The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-18

The grape is probably the best fruit
adapted to the sick. AS heat and force
producing foods, five and one-half
pounds of grapes, six and two-thlrds
pounds of apples or cherries, ten and
three-fourths pounds of currants, are
equal to one pound Of starch. The
dietetic value of the fruits is chiefly
due to their fine flavor and their album
dance of saline matter.
Prof. J. Wiessner has pointed out
that the moistening Of a plant in
creases the Transportation of its leaves
and accelerates the flow of its sap.
This effect is beneficial if the soil is
sufficiently moist to supply the in
creased demand of the roots, and inju-
rious if the ground is very dry. The
foliage of plants, therefore, should
only be Watered when the roots are
quite well supplied with moisture.
The chrysanthemum can be easily
propagated by dividing the roots,
though by professional growers it is
increased entirely by cuttings, which,
ii is considered, make the best plants.
A cutting rooted in May in two-inch
pot and planted out in June, will
make bush of two feet in diameter
when ready to flower in October, if
care is taken to pinch out the shoots,
so as to make the plant bush out.
Fruits, says DR.. Cameron, are used
as a staple food in many warm coun-
tries, but in most parts of Europe, as
in the United States, they are regard
ed chiefly in the light OF luxuries. De-
prived of their stones or seeds, they
%ni1 of J0
cent. of solid matter. They are very
poor in albuminoids; but they are
usually rich in sugar, and many OF
them contain much acid. There is
the greatest variation in The relative
amounts of sugar and acid in edible
fruits.
Chopped ham: To use pieces of
cold boiled ham that are too small for
the table, chop them fine, line salad
dish with lettuce leaves, season the
chopped ham with pepper, little mus
tard, and then make tomato dressing:
Take one pint of tomato juice, strain it,
thicken it by adding one tablespoonful
of arrowroot mixed with little of the
cold Juice; then stir it into the other
and let 1t boil for two or three min
utes; add little butter and pepper,
and pour over the ham. Serve hot or
cold.-Prairie Farmer.
The blossoms of the pumpkin and
melon tribe are of two kinds, male
and female. The male blossoms are
on long stalks, while the female are
nearly sessile and are under the
leaves. The male flowers soon wilt
and die. People ignorant of this tact
often suppose that their pumpkins or
squashes are 'hlasted" when male
flowers die. If the male flowers
should not be numerous, and if bees
are not plenty, it is good practice to
shake the male flowers over the fe-
male when the males are mature, to
insure Chicago Journal.
Berries contain, as rule, more acid
than stone fruit. The grape contains
from thirteen to twenty per cent. of
sugar, the cherry, only one and one
half per cent; in the peach there is
about nine per cent. of soluble pectin
and gum, while the gooseberry in
cludes only two per cent. of these
bodies. In the common fruit the per-
centage of free acid varies from a
mere trace to about three per cent.
l.
acids, while the currant contains three
times as much free acid as sugar.
All lovers of flowers should remem-
Der that one blossom allowed to ma
ture or go to seed Injuries the plant
more than a dozen new buds. Cut
your flowers. all of them, before they
begin to fade. Adorn your rooms
with them; put them on your tables;
send bouquets to your friends who
have no flowers, or exchange favors
with those who have. You will find
that the more you will cut off the
more you will have. All roses, after
they have ceased to bloom, should be
cut back that the strength of the root
may go to forming new roots for next
year.
Shoots for grating must be taken
Off before the buds have commenced
to swell, and kept in boxes OF earth or
wet sand, secure from frost, until the
best time for grating comes. Shoots
of the choicest and best fruit only
should be used, and they should be Sc
cured early, so as to be had when
wanted. Trees which are strong and
healthy, yet barren of fruit, should
have their roots pruned by digging
circular trench around the trunk, SO
as to cut off about one-third of the
length of the roots. The depth of the
trench, as well as its distance from
the trunk, depends, OF course, on the
size of the tree.
The fruit tree is not particular or
5aucy as to its diet. 1t does not ask |
for the richest and most costly prov
snder. Even dressing of earth, or
Of pure clay, is very ceptable-wash-
ngs from the highways particularly
10; and wood-ashes, of course. In
TACT, almost everything that is next
10 valueless for other objects does
very well with the fruit tree. 1t is
hat richer or more expensive fertil-
zers would answer great deal better,
)ut not to Snch an extent as to pay
or the difference in cost. But what
yer the material may be, no farmer
Who desires his orchard to return him
he full measure of its product can af-
ord to neglect it in the manner refer
ed 20. Let him do his duty on his
rees, and then complain that fruit
will no longer do in his section if
here is any short-coming in their
rops.
violence of the Existence of a Brute
Language.
The other morning. a very sultry
ne, says the Pail Mall Gazette, two
ows came into our gate, evidently on
ne lookout for something, and, after {
eng at first somewhat puzzled by {
leir pleading looks. the thought J
;ruck me that they might be in want !
I water. No sooner had this oc- I
lrred to me than L had some water Z
-onght in a large vessel, which the {
,or animals at once sucked up with q
Ie greatest eagerness. The pair then
untered conIented away to a field G,
,ar at hand. In about half an hour q
so we were surprised and amused h
It little by seeing our two friends Il
up to the gate, accompanied :,
three other COWS. The water .,
D was again called into re- =
Iisition, and the newcomers were
like manner helped literally. Then, "
th gratified and repeated aboo-o0's1 is