The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24
AN AGRICULTURAL MuNCuAusEc.
some of His Grating Experiences.
Tomatoes of Peanut Flavor,

some of His Grating Experiences.
Tomatoes of Peanut Flavor.
To the Editor OF The Post
/ read an article in The Post a few day.
ago from the pom OF a Cherokee county
farmer in regard to grating tomatoes and
sqhashes on wild and native stocks. There
is nothing new. strange or remarkable
about the gentlerlnns methods. as | have
prRctloed II successfully for several years
We have here wild squash or Mexican
eimbl!n, that grows spontaneous. II puts
forth magnificent growth aud remains
perfectly green throughout the dryest sea-
sons.
presume this is the vine referred TO BY
The writer OF the article mentioned. Ii is
perennial and forms large bulbs equal
In size and about the shape OF bar de-
cantor 1t is rank smelling vine. equal
in flavor to the gourd and no kind of insect
will bother ii.
My plan of raising squash aud musk
iheioh Is thls: take up the bulb OF the
Wild squash and cuH them TO two ewes and
drop them about six feet apart each wav.
Each eye will SEND out sprout and as
soon as they appear above ground | put
III my graft. My object Is 10 graft onto
one OF the sprouts and keen the other 10
repel Insects, keeping It pruned. 80 as
not to shade my other vines too much.
iHo sI"t'lhs Is delicate job, but can
be performed successfully bv any onp who
VIII exercise little patience. The scion
and stock should be about the same size
cut both, slipping two inches and fasten
them together with wet rag or corn
shucks Before joining them however. |
get small stalk of asparagus and uoint
II at each end, inserting one eud in Tho
stock and then slipping the squash or
; ,, vine over the asparagus and join
NE 'hen closely together as above. |
lheh pull the earth up around the graft
and push tight to prevent evaporation
If the operation is successful the vine.
VIII adhere and will start 10 grow In three
days never fail to make SQUASH or
nluskmelons and am known around Bolton
as Squash Hurbanks" have A half acre
each oil squash and muskmelon ON my
Garden near town treated in this way. Col
onel Bilyer, who is scientific horticultur-
lst was out today looking at my patch
and we decided that had at least nIns-
tenths of a stand.
row ms to grating tomatoes, that ia
quite easy, though | have never tried
grating onto the mullen. My plan is 10
sratt on The Spanish peanut. They are as
sure crop as the mullen and nv grating
mo them not only get crop of tomatoes
nui crop OF peanuts as we'll There Il
ehother advantage in grating onto the
peanut The tomatoes will have n peanu,
.laNnr' wh!'h makes them very da,jrable
for hotels and restaurants, answering IN.
purpose both OF tomatoes and peanuts
lhe grocery stores. however. do mt likr
20 handle them. as they say IL Injuries their
trade on me nuts. hope this will he OF
some son advantage to some of the readers Of
The Post VI
! have lived In Bolton twenty vears
WIN me exception Of one year spent in
Walker county, and | am well Known ~
every man woman anl child In his city
80 II you have any doubt about my yeracity
for reply. loo ~, s,aihp
r, 81 forget TO mention in lis proner
pace me object of putting the asparagus
IN STOCK and scion, The object Is three
fold First, it will hold them focure,v ,"t to'
gG,her until they unite; and. second !,
WIN give a delicate lavor 70 INC MIN ,a',ash
ana melon, but the best of all ~ sluasn
anparaRns wiz grow and after the melons ,n
and ~ r ne Su 5nH VINES can he stripped off
VIII be found on the Inside Of every p Sracn
j. II