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Middletown transcript., 1896-04-11
PEACHES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Comparative Hardness and Value of d
ferent Varieties.

Comparative Hardness and Value of DIFF.
ferent Varieties.
Much has been said respecting the
comparative hardness Of different vari-
cites Of peaches and their value for our
New England climate. The variety
most talked about for the past few years
by some nurserymen as being the most
hardy and profitable peach to plant in
this section is the Crosby. A CORE
spondent of The New England Home
stead, writing from Hampshire county.
Mass, reports a peach record for Is
years. He says:
In the spring Of 1885 I planted be-
tween 100 and 200 Crosby peach trees,
with other varieties-Crawford's Early
and Late and Old Nixon. The first fruit
produced by these trees was In 1891, five
years from the time Of planting, when
each of the several varieties gave good
crop. In 1892 the Crosby and Old Mix
on produced about one-fourth of full
crop of fruit, the other varieties nothing.
In 1898 each Of the several varieties bore
a good crop. In 1894 Crosby and Old
Nixon produced scattering fruit, other
kinds nothing. The past season all bore
we'll. The condition Of the fruit buds
Feb. 90, 1896, was the same with all
varieties examined, including Crawford g
Early and Late, Crosby, Old Nixon and
Morris White. No live buds were found.
From the above 1t can be seen that
the Crosby is more hardy than either
Crawford's Early or Late, but no more
hardy than Old Nixon. During the past
IS years Crawford's Early and Late
have produced in my orchard five full
crops-1S83, 1889, 1891, 1898, 1896.
Old Nixon has given seven full crops
1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1898, 1896
and two medium crops, 1892, 1894. The
lowest degree recorded by my thermom-
eter each season is as follows: 1883,
Jan. %, 8 degrees; 1887, Jan. 10. 22i
1888, Jan. 23, 20; 1889, 1891 and 1892,
no record, as I was out of the state; i;
1893, Jan. II, IA; 1894, Dec. IA, and
1898, IA; 1895, Jan. 90, 12, and for
this present season of 1896, Feb. II, II
degrees below zero.
AS market fruit with me the Crosby
has not given satisfaction. It is under
sized and as rule Of poor color, and
when grown side by side with the Craw-
fords the fruit will not average but lit
tie if any better than good No. Craw-
ford. So unsatisfactory has been my
experience with the Crosby as market
peach (having fruited it five different
seasons) that If I had young orchard
Of 1000 trees Of this variety should
dig up every tree and reset the land
with Crawford's Early and Late, Old
Nixon and Elberta. If, on the other
hand, I was planting peaches for home
use, should always include the Crosby
in the list, as it is yellow peach Of me-
dium size, good flavor and among the
most hardy. The Crosby and Old Nixon
I consider the most hardy and reliable
of all the different varieties Of peaches ]
have had anything to do with. The
Crosby is one of the most reliable peaches
to grow for home use, but with me ii
has been poor market fruit.
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g aAb GARDEN
PLANTING POTATOES.
Modern Machinery Used by Experts For
Cutting and Planting the Tubers.

Modern Machinery Used by Experts For
Cutting and Planting the Tubers.
In planting potatoes, either for home
use or for market, the first essential is q
we'll drained. rich plat Of land. A field
which has been two years in clover is
usually the best. 70 this apply heavy
dressing of we'll rotted barnyard ma
nure. Break the sod in the fall or the
winter or inches deep; then in spring
turn it over to depth of or inches
and cut up thoroughly with disk har-
row, continuing the operation until the
seed bed is we'll fined and in the best
condition. Use smoothing harrow to
compact it sufficiently, SO that it will
not be dried out unduly.
The old method Of hand planting will
probably continue as the standard proc
ess for the general farmer who culti-
Yates but small patch for his own use.
The potatoes are cut by hand to two
eyes, dropped in rows feet apart, with
the hills 18 inches apart in the row if
they are to be plowed one way and ~
to 8 feet apart if they are to be cultivat-
ed crosswise. Checking, however, is
hardly ever necessary except where the
land is very foul, says American Agri-
culturist, authority for the foregoing.
This authority also has the following to
say concerning commercial planting:
For commercial planting hand proc
esses are entirely too slow; consequent
ly inventors have constructed machines
both for cutting the potatoes into suita-
BILE sized pieces and for planting them.
There is also on the market a machine
which cuts the seed and at the same
time does the planting. This is hand
potato cutter that does the work Of eight
persons. The number Of knives can be
decreased SO as to make larger pieces Of
it, or can be increased and smaller
pieces obtained. This machine can also
be used for cutting beets, turnips, car
rots and other roots for stock feed.
Machines for planting potatoes at the
rate of four to eight acres per day are
no longer an experiment, and the best
are familiar to readers through adver.
tisements. One man only is needed to
operate the machine that plants cut
seed, while the automatic cutter and
planter requires man and boy. These
implements open the furrow, drop the
seed and any desired amount and kind
of fertilizer, and cover evenly with soil
to uniform depth, bringing an even
stand. a marker indicates the next row
and keeps the rows straight. One of
these machines coon saves its cost on a
farm where potatoes are grown to any
extent, while one can do much custom
planting. an ] make money while saw
ing expense for his customers. In these
days Of close margins on the potato crop
it is necessary to study every possible
detail to produce tho least expense.
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Peach Yellows In Massachusetts.

The state legislative committee is
considering the advisability of adopting
measures for compulsory destruction Of
trees affected by the disease. Mr.. J. H.
Hale said that he thought Worcester.
Middlesex, Plymouth and other eastern
and southern counties will be leading
peach growing sections. Of course there
is an opposition, but if contagion can be
proved the necessary appropriation will
no doubt be made.
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When to Uss Hea Manure.

There il little objection to putting
the hen manure directly on the garden
to be plowel or spaded under in the
spring. Oae advantage in keeping this
mannre over winter is that when thor
oughly dried out it may be crushed or
ground and used with muriate of potash
and ground bono to make good ferti-
lizer. This dried manure makes an ex-
cellent "filler" for home mixed fer
tilizer. The carbonate Of lime should
not be used on fresh hen manure if you
wish to retain it's value. This form Of
lime liberates the ammonia by permit
ting it to pass into volatile form.
Land plaster, or sulphate Of lime, will
"sweeten' the house and preserve the
manure much better than the sslime. !"
Rural New Yorker
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A picked cgg is apt to burst when

A picked cgg is apt to burst when
boiled. for the lime fills up the pores SO
that the steam is confined.
A "blood egg" is bright red when
held to the light. IN yellow rot the
white and yolk solidify together and the
egg shows yellowish red. A "watery
egg" has an air bubble which floats on
top, no matter how the egg is held.
A green" egg is pale before the
light and shows dark yolk. When bro
ken, the yolk is seen to be dirty green
In color. A frozen egg shows crack
reaching from one end to the other, and
double yolk egg has two cloudy spots
which swim round inside when the egg
is turned, and rotten egg is dense
black before the light.
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Fighting CutWorms.

In a bulletin from the New Jersey
station it is stated that clover or sod
land is most frequently infested by cut
worms, which are less frequently found
on late cultivated land. The worms are
especially abundant in crimson clover.
Among the remedies suggested clean
culture is placed first, prominently asso-
ciated with early fall plowing. Apply
ing top dressing Of kainit and nitrate
of soda in the early spring if corn is to
be planted is advised, the seeding to be
delayed until the rain has carried the
fertilizers into the soil. Distributing
clover or bran that has been moistened
with paris green about the fields is also
recommended.
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B. & O. Railroad.

ocneuuie In eject Mar. 10, 1885,
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE.
WILMINGTON DEPOT EAST BOUND,
*Express trains.
All trains illumi mated with Pintsch Light.
New York, weekdays. lsds, l7.l5, ls.;l.
New Ne Y York T sandays' days rs Fl ts4s e. iii f e
a. M, 1928, 1882 t7.a5, tII.0O, 3. m.
Philadelphia, TwentyoFolrth and Chestnut
STE sstTssts s SessdaH ISL, s Hs sPS f Ss @ Sao i7'S 7S0
loco, tII.O0 p. m. ' '''-' ''''' 4'''''' -
Sundays Sun IS tscs, - go e go j tsss s. tss Il g
IS, ioo6 tlioo, M ,. % NO. ''''' 1851 ''S0 'SS
: G Chester. .s weekdays tscs, 555 $40, t7.l5,
taso W IS ' 5s $50 ss, 25io i'll p. pm n.y. 'A-s'
l5sS 4 i = 70 2s i Is, { co. s
2.2s, p: m, Sundays, y 90 "a a. m. q. "'' 'iAN
Cape May, weekdays, m, t2:2s, pm
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington weekdays, t42O.
NJ, liSS, i2S, 254. t45s, tsco ts . 1 is T. ssas m
Baltimore and way stations. daily. 7.02. a. m,
Newark, Del, weekdays, t4.2o, 7,o2, 1913,
HIS HIS 2 a m i4ss ssspR9Sdsyss 9dsy y,sc5 4Ss & .sls M,
Pittsburg, weekdays. t8.48, a. m, s6 l3 D m
Sundays *s !s M, q So m. /
Chicago, daily, 1848, a. M, t4.5S, p. m..
Cincinnati and ST. Louis daily tI2.55, ard
tells, p. m.
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, 1918 p. m. week days. s458 pm,
Sundays. Through sleepers Washington 10
Memphis and New Orleans.
Singerly accom- mediation, week days 702,
q. M, 2.54, 7.05,and 1l.12, p. m:
Sundays, T.0z q M; 554, 7.05 p m.
Landenburg accom- modation, week-days.
702, 1927 a. M, 254 456, p. m. Sundays,
10 90, a. M, 4.5S, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station
New York, weekdays, IS so m.
Philadelphia, weekdays, Is so, q M, 2 as nm
Baltimore. weekdays, $50. q. M, t2.5O p. m.
Landenburg and way stations, week days,
$50, 10 20. a. M, so, $40, p. m. Sundays, 9.56,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street.
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, tS.4O. g.
:; 5;2S s. tIlo, SI5 $50, 1lo 50, n.s0 q. M, tI22O,
tS0, 1725, tS40 1910, LBS, p. m.
: sundays, fSM I, tS,l5, 800, 1l.S0, q.
Telephone, l8S.
= Rates to Western points lower than vita asy
J @. sCVLL, General Passenger Agent =
W, N. GREENE, General Manager.
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EGG INSPECTORS.
An Expert Can Handle Twelve Thousand

An Expert Can Handle Twelve Thousand
. Day.
The men who inspect eggs in the
large cities are marvelously dexterous.
They toss them from one hand to anoth-
er. lift them out Of cases by the hand
full, finger the fragile things with a
sleight Of hand dexterity which is aston
ishing and can make an egg balance it.
self on the edge Of case without even
nicking the shell.
In the early days Of the trade these
jugglers Of eggs were called "egg can
dlers," because the lowly tallow dip
supplied the < rays which betrayed the
interior economy Of the product of hens
nests. But the development of the indus
try and the adoption Of the electric in
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Potash Salts For Truck Farming.

Potash salts are just the thing for
truck farming. The New England
Homestead calls attention to the fact
that 1.-THE cheaper muriate Of potash gives
equally good results on cabbages and
beets as the more expensive sulphate,
but the latter appears to be superior to
muriate in increasing the yield of toma,
toes. spinach, lettuce and onions"
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A Kav Found-

My neighbor B., has found key-a key to
health it is: says he. If he is troubled with
lassitude, constipation, biliousness, sick or
nervous headache, cold feet, chilly sensations
fullness at the stomache. or any other of a
long array ofcomplaints, he takes DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are so small, so easy
to otake, so prompt and thorough in their
operation, and cost so little that they are sure
to grow In favor with all who use them. In
glass walls, 25 cents.
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: PINE0LA COUGH BALSAM

are only suffering from a chronic cold or deep
seated cough, often aggravated by catarrh.
For catarrh use Ely's Cream Balm.
Both remedies are pleasant to use. Cream
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on receipt of amount.
ELY BBOTHERs, SO Warren st, NY
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President-G w. w. Naudain; Secretary.
w. s. Letherbury; s. s. Holten, Charles ID.
Howell, Geo. ". Peverley.
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rIiddletown Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICER,

MUN1C1fAL OfF1CEtES.
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BANKS.
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w. g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
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SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middletown Council, No. Q, Jr. 0. U. A. M.
Meets every Monday night In McWhorters
Hall at O'Clock.
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. D !. y. y. +.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Damon Lodge, No. IL, X. of p Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhoraer's Hall at
Major John Jones Post, No. q, G. A. R.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
every second and fourth Friday night in x.
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Union Lodge, No. 6, A. O. U. W. meets every
ID and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, TO. 16, Brotherhood
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets first Fri
day night of each month in Hose House.
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G RATEFUL-coMFORTiNG.
EPPS'S COCOA

SPY thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations Of diges-
tion and nutrition, and by careful applfca-
tion of the fine properties of well-selected
Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has provided for our break
fast and supper q delicately favored beverage
II is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that q constitution may be gradually
built up until strong enought o resist every
tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle
maladies are floating around us ready to at
tack wherever there Is weak point. We
may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping
ourselves well fortified with pure blood and
a properly nourished frame."-CfviI Service
Gaze tie. Made simply with boiling water or
milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by Gro
GERS, labelled thus:
Chemist, London. England.
The herald., 1896-02-10
Linen For Liners.

There are no laundries on board ship
they take up too much room. So the chiol
steward lays in thousands of pillowslips,
sheets and towels. These come on board
tied up in bales of dozen each and are
stored in tho linen locker, a cubby hole of d
place OH the main deck. The ventilato1
pipes from the engine room run through il
and keep it hot.
There is no danger of linen getting mil.
dewed there. The linen which has been
used is thrown into another room, provid.
cd with the same atmosphere, and is sc
kept thoroughly dry. Where there arc
clean napkins every day, frequent changes
of statoroom linen and an everlasting re.
plenishing Of towel racks, the demands
upon the linen locker arc very extensive.
A liner like tho New York puts to sea
with about 0, 900 serviottes, 10, 900 towels,
5000 or 1000 sheets, 5000 pillowslips,
and about !, 600 tablecloths Most of these
find their way to the soiled linen locker in
tho course Of the voyage. When the vessel
arrives, they are cartod Off to a laundry
London Standard.
The herald., 1896-02-10

An electrician has expressed his belief
that telephoning to the moon Is within tho
bounds Of possibility. He argues that the
ether which binds the planets together
with oh iron hand u.s. while firm and solid,
infinitely elastic, an ideal medium for the
transmission of vibrations. The vibrations
which constitute light como to us from the
sun In eight minutes, travelling at the rate
of 102, 900 miles second. 1t is possible to
produce waves moving at this enormous
velocity by electrical means A pulsation
of electricity causes an ether wave, and in
the telephone the movement of infinitely
small waves produces speech Tho waves
produced by ether disturbance spread out
into space, radiating farther and farther
in gigantic circles until swallowed UP in
its immonsity, like ripplcs on the, ocean.
If an iron mass be in the vicinity Of
these pulsations, it will give out u buzz or
hum, as shown in tho passage of a current
through some systems of street lighting
apparatus for tho transformation of high
to low pressure. Tho moon undoubtedly
contains its proportionate amount Of iron,
end therefore the theory is advanced that
if we can send electrical pulsations to the
moon wo can mako things hum on it's
rugged surface.
Such an experiment would involve "the
use of a gigantic coil, mounted vertically,
with it's axis in line with the moon" The
protector of tho scheme adds: "If lives ex-
list upon tho lunar surface, If the murmur
from the earth be heard, they will listen
with sadness. They will feel that utter
despair that brooks no consolation and
stretches out its arms in vain" 1t is to
be hoped they would not take on in that
way; it would be poorthanks to the man
who built the gigantic coil. New York
Times
The herald., 1896-02-10
A New ENGLAND Wedding.

AT wedding in little Now England
town tho other day the village doctor, who
is tho village joker, contributed to tho hi.
larity OF tho occasion in his wedding pres,
ent 1t was Il bottle containing 1,000 two
grain quinine tablets, with the advice to
tho bride to take two when tempted tc
scold lor husband, the desire being, it was
asserted, suro sign of malaria. Unfor.
tunatcly no prophylactic for the distcm.
per, should it attack the husband, was pro.
vidod, an obviously most unfair distinc-
ton. The list Of presents as published in
the village paper further included, Zone
breakfast caster, pairs of linen towels
80 yards blcached cotton cloth, painted
fire screen in three sections, set of silve,
buttons for shirt waist and sleeves, 2 en-
broidered table covers, table mats, pin
cushions, stocking bag, dust shovel, gcn
tins and various other articles too numer
Gus to mention. New York Times.