September. 1900. AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
place, 0 ml buds placed on these would i<- 
suit In change detdreil. 
On a neighbor' a place vra* a common 
"lid cherry, which na* buddcrl with tin- 
lovely Japanese double pink Mow.-i.i i.m- 
Slcholdl, clumping if from :i Gulfing - .c 
of but little value to one of * ii. • 1.0- if. -• 
tree* on hi* ground". 
The innch-ndrulrrd tluwrrlng im ■.» t it«-< n - 
of both single and doubt.- varieties. m at- 
inoM nltogether i.i odti. ed liy buddm. 1 . 
stock Used helps the ••ilninoii Europc.ii 
one, oxyaeaiiteii <m these j-uul . - . t. i 
is Justly admired, but the double m.i tie., 
single rose-colored ones ai>- eipialiv if-.ii- 
sponslble 
There is no given dale for budding. I 
depends on Ini-allt) and *.:i*.m Hotnut- 
sei-ym.-n do not nsmilly hud while ttie -up 
is In full Mow. preferring to do u when 
it I* soiiiewh.it on the decline wi n -mi 
flowing freely enough I" penult the hark * 
hcliig easily llfi d lo allow insertion -d |ne 
hud. While shoots are -till gnm mg. tin 
hark will li rt well, and ob.w-r-, mg 'hi- ...ill 
he a guide. I’llinj*. tie'll"* mid cherries do 
not grow as lute us pe odu-s, *>■ p,.,..,| pu,|- 
dlng earlier. In (his vicinity. tiigust * 
.1 good deal Ilf Melding He. omplUhcd. 
though Septeniher does for pouches 
When buds have taken hold. miv In ah ml 
lour weeks, the strings holding l hem un- 
til he cut; and In early spring the -o. ks 
are cut off Just n hove the laid Unit It. the 
bud. may lie the leading one Fosepti Me. 
han. in Country Gentleman. 
Don't fail to read our great offer oil 
Inside Cover Page. 
ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SO- 
CIETY 
Information lias Just been roi rived by 
President Uunlnp that th. Illinois state 
Horticultural Society was awarded it Until.- 
Ilr.st prize on apple* at the Pails lv\|u.,i 
tion in the eomp.’tHlon of Vug. il ■ 
varieties and contributors Were ... roll..,. - 
Hen I hi vis A. i adwell, Grlggsi dli 111 
Hen Ihivis W. \. Voting Huihr III 
Gilpin M. A Hilhlwln. Jacksonville, III. 
Jotmtlinn II. A. Uilrleh, \n. t u. til 
Stark It. A Aldrich, N outfit. III. 
Willow II. M. Uunlnp. Sjua III 
Willow I . It Bryant. Princeton 111. 
Shipments oi new apples are now In-uig 
made, alld will he kept up until 1 1 „- eh-s- 
of the Exposition I. It Itryanr. s. • y 
Princeton. Ill Scpl 10 , 
RUN DOWN ORCHARDS 
How Orchards u( This Kind Can he Kr*l.vr*.l 
to Fruitfulness. 
There are luntl v nrelumU all et. i the 
enutlt ry «.t the "tuis-lii-en" kind *;i •- the 
I loineMlend. that are not .vlno-i.d be 
.nunc of old age. I hey wen- \v.-|l planted 
oitgliinlly. perhaps, and tot . p 
eared fur, lull • leulilallv the, nave f.tll.'-i 
Into nesleet and tin- tic- 
OUniherers nr the gruini.l ih ii i»i 1 1 . ini n 
turn lor i he land tin y • iii-« * • i m.., 
It Is hei allse Un cITor! has In , ii mlide fo 
keep lip the fertility of Hu soil v I Iirlim... 
the Vitality of the Ins— has been lltipnli.-d 
by overhearing: sometime* i',,. w n ..,i ,.f th- 
I W tier has prompted him !■> My l.. make 
the land do double dniv u tin > in! 
ol cultivation, or n -redltii I ivv o th.i: 1 1 . < -- 
elm IlKed the texture nr He ...|| ,-ml ea<i«k 
elled I tie growth; pruning ha* ;i. mi ifi« lii in 
ncLh-eied and the tup thick.* and pm 
'••Uts the entrunee of nil and light In- 
sets and fit 
multiply and 
different e,i 
.-»•** 
iici 
In *<■ 
< in 
hft if 
• in-* 
been I 
of ways 
lias pro 
lenolH.-d to 
. .llirerlng to 
durcvl its ;n- 
rj|tt«ru .»r«' •* 
slid,, to lay 
fion for the 
Iml Hit* linn- 
..pic 
• low 
III l*K 
Imrv 
11 '»» 
nP1**nr 
it* I lint 
»T ITU.1I fii*- 
f ’l\| L 
1. I* 
4, 
Hill, t lb! J 1 
vrn lrrhiril 
not only In- i 
a lino- In Du 
'tl' )l 
■1 a.. 
Mf Of 
II. tint n 
v X \ h» n 
th.-y d. not 
it if u ire* uiiifi 
run in 
im vJmh 
III*' < 1 « M • J 1 1 111 
tl««n 
.it \ 
V 
v* tf y 
t r*v nr 
• >;Jv«-n 
i mlwiitl t 
t Uovliu: f' r 
iimiiic "f 
n< 1? j»in«t 
draw fr. 
u falling It* 
M-lt.-hful Ilf 
"pi 
If 
• *. 11 . at: 
ft. . w 111 
*hoTlld 
id if frrttUty 
Inform ?1>» 
1 in v,- an ahull 
If it f.-iti* in tl 
for. It . min 
• d.ifu 
IV of 
III,,, flu.! 
•t «t 
Iwiir th 
ie bardm of 
*u*f.nlii'ng a 
wood Etory 
1 t ft 
lafat, 
Inn 
-II lift 
••'jnf of 
At rht* Tl 
■ulturin t.*.. 
proteeted agulu»( In*.* t and fungi :*. -! - 
I.v ibMUirmt spraylmr fha-re at- tlm*.-. 
of einirHe. win. have made mi t heir minds 
that spraying f» mwlcr* Then- i* a u<*>d 
deal of spraying tlmt I* u^le**: that ini> 
Is* eonei-iWd It i* often done at Improper 
lime*, with Improis-r material* and with 
a Inot of Unit tin iron iihnes* that l» *-«*en 
tlal to prrrvli.t tin- ad vantage of *pr."ins 
Spraying that vvmilit In- *ulted for ent» in 
sect nifty Is- entirely Uticlt'lcd t-> foniMt 
the illtholty tlmt a-tiuillt threaten- 
Spmylng i* iKe not *>• inrtch ^ dir* .* a 
IlKtl'Iltlpi. After U illneSM* ol' nil Insect 
ha* thoroughly gotten In It* work, -pray- 
tllZ Is Hot likely to rt Teel ll complete raw. 
all hough properly dote- It would bar. 
been |»-rlvnti» a perfect preventive. Hilt 
this, hr the wa» )» on.- tif the |s.int* at 
lecl a nrghn-t 1 
but In-Inc* it* » 
mi tutnl*li 
WMit. nml untl 
it this (act 1* rvu lined by 
MWlier* of otvh! 
tnt* the nsnnlly 
*»Tf4*l* pri»- 
portion <>f nin-.l 
to routinin' 
Th- nut . low n 
if it 1* to Ih' nil 
>.wn tree* may i 
orchard should 
red The troviw. 
ive evj« . ted 
be sttwb.Hl 
o should t«r 
ilhttfUo«.-d carefidlr tiefore the riltv i* it t 
•erupted I* f.-nlHIv niMlidt Rupt‘1*' I* 
I* cultivation wanted ? Fvtrnl*h that. 
Should the tre. * |w pruned. thinned, 
«, rotilwsl «ri;ii»'il and freshened tip nidi 
the *oaii Washes' G1V- them u lift I they 
nenl iVrhap* the Ifr.-s Have lived loo 
high and the roots tvi-d rutting ..If at a 
point while they are, »av i ipinrter of *.i 
Ineb till -k. VmiT an unproductive nrvhunl 
hn* i »en made fruitful In this wav \n 
• •reliant lied ha* ow*t money amt Hite to 
mnk*. it .night In lie kept productive The 
best wav to do it i« to give il smile utfen 
tioll i'Vi'TI »e!|s.o> and hearken lo tt.e 
"Mrtilngs whirl, tie rondithut of the ii«. 
uit. s to (t< nb« rvnnt own- r It m a g.s. l 
.1. d better to pe. VI nt dtffleull l.-« than b. 
try to cure them but many ntt ore hard 
that i» In i roiulltlott that S.-. Il* to be >1 
iiiokI hooel.ss can tve rrsior»*v fruitful* 
In -s if the liy* * Old > iwl - .o ' lo dtct 
with them 1* stmU'il 
- - » ■ » — 
THE EAGLE PLUM 
Several w- -k* ago Hit - o*t; . . . r>* ■ • 1 
*01 no i-hoiee <m imei.s ..f the er. rls ieiilg 
liagle plum from it* propagnti . * linker 
Itio* of I -.rt ii uttl). Trt. 1 t I he 
men* tv-ii>|tr*l wv-ie -tot l.u.-o ** th. 
It ltd Ihs.s. 'el I f |l). - .. V".|| of I tem 
I If III led Ctdol sunn id Ill-Ill I'd tit a decl' 
ml and some *llgMlv yellow; w>i!>.. »<vc 
flavor when fully rf|s., WII « von ioi. I ‘n 
de- d. on our trip to Fort Worth in \u K 
"*t. Mr Hiker 'liuwM m many good tr>..>* 
of ,,ii* variety. *<> that vre had th«- pleasure 
"f tmth reelng ttie frutr on rip. tr*-e and 
m.tlMg 11 frc»lt In the or hi r. I \tr linker 
'."C, Ih,. , I -■ .,!giti*l tree hi.* not filled 
lo >--«» f..r 27 year*, and that in l'"-"* and 
l . . 
)I 
Don't fall to Trad *ut grant jffo r 
Inslda Cover PatfV 
BELGIAN HARKS 
id 
are only nit>Mt» md ft, .t acid- fr 
.pjalily of *uj-*ri.,r hr.-r.l ng Ih.-y 
V .|*. 
’ •» UlVW' IlJlIN'yi llAVu » *•*••!! 
\||Ikl)4^»T4l f r*MU tW I’l. lrt. 
••nil lm»v fnnn« In 
U4um 1, Tlu* i > rof»ri*’t«i • « •» 
X ?l 
I hr* hair. 
Ii 
Dime 
i* Ifk <- T r.tVsf 
ii( in many of 1 
tb-s. It relishes hark, frail 1 
u 
hh *. Il ■ an 
a pl.-iM* It Ulk 
illlV'll*** rnuiill.Y 
uh* !♦•••• 
i»* f.% nun«*-r> 
l(U» lU'ltfiMft lull v 
. f(»0«Jl. 
GOOD METHOD OF KEEIHJIG EGGS 
r rt** fur im -*rr\ J114 • «*:- •• toa 
v *«hr»uM ti»i K» !•( «>«>l ii'nj . 1/1 rk. In 
Wknt fiHMM till* 4ii riu** 
»r* by nuwlttlii' iI'mIith, Ih* f*>t 
t*nv||!4| 
two >'t *\knr, 
i»or.inlK i)( uif»IaVv»i Hiiip d U«l \’t‘ur ptruntln 
•f 4aii. "r lo thit urwoitl wi iramlM t# 
|U«UCjt fc t »»f Stir 
1 a\ 
tlttii’s dully an. 
1 ih* a let vf.nul 
mini 
* IUi»i 
ivl ItMS w-ul.-d II 
ml '» jwcfiv'G 
• ipiir 
1 »i 
mw ti 
r .*111011* «i* !■ 
off tbs clear I! 
i*i nlU 
I** 
1 flllff 
fill* ‘d'lMUII'IU 1*. 
1 the- ts-ttoa . 
* . t i« ’ 
I tin- 
i1UU»UK 
-tl' lll)olil live u, 
1 ' U*4i 
*-ii 
. b uf 
'•ni.M of lifU! 
