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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
August. 1900. 
p, .rations or capitalists «** on 1,10 increase 
Tliev nr.- uamdly successful beenmi.' the 
bnsi'iw" sill.- of Dm enterprise rewires 
careful attention Hu ""ibn.- .if ..ivlmr.l 
management is pmi'erij carried uni ami 
IbiTf an in. l.v. k* m I ho »ni*bie..s of flinr- 
Iodine. < iri-hnr.ll'i' of 11 . is grow 
standard vitriptie* "f Jppb'S, Their first 
niru is to |.r...ln.v .pioiitlr j : rin- second i* 
I., produce 11 ninrh.'i ..Mil pri'.liire They 
an- competitor* in tin world’s nurtn- 
growing <«rh trulls ns m«.i It- pro.lu.-od 
t in liny SKYKX . * * * *-.• Iwtwb 
In large quantity unit 'hipped with *atl«- 
faction; lu short. thfy are growers ..f 
staple*. 
S\ Irh tills kind ..r grower men* amt limn 
In .'viilon.-. ,iv the v.-ii r* a" nil It w.ml.l ap- 
pear that in tiiup ilir niiinll preulnepr mlelit 
In- entirely abut ">ti of Uio market. 
Quality va. Quantity. 
Is t boro not however, a class that i» witl- 
ing to pay 11 i>rmiiuin Bur a product having 
11 better appearance nnd powiodug higher 
quality thao is found in II.*- average nnir 
kot article? Then* is m> question nlnmt 
lb*- triilli of this statement Thom Is n 
donnin.l for blab quality. It Is compara- 
tively limit.'.], and ll rcutllW"- personal ill* 
tout Ion nu the pan of (he grower to keep 
h nlito. Uni tills demand mny be de- 
veloped (siiisldpnildy. the extent depend- 
ing upon 1 lie tact skill nnd hiwlneav ability 
of tin- grower, It is tt mnfUit, in short, 
whirl) depend* very largely u|ni» the indi- 
vidual wlio cutcri. I" It. mill therefore may 
be railed n ‘'personal" or ‘'special" market 
The large eammerelnl grower I- tint likely 
to lake entire possesion of the t.Mrtleiiltiiriil 
tlelil; for In Iowa rbere Is abundant oppor- 
tunity and plenty of room for growers of 
either I'lass, The M|.e< III list OeluuUt ra- 
rl. ile. of high i|Ualit) nnd tine appearance 
nnd brings ill bis skill I., bear <m the pro 
du. linn of a gilt-edged uriJele which ooiu- 
n .a lids I be bight h| prlee; llie eomiliereinl 
orrbardist grows sbindnrd lOudr in a large 
nay. reduces rost of prnduelliin to a mlnl- 
"•»m- nnd ui'Cepl* nyrragu market prlees— 
and there Is money in ll. 
The Amateur. 
Resides tli:- two lias... titnutJofled, there 
is a tblril elass. the Individual who grows 
fruit, not lo sell, but lo add to the comfort 
mid necessities of borne Ilf*' To brighten 
the home and give .11. Ii BUiTouiulIng* ns 
will tend to alleviate Die dlllltlex- and Imnv 
lu.-ss Dim iilliy under advert... ...mlltlnm* 
envelop life on the Uirin TtlCn- are few 
"•* Dial connect a man *<> closely t„ tl „. 
1 irm as tlmse whleli uuofllate Idui with the 
Idautlug opera I Inn- mol mat t a. Id 
the fruit -eating fern*, of 1.1. voiill.; nnd 
Do se ties blml more closely us the veur* 
go on Kliuuld not itils sjilrb, Dim, b. . 1,1 
The College and the St, its. 
The connection b. iw...,„ ,|„. w „ rk , lf 
Department of Morn ullur. anil Dint 
' f ' u !' growers or the state is ml in. 
limeipl, , ar ,. mint lit the poltcge 
Dos., may be applied with equal udvai.l 
b> Ibe nnialelir. Spoebillst 
rnvbardl-.,. The practices may vary, 
SnngeS ^ '..main 
Factors Bearing ou Succeagful Ore hart 
I'li'.'si* luay |,,c cited under four emu 
1 I illliiK. IneimlUig f.Ttm*ing " |' r ij 
3— Spraying; i Tbluulng 
town Is coming to the front ns an apple 
producing state. High quality and hand- 
some appearance help apples to sell; these 
an i-h.'i riielerlstl. - of In r frill'*- Apple* 
may |ie grown over the whole state, ITuth 
growing I- developing rapidly '(Mil Die tn- 
1 rod ue Don of bat'ily nnihes Pear growtng 
K n plnlilill.il euiceprlse south of I III- cell- 
mil east ami Uf>r> Peach crowing 
i.a - develop, d w-ooflioTiilly lii iveenl years. 
low.-i seedling- HP- coming f" Me- from 
and proving ibeo.-elves bcllei adapted lo 
soil and climate than tin- eastern vnrt. lies 
mill so it I- in all lines of friill growing 
Pomology Is well .-vlablWierl and 11 factor 
of Increasing importance in the star*-. Ii 
will entitlnii.- 10 develop in proporDiJO a,- 
-kill and Intelligence are brought t*. bear 
upon It. 
t'be fun. t|, m of the f ..'part melif ot llorti- 
ctlltun- Is to Itisrnict the xvoni.|-ho fruit 
gmwer III the prttudples 11ml pl'a. lle.- of 
Ills calling mol I*. n>*ii| those itUcr.'sleil 
or eugaged 111 Ike work, >vlt|i sill'll helps 
«b Ii may be possible to give. 
D 11 July 1st Dm Secretary of Vgrlcnl- 
llir> sent nut the following fruit re|a>rl: 
'•Wliile the wbob' of tile fourteen state* 
having 3,000,111 »t <>r npwnrvl apple trees in 
bonrlnir at Dip Inst ceneuB report a de.-llne 
In the ivndlrioli of apph-s * Uln,' Jlllli.' t, 
they still have the promise of an excep- 
t (anally Inrse erup. The p*mdlti*m in New 
lork i» t.*!* point-; nliuw the ten-year avei- 
ng*- In North t '.1 T>>llnn ^ii, in Maine Id. 
Pennsylvania lti, nhio Tfi. Kansas 13, Vir- 
ginia 13. Illlmils 11 Mli-hlgan In, Mis- 
souri h indiami mid Tcnnes'.-e I. Ken- 
tucky ‘t. not b.vva 1 point abort- the re 
njieellTf nverng. for the last ten yeai-.“ 
• • • 
The flaxers ii(, ruing In China i“ ser- 
iously afi'i'ciiug the ginseng .llgg.-rs of In- 
diana, Is a din, n-, l by the fllolio- Democrat, 
most of whom live In the hills of Itmwn 
eouiif.v. The r.-if is not much ii‘e .1 In 
this ciiiintr.v. but, iiiii H rim present irmihlcs 
In Cliina. dot eimiigh of it cmihl 1 ..* giith- 
eicd to supply the dcniuml Trom tile flow 
cry kingdom. Prices Were liuTefore high, 
and lie dlggi»i> while they re.-elved only 
a small part of the profits, were abb- in 
make a fair ll< .dili.sal, Now Dm .teiimud 
Is Siiftpriul.'ri 
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I'.mly Western New York apples coining 
1.1 an* Very antoll. Tim wliile. varliMic 
with nmrv rain may be larger. M< 
I buries forder. wlm bps recently made 
II canvass of Ibe apple territory of the 
•""lilrv, .ays that "tMun eiery point of 
view there Is reason for conserviil Ism " 
1 he ontriimrciai situation nbmnd is so 
n.i.'li superior lo Tour ycm-. ago Dial Iw 
1 Klirupi will lake our surplus at 
good prices 1 ; i »)i. |t,-it 
• t « 
Ho *up«rliiieudi*nt ..r parks of rim-im 
liati vvi.s very mufli pei'pl. v.-d til rdis.-rvi- 
iii iimm 01 ii..- tlow.-r lied- of Kris'ii Park 
nmmQlles of w|»nt npiiearod to be st range 
flow el's, but whir h turned out to tu nnl opa , 
peppers, milling.., and tobacco plants, 
which M cl lull! be. mil Pled with the 
dower seeds in gome cArrlcttK manner. M 
1 .', Mill, .1 Dm ,a refill work or a gardener 
b. r. rnov.. Die bit ruder. Dull Im.l "goMeii 
In the wrung hod." 
1 he mauagi 1 .* of fruit evaporators of 
Camtndaigun. Penn Van, East Bloo ntldd 
mid Mall's Corners as well as a number 01 
operators m a smaller way. says the 
"Dm ,.- Pell liave nod ami agm'd flint Hus 
coming fall i!m> w ill not buy null that is 
mil vide, -tail with line. Past year they 
lost money handling ungraded tnlll 
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.1 ll Male, ot Deorglii, stated on Julv *" 
Di.it Dm peai'h eiop fit ib'.ngla Imd been 
greatly dmnagcl by rains. Dnt of a pr.-s- 
pe. live crop for the stale "t 3.IMHI e.il-, 
ill. re would not be now. owing lo Die rut- 
ting or Die pea 1 lies caused liy IllPj'vri's- 
slve rains probably not over 1 .”0(1 In 
I. Min carloads 
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Tim si i'n w -bi'iTy crop "t ITiUlil river. Dr ., 
was not only tine tail good prices were 
obtained Mop In an towns prrived good 
innrkel |inlnts. It Is said that Die beirles 
paid SI To per am-, many crates selling .11 
>tf..'lti to Si'.tri per evate. while some sped il 
shipments sold ill SI per crate. 
... 
New 1 'astir. Cal. recently had a Yen 
d, -.tvtn iivi lire m which property to tin 
value o! ? 1 1)0,000 was desiroycl. lnelinl 
lug all the fruit houses ami 10,000 boxes 
of fruit. 'I tm S'Oirlmni Pn.'lfle Uiillioml 
Company lost ? 3 a .000 lu frillt and fruit 
ears. 
* * . 
Tim prospect for an abundant crop of 
watermelon' and emit a b)lipc» was never 
nuiri' firotnlslpg than uow. few exirn 
early sp.'dnu'ns have r, a. -Im.l nuiturlu 
but there will be no exleuaive slilpmenls 
hi rore A lie. 1". 11,,,'ky Ford Ktiterpri-e. 
* » « 
Mr. Martin, of Brockton. N. Y.. Is pre- 
paring to 1-rum'l Ills lui'gi- crop of erap.'s 
If, l" wine. Mi- is said to have been one 
of Ihe Ill's t to have engaged In tlm husltiess 
of growing grapes on an extensive -scale a* 
lllill pllt.'l', 
* * • 
Tim present Imlleatlous are that the 
South Shore I. uko r.:rle grape crop from 
Dm Dire,' states of New York. IVnnwI- 
v.rnla arid Ohio will touch closely Die 
1 'k carload nuirk Die season of Bam. 
N. V ('{rape Itidt, 
I lm 1 1 tickers of Masting* have bet’ll 
Sin, Dy "In It" Dlls season. They have 
sl.inp .,1 about ir.,iMio barrete nt white po- 
biloe-; for Which they received S 3 to X) 
pel barrel. East Floridian. 
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I In- Maine apple .-rop in ven good. 
s.,nm damage was .lone by the eab-.pil 
lore. 
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