Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 5, 1919, Page 5

& - Large Early Scarlet. was the leading 2 ;&\g " BEST STRAWBERRY. VARIETIES | Bulletin- lssued Recently’ Will Be of Much' Help to. Commercial.and Amateur Growers. b —_— by th ited States Dl (Punudmeym oa' Uni 4, State part: the experience of successful growers' in metlcnny evel‘y'lmpomnt .coms ‘throughout the country, but the results «of experiment:station tests, the experi- -enge of commercial canners and by- ‘product manufacturers, . the - prefer- -ences ‘of amateur fruit growers, and the ‘conclusions resulting from wide obseryations of the department’s spe- <lalists have been used in making up the, variety lists wmeh are given tor <different sections. = From- the beglnnlng of eommeminl strawberry, growing,. about 1800, the ~varjety grown in the United States, About 1860 the Wilson replaced this varlety. because. it was- muchfirmer ‘and was more suitable for shipping to distant: markets, * From about 1880 varietles began to replace each other in;more rapid succession, until at pres- ent 25 sorts constitute about' 90 per . cent of the total commercial straw- berry acreage. The Klondike, the lead- ing variety in the southern states, heads ‘the list, constituting 28 per cent «of the total strawberry acreage. The Aroma, the favorite variety in the south central states, is second with 138 per cent of the total acreage, while the Dunlap in the northern states . zanks third, with 10 per cent. Since 1900 many varieties especially adapted to conditions in various parts of the country have been introduced. Thus the Misslonary has become’ the leading sort in central Florida and the Klondike in most other parts 'of the ‘South; the Aroma in most of the mild- «er regions of the central states from southern Indiana, Illinois, and Missou- 1, south to Tennessee and Arkansas; the Dunlap in all the Middle West anorth of the Aroma section; the Ju- cunda in western Colorado; the Clark, | Marshall, Oregon and Klondike in most of the Pacific states; and the Gandy in the ‘states north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Missis- " sippi,. In the northeastern- states the Chesapeake, Joe, Parsons, Late Stev: ‘ens, Belt, Glen Mary and Wllllnms are widely grown. » The Kiondike bedame the favorite in the South, because it makes a quick growth of plant and berry in the early spring, 'so_that .the fruit. matures be- fore the extremely hot weather. The berries are firm enough to hold up sev- eral days in shipment to market, and the variety is fairly resistant to dis- eases that are common in southern Kiondike Berries - Well Graded andj i Packed for Shipment. ;regions. In the north central states ?stra\\'berry growing was not entirely’ safe until introduction of the Dunlap, 4 which is hardy, praductive, and quite resistant to disease. Wild strawberries do pbt often supply ripe fruit for more than three weeks, and until the Wilson was - introduced this was the usual length of time that frait could be ob- tained on any one market. With the introduction of still firmer sorts, it be- cnme possible - to- obtain, strawberries in ‘the lnrger markets' from early fo the: wlnte_r, when the; berrieg are ship- ped /from Florida, until July, when berrles ripén. in: the extreme North. Since the introduction of the Superb, in 1, and the Progressive, in 1912, it has been possible to obtain locally- grown berries in most northern mar- kets continuously from July to October, GROWTH OF YOUNG ORCHARDS Up to Farmer to Find Out Just What Is Missing and Supply Any Lacking Element. Tt is up to every fruit grower to find out just what elements are missing in the orchard. Not .only. this, but to correct the condition and supply them when needed. Upon this will depend largely the growth of a young or- chard and the yield from the orchard izter on. LStmwbeny growers in doubt as to| ) me,udueahonld flnd‘mnch,j’ help in the solution of their problems | 4n Farmers’ Bulletin 1048, The bulletin | . 1s|intendegd as an aid to;both commer: | lal- and qmteur strawbersy (mwerd. § The information is based largely on | mercial strawberry-producing district | of vegetable forms known as fungi. Cow Tightly Wedged Between Two Trees Fulton, N. Y.—This is a trag- edy of two trees and a cow. An- ton Shodd, a farmer living near here, had” driven his herd of five bovines to pasture. All was well until he reached the gate. when he found that he was one cow short. ' A long search through the . woods revealed the missing ani- mal. It was bellowing frantic- ally .and making desperate ef- forts .te releare itself from its position of being tightly wedged between two hickory trees. Shodd returned to the house, got a saw, returned to the woods and cut down one of the trees. Both of the cow's sides were scraped ‘raw from her struggles to extricate herself. ETERNAL YOUTH IN MICROBES French. Sclentist_Tells of Flndlng onr ganiern - Several Con- turies Old. Paris.—Eternal youth seems to bave been accorded in full measure to some microbes. Before the Academy of Sclences Prof. Yves Delage read a paper re- porting discoveries by Doctor Gallipe, who fs credited with finding in cen- tury old paper organisms still living. According to this report, these organ- isms resisted heat of 248 degrees Fah- renheit. . “Time no more than heat seems to have had effect on these little organ- isms, as Doctor Gallipe has found liv- ing ones in paper of the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,” said Professor Delage. “They are capable of culti- vation and of movement, “More than that, Doctor Gallipe has found in fragments of paper of Chi- nese manuscript dating before the age of printing, micro-organisms still 1liv- ing and able to move and that multi- plied under suitable methods of ¢ul- ture.” WAR BOOSTS CHANCE TO WED More Women Than Men in Prussia, but Expert Sees More * Marriages. ‘Berlin, Germany.—The war has left Prussia with a surplus of women. There .are now, it is estimated, 1,017 for every 1,000 males. This, it would be generally assumed, correspondingly diminishes women’s matrimonial pros- pects in Prussia. Dr. Robert Behla, a government ex- pert on vital statistics, expects, how- ever, an increase over the normal per- centages of mlrrlagu in ' Germany, contending thdt such increase is a natural consequence of- all wars.. He says . that wage: eirners generally marry more rapidly. than 'do others after the waF, because of the improve- ment in their economic mdlflon. due to their increased twages. LAUD WOMAN WHO FED THEM lrlhn. Say Kind Things of lll. [ 3 M. _Hopwood fer Rail Strike : Work. London—One of the most interest- ing figures brought into the limelight of publicity during England’s great raflway strike was Miss E. M. Hop- wood, now called “the woman who fed London.” Miss Hopwood was called when the ministry. of food was organized to the service of the government. She scored such success in her emergency war work that she was appointed at the beginning of the railway strike as food distribution officer for the whole met- ropolitan area. During the strike she werked steadily from eight in the merning until ten at night, taking her meals in her office. ‘more fleld men can each bring large| . Plant Gensus Would Show Over 300,000 Vamtlos JOW thnt Uncle Sam is to tnke a cenms it is interesting to know some thing ‘about the number of plants. The great Swedish naturalist Lin- nneuu, the father of modern scientific nomenclature, described about 10,000 different plants. . .Since his time sclen- tific explorers have gone out to all parts of the earth to continue the cen- 8us of the plant world, but to this day the. census is still so far from com- plete that every year a hundred or collections of new, specles to the great herbariums of Europe and America, says, the American Forestry Magazine of Washington. . So vast has grown the number of plants discovered and described that if Linnaeus could come back to his beloved Upsala, he would be lost in his own realm, for his modest census of 10,000 plants has grown to the bewilder- ing total of 250,000 and will very lkely pass 300,000 before the last returns are in, if, in fact, there will ever be any last returns. The delicate, fronded ferns and their allies, the highest of the flowerlesu plants, would be represented by about 3,000 species, mostly from tropical reglons; and the tiny mosses, the humble pigmies among leaf-bearing plants, would add 16,000 species to the list. The remarkable plants known as algae, which float as thrends of green scum, or live as little green balls in water or moist places, or grow in the sea like the giant kelp, swell the census by at least 15,000. The iist would close with about 65,000 of that wondertully diverse class Milton’s Neat Retort. It.was in 1660, in the fifty-second year of hig age, that Milton was visited in prison by Charles II, the restored Stuart king. . “You see,” said the monarch to the prisoner, “what a pass God has brought you to for your treason. He has stricken you with blindness and brought you to this loathsome dungeon.” “But by your majesty’s argument,” repiled Milton, “God thinks far more of me than he did of your father, for while he made me blind, he cut off your father's head.” Cocoa a “Divine Plant” Cocoa, from the leaves of which co- caine is produced, was known among the Incas as the “divine plant” long before the western world was thought -] of in the East. It Ain't Mine, Tourist—*“I've come 3,000 mules to see your beautiful sunset?” Alkall Ike——“Someone’s been stringing ye stranger. It ain’t mine."—Rocky Mountain Scout. SPONTANEGUS OPINIONS, “Why. are you so distrustful of ‘a soviet form of government?” “Well,” replied Senator Sorghum, “T have belonged to a lot of village debating societies and not ome of them lasted very long or really de- cided anything.” WHICH WAS SELDOM. “Do you regard your recent meet- ing as a success ?” “I do,” answered the woman with thin, determined lips; “I was the chairman and nobody could show off and make a speech unless I chose to permit it.” ISOLATED. “How’s my boy getting along &t school ?” “He’s in a class by himself.” “Huh ?’ " “He was so pestiferous that I had to separate him from the other kids.” TOO EXCEPTIONAL. “The play you sent me to see is pot true to life.” ; “In what respect ?” “The heroine is a contented ‘wife.” ENUS PEN IF a better pen. cil exists an: where in the wide world we never heard of it. Smoo}lh nlkydlexslu. strai !gmne oos and a lnrdnc:{ or softness exactly to suit you make VENUS Pencils a luxurious economy. 17 Black Degrees and 3 Copying ““Come in and let us fit you to a VENUS"’ PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE Bemidji Hawaiian ‘tslands. In' the Hawallan group there are twelve main islands, all classed as United States territory. The total area Is 6,449 square miles. The inhab- ited islands number eight—Hawali, Maui, Kahoolawe, 'Lanai, = Molokal, Oahu, Maul and Nihua. In addition there are numerous small islands in the chain which are valuablé for their guano deposits and shark fishing grounds, but which are not inhabited. Lines to Be Remembfind. Every wanton and -causeless re- straint of the will of the subject, whether practiced by a monarch, a no- bility, or a popular assembly, is a de- gree of tyranny.—Blackstone. Tact. Tact consists in saying things that people like to listen to and of listen- fng to things that people like to say.— Youth's Oommnlon. Victortes of Every Dly. There are great victorles and ‘stroge gles. and- noble. acts. of. herolsm done : i every day—in nooks and corners, and | in little households, and {n men’s and wvomen’s’ hearts—any one ‘of ‘which | might reconcile the ‘sternest man to such a world, and fill' him with belief ' and hope in it.—Dickens, - Daily Thought. Thee world 1 & comedy to those whl | think, a tragedy to those who feel,=s Horace Walpole. Curious 'Collection of Pens. In. tbe prison at Lyons, Franee, there s a curlous collection’ of pens. They are the pens with which the exe cutioners signed the regulation re- celpts for the prisoners handed over to them to be guillotined. At each execution a fresh pen is used for the purpose and the ink is left to dry upon it. Are you readyBoys To%play Basket Ball af your best? Are your feet shod with Shoes that do not slip, Shoes that you place confidence in and that you know will govern every move you make with safety. MEN’S NON-SKID at. 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