The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRlCULTURiSTS
some Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, yittculturs and Floricul-
ture,
Horticultural Observations.

Horticultural Observations.
We notice in an exchange an at
tempt to make the Gano apple some
thing else than a variety of the Ben
Davis. We doubt if the attempt will
succeed. According to the reports of
extensive growers Of the Ben Davis,
here and there are trees in nearly all
Ben Davis orchards that bear apples
OF the depth of color of the Gano. 1t
what is called the Gano from the Ben
Davis.
The German government has re-
moved the prohibition as to the i'm
portation of American dried and
evaporated fruit. For several years
past this fruit has been admitted into
Germany only after much delay and
vexatious inspection for the San Jose
scale. At last the officials OF the
American government have convinced
the Germans that the scale could not
be danger to the German consumers
after it had undergone the evaporating
process.
The winter meeting Of the Indiana
State Horticultural Society will be
held at the state house, Indianapolis,
Dec. 1S to 20. On previous years this
meeting has frequently been held at
the same time as the meetings in other
states and this has prevented attend
ance from other states. We urge that
farmers from other states as well as
from Indiana attend this meeting. The
meetings of this society are always
profitable and one cannot attend them
without being we'll repaid for the
money and time spent.
We wish to commend the prompt
ness of Professor Troop, of the Indiana
State horticultural Society. in the
sending out of the notices OF the
meetings of the society two months In
advance of the time. We can name
societies in the west whose secretaries
do not send out notices OF the meet
lngs in time to get them published be-
fore the holding of the meetings. We
have frequently called attention to this
matter. Such meetings need to be
we'll advertised, and it is impossible
to secure this advertisement if the an
nouncements of the meetings are de-
layed till the last week.
In this year of large apple supplies
1o4 ho full
watched. When crops are large there
is tendency to send fruit that is not
the best in size. When crops are
small the average of quality is gener-
ally high, due to the bearing of small
number of apples on each tree. 1t is
then not SO hard to keep up the quail
ity in our foreign shipments. Now,
however, we are faced with the ten
dency to send abroad fruit inferior in
size. AS the Europeans have formed
a good opinion of our fruit SO far, 1t
is desirable that that opinion be held.
Carefully sorted fruit only should be
permitted to cross the ocean.
The Pewaukee pippin is an apple
large in size and in color yellow and
red streaked. 1t is of medium size
and quality and is good for both
kitchen and market. 1t originated in
Wisconsin, but the best reports from
1t come from eastern Canada. It does
fairly well in Wisconsin and west
ward to California, but does not seem
to be very popular. In some situa-
tions it has proved a failure. II reports
as received by the American pomolog-
ical society are reliable it illustrates
the fact that fruit does not always
thrive best in the locality where 1t
originated, as this apple has done best
in part of the country thousand
miles from the locality Of it's origin.
Growers OF apples on the Pacific
coast are looking westward for a mar
ket that they can control without hav-
ing to face severe competition. 1t is
doubtless true that for apples the mar
kets to the west of California, Oregon
and Washington, present great oppor-
tunities, but those markets will have
to be systematically developed. The
Hawaiian Islands, Japan, the Philip
pines and China contain considerable
numbers OF white people who have al
ready formed taste for the apple. A
plentiful supply of this fruit at fair
prices is certain to lead to greatly in
creased consumption. The people on
the west coast of the United States
have the advantage of growers of ap-
pies east Of the Rocky mountains in
that they can depend wholly on water
transport, which means q very low
rate and good service.
The fall Is a good time to begin
preparations for a horse-radish bed
A spot should be selected where the
soil is deep and strong and contains
a fair amount of moisture. At this
time of year the soil should be pull
variyn1 fO a donth of tuO foot or thirty