Jjot’Rcttlfttt’f. 
"OUB HOMESTEAD.” 
Our old brown homestend roared its walls 
From tlir wayside dust aloof, 
Whore Hit' apple t»ru?h could almost vast 
Ms trull upon the roof. 
And the cherry tree so near it irrew, 
‘I hat when uwnke I'm lain 
In tlu lonesome tilRhla, 1'rc heard the lin 
A* they creaked again:-1 Ilia pane. 
And those orchard tree.—oh, tlioe# orchard ln!t»- 
J - \e sura ley little brothers rocked 
In their tops by thr summer hroo/e. 
The «w«-t|iriar under the windowsill, 
Which the curly birds made glad, 
Aud llic damask rose by the garden fence, 
Were all Hie flowers wo had. 
I've looked at many a flower siuce thru— 
Rinlics rlrh and run:— 
That to oilier eyes were lovelier, 
But md to mu *o fair, 
For those roses briglit, oli! tliosp roses bright, 
I've Iwlnnl them lu my sister's locks 
That are laid in the dual from sight, 
We hod a well, n deep old well, 
Where the spring was never dry, 
And Ike cool drops down from the mossy stones 
Were falling constantly. 
And there never was water half ao sweet 
As the druueht which filled my cup, 
Drmvn tip to the curb by the rude old sweep, 
That my father’* hand set up, 
Aud that deep old well, oh' that duet) old well, 
I remember now the flashing sound 
Of the bucket as it fell. 
Our Imniratoiul l ad an ample hearth, 
Where at night wo loved to nic-rd; 
There my mother's voice was always kind; 
And her smile was always sweet; 
Aud there I've, sot on my lather's knee 
And watched bis thoughtful brow, 
With tiiv childish hand in bl« raven bait — 
That Imir N silver now l 
But that broad hearth's light, oh! that broad 
hearth's light, 
And my father s look and my mother # smile, 
They are in mjr heart to-night, 
— P/urlt Vary. 
PARASITIC INSECTS «N0 THEIR REMEDIES. 
It seems that the brown scale bug which 
ill former years attacked citrus tree* only 
is now spreading to deciduous trues, and in 
acme sections has become a decided 
nuisance, if not an actual enemy. How¬ 
ever, we are free to cottfew that we do nut 
share the degree of fear of its presence 
among our orchards that seems to possess 
ether writers ami growers. The reason for 
this though, may he found in the fact that 
eIK-plive measure* exist, ami if they are 
employed at its first appearance it will not 
ie a Jiuioult task tosubdue and exterminate 
ll,.s poil. In the first place, ,f rrchurd.aU 
would wash and acrui. their Irvea every 
apruig with auft aoap and water, using the 
aoap lively, applying it with a soft rag in 
Urn haud t ranching high into the limbs and 
cleaning out the croiobaa and removing all 
rough Urk or surface, with u pruning 
km tv, the cry of scale bug, woolly apkia, cod¬ 
ling moth and other kindred msec* would 
seldom, if ever be heard. So mucli to 
begin with and the beginning would be the 
,od ,1 u.plu.1 01,0, orlwiuo .no 1„ ,„Jm 
to roach the smaller limbs and b-anche* a 
*“' 1 »' ly», ay , ,,„ n „d 
SEMI- TROPIC CA LI FOR MIA. 
lye to a pail of water administered by 
means of a syringe or force pump in the 
form of a lipht spray will answer the pur¬ 
pose: and will kill every form of insect life. 
The wash may be even stronger, but 
should be applied when the treo is in a 
dormant state, otherwise it will eat the 
foliage and tender growth and the tree 
may Miller permanent injury. Kerosene 
Oil has liven used in some instances with 
marked success; this, loo, as a rule should 
he applied while the treo is at rest, and the 
high test oil i« considered more effectual 
and less liablo to injure the tree than the 
crude petroleum. One advantage the kero 
sene has over the lye is that if of the 
highest test it can bo used at any time 
during the year, but the application should 
not be made while either trunk i>r foliage 
any degree moist from dew, fog or 
other causes. The reason is this: When 
c strikes a dry surface it at once 
penetrates, hut when it strike* a wet surfat 
the moisture sheds it, as a shingle sheds 
rain. Tobacco wash is another remedy 
which i* harmless to the tree and may be 
applied at any time of year. Two or three 
pounds of dried tobacco jnst 86 it cornea 
front the fluid, in r kettle of water over a 
hot lire for a few hours will furnish enough 
wash if somewhat diluted to spray several 
tree*. Moderately strong soft soap suds 
may also be used during the growing 
season, but it* action will not be to positive 
as that of the former remedies. The soap 
1 lyo have another viitue besides that of 
killing the insects: They are active fer¬ 
tilizers, they carry a large percentage of 
potash; thus while they relieve the tree ex 
terniilly, they administer to its strength 
and growth internally. There is nothing 
that will giro a bright, healthy, thrifty look 
to a tree ao quickly and so (Inoidodly «s a 
good washing with soft soap 0r a Bpraying 
with concentrated lye. These facta have 
been established beyond a doubt by oare- 
ful, practical men, who experiment not for 
pastime, but that they may know the prone, 
remedies to apply to exterminate th<- a* 
■Idum, lillli- tD.miei lU, 
orclMtnlft fra,,, i„ 
THE OSD OE TREES TO PUNT. 
BM»y»8nu.TMncCAU”_W.ta~ 
„nd iu.,11™ (1.11,a, in ,„a ,| - 
Vnun.ry provi-m, „„ fro,,, „ ,]„„ 
» few u, on, r.ui, K , ow „„ 
are looking to tin* Cannery f„ r a market for 
thwr fruit*. lor 
Tl" question .1,1, fruit 
•"■r ■" >"'• “ " i, “ i k "“'»' >«* t« 
|,u„t out dumin II,, I IL| ,„|. Wi,„,. r 1 
ihM kind ol bud, to grali. N„ w ,]|„’ w 
S “ f?” "W'fr, ""d th,„ nil| 
S.nt Fli,° "“** P'o'd'dd, to 
to find nut .list kind of , 
and packing of fruit*. If y 0U a# |, jjJJ"" 1 " 8 
eryn, a(1 what to plant he wlH. must ItkK 
r.ntno over an endless variety u f »uo|, M (',! 
has, and tell you ** this is good” ami “that is 
good,” and “you want five of this and five 
of that,” us the case tnay be, according to the 
number of trees you aro going to plant and 
nine timesout of ton, if you follow his advice 
in selecting an orchard of a hundred trees 
you will have twenty or thirty varieties’ 
Then, what is the consequence? yon are 
disappointed in your expectations. When 
your orchard is grown you have just a little 
of all varieties, and, of course, a large pro¬ 
portion worthless and the balance is aucli 
* small amount that it dona not pay you to 
bother With it; neither is there enough for 
the fruit buyer to spend bis time with if, 
and bo the man with bis hundred varieties is 
disappointed in his orchard and income. 
Now, I am almost a stranger here, having 
been here but a few months; but during ho 
short a time I have discovered that there is 
but a very small proportion or the fruit 
brought into market that is really desirable. 
Wo will take the peach..*, thoy tire mostly 
George the Fourth nr Royal George, Old 
Mexican, and m number of other worthless 
varieties; and right here lot me say n wool 
about bringing them into market:—'Thov 
arc, RH .1 rule, flicked in all stages from half 
grown to over ripe, all t|, e largest and finest 
are over ripe and so soft that they arc al] 
bruised out of shape and entirely worthless 
for canning or most any other purpose, 
i "ii say to them, " lid* fruit is in bad con. 
diti.m; 1 wish you hud handled it more 
carefully; such an thin you ought to have 
Kft on the tree Tor several days, and thoHft 
you ought to have picked and brought to 
market last week;” and what is the reply? 
Why! they will tell you it don’t pay to go 
over their trees ao Often, and ao they just 
nicked them all nl once. Now, wlinl 'is the 
buyer to do? Than la a lot of worthless 
fruit, ns much ao from not being bundled 
rightly ns the varieties themselves, only 
one-fourth that can be usutl by tlm tanner 
or fruit dealer; and, as a matter of course, the 
price is sot according to condition anil 
quality. What is the consequence? The 
buyer gets the benefit ..rail the hard names 
Uf.e .1 m the Knglish language. Never 
stopping to think that the buyer is not to 
blame, but that the fault lies with himself, 
In the firvt plane, lm hits not a good variety, 
«n 1 in the second place, they were poorly 
handled and so he goes off dissatisfied, and 
*"¥» S rww,n « fruit don’t pay; and that he iH ■ 
going to grub up his trees, and so are Ilia 
neighbors, and lie enumerates different 
kinds of crop* and trees that will pay better. 
1‘or instance, one gentleman says “1 am 
going to grub up my pooch trees and put 
"lit w illow and glim true*;" | said all right 
(to myself.) If you manage the willow and 
gum as you do your fruit, you will bo 
j.u wstekof ,t 8r ,d make ■ t „ 
failure as you have on your fruit. 
your fi 
just So, K Ilian may have the best 
bus,ness hi the world and if not properly 
l,„ „1 .unMjr ,„„kr , failure J. 
IW. iW I....,,,,, you. 
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