The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-30
TIMELY TOPICS
Alfalfa and Guinea Grass
Edited BY ". E. Pabor.


have all these on one tree; for, witness
the following:
Luther Burbank has presented to
the Stanford university box OF apples
containing 73 different varieties, all
grown on the same tree. This remark
able production of one tree is the re-
suit of several years experimenting by
Burbank in tree grating. The apples
are of all sizes and colors. Some are
particularly fine for eating, while
others are small and not remarkable.
Therefore it is only question OF num-
Der of twigs, branches and limbs Of
tree, to get the whole caboodle Of va
rieties from one tree. But we, Of
Florida, would be we'll satisfied if there
was one variety absolutely suited to our
soil
1t is certain that apples will be high
this winter and the dried apple pie OF
the boarding houses may have to give
way as the prune has done, to the
sweet potato, which it is said makes a
very acceptable substitute to the old
fashioned pumpkin pie. 'The Inter-
national Apple Shippers association
has issued the following estimate of the
apple crop by states, this estimate Of
the apple crop being based, by per
centum, on last years crop lie. the
! yield last year was taken as unit Of
; 100 per cent:
Maine, 100 per cent; New Hamp-
shire, 100 per cent; Vermont, I8o;
Massachusetts, no; Connecticut, I2o;
: Rhode Island, 100 per cent; New York,
no; Pennsylvania, I25; New Jersey,
100; Delaware, so; Ohio, so; Michigan,
/ IS; Wisconsin, 70; Indiana 20; Illinois,
20; Missouri, IS; Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, 100; Arkansas, $50; Iowa, 80;
Nebraska, 80; West Virginia, US; Vir
ginia, $50; Maryland, 200; Kentucky,
rs; Tennessee, IS; Colorado, IS; Idaho,
$50; Utah, 100; Montana, I25; Wash
ington, $50; Canada, 125; Nova Scotia,
I5o." Apple growers in the South may
we'll congratulate themselves upon the
! high per cent here given as compared
; with the North and West
! I am minded to say good word for
the magazine published by an old
. (Colorado) friend, now located in
: Chicago, because his October issue has
number of articles of interest to
Southern readers. I might say that
from cover to cover, the October
Sports Afe1d is delightful issue
! Frank Sticks initial article is a genuine
classic of Indian life; next comes "A
Stage Ride in the Sierras," which is
followed by "In the Mississippi Low
lands" capital symposium of South
ern sport. "Big Game of the Texas
Border" is an account of West Texas
sport; after which we have a musical
account of how the old hound tackled
a fighting coon and got the worst of
| it. In "Bird O Freedom" a popular
Kentucky writer is at his best with
short story of unusual power; which is
followed by an exciting fishing story
from the pen Of the famous French
writer, Guy de Maupassant. Every
loyal son of Missouri will enjoy "Mis-
souri, Voyageurs," while those of
more sombre temperament will find
pleasure in Ernest McGafey's "Cairn
of the Chief" The fishing department
starts off with Michigan trout-fshing
trip, which is followed by articles on
sport in Florida, in the Bahama Islands
and in Northern Wisconsin. The other
departments are all rarely interesting;
while the timely editorial on the
Philosophy of Quail Shooting is alone
worth the price of the magazine
While on the subject of forage grass,
am inclined to comment on the
prominence given in a recent number