The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06

Gees golden drop, has been . success every
where that IL has been fairly tried and win pay
70 plant in the ratio Of ons IN three The Pruns
dAgen i one Of the sweetest and most de-
ieious Of prunes. but IL II small and craeks
badly in some localities. The chIef objection to
IL IL its small size. The following IL one Of the
best al round pfuues in the world, and In . lo-
calify suited 70 il fs unsurpassed. should rank
varieties for this country In the folling order:
fellenberg, German. St Catherine, Prune d'Agen-
The qualities needed in prune for success are
size, flavor, sweetness when dried, fun and reg
uiar bearing. good hanging qualities In Cali
foGnia, in semi tropical climate, with peculiar
tiles Of soil and amount Of rainfall and heat and
cold very different to this further north country,
trial for years has % far satisded California
fruitgroweu that the Prune d Agen Tor Ill rea-
sons Is best adapted to their purposes. No fruit
section hes ever been 20 enormously pufied a.
California, perhaps fairly enough in regard to
tropical and semi-tropical fruits, certainly fair
enough In regard 70 navel oranges. but the
claim for apples, pears, prunes, etc. Is very much
overrated by our southern neighbors. would
mot exchange our Bartlett pears for California
Bartletts unless my love for fruit was to be salts
fed by size only; and It Is no boast to say that
when We can ship apples in SUFFICIENT quantities
TO San Francisco 70 make shipping IN object,
that the California apple will be given . very
tenfh-rate place except for looks. and that they
have good appearance fs doubtful; and in re-
growers claim, and. % far - can follow the
market reports, with truth, that prunes from
Northern Oregon and Western Warrington bring
the highest price in the market Of any grown on
this or any other continent, and the Oregon and
Western Washington growers hare found the
Fellenberg or Italian the best ill around prunes
for their climate and soil The reason In not far
to seek when climate aud soil are taken into ac-
count The same apple that succeeds well
in New York state does not succeed in Virginia
nor Nebraska; it is the same with prunes a.
with apples. But there is something else to be
thought OF. Puget sound has not the same
climate nor soil q Oregon or Southern Washing
ton; and in this milder region, with the vast
regions Of clay subsoil and loam, with the bene-
fetal influences of large bodies Of salt and fresh
water, venture to assert that apples, pears and
plums Of every description, as we'll a. other
fruits that grow elsewhere, viii do well from
Olympia to Fraser river. Perhaps Orcas island
and other portions of the Archipelago de Hare.
with the natural lime soils possessed BY no
other part Of Puget sound, viii take the arst
rank for natural advantages and excellent and
high class fruits. From small experiments
made on Orcas Island should today be in favor
Of planting an orchard Of 900 trees, 100 Fellen-
besg, $50 81 Catherine, 100 German and ffty
Pruue dAgen, and should stone the latter be-
fore drying. Dried in this way it 10 the finest
prune in the world, but dried with the stone in
1t will not compare with the Fellenberg; and
certainly the yield OF the Prune dA4en win not
touch the yield Of the Fellenbesg.
One more word g to soil: the man who plants
his prune trees on sandy, ar. upland soil, may
for awhile do well, but when the curcuIio
strikes bis orchard - il will, he will be glad to
cut down his trees and replant elsewhere, The
only soil upon which the prune o. plum bears
its best crops, in weight and flavor and sixe. In
on . rich clay loan, or rich loan with clay
subsoil not too far under the surface; and the
land must Be thoroughly drained In asystemstic
mannef-u the soil ID shallow, well down into
the clay. At the present time the prune or
chards Of the Columbia, where planted on q
rich but sandy coil, winter XIII; and when the
curculio attacks these orchards, a. it viii des-
pite ell precautions, then the growers OF Puget
sound who have utilized the heavy clay loans
which are 80 abundant, will find the blessing Of
forethouEht and intelligent care In selecting 10
cations. The prune orchard must Be well cult
ally MANFRED, where possible, with sea weed
and stable manure, thoroughly pruned and
given the best attention; and there 10 no
reason Why Puget Sound prunes shall not stand
- high ~ Puget sound hops. SR6G.
Teachers' Translation.
The quarterly examination Of teachers
will be held in the Young Naturalists' hall,
university grounds, at Seattle, May IA, Is
and Is, beginning 1t q. m.
V. A. PusEY,
School Superintendent,
s o. s. JOINS,
]. M. TAYLOR,
Board of Examiners.
Does your. back ache. O. K. 7. viii cure you