AMERICAN 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
I Jeccmber, 1900. 
1 
78 
tree mill develope rlie fruiting porllon on 
the outside of the trunk. The fruit part 
is white and resembles that which Is .seen 
on rotten logs. If the tree dies the rot t 
1 hen supposed To lie tin* on tMe of ll* dp.ith 
1 he roi may lliuden tilt* heath of the tree, 
ion a tree that I* smniiil and free from 
blemishes IS VWJ M'ldl'IU It eITT Olt.li.-ked 
liy this rot. 
rill- In-sl 1 li i 1 1 JJ lo 1 1 • 1 Is In keep » lie tree 
free from boron mid oilier Injm le=- I lie 
laml should he kepi free ironi Ktm« any 
weeds mid well cultivated, timid, clean 
eolilvatlon la worth more ttinn all tin 
H.ishi-". nut) dl' -ssioirs that can be applied 
1 • prevent borer* A good wash, however, 
is often worth minty time* what If nriatn 
to apply and win do much toward pro- 
t enmig the titlarks of horn * mill iillirr 
Insert -. A one |i"Ulld can -nr i-onwlilrflli'd 
lye dissolved In two or three gallon* of 
e liter makes 11 nr* irodj thou wash. An 
othei good twitli ran be mmle of one-naif 
pint of pine Mr. oiiehnll ploi entholic 
a ehl. and I wo gallon* of soft soap These 
washes can easily be applied with on old 
whitewash brush or a swab made of o|d 
rugs "D the end of a slick. Those vrnslie* 
should he applied tw> or three times 10 
'be trunk ntlil large limbs during the 
spring and t-orlj- sum in or. 
COTTONY SCAI.ES ON MAPLE TWEES 
Professor S II. |'o| her entomologist lor 
1 he Male Ml lllln.ila, -liy* that ttien- oie 
three lliliigs which may lo done to eh-m- 
maple u-ees of the coMntly #Cnhr; eturll one 
mn In Irled ueeoidllm to elreuiosrin.es 
When the scale* afv till piMellenlly well 
liin-d and loosened liy the fonnallou uf 
1 be egg mass fu-nMt.li, they can be .pg- 
b'dgcd without gvcui tlllTleifliy bv :i stream 
ol walei throw li will) ton e front the 
no zh ol a hose eolineered with a bydrum 
1 1" lice may be «iielnlmil against tlic he* 
ol -tip lo him ntlng '-I'lKeWI.nt severol}’ uf 
in Hi,- young are prai tiCitlly all lintchml, 
and 11 piny of kfU'Ovttc cimi!s!<ui diluted 
lo eon (11 In ulioiit 7 per eent ol kerosene 
will destroy the young If applied While 
May Hie ntlil Ml, nil mill have I t|l> power of 
Ini-lllliollnu. 
Hie ip-uuk. The stalks arc round, from 
oni eighth Lo uuefouillt <>t nu ineb iu 
01a meter and about two- inches high The 
e.i,> Is ahoul tile shape of au inverted 
,1. uilih- and !► Itiiio one hull (,» one Un u 
in iiliiniiiii-r riic stalk* mill caps ot mi', 
o M-hi-poTu arc edible, ts wn< be *<-i-u 
-•ip the len-gom. the live n. lotted b} 
lisving the food supply Shut off. 
Mils disease Is tu t 1 outlin'd to any one 
.aneiy or cla** ol vaiieta- n aitacks 
Ho- ohcLiy Hit* same as 1 lie apple. r lie tv 
0 llo cdtlLiCi' til'll between IhU tllSc-UM- und 
liny foiui of grafting, budding or irntis 
pin mini. ns there Is cotmnonly auppoued lo 
lie. Ni'ilber is ll eonllticil to trees sbl),| e I 
lioiii mij dl*Hlllle locality' or ellUmte ll 
Is , however. 90 fur a- I* known in Ukln- 
I mrim, confined to orehnrd* mat were *et 
•mi on lond formerly covered with Umber. 
The dine, iv is un tilt! ronta u| the forum 
tine and lives for several year* up ihe 
dcMijing rout* left in the ground. it 
spreads from the dead root* to lln- gran 
log runt's of the on-Unril Irees. 
rticro 1* no known curt and the only 
prcvenllve * cents in be not lo -ct the trees 
Oil lllfi eti'd laud. Olio I tve llllollt t) VC 
In* In - iii diameter was very badly nttra-ied. 
I'll*- bun-, were turning yttlluw mwl the 
trie showed Utile pro»p,"is of Ihmg until 
tall on exiiiulimtlun by Hut |p»i-tlctiltur* 
Ui of 1 1 if- oklnliuni.il experiment station nt 
h'lillwniei- iiin-i*-roiirMi* or me root .->* 
lorn was d'-ad ultd flic disrate npri-adltiR 
rapidly. Tlu* dead tooir wore removal 
■ml Ihe dead w end ami hnvk rut away, 
\ I ■ ■ 11 1 fifteen p. itljd* of fivsli uimla- k.-d 
1 1 1 1*0 »ii» worked Inti. ■ In- sail around Ihe 
1 rt !• rhl* work whs i|oijp on July 21 V 
Held hi in fell un .lull 2*i un,) 21 -phe 
h- e. eciiseil to turn yolinw oud fall and 
on 1 a lofier 1 i|,e free showed better fill- 
ing** Hinti In July 
' p-IuwIb should not In- set on rluibei- 
lund for III or four years nflec ell I Ini 
la r has been remove l. Mining the -oil 
oav hold till- dlseii-.e III rbei'k but cm 
mit ' ■'! lie la enioiiaanbal 11 * a cure or pr*- 
VctlllVi'. 
ness of flavor, inul marketable qunlltlei*, 
Arizona oranges and h-tnon.s have un su- 
perior. Till* Is admitted by t ulifonil.a and 
I- to r Irjn expert*. As lo proiiis. It is nothing 
unusual t*i receive f Kill pet m-ro net ftum 
a to >• vi .ir "'hi iiiY-horil. on.- eotiiiimiv a|uuc 
now Inis I ,fiflu acres m i to uriiuges, h-mons 
anil Ilriu'**. 
otlif, fruits 11I home In-la- an-. Apples, 
pome.: 1 uitsios lime*. pe:o ln s *1 rn wborrles. 
aluuiml*. plain*. Ill's *iniu.i-s, weetJlPlPcs, 
leiuotis , berries. Ininmin - pears olives and 
aprii'iil: r*itif lies enttii- iDto In a ring curly 
mnl do well Aprh-uls yield seventy live 
pounds per tree lie- llili'l year, mul nt inn 
tin by ni ei- I'niir h tun 1 1 ill pop nil-, tlo-y are 
di led. mid also shippeii in n-fi Igerator ears. 
Olives thrive well and ;i 11 I'l-ee finin si ■ah-, 
■ The grape and wlm- Imliratry is nsstim 
in ir liu]*ortmil proportion- A* 11 sherry 
wine *Ji*fi l. i, cxpi-rli 1 < ifl. ullriels phi 
iiotinci' Salt Hiur Valley tube without an 
American rival .Seedbe».< rufslu ara pcs are 
sin a essfuilv prriilui'ial mul bring guild 
price* clii'ii pn liial for sldpincnr to out- 
»ldc markets. 
"ticttliig Iruit t>* market does mil i'iii up 
all Ho- iiruflt. Itcslde* 1 in* limuiuoniblo min- 
ing 1 imps and stock niro-hcs whh h this 
wilh * supplies, the foreign nuii-ket ta> far 
east a - ciro-'ig.i) |.s re,aeli> a 1 with a iiiiiKid 
eialila A/lraiit ige in ilista ini', nun* mul eui-- 
llness ■ > r riponlnc. as I'umparod with mm 
pelllig Hulls ft oil) -01110 olllIT llll-fl 111 It'S. 
Vnw'l oranges aiv rciidy lo re fur market 
10 VomiiiIhi- pi. Karin l.almr ran go n,,m 
$2** in |ll(i per iiinutlt a lid board, tliuiir«fli- 
vet I" SKI pee iniuitli; enilimoil labor 
ei's ram fl.Gl) (>■ Jl,7a per day and sklllcil 
1 1 bur $2.jii I.. |i; : clerk* I'ccclv c ? 2 f, lo JUKI 
per loonth. 
I'll*' Sail Itlvcr hOrtieulliliUt Is pliifpd 
11, a position where UitelUgcut indu-irj 
w ill cim hi*- him to secure resulift erpipl to 
tlms.i of miy fruit dlstrbi. in t|„. wm'ld." 
c.'iAs.ivwei^iivizvwiA'SArti-iiviCiS.li.n.s 
APPLE KOOT ROT. 
I hi- disens, hr- 1 miack . Ihe -mull r„„t fc 
ami then apleud* to the larger routs mul 
11 i.mk- rii* 1 roots that are aMickol . ) ■. 
ami ib'i'iiy very inpidly Thu d 
-preads rapidly along the roots aod In 
alsmt two years lln- miiIjic ruiit <>y*teiu of 
He- tiv*. I* killed, Tree. Hint wen- ,1 1 
loi'keil lu the summer -r usually ,1 
a large crop of frail la lUOft Many *,r the 
If "n* fruit 111, nun-. I if 
Un- tic- - arc set di-»p the flrgt ► WII p„ l |„s 
are n hi. I. of Vigor afld the yellow color 
■a tin- leaves. n,e tree show - philnl. flit 
*:e k or rood ami niulatur*- u in c iwe Is 
set sUallow ,|"„1 leate, 
.am id the base „f , r „„ k Ttlw 
'. « r “'" ‘OW'ulty or Ilf,, rind the fur MOO. 
1 be * 1 when t live,, ur,. t, U f „ f t . w || V( . r ., 
‘I '*!" v '* ’ * ■' m 1 it**. | ,1,1,, lay,., 
>1 .1 while v.-lrc-ly »IUs*lun.c enn be seen 
.-Ween the layers 0 f i.nrk In tl„. ,|,|cl, 
". n ' ,rc "J' ld , I''" " r 'rank n*l 
Cl , I/, material le very oft,.,, ( "i.Hnienr, u 
•*> von hardly N. ,i.w, P< , OI1 
r '“ ,ls A b'nshrvaoin l» ,, lf . , :nmi . nf 
II K"ldoin dei "lop* t )„. f r „j, 
ARIZONA AS A FRUIT COUNTRY 
fills ureal territory Is nearly always 
lloiuglil " f ,ls -a tliT, arid waste, good „l.n,. 
udMlnii' with some extensive pasture 
lamls lit the more ravored valley*. Rut it 
beairuilug t„ mat.,, | |M known lu 
H'v fruit and reui'tiihle m.arkcl A west 
•'It write, Um* .I. .cribc* It- hot ticiill urul 
liilrtv“t - 
'■Ol even Hie ua.-t llivoi-eil se, ||(lll- of 
< allNu-hlii are hi’tter mlaplcd t» Ihe plot- 
liable raising ,,f oranges live, grow 
I brut liy and Ml-.. „o| alTectwl by dlv 
Ihe Hull tmiluies cteidv , being lulgln, 
chat, and highly colula.d. 1 11 Jiilflucs. del,- 
w v-»rin«M”ir^r»nru-i 
The Missing Link Apple \ 
STANDS TODAY AVITtrOCT A ItlVAI. 
a , CM, WIT, .. nil curly toe, |ll -I (111- 
u* are r „ keener, its to qanllty, p, 
lolls 1 *K v. nu I" (ri-cilnni from tnseclH .«n,| 
“nr. "n' 1 blight, nti.t ru. t|,.. most tbli. 
I n, apple g",,vn Imlay for r.iiall) or 
"riim,"t,!l:il purtMi*, - hovlnii n- ivial 
1 lie hen pr. laliim 11* it,. „. w nppl, 
"I lie* .tale of f llli.rrts from f tw* lllUials 
->»t" Horn. <1 1 1.im I Sni'lei > in lio-lr ntnnii.l 
; ' . " ' • 1 1 .1 - rf 1SRT, IHI.H mill I.S'.I'I II keep. 
1. .In.r.tbs III *r.y rcllor. 0 u,1 with vi.id 
■ no I ...■ *>*'**, 1 lo'id nu. .-I. longer. Kiiues* 
to. |...|.i to pan „r United st.Hr. n „ 
M Ml sn.1 npwerd. lii'vry fr. .. sold mid'-t 
1 *.'“i *a„ir.,m,,. i t ^n, tr))l |M 
min.e. l or birth, r p<.rHri)l H r* s.ldrc 
MUsInc lit* Apple Co., Clayton, III 
UltiI* vranii-a In c*v»»r>’ lomlity. 
Baldwin 
in 
■ Ik* and cape. ft,, fruit ., (l | kM , r< , 
ll up m thick deleter* f (0m the huse Of 

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s.oe . coll nod " -a 
any other Vli*wy ' "o " ,'r. I ^ '"rTl" “T o 
us 5 , H "i,% v*'" v“ 
ra.vsySS^'.i’Wk-'as •» 
Seneca, Kansas 
