CALIFORNIA FARMER SECTION
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By Howard
Raaulta.
Theta Irena w «ra i>< arreJy In leaf
jvbrn the spraying win done and con
sequently no aertoua burning rraulted.
.Th« spray««! tre-a were notlc.sibly
¿pure frua front aphis
than the un-
Sprayed qtiilu Into In the seaaon. Tit»
jaayea and nut« were cleaner nnu
somewhat liu-gcr and more thrifty. The
Irene also aacmod to maintain their
growth laii-r In the «eaaon. Title grova
was allutU* I upon heavy land, with Ir
rigation. und did not develop os much
ai hie upon unaprayed tre es ue In moat
CUarH.
OF
FRUITS.
HE apple la < ne of the moat wtiole-
T
som« frulta In the world and has
excellent
many
qualities
GOLDEN
CLU8TER
BEATS THEM ALL.
POLE
Kegley.
T has been said that the story of
I
’Jack
und
the
Brun
Htalk"
Maggi« Downing Brainard.
CO OPERATION IN
SELLING VEGETABLES.
By L. C. Corbett, II .rib ulturlat, Bu
reau of Plant Industry.
was
the outgrowth of a tourist's trip
to California
The bean Industry In
thia state 1« so extensive thnt It la
difficult to find anything startling In
It nowadays, but there is a man In
Ix>« Angeles county who bus acored
u real triumph with a variety of loan
that seems n. w to southern California,
and which la Indeed worthy of no
tice.
He culls it the Golden Cluster and
declares that he got bls sturt from a
frtnnd netir Venturn, but p< < plu nt
Ventura see rnnot to know the bean by
that nnme.
Xt Is a pole climber of no mean abil
ity, throwing out more gr«« nery than
beyond
XPERIENCE
E
5
8TOR,NG sweet potatoes
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Expan«« Summary.
KING
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7 HE VEGETABLE GARDEN
Total Amount Appfi.d
26 gidlona prr trro rxiuala >60, total
tfel'ctuHi per tree.
THE
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prov««
that
It
Is
within the power of the producer
to co-operate In the sale of vage-
tabl« crops to th« extent of standard
ising the pack und the package and
guaranteeing the grade, to reduce the
ccuit of tr.ineportatlon by shipping In
carload lota, und to reduce the cost of
sales by eetublluhiiig a re putation for
a product, so that It cun be sold f. o. b.
shipping p/nt
Co-operative management facilitates
buslneri« with comm >» carriers and ex
pedites the- settlement of claims against
both carriers and dealers.
Co-operative action between produc
ers and distributors Insures a quicker
those of nourishment and pleasant
fust«
For ordlnnry looking It lends
Itself to a great variety of dishes, und
stewed meat Is mad« tender by th« ad
dition of an apple cut In aliens.
An
arpi« pudding made w,th mutton suet
Is very nourishing, whether served in
th« nurs.-rv «r th.- dining room
A
few iliums (not too ripe) mixed In with
the apples test« Very nice and give the
charm of variety.
A few drops of
lemon Jules are always un improvement
to apt les In any form.
When mixing
the batter for apple fritters, a Utti«
chopped lernon |«rl is nref-rablr to the
Jul« « A f«w cloves at.d finely chopped
lemon P««l »hould always be added.
A very pretty sweet can be made by
stewing tw > pounds of apples und pre
paring a pint of lemon Jelly, then lay
ing half a dozen sponge cakes In a
glass dish, pouring the half-cooked Jelly
over them, then spreading th« «t«we<l
appi«« on th« top of this and covering
all with whirred cream
The sponge
cakes will be found In a delicious
tnousse at the bottom of the dish. If
cream should not be available, th« new
vanilla cream sold In tins and carefully
1 repared mokes un excellent substitute.
Or th« apples may he beaten up with
ordinary cream
In either way this
sweet Is always successful
Apples and
run anta with a little chopped pre
serv« <1 glnrer make < rice or a tapioca
pudding Into quite a high < lace sweeL —
Gentlewoman
ELECT some dry spot In the gar
S
Is often the casa
den. or, what
In the south, a
place near
the
kitchen In the back yard. Big with a
spade, a circle around It, throwing the
dirt from ths circle on the ground
within.
Th« circle should be a foot
deep and enclose enough ground to
hold In pyramid form from fifteen to
twenty bushels of potatoes.
The circle made, «ven the dirt over
the enclosed spot und cover thickly
with hay or straw.
Pile the potatoes car« fully to the
height of three or four f«- t In pyramid
sha|>«. being careful
to select only
sound, unbruised ones.
Cover the whole with straw and over
the straw pack cornstalks, one end
of each stalk stuck firmly In
the
ground n’ the base, th« other leaning
against the top.
l>-av« at the top a hoi« for ventila
tion.
Cover tho cornstalks w«ll with dirt.
packing the dirt firm!/ about th«rn
until they are completely hidden.
Build a shrd over the whole to pro-
tM*t the "pump" (as th« ¡sitato mound
Is called) from the winter rains.
Make a drain from the circle to let
the rains run off.
Potatoes go through a sweating pro
cess after being stored In this fashion.
They must gradually dry or they will
rot. The hole at th« top of the “pump"
must therefore be left open for a cou
ple of weeks so that the inside mois
ture can ««wape.
The “Bunch Yam" raised In Nanta
(Tiara county and treated In this man
ner were far ahead of any other va
riety we ever bought in the market.
Applee may b«- kept in the same way,
always b« ing careful, however, not to
pnt away any but perfectly
sound
fruiL
OKRA FOR HEALTH.
I y Maggie Downing Brtnerd.
HE commercial value of this veg.
etable is becoming better known
of late in California.
It is grown
now largely in th« Sacramento vail«y
and shipped to ail large cities.
Okra .or gumbo (hibiscus eaculentuH)
belongs to the mallow family.
It la
very ninciflagenous. healing In cases
of intestine irritation; gives a tine
flavor to soups, stews, etc. No south
ern garden is ever found without it.
UTILITY OF FRUIT THINNING.
Cultivation.
Fruit thinning ps>s In money re
turns the first year.
Tho earlier the thinning can be done
th« better will be the returns
Tho best results are obtained
by
leaving tho apples from nine to ten
Inches apart
Th« systematic and annual uniform
thinning does much toward securing
an annual crop.
October fl was observed as apple-
d«y In Indiana when every resident
wax expected to eat at least one apple.
A better plan would be a state-wide
effort to encourage the people to cut
an apple sack every day In the year.
Putting the best fruit on top may
get some new customers but nothing
short of ns good fruit all the way
down as thnt on lop will win regular
customers
TOADS DESTROY GARDEN IN
SECT PESTS.
Ily Charles II. Meiers.
If you want l<> get "In l«ad” with a
successful
gardener or
truck
of the west or southwest. Just
farmer
plant
your heel on n tonil anil kill it while
the proprietor la showing you about
bls grounds
It Is the claim of planters who have
taken
the trouble
to open, toads
to ace what might be found In thorn,
that they destroy thousands of In
sects which are Injurious to plants
One farmer In Istudcrdala county.
Miss., la responsible for the statement
that, un opening a toad which ho found
at tho «nil of a cotton row, ho found
70 boll weevils, and In another 100
of
these
troublesome
cotton-belt
peats.
Many gardeners catch «»very tond
they can find and deposit them in
their gardens, declaring that this Is
tho reason they often have good vege
tables when neighbors' garden crops
are pest-eaten and worthless. These
men furnish protection for the toads
In their gardens by leaving small piles
of trash, boards anil grassy spots In
out-of-the-way places, where the toads
hide In the day time.
Jt Is claimed Hint a sound
apple
placed In a receptacle In which fruit
cake Is stored will keep th«' cake moist.
Sow In the spring, or any frootleas
belt, in drills in any good soil. When
the plants have their third leaf thin to
i. stand one plant to every foot.
Cultivate as you would egg plant.
Never let the planta dry cut und keep
the t ods cut off.
One Great Fault
ONM Vtvr. OF GOI.BKN <3.1 »TEH X THING
the Kentucky Wonder, and climbing to
a height of from seven to ten feet.
In appearance it Is a great product.
The p<slR arc atsiul ten inches loog,
and of a rich golden hue. Th« beans
ar« slightly smaller than a lime, und
ar« pure white
As a string bean, for use when green,
this Golden wonder Is a winner.
It
Is richer than th« much praised Ken
tucky Wonder, »nd looks better when
served
As a dry beun It is equally
good, for Ils flavor is rich and appe
tising.
The Golden Cluster, as tried out by
several gardeners living along tho in
terurban line betwe«ui I»s Angeles and
th« sea, has proven to b« a more prof
itable beun the Kentucky Wonder or
any of th«' oiht'r pole varieties.
It
bears a bigger crop, and brings a bet
ter price because of Its attractive ap
pearance.
Ono gardener near Ranta Monica
planted four rows of Golden Cluators
lust spring.
The rows wero 50 feet
long, und the hills ubout eight Inch«'«
part.
The crop hit the string bean
market a little ahend of the Kentucky
Wonder, and brought throe cents a
pound. From those four rows, or onq
row 200 feet long, that gardener solei
>28.16 worth of string beans, besides
what the family consumed and what
he saved for seed.
Tho bouns were planted soon after
the rains were over, tho seeds being
droppd every eight inches, at a depth
of two Inches.
Tho crop wax freely
watered with a hose, throughout the
succeeding weeks, and when tho vines
began to run. they wero staked and
trained up the poles.
Tho accompanying photo shows a
Golden Cluster vino which ran to th«
top of a nine-foot stiiko and then broke
it down, so that It had to be tied with
twine.
From this one vino the gar
dener picked a heaping bushel basket
of string beans.
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delivery and decreases the cost to the
consumer by saving one freight charge
and somstim«vx also commission
or
brokerage.
Co-operative Interests enable growers
to purchase consumable supplies, to se
cure short-time loans, tv provide their
own Insurance, to conduct a system of
crop reporting which will give them an
accurate Idea of the condition of the
crop and of the market at any lima,
and. when conducted on a broad basis,
to prevent deprctuUon of the market by
unwise distribution and untimely ship
ments.
to be fount with what we get In the
market is the pods, although mucil-
lagenous. are stringy and tough; tha
pods arc cut too old
In such cases
they are not even tit for soup.
To be served at their best these pod»
should be about two inches In length
At that time they cannot he tough If
well watered.
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