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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CORN AND OATS ALSO CLOSED LOWER.
Higher Prices for Hogs md Buying
by Packers Sustained
Provisions.

Chicago. July 27.--1mprovcd weather for
the crops caused the downfall OF the grain
markets today. Wheat dropped cent and the
market closed weak at 70ss for September
options. Corn lost %c and oats &C. Provi-
sions recovered from a spell Of weakness and
closed without material change.
Cooler weather in the Northwest and lower
cables started wheat on n downward course
at the opening and with the exception OF a
Ac rally from the bottom near the close on
buying against puts the market was exceed
domestic receipts also contributed to the de.
cline. September opened ss4Mc lower at TON
al. sold sparingly at II, declined TO TOs
l.0A and closed with buyers at 10A. Chicago
received SB cars, OF which two graded con
pared with ~ for the same time last year.
Primary market receipts aggregated Si2,VUu
bushels. AGAINST $4,000 bushels a year ago.
Export clearances from Atlantic ports were
equal in Wheat and Hour to 10000 bushels.
Heavy rains throughout the West where
claims OF damage by drouth nave been num-
erous, weakened corn There was selling
rush ut the outset and only occasionally when
some shorts would endeayor to cover did tho
market show any degree OF steadiness. Ex-
port demand was good but any effect this
might have had was counteracted by enor-
nous primary Western market receipts Re
ceipts were 30 cars.
Liquidation induced by favorable harvesting
weather liberal receipts and the decline In
wheat and corn, weakened oats. Receipts 365
cars, OF which III were new.
Higher prices for hoes and ouying by pack
ers sustained provisions.
Estimated receipts fer tomorrow: Wheat
70 cars; corn $50 cars: oats $40 cars; hogs,
"a 900 head.
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NEW yoRk ExcHANon.


New York, July T.-Money on call steady
at 3ika4 per cent: last loan 4; prime mercan'
tilt paper 3Jbd4ia per cent; sterling exchange
eesier, with actual business In bankers bills
at 4.S7AG4.s7iz for demand and 4.ss%@4. 8.
for sixty days; rostcd rates 4.s5li s5,s and
4. Ssd4 ssia; commercial bills 1891 .sS'a; 81
cal, dollars As. Government and railroad bonds
weak; State bonds inactive.
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CHICAGO

Chicago. July 27.-Trade In cattle today
was brisk at UNCHANGED prices good to choice
4.4eI5.30: stokers and feeders 4. 1914 80: cows
and heifers end bulls o.0O1510: Western Fed
steers 3;5oa5 %; Texas steers 3.6aG5 20;
caves 3.2od65O Limited offerings of hogs
firm and about &c higher fair TO choice 4 40
az 90: heavy. packers 4.o0M4 .37ik; butchers
a:2oI4 80; lights 1894 62ih: pIgs 2. 7564 90.
me demand for the small supply of sheen
was active at strong prices Lambs sold al
q a5dd. 20 for culls up to 6.75 for choice. while
few fancy lots brought sO17 90. yearIings
: ;soMo.5o and sheep 2:25G3.25 for culls. .. 90
emoo::zo Tor prime wethers. Recepts--Cattle
5000 hogs $1,000; sheep 1000.
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HIDES AND WOOL.
SUGAR.

New Orleans, July 27.-sugar dull; open ket-
III 3A6i $40; centrifugal yelows issG4Is;
seconds 2isIli4. Molasses dull centrifug II
6Gl4.
New York, July 27.-Sugar-Raw strong;
fair refining l5-1G; centrifugal, 96 test
4 15-16, molasses sugar 8 lS-16 refined steady
ard fairly active.
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New YORK. Iuly g7.--Wheat-- Rece!pts al1..

INV WIN. July Ill.,
l56; exports i4,7si: snot easy; No. 2 red TN
+ 80 b, afoat spot' No ! Northern, Duluth
SIN T. o. b. afioat 20 arrive: No. red 1914
elevator: options closed easy vt hGi1c net
77l r,,dos AVN ea,hnr Am ~ Vol AN,
Cotton seed oil quiet. Metals--Very little
change was reported in prices on the local
exchange today. At the close Mig iron war
changed at 1850 tin unsettled at 3l.75 bid
and s2,i5 asked; lead steady, with 4.55 bid
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HEAVY STAPLES.
AMMUNiTIoNS-Pow per keg. "a 00an
10: blasting powder 81 60 per keg: drop
shot, per sack 81, 90; buck, 81 so.
BACoN-Ex,-a short clear, in sacks, CSC,
regulars enc: boxed Nc higher: smoked uel-
hes I9.c; New York salt bellies 5lac; break-
fast bacon l0iSMl0A.
BAGGING AND TIEs-Less than car lots.
ne: Arrow ties $500 in mixed ints. -
cANpY-stlek wrapped, basis "a. 6AQ6h,
per III spseiql sae f,r g higher
choice el.c pcaberry i5S,Illc, cordova iS,sc.
Ronstsi conecs; Arbucklcs Ariosa, ps,scn
lGa,lf eases lie delyered; se,lh cases, u 20
&c ID Eases II ioc delivered.
500; sss Esiss. S.So Sea ssMnsha, 80
nickel $50 Special ' rates Tor s sSpnsn ms' e
interior points. our In barrels. i5c above
FARINAcEoUs ooops-Grits. hominy and
cream neal N barrels, $500; pearl meal. III
ssoei oats g 10 Columbia i 9 oats $3.50 100 'A'
!. HAMS STANDARD iinaliM; picnic hamssN9
:. HoNEY,ln so.ib cans, extracted. s.asc:
u comb. sefioc; in i2-ib cans extracted. on
LARD 4 Rsehned tisree, compound: sei Leaf;
sNc; sc.lb cans hc higher than tisrsss.
2-lb cans lc higher.
MoLAssEs- -Reboiled. fair isM Gisc: prime
s so choice 25dfs6c; fancy new crop syrup
RIcE--Ex,ra fancy head. ssIsNc; choice.
'Ss lsE s Bases fansy 5 &ssl Mspils
sALT-Liyerpool coarse. $4,000; nns ssc8
81 90; Louisiana coarse. ssc: fne 9oc. bbis'
Is los. s22s so-5s. sas 20. l0o-ss $3.50; loss
I. SALT I, ssksrs! !, No S n io-'S kits
mustard Sc eSIasS Imported Gillette eraie
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purrEa AND EGGS.

Chicago. July 27--Butter market steady;
cream ery isIs@17; dairy i2i@TlGs Cheese
Creamery Sb6l9. EGGS weak: fresh 1iIl2.
New York. July 27.-Eggs -Receips 1857
packages; dull: State and Pennsylvania 15Gp
1G. Western 10ll5.
Kansas CITY July 27.--Eggs lower: fresh
Missouri and Kansas stock. first sia. cases
returned.
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London. July 27.-Consols for money 1oeS;
for the account LOG lie; bar silver quiet.
81 led per ounce; money 2 per cent; rate OF
discount in the open market for short bills
sMd35s per cent; for three months bills s&
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GALVESTON srATEMrSr.
c0rFEE.

,teady unchanged to ponts lower. under
bcaIlsh cables and absence Of speculative sun
pcIt: closed steady at unchanged prices 10 .
pointF lower: sales IA zoo bags. Spot Rio dull
and easy; mild quiet barely steady.
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Galvanized Gliaden So 10: WauRegan. So 30
Mills 50 10 base. Advances fer common
Cd. e0c: Sd. l0c; 10d and l6d. DC. Quotations
ere for less than car lots
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KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City. July 27.-Cattle-Receipts $3.50
natives and 2o6o Texans; desirable cattle
, wgre IN good demand at steady to strong
prices common grades We're slow and steadv.
he sa native steers 5.45a5. 65. light weights
: .ou9a.So; stockers and feeders a. 5OG5' 90:
on snG1s COWS and heifers slO65 Ii: Gamers
) so@4.55. Hogs-Recelpts COCO marl,et fai ~
aac,r 1, steady to sc higher; heavy hogs assn
49,; mixed 4.s06l44o: ,-sts 4.SoST4 .i2X:
Digs Digs 4.zoaa 80 shcep-Receipts $500; goid
srsaes active and steady; common slow:
sp1r lg lambs 5.oe66.0o; muttons 8. 10: feeders
3 .15a4.00: culls 25OHs %. 800
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ST. LOUIS.

st: Louis. July Observation-Disclosures, ,soo.
market stendy to strong: fair to fancy native
snlpping and export steers 4 .50af5. 81: but her
Snr , dressed beef steers OO5 3o steers un
a aer tvS pounds. 7504.75: stockers and feed
sn,, s,v 70 20: cows and heifers 25a74 .S5:
Pulls 2'2hH4 90; Gamers 1.7572 so: TEXAS and
55nea Iss steers a.o0T4.9O COWS and hei.ers'
hish m..w; Hoss.Recepts $500; market 81
DIGS and lights 4. 1914 as: packers *
ma.,o; butchers 4.5004 go. Sheep--Rece,nts
MARKET stendy; native muttons 3. 5oSl4. 90:
lambs d.o0@5 ,30 stockers 20D6l2. 70: culls ana
bucks 2.25d3 90: Texans T. 80. 'a'' anu
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Grain and Provirions Elsewhere.

Kaneas City. July 27.--Whent-- September
red 6TGiGS: No. . spring O.. Corn-septem-
her 2s: December 27M cash No. mixed
2o&. oats--No. 2 mixed and No. 2 white 2Iis.
Eegs--Frcsh SIS. Roceints-Wheat 7a.500:
corn $4,000: oats 1909. Shipments--W Wheat
1900; corn $1,000 onts 5000.
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARrNos.
Following are the ciearanees Of the Houston
banks for the week thus far and for The CORE.
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HOUSTON wH0LEsALE PRICES
HEAVY STAPLES.

These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can be relied upon, Tho prices are
those ruling in Houston Wholesale markets
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New York Dry Goods.

New York. July 27.-General demand for
cotton goods ut first hands and iobbers doing
n good business. Blcsched cottons were un-
changed IN prices and in good request. No
further advance au0ted. Low grade bcacned
selling more freely, Heavy brown sheetlngs
and drills continue scarce and very Arm la
beth Eastern and Southern markets. Print
cloths firm. Bida under 2A for regulars
turned down in ali markets. Wide gray goods
sieadier. with moro doing Denims frmer
and occasionally u higher. Cotton Innings
firm, with fair sales. No change In the wooden
and worsted goods division.
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HOUSTON DAILY POST FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 20 1880

boxes. .2Ec; Royal Gloss, bulk. Sc; Nickel.
100 packages. per box. $3.50: corn starch. sic
yer ID. 20 aud 40-ib boxes.
Special prices given on carload orders.
Standard eranulated SIC: cubes ard DOW
dcred SAC: Louisiana yellow clarified fancy
tstnGiSc: Louisiana yellow clarified. fancy So
@6hc; choice 5k6f5Mc: Arbuckles's. 2-lb and
5-lb packages. BAG
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MaStteu nORS Observation-Disclosures. 2tAlu 5A
Receipts of cattle have been very heavy
during past week; fair demand for choice
corn hogs of $50 pounds and up. Car lots of
corn hogs can always be sold on arrival at
market price.
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APRICOTS- California per crate. 81. so.
RIES--Califnrnia. $3.50.
GRAPEs-Texas 100000 for 4-basket crates:
Texas Delaware 7-lo baskets. 2oGl30c.
lEMONS-Fancy California 81 90; fancy
Mossina s32i1s,15.
PLUMS-Per peck 25M35c: one third bushels
65fi75c: California per crate 81 IS.
PEACIiES-Per peck and ore-third bushels
boxes S0G60c: 4-basket crates 6Ods5c; Cali
fornia. Sl.25
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CANNED rRurTs AND yEcErApLEs.

@6hc, choice 5isG5%c: Arbuckies's. GLIB and
5-lb packages. 5shc.
CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
CANNED FisJfTS-Pineapples. 2-ib. eye
less and screless- si.50ifi GO. 2-lb extra
500, pears. 2.ib standard soc. black
sorted. 75c; peaches. Glib full weight si.i5:
2-ib llgnt weight q 90. 80.
iull weight s5Gaoc. 2-lb full weight 65d70,:
okra and tomatoes. 2-l5 SOC: Linn beans. GLIB
iuli weight aoe: string beans PIP full weigh.
St50' red kidney beans. 2-lb full weight So;
marrowfat peas Glib full weight a9c; early
June peas. fancy 2-lb weight lao; Amcri-
81 65ai rs: asparagus. California. 2M-ib 81. 90;
corn. Auburn cream. 2-lb fun weight 81 100
I;ls: No I: 2;lb full weight ST. o5J1 10: Blue
CALIFORNIA FRU1T-Extra standard az
70 psqraes !, lem lemon cling seiom22o yellow
rcots s75aIsc BsP tpsn GEARS pears .ssaii 20.
assorted 81 SoGs1 IS: standard 2M-lb peaches.
low Crawford si.50Gni SO: apricots si.4o11.4s
yellow Crawford sl.50T1 .55: aprlcots si.559
LEO: Bartlett pears $i.75G1. 80.
PRODUCE.
BBANs;-Navy 2Ma3c Bayou sisc; Eng
eyes 5Kc
BUTTER Blue star loc: dairy l5e: Elgln
creamery 2If22c. slRin dairy bricks Ice; cleo
inargarine. solids Zoe: prints Tic: special Blue
star Ise; Texas country butter 6ai5s.
CABBAGE-Prr found, 2cp2hc.
CHEESE-New York full cream 12tsd1sc;
Wisconsin full cream 12bI13c: Young Ameri-
ca l41l4lac; Western skim lie; fancy rolls
fulI cream i3c; Longfeilows l31Rc.
EGGs-Texag SC per dozen, candled 1910;
Kansas 14c.
CNIONS-Per lb. &c.
PEPPER-Chile l5nl7c per ID; black Stnga-
pore lai5c.
PoTAToES--New irish. .oM7oc per bu.
iOuLTR Items $2.0qG2 q; fryois S'15m
100: troilers sI.ooI1.25 Turkeys hens si.75
M6.00; pobblers So 00m7 on per dozen. ac-
cordinc to Size and quality. Ducks. $1,000
TOMATOES-Fer bushel. s100ffl %.
,,,,,Te, >.rr.
DRIED FRUITS ARD Nols'
APPLES-Fancy evaporated. 50-lb boxes.
lie: lib cartons llkc: 50-lb lOc: fancy sliced.
in 5o-lb boxes, sac
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common per ncaG ..-........... 30 az M
SUPPLY Of cattle and calves on sale more
tran enough to meet the demands of the
trade for this week. Sheep market over
stocked.
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Galveston, July 27.-The A. p. Norman
Live Stock company reports the market as
fellows.
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MALLORY /
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American Surety

VI New YORK,
Court. Contract and Personal CIR
executed on short notice Ia Hsss Z
CASUALrY col
EMPLOYERS and Public Ll,tlIIn A.
dent. Elevator, Boiler and His q
ance. 4. "A
See the new Health lnsurasu ~
neetion with the Special AetIdssl
or address 212h Main Stint N
and Mechanics National Bank, Has
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LIVE STOCK
HOUSTON

HOUSTON.
The following are the quotations for this
market today as furnished by Sanders Il
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liverpool Futures.


THIS WeCK. Last ytak
Exports to Great Britain. 1888 1890
Exports to France ....,... 200 2.64S
ES ports to continent 80. 6.50I 3.3lO
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MARINE ,N1'ELLroEScr.

A number OF business men from dinercnt
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Quotations for middlIng at ctner spot mar
kets. together with the sales:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11
Vol. XVI, No. 2. Whole No. 1854.

be growing on it. AS soon as a girdle
is made the plant attempts to heal
over the wound. A pressing downward
Of new tissue may soon be noticed
above the girdle. If the ring of bark
taken off was not too wide it may heal
over and the elaborated food again be-
gin to be carried downward to nourish
the parts below. Unless the wound
heals over the parts Immediately be-
low the girdle suffer for want of food
and eventually die, thus destroying
the whole branch.''
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81 per Annum, in Advance.

ferent from what it has been, will
help to change somewhat the charac,
ter of the tree and make it totally ex-
empt from injury by cold.
The Seeding tree, in the more
northern counties of the State, is the
prefera bic to the budded tree, for rea-
SON which at present space forbids to
explain.
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New Idea in Grapes.


In a recent issue of the Rural
Word, Prof. j. G. Whitten, horticul-
turst of the Missouri Experiment Sta
tom, discusses the effect OF girdllng
and pinching grapes.
''We have in the experimental vine
yard, at this writing (July ~, girdled
grape shoots bearing fruit that is
turning color, while the fruit on nor
NAL shoots of the same vine is entirely
green Girdled peach branches are
bearing fruit that is much larger and
nearer ripe than normal branches Nv
the same tree. Not only is fruit large"
and earlier on branches of vines and
trees that were girdled this summer
but certain apple trees on the expert
mental grounds bore blossoms and
set fruit this year on branches that
were girdled Cast year, when nona OF
their normal branches had any flow
es at ALL The effects of girdling a
frllit-bearing branch to increase the
size and hasten the ripening of it's
fruit, and of girdling a non-frultfui
branch to throw it into baaritg the
next year, are so We'll known that in
some places the practice of glrdllng
is quite common. At shows fruit from
girdled branches is debarred from
competition with normally grown
fruit. on account of the fact that it is
expected to be of unusual size, though
the branch was destroyed in pr0duc-
ing it.
Commercially, girdling lis not much
practiced because, as noted by Mr..
Bent, the branch just below the g'l'dle
is mot properly nourished and weak
ems or sometimes dies from the effects
of this opera tion. The reaso!s for the
above will be understood Il briefly
stated, as follows: 4a
'"The sap, when taken up by the
roots, is not ready to directly nourish
the tree. but is carried upward
through the sapwood to the leaves,
where a part of the water is evaporat-
ed into the atmosphere. In the leaves
the food materials i'm the sap, and
gases taken i'm from the air, are elab-
Grated Cor digested), and are then
ready to be distributed over the tree
and to produce growth. This elabo-
rated food is carried back in the
growing layer or cambium to nourish
all parts of the tree. A gird1e does
not injure' the sapwood, and hence
does not retard the upward movement
of the crude sap. The same gIrdie
does, however, destroy the soft grow
ing layer just inside the bark, and
prevents the returns of THE elaborated
food, which, collects I'M the girdied
branch and causes unusual growth,
not only of the branch above the gir-
die, but. also of any fruit that may
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An Outlet for Fruit.

At the meeting of the Illinois State
Horticultural Society last winter one
of the speakers advocated making use
of all the by-products of fruit in the
way of making jams, jellies, MARINA
ladies', etc, and intimated that much
better fruit could be used in this way
to better advantage than I'M any
other.
This was one of the hobuIes of the
late w. e. Gladstone, who for years
was a strong advocate of the estab-
lishment of jeliy-making as a rural
industry to be prosecuted ini the
homes of the people. He also was of
the opinion that fower-growing prom
ised much for country places. For
holding these opinions he was many
times laughed at by his friends, but
now different aspect has been put
on his views by the practical adoption
of them by at least one community in
England.
When we think of it there is MO
more reason why housewives should
not make jellies, preserves, MARINA
.ades and all such sweet stuffs for SAFE
than there is why they should not
make butter at home. If any differ
ence in the two industries, it would
be in favor of the making of jellies.
Commercial fruit growing is over
done unless some better method of
distribution cam be- devised. The
Farmers Voice is in receipt of letters
from widely separated parts off the
country showing this to be true.
Prices realized are not high enough
to pay cost of production and getting
to market. If all the. fruit except the
first class could be made into Jelly,
jam or other similar product, it C, I'd
be sold at price that would make it
profitable, and the first class fruit
sent to market would sell for twice
as much as is now received for it.
Here is a statement of what has been
done by one man in England, and it
indicates what is possible I'M this
country:
about two miles from the old uni
versity town of Cambridge is a little
Village called Histon, which till re-
Gently had NO staple industry. The
land AN about was neglected, land
lords were in despair, and even the
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Good Time Coming for Orange
Growers
Growers.

The Meteorologische' Zeitschief con-
tains a treatise by DR.. F. Mauer on
the regular periodical repetition of
cold and warm years. During certain
intervals of time, extending as rule
to about fifteen years, there is a rec
ognized change of warm and cold
years. The warm periods, DR.. Maurer
says, do not simply include a series
of summers of extraordinary warmth,
but also a series of mild winters. Sim
ilarly, during the cycle of cold peri
od, mot only are winters more than
ordinarily severe, bu the summers are
far below the average heat. DR.. Ma aur-
to1erable accuracy the time when the
next cycle of warm periods will occur
1t lis due, he calculates, somewhere
about the turning point between the
two centuries; and he thinks it prob
abe. from data Obtainable, that the
early years of the next century will
be distinguished by a series of hot,
or, rather, extremely hot summers
and season of exceptionally mild
winters.
The Orange Problem.-FoNowing
this, G. A. Blanc, of the French Pomo-
logical Society, who is at Stetson, Fla,
writes to the Jacksonville Times
Union: 'Efforts are made now almost
all over this State to protect orange
groves from being injured by freez-
ing. Perhaps a few words here might
help to facilitate the very important
question of protecting our orange
trees during winter and suggest diff
ferent way of meeting Jack Frost
than by the present mode of firing by
wood or otherwise our groves to
produce the necessary warmth. The
orange tree is undoubtedly capable of
adapting itself to many circums+ lnce-
more so, perhaps, than many other
fruit trees, and to arrive at correct
conclusions one should closely study
it's nature and the. soil and climate
where it is desired to grow it.
Of late years the lower tempera-
lures in winter seasons has been so,
that by many people the growing of
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DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, Jan. IL, lS99'

oranges, especially In the more north
ern counties of the State, has been
neglected, not to say abandoned, on
account of frost. Tn realty the tenn,
perature in this State never reaches a
point low enough to damage the tree,
if the sap was kept down. or, in other
words, if the tree was dormant. The
sap being in circulation in time of
frosts does the damage. 1t seems to
me that this fruit tree has very poor
chance here in FLORIDA, regarding it's
proper treatment, and according to
its natural requirements. 1t is treat
ed from its very infancy with all
kinds of strong fertilizers, and is pam
pered and forced to it's utmost capac-
ity on all kinds of soils until it is
what we have and see here tOday-a
plant too soft ito withstand even the
little frosts we experience here. All
fruit trees, including the orange, de-
mand and should have a time of rest,
roots and branches alike; in that state
of rest only will the orange tree with
stand the cold winters. Root crown
ing and ferti1izing not too Late in the
season, to get the tree dormant by the
cold wea ther is likely to occur, is the
only solution of winteringi these
plants successfully and keep alive the
interest which was taken in orange
culture previous to 1894. 1t will also
save labor and expenses, and is by far
safer and more healthful to the trees
than burning wood, ETC., or building
sheds. An orange tree treated in this
manner, | am convinced, will with
stand much more cold weather than
we ever have in Florida.
L have noticed orange trees and 9th
er specimens off that class as far
north as the Riveria in northern Ita-
ly, where the temperature is pretty
low some times and the ground COW
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into new life in the spring, without
showing any sign Of severe frost at
all. Those ieaf1ess trees were perfect
ly dormant. | have also seen orange
trees planted In large tubs, as far
north as ST. Petersburg, in Russia;
these trees during the long winter
in this high northern latitude, were
slowed away in a green house, with
but scant warmth to keep them alike,
and in the spring months budded out
beautifully again, and during summer
graced the lawns of lordty parks as
green and full of blossoms as ever.
These trees were from six to ten inch
els in diameter and had been treated
in this way for years
So much for the adaptiblity to diff
ferent circumstances of the orange
tree. / am convinced that timely fer
tilization and proper root pruning,
and perhaps a mode of cultivation dit