October, lyoo 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
AMERICAN 
Fruit and Vegetable Journal. 
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iin.Mrufiji payable to tin. Am-oom Tr ill .,,1 
Joonml. 
iLLC.riliTlos. W« will gladly r-. sir. pVs^rmj..- 
rni* nr dr»win««. mu.il.ir. r..rr.-pn«lo.ni n, in tin. i-s,... 
Iiut cannot be roaponuM" toe to** or Injiry 
Auk ounullon.. M^rid u. n'lln- gl.e an yir.r .-t| -- rtf ,i.- 
Mark an/ nereapaper paragraph, yui »\«l. tube ule.-r.i-j 
Afunnroo Imn »IU be gp.-n tri 'n »p|.u .ti.m 
Editorial. 
1 A\'i- mil toll more n hmjl tli<- nine .if th. 
UpplC el'op will'll It In tali' vented 
* * * 
Tim .Mlcli luti II t m'ii rli I 'tup Imn Iwrn v.-ry 
Targe nud of good <| mi II t > . They have «tip 
pllcil tin- Cltiengu market with U.nii*.tn.ir 
of baskets of thin lUM'ioti.i fruit thl» -.a- 
io n at very low price*. 
• * • 
Nursery stock Is reported as looking liot- 
ler tlinu usual In nearly nil western 
slates. All that wo vi w on our recent trip 
was very good. 
• ■ • 
Maryland and Delaware peach grower* 
lopnrt a your of great quantity hut i»o..r 
returns for tln-lr l.lg pouch crop. 
• • • 
Ihe apples In the fruit hell along the 
hike shore tire said to !«• plentiful and of 
superior quality. 
• • » 
11 Is Just as Important to splay for the 
second crop of codllll moth a* tin ttn-t 
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BLACK ROT ON MISSOURI AND AR 
KANSAS APPLES. 
Within the last few weeks a form of 
hlnek rot has appeared on the apple* lu 
•tinny mrlnmls In soiitheni nud southwest 
ern Missouri and northern Vrlmtisi- dole, 
great damage t>> ihoniinh- of hush 
els of who I ptiutllkrd to Ih> choice 
mnrketnljle fruit fhls mt Is <h - i ihod .- 
starting with u .mall l.la. k spot and 
spread I IIR Very iapt.ll> met' the apple, oa 
til all Ihe fl'Ult oil a Iris- and frequently Mi 
a whole orchard Is mined some on hard 
Ists report their • rnp n. almost u total 
loss, ami Unit, too, where they had ex- 
pected to sell It fill >s,IHS> to tpllS.i 
Many of Ihe fruit glow.... of Unit -r, l i.ta 
are wondering nlmt this tu n . 11 — <•.- . ,.u 
he. lull from the di -i rlpilon »r think the' 
II i* the dls.-.i known a, .no of the 
orehaolMts of .oUlUeril Illinois .. "ta. 
mark '' This Mails a* ii hlnek spot, rnp 
Idly spreading IIV.I the .pph niilll 
Ihe whole orchard may lie aflc'iyd Tie 
qucutly the lihiek «|.it. do aol u,, ,|. . pci 
Ihflll the peeling, except "II on. -Id. 
where || will often iik >.|h ,i nml dry 
mil with Ihe Ida. k lot mi tin side* .it the 
opening If Ihe fn.lt i» picked .nil) niii. l, 
of It can frequently he . o .si. /.ml the 
most of that affected enn lie .ItAia .m 
) eft ed Into . Ido. v Illegal or dl led 
There I- however, nriotlicr hhi.k tot 
known as the 'Idtler To! ' I Ills Hart- 
also a» a Mark spot, apreadtns rapidly, hut 
non |it'iietrati-s the apple until the w |..o| r 
fruit I* turlly or entirely rotten. It. 
pies, even When mily . (locked are not tl t 
for elder, rine'iir nr drying outers 1 i,. ,, 
holer ml" portions are rot ,.uf a* the 
l.'I Is no Ill»sgr.-i ,iMv hitter i,|ni..n equ.U 
In lasts to quinine and nurture .>f i,.,,, 
mixed, that It q*dl* everything *,*..) tt 
touches 
The (alitor of file Voie.i. ill peril! 
V. ‘get a hie -lonrnal im. .d...ri..| thi-«' t tvo 
forms of n.t in the orchard- ..t - iitlmm 
Illinois (/if Uii.nr o-:i(i in fa.-i pr*t a,,. 
tlw ''hitter jn , l( . u mt-. tln.i w do n Io- 
wa. „ , hlld 
Moth di-eco-, ).irth ularly n-.Ur.atd. 
on la-is with fruit having a ltdo or tender 
peeling and during u wet armsm oi,l ,,n-h 
anl. are no .-h m..r.. nffso-ted than j.ran; 
" l; ‘*. 1 W- have observed bitt.r I d . i", 
> nmig trees iN-.irltia th»|r nrwtmiii M.'.tve 
know n urvluttsHsu to try U" |,hm of cut 
ling down the trrs* nu.I hurnUis th.ni to 
stop Um rot. hut all to n» (rarp..-. Vam 
orchard men enn si.ler tint their only 
rluiltee I, to Blow yollllg on hyrits to tali' 
tire Ida.-.' .*f the old tr.-es wtdf-ti produc 
the dls.-a.ed fnilt 
Some of the varieties that art* easily .tr 
fected h.v the r.'i. .* we lom. .). 
-ervTs'l. ure Willow Twig. Ben Datls, K.i 
mruse. Kail M ine White Bell.- Tinner or 
llollow I'oDsi l'ipplll. wbll. some Keae.UiS 
111 liii.ll.t iii fen is I nml |N».rly . nts-d for or 
rhanls, nearly nil rnrleto-s larrimve runre 
tir leas affected. 
Wt* linVe know n the tar mark." or 
Dark dry rot. to almost entirely destroy 
the imn lie i value ..r Mark and Mm !•«..« 
In large or tmnh. 
We do not think nr . lain, that these two 
kind, of tot are th. same, tail Udleve they 
ire entirely dlMlm < M"th of Un - 
lujitWM call donhUcs. l<e cured |.» spray 
lug at Ihe right lime with the pnqwr kind 
of n mixtures while g.*»l eultDatlon and 
proper fertilisation will aid the im, p. 
throw off Ihe liifecth.u 
Remedy lor the Bitter Rot. 
ITiit, .1 <• \\ liith'ii. or the 
ViwMirl Kx 
|i< i tin. 'lit Station Hint' • in 
111. l|lr-w.,lin 
St.it. tlortk ultural Me|s*rt a* fnth.wa 
Hitter rot I- , ii.is.-d 1. 1 .. tut.Los 
Ute |iarn*ltlc plant which grows nml fed 
upon th.' epple M tl I Kx|n-| 1 ()i. 0 'Ut Nil 
tlo.i we hole hem r .shi. , tm; 
let rot mte half hyqvraii.ig ni , ih.id. .,,, 
...ixtlire H.S. coll -.si. ,,f U (so, rids 
MUf vttml. tl pound, of lime au.l An gal 
hois of water. Spray last ts lere III. hud 
o|).n In sjirlnK, Just licferv 
lion i 
the In 
I ’*"* ? •'"'■'-•-’O'.' mm,,,,. 
", , ‘ l * , '»'- >'Ar.l home Which is Iw.ite.i 
sisMTf tn.i si.it h of 'in- ts-niKifuI )!r 
,7 1 , 'jrlug ihe two yen,-. 
' editor ref tt:.. American Kmlt md > rge 
u . Tl" ** ,,f ,,w '•'"muff 
" ort ***""* ot Kugik. 
dellghtfm lu fhp nv9t frjat A||| 
ii ne-u .. . this liorth-wllur.l .... 
v « M“ miiriii I s>r tl , , y. 
■o or s IK »1 c | > 1 , 1 trees 
flneyaula and latni 
patea.*, will, a g.—i s-Hfca „f i^a. l.cs, 
pint", pear* .•». | n t»u* Ur*, ft Ml plan 
latlon win, hiindml* ..f t.,. 
th'Ji taitn.ir ... . 1 ' , • 'tw r 
7._ r' ni pr»"li"'r*t great 
>rn, grass, ilf ilf i 
luatssloti the tnnk* 
a tC' !*iuoky run river, which aff.uled 
•>v »h« k aiM ikoitalMs .c—i- . 1 *. T,'."' 
s.heil 
ill It vi 
The 
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et'-'v re. ently uict 
U.*-r«' Were Ho 
— rata I gond sl».«t 
Katfli 
(inn 
tie 
IVlhap. ilu- UrtP 
|U I hi. ««vi.(ird .r. 
Davta md Mm. - 
rn-Ur. were n-pr 
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TIGHT THE BSLOUN HARE CRA 2 K 
i write i lay. So.ic naw < i'-i * < n i I g,.«j t ,- 
» Hits hj spraying iwne lu.i n„ 
apples h. gtu 1.1 (l|N'U U the diw.i.id 
V* f tilt l» dt'.l r-o) oil liv bog. In the of. Il»i -1 
i a t,) c ill" ring ami r*-tuovii.g ,h, r.dt' W 
apples then I. Ilo ll*l>lt|t) .rf III. dl sells. 
■ptendliiH In Hie iirvlianl.' 
Hunt 1 g* 
IMS Is 1 si 
thill It will |w> in- 
vvwet .tide*. 
• net*- an 
W ltd 
MKKTING OK SAUNA. 1 CAS , HORTICULT 
URAL SOCIETY 
OHf "Id friend »*mt Vllr.sl M .hue - 
wh.- w.i» i frltOW w.» kn and ■ oiqsviiM.u 
I cacher in it. k a lives \y. -.lev, m t'.,.),-, 
»ity. mot a trial it e Jure! one t.f th- lull,,. , 
mis Joui-. family nrlt-s us under 
date ol >< i i i. thui t in 
Count} Kan.,.. Ilort'i nkitrai . t% 
\it Hie Han family ladm:. ta th- wr.h r 
o-h-tilbi (Dane.- Xml they ad smsii 
laiftj ami e .st to givaa fruit if..* arate.it 
The ..Rtoraf the At.iei " an I rnllasi.il eg 
eta i.t'' Juitriial lu. -- • o tteoovimls of III.* 
‘■■cut lives in is.tl. ibv nursery xn.l ar- 
ch, ml deal r. ... .1 t.) ttxse dcmalilbte rve 
di'.iiv > hi..' ut'i iictril* «-)im 1 y >-<rs oTf. 
bate Insm alueuat "Iil rty t.-stmyed. In 
"tec » IbUv. in a very few day., tea load 
ua-arty ~ • " * * upt*le * ..i-* i.r a .. . ,| wr- 
. Itnixl. . uvw- d hy (bo tlmUI. > l*s.n 
pivjllle s>»*l mtiug.' v n rii ifi Mr* 
tl»e .sui.ne'tt 'villi... '»;t. ' ..i.l *ji» Pig 
. i » qiicf i,.-k r a t>ty [ 
