The National tribune., 1884-04-24

standard varieties as Early Minnesota and
Narragansett, it proved to be full week earlier
than any of them A similar test with Tom
Thumb, Dolly Dutton, and other carly varieties,
gave the same result. In all characteristics
except eariness it bears g close resemblance to
the Narragansett. The stalk is dwarf in its
habit of growth, and its ears very low down.
1t is of good market size and very sweet.
BL1GHT-PRooF PEARS.
pear is considered blight proof unti IL has
blighted. We have seen people so confident in
their knowledge as to make out list of blight
proof pears. Only a few years is required, if
one has extensive opportunities of inspecting
pear orchards, to extinguish the list or perhaps
reduce it down to the latest new untried
varieties. For some time past the two most
valuable pears, 50 far as blight is concerned,
which have been prominently brought 10 notice.
are the lie Conte and the Kiefier. The first
mentioned variety seems more extensively
grown southwark than the KiefIer, and we
hear no complaints far about its being
troubled with blight We know, however. that
1t IS not blight proof, because we have seen
blighted limbs on it, Now it is stated that the
Kieiier has shown blight in several instances,
so that it also falls in line with other varieties
After all this need not prevent it from being
planted by persons DESTROYS of securing a pro-
ductive variety for culinary purposes, for that
is all it is good for. If cultivators would only
with lime, they will save them from blight
just so far as the wash extends.
"LIvEFoREvERD
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
| would like to state, for the information of
G. NJ Bennett, of Long Hill Conn., and posi-
bly, of many others that there is no crop grown
either in Connecticut or New Jersey. no matter
how persistently, that viii ever eradicate i've
forever" Mr.. Bennett does not mean wild
garlic, for that will perish upon anything where
1T can get no roots, whereas the " iiveforever'
will flourish upon the dry roof of house I
do not know the botanical name of the plant It
has perpendicular stem of from six inches TO
one foot in height, and is proflsey surrounded
with light green, thick, palpy leaves of some
what the size and shape of a large red clover
leaf There is across the road from my land four
acre lot literally covered with the plant which
got spread by plow and harrow from a single
stool set about fifty years ago. Many attempts
have been made and experiments tried to eradi-
cate it, and it was found that swine alone was
the remedy. They are fond of the tubers The
method is to pen the swine, and shift the pens
from place to place. ABRAHAM LEACH
BooNToN, n. j.
RemaTks.-If our correspondents were to in
close leaf-or, better still, tlower-of plants
when the botanical name is in doubt we would
probably be able to recognize it and write more
intelligently about it. Local names of plants
vary so much in different localities that they
become confusing, and in consequence any re-
marks made concerning them must always be
moro or less indefinite.
NoTELETs
Plaster will promote the growth of nearly
all plants and is considered special fertilizer
for clover, beans, peas, and potatoes. OF all
fertilizers, plaster is, for its cost, the most re-
muneratiye.
A correspondent in the Iowa Aqrie1ltnral
Report says that the benefit derived from hay-
ing small patch surrounded By evergreens
surprised him very much. 1t doubled the
amount of fruit, and tho plants were better
than those not so protected.
The fact is noted that poor butter fares
worse and worse at the hands of consumers.
1t IS not only cultivated taste that rejects it,
but the more palatable butteriue which sup
plants 1t. Evidently, poor butter musr go; il
is the old law of the survival Of the fttest.
in preparing for planting hedges do not
SOW seeds where the hedge is desired, but sow
them in close rows in some good soil, and, after
the plants have made years growth select
the best and set them in hedge rows. This
applies TO the Usage orange and honey locust.
1t is stated that By rolling potatoes in sui
phur before planting will prevent the crop
from rottng or taking that disease; but we would
I'cHO pom SucH remedies, as the
potato rot is atmoSpherical and viii attack the
stems of the plant when the conditions Of eli
mate are favorable to its growth, regardless Of
what may have been done to the potato at
planting time
Regarding the peculiar effects of fertilizing
clements, certain general principles are already
known. heterogeneous manures especially favor
the growth of leaves, potash of stems and
phosphorie acid the development of seeds.
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grain, while phosphorie acid hastens it. Potash
favors the increase and quality Of products
rich in sugar and starch.
To make the finest favored butter. and
that which will keep for the greatest length of
time, the cream must undergo the ripening
process, and as soon as the cream becomes a
little acid, or sour, which will be in twenty
four to thirty-six hours. After the cream has
been heated from seventy-five to eighty degrees
it will then be in proper condition for ehurn-
ing. The temperature of the cream when COM
mencing to churn should range from sixty to
sixty 1.-TWO degrees.
We are never sure of crop on land that
needs draining If the season is wet, or the
season very dry, or frost early in the fall, or
the spring late, we miss a crop When the soil
Is full OF water to within a few inches of the
surface, there can be no circulation of air
among its particles. Draw off the water and
the air eircuates in the space formerly oceu-
pied by the water; the mineral ingredients of
the soil are exposed to the action of the air and
converted into plant food.
Tobacco stems are now used largely as a
preventive OF insects. In glass structures
they have been completely successful in keep
ing down thrips. and rose growers spread them
over the beds. and thus keep their plants clear
OF the aphis, which is very prevalent in forcing
houses. We have tried them outdoors In the
vineyard, but cannot say that they were en-
tireiy successful. We see it stated that the
eurrant worm may DC abolished by spreading
tobacco stems on the surface of the soil early in
spring. or before the frost is out of the ground
This, If efficient, is very simple remedy.
AS to the best time to cut timber so that il
will last the longest, it is stated that the Rus
sian foresters cut down their timber trees lust
after the spring growth is completed and before
the bark has frightened too much for peeing;
they then strip of the bark, but allow the
upper branches, with. their leaves to remain
These leaves viii evaporate large portion of
the sap in tho trunk of the tree before they dry
up, and the bark being taken off the trunk
seasons rapidly and makes more valuable tim
Der for any purpose than that which has been
cut In winter.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How Is the English walnut and the Spanish
chestnut propagatcd? VIII they grow well in
this State h, Baxter county, Ark.
L.. IL,