The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-16

twenty feet apart being usually consid-
cred about right. One of the most intel
llgent and successful orange growers OF
san Mateo, Putnam county, plants his
grove trees twenty-five feet apart each
way. Some others plant twenty-five feet
apart Rev. w. Il. Stanton, of the same
place, has a small grove, or section of his
nome grove, planted fully twenty-five
Years ago, by a native Floridian, in which
the trees are not more than fifteen to six
teen feet apart. Since he bought the
place Mir. Stanton has planted other
groves, some twenty-five feet between
The trees and one thirty feet He says
the close planted trees have given the best
results, and have been the most satisfac-
tory IN every way. They bear more uni
formly, and the fruit is always of moder-
axe size and thin skin. In frosty seasons
this thickly-planted part of his grove suf-
ters less than the more open and exposed
portions. Is it not possible that the more
perfect shading of the whole surface of
the ground, by means OF close planting,
may be an excellent thing for both trees
and fruit -Homeseeker.
What a Grape Vine Can Do.-As an in
stance of the latent energy which is in
our ordinary grape vines, aud of which
we, who weaken our vines by severe an
nual cutting, have only a faint idea,
Meehan's Monthly mentions the Lindley
vine growing in the garden of Mr.. Lorin
Blodget, insPhiladelphia, (whose name is
not unfamiliar to the older readers of
American Gardening). This vine rises 85
feet, completes covering the eastern part
of his house, and extends from trellis in
the yard 20 feet from the ground, to some
as feet in length, 1t has about twenty
main branches which are an inch or more
in diameter each, and the main trunk is
10 inches in circumference In the year
1890 the crop was weighed, and found TO
be $50 pounds. The Lindley, by the way,
is one of the very best grapes for anna
teur culture, although i. was one of the
earliest introductions of hybrid grapes
If often has the proGlivity of producing
fruit without making seeds, Just as the
currant of commerce, which is a seedless
grape, does.s
Value of a Glover Seeding. There is
probably no way in which a farmer gets
more for small extra cost of seed than
by sowing clover plentifully with all
grain crops each spring. The seeding
costs not more than dollar, and if the
land is in good condition crop of clover
hay may be cut in September worth
several times that sum To be fed on the
farm. What the clover roots remaining
in the soil may be worth depends on the
succeeding crop. Leave the clover to
grow a whole year longer and it will give
two crops of hay, besides still further en-
riching the soil. Wherever land is worth
$50 to 500 per acre, having it seeded
with clover makes it worth SIS to S25 per
acre more than it would otherwise be
worth.
What Tomato Growers Get-Great pre-
partitions are being made for increased
production of tomatoes in Maryland, and
several new canueries are about to be
erected. About 900 acres will be put
into tomatoes near CharleStown, Md.
the coming season. The contract price
of tomatoes is only So per ton, which is
only cents per basket Tomatoes ship
ped to Baltimore bring 81 per ton. Con
sidering the risks Of crop failures these
prices must be regarded as extremely
low. There are few northern cities or
villages where the local tomato price IS
not considerably higher than either of
these figures. Usually when the price
goes below a cent pound there is com
plant but it will pay to market in lots at
this rate rather than to contract at the
prices paid by canneries.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING NEEDED.
The low prices of wheat and other farm
products are teaching farmers to diver
sify their crops more than they ever did
before. Those whose land is best ad-
apted to wheat growing and who under
stand how to secure good crops will con
tinue TO sow some wheat. But even
their area in this crop is certain to be
smaller than usual untilit the growing de-
mand requires all the wheat that this
country can produce. For the next
year or two other products, especially
those requiring more labor, will pay bet
ter than wheat. 1t has been too easy on
cheap land to grow wheat. No crop that
is very easily grown pays large
profits. Elk
Manure for Pear Trees.-Asl a special
manure for pear trees we do not know Of
anything better in the way of commercial
fertilizers than pure fine ground bones,
or a good article of superphosphate, of
course. on old worn soil stable manure
must rank first in virtue; but where this
cannot be obtained, we would prefer bone
phosphate of some form. The castor bean
pomace is no doubt valuable. but we
should prefer TO use il as a kind OF mulch
placing it above the roots and not in con-
tact with them when planting the trees.
The best Of all fertilizers for nurseries is
stable manure, or a compost in which this
is the principal part. In planting the
pear trees on a thin soil, mulch the ground
for three or four feet around the stems
using almost any kind of vegetable mat
ter obtainable; old hay straw, leaves, or
even weeds covering the ground to the
depth of four to six inches, leaving it
until it rots down and then applying
more. You will be surprised to see how
black and rich the soil will become under
a mulch which is undisturbed for two or
three years.-A. S. F.