Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
Horticultural Clippings.

MI. W. II. Crabb, Oakville, Cal
has 25O varieties Of grapes under cult,
walton.
An ONO farmer is mentioned, who
in 1850 planted locust tree seed on thin
land too rough t. plough. In 1870 he
sold 81 900 worth of posts, and nine
years later the second growth-fve or
six inches in diameter-was more
valuable than the first
"A Weathersfield ma. of facts and
calculations has added to the tearfnl
statistics of onion culture by creek.
oning that in wedding an acre crop Of
the pungent bulb the past season he
crawled twenty miles on his hands
and knees"
The Charles Downing strawberry.
which is proving more and more
worthy its honored name, is the favor
tie variety in the Hudson river fruit
belt, being large productive, of fine
quality, and firm enough for shipment
by boat.
The Cologne Gazette estimates the
production of beet-root sugar this year
in Germany at $50, 900 tons. Last year
Germany, with 100000 was very little
behind France, with 100000.
American cranberries have al last
been successfully planted in England.
The bushes are planted in peat beds,
which are surrounded by water. The
fruit has been found delicious, even
when gathered as late as TIE middle of
April.
Professor Riley recommends as a
remedy for the cotton worm London
purple, it being the cheapest and safest
substance to handle. Half pound of
London purple dissolved in forty gal
Ions of water makes an effective solu-
ton. This sprinkled on the leaves dur
ing the infancy of the worms will de-
stroy the pests, and the cost, including
application by a good spraying ma
chine, is estimated to be about 6 cents
per acre.
American apples wrapped in It's
sue paper that has been soaked in a
solution of salicylic acid reach England
In fresh condition and command re-
munerative prices in the London mar
kets. The best preparation OF salicylic
acic for this purpose, says the London
AuuBu~Htc " fsUJHtttCV, 10 Tic dlCOIOHC
solution made with the strongest spirit
and then diluted with as much water
rs it will bear without precipitating the
acid Each apple is enveloped in three
or four folds of tissue paper previously
soaked in this solution and dried before
it is placed in the barrel.
Says the Gari,lers' Monthly: 'Our
readers must remember that only re-
Gently has it been clearly demonstrated
that dead branch on a tree makes al
most as great strain on the main
plant for moisture as does a living one.
1t is one of the most important discov-
cries of modern botanical science to
the practical horticulturist, as by this
knowledge he can save many valua-
BILE tree. When one has been trans
planted some roots get injured, and
the supply of moisture in the best
cases is more or less deficient. Any
dead branch, or any weak one, should
therefore be at once cut away.
SToCKY TREES. know
what purchasers will not believe, that
short stocky trees are better for an
orchard, more likely to live, come
quicker into bearing than tall slender
trees, whether apple, peach, pear,
plum, or cherry. The reason is SIM
ply this tall trees in the nursery rows
for some reason get the start, overtop
and overshadow those that started
later, the sap of the tree consequently
pushes It's growth upward, and into
foliage, while the roots are long, slen-
der and few, consequently it does not
bear transplanting as well or do as well
after being translated as was expected
from Its fine appearance IN the row.
Stocky trees on the contrary, being
overshadowed make a shorter growth,
with branches and foliage nearer the
ground, with numerous short and
branching roots and 1t is these numer-
Gus short roots that do not waste their
substance in bleeding, or by absorption
from the soil, that cause the tree to
start off in a rapid growth and outstrip
- slender rival, ara also come quicker
nto profitable bearing. UNCLE ROBERT
n Practical Farmer.
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