The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-10-27
AGRICULTURAL. NUrEs.
among the Vegetables, Fruit. E.iv
Stock and Pntsfnwv

among the Vegetables, Fruit. Live
Stock ana Poultry.
The raising of olives is new Mississippi
industry.
Watch that the larym of insects do not
escape you to propagate next season.
Remember that the selection of seed is nm
important factor in next years crop.
A Nevada pear tree, with trunk only
one inch in diameter, bears forty pounds Of
| fruit.
Pinch of the new growth on the ever
green trees, and you will be astonished how
thick and stocky they will soon become.
At this season if young chicks and tur-
keys droop the lice may be the cause.
Whenever a young one is sick examine
closely for lice.
Tar ought not to be used in marking
| sheep. It dries into hard lump, which
must be cut off by hand before the wool is
manufactured.
Rotten corn cobs are said to be yalua-
BILE fertilizer on any soil that is deficient in
potash, and their value is much enhanced
by being rotted with other manure.
If cabbage heads begin to burst lift them
gently SO as to loosen the root, or cut and
pile them in cool dry place. They will
keep in this manner for weeks
Fruit that cannot be sold may be dried,
evaporated made into cider for vinegar, or
jelly. In this manufactured form it can be
kept as long as necessary and sold when
fair price can be secured.
To protect young fruit trees in unfenced
lots or along the roadsides, drive three
stakes around the tree and wind barbed wire
around them close enough to keep an ami
nails teeth away from the tree.
| The highest apple orchard in the United
States is at Hot Springs, Lake Tahoe, Cal.
The trees We're loaded with fruit. This is
probably the greatest altitude at which this
fruit is grown in this country, being over
! $500 feet above The level of the sea.
Tobacco culture in England promises te
be success. The experiments made will
Government sanction in Norfolk and Kent
have SO far been attended with satisfactory
results. Some of the plants have reached
height of Ave feet, and the leaves are in
splendid condition.
Seeds of perennials often germinate slow
ly and they should be sown whore they can
be seen daily and the soil kept moist After
sowing and watering it is well to give a
mulch of short grass, which will keep the
soil from drying out. Sow the seeds In fine.
| light soil, and il possible, in place some
what shaded. A cold shade is best for sucl
| seeds.
The crop of apples in Great Britain aver.
ages $1,000 tons, valued at 81 0 per ton !;
about 10, 000, 900 gallons of cider are made
yearly. The production of cider in France
averages $50, 000, 900 gallons The orchards
| of Great Britain cover $50, 600 acres; an
acre with forty good apple trees will pro.
duce 200 gallons of cider. Great Britain
imports 900, 900 barrels of apples yearly
from the United States and Canada
Where climbing roses do not bloom other
conditions being correct, we should prac-
tice root pruning. Before laying down the
stems in the fall, dig trench around the
plants about four feet away from the base
and cut off the roots TINT are met with. II
the cause is too luxuriant growth, this oper-
alton will check it. When blooming has
once commenced that will probably tax the
strength of the plant SO rs to restrain its ex.
cessive yigor.
Every living active part of q plant con-
sains q certain amount Of water. From many
Juicy parts 80 per cent Of water can be ex-
PEELED by drying; many green leaves hold
from ~ to 80, while from seeds which we
call " dry 1t is sometimes possible to drive
out 10 per cent. Part of this water is 30
intimately combined with the plant strue-
ture that IL It is once expelled 1t cannot be
again taken up in such manner as to re-
store the plant to its former condition.
To produce good towering plants for the
subsequent season, correspondent says he
sows seed of the hollyhock in June in soma
place where there will be partial shelter
from the SUM- After the first season's
growth this flower seems to be fond of the
sunshine. Thin out the plants, allowing al
least foot of ground for each plant to
grow in during the summer. In October,
remove to the places in which the holly
hooks are to bloom next year. Lift them
carefully with spade, taking pains not to
disturb the roots in removal. Use consider.
able well decomposed manure about them,
but do not put this Immediately about the
roots In November cover the plants with
evergreen branches to depth of eight OF
ten inches, preferring this to litter, as twill
| quite as effectually prevent the alternate
freezing and thawing, and is not as likely tc
smother the plants beneath it. If one does
not care 10 grow q succession of young
plants, the old hollyhocks are greatly bene-
fitted by dividing the roots every spring,
cutting out the older portions of them, and
rsserving only the strong and healthy ones.
For use in large vases for the parlor there
are few flowers better than the hollyhock.
| The stalks can be cut in any length to suit,
and the flowers will keep fresh for several
days II the water they stand in Is changed
svery morning. Viok's Magazine