The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17
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AgpI-s- peat plans grapv-s. Is.
fact ali 8eeisIussls Tree IrtgE1s wish
rls except sa4 % r-Azh-s- arr OEt~G
v@sT cratic b=HrErs- Ore ~ tH-
lEgs-a ss5r5E1sBl rea.ssas f1E F4Es fro
g1=as gaEHrr - erDEs has rzeeEtIy
s5~@s fga9Ed 81 she, Eaer % ths = If
s.-r5sftv 81 IrsanF EarieEi-s- By taI4
9. E.s@sug GEs- disability "a EFs-s= frss IS
10 F-FrtzaEs themselves. for los Esnc-
che -sy.I-a u EEe kf.frr p-ar wIIl ngs
F-rgls5Ez- 5zz 8Ea 5.0s.JE4as~ while the
rszgEzn q thu L. CS0fe wjEt perform
ghE= fGEEsEou for the 0Ekl-r variety
aEd v 5gE W r-B- The u&tUsHE ard SIN
pie remedy lies l8 never planting
arz= areas Of rEzes- thus EInY1t-Et,
I'd -3.iJ 1.1xs- 5zE Elr-Fzgs-F-= the
Ifst-r-ut vagi-rlzs- alternating a few
,ssNs BE Zach wIEh F0Ws u another
Fari=ty-
TF1z Importance o. this matter IS -
great THAT I grzz~aE a recent es3EsId-
=rs15go 81 the same By salz D.gmoIS-
zi-t 0s the [. : Department u Ag-
rieIgrug--
sine my discovery % -lf-sserIIitg
5a sED5-S and gezr., other laE~sEl..z
-gr- aaV= eEE=lsis-zg L8E. principle sgs
aEh-- fruits While IN cls- u fH-
domestic paQGus --ii-~EerIljCy dos
ar- .--ga 10 b. so definitely proved
~ with t55- JapaH@-s- AMI = irb the
natives So probably j. onBy gges-
sFgg % s-xr4-r5Ef-a iaZ 10 find that at
hast a certain aEaGuur 81 s=Ef-<ErTItI
- exists
A. 10 rll= s@lf--rerili-y 81 JGpaEe~-
gt.T1-. il 1-il- asserted by sesEEge thai
.F.ey ara ezgsssls NJ ir4lElnz witE
tEeiy gEu pollen. I am very well
satisfied both a. 10 rh- r-sBst u the
,gGrE # the InVe-s5 gators before men
.igu-1 zsld from experiments Carried
DO recently 10 EEg OWE plum orchard,
mat the japanese pigmS arr przeti-
ezE.y z=If---er.Le ard require erg-s-
r1EtfuaEIga 90 I1-UEe iruItfgIns-.
Sos only ta- ordinary, common Jap
Er.-,se " riae5-z such - Abundance.
Barhank Bed I1Gz. Cha5Beau :.
4 z=u. -re-. arr decidedly s=!f-=terIl-
o. -1-ir JWa pollen. bur the related
variety. SHE WleEsCl- q lyEEII be-
rz-@m thz japanese aud Pyungs
. -iEngnig.
f Furthermore. I have rhre- tres Of
Wick.1I planted IE FEAR orchard
1-sE.y half mile from my plum Of
-gsrrl. and while they have glOgmEd
orgEuz@ly they have never SGT a sin
.ls fruit. although trees Of the same
age ztaudlug alongside other ya-is-
I rf1~ i'm the DIam orchard Oh the same
T farm have fruIred heavily.
( The japanese pluHss are not only
( extremely fer.ii- and fruit verF
+ heavily when cgD~>-yJlliHated viii
. .s= other varieties of their own
group rAs for instance Abundance
( pollen or Burbank, OF vice versa j.
bat thy are also fertile when pJili-
mated by tie natives and probably
most other plums With Lhese
Clugu-. a. with other fruits self
sierility obtains only in a relative
( degree. Under extremely fayOrab!e
( eircuTHz tancs-s- with all conditions
( Just right doubtless they might b.
/ able 70 ST. A considerable number 81
T fruits
+ The Eiaf@r pear, for Instance. is
+ commonly s-if-steEiI@. and responds
! beautifully tS disqualification
/ However, under favorable conditions
{ IN certain S4-asJlz WHEN the trees are
{ E-iI uOqEi-h11 and extremely favor.
able Weather occurs during bloom
sE-F will st fairly large crops 81
T frlI. under tine influence Cf their OWE
1oli-g. Under these favorable con-
IItious. EuaeEer. where cr0-s-pplli-
nsfign j. possible the trees literally
Z hreaE themselves TO pieces from
I oF aripeIiuE.
T The nuly safe way Ia planting out
T these pluEns. and IN fact most Of the
{ fruit tT--s- except D~acIes aud per-
Hapz guJaep@, - 70 assume seIf-steT.
Eliry and plant BUt more than from
three 10 five rows 81 yu= variety in a
solid block, placing the variefips
{ Ehich b!pOu AZ approximately She
( same time aIOuzsiI-, 20 that insects
( can carry rh- pollen from one t.
another NJ one can afford to take
. chances on srif-Sr-riIity By planting
= single variety HO matter how
promising it may be.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
! @ When j. the proper time fol
spraying peach trees for San JOss
/ scale?
4. Any tiine when the trees arr
rot growing, while bare Of leaves i.
he best time since the BOrdeau, the
Soap and the sulphur wash are 81
strong a. tn iuiuye Or kill the foliage
/ @. The fruit of my date palm;
Eas infested by ants. The fruit died
+ when small. Was the damage due
~ the ants, " did they simply feed
ON the ALREADY killed fruit?
A. The latter superstition is doubt.
cess cOrr.ct- Cold or some 0thel
cause destroyed the fruit. aud then
he ants got In their work. The case
i like that 81 al ant nest in decay
ing tree trunk The injury precedei
+ the presence of the ants.