The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28

THE MORNING NE
enough on any new plant. but is espec-
tally so TO one attached 10 another above
II and constantly pulling 1t upward. As
flies the branch with its rooted tip. and
a short time IN spring sunshine destroys
its vitality.
Setting Strawberry Plants.-Never I'M
dertake 10 set strawberry plant which
has black. woody root They are worse
properly set, should unfold the first leaf
IN fOrty-eight hours. l never saw a plant
helped in the least by watering after It
was properly set The center bud and
roots are the only thing OF value in a
strawberry plant; trim balance of.
never saw plant tamped too firmly in
the ground. The best plants I have are
plants which the horse accidentally
stepped on. They stand drought better
and start quicker, the very two things we
must have them do TO be successful. An
iron garden rake is the best tool pos
sible to take care of Strawberries with.
Use It SO often that no hOeing Will be nee
essary for the first two months. then
loosen the soil deeper and let each plant
make three to five plants, not more. By
hill culture, as above, Warfield, Bubach,
Jessie, etc, Will grow a quart 10 the
plant, of fruit which will sell in any
market at 10 TO % cents per quart while
berries from matted patch viii not sell
a. any price a strong, vigorous young
plant IS necessary to start with and can
be set any time from May to September
anywhere in the United States, If done
properly. Mulch with bedding from horse
barn, after the ground is frozen: two
or three inches of the 'cleanest OF il on
the row, pinned down with heavier stuff
alongside, TO keep wind from uncovering
and to enrich the soil They require much
potash. Ashes are good always.
Grating Young Trees.-Seedilng trees
hn
grated. The young trees are first washed
10 Tree them from grit. The top is cut
OF at the collar with a smooth, sloping
CUT aDout an inch long. 4 lien is pre-
pared by cutting about 3 inches long. with
the same kind of a cut on the lower end
the cut on the root being, of course on
the upper end. In each of these two slop-
ing cuts, slit nearly three-fourths
inches is made, allowing the knife to en-
Ter about one-third of an inch from the
thn end. This makes two tongues, as
| they may be called, each to be fitted into
| the slit in the other and pushed firmly
/ together and made to agree, at least on
| one side. Wrap them with thread or soft
1 tWlne TO hold together. In nearly all
/ cases II Will be necessary to trim off the
/ roots IN proportion to the top. This work
/ Can pc done during the winter If proper
I care is taken to pack away in a damp cell
| iar ana kept until spring, when they can
/ De planted out.
Poultry manure should be removed from
/ the houses every day and should be kept
under cover. Every time droppings are
| added TO the pile, sprinkle on either land
| plaster or kainit. The latter is to be pre-
/ ferred because it contains potash in which
/ the poultry manures are deficient. The
OBJECT or the addition is to prevent the
escape of ammonia and the nose will be
a safe guide in determining the amount
OF kainit to use. The quantity necessary
VIII vary with the degree of moisture of
the manure and the temperature of the
air Add enough so that there is no odor
OF ammonia when the pile is stirred. The
mixture of kainit with hen manure fits
1t for use for hoed crops. 1t should be
made hne before application.
/ Set Out Fruit In FaI.-It is more and
more generally admitted that the fall is
/ the better time for setting out fruit trees.
Less pressure of business enables nur-
serymen to get them out in better shape
/ and to handle them quicker and the eli
/ mate is less tickle. If to be heeled in do
/ not leave them exposed to frost and dry
/ Despite the impression to the contra
1 ~, trees dug in the fan and "heeled in"
/ are equal to fresh dug trees in the spring
ny INV u sup Is retarded ana reduced
/ ana toe wood IS ripened and better able
4 to withstand the frost They can be
| planted earlier, and for this reason they
4 will have a much better chance to grow
] In pruning care should be taken to
| train every tree to shade its own body:
/ let there be a symmetry and uniformity
/ IN the growth Of the limbs, that their
/ weight and that of the fruit be well dis
| tributed about a point of support Shor-
+ ten the limbs to enable them to bear their.
/ own products, and then shorten the
! frut bearing shoots to lessen quantity
/ of fruit.
Pruning is sometimes deferred until
trees are in leaf, to avoid bleeding"
Harm seldom follows this practice, but
/ II IS well TO remember that it is always
/ a check to the vitality and vigor. There
are l5,oS various varieties OF young apples
/ while IN leaf Wood growth renders
them slow in bearing on good soil.
Plant Only the Best Seed.-We have
| not heard of a more striking proof Of
/ the adage that like begets like than the
one related by T. b. Terry of Ohio. re-
| garding an experiment with potatoes,
made the past summer. 1t is commonly
/ understood and admitted that the adage
IS true as regards animals, but 1t is not
/ so easily believed when applied to the
| vegetable kingdom. But here is proof
positive. Mr.. Terry planted two small
1 potatoes weighing less than half a pound,
/ cut an eye to the piece, in good soil, and
/ gave them his usual careful cultivation
/ In ike manner he planted and tended an
/ other variety, to all appearances equally
/ promising with the first But the result
/ was a great surprise for while the yield
i of the latter was only Is pounds of tubers
that We're all below medium size, the
/ large size and fine quality. 1t IS a lesson
4 of the greatest importance. We must
/ plant the best if we expect to gather the
/ best. 1t does not pay to waste ground,
/ and time and labor, in cultvating in
ferior grains and vegetables, when a lit
/ tie more expended for perfect seed of
| the best varieties will increase the yield
/ one or two hundred fold; or as in this
case more than 300 fold, taking quality
/ into account
Il
| When old grass lands are to be broken
up the blowing should be done in autumn,
/ in order that the vegetable matters of
/ the sod may undergo some decomposi-
/ ton in time to meet the wants of the
| spring crop, and that the soil may be ex-
4 posed to the ameliorating influence of
/ the winter frosts.
| A Wonderful Vine-The pumpkin vine on
/ Fl. G. Meeker's farm, east of Delavan,
/ Wis, has about fulfilled its mission, al
! though it has not yet stopped growing,
\ it being now over 100 feet long, and is
| decked with twenty-seven pumpkins, most
/ Of them being as large as bushel baskets,
and some much larger Had the season
| been favorable the probability is this
pumpkin vine would have reached out to
/