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FRUIT, TRUCK, VEGETABLES."]
GROW MORE I RUT AM) DON’T
DEFEND ON SEEDLINGS.
Messrs. Editors: Very few farm
ers in the Cotton Belt grow enough
fruit for their own use. This is not
as it should he. From a financial
standpoint it will pay every farmer
to grow all the fruit he can UBe, and
some to sell to the people of the near
by towns.
There is always a market for first
class fruit, but you cannot grow first
class fruit on seedling trees. The
fruits are so highly domesticated that
they do not reproduce true to seed,
and it Is necessary to resort to graft
ing and budding when propagating
them. A seedling fruit tree almost
always produces small. Inferior fruiL
The proper thing to do Is to get the
grafted or budded stock from a first
class nurseryman And don't order
your stock through an agent who
comes around In the spring or sum
mer with highly colored plates. Get
the catalog of a few reliable nursery
men and order direct from them
when you get ready to set out the
trees
I no tail oi me year is me ueni iiuiu
to pul out all kinds of fruit trees In
the upper South—during November
or early December.
Before setting out the trees get the
toll In good condition. If It Is a
clayey soli, subsoil It to a depth of
16 to 18 Inches After subsoiling,
harrow until the soil Is thoroughly
lined. Don't expect trees to grow ou
very poor lands, although some fruits
tho peach, for example, do not re
quire rich soils.
Set the trees In rows and equal
distances apart. Don’t be afraid to
give them enough room. Apples
should be set 30 feet apart each way.
and peaches from 15 to 18.
if It Is not convenient to set out
the trees Immediately after they nr
rlve. they should be heeled In at
once Dig n good deep bole nnd set
out the whole bunch and let them re
main until you are ready to set out
In the field. Under no circumstances
should the roots be exposed to tho
sun and air for\any length of time,
as they will dry out. and the chances
for living when transplanted will bo
very much lessened.
ll'ltan rnud V f D nlflTlt . disr a hole
wide nnd deep enough for the roots
to spread out In their natural posi
tion. Cut off any dead or bruised
portions of roots before setting out.
The stork obtained from a nursery
Is generally a long switch with very
few branches. After planting out
tho tree should be headed bnck by
cutting off the top just above the bud,
mnklng a slanting cut. Teaches
should ho headed back to within 12
to 18 Inches of the ground. Apples
should he headed to within 18 to 30
Inches of the ground. This heading
back process will cause a great many
shootB to come out the next spring,
and all except three or four of the
most vigorous-looking should be cut
out. If It Is a peach tree, one-third
to one-half of each of those allowed
to remain should he cut back during
the winter. Tho next spring each
Fruit Trees
The very lHint of Southern-grown Tree* that
money ran buv. Also Roses. Kv<rgre* * an t
He<lge Plant*. Wf't- for price* nnd *ave agent *
big profits and g"t ju»t what you b ly.
CORINTH NURSKRY. G. W Strickland. Prop.
_ Corinth. Mississippi.__
Pecan Trees Grafted
THE LEADING VARIETIES.
PRICE LIST.
R. T. RAMSAY, :
one of these branches will send forth
niany shoots, and all except two or
three of the most vigorous of these
should be cut out. Allow them to
grow, and head back during the win
ter as was done the winter before.
\\ hen you commence to prune a
young fruit tree draw a picture of a
well developed fruit tree In your
mind, and cut In such a way that
this will be realized. All fruit trees
should be so shaped that the sun
shine may touch all portions of the
tree at some time during the day.
When any branch is cut off be sure
that it is cut smoothly with the trunk
of the tree. A stub left on a tree has
been the beginning of the end of
thousands of fruit trees.
L. A. NIVEN.
Rock Hill, S. C.
SETTING OUT STRAWBERRIES.
When is the best time of year
to set out Btrawberrles? What
preparation and fertilization?
Are Northern grown, or South
ern grown plants the best?
T. M. M.
(Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.)
We find here that the best time to
set strawberry plants is in November
Set in rows 4 feet apart and 15
inches in the rows. Moist, level land
is best for them and must be made
fertile. The large growers In eastern
North Carolina and here use 1,000
pounds of high-grade fertilizer per
acre. Cultivate clean and train in
the runners along the rows so that
a matted row will be made. Fertilize
well the next tall to make strong
crowns for the following season, and
after the fruit Is off plow them under,
having planted another patch the fall
previous, for It Is better to plant
every fall than to try to keep an old
patch clean If not very foul, you1
may make two crops, but 1 would not'
try more. The first spring after set
ting there will not be much fruit, of
course Get good plauts from a
careful grower who grows for plants
rather than fruit.
ASPARAGUS FROM ROOTS OR
SKK1K
In the South I would always plant
asparagus roots in the late fall, say
In November. Plaut the Palmetto,
us It Is more free from rust than
other sorta. Asparagus, If well
grown. Is a very profitable crop. It
needs rich soil and heavy fertiliza
tion annually. Plant roots not more
than one year old. Any of the lead
ing Beed houses or nurserymen will
furnish the roots. I have not plant
ed roots for many years, but grow
the crop from seed sown where I
want It to stay. I run out deep fur
rows by going twice in the furrow
with the plow and cleaning out with
shovels, making the rows 4 feet
apart. These furrows are filled
one-third full of well rotted manure.
This Is covered with soil and the seed
sown in early spring. The plants
are thinned to 2 feet apart, and as
they grow the soil Is worked to
them until level. Nitrate of soda is
sown alongside the rows at rate of
100 pounds an acre twice during the
season of growth, and In the fall
f>00 pounds of kalnlt applied all over
the ground. In the spring 1,000
pounds of a high-grade fertilizer, 7—
6—5, Is applied. You can cut a
little the first spring after sowing the
seed, but very little, and the next
season can cut a fair crop, and If
you stuff the soil annually with fer
tilizer you can make It pay well, but
If not the shoots will be small and
unprofitable.
W. F. MASSEY.
BUY DIRECT FROM NURSERY |S
AND SAVE OVER HALF on
FRUIT TREES STRAWBERRY PLANTS |
SHADE TREES CABBAGE PLANTS
HEDGE PLANTS GRAPE VINE
ROSE BUSHES ASPARAGUS ROOTS
PECAN TREES FIG BUSHES, eic. etc.
100,000.000 OF ABOVE.
Largest Shippers ol Strawberry Plants
in the world. -
56th Semi*Annual Free Catalogue now ready.
CONTINENTAL PLANT CO.. Kittrell, N. C. I
WHAT
LEADING USERS
SAY OF
AMERICAN
SYRUP CANS
(Kamos tnrniihad on request.)
Your Syrup Cans have given better satisiaction than any otner
cans, jugs, bottles, or anything I have ever used for packing Syrup.”
“We think American Tin Cans will be the only containers in use in
this section this year, as they are the easiest and most procticable to j
handle.
I “I consider the tin cans made by you the best of anything that I
have ever tried for putting up Syrup in small quantities.”
The “American” Self-Sealing Record Patent Can, in particular, be
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NEW ORLEANS DALLAS ATLANTA
Successful Sweet Potato Keeping.
Messrs. Editors: Potato digging
time is at hand now and 1 want to say
to your readers: Take Prof. Mas
sey’s advice and cure your sweet po
tatoes with Are. We never kept
sweet potatoes later than February
uutil this year, and we had them
sound all summer—some little,
stringy ones in the cellar now that
are uot rotten, and the credit Is all
due Prof. Massey. I tried to follow
his advice.
They were dug and put Into crates
to go to the canning factory, most
of them. The factory failed to take
a lot of them and 1 just stacked them
up in the crates in the cellar, put my
wood heater in there and started a
tire. Tried to keep the Are going
pretty steady for a week. My folks |
said 1 was cooking them, but they
kept. Don't believe one rotted ex
cept some that the rats got into and
gnawed.
A. O. RING.
Franklin Co., Tenn.
A boy is best educated if he is so
educated that he can do the most
useful things with his mental and
physical limitations. What do I care
whether he knows Greek and Latin,
but 1 do care whether he can con
centrate his thought, and do the
thing he means to do exactly as he
means to do It. An Alton engineer
said to William Hawley Smith, "A
man Is educated when he is onto his
Job.”—SupL Frank H. Hall.
“ONE FOR ALL,” No. 1
Wool Grease. Arsenate of Lead. Lime and
Sulphur. Both a Contact and Poison
Spray. An Insecticide and Fungicide.
Positively the Only Thing Needed for all Pests or Fungus
A tonic for vegetation. Sick trees made well;
old trees rejuvenated to youthful vigor better
foliage- larger and more abundant fruit. Neither
sucking orchewing insects nor fungus willattack
wood that has "One FOr All" upon it. After one
fall spraying nodormaht spraying will be needed.
Spraying confined to the grow-ng season. Scale
exterminated. Positive evidence from practical
growers furnished upon appl’cation.
Prices, F. O. B. New York
Barrels, 425 lbs.05c per lb.
H Ilbls., 200 lbs.05tf
100 lbs.06
50 lbs.06
25 lbs.08
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Established 1852 '^lfl|lS
54 Front Street New York^M
Doesn’t Hart
OarSatsamalrees
Our Satsuma Orange trees are famous for
their h riliness—temiieiatu.es as low as « «
“-ks«ro*°FarrnV^uKiu“
Your home -every home in
the Gulf-coast country
hould have at least a
our Satsuma OranRt
s. 1 he tri itis teuder, juic>
an I s . eet, and is in season fiom
(> tobtr until January. Tree*
productive, usually .rearing
itter second year. New free
tul partic
rst Citrus.
Fruit Trees.Roses,etc.
SUMMIT NIRSKKIE8
f i. norld>_
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