AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAk 
Decern her, tgoo. 
ment „r the Kansas experiment -in 
lion. There was tittle difference in the 
tni.il yield. Sand wleh I sl.'uid being abend, 
lMit tli’e roots of SailiTtvb'h Island hail few- 
or Intends and wir*' smnrtthtf t\ Icri- ;i 
eioid stH ml l ho yli>M mi- very intt tly n 
pound to the toot of row. 
Salsify Is easily efoti’D, mny "ulU- 
viitcii without trouble, mri <•* easily sinrad 
tor winter ttsv The *o«l« arc *<niru-tbnpe 
planted with n dull hut op nrcnliur >d hr 
I lip ho slmil'b curved "f the etuis It In 
i-nlluT dlllleult in old iltt in i ron ilbtrlhu' 
Hull ill ihis way. HBlosy they ore very 
I horotiplilv elroiweil I hi-V iiinj I" 1 phint- 
oil thickly. in ho llhnwfl Inter on. or Hie 
seeds mn» he ilroppeil from font to *lx 
llli lies tipnrl in the li*M pi, n o The soli 
should he r loll, hut with well rolled line 
nine worked deep and tbnfiillgldl . • I* -»* 
the perfect eomllrhui of the Mill depends 
the St ni laid heir and “iiiouthne-s ot tllP 
fools, ihere being n teiuleney in lirourti 
W here fresh tiulliure Is applied, The pilots 
should lie i iiltlviitwl a* pitrHltljis ;m*. They 
:tre very ImrdJ. mo not iitTei'led by rm»t 
and may he li ft in the pi'otinrt Jill winter 
wlthonl linrui ltul to have the runt* 
ready for nut' they should he dug In tnc- 
fall and stored away In soil or sand 
where the temperature is Imv. If exposed 
*o the air the roots become shriveled and 
tasteless and uce without vnine. 
PI. ANTING IIORSFRADISII, 
This well llnvored vegetable con lit 
easily growu it given the right rare and 
l uni tueiil. The following sluijtle mellioil 
of platllllip alvei) hy one of nllr "SrlinUgcS, 
is worthy of euiislilcratluh. 
The tall Is a pond time to tiepin prepftnl- 
I Ions tor a lioi'-i radloli lied. .V -put sliouM 
he M'lrefed where Mie suit Is deep and 
strniip and ■ i im t ii I ns a fnir ii mount of 
ii'ulei ore. A I Mils tin yea (' Hie soil 
slmiilil he pulverised In depth of two 
leei in thirty Inelivs This Is neeestniry. 
as tlt<‘ runt reipilie-. n ;ti|)i) deal of room 
m which In develop Inin Hits soil fumi 
"I'd MiMUIll • should lie IV n ck'fit to the 
depth of a i not nr more We net Ire that 
some any well tutted barnyard tunnum, but 
unrolled manure is pood If li lines’ „„t 
I oiiiain inn ptvtit a proportion <.t straw- 
Ilo- manure Is put u, ii.od, in the f„p n„,ll 
Inlve beeinne hugely in,-„i pointed wlfll 111, 
nil by spring. when the rilttlnffS i f the 
hor-eilldish plum are to |.e put The- 
eimlliL should lit lll.out twelve Inellpv 
I'-np and he |daei..| eighteen Inehes apart 
ROOD PEACHES FOR FLORIDA. 
I In- Ki>«t i (nisi PlnrUhin stales itoH \vm 
l. iker of Melrose, e In. ||„. t„,,| emblem, 
.leais r-yptaieui'e with mitt Blowing in 
Mnrl.la gives the variolic, „f peneUe, II -u 
f °U‘ld "lust profitfttili- for shipping 
moth as follow# Wallin ImpnrhM c||. 
max, Jewel and Ilidwi-H In, Tlin Intn.i 
lK , 'iuivir' ’n" "" ,s,rl - r f-'*' Mi- 
Hukei iidv isi'H Urn-'. (mini! „f 
planted he the trr,t Hirer Mir'd),., 
Hom'd and th. no, min tin- (..oMi he 
UP or tie- !«., t,v„ varieties n.ul- 
the I'eeuto varieties do not pay as sill!,. 
pern, * * 
• — 
I I > ■'•'•11 a nursery man | r:n .,| |,„ M ,.|| 
nip you tr.cs not inn- t.. name, or the nii 
" “ r ■Una for ploelhp 
11“ best fruit top. Ili.-v will 
augry; hot. let u Umutlful woman cull her 
sweetheart a fraud, even when he |s and 
he smiles over It and rather likes it. 
. • ■ ■ 
Cannery News. 
THE VAI.IJE OF A CANNERY. 
V I ol I'e-pondeiil o till' W l-eolodtl Ajft l 
iullnrl*l Hilt- spea k > nt the rnimro I" 
e.-md Ip his town: 
V\| have peeti , -pe, hilly Intel esled tile 
past season in the eiinnlnu Imluatry «« 
can led on h.i the factory riveted Here ill 
Hie spiiap It is certainly a tine thins for 
tin* runners nl any coiuiunitlty." 
Ill the lil t place o||r people w<we some 
1 1 tin I shv Of laklns shares; tle.'.f dill HOI 
kiiow. of eonrse. Jiini I mw the venture 
would Hint otll. hut it only look i Tew 
weeks earnest work hy a couple nr cn- 
tliusiiisllr ini'll III dispose of the 1H“ 
shtin-s at F 1 00 cii fh and the eieetliiD "f t hi' 
bqlltllns -Hid »w*urlti(£ of proper machinery 
was nn asKiitvil fact. A ‘'process luitti" 
wa« favoured at STitft for tin' season's tlin 
mill the work ot cuntroi'lirie for the urow- 
Inv "f irooi|n t(( inn the factory was he- 
Stun. Ilet'o mu move heitd.'tney, Men are 
and rightfully toe afraid oi dropPUm 
the known for the unknown, and how 
citild they tell that crops for this to thi'ltt 
new vertfutv wot|hl pnv n« well a« the old 
11110-:'“ 
"|!nt a sviifh'lent iiefeucv of mm, peas, 
honn- mol tomntites was finally eontraetrd 
for t" noil. i the nut a paying possibility 
nod the ft slips are tilshly fl8tij)factorf , 
"The lull I'tipiu-ity of the faetory Is .10. 
Hun ,-atis |ier day. I'or IncI; of gitods and 
hands we think Hie pack, 111 a day. did 
Hot roach Mini llil« season, hut With these 
two rmiuhdhw li enu do It caiUy. 
■'V',v otir pi'Dple .lie titixioits to *pi me 
moil' shares Offer tug pretlllimie fur them 
and fliciv is not the smallest iloulit Hint 
there will h(i jmtlblerd acreage contracted 
I,, make n grand run next year. The en- 
Hfe pnek was cnntracteil for In advance 
ami land' ordefs trotn wholesnlc dealers 
arc bring almost dally received mill re- 
terned." 
"Hiieli On iDilmttry in tiie inldat of a 
fa riding eoiunittidlj Is luvfllunDle, ami 
lliere seems to he n„ likelihood of over 
tnaiket for many yearn yet 
•Siiotlior thing in favor Is the rm- 
nlovmeiit It afford' men. women and . hll- 
d re'n through the Othervvlee dull season. 
•li t. a must interesting sight to see the 
cow- of corn Hunkers i" I ho husking 
-lie, Is pa s from these with <he carrier* 
(,, ,|„ sorting pint furm : note »be -peed 
„„d dcxt-rltv of Ho- feelers h- they throw 
out defective Oft"- ""d direct the ul tiers 
i,p n„. elevator in Hi" 'diking utttolrim;. 
1 liere Hum at" di"l*l" I >Uitn “imUlof 
pliitronu where two i"'i>nn* run then, in- 
p, the machine which, ill Hi" Mine ,,r a 
pul-v heal cut' Hie cut'll chilli from the 
cot, mid -eiul- it 'id', inutlior ntiiehlUo 
that picks mil Hu- least vestige "f f*>r 
cign iimltoi I'he next imnneiit the vans 
II. auion.alhi.lly llllott ami miicelilng in 
double I|iili-k tilin' before the i.MTlpei' at 
the (ate of “II.IMIO per day. Ncxl they are 
s.,|, Inert and 111" hole In the top punc- 
tured: packed in -mall enib's nm) swung 
lot,, the groat i-eturts; "tit again after 20 
ml mi 1 1 * "I til" Irtdst Intense heal, swung 
onto on elevator anil lowered to the store 
a, if all runs smoothly less than an 
loin I- consumed holweeu the husking 
sl ed Hid (he Stoll' fomil 
"if course the mii lints vegel tildes follow 
different formulas. It loottn'd lo Us not 
in take so long lor the liituntoi" whieii 
wen- packed In iluw-ponnd nr rht'ce gal- 
lon cans, and the process Is not • i ■ > i t c so 
intricate and interesting, but it is wonder- 
fid t» ee ,t three gallon ,1111 tilled with 
three strokes of the piston. 
"Altogether, il Is ti vvonderi id Industry 
I,- be brought right 1 ,, the farmer's door. 
Stockholder* receive otie-litilf cent ,,|i ev- 
ery can fun krd." 
OLDEN NURSERY CO. 
OLDEN, MISSOURI 
For 
API’I.ES, REACH E.S 
STRAWBERRIES. 
BLACKBERRIES 
' amuicndal ulaittcr* onr apeenn,. Wv 
all li 
“Unking the 
ill nearest. 
;" r * '’"'T aff'T All vtock gun rant ,-i| 
m an me imrt prl.-. * | 0 euinpete wliii 
nursery Write for catalogue 
I hi hie 
true 
any re- 
S. R. HAMMOND, Manager 
OLDEN. MISSOURI 
SPRAGUE CANNING 
MACHINERY CO. 
,1 v< •„ , 
Stiler Office: 
Stii Manonlc Temple, 
Chicago, III 
Factory; Huopcaton, III. 
J WR ^°° * SONS CO. Waukee, Iowa 
General Nurserymen 
Originator* «f Klandykg t. , ri 
acrv; h te*^ z;r: 
J. WRAfjCl & SONS CO., . L 
Waukee, Iowa 
