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v u n#ir/ // /*[tr rrninTii rin Noifn.Giwmbeu Bug*.— A correspondent of the Germantown I'cter/ra ph writes :** Melon and cucumber bugs like radishleaves better than any other kind. 1how a few radish seeds in each bill, andnever low*'a plant. Earth-worms, eut worms, white grubs, and in fact, most worms arc easily driven out by suit sown broadcast. You can do no harm with ten bushels to the acre, but half a bushel is simple. Dry slacked lime is also effectualA New Fruit,—The Diospyms Kali, known us the date plum or Japanese persimmon, has been grown in California, and its Biiecessful culture fullyestablished. The tree is highly ornu-inentul.dH a prolific bearer, in as hardy as Bit pear, and ripens us enrlv. Thefruit jk solid, and cun be shipped acrossthe continent. When dried it in equalto figs, and can be kept a long time. It is of a bright yellow, orange, or vermilion color. and in imsurpaaaed for the table, being thought by some to be equal to the peach or strawberry. Its average weight in from cue half pound to over a pound. Tin* wood is valuable for mauuhuturmg, being a species of ebony. It w ill bear in from one to three yeura. Cultivate the same us the apple, and in the same variety of soil. Graftedand reliable stock cau be sent by mail.\r
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Ridgway Elk County Advocate
Ridgway, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1877
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