Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-25
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.


Many young tree is ruined by ne
dieting the label. Usually the wire
BY which the label il attached passes
around the body OF the tree three or
four feet above the collar II the tree
lives and does well, growth enlarges 1t,
but there is no corresponding expgn-
sion In the wire, and as & consequence
the latter cuts Into the new wood and
the tree breaks off sooner or later, Of
ten the first summer. To avoid this
record should be made of the orchard
soon after planting and the labels re-
moved. The planter sometimes says
ne does not care for the names so the
fruit " good but 1t Is always salts
faction TO know what the different var
ietles are when the trees come Into
bearing. Occasionally 1t Is more con-
yenient to have labels oil the trees,
showing what they are at glance
when the record Is not at hand. In
such case the label should be attached
loosely TO side branch, not to the
nam stem, and looked after several
times year. To fasten these perman-
ent labels only copper wire should bo
used. For the labels themselves pine
Is best; size about one Inch by four or
Ave. and a quarter of an inch in thick
ness The late John j. Thomas, auth
or OF 1.-THE American Fruit Culturlst,"
recommended a thin coat Of white
paint rubbed on the label with the I'm
ger, as a preparation for receiving the
name which Is to be written at once
with lead pencil The black lead and
the white paint unite and the writing
remains legible for years. Professor
L. II, Bailey recommends using the
pencil first, then dipping the written
label Into thin white paint. The WIFI
Ing is not so clear as In the other case,
but Is clear enough. Either Of these
labels ls preferable to the strip OF zinc
written on with a pencil, the obJec-
ton to the latter being that 1t Is not
easily read. The wooden label without
any preparation usually becomes IL
legibls after one season; and the iron
wire ruts out in about the same time
but not before II has injured the tree.
Il receives no attention.
The above recommendations from
Denver Field and Farm are good,
but a better plan will be to make a
record Of the orchard rows In book
for that purpose, with number In row
and name OF each variety OF tree soon as
planted and then remove all labels.
Q. W. Wilkins of Clear Creek, Tex,
writing to the Galveston Tribune, has
ms to say about canneries:
Many Of the towns about here that
are growing or trying TO grow Veget-
ables say they want a canning factory.
NOW II Is a good maxim If you want a
business man to listen to you, 80 TO
MN with business proposition. Now
70 support a canning factory there
must be 200 or 30U acres In a high state
q cultivation, and the land must be
irrigated. Then enough can be grown
lOr canning factory, and to keep IL
running nearly all the year. No bus
mess man Will put his money into an
Enterprise where he has to depend
upon the natural rainfull to grow veg
GABLES to run his factory. But when
one can go to capitalists and say the
!and is good shape. and there Is water
% irrigate there Will be no trouble
y getting men to go into it-but not
without Men with capital are willing
70 take the risk of selling the stun
.lter II is canned, but are not Wiling
" put their money into anything where
'asy risk everything.
4, rom my experience ! am satisfleu
Vat vegetables can be grown (by men
VINO understand the business) In nearly
~ this coast country that has well
,slained lands II they have water. II
.voks foolish to see Galveston, Houston
snu Other towns and cities around us
o.. thNNh
rom st. Louis and farther east. This
Mohey should be kept Mt home. Most
sssetables need fertilizers, and pay
such better with them than without
~ az u right and use Intelligence IN
Wy work. and success will be made
~ csd Gamers will be hunting us instead
VI US hunting them.
an irrlgating plant is undoubtedly
ssehtlal to the successful and uninter-
sup,ed raising OF vegetables In the
,, es,ern districts, say west of the Tooth
n,nrsarluian, but we are under the Inn
sn that the coast country gener-
~ has more rain than necessary. and
ny ~ mink Mr.. Wilkins n little OF on the
Aseessity OF irrigation in that section.
~
snas Wilson, the well known nursery
pa an and tree planter OF Iowa says;
an, o. grating, In my opinion. is the
ii4as way a reliable tree can be grown.
'oht care If the pieces OF roots are