THE FREAK PUMPKIN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3598, 16 November 1905, Page 4

THE FREAK PUMPKIN.

Bk««wd ¥»nk«« Kurin «tra Hava Turned It Into an Kver-InerMM-I lug Snare*; of Income, The modern fanner is learning l to take advantage of the weaknesses of nature, says the New York Mail and Express. One of these weaknesses is found in the lordly pumpkin. Bruise a growing pumpkin and the. sear will never be cleared away, but will show in the ripe pumpkin in the shape of delicate, little yellow warts. Starting with this principle, some shrewd Yankees have biade their pumpkin farms valuable. After the melons get good-sized aod prove that they will be fine one* the j farmers go into the patch and with a ; sharp stick scar them so that when I they are ready for market their happy faces bear, in words of warts, fegendb j like these: “Mat me at Smith’s;” Smith ! will make pies of me soon“ Brown’s ! pies are the best :” “Jones’ pies are delicious!” “You can eat me inside.” ! The. wily fanner hauls these warty fellows to market, and, calling Smith, Jones iv rl Brown from their respective rest an i ants, shows the strange freak of nature. Of course a sale is made on sight, and the pumpkin liesat the front of the restaurant for a few days to astonish passers-by until it must be made into pies to save it. Then the farmer discovers another freak pumpkin, suitably marked, to replace It. Fancy prices are to be paid for these pumpkins. and stony patches that would i never pay taxes in any other crop pw>« . dues wealth in pumpkins. { Cartful I’icklnv of Apple*. The fruit should be loosened by i raising upward and not pulled off, as is usually done, and with varieties I that ding tenaciously, raise the apple j and give it a half turn at the same | time. Lay carefully in the basket or receptacle used, am! when placing in a barrel or box handle with care, in . fact, just as tenderly as you would eggs, thereby preventing bruising or pvm'';iv : .y: of the skin by the stems. App.cs iui home use should not be , placed hi the cellar, but in a dark, well-ventilated building, until freezing I weather approaches, and those intend- j ed for marker should be put upon the i ground under the trees, to remain a week or more, and then barreled! All bruised ones are then readily discernible and may be thrown out for evap-