Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-21
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Farm and Garden.
Timely Notes from the - Germantown lie
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Timely Notes from the - Germantown Iel-
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1t is full time now for the second tnin-
ming out of the pears-thc fall ana wlnter
varieties. You must not bc afraid to re-
move every one that is defective or lmper-
feet. Those growing in clusters OF three
and four should always have one or two
taken off. We have never known yet where
such is the case, that when allowed to
r;pcn in such clusters they were not dwarf.
ed and not of the flavor of others growing
sipgly or in twOs. A cluster seems to di-
vide the growing power, and thus threc or
four will only receive what would 60 to
one or two. One thing should always be
remembered in pear-growing especially,
that a knOtted, twisted or wormy speci
men is worthless, and to some extent in
furious.
Complaint is made that number of
farmers have been swindled by sharper
who has been selling packages supposed
to contain a remedy that would cause every
potato beetle it touches to die instantly.
The directions on the outside caution the
purchaser not to open the package until
it is to be used, as exposure to the air
would destroy the value Of the contents.
The very few persons who were willing to
believe the sharper, found on opening the
packaye that it contained two blocks OF
wood nicely cnveloped in paper, and the
directions were that by placing the
beetles on one block and striking them
quickly with the other, they could be Ia
pidly exterminated
Cankcr Worms.
This is how G. w. Palmer, Of Monroe
county. N. Y. got rid of them on four
hundred apple trees &C. took ono barrel
and a-balf of tar, warmed it in a tin pail
with half rain water, and applied it about
4 o'clock in the afternoon with q large
paint brush. made a ring around the
body of the tree, repeated it every day
for thirty-one days, having commenced on
the Sd Of April.
"The habits of these destructive worms
are peculiar The miller that lays the
egg for the worm commences coming out
of the ground as soon as it begins to thaw
in the spring and Immediately crawls up
the tree and lays its eggs in and Oh the
buds, which hatch rs soon Us the tree be-
gins to leaf, when its work begins. These
millers are hardly ever seen i'll i'll the day
time, and they never climb the tree except
ut night. From a half to al hour after
sundOwn they appear to pop out Of the
ground and start straight Tor the tree.
The female has no wings and gets stuck in
the tar, and that is the end of it.
81 had man who tarred the four hur-
dred trees in about two hours some OF the
trees had been only four years sct-out.
The tar was applied to the bark. No
harm resulted from it to the trees, but the
, worms we're completely exterminated.
This was done some six years ago. My
trees had been stripped for five years of
fruit and leaves, but not cankcrworm
has been seen SINCE"
Our Coming Wine Crop.
1t is not improbable that in another de-
cade or two, Judging from present pro-
gress, tho United States will be the great
est winc- nc-produciEg country in the world.
In all the states where grape-growing with
this view has gained sOme magnitude,
there is large and steady increase in the
quantity manufactured from year to year !;
and with advancing experience in the
amalgamation Of the juices of different
varieties of grapes, the quality of the vino
is much improved. According to the cen
sus returns California alone produced last
year $500, 0C0 gallons, valued at 5000,
600, while the vintage Of New York, New
Jersey, Ohio and Missouri, last year,
nearly reached in the aggregate this total.
The entire quantity of wine imported into
the United States in 1880, from all cOun-
tries, amounted TO the aggregate of only
1900, 900 gallons, valued at $4,000, 600,
showing a heavy reduction compared with
many previous years.
AS rule our domestic wines are much
purer than the imported, and 4 far greater
degree of cleanliness is observed in their
manufacture. 4 gentleman of this city,
who was in the wine-producinS districts of
France some time ago, and saw the pro-
cess of making clarcts, says that the juice
is still expressed by tramping with the
naked feet, and that he saw some of these
"trampers leave the vatS in which they
were employed and cross a muddy road to
get their dinner, without covering their
feet, and on their return jumped into the
again with the mud clinging to them
We suppose they depended On the fermen-
tation throwing Off all Impurities but it
is not reassuring to think about.
Tho Culture Of Water Cress.
There is nothing more easily raised than
water cress. An open spring of water on
any premises, which is allowed to spread
and some of tie land to become soIncw what
swampy, will without any more prcpara-
tion abundantly p.oduce water cress, if
once introduced In almost any ncighbor-
hood where there is an open spring, the
border Of which has not been disturbed,
the plant can be grown. Gather them, cut
them up into pieces SO that each piece sha IL
have little rOot-no matter how small
and it will grow, and while giving a good
supply, will spread from year to year if the
ground is suitable and there will be no
further trouble about it.
We formerly raised it in our own gar
den. A very small spring ran through it,
which had been undisturbcd for many
years, and it grew there spontaneously,
giving us all that the family needed.
When improvements were introduced it
had to give away but even then it made
its appearance every spring for several
years. A few years ago We set plants
around the border of the fish pond and
they grew readily. We desired it to shade
the water for tho benefit Of the fish but
10 the fish ate all the tender sprouts, and
what they left a pair of muskrats devour-
ed root and branch.
All, therefore, chat any one, who has
spring upon his premises, has to do, is
to introduce the plants along tho edges
and wherever there is a low place into
which the water from the spring..ca spread
and he will raise water cress according to
the extent of the arrangements which ma
ture provided. 1t is very appetizing for
breakfast or tea, eaten with a little salt
only and we are very sure that if it is
h.