The Forrest City times., 1890-08-09
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

The Baldwin apple is considered the most profitable, on the whole, by fruit growers, especially for shipment to Europe.
 A California exchange tells that the manufacture of sugar from watermel- ons at Lodi now amounts to several car loads per year.
 Florists generally agree that single dalllias surpass the double forms, and
 bring about most excellent results when treated as annuais.
 Peach trees are often suspected of tho yellows when the trouble is caused by
 boreB under the bark at the base of the
 stem. If they are dug out, the folinge viii soon lose it's sickly yellow color. Professor Maynard entertains favor able opinion of the practice of girdling
 vines to increase the sizs of the fruit as
 well as its earliness, practice which
 other cultivators have regarded with dis 1 favor
 1 Those who are unaccus,omed to tho growing of cauliflowers will not fail to
 have few plants every season if once l they are given trial. They are as easily l grown as cabbage, and are tender and crisp They grow rapidly, and thrive
 best with frequent hoe,ng.
 l Where plenty of wood ashes can be
 obtained no other fertilizer is needed on q good alluviaI soil to promote growth of
 nursery stock. If it is desired to stimu-
 late rapid growth. the ashes might be 1 supplemented with nitrate of soda ap-
 piled separately at the rate of 200 pounds 1 per acre.
 Fruit growing fails largely through
 lack of intelligence and care. Timely work Is of vast importance, and many
 fruit growers hate exactness and careful
 study of details. The very questions
 some fruit growers ask show their ignor-
 ance. Adherence to old quack reme-
 dies is another sign of ignorance. ] Every healthy vine, tsee. or shrub has
 tendency t. produce moro wood with
 fruit buds than the roots can properly
 nourish- Cut hack carefully and lihcr-
 ally. A general rule is to shorten new
 shoots about ne-thir of tho years growth, and to cut out all dead wood Trim also for shape. and aim to produce round symmetrical bushes.
 1 To renew an old bed of strawberries blow between the rows as soon as the
 crop k picked, and then level cultiva-
 tor. following with the harrow. The run-
 ners will soon cover the space. When well set blow under the old plants and
 hoe frequently, 90 as to keep the weeds
 out In this manner crop can be se- ] cured on the bed next season
 One of tho most useful requisites of
 tho greenhouse k one of our common
 box turtles. Turtle, are carnivorous--- constantly on the alert for insects of all
 denominations, their special delight b. l ing slugs. snails. and wood lice. the gar dener's worst pests. One turtle will do the work of houss thoroughly. work
 that taxes the ingenuity of the gardener
 and is rarely half done. In the green
 house the turtle Is quite at home, neyer
 in tho way. and always at work. Strawberries are now grown that arc surprisingly large. MT. W. A. Elvins, a
 fruit grower of Hammonton. N. j., picked ono that measured inches in circum- ference. the berry being somewhat fiat. A box. taken from row, allowed only
 30 b riies to i'll it. This is due to seiec- tion of an excellent variety and the lib- eral use of fertilizers, with the bcstowal of good cultivation. The market Is never
 overstocked with berries of that kind.
 Intelligent management gives success. l W, F. Massey gives his experience in
 tho use Of nitrate of soda on strawbsr-
 ries as follows: "ln the spring of 1888
 top dressed all old bed in its fifth year of
 bearing with Soo pounds per acre. I had
 intended to blow 1t up tho previous sum- | uaer, but other matters prevented. and the bed was in an exhausted condition
 and rather foul with white clover and sorrel Tho effect was amazing. for this
 bed for an acre and . quarter, from which expected hardly anything. gave
 me 7.0o0 quarts of berrieA Variety.
 Crescent with fertilizing rows of Will
 son, Sharpless, and othen Tho crop was nearly as large n the best the plat
 had made. This was on moist bottom
 land naturally fertile. 7
 1 Tho Massschusett. Experiment Station states in . recent bulletin the results of experiments in protecting fruit trees
 from girdling by mice, rabbits, and other animals, by the use of Paris green fas-
 tened to the bark with adhering sub stances. The poison ia mixed with DOW dered water limo or Portland cement and skim milk is added in sufficient 1 quantity to make . wash One table l spoonful of Paris green was used for two 1 gallons of wxtar. and enough cement and skim milk added to give 1t the con- sistenry of paint Applied to the stems of fruit trscs in summer, none 70 treated
 wsrc injured. whilo many others not 1 protected by this wash were ssriously 1 injured or ruined. Some cases are re- ported where this mixture Aas remained for months on the bark Of tho trees, an adhesive quality increasing its useful- ass for this purpose, but prdsing fatally objectionable in any application fors spray lpg fruit. which should be of such . char acter = 10 b quickly washsd od by sAinA
 RSsss Iss asnrnA
 t1e farmefy in attendance tt recent u>ssting of tho Elmira Club gave tho re.
 
 cult of thsir variom experiences with the rools of barns and farm buildingA Prss- | idsnt McCann said very few roofb are psopsrly built c. Heller did not b. ltsvs thsre is one roof h twenty that doss not leak. C. Compton knew of nany who uscd slAte roofs who would not p1t them on again. President Nc Cam said the slAte gets looss and slides out Q Heller said slate would last for ever if they did not gsl hsoksa and work cut He said tt was impoasibls b make slAAp seAy on t pat oves an old shingie root. Preaidsnt ncCAnn AsAsd t . tin root would not lat t pointsd and taken oazc of. 0, Heller said it would t kspt vel paintpd and well taken care of. Coxsugated ixUn wsn rrefsrred by some. and wAs nearly - cheap n shingle& !. NpCsnn said corrugated Iron costs from