The record-union., 1896-07-12
Coates, horticulture editor of the Cali
fprnia Fruit-GroWer

fornia Fruit-Grower.
AMMONIA AS A TREE WASH.
Any one who takes a careless sniff
understand how even moderate dose
of ammonia will produce fatal results
when designedly administered But In
Rural World is to be found the great
value Of ammonia in keeping orchard
trees clean and vigorous. What insect
can possibly live to do damage to trees
after having received even a homeo-
pathic dose of ammonia? Trees given a
good ammonia wash once or twice a
year will show in their clean, shining
bark and and glossy leaves high ap-
probation of such attention, and many
orchardiSts who have used these prep
aratiens bear testimony to their sub
stantial value in increasing the vigor of
the trees and the size and quality of the
crop. 1t is comparatively cheap, and
it's timely application to almost any
orchard viii be found to pay handsome
dividends.
CORN IN FLOWER POTS.
Isaas S. Long, who owns 600 acres Of
farming land in the Lebanon Valley,
has made an experiment in corn plant
ing which will undoubtedly prove of in
planting corn he is very precise, put
ting exactly the same number of stalks
in each row, and for years he had the
finest corn fields in the Lebanon Valley
Some months ago he came to the con-
clusion that if he planted corn in flower
pots and raised the plants in that way
there would be no delay in their growth
in case any of the corn had to be re-
5000 flower pots, placed them in his
garden this spring and planted a seed of
corn in each Several weeks ago, when
it became necessary to replant the corn
fields, a hole was dug wherever there
was a stalk missing and one of the ten
der cornstalks was transplanted from
the pots The potted stalks grew well
and are just as large as those planted
in the field in the spring. This expert
ment was made on Mr.. Longs farm,
near Myerstown, Pa--Philadelphia
Ledger.
THE FLAME TREE.
Pasadena has a novel and beautiful
sight in the form of an Australian
flame tree, which the Times of June
25th says 'looms up with it's wealth of
dame-colored blossoms like an illumi-
nation thirty feet high the ordinary
growth of the tree. Another singular
thing about this tree is that sit sheds
it's leaves before the blossoms come out,
and thus it is perhaps the only tree In
the world that has nothing but bloom
for foliage and where flowers are en-
tirely unobscured by leaves"
COFFEE IN MEXICO.
A great impetus has been given to the
cultivation of the coffee plant in Mexico,
brought about by the almost total fail
and other Eastern countries, according
to the Manchester (Eng.) 'Grocers' Re
view" Another important reason for
coffee planting in Mexico is given by the
Review in these words: "The fall in
silver and the reduction in the price of
labor and of land have furnished con-
ditions favorable to the development of
the new industry"
POTATOES ON THE VINE.
Potato freaks are not often of the kind
noted by the Stockton Mall" grown
by w. Baldwin of Fair Oaks. The pota-
toes all grow on the vine above ground.
Mr.. Baldwin reports that "the vine was
about three feet long, and there were
some forty potatoes on it, ranging in
size from marble to a hens egg. All
were green in color except one, which
had lain on the ground, and being pro-
tected from the sun by the vine, was of
the ordinary color of new potatoes.