovervd. and be estimates he has a 
Unto over an aero, from which ha la trow 
gathering. 
for fsor day* ha averaged twenty 
r rules of twenti four quarts each day 
which brought Mm ataout *1 each trot. am* 
be csllmales hta p re sent rro>< at M** 
crates Two yvsra »ro he nearly reached 
*»• r rates, nod la*t year, from the cRo-'i* 
of the raid, a Wont »o«*-h»tf as rnanr Ba 
w»*rh" amt fgfVU'rea bW ftf trees and la 
rewarded Hc*;.|*a flg*. he '* vary «'to- 
os.ftil with herrlea. market'ng qusntltVa 
of straw bsrrlea. MackherHva and dew- 
tierrlea. an.l grow* aoiae vecctaMaa 
baa a variety of fruit ta haariag. 
El I PING FRUIT 
\ cerrospowlent •* the Uva Ab-b Ic 
dk-atur says "I have a ate* to* grapes 
aud whU Mk* to hrop s»oj» sf ib»tn frroh 
Mr awhile. How ran It h# dona* I would 
ale, Itfc.' r., knew the best way for krop- 
Rg appbw M e hs*e alwara »*Tt fhrm 
te the >etUr to t*.«ea !*at they «®ow get 
wbat f i-ul) « cellar tasro" 
To wt> -b the Imr* icnlt.mil wlllec rhua 
rovdtos- tjrapoa that »r» inawwip-l to ra 
tep* aa taag aa pnaatMe should he jMcb-M 
when tha <*ew % off and wheo pecfewlv 
ttta My veeb hnacb la a abalh w *my 
similar »" peach hoaro l«sit >*aly oae layec 
•hyp Robs' « only I he Net rroaHMm 
Ui a root shed fnr abrow twoory fcwr boora, 
than pick 00 1 the Nia. hs-a roe hy wee. b* 
tv st.*m (M disturb tb Mo.w» «• UttW 
aa ptwalMe. Twrw eac h haoch sraand a 
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