' 'V f"'7"f"'-"""`""“ ` "` '"‘“" § I ~ ~ ; /- ‘ ~. , .»::,~».~ -. ‘. .;,f.¢;¢;-, I 1 . t ALL the Ne'lvs ~ H _ ‘ N N O0-0004700-0000-0° WIDE. cr1_.f$:r;oI1‘rCrE:rowN.IOrI>|rlNi Imwann E I _T I ESTABLISHED 189|. CARE OE THE ORCHARD Excellent Paper Read by Ilir. John Johnson, of long Creek, at Fruit Growers’ Association Held in Charlottetown. A, gm- people are becoming more alive V ;¢ their interests along several lines of in- dugry heretofore partly neglected, and _ fgotoriee are being erected throughout me length and breadth of our Island, which will no doubt in the near future, wgpge our manner and methods of farm- i.g_gnd¢vsilltend te enrich our soil as 'eu ,S our pockets. we as a Fruit Gi-overs' society wish to agitate for what willalso enrich and beautify eur homes, ,ndenhance the value of them by plant- ing in all favoured locations, orchards of mit trees, the best adapted to oar soil md climate, and to a‘rive at right con- clnaions in this respect requires no little experimenting. In fact many are prepared wgiva to this part of the industry. Hence the necessity of our society, where we can Uchange our views and experiences and “old mistakes which we otherwise might be years arriving at. Horticulture is a. waning as well as a proiitable employment. _ The desire for itis somewhat hereditary. gm-English emigr. n s brought over with mm fruit trees, of severalkinde, and var- mig, so alsowlid the Lowland Scotch tea less degree, but very little if any did their Highland neighbors or the Irish people interest themselves along those lines, int the reverse is very oftcn Sadly noticable. They appear to hue accounted every tree an enemy and in too many cases cut and de- stroyed everything within reach, so that -today whenever whole settlements are found it is generally bleak and shelterless around their homes, when in the majority of cases they might have been protected and beautifled by this friend of man. Nothing contributes more to make our homes cheerful and attractive, with a sense eofi refinement, than does 8 Well 'kept shelter belt and a good large orchard to say nothing of profit or medical beueflt_ Any business that has money in it will grow sooner or later. Horticulture has this disadvantage in that the returns are .not so immediate, but nevertheless We are -convinced that it.isa business that will pay hanisomely, those who will intelli- gentlyenter into it. Of the adaptibility -of our soil and climate there is no question; our exhibitions more and more prove that we can compete with almost .anypart ofAmerica. It_is new well un- derstood by scientific mén,that the further north in the apple belt the fruit is g_r0Wn.,_ _gther conditions being lon in the future' with good interest. There feet apart, and they will soon till in. This shelter as well as the orchard must be fenced, andjust here a mistake is often made. Many people set out young trees in a Held, cultivate between them for a few years. have a poor fence around them, cattle or horscs are let in occasionally, occasionally they break _ in, and generally break the trees as well. After a time the cultivation ceases, the trees get stunted and barely live, get lousy or die out and very often the decision is that this is no count-ry for fruit. The fact is if we want to make it a success we must use as much intelligence with it as we do in any calling we make profitable. A very few years ago, at this season of the year, the maiorlty of farmers could not get enough milk to satisfy their families, owing to the want of consideration in care and feed, but now that we realise the protlt there is in this business, we are not backward in embarking in it, so itmnst be with fruit growing. Lay outaome consideration and oapi tal, care well for them with thorough cultiva- tion,get ahead of the weeds by having the land thoroughly clean before you plant. Set out after a crop of potatoes or turnipa, do not fence too high as it may ' cause too much snow to lodge and break the trees, put your trees twenty five. or better still thirty feet apart, as you need room for sunlight,sprayingalnd cultivating. _ Couple this with right. varieties and ‘ thoughtful care, and you cannot but be successful. In planting, set the trees with an angle to the southwest, the angle to be determined by the amount of expo- sure to that winfi. They .ne-ed not bc leaned to make them unsightly, but a good angle is needed in an exposed place. A hoed crop could be taken out if desired almost every year, but if this is done the land must be heavily rnanured every year. The trees should not be allowed to suffer, they must be kept thrifty. In the spring mulch them with coarse straw; a. few forkfuls around each tree, will keep the ground moist as well as keep the l weeds down. Apply all the ashes you can procure, and spread them broad cast; do .not pile them around the trees. Occas- sionally if desirable sow down to clover land when it is at its best plough it under. \Don't try how much you can take off the orchard, but how much you can put into it. It will be a bank account you may draw is a great similarity between the equal, the bett r the quality of that fruit. What we ne rl is to decide the right varieties for r soil and climate. In begining an 0;-ghgrd I W0uld like 3. shelteredloog kg, a good large wind- they will thrive and cook well, neglect at some little distance much exposed to the south- this is the wind-that Relief break of trees away, not too west wind, ally shakes t early auru hand, we mn Utcen or tw Ilwd shel trees begin N480 need 8** Y _ bear. The trees in th Blltleyb inirneni relieves everv form oflala tion. Equxllygnd fa' ex ternalasa. Ask for Bentley’s and take no ether. Price l0c. - - r efruit in the summer, or_of the animal kingoon in that they , but if no shelter is near at need to be well tamedl and trimmed in plant n spruce hedge of 'their youth and if this faithfully attend- ngy feet. width. This will ed to very little more will be required. nerall by the time the e ot be planted less than six l, vegetable and the animal kingdoms, and _ the same treatment is to be followed ' in both. Te-nd and feed them well with ' the right care and quality of goods and er even partly negleet them, and they will soon show it. I They resemble also the highest orde A few varieties like the Northern Spy and Ben Davis,are remarkable for sending out small limbs and, water shoots which should be cut out as soen as noticed. utmost consideration as almost every ‘ K ‘ U l ' ’ . Sl. n - . . M V . . - l C 1 . . Bw G ' _ ` 'd have iess trolfble in market- ' ' ‘izg mg freed ot shelter, site' He ¥c_’nd'?red'Why the. people of oo. ‘f .is near pcrfe can he obtained in CU ¢::: = ac- ga CE ED IS ' " ’ -1'-‘ LAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1901. PRICE 1'w° gm THE CAPE INVADED Again by Dewet, Who is Pursued l‘RENCH_ TAKES CONVOY SIOYCS Sl0l€ll--l.0ll'Cl0Il H0133' ful--Awful Explosion-Prize Fight Stopped. six MEN n1.ow.\' 'ro Prisons. LONDON, Feb. 12-(Special).-Six men were blown to pieces by an explosion in Chilworth gunpowder works. FRENCH CAPTURES A (`ON\'l\`. Lord Kitchner reports that Gen. French captured a convoy of fifty waggons,fifteen carts and 42 prisoners, DlI\\'ET AGAIN IN CAPE COLONY. Dewet crossed the Orange River north of Norvu.l's Pont on Sunday with the British following, going in the direction of a Philippstown. l\-'IIOLESALE STEALING Ol" STORES. Sensational developments are expected in connection with the wholesale stealing of military stores at Pieter-maritzburg. Prominent officials and merchants are implicated. _ IIOPEFUL FEELING IN L0.\`DON» London is full of hopefulness, the general feeling being thata very few days will see some decisive _move by Kitchener that will leave the Boers in a ALL OVER in the Yukon. MAJOR WEEKS COMING. Voided-Home Burned- B. C. T.C§lSl2Iill’C. un. oGxr.vrr.'s snccnsson.. MAJOR WEEKS SAILS FOB HOKE. Cochren of Toronto, sailed to-day by S. S Lake Ontario. Nrzwsrnrnn aoucnr nr coxrnacrons. WIN-MPEG, Feb. 12.-(Special)-Mac without a party paper in the Province. NORTH BRUCE ELECTION VOIDED. each party pays his own costs. THE B. C. LEGISLATURI OPENING. Vreronra, B.C., Feb. 12.--(Special)--Th with a guard of returned South Africa well nigh helpless condition. -“0ldl6!`S.81l in klmkl Bild U16 Chaplin The proposed bridge, according to esti .- _ V 4_j;' V v _ r, ' ‘ V v o_ } ‘ Cor.1'\rnI:s Onto Feb. 12-(Special.)-It N0R‘l'H'SYDN¥Y»F¢l»-121-I3D¢0l&ll-'Tlle -figures. ~ "' _ - - ~ l _ A is said the commanders of the Fourth and residgmgi gt ;Edw;x;’ SAr;:;baI§&i::tw:;x; 'C°St' °t P' E' Ishmd R5l1“`3Y» $3,250.31) _ Nort .vnya y y S. ite tts., _ Sixth Regiments have been ordered ready destroyed by are this mowing Anveres a an per yea 97,011) for service Friday night to prevent the Tha family 103; everything and barely _ -' E' _ _ . . I t t J eifroys Ruhlin iight in Cincinnati. escaped with their lives. ( °w °° “M e) __f2;5‘2 CANADA Newspaper Bought-Election Orrawa, Feb. 12.-(Special)-Hon. J. H. Rouof the North West Government is Dockendorfs, held in the Market Hall °°-*Y lgilvie‘s probable successor in the Yukon. 1”* l\l8l1t WM Well attended, and not- P'*|'°”‘ News was received to-day that Capt. ives were preseutnfrom Hampton and Weeks of Charlottetown and Capt. I B°“5haW- - Kenzieiiand Mann, railway contractors, ci" as wen Anyone who mn!! have purchased The Telegram news- between Kingston, Crapaud or Tryon paper, thus leaving, the Conservatives will saveadistance of seven miles. The TORONTO’ Feb_12__(Specia])_Chanceu0r business men of the city would look for- Hoyd to-day declared M cNeill, Conserva- _lggdtolgx cL;ns£;l°ii';°';r?t tg; bgifghtzg tive of North Bruce not duly elected. site_ No corrupt practices were found and Mr. Jacob Bain said he wanted the Legislature will be opened on the 21st Which h° represented did °°°d°1'lV° “Y BRIDGE ACROSS NORTH RIVR Mr. 9gilvie’s Successor The Meeting in The Market Hall lWell Attelded ll Great Interest Dlspllayeti. ' i coluluencrlt ulnrus wnt as rttcawl l 1 l 4 _n`rn_ 1 l 1 4 And The People who Live 3 i-2 Further We; Il Come to Charlottetown to do instead K $1 Elsewhere- Representatives Pretec! from ICI! l and Hampton - Important lltesailtli Pi Unanlmously. l _ l Thepublic meeting of the cltaena of l*°P|° Charlottetown and others interested in *“°°l°° the proposed new bridge across the North River from Brighton Shore to P°°‘"“‘lY ” ii ii;-r pnllawubc naueaaa withstanding the stormy weather and the nr' adm bad condition of the roads representat- Mr. P. Blake as -chuir!manreg`1'etted the '_ unfavorable weather-which decrelsnedrirhe 7 audience to a large éxtent. Hel then stated the object of the meet- _ ing and said that anything that will at benefit a large community will benefit the I main idea is to shorten the road and to reduce the distance for a very large num- ber of people; He was sure that the bridge located on the lower site becauset itis a good deal handler to the city Roughly estimated 7,000 people will be on 9 benefited. The section of the country °! D 'benefit from the railways now constructed and the one in course of construction. about ‘he Prizes 'H055 l‘lS ‘Illini-li-Y 9-8 “`¢ll» BS end. We want to plant 'intelligently not f1\1l\llf»Y . “'0\lld 50 far 8l‘9%f-¢!`- too many summer or autumn but mainly 'Interest' nt 3/ Why “Ot lm" 152111 lll 8005. ill 8 YW!! of winter kinds, (unless a market can be Cost of proposed Bridge Owhard and 110% l>\1Y H l-N8 b¢@l\1S€ 511° had for the farmer near home). For sum- Il\i»¢l'¢8U li- 3% ‘-3.400 picture on the ageni/s book, looks bigger mer the Yellow Transparent; for Autumn Total yearly cost of P. E. I.Rail- and brigher than some other near me ])uch¢ss_wd possibb the Alexgnflu-_ way and Murray Harbor A Gideon or a Russett may look very well For eu-|y wing"-, Winggr 501135, gud the Railway combined on inner but what nmticalsoe-1 wr they? wotrnrvmrorries wine¢rBeoi¢1,smk C°S°f°f°“°hi““*b">=“\lD¢fl1¢\d We UBB °l1lY UY ¢!P¢l‘l¢\l¢I*'»il1i5 *Yi*-l1_ ills and Ben Davis. The above varieties are T°t‘“1 -Yearly mst' °t the pE°p°°°d varieties, prove the adaptability of them ~a'll=pe|-fectly hardy and the most vigorous Bl'ld3¢ 2.4m to our wil. and climate as every kind has of varieties. Thetrees, with the exeeo T°*"\l “lm 9°' l°ll‘blf°'1° °f P1'°'l¢\°¢ ¢0DdTbl0\lS ill Which il’ Will DOSTZ thfh¢ (jg. gf Dughggg, gre glmggf, pgrfgct ini or one cent' from the Gold Mrtll. f»° UM BUDDY S0\1f-l1- limb and formation, and excellent bearers He °°°i'°“l’°'l th" it "59 W’ dll” °f W ¢ _ _ The mistake we make is in supposing, of “ry fine fruit, L°U3l GJYBYHWBUU 00 CJl\8f~l‘\l2i» the Tbisis =b°“°"ll we P”“”"‘% ° me fb" iliiiioie viirisnes that ao wen in one M,,,,¢,,,,,, bought from ,¢,,,¢,.u-,nat bridze and t~hsb2l° r>¢r_h¢v»d was a small has been "en " “fd fm' i“ ws 7°“l'h Wm country will do equally as well in another. gl-ue to m_m¢_ We ,.11 mm mn-Unis; g HISWGP- ' require' The "'"°"'iS t’ plum' are °f All that is cllimed fbi' it H18! bl! D°l‘f¢°¥»lY nrm that hasa reputation for honesty and Mr Matthew Smith of Hampton ex- lower _ _ _ lrlle in NWSW Y0l‘li 01' N0" S0050- bllli fair exchange. Life is too short to be de- pressed himself in favor of the bridge °w“er °f trees ms noticed’ than if an his IDHY l10l'» _Bull l1¢1'€ all Ill- Tlw R\1S8¢!-'» ceived in this respect, hence the necessity and considered the proposed site a natural °"ch‘“`d ‘"3 the "mel 'S °“° or tm' "ees Ril>%t0l1 PlDDl!l. Baldwin. Fflllielwet Nfl of patrouislng a rea'iable agent. What one. The only questien now to be consi- . Glfl€0D. IIN* ¢X9»mDl9S Of l'blS- ' has been said in the above has been con- dered is the cost. He considered that f-f " ” "’ "3 Z ' O' ”‘°i;;;: Th¢l°l¢ 'HY many D0lUlS Of 9-XU¢ll9\'|CY i0 lined to apples but it will apply equally as when a large section of t-he community is _A _N l be C0¥\Sld€I‘¢d lIlCll00Sl¥lKV2\Tl€T»l¢~‘- IS U10 well to plums and cherries, and there is interested u _judicious expenditure is gua- ` JT/DT l tree vlgorollf, TS T131'-'.Ty. TS pl'0dTlClZTVF, in my opinion no place vgrherg they gan bg rauteed_ The const!-uctian of the PcrlN\DS l DOIN YOU PU" UW l‘lSli- illflllgll. l-* thc fflllf' large fl-“fl “l'tl`*1°i»l""'» 'S lil °f grown more easily, or cheaply, than here. bridge beneited the country not only . . ,hilt 2_\lW8»Y3 l’UYcig‘l;;l`1*;lll1`rL[;S;§f;“Sf}i‘:"f;;; 8004 f_i\1Hlli»Yf Tlllslsi We ""°l`k Of the Our native or English cherry miles in length but miles wide. Farmer s orilitffc-rtror. Sure, safe and painless. E1’f"°";"e;§al tgfffeliioi "TS °“°“9” 1 S“’€°SS°d- If ‘S as far west as Cane Traverse heartily _ Putnanfs removes cprns (fxarnlessiy ln _ ‘S Va ‘_1*‘ e _ '_ - '_ 80 V¢l‘Y ¢Xl10flSlV€ Y Y ¥\l1l°S¢l'Y men approve of the protect. He believed the ‘ twenty-four hours._ Iflyour fqugézlsltés 161028 ions arrived at in Ottawa, or l\apan, will as the early Rmhmoml: VV; might plant budge shguld be of steel and the more _§£°[C;eu1&h S3101 6’n`f1n§;§°tf,éy ivilfsiglfi Very l'*\!`¢l_Y Slllb ll¢I°€, *Hd I S'-1DD0S¢ SlY¢ largely of this hardy tree even for shade spans the better, The number 0f maple- tn to 330., 003;, paid colony ad-ii-ess in Ca °“}' °~°"1“‘f`@d k“°“'l°‘lB° W ‘2\'l‘efSb*';11dI;“ or shelters In our pastures. tl‘uS_00mbl§~ benefited would lessen the feeling of any s p nada or [1 5_ ‘ fisting t;0'we€c;Vi>l\(1ll;1*§¥l1°eI‘(;Hs$;l2; h“¢Iri;, gig the usefultavlv;tl;hthe.tl;e;u;;;\;; U13; who are against it. ,A T a es ' ' >`- eeismoresux e ani ‘ ' H S A If E ` f@C°“““e“dl“S Vi"1'l€¢l°-S DIY @~XD@I‘l@Y1C¢ our stock in summer-,_as its low spreading penggievg §fo§E:“£;T;r‘§;:;ira;::£;1 has not gone far enough to recommend hahlig, extreme ha;-dmc_,-e_ and puma;-ous A man at ML Baim Since coming to um very many. ln fsck W0 do not Heed Ver! branches, allow a free circulat1on~ of air meeting h’e had learned that 7030 mam kind The Ordinary Dlhlller Slwllld beneath while the green thickly set leaves people would be hmenbed by the ‘mane h‘“"e1tt0 ve`y fell varunes’ pm “rm 3 dmghtful °h"de’ so needful m construction of the brulge on the lower ha A half `f’~‘~3~.f -‘#7,-V-=." ""‘“."l"'~1i"~l""-' ' if' 5"-";T"‘L'.~i»`-'*";`~i‘Ci`x§ .,.-_..~»a|¢a.1mn.a»u_» . ~ ` n " -"-='f._.' "` Wig' ’ 71" if f`%@&`4;.;3r5: i* .. V., 1 ;'-_-_-.~._.q:;-,i- ‘ij A: ~ ;»~' "NV,-» " .- - if- ~‘ _<» :A-_ ._ . §_._-._.-s_;:-;.- ‘ ,.__;,§;._~_,_.-]_-5 f*-r., ` -ff ~~’-::,-=-=- -.- close at S turdety ex- » ,°° "‘°“°°"“’ ‘_T°‘_"°“‘ _°“m"'°“"f°'- "‘° the bridge should _be at and for nth tt 00|* N3 6V8l'lil`l8» a trees aswell, atdeastofurn number of Bri hw _ A pens", , _ annum cepted -- 7°°"' “wr .winch time the _°r°hab'2 wosld lddicate that the greatit numb: A smnd° ““°““' "°“"""’ ’°“’°° °' ’°'°‘"‘° would tn- mented by can rnim- ou. ul sides possibly supplying a large amount he had uhm Q “im i ld of feed forthe hogs, ata time when food te wltfiactf; wopegnhe Lo", é°';:'° X MQ `__ f"“-"'°"°’°'”° J _ 4 ‘rnent.Hebelieedtbatitalieasesbndnesa ii am