2S 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
September, tooo. 
liccomtinn day ami order* f.>r I am d red* 
or thousands arc nwived to 1m shipped out 
for that occasion. The season only lasts 
about three week- and I- about ten days 
Inn- thlv tear The itvora-jre pt'lec is r. i 
cents per ton f n. P lion- Muring the 
season the air 1- reibtlnni with Hie rli-Ii 
pcrfiitue from tie- tlJocTaand* nt Imsle-s 
white with bJivtot, hoiT utility pontile flud 
en-ployrnoni gtWlicrlnir ft tel pru-k ln*r the 
flowers. Tills citnies .Ins t upon the heels 
of the straw berry -oa-"i> and l-,i>eps ttu 
cash co mine in. 
WHEN TO PLANT STRAWBERRIES, AND 
HOW. 
By O. W. Bin i -kit til I. Klttrrfl, N t". 
In growing su-titvluiTlcs « ere at deal de- 
pends on beginning right More than with 
almost any other cmp. 
The strnwl«-rry plant I* owr-dingh In- 
tolerant of iifKtt ami dmtipbl, It* nature 
causes it to love niollt lire and t-oitlnras, 
or even coldness In p reference to it. op- 
posin'. If s.-t III drought or belli or If rhe 
setting Is closely followed by drought nod 
heat, not only a had stand 1« lilp-ly to rc 
sult, Put the plants that live never do quite 
as well ns those that are set tinder Tin or- 
oide conditions nttd prow nff quickly, 
The way to mold u set Pack or till* kind 
is In select the right mi-iisiiii (o plum lien- 
or, -illy speaking, this season It. the cool 
Henson At tluil linn- the suit I* weak 
Planls grow off then without wilting 
This season f..r planting, which i have 
! wo.-idly designated us ihe col or niolat 
sen son extends from nlionl Heptemtu-r 1.* 
lo a Pout Vprll 1.1, At the for north It 
might in- necessary p> plant Inter In spring 
than April IS. hut throughout the whole 
I int.-d Status win, this small exception, 
pluming cun lie done within the period 
designated. South of the latitude of Wash- 
ington ft. r„ pluming run bo safely done 
"ii any day within that period that the 
weather will prrdiM thnr l- when the 
ground I- not actually troxen. We do 
nearly all of our planting le-re lit North 
' i roll tin In -toiler. In November f>e 
ccrabor January February jr*rrh. iVe 
• "uhl plant a lilile . arllpr In fall and |„| 1T 
" spring, hut during Uum,- months Ihe 
strnwlH-rry plant I. b» easy to live thru w, 
never fa!l to pH n good stand. In fact 
'hougt, we annually plant from pin t,, 
acres in Him wberrlps, mrolv find It 
necessary to do any replanting nf nil 
-ip-m ! m V. tn n ’"'' «'»«* or 
' ^ Z H ' lf ' f r|lr 1 '""' I'.feteled 
milt'll', they are turned no, 1c, Tlicv , r)f , 
'r 
Z >*-v the t'laot'V, 
WSrj; gsbjs rs 
thorough pr -ninmo ''d'H*' M "' 
we toX? V 1 ” 
t in ,el ' “'W 1 - l "" " "IT line" 
,u™i "* 'he drill VH» pound- 
nteal H r acre « nd ,|, r „w up a 
feel 
p 00 , m >he plant h set IB 
o ay tu. o . as the *„l] 
I'lauti-d , , , "" 11 ' 1 - titid tl.e wit-let y 
The other ferllllylnl'T »*'•«. T 
-a Inhale f , * inopcrties t,.-. dcil 
lxrfll :ippl;,.,| ", "i, .',/Vt 1 11 bbnaphal.- nr.' 
I ,re “*ng» later on fd 
motion* ror these applications will Pc 
given In tine time. 
Of room' tinman rid* of acres of straw- 
berries are annually grown with success 
u hit'll nr. riot prci itded by a com pen crop, 
II. iv i » imply state (In' (ili-al coltilltlon 
Wldi-li sliould In' approin-hed as near as 
pnietlca t'li | -or >unwl"-rrles can lie -ue 
cissfully grown In follow cotton, lobaceo 
point. ami any trucking • mp They rim 
' Vv-n In- gn>« n after corn though tmicli 
fori Hirer Mill |„- tieeit.-'l, .is i-nril l» u great 
• nr-ti-j of f. rtllity 
We very often have -cor" fri-esi-s In to 
t.-rrnpt out- winter planting, Put fie n.hl 
d‘"'“ "" hni-tn whatever tv tie- plants set 
the straw Perry plant In-lug perfectly hard, 
e\ '.|'t 111 the far north, where the liter 
'•"■meter dmp- -ooHldfif Illy bclon zero. 
North of Mason ami Mixon line It Is licit, . I- 
i".t t.. plant from November l r. t.. Marep 
I. unless the newly set plants can tic at 
•"•ee covered With strnw or litter. If this 
l» dota>. planting may lie done anywhere 
unless ttu- trrouml Is not actually frozen. 
CUCUMBERS PROFITABLE. 
I"' l Shoeninki'r Pa« given hi- » iev s 
", tlte pmtli In growing encumber- In the 
llTlgntlmi Age, ,s follows 
I'ncumPer growing u much neglected 
vi-t very profit* I'l'- lodiiHfry. Market gar- 
•Ictter- scld.itn Imrv.-sr p-k- than ir.tt luisp- 
■ I' and Hotne claim to got ntm Pusiu-I'. from 
a, i m re The early crop uaually *c||. a' 
Horn St no t„ it f „. r down, and the late 
rmes lo In* i P.oit half that price \ Pu-h-l 
u pickling r-n. limbers av.oagca 2 ihi -.peel 
""ns I hay- “ecu prtifrmiiotnil growers 
Who Mill they "S,t Irtti.INM) plrkebi frimt all 
acre If sold on the market, tile Income 
will average $200, („,t |f up f„ 
Parrels and made into t|„- rnarketiti.l- 
pielch's uf nitumi-rci- the crop 1* worth 
hi uni.- that ainotiut Mon I hern growers 
n-pori mi a von, ci- „f ruM i-rati-s of su i,. tm 
'I I" civ These crates ar ,- 
s'.'.'i. V Ji’" ellb-s, and sold lit 
".•n lo J.i.OH per cnile. 
The cm uinPi-i- r.-qiilrcK a light -and V foil 
V i"f !,n ‘ l "mlaUiiv, nml good' 
'are in growing and harvesting. The 
gri.imd -hopli! he free of weeds aud 
|||"'\.-,| In III,, fail winter. For emiv 
•m-p the Planting -hoUld begin as us 
dniiifcr from rrnst 1- over lr hill- nr.- 
am! n '" r f ’"' '‘“l« way. 
•l td I Iillhatlon given tinfure the vine:- p.. 
«t" to run, Ute gruwfli will .over the 
m-tiud A good pint, f, in dig holes onc 
or more In depth, w|U, Hpade or slmv 
ZZl'Z V"; b,IU ;n " "• ,u • <>» F.rllv 
M "" w ! r " •" fertilizers containing 
"lit "ot"»h M P", can, phosphoric 
, , ‘ l ""d - 1 pH' Cl Ilf Ultriigctt The seed 
H uodd then I.,- plant, d m 
d . Placed "V it this at the rate of .lx to 
eight 1,(1, 
iJVJ"'" '**" t'lnnlH an up rum growltu 
‘ < liSim.it ,«, two In a 
•ill, and • tlllnatwl u iUl mI, allow pl, MV nr 
w m i' ! i 1 1 1 i r 1 / * * 1 11 ^ 1 ' * *■ v w i ^ * i*»rj iuimii 
wan, u ilgiitlrin. ||„, |., nil I,, 
r ; v nw,, > '-™. -inrai. 
phuil . are young, Ihe crop w ||| 
•'oltlvalli.il while the dew Is 
1 J"~l after a tali, will 
"UM mill litlghl. \n appli 
meal nr one table 
American Fruit and Vegetable 
Journal Colony. 
I'e .vim mint > hotne In the Sunny Smith, In n 
•" I lit ciltani - i-omparsliP tn Furl f..rnl«, whvr,' 
Ho- pi. '..ml -sn nt in.- r. tuiu|'.r"i) tij- rhe in I ill 
'.nil lin.i-.c, r.-.ilpiiu. tor ['ii tuonih., M-||f, 
bwef wlnt- 1 , llki-.uil OBto u tuirlheni Oeiola-r? 
1 1" xui mini rich Mill dint will preiliii . >-i llier 
■ -.<pn, line-, trait, gi-tnPli.*. or 
oKtirliiot Bhn for Htin-k grawIngV 
|||. ,>...1 luiiit !■. (ill. land Oil l"iig tine- anil 
"•■.*) psnaerus. In n laalilifnl rllumt. where 
• her.- ..re Alreuily um.,. 1 .etei.ctft onj I'tiup'heii, in 
,i . ..Iniij ii/ ruirfneru pinple? 
1‘hen Join lie- \mpHnln Pmlt Dial Yngelnbli- 
-• ••■•r n»l - lit i niiithi t'nleiiy, Inenti'U oh the 
Sniff m-rn 1'nciHa nllrruitt, tti ttu- rlrli cup » i Oetin- 
",i. In J.elc.oii. wbnrtoii nail Mitliignrdn cmin- 
io-« nr to i- rf. mill . Jfmthwi wi nf Ifoa-ion. 
'•"b It* W.ooo r->i"il«Mon: nsarly J0f> mile, from 
■ •uJi-soj. tilt- lurc'-.t »t-ii|ir.iri nf III.- Oulf of 
Ml \ l.o. nuil Iibnul 10 mile nerfli nf fh- itulf 
CO/lhC» 
Thi. 1 1 .intiy t« tint an experiment, Mart- Ii Is 
mm »lv \ i’ii r. olil, with many linpreved fnrniB 
iihi.-ii hnvi- iifudiii'i-i] gOwl rrops, provltiu tlie 
i-vrellouce of the rllnihU' ami the ri-itlllty nf the 
ml, Thr i iilnaj fiuv-n, r: C’iiri|in, loti already 
• • l -. Inert n pviinlAtlull uf t.SOO 
trait f I oi-i. well, |./.itlciilifrlv penelii-s, jiran, 
pin in., uprleoi-. unit Htniwlierrlr. a- ni-ll as veg 
•■table., Iic.lilr-s being Irniii Pair to -lx weeks 
•nrJU.r (bn u Callfnriiln. 
Ih, Anirrietin I run nn.1 Vegetnlitc Jnnriml 1ms 
s' . Atei! .'tli .000 acre, nf Inna in i lit. eltulre im p 
Iliin for till- hi-nellt nf Ii. honii.-U'Mker., this 
will ii.-nvldi- n -inn nf tifi.v a, i, - fur t ’,110 per- 
•"ii*. r.iiig.-r or no, idler Iriuts mu lie *ntr) if 
de«tn-d. 
11 ". ti'rin- ..f -.He will lie nin -elsldli modi mid 
tin- i. -ienlii.il i- In .even minimi pnynieuU, with 
lutrre*t pi fh. rate of seven pei I'eni per uaipini. 
Whll. land In Callfnrnlo with miieh the .nim- 
'Tlliiiitc, prnilm-liig -ludlni ,-oip-, yet riapilrlug 
Irrlg.illon, mul I.Mit ni l.* fartlmr nivav from 
lln .-leni tiiiuk.-M of Ih, Fn.l mnl North, I. held 
/r.-'iiientb al Jinn lo H!00 fi"r acre, liin.l In i It | M 
mlmii I* i>a.-reil for n IlmJtMl time ,it prlres 
i-*i aging fren, fin to t?0 per nere 
A ."!'V nr Ihe Anierlcon Fruit ami Vegetable 
•l-ninuil will le. «.-nt for iho n-iiialiuler of this 
to any one .einlluc t.-n cent, and furnish- 
ing ip- ih,- mini,-. „nd iiditrciaeN ot 20 persons, 
"ho may prnhlfhly he Piterotcd la ell her the 
i-ulnhy nr the paper 
Vi 'lte ii.ien la rail, plainly In Ink, with nost- 
..m.-.- . . l. Ires,. III,,,., |„ -pn, Aiaerlean Fnil, 
mid V eget able Jonrnrtt, Tilt Miiniitik- Temple. 
ulill" it 
be a fail, n i 
mi tin- vim- 
III" Pin erf 
'll 111) 11 of eutli.n 
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no, id -a liltrale nt mala soring I, i 
•'“""'"I Ho plant* and howl in win prove 
ui’flrlol u* a top fen III..-, If tin- pl'inVi 
ftmeilcan Fiuit And Vegetable Journal. 
7(3 MASONIC TEMPLE. CHICAUO. 
