Notes from Neighbor Sisson. 
Neighbor Sisson came in a few evenings 
ago and gave its a few points in Fruit Cul¬ 
ture which we noted down for the benefit of 
our readers. By the way, we will remark 
that Mr. Sisson don’t give us worthless the¬ 
ories, but practical points that have made 
him a successful fruit grower, as his fine 
orchards bear witness. 
To Kill the Currant Worm.— Take a 
pound of white hellebore and mix it with 
twenty pounds of flour, or in that propor¬ 
tion for a larger or smaller quantity. Sift 
this mixture on the currant bushes early in 
the morning when the leaves are wet and 
you will not be troubled any more during 
the season. 
Remedies for the Apple Borer. —For 
the prevention of the depredations of these 
troublesome pests, Mr. Sisson uses several 
compositions. One is a sort of paint com¬ 
posed of nearly equal parts of linseed oil, 
beeswax, rosin and whale-oil soap, to which 
is added a little carbolic acid. He washes 
the trunks of his trees with this in the 
spring and it will usually remain on them 
several months. 
This remedy not only prevents the Borer 
from depositing its eggs, but it is also very 
distasteful to rabbits and mice that frequent¬ 
ly girdle young trees. 
Another wash for trees Mr. Sisson makes 
of Water-Lime and sulphur. This will re¬ 
main on the tree for a year or more and is 
a good preventive of insect pests. 
To Destroy the Tent Caterpillar.— 
Take soft soap and make a very strong suds 
if it is half soap so much the better, and ap¬ 
ply by tying an old stocking to the end of 
a pole and thoroughly wetting their nests. 
It is better to do this at night or eaity in 
the morning when the caterpillars are all 
at home. Every one touched by the soap 
suds will kick the bucket. Mr. Sisson says 
this is a “dead shot” remedy and does not 
disfigure the trees like burning the nests 
with powder or kerosene oil. 
“We cannot measure the need 
Of even the tiniest flower, 
Nor check the flow of.the golden sands 
That runs through a single hour; 
But the morning dews must fall 
And the sun and the summer rain 
Must do their part, and perform it all 
Over and over again.” 
Truck Farming in tlie Soutli. 
The rapid development of truck farm¬ 
ing and fruit growing in the south bids fair 
to bring about an industrial revolution in 
that portion of our country, A recent wri¬ 
ter on the subject says: 
“King Cotton lias finally been dethroned 
in the Empire State of the south. The bo¬ 
nanza was first discovered about seven years 
ago in Lowndes county, down in southern 
Georgia, on the Florida line. McRee is the 
pioneer who blazed this new road to fortune. 
Seven years ago McRee bought and settled 
this place. He had tried cotton to his 
heart’s content, and he was determined to 
find something better. The first experience 
in market gardening was cucumbers. He 
planted a few acres in ‘cukes,’ and raised 
several hundred bushels. Out of these he 
only sent about a hundred boxes to market. 
The clear profit was about $4 per box. 
Since then he has largely increased his 
operations, and from the humble, unsavory 
‘cuke’ alone he now derives an income of 
$ 6 , 000 . 
“That is wonderful to us of the south, 
though the north in its great prosperity 
may smile at the assertion. McRee plants 
no cotton at all now, but makes an abun¬ 
dance of corn and crab-grass hay for home 
demands. McRee’s water-melons are now 
the chief attraction on this very attrac¬ 
tive farm; He has planted 200 acres of 
them, and he proposes to have them in nor¬ 
thern and western markets by the middle 
of June. He may reasonably expect to 
raise, taking last year’s crop as a criterion 
about 100,000 melons. At a profit of ten 
cents each, and that is a low average, the 
melons will bring him $10,000. Then he 
has cabbages, tomatoes, potatoes and other 
things and besides, his first love, the ‘cukes.’ 
“His income from this farm, or rather 
from the acreage devoted to truck, about 
127, clear of all expenses, is about $28,000. 
That is $120 per acre. In cotton planting, 
no matter what the yield is per acre, be it 
never so much or never so little, the income 
is one and invariable—it is absolutely noth¬ 
ing.” 
“Lowndes is the pioneer, but it has a 
brave following throughout southern and 
