Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-11


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ROUP IN FOWLS.
The disease in fowls called roup is q
! foetid discharge from the nostrils, and
/ without attending to it, mostly results IN
death. A correspondent Of the Country
| GenfleDldn offers this remedy: Warmth
| and generous feeding viii prevent it, and,
unless too far gone, warmth, red pepper
and melted grease viii cure it. 1t Is
| highly contagious, and the fowl wishes
] to drink ali the time, though she will not
eat unless stuffed, which she must be
/ 10 save her, as she is too weak to
do 1t herself, and frequently par
| TALLY, II not altogether blind. Wash
| the ewes. head, and around the nose,
/ with greasy dish-water, and let them
/ have a little water to drink. The in
| feeted ones must be separated from the
rest. and not allowed to drink from the
same trough under any circumstances.
/ Az to hen cholera, this, as well as the
/ former disease, is almost always pro-
/ duced by a sudden change in the habits
/ of the fowl, either of temperature con-
| finement, food, or any great change;
Red peppers, seed, skin and all, mixed
| with the food, and tar water will gener-
aIlv eure indeed a generous use of red
! Denuer will prevent almost all the ills
which hen flesh is heir to.
! A CHAPTER ON Es-CHRONICLER.
The Extra EaTly-Bears large crops of
| good fruit, of medium size and scarlet
crimson color, which ripens a fortnight
! in advance OF all others hence, II Is
priced in private families ana brings a
bi0her nriee in market than any other
variety. We have grown acres of 1t, and
sold the fruit for Sl2 per bushel, and by
the time the later varieties ripened, the
Larice was down to 81 per bushel. But
when the soil and air gets moist in fall
the fruit mildews and rOts badly; there
fore. later and more solid varieties are
necessary to keep up supply through
the autumn until the frost cuts them OH.
The best late varieties are the Cooks
| Fy1uOTife and THden. Their fruits are
more round, solid and full Of flesh than
anv others: of uniform, medium size,
and scarlet crimson color free of bard
core and hollow heart, and less subject
10 rot than any other, and of the best
quality. Both crack in hot, dry weather,
| the Tflden more so. But that does not
cause rot, nor injure the quality Inc
flesh of the F}IUOTite is Of crimson color
buttery and sweet; the juice is sweet
aud elastic, like syrup. The nesn OF lne
| ITltlell is pale red and the core bun color
/ the inner flesh is buttery and pleasant.
There is a solid rind of flesh inside the
akin. a 0uarter of an inch thick, of an
agreeable flavor; that rind is a safeguard
AGAINST injury, in Transporting the fruit
to market. The juice is sprightiy and
/ pleasant, and CONTAINS more vital es-
sence than that of any other variety /;
I in short, the Tilden is the best, and the
I Favorite stands next best; yet each has
peculiar virtues of itself, which the
| other has not, therefore, both should be
grown to make q good whole.
The varieties should De grown as re-
mote from each other as the extent or
the grounds will admit Of, for the reason
that their fructifying influences, when
/ tbey are in bloom, injure each other,
and make the varieties impure, just as
cucumbers and muskmelnns destroy
each others flavor when growing close
together. Cucumbers will taste OF mel
ons. and melons taste Of cucumbers.
The following varieties OF tomatoes
were formerly considered good Large
smooth red, mammoth red, pear SNAPPED
red. cherry red, Fejee, buff, large yellow,
nlum yellow and cherry yellow Card
/ neT's Monthly.
TO RENoyATE OLD APPLE TREES.
Take fresh made lime from the kiln,
/ slake it we'll with water, and well dress
the tree with a brush, and the insects
and moss will be completely destroyed,
the outer rind will fall off and new,
smooth. clear, healthy one will be formed,
/ and the tree will assume q most healthy
! appearance and produce the finest fruit ;
/ and thew can be raised as well and as
nIeutifuiIy here as farther north, if they
have the same care and culture. 1t is a
/ mistaken notion to suppose that apples
need no further care than to plant the
! trees. and protect them from stock, and
cultivate the ground 30 long as it pays to
raise crops from the ground between
them. and then when they begin TO shade
the ground give them no more care, un-
lees it be q little pruning semi occasion
aIIv. An orchard treated in this way
will invaribly decline after bearing Few
wears. The soil becomes somewhat eX-
hausted and a stiff sod takes possession
of the surface, and by the time ten years
will hEIe passed, One-half of the trees IN
the o-lmard may be dead. l have seen
Z many OrCnaIuh ltedLSu IALs way ahu al
with the same result.
No one would undertake to raise corn
in such q place; neither can he succeed
in raising many good apples. I have
seen where culture and manure have
more than doubled the crop, and where
trees that had not matured any perfect
fruit, by a liberal application of manure
have yielded from four to seven barrels
Of perfect apples.
There is only one secret in making
ample raising profitable, and that is, tc
select good bearing kinds Of marketable
apples, and then take tho same care
OF them as YOU would OF vineyard
and YOU cannot fail of success. G.B.
GRAPE SOILS.
Much has been said pro and con in the
pages of horticultural journals, and in
the meetings of fruit growers, relative
to the soils best adapted to profitable
grape-growing. The subject has been
and continues to be, one of great inter
est, as a larger amount Of capital j,
probably being invested in grape culture
than in that of any other one crop, con
nected with horticultural, and we might
almost say with agricultural pursuits
Each advocate OF a particular soil ol
location, has his "gOOd and sufficient
reasons for his preferment, and as eacl
4 advances them, he too often considers
, his opponent as ultra and intractable
Good feeling and a cOnciiiatcry spirit
should ever characterize the remarks o
the hOrticulturist, for the scope o
their pursuits is over the whole
world, and, unlike the politician, nj
party purpose or office aggrandizemen
can be embraced as a motive of action
We have watched these advocates o
clsy soil, of loan or sand, and have NJ
doubt all are sanguiHe of the truth o
their advaDcements, and from our i'm
preston of their stand point, we do no
doubt them. But the extent Of climate
/ and the varied condition of that climatI
also, within a radius of often not NOR
than two to five miles; the impression
of one that fruit for eating purposes i
the thing sought; of another, that wint
: only, and that of a particular kind, i
I the object; the experience of one witt
certain sorts Of grapes, unknown, il
practice, to another, are all points 0
reason for the apparent differences o
Z opinion. AS we have said, we hav
watched these disputatiOns, and in col
lecting them, bring about something lik
g the following results: /. That the crap
/ of some variety can be grown in almos
: any location or soil, and that too wit
satisfactory results in fruit returns.
That locations adjoining large bodies O
+ water have the greatest certainty of sue
cess with all varieties. 8. That with tn
. light colored grapes, as Catawba, Iona
I, etc, heavy olayed soil well under
4 drained, promise most valuable for pro
duction of fruit for wine purposes. 4
I That with the black grapes the characte
of the soil is not so essential to give SAT
isfactory results or quality for wine puI
d poses. In this last item we may err il
/, our deductions, but 1t is the result of ou
: opinion from our watching of opinions
and from our years of examination {
both grapes and wines in various part
I of the states. -HorticHititTist.
Personal IrEnS.
Dumas peFe has dramatized IvanhOt
f The French prince imperial is rapid
a regaining his health.
Gen. Halleek will shortly make a
official tour of Arizona.
The venerable Bishop Early has re
/, covered from his recent dangerous Ill
/. ness.
Grant and Dooiittle are hoisted q
candidates for 1865 by the Colorad