The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-08-13
FRUIT ITEMS.

A farmer, OF Enfield, Conn, reported to
the Connections Board of Agriculture that
from his one anda quarter acre peac h orchard
set seven years ago, he has already realized
$1,000. His peaches have retailed in Boston
at 20 cents each.
Ground can not we'll be made too rich for
currants and gooseberries. Plant in rows
four feet apart and three feet apart in the
rows; give thorough culture or deep mulch
over the entire surface, cut out all wood of
three years growth Tor after each crop is
often considered BETTER and a good crop Is
almost certain.
To make good grating wax, take one
pound of beeswax, four pounds of resin, one
pint of linseed OIL melt slowly and pour
into cold water enough to soften sufficiently
to allow working. Make the wax up into
little balls one inch thick and keep III water
in the cellar when not in use. Beeswax, to
make good grating wax, must be pure.
An enemy of the grape, in the form OF a
grape-seed grub, has been discovered. The
eggs are deposited by a small black Fly upon
the skin of the grape, and the young grubs
work their way into the immature seeds soon
after Matching. The Infested fruit usually
shIivels in midsummer. The best remedy
for the pest is 10 gather and burn the affected
grapes.
According to the Indiana Farmer, a man
near Nashville, Tenn, is making profitable
DuSlUtSS ElUMlDR 41C hH0
allied as much IS $40 bushel for his best
cultivated variety. and has devoted a gOodiy
portion Of his land TO persimmon orchard,
with the intention of showing the American
people just what can be done with a product
that grows in every old field in the Southern
and Central States, and has heretofore been
looked upon as little less than a nuisance.
Farmers who are ordering fruit trees should
not let the opportunity pass of procuring
two or three or more ornamental shrubs or
vines. Money is well spent which adds to
the beauty and attractiveness or an estate,
A pretty vine over a rock, a wall or on the
side of a building is a profitable investment.
If vegetable seeds are being ordered OF a
scotsman, let the women OF the household
order their share Of flower seeds. at least
enc portion of the farm should be orna-
mented.
Growing strawberry plants need e gener-
ous supply of water, says the American
Garden. From the day when the first bios
SONS appear until the well developed frlit is
ready TO be plucked, the soil where straw
berry vines stand should be kept very moist.
The crop OF fruit is often damaged seriously
by one or two days of hot and dry weather
when the plants are in blossom, or s0on after
the berries begin to grow. Those who sue
ceed in producing mammoth berries use
manure unstinted and keep the soil moist.
Writing to the Inter Ocean, an Illinois
| NAV occur in the rows OF plants and should
| be filled up the next spring using the plants
which have voluntarily come up in the gar
| den. For straw berries take out a spadeful
| OF earth where the missing plant should
have been, then lift strawberry plant, in a
spa6eful OF dirt, set it carefully in the hole,
| pull dirt around to fill up, aud trampit in.
| The plant will never feel the effects of re-
mOval, but 60 on growing without intermis-
| sion. Do the same with raspberries and
| blackberries, and you can have full rows"
Almost all plants are benefited by mulch
| ing, which prevents the evaporation OF mois.
| ture from the soil and gathers more from
| the atmosphere. Ounces and raspberries,
| both black and red, are especially benefited
| by it. These fruits require a moist soil and
| frequently suffer from summer drought.
| The roots OF the ounce grow very near the
surface and the mulch keeps the soil in per-
feet order without digging and breaking the
| feeding roots. IL the weather should prove
| droughty, raspberrles, unmulched, will fire.
| quently succeed in ripening not more than
| two-thirds of the berries the balance drying
up, while if mulched all the berries that set
| will be ripened,