The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-24

1oio oeen mostly raised Tor syrup, but
IL can be made much more remunerat
tive ii only a moderate quantity is
made up into syrup and the rest used
Tor feeding purposes It is so eagy Of
cultivation and grows so rapidly. civ,
ing several cuttings during season,
that 1t will in time, doubtless. beccffe
one OF our main and most valuable
feeding crops.
QUESTION 6.-What is the area Of the
present years corn crop, and what is
its probable value?
ANSWER 6.-The number of acres
covered by this years corn crop has
been estimated at 50, 900, 600 acres. At
average yield and price, it is worth
somewhere in the neighborhood of ono
billion dollars.
QUESTION I'll have a valuable horse
which has stuck nail in his foot. and
tnough there seems no present danger,
am afraid OF lockjaw. What shall l
do for him ?
ANSWER IF the puncture is in the
soft part of the foot, cut away the sur
rounding hard parts and form an open.
ing to the wound that the matter NAV
escape. Syringe out the wound with
warm water to remove all dirt or hard
particles. Then fill the opening with
cotton which has been saturated with
arnica, turpentine or carbollc acid, the
latter mixed with water, one part car
bolic acid to four parts water. Keep
the wound open by bathing with these
applications and do not allow any dirt
to get into it. After all soreness is re-
iieved, fill the opening with cotton
dipped in tar, cover with leather and
put on a shoe. bat watch the foot care
fully and if the soreness returns re.
move the shoe.
QUESTION S.-A correspondent has
sent us the following notice with out,
describing very handsome cherry and
asking information about it. AS we
were not familiar with the cherry, we
sent the inquiry to Mr.. Berckmans,
president Of the Georgia Horticultural
society. His reply is also appended.
Here Is the description of the cherry:
a FRUIT BoNBoN
A very luscious cherry has been
creating quite sensation on the
fruit stands this season. This is SO
firm, large and plump that it has often
been mistaken for plum. 1t has been
well named the bonbon cherry.
A popular grower recently said of it:
Undoubtedly this is the most valuable
cherry in cultivation, owing to its enor-
moas size, rich, dark red color, luscious
quality and freedom from the cherry
worm. 1t is sure cropper every year,
and is always of extraordinary flavor"
Its cooking qualities do not seem to
have BEEN thoroughly tested, as the va.
riety is somewhat new as yet to the av.
erage housewife 1t does not seem to
be largely grown here, as it is not found
in quantities i'm the market this year,
but usually as special dainty on the
fruit stands demanding rather high
price. 1t will probably be more plenti.
full in few years in our eastern mar
! kets, for it is becoming more generally
known that the trees will thrive and
bear abundantly in this part Of the
| country; and many interested growers
have planted the trees for experiment.
this year.
And here is Mr.. Berckmans' reply:
Hon. R. T. Nesbitt, Atlanta, Ga:
My DEAR SIR-During the session of
the Georgia State Horticultural society
at Cuthbert. I stated that the indis-
criminate publication by the average
newspaper man of catchy horticul tural
articles was frequently detrimental to
horticultural progress. The clipping
which you enclose is only another evi
dence of what stated, which was in
substance that the public would be bet.
ter served if that class Of articles. of
which the enclosed is sample, were
LETT alone.
Expert pomologists will endorse my
position, because a description of such
a wonderful cherry has a tendency to
add to the confusion of existing fruit
nomenclature The name "Bonbon''
is no doubt new local fad for well
known variety. Some smart tree ped
dler will take advantage Of this and
palm off large quantities of trees (oi
any variety he can purchase) under
this new name, at stiff price and mis-.
lead and disappoint purchasers
If the correct name of this cherry
was given we would be able to know
what its value is; but all posted fruit
growers will let the 'Bonbon" alone.
Horticultural subjects should be han
died by competent authorities, of which
the horticultural press is the proper
representative, but which are usually
changed, by the average penny. liner,
so to make it interesting reading for
the public.
The cut of the cherry shows it to be-.
l0nO tha D11Ea or Mora1lo k-~n r.