Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-08

diseased tubers have been thrown,
and especially CD by the planting
of diseased tubers or Of tubers
which have been grown in infested
soil and carry the infection on their
Is wart Present Elsewhere in the
United States?
| The wide distribution of the po-
tatoeS imported from abroad in 1872
and IN the earlier years makes it
possible that wart may have estab-
| liShed itself in more than one local
| ity in the, United States. Hence, po-
| tato growers, potato dealers and po-
tato users should be on The lookout
for it in all parts OF the country.
| Wart is easier to prevent imam 10
control. 1t is highly important that
| all localities where it occurs be DIS
| covered as soon as possible, in order
/ that proper measures may be taken
| to prevent its further spread and
to era dictate it where present.
Keep watch at digging tllne Tor
which are light brown when young,
black and decayed when old. Re-
| mort promptly all suspicious cases
| and send specimens to your county
agent, Or to the plant pathologist'
II the State College of Agriculture,
or to the plant disease survey, U.
| $. department of agriculture, Wash
| ington, -D.a~C.~....,-- .,.4.,i . -. .a,s
varieties of Peaches for Georgia
Varieties of peaches recommended
by the Georgia State( horticultural
society for growing i'm this state are
as follows Mayfower Greensboro,
Canaan, Waddell Hiley, Belle, Fiber
ia and Fox Seeding. These are listed
in the order of their ripening: The
heaviest paintings are practically al
the Belle and Carman are also pop
ular varieties. The Mayfiower is
new, early peach, that has been com
| ing into prominence of late. The
Greensboro is also a good early peach.
There are other peaches grown, but
| the above seem to be those in most
common favor. The same authority
makes the following recommendation
| for varieties to be used in the home
orchard. They are listed in the Or
der. Greensboro, Carman, Waddell,
Hiley, Mountain Rose, Champion,
Early Crawford, General Lee, Chinese
Free, alberta, Lemon, salway and
description of Varieties
| Mayftower-This fruit is bright
red all over, a semi-cling, white
fleshed, juicy. splendid seller, good
shipper; a healthy, vigorous grower.
| It will stand considerable cold and is
the earliest peach on the market. 1t
does not ripen evenly. =. ..,} $50.
Greensboro-Also called the Early
Red June 1t follows the MayfoWer
on the market 1t is large, round,
| creamy colored peach, bluShed, and is
striped at the tip with red; the flesh
| is white and juicy. 1t is~attractiXe
and keeps it's appearance; good ship
per; and the tree.is a hardy, vigorous
and regular bearer. 1t does not ripen
evenly. -..---.r.-s. ..-.. = -, .--,--
mid-season peaches; large, oval,
creamy colored, with =, considerable
blushing, often giving the. appear
ance& of complete red; flesh white,
| tinted with red next to the pit; has
fine flavor, is a good shipper. The
| tree is upright, vigorous and produc-
| tive.
Waddell-Thfs is a medium sized
peach ripening just after the Car
man; color creamy white, shaded
red; flesh white, with red tinting next
| to pit The tree is hardy, low-grow-
ing, and bears large crops;
Hiley-Sometimes called the Early
smooth, whitish peach, with red
cheek; flesh white, red streaked and
| luscious. The tree is vigorous and,
hardy; good shipper and sells we'll;
very popular peach for Georgia
growers.
Belle, or Georgia Belle-This is an
other fine peach, parent of the Hi
| ley; white, with blush on one side,
with stripes and dabs of red; flesh
is white and sweet. It's good quality
peach, as well as good peach for
home use. The tree is strong,
hardy grower, regular and heavy
.1e3rer,7 popular in all sections of the
state.
Elberta-This is the peach that
made Georgia famous. 1t is cop
perry colred, large, nearly round fruit,
darkly shaded with red, The flesh is
dark yellow, of rather strong flavor.
Its size and appearance make it
most cosmopolitan variety, doing
well IN all sections of the. state. The
tree is a large, vigorous, hardy grow
er and produces heavy crops of uni
form fruit.
Fox, or Fox's Seedling-This is a
large fruit, white, with red cheek.
quality, good, and seems to be reg
ular bearer; good commercial
peach, following the Elberta.
There are many other varieties of
here. Only those of commercial i'm
portance, recommended by the COM
nlittee of the Georgia State Horticul-
tural society in the catalogue of
| fruits have been described, New
| peaches are appearing from time to
time, and some of them are certain
to come into prominence and impor-
lance as they prove their worthiness
Data About Cotton Seed 49,.
G. L, B., East st. Louis, Ill, writes:
| We would like as complete information
possible on the varieties of clifton
seed and any informal ion you may have
on the storage of cotton seed. E;>'t
We judge that you are primarily
| Interested in aScertaining such diff
| ferences as may exist between So
| called standard varieties of cotton
and to their outturn Of oil. We have
l.oOx Il 4s1-,5 4
J quite extensively for some years
| past. in. cooperation with. the Cot
| ton, Seed Crushers' association. of
| Georgia. We have found that the
! difference between the lowest and
| the highest varieties lis approximate
| ly@'4 per cent, (which is a little above
10 gallons of oil per ton. When
| you consider that this state brushes
around 100000 to 100000 tons Of
/ seed a year, you can easily under
stand what a tremendous volume of
money may be wasted through not
planting the right varieties Of cot
ton seed. Moreover, our investiga-
lions indicate that one can grow
strain of cotton yielding, a high per-
i centage of oil without fmpairing IN
any manner whatsoever @tFie GuanEi-
| ty, length or quality of the cotton
| staple. In fact. as the staple or
lint of cotton is the product, of the
seed, it would seem natural that the
better the development of the seed
the better would be the character
and quality of the staple gathered
therefrom. For your information ]
may say that varieties of cotton
seed show some variation in the pei
cent of oil content from year to
year, but this, is. not as marked as
one might anticipate. ,N -
Among the strains that show the
highest percentage of oil content
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