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Show (VC : V: V A Aki ' 'o ' V - J -- . ;; ,? ? , f Yj t. :y; V'--- ' iLi .i iZl.2 THE UTAH --- K.V;. - .Ist-IPT- - : -- ; Devoted to fiyiit growing and the gar. Edited and Fnblished,by,J...E' on the first of .John ton, St. atGeorge Utah, '.'r rrach month; $100 V year, - 2ets!a line first Yr Advertisement and ten cents a liuavfor tech v"'& j . - ; f. -- ' lark. -- .r.;,...- - . -- - X -- . - ? -- . . . To Our . - r r ; . . r . - - .s - i' 4. v V 1 A?F ' :: r On the 2fllh. of. June crop of silk from :.about 2000 worm : was' perfected, first erop of xhont 4000 common ced wlnd-;iB- g on the 7tUof June having hatched on.the 2th. of May ' The worms appeared entirely-healththroghont the various stages cf both crops, and none died except byt carelessness. the-seco- 1 !Jf eggs had bceaat hand for fnrthsr we doubt not we could easily- - have m ado throe .morn' crops during the remainder the season. We fad from ' seedlings of M. Morus Alba ami obtainod fine cocoons. We liars no doubt but that this elimate Is as good fox silk culture as any in ths world, and certainly no. country produces mors'.. vigorous trees. About a crop a month may ' Mulberry bo nTpraged through, the 'growing, season, which commsnein'g Ihe last ofAptii, contin-ues -, . into October. ... In years to eome fortunes will be realised from this business in southern Utah,' and It .,f . ? - ' 'v- : - t. : j ' o j.i 't t . . a fruit-grow- s r - T;ii 7--.- - - bo battled! with, more euceensftillyV Premiums ! - ! . Premiums ! ! , - In the Jiope of eonsiderably fncrsasiug 'tho' clrOnlatibti hnd nsofnlness of this little shoot, we Offer Clie following inducements td those and send 'cash with the who got up elubs i. i order. :. . : . t t .I"4' 'v vi . , - v j v -- - -- - to-d- ay ' nal. . .. Exf erience with Baer. . .. 1 Notwithstanding the nnfoanded fears of many that - there was little here upon which bees might feed,- our apiary has been a bnsr and increasing scene; Last spring we: had 7 colonics in box hives, three of which swarmed producing 5 smarms, which were saved. After the .swarming periods was over we drove all tho eolonfes from box, into patent hives, I' with liavo 21 moveable comb frames, and good lively swarm.,; Should thoro nothing intervene to hinder their regular, working, wo see no reason why the. number of colonics wo now. have may t not lie. . doubled; bofbra lhe V : working season closet., r Our edition iahe u to advice bee experience keepers, to adopt the patent - hive wjtip move-abl- e frames' wifboni delay, with these the moth is scarcely .an annoy ande, and- ants may ' r-- - v.V--1- - . t to-d- - er : : : jfo. yoUr ward.' lf itwouId interfere; with your duties, 'have tbe kindness ' to appoint., oine encrgelM to present it to the public, receiving the naiacs of all good re- season-- '! in sponsible; pertons who will pay, : able time.'-- ,; . . ; y Our Exchanges Will onr exchanges all be' esrrfnl.- and see. that their papers are regnlariy .addressed h .Pomologist instead of to r us personidly, a in the latter ease we are charged unnecessarily . the postage.:! i r for, 1 Via The 1ixr Trkkj largest j and most productive fig tree we Jknow of in this region. 1 four yew old, in the gsrden' of Y. II Crawford rin Wssbmgton. This tree hss tven allowed to grow without much trim min g,akVli aelump,- of a number of stems easting m shulo ' about 20 feet broad, and promisi;arto produce, a second 4top of some bushels of fraik : B0TAN IZlXO-PersoEarly last month Professor Edward Palmer late of Washington D. C. utrdeir the patronage of tL e Agrieultnsal Bureau, arrived in (his place lt make surwryf the Bt tiny . and natural Jritor.v of this region, and . collect specimens? lie is a Senial grajlcnnjn and a scholar and we spent tcn ' plcsntly in bis society, climbing'ibo hifts.'-- ' scaling mountains and. traversiug. .rallies lie hs gone south for furfhor surreys, and we wish him a pleasant " - ; appro--batio- in . to. . wil yea have the kindness? to make an effort to in rre a itscirculat iwuand nscful-ness- s by'.-dame- Settlement. . Should this attempt to promote and advance n lliO' interests of Pomology; nleet your : . r r. fe .gar--done- - season 'were The ' first rip Apricot exhibited- - at the : meeeting of ?tbe Gardeners Club; by B. P. I'cndleton, on the Jtb. ofJune On the 14th the Chiekaswa pip,m wss ripe, aiid specimens., of. Early.. Ilarvostpples also together with- Currants, ;yRa.pbcrrk-- : and Gooseberries were exhibited. On tbe 28lh laige specimen s of 'first crop of Rente. purple figs' were exhibited v .We saw ripe specimens of Tiled Astrichun a- ' we can show bout same date,' ' and a. a peach,' largo and fine, with resy 'checks and every indication.; Of .bring ready "to eat in a i f.'V v day 6r : The Gardeners Club have decided that' tbe largest and best Apricots, exnibttcd thia season w'ere seedlings grown by Dr. 8. G. Higgins - SILK. CULTURE IB SOUTHERB . oi; of tho - ' . - : Readers To , those of our friends who reeeivo this number, pf the Pomologist he make ' this par-.- ,' ticiilnr request Show it around to your neighbors, that perchiince It may find favor in their eyes; this being f&e Only way we have bf increasing circulating and acquaintance, as ; wo have no traveling snts, soil depend onlyrs upon our friends, and'fruit growers and ' generally to sustain, this. little sheet Tit only dollar a year, a mere trifle In th e ; country, and as money is now scarcewe will wait a little open those who need thft accommodation v-t ?.Tof Bisl ops of. the variORs Wards usd '. - ,JT' ;. . - - - - . . '-. . . . . O'' The knife is rps oxlt kwidt,' Cut through the bark where the brown spots appear and follow the course of tho borer, taking core not o disturb tho live bark, but cutting smg all that, has been destroyed by thelnsecC If the ..lorir is not fonmlscrape the wood and find "die hole in which it has entered the tree,' and with the point of your knife digit oat, or ' with a small wire. draw it out, one or more holes will Jbo found, eorrespqpding to the V number; of borers in thetree. When the In- eets are all destroyed hind np the wound a little thick lime wesh,or , with a rag.If wax jis spread, over the wounded pari; grafting ' all the Delter.,';-.:;-!;.:- . ..v. . ..Borers are a great peat to newly set trees, L&d often, if unnoticed kil&jA whole orchard whilej the. owner can't imagine why his trees die.. Often jphargin tho inxPLS away and ofthe trees. The borer fault to the render is produced from the eggs of the borer fly laid bn the bark in May-oJune,' according to the temperature of the season or elimate, ; and if the trees art washed and the insects re? .' moved in time, little 'damage will be done to 'v ;. . ..the trees. - The rarages'of the borer may be srrecT-,'tmrsiTiiTED in two waya, first by eaus- Sng the tree to grow thriftily, and secondly, by tree ftroifi the ground ' wrapping the stem of thecedar bark, or rags, up twenty inches, with .or even a good coat of. thick whitewash ; will generally inake them secure. Kexbxbbr' this. Borers seldom, or never injure a tree or shrub that is growing finely, but universally attack vTroutig tree of. slow stinted growth. -' . A- ; '. - i- W;. z - I;.1 L. e , : i-- -- Downing Eyerhearing Mulberry'. y This Is a lecdling of the Moras Mnlticanlis, but produces large crops in succession of large black ..'berries, an .; inch Or more.-- long and an inch nn a half in circumfcrenceEkoept the and best English Black this is tho largest Mulberry known. Aside from the fine fruit, this tree is an enormCna grower - and a del ightlnl tree Tor. timber or shade, and its huge leaves sometimes measuring nearly a foot across,' . : good food for the silkworm, and when nsod will by their superior sine and weight save half the labor ot feeding.'? It bads . or graft, readily into the White Mulberry, and. under good cultivation and in' good .soil, will grow out firom ten te fifteen feet, in a season, When the tree attains an age of five or six years it produces heavy crops of large, luscious berries, that will please every one We4iave a tree from a ; dormant bud already this season,.' grown out ten feet high with branching top. : r . U - - . . L ' 1 We will send the plants., cuttings or are-j- j by mail, 'well secured and freo of charge,, to those eu tilled to them The eflbr is opon ts ; .nny one-- '; . .. : Tor 1 .Sab. 2 packages' of choice flower seeds, ifesj 0 Karls Cb asset as gratte, 1 ' I - ' of White Malaga grape. i jjaisga grape, ' and a hall dei. cuttings New Hybrid Cherry. ,' and the Cherry cutfingsi choice, from onr great variety,-' , choice, fro in our, 40 40 such as we cell at $1 cacbf ; ; f . The agent will le permitted to select iron our gurilen and nurseiy any other stock to tho sam amount if desirable. ; . . J APPLE BOREAS. cv i who5 :. T.ct those' have .apple 'trees set last spring,' slook. sharply for borers: The jxdi-- . raTivKS of their ..presence are, little, or no' gr&wtb, leaves curled, brown about the edge .r in spots, or turned white, oref a yellowish color. The bark near the ground has. dark pots or streaks, ) and sometimes from a little hole a dkrk substance or borer chips may be Wn: a close sera tiny is necessary to discover their presence, but in newly set trees, dspecial--- r: fv. those that do not get plenty ot : water, and other attentions, and are not thrifty they may K utmost invarahly.be founds and if notremov-- ; .d will. sooner ror.. later. KiLb rns trick, by the working aronnd,. and up and down .under ' . l 1 -.- : v:- - ; 1- - . roil 01.0 Of a T ; ton,' ubseqhent'insertioii. C; - 1 remains to be seen who will inaugurate the business upon a scsle commcniurate.witii the great advantages, offered in. our soil and elimate. " In the report of the. Commisioner of sgri culture for ISffS, it is estimated ; that crup of silk .firom an acre of Mulberry trees may be worth in market near fit 5, 000 fi ve crops per year iniy,be realised from tho same aero of gronncl, as the trees will reeuperute between the time of winding, and heavy feeding of tho next crop-- With onr small areas of laud what better can we. do than turn our attention to silk culture- - Our winca .and silk would in a few. year build a railroad to our doors, to connect with the test of mankind, and bring supplies ; for our necessities ami carry off to market our produce, should we take a sensible hold of these 'matters.---- ' f O. ien. . '. . Pleas- e circulate ranipn g fruit growers Y; YY:Y ST. .GEORGE JULY .. : :Y; thne.1' V;- ' - , ': vw: V c - - - - - FRUIT and CARDEN, Tbe ' Bt. George Mountain Pom- Gardeners Chib And Itodt . hobl . ological Society regular - meetings at- teraately every Tuesday, erening at the Gar- -. deners Club Hall ; Specimens of early, or fine fruit are solicited,' for exhibition and discu: ssion; Gardeners and fruit growers are invjt-' ed to free attendance. TG.TJIE SICK. ' TbZre nro no medicine better adapted to .the complaints incident to these mountain regions rorlh and outl) than those' Hem mod preparation, principally., compounded found In these Tnountalni, whoseMver-tisement- s' k re found in' another eolbmn of this paper. They are entirely vegetable, and carth&rtio tonic, alternative am' ex pectorant; and will give fminedVate relief r. . sv- - ' ' . A.- - " v - - .'. J y;:- ,r - |
