The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02

ment, which consists in cutting the
brahches to the ground, or nearly so,
and doing 1T promptly, before a warm
spell OF weather ensues, will save them
usually. If a second cold wave is likely
to follow it is we'll to mulch the cutoff
stems. These injurious freezes in the
south usually occur after the middle OF
January, frequently in March, when a
repetition is not probable. II gars us
greet to think what a needless sacrifice
of valuable trees was permitted in Flor
ida the past spring
The fig is and it ought to be so es-
teemcd one of our most valuable fruits. 1t
is easy TO grow, doing as well on poor,
light soil as any known tree. As a fresh
fruit with cream inferior to no other fruit;
makes delightful preserve and is easily
dried.
There are good many new varieties
now being experimental with, and il may
be that some one or more of these may
prove more desirable than any of the old
roots. But as several of the latter are al
ready known to be good and to produce
satisfactory results, we need not defer
our paintings on that account.
The Brown Turkey is a hardy. produe-
tive kind. and viii give satisfaction. 1t is
well TO include several varieties. The
Brunswick, the Celestial, the Green Ischia
and the first named may enter into the
plantation in about equal parts.
The soil for figs should not be over rich
in humus and il must be well drained.
Rich bottom lands are not adapted to the
best growth of the fig. A rank growth of
wood must be avoided. Any good upland
suitably rich in mineral matter-potash
and phosphoric acid and lime with a lit
tie nitrogen such as is supplied in a good
application of bone meal viii be the place
for the orchard.
one or two year old trees may be procur-
ed at about the same price as peaches.
Enlargement may be MADE ad libitum
by cuttings rooted in the winter and set
out in the early spring
Set in rows u by Is feet, which gives
242 trees per acre
On good land 5000 pounds of dried figs
per acre can be counted upon. The hg
makes an excellent pickle too.
The Pomegranate-l have always regard
ed the pomegranate as unequalled in the
'refreshment' afforded by its vinous pur-
ple-seeded fruit. In its season of Towering
there is no more beautiful shrub. 1t is a
plant that is not out of place on the lawn.
Popular taste has not yet called for its
growth on large scale, and therefore
the pomegranate is not a fruit of COM
meree. 1t does deserve to be grown freely
for home use, however for l believe its
acid is peculiarly wholesome as well as re-
freshing to the thirsty palate, more 50
than the plum or peach.
The large purple-seeded, thin rind,
sweet and juicy variety, is the only kind
that should be planted. How many dis
tinct varieties of il there are / know not.
l have seen and tasted specimens as
sour as a lemon, and have seen speci-
mems sadly lacking in juice. Several nir-
serymen in the south supply the first
mentioned kind and at prices ranging
from 81 to 50 per dozen. What the maxi
mum yield of a well grown tree is | knew
not, but have seen trees so loaded down
with the PONIES and averaging in size The
largest orange l judge there were at
least 200 of the fruit. Perhaps some read
er can speak more accurately as TO the
yield in number or by measure. the
home orchard would certainlybe enhanced
by the addition of row of pome granates
if there were only fifteen or twenty Trees
or shrubs in the rows. They should stand
eight or ten feet apart in the row. il
the pomegranate We're priced in the south
as il is in the east there would be money
for some one in its culture, As in the
case of figs or oranges, if injured Ivy
severe freeze 6 to 10 degrees) the shrubs
are cut down promptly, the injury viii
not be permanent. The second after
they will be bearing about as freely as
before These injurious freezes even in
Middle Georgia, are not likely TO ha2ren
as an average thing. There are greater
intervals than that in the course Of
century period. Does the juice, % the
nonoegranate produce a desirable bover-
age? | do not know Can any reader
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