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PICK MELONS FOR SHIPMENT |
To Reach Market
and Retain Flavor ls Excellent
Trait for Farmer,
(By JOHN W
There is considerable
opinion as to the exact stage of ma-
turity at which melons should
picked for shipment,
come too ripe before picking,
become soft by the time they
reached the market, and often
be sacrificed in order to effect
mediate sale,
If picked too
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green, the
are lacking in flavor,
by the best trade.
to pick melons at such a degree of
ripeness that they will reach the mar-
ket in firm condition, and yet possess
the requisite flavor.
The rapidity of softening after pick-
ing varies with the temperature
which the melons are subjected.
cooler they can be kept after
the longer they can be allowed to re
main on the vines and the better flavor
they will have. It is, therefore, essen:
to
shade as soon as possible after pick-
ing. and be kept shaded until they are
loaded into the car.
For the same reason,
can be shipped under
than in ventilated cars,
The condition of the vines and the
rapidity of ripening of the melons in
the fleld will also have a bearing upon
the stage of maturity at which they
should be picked.
While it is true that no rule can
given for picking melons that will ap
ply under all conditions, and that the
grower must exercise judgment In
reference to each day's picking, the
ideal will be attained when the condi
tions are such that the melons will
reach the market in the best condition
if picked as soon as the fruit will part
readily from the stem when the latter
is pressed with the thumb and finger
There is a tendency among growers
ri per melons
refrigeration
has been reached,
risk of the
transit,
That proper grading results in the
securing of better prices than Indis
criminate packing is evidenced by the
experience of certain growers
have departed from the usual custom,
and practise a regular system of grad
ing whereby three distinct grades of
marketable melons are made,
shipped under three different brands
in order to run
melons becoming soft in
One of the Most t Popular of Common
Flowers and Well Deserves its
Great Popularity,
The Salvia splendens, or scarlet
sage, makes a beautiful vase flower,
although it is not seen In vases as
often as it should be. Grown out of
doors, it should be bedded In large
shines freely. If well cared for it will
maintain its beautiful splendor of
deep red from midsummer until frost
cuts it down,
too rank growth and produce
Balvias as Cut Flowers.
ut In the window in a bright, warm
lace, salvias will remain very attrac.
tive for flve or six weeks. There are
bout 660 species of this plant, which
Include all of the sage family. The
meaning of salvia Is “to keep safe or
healthy,” and refers to the medicinal
Properties of the common sage, but
it is one of the most popular com
mon flowers and well deserves its pop-
ularity.
i Plum Rot.
| Plum rot (monilia frustigena) can
diminished very materially by
ng the branches with bordeaiix
ure and removing all mummied
ums. [| have frequently noticed that
mmied plums are centers of infec.
The general winter treatment
. also advisable for black rot of
grapes and apple scab. Twig blight
of apple and pear trees can be di
minished by cutting off all the affected
Mmbs in the winter and spring and
jspraring or washing with bordeaux
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RUIT EVAPORATOR IS HANDY
ay Be Used for Ralsing Early Plants
and for Many Other Purposes
as Desired.
iy J. E BRIDGMAN.)
used for raising early
The house Is made of storm sash.
The
course depend on the size of
storm sash; these come In
| sizes, and may be secured of any lum-
ber dealer or mail-order house.
cost from 90 cents to $1.50 each.
and the sash fastened
i aa
; FI
o” yl
a Cr =n
Ff SRE ee iat! Hi
2
pass]
PEHA
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FRUIT EVAPORATOR,
Three two-inch
the rear wall,
reen
moisture
with screws.
hored in close
to allow the steam and
One sash on the end is hung
The fruit is spread in shallow
with screen wire for the
These trays are placed on
and the fruit is away from
dirt and and when
will be clean and fit for food.
a sudden rain come up,
to rush around and gather
the fruit from the shed-roof.
The house mrs of course
any size, but one built with ten sash
will be found ample for an ordinary
family.
The bh
brackets,
dried it
insects
you do not
be built
use should be well painted,
and be placed on a slight elevation.
It is inexpensive, easily, built,
provides a way to save the surplus
goes to waste on
farms, from year to year
A surprisingly high temperature will
be attained in in an ordi
nary sunshine,
fruit, that many
this bouse
FLOWER AND PLANT BASKET
tiustration Shows Three Artistic Ex-
amples—Two Small Ones for
Cut Biooms.
Three excellent examples of basket
craft in this special line are shown In
the accompanying drawings, says Pop
Artistic Hanging Baskets.
Mechanics The two small
kets, one of which resembles a
tern in shape, are for cut flowers,
cups inside to hold water
large basket fs designed
date a potted plant
lan-
and
to accommo
the strawberry bed.
instead of on the trees.
Young trees are especially subject
to sun-scald, which
bark.
your name and address on each barrel
or box.
in the evening during this hot weath.
of making cider, ¥fegar and unfer.
mented grape juice,
Allow fuchsias to flower now and
fead the roots a little when potbound.
The fuchsia is not, however, a very
gross feeding subject.
in the orchard will prove to be a little
time most profitably spent.
The bruise of an apple may not at
once develop into rot,
ens the value of the fruit
That corky old apple, the Ben Davia,
still holds a high price in the eity
markets, because Its. fine appearance
deceives the ignorant buyer,
Keep seedling stock of primulas,
cinerarias and calceclarias as cool as
possible in the frames or houses,
shade lightly and allow abundance of
alr.
Fire, well-rotted manure is a good”
mulch for tea roses. Prune by cutting
the blossoms lavishly with long stems,
in order to Iaduce vigorous blooming
branches,
To induce nasturtiums to bloom fn
rich soll strip off most of the leaves
and all seed pods and let the sun to
the stalks. Nasturtiums bloom best
in poor soll.
Pots and boxes of stevia should be
moved around occasionally to prevent
rooting through too much, also any
chrysanthemums or other strong root
ing subjecta,
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al
Catcher Kling,
Kling
the
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baseball
uid
eviou :
vas said that he ha
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NOTED
PASS NSAP
PLAYER AAS
Frank Bowerman, One Most Ec-
centric
Drops Out
Figures
nas
ously since
in fast o
Hiz best
Glants
tint worl
a“
r the New
OF York
when
thelr 30
been 1 Uv oly.
n
n
the
mn #
a
w
whom he they wore
pinnacle of
has always
player. up to his neck |
all the way He the
and took a whirl at the mana
gerial end of the game in Boston, but
after making a glori
fell by the wavside when
played
fame fer
man
SCTADDY
gtruggle
(:iants
Beaneaters,
start,
his
Cus
Catcher Frank Bowerman,
the race grew warm. Reports say
that he trained his men too fine early
fn the season. At any rate he left
Boston before last season was over,
and announced that he had retired
from the game. Later he joined the
Indianapolis club, and was with them
again this year. Recently he left
the team and went to his home In
Michigan. It is hardly {likely that he
will play again.
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O'Connor on Wagner.
Jack O'Connor thinks that Hans
Wagner Is the greatest thrower in the
game. He is and has been the best
thrower in the game, according to the
8t. Louls menager, since he broke into
There are many others
‘who think the same as O'Connor In
spite of the fine showing of the young-
sters who have come up In the last
‘three or four years,
he has ain Cl
¢
played since Capt
retirement
retirement,
Owing
While
ying first
absence of the captalr
forced
“Charley-Horse."”
cher has
ing the
cer all of
on Kling
been pia
the back-stopping
¥
He has
iy ron st
have made
league tt
turned his ankle and
by Ty Cobb in
Doetween
w : "ly > .
triple playes
National
siberfeld
.
eet
18 season
the
and
spiked
series
Senators
Fresident Ban
owners of the taliend
American league and wants them to
get busy signing good players
Oldring of Philadelphia Americans
the record being at bat the
mber of time Mia
$71
® is
the
Tigers
is after the
clubs in the
Joh Laon
for
record
® alole 1s next with Cobb
in credited with only 442 times at bat
Dan Murphy of the Athletics is sald
to have the season's longdistance ba!
ting He will b keep
traveling pertty fast if he wants to!
way from now
record ve to
Pat Livingstone f& touted as the
star eatcher of the Athletics. He will |
likely do most of the backstopping in |
the world's series, but he will have to
travel some to get an oven break with |
Kling
Catcher Afnsmith of the Senators |
is touted by the Washington scribes |
as a wonder. The new man is filling |
a big hole in the team just now on ae-
count of the crippled condition of |
Charlie Street
Umpire “Bill” Dineen, who used to |
be a major league pitcher, says twirl
ers do not recline on flowery beds of |
ease. Winning or losing, they do
more woryring than other ball play:
ers, Bill thinks
“Bull” Perine, the American league |
umpire, who has been officiating back |
of the plate for seven years, says um
piring is becoming easier. The rowdy.
ism of former years has been almost
entirely eradionted.
Lee Ford Tannehill thinks that the
Cubs will be bothered more by Cy Mor
gan than by any of the other pitchers
of the Athletic staff. “There never was
a team that disliked a spitball pitcher
more than the Cubs do,” sald Tanny.
Cobb is the champion run getter of
the American league with 82 tallies to
his credit. Owen Bush of the same
club has 82; Milan of Washington has
74; Speaker of Boston 73 and Eddie
Collins of Philadelphia 72. Wolter of
New York also has 72.
Dubuque and Rock Island played a
nineteen-inning game the other day
in Rock Island, and Pitcher Cavet of
the Rock Islands made a new sea:
son's record for the Throel league
by striking out 23 men. Shortstop
Darringer of the Dubuque team had
12 assists without an error. ‘
Clarence McDonald of the Terre
Haute team of the Central league miss.
ed being a Cub by 20 minutes. He
was sold to President Murphy of the
Cues on the final day of the purchas-
ing period, but there was not time to
notify the national commission by the
time the sale was completed, so Mo.
Donald did not become a Cub,
HOW PLANK GOT HIS START
A———————
~=Afterwards Studied the Game
and Pitchers.
BY EDWARD 8. PLANK,
of Gettysburg, but they
somewhat. 1 was born in
chance
1875
things.
trying
to say
mit the without to get
age as some of them do.
At any rate | think I
as a baseball player because I
have heard of any case any-
thing llke my own.
As | told you I was born in Gettys-
and 1 played ' some baseball
around there in an amateur way, and
giving the game much
thought.
I started
of
to college about the time
the other fellows are get
wits twenty-five when 1
pitching for the
and I was big and
and fast wild and inexpe
and everything else that goes
up a college pitcher. [ sim
shut my eyes and cut and
st of those didn't out
got bases on balls, and I have suspect.
lot of them struck out
standing up there
began
strong
rienced
and
to make
piy loose
1
whe strike
real reason for
LE
av
yas older, stro
3d th
an the
age me
nd it attract
y attentior sional clubs
i had not though
profession at
and i
1801,
Lesies and
jomeq
alter
much
about as
i know
as |
th
ts
LATE is
base
Decoration
ther wns
Edward 8. Plank,
went wrong right away i
guessing wrong, but luckily
had and shoots t«
ywer until |
and studied
was
for me I
hang
learned
at
pitchers
and began
enough
by
peed
on sheer
more. 1 worked
the game, watched the other
picked up their tricks
pitch with much less exertion and
strain and still get results. If 1 bad
on the way [ started I would
Seasons,
havé been out of It in two
and I'm still On the other hand
when | start
I'd be here a long
hard
gone
here
IN FOUR HALVES
Committees Divides
Time of Play Into Four Periods
of Fifteen Minutes.
long cogitation,
legiate football rules committee
the changes which
game will undergo this autumn
time of play is divided into four
pericds of 15 minutes’ duration, In
stead of the traditional two halves of
35 minutes each. The usual intermlis.
gion of 15 minutes is maintained be.
tween the second and third period;
but an Intermission of three minutes
only is allowed between the first and
wecond and the third and fourth
pericds. At the beginning of the sec-
ond and fourth periods the teams
change’ goals, but the down, the rela-
tive spot of the down, possession of
the ball and distance to be gained re-
main us they were,
Another radical change eliminates
the flying tackle. The player must
have at least one foot on the ground
when tackling an opponent. A player
is only qualified to receive a forward
pass who is at least one yard back of
his own scrimmage line, or occupies
the position on the end of sald line,
No man may make a forward pass, or
kick the ball, unless he is five yards
back of his serimmage line. Inter
locked interference is forbidden, and
it 1s also forbidden for any man on
the side having possession of the ball
to push or pull the man running with
the ball. There are other less start.
ling changes, all tending, it is as
sumed, to make the game less danger
ous,
the intercol.
has
the
The
Alter
*
Wasmund to Coach Texas.
Former Quarterback Wasmund of
Michigan university will coach the
Texas university football squad at
Austin this fall,
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! STATE
| HAPPENING
Pottsville
testified in
Judge Bechte
Mrs. Louisa
Hartman Hoff:
vidow, suen
breach of
rs. Behultz
called b
ghe does
althou
him Wher
Hoffman
ArTigge
that
Hof
or : ») and
said
“dearle
not i
she
loved her,
ioves
iressed
CAECTNERS
" '
Fhe Ge-
w ns part
hat
uersand
escaped a simi
discovered a
Mountain
man alm
iar Ta
his back ar ¢ hit knees
He was almost @ He said his
name was Joserh Moleskie and that
ains
ed
eh thes
#4
wa 3
he had gone into the mountal
some time ago having beck tir
of living with human beings
Shenandoal While Charles
Dougherty, 28 vears old, of Lost
Creek, was walking on the Reading
tracks he was run down by the Can-
non Ball Express He was hurled
25 feet into the laurel bushes. He
is in a critical condition at the State
Hospital A short time ago he met
with a similar accident and lost an
arm and barely escaped with his life
Huntingdon A disastrous fire,
caused by incendiaries, destroyed the
iarge sawmill plant of the Broad Top
Lumber Company and 3,000,000 feet
of lumber, near Coalmont The
Huntingdon fire department respond-
ed to a summons for help The loss
is $76,000
Collingdale. — Rev. Walter 8. Dun-
jop. who has been the pastor of the
Collingdale Baptist Church for two
years, has tendered his resignation
in order to resume his studies for
another year at Crozer Seminary, at
Chester.
Chester. — Annie McFadden, 14
vears old. died from an illness which
developed from an abscess which
formed on-a tootn three weeks ago.
The inflammation gradually grew
worse, Inoculating her entire sys
tom and affecting her heart.
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Irrigation In Cuba.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ir
rigation upon a large scale is to be
tried out in certain sections of Cuba
which has suffered a big decrease in
tobacco production during the last
three years through lack of rain, ree
ports Minister Jackson at Havana.
Pinar del Rio, where the drouth
weems to have had disastrous effect,
has taken decisive steps toward ob-
taining an appropriation sufficiently
large to irrigate the whole province.
Other provinces are also considering
the Irrigation project.
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